Observation Of Or From A Specific Location (e.g., Surveillance) Patents (Class 348/143)
  • Patent number: 11995964
    Abstract: A camera assembly may include a camera and one or more heat sinks configured to dissipate heat generated by the camera. The heat sinks being in thermal contact with a printed circuit board including the camera. A housing of the camera assembly may be configured to maintain the camera in a fixed position while the camera assembly is mounted on a medical device such as a dispensing cabinet. The camera in the fixed position may have a deterministic field of view that includes a first area in which interactions with the medical device and adjacent medical devices occurs or is expected to occur. The deterministic field of view of the camera may further exclude a second area where surveillance is unsuitable, prohibited, and/or unnecessary. Images captured by the camera may be analyzed to detect anomalous behavior such as diversion, medical error, hazardous behavior, and protocol noncompliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: David Hoard, Mustafa Yusufi, Benjamin Greuel, Mariano Padilla
  • Patent number: 11995170
    Abstract: A computerized non-visible signal based surveillance system including a computerized subsystem for associating RF signals in a transactional environment, the computerized subsystem including a sensor configured to sense a plurality of RF signals emitted from within a predetermined range of the sensor at points in time and a computerized signal associator configured to receive outputs from the sensor and provide an output which associates at least some of the plurality of RF signals and generate a unique RF signal-based identifier and an alert generating subsystem configured to employ the unique RF signal-based identifier for identifying an unauthorized person or an unauthorized device based at least in part on the unique RF signal-based identifier. There is even further provided a surveillance method including associating RF signals and ascertaining a presence of an unauthorized person or an unauthorized device based at least in part on the unique RF signal-based identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Turner, Robert Michael McMillon, II
  • Patent number: 11994857
    Abstract: A system and method for operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV) yard truck is provided. A processor facilitates autonomous movement of the AV yard truck, and connection to and disconnection from trailers. A plurality of sensors are interconnected with the processor that sense terrain/objects and assist in automatically connecting/disconnecting trailers. A server, interconnected, wirelessly with the processor, that tracks movement of the truck around and determines locations for trailer connection and disconnection. A door station unlatches/opens rear doors of the trailer when adjacent thereto, securing them in an opened position via clamps, etc. The system computes a height of the trailer, and/or if landing gear of the trailer is on the ground and interoperates with the fifth wheel to change height, and whether docking is safe, allowing a user to take manual control, and optimum charge time(s). Reversing sensors/safety, automated chocking, and intermodal container organization are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Outrider Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew F. Smith, Lawrence S. Klein, Stephen A. Langenderfer, Martin E. Sotola, Vikas Bahl, Mark H. Rosenblum, Peter James, Dale Rowley, Matthew S. Johannes, Gary Seminara, Jeremy M. Nett
  • Patent number: 11995861
    Abstract: More expressive content for a pseudo experience is presented. An information processing system (1) according to the present invention includes a management server (10) and a client terminal (20), the management server (10) includes a video image input unit (11) that acquires an input video image, a video image detection unit (12) that detects position information of an object from the acquired input video image, an attribute extraction unit (13) that extracts attribute information of the object from the acquired input video image, and an information generation unit (14) that generates content information corresponding to the position information and the attribute information, and the client terminal (20) includes a presentation control unit (24) that controls presentation of the content by a content presentation unit (3) that presents the content according to the generated content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazu Miyakawa, Shingo Kinoshita, Kenya Suzuki, Satoshi Sakuma, Tatsuya Matsui
  • Patent number: 11991427
    Abstract: An enclosure having: a base face that is opaque or translucent to human eyes viewing from outside of the enclosure and transparent to infrared radiation; and at least two flat, orthogonal mounting faces configured to be overlaid respectively on at least two surfaces of walls and ceiling of a room. A thermal imaging apparatus configured to image based on infrared radiation and mounted within the enclosure with a predetermined orientation relative to the base face to have a designed imaging direction with respect to the room when the enclosure is mounted in the room to have the at least two orthogonal mounting faces overlaid respectively on the at least two surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Calumino Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Marek Steffanson, Mark Halstead, Donald James Bone
  • Patent number: 11991466
    Abstract: In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Patent number: 11989907
    Abstract: To provide a cloud observation device capable of reducing calculation cost and predicting sunshine probability by a simple method. A cloud observation device includes an image acquisition module which acquires an image in which a camera photographs the sky, a cloud extraction module which extracts clouds in the image, a sun position determination module which determines a sun position in the image, a sunshine probability calculation area setting module which sets a sunshine probability calculation area having the sun position as a base point in the image, and a sunshine probability calculation module which calculates a sunshine probability after a predetermined time has elapsed based on the sunshine probability calculation area and the extracted clouds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Takashima, Masahiro Minowa, Shigeaki Okumura
