Patents Examined by Liam R Casey
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Patent number: 11079263Abstract: The present invention relates to a double analysis of signals emitted by a rotational angle sensor. For this purpose, the signal emitted by the rotational angle sensor is processed in a first signal path with respect to a maximum angle quality of the angle signal to be calculated. A second signal path for processing the signal emitted by the rotational angle sensor is optimized to indicate a maximum diagnosability of errors.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Daniel Zirkel, Michael Ungermann, Benjamin Lechner, Daniel Raichle, Edwin Eberlein, Tim Bruckhaus
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Patent number: 11052285Abstract: A system and method for using weather applied metrics for determining the impact of weather conditions on the flight of a ball at an outside sports venue. Historical and current data for weather parameters, including wind, air pressure, humidity, temperature, and rain, are obtained to calculate the influence of each parameter on the flight of a ball. The influences of each of the parameters are summed to model the flight of the ball based on the current weather conditions. Weather instruments, such as weather sensors, anemometers, LiDAR and SODAR devices, weather consoles, data routing devices, and processors can be included in a system for using weather applied metrics to predict the flight of a ball based on current weather conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Martin Meter LLCInventors: William Martin, John Paul Farley, John Amirault Farley, Peter Jackson, Douglas Milton Sinton, Metin Ozen
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Patent number: 11048604Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices related to diagnosing a device-under-service (DUS) are disclosed. DUS-related data is received. The DUS-related data is determined to be aggregated into aggregated data based on a determined classification of the DUS-related data. An aggregated-data comparison of the DUS-related data and aggregated data is generated. The aggregated-data comparison can include a statistical analysis of the DUS-related data and/or a differential analysis of DUS-related data taken while the DUS is operating in two or more operating states. A DUS report is generated based on the aggregated-data comparison. The DUS report can include one or more sub-strategies. At least one of the one or more sub-strategies can include a sub-strategy-success estimate. The DUS report can be sent and a DUS-report display can be generated based on the DUS report.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Snap-on IncorporatedInventors: Mark Theriot, Patrick S. Merg, Roy Steven Brozovich, Bradley R. Lewis
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Patent number: 11041782Abstract: A system includes a secure data interface system. The secure data interface system includes a one-way communications interface configured to communicatively couple to a monitoring and protection system to receive data transmitted by the monitoring and protection system, and a processor configured to derive at least one measurement based on the data. The secure data interface system further includes a two-way communications interface configured to communicate the measurement to an external system, wherein the monitoring and protection system is configured to monitor operations of a machinery.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Chien Chung Cheng, Michael Alan Tart, Scott Terrell Williams
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Patent number: 11029175Abstract: Method for determining a pressure in a pressure cell, the method consisting in determining a measuring signal (x) that is at least proportional to a measured pressure in the pressure cell, generating an output signal (y) from the measuring signal (x) using a filter unit (10) comprising a transfer function by at least reducing, preferably eliminating, a noise signal contained in the measuring signal determining a change over time of the measuring signal (x), and setting the transfer function as a function of the change over time of the measuring signal (x). A measuring cell arrangement is also specified.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: INFICON AGInventor: Felix Mullis
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Patent number: 11029350Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for detecting harmonic pollution in an electrical distribution network carrying a three-phase current, including a step of measuring the voltages and strengths of the current, for each of said phases, at a counting point of the network; a step of calculating a first quaternion impedance corresponding to the fundamental frequency of the current; a step of calculating at least one second quaternion impedance corresponding to a harmonic frequency of the current, these impedances being calculated by converting the voltages and strengths in a two-dimensional frame of reference defined according to an angle that is dependent on said frequency in order to provide a system of two vectors of three quantities, ud, uq, uo and id, iq, io, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERSInventor: Laurent Rambault
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Patent number: 10996236Abstract: An accelerometer wireless position transducer or sensor is physically coupled to a control device in a process control system and includes an accelerometer that generates a signal based on a position of the control device or its actuator. The transducer converts the accelerometer signal into a wireless signal that includes a value indicative of the actuator position, and causes the wireless position feedback signal to be transmitted over a wireless channel to a valve controller, e.g., by using a short-range wireless protocol. The controller controls the valve based on the value included in the wireless signal. In some configurations, the feedback signal is received at a device paired with the transducer, and the paired device transmits the feedback signal to the controller. The paired device may be paired with multiple transducers and/or sensors, and may transmit various feedback signals to multiple recipient controllers and other devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLCInventors: Mitchell Stephen Panther, Matthew J. Kemp, Davin Scott Nicholas
