Patents by Inventor Tomas Jonsson

Tomas Jonsson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240144692
    Abstract: It is provided a people detector for detecting when people pass through a doorway of a door by which the people detector is installed. The people detector comprises: a people sensor; a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the people detector to: receive a door status signal indicating opening status of the door; determine when a person passes through the doorway based on the people sensor and the door status signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Tomas Jonsson
  • Patent number: 11852513
    Abstract: It is provided a sensor device comprising: a proximity sensor (10); a processor (11); a wireless communication module (13); and a memory (14). When the sensor device is in a first functional state (20, 20a, 20b) and the proximity sensor detects a predetermined change in its proximity, the sensor device is configured to transition from the first functional state, in which wireless communication is inactivated, to a second functional state (21), in which wireless communication module is enabled. The predetermined change in its proximity is a removal of transport protection, comprising removal of a metallic tape over the proximity sensor, whereby the proximity sensor is capable to detect the removal of the metallic tape based on inductive sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Tomas Jonsson, Mats Cederblad, Johan Von Matern
  • Patent number: 11790717
    Abstract: It is provided a method for controlling access to a physical space using an emergency delegation. The method is performed in a lock device and comprises the steps of: receiving an access request from an electronic key; obtaining a plurality of delegations, wherein each delegation is a delegation from a delegator to a delegatee, the plurality of delegations collectively forming a chain of delegations wherein when two delegations are chained together, the delegatee of one delegation is the delegator of the next delegation; determining that a delegation in the chain of delegations is an emergency delegation, the emergency delegation indicating that access should only be granted when an emergency situation occurs; determining when an emergency situation occurs; and granting access to the physical space when the chain of delegations starts in the lock device and ends in the electronic key; and when the emergency situation occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Tomas Jonsson, Fredrik Einberg, Sona Singh, Johan Von Matern, Frans Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20230298453
    Abstract: It is provided a sensor device comprising: a proximity sensor; a processor; a wireless communication module; and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the sensor device to: receive a user input signal; determine when the received user input signal matches a signal template being associated with an event; store in the memory a record indicating an occurrence of the event associated with the user input signal; and transmit, once the wireless communication module is active, any stored records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Tomas Jonsson
  • Patent number: 11745042
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to devices, systems and methods for measuring, transmitting, recording and displaying information relating to physical exercise and, more particularly, to a monitoring system for monitoring exercise machines comprising a lifting mechanism for selectively engaging one or more of the weights. A first aspect of the disclosure relates to an exercise machine monitoring system for monitoring exercise machines, where the exercise machines, comprise a plurality of stacked weights, the monitoring system comprises, for each of the exercise machines a repetition detector and an exercise machine identifier. The monitoring system further comprises an observer and a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henrik Bengtsson, Magnus Hallqvist, Anders Fredlund, Johan Nyman, Tomas Jönsson, Johan Alvå, Anders Linge, Johan Helgertz, Johan Apelqvist, Jens Rydberg, Peter Larsson
  • Patent number: 11735025
    Abstract: It is provided a sensor device comprising: a proximity sensor; a processor; a wireless communication module; and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the sensor device to: receive a user input signal; determine when the received user input signal matches a signal template being associated with an event; store in the memory a record indicating an occurrence of the event associated with the user input signal; and transmit, once the wireless communication module is active, any stored records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventor: Tomas Jonsson
  • Patent number: 11584268
    Abstract: A display unit in a motor vehicle presents information to a first user located in a personnel site. A frame carries the personnel site and a suspension system between the frame and the personnel site has at least one adjustable suspension characteristic. While the motor vehicle is being operated, a control system repeatedly determines a first gaze point of the first user on the display unit. Variations in a position for the first gaze point over time are analyzed; and in response thereto, the control system generates a first control signal to the suspension system so as to reduce a fluctuation of the position for the first gaze point, if a repositioning of the first gaze point is out of synchronization with a displacement of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Peter Ökvist, Tommy Arngren, Tomas Jönsson, Stefan Wänstedt
