Patents by Inventor Paul Bareil

Paul Bareil 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).

  • Expert control systems and methods for level measurement
    Patent number: 11193809
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a guided wave radar (GWR) level transmitter may comprise a waveguide probe to be positioned in a tank containing media, a measurement circuit, and a compute device. The measurement circuit may transmit a series of pulses along the waveguide probe and measure a series of reflected waveforms, where each of the series of reflected waveforms resulting from transmission of one of the series of pulses along the waveguide probe. The compute device may implement an expert control system to determine a level of the media in the tank, where the expert control system comprises (i) a knowledge base incorporating prior knowledge and (ii) an inference engine to apply logical rules from the knowledge base to evaluate information contained in the series of reflected waveforms to determine the level of media in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Yvan Mimeault, Vincent Marceau, Paul Bareil
  • Expert Control Systems and Methods for Level Measurement
    Publication number: 20200309587
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a guided wave radar (GWR) level transmitter may comprise a waveguide probe to be positioned in a tank containing media, a measurement circuit, and a compute device. The measurement circuit may transmit a series of pulses along the waveguide probe and measure a series of reflected waveforms, where each of the series of reflected waveforms resulting from transmission of one of the series of pulses along the waveguide probe. The compute device may implement an expert control system to determine a level of the media in the tank, where the expert control system comprises (i) a knowledge base incorporating prior knowledge and (ii) an inference engine to apply logical rules from the knowledge base to evaluate information contained in the series of reflected waveforms to determine the level of media in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yvan Mimeault, Vincent Marceau, Paul Bareil