Patents by Inventor Benjamin Kuris
Benjamin Kuris has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20140335796Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a monitoring system is capable of monitoring the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) of one or more persons occupying a building. The monitoring system includes an information handling system having a radio-frequency (RF) scanner capable of scanning the RF ambient environment of the building. When an individual uses devices in the building that emit RF signals or emissions, the RF signals are detected by the RF scanner and analyzed by the information handling system. The characteristics of the detected RF signals are compared to a database of signature of known devices. If a detected RF signal matches the signature of a known device, the use of the device is logged into a database for ADL analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Donald R. Denning, JR., Benjamin Kuris
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Patent number: 8798573Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a monitoring system is capable of monitoring the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) of one or more persons occupying a building. The monitoring system includes an information handling system having a radio-frequency (RF) scanner capable of scanning the RF ambient environment of the building. When an individual uses devices in the building that emit RF signals or emissions, the RF signals are detected by the RF scanner and analyzed by the information handling system. The characteristics of the detected RF signals are compared to a database of signature of known devices. If a detected RF signal matches the signature of a known device, the use of the device is logged into a database for ADL analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations LLCInventors: Donald R Denning, Jr., Benjamin Kuris
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Patent number: 8659423Abstract: A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations LLCInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Steven M. Ayer, Frank C. Bomba, Douglas F. Busch
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Patent number: 8441371Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method of a health monitoring network which automates detection of faulty or failed sensors using realt-time fault checking on a dynamically registered sensor data stream. The monitoring system and sensor network can provide a one-touch system to notify users when a sensor requires attention, without prior knowledge of the operational characteristics, installation method or configuration of sensors in the network. The network uses a decision engine to assist in maintenance according to a profile based on individual preferences and capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations LLCInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Donald R. Denning, Jr., Steven M. Ayer
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Publication number: 20130009772Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method of a health monitoring network which automates detection of faulty or failed sensors using realt-time fault checking on a dynamically registered sensor data stream. The monitoring system and sensor network can provide a one-touch system to notify users when a sensor requires attention, without prior knowledge of the operational characteristics, installation method or configuration of sensors in the network. The network uses a decision engine to assist in maintenance according to a profile based on individual preferences and capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: INTEL-GE CARE INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Donald R. Denning, JR., Steven M. Ayer
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Patent number: 8315865Abstract: A conversation detector and detection method is based on voice band energy detection. The detector is formed of a signal preconditioner, a comparator and an analysis unit. The comparator generates signal pulses reduced in resolution and sample rate (e.g., single bit data) and indicative of energy level and/or duration of activity detected in subject audio signals. The analysis unit determines from the generated signal pulses whether a conversation exists in the subject audio signal. The detector is also able to adapt to environmental noise change, automatically calibrate and operate in low power consumption mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Benjamin Kuris
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Patent number: 8294572Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method of a health monitoring network which automates detection of faulty or failed sensors using real-time fault checking on a dynamically registered sensor data stream. The monitoring system and sensor network can provide a one-touch system to notify users when a sensor requires attention, without prior knowledge of the operational characteristics, installation method or configuration of sensors in the network. The network uses a decision engine to assist in maintenance according to a profile based on individual preferences and capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations LLCInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Donald R. Denning, Jr., Steven M. Ayer
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Publication number: 20120223835Abstract: A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Benjamin Kuris, Steven M. Ayer, Frank C. Bomba, Douglas F. Busch
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Patent number: 8229057Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a sampling circuit comprising at least one clock, a reference trace, a sensor trace adapted to be connected to a sensing element, and a device to measure a length of delay between a reference signal transmission time of a reference signal transmitting through the reference trace and a sensed signal transmission time of a sensed signal transmitting through the sensor trace, wherein the length of delay is determined by counting the number of burst tones occurring during the length of delay.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations LLCInventors: Terry Dishongh, Fergal Tuffy, Benjamin Kuris
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Patent number: 8223013Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method of a health monitoring network which automates detection of faulty or failed sensors using real-time fault checking on a dynamically registered sensor data stream. The monitoring system and sensor network can provide a one-touch system to notify users when a sensor requires attention, without prior knowledge of the operational characteristics, installation method or configuration of sensors in the network. The network uses a decision engine to assist in maintenance according to a profile based on individual preferences and capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations LLCInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Donald R. Denning, Jr., Steven M. Ayer
