Patents Examined by Yong Hang Jiang
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Patent number: 11536081Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11528771Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventor: Ziad F Elghazzawi
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Patent number: 11521446Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Craig Arthur Klein, Gregory O. Harp, Joseph Eric Sineath
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Patent number: 11521445Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: THERMA-TRU CORPORATIONInventors: Logan Harvey, Bert Spellman, Michael Stagg, Garett Strandemo
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Patent number: 11514738Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Nitesh Luthra, Lev F. Frayman, Terry Finch, John Schullian, Douglas Wager, Nicholas Alexander Robertson Wood
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Patent number: 11508197Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Motogo, LLCInventor: David Brian Ruth
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Patent number: 11472378Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Jonathan Hernandez
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Patent number: 11468718Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Unyoung Kim, David T. Chiu, Michael Crane, Calvin Nguyen, Rohit Shrivastava
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Patent number: 11458929Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: John Logan Anderson, Robin Yang, Jiajian Zhou, Jackie Shannon, Jun Zhou, Divya Thakur, Alex Van Dorn
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Patent number: 11447096Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: GLOBAL MOBILITY SERVICE INC.Inventors: Hiraku Toyooka, Keita Danjyo, Katsuyoshi Kurahashi
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Patent number: 11440504Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Gogoro Inc.Inventors: Hok-Sum Horace Luke, Chun-Sheng Hsu, Yung-Chung Hu, Jia-Yang Wu, Yu-Sheng Huang
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Patent number: 11403897Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Mikio Ichinose, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 11396273Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventor: Toshiaki Tazume
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Patent number: 11399287Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Joseph Soryal
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Patent number: 11390251Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro Kato
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Patent number: 11390245Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Watanabe, Shin Sukegawa, Takayuki Ohara, Kenji Matsuo, Kotaro Yamada, Satoshi Hirajima, Suguru Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11388600Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Satyajit Anand, Sreenath Dindukurthi, Amit Arvind Mankikar, Sivareddy Rangareddy Gari
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Patent number: 11354961Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Maxim Rydkin
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Patent number: 11330429Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: KSMARTECH CO., LTDInventors: Seong Won Kim, Jae Hyung Hwang
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Patent number: 11315174Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud