Accelerometer Patents (Class 702/141)
  • Patent number: 11978561
    Abstract: Disclosed is a medical data processing method for determining an indicator relating to an injury of an anatomical structure (1) of a patient, wherein the method comprises executing, on at least one processor (5) of at least one computer (3), steps of: a) acquiring (S1) acceleration data describing an energy of a set of one or more signals in dependence on both time and frequency, the set of signals acquired by measuring the acceleration of the anatomical structure (1) over time; b) acquiring (S2) analysis data describing an analysis rule for determining at least one of b1) an overall energy level of at least one signal of the set of signals, b2) a correlation between at least two signals of the set of signals in the frequency domain, the at least two signals respectively measured at at least two different respective regions of the anatomical structure (1), or b3) a relationship between energies given for at least two different frequency ranges of at least one signal of the set of signals; c) determining
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 11975708
    Abstract: Systems and methods of calibrating an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) on a vehicle are disclosed. In some embodiments, a first tilt angle of the IMU is measured with the IMU while the vehicle is stationary. A second tilt angle of the IMU is measured with an inclinometer or tilt sensor while the vehicle is stationary. The orientation of the IMU is corrected based on the first tilt angle and the second tilt angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Alon Green, Kevin Tobin, Marco De Thomasis, Andrei Bucsa
  • Patent number: 11959774
    Abstract: Systems and methods for extrinsic calibration of vehicle-mounted sensors are provided. One example method involves obtaining first sensor data collected by a first sensor and a second sensor while a vehicle is aligned in a first yaw direction. The method also involves obtaining second sensor data collected by the first sensor and the second sensor while the vehicle is aligned in a second yaw direction. The method also involves determining, based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data, (i) first pitch and roll misalignments of the first sensor relative to the vehicle and (ii) second pitch and roll misalignments of the second sensor relative to the first sensor. The method also involves determining third pitch and roll misalignments of the second sensor relative to the vehicle based on (i) the first pitch and roll misalignments and (ii) the second pitch and roll misalignments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Zhao, Damien Dusha, Craig Robinson, Volker Grabe
  • Patent number: 11918854
    Abstract: A system for transitioning from a first footwear type to a second footwear type is usable with an article of footwear including a sensor system with a plurality of force sensors engaged with an article of footwear and configured to sense force exerted by a foot of a user and an electronic module configured to collect data based on force input from the sensors and to wirelessly transmit data generated by the sensor system. An electronic device includes a processor that receives the data from the electronic module, compares the data to a footstrike template corresponding to a desired footstrike pattern of a footwear transitional program, determines whether a deviation from the footstrike template exists, and generates an indication to the user when the deviation from the desired footstrike pattern is determined to exist. The desired footstrike pattern corresponds to a preferred footstrike of the second type of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Antonia Giedwoyn, Lee Peyton, Christopher L. Andon
  • Patent number: 11903484
    Abstract: A collision prevention control system based on an electric lifting table and a collision prevention method thereof are provided. The collision prevention control system includes a lifting table, an electronic lifting table control box disposed on the lifting table, and a single-chip microcomputer disposed in the electric lifting table control box. The electric lifting table control box is internally provided with an acceleration and gyroscope chip, the acceleration and gyroscope chip performing synchronous motion with the lifting table, the acceleration and gyroscope chip being in information interaction with the single-chip microcomputer, and motion control on the lifting table being performed through the single-chip microcomputer. The collision prevention control system has the advantageous effects as follows: has higher sensitivity and more reliable operation, and senses a slight angular change or an acceleration change when the lifting table encounters resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DewertOkin Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Liu, Long Li
  • Patent number: 11905142
    Abstract: An illustrative example method of controlling an elevator situated in a hoistway of a building includes detecting sway of the building, determining characteristics of the detected sway including a plurality of frequencies and associated periods of the sway, determining an expected sway of an elongated member of the elevator system based on the determined characteristics, and controlling at least one of position and movement of an elevator car in the hoistway based on the expected sway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Randy Roberts, George Scott Copeland, Luis C. Encinas Carreno, Patricia Derwinski, Cuauhtemoc Castro
  • Patent number: 11887482
