Patents Examined by Mohammed Shafayet
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Patent number: 11789423Abstract: Provided is a programmable logic controller comprising: a CPU module; and an input module that generates internal data corresponding to an input signal input from the outside, wherein the input module includes a first control unit and a second control unit, the second control unit generates the second control data by encoding second input data into data that cannot be decoded by the first control unit, the first control unit outputs the first control data including first input data and the second control data, the input module generates the internal data based on the first control data and transmit the internal data to the CPU module and the CPU module extracts the first input data and the second input data to determine whether the input data is correct.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventor: Toshiyuki Sugie
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Patent number: 11783410Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate the sale and exchange of plant growth systems to consumer plant growers. Particularly, a script offering system may act as an intermediary medium that allows merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers via an electronic marketplace. In some examples, the script offering system may allow merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers that have expressed an interest or need for a particular plant growth script. In other examples, the script offering system may allow a consumer plant grower to solicit merchant bids for the sale of plant growth script. A consumer plant grower may solicit bids for plant growth scripts that address specific needs identified via key word inputs or sensor data attributable to an existing plant growth operation that exhibits less than optimal plant growth.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: iUNU, Inc.Inventors: Adam Phillip Takla Greenberg, Matthew Charles King
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Patent number: 11776050Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate the sale and exchange of plant growth systems to consumer plant growers. Particularly, a script offering system may act as an intermediary medium that allows merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers via an electronic marketplace. In some examples, the script offering system may allow merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers that have expressed an interest or need for a particular plant growth script. In other examples, the script offering system may allow a consumer plant grower to solicit merchant bids for the sale of plant growth script. A consumer plant grower may solicit bids for plant growth scripts that address specific needs identified via key word inputs or sensor data attributable to an existing plant growth operation that exhibits less than optimal plant growth.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: iUNU, Inc.Inventors: Adam Phillip Takla Greenberg, Matthew Charles King
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Patent number: 11754994Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires state information indicating an operational state of a motor for driving a shaft of a machine tool; a sensor that measures a physical quantity indicating an environment of the machine tool; a storage unit which stores a normal range of the state information corresponding to a value of the physical quantity; and a judging unit that, when the state information acquired by the acquiring unit is not within the normal range of the state information corresponding to the value of the physical quantity measured by the sensor, judges that the machine tool has an abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Kouki Kameta
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Patent number: 11740608Abstract: A method may include projecting, onto a surface within a computer numerically controlled machine, a structured light having a known property. One or more sensors may generate an image of the structured light projected on the surface within the computer numerically controlled machine. One or more characteristics of the surface may be determined by comparing a property of the structured light shown in the image to the known property of the structured light. Examples of characteristics include a size, a distance to the surface, a height, a thickness, an angle of the surface, edges, surface properties, jigs, fiducial alignment markers, patterns encoding data, and visual designs on the surface of the material that are intended for reproductions. A surface map indicating the characteristics of the surface at various locations may be generated to enable, for example, a calibration, alignment, and/or optimization of the computer numerically controlled machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Glowforge, IncInventors: Mark Gosselin, Daniel Shapiro, Penelope Ackerman, Daniel Martinec, Kevin McVey, Michael Natkin, Therese Seldon
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Patent number: 11733674Abstract: A method and a corresponding system and computer program are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured via subtractive manufacturing is obtained. Geometric features to be machined as part of manufacturing the object are identified based on the model. The identified geometric features include a composite geometric feature including a plurality of geometric subfeatures. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature and separate strategies for machining the respective geometric subfeatures. Strategies for machining the respective geometric features are selected from the strategies included in the database. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object in accordance with the selected strategies are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Sandvik Machining Solutions ABInventors: Hugo Nordell, Vahid Kalhori, Mattias Vanberg
