Of Burglary Or Unauthorized Use Patents (Class 340/426.1)
  • Patent number: 11958439
    Abstract: A method at a vehicle computing device for identifying a driver, the method including receiving a first indicator at the vehicle computing device; obtaining, based on the first indicator, a presumed driver identity; receiving at least one second indicator at the vehicle computing device; and verifying the presumed driver identity using the at least one second indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Biswaroop Mukherjee, Anish Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11842542
    Abstract: A method for detecting abnormal scene may include obtaining data relating to a video scene, identify at least two motion objects in the video scene based on the data and determining a first motion feature relating to the at least two motion objects based on the data. The method may also include determining a second motion feature relating to at least one portion of each of the at least two motion objects based on the data. The method may further include determining whether the at least two motion objects are involved in a fight based on the first motion feature and the second motion feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TRUTHVISION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11838314
    Abstract: A gateway that notifies a fraud detection server located outside a vehicle of information about an in-vehicle network system including an in-vehicle network includes: a priority determiner that determines a priority using at least one of: a state of the vehicle including the in-vehicle network system; an identifier of a message communicated on the in-vehicle network; and a result of fraud detection performed on the message; a frame transmitter-receiver that transmits and receives the message communicated on the in-vehicle network; a frame interpreter that extracts information about the in-vehicle network based on the message received by the frame transmitter-receiver; and a frame uploader that notifies the fraud detection server of notification information including the priority and the information about the in-vehicle network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kishikawa, Hideki Matsushima, Tomoyuki Haga, Manabu Maeda, Takamitsu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11752974
    Abstract: A method for maintaining tracking using non-identifiable biometrics includes determining, via a computer vision system, an identity of a user using a set of facial features, associating the set of facial features with a head and a secondary human landmark that does not include the set of facial features, and determining that the set of facial features is unlocatable by a computer vision system. The method includes tracking the user, via the computer vision system, using the head and the secondary human landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Ryan Hanson, Lawrence Chikeziri Amadi
  • Patent number: 11749031
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system which may be used for remote vehicle diagnostic and programming. Such a system may provide a high-speed wireless connection between an OBD-II compliant vehicle's OBD-II port and a remote vehicle diagnostic and programming control interface, with connectivity and feature availability rivaling direct wired connections between vehicle and control interface. Such a system may provide benefits in vehicle repair and tuning, remote diagnosis of vehicle issues, fleet management, and improved availability and access to professional vehicle service in remote locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: EGR Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Emanuel Rusu
  • Patent number: 11580844
    Abstract: A personal safety management system (100) comprising at least one portable communication device (200) communicatively connected to a wireless communication network (400); and a central computing device (500) communicatively connected to the wireless communication network (400). The at least one portable communication device (200) is configured to enable the activation of an alarm condition by a user (700) and transmitting data on the activation of the alarm condition to the central computing device (500). The central computing device (500) is configured to receive the data on the activation of the alarm condition from the at least one portable communication device (200). Furthermore, the central computing device (500) is configured to activate the alarm condition at the end of a predetermined time delay after the activation of a first operating element (210) on the communication device (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: RESCUE CONSULT AS
    Inventor: Jan Ottar Møller
  • Patent number: 11527118
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smart door lock and a method for controlling the smart door lock. The method may be implemented on a computing apparatus including a processor and a storage device. The method may include obtaining user information and determining whether the user information passes a verification. The method may further include in response to a determination that the user information passes the verification, controlling the smart door lock to perform an unlock operation. The method may further include determining whether the door on which the smart door lock is installed has a preset action within a preset time period and in response to a determination that the door has the preset action within the preset time period, controlling at least one component of the smart door lock to perform at least one operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: YUNDING NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanpeng Lv, Wenfeng Li, Tao Li, Binghui Peng, Haibo Yu
  • Patent number: 11503197
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus is provided. The wearable apparatus may include: a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a user; and at least one processor programmed to: receive, from the wearable image sensor, a facial image of an individual with whom a user interacted in a first interaction during a time window; receive sound data captured in a vicinity of the image sensor during a part of the time window; process the sound data to identify a key word; store an association between the key word and the facial image; receive another facial image of the individual during a second interaction; determine that the individual is the individual in the second interaction; access the memory to locate the key word from the first interaction; and cause a display of the key word on a display visible to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: OrCam Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonatan Wexler, Amnon Shashua
