Information Display Patents (Class 340/691.6)
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Patent number: 9201756Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for administering event pools for relevant event analysis are provided. Embodiments include assigning, by an incident analyzer, a plurality of events to an events pool; determining, by the incident analyzer, an event suppression duration; determining, by the incident analyzer in dependence upon event analysis rules, to suppress events having particular attributes indicating the events occurred during the event suppression duration; and suppressing, by the incident analyzer, each event assigned to the events pool having the particular attributes indicating the events occurred during the event suppression duration.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark G. Atkins, James E. Carey, Philip J. Sanders
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Patent number: 9111293Abstract: We hereby report a location specific mobile messaging system. These messages could be displayed (by way of example but not by limitation) in a location viewable by a variety of people. The contents of these messages could be programmed to display messages specific to a location.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Inventors: Piyush Gupta, Manish Dinkarrao Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9041518Abstract: A portable radio-frequency identifier (RFID) reading terminal can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, an RFID reading device, and a display. The portable RFID reading terminal can be configured to display a scan trace provided by a line comprising a plurality of time varying points. Each point can be defined by a projection of a radio frequency (RF) signal coverage shape of the RFID reading device onto a chosen plane at a given moment in time.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Joseph Vargas, Tom Plocher, Ynjiun Paul Wang, Sriharsha Putrevu, Philip Zumsteg
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Patent number: 9024782Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods involve a handheld illuminated module to communicate safety information from a spotter to a driver during a vehicle maneuver. In an illustrative example, the spotter operates the module at a position from which to monitor a region in the vehicle's path. The spotter communicates to the driver that the path is clear by depressing a switch on the module. When depressed, the module switch indicates a “safe” mode that (1) illuminates the module, for example, with a green color, and (2) communicates to a vehicle safety module (VSM) on-board the vehicle. In response to the message, the VSM may transition from a warning mode to a safe mode and emit corresponding visual and/or audio signals to the driver. If the spotter releases the switch, the module illumination changes, and the VSM reverts to warning mode in which it prompts the driver to stop the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventor: Jovan Palmieri
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Patent number: 9019105Abstract: An animal emotion display system 100 including: a transmitter 10 which is attached to an animal; and a receiver 20 which is capable of communicating with the transmitter, wherein the transmitter 10 includes: a tail wagging detection sensor 12 to detect a plurality of kinds of tail wagging of the animal as a plurality of kinds of emotion of the animal, respectively; and a transmitting section 15 to transmit emotion data corresponding to the respective kinds of tail wagging detected by the tail wagging detection sensor 12 to the receiver 20, and the receiver 20 includes: a receiving section 22 to receive the emotion data transmitted by the transmitting section 15; a display section 25; and a display control section 24 to display a display content corresponding to the emotion data received by the receiving section 22 on the display section 25.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20150109135Abstract: Various embodiments of indicators, their use, and their construction are described. An indicator may include a plurality of bistable display portions. The plurality of bistable display portions may be changed from a first state to a second state to indicate the passage of a predetermined time period. The plurality of bistable portions may also be changed to a third state to indicate an amount of time past the predetermined time period. An indicator may also include a plurality of event labels arranged to form an event flow path, a plurality of event inputs, and a plurality of bistable displays which may be controlled to indicate an event status.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Dock Technologies Inc.Inventor: Sarah R. Sandock
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Patent number: 9013289Abstract: Disclosed is a display device 5 for a work machine having an engine 9, a hydraulic pump 10 driven by the engine, a boom cylinder 3d, an arm cylinder 3e, a bucket cylinder 3f, and other actuators driven by a hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump 10, and an operating device 6 for operating the actuators 3d, 3e, 3f. The display device 5 includes an idle state display section 50a for displaying an engine revolution speed N as no-manipulation period operating state information which is related to an engine load that is imposed while the operating device 6 is not manipulated. This makes it possible to inform an operator of the status of the engine load in an idle state for the purpose of prompting the operator to transition into a fuel-efficient state.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Nishikawa, Kouji Ishikawa, Takatoshi Ooki, Keiichiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20150102936Abstract: A method, safety route guiding device and a computer program product enables users in the premises of an industrial plant to reach safety in case of an emergency, where said users are equipped with mobile terminals, where the safety route guiding device includes a guiding unit that receives alarm data concerning an emergency in a clearance zone of the premises, the alarm data being relevant for a user of a mobile terminal, obtains data of a set of other users affected by the emergency, guides the user from the clearance zone to a security zone outside the premises, obtains status data concerning the other users in the set, and presents the status data to the user via the mobile terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Elina Vartiainen, Martin Olausson, Jonas Brönmark
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Patent number: 9007193Abstract: One embodiment induces a display system for use on the exterior of a vehicle having a display, a vehicle speed sensor, a trigger device, and a processor coupled to the speed sensor and the trigger device. The trigger device is configured to identify a trigger event. The processor is configured to implement one of three operational modes of the display system based on the speed and state of the vehicle: a first operational mode when no trigger event is identified, the vehicle is on, and the vehicle is at a first speed; a second operational mode when no trigger event is identified and the vehicle is at a second speed different than the first speed; and a third operational mode when the trigger event is identified. The processor is further configured to render content on the display based upon the operational mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: ReviverMX, Inc.Inventors: Neville Boston, Michael Jordan
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Patent number: 9008904Abstract: A method to control operation of a vehicle based upon a user input from a user of the vehicle to a graphic projection display representing a registered graphic to a view in front of the vehicle includes projecting the registered graphic to the view in front of the vehicle upon the graphic projection display, monitoring the user input to the graphic projection display, and controlling the operation of the vehicle based upon the user input to the graphic projection display.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Joseph F. Szczerba, Thomas A. Seder, Dehua Cui
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Patent number: 9009210Abstract: Methods and apparatus for distributing multimedia files units are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a plurality of multimedia files are downloaded using a transportation provider wireless device associated with a fare-based transport vehicle, such as a taxi, bus, ferry, or airplane. The downloaded multimedia files are stored in a data storage unit operatively connected to the transportation provider wireless device. In response to passenger input data received from a passenger wireless device, a desired multimedia file selected by the passenger is transferred to the passenger wireless device or played back using local speakers and/or video displays. In some embodiments, a selected multimedia file is associated with digital rights management information regulating authorized uses of the file.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Walter M. Marcinkiewicz, Gary R. Cole, Toby John Bowen, Yojak Harshad Vasa, Mats Pettersson
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Publication number: 20150082548Abstract: A display for displaying the condition of an air mattress. The display comprises a plurality of arrays of elements organized in a hierarchy. Each element represents a pressure increment. Each array comprises a plurality of rows and a plurality columns. The elements in each row of an array being distinctive in appearance from the elements in the other rows of the array. A control that operates the elements to indicate the pressure beginning with the first column, of the first row, of the lowest array in the hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: BOYD SPECIALTY SLEEPInventor: Dennis M. Boyd
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Patent number: 8988227Abstract: An information processing apparatus and program having a reading unit configured to read a plurality of alarm information about alarms generated based on abnormalities of biological information of a patient or abnormalities of a medical apparatus, and a control unit configured to associate same alarm contents that are included in the different alarm information in terms of the alarm contents that indicate contents of abnormalities causing the generation of the alarms is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventors: Shinji Tezuka, Hiroko Hagiwara, Masahiro Echigo, Rie Muneshima
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Patent number: 8988244Abstract: An article transfer system that allows the operator to easily notice that abnormality occurs in an abnormality detecting sensor for detecting abnormality and perform remedial work is provided. The article transfer system is adapted to display information indicating that the abnormality occurs on a display device as abnormality occurrence information, receive input of a result of determination by the operator on whether or not the abnormality indicated by the abnormality occurrence information occurs, and display information indicating that the detecting information received from the abnormality detecting sensor is incorrect on the display device when the operator inputs the result of determination that the abnormality indicated by the abnormality occurrence information does not occur with the abnormality detecting sensor detecting the abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Yagawa
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Patent number: 8988245Abstract: For cable management, a bi-stable liquid crystal display is positioned on an exterior segment of a communications cable. A display module that connects to the bi-stable liquid crystal display, connects to the communications cable with one or more pins, and receives the signal associated with one or more messages about the communications cable. The display module further causes the one or more messages to be shown on the bi-stable liquid crystal display in response to the display module receiving the signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tara Astigarraga, Louie A. Dickens, Nancy V. Ryson, Daniel J. Winarski
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Patent number: 8963725Abstract: The invention relates to a tester and test method for smoke amount of electrical cigarette. The tester includes a collect device, a testing device, a control device as well as an input and output device. The input and output device is used to set test parameters, alarm and display a value of smoke amount and a test result whether qualified. The collect device, used to collect smoke, can precisely control a pumping smoke time and a pumping smoke capacity by introducing a step motor. The testing device, utilizing a light emitter and receiver, test a smoke amount. If the smoke amount tested is less than a predetermined smoke amount, an alarm system alarms by way of display and/or sound. The invention quantifies smoke amount of electronic cigarette, which can be adopted in the manufacture field of electronic cigarette to test smoke amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Kimree Hi-Tech IncInventor: Zhiyong Xiang
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Publication number: 20150048953Abstract: The electronic Building Information Card (eBIC) system provides a systematic and comprehensive approach for building information maintenance to assist first responders and building owners in an emergency response. The eBIC solution is built to the essential elements for each building along with a cross vertical view of the building. This provides the first responder a quick size-up assessment, an easy to read graphic view format and further support emergency operations for each building.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: EBIC Preparedness Solutions, LLCInventors: John J. Murphy, JR., Walter Greenberg
