Maintenance Patents (Class 702/184)
  • Patent number: 11966885
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and Internet of Things (IoT) systems for predicting maintenance materials of a smart gas pipeline network. The method may be implemented based on a smart gas safety management platform of an Internet of Things (IoT) system for predicting maintenance materials of a smart gas pipeline network. The method may comprise: obtaining a pipeline network feature of a gas pipeline network; predicting fault probabilities of one or more point positions of the gas pipeline network based on the pipeline network feature, the fault probabilities including probabilities of one or more preset fault types of faults occurring at the point positions; and determining demand for the maintenance materials based on the fault probabilities of the one or more point positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Shao, Yong Li, Junyan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11954604
    Abstract: Provided is a maintenance operation assistance system comprising: a failure knowledge database wherein failure knowledge data is recorded; a failure knowledge coupling unit for reconstructing partial failure knowledge data into failure knowledge data; and an inspection procedure generation unit for presenting an inspection procedure using the reconstructed failure knowledge data. The failure knowledge coupling unit evaluates and adjusts the relatedness of nodes among different instances of partial failure knowledge data, and connects the different instances of partial failure knowledge data. On the basis of the reconstructed failure knowledge data, the inspection procedure generation unit sets priorities for when presenting the inspection procedure, and presents the inspection procedure to a diagnostic interface unit in accordance with the priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Kono
  • Patent number: 11928622
    Abstract: A system for failure detection tools is disclosed. The system may include at least one user device, an application server, and a failure detection system, each of which may be in communication with one or more of the others via at least one network. The failure detection system may receive first data from a data source, process the first data to generate second data, apply a statistical modeling algorithm to make a prediction relating to the first data or the second data, and communicate data relating to the prediction and/or a trend related to the first data or the second data to the user device for displaying at least a portion of the data relating to the prediction and/or the trend on a display of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael P. Simeone, David Little, George Boben, Shashank Kapoor, Deepan Nedumaran, Aravind Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 11927945
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting maintenance work includes circuitry configured to perform learning based on a data set in association with a replaced or repaired part, or a new part after replacement indicated by work content information, and the learning includes processing an input of the data set or a portion of the data set, in accordance with model parameters of a machine learning model; determining work content information applied to the input; and updating the model parameters of the machine learning model based on the determined work content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryou Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11907592
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing apparatus, and a display method. The information processing system stores in one or more memories, error information acquired from the device and a solution method of an error input to the device or the information processing apparatus in association with time information and displays on a display, presence of the error information and presence of the solution method in association with time axis based on the time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiya Murayama
  • Patent number: 11905042
    Abstract: A signal associated with a motor is obtained where the motor is included in a aircraft that has flight capabilities. A motor wear metric that represents an amount of wear experienced by the motor is determined based at least in part on the signal. It is determined, at a flight computer that is included in the aircraft, whether to restrict the flight capabilities of the aircraft based at least in part on the motor wear metric. The flight capabilities of the aircraft are restricted in the event it is so determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Young Kwon, Alexander David Selwa
  • Patent number: 11900330
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for generating and applying vehicle maintenance models to vehicle telematics data. A vehicle telematics analytics (VTA) computing device is configured to receive vehicle telematics data associated with operation of a subject vehicle, and apply the received vehicle telematics data to a vehicle maintenance model to determine whether the operation of the subject vehicle is better or worse than standard operation of like vehicles. The VTA computing device may adjust a maintenance cost and/or determine if a user of the vehicle is eligible for a reward based upon this determination. The VTA computing device is configured to transmit an itemized report to the user including the adjusted maintenance cost and/or the reward as well as one or more other vehicle costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Brannan, Ryan Michael Gross, Matthew Eric Riley, Sr., Darwin Gene Beachy, Michael Aaron Myers, Brian N. Harvey, Benjamin Joel Tucker, Scott Thomas Christensen