  • Patent number: 11491833
    Abstract: A vehicle system configured to control a trailer alignment routine comprises a hitch mounted on a vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a coupler position of a trailer and control motion of the vehicle toward an aligned position. The controller is further configured to calculate a stopping threshold relative to the coupler position. The stopping threshold comprises a semicircle concentric to the coupler position. The controller is further configured to control a braking procedure in response to the hitch passing the stopping threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Li Xu
  • Patent number: 11455870
    Abstract: A method and an enhanced electronic logging device (ELD) enable a load lock feature of a vehicle that assists with automated theft detection, reporting, and tracking of stolen vehicles/cargo. The processor of the ELD enables the ELD to register the operator MCD to receive notifications generated by a load lock module and present on a display of the ELD at least one selectable option for activating a load lock of the vehicle, the load lock identifying that the operator has parked the vehicle and has triggered the ELD to report any movement of the vehicle that occurs while the load lock is activated. The processor generates and transmits a notification of unauthorized movement or a potential theft of the vehicle in response to receiving an input from the movement detection device indicating that the vehicle is moving or being moved from a parked location while the load lock is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Overhaul Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Conlon
  • Patent number: 11453365
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for recording video of a driver in a vehicle and a surrounding visual field of the driver. The system includes a detachable body coupled to a windshield of a vehicle. The system further includes three or more cameras coupled to the detachable body. The three or more cameras are configured to capture surrounding views from the detachable body. One of the three or more cameras faces a driver seat of the vehicle in response to the detachable body being coupled to the windshield of the vehicle. The video may be processed by the system, the cloud, or a combination of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NETRADYNE, INC.
    Inventors: David Jonathan Julian, Sandeep Pandya, Adam David Kahn, Michael Campos, Avneesh Agrawal, Venkata Sreekanta Reddy Annapureddy, Lance Steven Hetherington, Tejeswara Rao Gudena, Suresh Babu Yanamala, Arun Valiaparambil
  • Patent number: 11433853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicles and discloses a vehicle unlocking authentication method and apparatus based on a terminal device, including: receiving an authentication request sent by a terminal device, to obtain a device fingerprint and a first authentication code; searching for a prestored service key corresponding to the device fingerprint, and calculating and obtaining a second authentication code according to the device fingerprint and the service key; determining a third authentication code and a fourth authentication code based on the first authentication code, the second authentication code, the device fingerprint, and the service key to complete the vehicle unlocking authentication by the terminal device. Implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure can improve the safety for transmitting data during the process of authentication between the vehicle and the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU XIAOPENG MOTORS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ziyao Cheng
  • Patent number: 11364876
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an unregistered-user-face-image acquiring unit that acquires an unregistered-user-face-image when an unregistered-user-getting-on recognizing unit recognizes that an unregistered user gets on the vehicle, the unregistered-user-face-image being a face image of the unregistered user; and a vehicle entry control unit that sets vehicle to a first entry-enabled-state when a matching degree between a user-candidate-face-image and the unregistered-user-face-image is equal to or higher than a first determination level, after the unregistered-user-getting-on recognizing unit recognizes that the unregistered user gets on the vehicle until a predetermined time elapses, the user-candidate-face-image being acquired by a user-candidate-face-image acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Morosawa, Haisong Liu, Fumiaki Yamaguchi, Akira Nakajima, Kenji Okuma, Hiroaki Maruyama, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Shuto Higashi
  • Patent number: 11351404
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a door frame, a carriage movable along a path relative to the door frame, a window, a bolt fixing the window to the carriage, a housing fixed to the window by the bolt, a striker mounted in the housing, and a pyrotechnic charge positioned to drive the striker into the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph David Hyde, Nathan Kristofor Tardif, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
  • Patent number: 11292430
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for automatically securing a vehicle such as a police truck or an emergency response vehicle and/or the contents of the vehicle after a bailout by the driver. In one exemplary method, a computer is configured to use a sensor system to detect that a driver of a vehicle has bailed out of the vehicle. Based at least in part on detecting that the driver has bailed out of the vehicle, the computer can execute operations such as automatically locking a door of the vehicle, logging out a computer located in the vehicle, locking a first component inside the vehicle such as a gun vault, and/or disabling an operation of another component in the vehicle such as a trunk release or an ignition switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert S. Kern, Adam Rainey, Steve Skikun, Arie Groeneveld, William Gubing, Jon Ohland, Michael Ehlert
