Patents Examined by Yong Hang Jiang
  • Patent number: 11536081
    Abstract: Various embodiments, relate to a system of lockers including a plurality of tracks and a plurality of walls. At least two of the plurality of walls slidably coupled to at least two of the plurality of tracks. Four of the plurality of walls form four sides of a locker cavity. The system also includes a plurality of doors. Each of the plurality of doors are oriented perpendicular to the plurality of the walls. A first door of the plurality of doors is coupleable to a second door of the plurality of doors so as to form a third door, and at least one of the plurality of doors form one side of the locker cavity. The system also includes a back wall, which forms one side of the locker cavity. The system further includes a lock for securing positions of the plurality of walls and of the plurality of doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Chris Kalaboukis, Lisa R. Magana, Andrew L. Martinez, Uma Meyyappan, Dennis E. Montenegro, Marla M. Pacis, Timothy R. Ward
  • Patent number: 11528771
    Abstract: This document relates to systems and techniques for providing response to emergency situations, such as traffic accidents, cardiac arrest, or other medical emergencies. The systems and techniques include systems and techniques for identifying and accessing emergency response equipment during a medical emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Ziad F Elghazzawi
  • Patent number: 11521446
    Abstract: Physical access to secure areas is automatically performed based on presence or detection of a wireless device. A unique identifier of a wireless cellular device, for example, may be pre-authorized for occupants, employees, and tenants of a building. Contractors and vendors may also have their wireless cellular devices pre-approved for access. When the wireless cellular device is detected by a network serving the secure area, its unique identifier may be compared to databases or lists of approved cellular devices. Physical access may thus be automatically granted, based on possession of a recognized cellular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Craig Arthur Klein, Gregory O. Harp, Joseph Eric Sineath
  • Patent number: 11521445
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a door slab, an electronic component embedded in the door slab, and electric wiring connected to the electronic component. The door slab includes a frame defining a cavity, a core disposed within the cavity, a front door skin disposed along a front side of the frame, and a rear door skin disposed along a rear side of the frame. The front door skin and the rear door skin enclose the core within the cavity. The frame has a hinged edge configured to be pivotally coupled to a door jamb. The electric wiring is connected to the electronic component and routed through the door slab to the hinged edge to facilitate electrically coupling the electronic component to an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: THERMA-TRU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Logan Harvey, Bert Spellman, Michael Stagg, Garett Strandemo
  • Patent number: 11514738
    Abstract: Digital pass verification systems and methods are disclosed herein. One or more servers are to distribute instructions on a network. The instructions, when executed, cause a first device carried by a person to at least: access a result of a diagnostic test performed on the person, the result provided by a second device; generate a machine-readable code in response to the result being negative; and display the machine-readable code on a display of the first device to enable the person to gain access to a location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Nitesh Luthra, Lev F. Frayman, Terry Finch, John Schullian, Douglas Wager, Nicholas Alexander Robertson Wood
  • Patent number: 11508197
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller configured to initiate attachment of a first locking bar of a transport container to a first anchor point of a structure by adjusting the first locking bar from a first unlocked state to a first locked state. The controller is also configured to confirm a locking of the first locking bar to the first anchor point. The controller is further configured to, in response to confirming the locking, initiate a release of a second locking bar of the transport container from a second anchor point by adjusting the second locking bar from a second locked state to a second unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Motogo, LLC
    Inventor: David Brian Ruth
  • Patent number: 11472378
    Abstract: A vehicle built-in electric jack system, including a plurality of electric jacks capable of lifting a vehicle. The plurality of jacks operates using a 12-volt power supply. The plurality of jacks are telescopic jacks. Each jack is made from a plurality of cylinders. The cylinders are apportioned such that each cylinder for a jack fits inside of the previous cylinder. Each of the plurality of jacks has a minimum of one light placed on the jack. The light is directed toward the wheel well of the vehicle. The jacks and lights are attached to a controller. The controller is located inside of the vehicle such that the jacks and lights can be operated while the user is inside of the vehicle cab. Further, each jack has a rocker switch located thereon that can control the jack to which it is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Jonathan Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11468718
    Abstract: Features are disclosed for accurately authenticating a delivery agent for unattended delivery of an item. The systems and methods described confirm the location of the delivery agent and proximity to the delivery location using short range wireless communications between a monitoring device at the delivery location and a communication device associated with the delivery agent. Access may also be conditioned on user specified “do not disturb” rules indicating when remote access is authorized. The authentication may be dynamically assessed such as based on a type of item being delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Unyoung Kim, David T. Chiu, Michael Crane, Calvin Nguyen, Rohit Shrivastava
  • Patent number: 11458929
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to ways to authenticate a rider/user of an autonomous vehicle (AV) using biometric data, such as facial recognition. A process of the disclosed technology can facilitate the automatic unlocking of an AV by performing steps that include: receiving a dispatch request associated with a user identifier (ID), receiving a recognition model that corresponds with the user ID, and receiving an image stream including images of pedestrian faces. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for: providing the images to the recognition model, and determining if a user represented in the images corresponds with the user ID. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John Logan Anderson, Robin Yang, Jiajian Zhou, Jackie Shannon, Jun Zhou, Divya Thakur, Alex Van Dorn
  • Patent number: 11447096
    Abstract: A vehicle door locking and unlocking vehicle-mounted device is provided to lock and unlock a vehicle door for car rental and carsharing. The vehicle-mounted device can lock and unlock a vehicle door without using an ECU on the vehicle or CAN. The vehicle door locking and unlocking vehicle-mounted device includes communication means for receiving a lock command or an unlock command from a user terminal directly or through a server and at least one internal relay connected to wiring between a door key switch and a door lock actuator of the vehicle. The internal relay controls at least one external relay to drive the door lock actuator to lock or unlock the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBAL MOBILITY SERVICE INC.
