Patents Examined by Matthew W. Baca
  • Patent number: 12366554
    Abstract: A method and a system to determine a gelation time of a substance in a container is disclosed. The system includes a container, a bubble generator arranged at a first end of the container, and a bubble sensor arranged at the second end of the container. The container holds a substance having a surface adjacent the second end. The bubble generator is configured to generate a bubble at the first end. The bubble sensor is configured to sense the bubble at the surface of the substance. The method includes releasing a gas into a first end of the container such that the gas bubbles rise from the first end of the container to a second end of the container, sensing the released bubbles, determining an absence of a bubble released by the bubble generator at the bubble sensor, and determining a gelation time based on a number of detected bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohanad M. Fahmi, Abdulkareem AlSofi
  • Patent number: 12339323
    Abstract: Methods and system for alerting for a low battery state of charge for an autonomous compartments cluster interacting locally with a mobile device via a short distance wireless communication, the autonomous compartments cluster comprising: at least one compartment equipped with a door and an actuator for unlocking the door, a locker module controlling the actuator, and a battery pack powering the locker module and the at least one compartment, characterized in that the locker module comprises a voltage comparator comparing an output voltage provided at the terminal of the battery pack with a reference minimal voltage wherein the voltage comparator is configured to trigger an alert signal for replacing the battery pack when a minimum transitory voltage at the terminals of the battery pack resulting from an energizing of the actuator by a first step-up converter during an unlocking initiation of the door is lower than the reference minimal voltage, and wherein a controller is configured to change a battery statu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE
    Inventor: Nicolas Froissart
  • Patent number: 12334194
    Abstract: A method of determining a molecular structure of a compound includes obtaining a known molecular formula of the compound based on at least one of an observed spectrum and stoichiometric calculations. Edges that meet per-vertex constraints of the molecular formula are determined, and a plurality of candidate structures is generated based on the determined edges. The plurality of candidate structures are evaluated, and one candidate structure of the plurality of candidate structures is determined as the molecular structure of the compound based on the evaluation of the plurality of candidate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventor: Eric Jonas
  • Patent number: 12332641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring and controlling the operation of a pump station (1) comprising a tank (8) for storage of a liquid and at least one pump (2), the pump station (1) further comprises an outlet conduit (5) connected to the pump (2), the method comprising the steps of: determining the Geodetic head (Hgeo) of the pump station (1), determining the pumped Flow (Q) for a given pump operation duty point, determining the consumed Power (P) for the given pump operation duty point, and determining a Normalized Specific Energy (nSE) of the pump station (1) based on the determined values of Geodetic head (Hgeo), pumped Flow (Q) and consumed Power (P), by means of the formula (nSE)=(P/Q)/Hgeo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Xylem Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Mökander, Martin Wessman, Staffan Aldenfalk
  • Patent number: 12333581
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for generating surface dimension outputs are provided. The system may collect an image from a mobile device. The system may analyze the image to determine whether they comprise one or more standardized reference objects. Based on analysis of the image and the one or more standardized reference objects, the system may determine a surface dimension output. The system may determine one or more settlement outputs and one or more repair outputs for the driver based on the surface dimension output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Cornelison, Anurag Sharma, Daniel Brickman, David M. Zahn, Andrew Daniels, Pinal Patel, David L Gilkison, Steven Genc
  • Patent number: 12320736
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for developing a self-contained conductivity concentration profiler (CCP) system for standalone coastal and ocean deployment. A self-contained CCP system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure can measure sediment concentration profiles and track instantaneous bed levels in sandy environments to enable better understanding of small-scale sediment transport processes in the coastal and nearshore marine environment. A self-contained CCP system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure can support unmanned and standalone deployment configuration, allowing for operation in previously unattainable areas of interest in which small-scale sediment transport processes are important but poorly understood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ryan S. Mieras, Jack A. Puleo, Charles Key, Edward F. Braithwaite, Joseph Calantoni
  • Patent number: 12314047
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for predicting failure event occurrence for a machine asset. Run-to-failure sequences of time series data that include an occurrence of a failure event for the machine asset are received. One or more candidate cut-off values are determined based on iterative evaluation of a plurality of potential cut-off points. A candidate cut-off value is identified as substantially corresponding to a local peak point for calculated distances between relative frequency distributions of positive and negative sub-sequences. A failure prediction model is iteratively trained to iteratively extract sets of relevant features to determine a prediction horizon for an occurrence of the failure event for the machine asset. A candidate cut-off value associated with a model of highest quality from a set of failure prediction models determined during the iterations is selected to determine the prediction horizon for the machine asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Cahit Bagdelen, Atreju Tauschinsky
  • Patent number: 12287378
    Abstract: A method for recognizing the breakdown of an energy reserve device of at least two energy reserve devices of a device for protecting the occupants of a vehicle. The method includes: charging the at least two energy reserve devices to a test voltage level; ascertaining an ambient temperature of the at least two energy reserve devices; acquiring the (overall) capacitance of the at least two energy reserve devices; recognizing the breakdown of an energy reserve device as a function of a floating mean value, which is a function of the ascertained ambient temperature, for the (overall) capacitance and of the acquired (overall) capacitance; updating a floating mean value as a function of the ascertained ambient temperature and the acquired overall capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten List, Clemens Willke, Florian Grasi, Hartmut Schumacher
  • Patent number: 12271186
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for monitoring condition of a sample handling system connected to a gas analyzer. The sample handling system comprises a sample line for supplying a gas sample to the gas analyzer, and sample handling devices. The system for monitoring condition, receives measurements from temperature and pressure sensors connected to the sample line and obtains operating characteristics of the sample handling devices based on the measurements and model of the sample handling system; and determines the condition of the sample handling system based on comparison of the operating characteristics of the sample handling device against a plurality of reference values associated with the sample handling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Krishna Prashanth, Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, Kalyan Kumar Mallick
  • Patent number: 12269304
    Abstract: A method of determining a status of a tyre monitoring device that includes a power supply. The method includes determining a value indicative of consumption of the power supply, determining a status of the tyre monitoring device based on the value indicative of consumption of the power supply, and providing an indication based on the determined status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, MEGGITT SA
    Inventors: Andrew Bill, Alessandro Fichera, Kevin Stanley-Adams
  • Patent number: 12244433
    Abstract: Provided is a method for food management with a kitchen appliance for at least partially automated processing of a recipe. The method includes the following steps: receiving user-specific health data that can be assigned to a user profile, and generating an evaluation of the health data for the user profile by a computing unit. The present disclosure also provides a kitchen appliance for preparing food and a system for preparing food with the kitchen appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Andrej Mosebach, Mirco Pieper, Christiane Stach, Wenjie Yan, Sarah Werhahn
  • Patent number: 12241814
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device for screening pre-filled syringes configured to determine whether a stopper position within each syringe falls within an acceptable tolerance prior to final assembly of a syringe into a corresponding autoinjector device, thereby ensuring proper fit of the syringe within the autoinjector device and further ensuring accurate delivery of a desired dose of fluid from the syringe during operation of the autoinjector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chase Fetzer, Evi Shiakolas
  • Patent number: 12235167
    Abstract: A temperature sensor (116) comprises an electrical circuit (204) including a thermistor (206) intended to be placed next to an object (112); a temperature measurement module (222) configured for determining a measured temperature (T_M) of the thermistor (206) from a resistance of the thermistor (206); and a command module (224) configured for providing a command (C) to the electrical circuit (204) for modifying the electrical circuit (204) in a way that changes a current (IT) flowing in the thermistor (206). The temperature sensor (116) further comprises a thermal loss determination module (226) configured for determining a thermal loss (L) of the thermistor (206) from the thermistor measured temperature (T_M) and the command (C); and a temperature estimation module (228) configured for estimating a temperature (T0_E) of the object (112) from the thermistor measured temperature (T_M) and from the thermal loss (L) of the thermistor (TH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Joshi, Andreas Held
  • Patent number: 12196728
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for measuring energy of natural gas components. The method may comprise obtaining, at a plurality of time points, the natural gas components at a target position in a natural gas transmission channel to obtain a distribution of the natural gas components in an area that the natural gas energy is to be measured. The method may comprise determining, based on the calorific value of natural gas at the each time point in each subarea of the plurality of subareas, a calorific value distribution function corresponding to the each subarea. The method may comprise determining, based on the calorific value distribution function corresponding to the each subarea, natural gas energy of the each subarea. The method may comprise determining, based on the natural gas energy of the each subarea, the natural gas energy of the area that the natural gas energy is to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Shao, Haitang Xiang, Yaqiang Quan, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 12189070
