Controlled By Article, Person, Or Animal Patents (Class 250/221)
  • Patent number: 12154905
    Abstract: An arrayed switch circuit includes a substrate, signal conductive pads and signal expansion pins. The signal conductive pads are disposed on the substrate at intervals, and the signal conductive pads are arranged to form a signal conductive pad array. Each of the signal conductive pads has a row position and a column position in the signal conductive pad array. A row signal switch is provided between any two adjacent signal conductive pads corresponding to the same row position, and a column signal switch is provided between any two adjacent signal conductive pads corresponding to the same column position. The signal expansion pins are connected to the signal conductive pads located on at least one side of the signal conductive pad array through signal expansion switches respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jie Zhang, Tai-Hsing Lee, Sih-Han Li
  • Patent number: 12144487
    Abstract: A surgical instruments can be carried out via a foot switch by an operator or a surgeon. It is typical that during operation, multiple surgical instruments are each operated via one foot switch. As a result, the risk of an incorrect operation of the foot switches increases because the space available for the placement of the foot switches is limited. The invention provides a method and a device using which various functions in connection with surgical instruments can be carried out in a simple and safe manner. This is achieved in that at least one projector for generating a virtual control panel and at least one sensor for acquiring the virtual control panel are assigned to a foot switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Jannis Holtkötter
  • Patent number: 12135403
    Abstract: A light receiver outputs a log indicating at least one of an operating status of a multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor and an environment surrounding the multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor, at the time of an output being turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Hashimoto, Keisaku Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Kudo, Tetsuya Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 12135254
    Abstract: A retrographic sensor includes a flexible transparent structure, a transparent elastomeric pad, and an at least partially reflective layer. The flexible transparent structure may be configured to elastically deform between multiple configurations. At least one light source emits light into the transparent structure. The flexible transparent structure may include one or more markers that are illuminated by the at least one light source. The retrographic sensor may also include a photosensitive detector configured to image the flexible transparent structure and one or more markers. A processor may determine a configuration of the flexible transparent structure based at least in part on an image from the one or more markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Edward Adelson, Sandra Liu
  • Patent number: 12135395
    Abstract: Lidar intensity calibration from multi-beam lidar sensors uses calibration panels with known reflectance. The intensity response curves of each lidar beam are learned and modeled as a function of the known reflectivity, the transmission power level, and the distance. Contrary to the lidar equation, characterization of multi-beam lidar scanners commonly used for autonomous driving applications reveals that intensity does not fall-off according to the theoretically expected inverse distance-squared. Instead, a maximum intensity response is attained at a specific distance (focal distance). While the focal distance varies across beams, it is independent of the transmission power. Outside of the focal distance, distance intensity exhibits a sharp fall off. The intensity response curve of the lidar is well-approximated by a parametric form. Learned splines as functions of distance and power level determine the most likely mapping from raw data to surface reflectance along with a measure of uncertainty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Hatem Alismail
  • Patent number: 12128580
    Abstract: A cutting machine includes a table having a planar working surface lying in a working surface plane, a protective pane, a light curtain device configured to generate a light curtain, a crossbeam above the working surface and designed for linear positionability parallel to a first horizontal axis, and a module on the crossbeam and designed for linear positionability parallel to a second horizontal axis perpendicular to the first horizontal axis. The cutting machine further includes a control unit configured to control the cutting machine. The cutting machine has a first operating state and a second operating state. In the first operating state, the protective pane on a first side of the table is below the working surface plane. In the second operating state, both the protective pane and the light curtain on the first side of the table are at least partially above the working surface plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ZÜND SYSTEMTECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Simon Jann, Martin Holzinger
  • Patent number: 12121953