  • Patent number: 11282090
    Abstract: A system and method that uses geo-location and a rules engine to facilitate compliance to federal, state, and local regulations as well as company policies across different jurisdictions that may have different compliance regulations. A mobile workforce may use the techniques herein to manage work assignments, report activities, and to manage and track time. This technology may be used, e.g., in the transportation industry, but is not limited to this industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Enterprise Resources, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Degeneffe, Shaleen Devgun, Stephen John Pauls, Daniel G. Schmidt, Christopher B. Lofgren
  • Patent number: 11273798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning a sensor (2) of an optical detection system for a motor vehicle, comprising a fluid distribution set (3) for distributing fluid onto said sensor under the control of operating instructions issued by a control module (6). According to the invention, the control module is configured to generate an information message (M1) about the need for the sensor to be cleaned and to receive a control instruction from a vehicle occupant authorizing the cleaning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Frédéric Giraud
  • Patent number: 11270086
    Abstract: A computing system can include a radio transceiver and tracking manager software for tracking the location of objects such as tools. Radio frequency identification tags are attached to the objects and can communicate with the radio transceiver. During an initial registration process, the tracking manager software sends an initial registration signal to each object so that the object can be identified in a registered objects file. In one instance, the tracking manager software subsequently sends periodic interrogation signals to the objects to confirm that the objects are within a certain proximity. In another instance, after completing a task a worker can check-in each object wherein the tracking manager software sends interrogation signals to the objects to confirm that all of the objects are accounted for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventor: Sara Regina Portilla Wanderley
  • Patent number: 11271667
    Abstract: According an aspect of the present invention, a data receiving apparatus includes a calculator. The calculator (1) stores a date and time indicated by the clock unit in association with a first local date and time in the memory as a reference date and time, when the packet includes first date-and-time data indicating the first local date and time and information indicating that the first date-and-time data can be used for date and time association, and (2) calculates, when the packet includes sensor data and second date-and-time data indicating a second local date and time associated with the sensor data, a third date and time based on a difference between the first local date and time and the second local date and time, and on the reference date and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Toru Deno, Hideki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11250858
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a first network interface for a first network type and a second network interface for a second network type that is different from the first network type. The system also includes at least one processor configured to cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include obtaining, from the first network interface, audio from a communication session with a remote device established over the first network and obtaining an indication of a communication device available to participate in the communication session and direct audio obtained from the communication session to a remote transcription system. The operations may also include directing the audio to the second network interface for transmission to the communication device, obtaining transcript data from the remote transcription system based on the audio, and directing the transcript data to the second network interface for transmission to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Holm, Jasper C. Pan
  • Patent number: 11247686
    Abstract: A road surface friction coefficient estimation apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first estimator; a second estimator; and a third estimator. The first estimator estimates a first road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a vehicle information acquired from the vehicle. The second estimator estimates a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of an external information acquired from an outside of the vehicle. The third estimator estimates a road surface friction coefficient from the first road surface friction coefficient and the second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a first reliability degree and a second reliability degree, the first reliability degree indicating a reliability of the first road surface friction coefficient, the second reliability degree indicating a reliability of the second road surface friction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ienaga, Shinichi Sakaguchi, Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Yoneda, Junya Ogasahara
  • Patent number: 11244520
    Abstract: The system for collecting and analyzing data relating to safety and comfort criteria of an aircraft comprises an acquisition unit for acquiring basic aircraft information before a flight of the aircraft and values of flight parameters during the flight, the basic information and the flight parameter values forming a first set of digital data, a measurement unit for measuring values of environmental parameters during the flight and for storing, in a suitable digital format, a second set of digital data representative of the environmental parameter values, an analysis unit for analyzing the first and second sets of digital data, and radio communication systems for transmitting sets of digital data between the different units, the system allowing for a rapid collection and analysis of the digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Serge Carbonne, Fabien Roux-Portalez, David Cumer
