Wireless Link (e.g., Rf, Ir, Etc.) Patents (Class 235/462.46)
  • Patent number: 11900316
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Itou, Kanako Taga, Takenobu Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11893571
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the processing of electronic payments that involve an payment instrument. A payment instrument reading device is paired with a payment initiating device to allow transaction information generated by the payment initiating device to be automatically transmitted to its associated payment instrument reading device. This means that rekeying of transaction information is not required. In some embodiments one or more beacons are provided in a premises, to allow the location of a mobile payment initiating device to be determined. This location is used to either direct the payment initiating device to a payment instrument reading device, or vice versa. Transaction data generated by the payment initiating device is automatically transmitted to the payment instrument reading device. A pairing module is also provided, which is configured to pair a payment instrument reading device with a payment initiating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Worldpay Limited
    Inventors: Ben Burdsall, Jonathan Stewart Vokes
  • Patent number: 11871865
    Abstract: A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus processing portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lyons, Abraham Maclean
  • Patent number: 11866314
    Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lyons, Jonathon Perrelli, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Abraham Maclean, Connor Bacon, James Christopher Small, Jesse John Horne, Simon Lewis Bilton, Matthew James Edwards, Andrew Gordon Wallace, Maxim D. Wheatley, David J. Wheatley, Todd Metlen
  • Patent number: 11868020
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first, second, third and fourth types of particles (W, Y, R, B) having four different colors. The first and third particles have charges of one polarity and the second and fourth particles charges of the opposite polarity; the first particles have a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the third particles, and the second particles a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the fourth particles. One particle is white (W), one non-white particle (B) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles (R, Y) are light-reflective. A third light-reflective particle (G) may be added to create a five particle medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaolong Zheng, Craig Lin
  • Patent number: 11854045
    Abstract: A system and method for targeted delivery of promotional messages from a sender to a receiver are disclosed. The system includes a website providing access to a plurality of promotional messages, and comprises a web-based user interface enabling the sender to create a set of promotional targeting records. A promotional targeting record comprises the sender's communication identifier, a targeted destination's communication identifier, and a selected promotional message. The created promotional targeting records are stored in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Konstantinos Amouris
  • Patent number: 11816530
    Abstract: A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Williams, Timothy Meier
  • Patent number: 11775968
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system for securing and using payment token data in a system for processing electronic payment transactions that does not require down-time for rekeying encryption keys when the keys are rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Lightspeed Commerce USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasser Abou-Nasr, Michael Boland
  • Patent number: 11770758
    Abstract: A communication apparatus having a direct wireless communication function includes a generation unit configured to generate a first two-dimensional code including an address of the communication apparatus and an SSID corresponding to the direct wireless communication function, and a second two-dimensional code including the address of the communication apparatus and not including the SSID corresponding to the direct wireless communication function, and an output unit configured to output the first two-dimensional code and the second two-dimensional code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 11759180
    Abstract: A medical system according to an embodiment includes a medical apparatus and a first terminal. The medical apparatus is configured to have medical information therein. The first terminal is configured to be communicably connected to the medical apparatus so as to be able to transmit and receive the medical information thereto and therefrom, to have a function of an access point, and to cause a display to display a first code containing identification information of the access point. The first terminal is configured to be communicably connected to a second terminal having read the first code so as to be able to transmit and receive medical information thereto and therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichiro Kurita, Hiroyuki Torikai
  • Patent number: 11755991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing inventories of blood components are disclosed. Such systems and methods are configured to improve the predictability, efficiency, and/or automation of blood component supply chains. Tools are provided for tracking blood component inventories, forecasting blood component demand, and coordinating donations to meet current and anticipated demand. Some embodiments of the systems and methods identify when blood component units at a health care facility are beginning to run low or are approaching expiration, before the need for additional units becomes critical. Some embodiments of the systems and methods coordinate new donations and modify existing scheduled donations to meet real-time and forecasted demand for blood components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Mickles, Dale H. Meixelsperger, Brent Paul, Todd Lewis, Christopher Trussell, Adam Bryan, Dean Gregory, William H. Cork
  • Patent number: 11709271
