Orientation Or Position Patents (Class 702/150)
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Patent number: 10813731Abstract: The amplitude control assembly for an oral care appliance includes a capacitance-sensing touch array (26) responsive to the position of a user's touch thereon to change the value of capacitance from the array, as determined by a sensor (30). A control assembly (24), responsive to the change of capacitance, changes an operating characteristic of the drive signal for the appliance, to change the amplitude of motion of a workpiece portion of the oral care appliance.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Peter Lewis Shreve
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Patent number: 10809865Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to presenting a graphical object on a display screen. An indication that specifies a selected value attribute from a dataset for the graphical object and an example icon for the graphical object can be received. The example icon is a cluster of strokes, where a stroke is a mark that is displayable on the display screen. The graphical object is generated based upon the example icon and data for the selected value attribute from the dataset. The graphical object includes instances of the example icon respectively modified based upon the data for the selected value attribute from the dataset. The graphical object can be caused to be displayed on the display screen. Creation of strokes of the instances of the example icon included in the graphical object can be recorded for subsequent replay. The graphical object can be annotated and/or modified by filtering the data.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Bongshin Lee, Gregory R. Smith, Kazi Rubaiat Habib
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Patent number: 10801828Abstract: A magnetic angle sensing system for detecting a rotation angle of a magnetic field source arranged rotatably around a rotation axis, the magnetic angle sensing system including at least two magnetic field sensing elements that are located in/on a plane, are not arranged on a single straight line through the rotation axis, and are configured to provide output signals that are functions of the same magnetic field component which is in parallel to the rotation axis. The system also including a processor that is arranged to determine the rotation angle from an angle between a pointer and a reference direction, wherein the pointer is determined based on the output signals of the at least two magnetic field sensing elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Udo Ausserlechner
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Patent number: 10803666Abstract: In one implementation, a method, performed at a first electronic device with one or more processors, a display, and one or more input devices, includes obtaining, for a reference location in a three-dimensional space, first reference coordinates in an augmented reality coordinate system of the first electronic device. The method includes obtaining, for the reference location in the three-dimensional space, second reference coordinates based on transformation data received from a second electronic device. The method includes determining a coordinate transformation based on the first reference coordinates and the second reference coordinates. The method includes synchronizing the augmented reality coordinate system of the first electronic device with an augmented reality coordinate system of the second electronic device using the coordinate transformation.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Michael E. Buerli, Andreas Moeller, Michael Kuhn
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Patent number: 10765299Abstract: A future shape estimation apparatus includes an insertion section, a shape sensor and an insertion section future shape estimation circuit. The insertion section has flexibility and is to be inserted into an observation target object. The shape sensor detects a bending state of the insertion section and outputs a detection signal. The insertion section future shape estimation circuit estimates a future shape of the insertion section after a predetermined lapse of time based on information acquired from the detection signal output from the shape sensor, and outputs the future shape as future estimation shape information.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: OLYPMUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Ito, Jun Hane, Hiromasa Fujita, Ryo Tojo
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Patent number: 10752018Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printer head that prints, in accordance with a movement of the printing apparatus by a user within a printing region of a printing medium, a print-target image on the printing medium; a plurality of sensors each capable of sensing a displacement of the printing apparatus; and a processor that determines, based on the displacement sensed by the sensor, a position of the printing apparatus relative to the printing region, and switches, among the plurality of sensors, a sensing state of a sensor that is sensing the displacement and a sensing state of a sensor that is not sensing the displacement, in accordance with the determined position of the printing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeto Suzuki
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Patent number: 10755416Abstract: A survey application generates a survey of components associated with a three-dimensional model of an object. The survey application receives video feeds, location information, and orientation information from wearable devices in proximity to the object. The three-dimensional model of the object is generated based on the video feeds, sensor data, location information, and orientation information received from the wearable devices. Analytics is performed from the video feeds to identify a manipulation on the object. The three-dimensional model of the object is updated based on the manipulation on the object. A dynamic status related to the manipulation on the object is generated with respect to reference data related the object. A survey of components associated with the three-dimensional model of the object is generated.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Inventor: Brian Mullins
