Patents Examined by Joshua T Sanders
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Patent number: 11969793Abstract: An additive manufacturing device comprises a lower nozzle that blows out inert gas into a chamber in a horizontal direction through a lower opening portion formed in a lower part of a first side wall constituting the chamber, and an upper nozzle that blows out the inert gas into the chamber through an upper opening portion formed in an upper part of the first side wall, wherein the upper nozzle includes a window nozzle that blows out the inert gas along an inner surface of a window portion of a top board constituting the chamber, and an oblique nozzle that blows out the inert gas obliquely downward from the upper portion of the first side wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kei Higashi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Chikara Kurimura, Takanao Komaki
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Patent number: 11959688Abstract: A water gathering and distribution system and related techniques for operating in freezing environmental conditions are disclosed. The system may include a water diverter unit or a water flow regulation unit configured to receive water from a water source situated at a location that is remote, inaccessible (or difficult to access), and/or experiences freezing environmental conditions and to deliver a controlled volume of that water for downstream use. The system further may include a water supply unit configured to receive that water and to supply it to downstream snowmaking equipment. In some instances, the supply unit also may cool the water to a temperature suitable, for example, for snowmaking. In a general sense, the disclosed system may be considered modular, in that multiple system components may be placed in flow communication with one another, as desired, to provide a distributed network of water collection and distribution elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: THE RENEWABLE SNOWMAKING COMPANYInventors: Vittorio Pareto, Peter Stein
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Patent number: 11953884Abstract: A first building equipment to be controlled by a building controller is selected via a user interface from a plurality of predefined building equipment options and a first control loop for controlling the first building equipment is defined via the user interface by selecting from a plurality of predefined first control loop parameter options and one or more terminals of the building controller are assigned to the first control loop. A second building equipment to be controlled by the building controller is selected via the user interface from the plurality of predefined building equipment options and a second control loop for controlling the second building equipment is defined via the user interface by selecting from a plurality of predefined second control loop parameter options. One or more terminals of the building controller are assigned to the second control loop.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Nagasree Poluri, Gutha Stalin Sanghamitra, Shriram Sankaran, Shreya Ratakonda
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Patent number: 11953882Abstract: A production system, comprising: a first industrial machine configured to control a second industrial machine based on each of a plurality of variables; and circuitry configured to input, to the first industrial machine, a control command relating to an operation of at least one of the first industrial machine or the second industrial machine, wherein the first industrial machine rewrites, based on the control command, at least one variable defined as a rewritable variable among the plurality of variables.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Takeshi Nagata, Takahiko Suzuki, Shinichiro Obata
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Patent number: 11954744Abstract: The actual performance information classify part derives a classification result of an actual performance information on electric power demand, by a classification setting information, from an environment information and a date attribute information which is correlated with each of the electric power demands which is included in an actual performance information on electric power demand. The prediction information calculate part derives a classification result of a prediction target day, using the date attribute information of the prediction target day, which is a day to conduct a prediction, and the environment information which is measured before a start of the prediction of a prediction target day, and in addition, predicts an electric power demand of a prediction target day, based on the electric power demand of the actual performance information on electric power demand, which corresponds to the classification result of the prediction target day.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Hirata, Yuta Okumura, Yoshito Nishita
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Patent number: 11949238Abstract: The disclosure provides a distributed dispatch method for ubiquitous power Internet of Things based on a transition matrix. The ubiquitous power Internet of Things includes generators. The method includes: S1, setting a marginal cost function of each of the generators, and extracting key cost parameters in the marginal cost function; S2, establishing an optimization model based on the key cost parameters of each of the generators and a communication topology of the ubiquitous power Internet of Things, and solving the optimization model to obtain an optimized transition matrix; and S3, generating a plan of a power output of each of the generators based on the optimized transition matrix and a distributed dispatch protocol to perform a distributed dispatch.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Xinfei Yan, Haiwang Zhong, Jianxiao Wang, Zhenfei Tan, Qing Xia, Chongqing Kang