  • Patent number: 11982927
    Abstract: A light irradiation device includes a light source, a projection optical system, wedge prisms, and an aberration correction surface. The projection optical system projects an image formed based on light emitted from the light source. The aberration correction surface corrects an aberration occurring when the image is projected by the projection optical system. The wedge prism deflects the light emitted from the projection optical system. The wedge prism deflects the light deflected by the wedge prism. The wedge prisms are held so that a deflection direction of light emitted from the wedge prism is changed by rotation of at least one of the wedge prisms. The aberration correction surface is on the wedge prism side with respect to an emission surface of the projection optical system, and is located on the projection optical system side, with respect to the wedge prism, including an incidence surface of the wedge prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashige Suwa, Ritsuya Oshima, Muneharu Kuwata, Kuniko Kojima
  • Patent number: 11984005
    Abstract: A method passively detects intrusion in an indoor environment. The method includes: establishing at least one communication channel between two millimeter (mm)-wave devices of a plurality of mm-wave devices deployed within the indoor environment, continuously monitoring communication channel parameters of the at least one communication channel, and triggering an intrusion detection process based on variations of the communication channel parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Francesco Devoti, Xavier Costa-Perez
  • Patent number: 11979957
    Abstract: A visible light sensor may be configured to sense environmental characteristics of a space using an image of the space. The visible light sensor may be controlled in one or more modes, including a daylight glare sensor mode, a daylighting sensor mode, a color sensor mode, and/or an occupancy/vacancy sensor mode. In the daylight glare sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to decrease or eliminate glare within a space. In the daylighting sensor mode and the color sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to provide a preferred amount of light and color temperature, respectively, within the space. In the occupancy/vacancy sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to detect an occupancy/vacancy condition within the space and adjust one or more control devices according to the occupation or vacancy of the space. The visible light sensor may be configured to protect the privacy of users within the space via software, a removable module, and/or a special sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Craig Alan Casey, James P. Steiner
  • Patent number: 11961330
    Abstract: There is provided a system configured to trigger system configured to trigger a function, said system comprising: at least one actuator that is associated with said function; an image capturing sensor; a computing device comprising a data processor, and a computer program product comprising a machine learning model trained for detecting an intent of a person to operate said at least one actuator, wherein said computer program product when running on said data processor: receives at least one image from said image capturing sensor; analyzes said at least one image, the analyzing comprises: subjecting said at least one image to said machine learning model; detecting presence of said intent to operate said at least one actuator in said at least one image, and triggers said function upon detecting said intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kepler Vision Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Henricus Meinardus Gerardus Stokman, Marc Jean Baptist van Oldenborgh
  • Patent number: 11962899
    Abstract: A mobile device includes an application processor and an image sensor. The application processor includes an imaging subsystem configured to process high resolution image data through a first interface and a sensor hub configured to process sensor data through a second interface. The image sensor operates in one of first and second modes. The image sensor is configured to capture the high resolution image data in response to a request from the imaging subsystem and the imaging subsystem is configured to access the high resolution image data using the first interface for performing a first operation, during the first mode. The image sensor is configured to capture low resolution image data and the sensor hub is configured to access the low resolution image data using the second bus for performing a second operation, during the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roee Elizov, Yoel Yaffe
  • Patent number: 11961319
    Abstract: A system can use a video analytic algorithm and/or other input parameters to identify an event (e.g., theft). Optionally, the system can take action in response. For example, the security system can use video analytics to determine that a person has reached into a shelf multiple times at a rate above a threshold, which can indicate that a thief is quickly removing items from the shelf. A monitoring system can monitor other areas for breaches, such as an entrance to a store or residence. Monitoring entrances and/or exits can be used to determine occupancy, or to determine rush events to prompt customer service action, such as opening additional point of sale stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Raptor Vision, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Charles Mullins
  • Patent number: 11952701
    Abstract: Door open monitoring for an intelligent device is disclosed. In a method for monitoring a door of an intelligent device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is decided whether to send a message relating to the ventilation of the inside of a drum by analyzing an image generated through a camera placed in the door. A door monitoring system of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligent module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a 5G service-related device, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsung Park, Sangyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11948363