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Patent number: 10737693Abstract: A system and a method are described. The method includes: receiving sensed input from a vehicle sensor suite; using the input, providing a first output; determining that a vehicle-lane confidence level is less than a threshold; and then instead, providing a second output, wherein the first and second outputs comprise lane-correction data, wherein the second output is determined using an estimation filter.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Quazi Farooqi, Xingping Chen, Michael Hafner, Darrel Alan Recker
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Patent number: 10733511Abstract: A learning method for selecting specific information, to be used for updating an HD Map is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a learning device instructing a coordinate neural network to generate a local feature map and a global feature vector by applying a coordinate neural network operation to a coordinate matrix; (b) the learning device instructing a determination neural network to generate a first estimated suitability score to an N-th estimated suitability score by applying a determination neural network operation to the integrated feature map; (c) the learning device instructing a loss layer to generate a loss by referring to (i) the first estimated suitability score to the N-th estimated suitability score and (ii) a first Ground Truth(GT) suitability score to an N-th GT suitability score, and perform backpropagation by using the loss, to thereby learn parameters of the determination neural network and the coordinate neural network.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: StradVision, Inc.Inventors: Kye-Hyeon Kim, Yongjoong Kim, Hak-Kyoung Kim, Woonhyun Nam, SukHoon Boo, Myungchul Sung, Dongsoo Shin, Donghun Yeo, Wooju Ryu, Myeong-Chun Lee, Hyungsoo Lee, Taewoong Jang, Kyungjoong Jeong, Hongmo Je, Hojin Cho
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Patent number: 10723281Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting multiple reference markers on a vehicle and multiple reference markers on a sensor array attached to the vehicle. The method includes determining a pose of the vehicle and a pose of the sensor array based on the detected reference markers on the vehicle and sensor array and a model of the vehicle and sensor array that includes expected locations of the detected reference markers on the vehicle and sensor array. The method includes computing an observed relative orientation between the sensor array and the vehicle based on a comparison of the determined pose of the sensor array and vehicle. The method includes determining a calibration factor for a sensor of the sensor array based on a comparison of the observed relative orientation between the sensor array and the vehicle to an expected relative orientation between the sensor array and the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventor: Forrest Samuel Briggs
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Patent number: 10719137Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying users via hand detection using a hovering keyboard are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: detect a hand using proximity sensors disposed on a hovering keyboard coupled to the IHS; and identify a user based on the detection.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Srinivas Kamepalli, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Patent number: 10719165Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus includes a first plate configured to receive a touch input, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, a piezoelectric element disposed between the first and second plates, the piezoelectric element being configured to generate electrical signals corresponding to the touch input received on the first plate, an ultrasonic output unit configured to output ultrasonic signals based on the electrical signals generated from the piezoelectric element, a plurality of microphones configured to receive the ultrasonic signals, and a processor configured to determine a position of the touch input on the first plate based on the ultrasonic signals received by the plurality of microphones.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yunsik Park, Jihyun Song, Lagyoung Kim
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Patent number: 10713527Abstract: A method for determining a spatial position of an object includes obtaining an image with at least one camera. The object is identified in the image. At least one of a pixel size of the object in the image and a pixel offset of the object from a center of an image plane of the at least one camera is determined. A distance between the object and the camera image plane is determined using either the pixel size and the pixel offset. The spatial position is determined using the distance and at least one known distance between the object and another element of the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SMARTCONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jacques Y. Guigné, Nicholas G. Pace
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Patent number: 10705217Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a plurality of imaging sensor nodes producing 3D structure of a scene is provided. The apparatus receives (500) location data from the sensor nodes, the location data indicating the locations of the moving objects, compares (502) the location data received from different sensor nodes at the same time instants with each other and determines (504) which detections of different sensor nodes relate to same moving objects. The apparatus further maps (600) the location data received from different sensor nodes to a common coordinate system and determines (602) the relationships of the fields of view of the sensor nodes with each other and the location data mapped to the common coordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OYInventors: Otto Korkalo, Petri Honkamaa, Paul Kemppi, Tommi Tikkanen
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Patent number: 10705722Abstract: A terminal device having a dual touch screen capable of controlling a content is disclosed. The terminal device displays at least one content to a display unit. A processor coupled to the terminal is configured to checking content mapped to an area at which a touch event is detected and released from the dual touch screen including a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor and to control the content according to the touch event.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Yeoun Yoon, Hui Chul Yang, Hyun Jin Kim, Yong Gook Park, Ji Yeon Kwak, Ji Hyeon Kweon, Eun Kyung Yoo, Keum Koo Lee