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a bending press (10), wherein the bending press (10) comprises a first platform (1) with a first tool mount (11) and a second platform (2) with a second tool mount (12), wherein one of the platforms (1) is movable relative to the other platform (2) for performing a working movement, a safety device (20) for creating a light barrier (27), in particular laser light barrier, extending between the tool mounts (11, 12) transversely to the working movement of the movable platform (1), which light barrier (27), in a cross-section, forms a light field (7), wherein the safety device (20) has a first mount (21), which carries a light emitter (25) for creating the light barrier (27), and a second mount (22), which carries a light receiver (26) for receiving the light of the light barrier (27), and wherein the first mount (21) is arranged on a first side of the first platform (1) and is adjustable relative to the first platform (1) by a first adjustment drive (23), such
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Denkmeier, David Haim, Peter Simmel
  • Patent number: 12125291
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a photographing device, an image processor and a fault diagnostic device. The photographing device outputs image data. The image processor includes an electronic circuit having recognition algorithms respectively for image recognition of a predetermined recognition target included in the image data. The fault diagnostic device determines that a fault occurs in the image processor, based on a condition that a first recognition result of recognizing test image data including a characteristic pattern also included in the recognition target in case of the image processor receiving the test image data is different from an expected value as a second recognition result of recognizing the test image data in case of one of the recognition algorithms receiving the test image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12115574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bending press (10) for bending a workpiece (19), comprising a first platform (1) with a first tool mount (11) and a second platform (2) with a second tool mount (12), wherein one of the platforms (1) is movable relative to the other platform (2) for performing a working movement, a first safety device (20) for creating a light barrier (27) extending between the tool mounts (11, 12) transversely to the working movement of the movable platform (1), wherein the first safety device (20) has a first mount (21) and a second mount (22), wherein one of the mounts (21) carries a light emitter (25) and the other mount (22) carries a light receiver (26), and wherein the first mount (21) is arranged on a first side of the first platform (1) and is adjustable relative to the first platform (1) by a first adjustment drive (23), a controller (9) that is connected to the first adjustment drive (23), characterized in that the first tool mount (11) is designed in the form of a guide rail, which ha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Denkmeier, Christian Kurz
  • Patent number: 12119818
    Abstract: A photoelectric switch key is provided, which includes a shell, a circuit board, a photosensitive component and a press component. The photosensitive component is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the press component is provided with a light-shielding member. The press component is movably mounted on the shell to enable the light-shielding member to move relative to a light-receiving surface of the photosensitive component. The photosensitive component is capable of receiving external light when the light-shielding member is moved away from the light-receiving surface of the photosensitive component. The light-shielding member is adjacent to and shielding the light-receiving surface of the photosensitive component when the press component is pressed. The light-shielding member is enabled to completely block the external light from irradiating on the photosensitive component when the key is pressed by the user, which achieves the function of the key, and improves the sensitivity of the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: 5-LINK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiunnwoei Lian
  • Patent number: 12120796
    Abstract: A method for controlling lighting in an interior of an aircraft, a lighting control system, and computer program product. The method includes: determining a departure time adjusted for an offset from GMT at a departure location and an arrival time adjusted for an offset from GMT at an arrival location as epoch times; generating a flight time with GMT offsets based on subtracting the departure time from the arrival time; determining an FMS flight time representing the expected time that the aircraft will be in flight between the departure location and the arrival location; generating a simulation ratio modifier based on dividing the FMS flight time by the flight time with GMT offsets; applying the simulation ratio modifier to periods of a day to generate scaled durations for periods of the day in a lighting program; and applying the program to control the cabin lighting on the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventor: Bruce Malek
  • Patent number: 12106518
