Patents Examined by Robert E. Fennema
  • Patent number: 12379702
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a safety production management system for a power plant, which belongs to the technical field of power systems, and includes a monitoring module used for real-time monitoring working state information of each electrical equipment and operating state information of workers in the power plant; a data analysis module used for analyzing the working state information and the operating state information obtained by the monitoring module; a production dispatching center module managing each electrical equipment and the workers based on analysis results of the data analysis module; a emergency management module used for receiving emergency management instruction sent by the production dispatching center module, and performing emergency closing or opening of each electrical equipment, reminding and standardizing behavior and operation of the workers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: HUANENG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Huajun Li, Yubao Wang, Minnan Lu, Jun Xiao, Jiale Wu, Ke Du, Longbin Yang
  • Patent number: 12372290
    Abstract: The UGV 1 is configured to move the article stored in the storing chamber B1 to the storing chamber B2 and perform the temperature control for the storing chamber B2 in a case where it is determined that the predetermined condition regarding the article stored in the storing chamber B1 among the plurality of storing chambers B is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Tazume
  • Patent number: 12370631
    Abstract: A repair welding control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire repair portion information indicating a welded portion where repair welding is performed among welded portions in a workpiece welded by a first welding program, and generate a second welding program by correcting the first welding program based on the repair portion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Mohri, Takamichi Komatsu, Kazuki Hanada
  • Patent number: 12367417
    Abstract: A method for training a machine-learning model to assess at least one condition of industrial equipment, and/or at least one condition of a process running in an industrial plant, based on measurement data gathered by a plurality of sensors, includes: obtaining a plurality of records of measurement data that correspond to a variety of operating situations and a variety of conditions; obtaining, for each record of measurement data, a label that represents a condition in the operating situation characterized by the record of measurement data; and determining a plausibility of at least one record of measurement data, and/or a plausibility of at least one label, based at least in part on a comparison with at least one other record of measurement data, with at least one other label, and/or with additional information about the industrial equipment, and/or about the industrial plant where the industrial equipment resides, and/or about the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Subanatarajan Subbiah, Benjamin Kloepper
  • Patent number: 12345471
    Abstract: A capacity expansion method for a household food waste disposer includes a detecting step in which after activating a treatment routine, a control unit continuously detects the temperature and relative humidity at a temperature and humidity detection point by a detection element installed at the temperature and humidity detection point and a determination and reminder step in which the control unit calculates and determines whether the detected temperature rise rate is higher than a predetermined threshold, and if the temperature rise rate is not higher than the threshold, users are reminded by an audio-visual reminder to open a lid and add food waste to the disposal drum again, and the control unit continues to run the treatment routine when the lid is closed. In this way, the present disclosure can expand the capacity of the household food waste disposer to more than three times its actual physical capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Bigland Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhimin Liu, Dongyuan Lin, Shaoliang Yang, Shuo Huang, Tiejiang Luo
  • Patent number: 12328825
    Abstract: An analysis device is a device for use for a component mounting device including a pickup member configured to be moved relative to a board by means of a moving device and a contact detection sensor configured to detect that a component picked up by the pickup member is brought into contact with the board to analyze a mounting state of the component mounting device. The analysis device includes a storage device configured to store multiple detection result data relating to detection results obtained by the contact detection sensor when the component is mounted on the board in association with mounting conditions when the detection results are obtained by the contact detection sensor, and an output device configured to count the multiple detection result data stored in the storage device by at least two conditions in the mounting conditions and output the multiple detection result data so counted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ito, Koji Okada
  • Patent number: 12298038
    Abstract: In an aspect, an HVAC system includes an inducer motor to provide combustion airflow, and a pressure sensor to measure an output airflow pressure of the inducer motor. The HVAC system may initiate the inducer motor, and receive a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal from the inducer motor, wherein the PWM signal indicates a PWM signal of the inducer motor corresponding to a predetermined airflow pressure of the inducer motor and measured by the pressure sensor. The HVAC system may compare the PWM signal to a baseline value, and control the inducer motor based on the comparing of the PWM signal to the baseline value. The HVAC system may also generate a status notification of the combustion airflow of the HVAC system in response to the comparing the PWM signal to the baseline value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Light Commercial IP GmbH
