Intrusion Detection Patents (Class 340/541)
  • Patent number: 11682288
    Abstract: A system for use in a residential property, the system including a first computing system positionable in the residential property and including a first memory and a first processor. The system also includes a second computing system including a second memory and a second processor, the second computing system in communication with the first computing system over a network. The first memory comprises program instructions executable by the processor of the first computing system to: recognize a sound indicative of an unexpected event; retrieve, from a database stored in the first memory, an acoustic profile of the unexpected event; and responsive to the identifying the unexpected event, transmit a notification including an identity of the acoustic profile of the unexpected event to the second computing system over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Turnkey Vacation Rentals, LLC
    Inventor: John Banczak
  • Patent number: 11682279
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving one or more user set preferences for detecting a hub alarm condition and one or more actions to perform in response to detecting a hub alarm condition, receiving, from the output of the security panel, data indicating that a traditional alarm condition occurred, based on receiving data indicating a traditional alarm condition occurred at the monitored property, receiving sensor data from at least one wireless sensor in a vicinity of a hardwired sensor associated with the traditional alarm condition, determining, based on the sensor data received from at least one wireless sensor in a vicinity of the hardwired sensor associated the traditional alarm condition, that the sensor data satisfies a condition, and in response to determining that the sensor data satisfies a condition, performing an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Rogers
  • Patent number: 11674987
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to a switch-mode power supply control circuit that can be used to provide power to regular single phase or three phase energy meter, while also offering a simple low cost method to detect a magnetic tampering event that usually occurs on energy meter. In one example, the switch-mode power supply for the energy meter is a flyback type switch mode power supply comprising a power switch, a switching controller, and a slew rate based magnetic field detection circuit which is configured to enable a magnetic tampering detection signal that can be communicated to the switching controller. Upon detection of a magnetic tampering event, the power supply and the supporting circuitry can raise the switching frequency of the power switch in order to provide more power to the output or cutoff power to the consumer's power outlet and even report the tampering event to the power station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventor: Zhihong Yu
  • Patent number: 11676484
    Abstract: A method of operating an incursion warning system for a work zone, the incursion warning system comprising: a plurality of sensor units arranged about a perimeter of the work zone; and a plurality of alarm units each comprising one or more of an audio, visual or haptic alarm operable to warn a workforce of a potential danger in response to a detected breach into the work area; the method comprising: establishing a geo-zone delimiting a geographical area that includes at least part of the work zone; and a set of rules associated with the geo-zone; deriving an instruction for one of the alarm units determined to be in the geo-zone from the set of rules based on a characteristic of the alarm unit and a characteristic(s) of one or more other alarm units determined to be within the geo-zone; and wherein the instruction is derived in response to a change in a characteristic of the alarm unit and/or the one or more other alarm units and/or one or more of the sensor units within the geo-zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HIGHWAY RESOURCE SOLUTIONS LTD
    Inventors: James Jarrett, Roger Poeth
  • Patent number: 11676478
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide for the determination of alarm events or non-alarm events based on data received from various sensors monitoring one or more entry points of a premises. Non-alarm events may, for example, include a seismic event or a knock event. Determining whether the data received from the various sensors is an alarm or non-alarm event may be based on data received from two or more sensors monitoring two or more entry points of the premises. Further, data related to the non-alarm event that occurred at the premise may be compared to data related to non-alarm events that occurred at other premises and, based on the comparison, one or more authorities may be alerted to the non-alarm event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Rodolico, Christopher Stone, Ross Gilson
  • Patent number: 11670158
    Abstract: A method of hand hygiene compliance enforcement and hand hygiene system comprising at least one dispenser unit that has an interior chamber containing a volume of hand soap or sanitizer and a dispenser nozzle configured to dispense a measured volume of hand soap or sanitizing material upon a triggering event. The dispenser also has a control unit mounted therein, the control unit is in electronic communication with the dispenser nozzle and has at least one identity sensor, at least one alarm indicator and at least one transmitter. The hand hygiene system also has at least one proximity sensor in electronic communication with the control unit. The proximity sensor is located a spaced distance from the at least one dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Tuway American Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Koester, Craig Muscott
  • Patent number: 11662061
    Abstract: A safety system for use with a power tool that is usable by a user, the power tool including a base and a moving component that is movable relative to the base, includes a sensor assembly and a controller. The sensor assembly monitors a predetermined danger zone that is adjacent to the moving component of the power tool. The sensor assembly is configured to generate data relating to the predetermined danger zone. The controller receives the data from the sensor assembly and analyzes the data from the sensor assembly to determine if at least a portion of a hand of the user is present within the predetermined danger zone. The safety system can further include a wearable component including infrared only reflective material that is coupled to the hand of the user. The controller analyzes the data from the sensor assembly to determine if the wearable component is present within the predetermined danger zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LAGUNA TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: David Stoppenbrink, Torben Helshoj, Stephen Stoppenbrink
  • Patent number: 11663892
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a cloud-based video monitoring system comprising a camera and a network video recorder (NVR). During operation, the camera stores in a buffer last predetermined temporal segment of a video. The camera also stores a first video file in a local storage corresponding to an event detected by the camera. This first video file is non-overlapping with a second video file corresponding to the event and this second video file is stored in the NVR. The camera generates a third video file by pre-pending last predetermined temporal segment of a video prior to the event to the first video file and sends the third video file to the NVR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Inc.