  • Patent number: 11880183
    Abstract: A system includes sensors for monitoring signals, and a processing system executes one or more methods for identification of system events, from the signals, corresponding to state changes and performance of the system and/or its subcomponents. Event identification is performed with classification and/or other machine learning algorithms, with generation of novel training data sets. The sensor(s) can also be used to determine power consumption information about the system and/or its subcomponents. The system processes event-associated outputs for execution of actions for improving system performance, along with other downstream applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jose Maria Guadalupe Gomez, Francis Mitchell Toglia, Mario Gomez Narvaez
  • Patent number: 11874655
    Abstract: A cloud computing system receives data associated with a component of an industrial automation system, wherein the data identifies a supplier of the component, and a location of the component within the industrial automation system, updates a registry for the industrial automation system based on the received data, generates a mapping between the industrial automation system and the component of the industrial automation system, wherein the mapping is indicative of the supplier, the location, or both, models the component performing one or more operations in the industrial automation system based on the received data, the registry, and the mapping, determines a recommended action for the industrial automation system based on the model, the received data, the registry, and the mapping, and transmits the recommended action to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Mazur, Rob A. Entzminger, Jonathan A. Mills, Todd A. Wiese, Bruce T. McCleave, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11869278
    Abstract: A method for determining a status of one of multiple machine components of a machine on the basis of a digital machine model, wherein the digital machine model describes the multiple machine components, includes the steps of: determining component manufacturer data of the multiple machine components; determining machine manufacturer data of the multiple machine components; determining machine operator data of the multiple machine components; and determining the status of the one of the multiple machine components by linking the determined component manufacturer data, the determined machine manufacturer data and the determined machine operator data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lenze Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Guethoff, Nico Scholze
  • Patent number: 11861566
    Abstract: A computer system for automatically allocating periodic maintenance contributions to a maintenance savings account based upon vehicle telematics data includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (i) receiving, from a vehicle, telematics data associated with a vehicle component; (ii) determining a replacement cycle associated with the vehicle component; (iii) determining a replacement cost of the vehicle component; (iv) calculating a plurality of periodic maintenance contributions to a maintenance savings account, the maintenance savings account associated with the vehicle owner and designated to receive the plurality of periodic maintenance contributions; and (v) automatically transferring the plurality of periodic maintenance contributions from a primary account associated with the user to the maintenance savings account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ben Kobulnicky, Matthew Floyd
  • Patent number: 11854379
    Abstract: Provided is a method, device, and computer-readable medium for controlling a robot graphic user interface (“RGUI”) on a mobile device. The method can include determining a distance, a position, or both of the mobile device with respect to a first robot; and causing, by a processor, a first RGUI to be displayed on a display of the mobile device based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kelleher Guerin, Gregory Hager
  • Patent number: 11830611
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device management apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires information indicating occurrence of a first failure prediction of a first device. The processing circuitry adjusts detection sensitivity of a second failure prediction of a second device relating to the information based on relevance between the first device and the second device. The second device is different from the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Fujita, Akihiro Koga, Atsuko Sugiyama, Junko Shibata
  • Patent number: 11789439