    Abstract: An image sensor, employed in a time-of-flight (TOF) sensing system, includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in plural rows and plural columns, each pixel generating an amount of charge in response to an incident light, and first driving circuitry configured to supply a driving control signal to each pixel via the plural columns. The first driving circuitry is configured to supply the driving control signal via one of odd and even columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yujin Park, Hansang Kim, Jeongeun Song, Minseok Shin, Ohjun Kwon, Kangbong Seo, Sungwook Seo, Jinuk Jeon
  • Patent number: 11523015
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a conveyance system, a capacitance sensor, a processor, an image forming mechanism, and a tag writer. The conveyance system conveys paper. The capacitance sensor detects a value indicating the capacitance at a plurality of detection positions for the paper conveyed by the conveyance system. The processor detects that the paper conveyed by the conveyance system is provided with an RFID tag, and that the paper is being conveyed without overlapping with other paper based on the value indicating the capacitance detected at a plurality of detection positions by the capacitance sensor. If the processor detects that the paper is provided with an RFID tag and is conveyed without overlapping with other paper, the image forming mechanism forms an image on the paper. The tag writer writes data to the RFID tag provided on the paper on which the image forming mechanism forms the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke Katayama
  • Patent number: 11469910
    Abstract: A physically unclonable function (PUF) device comprises a plurality of conductors, at least some of which are arranged so that they interact electrically and/or magnetically with one another. A media surrounds at least a portion of each of the conductors, and circuitry applies an electrical challenge signal to at least one of the conductors and for receiving an electrical output from at least one of the other conductors to generate an identifying response to the challenge signal that is unique to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TTP Plc
    Inventors: Edward Leigh Bean, Sergey Gaishun
  • Patent number: 11347985
    Abstract: A method of granting control access comprises displaying a QR code on a fire panel annunciator. A user device captures the QR code, extracts information from it, and forwards the extracted information to the fire panel. If the fire panel verifies that the extracted information is valid, the panel grants temporary control access to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Barrieau
  • Patent number: 11347952
    Abstract: A camera interface circuit for a barcode scanner includes a binary conversion block and a selection module. The binary conversion block receives image signals from a camera, and converts gray levels of each pixel in each image frame into binary codes. The selection module alternately provides binary codes of one image frame and image signals of a consecutive image frame as outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Liyan Xie, Mingle Sun, Bin Li, Qiaoyu Ye
  • Patent number: 11295295
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for dynamic mobile wallet items. One embodiment in the form of a method includes receiving, via a network, a dynamic mobile document request associated with a registered user and including a token associated with data to be included in the dynamic mobile document. The method may then retrieve data for the dynamic mobile document from a database based at least in part on the token and an identifier of the registered user and then continue by transmitting, via the network, the retrieved dynamic mobile document data and data indicating how the dynamic mobile document is to be provided to the registered user to a dynamic mobile document generation service, the dynamic mobile document generation service to generate and provide the dynamic mobile document to the registered user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Borucki, Richard T. Davidson, Craig Derek Russell
  • Patent number: 11164056
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system and server for utilizing barcode. The method includes: a server receiving a decoding request sent by a user terminal, the decoding request comprising a barcode image associated with a smart device, or a code value of a barcode presented in the barcode image associated with the smart device; the barcode server acquiring state information associated with the code value of the barcode; returning operation information associated with the user if the state information is a second state information; or sending configuration address information to the user terminal for configuring the smart device, and changing the state information associated with the code value, if the state information is a first state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yao Qin, Qimeng Zou, Nan Xiao, Linqing Wang, Jiankang Sun
  • Patent number: 11120493
    Abstract: A payment method includes obtaining, by a platform application running on a terminal, order information from a web page corresponding to a merchant, sending the order information to a backend server by using the web page, obtaining a preparatory order number from the web page, and calling a payment application running on the terminal to complete a payment procedure with the backend server according to the preparatory order number. The merchant accesses the platform application through the web page. The preparatory order number is generated by the backend server according to the order information and is sent to the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lang Yang, Xiongwei Xu
  • Patent number: 11055696