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Patent number: 11947331Abstract: Systems and methods for safety-enabled control. Input values provided to a control system can be validated. Command gating can be performed for control values provided by the control system. Validation of input values and command gating for control values can be performed in accordance with respective validation windows. Validation windows can be dynamically adjusted based on data received via a sensor or interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Fort Robotics, Inc.Inventor: Nathan Bivans
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Patent number: 11907235Abstract: A model learning unit learns a prediction model on the basis of learning data, a target setting unit sets a target output parameter value by interpolating between a goal output parameter value and an output parameter value which is the closest to the goal output parameter value in output parameter values in the learning data, a processing condition search unit estimates input parameter values which corresponds to the goal output parameter value and the target output parameter value, a model learning unit updates the prediction model by using a set of the estimated input parameter value and an output parameter value which is a result of processing that a processing device performs as additional learning data.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech CorporationInventors: Yutaka Okuyama, Takeshi Ohmori, Masaru Kurihara, Hyakka Nakada
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Patent number: 11897136Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously scanning and processing a part includes: accessing a part model representing a part positioned in a work zone adjacent a robotic system; retrieving a sanding head translation speed; retrieving a toolpath for execution on the part defining positions, orientations, and target forces applied by the sanding head to the part. The method includes traversing the sanding head along the toolpath, at the sanding head translation speed; reading a sequence of applied forces from a force sensor coupled to the sanding head at positions along the toolpath; and deviating from the toolpath to maintain the set of applied forces within a threshold difference of a sequence of target forces along the toolpath. In one variation of the method, the robotic system executes a toolpath at a duration less than target duration by selectively varying target force and sanding head translation speed across the part.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: GrayMatter Robotics Inc.Inventors: Cheng Gong, Rishav Guha, Satyandra K. Gupta, Marshall J. Jacobs, Ariyan M. Kabir, Ceasar G. Navarro, Brual C. Shah
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Patent number: 11886774Abstract: The hardware and software properties of a three-dimensional printer can be queried and applied to select suitable directly printable models for the printer, or to identify situations where a new machine-ready model must be generated. The properties may be any properties relevant to fabrication including, e.g., physical properties of the printer, printer firmware, user settings, hardware configurations, and so forth. A printer may respond to configuration queries with a dictionary of capabilities or properties, and this dictionary may be used to select suitable models, or determine when a new model must be created. Similarly, when a printable model is sent to the printer, metadata for the printable model may be compared to printer properties in the dictionary to ensure that the model can be fabricated by the printer.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.Inventors: Alison N. Leonard, Joseph Sadusk
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Patent number: 11886155Abstract: Distributed industrial process monitoring and analytics systems and methods are provided for operation within a process plant. A plurality of distributed data engines (DDEs) may be embedded within the process plant to collect and store data generated by data sources, such as process controllers. Thus, the data may be stored in a distributed manner in the DDEs embedded throughout the process plant. The DDEs may be connected by a data analytics network to facilitate data transmission by subscription or query. The DDEs may be configured as a plurality of clusters, which may further include local and centralized clusters. The local clusters may obtain streaming data from data sources and stream selected data to a data consumer. The centralized cluster may register the local clusters, receive data therefrom, and perform data analytic functions on the received data. The analyzed data may be further sent to a data consumer.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark John Nixon, Alper Turhan Enver, Noel Howard Bell, Joshua Brian Kidd, Paul R. Muston
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Patent number: 11880635Abstract: The invention relates to a plausibility checking method for rapid prototyping devices, in particular for stereolithography devices. In this connection, input data (14) is checked which is present particularly in the form of graphics data and of which every file renders a layer. Every layer comprises a plurality of pixels. The component to be printed in the respective layer is produced based on output data by the rapid prototyping device. The input data of two consecutive layers is checked and the sum of all pixels to be exposed is determined for every layer. A signal (22) is output in particular as a warning signal (26) when the pixel sum of a following layer is larger than in the previous layer by a predetermined factor.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Jörg Ebert, Michael Brotzge