    Abstract: A system for on-vehicle camera alignment monitoring includes an on-vehicle camera in communication with a controller. The controller monitors vehicle operating parameters and camera signal parameters, and captures an image file from the on-vehicle camera. A first level analysis of the image file, the vehicle operating parameters, and the camera signal parameters is executed to detect dynamic conditions and image feature parameters that affect camera alignment. An error with one of the dynamic conditions or the image feature parameters that affects the camera alignment is detected. A second level analysis of the camera signal parameters is executed to identify a root cause indicating one of the dynamic conditions or the image feature parameters that affects the camera alignment based upon the error. A camera alignment-related fault is detected based upon the root cause, and vehicle operation is controlled based upon the camera alignment-related fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yao Hu, Xinyu Du, Binbin Li, Hao Yu, Wende Zhang
  • Patent number: 12099281
    Abstract: An electro-optic device comprises in order, an electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer, an electro-optic material layer, an adhesive layer, and a backplane substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes configured to apply an electrical potential between the electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer and the pixel electrodes. An activation region, comprising an identification marker, is located in a layer of the electro-optic device and it emits radiation of a characteristic wavelength upon activation by a stimulus, enabling the identification of the manufacturing source and the manufacturing lot of the electro-optic device and its components. The technology is also relevant for a front plane laminate and a double release sheet, which are useful components for the manufacture of electro-optic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Telfer, Brian D. Bean, Lynne C. Garone, Simon Pang, Jay William Anseth
  • Patent number: 12084005
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for acquiring data associated with an agricultural field. The system includes an agricultural machine and a data acquisition (DAQ) module supported relative to the agricultural machine. The DAQ module includes a module housing and one or more sensing devices housed within the module housing. The one or more sensing device are configured to generate data associated with a condition of a field as the agricultural machine travels across the field. In addition, the system includes an air circulation system provided in operative association with the DAQ module that is configured to direct an airflow into an interior of the module housing for circulation therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: James W. Henry, Joshua Knoblauch, Mark Ridley
  • Patent number: 12061284
    Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method for identifying a user of secured system. The method includes transmitting, using a first transceiver in an array of multiple transceivers, a first electromagnetic signal in the microwave range. An electromagnetic signal representing a first response of a portion of a subject to the first electromagnetic signal is received, by at least one transceiver of the array of multiple transceivers. The subject is identified based at least in part on one or more parameters of the first response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Jumio Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmed M. Hassan, Reza R. Derakhshani, Waleed K. Al-Shaikhli, Blake Willig, Kyle Hejtmanek, Clayton Kettlewell, Ala-Addin Nabulsi, George Scott
  • Patent number: 12060248
    Abstract: An elevator safety device includes: a light projector configured to emit light beam; a reflector reflecting the light beam emitted from the light projector; and a light receiver configured to receive the light beam reflected by the reflector. The light projector and the light receiver are arranged between a car landed on a landing floor and a wall of an elevator shaft and above an upper end of an entrance opening. The reflector is arranged between the car landed on the landing floor and the wall of the elevator shaft and below a lower end of the entrance opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kashiwakura
  • Patent number: 12061309
    Abstract: A drive-through scanning system comprises a radiation generating means arranged to generate radiation at two different energy levels and direct it towards a scanning volume, detection means arranged to detect the radiation after it has passed through the scanning volume, and control means arranged to identify a part of a vehicle within the scanning volume, to allocate the part of the vehicle to one of a plurality of categories, and to control the radiation generating means and to select one or more of the energy levels depending on the category to which the part of the vehicle is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 12053259
    Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor device includes a housing having at least a first cavity and a second cavity, at least one light emitter arranged in the first cavity and at least one light detector arranged in the second cavity, wherein each of the cavities has an opening at an underside of the housing so that light from the respective cavity is passable to the outside and/or from the outside into the respective cavity, wherein each of the cavities includes a bottom opposite the underside of the housing and a peripheral side wall extending between the bottom and the underside of the housing, wherein at least one of the cavities is filled with an absorbing material from the bottom to a specified height, and with a transparent material from the specified height to a height of the underside of the housing, and wherein the light detector is arranged on the bottom of the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Faina Esser, Claus Jaeger, Stephan Haslbeck
  • Patent number: 12050099
    Abstract: An example method for determining space availability in an aircraft includes receiving outputs from a plurality of laser sensors positioned in a baggage container at a first wall and a second wall, and the first wall and the second wall face each other. The plurality of laser sensors emit signals within the baggage container and detect reflected responses to generate the outputs. The example method also includes receiving images from a camera positioned on a third wall of the baggage container, wherein the third wall differs from the first wall and the second wall, mapping contents of the baggage container based on the outputs from the plurality of laser sensors, based on said mapping, outputting data indicative of occupied space in the baggage container, and associating the images from the camera with the contents of the baggage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Amar Patel, Vinutha Patel
  • Patent number: 12045405
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for sensing a displacement of a pointing device, like a mouse. The pointing device includes at least one light source configured to illuminate a surface, at least one first secondary photodetector, at least one second secondary photodetector and at least one primary photodetector. Each individual value of photodetectors is weighted and compared to sense the displacement of the pointing device by comparing a plurality of storage elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
    Inventors: Sylvain Grosjean, Jérémy Schlachter
  • Patent number: 12042441
    Abstract: An integrated medical equipment for supporting medical equipment and a patient during a medical procedure. The integrated medical equipment includes a base, an adjustable chair operatively connected to the base, and an equipment support operatively connected to the base and spaced from the adjustable chair by a predetermined distance. The equipment support includes a column at the base and a tower extending generally vertically from the column. A medical device arm is operatively connected to the tower, wherein the medical device arm is motor driven to move along the generally vertical tower. A platform support arm is operatively connected to the column, wherein the platform support arm is motor driven to move generally vertically along the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Reliance Medical Products
    Inventors: Erik M. Turocy, Terry M. Birchler, Jeffrey D. Accursi, Sarvesh S. Chakradeo, Brad J. Bocook
  • Patent number: 12032670
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for intelligent driving monitoring systems, advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving systems, and providing one-click driver image labeling to facilitate the assignment of drive time to a driver. Various aspects of the driver and/or passengers may be determined, which may include a driver identifier previously associated with the driver, whether the driver is wearing a facial covering, whether an image of the driver is partially occluded, whether the driver is facing in the direction of the camera, and whether an image of the driver is expected to be easily recognizable to a person tasked with assigning representative driver images to driver identifiers. These determinations may be used to improve the efficacy and ease-of-use of a visual login system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NETRADYNE, INC.
    Inventors: Hisham Rahman, Vinay Kumar Rai, Venkata Sreekanta Reddy Annapureddy, Badugu Naveen Chakravarthy, Satinder Singh, Roshan Mathews, Suresh Kumar Yerakaraju, Karthik Dumpala, Vishal Gupta, Ankur Nigam, Suresh Babu Yanamala, Adam David Kahn, James Anthony Curtis, Shravan Kumar Motuti, Arun Valiaparambil
  • Patent number: 12020465
    Abstract: A method of real-time plant selection and removal from a plant field including capturing a first image of a first section of the plant field, segmenting the first image into regions indicative of individual plants within the first section, selecting the optimal plants for retention from the first image based on the first image and the previously thinned plant field sections, sending instructions to the plant removal mechanism for removal of the plants corresponding to the unselected regions of the first image from the second section before the machine passes the unselected regions, and repeating the aforementioned steps for a second section of the plant field adjacent the first section in the direction of machine travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: BLUE RIVER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
  • Patent number: 12015197
    Abstract: There is provided a metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network and method of designing such. The metamaterial textile comprising a sheet of metamaterial textile cut into a comb shape comprising long base with a plurality of metamaterial textile teeth extending along and from the base, wherein a gap is present between every two adjacent teeth, whereby, the metamaterial textile is configured to enable propagation of radio-surface plasmons wave along the metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network. The metamaterial textile is configured to control the height of the radio-surface plasmons wave by changing number of the metamaterial textile teeth, and changing dimensions of the metamaterial textile teeth and changing dimensions of the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: John Ho, Chee Keong Tee, Xi Tian, Pui Mun Lee
  • Patent number: 12015894
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to microphones and electronic devices having the same. A microphone may include a housing for receiving vibration signals; a converting component inside the housing for converting the vibration signals into electrical signals, and a processing circuit for processing the electrical signals. The converting component may include a transducer and at least one damping film attached to the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbing Zhou, Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Yongshuai Yuan
  • Patent number: 12007272
    Abstract: A system for imaging using entangled photons includes an optical source that generates a set of four entangled photons correlated in time, such that detection of any one pair of the four entangled photons indicates that all four of the entangled photons are entangled. The optical source couples a first photon to a first path, a second photon to a second path, a third photon to a third path, and a fourth photon to a fourth path. A first detector detects the first photon of the set of four entangled photons. An object positioned at an object plane produces a modulation of the first photon. A spatial sampler detects the second photon. A second detector detects the third photon. A third detector detects the fourth photon. A first coincidence detector determines a coincidence between a detection of the first photon of the set of four entangled photons and a detection of the third photon of the set of four entangled photons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Gary Vacon, Kristin A. Rauschenbach
  • Patent number: 12004702
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile robot including a driver configured to move a main body, an image obtainer configured to obtain an image of the surroundings and far and near distances between the main body and an obstacle, and a controller configured to analyze the image and the far and near distances obtained by the image obtainer and to determine whether an obstacle is present near the main body. The controller determines whether the obstacle is a mat-type obstacle. Upon determining that the obstacle is a mat-type obstacle, the controller calculates the planar area of the mat-type obstacle, and determines a climbing operation or an avoidance operation of the main body based on the planar area of the mat-type obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Juno Choi, Janghun Cheong
  • Patent number: 11994624
    Abstract: A photodetector includes a plurality of cells each configured to detect light and including: a light receiving element configured to output an electrical signal upon receipt of the light, a resistor connected to the light receiving element, and first and second switches connected to the resister. Either the first switch or the second switch is turned on according to a selection signal. The photodetector further includes a first output terminal connected to the first switch of each of the cells and through which a first output signal is output based on the electrical signal that has been output from the first switch, and a second output terminal connected to the second switch of each of the cells and through which a second output signal is output based on the electrical signal that has been output from the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Nobu Matsumoto, Tomonori Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11996031
    Abstract: A control method of a display module, a display module, and a display device. The display module comprises: a transparent display panel (11) comprising an active area and a peripheral area, wherein the transparent display panel (11) has a display side; a dimming panel (12) disposed at a side of the transparent display panel (11) away from the display side; a light-intensity detection unit comprising a photosensitive sensor (13), wherein the photosensitive sensor (13) is disposed at a side of the transparent display panel (11) away from the display side and disposed corresponding to the peripheral area, and the light-intensity detection unit is configured to detect an incident-light intensity of an incident light; and a control unit (14) connected to the light-intensity detection unit and the dimming panel (12), respectively, and configured to adjust a transmittance of the dimming panel (12) according to the incident-light intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongbo Wang, Chen Meng, Jing Yu, Xiaotian Pang
  • Patent number: 11988834
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a lens including a first lens portion having a first curved surface with a first curvature and a second lens portion having a second curved surface corresponding to the first curved surface; a display device disposed on a first side surface of the lens; a convex lens disposed between the first side surface of the lens and the display device; and a reflector disposed on the first curved surface of the first lens portion of the lens, the reflector configured to reflect light of the display device refracted by the convex lens toward a user's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa Ha, Jae Joong Kwon, Jeong Woo Park, Su Bin Jung
  • Patent number: 11981237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a padding for a motor vehicle seat having a sheet for measuring multizone pressure. The sheet has a flexible support layer, with a first electrode having first contact elements, a second electrode having second contact elements and a plurality of intermediate contact elements having piezoresistive properties, each of the intermediate elements being inserted between a first and a second element to form a plurality of pressure sensors. The support layer is made of mesh. The first electrode is made from conductive ink printed on the support layer. The second electrode is made from printed conductive ink, and the intermediate contact elements are made from printed conductive ink with less conductivity than the inks of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TESCA FRANCE
    Inventors: Mohamed Ben Lagha, Santi Sanchez, Christine Tonellato
  • Patent number: 11980926
    Abstract: A received beam amount acquisition section 60 acquires a received beam amount per unit time of a beam receiver 52 at certain sampling time intervals. A beam shielding detection section 66 detects presence or absence of beam shielding of a monitoring beam B by determining whether or not the acquired received beam amount per unit time of the beam receiver is lower than a determination threshold Th for detecting the presence of beam shielding of the monitoring beam B. A detection sensitivity of the beam shielding detection section 66 is configured to be switched from a normal sensitivity mode to a high sensitivity mode when bending is initial processing based on a predetermined processing program, and an acquired height position of the beam receiver 52 is lower than a predetermined second height position LP2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanehide Amano, Hideki Sasaki, Takayuki Aoki, Taichi Suzuki, Humitaka Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11979659
    Abstract: A system for using actuators to control an image sensor and/or lens based on sensor data received from position sensors and position information for the image sensor and/or lens received from a host processor includes a primary camera controller device, at least one secondary camera controller device, and at least one communication link connecting the primary camera controller device and the secondary camera controller device. The primary camera controller device processes the received sensor data and the received position information to generate control data, sends a secondary portion of the control data to the secondary camera controller device via the communication link, and drives a primary portion of the control data to the actuators. The secondary camera controller device drives the received secondary portion of the control data to the actuators concurrently with the primary camera controller device driving the primary portion of the control data to the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Younes Djadi, Nariankadu D. Hemkumar, Sachin Deo, Daniel T. Bogard, Nathan Daniel Pozniak Buchanan, Eric B. Smith
  • Patent number: 11971159
    Abstract: The application relates to a sensing device and a lighting device. The sensing device comprises a sensor provided with a glass window to transmit light and is configured to sense light incident upon the sensor; a circuit board, wherein one side of the circuit board is provided with the sensor; a Fresnel lens arranged above the sensor and configured to transmit light to the sensor; and a housing made from a flame-resistant material, wherein the housing comprises an accommodation space configured to accommodate the sensor and the circuit board, and the housing is provided with a center hole to expose the glass window. By adopting the technical solution, the sensor has flame-resistant performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Guangting Guo, Kun Xiao, Hai Huang, Pan Yao, Wei Rong
  • Patent number: 11966233
    Abstract: A line laser module, including: a module body; a first image capturing assembly, provided at the module body and comprising a first camera, at least one laser emitter and a first image processing module, wherein the at least one laser emitter is provided adjacent to the first camera and configured to emit a line laser with a linear projection toward outside of the module body, the first camera is configured to capture a first environment image containing the line laser, and the first image processing module is configured to acquire obstacle distance information based on the first environment image; and a second image capturing assembly, comprising a second camera and a second image processing module, wherein the second camera is configured to capture a second environment image, and the second image processing module is configured to acquire obstacle type information based on the second environment image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang Yu, Yongji Long, Dan Liu
  • Patent number: 11954250
    Abstract: An eye tracking device and an eye tracking method are provided. The eye tracking device includes a sensor and multiple signal transmitting units. The sensor is disposed on an eyeball of a user. The sensor has multiple signal receiving units. The signal transmitting units are disposed around the sensor and surround the sensor. The signal transmitting units respectively transmit multiple transmitting signals. The signal receiving units receive the transmitting signals to respectively generate multiple sensing signals. The eye tracking device calculates a position of the eyeball according to the sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Lun-Kang Lin, I-Han Tai
  • Patent number: 11952121
    Abstract: A method may comprise receiving, via a processor, a first indication that an object is in a first zone of interest of a first sensor in the plurality of sensors; receiving, via the processor, a second indication that the object is in a second zone of interest of a second sensor in the plurality of sensors; and determining, via the processor, whether the first sensor or the second sensor is falsely detecting the object within the respective zone of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Sanjay Bajekal
  • Patent number: 11953648
    Abstract: Display with high visibility without impairing rigidity of a housing is performed. A light curtain includes: a housing in which one element of a pair of elements disposed inside along a longitudinal direction in order to form the plurality of optical axes at intervals, the housing including a metal case and end members connected to both ends of the metal case; a cover that transmits light from a light projecting element, which is the one element, and is attached to the housing so as to cross the optical axe; an indicator lamp that is a light diffusing member disposed outside an outer surface of at least one of the cover and the housing along the longitudinal direction or formed in series with the cover; and an indicator lamp light source that is accommodated in the housing and supplies light for displaying toward the indicator lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu Niimura
  • Patent number: 11944241
    Abstract: The hands-free toilet paper dispenser comprises a toilet paper holder, a sheet feeder mechanism, a motion sensor, and a fragrance dispenser. The hands-free toilet paper dispenser may mount on a wall of a bathroom adjacent to a toilet. The hands-free toilet paper dispenser may hold a roll of toilet paper on the toilet paper holder. The sheet feeder mechanism may be adapted to dispense one or more sheets of toilet paper when a user's hand passes in front of the motion sensor without having to touch the hands-free toilet paper dispenser. The fragrance dispenser may be operable to dispense a fragrance into the bathroom to mask odors resulting from use of the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Kristen Thelander
  • Patent number: 11947070
    Abstract: A housing device (20) includes a housing portion (22), a light source (200), and an optical sensor (300). The housing portion (22) includes a holding body (100). An article is housed in the housing portion (22). The holding body (100) extends in one direction. The light source (200) is attached to the holding body (100) along the one direction. The light source (200) applies light toward at least a part of a space (S) located on a side of the holding body (100) with respect to the one direction of the holding body (100), a front of the space (S), and a back of the space (S). The optical sensor (300) is attached to the holding body (100). At least a part of a visual field of the optical sensor (300) faces in at least a part of the space (S), the front of the space (S), and the back of the space (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soma Shiraishi, Katsumi Kikuchi, Takami Sato, Yu Nabeto
  • Patent number: 11947008
    Abstract: A distance measuring optoelectronic sensor for detecting a target object in a monitored zone is provided that has a light transmitter for transmitting light pulses, a deflection unit for a periodic scanning of the monitored zone by the light pulses, a light receiver for generating a received signal from the light pulses reflected or remitted by objects in the monitored zone, and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine the distance of an object from a time of flight of a light pulse and to transmit light pulses of different intensity, For the detection of a target object having a specific reflection capability, the control and evaluation unit is here furthermore configured to transmit light pulses adapted to the reflection capability and to a range and to vary the light pulses in accordance with different ranges for the distinction between the target object and another object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schmitz, Ingolf Braune
  • Patent number: 11940293
    Abstract: A system may include one or more finger devices that gather input from a user's fingers. A finger device may include one or more self-mixing interferometric proximity sensors that measure a distance to the user's finger. The proximity sensor may measure changes in distance between the proximity sensor and a flexible membrane that rests against a side portion of the user's finger. The self-mixing interferometric proximity sensor may include a laser and a photodiode. In some arrangements, a single laser driver may drive the lasers of multiple self-mixing proximity sensors using time-multiplexing. The self-mixing proximity sensor may operate according to a duty cycle. Interpolation and stitching may be used to determine the total displacement of the user's finger including both the on periods and off periods of the self-mixing proximity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mengshu Huang, Ahmet Fatih Cihan, Adrian Z. Harb, Stephen E. Dey, Yuhao Pan, Mehmet Mutlu
  • Patent number: 11941858
    Abstract: An object recognition device (10) includes a holding body (100), a light source (200), and an optical sensor (300). The holding body (100) extends in one direction. The light source (200) is attached to the holding body (100) along the one direction. The light source (200) applies light toward at least a part of a space (S) located on a side of the holding body (100) with respect to the one direction of the holding body (100), a front of the space (S), and a back of the space (S). The optical sensor (300) is attached to the holding body (100). At least a part of a visual field of the optical sensor (300) faces in at least a part of the space (S), the front of the space (S), and the back of the space (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soma Shiraishi, Katsumi Kikuchi, Takami Sato, Yu Nabeto
  • Patent number: 11941894
    Abstract: A disclosed monitoring system includes infrared light sources that illuminate a subject in a sequenced manner and a camera that captures images of the subject during periods in which the subject is illuminated by one of the light sources. The system includes a processor that analyzes captured images to determine a brightness measure of the images, and a controller controls output power of the infrared light sources in response to the brightness measure. In response to the processor detecting a brightness measure below a predetermined brightness threshold, the controller is configured to switch off or reduce an output illumination intensity of one of the infrared light sources. A disclosed method further determines whether an emission source is occluded by modulating an intensity of an electromagnetic emission source, detecting whether the modulation pattern is present in captured images, and determining that the emission source is occluded based on the detected modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEEING MACHINES LIMITED
    Inventor: Timothy James Henry Edwards
  • Patent number: 11937124
    Abstract: The present application provides a method of normalising data, which includes the following. The AI engine receives data of different domains of an assisted system, normalises the data of the different domains into a unified format, based on at least one normalisation method corresponding the each of the different domains and provides the normalised data to an other functional block in the AI engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mehrdad Shariat, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11933463
    Abstract: A lightbox is disclosed herein, comprising a lower panel, a back panel connected to the lower panel and extending upward from the lower panel, wherein the back panel is coated in a reflective material, an inner lens connected to the lower panel and extending upward from the lower panel, the inner lens being adjacent the back panel, a first cavity at least partially defined by the back panel and the inner lens, an outer lens connected to the lower panel and extending upward from the lower panel, the outer lens being adjacent the inner lens and opposite the back panel, and a first LED adjacent the lower panel and oriented to emit a light away from the lower panel and into the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Travis J. Vaninetti, Shawn A. Claflin
  • Patent number: 11924844
    Abstract: Obstacle detection enhancement data are transmitted from a server to at least one moving conveyance embedding an obstacle detection system and an on-board wireless radio unit communicating with the server via wireless link. To do so, downlink transmission resources are allocated to each on-board wireless radio unit in a transmission cycle Cn, by optimizing the difference between a distance travelled by the moving conveyance during a transmission cycle and a distance covered by the obstacle detection enhancement data made available to the obstacle detection system at a next transmission cycle Cn+1, wherein the volume of obstacle detection enhancement data expected to be transmitted during the transmission cycle Cn is determined from volume-to-distance ratio information bk stored in a database and from actual quality of the wireless link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Nicolas Gresset
  • Patent number: 11919663
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for estimating the angular velocity (and, preferably, also the attitude) of a space platform (for example, a satellite, a space vehicle, or a space station) using only the information provided by one or more optical sensors, such as one or more star trackers, one or more colour and/or black and white cameras or video cameras, one of more infrared sensors, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ARCA DYNAMICS SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA SEMPLIFICATA
    Inventors: Emanuele Cidonio, Fabio Curti, Daniele Luchena, Marco Moriani, Dario Spiller
  • Patent number: 11919723
    Abstract: Automated system and method wherein the color of each core is detected and distinguished before the core is covered, and any core having a non-conforming core color is rejected and released/removed/eliminated from further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: John J. Fernandes, Jr., Edmund T. Maher
  • Patent number: 11914035
    Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides an inspection system 10 including an acquisition unit 11 that acquires material information including at least either one of a piece of personal unique information unique to each of inspection target persons, and a piece of environment information indicating a state value of an environment that changes at each inspection timing, and a determination unit 12 that determines a content of an inspection for the each inspection target person and/or at the each inspection timing, based on the material information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sumiya, Shingo Yamanouchi, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Shinichi Morimoto, Masanori Sekido, Kazumine Ogura