Abstract: A wave energy capture system deployed in water converts mechanical motion induced by waves in the water to electrical energy. A controller of the wave energy capture system receives input regarding real-time wave conditions in a vicinity of the wave energy capture system. The controller applies a control model to the received input to select a value of a control parameter for the wave energy capture system, where the control model includes a model that has been trained using machine learning to take wave condition data as input and to output control parameter values selected based on the wave condition data in order to increase an amount of energy captured by the wave energy capture system. The controller implements the selected value of the control parameter on the wave energy capture system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 28, 2025
Publication date:
July 17, 2025
Applicant:
Ocean Motion Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Alexander J. Orona, Boyang Pan, Leverett Bezanson, Paul Glick, Justin Walraven, Mark Huang, Nathaniel Bell
Abstract: A wave energy capture system can include a plurality of arm assemblies. Each arm assembly includes a floatation device and an arm that is coupled to the floatation device and to a body via a pivot. The arm assemblies independently pivot around the pivots with respect to the body in response to movement of the floatation devices caused by waves in water. A mechanical energy capture system converts the independent pivoting of the plurality of arm assemblies around the pivots to electrical energy and provides the electrical energy to either an electronic device that is electrically coupled to the mechanical energy capture system to power the electronic device, or to a battery to recharge the battery.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2025
Assignee:
Ocean Motion Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Boyang Pan, Leverett Bezanson, Paul Glick, Justin Walraven, Mark Huang, Nathaniel Bell, Alexander J. Orona
Abstract: A wave energy capture system deployed in water converts mechanical motion induced by waves in the water to electrical energy. A controller of the wave energy capture system receives input regarding real-time wave conditions in a vicinity of the wave energy capture system. The controller applies a control model to the received input to select a value of a control parameter for the wave energy capture system, where the control model includes a model that has been trained using machine learning to take wave condition data as input and to output control parameter values selected based on the wave condition data in order to increase an amount of energy captured by the wave energy capture system. The controller implements the selected value of the control parameter on the wave energy capture system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2025
Assignee:
Ocean Motion Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Alexander J. Orona, Boyang Pan, Leverett Bezanson, Paul Glick, Justin Walraven, Mark Huang, Nathaniel Bell
Abstract: A wave energy capture system deployed in water converts mechanical motion induced by waves in the water to electrical energy. A controller of the wave energy capture system receives input regarding real-time wave conditions in a vicinity of the wave energy capture system. The controller applies a control model to the received input to select a value of a control parameter for the wave energy capture system, where the control model includes a model that has been trained using machine learning to take wave condition data as input and to output control parameter values selected based on the wave condition data in order to increase an amount of energy captured by the wave energy capture system. The controller implements the selected value of the control parameter on the wave energy capture system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 2023
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2024
Assignee:
OCEAN MOTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Alexander J. Orona, Boyang Pan, Leverett Bezanson, Paul Glick, Justin Walraven, Mark Huang, Nathaniel Bell