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Patent number: 11733658Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the two-position control of an actuator (1) on the basis of a binary sensor signal (y) of a sensor unit (2), which senses a process variable (P), which can be influenced by the actuator (1), in such a way that the sensor unit outputs a first sensor signal value (y1) when a first switching value (Sw1) is exceeded and a second sensor signal value (y0) when a second switching value (Sw1, Sw2) is fallen below, wherein: the actuator (1) is controlled with a manipulated variable (u), which assumes either a first control value (u1) or a second control value (u2); the first control value (u1) and the second control value (u2) are dynamically adapted during the operation of the actuator (1), in dependence on a fall time (t_fall) corresponding to the duration of the first sensor signal value (y1) and a rise time (t_rise) corresponding to the duration of the second sensor signal value (y0), in such a way that the first and second control values converge.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: RUHR-UNIVERSITAT BOCHUMInventors: Sebastian Leonow, Martin Moennigmann
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Patent number: 11726459Abstract: An industrial control programming development platform simplifies generation of an industrial control program and associated tag definitions by generating at least a portion of the control program and tag definitions based on analysis of digital engineering drawings of an automation system to be monitored and controlled. This drawing-based program generation includes creation and configuration of smart data tags that model and contextualize controller data at the device level for processing by higher level analytic systems. This device-level contextualization can be based in part on inferences drawn from the digital engineering drawings.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bijan Sayyarrodsari, Subbian Govindaraj, David A. Vasko, Juergen Weinhofer, Andrew J Ellis, Ka-Hing Lin, Michael Pantaleano, Sujeet Chand, Kyle A. Crum
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Patent number: 11714387Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer implemented method (600) for optimization of a bioprocessing system (100) formed by interconnected or interconnectable bioprocessing units and configured to provide a desired system functionality, the method comprising obtaining (610) requirement data of a bioprocess, the requirement data being at least indicative of the desired system functionality, and indicative of a desired substance resulting from the operation of the bioprocess system, obtaining (620) unit data indicative of characteristics of a plurality of bioprocessing units, generating (630) at least one optimized or suitable bioprocessing system configuration capable to provide the desired system functionality, the bioprocessing system configuration comprising a selection of bioprocessing units from the plurality of bioprocessing units selected using the requirement data, the unit data and an objective function dependent on the requirement data and the unit data.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Cytiva Sweden ABInventors: Mikael Johansson, Pasi Juntikka, Peter Toreheim, Shivakumar Selvaraj
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Patent number: 11698609Abstract: A cascaded MPC system includes an upper tier controller and lower tier controller having stored constraints for controlling a process having manipulated variables (MVs), controlled variables (CVs), and conjoint manipulated variable (CMV). The upper tier passes a target value for the CMV to the lower tier which optimizes for determining a local optimal operating point for the MVs, CVs, and CMV, moves towards the target value starting at the CMVs local operating point, and optimizes for identifying of the constraints as selected constraint(s) when the moving is truncated, passes the selected constraint(s) to the upper tier which performs an overall optimization for the process using the selected constraint to generate an optimal value for the CMV that lower tier uses as a new CM V target value for redetermining updated local optimal operating points for the MVs, CVs, and CMV, and for controlling the process utilizing the updated operating points.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Christopher J. Webb
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Patent number: 11681278Abstract: In an industrial automation system, a control device adapted to a container-based architecture has been developed. The control device may comprise one or more containers instantiated with control execution application, communication application, and or redundancy management application.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Paul F. McLaughlin, James M. Schreder, Joseph Felix
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Patent number: 11675337Abstract: A system for acceleration adjustment of machine tool at rapid traverse includes a signal measurement module, a signal judgment module and an acceleration optimization module. The machine tool has a servo motor and a working platform. The signal measurement module measures signals while the servo motor drives the working platform from a first specific position to a second specific position, or from the second specific position back to the first specific position. The signal judgment module judges whether the actual maximum current value of the motor is equal to the manufacturer's specification according to the signals; and if negative, the acceleration optimization module calculates and optimizes an axial acceleration till an optimal value is achieved. Then, a curve smoothing time of the optimal acceleration is calculated and optimized by the acceleration optimization module. In addition, a method for acceleration adjustment of machine tool at rapid traverse is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jheng-Jie Lin, Kuo-Hua Chou, Chien-Chih Liao, Jen-Ji Wang
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Patent number: 11639712Abstract: Described is a system for monitoring deflection of turbine blades of a wind turbine comprising a tower. The system comprises a position detecting apparatus mounted to the wind turbine, the position detection apparatus comprising position detection components each detecting a presence or absence of a corresponding one of the segments of the turbine blades; and a deflection controller configured to receive the presence or absence detection and to use the presence or absence detection to determine a distance of each of the segments of the turbine blades relative to the tower, whereby the distance of each of the segments of the turbine blades relative to the tower is representative of the deflection of the turbine blades.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE, INNERGEX INC.Inventors: Vincent David, Daniel Cantin, Robert Guillemette, Jonathan Cloutier
