Speed Patents (Class 702/142)
  • Patent number: 12092458
    Abstract: A system of a motor vehicle includes a radar unit for generating a radar signal associated with a target positioned about the vehicle. The system further includes a tracker generating a tracker signal associated with a radar heading and a doppler based on the radar signal. The system further includes a wheel speed sensor for generating a wheel speed signal associated with a velocity of the vehicle. The system further includes a gyroscope for generating a gyro signal associated with a measured yaw rate. The system further includes a computer having a processor and a computer readable medium. The processor is programmed to determine a gyro drift and a corrected yaw rate while the vehicle is in motion, with the gyro drift and the corrected yaw rate being based on at least the radar heading, the doppler effect, and the velocity of the vehicle, and the measured yaw rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Brent Navin Roger Bacchus, Rakesh Kumar, Curtis L. Hay
  • Patent number: 11935129
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining injury treatment relation to a motor vehicle accident comprises obtaining a plurality of images of a damaged motor vehicle, vehicle data describing the motor vehicle, occupant data describing an occupant who occupied the motor vehicle during the motor vehicle accident, and injury data from an electronic insurance claim associated with the motor vehicle accident, the injury data specifying an injury to the occupant; determining a delta velocity value for the damaged motor vehicle by applying a first machine learning model to the set of images of the damaged motor vehicle and the vehicle data; determining an injury severity score by applying a second machine learning model to the delta velocity value for the damaged motor vehicle, the vehicle data, and the occupant data; and automatically adjudicating the electronic insurance claim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitchell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman E. Tyrrell, Olaf Wied, Jonathan Navarrete, Christopher Williamson, Paul Zaino
  • Patent number: 11900800
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining tunnel speed for a vehicle travelling through a tunnel. A tunnel processing platform aggregates probe data associated with at least one vehicle into at least one tunnel path based, at least in part, on a network geometry topology for at least one tunnel. The tunnel processing platform also designates at least one probe point collected upstream of the at least one tunnel as at least one starting point of the at least one tunnel path and at least one temporary probe point as at least one endpoint of the at least one tunnel path, wherein the at least one temporary probe point is downstream of the at least one tunnel. It then determines at least one temporary tunnel speed for the at least one tunnel path based, at least in part, on the timestamp for the at least one probe point and the current time associated with the at least one temporary probe point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: James Fowe, Finn Swingley
  • Patent number: 11847289
    Abstract: A pressing sensor is provided that generates an output voltage of a first polarity by deforming with an operation plate when a part of a user's body touches the operation plate, and generates the output voltage of a second polarity by deforming with the operation plate when the part of the user's body is moved away from the operation plate. Moreover, a calculation unit calculates an electrical parameter integral value by time-integrating an electrical parameter that changes with the output voltage generated by the pressing sensor. The electrical parameter has a third polarity when the output voltage has the first polarity and has a fourth polarity when the output voltage has the second polarity. The calculation unit calculates a subtraction electrical parameter integral value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value having the third polarity per unit time from the electrical parameter integral value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Takashi Kihara, Hidekazu Kano, Yuuki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11826612
    Abstract: A portable instrument provided with a device for controlling or managing a sports or well-being activity of a person wearing the portable instrument. The control device includes at least a motion sensor and a pressure sensor connected to a calculation unit, and a GNSS receiver module connected to the calculation unit. The calculation unit of the control device is arranged to activate the GNSS receiver module for a time of activation defined subsequent to variations in movement detected by the motion sensor differing from known movement data or walking profiles in order to determine at least one reference speed of the person, and to deactivate the GNSS receiver module after the activation time for a deactivation time greater than the activation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Kamiar Aminian, Joaquin Cabeza De Pablo, Martin Savary, Abolfazl Soltani, Hooman Dejnabadi
  • Patent number: 11828240
    Abstract: A temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of a turbocharger is detected for each cycle of an engine. A first vibration component corresponding to each of cylinders is specified from a pulsation component included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed, and the first vibration components for each of the cylinders are integrated over a plurality of cycles. A variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders is calculated by comparing integration results among the cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Sase, Shintarou Noguchi, Byeongil An
