Patents by Inventor Benjamin Kwan

Benjamin Kwan 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).

  • Patent number: 11967238
    Abstract: A vehicle detection system warns snowmobilers of other approaching vehicles with potential risk of collision. To better prevent accidents, the system calculates collision risks and warns the rider based on level of risk. When riding in groups, a member can press a stop request button to ask the group to slow down. When a member exits the group, everyone in the group will receive a message, alerts or indication with the update. The vehicle detection system utilizes Bluetooth® low energy (BLE), LoRaWAN® technologies and/or global positioning system technologies and is designed to detect other devices in the region and use acquired information to calculate proximity and risk of collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Churko, Rachel Kellie Churko, Jason Tyler Griffin, Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, Timothy Mackay, Thai Nguyen, Mingxuan Wang, Benjamin Altman, Lawrence Sze-Heen Leung
  • Patent number: 11945435
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; a second camera configured to view a driver of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera, and a second image from the second camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine first information indicating a risk of collision with the vehicle based at least partly on the first image; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine second information indicating a state of the driver based at least partly on the second image; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether to provide a control signal for operating a device or not based on (1) the first information indicating the risk of collision with the vehicle, and (2) the second information indicating the state of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nauto, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Oren Alpert, Tahmida Binte Mahmud, Alexander Dion Wu, Piyush Chandra, Jeremy Marschke, Gary Kwan, Stefan Heck, Ruslan Belkin, Ilan Hornstein
  • Patent number: 10251593
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring and preventing a patient from developing pressure ulcers, comprising (1) a sensing unit, which includes a pressure sensor, attachable to a body part of a patient and having a unique identifier, for detecting pressure exerted by a supporting surface and outputting pressure data indicative of pressure as a function of time; and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the pressure data and/or the unique identifier; (2) a controller unit configured for receiving the pressure data and the unique identifier, associating the unique identifier with the body part of the patient, and for transmitting the pressure data and the unique identifier; and (3) a central server device configured for (i) receiving the unique identifier and the pressure data from the controller unit; (ii) determining whether the pressure data exceeds a predetermined value associated with the body part of the patient; and (iii) transmitting to the controller unit a determination that the pressure data exceeded th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Inventors: Binay Sugla, Benjamin Kwan
  • Publication number: 20160228050
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring and preventing a patient from developing pressure ulcers, comprising (1) a sensing unit, which includes a pressure sensor, attachable to a body part of a patient and having a unique identifier, for detecting pressure exerted by a supporting surface and outputting pressure data indicative of pressure as a function of time; and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the pressure data and/or the unique identifier; (2) a controller unit configured for receiving the pressure data and the unique identifier, associating the unique identifier with the body part of the patient, and for transmitting the pressure data and the unique identifier; and (3) a central server device configured for (i) receiving the unique identifier and the pressure data from the controller unit; (ii) determining whether the pressure data exceeds a predetermined value associated with the body part of the patient; and (iii) transmitting to the controller unit a determination that the pressure data exceeded th
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Binay Sugla, Benjamin Kwan