Combined (tm System With Other System) Patents (Class 340/870.07)
  • Patent number: 11943686
    Abstract: An information transmission system for at least one commercial vehicle includes at least one information sending module, at least one repeating module and at least one receiving module. The information sending module is configured and arranged to send signals defining a message to the repeating module. The repeating module is configured and arranged to enhance the signals and forward the signals to the receiving module. A commercial vehicle and a commercial vehicle combination utilize the information transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Bence Szemes, Huba Nemeth, Tamas Konya, Gabor Toereki, Kristof Hillier, Benedek Pour
  • Patent number: 11933184
    Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed for measuring an environment parameter at a rotor of a rotary machine; according to some embodiments, the parameter to be measured is temperature and the machine to monitor is a turbomachine. The arrangement includes at least: a SAW or BAW device electrically coupled with an antenna, a parameter-sensitive impedance device, and two identical cables electrically coupling the SAW or BAW device respectively with the impedance device and a short-circuit or an open-circuit or a matching impedance device. The SAW or BAW device is located in a first zone of the rotor, while the parameter-sensitive impedance device is located in a second zone of the rotor remote from the first zone of the rotor. An interrogator can obtain environment parameter values by sending RF signals to the SAW or BAW device through the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Technologie SRL
    Inventors: Filippo Gerbi, Marco Marrazzo, Lorenzo Miris
  • Patent number: 11927097
    Abstract: A method of operating a cable handling system of a longwall mining machine having a shearer movable along a pan line to mine material along a mine face, the cable handling system including: i) a service line configured to carry one or more supply lines to the shearer for facilitating shearer operation, ii) a plurality of interconnected trays to accommodate the service line, iii) a plurality of sensor nodes distributed along a length of the service line, and iv) a plurality of transceivers distributed along a length of the pan line, the method comprising: a) sensing orientation, acceleration and/or position data of the service line using the plurality of sensor nodes, b) using the plurality of transceivers to receive the orientation, acceleration and/or position data from the plurality of sensor nodes and to transmit the orientation, acceleration and/or position data to a controller, and c) detecting, by the controller, an actual or imminent failure mode of the service line using analysis of the orientatio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Siddartha Saikia, Euan Kirkhope, Wilfred Rozario, Mahendra Kumar Angamuthu Ganesan, Lakshminarayana Padhi
  • Patent number: 11924196
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a memory in which identification information associated with a user is stored, a controller that carries out authentication of the user, and a communication interface that transmits a signal including the identification information. When user authentication is successful, the controller sets the communication terminal to a first state in which the signal is transmitted to an external apparatus, and when user authentication is not successful, the controller sets the communication terminal to a second state in which the signal is not transmitted to the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akemi Morita, Yutaka Yasunaga, Shinya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11917787
    Abstract: A server rack includes: a rack cabinet equipped with a door; information processing devices installed inside the rack cabinet in accordance with rack mount specifications; collection devices configured to collect environmental status information inside the rack cabinet; a temperature control device configured to control environmental conditions inside the rack cabinet; a network device configured to establish a communication environment between the plurality of information processing devices; a microcomputer configured to exchange data with the information processing devices, to receive operating status information and environmental status information from the temperature control device and the collection devices, and to control the operations of the information processing devices and the temperature control device according to input information; and an input/output device configured to display content corresponding to the output information of the microcomputer, and to generate the input information accordin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DOBE COMPUTING INC.
    Inventor: Sung Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11906948
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an Industrial Internet of Things for implementing a production task plan, including at least one user platform, a service platform, a management platform, a sensor network platform, and one or more object platforms that are interacted sequentially from top to bottom; the service platform is arranged in an independent layout, the management platform is arranged in a front sub platform layout, and the sensor network platform is arranged in a rear sub platform layout; the one or more object platforms are configured as one or more intelligent manufacturing devices or one or more manufacturing management devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Shao, Haitang Xiang, Lei Zhang, Yuefei Wu, Yong Li
  • Patent number: 11909210
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optimizing resource operations within an energy network. The systems and methods can include retrieving historical interval meter data, profile data, and a curtailment plan, determining, using the historical interval meter data, estimated annual deviation of a customer's load based on average interval load divided by peak load over a given period, calculating a load curtailment for the customer based on the historical interval meter data, the profile data, the curtailment plan, and the estimated annual deviation of the customer's load, and building a report, using the load curtailment, indicating a resource commitment capability for the customer to help inform market participation and operational decision making for load curtailment and distributed energy resources (DER).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Harbaugh, Yanchun Wang, Peter Bergeron, Ryan Keperling
  • Patent number: 11894677
    Abstract: A system and method for data collection and aggregation using a distributed network of communications enabled sensors connected to another primary network to achieve a secondary out-of-band monitoring perspective, for example, in power grids. The data collection system includes an aggregation and processing server configured to collect data from a variety of sensors adjacent to the monitored network each sensor includes secondary power such that it can continue data transmission even during power grid outages. The data collection system includes a method for secure real-time data ingest, machine learning enabled analysis, risk assessment, and anomaly detection on a broad geographic scale irrespective of isolated network boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Huberman, Scott H. Clearwater, Scott L. Caruso
  • Patent number: 11887458
    Abstract: A fall detection system includes first sensing devices, second sensing devices, positioning modules, a data server and a display device. The first sensing device is configured to detect a posture of a body part of a user for obtaining body part posture data. The positioning modules are configured to detect positions of the first and second sensing devices, so as to obtain corresponding body part position data. Each of the second sensing devices is disposed on a shoe to detect a posture of a user's feet and to measure a distance from an ambient object for obtaining feet posture data and distance measurement data. The data server is configured to receive the body part posture data, the body part position data, the feet posture data and the distance measurement data to determine if the user falls down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Lin, Wen-Ching Chiu, Yuan-Hao Ho
  • Patent number: 11883161
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided switch circuitry (1) for controlling power supplied to a fluid monitoring unit (4). The switch circuitry (1) comprises: a sensor (2) configured to detect fluid derived from the skin of a user and to generate a detection signal in response to detection of fluid; and a controller (3) configured to receive the detection signal, to generate a wake-up signal in accordance with the detection signal, and to supply the wake-up signal to a switch (6) controlling the power supply to the fluid monitoring unit (4) so as to activate the switch (6) and wake the fluid monitoring unit (4), wherein, optionally, the fluid is sweat. According to another aspect, there is provided method of controlling power to a fluid monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Ashoka Sathanur Visweswara, Mark Thomas Johnson, Lutz Christian Gerhardt, Ron Martinus Laurentius Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11818654
    Abstract: A method for managing power during communication with an implantable medical device, including establishing a communications link, utilizing a power corresponding to a session start power, to initiate a current session between an implantable medical device (IMD) and external device. A telemetry break condition of the communications link is monitored during the current session. The power utilized by the IMD is adjusted between low and high power levels, during the current session based on the telemetry break condition. The number of sessions is counted, including the current session and one or more prior sessions, in which the IMD utilized the higher power level, and a level for the session start power to be utilized to initiate a next session following the current session is adaptively learned based on the counting of the number of sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry Li, Lequan Zhang, Xing Pei, Jeffery Crook, Yongjian Wu, Jun Yang, Chao-Wen Young
  • Patent number: 11801005
    Abstract: A sensor including electrodes, a control module and a physical layer module. The electrodes are configured to (i) attach to a patient, and (ii) receive a first electromyographic signal from the patient. The control module is connected to the electrodes. The control module is configured to (i) detect the first electromyographic signal, and (ii) generate a first voltage signal. The physical layer module is configured to: receive a payload request from a console interface module or a nerve integrity monitoring device; and based on the payload request, (i) upconvert the first voltage signal to a first radio frequency signal, and (ii) wirelessly transmit the first radio frequency signal from the sensor to the console interface module or the nerve integrity monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Brown, John G. Pollock, Jeff R. Justis, Kevin L. McFarlin, Randal C. Schulhauser, Tyler S. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 11775872
