Patents Examined by Michael D. Masinick
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Patent number: 11204595Abstract: A control device of a machine tool includes a position controller and a model of a position-controlled axis. The position controller receives a position setpoint value, a corresponding actual position value and a compensation value; determines therefrom a resulting value; determines based on the resulting value an actuating signal; and outputs the actuating signal to the position-controlled axis. The position and/or the orientation of the tool relative to the workpiece are adjusted based on the actuating signal. A sequence of successive control errors is stored, in a storage device and read out sequentially in accordance with a sequence of the position setpoint values and supplied to the model. The model determines from the read-out control error a respective compensation value which is then supplied to the position controller, while simulating the mechanically dynamic behavior of the position-controlled axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Philipp Rost, Elmar Schäfers, Jürgen Reiser
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Patent number: 11187426Abstract: A method to control a carrier fluid through a service line (5) of a conditioning and/or heating system (1). The service line includes a heat exchange unit (7), a flow regulator (8), temperature sensors (9; 9a, 9b) detecting a temperature difference (?Ti) between the carrier fluid in a first section (5a) of the service line (5) upstream of said heat exchange unit (7) and carrier fluid in a second section (5b) of the service line (5) downstream of the same heat exchange unit (7). The method includes calculating a value assumed by a control parameter (Pc) which is a function of at least one or more values assumed by the temperature difference in the transition of the flow regulator from a first to a second operating condition, for then determining whether the value of the control parameter (Pc) is higher than a threshold (S).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: FIMCIM S.P.A.Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti, Matteo Zanchi, Silvia Garone, Antoine Frein
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Patent number: 11181878Abstract: A method and system improve on the accuracy of and power consumption of occupancy detection systems. Embodiments may provide a dual mode system that includes a passive infrared sensor with low power consumption and a RADAR-based sensor with higher power consumption that is only powered when the system determines a room is occupied with the passive sensor and no new movement is detected after a threshold duration.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Adnoviv Inc.Inventors: Amy Diane Droitcour, Chenyan Song
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Patent number: 11167504Abstract: A method and system for assisting in the manufacture of composite parts such as those used for various high-strength assemblies such as aircraft wings, vertical stabilizers, racing car shells, boat hulls, and other parts which are required to have a very high strength to weight ratio. The system uses laser technology to measure the resultant surfaces of a first manufactured composite part. A computer system analyzes and compares the as-built dimensions with the required production specifications. Supplemental composite filler plies are designed including shape and dimensions. These plies are nested together into a single composite sheet and manufactured to minimize wasted material. The plies are then cut out and applied to the first part guided by a laser projection system for locating the plies on the part. The part is then re-cured. The final assembly is then re-measured for compliance with production dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.Inventors: Michael Spellman, Jeff Godfrey, Gregory MacLean
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Patent number: 11163270Abstract: A server includes an interface, programmed to receive, from a vehicle, vehicle data indicative of vehicle status and user data indicative of usage of vehicle features by a user; and a processor, programmed to analyze the vehicle data and the user data using artificial intelligence (AI) logic to generate a comfort prediction for the user; and configure a comfort device associated with the user, external to the vehicle, using the comfort prediction.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Francesco Migneco, David Gallagher, Mark Weaver, Katie Rimell
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Patent number: 11156976Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of technical units as a pool on an electric distribution network. A central controller is used to receive flexibility data from each technical unit. The flexibility data is used by the unit to indicate a power interval within which the electric power of the unit is allowed to vary or varies in an expected manner. Depending on a specified optimization target of the pool, an individual non-binding stimulus function is ascertained for each unit from the flexibility data of each unit and is provided to the respective unit. In response to the individual stimulus function, a respective schedule which describes a time curve of the power exchange planned according to a local optimization target of the unit is then received from each unit, and an overall schedule for the pool is generated from the schedules of the units.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Jens Berger
