Patents Examined by Yong Hang Jiang
  • Patent number: 12086012
    Abstract: An intelligent terminal device is provided for preventing mal-operation of a power equipment. The power equipment has safety devices, such as breakers, isolators or disconnectors. The intelligent terminal device includes a communication module, a display unit, an input/output (I/O) module, and a protection shell covering and protecting the communication module. The display unit is used to display a communication status and a status of an unlocking mode, which is switchable between a remote unlocking mode and an in-site unlocking mode. The I/O module provides power I/O and I/O of information of the status of the power equipment. The communication module is used to monitor the status of the power equipment and the safety devices, control actions of the safety devices, upload the status to a control device through a network; and in response to receiving an unlocking instruction from the control device, perform an unlocking procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTRAN, INC.
    Inventors: Paul M. Z. Jake, An Bin, M. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 12081286
    Abstract: A reader is adapted to wirelessly exchanging information with a wireless apparatus. The reader includes a signal generator configured to generate a modulation signal. An emitter/receptor stage is configured to be driven by the modulation signal. A switched-mode power supply is configured to power the emitter/receptor stage. The switched-mode power supply includes a power switch controlled in function of the modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS RAZVOJ POLPREVODNIKOV D.O.O., STMICROELECTRONICS FRANCE
    Inventors: Francois Agut, Severin Trochut, Vinko Kunc
  • Patent number: 12065101
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive, from a user device, a service request for a vehicle experience. The system may obtain qualification information associated with the driver. The system may provide, based on the qualification information and to the user device, a verification code for authenticating a driver for the vehicle experience. The system may provide a notification that indicates that the driver requested the vehicle experience. The notification may include driver information and vehicle information associated with a vehicle involved in the vehicle experience. The system may authenticate, based on scan data of the verification code, the driver for the vehicle experience. The scan data may be received from an agent device that is associated with the location management system. The system may provide authentication information to the agent device to facilitate authentication of the driver for the vehicle experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Tiana Weisman-Smith, Bryan Parker
  • Patent number: 12062439
    Abstract: A medical communication protocol translator can be configured to facilitate communication between medical devices that are programmed to communicate with different protocol formats. The medical communication protocol translator can receive an input message formatted according to a first protocol format from a first medical device and to output an output message formatted according to a second protocol format supported by a second medical device using a set of translation rules. For example, a medical communication protocol translator can receive an input message from a hospital information system formatted according to a first HL7 protocol format and output an output message formatted according to a second HL7 protocol format based on a comparison with the set of translation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MASIMO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anand Sampath, Bilal Muhsin, Peter Scott Housel
  • Patent number: 12055905
    Abstract: Various systems and methods related to smart-home networking are presented. A low-power smart home device may be exclusively battery powered. The low-power smart home device may transmit data via a low-power communication protocol to a spokesman smart home device. The spokesman smart home device may receive the data transmitted via the low-power communication protocol. The spokesman smart home device may be a doorbell, a thermostat, a hazard detector, or a wall switch. The spokesman smart home device may connected to household wiring that provides power. The spokesman smart home device may translate the data from the low-power communication protocol to a relatively high-power communication protocol. The spokesman smart home device may transmit the data, via the relatively high-power communication protocol, to a cloud-based server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Anthony M. Fadell, Matthew Lee Rogers, Yoky Matsuoka, David Sloo, Maxime Veron, Shigefumi Honjo
  • Patent number: 12039816
    Abstract: A one-way passage system (1) comprises an entrance door arrangement (2a) and offset therefrom an exit door arrangement (2b). First and second side wall arrangements (3a, 3b) are provided therebetween, thereby defining a passage area (4). A sensor device (5) can detect persons (10): a) before the entrance door arrangement (2a); b) in the passage area (4) and/or after the exit door arrangement (2b). A control device is configured to enter a safety operating mode and to close the entrance door arrangement (2a) when an analysis of sensor data indicates that a person (10): a) in the passage area (4) goes back in the direction of the entrance door arrangement (2a); and/or b) goes back after the exit door arrangement (2b) in the direction of the passage area (4). An illumination device (20), which is arranged in the passage area (4) can illuminate the passage area in different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Robert Zimmermann, Christoph Schmidt, Anton Singler
