Patents by Inventor Robert Christopher Kwong
Robert Christopher Kwong 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: 20220120617Abstract: An occupancy estimation system is provided. The occupancy estimation system is configured to estimate a number of occupants in a target space. The occupancy estimation system includes a PIR motion sensor and a control apparatus. The PIR motion sensor is with a field of view of an area where occupants are expected to be present, and the PIR motion sensor is adapted to output a PIR signal. The control apparatus is adapted to receive the PIR signal to compile an aggregate of the minor and major motion behaviors of the occupants in the field of view and generate an occupancy estimation count accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Dmitri Jude De Vaz, Robert Christopher Kwong, Gamal Kazim Mustapha
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Patent number: 11118804Abstract: A ceiling-mounted sensing unit includes (i) one or more air temperature sensors; (ii) an infrared sensor having a field of view oriented towards a floor of the room; and (iii) a microcontroller receiving readings from both the air temperature sensors and the infrared sensor, the microcontroller providing an estimated temperature at a predetermined distance above the floor of the room based on a model of the room. The model may be based on a double-exponential smoothing function obtained by matching a Kalman filter model. Alternately, the model may be itself a Kalman filter model or a machine learning trained linear model obtained using a linear regression technique, such as L2 regularization. The Kalman filter model uses a state vector that includes both the estimated temperature and a rate of change in the estimated change in temperature. The machine-trained model may be verified using a k-fold cross-validation technique.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: DELTA CONTROLS INC.Inventors: Robert Christopher Kwong, John Vincent Nicholls, Dmitri John De Vaz, Kevin Scott Batdorf, Derek John Vanditmars, Junsang Yoo, Lap Yan Jonathan Tsui, Andrew Michael Swanton
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Publication number: 20190285300Abstract: A ceiling-mounted sensing unit includes (i) one or more air temperature sensors; (ii) an infrared sensor having a field of view oriented towards a floor of the room; and (iii) a microcontroller receiving readings from both the air temperature sensors and the infrared sensor, the microcontroller providing an estimated temperature at a predetermined distance above the floor of the room based on a model of the room. The model may be based on a double-exponential smoothing function obtained by matching a Kalman filter model. Alternately, the model may be itself a Kalman filter model or a machine learning trained linear model obtained using a linear regression technique, such as L2 regularization. The Kalman filter model uses a state vector that includes both the estimated temperature and a rate of change in the estimated change in temperature. The machine-trained model may be verified using a k-fold cross-validation technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Delta Controls Inc.Inventors: Robert Christopher Kwong, John Vincent Nicholls, Dmitri John De Vaz, Kevin Scott Batdorf, Derek John Vanditmars, Junsang Yoo, Lap Yan Jonathan Tsui, Andrew Michael Swanton
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Publication number: 20130344746Abstract: A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Uponor Innovations ABInventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
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Patent number: 8588222Abstract: A network device configured to allow the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Uponor Innovation ABInventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffery Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
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Publication number: 20120184131Abstract: A network device configured to allow the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: UPONOR INNOVATION ABInventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffery Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
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Publication number: 20110162884Abstract: A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2004Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Logan Brent Grauer, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin
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Publication number: 20110134792Abstract: A connector hub comprising a number of cable interfaces is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect each of the network devices to a cable interface on the connector hub, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. The connector hub connects a master or primary network device to the network devices connected by a cable to the cable interfaces of the connector in a daisy chain configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
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Patent number: 7936748Abstract: A network device configured to allows the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Uponor Innovations ABInventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon