Measured Signal Processing Patents (Class 702/189)
  • Patent number: 10860621
    Abstract: Embodiments in the present disclosure may be directed to provide systems and methods for operating database and performing record set specific computing operations. The disclosed method may operate one or more client computing devices, an analytical engine, one or more wearable devices operatively coupled to one or more client computing devices via a communication network, and one or more databases. The disclosed method may include steps performed by a processor for tracking users to create or join groups with similar lifestyles attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Gareth Ross, Yaron Ben-Zvi
  • Patent number: 10860798
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for text processing, the electronic device comprises a processor (100), and the processor is configured to: determine a correlation between a first text vector and a second text vector, wherein the first text vector and the second text vector are multi-dimensional, real number vectors generated on the basis of a same text, respectively; obtain, according to the correlation, a third text vector representing the text, wherein a vector space in which the third text vector is located is correlated to vector spaces in which first text and second text vectors are located. The electronic device and method of the present invention can be used to create a text-feature representation model which represents text features by combining a plurality of view angles, thereby improving the performance of natural language processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youzheng Wu, Jun Qi
  • Patent number: 10850754
    Abstract: This application describes methods and apparatus for monitoring of rail networks using fibre optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), especially for condition monitoring. One method involves taking (902) a first data set corresponding to measurement signals from a plurality of channels of at least one fibre optic distributed acoustic sensor (100) having a sensing fibre (101) deployed to monitor at least part of the path of the rail network (201). The first data set corresponds to measurement signals acquired as a train (202) passed along a first monitored section of the rail network. The method involves identifying (903) a speed of the train through the first monitored section and dividing (904) the first data set into a plurality of time windows. Each time window contains a different subset of the first data set, with the measurement signal for each successive channel in a time window being delayed with respect to the previous channel by a time related to the identified train speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Optasense Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Patrick Cole
  • Patent number: 10853368
    Abstract: The problem of distinct value estimation has many applications, but is particularly important in the field of database technology where such information is utilized by query planners to generate and optimize query plans. Introduced is a novel technique for estimating the number of distinct values in a given dataset without scanning all of the values in the dataset. In an example embodiment, the introduced technique includes gathering multiple intermediate probabilistic estimates based on varying samples of the dataset, 2) plotting the multiple intermediate probabilistic estimates against indications of sample size, 3) fitting a function to the plotted data points, and 4) determining an overall distinct value estimate by extrapolating the objective function to an estimated or known total number of values in the dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Cloudera, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Behm, Mostafa Mokhtar
  • Patent number: 10845460
    Abstract: Signal measurement units each measure a signal output from a sound source, as a measured signal. Reference signal acquisition units each acquire a reference signal. A weighting processing unit creates weighted reference signals by weighting the reference signals. A time synchronization correction calculation unit calculates a time synchronization correction value based on the weighted reference signals. The time synchronization correction value is a correction value for synchronizing the two measured signals. An arrival time difference calculation unit calculates an arrival time difference based on the time synchronization correction value. The arrival time difference is a difference between elapsed times for the two measured signals acquired by respective ones of the pair of signal measurement units to arrive at the respective ones of the pair of signal measurement units. A sound source position calculation unit calculates a position of the sound source based on the arrival time difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Naofumi Suzuki, Junichiro Mataga
  • Patent number: 10834616
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a control signal to a self organizing network controller, are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor receives a change, determines whether the change to at least one network element maintains an acceptable level for one or more service quality metrics based on a predicted service quality metric calculated using a modeling function, generates a control signal based on the determining, and transmits the control signal to the self organizing network controller to cause the self organizing network controller to configure the at least one network element in a communication network in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Ajay Mahimkar, Shomik Pathak, David Lee Applegate, Sarat Puthenpura, Zihui Ge, Kurt Huber, Swati Roy
  • Patent number: 10820857
    Abstract: A garment comprising a central portion including a plurality of electrocardiogram leads, a plurality of auscultation acoustic sensor devices, a flexible respiratory sensor located so that it substantially circumscribes the garment, one or more blood pressure cuff portions located on an at least one arm portion of the garment, wherein the cuff portions are adapted to be loosened and/or tightened and a hardware device for sending and receiving signals via wired or wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventor: Samer Nasry
  • Patent number: 10824726
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for detection of anomalies in containers using corresponding container profiles. An exemplary method comprises: obtaining at least one container and a corresponding container profile from a container registry, wherein the container profile characterizes an expected normal operation of an application executing in the container; comparing a behavior of the application executing in the container to the expected normal operation in the corresponding container profile to determine if the container exhibits anomalous behavior; and providing a notification of the anomalous behavior when the container exhibits the anomalous behavior. The container profile is obtained, for example, by monitoring a behavior of (i) a plurality of versions of the at least one container, and/or (ii) the at least one application executing in the at least one container on a plurality of different container host devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Or Herman Saffar, Roie Ben Eliyahu, Oron Golan, Amihai Savir
  • Patent number: 10812934
    Abstract: Systems and methods to track the respective locations of subjects over time. The system identifies subjects who, over time, were co-located with one another suggesting they are associated with one another, and the pairs are analyzed. For each of the subjects, the system produces a vector that quantifies the subject's location history by including a respective weight for each combination of a time interval with a geographical area. The vectors are compared using a distance metric, and any pair of subjects whose vectors are sufficiently close are flagged as being an associated pair. The respective vector belonging to each subject is normalized to account for the total number of other subjects who were co-located with the subject. For each interval-area pair, the system may compute the frequency of the interval-area pair, and then divide each weight that corresponds to the interval-area pair by the frequency of the interval-area pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: VERINT SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Shlomo Rothschild
  • Patent number: 10809687
    Abstract: A field device includes a controller and a process communication module. The controller is configured to perform at least one operation related to process control and is also configured to perform at least one self-recovery operation relative to the field device. The process communication module is coupled to the controller and is configured to couple to a process communication segment and communicate in accordance with a process communication protocol. The controller is configured to detect an erroneous condition and selectively apply the at least one self-recovery operation in response to the detected erroneous condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT LLLP.
    Inventor: Mehul Rajeshbai Dalal
  • Patent number: 10795343
    Abstract: A data providing apparatus includes a field data acquisition unit configured to acquire field data relating to field equipment, and a data providing unit configured to transmit and receive information to and from a service providing unit, the service providing unit being a communication target and configured to use the field data as service data, in which the data providing unit manages information on a conversion rule defining a relationship between the field data and the service data, acquires the field data specified in a data acquisition request from the service providing unit, from the field data acquisition unit, converts the acquired field data to service data according to the conversion rule when there is a difference between a specification of the field data and a specification of the service data, and transmits the data obtained by the conversion to the service providing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Nakamoto, Ryo Hirana, Toshiko Takamura, Daisuke Inaba, Yuichi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10777059
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for managing patient alerts using a mobile device. A mobile device associated with a patient caregiver receives a critical alert related to the patient, and the alert is presented on the mobile device. The alert includes important contextual information that enables the caregiver to make a quick assessment of how to effectively address the alert. The alert includes options for accepting the alert or rejecting the alert. Acceptance of the alert enables the caregiver to communicate the alert to selected caregivers that can assist in managing the alert. Rejecting the alert causes the alert to be automatically communicated to additional caregivers associated with patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Damon Herbst, Cassie Lyn Bahr, Rajneesh Mehra, Jamie Brothers, Jay Christopher Vaglio, Matt Ryan Anderson
  • Patent number: 10761493
    Abstract: A safety module for an automation system includes a communication interface designed for a signal-transmitting connection to a communication system, an output interface designed for a signal-transmitting connection to at least one user which can be fitted downstream and a processing device connected to the communication interface and the output interface and designed to process communication signals from the communication interface and to provide output signals to the output interface wherein the processing device is designed for a detection of an actual component behaviour, using a control command contained in a communication signal and a component measured value contained in a communication signal, and for a comparison of a presettable component behaviour to the actual component behaviour as well as for a provision of a safety-oriented output signal to the output interface at a presettable divergence between the presettable component behaviour and the actual component behaviour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FESTO SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Gehrke, Roland Kalberer, Ralf Forcht
  • Patent number: 10739481
