Patents Assigned to Insight, Inc.
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Patent number: 11231734Abstract: An exemplary method includes solving on a computing system an optimal power flow formulation for a plurality of generators in a power system. The solving includes computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of constraints for the formulation, computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of Jacobian functions of the constraints, and computing using multi-threaded parallelism a Hessian of Lagrangian functions. The method further includes outputting results of the solving, wherein the results comprise values of generation levels for the plurality of generators. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
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Publication number: 20210405253Abstract: An example method comprises receiving first historical meso-scale numerical weather predictions (NWP) and power flow information for a geographic distribution area, correcting for overfitting of the historical NWP predictions, reducing parameters in the first historical NWP predictions, training first power flow models using the first reduced, corrected historical NWP predictions and the historical power flow information for all or parts of the first geographic distribution area, receiving current NWP predictions for the first geographic distribution area, applying any number of first power flow models to the current NWP predictions to generate any number of power flow predictions, comparing one or more of the any number of power flow predictions to one or more first thresholds to determine significance of reverse power flows, and generating a first report including at least one prediction of the reverse power flow and identifying the first geographic distribution area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Srivats Shukla, Younghun Kim, Aijun Deng
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Patent number: 11204398Abstract: A Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) system with a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field with a field free line, the magnet integrated with a flux return designed so that a flux path at approximately the center of the field-free line has a first reluctance and a second flux path distal from the center of the field-free line has a second reluctance, and the second reluctance is lower than the first reluctance to facilitate a high fidelity magnetic field and high fidelity field free line.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignees: MAGNETIC INSIGHT, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventor: Patrick W. Goodwill
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Publication number: 20210374786Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for operating a wireless device are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive information pertaining to a trigger event, wherein the trigger event relates to a transaction associated with a consumer and the transaction comprises an identifier associated with the consumer; based on the trigger event: generate a survey comprising one or more requests for information related to the transaction, select an incentive offer from an incentive offer database, transmit, for display on a wireless device of the consumer, a notification to the wireless device, wherein the notification comprises the survey and information pertaining to the incentive offer; receive one or more responses to the survey; and responsive to receiving the one or more responses, store the incentive offer in a digital wallet associated with the identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: MBP Insights, Inc.Inventor: James J. Simon
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Patent number: 11188691Abstract: An example method comprises receiving event and alarm data from event logs, failure data, and asset data from SCADA system(s), retrieve patterns of events from the SCADA data, receiving historical sensor data from sensors of components of wind turbines, training a set of models to predict faults for each component using the patterns of events and historical sensor data, each model of a set having different observation time windows and lead time windows, evaluating each model of a set using standardized metrics, comparing evaluations of each model of a set to select a model with preferred lead time and accuracy, receive current sensor data from the sensors of the components, apply the selected model(s) to the current sensor data to generate a component failure prediction, compare the component failure prediction to a threshold, and generate an alert and report based on the comparison to the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Yajuan Wang, Younghun Kim
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Patent number: 11176479Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for cognitive disambiguation of problem-solving tasks involving a power grid are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes capturing user feedback pertaining to relevance of remote terminal unit measurements related to a grid event through user interface interactions carried out by the user, wherein the user interface is communicatively linked to at least one computing device; automatically inferring rules related to the grid event to curate remote terminal unit measurements across iterations of analysis by recognizing irrelevant data and/or distractions in a visual display associated with the user interface, wherein said automatically inferring comprises implementing machine learning via the at least one computing device based on the user feedback; and outputting candidate solutions to a problem-solving task involving the grid based on the inferred rules, wherein said outputting is carried out by the at least one computing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Chumki Basu, Ashish Verma
