Patents Examined by Ramesh B. Patel
  • Patent number: 12295105
    Abstract: The simulation device includes a simulation section and an output section. The simulation section is configured to simulate an operating status of a board work machine configured to perform predetermined board work on a board and produce a board product, and an operating status of an article moving device configured to supply an article needed for production of the board product to the board work machine based on a production plan of the board product. The output section is configured to output time series information indicating a temporal change of the operating status of the board work machine and a temporal change of the operating status of the article moving device, which are results of simulation by the simulation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Takagi, Kohei Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12285916
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to determine positive or negative displacement distances for each pixel of an image of a graphical element. A displacement subsystem may determine surface displacement distances based on a function of a distance of each pixel to a nearest edge pixel of the image of the graphical element. A mapping subsystem may generate a surface displacement map of the graphical element to be applied to a surface of a three-dimensional object. The surface displacement map may be used to generate a mesh file and/or transmitted to a three-dimensional printing for printing on a surface of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: PERIDOT PRINT LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Moroney, Scott A White, Ji Won Jun
  • Patent number: 12271167
    Abstract: A building management system includes (i) one or more building systems including equipment configured to serve one or more spaces in a building and (ii) one or more circuits. The one or more circuits are configured to receive an input to invoke a control strategy to modify a condition of the one or more spaces; define an output of the control strategy where the output relates to a modification that impacts at least one of a location, an equipment type, or a point type; perform a query to identify one or more points associated with the output where the one or more points are defined in terms of at least one of the location, the equipment type, or the point type; and automatically modify one or more values of the one or more points to implement the control strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Suvidha Raina, Ryan A. Piaskowski, Charles C. Xing, Jason T. Sawyer, Judhajit Sarkar
  • Patent number: 12264836
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the air temperature of a building using a control plan based on a target time. The system includes a controller which may be connected to a number of indoor and outdoor heating ventilation and air-conditioning units. The system may include a thermostat. The system may also operate without a thermostat. The method includes determining a control plan to reach a desired temperature in a target time. The method also includes updating the plan by comparing the actual time to reach the desired temperature with the target time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Goodman Manufacturing Company LP
    Inventors: Douglas Notaro, Jim Fisher
  • Patent number: 12259701
    Abstract: An AI-based platform for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy is provided herein. The AI-based platform includes a set of simulation systems that are configured to perform at least one simulation of at least one energy-related operation performed by a set of entities. The set of simulation systems is also configured to determine, based on the at least one simulation, energy associated with the set of entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Strong Force EE Portfolio 2022, LLC
    Inventors: Charles H. Cella, Andrew Cardno
  • Patent number: 12255454
    Abstract: A system and method for supplying power to a power grid. The system includes a battery storage system; and a power management system, the power management system including a storage management system with a processor configured to: direct generated energy to the battery storage system; discharge battery-stored energy from the battery storage system to the power grid; and control the discharge of the battery-stored energy from the battery storage system to the power grid based on a demand index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: B2U STORAGE SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Freeman Stoflet Hall, Michael Joseph Stern, Greg Landreth
  • Patent number: 12255585
    Abstract: A device for generating a qubit control signal includes: a first signal envelope generator circuit including a first multiple of signal sources, in which an output of each signal source of the first multiple of signal sources is combined to provide a first cumulative output; and a first mixer circuit coupled to the first signal envelope generator circuit, in which the first cumulative output is coupled to a first input of the first mixer circuit, and an output of the first mixer circuit includes a first qubit control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Cheney Bardin
  • Patent number: 12241644
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the air temperature in a building. The system includes one or more equipment of a heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, at least one of one or more thermostats or one or more temperature sensors, and a controller. The controller includes a communication module to exchange data with one or more devices and an equipment interface configured to communicate control signals to the one or more equipment. The controller is configured to obtain as user input a target rate of change (ROC) of air temperature in the building and operate the one or more equipment of the HVAC system to achieve the target ROC. The controller operates the one or more equipment at an initial capacity and adjusts the capacity of the one or more equipment to achieve the target ROC of the air temperature in the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Goodman Manufacturing Company LP
    Inventors: Douglas Notaro, Adway Dogra
  • Patent number: 12242234
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods of physical-model based building automation using in-situ regression to optimize control systems are presented. A simulation engine is configured to simulate a behavior or a controlled system using a physical model for the controlled system. A data stream comprises data from a controlled system. A training loop is configured to compare an output of a simulation engine to a data stream using a heuristic so that a physical model is regressed in a manner that the output of the simulation engine approaches the data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PassiveLogic, Inc.
    Inventor: Troy Aaron Harvey
  • Patent number: 12241357
    Abstract: A system and method that may include receiving information and analyzing the information with respect to tiered well construction activities. The system and method may also include determining at least one constraint associated with the tiered well construction activities based on the information. The system and method may additionally include generating a workflow that includes at least a series of tiered well construction activities based on the at least one constraint. The system and method may further include generating a digital well plan that is to be executed to control field equipment to perform at least one of the series of tiered well construction activities of the workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Pietrzyk, Richard John Harmer
  • Patent number: 12237941
    Abstract: A hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, thermostats are located in respective rooms at a hospitality establishment. The thermostats are joined in network communication with environmental amenities, such as lights and a thermostat that respectively controls lighting and temperature. The thermostats utilize an unoccupied room profile and an occupied room profile to set the environmental conditions, such as the lighting and the temperature, in the rooms. A guest preference profile may be activated within a room to provide guest-specific environmental conditions in the room associated with a guest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Enseo, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Fang, Thomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle
  • Patent number: 12228299
    Abstract: A system for controlling the air temperature of a building using a control plan based on a target time. The system includes one or more temperature sensors, an indoor HVAC unit, an outdoor HVAC unit, and a controller. The controller is incorporated into one of the indoor HVAC unit or the outdoor HVAC unit. Further, the controller is communicatively coupled to the indoor HVAC unit, the outdoor HVAC unit, and the one or more temperature sensors. Furthermore, the controller is configured to selectively operate the indoor HVAC unit in accordance with a temperature control plan to reach a target air temperature at the one or more temperature sensors in a target time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Goodman Manufacturing Company LP
    Inventors: Douglas Notaro, Adway Dogra
  • Patent number: 12232233
    Abstract: A load control system may be configured using a graphical user interface (GUI) software. The GUI software may be implemented to collect control devices and add the control devices to the load control system for configuration. Programming data may be automatically determined for the added control devices based on the type of control device, the location of the control device, and/or the load type controlled by the control device. The programming data may include control settings for a scene, a schedule, or an automated control feature. The programming data may be displayed for being viewed and/or adjusted by a user. The programming data may be transmitted to the control devices and/or a system controller for being implemented in performing load control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Bard, Craig Alan Casey, Erica L. Clymer, Christina Evans, Christoper Matthew Jones, Sanjeev Kumar, John Nill, Neil R. Orchowski, Brent Protzman
  • Patent number: 12222711
    Abstract: A method for a model-based determination of model parameters (MP) of a production model (PM) of a film extrusion line, comprising: detecting of at least two model parameters (MP) in the form of input parameters (EP) of the production model (PM) for detecting a production situation of the film extrusion line and/or in the form of output parameters (AP) of the production model (PM) for detecting a film product situation of the film extrusion line, forming a parameter relationship between the acquired model parameters (MP) by means of the production model (PM), determining at least one further model parameter (MP) in the form of a non-detected input parameter (EP) and/or a non-detected output parameter (AP) of the production model (PM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Martin Backmann, Markus Bussmann, Melanie Schuh, Lennart Ederleh
  • Patent number: 12213885
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a patient-specific buttress for securing fractured bone of a patient, the method comprising applying a buttress to a tangible model of a patient anatomy representing a fractured bone to at least one of verify a fit of the buttress to the fractured bone and deform the buttress to confirm a fit of the buttress to the fractured bone, the tangible model comprising an intended realignment of at least two bone fragments of the fractured bone to be achieved when the buttress is secured to the fractured bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Mohamed R. Mahfouz
  • Patent number: 12199791
    Abstract: A hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, thermostats are located in respective rooms at a hospitality establishment. The thermostats are joined in network communication with environmental amenities, such as lights and a thermostat that respectively controls lighting and temperature. The thermostats utilize an unoccupied room profile and an occupied room profile to set the environmental conditions, such as the lighting and the temperature, in the rooms. A guest preference profile may be activated within a room to provide guest-specific environmental conditions in the room associated with a guest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Enseo, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Fang, Thomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle
  • Patent number: 12188674
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the air temperature of a building using a control plan based on a target time. The system includes a controller which may be connected to a number of indoor and outdoor heating ventilation and air-conditioning units. The system may include a thermostat. The system may also operate without a thermostat. The method includes determining a control plan to reach a desired temperature in a target time. The method also includes updating the plan by comparing the actual time to reach the desired temperature with the target time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Goodman Manufacturing Company LP
    Inventors: Douglas Notaro, Jim Fisher
  • Patent number: 12189361
    Abstract: The subject technology is related to methods and apparatus for training a set of regression machine learning models with a training set to produce a set of predictive values for a pending manufacturing request, the training set including data extracted from a set of manufacturing transactions submitted by a set of entities of a supply chain. A multi-objective optimization model is implemented to (1) receive an input including the set of predictive values and a set of features of a physical object, and (2) generate an output with a set of attributes associated with a manufacture of the physical object in response to receiving the input, the output complying with a multi-objective condition satisfied in the multi-objective optimization model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: XOMETRY, INC.
    Inventors: Valerie R. Coffman, Mark Wicks, Daniel Wheeler
  • Patent number: 12184075
    Abstract: A master system for collocated, grid-independent energy generation and usage outside of a typical energy grid dependent system. The system uses a short-coupled delivery system between generation, storage and usage points to prevent line and system energy losses. As a result, the system generates and promotes hyper-efficient end use of electrical and thermal energy, as well as waste products produced during energy generation. Moreover, as a closed system, all waste energy can be reused and/or repurposed within the system, thereby promoting higher energy efficiencies. The versatility of the system is such that it can be implemented across any application that requires efficient energy storage and consumption, especially those involving higher levels of security and control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Silent Partner Group of Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Dale Hobbie
  • Patent number: 12181844
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to building management systems with language model-based data structure generation. For example, a method can include receiving a query to select, from a plurality of data sources of a building management system, a selected one or more data sources according to a characteristic indicated by the query in at least one of a natural language representation or a semantic representation. The method can further include applying the query as input to a machine learning model to cause the machine learning model to generate an output indicating the selected one or more data sources, the machine learning model configured using training data comprising sample data and metadata from the plurality of data sources. The method can further include presenting, using at least one of a display device or an audio output device, the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Rajiv Ramanasankaran, Krishnamurthy Selvaraj