United Services Automobile Association (usaa)

Alcatel Lucent

Snehal Desai

Eric David Schroeder

Bharat Prasad

Matthew T Flachsbart

Ruthie D Lyle

Ashley Raine Philbrick

Nolan Serrao

Jennifer Hunt Erickson

Joel S Hartshorn

Jeanie Graciela Lopez

Thomas Wayne Schwarz, Jr

Manfred Amann

Gabriel Carlos Fernandez

Nathan Lee Post

Rachel Elizabeth Csabi

Courtney St Martin

Deborah Janette Schulz

Bradly Jay Billman

Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev

Richard Daniel Graham

Donnette L Moncrief Brown

Timothy Frank Davison

Michael J Maciolek

Carlos J P Chavez

Andrew L Anaruk

Kelsey Anne O'Brien

Justin Dax Haslam

Robert Wiseman Simpson

Atiya Suhail

Kashipati G Rao

Rachel Michelle Ballew

Sayeef Rahim

Emily Margaret Gray

Stacy Callaway Huggar

Cory A Matheson

Kade L Scott

Noe Alberto Martinez

David Joaquin Harris

Jeffrey David Calusinski

Kristina Suniga-Cabrera

Minya Liang

Meredith Beveridge

Carlos Jp Chavez

Jack Jachner

Matthew Ryan Santacroce

Ameer A Noorani

James Phillip Hillman

Joseph Michael Vesco

Melissa Jane Porter

Donnette Moncrief Brown

Bobby Lawrence Mohs

Brian Francisco Shipley

Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr

Qunying Kou

Paula Ann Whittington

Steven James Schroeder

Celena Dortch

Nicole Ferretti

Katrina Marie Zell

Chung Shing Sheldon Lee

Martin Lopez

Ravi Durairaj

Bradley J Billman

Yevgenly Viatcheslavovich Khmelev

Sudheer Mamidipaka

A remote haptic signal-based method and system of performing an authentication of video of a person in order to authorize access to a secured resource. The system and method are configured to cause a remote computing device to generate a vibration while collecting sensor data from the same device. The sensor data is evaluated to determine whether the appropriate motion response from the remote computing device is present. If the response is present, the system determines the image is authentic and can verify an identity of the person, and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.

Haptic feedback-based video authentication method and system

A system and method for using wearable device data and data gathered from a vehicle's onboard sensors to provide a more accurate and/or robust set of information about an accident. In one embodiment, a smartwatch is connected to the CAN bus of a vehicle so that data can be transmitted between the watch and onboard sensors. In one embodiment, onboard vehicle sensors may detect a sudden deceleration indicating that an accident may have occurred. At the same time, data from an occupant of the vehicle can be used to confirm if the occupant experienced a sudden deceleration at the same time, indicating that a crash has occurred.

System and method for vehicle collision analysis

The present disclosure is related to a focal awareness system that includes processors and memory storing instructions. The instructions may cause the processors to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to present an online meeting window on a display during an online meeting, identify a location of a camera with respect to the display, and position the online meeting window on the display based on the location of the camera. instructions may also cause the processors to identify a position of a video window within the online meeting window, identify a respective location of each camera of a matrix of cameras with respect to the position of the video window, determine a closest camera having a shortest distance with respect to the position of the video window based on the respective location of each camera of the matrix of cameras, and activate the closest camera.

Focal awareness system for online collaboration

A remote signal-based method and system of performing an authentication of video of a person in order to authorize access to a secured resource. The system and method are configured to cause a visual and/or audio pattern to be displayed in a remote computing device while collecting image data from the same device. The image data is evaluated to determine whether the appropriate response from the person is present. If the response is present, the system determines the image is authentic and can verify an identity of the person, and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.

Reflexive response-based video authentication method and system

A system includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer-readable media communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. In an embodiment, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable media stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including receiving a request to insure an item of personal property. The operations also include determining ownership of the item based on information stored on a distributed ledger. The operations also include determining authenticity of the item based on the information stored on the distributed ledger. The operations also include determining a value of the item based on the information stored on the distributed ledger. The operations also include generating an insurance policy for the item based at least in part on the ownership, the authenticity, the value, or any combination thereof.

Systems and methods for managing financial transaction information

A method and system of intelligently deploying protective structures along the sides of a vehicle in order to protect the vehicle from damage is disclosed. The vehicle includes two protective structures such as bumpers that are each stored in a retracted position during normal vehicle operations. The system receives data collected by sensors in the vehicle to determine whether an accident is likely. If the system determines there is a high likelihood that an accident will occur, one or both protective structures can be deployed from the sides of the vehicle to protect the body of the vehicle from damage.

Method and system for vehicle damage protection

A warming device is disclosed. The warming device includes an interior void that is sized to accommodate an exterior plumbing fixture, like an outside faucet. The warming device includes a heating member that is automatically activated in response to a change in temperature. When activated, the heating member generates heat to help protect the exterior plumbing fixture from the elements.

Thermally activated warmer

A power supplying device that can be used during emergencies is disclosed. The device comprises multiple adjustable battery compartments that can be connected, via switches, to deliver power to an external device connected to at least one power delivery port of the power supplying device. Each adjustable battery compartment includes a fixed lead and a sliding lead so that the multiple different battery sizes can be inserted into the compartment and connected to the device. The device includes an intelligent power management system that can automatically detect power requirements for the external device as well as the maximum available voltage from any batteries inserted into the adjustable battery compartments. Using this information the intelligent power management system can open switches to provide the required voltage from a selected subset of batteries in the device, while leaving the remaining batteries disconnected.

Emergency power supplying device

A system and method for detecting deviations in building structures over time is disclosed. The system and method use range images of buildings captured using range imaging cameras (for example, time-of-flight cameras) to construct 3D models with sufficient resolution to detect deviations in structures that may not be obvious from looking at only photographic images. The system can also use augmented reality to project parts of a 3D model over photographic images of a structure to facilitate easy inspection of the structure.

System and method for detecting deviations in building structures using reconstructed 3D models

Unmanned vehicles may be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may accomplish tasks by breaking out into sub-drones, re-grouping itself, changing form, or re-orienting its sensors.

Unmanned vehicle morphing

A package in which an onboard computing system and a plurality of sensor devices are embedded. The package includes a plurality of cameras that are positioned against sidewalls of the package in order to capture image data of the external environment. When the computing system determines the package has arrived at a predesignated set of coordinates corresponding to a target property for which an appraisal is to be performed, the cameras are activated and begin collecting image data. The image data is transmitted to a remote server which will store the image data for review by insurance personnel.

Sensor package for automated remote data capture in property appraisals

A remote signal-based method and system of performing an authentication of images of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource. The system and method are configured to cause a visual and/or haptic pattern response to occur in a secondary device while collecting image data from a different, primary device. The image data is evaluated to determine whether the appropriate pattern is present. If the pattern is present, the system determines the image is authentic and can verify an identity of the person, and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.

Secondary device remote signaling-based video authentication method and system

A remote audio signal-based method and system of performing an authentication of video of a person in order to authorize access to a secured resource. An audio security token with a first set of features is generated and stored for each user. During subsequent sessions, the system and method are configured to cause a remote computing device to play a specific audio signal while collecting audio data from a microphone of the same device. The audio data is evaluated to determine if the same features are present as in the first set of features. If the features are present, the system determines the image is authentic and can verify an identity of the person, and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.

Audio feedback-based video authentication method and system

A fire prevention system for a building. The fire protection system has an inlet duct having an interior end and an exterior end. An air handler is disposed at the interior end of the inlet duct to provide air from outside the building to the air handler. A flame arrester is located at the exterior end of the inlet duct to prevent burning embers from entering the inlet duct. The fire protection system also includes an interior duct system for distributing air from the air handler through the building. Distribution vents in the interior duct system allow flow of air from the interior duct system to the interior of the building to raise the pressure in the building above the outside pressure. Exhaust vents to allow flow of air out of the building. Also, a method for fire prevention for a building exposed to a fire.

Fire prevention with positive pressure system in a building

The present invention provides a system and method for identifying, tagging and reporting hazardous drivers in the vicinity of a host vehicle. A system comprises a sensor array on the host vehicle for detecting one or more adjacent vehicles in a vicinity of the host vehicle, a host display inside the host vehicle visible to the occupant of the host vehicle, and at least one adjacent vehicle display inside the one or more an adjacent vehicles visible to at least one adjacent vehicle occupant of the one or more adjacent vehicles. A server electronically coupled to the sensor array and the host display is configured to facilitate identification and tagging.

System on board an on-road vehicle for identifying, tagging and reporting hazardous drivers in the vicinity of a host vehicle

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Richardson, TX, United States of America

Snehal Desai