    Abstract: Sensor combinations that are effective for failure sign diagnosis are automatically generated in consideration of hidden relationships between sensor data. The present invention includes: a time shift data generation unit 106 that processes sensor data acquired from an instrument and generates the processed sensor data; and a sensor combinations/pre-processing condition generation unit 112 that generates sensor combinations on the basis of correlation coefficients between the sensor data and the processed sensor data, and generates, as a preprocessing condition, a processing condition that increases a correlation coefficient between sensors for each sensor combination, in which the failure sign diagnosis of the instrument is performed on the basis of a change in the relationship between the sensor data included in the sensor combination and the processed sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Junsuke Fujiwara, Hideaki Suzuki, Toshiaki Kono, Toshiyuki Odaka
  • Patent number: 11762729
    Abstract: A computer management apparatus including a plurality of nodes, each including a processor and a storage device, and stores a countermeasure result table including a plurality of combinations of an anomaly detection rule, a countermeasure rule which is a countermeasure against an anomaly, and an effect indicating effectiveness of these rules, and the management apparatus includes: an anomaly detection unit that detects an anomaly of the computer system based on information acquired from the computer system and the anomaly detection rule; an execution unit that decides a countermeasure, at which the anomaly has been detected by the anomaly detection unit, on the basis of the detected anomaly, the countermeasure rule, and the effect indicating the effectiveness, and executes the decided countermeasure; and a countermeasure result information setting unit that evaluates a result of the countermeasure and records the result in the effect indicating the effectiveness in the countermeasure result table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Akira Deguchi
  • Patent number: 11755006
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can be configured to perform receiving a notification of a maintenance event associated with a resource. The method includes retrieving historic maintenance data in relation to the resource with which the fault is associated, the maintenance information originating from a time period preceding the time of the maintenance event. The method includes identifying at least a portion of the retrieved historic maintenance data as being indicative of the maintenance event. The method also includes causing the portion of the retrieved historic maintenance data identified as being indicative of the maintenance event to be stored as a precursor signal of the maintenance event. The method also includes causing future maintenance data received from a plurality of resources related to the resource with which the maintenance event is associated to be monitored to predict a future occurrence of the maintenance event in the plurality of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ezra Spiro, Andre Frederico Cavalheiro Menck, Peter Maag, Thomas Powell
  • Patent number: 11747800
    Abstract: An automatic work order generation system for model predictive maintenance (MPM) of building equipment including an MPM system including an equipment controller to operate the building equipment to affect an environmental condition of a building. The MPM system can perform a predictive optimization to determine a service time at which to service the building equipment. The automatic work order generation system includes an equipment service scheduler that can determine whether any service providers are available to perform equipment service within a predetermined time range of the service time. In response to determining that service providers are available to perform the equipment service, the equipment service scheduler can select a service provider and an appointment time based on one or more service provider attributes. The equipment service scheduler can generate a service work order and transmit the service work order to the service provider to schedule a service appointment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Mohammad N. ElBsat, Michael J. Wenzel, Zhigang Wu, Yasutaka Yoshida, Robert D. Turney, Liming Yang
  • Patent number: 11740954
    Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus and system for storing fault data, an embodiment of the fault data storage method including: acquiring fault data of a target electrical device; sending a consensus request for the fault data, usable to request that consensus personnel who use the consensus client reach a consensus for the reason why the target electrical device is faulty, to at least one consensus client; respectively receiving a consensus result from each consensus client, the consensus result being formed by the consensus client according to the triggering of the consensus personnel; determining, according to each received consensus result, whether the reason for why the target electrical device is faulty is due to device quality; generating, upon the reason for why the target electrical device is faulty being due to device quality, a first data block which contains the fault data; and storing the first data block into a blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Ltd., China
    Inventors: Hao Liu, Jing Li, Dan Wang, Wen Tao Hua, Ang Li
  • Patent number: 11710544