    Inventors: Anton N. Obukhov, Huan T. Vu, Jude Lee, Chung-Ming Lo, Robert J. Pera
  • Patent number: 11657698
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing internet access through a control panel of an alarm system, the method including establishing, by a control panel of an alarm system in a property, a first connection to an alarm system monitoring server across a cellular network, determining that a known source of internet within the property is not available, in response to determining that the known source of internet within the property is not available, establishing, by the control panel, a second connection to the internet across the cellular network, providing internet access to one or more devices in the property through the second connection, determining that the known source of internet within the property is available, and in response to determining that the known source of internet within the property is available, terminating, by the control panel, the second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Martin
  • Patent number: 11651666
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for attempted entry detection are disclosed. A method for monitoring a property includes receiving, from a smart lock of a door located at a property monitored by a monitoring system, smart lock data that reflects a condition of the smart lock; receiving, from a sensor of the monitoring system, sensor data; analyzing the smart lock data and the sensor data; based on analyzing the smart lock data and the sensor data, determining that an attempted door entry is occurring; and in response to determining that an attempted door entry is occurring, performing a monitoring system action. Determining that an attempted door entry is occurring can include determining, based on the sensor data, that a person is located near the smart lock; and determining, based on analyzing the smart lock data, that the smart lock data satisfies criteria for an attempted door entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Connor Dougan
  • Patent number: 11645901
    Abstract: According to an aspect of intrusion detectors for lorries, there is provided a method of detecting intrusion of one or more persons into cargo hold of a vehicle carrying goods that emit carbon dioxide the method comprising identifying an intrusion event by detecting a decrease in concentration of carbon dioxide within the cargo hold. For example, the intrusion evident may be identified by detecting a decrease in concentration of carbon dioxide within the cargo hold of at least 400 ppm. A decrease in CO2 can be attributed to unauthorised access being made into the cargo hold as cargo holds typically remain closed during a journey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Henk Oldenbandringh, Josh Lopez, Alex Szymborski
  • Patent number: 11639168
    Abstract: A method includes receiving geolocation data from a subject vehicle with respect to a transporter vehicle. The method further includes determining a subject vehicle has entered a geofence around a transporter vehicle based on the geolocation data. The method further includes determining a destination location within the transporter vehicle at which the subject vehicle is to park in response to determining the subject vehicle has entered the geofence around the transporter vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Brown, Valerie Impullitti
  • Patent number: 11636745
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method are provided for detection of animal intrusions and control of a repellent mechanism to prevent such intrusions. The electronic apparatus controls an image-capture device to acquire an image of a house yard and selects a set of zones in the acquired image based on a user-specified setting. The electronic apparatus detects an animal in the acquired image and controls the repellent mechanism based on a determination that the detected animal is in a zone which is among the selected set of zones, to target the detected animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brant Candelore
  • Patent number: 11632649
    Abstract: A waiting situation of users is more accurately known. A waiting situation managing device 10 according to the present disclosure includes: a position information acquiring unit 11 configured to acquire position information about a person within a monitored area; and a waiting person specifying unit 12 configured to judge a person who stays in a waiting area within the monitored area, as a waiting person, and to further judge a person who stays in a predetermined range from the person judged as the waiting person, as a waiting person. The waiting person specifying unit 12 repeatedly performs the judgement of the waiting person until the person who stays in the predetermined range from the person judged as the waiting person is not found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jumpei Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11616790
    Abstract: A distributed security system can include instances of a compute engine that can execute either locally in security agents on client devices or as cloud instances in a security network. Event data can be processed by elements of the distributed security system according to centrally-defined ontological definitions and/or configurations. Bounding managers of local security agents can control how much event data is sent to the security network. A storage engine in the security network can store event data received from client devices, can route event data to other elements of the security network, including cloud instances of the compute engine. An experimentation engine of the security network can also at least temporarily adjust other elements of the distributed security system during experiments or tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CrowdStrike, Inc.
