Patents Examined by Vincent W Chang
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Patent number: 11976835Abstract: An air conditioner includes an adapter including a control unit that controls the air conditioner using a learning model and a communication unit that communicates with a server device that generates the learning model on the basis of operation history data of the air conditioner. The adapter includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, an erasing unit, and a transmission unit. The acquisition unit acquires the data every predetermined cycle from the air conditioner. The determination unit determines whether or not an amount of change between temporally continuous data of the data acquired by the acquisition unit is within a predetermined range. The erasing unit leaves at least one of the continuous data and deletes the other data in a case where the amount of change between the continuous data is within the predetermined range. The transmission unit transmits the data after being deleted to the server device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Izumi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11976834Abstract: An air conditioner includes an adapter including a control unit that controls the air conditioner using a learning model and a communication unit that communicates with a server device that generates the learning model on the basis of operation history data of the air conditioner. The adapter includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, an erasing unit, and a transmission unit. The acquisition unit acquires the data every predetermined cycle from the air conditioner. The determination unit determines whether or not an amount of change between temporally continuous data of the data acquired by the acquisition unit is within a predetermined range. The erasing unit leaves at least one of the continuous data and deletes the other data in a case where the amount of change between the continuous data is within the predetermined range. The transmission unit transmits the data after being deleted to the server device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Izumi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11972497Abstract: The present application discloses a metering device, including a structure body of the metering device, a first metering chip and a metering master control chip. The first metering chip is configured for performing fundamental wave and full wave processing on electric energy data; the metering master control chip includes a master control chip core, a coprocessor and a storage unit, wherein the master control chip core and the coprocessor share the storage unit; and the coprocessor is configured for performing harmonic processing on the electric energy data based on the storage unit and based on a manner of instruction. By applying the solution of the present application, the electric energy data of the metering device can be processed quickly and efficiently, and a hardware cost is saved at the same time. The present application also provides an electric energy meter which has the corresponding technical effects.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jie Cao, Jie He, Aijun Wang, Zhaosheng Du, Xiaohui Xiao
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Patent number: 11959654Abstract: An air conditioner includes an adapter including a control unit that controls the air conditioner using a learning model and a communication unit that communicates with a server device that generates the learning model on the basis of operation history data of the air conditioner. The adapter includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, an erasing unit, and a transmission unit. The acquisition unit acquires the data every predetermined cycle from the air conditioner. The determination unit determines whether or not an amount of change between temporally continuous data of the data acquired by the acquisition unit is within a predetermined range. The erasing unit leaves at least one of the continuous data and deletes the other data in a case where the amount of change between the continuous data is within the predetermined range. The transmission unit transmits the data after being deleted to the server device.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Izumi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11951338Abstract: Personnel working at elevated positions use safety lines to prevent falls. Equipment being used in proximity to the personnel may interfere with the safety lines presenting a potential hazard. A fall protection monitor provides an automated and wireless sensor system for avoiding interactions between equipment and safety lines. The fall-protection monitor includes a first sensor for monitoring whether a safety line is in operation. A second sensor monitors a location of a moveable device being used in the vicinity of the safety line. A controller determines the location of the moveable device and whether the safety line is in operation. The controller prevents movement of the moveable device within a predetermined distance from an operational safety line.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventor: Darren Fair
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Patent number: 11953220Abstract: A comfort-analyzing device includes a display unit, a first control unit, an input unit, and a cognitive-structure constructing unit. The display unit is configured to present a questionnaire for extracting both a comfort level of a user in an environment and at least one environmental factor to determine the comfort level. The first control unit is configured to cause the display unit to present the questionnaire twice or more during a survey period. The input unit is configured to accept, from the user, input of each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more. The cognitive-structure constructing unit is configured to construct a cognitive-structure model representing a cognitive structure of the user regarding comfort by extracting both the comfort level and the at least one environmental factor in chronological order based on each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kota Kurihara, Seiro Yuge, Makoto Takata, Noriko Nagata, Masashi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11933516Abstract: An exemplary heating ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system includes a multi-phase power input, an AC-DC rectifier connected to a DC-AC inverter via a DC power bus, a multi-phase power output connecting the DC-AC inverter to a fan blower motor, and at least one redundancy power system. The redundancy power system is configured to bypass at least one of the AC-DC rectifier and the DC-AC inverter.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Xu She, HanJong Kim, David Ginsberg