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Patent number: 10698484Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an input device, a biosensor, a program, a computer-readable medium, and a mode setting method that enable errors in determining whether or not to set a mode of a control target device to be controlled to be reduced. An input device includes: a sensor signal acquisition unit configured to acquire a sensor signal; a waveform comparison unit configured to compare waveforms during two or more periods of the sensor signal; and a mode setting unit configured to, on the basis of a result of comparison by the waveform comparison unit, set a mode of a control target device to be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Akihiro Okamoto
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Patent number: 10684121Abstract: A distance-measuring apparatus and a distance-measuring method. The distance-measuring apparatus and the distance-measuring method include emitting pulsed light, receiving and photoelectrically converting the pulsed light emitted and reflected by an object into a plurality of electrical signals, sorting the electrical signals into a plurality of phase signals, storing data including the phase signals or a value that is based on the phase signals, determining whether or not a dynamic change is present in the object, based on the data of a current frame and at least one past frame, and calculating distance to the object using the data, according to a result of determination made by the determining. When determined that the dynamic change is not present, moving average calculations are performed on the data of at least two of the current frame and a plurality of frames including the at least one past frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Shu Takahashi
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Patent number: 10681864Abstract: A ground working system has at least one self-driving ground working device with a drive, a control unit and an in-device battery for supplying energy to the ground working device. An operating region (A), within which the ground working device travels automatically along a traveling path (W), is determined by an edge boundary. At least one charging station for charging the battery of the ground working device via an electrical energy-transferring charging connection is provided. The charging connection is also configured as a data connection for the transmission of data packets.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Sebastian Matt, Samuel Zoettl, Klaus Melser, Peter Ritzer
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Patent number: 10681666Abstract: Coarse location estimation for mobile devices is disclosed for detecting mobile device presence at general locations of interest and switching operating modes and services for one or more location context aware applications. In some implementations, sensor data is received from a plurality of data sources at a location. For each data source, a first probability is estimated that the mobile device is at the location based on sensor data from the data sources. A second probability is estimated that the mobile device is not at the location based on sensor data from the data sources. The first and second estimated probabilities are statistically combined to generate a third estimated probability that the mobile device is at the location.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brian Stephen Smith, Joseph Ding-Jiu Huang, Ilya K. Veygman, Robert Mayor, David Benjamin Millman, Abhinav R. Patel, Vitali Lovich
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Patent number: 10669845Abstract: Tubular stretch correction for different operational conditions is applied to determine tubular wear volume. The tubular stretch correction is applied as a function of a stretch factor comprising a varying shift factor, axial load on the tubular string, pressure effects on the tubular string, buckling of the tubular string and/or temperature effects on the tubular string. Stretch factors are taken into account to determine the correct position of wear factors along the casing string, which are ultimately used to determine the casing wear volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Landmark Graphics CorporationInventor: Robello Samuel
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Patent number: 10671650Abstract: System and method for damage avoidance in an excavation area include: receiving an excavation area and an excavation depth; accessing a database of a plurality of utility assets to identify a buried utility asset within the excavation area and the excavation depth; retrieving information from the database for the identified buried utility asset; fusing the buffer zone associated with the buried utility asset and the depth of the buried utility asset to obtain a latitude buffer zone for the buried utility asset; comparing the latitude buffer zone for the buried utility asset and the excavation depth; identifying a party responsible for the buried utility asset; and automatically transmitting an electronic notification to the party responsible for the buried utility asset.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: PROSTAR GEOCORP, INC.Inventors: Nelson Page Tucker, Daniel Edward Colby, Peter James Lynch Forster, William Steven Slusarenko
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Patent number: 10663573Abstract: A positioning sensor includes a transmission antenna transmitting a transmission signal, a plurality of reception antennae, each receiving a reception signals, a receiver observing the each of the plurality of reception signals in a predetermined period, a processor, and a memory, in which the processor calculates a plurality of complex transfer functions based on the each of the plurality of reception signals, records each of the plurality of complex transfer functions in the memory as being associated with each time point, extracts, among the plurality of complex transfer functions, a plurality of pairs of two complex transfer functions respectively corresponding to two time points in a predetermined interval, calculates a plurality of pieces of differential information, and estimates to a location of a moving body based on each of the plurality of pieces of differential information.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Honma, Dai Sasakawa