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Patent number: 11874648Abstract: A module for a technical facility includes a technical hardware for executing a technical sub-process, a controller for locally controlling the technical hardware wherein the controller is configured to control the technical hardware autonomously and an external interface of the controller, wherein the external interface comprises an OPC-UA server. The OPC-UA server has a fixedly predetermined information structure having static information and dynamic information wherein the static information describes the technical hardware and the controller, and the controller writes the dynamic information as real-time values of the technical hardware into the information structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Thomas Albers, Thomas Holm
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Patent number: 11868107Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for transmitting data in a control system of a machine, wherein the control system comprises a mediator unit, at least one client unit and at least one provider unit, wherein the mediator unit is respectively connected to the at least one client unit and to the at least one provider unit in a data-transmitting manner, wherein access paths to data stored in the at least one provider unit are stored in the mediator unit, wherein, in order to transmit data between a transmitting client unit of the at least one client unit and a receiver provider unit of the at least one provider unit, a message transmitted from the transmitting client unit is received by the mediator unit and is transmitted to the receiver provider unit on the basis of the stored access paths.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gunter Burchardt, Johannes Albrecht, Matthias Kleinfeller
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Patent number: 11860652Abstract: An irrigation controller is disclosed together with associated methods and computer program products. The watering schedule may be formulated based on catch cup data for one or more watering zones of a property to be watered.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Brad J. Wardle, Stuart J. Eyring, Jason R. Sims
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Patent number: 11844432Abstract: A furniture motion control system for controlling movement of one or more movable parts of a furniture member includes a panel including one or more buttons; an actuator configured to control movement of the one or more movable parts of the furniture member; an electric motor configured to drive the actuator; and control circuitry configured to control the electric motor, wherein the control circuitry is configured to, in response to detecting that a first button, from among the one or more buttons, has been pressed, select between controlling the motor to drive the actuator and the one or more movable parts to move automatically and controlling the motor to drive the actuator and the one or more movable parts to move manually, based on a length of time the first button is held.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: La-Z-Boy IncorporatedInventors: Robert B. Womack, Amee Mayur Patel, Jason Baker, Robert C. Beilfuss
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Patent number: 11839915Abstract: A laser power control method for additive manufacturing includes a pre-processing component and an intra-processing component. The pre-processing component creates in the system controller a machine code expressed additive-path-with-geometry-metadata that includes a path description. The path description represents the path of the beam source on the build and includes a geometry index for the build. The intra-processing component calculates required power for the beam at intervals and events on the beam path based upon the additive-path-with-geometry-metadata and calculations of the energy balance at the melt pool and the total energy for each point P(s) on the path.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Product Innovation and Engineering LLCInventor: Todd Eugene Sparks
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Patent number: 11822304Abstract: A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbhInventors: Robert Frielinghaus, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober
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Patent number: 11816465Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for tracking and upgrading firmware in intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) are provided. The devices, systems and methods provide for tracking firmware versions of at least one or a fleet of IEDs, e.g., electronic power or revenue meters, notifying a user that an update to an existing firmware is available and providing the ability to automatically upload the current or latest version of the firmware to all IEDs.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: EI ELECTRONICS LLCInventors: Luna A. Koval, Erran Kagan
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Patent number: 11796974Abstract: A building system includes one or more memory devices comprising instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more first operations based on a digital twin of a building. The instructions cause the one or more processors to update a schema of the digital twin by adding a property or tag to an entity class of the schema, add, based on the schema, one or more data elements representing the property or tag to the digital twin, the one or more data elements related to an entity of the entity class, and perform one or more second operations based on the one or more data elements representing the property or tag.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Trent Mark Swanson