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Patent number: 11927355Abstract: An air conditioning and ventilating system including: an air conditioning device including a heat exchanger configured to generate conditioned air by heat exchange with a refrigerant; a ventilation device communicatively connected to the air conditioning device and including a supply air fan and/or an exhaust fan; an airflow volume detection unit configured to detect an airflow volume equivalent value of the ventilation device; and a control unit. On determination that the airflow volume equivalent value acquired from the airflow volume detection unit is equal to or less than a first predetermined value, the control unit sets an operation of the air conditioning device to a stop state.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kousuke Hirai, Akiyoshi Yamamoto, Gakuto Sakai, Tooru Fujimoto, Yoshitaka Matsugi
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Patent number: 11905689Abstract: A device of the invention comprises piping for carrying liquid such as potable water within a piping network of a building, at least two control valves, a pressure transducer to measure water pressure in the piping, a flowmeter to measure water flow and a controller to control opening and closing of the control valves based on sensed pressure and measured waterflow. The controller has a processor with preprogrammed instructions for controlling conditions under which the control valves are opened and closed by command from said controller. Two programmable modes for control are provided for use in a building under construction; a rough-in operation and a normal water-on operation. Both modes have respective leak prevention logic in the controller enabling automatic operation of the control valves for effective leak prevention. The device may be employed within a communications network in which remote computers and mobile communication devices may observe and/or control operation of the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: RK INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Matthew Wallace
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Patent number: 11906181Abstract: A system and method to control environmental parameters of predefined zones within a structure. An embodiment of the system uses damper assemblies that are entirely wireless as a result of energy capturing devices which convert air flow within the HVAC system ductwork into electrical current and a wireless control module that remove the need for hard-wiring for power or control. Still further, an embodiment of the system uses wireless components to monitor the environmental parameters of a structure's zones, process and communicate necessary zone adjustments, and actuate system components.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ARZEL ZONING TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Al Zelczer, Leonard Roth, Richard Wilson, Kenneth Barton
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Patent number: 11901630Abstract: Provided herein are various improvements to antenna stabilization systems, such as employed on confocal phased array reflector antenna arrangements. In one example, a system includes a feed structure for a main reflector, the feed structure comprising an electronically scanned array (ESA) feed and a sub-reflector. The sub-reflector is configured to propagate a signal between the ESA feed and the main reflector. The system also includes a star tracker element coupled to the feed structure and configured to determine orientation information relative to star alignment, and laser distancing elements coupled to the feed structure and configured to determine distance measurements relative to the main reflector. A control system is configured to determine pointing errors of the main reflector based at least on the orientation information and the distance measurements, and these pointing errors can be used by the ESA feed to adjust steering of a signal towards a target.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Alan Cherrette
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Patent number: 11892186Abstract: A detection device is connected to a plurality of communication devices by a communication line. The detection device has a reception unit, a measurement unit, and a detection unit. The reception unit receives signals with prescribed pulse widths transmitted from the plurality of communication devices, respectively. The measurement unit measures the pulse widths of the signals received by the reception unit. The detection unit is configured to detect the communication device disposed near a terminal end of the communication line as a terminal-end communication device on the basis of the plurality of pulse widths measured by the measurement unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventors: Takashi Nakajo, Masato Abe, Nariya Komazaki
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Patent number: 11874005Abstract: An air conditioner includes a detection unit configured to detect a load in a room, a notification unit configured to notify a user of information, and a control unit, in which the control unit causes the notification unit to notify the user that ventilation is necessary when a load condition indicating that a variation of the load detected by the detection unit is within a predetermined range in a first time period is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Andou
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Patent number: 11874013Abstract: A total energy management system for high energy efficiency of a logistics center includes: an energy management system (EMS) server for collecting real-time data associated with the logistics center, wherein the EMS server processes the real-time data and generates at least one of real-time temperature data, real-time humidity data, renewable energy data, and electric power data of the logistics center; and an artificial intelligence (AI) server for outputting at least one of temperature mapping data, defrosting time determination data, and an energy operation guide in the logistics center based on at least one of the real-time temperature data, the real-time humidity data, the renewable energy data, and the electric power data received from the EMS server, wherein the EMS server switches between a plurality of management modes having different operating conditions for the logistics center based on at least one of the temperature mapping data, the defrosting time determination data, and the energy operationType: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: KOREA CONFORMITY LABORATORIESInventors: Jaeyoung Oh, Sanguk Suh, Minjung Joo, Kyunghoon Jang