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Publication number: 20150043887Abstract: A method and apparatus including the steps of a building information model (BIM) of a security system providing a three-dimensional view of a secured area of the security system including the physical location of any sensors of the security system, an input device of the security system receiving from a user a starting time and ending time of a time interval of interest and a processor of the security system displaying the three-dimensional view of the secured area including a time scale showing the starting time on one end of the time scale and the ending time at an opposing end of the time scale and a respective popup of details for each corresponding sensor of at least some sensors of the security system activated during the time interval of interest, each respective popup graphically connected to the physical location of the corresponding sensor within the three dimensional view.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Malayappan GURUDOSS, Vinoth DHARMALINGAM, Kalpana JANAPATI, Viswanathan Chatapuram KRISHNAN, Vinay VENKATESH, Paul M. POPOWSKI
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Publication number: 20150042483Abstract: Currently, mariners do not have an accurate way to measure work safety when at sea. The Marine Safety Analysis Software Application is designed to improve safety and prevent accidents when used by mariners. The application analyzes motion data obtained via multiple sensors placed on the ship. These sensors gather metrics which are transmitted to the application. The application then compares the data to user inputs and based on predetermined metrics a “work safety category” is created. Depending on the “work safety category”, the user decides whether the task at hand should be started, continued, or stopped. This application may help prevent accidents by providing a clearer safety assessment to all those who work on the water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: Ryan Joseph Hageman
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Patent number: 8952828Abstract: A system for evacuating persons from a vehicle includes a light signal generating device, which is adapted to emit at least one visual light signal that indicates at least one preset escape route for at least one person to be evacuated.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Anja Niemeyer, Fred Raszpir
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Patent number: 8947254Abstract: There is disclosed methods and systems for managing drop boxes. Events reflecting outputs from one or more sensors are detected. Information that is a function of the detected event is forwarded to a drop box management system. This information, along with additional information received by the drop box management system, is utilized to generate instructions including display instructions for each drop box. Displays of drop boxes are then updated based on the instructions.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Caldwell, Erika J. Raeth, James S. Staggs, Kevin B. Reasons
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Patent number: 8947250Abstract: An alert method in a portable terminal which includes: examining an output of a terminal condition detection unit, detecting a condition in which the portable terminal is tiled when an event to examine a designated condition is received or generated, obtaining the alert information from a memory which stores alert information of the designated condition and default alert information, and producing an alert by displaying information of the designated condition if the portable terminal is in the designated condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyunghwa Kim
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Publication number: 20150022366Abstract: A method for displaying representations of facial expressions on devices includes receiving, by a processor on a device, data from a sensor coupled to the device. The method includes identifying, by the processor, responsive to the received data, a level of progress that a user of the device made towards a goal. The method includes selecting, by the processor, responsive to the identification, an icon representing a facial expression. The method includes modifying, by the processor, a level of power for each of a plurality of light indicators embedded in the device to display the icon.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Sonny Vu, Jessica Sheung-yan Ng, Matthew Ryan Montgomery
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Publication number: 20150015407Abstract: A display system for tracking large numbers of persons or objects in real-time is disclosed. The display system utilizes a tracking system that employs various types of technologies, such as RFID, to determine the location of the person and/or objects being tracked. The displays of the present invention utilize colors, graphics, and the physical groupings of related data on a display device, usually a computer monitor, to present tracking information in a compact, readily changeable, and easily analyzed format in real-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: TimeKeeping Systems, Inc.Inventors: Barry J. Markwitz, Paolo Argentieri, Brent G. Bowers, Jason D. Doyle, John E. Hansley, II, John W. Hoffman, Roger W. Stahl, Mary T. Upham
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Publication number: 20150009038Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to perform the steps of displaying, on a display, a first visual representation of volume in three-dimensional space. The method can also display, on the display, a visual representation of a network security alert. The network security alert can correspond to a notification of a network attack, a network intrusion, or an unwanted activity. The representation of the network security alert can be positioned within the first visual representation of volume. The position of the representation of the network security alert within the first visual representation of volume reflects at least one characteristic of the network security alert.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Lee C. TROSSBACH, JR., Robinson E. PINO