  • Patent number: 11798320
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for facilitating treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash utilizes near real-time monitoring of the market value of a vehicle type that includes the damaged vehicle, its vehicle parts, and/or one or more arranged vehicle treatments to approximate an extent of damage to the damaged vehicle and determine a prospective vehicle treatment facility for treating the damaged vehicle. In particular, the system continually monitors the market value of a vehicle, its vehicle parts, and/or a prescribed vehicle treatment to calculate a treatment complexity level, e.g., vehicle repair, total loss; for treating the damaged vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: William J. Leise
  • Patent number: 11789144
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a mobility status of a target object located in an environment of a sensor configured to monitor a surrounding environment of a vehicle. According to the method, a detection angle of the target object is determined with respect to the sensor based on data acquired by the sensor, and an ideal beam vector for a stationary object is predicted based on the detection angle. The ideal beam vector and a measured beam vector obtained from the data acquired by the sensor are normalized, and a correlation of the normalized ideal beam vector and the normalized measured beam vector is determined. A score is determined based on the correlation of the normalized ideal and measured beam vectors and indicates whether the target object is stationary or moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Stephanie Leßmann, Uri Iurgel
  • Patent number: 11691631
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a friction coefficient of a road surface is provided. The apparatus includes a current sensor configured to measure a control current value of a rear wheel steering (RWS) motor, a stroke sensor configured to measure a stroke value indicating a movement amount of a rear wheel steering link, and a controller configured to estimate the friction coefficient of the road surface based on the control current value measured by the current sensor and the stroke value measured by the stroke sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Nam Han Kim
  • Patent number: 11332152
    Abstract: A vehicle including a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), and an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) is described. Operating the vehicle includes determining, via the GPS sensor, first parameters associated with a velocity, a position, and a course, and determining, via the IMU, second parameters associated with acceleration and angular velocity. Roll and pitch parameters are determined based upon the first and second parameters. A first vehicle velocity vector is determined based upon the roll and pitch parameters, the first parameters, and the second parameters; and a second vehicle velocity vector is determined based upon the roll and pitch parameters, road surface friction coefficient, angular velocity, road wheel angles and the first vehicle velocity vector. A final vehicle velocity vector is determined based upon fusion of the first and second vehicle velocity vectors. The vehicle is controlled based upon the final vehicle velocity vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Nikolai K. Moshchuk, David Andres Pérez Chaparro, Kausalya Singuru, Hualin Tan, James H. Holbrook, Curtis L. Hay
  • Patent number: 10929506
    Abstract: A computerized machine (a) determines temporal and spatial statistical characterizations for each one of plural sonic events, (b) classifies certain pairings among the sonic events as comparable, and (c) estimates a minimum number of sonic sources, some of which are in motion, that could have generated the sonic events. Sonic event times and positions can be characterized by corresponding temporal and spatial confidence intervals. A pairing of sonic events is classified as comparable only when that pairing meets one or more preselected constraints, some of which depend on the temporal and spatial statistical characterizations. The estimated minimum number of sonic sources is equal to the number of sonic events in a longest antichain within a chronological ordering of the set of sonic events. An antichain comprises a subset of the sonic events for which no pairing of sonic events of that subset is a comparable pairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Scientific Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: John Louis Spiesberger
  • Patent number: 10819843
    Abstract: A communication device comprising: one or more processors and one or more memories supporting communication, the device comprising a plurality of modes, including at least a normal mode and at least one focused mode, wherein the normal mode is distinct from the focused mode, and wherein, when the device is in the focused mode one or more features of the device are at least partially disabled, and wherein the one or more features of the device that are at least partially disabled in the focused mode include one or more features relating to communication supported by the device, wherein the device is configured to: support a user interface (UI) for setting one or more focused time periods, and wherein the device is further configured to switch to the at least one focused mode during the focused time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Emma Michaela Siritzky
  • Patent number: 10783587
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating vehicle insurance rates based on driver-independent variables and/or driver-dependent variables. Vehicle insurance rates may additionally or alternatively be based on changes in the level of autonomy of vehicles. In some embodiments, a density of vehicles near a target vehicle may be tracked. Vehicle insurance rates may be determined based on the vehicle density. Furthermore, systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a driver's use of autonomous vehicle features and/or the driver's maintenance of the autonomous vehicle. The driver may also be taught certain driving skills by enabling vehicle teaching features. The driver's response to these teaching features may be monitored, and a reward or recommendation may be generated and provided to the driver based on the driver's response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Suresh Augustine, Edward A. Biemer, Dagmar Dugan, Jennifer Field, Laura Flodin
  • Patent number: 10743156
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device performing communication with a mobile terminal device includes a vehicle exterior communication unit, an in-vehicle detection unit that detects a vehicle present location, a vehicle interior communication unit that acquires detection information on an object from a detection unit, and an in-vehicle control unit that generates recognition information including position information on the object based on vehicle position information indicating the vehicle present location and the detection information on the object and makes the vehicle exterior communication unit deliver the recognition information. The vehicle exterior communication unit receives existence notification information transmitted from the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device receiving the recognition information judges that the in-vehicle device has not recognized existence of a first object equipped with the mobile terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Ujiie, Shinji Maeda, Yuka Takahashi, Hironobu Abe
  • Patent number: 10627484
    Abstract: A radar apparatus includes; a detection unit that performs a detection processing of detecting a target iteratively at a predetermined cycle; a speed deriving unit that derives a speed of the target detected in a current iteration of the detection processing; a region setting unit that sets a prediction region where the target having temporal continuity with and being identical to the target detected in the current iteration of the detection processing is expected to be detected in a next iteration of the detection processing, while changing at least one of a size and a shape of the prediction region according to the speed derived by the speed deriving unit; and a determination unit that determines whether the target detected in the next iteration of the detection processing in the prediction region set by the region setting unit has the temporal continuity with and is identical to the target detected in the current iteration of the detection processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10572612
    Abstract: A method of creating a CAD model from a finite element model includes identifying and characterizing features of interest from the finite element model. Multiple intermediate data structures of the finite element model are created by dividing the input mesh of the finite element model into mesh regions. Feature recognition is performed on each intermediate data structure to identify finite element model features. Features and feature properties are extracted from the finite element model, and a CAD model is created using the extracted features and feature properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MSC.SOFTWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunaseelan Kanthasamy, Gongdao Chen
  • Patent number: 10564002
    Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring systems include GPS data to enhance various features of the workout as well as the post-workout data analysis. Such features include using output from multiple sensors to determine the most accurate data available for providing distance measurements for individual segments of a route. The most accurate data for each route segment, from whatever source, then is used to provide the overall route distance and as the basis for making other calculations, such as pace, calorie burn, etc. Another feature relates to the ability to both input and output geographically tagged messages while moving along a route during an athletic performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Hoffman, Miles W. Brown, Aaron B. Weast, Matt Capozzi, Tomislav Lakovic, James Molyneux, Jamian R. Cobbett
  • Patent number: 10429204
    Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring systems include GPS data to enhance various features of the workout as well as the post-workout data analysis. Such features include using output from multiple sensors to determine the most accurate data available for providing distance measurements for individual segments of a route. The most accurate data for each route segment, from whatever source, then is used to provide the overall route distance and as the basis for making other calculations, such as pace, calorie burn, etc. Another feature relates to the ability to both input and output geographically tagged messages while moving along a route during an athletic performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Hoffman, Miles W. Brown, Aaron B. Weast, Matt Capozzi, Tomislav Lakovic, James Molyneux, Jamian R. Cobbett
  • Patent number: 10308259
    Abstract: A system for determining movement characteristics of a mobile machine may comprise: a sensor coupled to the machine and configured to communicate a signal indicative of a velocity of the machine, wherein the sensor is coupled to a portion of the machine that is disparate from a rear axle of the machine; an inertial measurement unit coupled to the machine and configured to communicate a signal indicative of an acceleration and an angular velocity of the machine; and a controller configured to: receive (a) the velocity signal and (b) the acceleration and angular velocity signal; and using (a) the velocity signal and (b) the acceleration and angular velocity signal, determine a lateral velocity of the rear axle of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Nolan A. Graves, Nicholas R. Vogel
  • Patent number: 10304331
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining tunnel speed for a vehicle travelling through a tunnel. A tunnel processing platform aggregates probe data associated with at least one vehicle into at least one tunnel path based, at least in part, on a network geometry topology for at least one tunnel. The tunnel processing platform also designates at least one probe point collected upstream of the at least one tunnel as at least one starting point of the at least one tunnel path and at least one temporary probe point as at least one endpoint of the at least one tunnel path, wherein the at least one temporary probe point is downstream of the at least one tunnel. It then determines at least one temporary tunnel speed for the at least one tunnel path based, at least in part, on the timestamp for the at least one probe point and the current time associated with the at least one temporary probe point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: James Fowe, Finn Swingley
  • Patent number: 10279815
    Abstract: A vehicle can include throttle, braking, and steering systems. The vehicle can further include a computing system that obtains, from one or more sensors, data representing one or more of a velocity or an acceleration of the vehicle. The computing system can further determine an estimated weight of the vehicle based on the one or more of the velocity or the acceleration of the vehicle, and autonomously operate the throttle, braking, and steering systems of the vehicle based on the estimated weight of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Burnette
  • Patent number: 10258851
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of calculating projected impact generated by sports and gaming implements. An exemplary method comprises: receiving a measurement from a sensor associated with a subject of impact; receiving a measurement from a sensor associated with an object of impact; wherein the at least one received measurement includes one or more characteristics of movement of the subject in response to an external stimuli and one or more characteristics of movement of the object in response to the impact by the subject; calculating, by a projection tool, a projected impact of the subject on the object before the actual impact; and calculating, by a modeling tool, a model of movement of the object in response to the impact by the subject based at least on the projected impact and one or more rules defining a movement of the object based on the projected impact by the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: AO Kaspersky Lab
    Inventors: Eugene V. Kaspersky, Daniil S. Borschev
  • Patent number: 10226681
    Abstract: A golf club having a sensor that is releasably connected is disclosed, where the sensor comprises a plurality of inertial measurement units. Each inertial measurement unit is able to measure linear accelerations along three orthogonal axes and angular rates of rotation along the same three orthogonal axes. Each inertial measurement unit is positioned such that at least two of the axes of each inertial measurement unit are oriented differently. Additionally, a process may be implemented by a processor to expand the measurement range of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Thornton, Jeffrey A. Hadden, Bradley C. Glenn
  • Patent number: 10227937
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for detecting a change in turbocharger performance. In one example, a method comprises determining a level of turbocharger imbalance based on output from a turbine speed sensor and generating a signal related to a change in a performance level of the turbocharger if the level of turbocharger imbalance is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Aninda Bhattacharya, Bret Dwayne Worden, Ajay Kumar Behera, Mahesh Panicker, Wrichik Basu, Matthew John Malone, Arwa Hatim Ginwala
  • Patent number: 10220258
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing workout guide information are provided. The apparatus includes a display, a memory configured to store workout route data including location data and elevation data, and a user profile, and a processor configured to determine at least one slope section through an analysis of the workout route data based on the user profile and output a map for displaying a workout route including the slope section to the display. The slope section in the workout route is configured to be displayed in a different form than a non-slope section. In addition, various embodiments identified throughout the specification are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heum Mo Gu, Geun Woo Kim, Hyung Kim, Hee Seung Shin, Wan Sang Lee, Young Woon Chun, Kyung Sub Min
  • Patent number: 10194264
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting data in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for operating sensor systems and collecting data from sensor systems in a power-efficient and network-efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Veniam, Inc.
