Capacitive Patents (Class 235/451)
  • Patent number: 12260285
    Abstract: A data collection system able to provide in real-time sensor data and asynchronous sensor data is described. The data collection system comprises at least one tag device comprising a battery, a memory, a transceiver, a controller, and at least one sensor. The tag device being adapted for generating and transmitting a beacon signal at first intervals; and for storing the data in memory when no reception signal is received within a first time lapse. The data collection system comprises a bridge device comprising a controller and a transceiver. The bridge device being adapted for receiving, tether-free from the at least one tag device, the beacon signal; and transmitting the reception signal in response to the beacon signal. The tag device is also adapted to transmit asynchronous signals when the beacon signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventors: John C. Bonardelli, Marc-André Larin
  • Patent number: 12236314
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of obtaining information from a two-dimensional optical pattern. An image is captured of the two-dimensional optical pattern, which includes plurality of optical quadrant having plurality of optical cell. Contours of the two-dimensional optical pattern are determined in the image determining locations in two dimensions of plurality of optical quadrant within the contours of the two-dimensional optical pattern. Further, the locations of optical cell placed around the optical quadrant are determined in two-dimensional geometric shape in the optical cell that are spliced apart from each other at predetermined locations in the optical cell with respect to the optical quadrant. The information content of the two-dimensional optical pattern is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GRI AI Ltd
    Inventor: Emrah Gozcu
  • Patent number: 12229610
    Abstract: A method of controlling assignment and management of identities in ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chips. The method comprises allocating a plurality of unique AEPH identities by an AEPH management application executing on a computer system, receiving a plurality of requests by the AEPH management application to update a state associated in a blockchain with the unique AEPH identity identified in each request; determining by the AEPH management application that the blockchain is to be terminated; adding by the AEPH management application a terminal block to the blockchain; receiving a request by the AEPH management application to update a state associated with a unique AEPH identity in the blockchain; and sending a request rejection by the AEPH management application to the affiliated device that sent the request to update the state associated with the unique AEPH identity in the blockchain after the terminal block was added to the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Bales, Lyle T. Bertz, Lyle W. Paczkowski, Harry W. Perlow
  • Patent number: 12223387
    Abstract: A cable management system includes multiple cables, each having a unique identifier associated therewith and each including first and second barcodes including the unique identifier, the first barcode located proximate a first end of the cable, the second barcode located proximate a second end of the cable. The system also includes a barcode scanner to scan barcodes of the cables, the barcode scanner includes a clip to receive one of the cables. The system also includes a mobile computing device having a processor, data storage medium, communication unit, and user interface including a display. The mobile computing device is configured to receive via the user interface first end location information for a first cable, receive from the barcode scanner the first barcode of the first cable, and save and display the first end location information in association with the unique identifier of the first cable included in the first barcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Marley, Brian L. Kelly, Frank J. Graczyk, Daniel E. Host, Shawn T. Kemp, Andrew J. Stroede
  • Patent number: 12218953
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes generating, by a communication device during an interaction with an access device, a cryptogram using transaction level data and interoperability level data; transmitting the transaction level data and interoperability level data to the access device; and transmitting the cryptogram the access device, wherein the access device or a remote server computer in communication with the access device validates the received cryptogram before allowing the transaction to proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Yuexi Chen, Marc Kekicheff, Mustafa Top, Hao Ngo
  • Patent number: 12217120
    Abstract: System, device, and method for detecting a passive identification tag and identifying a tag ID for the passive identification tag are provided. The system can include a transmitting system, a passive identification tag, and a receiving system. The transmitting system generates one or more detection signals to interrogate the passive identification tag, where the one or more detection signals includes a first detection signal having a first frequency range. The passive identification tag receives the one or more detection signals, and generates at least a first tag response in response to the first detection signal. The receiving system receives the first tag response, and processes the first tag response to determine a plurality of signal components for the first frequency range, where the plurality of signal components can be used to determine the tag ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Pascal Tags Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Young, Robert Rudolf Rotzoll
  • Patent number: 12210928
    Abstract: Provided is a data transmission method, relating to the field of communication technology. The method includes: reading, from a local on-chip storage device and based on a plurality of descriptors, data to be transmitted corresponding to the plurality of descriptors; and transmitting the data to be transmitted based on the plurality of descriptors, where the plurality of descriptors are configured to define a storage mode of the data to be transmitted in the local on-chip storage device, and an existence mode of the data to be transmitted on a transmission link during transmission of the data to be transmitted. Also provided are a data processing method, a distributed unit and a computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SANECHIPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shaobin Zhu