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Publication number: 20210273458Abstract: Various embodiments manage energy generation in a power generation and distribution system. In one embodiment, a set of residual load data is obtained for a given period of time measured at one or more nodes within a power generation and distribution system. The set of residual load data encodes a set of power flow signals. The set of residual load data is analyzed. An amount of power contributed to the set of residual load data by at least one energy generator class is determined based on the analysis of the set of residual load data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Bei CHEN, Jean-Baptiste Remi FIOT, Vincent Petrus Anthonius LONIJ, Mathieu F. SINN
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Patent number: 11105958Abstract: An example method comprises receiving first historical meso-scale numerical weather predictions (NWP) and power flow information for a geographic distribution area, correcting for overfitting of the historical NWP predictions, reducing parameters in the first historical NWP predictions, training first power flow models using the first reduced, corrected historical NWP predictions and the historical power flow information for all or parts of the first geographic distribution area, receiving current NWP predictions for the first geographic distribution area, applying any number of first power flow models to the current NWP predictions to generate any number of power flow predictions, comparing one or more of the any number of power flow predictions to one or more first thresholds to determine significance of reverse power flows, and generating a first report including at least one prediction of the reverse power flow and identifying the first geographic distribution area.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Srivats Shukla, Younghun Kim, Aijun Deng
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Publication number: 20210246876Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a wind turbine. The method includes: dividing a plurality of wind turbines into at least one group based on a similarity in status information of the plurality of wind turbines; in response to having detected a fault in a first wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines, searching a group to which the first wind turbine belongs for a second wind turbine matching status information of the first wind turbine; and controlling the first wind turbine based on parameters from the second wind turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Xin Xin Bai, Jin Dong, Li Li, Liang Liu, Xiao Guang Rui, Hai Feng Wang, Wen Jun Yin
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Publication number: 20210232731Abstract: An example method utilizing different pipelines of a prediction system, comprises receiving event and alarm data from event logs, failure data, and asset data from SCADA system(s), retrieve patterns of events, receiving historical sensor data from sensors of components of wind turbines, training a set of models to predict faults for each component using the patterns of events and historical sensor data, each model of a set having different observation time windows and lead time windows, evaluating each model of a set using standardized metrics, comparing evaluations of each model of a set to select a model with preferred lead time and accuracy, receive current sensor data from the sensors of the components, apply the selected model(s) to the current sensor data to generate a component failure prediction, compare the component failure prediction to a threshold, and generate an alert and report based on the comparison to the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Yajuan Wang, Gabor Solymosi, Ede Szarka, Younghun Kim
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Publication number: 20210224836Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for operating a wireless device are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: select a consumer to provide feedback related to one or more transactions associated with the consumer; transmit, for display on a wireless device of the consumer, a survey comprising one or more questions related to the one or more transactions associated with the consumer; select an incentive offer from an incentive offer database; transmit, for display on the wireless device of the consumer, information related to the incentive offer; receive one or more responses to the survey; and fulfil the incentive offer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: MBP Insights, Inc.Inventor: James J. Simon
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Publication number: 20210223434Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for resource management are described. The method includes selecting trouble regions within the service area, generating clustered regions, and training a trouble forecast model for the trouble regions for each type of damage, the training for each trouble region using training data from every trouble region within the clustered region associated with the trouble region. The method also includes applying the trouble forecast model for each trouble region within the service area for each type of damage, determining a trouble forecast for the service area for each type of damage based on the trouble forecast for each of the trouble regions within the service area, and determining a job forecast for the service area based on the trouble forecast for the service area, wherein the managing resources is based on the job forecast for the service area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Fook-Luen Heng, Zhiguo Li, Stuart A. Siegel, Amith Singhee, Haijing Wang
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Publication number: 20210216682Abstract: An example method comprises receiving historical sensor data from sensors of components of wind turbines, training a set of models to predict faults for each component using the historical sensor data, each model of a set having different observation time windows and lead time windows, evaluating each model of a set using standardized metrics, comparing evaluations of each model of a set to select a model with preferred lead time and accuracy, receive current sensor data from the sensors of the components, apply the selected model(s) to the current sensor data to generate a component failure prediction, compare the component failure prediction to a threshold, and generate an alert and report based on the comparison to the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Yajuan Wang, Gabor Solymosi, Younghun Kim