    Inventors: Joao Azevedo, Rui Costa, Roy Russell
  • Patent number: 10174693
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a predictive tachometer profile at a tachometer of a vehicle. An engine speed offset can be generated based on an engine acceleration and an accelerator pedal position rate. A predictive tachometer profile displayed at the tachometer can then be generated based on the engine speed offset and an actual engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Richard I. Chang, Matthew D. Whitton
  • Patent number: 10118627
    Abstract: A computing system determines an estimated weight of a vehicle by measuring kinematic data of the vehicle, including at least one of a velocity or an acceleration of the vehicle. The computing system processes the data to determine an estimated weight of the vehicle. Based on the estimated weight of the vehicle, the computing system can autonomously operate the throttle, braking, and steering systems of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Burnette
  • Patent number: 9992328
    Abstract: A mobile communication device has a plurality of modes, including a normal mode and a driving mode. In the driving mode, one or more features of said device are at least partially disabled, including one or more features relating to communication supported by the device. The device tracks particular information about the device's modes and reports some of the particular information to at least one location off the device. The particular information about said device's modes is usable to determine when the device was in driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventor: Emma Michaela Siritzky
  • Patent number: 9977047
    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating an acceleration sensor for ascertaining a longitudinal acceleration of a motor vehicle. One or multiple sensor parameter(s) of a sensor model of the acceleration sensor is/are determined, via which the actual longitudinal acceleration of the motor vehicle is ascertainable from a physical sensor variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Schueler
  • Patent number: 9785268
    Abstract: A electronic device that is operable to communicate with a spectrum analyzer. In one or more implementations, the electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display configured to receive one or more inputs, a memory operable to store one or more modules, and a processor communicatively coupled to the touch-sensitive display and to the memory. The processor is operable to execute the one or more modules to cause generation of a graphical representation of frequency-domain characteristics of an input signal at the touch-sensitive display. The processor is also operable to execute the one or more modules to dynamically adjust the graphical representation of the frequency-domain characteristics of the input signal at the touch-sensitive display in response to input received at the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: COOLFIRE SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventor: David P. Farmer
  • Patent number: 9781250
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems support focused driving, working, and studying without distraction. A method of operating a mobile phone includes setting the phone into a driving focused mode and keeping the phone in the driving focused mode while the phone is moving, wherein in the focused mode certain features of the mobile phone are modified or at least partially disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventor: Emma Michaela Siritzky
  • Patent number: 9779511
    Abstract: An object tracking method is provided. The method includes obtaining current position coordinates of a tracked object for a first time using a tracking algorithm and initializing a filter acting on a time-varying system based on the obtained current position coordinates. The method further includes updating a system state through the filter acting on the time-varying system when the tracking algorithm outputs new current position coordinates of the tracked object with a spatial delay and comparing speed of the tracked object to a compensation determination threshold. Further, the method includes when the speed of the tracked object is greater than the compensation determination threshold, compensating the new current position coordinates of the tracked object with the spatial delay through the filter acting on the time-varying system, and outputting the compensated current position coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Qing Yang, Peiyun Jian, Dongfang Li
  • Patent number: 9700241
    Abstract: A system for gait analysis may include a mobile data recording device configured to record accelerations associated with user motion and a data processing device in communication with the mobile data recording device. The data processing device can be configured to receive acceleration data from the mobile data recording device and process the acceleration data to extract stride data sequences from the acceleration data through use of bounding boxes on one or more points of the acceleration data. Each of the stride data sequences comprising data for a corresponding stride. The bounding boxes may define time and acceleration bounds. The data processing system may further determine one or more stride metrics. According to one embodiment, the data recording device may be a smartphone or other device having an accelerometer with a limited range that is inadequate to capture the full range of accelerations experienced by a runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyler Eastman, Kevin Callahan, Robin Thurston
  • Patent number: 9704399
    Abstract: A system and method for adaptive motion sensing with location determination is described. In one embodiment, the adaptive motion sensor is based on vibration sensor readings and can identify different states of motions based on modifiable parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SkyBitz, Inc.