    Abstract: A portable terminal, a terminal function management system, and a terminal function management method that can prevent electronic money fraud by another person after loss or theft and readily and accurately determine the electronic money balance to be guaranteed are provided. In a portable terminal, a lock function that imposes restrictions on access to a chip storage unit that stores a value balance is enabled. It is thereby possible to prevent electronic money fraud by another person after the loss or theft of the portable terminal. Further, in the portable terminal, a value balance acquired after the lock function is enabled and before the lock function is released is stored in an electronic money server. It is thereby possible to readily and accurately determine the electronic money balance to be guaranteed which is stored the chip storage unit at the time when the loss or theft is found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Miyazawa, Hideki Akashika, Yoshito Naganuma, Yutaka Jinno
  • Patent number: 11056925
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce the possibility of failure in the detection of metallic foreign object. A metallic foreign object detector includes a sensor part having at least one antenna coil that receives a magnetic field or current to generate a vibration signal a vibration time length measurement circuit that measures a vibration time length indicating the length of time required for the vibration of the vibration signal output from the sensor part corresponding to a predetermined wavenumber larger than 1, and a determination circuit that determines the presence/absence of a metallic foreign object approaching the antenna coil based on the vibration time length and a criterion vibration time length which is the vibration time length obtained in the absence of the approaching metallic foreign object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Kondo, Kazunori Oshima, Akira Gotani, Narutoshi Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 11037074
    Abstract: A method and system for improved ordering and management of a seat assignment at a venue are provided. The method comprises modifying seat identifiers associated with seat locations and outputting the seat identifiers to a display system. The method further comprises identifying first information, determining a first seating arrangement from the first information, wherein the first seating arrangement identifies the seat locations with the seat identifiers, identifying second information, and determining a second seating arrangement from the second information, wherein the seat identifiers are modified to reflect to the second seating arrangement. The second seating arrangement is generated after the first seating arrangement. The system comprises a display system in a venue and a processor configured to display seating information through the display system. The display system comprises a plurality of display devices associated with a plurality of seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: David J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11017374
    Abstract: A device may receive an indication that an ATM transaction is to be conducted, display prompt(s) for a user to input user authentication credential information and to select an ATM transaction type, detect user input(s) that include a user authentication credential and a selection of a particular ATM transaction type, and receive, from an ATM device, a request to establish a communication session. The ATM device may include a sync button to initiate communicative coupling of the ATM device and the user device. The request may be based on a user selection of the sync button. The device may communicatively couple to the ATM device, and provide, to the ATM device, the user authentication credential and data regarding the particular ATM transaction type to cause the ATM device to perform the ATM transaction. The device may display information regarding the ATM transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira, Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 10984464
    Abstract: A container determination system is provided and generally includes a server, a database, and a customer computing device. The server may obtain, from the database, purchase order data identifying order lines of a purchase order, where each order line is associated with one or more items. The server may associate each order line of the purchase order with an initial container. The server may then optimize the assortment of items amongst the initial containers by attempting to re-associate a selected order line with another container based on whether the other container can hold the items associated with the selected order line, and based on a comparison between an acceptance rate and a randomly selected rate. The re-associations are attempted multiple times to determine optimized assortment information, which may be transmitted to an associate device to have a bagger place the purchased items in containers according to the optimized assortment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Mingang Fu, Madhavan Kandhadai Vasantham, Bipin Mulik
  • Patent number: 10979964
    Abstract: A communication apparatus having a direct wireless communication function includes a generation unit configured to generate a first two-dimensional code including an address of the communication apparatus and an SSID corresponding to the direct wireless communication function, and a second two-dimensional code including the address of the communication apparatus and not including the SSID corresponding to the direct wireless communication function, and an output unit configured to output the first two-dimensional code and the second two-dimensional code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 10943087
    Abstract: A method includes: obtaining an image of a graphic code from a scanning device that scans the graphic code displayed on a user terminal of a user; extracting, from the image of the graphic code, graphic code information encoded in the graphic code; verifying signature information in the graphic code information, wherein the graphic code information comprises the signature information, at least one piece of identity information of the user, and service permission information of multiple services; determining whether the at least one piece of identity information of the user matches identity information accepted by a service provider corresponding to the scanning device; determining whether the service permission information of multiple services of the graphic code information matches service permission information of a service supported by the scanning device; and executing the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Zhihui Tang
