Patents Examined by Thai Q Phan
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Advanced automated process for the wing-to-body join of an aircraft with predictive surface scanning
Patent number: 11188688Abstract: Disclosed aircraft wing-to-body join methods include measuring a 3D surface contour of each wing root interface surface of a wing root to form a complete wing root 3D surface profile; measuring a 3D surface contour of each wing stub interface surface of a wing stub to form a complete wing stub 3D surface profile; calculating a virtual fit between the aircraft wing and the aircraft body assembly that defines one or more gaps between the wing root interface surface and the wing stub interface surface; and aligning the aircraft wing to the aircraft body assembly to achieve a real fit consistent with the virtual fit.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Christina Michelle Vasquez, Dario I. Valenzuela, Ronald J. Collins, Aksel Bode -
Patent number: 11188690Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing a thermal simulation of an additive manufacturing process. In embodiments, one or more data sets (such as a temperature dependent thermal conductivity matrix and a temperature dependent heat capacity matric) characterize an ease of heat flow through a three-dimensional (3D) geometry. The one or more data sets are used to determine a thermal solution for an explicit solution length, where the explicit solution length is a length along a scan line of one two dimensional (2D) slice of the 3D geometry. A thermal solution for the scan line is generated by propagating the thermal solution for the explicit solution length along sequential time steps of the scan line and using Eigenmodal cooling to adjust for cooling of a heat residual between sequential time steps.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Ansys, Inc.Inventor: Deepankar Pal
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Patent number: 11182512Abstract: A method for creating an architecturally designed floor plan of a building or an outdoor space, the method comprising choosing a first floor plan module to be added to said architecturally designed floor plan from a list comprising a plurality of floor plan modules said first floor plan module comprising at least a first side wall part having at least one side wall segment, based on said list comprising a plurality of floor plan modules, creating a sub-list of floor plan modules being fit for connection with said first floor plan module, where at least one side wall segment of each floor plan module of said list comprising a plurality of floor plan modules is assigned a value, said at least one side wall part of each floor plan module of said list of floor plan modules is assigned connection rules based on said values, said connection rules determining if and how said at least one side wall segment of said side wall part is fit for connection with a side wall segment of a side wall part of another floor planType: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: ACHOICE ABInventors: Ronny Andersson, Andreas Battinelli, Johanna Enhörning, Johannes Igelström
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Patent number: 11176290Abstract: Disclosed is an approximate physical simulation integrated debugging method based on digital twinning, which includes the following steps of: a production line simulation model building step, a twinning step, a system debugging step, a hardware-in-the-loop debugging step, and a device-in-the-loop debugging step. The approximate physical simulation integrated debugging system based on digital twinning includes a production line simulation model building module, a twinning module, a system debugging module, a hardware-in-the-loop debugging module, and a device-in-the-loop debugging module. According to the approximate physical simulation integrated debugging method and system based on digital twinning, since a local component twin after being successfully debugged is replaced with an entity component, when a problem occurs after replacement, only the local component twin needs to be debugged and optimized again, thus saving time and reducing cost.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Inventors: Jiewu Leng, Man Zhou, Wenshun Deng, Qiang Liu, Lijun Wei, Duxi Yan, Yuxuan Xiao, Jiongyu Chen, Caiyu Xu, Yougui Yang
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Patent number: 11161629Abstract: A system for numerical simulation and test verification of icing characteristics of an aerostat includes an aerostat icing characteristic calculation model and an aerostat icing characteristic test system. The aerostat icing characteristic calculation model is configured to obtain icing data of the aerostat through numerical simulation, and the aerostat icing characteristic test system is configured to obtain icing characteristic data of the aerostat through a physical simulation test. The calculation result obtained through the numerical simulation and the test result obtained through the physical simulation test are mutually verified and improved, so as to facilitate the in-depth research and accurate analysis of the icing characteristics of the aerostat.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: AEROSPACE INFORMATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Qiang Liu, Yanchu Yang, Yanxiang Cui, Jingjing Cai, Rongchen Zhu, Kaibin Zhao
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Patent number: 11144685Abstract: A simulation method executed by a computer includes: dividing an analysis domain into divided domains; generating a calculation data model on the divided domains that includes the volume of each divided domain and a characteristic of the domain with respect to each adjacent domain as the quantities not requiring the vertices and connectivity; generating a requested number of aggregated domains by aggregating the divided domains; generating a calculation data model on the aggregated domains that includes the volume of each aggregated domain and a characteristic quantity of the domain with respect to each adjacent domain as the quantities not requiring the vertices and connectivity; and calculating with respect to the physical quantity, based on a physical property in the analysis domain and the calculation data model on the aggregated domains, conductance representing transfer characteristic between the aggregated domains, and capacitance representing accumulation characteristic for each aggregated domain.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventor: Tsunehiro Saito
