Patents Examined by Ricky Go
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Patent number: 11796695Abstract: An evaluation method for evaluating a precipitation-induced landslide disaster loss under climate change is provided. The evaluation method belongs to the technical field of geological disaster prevention and treatment. The evaluation method uses a physical process based model, in considering of spatial heterogeneity of land-surface features of grids in the area, to obtain precipitation thresholds corresponding to the respective grids in the area having the spatial heterogeneity. Historical data and climate model data are taken in combination to select suitable climate models, and the model then is used to simulate landslide prone zones and possible influence zones caused by landslides. An influence zones simulated by the evaluation method can better match disaster loss grid data, which can solve the problem that climate change scenarios and influence of landslide are difficult to be evaluated in landslide disaster evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tong Jiang, Qigen Lin, Guojie Wang, Yanjun Wang, Buda Su, Jianqing Zhai, Jinlong Huang
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Patent number: 11797897Abstract: A method is provided for placing sensors in a fluid distribution network by simulating network operating scenarios; by determining candidate sets of sensor positions; by determining the measurements of each sensor in each scenario, and the detection of associated anomalies; by attributing a score to each candidate set of sensor positions, representing the capacity of the sensors placed in the positions of the set to accomplish a mission. Finally, the candidate sets are modified using so-called genetic algorithms until a stop criterion is validated. The genetic algorithms can for example consist in crossing over or mutating candidate sets.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SUEZ INTERNATIONALInventors: Guillaume Cussonneau, Gilles Fay, Zdravka Do Quang, Jean-Marc Lier, Jean-François Renard, Aurélie Chazerain
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Patent number: 11799806Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for automatic environmental data collection and analysis are provided, including a server comprising: a processor and a communication interface, the processor configured to: receive, using the communication interface, a geographic survey request from a first computing device; translate the geographic survey request into mission data for collecting geographic survey data; transmit, using the communication interface, the mission data to a second computing device associated with a geographic survey entity; receive, using the communication interface, the geographic survey data collected by the geographic survey entity using the mission data; analyze the geographic survey data to generate processed geographic survey data; and, transmit, using the communication interface, the processed geographic survey data to the first computing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Matthew Allen Rendall, Andrew Clifford Blakey
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Patent number: 11789086Abstract: A battery cell performance monitoring system includes an energy storage system that includes at least one inverter and battery nodes. Each of the battery nodes includes battery racks, and each of the battery racks includes battery cells. The battery cell performance monitoring system also includes a processor, memory, and programming in the memory. The programming causes the battery cell performance monitoring system to determine an extreme rack cell voltage value of each battery rack. Next, to determine an average extreme rack cell voltage value based on the extreme rack cell voltage value of each battery rack. Further, to compare an extreme rack cell voltage value for each battery rack with the average extreme rack cell voltage value. Additionally, to identify one or more outlier battery racks based upon the comparison of the extreme rack cell voltage value for each battery rack with the average extreme rack cell voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Fluence Energy, LLCInventors: Amy Bohinsky, John T. Guerin, Abhishek Malik, Kashish Patel
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Patent number: 11787058Abstract: A method for health assessment of a system including a transport apparatus including registering predetermined operating data embodying at least one dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus, determining a base value (CpkBase) characterized by a probability density function of each of the dynamic performance variable output, resolving from the transport apparatus in situ process motion commands of the apparatus controller and defining another predetermined motion set of the transport apparatus, registering predetermined operating data embodying the at least one dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus and determining with the processor another value (CpkOther) characterized by the probability density function of each of the dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus, and comparing the other value and the base value (CpkBase) for each of the dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus respectively corresponding to the predeterminType: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: BROOKS AUTOMATION US, LLCInventors: Aaron Gawlik, Jairo T. Moura
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Patent number: 11781895Abstract: A system and method for observing fluid flow behavior at a selected site, deriving judgments and recommendations, and further communicating data, judgments and recommendations. The system receives flow rate information, derives a time series of fluid flow events therefrom, identifies compound events consisting of contemporaneous events, disaggregates compound events by application of an unsupervised model, and applies the unsupervised model to derive a solution space of a subset sum problem-type, wherein historical data of the observed fluid flow is not necessarily accessed.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Buoy Labs, Inc.Inventors: Keri Waters, Andrew Stephen Pike
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Patent number: 11774418Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for information assessment processes are described. In one embodiment, for example, a computer-implemented method for performing a review-by-exception process may include, via one or more processors of a computing device, accessing chromatography information generated via analyzing a sample using a mass spectrometry system, the chromatography information comprising at least one peak and at least one peak attribute for the at least one peak, determining posterior probability information for the chromatography information; generating an estimated peak model based on the posterior probability information, determining a confidence indicator for the estimated peak model, and generating an exception for the at least one peak responsive to the confidence indicator being outside of an exception threshold. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Nathaniel Martin, David Eatough, Iain Monks, Stephen Jepson, Steve Leicester
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Patent number: 11774505Abstract: Disclosed is an estimation method for the safety state of a battery pack based on deep learning and consistency detection, including: acquiring battery parameters of each single battery in the battery pack in a charging process to be identified; calculating multiple groups of feature data according to the battery parameters; constituting a first matrix by the multiple groups of feature data, and calculating a covariance matrix of the first matrix; inputting the covariance matrix into a first trained fully connected layer, so as to extract principal components of the first matrix and obtain a second matrix; multiplying the first matrix and the second matrix to obtain a third matrix; and inputting the third matrix into a series-connected and trained multi-head self-attention layer and classification layer, to identify whether single battery consistency safety hazards exist in the charging process. This embodiment improves the accuracy of identification.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD., CHINA AUTOMOTIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (TIANJIN)Inventors: Fang Wang, Liang Yang, Shiqiang Liu, Wenbin Wang, Hong Chang, Xiaole Ma, Weina Wang, Yue Xu
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Patent number: 11762022Abstract: An electric leakage detection apparatus for a battery included in an electric vehicle transmits a first voltage corresponding to a voltage between a negative terminal of the battery and a chassis of the electric vehicle to an analog-to-digital converter through a capacitor. The electric leakage detection apparatus transmits a second voltage corresponding to a voltage between a positive terminal of the battery and the chassis to the analog-to-digital converter through the capacitor. The analog-to-digital converter outputs digital signals indicating the first voltage and the second voltage using the negative terminal as the ground. The electric leakage detection apparatus determines the first voltage and the second voltage based on the digital signals, and detects an electric leakage between the battery and the chassis based on the first voltage and the second voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventors: Sang-Hyeok Ham, Jong-Wan Kim
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Patent number: 11762024Abstract: A system and structure determines when or if a utility cart is entering a restricted geographical area, and can disrupt the ignition of the cart to prevent or at least stop such use. The system can also determine a safe time and location for such ignition disruption. A monitoring device can remotely and reliably monitor the state of charge of the cart's battery, even for carts of a range of different battery energy capacities, rated voltage, and technical makeup, and communicate such information to a computer system. A standalone device can be retrofitted onto an existing golf cart without requiring fundamental changes to the cart's initial construction. The device can include an inexpensive module that can reliably monitor the battery state and implement ignition cutoff without requiring software processing capacity within the module.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: POWERTRAKKER LLCInventors: Michael Salcone, Thomas Reyes Caragan, Ann Marie Dryden, Edward Dennis Dryden
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Patent number: 11754636Abstract: The invention concerns a method for estimating the state of health (SOH) of an electrochemical element, comprising: initiating a charging or discharging operation of the electrochemical element; measuring values representing deformations of the electrochemical element while the charging or discharging operation is being performed, the deformation values measured forming a deformations image signal according to the quantity of electricity passing through the electrochemical element over time; comparing the deformations image signal and a reference image signal, one or more differences obtained by the comparison characterising an estimation of the ageing of the electrochemical element.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SAFTInventors: Sébastien Laurent, Gérard Barrailh, Nathalie Legrand, Emilie Buisson, Rémi Didelon
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Patent number: 11740266Abstract: A method for monitoring energy-related data in an electrical system includes processing energy-related data from or derived from energy-related signals captured by at least one intelligent electronic device in the electrical system to identify at least one variation/change in the energy-related signals. The method also includes determining if the at least one identified variation/change meets a prescribed threshold or thresholds, and in response to the at least one identified variation/change meeting the prescribed threshold or thresholds, characterizing and/or quantifying the at least one identified variation/change.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Jon A. Bickel, Johannes Menzel
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Patent number: 11740079Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, to a computer program comprising instructions and to a device for determining a vehicle spacing for an observation period. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle and to a back end, in which a method according to the invention, or device according to the invention, is used. In a first step, measurement values relating to an average vehicle spacing for a plurality of measurement times are received. These values may be stored for later use. The situation may arise in which an unusable measurement value is identified at an error time. In this case, a vehicle spacing for a current observation period that contains the error time is determined based on a vehicle spacing determined from the recorded measurement values for a previous observation period.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Stephan Max, Martin Wegner, Sabina Alazzawi, Richard Niestroj
