Patents Examined by Olvin Lopez Alvarez
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Patent number: 10409251Abstract: An automatic inspection and monitoring method based on time domain slotting control, belonging to the technical field where the field personnel can automatically inspect and monitor a field device of a seismic apparatus in the seismic exploration production. A method of extraction and transmission of a seismic apparatus host on the information of a field device is implemented by a master control program, test information about the seismic apparatus host on the field device can be automatically extracted and classified from the seismic apparatus host, and according to a designed push protocol, a protocol encoding is conducted; a data frame block is automatically generated; and then the information is delivered via a broadcasting station; an encoding protocol of information push is designed for avoiding information loss caused by signal instability, etc. during information push. According to the protocol, the state information on the field device is encoded to generate a data frame block.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: China National Petroleum Corporation, BGP Inc., China National Petroleum CorporationInventors: Huadong Sun, Maojun Yang, Fulong Luo, Guosheng Li, Ying Xia, Lei Huang, Weiping Liu, Liuzheng Zhang, Yuan Wang
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Patent number: 10394294Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a microcontroller configured to cool an electronic device. The microcontroller is configured to receive a power consumption value of the electronic device, determine, based on the power consumption value and a stored previous power consumption value, a change value representing an amount that power consumption of the electronic device changed from a previous power consumption of the electronic device, determine an output cooling control value based at least in part on the change value, and control an output for cooling the electronic device using the output cooling control value.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATEDInventors: Erick Pfeifer, Kyle Gaede
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Patent number: 10386101Abstract: In a temperature control system using a controlled mix of high temperature pressurized gas and a cooled vapor/liquid flow of the same medium to cool a thermal load to a target temperature in a high energy environment, particular advantages are obtained in precision and efficiency by passing at least a substantial percentage of the cooled vapor/liquid flow through the thermal load directly, and thereafter mixing the output with a portion of the pressurized gas flow. This “post load mixing” approach increases the thermal transfer coefficient, improves control and facilities target temperature change. Ad added mixing between the cooled expanded flow and a lesser flow of pressurized gas also is used prior to the input to the thermal load. A further feature, termed a remote “Line Box”, enables transport of the separate flows of the two phase medium through a substantial spacing from pressurizing and condensing units without undesired liquefaction in the transport lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth W. Cowans, William W. Cowans, Glenn Zubillaga
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Patent number: 10386796Abstract: A new MPC controller design and method that may be applied to various different types of model predictive control (MPC) controllers and methods for use in any desired or appropriate controller setting, such as for plants, and can be imposed on conventional predictive control schemes to provide tighter control when tracking complex setpoint trajectories. The method introduces a correction parameter ?, independent of plant gain, evaluated online at each control timestep to drive the plant output to its reference more accurately than the original schemes. In a linear system, the correction parameter converges to a constant when optimized (evaluated on-line). The new MPC controller and method can also be applied on a nonlinear system. In a non-linear system, where the time constant is non-linear, the correction parameter will be variable.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: University of New BrunswickInventors: Meaghan Ann Charest-Finn, Rickey Dubay
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Patent number: 10379523Abstract: A machining program editing assist apparatus includes a display controller. While the display objects are being displayed in either one of the program data display area and the process list display area, the display controller decides that a designated display object of the one of the display areas is the display object designated by the display objects of the one of the display areas and a specific point, differentiates the designated display object from the other display objects in the one of the display areas, decides that a designated display object of the other of the display areas is the display candidate of the other of the display areas, includes the designated display object in the display objects of the other of the display areas, and differentiates the designated display object from the other display objects in the other of the display areas.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Kikata, Morikuni Kimura, Takuro Katayama, Shunsuke Koike, Takayuki Ota
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Patent number: 10367354Abstract: A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for optimizing and controlling volt-amperes reactive on an electrical control system. System-level and local-level measurements are determined and analyzed to prioritize and optimize which VAR adjusters are adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Dominion Energy, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Tyler, Melissa A. Peskin
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Patent number: 10359798Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes providing a process controller configured to perform a control algorithm based on at least one first control parameter, providing a parameter controller configured to perform a parameter adjustment algorithm, providing a turbine having an output sensor, providing to the process controller at least one first control parameter and a first input value, controlling the turbine based on the at least one first control parameter and the first input value, receiving a turbine response value provided by the turbine output sensor, determining at least one second control parameter based on the turbine response value and the parameter adjustment algorithm, providing, to the process controller from the parameter controller, the at least one second control parameter, and controlling the turbine based on the at the least one second control parameter and a second input value.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Woodward, Inc.Inventor: Tena K. Britt
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Patent number: 10281907Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a physical system (plant) are disclosed. The plant is modeled as a linear, finite-dimensional system having a state vector, a control input vector, a plant output vector, and a disturbance vector comprising disturbances having known basis functions and unknown amplitudes. An adaptive control law is used with separate adaptive gains for an error vector associated with the plant output vector, and the disturbance vector, plus a fixed gain for a disturbance estimator. The adaptive control law is operable to adjust the control input vector so as to minimize the error vector. The plant includes modes which are not Almost Strictly Positive Real (ASPR).Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: United Stated of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASAInventors: Susan A. Frost, Mark J. Balas
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Patent number: 10274927Abstract: A machine tool includes a bed supported on a ground by supporting jigs, a table movable in an X-axis direction, a spindle head movable in a Y-axis direction, a quill provided to be movable in a Z-axis direction, a spindle supported by the quill to be rotatable about its axis, feed mechanisms for moving the table and the like in the axis directions, and a numerical controller controlling operation of the feed mechanisms, and the numerical controller is configured to calculate motion errors based on load values acting on the supporting jigs by a motion locus estimator, an influence coefficient storage, a motion error calculator, and a motion locus storage, generate a correction signal for compensating for the motion errors by a position corrector, and add the generated correction signals to a position control signal transmitted from a position generator to a position controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidenori Saraie, Kinji Hashimoto, Keiichiro Matsuo, Kazuo Yamazaki, Toshiya Sato
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Patent number: 10265804Abstract: A method of producing holes in a component, in particular of turbomachines, wherein each hole extends from a first, outer surface to a second, inner surface of the component and wherein the method has, for example, the following steps: (i) producing a 3D model of the actual geometry of the component, at least for the region of the holes; (ii) adapting each hole on the basis of the actual geometry of the component; and (iii) generating a production program for each individual hole. In this way, the process quality and with it the quality of the holes increases, because the offset of holes caused by component tolerances is avoided and the drilling funnels are formed according to specification. Furthermore, drilling defects on account of the offset of holes and/or cores can be avoided. Overlapping holes caused by component tolerances are likewise avoided.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventor: Josef Kriegmair
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Patent number: 10263422Abstract: A shutdown controlling method is applied to a system that has a host computer, a PDU and multiple electric apparatus connected to the PDU. The PDU has multiple outlets and stores preset shutdown periods for the outlets respectively. The PDU communicates with the electric apparatus and obtains their required shutdown periods. When PDU is controlled to cut off an outlet, the PDU determines whether the preset shutdown period of the outlet is larger than the required shutdown period. If yes, the PDU cuts out the AC power of the outlet. If not, the PDU cancels the shutdown command and notifies the host computer. Therefore, a manager may update the preset shutdown period of the outlet to ensure that each electric apparatus has enough time to be safely shut down.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Inventor: Hsien-Hsun Liu
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Patent number: 10168716Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a measurement; determining whether the measurement is in a first range, a second range, or a third range; controlling operation of a valve in a full-freeze mode when the data measurement falls within the first range; controlling the operation of the valve of the turbine system in a semi-freeze mode when the data measurement falls within the second range; and controlling the operation of the valve of the turbine system in a full-operation mode when the data measurement falls within the third range.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: William Randolph Shinkle
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Patent number: 10126715Abstract: A controller is provided with a plurality of CPUs and temperature sensors disposed in the vicinity of the CPUs, individually. The CPUs reciprocally read temperature data detected by the temperature sensors. When the read temperature data exceed a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the CPUs are likely to undergo thermal runaway, and the CPUs are then stopped.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: FANUC CorporationInventors: Taketsugu Tsuda, Tomoki Ohya