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Patent number: 11144679Abstract: It is the method comprising the steps of defining, by a user, a base mesh associated to a subdivision surface and to a corresponding predetermined mesh-to-NURBS-surface conversion algorithm, the subdivision surface representing the 3D modeled object; defining, by the user, a 2D image and a location for engraving the 2D image on the subdivision surface; and determining a NURBS surface that corresponds to applying a deformation map on the result of performing the mesh-to-NURBS-surface conversion algorithm to the base mesh, the deformation map including displacement vectors provided for positions of the result of performing the mesh-to-NURBS-surface conversion algorithm to the base mesh, the positions corresponding to the location for engraving the 2D image, the displacement vectors being computed based on corresponding pixel values of the 2D image. Such a method improves the design of a 3D modeled object.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventor: Richard Maisonneuve
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Patent number: 11138532Abstract: A statistical facility event monitor has a computer implemented event percentile meter. The event percentile meter counts the number of randomly initiated events that cause a monitored facility to consume a monitored utility over a monitored time period. The event percentile meter then calculates a cumulative distribution function for the randomly initiated events. The event percentile meter uses the cumulative distribution to determine the event percentile for the monitored facility. The event percentile meter then outputs the event percentile.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Applied Underwriters, Inc.Inventors: Justin N. Smith, Christine Cai, Mark S. Nowotarski
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Patent number: 11132478Abstract: Methods for combinatorial choice in topology optimization are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing combinatorial choice in a non-linear programming problem for designing a structure includes establishing, by one or more processors, a set of K variables, wherein the set of K variables defines an K-dimensional unit cube in a normal coordinate system. The K-dimensional unit cube includes a plurality of desired vertices representing a plurality of desired combinations that satisfy a constraint and a plurality of undesired vertices representing a plurality of undesired combinations that do not satisfy the constraint. The method further includes transforming the K-dimensional unit cube into a transformed shape in a transformed coordinate system using a shape function. Values of the set of K variables cannot have a combination represented by the plurality of undesired combinations.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Tsuyoshi Nomura, Kazuhiro Saitou, Yuqing Zhou
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Patent number: 11132480Abstract: An electromagnetic field simulator performs: a model creation information extraction process; a model automatic creation process; and an electromagnetic field analysis process. The model creation information extraction process includes: obtaining evaluation frequency information that includes an evaluation frequency for an apparatus suffering noise; obtaining target material information of a determination target; determining whether a conductive component is present in the obtained target material information; and determining the conductive component as having an antenna operating portion that operates as an antenna if the conductive component is present in the obtained target material information. The model automatic creation process includes: creating the model to have a simplified shape except for the component to be determined determined as having the antenna operation portion of the component.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Okuda, Makoto Sasaki
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Patent number: 11126761Abstract: A device, a method, a program, and a recording medium with the program recorded thereon to calculate a difference in free energy between different molecules at a high speed with a high accuracy. The device, the method, the program, and the recording medium with the program recorded thereon calculate ?G based on the following numerical formula (1): ? ? ? G = ? ? ? ? P ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? + RT ? ? P ? ( ? ) ? log ? ( P ? ( ? ) P 0 ? ( ? ) ) ? d ? ? ? + ? ? ? ? v ? ( ? ) ? P ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? .Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Osaka University, Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Nobuyuki Matubayasi, Tomohide Masuda, Ryuji Tanimura
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Patent number: 11120180Abstract: A FEA model representing a product/part with certain finite elements for metal portion, metal fracture failure criteria, a measurement characteristic length in a specimen test, and characteristics of a neck formed in the metal are received in a computer system. The metal fracture failure criteria contain respective measured critical strain value and average fracture strain value in various loading conditions. The characteristics of the neck include the neck's width and a profile of strain distribution within the neck's width. Respective peak fracture strain values are calculated for various loading conditions using a formula based on the profile of strain distribution, the neck's width, and measured critical strain value and average fracture strain value. Peak fracture strain values are used in each solution cycle of a time-marching simulation of a deep drawing metal forming process for manufacturing the product/part.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventor: Xinhai Zhu
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Patent number: 11119498Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing the simulation of a robot in an environment are disclosed herein. The system includes an environment sensor configured to generate signals indicative of objects within the environment. The system further includes a computing device having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable memory and a machine-readable instruction set stored in the non-transitory computer-readable memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventor: Samuel Zapolsky