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of dynamically generating a charger map for electric vehicle (EV) charger locations. The method includes providing one or more parameters for a plurality of target areas to a machine learning (ML) model. The ML model is iteratively trained to identify relationships between the parameters using historical data corresponding to the plurality of target areas. One or more target parameters for a user-specific target area are received along with one or more user-specific weights representing one or more prioritized charging features associated with the user-specific target area. A charger map is generated via the trained ML model for the user-specific target area including one or more locations for EV chargers within the user-specific target area. The charger map is optimized relative to the one or more prioritized charging features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Andysheh Tabrizi, Keeon Tabrizi
  • Patent number: 11770049
    Abstract: A robot device includes a first link and a second link coupled to the first link via an elbow. One or more of the first link or the second link rotates about an axis of the elbow. The robot device further includes a generator disposed in the elbow. The generator is configured to generate electrical power based on relative angular mechanical movement associated with the elbow. The robot device further includes an end effector configured to transport a substrate within a substrate processing system. The end effector is disposed at a distal end of the second link. The end effector is to receive the electrical power generated by the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Berger, Paul Lawrence Korff, William Paul Laceky, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Rajkumar Thanu, Damon K. Cox, Matvey Farber
  • Patent number: 11751811
    Abstract: A wearing prompt method for a wearable device and an apparatus, and related to the field of communications technologies, to reduce a probability that the wearable device cannot accurately measure physiological parameters of a user, thereby improving accuracy of measuring the physiological parameters of the user. The method includes: obtaining, by the wearable device, a target PPG (photo plethysmo graph) signal; and prompting, by the wearable device when the target PPG signal is inconsistent with a stored reference wearing parameter, a user to adjust a wearing position of the wearable device and to adjust tightness of wearing the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiyou Sun, Yanguo He, Chan Wang
  • Patent number: 11738825
    Abstract: A power pedal is provided, including: a shaft, including a first end configured to be assembled to a bicycle crank, a second end and a connection section connected between the first end and the second end, the connection section including a strain sensing module; a pedal body, connected to the second end; a power sensor, including a processing module and a shell member, the processing module being disposed on an outer circumferential wall of the connection section, the processing module including a processing unit and a wireless transmission unit electrically connected to each other, the processing unit being electrically connected to the strain sensing module, the shell member being disposed on the connection section and encompassing the processing module, the shell member including a receiving room, the receiving room being configured to receive a battery which is replaceable and electrically connected to the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WELLGO PEDAL'S CORP.
    Inventor: Chun-Rong Chen
  • Patent number: 11721143
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for generating vehicle profiles for detected vehicles based on engine sound recordings. Based on those vehicle profiles, an enterprise is enabled to generate a user profile for customers. To generate the vehicle profile, a vehicle profiling system may be used. The vehicle profiling system may receive sound data with range information. The vehicle profiling system may input the sound data into a trained machine learning model and receive vehicle model information for the sound data. Based on the output, the profiling system may retrieve metadata associated with the vehicle model and generate a profile based on the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Young, Jr., Christopher McDaniel, Matthew Louis Nowak
  • Patent number: 11709478
    Abstract: A production system, including an engineering device configured to set a higher-level control device capable of controlling a control device configured to control one or more industrial machines, wherein the engineering device is configured to: display a name of each of a plurality of variables stored in the higher-level control device; receive specification of a variable to be subjected to at least one of collection or rewriting from among the plurality of variables; and perform setting of the at least one of the collection or rewriting of the specified variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Shinichiro Obata, Megumi Yasuda, Takaaki Shogaki, Yu Katono
  • Patent number: 11703934
    Abstract: An exercise information acquisition equipment of the present invention is an electronic equipment which builds therein a battery, is driven with electric power of the battery and acquires information relating to an exercise that a user performs and includes a battery remaining amount acquisition device which acquires a battery remaining amount of the battery, a time information acquisition device which acquires information relating to a time taken for the exercise which is information that how long the user plans to perform the exercise and an electric power control device which controls an operation pertaining to a power consumption reduction of the electronic equipment on the basis of the battery remaining amount and the information relating to the time taken for the exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Abe
  • Patent number: 11698323
    Abstract: A set of load responses of an asset for a sample of traffic loading events caused by objects of unknown weight is measured. At least one statistical parameter is determined from the set of load responses. A corresponding statistical parameter of known object weights loading the asset is determined. An object weight is assigned to a load response of the set of load responses based on correlation of the extracted statistical parameter to the corresponding statistical parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Spenser Anderson, Hong Yu, Peter Kiesel, Ajay Raghavan
  • Patent number: 11689236
    Abstract: A wearable article, system, and methods may include a structure configured to enclose a human body part. A first antenna, positioned with respect to the structure, is tuned to communicate, while the wearable article is being worn, according to a first wireless communication modality with a first external antenna. A second antenna, positioned with respect to the structure, is tuned to communicate according to a second wireless communication modality with a second external antenna different than the first external antenna, the second communication modality being different than the first communication modality. A transceiver, coupled to at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna, is configured to communicate via one of the first and second antennas based, at least in part, on the one of the first and second antennas coming into wireless communication contact with a corresponding one of the first and second external antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Moran, Holli Pheil, Drew McLain Skeels, Allison Walters
  • Patent number: 11676729
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a monitoring method, a monitoring device and a monitoring server. The monitoring method includes: acquiring physical sign information of a user; determining whether a physical sign of the user is in an abnormal state based on the physical sign information; acquiring first physical symptom information of the user in response to the physical sign of the user being in the abnormal state; and transmitting the physical sign information and the first physical symptom information to a monitoring server to determine a health status of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Wen, Wenchu Dong, Honglei Zhang, Siyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11663889
    Abstract: In some implementations, a wireless sensing system may receive sensor data associated with an asset. The sensor data may be associated with a tampering event and the tampering event may include an action performed on the asset. The wireless sensing system may further determine whether the tampering event is performed by an authorized user of the wireless sensing system. The wireless sensing system may further determine whether the tampering event is performed within an authorized location of the wireless sensing system. The wireless sensing system may transmit a notification to a user of the wireless sensing system. The notification may alert the user of the wireless sensing system that the tampering event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hendrik J. Volkerink, Ajay Khoche
  • Patent number: 11652343
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for monitoring icing of a transmission line and preventing a tower from falling down, including a power transmission tower, an insulator string and a connecting mechanism; the connecting mechanism includes two connecting plates, and a monitoring-control connector and a damping component are arranged between the two connecting plates; sides of the two connecting plates are respectively provided with connecting grooves matched with two ends of the monitoring-control connector; the monitoring-control connector is provided with a monitoring component in signal connection with a master station; the two ends of the monitoring-control connector are respectively provided with load release components and are fixedly connected with the two connecting plates, and sides of the two connecting plates further from the monitoring-control component are fixedly connected with the power transmission tower and one end of the insulator string respectively, the other end of the insulator string is hung with w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Northeast Electric Power University
    Inventors: Dehong Wang, Yanzhong Ju, Yidan Ma, Yanting Liu
  • Patent number: 11638551
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining EEG data from one or more single channel EEG sensor worn by a user; classifying, using a processor, the EEG data as one of nominal and abnormal; and providing an indication associated with a classification of the EEG data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Epitel, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael K. Elwood, Mitchell A. Frankel, Mark J. Lehmkuhle, Jean M. Wheeler, Robert Lingstuyl, Erin M. West, Tyler D. McGrath
  • Patent number: 11630444
    Abstract: In an approach to AI empowered factory automation using an industrial IoT, responsive to receiving a new production task, production requirements are input into an AI engine. Equipment and software containers are selected based on the AI model. An orchestration service is created, where the orchestration service collaborates the equipment and the software containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xinlin Wang, Guo Qiang Hu, Peng Ji, Jun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11618326
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrically powered aircraft comprising: a propulsion system; a navigation control system operatively coupled to said propulsion system to navigate the aircraft to a desired location; a rechargeable electrical power storage to power the aircraft during operation; and a power line charging unit comprising a current transformer operatively coupled to said rechargeable electrical power storage and remotely operable to engage a power line in flight to recharge said rechargeable electrical power storage and remotely disengage said power line once recharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FERRARISPOWER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ja-Il Koo
  • Patent number: 11615885
    Abstract: A wearable sensing device (100) for sensing one or more physiological signals of a subject, comprising: a sensor unit (200), including a housing, a connection receptacle (210) and electronic circuitry configured for acquiring one or more physiological signals received via the connection receptacle; a patch unit (300), including a connection plug (310) connected via conductive tracks (341) to a plurality of electrodes (342) configured for sensing the one or more physiological signals. The connection plug (310) is configured for being connectable with the connection receptacle (210) such that the one or more physiological signals sensed by the electrodes (342) are transmitted to the electronic circuitry of the sensor unit (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Onera Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Ruben de Francisco Martin, Peter Cramer, Bastiaan Pieter Hemmes