  • Patent number: 10891454
    Abstract: An information reading apparatus includes an information reading section, a communication section, a memory, a first determination section, a second determination section, and a control unit. In the apparatus, every time data is determined to be unread data (i.e., data read by one information reading apparatus but not shared yet by all of a plurality of information reading apparatuses) by the first determination section, the control unit records the unread data in the memory, while transmitting the unread data to other information reading apparatuses through the communication section. The control unit also records data determined to be unread data by the second determination section in the memory. A plurality of such information reading apparatuses are employed in an information reading system in which each information reading apparatus can easily keep track of the entire progress of reading tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Takahiro Ioki
  • Patent number: 10792118
    Abstract: A method of tracking a medical device includes creating a patient profile; creating an operating profile with at least one identified surgical site; providing a tracking assembly including a reader with a scanner, a housing enclosing the scanner and a medical drape; placing a medical device having an identifier over the reader; scanning the identifier of the medical device to electronically record the medical device data; associating the scanned medical device data with the at least one surgical site; and using the medical device on a patient on the at least one surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MATRIX IT MEDICAL TRACKING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Branko Prpa, Larry W. Donnelly, Brandon M. Donnelly
  • Patent number: 10748329
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus belong to the technical field of image processing. The method is applied to a mobile terminal, and includes: acquiring a target image on a Two-dimensional (2D) image (S11); creating a Three-Dimensional (3D) image layer, taking the 2D image as a background of the 3D image layer, and creating a background frame on the 3D image layer (S12); detecting an orientation of the mobile terminal, and adjusting a shape of the background frame according to the orientation of the mobile terminal, so that different areas of the 2D image are moved into or out of the background frame (S13); and when the target object on the 2D image is not completely accommodated within the background frame, drawing the target object at a position of the target object on the 3D image layer (S14), where the 2D image, the background frame, and the drawn target object on the 3D image layer are sequentially stacked from bottom to top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rong Li
  • Patent number: 10732908
    Abstract: A system of facilitating printing of shipping labels includes a computing device and a label printer. The computing device receive shipment database data from a remote computing device, store the shipment database data in a shipment database, receive scan data associated with an object from a scanning device, determine whether shipment data for the object is in the shipping database, determine shipping information for the object based on whether shipment data for the object is in the shipping database, and send shipping information to the label printer. The shipping information for the object is based on whether shipment data for the object is in the shipping database. The label printer prints a shipping label for the object based on the shipping information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Russell Christman, John Mario, Michael Kalinowski
  • Patent number: 10707247
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and apparatuses for forming and using pixels for image sensors. In one embodiment, an image sensor having at least two pixel electrodes per color region, and having at least two modes is disclosed. The example image sensor includes a first, unbinned, mode; and a second, binned, mode. In the first, unbinned mode, the at least two pixel electrodes per color region are to be reset to substantially similar levels. In the second, binned mode, a first pixel electrode of the at the least two pixel electrodes is to be reset to a high voltage that results in efficient collection of photocharge, and a second pixel electrode of the at the least two pixel electrodes is to be reset to a low voltage that results in less efficient collection of photocharge. Other methods and apparatuses are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hui Tian, Igor Constantin Ivanov, Edward Hartley Sargent
  • Patent number: 10692396
    Abstract: A computing system for calculating a total calorie count is provided. The computing system comprising an electronic personal assistant application program executed on a client computing device, and including a purchase tracking module configured to receive notifications of purchases made for individual food items, a calorie tracking module configured to identify calorie counts associated with each purchased food item and to calculate a calorie count statistic based thereon, a calorie apportionment module configured to apportion the calorie counts of the food items to a user so that the calorie count statistic is based upon an apportioned total of the calorie counts of the food items that have been apportioned to the user; and a graphical user interface module configured to display a graphical user interface including an indicator of the calorie count statistic on a display associated with the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Hadas Bitran, Todd Holmdahl, Eric Horvitz, Desney S. Tan, Dennis Paul Schmuland
  • Patent number: 10679198
