Patents by Inventor Luis Pereira
Luis Pereira has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240084804Abstract: The present invention contemplates the distribution and network connection of instrumentation units, wherein each consists of a firmware based on a microcontroller and temperature and vibration sensors. These units, designated as measurement nodes, are installed at various points along the casing of the pieces of equipment that make up a subsea submersible centrifugal pump (SCP), enabling the characterization of temperature profiles and different modes of vibration throughout the body of the drive, opening the possibility of relating the operational condition to the measured data and of performing predictive actions that promote the increase of the useful life of the pieces of equipment. The present invention also contemplates the boarding of a microcontroller unit for processing the sensor signals. In addition to processing vibration components sampled at high frequency, the microcontroller unit will enable the transmission of such signals at low frequency to the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: BERNARDO PEREIRA FORESTI, LEONARDO ADOLPHO RODRIGUES DA SILVA, EDGAR CAMPOS FURTADO, TARSIS PRADO BARBOSA, LUÍS ANTÔNIO AGUIRRE
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Publication number: 20240078597Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, there is a computer-implemented method including: training, by a computing device, a machine learning (ML) model on a financial data set comprising data on financial behavior applicable to repaying debts; entering, by a computing device, an interaction with a user regarding renegotiating a debt; and generating, by the computing device, a proposed payment plan for the debt, based on user data of the user, and using the ML model trained on the financial data set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Ana Paula Appel, Aline Bossi, Anderson Luis de Paula Silva, Andrea Aparecida Crespo, Bruno Vieira Rosa, Carlos Eduardo Buzeto, Carlos Lessandro Lopes Rischioto, Jorge Damiao Barbosa das Chagas, Paula Fernanda Pereira, Rogerio Cesar Barbosa dos Santos da Silva
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Patent number: 11910769Abstract: Provided is one gene CpRap2 isolated from Carica papaya identified as CpRap2.4b and that includes SEQ. ID NO: 2, as well as the genetic transformation methods for the overexpression of said gene and the obtaining of tolerant non-transgenic plants through grafts. Genetic transformation of plants that overexpress genes CpRap2 and their grafts showed they could survive extreme temperatures up to 12 days for heat and more than 30 days for cold.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATAN, A.C.Inventors: Luis Carlos Rodríguez Zapata, Luis Joel Figueroa Yañez, Alejandro Pereira Santana, Enrique Castaño De La Serna
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Patent number: 11460835Abstract: Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTD.Inventors: John Matthew Dalton, Luis Pereira
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Publication number: 20210051844Abstract: The seeding positioner device applied to agricultural planters comprising a structure consisted of a rotating seed pusher that directs the seeds to a labyrinth (14) moving in a opposite direction, allowing to control the seed release as the speed the assembly rotates, so that the discharge spacing will be commanded by a gears-driven compartment (22) which directs the seeds to a discharge tube (23), wherein the pneumatic system generates positive air pressure. Thus, the compressed air will push the seed against the soil in order to maintain the perfect line positioning and increasing the planting speed. The seeding positioner device can be driven by an electric motor, a pneumatic motor, a hydraulic motor, a cardan shaft, a pitch chain, or a twisting cable, according to the planter type. In addition, the device constructional shape prevents the seeds from being damaged and loses germination capacity when passing through the mechanism, allowing the equipment to be applied and adapted to work with any seed type.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Pedro Luis Pereira Couto, Thiago De Carvalho Ribeiro
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Publication number: 20200332653Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. The subsea processor may relay information to the surface for recording or monitoring. The subsea processor may also be programmed with a model from which to base operation of the BOP, such as in emergency conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.Inventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
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Patent number: 10539010Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. The subsea processor may relay information to the surface for recording or monitoring. The subsea processor may also be programmed with a model from which to base operation of the BOP, such as in emergency conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.Inventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
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Publication number: 20190343927Abstract: The present invention relates to a vector for use in the treatment of a polyglutamine repeat spinocerebellar ataxia, which vector comprises cholesterol 24-hydroxylase encoding nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Sandro ALVES, Nathalie CARTIER-LACAVE, Luis PEREIRA DE ALMEIDA, Clévio NOBREGA, Liliana MENDONÇA
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Publication number: 20190278260Abstract: Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.Inventors: John Matthew DALTON, Luis PEREIRA
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Patent number: 9952170Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting degradation and failures, include types of failures, in a hose assembly are disclosed. One system includes a hose degradation monitoring circuit having a hose assembly including a hose having first and second conductive layers, and a degradation monitoring circuit configured to detect a resistance of the hose across the conductive layers. The degradation monitoring circuit includes a voltage source electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and a resistor electrically connected between the second conductive layer and ground. The degradation monitoring circuit further includes a voltage monitoring circuit electrically connected between the resistor and the second conductive layer, to periodically monitor a voltage at the location and detect a possible failure of the hose assembly upon determining that, based at least in part on a change in the voltage at the location over time, a resistance of the hose assembly has passed a threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Sameer Subhash Upasani, Abhay Shinde, Luis Pereira