    Abstract: A human detection device, which analyzes a fisheye image obtained by a fisheye camera installed above a detection target area to detect a person present in the detection target area, includes: a detector configured to detect a human body candidate and an object from a fisheye image; and an erroneous detection determination unit configured to determine whether or not the human body candidate has been erroneously detected based on a positional relationship between a detection position of the human body candidate and a detection position of the object present around the human body candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Tanaka, Ayana Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11948385
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for image capture by a mobile device, comprising: receiving, by a video capturing application running on a mobile device, a video stream from a camera of the mobile device; identifying a specific frame of the video stream; generating a plurality of hypotheses defining image borders within the specific frame; selecting, by a neural network, a particular hypothesis among the plurality of hypotheses; producing a candidate image by applying the particular hypothesis to the specific frame; determining a value of a quality metric of the candidate image; determining that the value of the quality metric of the candidate image exceeds one or more values of the quality metric of one or more previously processed images extracted from the video stream; wherein the image capture application is a zero-footprint application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABBYY Development Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Zagaynov, Stepan Lobastov, Juri Katkov, Vasily Shahov, Olga Titova, Ivan Khintsitskiy
  • Patent number: 11941114
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for deterrence techniques using a security and automation system are described. In one method, the system may receive a set of inputs from one or more sensors of the security and automation system. The system may determine one or more characteristics of a person proximate the security and automation system based at least in part on the received set of inputs. The system may predict an event based at least in part on a correlation between the one or more characteristics and the event. The system may perform one or more security and automation actions prior to the predicted event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Bunker, Rongbin Lanny Lin
  • Patent number: 11941282
    Abstract: A data storage device and method for progressive fading for video surveillance systems are provided. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to store a plurality of digital video frames in the memory over time; and create free space in the memory by deleting some of the plurality of digital video frames across a plurality of subsets of digital video frames, wherein fewer digital video frames are deleted from a subset stored more recently in time than from a subset stored less recently in time. Other embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Prasad, Ronak Jain
  • Patent number: 11941886
    Abstract: An object detection method of effectively increasing identification accuracy is applied to a camera apparatus and includes acquiring a reference image and a second reference image containing a specific surveillance area respectively via a first exposure parameter and a second exposure parameter greater than the first exposure parameter, utilizing the first exposure parameter and the second exposure parameter to respectively capture a first detection image and a second detection image during an object detection period, computing a first pixel value variation between the first reference image and the first detection image and a second pixel value variation between the second reference image and the second detection image, and comparing the first pixel value variation with the second pixel value variation to determine whether a target object is within the specific surveillance area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Len-Li Lim, Joon Chok Lee
  • Patent number: 11941876
    Abstract: An appliance includes a camera for calibrating and determining whether the door of the appliance is in a closed position. A controller is operably coupled to the camera. The controller is configured for obtaining one or more images of the appliance chamber or door. An artificial intelligence image recognition process is used to perform image classification and establish a baseline image to determine whether subsequent closing of the appliance door is successful. In the event of a failure to obtain the baseline image or a determination that the door is not closed, operation of the appliance may be disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Je Kwon Yoon, Seung-Yeong Park, Hyoyeol Maeng
  • Patent number: 11932132
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a vehicle equipped with a battery, a power supply device, and a control device that controls power supply from the power supply device to the vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine and a motor that receives the power supplied from the battery to generate traveling drive force. When the power supply by the power supply device is requested from the vehicle, the control device (a) acquires a remaining amount of fuel for the engine from the vehicle, (b) outputs an instruction to urge the vehicle to shorten a charging time when the remaining amount of fuel is larger than a reference value, and (c) sets at least one of a unit price for charging power or a unit price for fuel lower when a response to accept the instruction is received from the vehicle compared with when the instruction is not accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumori, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Manabu Handa, Midori Sugiyama, Hirotaka Saito, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11935336
    Abstract: A drive recorder to be mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit, a recording unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires data representing driving condition. The recording unit records the acquired data. The communication unit transmits the acquired data to the outside. The control unit controls the quality of the data to be transmitted based on the information received from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 11935394
    Abstract: A doorbell system includes a doorbell located within a wireless local area network (WLAN) and communicatively connected to a wireless wide area network (WAN), a number of user devices communicatively connected to the WAN, and a controller. The doorbell includes an activation element and a monitoring element. The controller is configured to receive an indication of a user engaging the activation element of the doorbell and to select at least one of the user devices for display of an alert based on a priority status of the user devices. The system may alter or update the priority status of the user devices based on a user-dependent parameter of the priority devices, such as the users' schedules, sleep status, geo-location, or status as a caregiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Arlo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Meenehan
  • Patent number: 11935377
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data corresponding to a monitored area. The processor may be coupled to the interface and may be configured to (i) process the pixel data arranged as video frames, (ii) perform computer vision operations to detect an object in the video frames, (iii) extract characteristics about the object detected, (iv) generate a three-dimensional (3D) map of the object utilizing the pixel data corresponding to the object, (v) determine whether the object is within a three-dimensional (3D) virtual security zone based on the 3D map of the object, and (vi) generate a trigger signal in response to all or a portion of the object being within the 3D virtual security zone. The 3D virtual security zone is generally determined by a user during a setup procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventor: Ruian Xu
  • Patent number: 11936978
    Abstract: A method, performed by an image-capturing device, for installing the image-capturing device on a network. The image-capturing device operates according to an installation mode in which a limited set of persistent software settings of the image-capturing device can be changed and an installation-mode video stream which is privacy safe is anonymously accessible. The method comprises providing the installation-mode video stream in response to connecting the image-capturing device to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventor: Fredrik Larsson
  • Patent number: 11930293
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods redact one or more light-emitting screens in data recorded on a recording device. The redaction may include receiving recorded data comprising a plurality of pixel values. The redaction may include detecting one or more light-emitting screens in the received image. The redaction may include redacting a subset of the pixel values from the recorded associated with the one or more detected light-emitting screens. The redaction may be commonly applied to multiple frames of recorded data through the use of a unique identifier assigned to a same detected light-emitting screen. A same light-emitting screen may be tracked across multiple non-sequential or sequential frames and assigned a same unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Anh Tuan Nguyen, Noah Spitzer-Williams, Jacob Hershfield
  • Patent number: 11922584
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a first user interface with a first representation of content and, in response to receiving a request to display a virtual model that corresponds to the content, displays the virtual model of the content concurrently with a selectable user interface object for performing the operation associated with the content in accordance with a determination that the first user interface is configured to perform an operation associated with the content and displaying the virtual model of the content without displaying the selectable user interface object for performing the operation associated with the content in accordance with a determination that the first user interface is not configured to perform the operation associated with the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Grant R. Paul, Giancarlo Yerkes, Nicolas V. Scapel, David Lui
  • Patent number: 11921404
    Abstract: A intelligent long-distance infrared fill-light set for illuminating a predetermined target range at least 500 meters away cooperates with an infrared image-acquisition equipment to obtain an image of an illuminated-object, and includes: infrared fill-lights each including an optical lens, optical axis passing through a focus, infrared light sources emitting an infrared beam having a main beam angle, to generate a substantial overlapping area and at least one non-overlapping area when illuminating to the predetermined target range; enabling devices that enable light sources; and a control unit receiving image data acquired by the infrared image-acquisition equipment, for calculating and adjusting the enabling device to locally strengthen or weaken the substantial overlapping area and/or non-overlapping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LUMOS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 11917333
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the location of personnel on a drilling site. A computer vision system can automatically identify and determine the locations of personnel on a drilling site, can generate a confidence map of the locations, and can display the locations of the personnel on a map of the drilling site. The system and methods also include taking corrective action when a person's location is determined to be unsafe, such as by inhibiting or causing automated actions with respect to machinery and equipment at the drilling site. The systems and methods may include the use of multiple cameras or video sources located at the drilling site and may be coupled to a control system to control machinery or equipment at the drilling site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter A. Torrione, Kenneth D. Morton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11915434
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for object re-identification. In many scenarios, it would be useful to be able to monitor the movement, actions, etc. of an object, such as a person, moving into and between different camera views of a monitored space. A network of cameras and client edge devices may detect and identify a particular object, and when that object re-appears in another camera view, a comparison can be performed between the data collected regarding the object upon its initial appearance and upon its re-appearance to determine if they are the same object. In this way, data regarding an object can be captured, analyzed, or otherwise processed despite moving from one camera view to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ALWAYSAI, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Bottos
  • Patent number: 11908095
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to presenting a 3-D representation of an object, which is captured in a 2-D image of the object in an environment in a 3-D simulation of the environment. The present technology can receive 3-D data representing the environment including image data of the object in the environment, and a label identifying the object. The present technology can further locate a position of the object in the 3-D simulation of the environment based on determining a depth and an orientation of the object in the environment based on a semantic database of attributes associated with the object, obtain a 3-D representation of the object from the semantic database of attributes associated with the object, and project the 3-D representation of the object into the 3-D simulation of the environment at the determined position for the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Ignacio Martin-Bragado
  • Patent number: 11898331
    Abstract: A machine may receive, from one or more sensors, first data indicating a first position of a work implement within an environment and second data indicating a second position of the work implement within the environment. Based on the first position and the second position, the machine may define a working area of the work implement. The machine may receive, from one or more cameras, image data depicting at least a portion of the environment and at least a portion an object disposed within a field of view of the one or more cameras. The machine may determine, based on the image data, that the object is located outside of the working area. Based on determining that the object is located outside of the working area, the machine may refrain from causing output of an alert indicating the presence of the object outside the working area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventor: Jacob Charles Maley
  • Patent number: 11893846
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing electronic locking systems. Using novel designs and network technology, the present systems, methods, and apparatuses can provide a secure alternative to a cam lock or a lock box for storing items that may be left unattended, without the use of a physical key. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems, methods, and apparatuses can facilitate the locking and unlocking of a cam lock or a lock box by using a digital construct, an encryption system, and various native and/or third-party software components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BoxLock, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Ruffkess, Brian Vanhiel, Taylor Davis, Daniel K. Guthrie
  • Patent number: 11893165
    Abstract: A display apparatus which is connected to a controller and capable of precisely and quickly shifting the display position of a pointer to the position of a desired object in a three-dimensional display area. When a two-dimensional directional command has not been issued on the controller by an operator, the display apparatus shifts into a first operation state in which a display position of the pointer is shifted according to the tilt and/or displacement of the controller. When a two-dimensional directional command has been issued on the controller by the operator, the display apparatus shifts into a second operation state in which the display position of the pointer is shifted based on two coordinate axes in the display area according to the directional command issued on the controller. In the second operation state, the two coordinate axes are varied according to the tilt of the external control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryu Kumagai
  • Patent number: 11895394
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems that can maintain patient privacy in a video stream of a medical facility by obfuscating all patient identity information such that the patient's identity and medical information is protected. In addition, the system and methods disclosed herein can limit the change in the perspective of the camera based on a defined privacy zone in the medical facility such that the privacy zone is not in the field of view of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Victor Hastings, Lida Anne Robinson, Robert Lee York
  • Patent number: 11887309
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to set, based on a detection line that is set in a display screen, a patch region in the display screen, the patch region including a detection region serving as a region for detecting a position of an object, and a counting region encompassed by the detection region, and a counting unit configured to count, from among intersection points between a movement vector in the detection region of an object moving inside the display screen or a locus based on the movement vector and the detection line in the detection region, intersection points located in the counting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Bamba, Hajime Muta
  • Patent number: 11889009
    Abstract: A doorbell system can be used to block a first electricity that is less than a first threshold from entering an electronic chime. By blocking the first electricity from entering the electronic chime, the electronic chime is not allowed to emit a notification sound. The doorbell system can also be used to allow a second electricity that is greater than the first threshold to enter the electronic chime. By allowing the second electricity to enter the electronic chime, this can allow the electronic chime to emit a notification sound in response to a visitor being present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SkyBell Technologies IP, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Frank Scalisi
  • Patent number: 11882813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for tracking wildlife such as game animals. The tracking system includes a drone that has a camera and a dart dispenser that dispenses a dart with a location transmitter. The drone sends images from the camera to a remote controller, where a user pilots the drone and observes animals for disease or other behaviors, and sends instructions to dispense the dart. The real-time location of the dart is then provided to a mobile application for use in tracking or hunting the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Ronnie A Valdez
  • Patent number: 11875463
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a camera apparatus and a server. The camera apparatus includes a mounting base adapted to mount to a structure and a plurality of sensors including an array of image sensors arranged to simultaneously capture a combined 360 degree view around the camera apparatus. The server includes a network interface and a processor communicatively coupled to one another. The server also includes memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain a data from the camera apparatus including a plurality of images from the combined 360 degree view around the camera apparatus, generate a model of the commercial location using the data, and display information from the model within images from the combined 360 degree view to a user while a user is viewing the images in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Charlie Terry, James Perry, Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 11873620
    Abstract: A turning control apparatus, for a turning-type working machine, includes: a target stop position setting unit setting the target stop position of the turning body and a turning command unit. The target stop position setting unit includes an image taking device, an image processing device forming an overhead view image of the work machine and surrounding objects based on the taken image; an image display command unit making a target stop position setting image including the overhead view image be displayed on a display screen of the image display device, a setting operation member to which a position setting operation for setting a target stop position with reference to the position of the image of the work machine and surrounding objects included in the overhead view image is applied, and a target stop position determination unit that determines a target stop position based on the position setting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Saiki
  • Patent number: 11869239
    Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for controlling a camera, comprising receiving a video sequence of a scene. The method includes determining one or more scene description metadata in the scene from the video sequence. The method includes identifying one or more scene object types in the scene based on the one or more scene description metadata. The method includes determining one or more rules based on one or both of the scene description metadata or the scene object types, each rule configured to generate an event based on a detected object following a rule-specific pattern of behavior. The method includes applying the one or more rules to operation of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: William T. Calvert, Terence Neill
  • Patent number: 11868546
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a pose of a controller held by a user based on sensor data captured by the controller. The system may determine a pose of a headset worn by the user based on sensor data captured by the headset. The system may determine positions of a first set of keypoints associated with a body of the user based on (1) one or more first images captured by one or more cameras of the controller, (2) the pose of the controller, (3) one or more second images captured by one or more cameras of the headset and (4) the pose of the headset. The system may determine a full body pose of the user based at least on the positions of the first set of keypoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Garrod Bosworth
  • Patent number: 11863736
    Abstract: Determine a current position of a camera relative to a road based on a set of imagery from the camera and a recommended position of the camera relative to the road based on the set of imagery from the camera, while the camera is maintained at a constant height relative to the road and a constant lateral distance relative to the road. The camera can be positionally adjusted from the current position to the recommended position based on a movement of the camera about a Y-axis or a Z-axis of the camera at that time relative to the road. In order to enable movement of the camera, a guide can be output to a user such that the user can follow the guide and move the camera from the current position to the recommended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intelligent Security Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Andrey Nikitin
  • Patent number: 11863815
    Abstract: Systems and methods for storing videos in a storage device, more specifically in a digital video recorder (DVR). The method includes determining, for each video, a condition indicating a need to reduce the size of a respective video is determined. The condition being at least a storage period of the respective video being greater than a threshold time period. Upon determination reducing the video size either by reducing at least one quality parameter of the respective video or by eliminating at least one video segment of the video corresponding to an uneventful region. Further after the size reduction, storing the respective video as a modified version of the respective video in the storage device. Further, the video or a portion of video comprising important events can be shared with a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LIGHTMETRICS TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
    Inventors: Krishna Sai, Krishna A G, Gururaj Putraya, Ravi Shenoy, Raghu Kalluri, Pushkar Patwardhan
  • Patent number: 11856285
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for adjusting a monitoring device. The system may obtain one or more first monitoring images. The system may obtain, for each of one or more regions, a statistical value of at least one object in the region based on the one or more first monitoring images. The system may determine an adjustment instruction based on statistical values of the at least one object in the one or more regions. The system may adjust at least one monitoring setting of at least one monitoring device based on the adjustment instruction. The at least one monitoring device may be used to capture one or more second monitoring images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junting Bi
  • Patent number: 11852753
    Abstract: A sensor (e.g., an optical sensor) is disposed in an enclosure that separates it from an external environment. The enclosure includes an aperture comprising a transparent material. A laminate comprising a plurality of transparent films is coupled to the aperture such that the sensor has a field of view of the external environment through the transparent material of the aperture and the plurality of transparent films. The laminate includes an exposed transparent film that is exposed to the external environment and that is removable to expose an underlying film in the laminate when dirt, debris, or other obscuring material has collected on it. A laminate module that includes the laminate, a laminate sensor, and a peeling mechanism may be removably mounted on the aperture. The laminate sensor can sense the number of transparent films remaining in the laminate. The peeling mechanism can peel away individual transparent films in the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: William Grossman, Troy Scott Storz, Matthew Carroll
  • Patent number: 11854221
    Abstract: A positioning system and a calibration method of an objection location are provided. The calibration method includes the following. Roadside location information of a roadside unit (RSU) is obtained. Object location information of one or more objects is obtained. The object location information is based on a satellite positioning system. An image identification result of the object or the RSU is determined according to images of one or more image capturing devices. The object location information of the object is calibrated according to the roadside location information and the image identification result. Accordingly, the accuracy of the location estimation may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11849248
    Abstract: Image capture devices and methods may be used to pre-buffer media storage. The pre-buffering method includes recording an image capture segment in a circular buffer. The circular buffer includes a number of recordable segments. The pre-buffering method includes determining whether a key moment command is received. If a key moment command is not received, the method includes recording a next image capture segment in a next adjacent recordable segment of the circular buffer if the next adjacent recordable segment of the predetermined number of recordable segments is available. If a key moment command is not received, the method includes overwriting an oldest recordable segment if the next adjacent recordable segment of the predetermined number of recordable segments is not available. If a key moment command is received, the pre-buffering method includes marking a wrap point in the circular buffer and switching from recording in the circular buffer to linear recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Anandhakumar Chinnaiyan, Michael A. Ramirez, Naveen Chinya Krishnamurthy, Feng Li
  • Patent number: 11842499
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus 10 includes: a monitoring line setting unit 11 that sets a monitoring line in an image acquired from the image capturing unit; and an overlapping detection unit 12 that detects overlapping between an object in the image and the monitoring line. If overlapping is detected by the overlapping detection unit 12, the monitoring line setting unit 11 sets a new monitoring line according to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsushi Yasuda, Satoru Ishii
  • Patent number: 11838195
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for centralized containerized deployment of network traffic sensors to network sensor hosts for deep packet inspection (DPI) that supports various other cybersecurity operations. A network sensor package containing a pre-configured network sensor container is received by a network sensor host from a network sensor deployment server. Installation of the network sensor package on the network sensor host causes execution of the network sensor container that further causes deployment of an on-premise network sensor along with a network sensor management system, a DPI system, and an intrusion detection/prevention (IDS/IPS) system. The configurable on-premise network sensor is deployed on multiple operating system distributions of the network sensor host and generates actionable network metadata using DPI techniques for optimized log search and management and improved intrusion detection and response (IDR) operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: John Brosnan, Jeff Myers, Andriy Lyubka, Darragh Delaney, Erran Carey, Martin Hutchings, Ralph McTeggart, Ryan Williams, Daniel Skelton, Luke Coughlan, Gianpaolo Tedesco, Luis Ramos dos Santos Lopes, Lars-Kristian Svenoy, Dan-Adrian Moinescu, Niall Cochrane, Morgan Doyle, Sarah Addis