    Abstract: A method, including: generating updated velocity models, each corresponding to one of a plurality of initial velocity models of intersecting 2D seismic survey lines, wherein updates to the plurality of initial velocity models are computed by imposing a seismic-tie regularization constraint on an inversion process that inverts for the updates to the plurality of initial velocity models, and the seismic-tie regularization constraint causes the updated velocity models to have consistent values for depth of seismic reflectivity at intersecting spatial locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jaewoo Park, Carey M. Marcinkovich, Rongrong Lu
  • Patent number: 10740430
    Abstract: A centralized optimization engine is configured to receive a problem specification that defines an optimization problem to be solved. The optimization engine classifies the problem specification within a large dataset of previously solved optimization problems. The optimization engine selects one or more solution strategies associated with similar optimization problems, and then executes those solution strategies to solve the optimization problem. Over time, the optimization engine updates the large data set with statistical information that reflects the performance of different solution strategies applied to various optimization problems, thereby increasing the effectiveness with which optimization problems may be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventor: Francesco Iorio
  • Patent number: 10739687
    Abstract: In a dark-field metrology method using a small target, a characteristic of an image of the target, obtained using a single diffraction order, is determined by fitting a combination fit function to the measured image. The combination fit function includes terms selected to represent aspects of the physical sensor and the target. Some coefficients of the combination fit function are determined based on parameters of the measurement process and/or target. In an embodiment the combination fit function includes jinc functions representing the point spread function of a pupil stop in the imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Jan Hidde Smilde, Bastiaan Onne Fagginger Auer, Davit Harutyunyan, Patrick Warnaar
  • Patent number: 10732576
    Abstract: A time-to-digital converter system has at least one time-to-digital converter comprising an oscillator, a counter being driven by the oscillator, an evaluation block connected to the counter and configured for determining a time difference associated with a start signal and a stop signal, and a histogram block with a number of bins for recording entries associated with the time difference. The system can be calibrated by operating or preparing to operate the time-to-digital converter system with a measurement clock signal defining a measurement interval, providing a calibration clock signal having a frequency higher than the measurement clock signal by a predefined ratio, using a selected clock edge of the calibration clock signal as the start signal and a subsequent clock edge of the calibration clock signal as the stop signal. The evaluation block determines a calibration time difference based on the respective clock edges of the calibration clock signal used as the start signal and the stop signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ams AG
    Inventors: Christian Mautner, Kerry Glover, Friedrich Bahnmueller
  • Patent number: 10731985
    Abstract: A sensor element control device which is connectable to a sensor element including a drive unit and a detection unit, includes a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal to the drive unit; a detection circuit that generates a detection signal based on a signal output from the detection unit; a diagnostic signal generation circuit that generates a diagnostic signal having a frequency component corresponding to a detuning frequency which is a difference frequency between a drive frequency which is a frequency at which the drive unit vibrates and a detection frequency which is a frequency at which the detection unit vibrates; and a fault diagnosis circuit that performs fault diagnosis based on a signal output from the detection unit when the diagnostic signal is superimposed on the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 10725070
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing variable analog to digital converter (ADC) resolution is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Pupalaikis, David C. Graef, Roger Delbue, Kaviyesh B. Doshi, Robert Mart
  • Patent number: 10726738
    Abstract: Automated fitness coaching includes: receiving a plurality of motion data samples obtained by a sensor device, wherein the plurality of motion data samples comprises a plurality of acceleration data samples and a plurality of angular velocity data samples, and pertains to a plurality of motions performed by a user; determining based at least in part on some of the motion data samples, a set of one or more corrected core measurements of the user's body positions during a subset of the plurality of motions; and providing feedback to the user, the feedback being determined based at least in part on the set of one or more corrected core measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Moov Inc.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Yaohua Hu, Tong Yuan
  • Patent number: 10724864
    Abstract: Step detection methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a footstep detection method includes obtaining accelerometer data regarding movements of a user device, filtering the accelerometer data to remove frequencies above a typical stepping frequency range of a user, after the filtering, analyzing individual ones of a plurality of cycles of the accelerometer data to determine whether any of the individual cycles corresponds to a user taking a footstep with the user device, and as a result of the analyzing, indicating at least one of the individual cycles as corresponding to the user taking a footstep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Chief Architect Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Wells, Chris Tenbrink, Carl Wieland
  • Patent number: 10704939
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing a fluid flow passing within a pipe, which fluid flow comprises at least a first fluid phase. The apparatus includes a flow meter having an array of sensors and at least one processing unit, which flow meter is adapted to sense the fluid flow passing within the pipe as it travels past the array of sensors and produce signals indicative of the presence of vortical structures convecting with the fluid flow. The at least one processing unit is adapted to: (a) produce a k-? plot using the signals indicative of the presence of vortical structures convecting with the fluid flow, and determine a k-? plot quality parameter that indicates the presence or absence of a second fluid phase within a fluid flow passing within a pipe; or (b) determine a shape factor parameter indicative of a presence or absence of a second fluid phase within a fluid flow passing within a pipe; or (c) both (a) and (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Expro Meters, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sapack, Patrick Curry, David Bellemore, Charles Winston, Edward Beeloo
  • Patent number: 10694669
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises determining, in received yield data, one or more passes, each pass including a plurality of observations. For each pass of the one or more passes, one or more discrete derivatives are determined, and based on the one or more discrete derivatives first outlier data is generated. First filtered data is generated by removing the first outlier data from the yield data. Furthermore, for each observation in the yield data, a plurality of nearest neighbor observations is determined, and used to determine a plurality of absolute differences in yield values. Based on the plurality of absolute differences, second outlier data is determined. Second filtered data is generated by removing the second outlier data from the first filtered data. Using a presentation layer of a computer system, a graphical representation of the second filtered data is generated and displayed on the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: THE CLIMATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yiqun Li, Jeffrey Gerard
  • Patent number: 10699207
    Abstract: A computing device computes a weight matrix to compute a predicted value. For each of a plurality of related tasks, an augmented observation matrix, a plug-in autocovariance matrix, and a plug-in covariance vector are computed. A weight matrix used to predict the characteristic for each of a plurality of variables and each of a plurality of related tasks is computed. (a) and (b) are repeated with the computed updated weight matrix as the computed weight matrix until a convergence criterion is satisfied: (a) a gradient descent matrix is computed using the computed plug-in autocovariance matrix, the computed plug-in covariance vector, the computed weight matrix, and a predefined relationship matrix, wherein the predefined relationship matrix defines a relationship between the plurality of related tasks, and (b) an updated weight matrix is computed using the computed gradient descent matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Jiang Hunt, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Ilknur Kaynar Kabul
  • Patent number: 10671624
    Abstract: Filtering apparatus and methods associated with filtering large time series of data are described. A filtering process containing recursive dependencies can be organized as a series of computational tasks, at least some of which can be performed in parallel. Because of parallel execution of some tasks, an amount of time for filtering large time series of data with a filter exhibiting recursive data dependencies can be reduced significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventor: Hatem Helal
  • Patent number: 10667690
    Abstract: A photoplethysmogram (PPG) measurement includes the use of compressive sensing based on samples generated in accordance with a fixed pattern. A pulse oximeter circuit can drive an LED according to the fixed pattern to create a compressive sensing sample matrix of sparse measurements. The fixed pattern can be a binary progression. The PPG signal reconstruction can include zero padding the sample matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Venkat Natarajan, Deeksha Dadhich, Kumar Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 10635782
    Abstract: Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards methods and apparatuses for conducting physical examinations of a human. Optionally, such embodiments permit for remote examination of a patient, for example, the patient's heart or lung region. In such embodiments, a user operates a remote physical examination sensor, while a remote examination computer and/or remote medical personnel reviews/analyzes medical data received from the remote physical examination sensor to diagnose the condition of the user. The remote physical examination instrument may be equipped with a plurality of skin-compatible electrodes on a remote examination sensor connected to the user's chest, as well as one or more electrodes on the top cover or sides of the remote examination sensor connecting to the user's hand and providing medical data to the remote examination computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Gregory T. Kovacs
  • Patent number: 10629061
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns systems and methods for wirelessly managing sensing, communicating, storing, and evaluating data gathered from a plurality of pest control devices, the system comprising: a plurality of pest checkpoints; a coordinator in wireless communication with the plurality of pest checkpoints; optionally a router in wireless communication with the session coordinator and the pest checkpoint; a web-site in communication with the session coordinator; a client interface in communication with the web-site; and a host server in communication with the web-site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: IoT BOX SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Shmuel Seifer, Ronen Amichai
  • Patent number: 10620291