    Inventors: Rich Battista, Jianming Yuan
  • Patent number: 9699301
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems support focused driving, working, and studying without distraction. A method of operating a mobile phone includes setting the phone into a driving focused mode and keeping the phone in the driving focused mode while the phone is moving, wherein in the focused mode certain features of the mobile phone are modified or at least partially disabled. A method also includes setting one or more computer devices, including mobile phones, into a focused mode to prevent usage of and distraction by the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventor: Emma Michaela Siritzky
  • Patent number: 9592882
    Abstract: An electronically controlled suspension system for a bicycle includes at least one spring element between first and second parts the bicycle, both parts being movably interconnected. At least one parameter of the spring element is modified. At least one actuator influences the spring element to modify the at least one parameter. An electronic module produces a control signal for the at least one actuator. A control device is influenced by the control signal produced by the electronic module. The control device is connected to at least one of the electronic module and the actuator through a radio signal. A corresponding method controls the suspension system for the bicycle and a computer program executes the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: Befra Electronic, S.R.O, Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Butora, Jürgen Beier, Reiner Künstle, Florian Koller, Christoph Kern
  • Patent number: 9513311
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a method to test one or more sensors of a device under test may comprise capturing visual motion data of the device under test disposed on an arm of a pendulum apparatus while the arm of the pendulum apparatus is in motion, capturing data from the one or more sensors while the arm of the pending apparatus is in motion, and comparing the visual motion data with the data from the one or more sensors to determine a relationship between the visual motion data and the data from the one or more sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajashree Baskaran, Neil Goodey
  • Patent number: 9470517
    Abstract: Repeated simultaneous concentration measurements at spatially separated points are used to provide information on the lateral spatial extent of a gas plume. More specifically the spatial correlations in this data provide this information. Fitting a gas plume model directly to this multi-point data can provide good estimates of total plume emission. The distance between the plume source and the measurement points does not need to be known to provide these estimates. It is also not necessary to perform any detailed atmospheric modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Picarro, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris W. Rella
  • Patent number: 9248361
    Abstract: A complete closed-loop system of capture, analysis, and corrective feedback uses small unobtrusive, strategically placed sensors on the ear, hip, knee, wrist, and/or ankle that communicate wirelessly to a base unit. The sensors capture movement during an activity to be analyzed, such as a golf swing, and send data to a base unit, which processes and transmits the data to a smart phone or other suitable portable and wireless communications device. The wireless communications device, in turn, transmits the processed data to a data base in the cloud (centrally based Internet software) where software instantly analyzes the motion represented by the processed data, then provides immediate feedback for improvement to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Virtual Sports Training, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik W. Jones
  • Patent number: 9230366
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that identifies dynamic objects within a set of photographic images. The objects may be identified as dynamic based on depth data associated with the images. The depth data may also be used to determine the potential states of the dynamic objects within the set of images. A three-dimensional model be created in which the dynamic objects are displayed in accordance with one of the potential states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brian McClendon, Jonah Jones
  • Patent number: 9127610
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle engine system is described. The method involves sensing a pressure in the engine; generating a signal indicative of the sensed pressure; encrypting the signal to generate an encrypted data message containing information indicative of the sensed pressure; transmitting the encrypted data message to an engine control means; decrypting the encrypted data message to obtain the information indicative of the sensed pressure; and controlling the vehicle engine system in dependence upon the information contained in the encrypted data message. A pressure sensor for use in the method, and a suitably programmed electronic control unit are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Smith, Richard A. Judge
  • Patent number: 9067565