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Publication number: 20150002304Abstract: The embodiments provide a system for maximizing information gain for messages. The system may include an information processing unit configured to receive a plurality of messages having a plurality of attributes, and an integrated optimizer configured to receive an information gain model representing information gain of the plurality of messages and output a message schedule for displaying at least a subset of the plurality of messages on a display terminal including calculating a significance and display time for each of the plurality of messages using the information gain model and the plurality of attributes such that the information gain is substantially maximized. The calculated significance may determine which of the plurality of messages are included in the message schedule and the display time may provide a time period for which each message of the subset is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Gufei Sun, Heng Wang, Wen-Syan Li
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Patent number: 8924150Abstract: A method to navigate a vehicle utilizing a graphic projection display, includes monitoring a navigation status graphic representing a navigation intent displayed upon the graphic projection display, monitoring a user input indicated to a portion of the graphic projection display, initiating a user-defined navigation command based on the monitored navigation status graphic and the monitored user input, and operating the vehicle in accordance with the user-defined navigation command.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Omer Tsimhoni, Joseph F. Szczerba, Thomas A. Seder, Dehua Cui
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Publication number: 20140375466Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to enable validation of an alert condition. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises detecting an alert condition. The method of this embodiment may also include generating a set of messages based on one or more key events in a primary data channel and one or more significant events in one or more related data channels in response to the alert condition. The method of this embodiment may also include determining a validity of the alert condition based on the set of messages that express the one or more key events, the one or more significant events, a relationship between the one or more key events and the one or more significant events, an alert context and the one or causes of the alert condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventor: Ehud B. Reiter
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Patent number: 8907811Abstract: A networked display has multiple modes of operation. In the first operating mode, the display receives and shows information related to charging an electric vehicle. In a second mode of operation, the display receives and shows information related to home energy usage. Other operating modes may also be supported.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Greenwave Systems Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Sonny Windstrup, Martin Manniche, Karl Jonsson
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Publication number: 20140354442Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an Emergency Alert System (EAS) display controller. The EAS display controller includes: (a) a processor, (b) a network interface controller configurable to be in communication with an out-of-band network, (c) a communication-interface controller configurable to be in communication with a signage device and in compliance with a control standard, a memory storing firmware. The firmware is configured to, when executed by the processor, (a) establish an out-of-band communication channel with at least one EAS message source, (b) receive an EAS message from the at least one EAS message source through the out-of-band channel, (c) extract an alert message from the EAS message, (d) construct a signage device control command in accordance with the control standard, and (e) send the command to the signage device to instruct the signage device to display the alert message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Sanjoy Maity, Varadachari Sudan Ayanam, Samvinesh Christopher, Baskar Parthiban
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Patent number: 8896456Abstract: A method and apparatus for indicating a seat location. An indicator is activated for a seat in a passenger cabin when a passenger leaves the seat. The indicator indicates a location of the seat when activated.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Vicki Ann Curtis, Kayla Dunn, Ricardo Elizondo Costa, Sophie Prescott, Colin Cansler Curry, Sooshin Choi, Lingyu Zhu
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Patent number: 8872671Abstract: A sound output apparatus for a vehicle includes a sound input device, a sound signal generation section, a sound output device, a road-information acquisition section, and a specified-direction determination section. The sound input device collects sounds outside of the vehicle. The sound signal generation section generates an output signal based on the sounds outside of the vehicle collected. The sound output device outputs a sound to a vehicle interior of the vehicle based on the output signal generated. The road-information acquisition section acquires road information in proximity of the vehicle. The specified-direction determination section determines a specified direction which is previously associated with the road information. The sound signal generation section generates the output signal such that a direction of sound-image localization of a sound outputted by the sound output device accords with the specified direction determined by the specified-direction determination section.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yuusuke Katayama
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Publication number: 20140313046Abstract: An improved emergency response system and method includes at least one zone display structured to present a plurality of zones that convey certain information to bystanders, dispatchers, and/or emergency responders. Each zone corresponds to a different portion of the local premises, such that the zones are collectively configured to convey at least directional information pertaining to the local premises. The zone display is further configured to present at least one universal directional indicator associated with each zone. Accordingly, the information associated with the zones and directional indicators is utilized to facilitate an emergency response. The presenting of the zones can include depicting at least a portion of the premises via mapping overlay display. Further, the zone displays can depict threat level indicators corresponding to perceived circumstances of one or more zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventor: Jeffrey Childers