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Patent number: 10113287Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing watering or non-watering of a specific area of soil through a first plurality of irrigation valves (42). Specific irrigation parameters are measured at the specific area of soil through a second plurality of field sensors (54). A controller unit (30) is interconnected to a third plurality of control units (18). Each control unit is connected to a specific irrigation valve and/or a specific field sensor. A type declaration providing communication under a second communication protocol is transmitted from the controller unit to the third plurality of control units using a first communications protocol. A second set of instructions are transmitted from the controller unit to the third plurality of control units using a second communications protocol. A first set of instructions are transmitted from the controller unit to the third plurality of control units using the first communications protocol.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: S-RAIN CONTROL A/SInventor: Tom Nohr Christiansen
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Patent number: 10108177Abstract: A control parameter adjustment device includes a command-value generation unit that generates a position command; a servo control unit that calculates a drive command such that a response position of a driven object follows the position command; a correction model unit that generates a correction command for correcting a response error that is a difference between the position command and the response position by using a model expressed by two or more types of parameters; and a parameter search unit that corrects the model by using a combination of values of the parameters, by which the response error is minimized, among a plurality of combinations of values of the parameters. The control parameter adjustment device drives the driven object on the basis of the drive command and the correction command.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomoya Fujita, Kotaro Nagaoka, Masahiro Ozawa
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Patent number: 10054914Abstract: A method, presentation control arrangement and a computer program product enables a user of a process control system to obtain details of a process control object. Distances between a mobile terminal of the user and process control objects in an area around the mobile terminal are determined as well as the closest process control object to the mobile terminal, process data of this object is obtained and presented together with a representation of the object on a display of the mobile terminal, where the representation of the closest process control object is emphasized compared with the presentation of other process control objects and the amount of process data being presented is dependent on the distance between the mobile terminal and the process control object.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Elina Vartiainen, Martin Olausson, Jonas Brönmark
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Patent number: 10043222Abstract: A system and method are provided for adaptively optimized recomposition of a parts list for fabrication of an electronic circuit product. A parts list acquisition portion forms a parts list containing a plurality of constituent parts entries read from one or more predetermined sources. The parts entries are respectively identified in the parts list by different corresponding part identifiers. An optimization unit coupled to the parts list acquisition unit comparatively determines mutual matching between different parts entries based on at least one optimization parameter. The optimization unit intermediately recomposes the parts list by incorporating one or more suggested parts substitutions to adaptively consolidate mutually matched pairs of parts entries.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.Inventors: Matt Bromley, Rajesh Khanna
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Method and apparatus for adjusting portable electronic device operation based on ambient temperature
Patent number: 10025329Abstract: A method and apparatus adjust portable electronic device operation based on ambient temperature. A user input of a desired performance mode of a portable electronic device can be received. An ambient temperature in an environment surrounding the portable electronic device can be determined. A device temperature mitigation threshold value can be set based on the ambient temperature and based on the desired performance mode. Portable electronic device operation can be adjusted based on the portable electronic device temperature exceeding the device temperature mitigation threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Jiri Slaby, Morris B. Bowers, Itisha C. Deokar -
Patent number: 10025278Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input unit, an output unit, a change amount determination unit, and an instruction unit. The input unit is configured to input a measured temperature that is a measured value of a temperature of a measurement point. The output unit is configured to output a manipulated variable to a temperature control mechanism configured to control the temperature of the measurement point to be a set temperature, the manipulated variable being used for controlling the set temperature. The change amount determination unit is configured to determine an amount of temporal change of the input measured temperature. The instruction unit is configured to instruct the output unit to output a unit manipulated variable with a predetermined manipulated variable as a unit, based on a determination by the change amount determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Michihiko Iida
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Patent number: 10005165Abstract: A controller for controlling a synchronized operation of spindle and feed axes. A spindle-axis control section includes an initial-motion control section for making a spindle axis perform an accelerated rotation at maximum capacity from a process start position; a maximum-acceleration detecting section for detecting a maximum acceleration of the spindle axis; a residual rotation-amount detecting section for detecting a residual rotation amount of the spindle axis; a current-speed detecting section for detecting a current speed of the spindle axis; a decelerating-motion control section for making the spindle axis perform a decelerated rotation at a gradually increasing deceleration so as to reach an intermediate rotation speed after the accelerated rotation; and a positioning-motion control section for making the spindle axis perform a decelerated rotation at maximum capacity so as to reach the target thread depth after reaching the intermediate rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuuki Morita, Daisuke Tajima, Tadashi Okita