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Patent number: 10657655Abstract: A VR content sickness evaluating apparatus using a deep learning analysis of a motion mismatch and a method thereof are provided. The VR content sickness evaluating apparatus analyzes a motion mismatch phenomenon between visual recognition information and posture recognition information, which occurs when a user views VR content, using deep learning and predicts and evaluates a degree of VR sickness from a difference between motion features.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: YongMan Ro, Hak Gu Kim
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Patent number: 10659695Abstract: A gimbal control method, a gimbal control system and a gimbal device are provided. The method includes steps of: obtaining simulation position information, measurement position information and simulation angular velocity information of a Pitch axis of a gimbal in real-time; calculating a first position error between the simulation position information of the Pitch axis and the measurement position information of the Pitch axis; processing the first position error with proportional-derivative calculation, wherein the first position error is compensated with the simulation angular velocity information during the proportional-derivative calculation; and, according to a result of the proportional-derivative calculation after compensating, generating a first torque control instruction for controlling a torque of a Pitch axis motor, so as to enable the Pitch axis to reach a position corresponding to the simulation position information of the Pitch axis. According to the present invention, a brush motor is adopted.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Haoxiang Electric Energy (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Tian, Wenyan Jiang
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Patent number: 10649096Abstract: A wearable terminal may include: a terminal mode determination unit configured to determine any one of a plurality of terminal modes based on a use state of the terminal; an information output unit configured to display navigation information; a layout database configured to store a layout to be displayed on the information output unit, in response to each of the terminal modes; and a control unit configured to extract a layout corresponding to the determined terminal mode from the layout database, construct navigation information according to the extracted layout, and output the navigation information through the information output unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: HYUNDAI MNSOFT, INC.Inventors: Jong Gon Kim, Jung Eun Kim, Bo Mi Yu
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Patent number: 10643091Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-readable medium stores executable code, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to: capture an image of a finder pattern using a camera; locate a predetermined point within the finder pattern; use the predetermined point to identify multiple boundary points on a perimeter associated with the finder pattern; identify fitted boundary lines based on the multiple boundary points; and locate feature points using the fitted boundary lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Do-Kyoung Kwon, Aziz Umit Batur, Vikram Appia
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Patent number: 10635457Abstract: An input device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a band including a contracted or extended flexible area; a sensor which detects a change of the flexible area and outputs a signal corresponding to the detected change of the flexible area; and a main body which is connected to the band and determines a cause operation for the change of the flexible area based on the signal output from the sensor, in which the flexible area includes fixed units, and connection units which connect the fixed units and are contracted or extended, and a distance between the fixed units is changed according to the cause operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TYRENN CO., LTD.Inventor: Sug Whan Kim
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Patent number: 10627239Abstract: Methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to dead reckoning for pedestrian navigation (“pedestrian dead reckoning”) and robust heading estimation in pedestrian dead reckoning. Pursuant to the methodologies and technologies provided herein, a walking direction may be derived or otherwise determined using a robust heading estimation mechanism in connection with, for example, step detection and step length determination. The robust heading estimation mechanism may be based on device orientation (e.g., on changes in device orientation). The device orientation may be obtained based on (e.g., by way of) fusion of accelerometer and gyroscope measurements.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: IDHL Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Zhanlue Zhao, Bryan A. Cook
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Patent number: 10627263Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor device and method for detecting measurement data relating to the absolute position of a linearly or rotationally moveable body, comprising an optical sensor system, wherein the optical sensor system uses exclusively zero-order rejections for the position measuring, and a magnetic sensor system which emits a second sensor output signal depending on the position to be determined of the moveable body, wherein the gauge of the optical sensor system and the gauge of the magnetic sensor system are integrated in a common gauge body, and a computer unit which is provided to obtain the first sensor output signal and the second sensor output signal and to generate a common sensor output signal from the first sensor output signal and the second sensor output signal, wherein the current period of the second sensor system can be deduced from the first sensor output signal at every time, in order to calculate clear absolute position information based on the first and second sensor output sType: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: PHYSIK INSTRUMENTE (PI) GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Axel Grabowski, Carolin Walenda