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Patent number: 8860565Abstract: An efficiency gauge from a vehicle information display may incorporate vehicle range information in addition to an efficiency indicator. The range information may be displayed as an area on the efficiency gauge indicating a safe operating region for average driving in order for the vehicle to reach a target destination entered by a driver before an on-board energy source is depleted. By maintaining a vehicle's average trip efficiency within the safe operating region through driving behavior, the display may convey that the vehicle will be able to make it to the target destination. Over the course of a trip, the safe operating region may be constantly updated to reflect the current state of the battery and the remaining distance to the target destination. If no target information is received, a default target distance value based on an initial distance to empty estimation may be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technlogies, LLCInventors: Ryan Skaff, Dale Gilman, Paul Aldighieri
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Patent number: 8847789Abstract: An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akane Sano, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada, Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako
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Building management system with privacy-guarded assistance mechanism and method of operation thereof
Patent number: 8847781Abstract: A method for operating a building management system includes: identifying a movement-pattern from a sensed attribute at a first sensor; determining a behavior-pattern at the first sensor when the movement-pattern matches a template-pattern; transmitting the behavior-pattern and the sensed attribute from the first sensor to a second sensor; and tracking the sensed attribute at the second sensor for displaying on a device.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hans Masli, Chuen-Chien Lee, Alexander Berestov, Tomofumi Okuda, Jeremy Saltzman -
Publication number: 20140266765Abstract: A method and system for capturing measurement data from a measurement device using a mobile computing device is provided. A mobile computing device is communicatively connected to one or more measurement devices, and receives measurement data from the one or more measurement devices. The mobile computing device stores the received measurement data. In some embodiments, the measurement devices have less storage space than the mobile computing device, and so the mobile computing device is capable of storing more measurements than the measurement devices are capable of storing. The mobile computing device is also capable of presenting the stored measurement data as a graph of a time series of values, which would not be possible using only the measurement device given its smaller memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Fluke CorporationInventors: John Neeley, Bradey Honsinger, Tyler Bennett Evans, Joseph V. Ferrante
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Patent number: 8836500Abstract: The present disclosure describes, among other things, a method that may include receiving, at one or more sensors in communication with a mobile computing device positioned within a device receptacle portion of a device, the device receptacle portion being configured to substantially enclose and protect the mobile computing device during physical activity, sensor data. The method may include determining, by a processor of the mobile computing device, motion data regarding a movement of the protective device. The method may include estimating a behavior of a user based in part upon the motion data. The method may include generating a response to the behavior including at least one of graphic, audio, tactile, or video output. The method may include providing, through a wireless communications path, the response to a second device in wireless communication with the mobile computing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Physical Apps, LLCInventors: Robert C. Houvener, Michele M. Hermsen, Tyler N. Doyle
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Patent number: 8830052Abstract: An alarm display apparatus includes an acquisition module, a plant simulation module, a prediction module, an actual measurement alarm determination module, an estimation alarm determination module, a prediction alarm determination module and a display module. The display module displays, on the same screen, an actual measurement alarm information outputted from the actual measurement alarm determination module, an estimation alarm information outputted from the estimation alarm determination module and an prediction alarm information outputted from the prediction alarm determination module.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Makoto Nakaya, Emiko Hatsugai, Toshiaki Omata, Naoto Takano, Ayako Kouno, Yuya Iketsuki
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Publication number: 20140247131Abstract: A system includes a computing device with touch sensing capabilities and a sensor positioned on a drive carrier and electronically connected to the computing device. The computing device receives a sensor measurement and determines based on the sensor measurement if the sensor positioned on the drive carrier has been touched. The computing device conducts a process in response to a determination that the sensor positioned on the drive carrier has been touched.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Michael S. Bunker, Andrew James Phelan, John P. Franz
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Patent number: 8823541Abstract: First, a user may select an illumination color for a bezel framing a display of an electronics device. Second, the illumination of a digital picture frame may be established based on sensed motion nearby and/or ambient light. Third, the color of a user interface presented on a display can be established to match the color of the room in which the display is disposed, as indicated by colorimetry from a camera.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventors: Robert Hardacker, Steven Friedlander, Rafael Calderon, Steven Richman
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Patent number: 8810380Abstract: A system for automated scoring of a golf match for a group of players includes a controller with a memory in communication with a processor. The memory includes program instructions for execution by the processor to load player data including handicap information into a server, load course data into the server, identify team members, automatically assign team pairing based on handicap information of each team member and generate a scorecard for the golf match, the scorecard including the handicap information and team pairing information.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Inventor: Gerald F. Leitz
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Patent number: 8803669Abstract: A user station configurable for use in a healthcare communication system, such as a nurse call system, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Richard Joseph Schuman, Sr., Erik E. Roehl, Williams F. Collins, Jr.