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Patent number: 11634938Abstract: Improved systems and methods for operating moveable architectural elements (e.g., furniture) are described. The system can include improved features implemented throughout various elements, including hardware elements, controller elements, and/or software elements. As one example, the system can feature the ability to map a characteristic load profile across a particular length of actuation and, if during operation a measured load exceeds the profile, adjust (e.g., stop) the system's motion. The system can also advantageously map its current draw to increase energy efficiency. In addition, the system can include a positioning system that enables it to automatically determine its position upon start up and during operation. In some implementations, the system includes multiple moveable elements (e.g., furniture items). In some cases, power is distributed to the moveable element(s) using a moveable power distribution module. Many other improvements and features are contemplated and described.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Ori Inc.Inventors: Chad Bean, Carlos Rubio, Hasier Larrea-Tamayo, Ivan Fernandez De Casadevante
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Patent number: 11599096Abstract: A system has a processor that may receive an order of an industrial device assembly having multiple industrial automation devices. The processor may also generate a first data file based on the order of the industrial device assembly. The first data file may have specification data associated with each industrial automation device and hierarchical information associated with each industrial automation device. Additionally, the processor may generate a second data file based on the first data file. The second data file has one or more control blocks of code associated with each industrial automation device. Further, the processor may transmit the second data file to a control system associated with the industrial device assembly. The control system is automatically programmed based on the second data file to control one or more operations of each industrial automation device in the industrial device assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David C. Mazur, Roberto S. Marques, Andrew J. Schaeffler, Rob Alan Entzminger, Mithun Mohan Nagabhairava, Calvin C. Steinweg
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Patent number: 11586170Abstract: A numerical controller, which is configured to control maintenance of a machine tool, includes a mode shift part configured to shift an operation mode of the machine tool to a maintenance mode, on the basis of input of a trigger for starting the maintenance of the machine tool, an operation execution part configured to make the machine tool operate on the basis of predetermined maintenance contents; and an output control part configured to control output of an operation result of the machine tool, as a maintenance result. The mode shift part returns the operation mode of the machine tool to a normal operation mode, after the output of the maintenance result by the output control part.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoya Itou
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Patent number: 11579569Abstract: A system control apparatus includes a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller configured to control a behavior of a system and having a gain, and a gain determiner configured to apply, to a set adaptive load model, a variable associated with an error that varies based on a load change of the system and adaptively vary the gain using the adaptive load model to which the variable associated with the error is applied.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Junyoung Lee, Pyung Hun Chang, Byeonggi Yu
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Patent number: 11556110Abstract: The step for performing machine learning includes acquiring shape data; acquiring geometric information for each of a plurality of machining faces; acquiring a tool path pattern selected for the machining faces from among a plurality of tool path patterns; and performing machine learning by using the geometric data for known workpieces and the tool path patterns wherein the input is the geometric information for the machining faces and the output is the tool path pattern for the machining faces. The step for generating a new tool path includes: acquiring shape data for the workpiece; acquiring geometric information for each of the plurality of machining faces of the workpiece to be machined; and generating a tool path pattern for each of the plurality of machining faces on the workpiece on the basis of the results of the machine learning using the geometric information of the workpiece to be machined.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Nakamoto, Mayu Hashimoto, Kazumasa Kono, Katsuhiko Takei, Shinji Igari
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Patent number: 11550294Abstract: A turning thread automatic diagnosing method includes collecting a spindle actual speed and a feeding shaft actual speed of a lathe; based upon the spindle actual speed and the feeding shaft actual speed, continuously calculating thread errors to obtain a thread error curve; and analyzing an error cause according to the thread error curve. In addition, a turning thread automatic diagnosing system is disclosed, using the method. A data processing system and a storage medium are also disclosed. The technology of the embodiments can automatically identify the problem causing a thread error and provide a corresponding solution.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Chong Min Xie
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Patent number: 11538099Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate the sale and exchange of plant growth systems to consumer plant growers. Particularly, a script offering system may act as an intermediary medium that allows merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers via an electronic marketplace. In some examples, the script offering system may allow merchants to advertise plant growth scripts to consumer plant growers that have expressed an interest or need for a particular plant growth script. In other examples, the script offering system may allow a consumer plant grower to solicit merchant bids for the sale of plant growth script. A consumer plant grower may solicit bids for plant growth scripts that address specific needs identified via key word inputs or sensor data attributable to an existing plant growth operation that exhibits less than optimal plant growth.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: iUNU, Inc.Inventors: Adam Phillip Takla Greenberg, Matthew Charles King