Patents by Inventor Jiani Zeng
Jiani Zeng 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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Patent number: 12355658Abstract: The system includes a wireless network that combines the functionality of the sensors with the formation and maintenance of the network, while balancing the network with the minimization of the energy consumed by the entire system. The system may include nodes, gateways, coordinators, extension sensors and boosters. The system may perform a method comprising applying a known load to a battery in a first node; measuring a voltage drop in the battery; determining an internal resistance of the battery; estimating a remaining life in the battery based on the internal resistance; and in response to the remaining life being below a remaining life threshold, re-directing, by a first gateway, signals in a mesh network away from the first node and to one or more of a plurality of nodes interfacing with the first node, wherein the first gateway interfaces with the first node and a network.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Butlr Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andy Stubbs, Tengfei Chang, Ziran Zhang, Jiani Zeng, Honghao Deng
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Publication number: 20250055785Abstract: The system includes a wireless network that combines the functionality of the sensors with the formation and maintenance of the network, while balancing the network with the minimization of the energy consumed by the entire system. The system may include nodes, gateways, coordinators, extension sensors and boosters. The system may perform a method comprising applying a known load to a battery in a first node; measuring a voltage drop in the battery; determining an internal resistance of the battery; estimating a remaining life in the battery based on the internal resistance; and in response to the remaining life being below a remaining life threshold, re-directing, by a first gateway, signals in a mesh network away from the first node and to one or more of a plurality of nodes interfacing with the first node, wherein the first gateway interfaces with the first node and a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: Butlr Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andy Stubbs, Tengfei Chang, Ziran Zhang, Jiani Zeng, Honghao Deng
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Patent number: 12050133Abstract: The system may provide the functionality for posture detection by using a pose detection algorithm on reduced resolution images. The method may comprise receiving an image of a human from a sensor; receiving a placement of a bounding box on the image, wherein the bounding box contains pixel data of the human in the image; acquiring bounding box data from within the bounding box; and determining a pose of the human based on the bounding box data.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: BUTLR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Rudrasis Chakraborty, Kaidong Zhou, Yan Zhang, Jiani Zeng, Honghao Deng
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Patent number: 11959805Abstract: The system is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system does not require the input of personal biometric data. The sensor system detects infrared (IR) energy from a living being moving in an environment, determines a temperature of the living being based on IR energy data of the IR energy, projects the temperature onto a grid having sequential pixels, determines serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels and determines a trajectory of the living being based on the serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: BUTLR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Honghao Deng, Jiani Zeng, Ziran Zhang, Yan Zhang
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Patent number: 11774292Abstract: The system may include a setup app that is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system may be configured for determining a temperature of an object in a space, based on infrared (IR) energy data of IR energy from the object, determining location coordinates of the object in the space, comparing the location coordinates of the object to location coordinates of a fixture and determining that the object is a human being, in response to the temperature of the object being within a range, and in response to the location coordinates of the object being distinct from the location coordinates of the fixture.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: BUTLR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Honghao Deng, Jiani Zeng, Frances Jillian S. Qua
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Publication number: 20230251139Abstract: The system is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system does not require the input of personal biometric data. The sensor system detects infrared (IR) energy from a living being moving in an environment, determines a temperature of the living being based on IR energy data of the IR energy, projects the temperature onto a grid having sequential pixels, determines serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels and determines a trajectory of the living being based on the serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Butlr Technologies, Inc.Inventors: HONGHAO DENG, JIANI ZENG, ZIRAN ZHANG, YAN ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230213913Abstract: The disclosure includes an object comprising a front lens layer made from at least one of transparent material or translucent material, having a lens with curved surfaces that provide refractive behaviors and a backing layer embedded with patterns. The disclosure also includes a method for designing an object with lenticular effects. The disclosure further includes a method for designing a textile for 3D printing. The disclosure also includes a candy or lollipop comprising a front layer comprising a plurality of at least one of elongated or standalone transparent geometries with defined heights, curvatures and shapes that provide refractive behaviors and a backing layer with at least one of colors or patterns. The disclosure also includes barrier-based object designs that create optical illusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Illusory Material, Inc.Inventors: Jiani Zeng, Honghao Deng
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Patent number: 11644363Abstract: The system is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system does not require the input of personal biometric data. The sensor system detects infrared (IR) energy from a living being moving in an environment, determines a temperature of the living being based on IR energy data of the IR energy, projects the temperature onto a grid having sequential pixels, determines serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels and determines a trajectory of the living being based on the serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: BUTLR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Honghao Deng, Jiani Zeng, Ziran Zhang, Yan Zhang
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Publication number: 20220221345Abstract: The system may include a setup app that is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system may be configured for determining a temperature of an object in a space, based on infrared (IR) energy data of IR energy from the object, determining location coordinates of the object in the space, comparing the location coordinates of the object to location coordinates of a fixture and determining that the object is a human being, in response to the temperature of the object being within a range, and in response to the location coordinates of the object being distinct from the location coordinates of the fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Butlr Technologies, IncInventors: Honghao DENG, Jiani ZENG, Frances Jillian S. QUA
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Publication number: 20220221344Abstract: The system may provide the functionality for posture detection by using a pose detection algorithm on reduced resolution images. The method may comprise receiving an image of a human from a sensor; receiving a placement of a bounding box on the image, wherein the bounding box contains pixel data of the human in the image; acquiring bounding box data from within the bounding box; and determining a pose of the human based on the bounding box data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Butlr Technologies, IncInventors: RUDRASIS CHAKRABORTY, KAIDONG ZHOU, YAN ZHANG, JIANI ZENG, HONGHAO DENG
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Patent number: 11320312Abstract: The system may include a setup app that is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system may be configured for determining a temperature of an object in a space, based on infrared (IR) energy data of IR energy from the object, determining location coordinates of the object in the space, comparing the location coordinates of the object to location coordinates of a fixture and determining that the object is a human being, in response to the temperature of the object being within a range, and in response to the location coordinates of the object being distinct from the location coordinates of the fixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: BUTLR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Honghao Deng, Jiani Zeng, Frances Jillian S. Qua
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Publication number: 20220057270Abstract: The system may include a setup app that is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system may be configured for determining a temperature of an object in a space, based on infrared (IR) energy data of IR energy from the object, determining location coordinates of the object in the space, comparing the location coordinates of the object to location coordinates of a fixture and determining that the object is a human being, in response to the temperature of the object being within a range, and in response to the location coordinates of the object being distinct from the location coordinates of the fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Butlr Technologies IncInventors: HONGHAO DENG, JIANI ZENG, Frances Jillian S. Qua
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Publication number: 20210278279Abstract: The system is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system does not require the input of personal biometric data. The sensor system detects infrared (IR) energy from a living being moving in an environment, determines a temperature of the living being based on IR energy data of the IR energy, projects the temperature onto a grid having sequential pixels, determines serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels and determines a trajectory of the living being based on the serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Butlr Technologies, Inc.Inventors: HONGHAO DENG, ZIRAN ZHANG, YAN ZHANG, JIANI ZENG, IOANNA SOTIRIOU
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Patent number: 11022495Abstract: The system is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system does not require the input of personal biometric data. The sensor system detects infrared (IR) energy from a living being moving in an environment, determines a temperature of the living being based on IR energy data of the IR energy, projects the temperature onto a grid having sequential pixels, determines serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels and determines a trajectory of the living being based on the serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: BUTLR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Honghao Deng, Ziran Zhang, Yan Zhang, Jiani Zeng, Ioanna Sotiriou