  • Publication number: 20230003865
    Abstract: It is provided a method for detecting people, the method being performed by a people detector provided by a doorway. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an open signal indicating that a door of the doorway is open; setting a people sensor of the people detector in an active mode based on receiving the open signal; detecting when a person passes through the doorway, using the people sensor; receiving a closed signal indicating that the door of the doorway is closed; transmitting a result of the step of detecting, wherein the step of transmitting is performed based on receiving the closed signal; and setting the people sensor in a power save mode based on receiving the closed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Tomas JONSSON
  • Publication number: 20220309885
    Abstract: It is provided a sensor device comprising: a vibration detector configured to be provided in contact with a windowpane of a window; a sensor controller; and a cable between the vibration detector and the sensor controller; wherein the vibration detector comprises a piezoelectric sensor that is configured to wake up the sensor controller when a vibration is detected by the piezoelectric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan JOHANSSON, Per MACKEGÅRD, Tomas JONSSON, Mats CEDERBLAD
  • Publication number: 20220298828
    Abstract: It is provided a lock assembly comprising: a striking plate assembly comprising an aperture and a magnetometer arranged in proximity of the aperture; a bolt being displaceable to enable movement through the aperture of the striking plate assembly, the bolt comprising a magnet; and a sensor device for detecting proximate presence of an object, wherein the sensor device is configured to power up the magnetometer when the sensor device detects proximate presence of an object; wherein the lock assembly is configured to detect, using the magnetometer and magnet when the bolt is in a protruded position through the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mats CEDERBLAD, Tomas JONSSON, Per MACKEGÅRD, Stefan JOHANSSON
  • Patent number: 11430324
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling an operational state of a sensor device for break-in detection. The method is performed in the sensor device and comprises the steps of: determining, while in a low-power state, that a wake-up condition is true when a vibration measurement associated with a barrier is greater than a wake-up threshold; transitioning, when the wake-up condition is true, to an active state; determining, while in the active state, when an activity condition is true, the activity condition being based on vibration measurements associated with the barrier; increasing the wake-up threshold, and transitioning to the low-power state when the activity condition is not determined to be true within a first duration while in the active state; and decreasing the wake-up threshold, when the sensor device stays in the low-power state longer than a second duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Tomas Jonsson, Mats Cederblad, Per Mackegård, Stefan Johansson
  • Publication number: 20220260666
    Abstract: There are provided mechanisms for position determination using a sidelink. A method is performed by a first terminal device. The method includes receiving, via the sidelink to a second terminal device, positioning information of the second terminal device. The method includes determining its own position from the positioning information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tommy ARNGREN, Stefan WÄNSTEDT, Tomas JÖNSSON, Peter ÖKVIST
  • Publication number: 20220251874
    Abstract: It is provided a lock assembly (1) comprising: a striking plate assembly (10) comprising an aperture (12a, 12b); a first communication module (20a); and a bolt (13,14) being displaceable to enable movement through the at least one aperture (12a, 12b) of the striking plate assembly (10), the bolt (13,14) comprising a second communication module (20b); wherein the first communication module (20a) is configured to receive an identity of the bolt (13, 14) by communicating with the second communication module (20b) and wherein wireless signals from one of the first and second communication modules (20a, 20b) powers the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Mats CEDERBLAD, Tomas JONSSON, Per MACKEGÅRD, Stefan JOHANSSON
  • Patent number: 11397096
    Abstract: It is provided a barrier assembly for determining an extent of opening of an openable barrier. The barrier assembly comprises the openable barrier and barrier frame around the openable barrier; a magnet, a magnetic sensor and a status monitoring device. One of the magnet and the magnetic sensor is provided in the barrier and the other of the magnet and the magnetic sensor is provided in the barrier frame; and the status monitoring device is configured to determine an extent of opening of the openable barrier based on a direction of a magnetic field detected by the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Tomas Jonsson, Mats Cederblad, Per Mackegård, Stefan Johansson