    Abstract: A system receives from a customer having an associated rewards points account a price offer for an item. The system determines if the price offer for the item is below an established threshold price, e.g., a price a retailer would accept for the item. When the price offer for the item is below the established threshold price, the system determines an amount of rewards points to be redeemed by the customer to thereby allow the customer to purchase the item at the price offer for the item as received from the customer. The system then allows the item to be purchased by the customer at the price offer for the item as received from the customer in the event that the customer indicates a willingness to redeem the determined amount of rewards points from their associated rewards points account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Dana L. Schueller, Marisa Lynne Brillhart, Dan S. Grimm, John Johnson, Shubham Agarwal, Theodore Alexander Rudman
  • Patent number: 10540503
    Abstract: A system and approach for conveying engineering and license data with a handheld or mobile device via a multi-dimensional code. Engineering data from a page such as a schematic may be generated, formatted, and encoded with a multi-dimensional code. The code in a visual presentation may be embedded in the schematic. A mobile device may scan the code. The device with an appropriate application may decode and un-format the engineering data from the code for a consumer or user. License data may be generated, encrypted, and encoded in a multi-dimensional code. The code in a visual presentation may be scanned and decrypted by the mobile device with an appropriate application, for a consumer or user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Meruva Jayaprakash, Deenadayalan Karunakaran
  • Patent number: 10510065
    Abstract: A device may receive an indication that an ATM transaction is to be conducted, display prompt(s) for a user to input user authentication credential information and to select an ATM transaction type, detect user input(s) that include a user authentication credential and a selection of a particular ATM transaction type, and receive, from an ATM device, a request to establish a communication session. The ATM device may include a sync button to initiate communicative coupling of the ATM device and the user device. The request may be based on a user selection of the sync button. The device may communicatively couple to the ATM device, and provide, to the ATM device, the user authentication credential and data regarding the particular ATM transaction type to cause the ATM device to perform the ATM transaction. The device may display information regarding the ATM transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira, Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 10467609
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to maintain an inventory of products within a product carrier. The product carrier utilizes a radio frequency (RF) blocking material and a RF reader disposed within an interior of the product carrier to identify products placed therein. The product carrier can further include an indicator on an exterior thereof to provide an indication regarding a status of the products within the product carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Jimmie R. Clark, Christopher S. Johnson, Subodh K. Pandey
  • Patent number: 10438425
    Abstract: An access control reader device integrates a touch pad in proximity to a radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna. A touch pad circuit board includes the RF antenna having a physical aperture and the capacitive touch pad positioned at least partially within the physical aperture of the RF antenna. This configuration allows the RFID reader to detect RFID tags in proximity to the capacitive touch pad. In order to prevent interference, such as the formation of eddy currents, the sensors of the touch pad are in the form of interrupted loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Murdo Jamie Scott McLeod, Timothy John Harrison
  • Patent number: 10355502
    Abstract: A charging cabinet includes a housing including a plurality of horizontal storage chambers for storing mobile electronic devices, a mounting chamber at a back side relative to the horizontal storage chambers, a plurality of flip covers pivotally mounted at a front panel thereof and biasable to close/open the respective horizontal storage chambers and clocks for locking the respective flip covers, and a power supply unit including a power input module mounted at a back panel of the housing and electrically connectable to an external power source for power input, and a power socket module and an expansion module respectively electrically connected to the power input module with respective power jacks and respective USB connectors thereof arranged at different elevations to face toward the respective horizontal storage chambers for the connection of the respective storage mobile electronic device for charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CHEN-SOURCE INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 10296471
    Abstract: An example processor-implemented method for accessing peripheral devices with the present disclosure includes establishing connection between a portable computing device and a dock, determining a pairing status between the portable computing device and the dock, and managing access to at least one peripheral device by the portable computing device based on the pairing status. The dock is associated with the at least one peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Slava Gomzin, Manuel Novoa, Binh T Truong
  • Patent number: 10262506
    Abstract: A method, system, and a computer-readable medium for pairing a wireless sensor device which is associated with a user to a wireless relay device are disclosed. The method, system, and computer-readable medium comprise providing an identification code that includes a network address within the wireless sensor device. The method, system, and computer-readable medium include utilizing an application within a wireless relay device. The application selects the wireless sensor device by using the corresponding identification code, scans for network addresses, and compares the network address to the scanned network addresses. When the network address matches one of the scanned network addresses, the wireless sensor device is paired to the wireless relay device by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: VITAL CONNECT, INC.