    Abstract: A server device can obtain historical location data, concerning a vehicle, captured by a global positioning system (GPS) device of the vehicle and historical engine control unit (ECU) data concerning the vehicle captured by an ECU of the vehicle. The server device can process the historical location data and the historical ECU data to train a machine learning model to determine a relationship between the historical location data and the historical ECU data. The server device can receive location data and ECU data concerning the vehicle and update the machine learning model based on the location data and the ECU data. The server device can receive real-time location data concerning the vehicle and derive an equivalent real-time ECU speed using the machine learning model. The server device can generate a message regarding the equivalent real-time ECU speed of the vehicle and send the message to a remote device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Paul Wright, John Thomas Morris, Paul Casey
  • Patent number: 11860186
    Abstract: Provided are a fall detection apparatus and method. The fall detection method may include measuring first to third accelerations corresponding to a user, measuring first to third angular velocities corresponding to the user, determining an acceleration value for the user based on at least one of the first to third accelerations, determining an angular velocity value for the user based on at least one of the first and second angular velocities, determining an angle value for the user based on at least one of the first to third accelerations, calculating a triangle feature using the acceleration value, and detecting a fall of the user based on at least one of the acceleration value, the angular velocity value, the angle value, and the triangle feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY WONJU CAMPUS
    Inventors: Youngho Kim, Jongman Kim, Bummo Koo, Hanul Jeong, Soonjae Ahn, Seongjung Kim
  • Patent number: 11854539
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a speech input is received from a user. In response to determining that the speech input corresponds to a user intent of obtaining information associated with a user experience of the user, one or more parameters referencing a user experience of the user are identified. Metadata associated with the referenced user experience is obtained from an experiential data structure. Based on the metadata, one or more media items associated with the referenced are retrieved based on the metadata. The one or more media items associated with the referenced user experience are output together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Regis Vescovi, Eric M. G. Circlaeys, Richard Warren, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Matthaeus Krenn
  • Patent number: 11826297
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus comprising a support frame, a base, a bracket coupled to the support frame and comprising a channel being non-linear, a frame assembly coupled between the support frame and the base and comprising a slidable member disposed in the channel, the slidable member being moveable between a plurality of different positions in the channel to place the support frame in a plurality of different poses relative to the base. The patient transport apparatus also comprises a sensor configured to detect the slidable member in the channel and produce a reading, as well as a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to receive the reading from the sensor, determine the position of the slidable member in the channel based on the reading, and determine the pose of the support frame relative to the base based on the determined position of the slidable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Douglas Furman, Chad Conway Souke, Thomas Alan Puvogel, Joshua Alan Mansfield
  • Patent number: 11825300
    Abstract: An application controlling method includes: determining a control authority of a current user of a terminal when it is determined that the current user of the terminal is changed; and locking a predetermined application in the terminal when the current user does not have control authority. As such, privacy of the authorized user can be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weihao Chen, Mengyu Si, Xin Wang, Jiacheng Shi
  • Patent number: 11793461
    Abstract: A system, method and footwear sensor unit a footwear sensor unit removably attachable to footwear, the footwear sensor unit including: an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) including a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope, the IMU adapted to gather sensor data of detected movements of the footwear; and a storage device in electronic communication with the IMU, the storage device for storing the sensor data; and a communications module in electronic communication with the storage device, the communication module configured to transmit data to an external computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MOTIONIZE ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Moran Gad, Asaf Erez, Guy Aharon, Gil Lemel, Nir Levi, Sivan Postelnik, Yuval Odem, Eyal Postelnik, Erez Morag
  • Patent number: 11794094
    Abstract: A control device with a touch screen and motion sensors is held in one hand with the screen facing the user. Preferably, thumb motion of the hand holding the control device on the touch screen sensor of the control device is the input to control the motion and animations of an avatar, wherein the avatar motion is displayed on the control device touch screen or, in an embodiment, on an external display device. An important aspect of the present invention is tilting the control device, causing an angular rotation velocity, which can trigger a game event such as throwing, kicking, shooting or other action of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AQUIMO INC.