    Inventors: David F. Diehl, Michael Edward Lusignan, Thomas Johann Essebier
  • Patent number: 11615430
    Abstract: The method and system evaluates the effectiveness of a display location within a store based on a behavioral response analysis of shoppers in the vicinity. The effectiveness of a display location is measured by tracking shoppers in-store, extracting and processing shopper attributes, and extracting metrics based on the processed attributes. The metrics of one location is compared to the metrics of another location to determine overall effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: VideoMining Corporation
    Inventors: Rajeev Sharma, Joonhwa Shin, Namsoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11610469
    Abstract: A server includes: a registration unit that registers identification information for identifying a detection target in a storage unit; a detection target determination unit that determines whether the detection target is shown in an image captured on or around a road, based on the identification information; an abnormal behavior determination unit that determines whether the detection target exhibits an abnormal behavior that is different from a normal behavior of the detection target, when the detection target is shown in the image; and an alert transmission unit that transmits an alert when the detection target exhibits the abnormal behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Marie Ishikawa, Aya Hamajima, Daichi Hotta, Hayato Ito, Hidekazu Sasaki, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11605255
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a user activity-related monitoring system and method, and a user access authorization system and method employing same. In one embodiment, a system is provided for authenticating a user authorised to perform a designated activity in a designated environment. The system comprises a wireless digital user authentication device (UAD) operable to: wirelessly establish an authenticated access session at an access point within the designated environment for performing the designated activity; and acquire activity-related data during performance of the designated activity. The system further comprises a digital application operatively associated with the wireless digital UAD and operable to: digitally compare and evaluate compliance of the activity-related data with a digital authenticated activity template within a designated tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NYMI INC.
    Inventors: Stuart Keith Maclean, Abhishek Ranjan
  • Patent number: 11599852
    Abstract: A system, including, associating a wireless tracker with an asset, wherein the wireless tracker emits a tracker identification and a sensor payload including a fixed identification, receiving by at least one of a plurality of mobile devices the tracker identification, the sensor payload and an associated location of the at least one of the plurality of mobile devices and monitoring the tracker identification and the associated location of the at least one of the plurality of mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ROAMBEE Corporation
    Inventors: Vidya Subramanian, Sanjay Sharma
  • Patent number: 11594023
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for obtaining image information of an organism including a set of optical data; calculating a growth index based on the set of optical data; and calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index, where the image information includes at least one of: (a) visible image data obtained from an image sensor and non-visible image data obtained from the image sensor, and (b) a set of image data from at least two image capture devices, where the at least two image capture devices capture the set of image data from at least two positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Morio Ogura, Hirofumi Sumi
  • Patent number: 11587325
    Abstract: A method for detecting people entering and leaving a field is provided in an embodiment of the disclosure. The method includes the following. An event detection area corresponding to an entrance is set, and the event detection area includes an upper boundary, a lower boundary, and an internal area, and the lower boundary includes a left boundary, a right boundary, and a bottom boundary; a person image corresponding to a person in an image stream is detected and tracked; and whether the person passes through or does not pass through the entrance is determined according to a first detection result and a second detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shu-Hsin Chang, Yao-Chin Yang, Yi-Yu Su, Kun-Hsien Lu
  • Patent number: 11574042
    Abstract: A regional lock-state control system for operation within a region, includes a server, a plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of lock assembles. The server is configured to initiate a lock-state event. The mobile devices are each configured to receive a wireless lock-state directive from the server upon the lock-state event, and send a wireless lock lock-state directive to the server. The lock assemblies are each configured to receive a lock-state command associated with the lock-state directive from the plurality of mobile devices, and are each configured to transmit an advertisement that includes data on a lock-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Kuenzi, Smita Menon, Jonah J. Harkema
  • Patent number: 11568105
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: David S. Holz, Kevin Horowitz, Raffi Bedikian, Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 11566445
    Abstract: An electronic bolt seal assembly for locking a hasp of a cargo container, the assembly comprising: a bolt member comprising a head and an elongate shank extending therefrom; a locking body with a housing comprising a cavity for engaging the shank of the bolt member such that during use in a locking configuration the locking body is operable to lock the shank to the locking body in response to axial displacement of the shank within the housing; an electronic module arranged at or adjacent the head in a housing, the electronic module having one or more tracking and communication devices and an electronic circuit to communicate the electronic bolt seal assembly's location to a remote communication center wherein the one or more sensors further comprise an accelerometer for sensing movement and orientation of the bolt member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: FALCON LAIR PTY. LTD.
    Inventor: Sallie Louise Strang
  • Patent number: 11545012
    Abstract: A gunshot detection system detects shooting events within a premises and interacts with building management systems installed within the same premises to guide occupants to safety and/or obstruct or trap an active shooter. Gunshot sensor units detect the gunshots and generate event information based on the detected gunshots. A shooting event response module generates and sends building management instructions to the building management systems. In response, distributed devices of the building management systems perform effect changes within the premises according to the functionality of the distributed devices (e.g. locking/unlocking doors, turning off lights, flashing strobe lights). A control panel of the gunshot detection system presents a graphical user interface for presenting response options and receiving selections of response actions to be performed by the building management systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION LP
    Inventors: Thomas Wysong Connell, II, Alan Levin, III
  • Patent number: 11534919
    Abstract: A building monitoring system includes a first sensor configured to detect a first condition in the space, a second sensor configured to detect a second condition in the space, and a robotic sentinel. The robotic sentinel includes a memory for storing one or more rules each configured to identify an alert condition for the space based on the first and/or second conditions in the space, a communications module configured to communicate with a remote device over a network, and a controller operatively coupled to the sensors, the memory, and the communications module. The controller is configured to apply the one or more rules to the first and second detected conditions in the space to identify one or more alert conditions and determine what action is required by the robotic sentinel, and if action is required, command the robotic sentinel to travel to a location of the alert condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ADEMCO INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Heintzelman, Soumitri Kolavennu, Warren Young, Joseph Bodkin, John Cronin
  • Patent number: 11537134
    Abstract: An encoding of an environment for operating vehicles is obtained, comprising a combination of at least a representation of moving entities with a graph representation of static infrastructure elements. Using the encoding and a set of one or more observations of the environment state, a machine learning model is trained to produce a probabilistic representation of a set of predicted states of the environment. A trained version of the machine learning model is stored and deployed at one or more vehicles to help plan and control vehicle movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Juergen Wiest, Moises Goldszmidt, Tobias Martin Gindele
  • Patent number: 11532217
    Abstract: An opening detection device for an opening element such as a door or window including a module that is applied to an inner side of the opening element, wherein the module includes means for detecting movement of the opening element, first presence detection means forming a conical beam defining what is termed a trust perimeter encompassing an operating distance over which an operator operates the mechanism for opening the opening element on the first side of the opening element, second presence detection means for detecting a presence on what is termed a mistrust perimeter circumscribed around the opening element and means for processing data from the detection means, for memory storage and for computation that are connected to the detection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Didier Filhol, Eric Martin
  • Patent number: 11524868
    Abstract: A method and a system for efficiently managing space inside an elevator cab is described. The system comprises a camera system, an image processing unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The system processes the image captured by the camera system comprising images of the occupants including passengers and objects inside the elevator. The captured image is transferred to the image processing unit. The image processing unit processes the image for further evaluation by the processing unit. The processing unit provides possible rearrangement of the passengers and the objects (occupants) to be rendered by the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Mahesh N. Shah
  • Patent number: 11519667
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor package in a refrigerator configured to provide information related to refrigerated food. The sensor package may include a body having a mark classified by a type of food allocated to the sensor package and indicating the type of food of a food to which the sensor package is coupled, a battery, an operation switch, a memory configured to store food information corresponding to the type of food corresponding to the mark, a sensor communication module that communicates with a display provided in the refrigerator, a sensing module that senses state information associated with the food, and a sensor control module that controls the sensor communication module to initiate communication between the sensor package and the display of the refrigerator based on the state information sensed by the sensing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jisuk Chae, Youngji Kim, Haesoo Lee, Eungyeong Gwon