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Patent number: 10596469Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for creating and representing a resource object in a virtual environment are presented. To begin, a graphical user interface may be provided to a player. The graphical user interface may display a virtual environment that includes the resource object and a game object. A resource object can be created by a player through selection of an area within the virtual environment. Responsive to definition of the selected area, the resource object is created and displayed in the virtual environment, having a resource production capacity determined by the size of the selected area.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Zynga Inc.Inventors: Manuel Uris Bronstein Bendayan, Werner Wright Bagwell, Michael McCarthy
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Patent number: 10600227Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for improved techniques for consuming and interacting with media content. Specifically, the media guidance application may generate holographic animations that move from a holographic structure from which a user has selected a media asset and direct the user to a display device capable of presenting the media asset. For example, in response to a user selecting a baseball movie from a holographic bookcase, the media guidance application may generate for display a holographic baseball that is “thrown” from the bookcase to a television that will present the baseball movie.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Conness, Todd Mariani
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Patent number: 10600137Abstract: A dispatcher command center for dynamic ambulance deployment based on population density is described herein. The dispatcher command center is configured to display a street map of a coverage area, the street map including a first representation of a likely population density within the coverage area, and display an ambulance location of a plurality of ambulances. The dispatcher command center is also configured to receive, in real-time, a data signal including transaction data associated with a transaction. The transaction data includes a transaction location and transaction time and represents an activity executed by a person within the coverage area. The dispatcher command center is further configured to display a second representation of the transaction at a location on the street map corresponding to the transaction location, and deploy at least one of the plurality of ambulances in response to the displayed second representation, thereby updating at least one ambulance location.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Debashis Ghosh, Manash Bhattacharjee
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Patent number: 10588547Abstract: Systems for studying motion are provided. A computing device [10] has a processor [20], an accelerometer [11], a gyroscope [12], a magnetometer [13] and storage/computer readable media [30] in communication with one another. The computing device [10] can sense, classify, qualify and/or quantify real-time motion data of a moving target against classified initial motion data in a motion library [32]. Motion data is processed as particularized units of motion. The computing device [10] may use machine learning algorithms for “training” and “learning.” The computing device [10] can be used in many industries, including the fitness industry, where computing device [10] can be used with wearable technology.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: InMotion, LLCInventor: Srini G. Naidu
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Patent number: 10572001Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for controlling a device (e.g., smartphone) by tracking a movement of a target (e.g., finger). A channel impulse response which characterizes signal traversal paths with different delays is estimated. Channel tap(s) corresponding to the target are then selected. The phase change of the selected channel taps is tracked based on the estimated channel impulse response to estimate a distance change of the target from the device. An estimate of an absolute distance between the device and the target is estimated based on the estimated channel impulse response. A more accurate absolute distance between the device and the target is calculated by combining the estimated absolute distance and the estimated distance change. The position of the target is then tracked based on a distance to different landmarks (e.g., microphones) on the device using the more accurate absolute distance and the estimated distance change.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Lili Qiu, Sangki Yun
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Patent number: 10575130Abstract: A mobile electronic device according to one aspect includes a position detector that detects the position of the device; an atmospheric pressure sensor that detects the atmospheric pressure; and a controller that determines a specific state if a decrease in the altitude is detected in accordance with the atmospheric pressure and if the amount of change in the altitude per predetermined time satisfies a determination condition. The controller makes a determination as to whether the device is located within a specific area by using the position detector and changes the determination condition in accordance with a result of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Chisaka, Shinya Ishizaki
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Patent number: 10574756Abstract: An electronic device includes: a memory; and a processor connected to the memory and configured to receive signals from a plurality of sensors that detect an activity state of a user wearing, or having in its vicinity, the electronic device, wherein the processor reads out a program stored in the memory to perform the following processes: receiving the signals from the plurality of sensors; determining the activity state of the user based on the received signals; selecting one or more of sensors from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the determined activity state; deriving, on the basis of the determined activity state, information to be communicated to the user, the information to be communicated to the user being derived from the signals from the selected one or more of the sensors; and causing the derived information to be communicated to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaru Nakamura