  • Patent number: 11373467
    Abstract: It is presented a method for controlling a lock configured to control access to a restricted physical space, the method being performed in a lock controller. There is a respective active space associated with each lock. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an activation signal from an activation device, the activation signal being based on the portable key device being located within the active space associated with the lock; obtaining an indication that the portable key device is granted access to the lock; determining a second indication of position of the portable key device using a second positioning procedure, wherein the second positioning procedure is more accurate than the first positioning procedure; determining intent to open based on the second indication of position; and transmitting an unlock signal to the lock associated with the lock controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventor: Tomas Jonsson
  • Patent number: 11356832
    Abstract: A method for enabling Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) services in a telecommunications network is presented. The method is performed by a mobile terminal (MT) and incudes receiving an imminent peril or emergency MCPTT call from at least one other MT, the call indicating an emergency state for the at least one other MT, determining a number of MTs indicating an emergency state, and raising an MCPTT emergency alert if the determined number of MTs indicating an emergency state exceeds a threshold. An MT, an escalation server, a computer program, and a computer program product are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Wänstedt, Tommy Arngren, Tomas Jönsson, Peter Ökvist
  • Patent number: 11330393
    Abstract: Method performed by a first communication device operating in a wireless communications network. The wireless communications network comprises a group of communication devices. The first communication device determines that a number of communication devices, comprised in the group of communication devices, having reported that data about a position of a second communication device comprised in the group of communication devices has not been received within a time period, is above a threshold. The first communication device then initiates transmitting an indication to at least one receiving device, indicating a result of the determination. Also disclosed is a method by a third communication device comprised in the group. The third communication device starts a timer defining the time period and, in the absence of the data received within the period, sends a notification of expiration of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tommy Arngren, Stefan Wänstedt, Tomas Jönsson, Peter Ökvist
  • Publication number: 20220122400
    Abstract: It is provided a method for controlling access to a physical space using an emergency delegation. The method is performed in a lock device and comprises the steps of: receiving an access request from an electronic key; obtaining a plurality of delegations, wherein each delegation is a delegation from a delegator to a delegatee, the plurality of delegations collectively forming a chain of delegations wherein when two delegations are chained together, the delegatee of one delegation is the delegator of the next delegation; determining that a delegation in the chain of delegations is an emergency delegation, the emergency delegation indicating that access should only be granted when an emergency situation occurs; determining when an emergency situation occurs; and granting access to the physical space when the chain of delegations starts in the lock device and ends in the electronic key; and when the emergency situation occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tomas JONSSON, Fredrik EINBERG, Sona SINGH, Johan VON MATERN, Frans LUNDBERG
  • Patent number: 11308742
    Abstract: It is provided an electronic lock for selectively locking a barrier to a surrounding structure. The electronic lock comprises: a locking bolt, a housing comprising metallic material, wherein the housing comprises a through-hole through which the locking bolt can pass; and a wireless communication module. The housing comprises a cut-out forming a slot antenna, wherein the wireless communication module is connected to the housing and thus the slot antenna. The slot antenna is formed on the same surface of the housing through which the locking bolt can pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Tomas Jonsson, Mats Cederblad, Peter Kjellqvist, Pär Berglund
  • Patent number: RE49691
    Abstract: A user equipment for providing information most relevant to a user as the user becomes impaired or experiences diminishing capacity is disclosed. The user equipment includes a transceiver, a memory, at least one sensor for detecting a biometric measurement of a user of the equipment, a user interface and a processor. The processor filters the biometric measurement, calculates a metric based on the measurement, evaluates the metric, selectively adjusts an amount of information displayed on the user interface based on the evaluated metric and executes an application corresponding to a user actuation of an item of the displayed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Peter Ökvist, Tomas Jönsson, David Lindegren