  • Patent number: 11616862
    Abstract: A system for compressing Controller Area Network (CAN) messages, the system comprising a processing resource configured to: obtain a CAN messages sequence including a plurality of CAN messages intercepted at a given order by at least one device adapted to monitor messages transmitted via communication channel(s) of a vehicle; group the CAN messages of the CAN messages sequence into MID groups, by a CAN MID field of the CAN messages; for each given MID group of the MID groups split the CAN messages of the MID group into field groups, wherein each field group comprises a respective field of a plurality of fields of the CAN messages of the MID group; employ at least one compression scheme on at least one of the field groups; generate a data structure comprising the field groups; and compress the data structure using a lossless compression algorithm, giving rise to a compressed data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Saferide Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yehiel Stein, Yossi Vardi, Maxim Komm
  • Patent number: 11614498
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless neutral current sensor (WNCS) for monitoring a neutral cable of a capacitor bank. The WNCS may include a power storage device that provides power to allow the WNCS to send a test signal to a capacitor bank controller (CBC) of the capacitor bank to confirm operation of the WNCS during commissioning. The WNCS may include processing and communication circuitry that, during operation, detects an electrical characteristic on the neutral cable. The processing and communication circuitry may provide a message indicating the electrical characteristic to the CBC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Hao, Shankar V. Achanta, Raymond W. Rice
  • Patent number: 11571165
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an ingestible medication device is a self-contained electronic device that stores an active agent, and that controls release of the active agent using an on board processor. The ingestible medication device embodies one or more ingestible device identifiers, including personal identifiers and active agent identifiers, which are compared with external device identifiers to determine whether to release the active agent. A method for managing an ingestible medication device detects proximity to a limited range, RFID-enabled patient wristband, indicating that the wristband is worn by the patient that ingested the ingestible medication device. Various methods enable a nurse to track medication information to monitor compliance with medication regimen and dosage information. Other methods track an ingestible medication device selected for filling a prescription at a pharmacy of the health care provider, including transfer to a caregiver station using a transport cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John
  • Patent number: 11568975
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for administering and tracking medicine to patients and providing health management capabilities for patients and caregivers. In some aspects, a method includes receiving one or more analyte values associated with a health condition of the patient user; receiving contextual data associated with the patient user obtained by the mobile computing device, where the obtained contextual data includes information associated with a meal; determining a medicine metric value associated with an amount of medicine active in the body of the patient user; autonomously calculating a dose of the medicine without input from the user based at least on the one or more analyte values, the medicine metric value, and the information associated with a meal; and continuously displaying the calculated dose of the medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Sean Saint, Jack Pryor
  • Patent number: 11538590
    Abstract: In order to objectively grasp a stress state of a user and to prevent postpartum depression, biological gas information is acquired via a network, where the biological gas information indicates a concentration of benzothiazole of the user and is obtained by a sensor that detects benzothiazole released from a skin surface of the user. From a memory storing information including an upper limit of a normal range of the concentration of benzothiazole per unit period, the information indicating the upper limit of the normal range is read out. When a frequency in the unit period with which the concentration of benzothiazole of the user exceeds the upper limit of the normal range is determined to have an increasing tendency based on the biological gas information obtained during a pregnancy period of the user, the information related to stress of the user is output to an information terminal of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukari Nishiyama, Masahiko Tsukuda, Yasuaki Okumura
  • Patent number: 11525254
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic flush valve system for tankless water fixtures, comprising a valve housing and a replaceable flush valve module removably secured within the valve housing. The flush valve module is comprised of an independent, self-contained flush valve configured as a replaceable flush valve cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Fadi Shakkour, Manuel Medina, Roaa Nabeel Nacy
  • Patent number: 11524627
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an automated vehicle. A sensor is configured to monitor an ORU (other road user) external to the automated vehicle thereby identifying the ORU with respect to the automated vehicle. A processor determines a state of the ORU and a context of the ORU and communicates a message to the ORU based on the determined state of the ORU and the context of the ORU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yael Shmueli Friedland, Asaf Degani, Claudia V. Goldman-Shenhar, Gila Kamhi, Julien P. Mourou
  • Patent number: 11512816
    Abstract: An optimized, energy-sensitive system and method for fulfilling various data needs of gas utilities. In particular, the disclosure relates to optimized methods for discovering and reacting to an alarm. In one aspect, when an alarm is triggered a telemetry unit automatically alters its operating mode to begin transmitting live pressure reads every minute instead of every hour, as typically performed. This variance in operation eliminates the need for a user to monitor a pipeline system for an incoming alarm and manually request data by initiating a live communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Aclara Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peggy Devereaux, Vaishali Sangtani