    Abstract: This disclosure includes techniques for analyzing patient data. In one example, a method includes accessing, by a computer system, one or more databases comprising health information, with protected health information, for a plurality of patients, accessing, by the computer system, an analytical model, and receiving, by the computer system via a user interface, instructions to apply the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients. The protected health information is isolated from the user interface to restrict access to the protected health information. The method further includes applying, by the computer system, the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients, and storing a result of the analytical model to the one or more databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Richard H. Wolniewicz
  • Patent number: 11703851
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with long-term predictions for specific maintenance within a planned maintenance schedule. In one embodiment, a method includes updating a failure probability curve for a component part of a device based at least in part on data obtained from a sensor associated with the component part; determining based at least in part on the updated failure probability curve that a likelihood of failure for the component part following a first upcoming planned maintenance and before a second upcoming planned maintenance exceeds a threshold; and transmitting a work order for specific maintenance to reduce the likelihood of failure of the component part to be performed during the first upcoming planned maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Dheeraj Akula
  • Patent number: 11689540
    Abstract: A device for a secure data connection of at least one manufacturing machine (104) has an information-processing system (114), which is subdivided into individual zones (108, 110, 112) interconnected by data diodes (120) such that data originating from the machine control (118) of the manufacturing machine (104) in a data flow can be transferred to other zones (108, 110, 112) without the possibility of a data return flow. The individual zones (110, 112) are ordered hierarchically. Each individual zone has a lower level of data security than the upstream individual zone (108, 110) in relation to the data flow. Every individual zone (108, 110, 112) is formed as an independent computer in the manner of an isolated application. In addition, a manufacturing machine and a production plant includes the device for secure data connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ROMMELAG ILABS GMBH
    Inventors: Gert Hansen, Helmut Jacob
  • Patent number: 11675344
    Abstract: A method for generating a report regarding prioritizations of industrial automation devices in an industrial system may include determining a first score for each of the industrial automation devices. The first score represents a relative importance of each of the industrial automation devices. The method may also include determining a second score for each of one or more parts of each of the industrial automation devices. The second score represents a relative importance of each of the parts with respect to each other. The method may also include generating the report comprising the parts, the industrial automation devices, the first score for each of the industrial automation devices, the second score for each of the parts, or any combination thereof, wherein the report is organized according to the first score, the second score, or based on a combination of the first score and the second score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Wilber, Jeromy Scott Humphrey, Michael James Lanphear
  • Patent number: 11660399
    Abstract: An injection system, including an injector having a dispensing mechanism configured to dispense a medicament, and a ready-to-use indicator. The ready-to-use indicator includes a controller configured to interact with the ready-to-use indicator and an audio and/or visual indicator, a temperature sensor, and a temperature analog having similar thermodynamic properties of the medicament. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the temperature analog which represents the dynamic temperature of medicament as the medicament is heated or cooled. The temperature sensor is configured to communicate the detected temperature to the controller and to alert the controller when a preset temperature is reached. The ready-to-use indicator is configured to alert a user when the preset temperature is reached, signifying the medicament is thermally ready to be delivered by the dispensing mechanism. The audio and/or visual indicator is configured to display indicate one or more notifications to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tommy Gene Davis, Brian Klueppel, Paul Benson, Anthony G. Esposito, Jason Choi
  • Patent number: 11663496
    Abstract: An example method comprises receiving first historical data of a first time period and failure data, identifying at least some sensor data that was or potentially was generated during a first failure, removing the at least some sensor data to create filtered historical data, training a classification model using the filtered historical data, the classification model indicating at least one first classified state at a second period of time prior to the first failure indicated by the failure data, applying the classification model to second sensor data to identify a first potential failure state based on the at least one first classified state, the second sensor data being from a subsequent time period, generating an alert if the first potential failure state is identified based on at least a first subset of sensor signals generated during the subsequent time period, and providing the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.