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods and systems for performing physical measurements using radio frequency (RF) signals. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed for determining the distance between a first radio device and a second radio device. The method includes transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal from the first radio device and receiving the RF signal by the second radio device. The method further includes a determining a carrier frequency of the RF signal and determining a slope of a carrier phase versus the carrier frequency corresponding to a rate of change of the carrier phase with the carrier frequency. The method also includes determining a physical distance between the first radio device and the second radio device based on the slope; wherein the physical distance is proportional to the slope plus an integer ambiguity term and a bias term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Setter Research, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. A. Taylor, Jr., W. Todd Faulkner, Edward J. Kreinar
  • Patent number: 10622971
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for adjusting a passband width of a filter. The method includes determining an initial passband width, controlling a filter according to the initial passband width to filter signals to be processed, and correcting the initial passband width according to a first frequency at which a peak spectrum line corresponding to the filtered signals is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenghua Lu, Zongze He, Jianguang Yang, Shuo Li, Zhipeng Feng, Liang Zhang, Yuxuan Chen, Feng Long
  • Patent number: 10613937
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for capturing compression efficiency metrics for processing data. In response to retrieving native data for a first operation, perform the first operation; perform a second operation to generate a compression efficiency metric from the native data based on a ratio of the native data to compressed native data; and store the compression efficiency metric persistently for subsequent use in prioritizing compression of the native data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David R. Kahler, Kurt A. Lovrien
  • Patent number: 10614922
    Abstract: Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for non-invasive monitoring and imaging of nuclear fuel inside a nuclear reactor using muon detector arrays. In one aspect, these detector arrays are placed outside the reactor vessel or building for investigating the reactors without access to the cores, therefore the imaging process is non-invasive. In some implementation, these detector arrays measure both muon scattering and absorption to enable imaging and characterizing not only the very high-Z fuel materials, but also other materials in the reactor, thereby obtaining a more complete picture of reactor status. When applied to damaged reactors, the disclosed proposed techniques, systems, and devices, through the process of providing an image, can reveal the presence (or absence) of damage to fuel rod assemblies or puddles of molten fuel at the bottom of the containment vessel, thus providing crucial information to guide decisions about remedial actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Decision Sciences International Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Casteel Milner, Konstantin N. Borozdin, Christopher L. Morris, Haruo Miyadera, John Oliver Perry
  • Patent number: 10584997
    Abstract: A method and associated apparatus are disclosed for measuring illumination characteristics of a luminaire having unknown characteristics. The method includes steps of providing an array of calibrated photodetectors in known locations in proximity to a mounting location, and then illuminating the array with a luminaire having unknown illumination properties. The resulting data is used to calculate the luminous intensity vs. angle from the luminaire and the luminous flux of the luminaire. Methods of calibrating the measurement with a known luminaire are presented along with methods of determining the angular position of the detectors in the array. Color-sensitive detectors can be used to determine the angular distribution and average value of the luminaire's correlated color temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Barnard
  • Patent number: 10580279
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for managing patient alerts using a mobile device. A mobile device associated with a patient caregiver receives a critical alert related to the patient, and the alert is presented on the mobile device. The alert includes important contextual information that enables the caregiver to make a quick assessment of how to effectively address the alert. The alert includes options for accepting the alert or rejecting the alert. Acceptance of the alert enables the caregiver to communicate the alert to selected caregivers that can assist in managing the alert. Rejecting the alert causes the alert to be automatically communicated to additional caregivers associated with patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Damon Herbst, Cassie Lyn Bahr, Rajneesh Mehra, Jamie Brothers, Jay Christopher Vaglio, Matt Ryan Anderson
  • Patent number: 10571542
    Abstract: A system for performing time-domain magnetic resonance imaging includes an excitation device for transiently exciting a sample thereby causing the sample to emit an MRI signal. A receiving coil receives the MRI signal. A simulated signal of the receiving coil is generated in a time domain, based on a plurality of spatial parameter distributions, wherein the spatial parameter distributions include a spatial distribution of a magnetization, wherein the spatial parameter distributions further include at least one of a spatial distribution of a material property of a material of the sample and a spatial distribution of an electromagnetic field. An objective function is based on a difference between the received MRI signal and the simulated signal in the time domain. The plurality of spatial parameter distributions are fitted based on the objective function. The sample is excited again before the sample reaches an equilibrium state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: UMC UTRECHT HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Alessandro Sbrizzi, Cornelis Antonius Theodorus Van Den Berg, Annette Van Der Toorn
  • Patent number: 10558171
