Patents Examined by Thai Q Phan
  • Patent number: 11307234
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of estimating electromagnetic field data. The method comprises: identifying at least one electromagnetic field source in a geographical region; identifying at least one transmission model for the at least one electromagnetic field source based upon electromagnetic field data corresponding to the at least one electromagnetic field source; identifying at least one propagation model for the at least one electromagnetic field source based upon the electromagnetic field data and geographical terrain of the geographical region; and generating electromagnetic field estimates based upon the electromagnetic field data, the at least one transmission model and the at least one propagation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gregory A. Macey, Laura R. Fontaine, Andrew E. Beck
  • Patent number: 11295047
    Abstract: A cloud-based simulation generation service collects industrial data from multiple industrial customers for storage and analysis on a cloud platform. The service employs a simulation generator component that analyzes data to facilitate generating a simulation model that simulates an industrial automation system, including simulating or emulating industrial devices, industrial processes, other industrial assets, or network-related assets or devices, and their respective interrelationships with each other. The simulation generator component also analyzes modification data to facilitate generating a modified simulation model that simulates the industrial automation system based on the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Asenjo, John Strohmenger, Stephen Nawalaniec, Bradford H. Hegrat, Joseph A. Harkulich, Jessica Lin Korpela, Jenifer Rydberg Wright, Rainer Hessmer, John Dyck, Edward Alan Hill, Sal Conti
  • Patent number: 11292197
    Abstract: In some examples, a system generates three-dimensional (3D) object data for printing by a 3D printing system, the generating including determining a region in which to generate a wear indicator, and computing an arrangement of spatial shells of variable thickness in the region, where the spatial shells contain data representing at least one property of the wear indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter J. Klammer, Karl Walters, Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic
  • Patent number: 11288422
    Abstract: A simulation evaluation model of a high voltage ride through capability includes a wind turbine system aerodynamic model, a torque control model, a converter model, and a high voltage fault generating device model connected in sequence; the wind turbine system aerodynamic model is configured to calculate an airflow input power; the torque control model is configured to calculate a rotor electromagnetic torque according to the airflow input power; the high voltage fault generating device model is configured to simulate a high voltage fault and output a predetermined voltage on a low voltage side of a transformer; and the converter model is configured to calculate a stator reactive current, an active power and a reactive power of the wind turbine system during the high voltage fault according to the airflow input power, the rotor electromagnetic torque and the predetermined voltage on the low voltage side of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GUODIAN UNITED POWER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Jingchun Chu, Ling Yuan, Lei Pan, Wenchao Chen, Chong Jiao, Fa Xie, Wen Du, Yanping Li, Qian Wang, Xuefeng Lin, Yan Ding
  • Patent number: 11288421
    Abstract: Computationally efficient methods of determining a transient supply current in a circuit are disclosed. The methods include offline simulation of circuit models to obtain time series of signal currents which are used in a dynamic simulation to calculate equivalent capacitances for a cell model of the circuit. The equivalent capacitances may be used in the simulation to compute estimates of noise current in a power distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ansys, Inc.
