Patents by Inventor Bill Klein

Bill Klein 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: 11561135
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data processing and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are described. A system may support person detection using an optical camera and temperature detection using a thermal sensor. The thermal sensor may determine a temperature reading corresponding to a tracker for a specific detected person. A processing device may update a current temperature for the tracker based on the temperature reading and may add the updated current temperature to a baseline. For example, the processing device may use AI techniques to manage one or more baselines supporting handling of differences and changes in ambient temperatures. The processing device may determine that the current temperature for the tracker satisfies an alert threshold and may trigger an alert procedure. For example, the processing device may use an active baseline to correct the current temperature from a skin temperature to a body temperature for comparison to a fever detection threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Kogniz, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed Putterman, Daniel Putterman, Bill Klein
  • Publication number: 20220277162
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data processing and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are described. A system may support person detection using an optical camera. For example, the optical camera may detect motion and the system may implement a neural network to determine if the motion corresponds to a person's body. If the system detects a person, the system may assign a tracker identifier (ID) to the person's body and convert the position of the body in the view of the camera to a position in a horizontal plane. Based on the horizontal view, the system may spatially track the person in an environment, including determining if the person interacts with other people within a threshold distance, whether there are any congestion points in the environment, or both. The system may trigger alert procedures based on the interactions, congestion points, temperature readings for one or more people, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jed Putterman, Daniel Putterman, Bill Klein
  • Publication number: 20220157146
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data processing and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are described. A system may support person detection using an optical camera and temperature detection using a thermal sensor. The thermal sensor may determine a temperature reading corresponding to a tracker for a specific detected person. A processing device may update a current temperature for the tracker based on the temperature reading and may add the updated current temperature to a baseline. For example, the processing device may use AI techniques to manage one or more baselines supporting handling of differences and changes in ambient temperatures. The processing device may determine that the current temperature for the tracker satisfies an alert threshold and may trigger an alert procedure. For example, the processing device may use an active baseline to correct the current temperature from a skin temperature to a body temperature for comparison to a fever detection threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jed Putterman, Daniel Putterman, Bill Klein