    Inventors: Younghun Kim, Guruprasad Srinivasan, Tarun Kumar
  • Patent number: 11610183
    Abstract: A facility readiness inspection system and method are disclosed. Embodiments comprise an asset database comprising inspection task definition for assets. An inspection coordination application program interface (API) can create at least one periodic inspection task list. Each periodic inspection task list can include a number of tasks and assets, chosen based on the total time allotted for completion of the periodic inspection task list and the complexity of the inspection task definitions of each physical asset. Mobile electronic device can be configured to present the periodic inspection task list as a series of discrete tasks and to receive task list response data in response to each discrete task. Response data can be compared to benchmarks and standards, and issues can be escalated to external systems. An analytics engine can automatically produce inspection compliance documentation for each of the physical assets related to the periodic inspection task list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert James Taylor, Matthew David Alexander, Shawn M. Hodge
  • Patent number: 11609553
    Abstract: Methods and systems for data collection in an environment including pumps and fans are disclosed. A monitoring system may include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein the input channels are communicatively coupled to sensors measuring operational parameters of a pump or fan. A data storage may store one or more frequencies related to an operation of the pump or fan, and a data acquisition circuit may interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data. A frequency evaluation circuit may detect a signal on one of the input channels at a frequency higher than the one or more frequencies at which the pump or fan operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11598880
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a fault state of an aircraft is provided. The apparatus accesses a training set of flight data for the aircraft. The training set includes observations of the flight data, each observation of the flight data includes measurements of properties selected and transformed into a set of features. The apparatus builds a generative adversarial network including a generative model and a discriminative model using the training set and the set of features, and builds an anomaly detection model to predict the fault state of the aircraft. The anomaly detection model is trained using the training set of flight data, simulated flight data generated by the generative model, and a subset of features from the set of features. The apparatus deploys the anomaly detection model to predict the fault state of the aircraft using additional observations of the flight data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Tsai-Ching Lu, Charles E. Martin, Stephen C. Slaughter, Richard Patrick
  • Patent number: 11599176
    Abstract: A power device includes one or more electrical components, the electrical components including one or more physical attribute. The power device includes one or more sensors configured to monitor the attribute(s). The power device includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including one or more alerting rule. The power device includes one or more processors configured for retrieving the one or more alerting rule from the storage medium. The processors are configured for monitoring one or more sensor value from the sensor(s), wherein the sensor values are associated with the attribute(s). The processors are configured for evaluating the at least one alerting rule during the monitoring, and when the one or more alerting rule results in a pending failure condition, sending a notification to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Liron Har-Shai, Israel Gershman, Igor Morozov, David Lachmann, Vitaly Zlotnikov, Bryon Gomberg, Yoav Galin
  • Patent number: 11567487
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to diagnosing a fault in an electric drive of a process plant. The fault diagnosis method includes receiving fault data from an electric drive upon occurrence of the fault. The method further includes obtaining a fault code and a drive type associated with the electric drive from the fault data. In addition, the method comprises determining one or more drive parts to replace by comparing the fault code and the drive type with a mapped data for a plurality of drive types. The mapped data for each drive type includes a relation between a plurality of fault codes and a plurality of drive parts. The method further includes initiating a maintenance operation involving replacement of the one or more drive parts to address the fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Abhilash Pani, Jinendra Gugaliya, Rahul Kumar-Vij, Promodh Narayan Ravichandran
  • Patent number: 11551096
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for generating potential feature combinations for a new item. A neural network may be utilized to identify positive and/or negative sentiment phrases from textual data. Each sentiment phrase may correspond to particular features of existing items. A machine-learning model may utilize the sentiment phrases and their corresponding features to generate a set of potential feature combinations for a new item. The potential feature combinations may be scored, for example, based on an amount by which a potential feature combination differs from known feature combinations of existing items. One or more potential feature combinations may be provided in a feature recommendation. Feedback (e.g., human feedback, sales data, page views for similar items, and the like) may be obtained and utilized to retrain the machine-learning model to better identify subsequent feature combinations that may be desirable and/or practical to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Pragyana K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 11549864