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Patent number: 11150615Abstract: An optimization device includes: a state hold circuit that holds values of state variables included in an evaluation function that represents energy; an objective function calculation circuit that calculates an energy change value in an objective function included in the evaluation function for each of state transitions when a state transition occurs in response to a change in any of the values of the state variables; a constraint term calculation circuit that calculates a constraint term evaluation value, which is an evaluation value of a constraint term included in the evaluation function, for each of the state transitions; a temperature control circuit that controls a temperature value that indicates a temperature; and a transition control circuit that determines stochastically whether to accept any of the state transitions based on the temperature value, a random number value, and a sum of the change value and the constraint term evaluation value.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Matsubara, Motomu Takatsu
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Patent number: 11150639Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product, include recording high-frequency wave data of local arid adjacent fault curves of a power grid to compare the high-frequency wave data with historical fault data to detect an actual fault region in the power grid, the power grid having a plurality of sensors distributed in the power grid, each sensor being upstream of one adjacent sensor and downstream of an other adjacent sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Xin Jie Lv, Lingyun Wang, Wei Da Xu, Chao Zhang, Ke Xu Zou
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Patent number: 11144016Abstract: A temperature control unit has an acquisition unit that acquires first information regarding driving and stopping of a heater and second information indicating whether or not to subject a time proportional output to an SSR to autonomous control and an SSR control unit that performs time proportional output of an instruction to drive or stop the heater, to the SSR.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Kikunaga, Kenji Sato
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Patent number: 11147200Abstract: A pick and place nozzle performance analytics system streams production data from pick and place machines used in electronic assembly to a cloud platform as torrential data streams, and performs analytics on the production data to track, visualize, and predict performance of individual nozzles in terms of rejects or miss-picks. The analytics system generates a performance vector for each nozzle based on the collected production data, the performance vector tracking both the accumulated rejects and the percentage of rejects as respective dimensions of an x-y plane. The system monitors and analyzes the trajectory of this vector in the x-y plane to predict when performance degradation of the nozzle will reach a critical threshold. In response to predicting that nozzle performance degradation will exceed a threshold at a future time, the system can generate and deliver notifications to appropriate client devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mikica Cvijetinovic, Gregory J. Vance, Francisco P. Maturana
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Patent number: 11135985Abstract: Provided is a system, comprising: an electrical power meter comprising: a network interface; electrical power inputs configured to receive electrical power from a power-distribution system of a vehicle facility configured to host a plurality of vehicles; first and second electrically controlled switches coupled to vehicle power connectors; and a client-side processor configured to communicate with a remote server system; and the remote server system, configured to: cause a user-computing device of a user to display a user interface by which power-delivery is configurable; receive a request to deliver electrical power via a vehicle power connector; and in response, transmitting, to the electrical power meter, a command that causes the client-side processor to adjust the electrically controlled switch.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Wild Energy, Inc.Inventor: Michael Sorensen
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Patent number: 11129418Abstract: An electronic inhalation device comprising a power cell and a computer. The computer comprises a computer processor, a memory and an input-output means. The computer is configured in use to enter a menu mode when a user activates the menu mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Nicoventures Trading LimitedInventor: Christopher Lord
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Patent number: 11122713Abstract: An insert for monitoring pressure changes between a cold environment and a hot environment, such as a cold aisle/hot aisle cooling system, includes a conduit having two separated openings, and a frame configured for placement between the hot environment and cold environment. One or more temperature sensors are positioned within the conduit proximate to both of the openings, and configured to sample a first temperature corresponding to the cold environment near the first opening and a second temperature associated with the hot environment near the second opening. In a cooling system, the insert can be used in conjunction with a controller to receive temperature data associated with the first and second temperatures, and determine, based on the temperature data, a direction of flow of air flowing in the conduit and a degree of overpressure or underpressure associated with the cold environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Alan Joseph Lachapelle
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Patent number: 11112135Abstract: A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine an active operating condition of the heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system based on the active operating data related to the HVAC system, retrieve an existing service log having a maintenance procedure corresponding to the active operating condition of the HVAC system, and record an entry service log. The entry service log includes the active operating data, the active operating condition, and an updated version of the maintenance procedure corresponding to the active operating condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Jonathan A. Burns, Theresa N. Gillette, Tyler P. McCune
