Patents by Inventor Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida

Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida 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: 11017434
    Abstract: A method for generating data indicative of a customer interaction with a product on display includes acquiring, by one or more sensors attached to a product on display in a product display area, sensor data; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data to at least one wireless receiver located in the vicinity of the product display area; and transmitting the sensor data from the at least one wireless receiver to a computer. The method further includes executing, by the computer, a machine learning algorithm in order to determine that a potential customer has interacted with the product on display and to generate insights about an interaction between the customer and the product on display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Benjamin Hebgen, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Patent number: 10906535
    Abstract: A method for detecting vulnerable road users (VRUs) using wireless signals includes receiving, by a wireless receiver, wireless signals from mobile devices and determining received signal strength indication (RSSI) levels of the wireless signals. The wireless signals and the RSSI levels of the wireless signals received by the wireless receiver are analyzed so as to determine at least one location of the VRUs. A notification is issued to the vehicle or a driver of the vehicle based on the at least one determined location of the VRUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Guerkan Solmaz, Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida
  • Patent number: 10805426
    Abstract: A method for supporting data upload, performed according to an upload schedule, from a mobile gateway device to a backend, includes: reporting, by gateway devices, connectivity information of the gateway devices to a connectivity registry; computing, by the connectivity registry, connectivity patterns based on the connectivity information; retrieving, by a mobile gateway device, one or more of the connectivity patterns for one or more channels for use by the mobile gateway device, based on location information of the mobile gateway device, the retrieved connectivity patterns being selected from the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry; and determining, by the mobile gateway device, a preemptive upload schedule for uploading data from the mobile gateway device to the backend such that the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted based on the retrieved connectivity patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20200074506
    Abstract: A method for generating data indicative of a customer interaction with a product on display includes acquiring, by one or more sensors attached to a product on display in a product display area, sensor data; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data to at least one wireless receiver located in the vicinity of the product display area; and transmitting the sensor data from the at least one wireless receiver to a computer. The method further includes executing, by the computer, a machine learning algorithm in order to determine that a potential customer has interacted with the product on display and to generate insights about an interaction between the customer and the product on display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Benjamin Hebgen, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20200058007
    Abstract: A method for exchanging data using a blockchain network includes uploading the data to a plurality of cloud servers and committing the data to the blockchain network. An offer for the data is created on the blockchain network. Payment is received from a data consumer after the offer has been accepted. Smartcontracts are implemented in the blockchain network to verify possession of the data, to settle the offer against the payment and to change an access control list (ACL) such that the data on the cloud servers is accessible by the data consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ghassan Karame, Miguel GARCIA GALVAO ALMEIDA
  • Publication number: 20190351896
    Abstract: A method for detecting vulnerable road users (VRUs) using wireless signals includes receiving, by a wireless receiver, wireless signals from mobile devices and determining received signal strength indication (RSSI) levels of the wireless signals. The wireless signals and the RSSI levels of the wireless signals received by the wireless receiver are analyzed so as to determine at least one location of the VRUs. A notification is issued to the vehicle or a driver of the vehicle based on the at least one determined location of the VRUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Guerkan SOLMAZ, Miguel GARCIA GALVAO ALMEIDA
  • Publication number: 20190158625
    Abstract: A method for supporting data upload, performed according to an upload schedule, from a mobile gateway device to a backend, includes: reporting, by gateway devices, connectivity information of the gateway devices to a connectivity registry; computing, by the connectivity registry, connectivity patterns based on the connectivity information; retrieving, by a mobile gateway device, one or more of the connectivity patterns for one or more channels for use by the mobile gateway device, based on location information of the mobile gateway device, the retrieved connectivity patterns being selected from the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry; and determining, by the mobile gateway device, a preemptive upload schedule for uploading data from the mobile gateway device to the backend such that the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted based on the retrieved connectivity patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Ernoe Kovacs