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Patent number: 11100417Abstract: Described herein is a simulation of an input quantum circuit, comprising a machine-readable specification of a quantum circuit. Aspects include partitioning the input quantum circuit into a group of sub-circuits based on at least two groups of qubits identified for tensor slicing, wherein the resulting sub-circuits have associated sets of qubits to be used for tensor slicing. The simulating can occur in stages, one stage per sub-circuit. A set of qubits associated with a sub-circuit can be used to partition the simulated quantum state tensor for the input quantum state circuit into quantum state tensor slices, and the quantum gates in that sub-circuit can used to update the quantum state tensor slices into updated quantum state tensor slices. The updated quantum state tensor slices are stored to secondary storage as micro slices.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Edwin Peter Dawson Pednault, Giacomo Nannicini, John A. Gunnels, Lior Horesh
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Patent number: 11095525Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for generating a representation of a distributed data processing system. A computer system instruments a set of elements in the distributed data processing system with a set of recorders. Encryption information is sent by the computer system to the set of recorders in the distributed data processing system, wherein the set of recorders uses the encryption information to decrypt traffic in the distributed data processing system. The computer system then sends a set of test cases into the distributed data processing system. The representation of the distributed data processing system is generated by the computer system using results from sending the set of test cases into the distributed data processing system, reducing a time for the computer system to generate the representation of the distributed data processing system.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kaleb Walton, Miguel Angel Beher Valdivia, George Bigwood, Aaron T. Wodrich
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Patent number: 11093666Abstract: In general, techniques are described for automated network device model creation using randomized test beds. A device comprising a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may generate, based on simulation configuration files, configuration objects for performing a plurality of simulation iterations with respect to the network device operating within a test environment. Each of the simulation iterations may be configured to randomly assign parameters within the test environment. The driver may conduct, based on the configuration objects, each of the simulation iterations within the test environment to collect simulation datasets representative of operating states of the network device. The analytics module may perform machine learning with respect to each of the simulation datasets to generate a model that predicts, responsive to configuration parameters, an operating state of the network device when configured with the configuration parameters for the network device.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Nosherwan Minwalla, Guangyu Zhu, David Tung, Ai He, Jayabharat Boddu, Matthew Jeremy Mellin, Javier Antich
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Patent number: 11073006Abstract: A method for performing a borehole and/or subsurface formation-related action for a subsurface formation of interest includes: receiving a plurality of sets of fracture data for a subsurface rock; generating a discrete fracture network (DFN) for each set of fracture data; and determining a property of each DFN that corresponds to each set of fracture data. The method also includes: mapping the plurality of sets of fracture data to the corresponding property using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide an AI model; inputting a set of fracture data for the subsurface formation of interest into the AI model; outputting a property of the subsurface formation of interest from the AI model; and performing the borehole and/or subsurface formation-related action for the subsurface formation of interest using the property and equipment configured to perform the borehole and/or subsurface formation-related action.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Tobias Hoeink, Yuxing Ben
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Patent number: 11074382Abstract: Techniques and a system for quantum computing device modeling and design are provided. In one example, a system includes a modeling component and a simulation component. The modeling component models a quantum device element of a quantum computing device as an electromagnetic circuit element to generate electromagnetic circuit data for the quantum computing device. The simulation component simulates the quantum computing device using the electromagnetic circuit data to generate response function data indicative of a response function for the quantum computing device. Additionally or alternatively, a Hamiltonian is constructed based on the response function.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Hanhee Paik, Firat Solgun, Salvatore Bernardo Olivadese, Martin O. Sandberg, Jay M. Gambetta
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Patent number: 11055454Abstract: Techniques for performing Monte Carlo simulations within a provider network are described. A request to perform a Monte Carlo simulation is received that specifies a template identifying input parameters to the simulation. The simulation is performed in one or more virtual machines (VMs) by sampling input values from an input data distribution stored at a first network location specified in the template and by processing the sampled input values using an input parameter specified in the template to form an output distribution that is stored at a second network location specified in the template. A statistic of the output distribution is generated and sent to an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy David Gasser, Ratnakar Choudhary
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Patent number: 11048832Abstract: Systems and techniques for simulated vehicle modeling with real vehicle profiles are described herein. In an example, a simulated vehicle modeling system is adapted to obtain a vehicle performance fingerprint, such as from a vehicle performance fingerprint that includes vehicle performance data collected from a unique vehicle while experiencing real world driving conditions. The simulated vehicle modeling system may be further adapted to present, in a driving simulator, a simulated driving experience with a simulated vehicle, such as for a simulated vehicle that is constructed based on the vehicle performance fingerprint. The simulated vehicle modeling system may be further adapted to update a set of driving directives for an autonomous vehicle based on the simulated driving experience and upload the set of driving directive to an autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Ignacio Alvarez, Victor Palacios Rivera