  • Patent number: 12040913
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device (1) for obtaining a sensor signal for use in a system (11) which changes a sensing function in dependence on a light setting. The electronic device is configured to obtain a sensor signal from a sensor (9) and select based on data stored in a memory (7) which device and/or application of a plurality of devices (21, 31, 45, 46) and/or applications the sensor signal should be transmitted to. The selection depends on which light setting is currently active on one or more light devices (13-15). The sensor is arranged to sense in a field of view. The electronic device is further configured to transmit the sensor signal to the selected device and/or application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Tim Dekker, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Berent Willem Meerbeek
  • Patent number: 12002314
    Abstract: Methods and systems for authenticating an Internet of Things device, such as an electronic lock, are disclosed. One method includes generating a first challenge at a server; transmitting the first challenge to the Internet of Things device; receiving a first signed certificate from the Internet of Things device, the first signed certificate being the first random number challenge signed with a private key associated with the internet of things device; and verifying the first signed certificate with the first challenge and a public key associated with the Internet of Things device. Mutual authentication of the server from the Internet of Things device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc.
    Inventors: James Creighton Hart, Derek Imanuel
  • Patent number: 11995943
    Abstract: A multi-level machine-readable code system and method deployed in an environment supported by a wireless access control system network. The multi-level machine-readable code system including multi-level codes including facility-level codes, site-level codes and device-level codes, that are scanned by mobile computing devices such as mobile smart phones to initiated web-based e-commerce-enabled transactions that allow guest users to select and rent the particular networked devices available for rental and use within a facility, such as, for example, storage lockers, strollers, EVCs, wheelchairs and the like at a site selected within the environment. The wireless access and control system network can automatically assign an available device to the guest user at the selected site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SCOOTERBUG, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Schmidt, Wesley Edward Swogger, Thomas Dwayne Taylor, Michael Buchoff
  • Patent number: 11995501
    Abstract: An RFID system comprises an array of antennas each configured to emit a plurality of beams in different directions. The beams of each pair of adjacent antennas are directed towards one another and overlap. A pair of adjacent antennas transmits simultaneously and the overlapping beams interfere to create an interference pattern. An RFID reader controls the relative phase and/or frequency of the beams to move the interference pattern to read an RFID tag within the moving pattern. As the chance of a RFID tag responding to an emitted beam generally increases with signal strength of the reader beam an area of constructive interference means that RFID tags in that region are more likely to respond to the signal. The system can cover a large proportion of the area below ceiling-mounted antennas, where cover generally means that RFID tags in that area will be successfully read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PERVASID LIMITED
    Inventors: Sabesan Sithamparanathan, Ian White, Michael Crisp, Richard Vincent Penty, Martin Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 11983975
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing or tracking users at a geographic location or destination and collecting data based upon such users and/or the tracking of such users for enhancing the experience of the users, providing increased operational functionality of venues or attractions associated with the destination, and/or managing or influencing behavior associated with users or employees at the geographic location or destination. The system may be accessible via software applications executed upon mobile devices and/or permanent hardware kiosks and/or via a web-based interface. Trackable hardware is carried and/or worn or otherwise associated with the users so that the users' movement and activities may be tracked at the geographic location or destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Whitewater West Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Daniel Mendelson, Richard D K Bojahra, David Allan Black, Rick Briggs, Philip R Edgell
  • Patent number: 11967192
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure access and initiation using a remote terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Radha Janakiraman, Sandeep Kumar Chauhan
  • Patent number: 11968525
    Abstract: The vehicle digital key sharing service method according to one embodiment includes a digital registration step in which a management server generates a terminal digital key and a vehicle digital key after user authentication in response to a digital key registration request through a dedicated application of a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal stores the terminal digital key in a secure world that is separated from a normal world and a digital key using step in which an authentication token is generated using the terminal digital key stored in the secure world when the mobile terminal approaches or tags a vehicle and a vehicle device locks or unlocks a door of the vehicle by activating the vehicle digital key, which is registered from the management server, to validate the authentication token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KSMARTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong Won Kim, Jae Hyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11961350