    Abstract: A sensor unit includes an orientation sensor, an electronic processor coupled to the orientation sensor, and memory coupled to the electronic processor and storing support structure configuration data and instructions. The instructions, when executed by the electronic processor, cause the sensor unit to monitor a position of a conductor support structure associated with the sensor unit based on data from the orientation sensor and generate an alert message responsive to determining that the position violates a position threshold. The position threshold is generated based on the support structure configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Aclara Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Michael Lee Kelley
  • Patent number: 11543051
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum valve having a valve closure and having a drive unit which is coupled to the valve closure and which has at least one adjustment element. The vacuum valve furthermore has a position sensor, in particular a travel or distance sensor, such that a position of the valve closure and/or of the at least one adjustment element relative to a zero position, in particular an open position or closed position of the vacuum valve, can be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: VAT HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Christoph Böhm, Adrian Eschenmoser, Kyle Axle Elford
  • Patent number: 11543822
    Abstract: An equipment inspection system receives data captured by a sensor of an autonomous vehicle (AV). The captured data describes a current state of equipment for servicing the AV. The equipment inspection system compares the captured data to a model describing an expected state of the equipment. The equipment inspection system determines, based on the comparison, that the equipment differs from the expected state. The equipment inspection system may transmit data describing the current state of the equipment to an equipment manager. The equipment manager may schedule maintenance for the equipment based on the current state of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Adam Mandel-Senft, Tracy Cheung, Michael Frank Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11527987
    Abstract: Provided is an abnormality diagnosis device including: a physical quantity measurement processor configured to acquire, as time-series data, a physical quantity of an electric motor or a load; a feature parameter calculation processor configured to calculate feature parameters; a correlation function creation processor configured to create a correlation function for two or more feature parameters, and calculate a correlation coefficient corresponding to a measurement result of the physical quantity that changes depending on an abnormality occurrence state; a database configured to store in advance reference data in which a remaining time until a failure is caused and the correlation coefficient are associated with each other; and a diagnosis processor configured to extract from the reference data the remaining time corresponding to the correlation coefficient, and identify the remaining time until the electric motor or the load causes a failure or a part that has caused a failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Makoto Kanemaru, Junji Hori, Tomoaki Takewa, Takuma Sasai
  • Patent number: 11520323
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and non-transitory machine-readable medium provide for 360° assistance for a QCS scanner with mixed reality (MR) and machine learning technology. The apparatus includes an optical sensor, a display, a Chatbot, cloud service, and a processor operably connected to the optical sensor and the display. The processor receives diagnostic information from a server related to a field device in an industrial process control and automation system; identifies an issue of the field device based on the diagnostic information; detects, using the optical sensor, the field device corresponding to the identified issue; guides, using the display, a user to a location and a scanner part of the field device that is related to the issue; provides, using the display, necessary steps or actions to resolve the issue; and connects, using a cloud server, a user to get modules of installation, commissioning, annual maintenance (AMC) and training for a quality control system (QCS) as per the selected persona.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell Limited
    Inventors: Pavan Tumkur Lankehanumaiah, Shailendra Kumar Gupta, Senthilkumar Jayaraman, Ajay Kumar
  • Patent number: 11456912
    Abstract: A method includes monitoring unstructured data related to a configuration item in a relevant source, analyzing the data using a natural language processing system, and determining that the configuration item has an event wherein the configuration item is to be maintained in response to the analysis of the data. The method also includes designating that the configuration item is in a maintenance mode and suppressing alerts related to the configuration item while the configuration item is in the maintenance mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hristo Simeonov, Sander Plug, Giacomo Giuseppe Chiarella
  • Patent number: 11451842
    Abstract: A system and method arranged to predict a match state event by a machine learning platform. The system and method including monitoring, by the machine learning platform, multimedia content on a live data feed, receiving, by the machine learning platform, current match state data corresponding to the multimedia content, and predicting, by the machine learning platform, an anomaly in the multimedia content based on an analysis of received multimedia content and current match state data. The system and method can include generating, by the machine learning platform, a confidence score regarding a likelihood of the anomaly in the multimedia content, and resolving, by the machine learning platform, the anomaly based on the confidence score. Resolving the anomaly includes extracting a portion of the multimedia content containing the anomaly, ignoring the anomaly, or correcting the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SIMPLEBET, INC.