  • Patent number: 12197993
    Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader having a first RFID tag having a first antenna element operating at a first transmit power. The first RFID tag receives, in a first time interval, a first interrogation command from a first RFID reader through the first antenna element. The first RFID tag transmits, in the first time interval, a first response signal to the first RFID reader. The RFID reader comprises a second antenna element that operates at a second transmit power and a processor communicatively coupled to the second antenna element. The processor transmits, in the first time interval, a second interrogation command to one or more second RFID tags through the second antenna element. The first RFID tag transmits, in a second time interval, a third interrogation command to a first RFID tag of a second RFID reader through the first antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Gourango Lal Biswas, Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Sandeep Suresh
  • Patent number: 12169753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a physical card capable of improving authenticity identification and a method of using thereof. The physical card is provided with two electronic tags of different wavebands. When a physical card is to be traded, the purchaser can perform an appearance inspection of the physical card, or use a first reader in the purchaser's mobile phone to directly read a high-frequency electronic tag of the physical card and obtain a card first information, so that purchaser can quickly and automatically determine the authenticity of the physical card. In addition, an UHF electronic tag in the physical card can be read by a second reader of a verification agency, and then a second information of the physical card can be obtained. Since the physical card is used without leaving the holder of the physical card during the whole process, the contactless transaction mode maintains a social safety distance, which can improve the security of the physical card when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Chi-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12118424
    Abstract: The present invention provides a physical card capable of improving authenticity identification and a method of using thereof. The physical card is provided with two electronic tags of different wavebands. When a physical card is to be traded, the purchaser can perform an appearance inspection of the physical card, or use a first reader in the purchaser's mobile phone to directly read a high-frequency electronic tag of the physical card and obtain a card first information, so that purchaser can quickly and automatically determine the authenticity of the physical card. In addition, an UHF electronic tag in the physical card can be read by a second reader of a verification agency, and then a second information of the physical card can be obtained. Since the physical card is used without leaving the holder of the physical card during the whole process, the contactless transaction mode maintains a social safety distance, which can improve the security of the physical card when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Chi-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12112226
    Abstract: A wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, a driving mechanism configured to move the antenna to multiple positions, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of a radio wave from a wireless tag via the antenna at each of the multiple positions, obtain tag information stored in the wireless tag and radio wave information related to the radio wave, adjust the radio wave information based on the tag information, and determine whether the wireless tag is a reading target based on information indicating a position of the wireless tag that is output from a model in response to an input of the adjusted radio wave information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Wataru Sakurai, Nobuo Murofushi, Shigeaki Suzuki, Yuki Suzuki, Masaki Kimura, Yuichiro Kawabe, Haruka Otake
  • Patent number: 12107329
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to controlling an electronic device including a multi-mode antenna system. In a first operating mode, a radio signal is transmitted via a first antenna, a second antenna is actively de-tuned the while receiving a reflected radio signal thereby increasing isolation between the first and second antennas, an object is detected based at least on the reflected radio signal and the multi-mode antenna system is switched to operation in a second operating mode. In the second operating mode, a first remote radio signal transmitted by a remote antenna of a remote electronic device is received, via the first antenna, a second remote radio signal transmitted by the remote antenna is received via the second antenna, and a position of the remote electronic device is determined based at least on a phase difference between the first remote radio signal and the second remote radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Marc Harper
  • Patent number: 12101139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a male device comprising an elongate portion and an antenna. The elongate portion extends in one direction between a first end and a second end, and is intended for receiving at least one female device by threading from the first end. The near-field communication antenna is placed inside the elongate portion and comprises at least one conductive turn comprising two connection terminals at the second end, the two connection terminals being intended for being connected to a reading circuit, the conductive turn being positioned so as to produce at least one magnetic field generating a flux passing through the elongate portion perpendicularly to the direction when the antenna is traversed by a current produced by the reading circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CENTILOC
    Inventors: Romain Palmade, Loïc Henninot, Frédérick Bonnin
  • Patent number: 12086677