    Inventors: Mark John Jeffery, Robert Sunshin Komorous-King, Manoj Kumar Rana, James S. Frey, Jordan Matthew Blackman
  • Patent number: 11776374
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved electronic fall monitoring system comprising a device having multiple sensor ports for flexibly monitoring various sensors associated with a single patient without requiring repeated connections and disconnections of sensors. With several sensors simultaneously connected at different locations, a processor can execute to ensure that only one sensor, corresponding to one patient, is monitored at any given time, including by triggering an alarm when a second sensor is triggered while a first sensor is in use. Accordingly, the system can provide a “one step transfer” in which a caregiver may simply press hold once to transfer a patient from one sensed area to another. In addition, the caregiver can simply actuate a single input with only a momentary press to allow suspension of monitoring for a shorter duration (hold) or a longer press to allow suspension of monitoring for a longer duration (extended hold).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TIDI Products, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Seizo Carr, Glen Holt Humphrey, Drew Deem Coatney, Himanshu Patel, Lisa McHale, Brian N. Young, Justin K. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11768749
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for analytics-based anomaly detection. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive measurement data for a component of a device, determine a compression rate of the received measurement data by applying a compression algorithm to the measurement data, and generate an alert indicating a possible anomaly in an operation of the component represented by the measurement data in response to the determined compression rate satisfying a threshold compression rate for the at least one condition of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexandru Cozma, Jeffery Van Heuklon, Sumeet Kochar
  • Patent number: 11763707
    Abstract: Provided is a projecting apparatus including a projector that emits projection light, a processor that controls an operation of the projector, and a user operation receiver that receives an input operation. In receipt of the input operation concerning startup of the projecting apparatus, the processor assesses a state of the projecting apparatus and determines whether a lighting action of the projection light from the projector is valid based on an assessment result of the state of the projecting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shibuya, Hiromichi Hamada
  • Patent number: 11744484
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a behavior estimating method for estimating behavior of a person being measured equipped with an activity meter including an acceleration sensor, includes presetting a first angle between a gravitation direction and a direction of action of a standard person being measured, calculating different acceleration waveforms from the activity meter, extracting a second angle between the gravitation direction and the direction of action of the person from the acceleration waveforms, performing a coordinate transformation process among the acceleration waveforms based upon the present first angle and the extracted second angle, and performing behavior estimation of the person using a result of the coordinate transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishi, Yasuyoshi Hyodo, Taisuke Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11747775
    Abstract: The present application describes an integrated module. The integrated module includes a microcontroller, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a low-power accelerometer, and an environmental sensor. A noise target between the IMU and low-power accelerometer is less than a noise target be the IMU and microcontroller. The present application also describes a method of using an integrated module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CACI, Inc.—Federal
    Inventors: Renato M. Camarda, James Andrew Cook, Eric David Nystrom, George Mace Mavroleon
  • Patent number: 11747942
    Abstract: Facilitating dynamic adjustment of a click/unclick threshold corresponding to a force-based tactile sensor is presented herein. A system can comprise a tactile sensor comprising force-based sensor(s); and a motion detection component that can determine a rate of change of a movement that has been detected via a group of sensors comprising the force-based sensor(s), and based on the rate of change of the movement, modify a defined sensitivity of the force-based sensor(s) with respect to detection of a click and/or unclick event corresponding to the tactile sensor. Further, the motion detection component can decrease the defined sensitivity with respect to detection of the click and/or unclick event in response to the rate of change being determined to satisfy a defined condition representing an increase in the speed at which the stylus or the finger has moved across the tactile sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SENSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Tomer Moscovich, Ilya Daniel Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11747143
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for combining sensor data to measure vehicle movement. Embodiments may collect vehicle and driving data using sensors of a mobile device of a user, such as a location determination sensor and a movement determination sensor. In some embodiments, the data from the sensors may be combined to more accurately estimate vehicle movement, such as vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Cordova, Sanujit Sahoo, Nicholas Arcolano, John Emhoff
  • Patent number: 11703960
    Abstract: An air mouse mode implementation method includes establishing, by an electronic device, a communication connection to a stylus through BLUETOOTH, sending, by the electronic device, notification information to the stylus through the communication connection when detecting a screen casting event of the electronic device, where the notification information instructs to enter an air mouse mode, receiving, by the electronic device, a determining instruction from the stylus through the communication connection, entering, by the electronic device, the air mouse mode based on the determining instruction, and modifying, from an arrow icon to a dot icon and by the electronic device, an indication icon corresponding to the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lianqi Wu, Yixiu Hao, Xudong Tian, Puyao Qiao, Bin Liu, Jinming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11676434
    Abstract: A method includes performing, by a terminal with an access card, a first relay attack check for the access card in accordance with a local value associated with the terminal and a local value associated with the access card; determining, by the terminal, that the access card has passed the first relay attack check, and based thereon, performing, by the terminal with the access card, an authentication check of the access card in accordance with the local value associated with the terminal, the local value associated with the access card, and a local challenge value associated with the terminal; and determining, by the terminal, that the access card has passed the first relay attack check and the authentication check, and based thereon, validating, by the terminal, the access card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carlo Cimino, Luca Di Cosmo
  • Patent number: 11620543
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, based on sensor data received by a motion sensor, a physical activity performed by a user of the computing system during a time period and determining whether the user consumed media during the time period that the user performed the physical activity. The method also includes responsive to determining that the user consumed the media during the time period that the user performed the physical activity, determining, based on data indicative of the media consumed by the user, an updated physical activity performed by the user during the time period; and outputting data indicating the updated physical activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ant Oztaskent, Flavio Lerda
  • Patent number: 11614461
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to easily and more accurately acquiring output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors. Provided is an information processing device including a combining unit that stepwisely combines output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors, in which the combining unit clusters a plurality of the output signals into a plurality of clusters and stepwisely combines the output signals in each of the clusters, and at least one of the clusters includes a plurality of the output signals. Furthermore, provided is an information processing method including stepwisely combining, by a processor, output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors, in which the combining further includes clustering a plurality of the output signals into a plurality of clusters and stepwisely combining the output signals in each of the clusters, and at least one of the clusters includes a plurality of the output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ersin Altintas
  • Patent number: 11585857
    Abstract: A method is described for determining the state of a vehicle equipped with an electric charge accumulator assembly adapted to power at least one starter device of a thermal engine and/or accessory devices of the vehicle and rechargeable by means of the kinetic energy of said engine, including the detection of the voltage available across the electric charge accumulator assembly of the vehicle in a predetermined succession of moments in time; at least one binary classification of the voltage value available across the accumulator assembly by comparison with a reference voltage value; and the determination of the operating state of the vehicle as a function of the outcome of the binary classification of the value of the voltage available across the accumulator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OCTO TELEMATICS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Simone Sabina
  • Patent number: 11568989
    Abstract: Disclosed is a medical data processing method for determining an indicator relating to an injury of an anatomical structure (1) of a patient, wherein the method comprises executing, on at least one processor (5) of at least one computer (3), steps of: a) acquiring (S1) acceleration data describing an energy of a set of one or more signals in dependence on both time and frequency, the set of signals acquired by measuring the acceleration of the anatomical structure (1) over time; b) acquiring (S2) analysis data describing an analysis rule for determining at least one of b1) an overall energy level of at least one signal of the set of signals, b2) a correlation between at least two signals of the set of signals in the frequency domain, the at least two signals respectively measured at at least two different respective regions of the anatomical structure (1), or b3) a relationship between energies given for at least two different frequency ranges of at least one signal of the set of signals; c) determining (S3)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 11543879
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure there is provided an interactive system. The interactive system may include communication medium between a user and a computer rendered environment. The interactive system may include an image rendering unit to render any of the computer rendered environment. The interactive system may include a sensory signal generating unit providing, to the user, one or more sensory signals. The interactive system may include a sensory response processing unit as a body monitoring unit configured to time provisions of the sensory signals and to acquire/process one or more sensory responses of the user to the sensory signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Yoonhee Lee
  • Patent number: 11535328