    Abstract: A surveying information management system using an information display terminal and a surveying device configured to measure a point cloud in a three-dimensional space includes: a surveying information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the surveying device, the surveying information including point cloud data associated with position information; an area setting unit configured to set a display area for the point cloud; a segment setting unit configured to divide the display area into predetermined unit segments; a point cloud amount calculation unit configured to calculate a point cloud amount in a space of each of the unit segments; and a point cloud amount display unit configured to display, on the information display terminal, information according to the point cloud amount calculated for each of the unit segments of the display area by the point cloud amount calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasaki, Norikatsu Shibata, Nobuyuki Fukaya
  • Patent number: 12189384
    Abstract: Well completion design data for completing plural stages of a well completion operation is accessed. Predicted component life intervals for each of a plurality of components of a frac fleet are accessed. Remaining component life intervals for each of the plurality of components of the frac fleet are determined based on the predicted component life intervals. A continuous completion event for the well completion operation is set based on the remaining component life intervals for each of the plurality of components. The continuous completion event includes a continuous pumping block identifying one or more contiguous stages from among the plurality of stages during which the well completion operation is performed with the frac fleet, and a maintenance block identifying one or more of the plurality of frac pumps to be subject to predetermined maintenance operations upon completion of the one or more contiguous stages of the continuous pumping block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Lee Morgan, Michael Garza-Pena, Connor Moore Sinclair, Matthew James Vahsholtz, Valencia Loyd, Nicholas Fornicola
  • Patent number: 12176227
    Abstract: A state determination device determines the state of a drive mechanism configured to operate while holding a substrate in a substrate processing apparatus. The state determination part includes: an acquisition part configured to acquire operation data for the drive mechanism; a model generation part configured to generate a monitoring model for the drive mechanism by executing machine learning using an auto-encoder based on normal operation data that is derived from the operation data acquired by the acquisition part when the drive mechanism is operating normally; and a first determination part configured to determine the state of the drive mechanism based on first output data obtained by inputting, to the monitoring model, evaluation data that is derived from the operation data acquired by the acquisition part when the drive mechanism is being evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Junnosuke Maki, Masaomi Toyonaga, Atsushi Ohta, Motoi Okada, Takuro Tsutsui, Kei Sano, Mistsuteru Yano
  • Patent number: 12146808
    Abstract: A method of measuring the state or condition of spatially spaced apart machine parts subject to wear and emitting an acoustic signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CMTE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Wilson, Timothy Brooks, Long Giang, Karsten Hoehn, Michael Lofgren
  • Patent number: 12140942
    Abstract: A method (1000) of diagnosis of operation of a machine tool (10, 100) that includes one or more axes (X, Y, Z) moved by one or more actuators (101, 102, 104) and at least one sensor (30) coupled to the machine tool (10, 100), the method (1000) comprising operations of: generating (1200) a programming sequence of movement of the axes (X, Y, Z) of the machine tool (10, 100); controlling (1210) the movement of the axes (X, Y, Z) of the machine tool (10, 100) according to the programming sequence; receiving (1220) a read-out signal (S) of the at least one sensor (30) coupled to the machine tool (10, 100); and processing (1230) the read-out signal (S) of the at least one sensor (30) coupled to the machine tool (10, 100). The programming sequence comprises instructions that are such as to apply (T) at least one single impulsive variation of a kinematic quantity that regards one or more actuators (101, 102, 104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PRIMA INDUSTRIE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Albrile, Valter Manuello
  • Patent number: 12135249
    Abstract: A sensor interface includes a signal path configured to receive a sensing element output signal from a sensing element and to generate an interface output signal indicative of a parameter sensed by the sensing element, an NTC interface and a diode interface. The NTC interface is configured to be coupled to an NTC element having a non-linear resistance over temperature and to generate an NTC signal indicative of a linearized version of the non-linear resistance of the NTC element and the diode interface configured to be coupled to a diode and to generate a diode signal indicative of an absolute temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Stary, Petr Hribal, Milan Valenta, Miloslav Trnka