    Inventors: Madhuka Manuranga Jayarathne, Andrew Michael Boyd, Theresa N. Gillette, Thomas D. Chase
  • Patent number: 12292750
    Abstract: A building management system (BMS) operates a plurality of HVAC devices to affect a physical state or condition and detects a fault condition at a second HVAC device affected by the physical state or condition and having causal relationships with the plurality of HVAC devices such that faulty operation of one or more of the plurality of HVAC devices causes a detectable effect at the second HVAC device. The BMS identifies, based on the fault condition, a predetermined set of system parameters corresponding to the fault condition and comprising a plurality of system parameters of the plurality of HVAC devices that are potential causes of the fault condition. The BMS retrieves operating data for the predetermined set of system parameters and transmits a signal to display a user interface comprising the operating data on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Homero L. Noboa, Kirk H. Drees, Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach
  • Patent number: 12287624
    Abstract: A method for time constraint management at a manufacturing system is provided. A first request to initiate a set of operations to be run at the manufacturing system is received. The set of operations include one or more operations that each have one or more time constraints. A first set of candidate substrates to be processed during the set of operations is determined. A first simulation of the set of operations for the first set of candidate substrates is run over a first period of time. The simulation generates a first simulation output indicate a first number of candidate substrates that were successfully processed during each of the simulated set of operations to reach the end of the first time period. The set of operations is initiated at the manufacturing system to process the first number of candidate substrates over the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David E Norman, Fumio Kawada, Yuh Lin Ng
  • Patent number: 12285820
    Abstract: A control unit for calculating a spatially and time-resolved, combined setpoint data set for control of a laser cutting process includes a measurement data interface for accessing sensor data during the cutting operation, a process interface to a first memory that stores a process model that estimates status data of the laser cutting process and a cutting result, a machine interface to a second memory in which a machine model is stored which represents a kinematic behaviour of the laser cutting head and estimates status data of a movement process and the cutting result thereof, and a processor that executes an algorithm that couples the process model and the machine model via a feed rate value and/or via a nozzle spacing value. The processor accesses the process model and the machine model in order to calculate the spatially and time-resolved, combined setpoint data set with coordinated setpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: BYSTRONIC LASER AG
    Inventors: Markus Steinlin, Titus Haas
  • Patent number: 12271163
    Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving building information model (BIM) data associated with a building comprising one or more building assets, identifying one or more BIM objects within the BIM, identifying one or more object relationships between the one or more BIM object, applying a semantic description to each of the one or more BIM objects and the one or more object relationships, and generating a hierarchy structure for the building based on the one of more BIM objects and the one or more object relationships. The one or more BIM objects are associated with the one or more building assets and the hierarchy structure includes the semantic description of each of the one or more BIM objects and the one or more object relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ashok Sridharan, Ankur Thareja, Subrata Bhattacharya, Barnini Chatterjee, Shailesh Mahadeo Tavate, Shyam Sunder, Sachin Ghorpade, Piyush Mahajan, Akash Kumar
  • Patent number: 12264828
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing health risks with respect to an infectious disease in buildings. Health data for an infectious diseases is used to determine a health risk level for building spaces and individuals in the building. An air handling action or a disinfection action is performed based on the health risk level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Clay G. Nesler, Kirk H. Drees, Matthew J. Deloge, Jonathan D. Douglas, Timothy C. Gamroth, Michael J. Wenzel, Robert D. Turney, Mohammad N. ElBsat, Joseph F. Mann, Matthew J. Ellis, Serdar Suindykov, James Burke, Thomas M. Seneczko, David S. Eidson, Ganesh Kalpundi, Renee Clair, Anza D'Antonio, Mark L. Ziolkowski
  • Patent number: 12259697
