Patents Examined by Kelvin Booker
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Patent number: 11637717Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a command input device. The method includes: sensing contact between a home appliance and the command input device; based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determining the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device; and based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, activating a remote controller provided by the command input device and configured to control the target home appliance.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Hwanyong Kim, Sooyong Park
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Patent number: 11635733Abstract: The present invention provides a system for compliance of an edifice with safety and environmental regulations. The system comprises at least one computer server integrated by mean of the Internet of things (IoT) with sensors and controllers, wherein the sensors and controllers are coupled to corresponding edifice's devices, structures and mechanisms. The sensors register environmental and safety measures in the edifice. The sensors also register the operational parameters of the devices, structures and mechanisms in the edifice. The computer server receives the registers from the sensors and based on these registers dictate, by means of actuating instructions to the controllers, the operation of the devices, structures and mechanisms of the edifice. The system also records logs of usage history and usage patterns for the devices, structures and mechanisms of the edifice.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventor: Rengasamy Kasinathan
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Patent number: 11631243Abstract: An agricultural method includes providing a positive air pressure chamber to prevent outside contaminants from entering the chamber; growing crops in a plurality of cells in the chamber, each cell having multi-grow benches or levels, each cell further having connectors to vertical hoists for vertical movements in the chamber; maintaining pre-set temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, watering and lighting levels to achieve predetermined plant growth; using motorized transport rails to deliver benches for operations including seeding, harvesting, grow media recovery, and bench wash; dispensing seeds in the cell with a mechanical seeder coupled to the transport rails; growing the crops with computer controlled nutrients, light and air level; and harvesting the crops and delivering the harvested crop at a selected outlet of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventors: Bao Tran, Ha Tran
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Patent number: 11625017Abstract: Physical and/or financial instruments may optimally hedge the cash flow of one or more renewable energy generators based on a desired risk and return profile of renewable infrastructure investors. Baseline revenues may be determined based on forward-looking electricity market price scenarios corresponding to qualified market products intended for sale from the renewable energy generators. Risk and return metrics of cash flows of the renewable energy generators may be determined. At least one physical hedge and/or financial hedge may be added. The size and operation of the renewable energy generators along with any physical hedges, or financial hedges, or both physical and financial hedges, may be optimized across multiple market price scenarios of qualified market products to optimize investor-tailored risk and return utility functions.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Form Energy, Inc.Inventors: Aly Eldeen O. Eltayeb, Benjamin Michael Jenkins, Marco Ferrara
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Patent number: 11619928Abstract: The present disclosure disclosed an industrial internet of things (IIoT) system for smart manufacturing, comprising: a user platform, interacting with users; a service platform extracting information required by a user platform from a management platform, processing the information and sends the information to the user platform; a management platform controlling the operation of an object platform, and receiving feedback data from the object platform; a sensor network platform, configured to interact between the object platform and the management platform; the object platform, which is production line devices and production line sensors that perform manufacturing; wherein the service platform, the management platform, and the sensor network platform all use centralized layouts. The present disclosure also disclosed a control method of industrial internet of things (IIoT) for smart manufacturing.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zehua Shao, Haitang Xiang, Yong Li, Yaqiang Quan, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 11618093Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machine includes: a drive controller configured to periodically apply voltage pulses between a workpiece and a wire electrode while relatively moving the wire electrode relative to the workpiece according to a machining program and a machining condition; a code analyzer configured to analyze the presence or absence of a condition change code for changing the machining condition in the machining program; and a condition changer configured to change the machining condition in accordance with a ratio indicated in the condition change code when the condition change code is present.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Daiki Watanabe
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Patent number: 11611213Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a neural network to predict locations of feeders in an electrical power grid. One of the methods includes training a generative adversarial network comprising a generator and a discriminator; and generating, by the generator, from input images, output images with feeder metadata that represents predicted locations of feeder assets, including receiving by the generator a first input image and generating by the generator a corresponding first output image with first feeder data that identifies one or more feeder assets and their respective locations, wherein the one or more feeder assets had not been identified in any input to the generator.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Phillip E. Stahlfeld, Bin Ni
