60 patents
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Utility
Privileged Access and Anti-theft Protection for Premises Using Lock Box
27 Nov 19
A method is provided herein.
Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal, Adam Kuenzi
Filed: 27 May 19
Utility
Notification System
27 Nov 19
A method for generating a notification of an event includes monitoring, using a sensor, a value of a sensed condition at a location of a site; comparing the value of the sensed condition to a setpoint; when the value of the sensed condition exceeds the setpoint, generating an alert; storing, by a controller, the alert in a memory; identifying, at the controller, a camera at the site associated with the sensor; sending a command from the controller to the camera to acquire an image; sending, from the camera to the controller, an image of the location; sending a notification from the controller to a user device, the notification including the image.
Sudhanva Gundepally, Pradeep Reddy Sanaga
Filed: 30 Sep 18
Utility
Method of Granting Access on a Route Based Upon Route Taken
27 Nov 19
A method of determining access in an access control system is provided.
Santhosh Amuduri, Ramesh Lingala, Adam Kuenzi
Filed: 12 Sep 18
Utility
Video Device and Network Quality Evaluation/diagnostic Tool
27 Nov 19
A method of evaluating the quality of a video network is provided.
Sylwester Mroz
Filed: 19 May 19
Utility
Query-Aware Privacy for Access Control Data Analytics
20 Nov 19
A method comprises: maintaining a database (120, 130) of access control events; dividing a portion (138) of the database into shares (140A, 140B, 140C); passing the respective shares to respective third party servers (44A, 44B, 44C); processing the shares in the respective third party servers; passing output of the processing to a further server (40) in common; and processing the output on the further server.
Shaunak D. Bopardikar, Alberto Speranzon, Marina V. Blanton
Filed: 11 Apr 19
Utility
Baffle Design for Furnace Burner Box
20 Nov 19
Disclosed is a baffle for a mixing region of a furnace burner box, the mixing region being a volume in the burner box defined in a transverse direction between a burner at a front portion of the burner box and an opposing a rear portion of the burner box, a longitudinal direction between opposing side surfaces of the burner box, and a height-wise direction between opposing top and bottom surfaces of the burner box, the baffle having: a first side which is a rear side, a second side which is a front side, the first side and the second side being spaced in the transverse direction, and wherein the baffle defines an indirect fluid passageway between the first side and the second side.
Fahad Anwar
Filed: 20 May 19
Utility
Calibration of Hazard Detection Sensitivity Based on Occupancy In a Control Zone
20 Nov 19
Disclosed is an alarm device for detecting a hazard in a control zone, the alarm device having: a hazard sensor that comprises a configurable sensitivity level and a device controller that controls the sensitivity level of the hazard sensor, wherein the alarm device: receives over an electronic network a target sensitivity, and calibrates the hazard sensor to achieve the target sensitivity level.
Ramana Babu Kalagani, Eranna Kybarshi
Filed: 25 Sep 18
Utility
Access Control System with Trusted Third Party
20 Nov 19
An access control system is provided and includes a control device disposed to restrict access to a secured resource and a networked device disposed in signal communication with the control device.
ASHLEY KENNEDY-FOSTER, BEN HOLM
Filed: 18 Jan 18
Utility
Water Circulation System for Air Conditioning System and Control Method Thereof
13 Nov 19
A water circulation system for air conditioning system and a control method thereof, wherein the water circulation loop comprises: a main loop provided with air-conditioning indoor units, air-conditioning outdoor units and an actuator, and a bypass branch connected between upstream and downstream of the air-conditioning outdoor units and provided with a bypass valve; the control method comprises: S100, starting the water circulation system after receiving a start command; S200, executing a PID control step after initialization and a first preset time period of the water circulation system; S300, executing a feed forward control step when the operating states of the air-conditioning indoor units and/or the air-conditioning outdoor units are changed, and going back to execute the PID control step after a second preset time period; and S400, executing a shutdown step of the water circulation system after receiving a shutdown command.
Liang Chang, Jingwei Sun, Pei Sun, Lishan Wang, Jian Ni, Qing Lu
Filed: 9 May 19
Utility
Interactive Communication Between a User Terminal and an Air Conditioner Using Social Communication Media Applications
13 Nov 19
An air-conditioning interactive terminal, a controller for an air-conditioning system, an air-conditioning system and an air-conditioning interactive system.
Danqing Sha, Jinlei Ding, Buyun Jing, Yun Li
Filed: 14 Jan 18
Utility
Radar Detection System
13 Nov 19
A radar presence detection system is configured to detect oscillations within a building.
Alan Matthew Finn, Nicholas Charles Soldner, Joseph Zacchio, Ziyou Xiong, Cagatay Tokgoz
Filed: 4 Jan 18
Utility
Access Control System with Secure Pass-through
6 Nov 19
The mobile device (12) sends credentials to the authentication module (18), which may be the credential module (36) of the first access control device (16a).
Adam Kuenzi, Bradley Armand Scoville
Filed: 18 Jan 18
Utility
High Sensitivity Fiber Optic Based Detection
6 Nov 19
An integrated detection and suppression system includes a fiber harness having at least one fiber optic cable for transmitting light defining at least one node arranged to measure one or more conditions.
Michael J. Birnkrant, Peter R. Harris, Jennifer M. Alexander, Anis Zribi, Barry Stahl, Abhay Nadgir, John Andres
Filed: 7 Nov 17
Utility
Seamless Hands-free Reader Route to a Destination
6 Nov 19
A method of providing a seamless hands-free reader route to a destination includes receiving, at a mobile device, a route from a starting point to the destination, the route including an ordered list of access control devices.
Lynnette Manuse, Eric Hartman, John Marchioli, Kimberly Blum, Brijesh Raghavan, Nina Yakovchits
Filed: 5 May 19
Utility
Ejectors and Methods of Manufacture
30 Oct 19
An ejector has: a motive flow inlet; a secondary flow inlet; an outlet; a motive nozzle; a diffuser; and a control needle shiftable between a first position and a second position.
Steven A. Lozyniak, Alexander Lifson, Zuojun Shi, Parmesh Verma, Kenneth E. Cresswell, J. Michael Griffin, Thomas D. Radcliff
Filed: 20 Jun 19
Utility
Fire Protection System for an Enclosure and Method of Fire Protection for an Enclosure
30 Oct 19
A fire protection system and method for an enclosure includes an inert agent supply source configured to discharge an inert agent following a discharge of a primary agent in the enclosure, a gas detector configured to determine a gas concentration level in the enclosure, and a controller connected with the inert agent supply source and the gas detector and configured to regulate the discharge of the inert agent into the enclosure based at least partially upon the gas concentration level.
Paul M. Johnson, Joseph Albert Senecal, David VanZandt, Mohammed Ateeq
Filed: 19 Dec 17
Utility
Battery for Temporary Cooling of a Transport Refrigeration System
30 Oct 19
A method of operating a refrigeration unit (22) of a transport refrigeration system (200) including the steps of: controlling, using a controller (30), a plurality of components of the refrigeration system, the controlling includes operating at least one of a prime mover (26) and a battery system (190); monitoring, using a location tracking device (175), a location of the transport refrigeration system; powering, using the prime mover, the refrigeration unit when the location is outside a selected location; deactivating the prime mover when the location is within the selected location; activating the battery system when the location is within the selected location; and powering, using the battery system, the refrigeration unit when the location is within the selected location.
Ciara Poolman, Garrison S. Moseley, Robert A. Chopko
Filed: 15 Jun 17
Utility
Fluid Machine with Helically Lobed Rotors
30 Oct 19
A fluid machine is provided with a first rotor having a first rotor first working portion and a first rotor second working portion, a second rotor having a second rotor first working portion configured to mesh with the first rotor first working portion and a second rotor second working portion configured to mesh with the first rotor second working portion and rotate independently from the second rotor first working portion.
Richard T. Pandzik, Masao Akei
Filed: 10 Jan 18
Utility
Product Producer Requirement Management System
30 Oct 19
A system for monitoring product requirements having: a storage device (80) to store at least one of standard product requirements (84), product producer requirements (86), and product parameters (82) associated with the product; a requirement management system (90) coupled to the storage device.
Robert A. Chopko, Ciara Poolman, Marc Beasley, John Cronin, Dylan Jonathan Wilson
Filed: 15 Jun 17
Utility
Risk Management System for Perishable Good Transport
30 Oct 19
A system for managing risk associated with the transportation of perishable goods including a storage device to store perishable good requirements, sanitation schedule parameters, sanitation requirements, maintenance schedule parameters, maintenance requirements, transportation schedules, and transport parameters associated with the perishable goods; and a risk management system coupled to the storage device.
Marc Beasley, Ciara Poolman, Robert A. Chopko, John Cronin, Seth Melvin Cronin, Jonathan T. Goguen, Michael Glynn D'Andrea
Filed: 19 Jul 17