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification method and a reader, the reader comprises a camera, a display screen, a distance sensor, an antenna unit and a processor, the camera is configured to collect an image of a target electronic tag, and the display screen is configured to display an image of the target electronic tag, the distance sensor is configured to measure the distance d between the target electronic tag and the reader, and the antenna unit is configured to receive a radio frequency signal emitted by the target electronic tag. When the antenna unit only receives a radio frequency signal transmitted by one electronic tag, the reader reads the electronic tag; when the antenna unit receives radio frequency signals transmitted by a plurality of electronic tags, the processor filters out the target electronic tag according to the matching degree between the distance and a phase value of the radio frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN IDATA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dongsheng Wang, Shian Shen, Yiran Huang
  • Patent number: 12042941
    Abstract: A robotic datacenter assembly includes a datacenter which stores a plurality of data storage units. A rail system is integrated into the datacenter and the rail system is positioned adjacent to the ceiling such that the rail system is spaced above the plurality of data storage units. An operational command unit is positioned in the datacenter and the operational command unit stores a database which includes robotic operational software. A plurality of drive units each movably engages the rail system such that each of the drive units can travel along the rail system. A plurality of robotic arms is each integrated into a respective one of the drive units having each of the robotic arms extending downwardly from the rail system. Each of the robotic arms is actuatable to manipulate any of the data storage units thereby facilitating hardware in any of the data storage units to be serviced or replaced by the robotic arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventors: Khaled Elbehiery, Hussam Elbehiery
  • Patent number: 11995502
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for facilitating playing soccer based on RFID. The methods and systems may include receiving a request from a user, generating a radio tracking indication, transmitting the radio tracking indication to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, emitting interrogating radio waves, receiving returned radio wave, generating ball tracking data, receiving target data from at least one target sensor, retrieving game data, processing the ball tracking data and the target data based on the game data, generating user performance, transmitting the user performance to the user, storing at least one of the request, the sensor data, the target sensor data, and the user performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Charles Cooper
  • Patent number: 11977949
    Abstract: A card reader includes a card reader main body, a board which is fixed to the card reader main body, a light emitting element which is disposed on a surface of the board, a cover member which is made of light transmissive material and covers the board from an opposite side to the card reader main body, and a code imaging part which images a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code. The cover member is formed with a card insertion port, and the code imaging part is held by the cover member and is disposed at a position adjacent to the card insertion port in a longitudinal direction of the card insertion port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Hara, Masaya Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11960958
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for notifying users regarding a status of various tracked items. A system for generating these notifications comprises a tracking device, having a unique identifier, using a short-range wireless communication protocol to communicate its location; and a mobile device comprising a motion detector configured to identify/monitor movements of the mobile device; and a reader using a short-range wireless communication protocol to communicate with the tracking device. Upon receiving an indication, from the motion detector, that the mobile device has a motion that satisfies a threshold, the reader identifies one or more tracking devices within the predetermined distance from the mobile device, wherein when the reader determines that the tracking device is not within the predetermined distance and the unique identifier of the tracking device is associated with the mobile device, the mobile device outputs a notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KIPIT, INC.
    Inventors: Sarah Dorine Le Cam, Elizabeth Grace Harkins, Robert Shane Luttrell
  • Patent number: 11954552
    Abstract: An RFID tag substrate includes an insulating substrate that has a mounting region in which a semiconductor device is disposed, the mounting region being included in a first surface of the insulating substrate, and a coil that is positioned at an outer edge portion of the insulating substrate. The coil includes a plurality of first coil conductors and a plurality of second coil conductors that are wound such that the first coil conductors and the second coil conductors each have the same number of turns and such that a direction in which the first coil conductors are wound and a direction in which the second coil conductors are wound are opposite to each other. The first coil conductors and the second coil conductors are alternately arranged in a thickness direction of the insulating substrate and connected in series to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11954555
    Abstract: A sensor interface circuit includes: an RF switch having a control node; a bias circuit electrically connected to the control node and applying, to the control node, a voltage at a first level or a second level corresponding to a linear region of a reflection characteristic; a first variable oscillation circuit electrically connectable to a first sensor; a second variable oscillation circuit electrically connectable to a second sensor; and a difference circuit electrically connected between the first variable oscillation circuit and the bias circuit, and between the second variable oscillation circuit and the bias circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: NISSHINBO MICRO DEVICES INC., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sato, Masayuki Sato, Noboru Ishihara, Shinji Murata
  • Patent number: 11955809