    Abstract: Modifications made by multiple controller devices to an environment model describing a shared automated environment can be coordinated. One of the controller devices can be designated as a coordinator, and any controller device other than the coordinator can send an update request to the coordinator. The coordinator can determine whether to accept or reject the requested modification and can report its determination to the requesting controller device. If the coordinator accepts the request, the coordinator can instigate operations to update the environment model across all controller devices of all users. If the coordinator rejects the request, the environment model is not updated. The controller device that made the request can update its local copy of the environment model and roll back the update if the request is rejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew C. Lucas, Anush G. Nadathur, Nathan E. Carroll
  • Patent number: 12261433
    Abstract: A method and system for regulating a multi-component power distribution network with high proportion of distributed power sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tianguang Lv, Molin An, Xueshan Han, Jian Chen, Shumin Sun
  • Patent number: 12253869
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a chassis having a cold aisle edge and a hot aisle edge, one or more devices inserted within the cold aisle edge, a power supply unit, and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC determines whether a power supply cooling fan of the power supply unit installed within the information handling system has a fixed airflow direction or changeable airflow direction. In response to the power supply cooling fan having a fixed airflow direction, the BMC determines a configuration of the information handling system. The BMC determines a power supply cooling fan orientation of a power supply cooling fan within the power supply unit, and whether the power supply cooling fan orientation corresponds to the configuration of the information handling system. If not, the BMC provides an alert message to an individual associated with the information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John R. Stuewe, Walt R. Carver
  • Patent number: 12243758
    Abstract: A monitoring system is for a sealing apparatus that seals a substrate treatment apparatus by a housing and fills a space sealed by the housing with a predetermined gas atmosphere. The monitoring system includes: a laser sensor for a region, which a person can enter in a space between the housing and the substrate treatment apparatus, as a detection region; and a controller that outputs a control signal to the substrate treatment apparatus or the sealing apparatus based on a detection result by the laser sensor or outputs a notification signal based on the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shota Kaneko, Shigemi Oono, Norihide Sagara
  • Patent number: 12240181
    Abstract: Deviations in a 3D printing process can be detected during printing via sensors or by user observation. A user can manipulate and evaluate any deviations from a 3D model via a simulation of the work-in-progress object via virtual reality. The user can also make changes to the model, resulting in the printer completing the same work-in-progress object based on the revised model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sathya Santhar, Samuel Mathew Jawaharlal, Balamurugaramanathan Sivaramalingam, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 12240182
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a representation of an initial design domain. The method also includes iteratively generating intermediate part designs by redistributing material within the initial design domain. The intermediate part designs each include a 3D part and a support volume. The method also includes calculating a measure of inaccessibility of the support volume of each intermediate part design by at least one subtractive tool assembly. At least one of the intermediate part designs is generated based at least partially upon the measure of inaccessibility of a previous one of the intermediate part designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amirmassoud Mirzendehdel, Morad Behandish, Saigopal Nelaturi
  • Patent number: 12237088
    Abstract: Discussed is a customized cosmetics provision system including a diagnosis device for diagnosing a skin condition, recommending customized cosmetics based on a diagnosis result of the skin condition, and transmitting information on the recommended customized cosmetics to a manufacturing apparatus, and the manufacturing apparatus that receives information on the customized cosmetics from the diagnosis device and provides the customized cosmetics based on the received information on the customized cosmetics. The diagnosis device can output a message to re-diagnose the skin condition when an environmental condition for diagnosing the skin condition do not meet a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Su Ra Jeong, Jung A Kim, Joon Oh Myoung, Jong Sub Han
  • Patent number: 12233602
    Abstract: Generating tool path data for an additive manufacturing apparatus comprises providing object design data in which at least a part of a physical object is represented by a line. A section of the line is then sliced using an intermediate slicing layer that is provided between first and second physical build layers of the additive manufacturing apparatus. The slicing generates an intermediate layer point at the intersection of the section of the line and the intermediate slicing layer, with the intermediate layer point being located between the first and second physical build layers. The intermediate layer point is then projected to a projected build layer point that lies within a physical build layer of the additive manufacturing apparatus. The projected build layer point is used to provide tool path data for that physical build layer. A similar process can be used in which the physical object is represented by a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Alloyed Limited
    Inventors: Sarat Babu, Jovan Djordje Stojsavljevic