  • Patent number: 11240651
    Abstract: A system for tracking objects includes tracking devices each attached to an object to be tracked and including a short range communications module. A server includes a processor and a memory. A mobile communications device (typically a mobile telephone) includes memory for storing an identification of the mobile device, a long range communication module for communication over a cellular communication network and a short range communications module for receiving short range signals transmitted from tracking devices. The mobile telephone also includes a location determination module to determine the location of the mobile telephone. On receipt of a short range distress signal from a tracking device, a location is obtained from the location module and a signal transmitted to the server including at least the identification of the tracking device, a time of receipt of the short range signal from the tracking device and the determined location of the tracking device when the short range signal was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Discovery Limited, Cambridge Mobile Telematics
    Inventors: Ilan Ossin, Hari Balakrishnan, Lewis David Girod
  • Patent number: 11184475
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system with which an unnecessary alert to an emergency contact, for example, can be prevented and an increase in the communication volume for notification can be suppressed. An in-vehicle apparatus AP which is connectable to a smartphone SP and which is mounted on a vehicle is provided with: an interface 1 which acquires acceleration data indicating that a predetermined threshold value or more of impact has been applied to the smartphone SP; a display control unit 2 which, when the acceleration data have been acquired, makes a notification for selecting cancellation of a corresponding external alert; an operation control unit 3 which accepts a cancellation operation with respect to the notification; and a state management/information processing module 4 which cancels the external alert when the cancellation operation has been accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichiro Nagao, Masashi Takano, Hirofumi Shimokawa, Kazuya Hata
  • Patent number: 11183755
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover that transmits electromagnetic waves transmitted/received by an LF antenna and an RF antenna and an electric field generated from a capacitance touch sensor while realizing a metallic texture, and a door outer handle including the same. The electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover includes: a substrate; a primer layer formed on a surface of the substrate; and a first metal layer formed by depositing and having a plurality of first microcracks penetrating in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Three Nine Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Byung Kyu Cho, Jae Hwan Ha, Seung Chan Hong, Byung Sam Kim, Yong Ju Cho, Ki Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11155237
    Abstract: Perimeter alert defense systems and methods are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: John Leedy
  • Patent number: 11127227
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing accident events are disclosed According to certain aspects, an electronic device may access sensor data associated with operation of a vehicle, and analyze the sensor data to determine that an accident event has occurred. In response, the electronic device may dynamically and automatically retrieve additional sensor data from at least one additional electronic device via a short range communication. The electronic device may compile or aggregate the additional sensor data with the original sensor data to provide a thorough representation of the accident event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BLUEOWL, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Dahl, Steven J. Harris, Kenneth J. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11040700
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for managing a vehicle intrusion, a system having the same, and a method thereof. The apparatus for managing a vehicle intrusion includes a processor that determines presence of an occupant who intrudes into a vehicle and notifies a user of the presence of the occupant who intrudes into the vehicle, and storage that stores a result of detecting the presence of the occupant obtained by the processor. Accordingly, it is possible to detect whether an intruder who intrudes into a vehicle before, after or while a user gets in the vehicle is present and inform the user of the fact, thereby assuring safety of the user and safety of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Yun An, Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Seul Ki Jeon
  • Patent number: 11022498
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring variable in relation to a power cable accessory, including: an RFID tag, including: a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of the variable in its environment, an antenna, and an RFID IC electrically connected to the sensor and configured to process and modulate the signal generated by the sensor and transmit the modulated signal to an RFID reader via the antenna, wherein: the RFID tag is shaped to be fitted with the power cable accessory with its sensor in thermal contact with an electrical connector of the power cable accessory and with its antenna external to the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Yibo Zhang, Jiansheng Chen, Jian He, Bo Qiao, Chun Li
  • Patent number: 11021133
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for theft deterrent for a connected vehicle using Basic Safety Message (BSM)-based Vehicle-to-Anything (V2X) communication. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a V2X radio, a wireless message that is transmitted by a first connected vehicle whose ignition is disengaged. In some embodiments, the method includes determining, based on a payload of the wireless message, that the first connected vehicle is being subjected to criminal activity. In some embodiments, the method includes taking a remedial action responsive to determining that the first connected vehicle is being subjected to criminal activity. In some embodiments, the remedial action is operable to deter the occurrence of the criminal activity (i.e., stop the first connected vehicle from being stolen) or gather visual evidence of the criminal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Hongsheng Lu, Gaurav Bansal, John Kenney