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Patent number: 11609547Abstract: A robot system is configured to identify gestures performed by an end-user proximate to a work piece. The robot system then determines a set of modifications to be made to the work piece based on the gestures. A projector coupled to the robot system projects images onto the work piece that represent the modification to be made and/or a CAD model of the work piece. The robot system then performs the modifications.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Evan Patrick Atherton, David Thomasson, Maurice Ugo Conti, Heather Kerrick
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Patent number: 11573539Abstract: A fixture that includes an electro-mechanical (EM) element; a communication interface; a processor; and a computer-readable storage media coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a service via the communication interface, parameters for scheduling an operation of the fixture; determining, based on the parameters, a plurality of commands for the EM element and a respective time to execute each of the commands; providing, at the respective time, each of the commands to the respective EM element for execution; providing, via the communication interface, an indication of completion of the operation of the fixture to the service.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Zurn Industries, LLCInventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Kevin Brockman
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Patent number: 11571986Abstract: The server executes a process that includes receiving predetermined information from each terminal in a facility, if it is determined that the electric vehicle is connected to a charging/discharging station, associating a user or a user terminal with the charging/discharging station, scheduling a power demand and supply adjustment, receiving behavior information of the user, if it is determined that it is necessary to reschedule the power demand and supply adjustment, predicting a connection period, rescheduling the power demand and supply adjustment, and if the current time has reached the start time of a power supply and supply adjustment period, executing the power demand and supply adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigeki Kinomura, Hironobu Kitaoka, Toru Nakamura, Hidetoshi Kusumi, Yoshiyuki Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11567523Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure describe an Open Automated Demand Response (OADR) endpoint device. A method of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processing device of an endpoint device, a first message comprising a first market energy price, determining whether a first quantity of energy has been consumed within a first time period by at least one energy device associated with the endpoint device, responsive to a determination that the first quantity of energy has been consumed by the at least one energy device within the first time period, determining whether the first market energy price is greater than a price threshold and responsive to a determination that the first market energy price is greater than the price threshold, causing the at least one energy device to stop consuming additional amounts of energy.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: IPKEYS POWER PARTNERS LLCInventors: Robert Nawy, Jim Boch, Robert Womack
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Patent number: 11570937Abstract: A disclosed example includes: a resource utilization analyzer to determine 1) first workloads of a first workload type deployed in a first server room in a data center, and 2) second workloads of a second workload type deployed in the first server room; a workload authorizer to determine that first virtual machines executing the first workloads and second virtual machines executing the second workloads cause a first server rack to generate an amount of heat; and a migrator to migrate the first virtual machines from the first server rack of the first server room to a second server rack of a second server room in the data center to reduce a temperature in the first server room based on the amount of heat, the migrator to migrate the first virtual machines to the second server rack without migrating the second virtual machines to the second server rack.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Raja Kommula, Thayumanavan Sridhar
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Patent number: 11561015Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of preventing evaporator coil freeze in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes determining a reference saturated suction temperate (SST) via a sensor disposed in relation to an evaporator coil in the HVAC system, where the HVAC; system is operating in reheat dehumidification mode. The method also includes determining whether the reference SST is below a minimum SST threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the reference SST is below the minimum SST threshold, determining a decreased compressor speed. The method also includes modulating a variable-speed compressor in the HVAC system in correspondence to the decreased compressor speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Rakesh Goel, Siddarth Rajan
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Patent number: 11545832Abstract: A method for controlling a wind farm to damp low-frequency electrical oscillations, in particular subsynchronous resonances, in an electrical supply grid having a grid voltage with a nominal grid frequency is provided. The wind farm comprises at least one wind turbine connected to the electrical supply grid.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbHInventors: Aramis Schwanka Trevisan, Angelo Mendonca, Jair Cassoli, Johannes Brombach
