Patents by Inventor Ethan Shen
Ethan Shen 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: 20230342781Abstract: In variants, a method for identify verification can include: receiving a request, determining a specification, determining a set of trait instances for a user, and verifying the user according to the specification. However, the method can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Matthew Deutsch, Ethan Shen, Vamsi Varanasi, Cole Winstanley, Henry Xu
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Publication number: 20220324243Abstract: A method is disclosed. For example, the method includes applying a clear coat layer on a substrate, drying the clear coat layer to form random microstructures in the clear coat layer, dispensing a printing fluid to print a graphical pattern on the clear coat layer, and generating a physical unclonable function (PUF) pattern by drying the printing fluid that fills the random microstructures formed in the clear coat layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Yujie Zhu, Warren Jackson, Ethan Shen, Biby Esther Abraham
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Patent number: 11301652Abstract: An example dynamic packaging display includes a plurality of indicator lights, a temperature sensor, an internal clock, a processor, and a power source. The processor is communicatively coupled to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, and the internal clock. The processor is to activate one of the plurality of indicator lights in response to an expiration of a period of time tracked by the internal clock or a temperature that is measured by the temperature sensor exceeding a temperature threshold. The power source is to provide power to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, the internal clock, and the processor.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Naveen Chopra, Nan-Xing Hu, Gregory McGuire, Ethan Shen
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Patent number: 11283215Abstract: A system and method for coupling is described. The system includes, a printed electronic circuit having one or more conductive traces disposed on a flexible substrate The printed electronic circuit includes one or more magnetic couplers disposed on the flexible substrate. The system includes a magnetic connector having one or more magnets that each magnetically attach to a corresponding one of the one or more magnetic couplers The magnetic connector includes one or more spring-loaded pins each aligned with and electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the one or more conductive traces.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ethan Shen, Yuije Zhu, Tianxiao Xu
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Publication number: 20220075970Abstract: An example dynamic packaging display includes a plurality of indicator lights, a temperature sensor, an internal clock, a processor, and a power source. The processor is communicatively coupled to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, and the internal clock. The processor is to activate one of the plurality of indicator lights in response to an expiration of a period of time tracked by the internal clock or a temperature that is measured by the temperature sensor exceeding a temperature threshold. The power source is to provide power to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, the internal clock, and the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Nan-Xing Hu, Gregory McGuire, Ethan Shen
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Publication number: 20220034730Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting item placement on a surface are provided. The system includes a pressure-sensitive conductive sheet that includes a resistive grid that is formed of an electrically non-conductive polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Yujie Zhu, Tianxiao Xu, Ethan Shen
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Publication number: 20220013955Abstract: A system and method for coupling is described. The system includes, a printed electronic circuit having one or more conductive traces disposed on a flexible substrate The printed electronic circuit includes one or more magnetic couplers disposed on the flexible substrate. The system includes a magnetic connector having one or more magnets that each magnetically attach to a corresponding one of the one or more magnetic couplers The magnetic connector includes one or more spring-loaded pins each aligned with and electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the one or more conductive traces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Ethan Shen, Yuije Zhu, Tianxiao Xu
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Patent number: 11222307Abstract: A system for evaluating human interactions with items, such as products displayed on shelves, includes at least one wireless reader which collects data from a set of associated wireless tags in an interrogation zone. The tags and readers may be based on RFID technology. The collected data includes an identifier for an item that is associated with each wireless tag and a touch sensor status indicating whether the item is being touched. A computer receives and aggregates the collected data and outputs an evaluation of human interactions with the items based on the data.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Ethan Shen