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Patent number: 10976438Abstract: According to an embodiment, a device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs three-dimensional measurement of surroundings of a mobile object to obtain a three-dimensional point group. The processing circuitry calculates movement information. The processing circuitry makes a threshold value based on time series differences in the movement information. The processing circuitry extracts, from the three-dimensional group, three-dimensional points having distance to the mobile object in a moving direction of the mobile object to be equal to or smaller than the threshold value. The processing circuitry divides space, in which the three-dimensional points are present, into divided spaces in the moving direction. The processing circuitry selects a representative point for the divided space from among three-dimensional points included in the divided space.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Tsuyoshi Takatani, Mayu Okumura, Manabu Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10920704Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis system of an air-fuel ratio sensor acquires a blowby gas flow ratio showing a ratio of the flow of blowby gas to the flow of gas to a combustion chamber and an output current of an air-fuel ratio sensor during fuel cut control in which an internal combustion engine stops the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber and at a plurality of points of time of different flows of blowby gas passing through a blowby gas passage and flowing to the downstream side of a throttle valve in the intake passage, calculate an output current of the air-fuel ratio sensor corresponding to a blowby gas flow ratio smaller than the blowby gas flow ratios acquired at the plurality of points of time, based on the acquired blowby gas flow ratio and output current, and judge the air-fuel ratio sensor for abnormality based on the calculated output current.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Miyamoto, Toru Kidokoro, Yasushi Iwazaki, Kenji Suzuki
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Patent number: 10901015Abstract: Method for calculating model parameters for a coil (L), comprising of: incorporating the coil into a converter (1) with a switching element (2); connecting a resistive load (9); applying an input voltage (Uin); controlling the switching element in order to obtain a periodically varying voltage across the coil; measuring at least a first and second quantity representative of respectively the voltage (UL) across and the current (iL) through the coil; determining at least one voltage value and at least one current value on the basis of the measured first and second quantity; calculating a loss resistance and/or a loss power of the coil on the basis of the at least one voltage value and the at least one current value.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventors: Mike Irena Georges Wens, Jef Thone
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Patent number: 10845220Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of sensing rotation of a rotation member and an electronic device performing the method, wherein the electronic device may include: a housing including one side having a substantially circular opening; a substantially circular structure configured to be rotatably positioned in or around the opening of the housing; a first sensor configured to detect a first rotation of the structure to generate a first signal; a second sensor configured to detect a second rotation of the structure, to generate a second signal; a processor coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions to enable the processor, on execution, to detect the rotation of the structure based on at least a part of the first signal or a part of the second signal, to correct the first signal to reflect actual rotation of the structure, and to perform a predetermined action based on at least part of the corrected first signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Younghoon Song, Min-Su Han, Geon-Soo Kim, Doo-Suk Kang
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Patent number: 10823868Abstract: Methods and apparatus for acoustic velocity well logging. Methods may include estimating a property of an earth formation, including estimating a depth-dependent lateral tectonic strain profile for the earth formation by generating a linear-to-linear transformation constrained to map a first value of a shear wave velocity parameter of the formation to an estimated minimum value of lateral tectonic strain in at least one direction corresponding to at least one principal horizontal stress of the formation, and map a second value of the shear wave velocity parameter of the formation to an estimated maximum value of lateral tectonic strain in the at least one direction, wherein the strain values may be estimated using closure pressure. The first value of the shear wave velocity parameter may be a minimum value of shear wave slowness and the second value of the shear wave velocity parameter is a maximum value of shear wave slowness.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLCInventors: Eduardo Cazeneuve, Dee A. Moronkeji, Javier A. Franquet, Umesh Prasad
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Patent number: 10794880Abstract: Sequential identification numbers are automatically provided and undisplayed, constant, unique numbers are assigned to each event registered in an analysis condition setting table 100. Since correspondence information between the identification numbers and the unique numbers changes due to the reassignment of identification numbers when an event is deleted from the table, event identification numbers for each compound are changed by referring to the correspondence information on a compound information table. As a result, it is possible to avoid the misalignment of event identification numbers between both tables. In addition, when an instruction is given to coordinate the time information or m/z information on both tables, the information on one table is reflected on the other table in accordance with the identification numbers.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaro Yamamura, Tohru Shiohama, Yuji Katsuyama
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Patent number: 10745037Abstract: A continuous measurement method for a wheel/rail vertical force includes: continuously arranging classic wheel/rail vertical force unit measurement areas in a form of “shear force+support force” on rails, where adjacent unit measurement areas share an end shear force measurement, and each two adjacent unit measurement areas form a unique compound measurement area; obtaining the wheel/rail vertical force when a wheelset passes the unit measurement areas other than the transition area of shear force measurement by using the classic unit measurement areas; obtaining the wheel/rail vertical force when the wheelset passes the transition area of the shared shear force measurement by using the unique compound measurement area; and combining all wheel/rail vertical forces on the unit measurement areas and the compound measurement areas to obtain a long distance fully continuous wheel/rail vertical force of the wheelset.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: China Academy of Railway Sciences, Locomotive & Car Research Institute of China Academy of Railway Sciences, Railway Engineering Research Institute of China Academy of Railway Sciences, Beijing Zongheng Electro-Mechanical Development Co., CR Technological Development CorporationInventors: Yuqing Zeng, Xuwei Li, Weidong Yu, Xuesong Chai
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Patent number: 10740512Abstract: A system for tuning a photovoltaic power generation plant forecast with the aid of a digital computer is provided. Global horizontal irradiance (GHI), ambient temperature and wind speed for a photovoltaic power generation plant over a forecast period are obtained. Simulated plane-of-array (POA) irradiance is generated from the GHI and the plant's photovoltaic array configuration as a series of simulated observations. Inaccuracies in GHI conversion are identified and the simulated POA irradiance at each simulated observation is corrected based on the conversion inaccuracies. Simulated module temperature is generated based on the simulated POA irradiance, ambient temperature and wind speed. Simulated power generation over the forecast period is generated based on the simulated POA irradiance, simulated module temperature and the plant's specifications and status.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: CLEAN POWER RESEARCH, L.L.C.Inventor: Thomas E. Hoff
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Patent number: 10704988Abstract: A measurement system includes a signal bus, an electronic control unit, and an emulated sensor. The electronic control unit is coupled to the signal bus. The sensor with emulated line adaptation is also coupled to the signal bus. The emulated sensor is configured to adapt current consumption according to a selected impedance and a selected frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Dirk Hammerschmidt
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Patent number: 10684616Abstract: A chiller or cooler is disclosed, including a self-test mechanism to simulate a sampling of normal operations and to compare the operating parameters resulting from such sampling against factory operational parameters adjusted for differences in operating parameters so as to eliminate unnecessary servicing or maintenance events.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Preston Industries, Inc.Inventors: Philip Preston, Andrew Witt, John Atterberry
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Patent number: 10532617Abstract: An apparatus for determining a state parameter of an object to be monitored comprises a means for providing a plurality of measurement values, wherein the measurement values comprise information relating to the state parameter of the object to be monitored, a comparison means for comparing the measurement value to a predeterminable comparison parameter, wherein the comparison means is formed to output a first comparison signal when a predeterminable number of measurement values falls below the comparison parameter within a measurement interval, or to output a second comparison signal when the predeterminable number of measurement values exceeds or reaches the comparison parameter, wherein the first comparison signal or the second comparison signal indicate the state parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Christoph Steiner, Dirk Hammerschmidt
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Patent number: 10490834Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a fuel cell stack are provided to improve the performance (output) of the fuel cell stack that has suffered from deterioration. The performance is improved by adjusting a stoichiometric ratio (SR) of air supplied to the fuel cell stack and an operating temperature of the fuel cell stack based on the basis of an open-circuit decay time (ODT) indicating a time taken for a cell voltage to be reduced from a reference voltage to a threshold voltage when the supply of air to the fuel cell stack is cut off.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jung Jae Lee
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Patent number: 10429537Abstract: A method of estimating formation parameters in a directional drilling process by acquiring electromagnetic logging while drilling (LWD) measurements over a non-uniform forward modeling grid and inverting, using a pixel-based inversion method, the LWD measurements over a uniform inversion grid. The inversion algorithm may be applied using a sliding window scheme that allows the formation parameters to be estimated independently and in parallel across a plurality of overlapping windows which span the entirety of the inversion grid.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yun Lin, Aria Abubakar, Tarek M. Habashy