    Inventors: Hiraku Toyooka, Keita Danjyo, Katsuyoshi Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 11440504
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for unlocking a vehicle. The vehicle has a first input device and a second input device. The method includes (1) receiving a passcode from the first input device; (2) receiving a confirmation of the passcode from the second input device; and (3) in response to the confirmation, storing the passcode in a storage device associated with the vehicle. The passcode is input by operating the first input device in a first predetermined way, and, the confirmation is input by operating the second input device in a second predetermined way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Gogoro Inc.
    Inventors: Hok-Sum Horace Luke, Chun-Sheng Hsu, Yung-Chung Hu, Jia-Yang Wu, Yu-Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11403897
    Abstract: A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has: a door opening and closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands from a portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening and closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons on the touch panel include an advance-and-open-door icon to advance to a location at which the door can open and, after advancing, to open the door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon to reverse to a location at which the door can open and, after reversing, to open the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikio Ichinose, Hiroki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11396273
    Abstract: In order to reduce a burden of receiving a package for a recipient, provided is a package delivery method including: receiving, by a first unmanned delivery vehicle, authentication information input by a user; and unlocking, by a second unmanned delivery vehicle, a key of a storage of the second unmanned delivery vehicle, which stores a package addressed to the user, based on the authentication information received by the first unmanned delivery vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Tazume
  • Patent number: 11399287
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system of a remote entry system selects a first circuit from a plurality of circuits of a key remote from the device; wirelessly transmits a first challenge signal to the key, the first challenge signal specifying the first circuit; and wirelessly receives a first response signal from the key, the first response signal having a first response signal power level and a first response signal delay with respect to the first challenge signal. The processing system analyzes the first response signal by comparing the first response signal power level and the first response signal delay respectively with a predetermined first signal power and predetermined first time delay associated with the first circuit; and, in accordance with the comparing, determines whether to enable the entry system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Joseph Soryal
  • Patent number: 11390251
    Abstract: A mobile device for an authentication system that performs authentication to control an authentication target with code verification via near field wireless communication, includes: an acceleration sensor; a communication portion that performs the near field wireless communication with an antenna of the authentication target; a reception stop portion that stops reception operation of the communication portion; a fault detection portion that detects a failure in the acceleration sensor; and an operation change portion that prevents the reception stop portion from stopping the reception operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Kato
  • Patent number: 11390245
    Abstract: A tire anti-theft system includes a transmitter attached to a tire and configured to transmit tire ID information; a first database configured to store vehicle ID information and tire ID information of a tire mounted on the vehicle; a second database configured to store the tire ID information and tire status information indicating whether or not the tire identified with the tire ID information is stolen tire; and a vehicle control apparatus, in which the vehicle control apparatus includes a reader configured to perform near field communication with the transmitter attached to the tire mounted on a vehicle to be controlled and acquire the tire ID information, and a controller configured to, in a case where the reader acquires the tire ID information, restrict operation of the vehicle to be controlled if information indicating that the tire is stolen tire is stored in association with the tire ID information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Watanabe, Shin Sukegawa, Takayuki Ohara, Kenji Matsuo, Kotaro Yamada, Satoshi Hirajima, Suguru Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11388600
    Abstract: A method for automatically switching among a plurality of embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profiles in an electronic device is provided. The method may include: determining a plurality of contexts of the electronic device while a first eSIM profile of the plurality of eSIM profiles is enabled in the electronic device; determining, from the plurality of eSIM profiles, a second eSIM profile that has a highest profile weight, based on the plurality of contexts of the electronic device, while the first eSIM profile is enabled in the electronic device; and automatically switching from the first eSIM profile to the second eSIM profile in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satyajit Anand, Sreenath Dindukurthi, Amit Arvind Mankikar, Sivareddy Rangareddy Gari
  • Patent number: 11354961
    Abstract: A method to determine user intent for an access control including sensing biometrics data from a body-worn device; sensing biometrics data at an access control; comparing the biometrics data from the body-worn device and the access control; and determining a user intent to access the access control in response to the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Maxim Rydkin
  • Patent number: 11330429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle digital key sharing service method. 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: April 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KSMARTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong Won Kim, Jae Hyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11315174
    Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud