Patents Examined by B. Murphy
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Patent number: 11988089Abstract: A downhole communication system includes a mud pulse generator that generates a set of pressure pulses in a pattern, the pattern including encoded data. A roll stabilized platform includes a turbine that is rotatable in response to the pressure pulses. The rotational rate of the turbine is correlated with a pressure value. A processor on the roll stabilized platform demodulates the pressure pulse pattern, and then decodes the encoded data.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Edward Richards, Peter Tutton, Dean Gardner, Angie Theresia
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Patent number: 11991490Abstract: An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to couple the electricity usage monitor to monitor an electrical circuit, a meter to measure electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an encoder to receive, from the meter, an electricity usage measurement to generate a measurement transmission based on the electricity usage measurement, and a communication interface configured to receive the measurement transmission from the encoder and to transmit the measurement transmission into a communication network for communication to a destination on the communication network.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Vutility, Inc.Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
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Patent number: 11982544Abstract: An edge computing device may control load devices and DER (distributed energy resource) devices. The edge computing device may be associated with an electric meter located at a premises or with a distribution transformer located at a secondary substation. The control of the load devices and DER devices may be based in part on forecasted pricing information that considers factors such as equipment ratings for distribution equipment, environmental conditions, historical patterns of generation and load, and user input.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Landis+Gyr Technology, Inc.Inventors: Matt Karlgaard, Dayanna Palacios Vivanco
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Patent number: 11982180Abstract: Arrangement for detecting water in a material flow during drilling, wherein the arrangement includes a control unit, a data acquisition unit and a sensor, wherein the sensor includes at least two probes, wherein the at least two probes are to be arranged in contact with the material flow and are connected to a programmable voltage source and a programmable voltage receiver. The arrangement is configured to measure a ratio between a received voltage waveform and an applied voltage waveform for a set of pre-determined frequencies; determine a complex impedance between the at least two probes for each of the pre-determined frequencies, based on the measured ratio; and determine a set of time mean values of the determined complex impedance for each of the pre-determined frequencies, using a time window.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: EPIROC ROCK DRILLS AKTIEBOLAGInventor: Harald Franz Arno Merkel
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Patent number: 11984022Abstract: A set top box receives from a remote control device one or more of a codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information. The set top box then causes information representative of the received codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information to be displayed in a display device associated with the set top box.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Dan N. McKay, Raymond O. Chock
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Patent number: 11977195Abstract: An active fiber stretcher assembly can be used for data acquisition systems. A time-break signal can be detected that coincides with a seismic event emitted from a seismic controller. A predetermined waveform can be generated in response to detecting the time-break signal. The predetermined waveform may be encoded onto a fiber optic cable using a fiber stretcher. A data acquisition system connected to the fiber optic cable may detect the predetermined waveform on the fiber optic cable and initiate acquisition operations including: receiving, during the seismic event, light signals returning from a portion of the fiber optic cable in a subterranean environment; determining one or more characteristics of the subterranean environment from the light signals; and storing the one or more characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, Henry Clifford Bland, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Mark Elliott Willis, Xiang Wu
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Patent number: 11965411Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for isolation detection. In one implementation, an axial acoustic signal is obtained. The axial acoustic signal is captured using an axial sensor deployed in a structure in a subterranean surface. The axial acoustic signal is separated into a first wave region and a second wave region by applying velocity filtering. An axial symmetry of a portion of the structure is determined based on at least one of the first wave region or the second wave region.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, PIPELINES 2 DATA (P2D) LIMITEDInventors: Geoff Steel, Mark Walsh, Stephen John Mayo
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Patent number: 11946365Abstract: A fiber optic sensing (FOS) system and method. The system may include one or more interrogator units and a proximal wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) and a distal WDM optically connectable to the one or more interrogator units, an upgoing transmission fiber, a down-going transmission fiber, and one or more downhole sensing fibers. The method may include transmitting one or more light pulses from an interrogator unit, multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the interrogator unit with a proximal WDM into an upgoing transmission fiber and a down-going transmission fiber, and receiving the one or more light pulses with a distal WDM. The method may further include multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the upgoing transmission fiber and the down-going transmission fiber into one or more downhole sensing fibers and receiving backscatter light from at least one of the one or more downhole sensing fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Sigurd Moe, Andreas Ellmauthaler, James Dupree
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Patent number: 11939862Abstract: A wellbore pumping unit comprising a main pump, a power source, a controller, and a plurality of sensors is provided. A method of performing a diagnostic check of the unit controller and the plurality of sensors when power is applied to the unit controller. A diagnostic application executing in memory writes a status of the plurality of analog inputs of a plurality of valve position sensors, a status of a plurality of frequency inputs of a plurality of flowmeters, and a plurality of calibration data files that correlate to a plurality of sensors to a diagnostic report file. The status of the sensor inputs and calibration data files can be a pass or a fail. The status of the sensor inputs can be displayed on a human machine interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Derek R. Williams, Charles E. Neal, III
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Patent number: 11933664Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may comprise an interrogator and an umbilical line attached at one end to the interrogator, a downhole fiber attached to the umbilical line at the end opposite the interrogator. The interrogator may further include a proximal circulator, a distal circulator connected to the proximal circulator by a first fiber optic cable, and a second fiber optic cable connecting the proximal circulator and the distal circulator.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, Glenn Andrew Wilson, John L. Maida
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Patent number: 11913811Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a first head end system (HES), a first raw file including a first set of events in a first HES specific format, and modifying the first set of events in the first raw file by a first HES adapter to create a first unified formatted file. The first unified formatted file is in a unified format, and the first HES adapter is connected to the first HES. The method further include transforming, by a core HES adapter, the first unified formatted file to a first data management formatted file according to a data management format, and consuming the first data management formatted file.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS U.S. CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher Bui, Alon Raskin, Jagathguru Chandrasekharan, William Chad Edens
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Patent number: 11906330Abstract: Techniques for efficient compression of sensor data are described herein. In an example, metrology data is received from a metrology device, the metrology data comprising one or more of: voltage (V) data; current (A) data; resistive power (W) data; and volt-amps reactive power (VAR) data. The metrology data is processed, wherein the processing comprises: performing peak-detection on the metrology data, to create data-signals comprising: a timestamped peak-values data-signal; and a peak-removed data-signal. Median-filtering is performed on the peak-removed data-signal, wherein a median-filtered data-signal is created. Level-shift detection is performed on the median-filtered data-signal, wherein a timestamped level-shift data-signal is created. The data is sent to a server. The data may include the timestamped peak-values data-signal and the timestamped level-shift data-signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Itron, Inc.Inventor: Gokulmuthu Narayanaswamy
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Patent number: 11898440Abstract: An apparatus for determining a suitability of a frequency band for data communication with a node by way of a communication channel may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a receiver configured to receive first and second signals from the node by way of the communication channel, the first and second signals having frequencies within the frequency band. The apparatus may comprise processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the receiver, the processing circuitry being configured to determine a calibration function depending on the first signal, process the second signal depending on the calibration function, determine the suitability of the frequency band for data communication with the node by way of the communication channel depending on the processed second signal and output an indication of the said suitability.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Raptor Data LimitedInventors: Colin Maclean, Nancy Jayakumar, Gordon Cowie
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Patent number: 11899146Abstract: A sensing system utilizes multiple wavelengths communicated on a single pulse to a sensor, for example, an optical fiber. Backscattered or reflected light from a number of locations or depths along the sensor are analyzed to correct for 2? phase jump error. A phase sensing method detects the 2% phase jump error associated with one or more measurements from the sensor. Correcting for the 2? phase jump error provides increased accuracy of the one or more measurements, for example, improved vertical sensing profiling, production and fracture monitoring, and micro-seismic monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: John Herbert Dailing, Jr.
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Patent number: 11895449Abstract: Power pedestals that are configured with an internal metering assembly that includes a meter socket allows for remote monitoring of power usage. The power pedestals also include a display that can display information regarding parameters of the power pedestals and/or current users. The power pedestals can include transceivers and can wirelessly communicate with mobile devices of various users and a remote monitoring station.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Paul D. Seff, Jason D. Easton
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Patent number: 11877106Abstract: A monitoring circuit for a photovoltaic module includes a measurement conditioning circuit, a microcontroller circuit, and a transmitter circuit. The measurement conditioning circuit includes a voltage sense terminal, a voltage reference terminal, and a digital measurement data output. The microcontroller circuit includes a digital measurement data input coupled with the digital measurement data output, a modulation clock input, a measurement data stream output, and a transmit select output. The transmitter circuit includes a measurement data stream input coupled with the measurement data stream output, a modulation clock output coupled with the modulation clock input, a transmit select input coupled with the transmit select output, and positive and negative output communication terminals.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Patrick Pauletti, Suheng Chen
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Patent number: 11868155Abstract: A configurable control panel system (10) for an agricultural machine, the system comprising: one or more pre-coded pushbuttons (1), each push button having a code mechanism adapted to carry a specific code representing a dedicated function for the push button; a control panel (5) provided with one or more sockets (7) adapted to receive and detachably attach any one of said pre-coded push buttons (1), each socket having a decoding mechanism adapted to generate a code specific control signal based on the code carried by the pre-coded push button when the push button is actuated.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: VÄDERSTAD HOLDING ABInventors: Stefan Vålberg, Johan Söderberg
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Patent number: 11863920Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an Internet of Things system for gas usage safety warning based on a smart gas, the method is performed by a smart gas safety management platform of an Internet of Things system for gas usage safety warning based on a smart gas, comprising: based on gas usage data, determining a gas monitoring object from at least one gas device; determining initial objects based on the gas monitoring object and a gas usage threshold; determining a target object based on historical gas data of the initial objects; and sending gas usage safety warning information to a gas user corresponding to the target object.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zehua Shao, Bin Liu, Junyan Zhou, Yaqiang Quan, Xiaojun Wei
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Patent number: 11846182Abstract: A hybrid telemetry system includes a plurality of telemetry networks configured to communicate a modulated signal representing digital data along adjoining sections of a pipe string. The plurality of telemetry networks may each be optimized or particularly suitable for the configuration of the pipe string, the well, and/or the environment of the well occurring in each of the adjoining sections. Some of the plurality of telemetry networks may overlap to provide redundancy of the communication of the digital data.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventors: John-Peter Van Zelm, Andy Hawthorn
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Patent number: 11846534Abstract: A battery-powered consumption meter (10) is provided, which comprises a measurement means for measuring a value relating to an accumulated volume of a fluid flowing (41) in a connected fluid pipe system (40) to make up a consumption meter representation of the accumulated volume, and a first communication means (11), which is a wireless two-way communication means arranged for transmitting (14d) the consumption meter representation from the consumption meter (10) to an external device (20) external to the consumption meter (10), and for receiving a communication (14a, 14b, 14c) therefrom, the consumption meter (10) having at least two modes of operation comprising: a normal operation mode, and a calibration mode different from the normal operation mode, wherein in calibration mode the consumption meter (10) is arranged to transmit the consumption meter representation (14d) to the external device (20) in response to a request (14c) therefor from the external device (20).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: APATOR MIITORS APSInventors: Jens Drachmann, Kresten Helstrup