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Microgrid power plan for optimizing energy performance resulting from proportional predictive demand
Patent number: 11539213Abstract: The energy management system is an energy management system for a microgrid including at least either one of an electrical load and a renewable energy power-generation system, and an energy storage device, the energy management system including: a prediction unit that predicts, at a fixed time interval, at least either one of an electricity demand and an amount of electricity generated from renewable energy, and an electricity fee, within a predetermined period; and an optimization unit that performs optimization for an optimum charging/discharging plan for the energy storage device by using a prediction result from the prediction unit and in consideration of uncertainty in prediction.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: IHI CorporationInventor: Yuji Koguma -
Patent number: 11539239Abstract: This application provides a method and apparatus for obtaining location information of a controller. The method includes: obtaining, by an inverter, signal feature information of each photovoltaic unit in a high-voltage direct current string, where the signal feature information of a photovoltaic unit includes a communication identifier of the photovoltaic unit and a signal feature of another photovoltaic unit, and the photovoltaic unit includes one controller and at least one photovoltaic module; determining an installation sequence of the photovoltaic units based on signal feature information of the photovoltaic units; and determining relative installation location information of each photovoltaic unit based on relative installation location information of a target photovoltaic unit in the high-voltage direct current string and the installation sequence of the photovoltaic units, where the target photovoltaic unit is at least one photovoltaic unit in the high-voltage direct current string.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xun Ma, Yu Sun, Wei Shui
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Patent number: 11518029Abstract: Systems and methods for process tending with a robot arm are presented. The system comprises a robot arm and robot arm control system mounted on a self-driving vehicle, and a server in communication with the vehicle and/or robot arm control system. The vehicle has a vehicle control system for storing a map and receiving a waypoint based on a process location provided by the server. The robot arm control system stores at programs that is executable by the robot arm. The vehicle control system autonomously navigates the vehicle to the waypoint based on the map, and the robot arm control system selects a target program from the stored programs based on the process location and/or a process identifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Clearpath Robotics Inc.Inventors: Daniel Cantor, Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Roydyn Clayton, Yvan Geoffrey Rodrigues, Anthony William Tod, Bryce William Vondervoort
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Patent number: 11511385Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing an operation of surfacing of a lens blank to transform the lens blank into a generated lens having a predetermined prism corresponding to an inclination between a front surface and a back surface of the generated lens at least locally. The method includes: for a plurality of devices destined to interact with the lens blank during the operation of surfacing to manufacture the predetermined prism of the generated lens, attributing a priority order to each; based on the priority order, attributing to each device a prism portion which is zero or included in a respective range delimited by a respective minimum prism portion and a respective maximum prism portion, the prism portion representing contribution of the corresponding device to the prism of the generated lens, for further interaction of each device with the lens blank during the operation of surfacing.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Sébastien Piraube, Xavier Bultez, Jérome Moine
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Patent number: 11468976Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calculating athletic activity parameters. Multiple housings are position at different locations on a user's body. The housings are configured to be removably engaged with an electronic module that includes a sensor and a processor configured to calculate athletic activity parameters. Each housing is connected to or includes an identification memory that stores information identifying a location of the housing. The electronic module uses the location information to select an algorithm to use when calculating the athletic activity parameters.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: SantoshKumar Balakrishnan, Jordan M. Rice
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Patent number: 11454999Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include control methods employed in multiphase distributed energy storage systems that are located behind utility meters typically located at, but not limited to, medium and large commercial and industrial locations. Current solutions for these types of electric load locations entail multiple discrete energy storage systems, where if any piece of an energy storage system is damaged, the ability of the complete power control strategy at the entire electric load location is at risk of becoming inoperable. Some embodiments of the invention include hardware and methods for dynamically reconfiguring networks of distributed energy storage systems that are able to provide automatic site layout discovery using a formed auto-discovering network formed at an electric load location.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Stem, Inc.Inventors: David Erhart, Craig Southeren, Ben Kearns, Jon Burlinson, Drew Stevens