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Patent number: 11726031Abstract: A fluorescent spectrum correcting method includes comparing fluorescent spectrum obtained from micro-particles labeled with a plurality of fluorescent pigments with reference spectrum to separating the fluorescent spectrum into fluorescent spectrum for each pigment, and previously measured spectrum data is used as the reference spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Kakuta, Koji Futamura, Yoshitsugu Sakai, Yasunobu Kato
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Patent number: 11728012Abstract: A system, apparatus, and/or method is disclosed for determining a value of a property of a considered chemical composition. An identity of a sample chemical composition may be received. A sample chemical composition may comprise ingredients. Each of the ingredients may be associated with a value of a chemoinformatic property of chemoinformatic properties of the sample chemical composition. A value of a property of the sample chemical composition and at least one of (1) the identity of the sample chemical composition or (2) the values of the chemoinformatic properties of the ingredients of the sample chemical composition may be input into a model. The value of the property of the considered chemical composition may be determined, via the model, based on at least one of (1) an identity of the considered chemical composition or (2) values of chemoinformatic properties of ingredients of the considered chemical composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Iraklis Pappas, Bartosz Luczynski, Donghui Wu, Dong Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 11714115Abstract: An instrument interface method and device. Two capacitors, one capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to live line of power output of a LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to one test port of an oscilloscope; the other capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to neutral line of the power output of the LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to another test port of the oscilloscope; without changing the LISN design, existing LISN products can be used for conducted emission test with oscilloscope-based time-domain EMI measurement instruments by means of the method and device. Said two capacitors have a capacity of <0.09 ?F, which reduced the requirements of oscilloscope's A/D conversion, making low-cost oscilloscope can also be used for EMI testing.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventor: Wei Wu
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Patent number: 11709080Abstract: A mass flow controller, including a block body having a flow path and a valve provided at least in part within the flow path. The mass flow controller may further include a valve position sensor, a first temperature sensor, a first pressure sensor located on an upstream side of the flow path from the valve, and a second pressure sensor located on a downstream side of the flow path from the valve. The mass flow controller may further include a processor configured to receive valve position data, first temperature data, first pressure data, and second pressure data. The processor may be further configured to estimate a flow rate of fluid in the flow path at least in part by applying a trained machine learning model to the valve position data, the first temperature data, the first pressure data, and the second pressure data.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Edward Cocciadiferro, Patrick Lowery
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Patent number: 11704630Abstract: The disclosure relates to a life prediction system for a fan of a lamp. The system comprises a fan signal detecting module to detect at least one working parameter of the fan; and a micro control unit to receive the working current signal, the environment temperature signal and the working rotation speed signal of the fan. The detecting module comprises a current detecting unit to detect a working current of the fan and output a working current signal; a temperature detecting unit to detect a working environment temperature of the fan and output an environment temperature signal; and a rotation speed detecting unit to detect and output a working rotation speed signal of the fan. The micro control unit calculates a predicted residual life of the fan based on the received working current signal, the environment temperature signal, the working rotation speed signal, through the life model of the fan.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Min Fang, Zhu Mao, Yong Li, Qi Long, Shuyi Qin
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Patent number: 11698414Abstract: A method of estimating a battery current limit for operation of a battery cell over the course of a specified prediction time. The method includes generating a plurality of current limit estimations by means of a plurality of current limit estimation sub-methods, wherein at least one current limit estimation sub-method generates its current limit estimation based on an RC equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, and determining the charge current limit by finding the lowest magnitude current limit estimation in the plurality of current limit estimations. At least one parameter of the RC equivalent circuit model is set based on the specified prediction time and at least one variable from the set of: a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell, a temperature of the battery cell, a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell, a capacity of the battery cell, and a current of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Karma Automotive LLCInventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
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Patent number: 11686625Abstract: A method for measuring temperature is used to obtain a room temperature of a room. The method for measuring temperature includes: obtaining a first temperature inside an operating area in a portable electronic device in the room; obtaining a second temperature outside the operating area in the portable electronic device by a first temperature sensor; calculating a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature; obtaining a compensation temperature according to the temperature difference and a compensation temperature table; and calculating the room temperature according to the second temperature and the compensation temperature.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chiung-Wen Tseng, Yi-Xuan Huang, Yu-An Hsu