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Patent number: 11112138Abstract: An air-conditioning control method includes: acquiring a first sensor value measured by a first sensor device provided at a different position within an identical space to a second sensor device at a first frequency; acquiring a second sensor value measured by the second sensor device at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency; generating a first sensor predicted value from the second sensor value based on a correlation between the first sensor value and the second sensor value in a period in which the second sensor value is acquired and the first sensor value is not acquired; and determining an operation of an air-conditioning apparatus based on the first sensor predicted value.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiji Sasaki, Hiroko Sugimoto, Minghao Ni
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Patent number: 11109546Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems for use in controlling irrigation, comprising: an irrigation controller configured to couple with one or more valves at a site and to control activation and deactivation of the one or more valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule stored in the irrigation controller; a wireless adapter directly communicationally coupled through a direct wired connection with the irrigation controller; and a network adapter wirelessly coupled over a point-to-point wireless communication path with the wireless adapter, wherein the network adapter is configured to further couple through a direct wired connection with a local router configured to provide communication over a distributed network to a remote server; wherein the wireless adapter is configured to poll the irrigation controller to acquire and locally store status information; and the wireless adapter is configured to communicate, over the point-to-point wireless channel, the status information to the server.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Steven W. Weiler, David M. Redmond, Harvey J. Nickerson, Timothy J. Crist, Gregory W. Decker
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Patent number: 11105529Abstract: A system and method of conditioning air within a multi-zone system using a controller in communication with at least one sensor located within at least one of a plurality of zones, the method comprising the steps of: operating the at least one sensor to measure at least one environmental condition within at least one of the plurality of zones, identifying which, if any, of the plurality of zones is occupied, determining whether a demand condition exists within at least one occupied zone, calculating the difference between an actual environmental condition and a desired environmental condition within the plurality of zones to create a zone demand value if a demand condition exists in two or more occupied zones, and determining whether a cumulative zone demand value is equal to a zone balance point value.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Rajendra K Shah, Douglas W. Durnil
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Patent number: 11067973Abstract: A data collection system pertaining to one embodiment of the present invention collects time-series data which is output from sensors installed on equipment which is a monitored object and carries out detecting an abnormality of the equipment. The data collection system stores plural fault models as data for comparison with time-series data and, in a learning process, determines a range to examine within time-series data by comparing the time-series data with each one of the fault models. An abnormality detection process includes extracting a partial frequency spectrum to examine from the frequency spectrum of time-series data, using information on the range to examine within the time-series data determined through the learning process, and carrying out detecting an abnormality of the equipment using the extracted frequency spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yuji Ogata, Daisuke Ishii
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Patent number: 11054165Abstract: An architecture is presented for one or more climate systems controlled by one or more thermostat devices located in one or more dwellings associated with one or more users. Depending on the combination of the above factors, ecorank information is determined and presented. In some cases, the thermostats operate independently and settings are not propagated. In other cases, the thermostats operate dependently and settings are mirrored. One thermostat may be used to control another. Setting changes in at one thermostat may be presented at another thermostat. In some cases, the setting changes may require confirmation. In some instances, a hub device may be used to interconnect a thermostat device and server device.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Ikorongo Technology, LLCInventor: Hugh Blake Svendsen
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Patent number: 11050249Abstract: The invention includes systems and methods for power cogeneration. In certain embodiments the cogeneration systems include one or more units that are modularized; in some of these embodiments, the modules contain components that are integrated and ready for use with a control system that optimizes a result for the cogeneration plant. In some cases, the cogeneration system is part of a network of cogeneration systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Concentric Power, Inc.Inventors: Brian Mark Curtis, Riyaz Mohammed Shipchandler