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, authorization and/or authentication protects against unauthorized use of devices and/or features. Devices managing authorization and/or authentication may be connected to communications services, such as the internet or a social network. A user using the communication services may configure a system to authenticate and/or authorize a future action. An authorizer may authorize and/or authenticate by responding via one or more devices and/or social networks to allow an individual to perform an action on a device, as a way of controlling what actions can be taken and who they can be taken by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Kathy Patterson, David Beaumont, Sergey Matochkin, Nicholas Beenham
  • Patent number: 11961423
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label positioning system, an electronic shelf label and a guide rail. The electronic shelf label positioning system includes the electronic shelf label, the guide rail, a PDA and a background server. The electronic shelf label includes a main control SoC, a card reader IC, a screen and a power supply device. The main control SoC is configured to control the screen display and to communicate with an AP. The power supply device is configured to supply power to the electronic shelf label. The guide rail includes a guide rail identification area and a label area. The label area is installed with a plurality of wireless labels each having a unique non-repeated ID number. The guide rail identification area is installed with an identity recognition device, which includes a guide rail ID consisting of the ID numbers of the wireless labels sequentially arranged and summarized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HANSHOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiguo Hou, Jianguo Zhao, Min Liang, Le Zhuo, Sheng Yi, Yang Zhao, Yanwei Wang, Linjiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11935350
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery or electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) device may include smoking articles that produce aerosol. The device may operate upon authentication. The authentication may first include an age verification before an authentication allows for operation of the device. The authentication may include a control signal communication to the device. The control signal communication may include an audio signal, such as an authentication tone that is detected by a microphone or pressure sensor on the device. The control signal communication may include a visual, optical, or light signal that is detected by a light sensor or photodiode on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Sawyer Hubbard
  • Patent number: 11932198
    Abstract: A transfer key system for a vehicle may include a key receptacle configured to detect the presence of a transfer key, and a controller configured to receive key status signals from the key receptacle, and activate the transfer key as an active transfer key in response to the status signal indicating a removal of the transfer key from the key receptacle and receiving an authentication signal from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Ryan Edwin Hanson, Aaron Matthew Delong
  • Patent number: 11922243
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire communication data from at least one communication apparatus that perform wireless communication with a plurality of the communication devices; acquire information related to a wireless power supply performed by a wireless power supply apparatus to the at least one communication apparatus; and generate a control signal indicating an instruction of at least one of the wireless power supply or the wireless communication based on the communication data and the information related to the wireless power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kohei Onizuka
  • Patent number: 11923080
    Abstract: Medical patient monitoring devices that have the capability of detecting the physical proximity of a clinician token are disclosed. The medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to perform a selected action when the presence of a clinician is detected. The selected action may be dependent upon an attribute of the circumstances surrounding detection of the clinician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Ammar Al-Ali, Chad DeJong, Bilal Muhsin, Anand Sampath, Massi Joe E. Kiani
  • Patent number: 11908260
    Abstract: A control module for a remote device comprises a trainable transmitter configured to communicate a radio frequency signal configured to control the remote device via a first communication protocol. The control module further comprises a communication circuit configured to communicate with a mobile device via a second communication protocol and a user interface comprising at least one user input. The control module comprises a controller configured to communicate the programming information for the remote device with the remote server via the second communication interface and assign the programming information to the at least one user input. The controller is further configured to control the trainable transmitter to output a control signal based on the programming information in response to the at least one user input. The control signal is configured to control the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin J. Key, Thomas D. Klaver, Nicholas J. Goote, Timothy E. Martin, Todd R. Witkowski, Joshua P. Holtrop, Zachary J. Walton, Jacob K. Walton, Jason K. Jamieson, Troy A. Redder, Ryan J. Pusztai, Carl L. Shearer