    Inventors: Simon Gershey, Kyle Engel, Dave Lucia, Zachary Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11416325
    Abstract: A system and method for predictive ticketing in information technology (IT) systems. The method includes extracting a plurality of features from monitoring data related to an IT system, wherein the plurality of features includes at least one incident parameter, wherein the monitoring data includes machine-generated textual data; applying a machine learning model to the extracted plurality of features, wherein the machine learning model is configured to output a suitable insight for an incident represented by the at least one incident parameter, wherein the suitable insight is selected from among a plurality of historical insights; and generating a predictive ticket based on the suitable insight, wherein the predictive ticket includes a textual description of an expected future symptom in the IT system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Dror Mann, Yaron Lehmann, Gabby Menahem
  • Patent number: 11403579
    Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring the effectiveness of an agent coaching program calculate a rate of change in a first Key Performance Indicator for a first agent in a first coaching program during a period of time; select a control group of agents in which agents in the control group of agents were not exposed to the first coaching program; calculate an average rate of change in the first Key Performance Indicator for the control group of agents during the period of time; and calculate a first coaching impact of the first coaching program on the first Key Performance Indicator for the first agent relative to the average rate of change in the first Key Performance Indicator for the control group of agents during the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NICE LTD.
    Inventors: David Geffen, Yuval Shachaf, Gennadi Lembersky
  • Patent number: 11372395
    Abstract: Methods and systems for data collection in an industrial environment include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein at least one of the input channels is connected to a vibration detection facility coupled to a plurality of vibration components. A data storage stores a plurality of vibration patterns for the plurality of vibration components in a library of vibration patterns. A data acquisition circuit interprets a plurality of detection values, each comprising a representation of collected data corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels. An expert system analysis circuit analyzes the plurality of detection values to determine if one of the plurality of vibration components has a recognized vibration pattern corresponding to a stored vibration pattern from the library of vibration patterns. A response circuit provides an alarm condition in response to the vibration component having the recognized vibration pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11366865
    Abstract: A technology is described for distributed querying of computing hubs for device-generated data. In one example, computing hubs may provide a storage service to devices included in a local device network, and the devices may send device-generated data to the computing hubs to be stored by the storage service. A distributed query may be initiated by identifying the computing hubs that have the device-generated data stored on the computing hubs and sending a message containing query instructions to the computing hubs. The query instructions, when executed on the computing hubs, retrieve the device-generated data from the storage service included on the computing hubs, and the computing hubs may send the device-generated data to a service provider environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Calvin Yue-Ren Kuo, Chen Yang, Ankit Masrani, Feng Wang, Kyunghwan Choi, Robert Battle
  • Patent number: 11360120
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring, manipulating and displaying inspection data obtained by sensors associated with submersible inspection vehicle within a housing having a liquid medium is disclosed in the present application. A control system including an electronic controller is operably coupled with the inspection vehicle and is configured to display data transmitted from the sensor and overlay input data from an operator on the display to facilitate real time analysis during the inspection event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Gregory A. Cole, William J. Eakins, Daniel T. Lasko, Harshang Shah, Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge, Luiz V. Cheim, Poorvi Patel, Biao Zhang, Saumya Sharma, Sanguen Choi
  • Patent number: 11353852
    Abstract: Systems, methods and an apparatus for data monitoring. A system may include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit; a data storage circuit structured to store specifications and anticipated state information for a plurality of pump and fan types; an analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values relative to specifications and anticipated state information to determine a pump or fan performance parameter; and a response circuit structured to initiate an action in response to the pump or fan performance parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11340589
    Abstract: Methods and systems for data collection in an industrial environment include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein at least one of the input channels is connected to a vibration detection facility coupled to a plurality of vibration components. A data storage stores a plurality of vibration patterns for the plurality of vibration components in a library of vibration patterns. A data acquisition circuit interprets a plurality of detection values, each comprising a representation of collected data corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels. A data analysis circuit analyzes the plurality of detection values to determine if one of the plurality of vibration components has a recognized vibration pattern corresponding to a stored vibration pattern from the library of vibration patterns. A response circuit adjusts a process of the environment in response to the vibration component having the recognized vibration pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11300942