    Abstract: An electrical system incorporating a single structure multiple mode antenna is described. The antenna is preferably constructed having a first inductor coil that is electrically connected in series with a second inductor coil. The antenna is constructed having a plurality of electrical connections positioned along the first and second inductor coils. A plurality of terminals is connected to the electrical connections that facilitate numerous electrical connections and enables the antenna to be selectively tuned to various frequencies and frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinit Singh, Alberto Peralta, Ajit Rajagopalan, Jason Luzinski, Jacob Babcock, Christine A. Frysz
  • Patent number: 11927935
    Abstract: Industrial production facilities (such as can making factories) may tag with radio frequency near proximity devices their tooling (knockouts, dies, punches, etc) so that the tooling may be instantly located on any particular machine or location in the facility, by known critical characteristics of the tooling, particularly diameter. This is possible because each machine will also have a reader for the tags, and other areas such as inventory shelves, inspection stations, doors, loading docks, shipping departments and even vendors may also have the reading devices. Passive RFID tags and readers may be used for this purpose. The invention may be open to other businesses so inventory may be located across manufacturing systems and/or businesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kalvis Jaunarajs, Kevin Gillest, Michael Calahan
  • Patent number: 11922258
    Abstract: An interactive data system in which a user, scanning a tag such as a QR-code, is directed to a destination (which may be one of a number of different destinations) which is determined by a profile of the user, which profile is established beforehand. Optionally access to a destination is also determined by an access permission which may be granted to the user. In one example a user, scanning a menu of food and beverage offerings, is directed to a choice of food and beverage which is dependent on the user's likes and dislikes, and dietary and similar factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Douglas Malcolm Duncan
  • Patent number: 11915087
    Abstract: A system and method to provide user marketing recommendations or suggestions based on an interaction between a user and a product, using a radio frequency tag in communication with the product, a radio frequency reader, and a computing device. A motion of the user detected by the radio frequency tag is used to generate a signal containing level of motion, which is utilized by the computing device to determine a level of user interaction and generate marketing information. Marketing information about how to use the product in a recipe is sent to the user interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Edward P. Espinosa
  • Patent number: 11915086
    Abstract: A system and method to provide user marketing recommendations or suggestions based on an interaction between a user and a product, using a radio frequency tag in communication with the product, a radio frequency reader, and a computing device. A motion of the user detected by the radio frequency tag is used to generate a signal containing level of motion, which is utilized by the computing device to determine a level of user interaction and generate marketing information. Marketing information is sent to the user interface device about the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Edward P. Espinosa
  • Patent number: 11900204
    Abstract: A system for locating a RFID tag in a space or area having a physical barrier is disclosed herein. More specifically, the system comprises a plurality of guard tags for use in conjunction with a RFID tag disposed on an item and a RFID reader for locating the same. The system is configured to locate the RFID tag on either side of the physical barrier. The plurality of guard tags may comprise a plurality of negative encoded guard tags and a plurality of positive encoded guard tags, and an algorithm may be used to determine a probability of the RFID tag location within the physical space. A method of locating a RFID tag within a physical space, and a method of virtually shielding the physical space is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
    Inventor: Ian Forster
  • Patent number: 11886950
    Abstract: A method and system for validating compliance with the terms of a transaction, includes gathering sensor and human-sourced data and analyzing and grading the data for compliance with each element and with the transaction as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Healthcare Integrated Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Greenwood, Scott Michael Boruff, Jurgen Vollrath
  • Patent number: 11868837
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic cigarette with NFC anti-counterfeiting code and an anti-counterfeiting method thereof. The electronic cigarette comprises a vaporizer arranged with an insertion portion, and a battery rod arranged with a receiving portion for accommodating the insertion portion. The battery rod comprises a battery, and a control circuit board arranged with a microcontroller and a switching circuit. When the insertion portion is inserted in the receiving portion such that the NFC tag and the NFC tag antenna of the insertion portion are close to the NFC card reader and the NFC card reader antenna of the receiving portion, the NFC card reader automatically reads the anti-counterfeiting code preset in the NFC tag and sends it to the microcontroller for identification. If the anti-counterfeiting code is correct, the microcontroller MCU controls switching on of the switching circuit to allow the electronic cigarette to enter a standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU HAPPY VAPING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangrong Lin, Xianbin Zheng, Xiyong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11861975
    Abstract: A gaming system that receives a frame of image data captured by a camera at a gaming table, generates a set of images from portions of the frame of image data, and determines whether the set of images meets an input requirement of a neural network model. If the set of images does not meet the input requirement, the gaming system modifies, by an incremental amount, an image property of a subset from the set of images until the set of images meets the input requirement. When the set of images meets the input requirement, the gaming system transmits the set of images as a unit (e.g., as a composite of the set of images) to the neural network model for concurrent analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Kelly, Martin S. Lyons
  • Patent number: 11842243
    Abstract: Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for use with tires include a stud comprising reactive strap technology including an RFID chip and conductor. The stud is configured so as to be connected to a tire and to provide near field communication. The stud also may be coupled to an antenna structure to provide a far field RFID tag. The stud may unintentionally move with respect to the antenna structure during use, so the antenna structure may be configured to accommodate such movement without a change in the tuning of the RFID tag. A multi-antenna label may be provided to allow for selective coupling of the stud to a particular antenna, with differently configured tires being coupled to different antennas of the same type of multi-antenna label, which allows for the same label configuration to be used with a wider variety of tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
    Inventor: Ian J. Forster
  • Patent number: 11811727
    Abstract: A load control system may be provided including control devices and a system controller. The system controller may be configured to broadcast a service set identifier (SSID) and provide a wireless network connection to a network device. The system controller may provide a web page to the network device, wherein the web page may include an indication of target system controllers. The target system controllers may be used for configuring (e.g., associating) the control devices. The system controller may receive an indication of a target system controller selected to associate the control devices. The system controller may determine an address and port number of the target system controller identified by the network device. The system controller may provide, to the network device, the web page from the target system controller while the network device is connected to the system controller via the wireless network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: David Anderson, Agniva Banerjee, Parker Evans
  • Patent number: 11797791
    Abstract: Provided is a reading apparatus capable of efficiently reading information from an RFID tag. A reading apparatus (1) includes at least one antenna (2) and a casing (10). The casing (10) has reflective surfaces (12) in at least a part of the inner side. The antenna (2) is provided in the casing (10), and is used to read information from an RFID tag. The antenna (2) is disposed in the vicinity of reflective surfaces (12A) and (12B) having two or more normal lines (N1) and (N2) at different angles, and radiates electromagnetic waves toward at least a direction that is not parallel to the directions of the normal lines (N1) and (N2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuura, Yuta Imai
  • Patent number: 11790193
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for liquid monitoring. An example RFID tag includes an antenna configured to communicate with an RFID reader. The antenna includes a radiating plane. The antenna also includes a ground plane. The RFID tag is attachable to a container. A reactance associated with the antenna is modifiable based on a temperature and a volume of a liquid within the container and adjacent to the ground plane. The RFID tag also includes an integrated circuit that includes a memory. The integrated circuit is configured to modulate the antenna in response to an RFID signal from the RFID reader based on the reactance associated with the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HID Global Corporation
    Inventors: Badredin Mohamed Turki, Charles Vilner
  • Patent number: 11783141
    Abstract: A container includes a surface and a first resonance portion. The surface defines a volume of the container, and the first resonance portion includes an assembly of three-dimensional (3D) carbon-containing structures printed on the surface of the container using one or more first carbon-based inks. The first resonance portion is configured to indicate a presence of an item within the container by resonating at one or more predetermined frequencies in response to an electromagnetic radiation ping associated with a user device located a distance from the container. In some implementations, the container may include a second resonance portion including an assembly of 3D carbon-containing structures printed on the surface of the container using one or more second carbon-based inks, the one or more second carbon-based inks being different than the one or more first carbon-based inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Stowell, Bruce Lanning
  • Patent number: 11783142
    Abstract: A container includes a surface defining a volume of the container, a first resonance portion disposed on a first portion of the surface of the container using one or more first carbon-based inks, and a second resonance portion disposed on a second portion of the surface of the container using one or more second carbon-based inks different than the one or more first carbon-based inks. The first resonance portion can resonate within a first range of frequencies in response to one or more electromagnetic pings received from a user device, and the second resonance portion can resonate within a second range of frequencies in response to the one or more electromagnetic pings, the second range of frequencies being different than the first range of frequencies. In some instances, the user device may be a smartphone, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, or a near-field communication (NFC) device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Stowell, Bruce Lanning
  • Patent number: 11783143
    Abstract: A wireless device can transmit, over a communications network to a server, a request to download an application associated with obtaining information pertaining to a package. The wireless device can receive the requested application from the server, and can execute the application using the one or more processors. The wireless device can transmit one or more electromagnetic pings in a vicinity of the package, receive a first return signal from the first resonance portion, and receive a second return signal from the second resonance portion. The first return signal has a frequency based on the one or more electromagnetic pings and a first resonant frequency of the first resonance portion, and the second return signal has a frequency based on the one or more electromagnetic pings and a second resonant frequency of the second resonance portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Stowell, Bruce Lanning