    Abstract: This measurement device for measuring the angular velocity or acceleration of a two-wheel vehicle, is provided with a main detection unit which detects the three-axis angular velocity or three-axis acceleration, a support unit which can support the main detection unit on the body of the two-wheel vehicle, and a correction unit which cancels the lean of the body to the left and right in the main detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Korenaga, Tomokazu Shimoda, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Hiromichi Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11513492
    Abstract: A control may obtain first data related to a plurality of positions of an implement of a work machine during a first time period and may determine, based on the first data, a first noise value related to at least one velocity of the implement for the first time period. The control device may obtain second data related to a plurality of positions of the implement during a second time period and may determine, based on the second data, a second noise value related to at least one velocity of the implement for the second time period. The control device may determine, based on the first noise value and the second noise value, a start of motion of the implement. The control device may cause, based on determining the start of motion of the implement, the implement to be calibrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Sharma, Steven C. Budde, Jeremy J. Diaz, Raghavendra Boloor
  • Patent number: 11504029
    Abstract: Methods for controlling an aspect of an application in a mobile or wearable device and a mobile or wearable device user's representation in real time are described, where the user is performing a gait activity with a gait cadence, and the gait cadence is used for control. Additional user's mobility characteristics leveraged for control may include velocity and stride length, and the sensors utilized to obtain any contextual information may be accelerometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: David Martin
  • Patent number: 11460824
    Abstract: A numerical controller is provided with a control unit configured to control a machine tool and acquire feedback data in relative positions of a tool and a workpiece, a machining simulation unit configured to perform simulation processing for machining based on a machining program and create the shape of the machined workpiece, and a display unit configured to display the machined workpiece shape created by the machining simulation unit. The machining simulation unit performs machining simulation processing using the feedback data acquired by the control unit, in place of relative movement paths for the tool and the workpiece based on a command by the machining program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hada, Osamu Hanaoka, Jost Kurzrock
  • Patent number: 11448088
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling compressor inlet guide vanes of a gas turbine engine in an aircraft includes supplying, to a compressor inlet guide vane control algorithm, an inlet temperature value that is at least representative of sensed engine inlet total temperature. One or more gas turbine engine parameters are sensed with one or more sensors during operation of the gas turbine engine. The one or more gas turbine engine parameters are processed in the engine control unit to determine an inlet temperature modifier value that is an estimate of a difference between the sensed engine inlet total temperature and actual engine inlet total temperature. The inlet temperature modifier value is added to the inlet temperature value to derive a modified engine inlet total temperature. The modified engine inlet total temperature is used in the compressor inlet guide vane control algorithm, which controls the compressor inlet guide vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Ronnie Haugland, Gregory J. Chapman, Mohamad Hanif Vhora, Jeffrey J. Aitchison
  • Patent number: 11443610
    Abstract: A method for managing smart alarms in an electrical system includes processing electrical measurement data from or derived from energy-related signals captured or derived by at least one intelligent electronic device of a monitoring and control system to identify at least one of power events in the electrical system, or alarms triggered in response to any identified power events. Information related to the identified power events and the identified alarms may be aggregated, and relevant event and/or alarm management groups and/or relevant event and/or alarm periods may be identified from the aggregated information. One or more actions may be triggered, avoided or avoid triggering in response to the identified event management groups and/or the identified event and/or alarm periods. Systems for managing smart alarms are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes Menzel
  • Patent number: 11397542
    Abstract: A computing device and method for reducing memory usage in a runtime. The method is performed in a computer system having a non-volatile memory (ROM) containing initial states of objects for the runtime and volatile memory (RAM). An alias table in RAM is accessed corresponding with an object in ROM. If the there is an alias referenced in RAM, then computation is performed upon the alias rather than the object in ROM. Otherwise, if there is no alias then computation is performed upon the one in ROM. If the object is required to be updated, then it is stored as an alias referenced by the alias table stored in RAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Moddable Tech, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Soquet
  • Patent number: 11357581
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for planning a procedure. A display device is configured to display a first virtual element. A controller device having a processor is configured to be in communication with the display device, and the controller device is further configured to direct the display device to display the first virtual element. A physical control element is in communication with the controller device, and is configured to correspond to the first virtual element such that an actual manipulation of the control element is displayed, via the processor of the controller device and on the display device, as a corresponding response of the first virtual element to the actual manipulation of the control element. Associated systems, methods, and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Neocis Inc.