    Inventors: Deqi Zhu, Chao Jiao, Yu Lu, Xiaoqin Liu
  • Patent number: 11287782
    Abstract: A computer for determining a control parameter of processing to be performed on a sample includes: a memory unit configured to store a first model indicating a correlation between a first processing output obtained by measuring a first sample used for manufacturing, on which the processing is performed and a second processing output obtained by measuring a second sample that is easier to measure than the first sample and on which the processing is performed, and a second model indicating a correlation between a control parameter of the processing performed on the second sample and the second processing output; and an analysis unit configured to calculate a target control parameter of the processing performed on the first sample based on a target processing output as the target first processing output, the first model, and the second model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmori, Hyakka Nakada, Masaru Kurihara, Tatehito Usui, Naoyuki Kofuji
  • Patent number: 11281818
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a method that includes simulating, by an adhesive analytic model, transformation of at least one vehicular joint joined by a selected adhesive based on one or more system variables, and outputting, by the adhesive analytic model, an adhesive analysis identifying deformation for the selected adhesive along the at least one vehicular joint based on the simulated transformation and a deformation rating scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Edgar Edward Donabedian, Scott Christopher Sterbenz, Thomas Norton, Darrin Neil Wagner, Forrest W. Eddings
  • Patent number: 11263365
    Abstract: A method of producing a vehicle includes determining the performance of aged adhesive coupons, which are subject to a worst-case scenario of manufacturing, aging, and stress testing. Virtual vehicle components are modeled using the performance of the aged adhesive coupons. The virtual vehicle components are then subjected to virtual mechanical forces to determine their virtual performance, which is then validated against the performance of identical real-life aged vehicle components subjected to identical mechanical forces. A virtual vehicle is modeled using the validated virtual vehicle components. The virtual performance of the virtual vehicle when subject to a virtual crash test is then compared against a predetermined standard, and the design of the virtual vehicle is considered feasible if its performance exceeds the predetermined standard. A vehicle is manufactured according to the feasible design of the virtual vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Meaige, Anthony J. Smith, Takakuni Hirayama, Kishore K. Pydimarry
  • Patent number: 11263371
    Abstract: A computer-aided design (CAD) system enables physical articles to be customized via printing or embroidering and enables digital content to be customized and electronically shared. A CAD user interface may be generated that includes an image of a model of an article of manufacture and a customizable template. The customizable template may include user customizable design areas. One or more defined rules associated with respective customizable areas may be accessed. In response to a user selection of a default content item and a corresponding rule, content items may be automatically used to populate other template design areas and/or change a color of one or content items. Manufacturing instructions corresponding to the user customizations may be transmitted to a printing system using a file that includes location, rotation, and/or scale data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Best Apps, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bowen, Payton Breck Arriaga, Linden D. Nelson
  • Patent number: 11244086
    Abstract: This document describes systems and processes of manufacturing, visualizing, and distributing stone slabs. In an exemplary embodiment, a 3D scene may be generated that depicts a portion of a major surface of a stone slab at a target area of a slab installation environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cambria Company LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Czmyrid, Benjamin William Davis
  • Patent number: 11238191
    Abstract: A simulation method is performed by a computer by using an agent disposed in a virtual space. The method includes: controlling the agent so that the agent behaves in the virtual space under influence of each of a plurality of signs disposed in the virtual space; and determining the influence of each of the plurality of signs on the agent in accordance with an attribute relating to a display mode of the sign and an attribute of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shohei Yamane, Hiroaki Yamada, Kotaro Ohori, Hirokazu Anai, Shingo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11238674
    Abstract: A method for simulating different traffic situations for an autonomous or semiautonomous test vehicle. The method includes the simulated driving of the test vehicle through a simulated road network, and the simulated randomized driving of other vehicles through the simulated road network. The method also includes the capture of vehicle driving parameters. Further according to the method, there is a determination of whether a predefined traffic situation is satisfied by the test vehicle and at least one of the other vehicles, the at least one other vehicle being within a test zone around the test vehicle. Where the predefined traffic situation is satisfied, randomized driving of the at least one other vehicle can be stopped, and the at least one other vehicle can be made to perform a predetermined driving maneuver. The predetermined driving maneuver can provoke a reaction by the test vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: DSPACE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventors: Hendrik Amelunxen, Rainer Franke, Christian Wächter
  • Patent number: 11230061
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that facilitates optimizing tool paths based on thermal/structural simulations of a part produced via a 3D-printer. A processor may carry out a first simulation of the part being additively produced according to a first set of tool paths that correspond to instructions usable to drive the 3D-printer to produce the part. The first simulation may include: determining a hexahedral mesh of the part that includes a plurality of hexahedron elements; determining an order of the elements of the mesh to deposit for additively producing the part based on the first set of tool paths; and simulating an incremental deposit of each of the elements of the mesh in the order that the elements are determined to be deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Industry Software Inc.
    Inventors: Lucia Mirabella, Louis Komzsik, Yunhua Fu
  • Patent number: 11227083
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rule-based application of functional requirements to spaces in a floor plan a disclosed. The system may include at least one processor configured to perform operations that may include accessing a floor plan demarcating a plurality of spaces. Operations may include performing semantic enrichment on the plurality of spaces in order to determine a semantic designation for at least one space of the plurality of spaces. Operations may include enriching the floor plan by associating on the floor plan the semantic designation with the at least one space. Operations may include identifying, in a data structure, a rule that includes a functional requirement based on the semantic designation and associating the identified rule with the at least one space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BeamUp, Ltd.
    Inventors: Guy Austern, Stephane Levy, Tom Segev, Yonatan Goyhman
  • Patent number: 11216603
    Abstract: A computing system receives a request for a computer-generated design of an experiment. A design space is defined by candidate inputs for each factor of the experiment. The system receives a disallowed combination indication indicating a user-defined disallowed combination for the design space. The disallowed combination constrains a first set of values from a first set of candidate inputs from being assigned to the first factor if the second factor is assigned one of a second set of values from a second set of candidate inputs. The system determines additional constraint(s) on computer generation of the design. The system evaluates if a user-defined model can be generated according to the disallowed combination and the constraint(s). The system generates a computer suggested modification of the user-defined model such that the design can be generated according to the computer suggested modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Albert Morgan, Ryan Adam Lekivetz, Bradley Allen Jones, Caleb Bridges King
  • Patent number: 11216600
    Abstract: A polish analysis platform is disclosed. The polish analysis platform may receive a set of parameters for a proposed engine. The set of parameters may include: a quantity of hours of operation for the proposed engine, and a power output for the proposed engine. The polish analysis platform may determine an end of injection for the proposed engine based on the set of parameters. The polish analysis platform may generate a virtual instance of the proposed engine. The virtual instance may be configured with the end of injection. The polish analysis platform may simulate operation of the proposed engine using the virtual instance. Output of simulating the operation of the proposed engine may include a liner polish of a liner. The polish analysis platform may perform one or more manufacturing-related actions regarding the proposed engine based on the output of simulating the operation of the proposed engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Bowditch, Scott Ullrich
  • Patent number: 11192662
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a modeling language extension for inter-partition communication are provided. Aspects include defining, by a modeling language, a simulation model, defining a simulation model extension, the simulation model extension comprising at least one sampling port communication module and at least one queueing port communication module, and adding the simulation model extension to the simulation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Dana Eugene Adkins
  • Patent number: 11194940
    Abstract: A computing system determines a design space for designing a design system. The computing system receives a request to identify input(s) that will provide a response of the design system that advances a user-defined goal for the design system. The computing system, responsive to the request to identify input(s), generates a design for the design space that provides design cases for generating the response of the design system and obtains responses of the design system generated for multiple design cases of the design for the design system. The computing system selects at least one design case based on obtained responses of the design system for the multiple design cases, and based on the at least one design case, outputs an indication of suggested input(s) for the design system. The suggested input(s) advances the user-defined goal for the design system and is not disallowed according to disallowed combination(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Albert Morgan, Yeng Saanchi, Laura Carmen Lancaster, Christopher Michael Gotwalt, Caleb Bridges King, Ryan Adam Lekivetz
  • Patent number: 11188691
    Abstract: An example method comprises receiving event and alarm data from event logs, failure data, and asset data from SCADA system(s), retrieve patterns of events from the SCADA data, receiving historical sensor data from sensors of components of wind turbines, training a set of models to predict faults for each component using the patterns of events and historical sensor data, each model of a set having different observation time windows and lead time windows, evaluating each model of a set using standardized metrics, comparing evaluations of each model of a set to select a model with preferred lead time and accuracy, receive current sensor data from the sensors of the components, apply the selected model(s) to the current sensor data to generate a component failure prediction, compare the component failure prediction to a threshold, and generate an alert and report based on the comparison to the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.
    Inventors: Yajuan Wang, Younghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11188692
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for performing a flow simulation that include storing in a memory state vectors for a plurality of voxels, the state vectors comprising a plurality of entries that correspond to particular momentum states of a plurality of possible momentum states at a voxel. The techniques also include storing in a memory a representation of at least one surface and performing interaction operations on the state vectors, the interaction operations modelling interactions between elements of different momentum states. The techniques also include performing surface interaction operations which model interactions between the surface and elements of at least one voxel near the surface, including modeling a wall shear stress direction that is not parallel to a flow velocity direction and performing move operations on the state vectors to reflect movement of elements to new voxels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.
    Inventors: Hudong Chen, Raoyang Zhang, Yanbing Li