  • Patent number: 10997666
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for determining one or more idling time windows from a vehicle trip is presented. A data server may receive, via a computer network, a plurality of telematics data originating from a client computing device and identify primary movement data from the plurality of telematics data. The data server may also measure a total variance from the plurality of telematics data at one or more time stamps and determine an average total variance for an entire trip from the plurality of telematics data. The data server may further normalize total variance at the one or more time stamps using the generated average and determine one or more idling time windows from the normalized total variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sunish Shreenarayan Menon, David James Dosher, Scott Thomas Christensen
  • Patent number: 10988110
    Abstract: The technology relates to detection of aberrant driving situations during operation of a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. Aberrant situations may include potential theft or unsafe conditions, which are determined according to one or more signals. The signals are derived from information detected about the environment around the vehicle, such as from one or more sensors disposed on the vehicle. In response to an aberrant situation, the vehicle may take various corrective action, such as rerouting, locking down the vehicle or communicating with remote assistance. The type of corrective action taken may depend on a type of cargo being transported or whether one or more passengers are in the vehicle. If there are passengers, the system may communicate with the passengers via the passenger's client computing devices or by presenting visual or audible information via a user interface system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: WAYMO LLC
    Inventor: Vijaysai Patnaik
  • Patent number: 10979862
    Abstract: In a tracking device system, a networked smart device is enabled to cause execution of an executable function if a trigger condition of a conditional rule is satisfied. The conditional rules are customizable on a user interface of the smart device. The trigger condition may be any sensor information from a tracking device, or a location, a time, a date, a button press, a proximity, and more generally a trigger condition can be any condition that has a truth value by which an IF/THEN conditional rule can be evaluated and either is satisfied or is not. Executable functions for use in conditional rules may be selected from functions of the smart device, but also may include functions of a remote apparatus or functions such as an alarm state activation of a tracking device. Tracking devices have portable Bluetooth radiosets. According to one embodiment, a smart device is a smartphone, smartwatch or other personal computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: PB Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J Daoura, Nicholas R Pearson-Franks
  • Patent number: 10974620
    Abstract: An occupant detection system includes a transmitter provided adjacent to a first side face of a vehicle before a predetermined seat and successively transmitting a radio wave over a range covering a seat door located on a second side face of the vehicle and in a same row as the predetermined seat, a receiver provided adjacent to the second side face behind the predetermined seat and receiving the radio wave transmitted from the transmitter, and an occupant detection device including a reception intensity acquirer, an occupant detector, an opening and closing detector. The reception intensity acquirer successively acquires a reception intensity of a radio wave successively received by the receiver. The occupant detector detects an occupant in the vehicle according to the reception intensity of the radio wave received by the receiver while the opening and closing detector detects that the seat door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Saitou, Koji Sakamoto, Takahisa Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10967832
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes a terminal of a user, a center server that is configured to communicate with the terminal, and a vehicle that is configured to communicate with the center server, and starts up an engine of the vehicle according to a startup request transmitted from the terminal to the center server. The remote startup system includes a lock information acquisition unit configured to acquire lock information indicating whether or not the vehicle is locked when the startup request is transmitted from the terminal to the center server or when a function of transmitting the startup request that is included in the terminal is activated, and a controller configured to change a startup manner of the engine based on the startup request according to whether the lock information indicates that the vehicle is locked or indicates that the vehicle is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 10945888
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an intelligent blind guide method and apparatus, and relates to the field of artificial intelligence, so as to solve the problem that an intelligent blind guide system requires the whole-process intervention of an artificial customer service staff, which results in high work intensity. The intelligent blind guide method includes: obtaining a confidence of an intelligent blind guide according to sensor information, wherein the confidence indicates the reliability of blind guide information generated according to the sensor information without artificial decision; generating the blind guide information according to the sensor information if the confidence is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, and importing artificial decision to generate the blind guide information if the confidence is less than the preset threshold. The embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a blind guide helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: CLOUDMINDS (SHENZHEN) ROBOTICS SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin Lin, Shiguo Lian
  • Patent number: 10940812
    Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to facilitate communication via an electronic interface of a vehicle are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes receipt of information from a first electronic device by an electronic control unit (ECU) via the electronic interface of the vehicle. The information is received by use of a first communication protocol. The first electronic device is in a first proximity range of the electronic interface of the vehicle. One or more correspondent actions is performed by the ECU based on the received information and a preference of a user associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manish Gupta, Samiran Sarkar, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10940806
    Abstract: An aftermarket vehicle head unit integration cartridge for use with an aftermarket head unit is provided. The aftermarket head unit preferably includes a dedicated slot for insertion of the cartridge. The cartridge preferably supports communication between a plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit and a plurality of electronic components in the vehicle. The plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit may include, for example, an audio processing system, a video processing system, an analog I/O and/or a digital I/O. and/or a plurality of electronic components. The plurality of electronic components in the vehicle may include an audio system, an analog I/O, a digital I/O/databus, and/or a steering wheel control unit. The cartridge may include a flashable memory for use in reconfiguring the cartridge. The cartridge may be configured to capture and condition the signals from at least one of the plurality of the vehicle-based electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AAMP of Florida, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Lee Wincek, Michael Lake
  • Patent number: 10933867
    Abstract: Systems and methods for avoiding an object by a vehicle. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is disposed on the object and transmits a tag signal associated with the RFID tag. The vehicle includes an object detection system and an object response controller. The object detection system detects the transmitted tag signal, determines at least one tag characteristic from the detected tag signal and tracks the object based on the at least one tag characteristic to generate object tracking data. The object response controller determines at least one collision condition between the vehicle and the object based on the object tracking data, and initiates at least one vehicle control action responsive to the at least one collision condition. The at least one vehicle control action including automatically controlling operation of the vehicle by the object response controller to avoid a collision between the vehicle and the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Arnouse Digital Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Arnouse
  • Patent number: 10923966
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a coil structure for wireless power transfer comprises a ferrite core and at least two coils wound around the ferrite core, the at least two coils located symmetrically about a geometric center of the ferrite core, the at least two coils wound in such a way that when a first current flows in a first spatial direction in one of the at least two coils a second current flows in a second spatial direction in the other one of the at least two coils. In one embodiment, the coil structure is implemented in a wireless power receiver to receive power from a wireless power transmitter or to guide alignment of the receiver to the transmitter. In another embodiment, the coil structure is implemented in a wireless power transmitter to produce a magnetic field for wireless power transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CHARGEDGE, INC.
    Inventor: Sanjaya Maniktala
  • Patent number: 10899296
    Abstract: A safety-critical controller of a vehicle monitors functioning of the controller, at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator to detect an error. When specific error conditions exist, a warning for the driver is generated. It is detected whether the error is remediated within a specified time span, and if not, then corresponding error data is transmitted to a vehicle manufacturer and/or a vehicle service provider. The time span may be extended if the driver confirms the warning by operating a corresponding operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Mueller
  • Patent number: 10848670
    Abstract: A camera system for vehicles captures panoramic video, has a unique identifier, and has an image processor that compresses the video and detects events. It transmits compressed video with one or more of a timestamp, a unique identifier, a location, and event flags through a network (e.g., cellular) to a server. A GPS device (or the like) may be adapted to determine location. Particular embodiments process the video to detect events, and, upon detecting these events, transmit video at a high data rate while using a low data rate at other times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Gatti, Danylo Dorofeyev, Aaron Harpole, Eugene Lee, Jonathan Thomas Little
  • Patent number: 10839621
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for detecting an unexpected behavior of an ego vehicle based on driving pattern comparison. In some embodiments, a method includes executing a first simulation using a first digital twin that represents a current condition of the ego vehicle in a real-world to generate a first result. The method includes executing a second simulation using a second digital twin that represents a historical condition of the ego vehicle in the real-world to generate a second result. The method includes comparing the first result to the second result to determine that the ego vehicle in the current condition behaves in the first simulation in an unexpected manner when compared to how the ego vehicle in the historical condition behaves in the second simulation. The method includes causing the ego vehicle to provide a notification in the real-world describing the unexpected manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Prashant Tiwari
  • Patent number: 10839619
    Abstract: An electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle includes a processor configured to: detect a connection request from an outside device; determine, in response to the connection request, whether or not a start condition for starting a connection authentication process is satisfied, the connection authentication process being a process for determining propriety of the connection request from the outside device; control a communication state between the outside device and the electronic control unit such that the communication state becomes a linkup state when the start condition is satisfied; and start the connection authentication process when the communication state is the linkup state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Masashi Amesara, Toshio Kawamura, Yasuhiro Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10832697
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing an emergency situation are provided herein. According to some embodiments, the present technology may related to a security system and method for monitoring, detecting, and providing notification and/or response measures in response to an emergency situation regarding a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: WEARSAFE LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip A. Giancarlo, David B. Benoit, Richard M. Borden, Keven J. Busque, Kyle K. Busque
  • Patent number: 10814831
    Abstract: A monitoring and anti-theft alarm system for a motor vehicle. The system comprises a plurality of sensors that detect vibration, motion, opening and damage to the vehicle, which sensors transmit or interrupt a respective signal to a processor which communicates with a wireless communication device such that the alarm system is able to communicate with a mobile device of the vehicle's owner to receive, on said mobile device, status reports of the vehicle after the detection of an alarm situation detected by the system and/or following the request, through the mobile device, of an updated status report of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Josué Galicia Rodríguez
  • Patent number: 10798281
    Abstract: Various examples of a driver monitoring apparatus and a method of disabling a driver facing camera are disclosed. A driver monitoring controller receives video images of a driver and transmits control messages to a driver facing camera. The driver monitoring controller receives a signal indicating that the driver desires to disable the driver facing camera. The driver monitoring controller receives messages indicating a vehicle state. The control logic of the driver monitoring controller disables the driver facing camera by transmitting a control message to disable the driver facing camera in response to a control input indicating the driver desires to disable the driver facing camera and a vehicle state message indicating a vehicle state does not meet a predetermined condition. The control logic of the driver monitoring controller enables the camera automatically in response to a vehicle state message indicating the vehicle state meets the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle System LLC
    Inventor: Jon D Intagliata
  • Patent number: 10796247
    Abstract: A system for managing risk in employee travel may track a location of users of the travel risk management system during travel. Travel itinerary information for a user may be input into the travel risk management system, including user identification information, travel date information and geographic location information for travel destinations. During the travel period, the system may communicate with a portable computing device to determine the user's actual location, and update the stored travel itinerary information if the user's actual location is different than the user's expected location. The system may transmit a location request message to the user's portable computing device, or a mobile application may cause the portable computing device to transmit the user's location without prompting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: WorldAware Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Turk, Christopher Holt, Justin Priestley, Ian Nunn
  • Patent number: 10780856
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for recognizing environment of a vehicle and identifying collisions in real-time. The system is typically configured for continuously monitoring environment of an automobile via one or more components of the automobile, identifying at least one collision associated with the automobile based on monitoring the environment of the automobile, determining one or more users associated with the at least one collision, determining one or more third parties associated with the one or more users and the at least one collision, automatically establish a communication link with the one or more third party entities, and automatically transmitting a notification associated with the at least one collision to the one or more third party entities and the one or more users in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Allan Nelson, Ashish B. Tajpuria, Karen Lea MacQueen, Stephen Philip Selfridge, Steven Michael Twombly
  • Patent number: 10773687
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic key system which comprises a vehicle-mounted device and a plurality of electronic keys, and is configured to have: a normal mode in which a given processing is permitted to be executed by the vehicle-mounted device when a given wireless communication processing between the vehicle-mounted device and any one of the plurality of electronic keys is successfully completed; and a deactivated mode in which the given processing is inhibited from being executed by the vehicle-mounted device. The vehicle-mounted device is configured not to execute, in the deactivated mode, the given processing even when receiving an RF signal after transmitting an LF signal, during the given wireless communication processing, and the one electronic key is configured not to transmit, in the deactivated mode, the RF signal even when receiving the LF signal, during the given wireless communication processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ohi, Yoshitaka Kimura, Shotaro Hirosue