    Abstract: A system includes sensors for monitoring pressure, flow, pump speed, temperature, and/or other signals at the output of a main hydraulic pump, and a processing system executes one or more methods for identification of hydraulic system events, from the signals, corresponding to state changes and performance of the system and/or its subcomponents. Event identification is performed with classification and/or other machine learning algorithms, with generation of novel training data sets. The sensor(s) can also be used to determine power consumption information about the system and/or its subcomponents. The system processes event-associated outputs for execution of actions for improving system performance, along with other downstream applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jose Maria Guadalupe Gomez, Francis Mitchell Toglia, Mario Gomez Narvaez
  • Patent number: 11300106
    Abstract: A system and method employing wear debris sensors to monitor the operation of a lubricated mechanical system such as a gearbox (e.g., in a wind turbine), a transmission or an engine in order to control operation of the gearbox in order to reduce damage and/or extend the useful life of the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Poseidon Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Mark L. Redding, Ryan C. Brewer, Stephen N. Steen
  • Patent number: 11282015
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and recording a process in a clean space and a system for implementing same are provided. The method involves providing an electronic process record to a user using at least one processor; monitoring, using at least one sensor, for an event associated with the electronic process record; detecting, using the at least one sensor, the event associated with the electronic process record; recording in at least one data storage, using the at least one processor, information associated with the detected event, the recorded information being associated with a record of the electronic process record in the at least one data storage; verifying, using the at least one processor in communication with the at least one data storage, the recorded information; and storing in the at least one data storage, using the at least one processor, an indication that the recorded information has been verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRE FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
    Inventors: Spencer W. Hoover, Aaron Dulgar-Tulloch, Scott Genin, Nicholas Timmins, Steven Keizer, Aron Sankar, Howard Kim
  • Patent number: 11217333
    Abstract: This disclosure includes techniques for analyzing patient data. In one example, a method includes accessing, by a computer system, one or more databases comprising health information, with protected health information, for a plurality of patients, accessing, by the computer system, an analytical model, and receiving, by the computer system via a user interface, instructions to apply the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients. The protected health information is isolated from the user interface to restrict access to the protected health information. The method further includes applying, by the computer system, the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients, and storing a result of the analytical model to the one or more databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: 3m Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Richard H. Wolniewicz
  • Patent number: 11209811
    Abstract: A diagnostic device includes a storage unit that stores first information including a first abnormal event which occurred in the past in a plant, a first attribution event that is a cause of the first abnormal event, and a first occurrence probability of the first attribution event, in which a causal relationship between the first abnormal and attribution events is indicated by a tree structure, and second information including a second abnormal event which is supposed to occur in the plant but has not yet occurred, a second attribution event that is a cause of the second abnormal event, and a second occurrence probability of the second attribution event, in which a causal relationship between the second abnormal and attribution events is indicated by a tree structure; and an estimation unit that estimates the cause of the sign of the abnormality, based on the first and second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shida, Yukihiko Inoue, Kuniaki Aoyama, Ichiro Nagano, Shun Niizuma, Tomohiro Baba, Akihisa Endo, Takahiro Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Kinoshita, Shinsaku Endo, Yasuoki Tomita, Katsuhiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11195348
    Abstract: A system for determining a priority of monitoring a machine is provided. The system includes a data acquisition module disposed in communication with a sensor. The data acquisition module is configured to generate data based on at least an operational parameter associated with the machine. The system further includes a server configured to determine a first factor indicative of a rate of usage of the machine, a second factor indicative of a number of exceptions of the machine at corresponding severities, a third factor indicative of a risk of unscheduled downtime of the machine, a fourth factor indicative of a distance from a preventive maintenance of the machine, a fifth factor indicative of an importance of a sub-system of the machine, and the priority of monitoring the machine based on at least the first factor, the second factor, the third factor, the fourth factor and the fifth factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Erik J. Anderson