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Patent number: 11867422Abstract: A method for distributing a set of air purification devices in a target space comprising: accessing a void volume representing the target space; accessing a set of observed parameter data streams recorded by a set of air sensors with the target space during an observation period, the set of observed parameter data streams comprising a set of pollutant concentration data streams of a pollutant, a set of air speed data streams, and a set of air direction data streams; simulating a distribution of the pollutant in the void volume reproducing the set of observed parameter data streams based on the set of observed parameter data streams; accessing a set of device characteristics for a set of air purification devices to be deployed within the target space; and calculating a set of device positions in the void volume based on the distribution of the pollutant and the set of device characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PRAAN, INCInventors: Angad Daryani, Fnu Sanat Kumar, Pranjal Lnu, Prajwal Bhagat
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Patent number: 11867420Abstract: A method in a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes retrieving a control input from a remote computing system via a cellular network responsive to determining that a connection to a local wireless network cannot be established and generating a control signal for HVAC equipment based on the control input or generating a control signal for HVAC equipment by executing a backup control algorithm responsive to determining that a connection to a local wireless network cannot be established.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vineet Sinha, Yingchun Xu, Patrick W. Mulcahy, August Lu, Bing Mao, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11860603Abstract: A system for optimizing manufacturing utilization is disclosed. The system includes a manufacturing apparatus configured to transmit a first electronic message type indicating a time period when the manufacturing apparatus is in use, as well as a sensor disposed in a work cell associated with the manufacturing apparatus, the sensor configured to transmit a second electronic message type indicating a time period of operator activity within the work cell. The system further includes a computing device configured to receive the first and second electronic message types and accumulate one or more of each of the respective time periods of the first and second electronic message types. The computing device determines utilization of the manufacturing apparatus based on accumulated time periods corresponding to the first electronic message type as a percentage of accumulated time periods corresponding to the second electronic message type.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Nathan John Lamers
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Patent number: 11859851Abstract: An energy efficient hybrid variable air volume terminal system with multiple heating coils to enhance temperature control in each individual room in a plurality of rooms. The hybrid variable air volume terminal system includes a novel hybrid variable air volume box that has one inlet duct and a plurality of outlet ducts coupled to the novel hybrid variable air volume box. Each outlet duct has a heating coil operably connected thereto which can be operably connected to any number of the plurality of rooms to provide an energy efficient building management system. In certain embodiments, either an actual or a virtual thermostat is operably connected to the hybrid variable air volume terminal system to control the operation of the system remotely. In certain embodiments, the hybrid variable air volume terminal system comprises an automated air balance system or an automated space control damper and demand response control system to control and/or vary the amount of air flow.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: ALBIREO ENERGY, LLCInventor: Keith Stanley Voysey
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Patent number: 11852505Abstract: A critical environment monitoring system including a sensor array structured to provide sensor data indicative of temperature, pressure, and humidity in an interior space, and one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors that provides a graphical user interface displaying a compliance standard temperature received from a standard setting body and a temperature value, a compliance standard pressure received from the standard setting body and a pressure value, and a compliance standard humidity received from the standard setting body and a humidity value. The processing circuit also generates an alert in response to one of the temperature value being outside the compliance standard temperature, the pressure value being outside the compliance standard pressure, or the humidity value being outside the compliance standard humidity, records criticality information, and receives a log of actions taken.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Julie J. Brown, Renee R. Jacobs, Fawn R. Staerkel, Rachel D. M. Ellerman, Tyler Brown
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Patent number: 11835936Abstract: A method for accessing a computer-numerically-controlled machine can include receiving a command to be executed by the computer-numerically-controlled machine. A hardware state of a component in the computer-numerically-controlled machine can be determined by receiving, from the component, data indicative of the hardware state. An origin of the command including a user identification of a user who sent the command and/or a machine identification of a device that sent the command can be determined. Whether the computer-numerically-controlled machine is allowed to execute the command can be determined by applying a set of rules and based on the hardware state and/or the origin of the command. In response to determining that the computer-numerically-controlled machine is allowed to execute the command, the command can be executed at the computer-numerically-controlled machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Glowforge, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Anthony Wright, Scott Haug, Linden Wright