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Patent number: 10986940Abstract: There is described is described a modular point-of-purchase display, system and method. The modular point of purchase display includes a back wall and a front wall, a bottom wall, at least one side wall, and at least one shelf. A printed electronic device is affixed to a surface of the back wall, the front wall, the bottom wall, the at least one side wall, and the at least one shelf. The display includes a microcontroller electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a power supply electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a connection device coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a modular component coupled to the connection device, wherein the modular component can be removed and replaced with an alternate modular component compatible with the connection device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Chad S. Smithson, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Janos Veres, Ethan Shen
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Patent number: 10842026Abstract: An object printing system printer enables printing of electrical circuits on non-planar areas of objects and the accurate placement of electronic components within the printed circuits. The system includes a direct-to-object printer and an electronic component placement system. The direct-to-object printer is configured to form an electrical circuit on an object secured within the direct-to-object printer. The electronic component placement system is configured to retrieve an electronic component and install the electronic component in the electrical circuit on the object secured within the direct-to-object printer in response to the direct-to-object printer generating a signal for the electronic component placement system that indicates the electronic component is to be installed in the circuit on the object secured within the direct-to-object printer.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chad S. Smithson, Ethan Shen, Johann Junginger, Tianxiao Xu
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Publication number: 20200311655Abstract: A system for evaluating human interactions with items, such as products displayed on shelves, includes at least one wireless reader which collects data from a set of associated wireless tags in an interrogation zone. The tags and readers may be based on RFID technology. The collected data includes an identifier for an item that is associated with each wireless tag and a touch sensor status indicating whether the item is being touched. A computer receives and aggregates the collected data and outputs an evaluation of human interactions with the items based on the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventor: Ethan Shen
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Publication number: 20200245783Abstract: There is described is described a modular point-of-purchase display, system and method. The modular point of purchase display includes a back wall and a front wall, a bottom wall, at least one side wall, and at least one shelf. A printed electronic device is affixed to a surface of the back wall, the front wall, the bottom wall, the at least one side wall, and the at least one shelf. The display includes a microcontroller electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a power supply electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a connection device coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a modular component coupled to the connection device, wherein the modular component can be removed and replaced with an alternate modular component compatible with the connection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Chad S. Smithson, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Janos Veres, Ethan Shen
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Publication number: 20190254171Abstract: An object printing system printer enables printing of electrical circuits on non-planar areas of objects and the accurate placement of electronic components within the printed circuits. The system includes a direct-to-object printer and an electronic component placement system. The direct-to-object printer is configured to form an electrical circuit on an object secured within the direct-to-object printer. The electronic component placement system is configured to retrieve an electronic component and install the electronic component in the electrical circuit on the object secured within the direct-to-object printer in response to the direct-to-object printer generating a signal for the electronic component placement system that indicates the electronic component is to be installed in the circuit on the object secured within the direct-to-object printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Chad S. Smithson, Ethan Shen, Johann Junginger, Tianxiao Xu
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Patent number: 10289990Abstract: A store profile generation system includes a mobile base and an image capture assembly mounted on the base. The assembly includes at least one image capture device for acquiring images of product display units in a retail environment. A control unit acquires the images captured by the at least one image capture device at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the retail environment. The control unit extracts product-related data from the acquired images and generates a store profile indicating locations of products and their associated tags throughout the retail environment, based on the extracted product-related data. The store profile can be used for generating new product labels for a sale in an appropriate order for a person to match to the appropriate locations in a single pass through the store.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLCInventors: Charles D. Rizzolo, Dennis L. Venable, Wencheng Wu, Thomas F. Wade, Peter Paul, Ethan Shen, Lee Anne Williams, Daniel S. Hann