  • Patent number: 11769938
    Abstract: A high-field emission tolerant RFID tag device that may be secured to a product to be cooked, heated, reheated and/or thawed in a heating apparatus such as, but not limited to, a microwave oven and that does not need to be removed from the product before initiating the heating process. The RFID device is microwave safe and does not damage the product or food item to which it is attached during the microwave process, and may contain data to control the microwave process. The microwave safe RFID tag comprises a split ring (or shield) conductor formed on one side of a substrate (or dielectric), a coil antenna conductor formed on an opposite side of the substrate, and a RFID chip. The split ring conductor capacitively couples to the coil antenna conductor via the dielectric and a gap in the split ring conductor prevents arcing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
    Inventor: Ian J. Forster
  • Patent number: 11748739
    Abstract: A wireless communication device communicates with an inductively coupled device via a wireless carrier signal that may be modulated by both the wireless communication device and the inductively coupled device. The inductively coupled signal is transmitted from a transponder antenna of the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device also includes an auxiliary antenna. The auxiliary antenna is enabled while the wireless communication device is receiving a modulated version of the wireless carrier signal from the inductively coupled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Bidari, Afshin Rezayee
  • Patent number: 11720889
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system for performing a validity check of a user device having an application stored thereon. The apparatus comprises a coupling device operable to communicate with the user device via near field communication, a processor, and memory storing program code for execution by the processor and validity check data. The program code comprises executable instructions to receive a determinate user device identifier from the user device via the coupling device and to receive application data from the user device via the coupling device, the application data being characteristic of the application stored on the user device. The program code processes the user device identifier and the application data to generate a test token, and determines whether the test token is a valid token using the validity check data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Visa Europe Limited
    Inventor: Nicolas David Mackie
  • Patent number: 11710007
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive, from a motion sensor, an inactivity indication that indicates a period of inactivity within a physical environment. The system may store, in a data structure, identifiers of a plurality of RFID tags that a tag reader read during the period of inactivity. The system may receive, from the motion sensor, a motion notification that indicates a period of activity within the physical environment. The system may cause the tag reader to collect an identifier of an RFID tag in the physical environment during the period of activity. The system may determine, based on the identifier and the identifiers of the plurality of RFID tags, a movement status associated with the RFID tag during the period of activity and perform an action associated with the movement status of the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mukunda Gudi, Jagadeesh Balakrishnan, Suresh Ramamoorthy, Rahul Sai Bachina
  • Patent number: 11700512
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus uses a reader for reading tag information from an RF tag added to each of objects, to thereby manage the objects. The information processing apparatus includes a display device and a controller. The controller acquires information for identifying an allocated range of management of the objects at the information processing apparatus. The controller causes the display device to display individual progress information indicating by what degree of the allocated range reading by the reader has been finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Furukawa, Yohei Yanase, Mayuko Tsunoda, Yasuhiro Nakajima, Masaki Toumori
  • Patent number: 11696351
    Abstract: Techniques for establishing a bidirectional wireless communication link between two otherwise detachable devices when these devices are physically joined together for use as a physically joined device are provided. An example method includes receiving by a mobile computing device a short-range wireless signal from an RFID reader device; monitoring, by the mobile computing device, an RSSI associated with the signal from the RFID reader device; and establishing, by the mobile computing device, a wireless communication connection to the RFID reader device based on the measured RSSI associated with the signal from the RFID reader device being greater than a threshold RSSI value, wherein the threshold RSSI value is calibrated based on an RSSI value associated with the short-range wireless signal from the RFID reader device measured by the mobile computing device when the mobile computing device is physically joined to RFID reader device for use as a joined device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Umesh Manthrayil Sachidanandan, Sajan Wilfred, Eric M. Malmed
  • Patent number: 11687746
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for transmitting at least one incident radio frequency identification (RFID) signal to a RFID tag attached to a merchandize item, receiving at least one reflected RFID signal from the RFID tag, determining a frequency response of the RFID tag based on the at least one reflected RFID signal, comparing the frequency response to a plurality of baseline frequency responses, and determining a state of the RFID tag based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Adam S. Bergman, Steve E. Trivelpiece
  • Patent number: 11687743