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Patent number: 10571886Abstract: A machine tool control device according to the present invention includes a feedback counter for obtaining A- and B-phase signals of rectangular waves or sine waves and a one-rotation signal, which are outputted from a sensor for detecting the position or speed of a driven axis or a motor, to calculate a feedback count value that is a count value of the number of feedback pulses generated from the A- and B-phase signals; a feedback count value storage unit for storing an inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value that is the feedback count value counted between the two sequential one-rotation signals; a reference value storage unit for storing an anomaly determination reference value corresponding to the inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value; and an anomaly cause determination unit for determining the cause of an anomaly by comparison between the inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value and the anomaly determination reference value.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Okita, Yuuki Morita, Geng Li
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Patent number: 10573079Abstract: Hybrid rendering is described for a wearable display that is attached to a tethered computer. In one example, a process includes determining a position and orientation of a wearable computing device, determining a rate of motion of the wearable computing device, comparing the rate of motion to a threshold, if the rate of motion is above the threshold, then rendering a view of a scene at the wearable computing device using the position and orientation information, and displaying the rendered view of the scene.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Deepak Shashidhar Vembar, Paul Diefenbaugh, Vallabhajosyula S. Somayazulu, Atsuo Kuwahara, Kofi Whitney, Richmond Hicks
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Patent number: 10568547Abstract: This disclosure describes a multifunctional assessment system that can include a seating platform (e.g., chair, bench, or the like) for a subject, an image-capturing device, and one or more sensors directly or indirectly coupled to the seating platform. The image-capturing device (e.g., camera or motion sensor) records ambulatory motion of the subject, and the one or more sensors can detect at least one of a force or a motion of the subject, such as a seating motion, posture, weight distribution, and motions or forces associated with the subjects overall health. For example, motions or forces detected can be associated with a subject's ability to get up off the seating platform, sit upright, grip strength, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventor: Jason M. Johanning
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Patent number: 10557952Abstract: An accelerometer device for determining the acceleration of an object, along three axes X, Y and Z of a main orthonormal reference system and subject to a surrounding pressure, comprises a number N of accelerometer sensors of MEMS type, N at least equal to two, each sensor defined by construction in an auxiliary reference system comprising three orthonormal axes, the set of accelerometer sensors comprising at least one pair of sensors mounted to face in opposite directions and parallel to one another, and: for each of the pairs of accelerometer sensors, the sensors have components of opposite sign along two axes of the main reference system; and the axes of the reference system along which the components of the accelerometer sensors oppose the set of pairs of sensors in twos comprise at least two of the three axes X, Y and Z of the reference system, to compensate for the effect of the pressure on at least two axes of the reference system.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: THALESInventors: Christophe Robert, Thomas Fini, Fabienne Lebreil, Hervé Le Gras, Isabelle Tournoud
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Patent number: 10550682Abstract: A programmable integrated measurement while drilling (MWD) system is an integrated, ruggedized, and condensed MWD system configured to enable end-user customizable applications for downhole exploration and drilling. The integrated MWD system integrates a co-processor with a directional controller enabling execution of the end-user customizable applications without interrupting the real-time operations of the directional controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: MicroPulse, LLC.Inventors: David Erdos, Abraham C. Erdos, Kenneth C. Miller
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Patent number: 10534086Abstract: Systems, and methods for controlling a modular system for improved real-time yield monitoring and sensor fusion of crops in an orchard are disclosed. According to some embodiments of the invention, a modular system for improved real-time yield monitoring and sensor fusion may include a collection vehicle, a modular processing unit, a volume measurement module, a three-dimensional point-cloud scanning module, an inertial navigation system, and a post-processing server. As the collection vehicle travels through an orchard, the volume measurement module calculates volume measurements of the windrow, the three-dimensional point-cloud scanning module assembles point-clouds of each plant in the orchard, and the inertial navigation system calculates geodetic positions of the collection vehicle. The modular processing unit may fuse the collected data together and transmit the fused data set to a post-processing server.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: AGERPOINT, INC.Inventor: K. Thomas McPeek
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Patent number: 10527710Abstract: A software-defined radio system has a plurality of fixed radio receivers each operable to receive radio signals in a receiving band, to sample a received radio signal to produce a sample stream, and to send the sample stream over a network. The radio system includes at least one fixed sync signal transmitter operable to transmit predetermined sync signals in said receiving band to receivers of the aforementioned plurality. The radio system further comprises a data processing system which is connected to the network for receiving sample streams from the receivers. The data processing system is operable to align samples of a data signal contained in sample streams from different receivers by: detecting a sync signal in those sample streams; determining a timing offset between samples of the sync signal in those sample streams in dependence on predetermined locations of the different receivers and the transmitter of that sync signal; and aligning the samples of the data signal in dependence on the timing offset.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anton Beitler, Alexandru Caracas, Thomas Eirich, Michael Kuyper, Marcus Oestreicher