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Patent number: 10210603Abstract: A store profile generation system includes a mobile base and an image capture assembly mounted on the base. The assembly includes at least one image capture device for acquiring images of product display units in a retail environment. A control unit acquires the images captured by the at least one image capture device at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the retail environment. The control unit extracts product-related data from the acquired images and generates a store profile indicating locations of products and their associated tags throughout the retail environment, based on the extracted product-related data. The store profile can be used for generating new product labels for a sale in an appropriate order for a person to match to the appropriate locations in a single pass through the store.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Conduent Business Services LLCInventors: Dennis L. Venable, Wencheng Wu, Thomas F. Wade, Ethan Shen, Charles D. Rizzolo
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Patent number: 10176452Abstract: A store profile generation system includes a mobile base and an image capture assembly mounted on the base. The assembly includes at least one image capture device for acquiring images of product display units in a retail environment. A control unit acquires the images captured by the at least one image capture device at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the retail environment. The control unit extracts product-related data from the acquired images and generates a store profile indicating locations of products and their associated tags throughout the retail environment, based on the extracted product-related data. The store profile can be used for generating new product labels for a sale in an appropriate order for a person to match to the appropriate locations in a single pass through the store.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Conduent Business Services LLCInventors: Charles D. Rizzolo, Dennis L. Venable, Wencheng Wu, Thomas F. Wade, Peter Paul, Ethan Shen, Lee Anne S. Williams, Daniel S. Hann
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Patent number: 10019803Abstract: This disclosure provides a retail environment robotic system including a vertically oriented/scanning LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) unit mounted to a mobile base which travels along the aisles of a retail environment such as a store. According to an exemplary embodiment, the LIDAR unit vertically scans product display units along the aisles to generate a depth map associated with detected objects which is further processed to detect missing products, product/shelving tags, shelves, etc.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLCInventors: Dennis L. Venable, Wencheng Wu, Charles D. Rizzolo, Thomas F. Wade, Ethan Shen, Graham Pennington, Lee Anne Williams, Daniel S. Hann
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Patent number: 10002344Abstract: A system to detect and maintain retail store promotional price tags (PPTs) includes a heuristic PPT description extractor module, a heuristic rule deriver module, a store shelf image acquisition system, a barcode locator and recognizer module, and a heuristic PPT classifier module. The heuristic PPT description extractor module extracts heuristic descriptions of PPTs. The heuristic rule deriver module derives a set of heuristic parameters for the PPTs. The barcode locator and recognizer module analyzes images acquired by the store shelf image acquisition system to localize and recognize barcodes. The heuristic PPT description classifier module extracts heuristic attributes from the images acquired by the store shelf image acquisition system using the set of PPT parameters supplied by the heuristic rule deriver module.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLCInventors: Wencheng Wu, Dennis L. Venable, Charles D. Rizzolo, Thomas F. Wade, Daniel S. Hann, Ethan Shen, Lee Anne Williams
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Publication number: 20180107999Abstract: A store profile generation system includes a mobile base and an image capture assembly mounted on the base. The assembly includes at least one image capture device for acquiring images of product display units in a retail environment. A control unit acquires the images captured by the at least one image capture device at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the retail environment. The control unit extracts product-related data from the acquired images and generates a store profile indicating locations of products and their associated tags throughout the retail environment, based on the extracted product-related data. The store profile can be used for generating new product labels for a sale in an appropriate order for a person to match to the appropriate locations in a single pass through the store.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Conduent Business Services, LLCInventors: Charles D. Rizzolo, Dennis L. Venable, Wencheng Wu, Thomas F. Wade, Peter Paul, Ethan Shen, Lee Anne Williams, Daniel S. Hann
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Publication number: 20180107968Abstract: A system to detect and maintain retail store promotional price tags (PPTs) includes a heuristic PPT description extractor module, a heuristic rule deriver module, a store shelf image acquisition system, a barcode locator and recognizer module, and a heuristic PPT classifier module. The heuristic PPT description extractor module extracts heuristic descriptions of PPTs. The heuristic rule deriver module derives a set of heuristic parameters for the PPTs. The barcode locator and recognizer module analyzes images acquired by the store shelf image acquisition system to localize and recognize barcodes. The heuristic PPT description classifier module extracts heuristic attributes from the images acquired by the store shelf image acquisition system using the set of PPT parameters supplied by the heuristic rule deriver module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Conduent Business Services, LLCInventors: Wencheng Wu, Dennis L. Venable, Charles D. Rizzolo, Thomas F. Wade, Daniel S. Hann, Ethan Shen, Lee Anne Williams