  • Patent number: 11496150
    Abstract: A system and method for compressive sensing using edge nodes of a distributed computing network. The method includes collecting a raw data signal continuously by a sensor of the edge node. A signal energy indicator is dynamically updated that quantifies an energy distortion in the raw data signal. One or more compression characteristics are determined as a function of the signal energy indicator as the signal energy indicator is updated. The raw data signal is subsampled in accordance with current values of the one or more compression characteristics to create a compressed data signal. An output is transmitted that includes the compressed data signal to a centralized node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Olaitan Philip Olaleye, Abhishek Murthy
  • Patent number: 11457843
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communication of analyte information are disclosed. Example embodiments include an analyte sensor system. The analyte sensor system may include an analyte sensor to gather information related to a level of an analyte in a host. The analyte sensor system may include circuitry to transmit and receive wireless signals using a first antenna. The analyte sensor may be coupled to the circuitry before the analyte sensor system is transitioned into an operational state. The analyte sensor system may include a second antenna to receive an input signal from a source external to the analyte sensor system and to transmit a modified signal. The circuitry may use the first antenna to receive the modified signal. The analyte sensor system may transition into the operational state in response to the modified signal received using the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Castagna, David A. Keller, Warren Terry
  • Patent number: 11446570
    Abstract: An imitation learning system may learn how to play a video game based on user interactions by a tester or other user of the video game. The imitation learning system may develop an imitation learning model based, at least in part, on the tester's interaction with the video game and the corresponding state of the video game to determine or predict actions that may be performed when interacting with the video game. The imitation learning system may use the imitation learning model to control automated agents that can play additional instances of the video game. Further, as the user continues to interact with the video game during testing, the imitation learning model may continue to be updated. Thus, the interactions by the automated agents with the video game may, over time, almost mimic the interaction by the user enabling multiple tests of the video game to be performed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Borovikov, Jesse Hans Stokes Harder, Thomas Patrick O'Neill, Jonathan Albert Rein, Avery H. Lee, Pawel Piotr Wrotek, Graham Michael Parker, David Vincent
  • Patent number: 11447032
    Abstract: A server acquires a reception amount which is an amount of power that a power supply device received from an engine-driven type generator, converts the reception amount into a virtual currency, transmits, to the power supply device, a money transfer instruction in order to instruct a money transfer, to the engine-driven type generator, of a virtual currency that the conversion unit converted the reception amount into. The power supply device generates a money transfer request in order to, in accordance with the money transfer instruction, performs a money transfer of virtual currency to a virtual currency wallet associated with the engine-driven type generator a virtual currency wallet associated with the server, and transmits the money transfer request to a virtual currency network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Oshima, Sho Takada, Nobuyuki Sasaki, Yoshihiro Matsunaga, Mitsuhiro Ito, Mio Oshima
  • Patent number: 11410469
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device includes a waiting time determination unit which determines a waiting time until the vehicle-mounted device transitions from a power-on state where a service providing function is performed to a power saving state where the service providing function is stopped while an engine of a vehicle is stopped, and a state transition unit which shifts the vehicle-mounted device from the power-on state to the power saving state after the waiting time has elapsed since stopping of an engine of the vehicle, and the waiting time determination unit changes the waiting time from a waiting time at a time of previous engine stopping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Korenaga
  • Patent number: 11403575
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method executed by at least one processor comprising: determining inventories for first and second times for a first vending machine (VM); determining inventories for first and second times for a second VM; determining inventories for first and second times for a third VM; and determining a service route to visit the first and second VMs on a specific date, and to specifically avoid visiting the third VM on the specific date, in response to determining the inventories for the second times for the first, second, and third VMs. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Vendwatch Telematics, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Crow, Alfonso Javier Barragán Treviño
  • Patent number: 11394294
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an alternating current (AC) input selection for a power transformer are disclosed. In particular, a connector is provided that is pre-wired to utilize internal wiring in the power transformer to provide a desired connection. A first option allows two transformers' input winding to be in series while a second option allows the two transformers' input winding to be in parallel. By moving the wiring into the connector, installation is simplified as the wiring has already been done. The installer need only attach the correct plug based on the desired voltage and couple the plug to the transformer. Further, the manipulation of thick wires is also avoided by the installer, further simplifying the installation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventor: Ami Hazani
  • Patent number: 11364091
    Abstract: A sensor system including: a wristband (2) which has a storage unit storing patient identification information so that a patient can be identified by the patient identification information; and a sensor (3) which can measure vital information of the patient; wherein: the wristband (2) can transmit the patient identification information to the sensor (3) by human body communication through a surface of a body of the patient in a state in which the wristband (2) and the sensor (3) are attached to the patient; and the sensor (3) associates the patient identification information with the vital information and then transmits the vital information including the patient identification information to a bedside monitor 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Konno, Hirohiko Ikeya
  • Patent number: 11361634
    Abstract: Valuables transport bag tampering detection and controlled triggering of smoke dispenser in response to said detection. Additionally, techniques are addressed to pair a valuables transport bag with a user fob or user fobs in response to a pairing control signal from a supervisory fob. With a valuables transport bag having a zipper closure, techniques to issue proper zipper closure and detection of such closure are also addressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ellenby Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron H. Dobbins, James M. Henry, Jeffrey D. Welder, Brian D. Stang
  • Patent number: 11272170
    Abstract: Using two or more cameras attached to the eyewear, three-dimensional views with accurate and natural depth perception of the working area can be displayed for users, so that the user can maintain healthy sitting or standing posture while working on patients or objects located below horizontal eye level. Additional functions including eye protection, zoom-in, zoom-out, on-off, lighting control, overlapping, and teleconference capabilities are also supported using electronic, video and audio devices attached to the eyewear. The eyewear can also comprise a face shield designed to protect the user from hazardous droplets, aerosols, harmful wavelengths of light, heat, sparks, flash burn, debris and/or flying objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Shau, Jeng-Jye Shau
  • Patent number: 11270568
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating an automated response to a catastrophic event, that includes (1) analyzing a sample set of data generated in association with a catastrophic event to determine a threshold pattern; (2) receiving, with customer permission or affirmative consent, home sensor data from a smart home controller via wireless communication or data transmission, the home sensor data including data regarding at least one of (i) structural status; (ii) wind speed; (iii) availability of electricity; (iv) presence of water; (v) temperature; (vi) pressure; and/or (vii) presence of pollutants in the air and/or water; (3) determining, based upon or from computer analysis of the home sensor data, whether the home sensor data indicates a match to the threshold pattern; and (4) automatically generating a response if the home sensor data indicates a match to the threshold pattern. As a result, catastrophic events and responses thereto may be improved through usage of a remote network of home sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Phillip Moon, Sunish Menon, Jeffrey Kinsey, Jeffrey W. Stoiber
  • Patent number: 11262289
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to methods, systems and apparatus for detecting corrosion using a detector apparatus with a host component. The method includes a detector apparatus. The detector apparatus includes an energy source; a corrosion proxy thin film that corrodes at a rate where the normalized change of mass of the film over time is greater than the normalized change of mass of the bulk material of the host component in a harsh environment; and the detector, wherein the detector is capable of detecting a change in energy due to corrosion of the corrosion proxy thin film. The method includes exposing the host component and the corrosion proxy thin film to the harsh environment; and detecting a change in energy using the detector due to corrosion of the corrosion proxy thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Energy, United States Department of
    Inventors: Paul R. Ohodnicki, Jr., Malgorzata Ziomek-Moroz
  • Patent number: 11258819
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory compute r readable medium, device, and system that receives telemetry data collected based on instrumentation code executed at one of a plurality of client computing devices with a requested transaction with one of a plurality of web server systems. Identifying signal data (IDSD) usable to identify the one of client computing devices is determined based on the received telemetry data. Any matching telemetry data in a telemetry data set for a plurality of prior transactions between one or more of the client computing devices and one or more of the web server systems is identified based on any stored IDSDs that match the received IDSD. A security score associated with the one of the client computing devices is generated based on the identified matching telemetry data. A response to the requested transaction to the one of client computing devices is managed based on the generated security score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHAPE SECURITY, INC.
    Inventor: Sumit Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11222729
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a display, a biometric sensor, a motion sensor, a communication circuit configured to receive a signal for obtaining information related to a location of the electronic device, and a processor electrically connected with the display, the biometric sensor, the motion sensor, and the communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to identify repeated activities related to the user, which follow a lapse of time, based on motion information obtained according to the lapse of time by using the motion sensor and location information obtained according to the lapse of time by using the communication module, calculate a stress index of the user corresponding to the repeated activities based on biometric information obtained by using the biometric sensor, and provide at least one activity of the repeated activities and a stress index corresponding to the at least one activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Su Hong, Sang Beom Nam, Yong Jin Lee