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Patent number: 11048021Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for resource management are described. The method includes selecting trouble regions within the service area, generating clustered regions, and training a trouble forecast model for the trouble regions for each type of damage, the training for each trouble region using training data from every trouble region within the clustered region associated with the trouble region. The method also includes applying the trouble forecast model for each trouble region within the service area for each type of damage, determining a trouble forecast for the service area for each type of damage based on the trouble forecast for each of the trouble regions within the service area, and determining a job forecast for the service area based on the trouble forecast for the service area, wherein the managing resources is based on the job forecast for the service area.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Fook-Luen Heng, Zhiguo Li, Stuart A. Siegel, Amith Singhee, Haijing Wang
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Patent number: 11038349Abstract: A method for generating electric substation load transfer control parameters includes adjusting elements in a fundamental scale matrix according to a condition change of a power grid, wherein the fundamental scale matrix is constructed based on the topology structure of the power grid, and the elements in the fundamental scale matrix represent switch information and risk values of paths between nodes of the power grid, wherein the switch information represents number of switching times required for connecting two nodes of the power grid; and performing operations on the adjusted fundamental scale matrix to generate switch information and risk values of paths for electric substation load transfer control, as electric substation load transfer control parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Zhen Huang, Feng Jin, Qi Ming Tian, Wen Jun Yin, Ya Nan Zhang, Ming Zhao
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Patent number: 10998729Abstract: Various embodiments manage energy generation in a power generation and distribution system. In one embodiment, a set of residual load data is obtained for a given period of time measured at one or more nodes within a power generation and distribution system. The set of residual load data encodes a set of power flow signals. The set of residual load data is analyzed. An amount of power contributed to the set of residual load data by at least one energy generator class is determined based on the analysis of the set of residual load data.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Bei Chen, Jean-Baptiste Remi Fiot, Vincent Petrus Anthonius Lonij, Mathieu F. Sinn
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Patent number: 10989838Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for resource management are described. The method includes selecting trouble regions within the service area, generating clustered regions, and training a trouble forecast model for the trouble regions for each type of damage, the training for each trouble region using training data from every trouble region within the clustered region associated with the trouble region. The method also includes applying the trouble forecast model for each trouble region within the service area for each type of damage, determining a trouble forecast for the service area for each type of damage based on the trouble forecast for each of the trouble regions within the service area, and determining a job forecast for the service area based on the trouble forecast for the service area, wherein the managing resources is based on the job forecast for the service area.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Fook-Luen Heng, Zhiguo Li, Stuart A. Siegel, Amith Singhee, Haijing Wang
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Patent number: 10984154Abstract: An example method comprises receiving historical sensor data from sensors of components of wind turbines, training a set of models to predict faults for each component using the historical sensor data, each model of a set having different observation time windows and lead time windows, evaluating each model of a set using standardized metrics, comparing evaluations of each model of a set to select a model with preferred lead time and accuracy, receive current sensor data from the sensors of the components, apply the selected model(s) to the current sensor data to generate a component failure prediction, compare the component failure prediction to a threshold, and generate an alert and report based on the comparison to the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Yajuan Wang, Gabor Solymosi, Younghun Kim
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Patent number: 10968892Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a wind turbine. The method includes: dividing a plurality of wind turbines into at least one group based on a similarity in status information of the plurality of wind turbines; in response to having detected a fault in a first wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines, searching a group to which the first wind turbine belongs for a second wind turbine matching status information of the first wind turbine; and controlling the first wind turbine based on parameters from the second wind turbine.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.Inventors: Xin Xin Bai, Jin Dong, Li Li, Liang Liu, Xiao Guang Rui, Hai Feng Wang, Wen Jun Yin
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Patent number: D940881Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Cardiac Insight, Inc.Inventors: David Hadley, Kimberly Rocio Lajoie