    Abstract: Time measuring circuitry has a ring oscillator, a time-to-digital converter, a time measurer and a phase randomizer. The ring oscillator has a plurality of delay circuitries connected in a ring shape, the ring oscillator adjusting delay times of the plurality of delay circuitries based on an oscillation control signal to generate an oscillation signal. The time-to-digital converter quantizes a phase of the oscillation signal at a transition timing of a reference signal. The phase synchronizing circuitry to generate the oscillation control signal based on an output signal of the time-to-digital converter so that a phase of the oscillation signal coincides with a phase of the reference signal. The time measurer to measure a time interval based on the output signal of the time-to-digital converter. The phase randomizer to randomly shift the phase of the oscillation signal to be locked by the phase synchronizing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Akihide Sai
  • Patent number: 10559145
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing behavioral based intention detection. Based on behavioral measurements of a user associated with an access request to a protected resource, systems and methods are provided for generating an access decision indicating whether the user access request is accepted based on a determined potential intention of the user and a motivation score. The systems and methods may receive, from a movement detection sensor, stimulus-based micromovement data representing head micromovement upon the user being presented with a target stimulus associated with the potential intention and determine, based on the stimulus-based micromovement data, a stimulated frequency of the head micromovement pattern associated with the user being presented with the target stimulus. The systems and methods may determine whether the user has the potential intention based at least on a baseline frequency and the stimulated frequency of the head micromovement pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventor: Abdulaziz Mohammed Almehmadi
  • Patent number: 10534019
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing variable analog to digital converter (ADC) resolution is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Pupalaikis, David C. Graef, Roger Delbue, Kaviyesh B. Doshi, Robert Mart
  • Patent number: 10511556
    Abstract: A method may include receiving one or more electronic message streams. The method may also include selecting a time range for analysis of the one or more electronic message streams. The method may include analyzing a set of historic data of the one or more electronic message streams. The method may also include identifying one or more bursty phrases in the set of historic data of the one or more electronic message streams in the selected time range. The method may further include clustering the bursty phrases in one or more bursty topics. The method may include generating a rank for each of the one or more bursty topics. The method may also include displaying the one or more bursty topics in a graphical user interface (GUI) in view of the rank. The method may include storing the one or more bursty topics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Kanji Uchino
  • Patent number: 10504222
    Abstract: Exemplary systems, methods, and computer-accessible mediums can be provided that can generate resultant data regarding fiber tract(s) and anatomical structure(s). For example, first information related to imaging data of the anatomical structure(s) can be received. Second information related to a predictive model of further fiber tract(s) can be received. The resultant data can be generated based on the first information, the second information and a fiber cost procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: New York University, ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG
    Inventors: Dmitry S. Novikov, Valerij Kiselev, Marco Reisert
  • Patent number: 10492721
    Abstract: A method performed by an apparatus for inducing a sound sleep to induce a sound sleep of an object who is sleeping includes: determining a first wake-up time of the object based on schedule information of the object; receiving bio-information of the object; determining a sleep state of the object from the bio-information of the object; changing the first wake-up time to a second wake-up time by taking into account the sleep state of the object; and outputting a wake-up alarm signal at the second wake-up time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Boo-keun Yoon, Jong-hee Han
  • Patent number: 10474959
    Abstract: A computing device computes a weight matrix to compute a predicted value. For each of a plurality of related tasks, an augmented observation matrix, a plug-in autocovariance matrix, and a plug-in covariance vector are computed. A weight matrix used to predict the characteristic for each of a plurality of variables and each of a plurality of related tasks is computed. (a) and (b) are repeated with the computed updated weight matrix as the computed weight matrix until a convergence criterion is satisfied: (a) a gradient descent matrix is computed using the computed plug-in autocovariance matrix, the computed plug-in covariance vector, the computed weight matrix, and a predefined relationship matrix, wherein the predefined relationship matrix defines a relationship between the plurality of related tasks, and (b) an updated weight matrix is computed using the computed gradient descent matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Jiang Hunt, Saba Emrani, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Ilknur Kaynar Kabul
  • Patent number: 10424975
    Abstract: A sensor module (112) for determining a concentration of at least one analyte in a body fluid of a user is disclosed. The sensor module (112) includes at least one sensor element (116) adapted to determine the concentration of the analyte, wherein the sensor element (116) is at least partly implantable into a body tissue of the user; at least one control device (118) connected to the sensor element (116), wherein the control device (118) includes at least one data collection device (122) adapted to collect measurement data acquired by using the sensor element (116). The control device (118) further includes at least one wireless near-field communication device (124) adapted to transmit measurement data. The control device (118) further includes a rechargeable energy storage device (134) and is adapted to transmit at least one demand for recharging the rechargeable energy storage device (134) via the near-field communication device (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Kube, Michael Orth