  • Patent number: 11513795
    Abstract: A method may include, in an operating system, implementing a sensor hub in firmware of a platform controller hub of an information handling system, the sensor hub configured to implement a plurality of sensor physical microdrivers, each of the plurality of sensor physical microdrivers corresponding to a respective sensor of a plurality of sensors and configured to communicate a signal representing a physical quantity sensed by the respective sensor; a plurality of algorithm microdrivers implemented as virtual microdrivers, each of the plurality of algorithm microdrivers corresponding to a respective sensor physical microdriver of the plurality of sensor physical microdrivers; and a user-awareness arbitration microdriver implemented as a virtual microdriver and configured to receive an arbitration policy for user awareness detection, receive sensor information from the plurality of algorithm microdrivers, and based on the arbitration policy, apply arbitration logic to the sensor information to determine a user
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Hamlin, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11514767
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a security system. The methods comprise: monitoring an area for a presence of an individual or vehicle using wireless signals of a first type that are received by a first radio of the security system; operating the first radio as a wireless sensor for generating sensor data; determining whether the individual or vehicle is exhibiting an unusual behavior using the sensor data and pre-programmed or machine learned patterns of unusual behavior; changing an operating frequency of the first radio when a determination is made that the individual or vehicle is exhibiting unusual behavior; and communicating a wireless signal of a second type from the first radio when the individual or vehicle is exhibiting unusual behavior, where the second type is different than the first type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Melwyn F. Sequeira, Hubert A. Patterson
  • Patent number: 11514769
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for detecting an intrusion of a product (e.g., an ATM) via an electronic tattletale. The disclosed embodiments may provide an ATM comprising a housing comprising an interior surface and a substance adhered to the interior surface, the substance comprising a piezoelectric element. The ATM may further comprise a detection circuit coupled to the substance, which may be configured to receive a first response signal generated by the substance and generate an indication of an intrusion into the housing, based on a comparison of the received first response signal to a predefined second response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: David K. Wurmfeld, Jeff Pharr, Kevin Osborn
  • Patent number: 11511422
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence server for determining a route of a robot includes a communication unit and a processor. The communication unit is configured to receive image data for a control area from the robot or a camera installed inside the control area. The processor is configured to calculate a current density for the control area from the image data, calculate a future density for the control area using the calculated current density, determine a priority for each of group areas included in the control area based on the calculated future density, and determine the route of the robot based on the determined priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghoon Chae, Jichan Maeng
  • Patent number: 11501450
    Abstract: A tracking device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: acquire tracking information regarding a tracking indicating a movement of a person in a monitoring region; determine one or more feature points on the tracking in the monitoring region based on the tracking information; determine one or more sections of the tracking according to the feature points determined; and analyze the tracking information for each section of the tracking determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigetsu Saito
  • Patent number: 11501519
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, for example, a method for object detection, recognition, classification and tracking using a distributed networked architecture. In some embodiments, the distributed network architecture may include one or more sensor units wherein the image acquisition and the initial feature extraction are performed and a gateway processor for further data processing. Some aspects of the present disclosure are also directed to a vision system for object detection, and to algorithms implemented in the vision system for executing the method acts for object detection, recognition, classification and/or tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: UbiqiSense ApS
    Inventors: Palle Geltzer Dinesen, Boris Stankovic, Per Eld Ibsen, Mohammad Tavakoli, Christoffer Gøthgen
  • Patent number: 11503669
    Abstract: A terminal performs: in response to receipt of first identifying information, from a first function-executing device via a first wireless connection established between the terminal and the first function-executing device, receiving, when the computer program is launched by an OS program of the terminal, at least the first device-identifying information from the OS program; establishing a second wireless connection between the terminal and the first function-executing device, using the first device-identifying information received from the OS program without requiring user input of an operation for selecting a connection-target function-executing device from at least one function-executing device; receiving first function information that indicates at least one function executable by the first function-executing device; and displaying, a first function screen for enabling a user to select a function required of the first function-executing device to execute, from the at least one function executable by the fi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Asakura, Longlong Ruan