    Inventors: Alon Mozes, David Cole, Sarvagya Vaish
  • Patent number: 11354812
    Abstract: The described technology regards an augmented reality system and method for estimating a position of a location of interest relative to the position and orientation of a display, including receiving and selectively filtering a plurality of measurement vectors from a rate-gyroscope. Systems of the described technology include including a plurality of sensors, a processing module or other computation means, and a database. Methods of the described technology use data from the sensor package useful to accurately render graphical user interface information on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberico Menozzi, Chris F. Argenta, James B. Cook
  • Patent number: 11350853
    Abstract: A method of providing gait coaching is disclosed. Run data is received and stored regarding runs of a broad and diverse population of users, as well as a more narrow set of expert users. A gait metric model is developed for determining an ideal stride length or cadence based on pace and at least one physiological characteristic. Regression coefficients for at the model are determined based on a regression of the run data from the broad and diverse population of users. In contrast, a regression constant for the model is determined based on a regression of the run data from expert users. Using the model, an ideal stride length or cadence for a particular user on a particular run can be determined and utilized to provide useful monitoring, comparison, and feedback to the user regarding his or her stride length or cadence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Hesamoddin Salehian, Jeff Knight, Marlene Mayfield, Sebastian Johnck
  • Patent number: 11350242
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving and transmitting accelerometer data and/or usage data, and analyzing the data to detect movement or usage of the device within a vehicle. A device, such as a mobile device, may detect a device movement event or a device usage event associated with the device. Based on the detection of the device movement event or the device usage event, a time associated with the event may be stored. The device may determine whether another event associated with the device occurs within a threshold amount of time from the time associated with the event. Based on a determination of whether the other event occurs within the threshold amount of time, the device may determine an event session associated with the device. The event session may comprise an instantaneous event or a continuous event. Data indicative of the event session may be transmitted to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ARITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Pratheek M. Harish, Venu Madhav Tammali, Jared S. Snyder, Dana Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11322044
    Abstract: An information processing system includes processing circuitry that is configured to receive input data from a shock sensor which outputs data based on a shock on the shock sensor, and identify a target segment of time-series data that is output from a motion sensor that senses a motion of an object. The target segment includes a pre-shock portion that occurs before the shock event and a post-shock portion that occurs after the shock event, the shock event is recognized based on the data from the shock sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11311789
    Abstract: A launch monitor for golf training includes both a continuous wave radar transmitter and a frequency modulated continuous wave radar transmitter. A first set of golf ball trajectory parameters are estimated with the continuous wave radar transmitter and a second, different set of golf ball trajectory parameters are estimated with the frequency modulated continuous wave radar transmitter. The array of transmitters and receivers may be non-uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Full-Swing Golf, Inc.
    Inventors: John DeLeon, Daniel Nicora, Zongbo Wang
  • Patent number: 11307050
    Abstract: An apparatus and method determine movement information for a user that carries an accelerometer whilst moving. The apparatus receives acceleration data from the accelerometer defined relative to a frame of reference of the accelerometer. A transformation is determined and applied to the acceleration data or to data derived from the acceleration data to determine acceleration data is a user frame of reference that includes a user direction of travel and a side to side direction transverse to the user direction of travel. The acceleration data or data derived from the acceleration data is analyzed to determine a time period corresponding either to a user stride period or to a step period as the user is walking or running; and information about accelerations in the side to side direction are used to disambiguate whether the determined time period corresponds to the user stride period or to the user step period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Koneksa Health Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Kelly, Robert David Ellis, Chengrui Huang
  • Patent number: 11304628
    Abstract: This invention is smart clothing which enables human motion capture through combined analysis of data from dual inertial sensors and dual stretch (or bend) sensors. In a preferred embodiment, a first inertial motion sensor is located proximal to a body joint, a second inertial sensor is located distal to the body joint, and two stretch sensors span the body joint in different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11289900
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to detection of a broken conductor in an electric power system. In one embodiment, a broken conductor detector may be configured to be mounted to an electrical conductor and may comprise a communication subsystem configured to transmit a signal configured to indicate that the conductor is broken. A sensor may determine a plurality of vectors. A processing subsystem may be configured to receive the plurality of vectors from the sensor and to identify when the vector is outside of a range defined by a threshold value. The processing subsystem may determine that the conductor is falling based on the plurality of vectors remaining outside of the threshold for a period of time determined by the timer subsystem. A signal may be transmitted by the communication subsystem to indicate that the conductor is falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: James Mobley, Shankar V. Achanta, Raymond W. Rice