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Publication number: 20160237773Abstract: Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: John Matthew Dalton, Luis Pereira
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Patent number: 9322264Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. A shared communications bus may interconnect the subsea processor and underwater components and the subsea processor and a surface or onshore network. The shared communications bus may be operated according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTDInventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
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Publication number: 20150177172Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting degradation and failures, include types of failures, in a hose assembly are disclosed. One system includes a hose degradation monitoring circuit having a hose assembly including a hose having first and second conductive layers, and a degradation monitoring circuit configured to detect a resistance of the hose across the conductive layers. The degradation monitoring circuit includes a voltage source electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and a resistor electrically connected between the second conductive layer and ground. The degradation monitoring circuit further includes a voltage monitoring circuit electrically connected between the resistor and the second conductive layer, to periodically monitor a voltage at the location and detect a possible failure of the hose assembly upon determining that, based at least in part on a change in the voltage at the location over time, a resistance of the hose assembly has passed a threshold level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Sameer Subhash Upasani, Abhay Shinde, Luis Pereira
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Publication number: 20150104328Abstract: This disclosure includes subsea pumping apparatuses and related methods. Some apparatuses include one or more subsea pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet, and one or more motors, each configured to actuate at least one pump to communicate a hydraulic fluid from the inlet to the outlet, where the subsea pumping apparatus is configured to be in fluid communication with a hydraulically actuated device of a blowout preventer. Some subsea pumping apparatuses include one or more of: a desalination system configured to produce at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid; one or more valves, each configured to selectively route hydraulic fluid from an outlet of a pump to, for example, a subsea environment, a reservoir, and/or the inlet of the pump; and a reservoir configured to store at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid. Some apparatuses are configured to be directly coupled to the hydraulically actuated device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, John Mathew Dalton, Luis Pereira, James Edward Kersey
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Publication number: 20150094866Abstract: This disclosure includes BOP control and/or power and/or data communication systems and related methods. Some systems use or include a plurality of controllers, each in communication with a BOP control network and configured to transmit information associated with the BOP, and a signal conditioning circuit in electrical communication with and configured to provide a power signal and a data signal to at least one of the plurality of controllers, the signal conditioning circuit including a signal coupler, a subsea signal decoupler, an amplifier, and/or a frequency converter, where each controller is in communication with one or more processors and is configured to transmit at least a portion of the information through the BOP control network during a respective time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Luis Pereira, Jose Gutierrez, John Matthew Dalton, Guy Robert Babbitt, Terry Dickson, Fari Godazandeh, Mete Mutlu, Taofik Wassar
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Patent number: 8967757Abstract: Systems and methods for print head calibration. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may include scanning an image on a print media to obtain an optical density profile. The method may also include selecting at least one window in the optical density profile. The method may also include generating an average profile for each window. The method may also include identifying variations in uniformity.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Behnam Bastani, David Luis Pereira, Jose Ramos
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Publication number: 20140102713Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. A shared communications bus may interconnect the subsea processor and underwater components and the subsea processor and a surface or onshore network. The shared communications bus may be operated according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITEDInventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
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Publication number: 20140102712Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. The subsea processor may relay information to the surface for recording or monitoring. The subsea processor may also be programmed with a model from which to base operation of the BOP, such as in emergency conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures LimitedInventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
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Patent number: 8454827Abstract: A filter for edible oil and fat designed to increase the useful life of oil and fat used for frying foodstuff and to improve the quality thereof, having reduced shape and dimensions, thus allowing to be immersed in the oil to be filtered, thus eliminating the time spent for removing and conveying the hot oil compared to the traditional filtering methods and making the process safer; the shorter time reducing the loss of heat, thus keeping the oil hot and the viscosity low and thus facilitating the passage thereof through filtering element.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventor: Fernando Luis Pereira Cazzoli
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Publication number: 20120297997Abstract: Image forming apparatuses and methods are disclosed. Image forming apparatuses and methods include a plate member including an upper plate surface to receive media on which to form images, an ink absorber member to receive ink in a form of ink build-up, and a blotter unit to periodically contact and press at least a portion of the ink build-up formed on the ink absorber member therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Michael Novick, David Luis Pereira, Geoffrey Schmid