    Inventors: Arshan Aga, Yun Yang, Saeed Azimi
  • Patent number: 10223563
    Abstract: Described herein is a barcode-reading system for a mobile device that may include an optic system with a reflective surface for folding a field of view of a camera of the mobile device towards a target area positioned at a top side of the mobile device, a reflective surface for folding a field of illumination of a white light source of the mobile device towards the target area, and a target-generating mechanism for narrowing the field of illumination of the white light source along a first direction such that the field of illumination of the white light source has a divergence angle in the first direction that is approximately the same as a divergence angle of the field of view of the camera in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Code Corporation
    Inventors: George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Ming Lei, Phil Utykanski
  • Patent number: 10204249
    Abstract: In an information code reader, an image is imaged by an imager. An information code contained in the image is quantified depending on light-dark levels thereof (tones, color depths, or luminance levels thereof), thereby providing cell information by this quantification. The obtained cell information is transmitted to from the information code reader to a server. In the server, based on the cell information received from the reader, the information code imaged by the imager is decoded. Decoded information is transmitted to the information code reader so that the reader is perform control based on the decoded results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Motoaki Watabe
  • Patent number: 10162184
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a foveated imaging system capable of capturing a wide field of view image and a foveated image, where the foveated image is a controllable region of interest of the wide field of view image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Chunyu Gao, Hong Hua
  • Patent number: 10152708
    Abstract: Value documents such as coupons and event tickets that are represented or indexed in the form of QR codes or other types of two-dimensional encoding techniques may be acquired by imaging with a suitably-enabled mobile device, and then translated in the mobile device into a form suitable for presentation as a one-dimensional barcode at a point-of-sale/service using light-simulated barcode technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Sellers, John Osborne, David Russell
  • Patent number: 10140730
    Abstract: Various display control methods and apparatuses are provided. A method comprises acquiring planar mapping relationship information between an imaging plane and a display plane, and deform-displaying the display content on the display plane at least according to the planar mapping relationship information, to reduce a deformation degree of an image formed by the deformed display content on the imaging plane. A requirement for alignment precision of an imaging device required by the imaging plane is reduced to acquire an image of the display content deformed less to some extent, and users' operational convenience is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dayong Ding
  • Patent number: 10129912
    Abstract: A mobile device, such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, can execute functionality for configuring a network device in a communication network and for subsequently controlling the operation of the network device with little manual input. The mobile device can detect sensor information from a network device. The mobile device can determine device configuration information based, at least in part, on decoding the sensor information. The mobile device can provide the device configuration information to an access point of a network. The mobile device can receive communication link information from the access point. The mobile device can provide the communication link information to the network device. The mobile device can receive a message indicating a communication link between the network device and the access point is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Ashwin Swaminathan, Kiran K. Somasundaram, Bibhu Prasad Mohanty
  • Patent number: 10127893
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display, a memory that stores instructions, and a processor. The processor, under control of the instructions, performs processes including a first display process of controlling the display such that the display displays a code while setting the display with a contrast ratio; and in a case where the code is displayed on the display, a contrast change process of automatically changing the contrast ratio of the display at each of intervals, each of the intervals corresponding to a first duration of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Iwasaki, Fumio Goto
  • Patent number: 10088870
    Abstract: A variable form factor multi-portion housing of a handheld computer. The housing includes a first housing portion to provide a first interior for mounting a first electronic component, the first housing portion having a common first mating surface for facilitating coupling to a secondary housing portion. The housing includes the secondary housing portion having a version configuration of a first form factor selectable from a family of different version configurations having a plurality of different form factors contributing to a selectable variable form factor nature of the multi-portion housing, such that each of the version configurations from the family of different version configurations has a same second mating surface that is configured to couple to the common first mating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Psion Inc.
    Inventor: Dinesh Gandhi
  • Patent number: 10061130
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a foveated imaging system capable of capturing a wide field of view image and a foveated image, where the foveated image is a controllable region of interest of the wide field of view image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Chunyu Gao, Hong Hua
  • Patent number: 10034344
    Abstract: A printed matter, on which a dot pattern, in which a dot code corresponding to the control operation of equipment to be controlled is encoded; a storage that stores a table that includes a correspondence between the dot code and the control operation of the equipment; a remote control device that images the dot pattern, decodes the dot code, and transmits the decoded dot code; and an interface device that performs processing of receiving the dot code, processing of specifying the control operation for the equipment to be controlled based on the dot code, and processing of transmitting the control operation as a control signal to the equipment to be controlled, where the table stored in the storage means includes a correspondence between the dot code and a location where the equipment is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: Kenji Yoshida