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Patent number: 8184001Abstract: A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations LLCInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Steven M. Ayer, Frank C. Bomba, Doug F. Busch
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Publication number: 20110213938Abstract: A personal sensing device that may be used for storing personal data and sensed data arbitrates and prioritizes competing requests for memory access from sensing, wireless, and wired interfaces. The personal sensing device enables power efficiency with burst-writes to the memory at higher data rates then an incoming sensor data stream without risk of data loss. Sensing operations coordinated by reconfigurable control logic are partitioned from storage operations coordinated by a multi-port memory controller. The interface between the functional partitioning uses message passing, status/control registers and buffering to reduce or eliminate system interdependencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: Intel-GE Care InnovationsLLCInventors: Benjamin KURIS, Donald R. Denning, JR., Steven M. Ayer
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Patent number: 7908440Abstract: A personal sensing device that may be used for storing personal data and sensed data arbitrates and prioritizes competing requests for memory access from sensing, wireless, and wired interfaces. The personal sensing device enables power efficiency with burst-writes to the memory at higher data rates then an incoming sensor data stream without risk of data loss. Sensing operations coordinated by reconfigurable control logic are partitioned from storage operations coordinated by a multi-port memory controller. The interface between the functional partitioning uses message passing, status/control registers and buffering to reduce or eliminate system interdependencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Donald R. Denning, Jr., Steven M. Ayer
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Patent number: 7779193Abstract: A micro-watt class sensing device uses host-computer Input/Output (I/O) capabilities when transferring data to/from the host-computer directly from/to memory in the sensing device. This capability allows data to be directly transferred (downloaded/uploaded) to/from the host system at a higher rate when a host system is present.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Benjamin Kuris, Steven M. Ayer, Roy Want, Trevor Pering
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Publication number: 20100162024Abstract: A charge limited device that has only limited access to power can be operated to ensure a given operating time. The operating time may, for example, correspond to the time period between recharging of a battery. Instead of simply reducing power consumption, a budget is developed that enables dynamic monitoring of power consumption over that time to ensure that actual power consumption conforms to the budget.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Benjamin Kuris, Steven M. Ayer
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Publication number: 20090184821Abstract: A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Benjamin Kuris, Steven M. Ayer, Frank C. Bomba, Douglas F. Busch
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Publication number: 20090171180Abstract: A mobile device may use near field communication (NFC) technology to configuration a generic pool of wearable, wireless sensors that may occupy different physical locations on an end user s body. The wearable sensors have an embedded NFC tag in them such, that a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, with an NFC capability may be used to configure sensors in the field so that it recognizes which sensor is connected to which body part. Such a system may be used for example to monitor and report on the user's daily physical activity patterns or be used for video gaming applications where the user's physical movements are detected and utilized to control the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Trevor Pering, Roy Want, Benjamin Kuris
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Publication number: 20090097602Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a sampling circuit comprising at least one clock, a reference trace, a sensor trace adapted to be connected to a sensing element, and a device to measure a length of delay between a reference signal transmission time of a reference signal transmitting through the reference trace and a sensed signal transmission time of a sensed signal transmitting through the sensor trace, wherein the length of delay is determined by counting the number of burst tones occurring during the length of delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Terry Dishongh, Fergal Tuffy, Benjamin Kuris
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Publication number: 20090054028Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a monitoring system is capable of monitoring the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) of one or more persons occupying a building. The monitoring system includes an information handling system having a radio-frequency (RF) scanner capable of scanning the RF ambient environment of the building. When an individual uses devices in the building that emit RF signals or emissions, the RF signals are detected by the RF scanner and analyzed by the information handling system. The characteristics of the detected RF signals are compared to a database of signature of known devices. If a detected RF signal matches the signature of a known device, the use of the device is logged into a database for ADL analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Donald R. Denning, JR., Benjamin Kuris
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Publication number: 20090043920Abstract: A personal sensing device that may be used for storing personal data and sensed data arbitrates and prioritizes competing requests for memory access from sensing, wireless, and wired interfaces. The personal sensing device enables power efficiency with burst-writes to the memory at higher data rates then an incoming sensor data stream without risk of data loss. Sensing operations coordinated by reconfigurable control logic are partitioned from storage operations coordinated by a multi-port memory controller. The interface between the functional partitioning uses message passing, status/control registers and buffering to reduce or eliminate system interdependencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: BENJAMIN KURIS, Donald R. Denning, JR., Steven M. Ayer