  • Patent number: 11488228
    Abstract: The system disclosed here can detect a counterfeit item by obtain an identifier (ID) of an item from the item and determining whether the ID of the item is authentic by determining whether the ID of the item is compliant with a predetermined rule, such as whether the item is included in a database of valid IDs. Upon determining that the ID of the item is compliant with the predetermined rule, the system can produce a notification that the item is authentic. Upon determining that the ID of the item is not generated by the predetermined rule, the system can produce a notification that the item is counterfeit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Cacotec Corporation
    Inventor: Filip Bajovic
  • Patent number: 11470285
    Abstract: A video monitoring and analysis system detect subjects when they are entering and/or exiting from a room. The system enables a user to define a portal, such as doorway of the room. The system then monitors the movement of foreground objects in the room. Objects that appear only in the portal are classified as passing by the portal, e.g., doorway. Objects that initially appear in the portal and then are detected moving within the room are classified as having entered the room. Objects that are in the room and then disappear within the portal are classified as having exited the room. The system further has provisions for generating real-time alerts and performing forensic searches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Ian Westmacott, Christopher J. Buehler
  • Patent number: 11469339
    Abstract: A solar cell module, which is easily coordinated with the color of an exterior member at the installation position, comprises a solar cell; a light receiving side sealing material and a light receiving side protection member laminated and disposed in this order on a light receiving side with reference to the solar cell; and a back-side sealing material and a back-side protection member laminated and arranged in this order on a back side on the opposite side from the light receiving side. A value computed from a measured value of the color of reflected light combining positive reflected light and diffused reflected light which are based on light that has become incident on an object to be measured, and a measured value of the color only of the diffused reflected light based on the light that has become incident on the object to be measured, satisfies a specific condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Kojima, Toru Terashita, Gensuke Koizumi, Junichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11449303
    Abstract: A music playback method for determining, based on image information, whether to play music, includes obtaining at least one detection position image through an image sensing apparatus; determining whether the detection position image meets at least one playback trigger threshold; and starting an audio playback device based on a result of whether the detection position image meets the playback trigger threshold, to output at least one piece of audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TYMPHANY ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yick Hong Lam
  • Patent number: 11443331
    Abstract: In a method for monitoring a tracked parameter for a set of targets, a first methodology is applied during a current time interval to acquire observations of the tracked parameter for a selected sub-set of the set of targets. A second methodology is applied during the current time interval to acquire observations of the tracked parameter for at least those targets that are not in the selected sub-set of the set of targets. A variance forecast is generated for an upcoming time interval for each target based on a current variance for the target and on either observations acquired using the first methodology or using the second methodology. The selected sub-set of the set of targets is updated for the upcoming time interval to maximize an aggregation of variance forecasts over the updated selected sub-set of the set of targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Conduent Business Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. Dance, Roberto Ramon Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11443603
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for the detection, following a trigger event, of a device that may be sending and/or receiving signals within a space associated with a wireless network. A wireless signal receiver may be activated and may identify the device by detecting transmissions from the device, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular or other wireless transmissions. The wireless signal receiver may extract, without connecting the device to a local network, information from the transmission that may identify the device. The wireless signal receiver may send the information to an alarm monitor and may be placed in a dormant state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William McMaster, James Kosta
  • Patent number: 11434005
    Abstract: Unmanned vehicles can be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may be used to survey a property in response to or in anticipation of a security threat or damage to the property. For example, an unmanned vehicle may analyze information about the property and based on the information provide graphics and information associated with the surveying of the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Cory Matheson, Anthony Scott Farnsworth, Kathleen L. Swain, Michael J. Allen, Benjamin Ethington, Jordan A. Newmark
  • Patent number: 11436061
    Abstract: Disclosed are platforms for communicating among one or more otherwise independent systems involved in controlling functions of buildings or other sites having switchable optical devices deployed therein. Such independent systems include a window control system and one or more other independent systems such as systems that control residential home products (e.g., thermostats, smoke alarms, etc.), HVAC systems, security systems, lighting control systems, and the like. Together the systems control and/or monitor multiple features and/or products, including switchable windows and other infrastructure of a site, which may be a commercial, residential, or public site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Ronald F. Cadet
  • Patent number: 11425899
    Abstract: An animal deterrent assembly includes a housing that is positionable adjacent an area intended to be free of animals. A balloon is coupled to the housing and the balloon is inflatable present a visual deterrent for an animal. A blower is positioned within the housing to inflate the balloon. A plurality of speakers is each coupled to the housing to present an audible deterrent for the animal. A motion sensor is coupled to the housing and each of the blower and the speakers is turned on when the motion sensor senses motion of the animal. A transceiver is coupled to the housing to communicate an alert to thereby alerting a user that the animal has approached the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Hannum, Diane Hannum
  • Patent number: 11432399
    Abstract: A tamper resistance wall structure on a circuit board includes a wall body formed of a laminated board, and a tamper detection wiring provided in the wall body. An outer through hole is provided in an outer surface of the wall body, which is a side surface away from a protective area on the circuit board, and is formed perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the outer surface and perpendicular to the circuit board. An inner through hole is provided in an inner surface of the wall body, which is a side surface close to the protective area on the circuit board, and is formed perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the inner surface and perpendicular to the circuit board. A recess is formed on the inner surface, and the inner through hole is formed in the recess and is a part of the tamper detection wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Sasaki, Kyohei Kida
  • Patent number: 11417150
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus (2000) of the example embodiment 1 includes an acquisition unit (2020), a clustering unit (2040), and a modeling unit (2060). The acquisition unit (2020) acquires a plurality of trajectory data. Until a predetermined termination condition is satisfied, the clustering unit (2040) repeatedly performs: 1) dividing the plurality of trajectory data into one or more groups using a group identity distribution of each trajectory data; 2) determining a time-sequence of representative velocity for each group; 3) determining, for each trajectory data, a time-sequence of a latent position distribution of a corresponding object; and 4) determining a scaling factor for each trajectory data; and 5) updating the group identity distribution of each trajectory data. The modeling unit (2060) generates a model data for each group. The model data includes the time-sequence of representative velocity generated by the clustering unit (2040).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Devendra Dhaka
  • Patent number: 11410091
    Abstract: A virtual testing platform for a cruise ship is described. An example platform obtains information indicative of passengers of a sailing of a cruise ship, the information indicating assignment of the passengers to respective cabins of the cruise ship. A first subset of the passengers who represent virtual passengers and a second subset of the passengers who represent real-world passengers are determined, with the virtual passengers being indicated as not having arrived to board the cruise ship, such that the virtual passengers are not counted as being embarked on the cruise ship. Requests for activities received from applications are responded to, with the responses indicating whether the bookings were successful, and with each request being determined as being associated with a virtual passenger or a real-world passenger. The successful bookings associated with virtual passengers are triggered for cancellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Renganathan, Ricardo Martinez, Srini Nambiar
  • Patent number: 11386771
    Abstract: A device and system for managing medication delivery devices includes a case with a housing having an opening for receiving a medication delivery device. A cover is configured and arranged to cover the opening. A medication delivery device such as: an auto injector is disposed in the housing. A sensor to detect the position of the cover may be provided. An electronic control system is operatively associated with the housing and disposed in wireless communication with a gateway device. The electronic control system is configured and arranged to provide a signal to the gateway device when the case is within, proximity of the gateway device. The electronic control system is also configured and arranged to transmit corresponding signals to the gateway device based on the position of the cover, the presence of the medication delivery device in the case, and/or the activation of the delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Aterica Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fisher, Alexander Leyn, Richard Edwards, Steven Orzel, Erik Helge Borg, Paul McInnis, Cristian Cherler, Heinz Wolter, John Chinnick, Jacob Stahlbaum