  • Patent number: 10383577
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable sensing and operational device, which uses a sensing module to receive the sensing signal transmitted by the sensor and produce a sensing datum correspondingly. Then an operational circuit operates a first matrix and a second matrix according to the sensing datum. The first matrix corresponds to a plurality of maximum values; the second matrix corresponds to a plurality of minimum values. The operational circuit operates to generate at least a component by decomposing the first matrix and the second matrix. The component is provided to an output circuit for outputting the component to an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Huafan University
    Inventor: Kang-Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 10389712
    Abstract: Technology is described for enabling passive enforcement of security at computing systems. A component of a computing system can passively authenticate or authorize a user based on observations of the user's interactions with the computing system. The technology may increase or decrease an authentication or authorization level based on the observations. The level can indicate what level of access the user should be granted. When the user or a component of the computing device initiates a request, an application or service can determine whether the level is sufficient to satisfy the request. If the level is insufficient, the application or service can prompt the user for credentials so that the user is actively authenticated. The technology may enable computing systems to “trust” authentication so that two proximate devices can share authentication levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Steeves, Kim Cameron, Todd L. Carpenter, David Foster, Quentin S. Miller
  • Patent number: 10380092
    Abstract: A method of generating popularity rankings of search terms includes generating a ranking value table including ranking values corresponding to rankings of search terms, determining first ranking values corresponding to previous rankings of a plurality of search terms and second ranking values corresponding to current rankings of the plurality of search terms by using the ranking value table, and obtaining difference values based on differences between the first ranking values and the second ranking values of the plurality of search terms, respectively, and determining popularity rankings of the plurality of search terms by using the difference values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-min Park, Young-jun Kim, Ho-dong Lee, Jong-ho Lea
  • Patent number: 10371782
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods and systems for performing physical measurements using radio frequency (RF) signals. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed for determining the distance between a first radio device and a second radio device. The method includes transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal from the first radio device and receiving the RF signal by the second radio device. The method further includes a determining a carrier frequency of the RF signal and determining a slope of a carrier phase versus the carrier frequency corresponding to a rate of change of the carrier phase with the carrier frequency. The method also includes determining a physical distance between the first radio device and the second radio device based on the slope; wherein the physical distance is proportional to the slope plus an integer ambiguity term and a bias term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Setter Research, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. A. Taylor, Jr., W. Todd Faulkner, Edward J. Kreinar
  • Patent number: 10375589
    Abstract: A mobile communication test device for testing a mobile user equipment comprises a number of transmit-receive units with a signal generator, wherein the signal generator of at least one transmit-receive unit generates test signals, which rep-resent at least two different communication partners of the mobile user equipment, a number of test interfaces, which connect the transmit-receive units with the mobile user equipment and transmit the test signals to the mobile user equipment, and a test processor, which analyzes the reaction of the mobile user equipment to the transmitted test signals based on a predefined test specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Tyrrell, Thiago Moraes, William Powell
  • Patent number: 10333691
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a receiver, including a high-speed sampling module (110), an analog Fast Fourier Transform (AFFT) module (120), a selection switch module (130), a low-speed analog to digital converter (ADC) module (140), and a control module (150). The high-speed sampling module (110) is configured to sample a received signal and output a sampled signal; the AFFT module (120) is configured to perform time-to-frequency conversion on the sampled signal and output an analog frequency domain signal; the selection switch module (130) is configured to transmit the analog frequency domain signal to the low-speed ADC module (140); and the control module (150) is configured to perform configuration on a sampling rate of the high-speed sampling module (110), a quantity of points of Fast Fourier Transform that are used b the AFFT module (120) for performing time-to-frequency conversion, and a target input port of the selection switch module (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Han, Zhiyong Liu
  • Patent number: 10317207
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a three-dimensional trace verification apparatus and method thereof. The three-dimensional trace verification apparatus includes a signal emitting module and a platform module configured to maintain a fixed relative location. When a motion trace of the platform module is different from a pre-recorded trace of a trace transmitting module, the trace transmitting outputs a deviation signal according to a sensed signal. This mechanism can achieve a technical effect of automatically verifying whether the motion trace of the platform module and the pre-record trace made by a user are the same, and recording the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MOXA INC.
    Inventor: Po-Yu Chuang