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Patent number: 10516930Abstract: A system, method, and wireless earpieces for managing power settings. Sensor measurements are performed utilizing a first sensor array of the wireless earpieces to detect light and motion. Sensor measurements are performed utilizing a second sensor array of the wireless earpieces to detect light and motion. The sensor measurements are analyzed from the first sensor array and the second sensor array. A determination is made whether a change event is detected in response to the sensor measurements. The change event is confirmed as detected. The wireless earpieces enter a full power mode in response to the change event being confirmed.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: BRAGI GmbHInventors: Toby Martin, Eric Christian Hirsch, Volker Klein, Christian Begusch, Matthias Lackus, Arne D. Loermann, Nikolaj Hviid
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Patent number: 10508989Abstract: An optical chemical analyser comprises a source of a first amount of radiation (46), an optics module configured to direct the first amount of radiation such that it is incident on or passes through a target (14) at a target location, the optics module further being configured to receive a second amount of Raman scattered radiation from the target and direct the second amount of radiation (206) to a Spatial Interference Fourier Transform (SIFT) module, the SIFT module including a first dispersive element (216) and a second dispersive element (218), the SIFT module being configured such that a portion of the second amount of radiation is received by the first dispersive element and interferes with a portion of the second amount of radiation received by the second dispersive element to form an interference pattern; the SIFT module further comprising a detector (48) configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the interference pattern and produce a detector signal (226) based on the captured image; anType: GrantFiled: July 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: International Moisture Analysers LimitedInventors: Paul Stockwell, David Widdup, Michael Foster, Jonathan Storey
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Patent number: 10508899Abstract: A method for providing information about a sensor chain of a coordinate measuring machine is disclosed. The coordinate measuring machine may include a drive mechanism for moving a tool carrier relative to a base for approaching a measurement point. The CMM also may also include a sensor chain carried by the tool carrier and an arrangement of sensor chain components providing a particular sensor configuration for measuring the measurement point, and a camera for providing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain. The method may include capturing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain, deriving at least one sensor chain property from the image by image processing, comparing the sensor chain property with reference data which relates to a set of known sensor chain components and providing an output relating to the comparison of the sensor chain property with the reference data.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBHInventor: Pascal Jordil
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Patent number: 10503331Abstract: A touch sensor is provided having a sensing area comprising at least one drive conductor and one sense conductor. The drive conductor and the sense conductor are each disposed on the substrate such that, for any two given points on the drive conductor within the sensing area, the nearest point to each on the sense conductor within the sensing area is a different distance away. Drive and sense circuitry are used to measure a touch delta resulting from a given touch on the sensor. For a given touch, the measured touch delta will vary with the location of that touch along the length of the conductors. A third conductor may be added that has the same relationship with a middle (drive or sense) conductor. Repeating use of the two or three conductor patterns can be used to cover wider areas.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.Inventors: Braon Moseley, Adam Landa
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Patent number: 10494871Abstract: A method and system of predicting behavior of a drill bit is disclosed, including generating a mathematical representation of a characteristic of at least one of a plurality of components of a drill bit, the plurality of components including at least one moveable cutter; at least one moveable rubbing element; and at least one moveable gage pad; simulating one or more operating conditions incident on the mathematical representation, and simulating an interaction between the plurality of components and an earth formation; and predicting physical responses of the mathematical representation to the one or more operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Jayesh R. Jain, Benjamin Baxter, Chaitanya Vempati, Volker Peters, Holger Stibbe
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Patent number: 10488509Abstract: In an ultra-wideband (“UWB”) communication system comprising a pair of UWB transceivers, an asynchronous two-way ranging method for closely estimating the time-of-flight between the transceivers after the exchange of only 3 messages between the transceivers. In an alternate asynchronous two-way ranging method, the time-of-flight between the transceivers may be closely estimated after the exchange of only 4 messages between the transceivers.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Decawave, Ltd.Inventors: Michael McLaughlin, Billy Verso
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Patent number: 10487640Abstract: A casing wear estimation method includes obtaining a set of input parameters associated with extending a partially-cased borehole and applying the set of input parameters to a physics-driven model to obtain an estimated casing wear log. The method also includes employing a data-driven model to produce a predicted casing wear log based at least in part on the estimated casing wear log. The method also includes storing or displaying information based on the predicted casing wear log.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Landmark Graphics CorporationInventors: Aniket, Robello Samuel, Serkan Dursun