    Abstract: System and method for evaluating driver performance, comprising detecting operations of a vehicle using an on-board vehicle monitoring system, comparing the operations to predetermined criteria, identifying violations of the predetermined criteria, tracking violations that occur during an evaluation period, and, at the end of the evaluation period, calculating a grade associated with operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: inthinc Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McClellan, Todd Follmer
  • Patent number: 9043177
    Abstract: A sensor information acquisition section acquires angular velocity information (GX, GY, GZ) around three axes acquired by three angular velocity sensors, and acceleration information (AX, AY, AZ) in three axial directions acquired by three acceleration sensors. A posture information calculation section calculates a posture angle and position coordinates in a virtual three-dimensional space based on the angular velocity information (GX, GY, GZ) and the acceleration information (AX, AY, AZ). The posture information calculation section calculates a fixed coordinate system velocity vector based on an inertial coordinate system acceleration vector (A) obtained from the acceleration information (AX, AY, AZ), and calculates position coordinates in a virtual three-dimensional space corresponding to the fixed coordinate system velocity vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Udagawa, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Yasushi Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20150127285
    Abstract: A learning processing unit derives, using learning data in which a characteristic value based on a distribution coordinate of a detected acceleration by an acceleration sensor which configured to be worn on a body of a user is associated with a moving speed of the user, a moving speed relational expression for finding an estimated speed from the characteristic value. A moving speed estimation unit finds an estimated speed from a current characteristic value using the derived moving speed relational expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Tsubasa SHIRAI, Fumikazu SANO, Akifumi HAYASHI, Kazuhiko TSUCHIMOTO, Ryota HIRAKAWA, Hidekazu MAEZAWA
  • Patent number: 9020782
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling of ski vibration consisting an accelerator/actuator sub-system attached to the ski and a adaptive vibration control application residing in the user smart-phone and communicating with the accelerometer/actuator sub-system over Bluetooth radio interface is disclosed. The adaptive vibration control application extracts vibration frequencies and amplitudes from signal received from an accelerometer, separates such frequencies according to their types—bending or torsional, and after thresholding and scaling by the ski calibration parameters and by the user desired ski response, apply such signal to the control loop and consequently to the actuators to provide vibration dampening force. In one embodiment, such actuators are attached to the ski, while in another embodiment such actuators are embedded into the ski.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: IPComm
    Inventors: Stanislaw Czaja, Grzegorz Staszczuk, Muhammad Afsar
  • Publication number: 20150106050
    Abstract: A motion analysis method includes: specifying plural operations included in a motion operation using an output from an inertial sensor; calculating an operating time of each of the plural operations; adjusting a time axis of each operating time; and outputting operation information of the operation based on the adjusted time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SHIBUYA, Masafumi SATO, Kazuo NOMURA, Kenya KODAIRA
  • Patent number: 9008996
    Abstract: In order to acquire positioning results (position and azimuth) of a moving body and reducing cumulative errors in integration processing of the positioning results, a moving body positioning apparatus includes: movement detecting means for detecting whether or not a moving body is moving; position acquiring means for acquiring a position of the moving body; integrating means for integrally processing a plurality of positions acquired by the position acquiring means as positioning results; and preprocessing means for preprocessing the positioning results to be inputted into the integrating means. In accordance with output from the movement detecting means, the preprocessing means inputs the positioning results obtained from the position acquiring means into the integrating means, which integrally processes the positioning results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masakatsu Kourogi, Takeshi Kurata
  • Patent number: 8990042
    Abstract: A system and method that may sense and recognize a motion of a user is provided. The system and method may recognize a variety of motions of the user based on sensing data received from a remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Ju Han, Jung Bae Kim, Chi Youn Park
  • Patent number: 8983678
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes a speed determination module, a buffer module, and a speed prediction module. The speed determination module determines changes in measured vehicle speed. The buffer module stores the determined changes in measured vehicle speed. The speed prediction module predicts a speed of the vehicle when the measured vehicle speed is less than a predetermined threshold, wherein the predicted vehicle speed is based on an average of the stored changes in measured vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Justin Louie, Xuefeng Tim Tao