  • Patent number: 11267420
    Abstract: A method for detecting a collision of a vehicle, using a measuring device rigidly connected to the vehicle, including the following features: —in each instance, an acceleration of the measuring device with regard to a plurality of device coordinate axes specific to the measuring device is measured; in each instance, an installation position angle of the measuring device with respect to a plurality of vehicle coordinate axes specific to the vehicle is calculated and/or measured and/or programmed from outside; with the aid of the installation position angles, a vehicle acceleration along the vehicle coordinate axes is ascertained, and an evaluation of the accelerations is undertaken; and the degree of determination of the installation position is ascertained by the device and taken into consideration for weighting the accelerations. the collision is detected in light of the evaluation of the vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hasert, Andreas Westendorf, Anne-Helene Kindsvater
  • Patent number: 11269321
    Abstract: An equipment diagnosis system and method, which use abnormal data and normal data of equipment and accurately and effectively perform diagnosis on the equipment, are provided. The equipment diagnosis system includes a data acquisition unit to acquire time series data of equipment, a preprocessing unit convert the time series data into frequency data including a temporal component through a Fourier transform, a deep learning unit to perform deep learning through a convolution neural network (CNN) by using the frequency data, and a diagnosis unit to determine a state of the equipment to be a normal state or a breakdown state based on the deep learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R & DB Foundation
    Inventors: Kyoung-whan Oh, Ho-youl Lee, Won-ki Park, Jong-hwi Seo, Young-il Jang, Ha-nock Kwak, Byoung-tak Zhang, Seong-ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11249180
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining a transverse-velocity-component (TVC) of a radar-target (RT), including: periodically sending modulated, transmitted signals with a transmitting device (TD) having transmission-elements, into a sensing-region of the radar-device (RD), during a measuring-period; receiving a radar-signal (RS) reflected by the RT, using a receiving-device having receiving-elements; transmitting the received (RS) to an evaluation-device and converting it; performing a two-dimensional Fourier-transformation (FT) to generate a velocity-distance spectrum (VDS) of the digital-measured values for each transmission/receiving element; detecting a target reflection of the RT in light of, peak values in a magnitude-spectrum of the VDS; ascertaining a distance of the RT from the RD, and a radial-velocity-component relative to the RD, from the VDS; determining an angle of the RT relative to the antenna; selecting the RT; performing an inverse FT of the target reflection of the RT, and ascertaining the transverse-ve
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Brosche
  • Patent number: 11248937
    Abstract: A holder for a sensor unit, has at least two bus bars, wherein an internal electrical interface to a measuring transducer is formed at first ends of the at least two bus bars, and an external electrical interface for a connector module is formed at second ends of the at least two bus bars. An alignment component surrounds the at least two bus bars and is arranged between the internal electrical interface and the external electrical interface, wherein an alignment of the alignment component defines an outgoing direction of the second ends of the at least two bus bars and of the external electrical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Steinbrink, Steffen Schulze, Anwar Hegazi
  • Patent number: 11236493
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for controlling equipment. The method includes: acquiring an electrical signal collected by a displacement sensor; determining a displacement of a movable rod of a hydraulic cylinder relative to a cylinder tube of the hydraulic cylinder according to the electrical signal; determining, according to the displacement, a rotating angle of a mechanical arm connected to the movable rod relative to a mechanical arm connected to the cylinder tube; and controlling equipment according to the rotating angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinjing Cheng, Ruigang Yang, Yajue Yang, Feixiang Lu, Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 11237184
    Abstract: A system for pattern-based identification of a driver of a vehicle includes a mobile device; and a server configured to communicate with the mobile device. The mobile device collects movement information during a driving trip via one or more sensors in the mobile device, and communicates the collected movement information to a server. The server analyzes the movement information via a classifier, identifies driving features for the driver based at least in part on the analysis of the movement information, creates an identification model for the driver based on identified driving features, and stores the identification model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MOBILE TELEMATICS INC.
    Inventors: Brad Cordova, Sanujit Sahoo
  • Patent number: 11234102
    Abstract: A method for reporting data and related products are provided. The method is applicable to an electronic device and includes the following. A timer of the electronic device records a continuous weightlessness duration of the electronic device when the electronic device is in a weightlessness state. A fall detection sensor of the electronic device collects falling data of the electronic device in real time when the electronic device is in the weightlessness state. A processor of the electronic device coupled with the timer and the fall detection sensor obtains falling data from the fall detection sensor when the continuous weightlessness duration is longer than a preset duration. A communication module of the electronic device coupled with the processor reports the falling data obtained by the processor to a preset device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiping Zhang