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Patent number: 8803676Abstract: A graphic display apparatus within an automotive vehicle wherein the display apparatus includes at least two display units operable to display graphics and/or video, a wire connector connecting the at least two display units together, and a control system connected to the wire connector wherein the control system is operable to play video or graphics on the at least two display units. A method is provided to all the system to be universal for both audio and navigation systems wherein each system calls for a predetermined delay of the animation. The display units are in communication with one another providing for a coordinated or synchronized display of graphics. If, by way of example, a firework explodes on the main display screen, the remnants of that single firework will be exploded onto the secondary display screens.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Scott Sitarski, Earnee Jones Gilling, Erik Anthony Wippler, Christopher Lee Rovik, Michael Lambert
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Publication number: 20140210630Abstract: A digital signage displays monitoring device includes a controller, a detector, and a connector. The controller has two ends to connect with the detector and the connector respectively. The sensors inside the detector are attached to the digital signage display, and the connector connects with the digital signage player. Detecting signals are sent to the display by the controller via the player. The sensors detect the detecting signals on the display, and send a feedback signal back to the controller for the detecting signal and the feedback signal being compared by a predetermined program to generate a result signal which indicates condition of the display being normal or out of order and a warning message corresponding to the result signal is sent to the remote control center via the network device in the player for subsequent processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: QNIQ TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventor: Hsiao Wey Nieh
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Patent number: 8791823Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing parts. Location information is displayed for a part on an aircraft on a mobile device. A determination is made as to whether the part is present in a location using a sensor system in the mobile device when the mobile device is in a zone including the location. A presence of the part in the location is indicated in response to the part being present in the location.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Alekzander Hao Xu, Winfeng Li, Arun Ayyagari, Anil Kumar, David B. Blackwell, Kevin Yong Ung
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Patent number: 8793050Abstract: A communication system of a motor vehicle is provided. The communication system includes a vehicle operating unit, a vehicle output unit, and an interface computer. The interface computer is connected to the vehicle operating unit and the vehicle output unit. The interface computer is implemented for the purpose of connecting a mobile terminal to the vehicle operating unit and the vehicle output unit such that information from the mobile terminal is displayable on the vehicle output unit and the mobile terminal is operable via the vehicle operating unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Weinmann, Jens-Peter Weiss, Thomas Stauner, Wolfram Manthey
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Patent number: 8786458Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for displaying alerts in a web browser. An alert repeater is configured to receive an alert from an alert provider. A geographical determiner is configured to determine an effective geographical area for the alert. The alert repeater sends the alert over a browser update communication channel to an alert receiver in a web browser within effective geographical area. The alert receiver then displays the alert in the web browser.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Thomas Christian Wiltzius, Kathryn Cushing, Gregory Matthew Marra, Gideon Wald
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Patent number: 8786459Abstract: A digital signage displays monitoring device includes a controller, a detector, and a connector. The controller has two ends to connect with the detector and the connector respectively. The sensors inside the detector are attached to the digital signage display, and the connector connects with the digital signage player. Detecting signals are sent to the display by the controller via the player. The sensors detect the detecting signals on the display, and send a feedback signal back to the controller for the detecting signal and the feedback signal being compared by a predetermined program to generate a result signal which indicates condition of the display being normal or out of order and a warning message corresponding to the result signal is sent to the remote control center via the network device in the player for subsequent processing.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Inventor: Hsiao Wey Nieh
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Publication number: 20140197959Abstract: A security system, system user interface, and method for displaying status information from security devices in a networked security system using a multistate alert user interface. The security system supports different features in icons associated with the security devices, displayed on a graphical user interface. This provides operators with the ability to display status information from security devices, such as alert information comprising one or more alerts, by displaying the icons on a topology map of the graphical user interface. In this way, the operator can determine at a glance the number and type of alert information from the topology map without the need to perform additional selection and navigation steps within the graphical user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLCInventors: Stephen Tarmey, Miguel Galvez, Robert Pearson