    Abstract: A portable terminal issues an authentication process request for an information storage medium to an information processing apparatus by using terminal information indicative of an information terminal, which performs authentication of the information storage medium without performing short-range wireless communication with the information storage medium. The information processing apparatus has the portable terminal output an authentication information request to the information storage medium by short-range wireless communication, performs authentication of the information storage medium on the basis of an authentication information answer, and outputs, to the portable terminal, approval information to be used when the information terminal is to acquire a result of authentication of the information storage medium from the information processing apparatus. The portable terminal performs display based on the approval information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Hiura, Masahiro Sueyoshi
  • Patent number: 11681891
    Abstract: An electronic module for a chip includes a first dielectric substrate provided on one of the faces thereof with a first microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to first connection pins which are arranged around the first microelectronic chip, and a second dielectric substrate which is placed directly opposite the first substrate and which is provided on one of the faces thereof with a second microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to second connection pins which are arranged around the second microelectronic chip. The first and second microelectronic chips are arranged on the faces of the substrates directed towards the interior of the electronic module. A dielectric shim has a calibrated thickness and separates the first and second dielectric substrates. The shim has through-holes or vacancies accommodating electrically conductive materials connecting some of the first connection pins to some of the second connection pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Kevin Fabrizio, Guillaume Gerin
  • Patent number: 11669702
    Abstract: A commodity container includes a main body with a container space and a radio frequency reader with a communication range that covers an opening of the container space. The radio frequency reader outputs tag information based on a radio frequency signal from a wireless tag and outputs time variation information indicating a time variation of the radio frequency signal. A registration device is attached to the main body and includes a communication interface to receive the tag and time variation information, and a processor configured to determine a time variation in a positional relationship of the wireless tag and the radio frequency reader based on the time variation information and update a commodity registration list based on the determined time variation of the positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sunao Tsuchida, Jun Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 11659916
    Abstract: A mounting base for use with a wirelessly locatable tag may include a base portion defining a latching member configured to engage a wirelessly locatable tag to releasably retain the wirelessly locatable tag to the mounting base, a contact block attached to the base portion and configured to be positioned at least partially within a battery cavity of the wirelessly locatable tag, the contact block defining a top side and a peripheral side. The mounting base may further include a first conductive member positioned along the peripheral side of the contact block and configured to contact a first battery contact in the battery cavity of the wirelessly locatable tag, a second conductive member outwardly biased from the top side of the contact block, the second conductive member configured to contact a second battery contact in the battery cavity of the tag, and a power cable coupled to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ryan C. Perkins, Paul J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11635972
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device launches a core agent for a Java application. The core agent loads a first tenant and a second tenant, each tenant having its own isolated class loader. The device instruments, via the core agent and by each tenant, the Java application to capture data regarding execution of the Java application. The device provides the captured data to a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Theodore Hulick, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11625547
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods of manufacturing are described that provide improved tag identification. An example system includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner that receives a stream of RFID tags each associated with a respective article. The system further includes a first sensor attached to the RFID scanner that generates first positional data and a second sensor positioned separate from the first sensor that generates second positional data. The system also includes a computing device communicably coupled with the RFID scanner, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The computing device receives the stream of RFID tags, receives first positional data from the first sensor, receives second positional data from the second sensor, and determines an intended RFID tag from amongst the stream of RFID tags based upon the first positional data and the second positional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ka Man Au, Charles Joseph Cunningham, IV, Michael J. Wells, Abhay Ravi Chandran, Rodney W. Chinn, Shashidhar Ramamurthy, Christopher T. Bouchat, Rene Martinez, Michael V. Miraglia
  • Patent number: 11620462
    Abstract: A method for product tagging is presented including emitting, by at least one RF backscatter transmitter, a dual-tone Radio Frequency (RF) signal embedded within a standardized RF signal on a frequency channel, reflecting and frequency shifting, by a passive RF backscatter tag associated with a product, the dual-tone RF signal to a different frequency channel, and reading, by at least one RF backscatter receiver, the product on the different frequency channel by detecting a distributed ambient backscatter signal generated by a reflection and frequency shifting of the dual-tone RF signal by the passive RF backscatter tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Eugene Chai, Sampath Rangarajan, Mohammad Rostami