Patents Examined by Sheela Rao
  • Patent number: 12282307
    Abstract: A communication-enabled power management system is disclosed. The system includes a self-contained receptacle outlet comprising a housing, a power receptacle, a power sensor configured to monitor a plurality of power parameters, a motion detection module, a transceiver, and a processor with a unique identifier. The processor connects the receptacle to a remote controller and allows the user to toggle between power states. The system further includes a predictive analytics module to optimize power usage based on occupancy patterns, and an independent power backup management module for maintaining power during failures. The system also communicates with secondary devices, such as vents and switches, to manage energy distribution and respond to emergency events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Bruce Eliot Ross, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12282305
    Abstract: A method including training, by one or more processors, a generative AI model using first operating data from building equipment and a plurality of first service reports indicating a plurality of first problems associated with the building equipment. The method may include predicting, by the one or more processors using the generative AI model, one or more future problems likely to occur with the building equipment based on second operating data from the building equipment. The method may include automatically initiating, by the one or more processors, one or more actions to prevent the one or more future problems from occurring or mitigate an effect of the one or more future problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Julie J. Brown, Young M. Lee, Rajiv Ramanasankaran, Sastry K M Malladi, Michael Tenbrock, Levent Tinaz, Samuel A. Girard, David S. Elario, Juliet A Pagliaro Herman, Miguel Galvez, Trent M. Swanson, John F. Kuchler, Deepak Budhiraja, Daniela M. Natali, Josip Lazarevski, Scott Deering, Gary W. Gavin, Kristen Sheppard-Guzelaydin, James Young, Prashanthi Sudhakar, Kaleb Luedtke, Karl F. Reichenberger, Wenwen Zhao, Adam R. Grabowski, Lauren C. Dern, Nicole A. Madison, Dana S. Petersen, Nevin L. Forry, Pedriant Pena, Ghassan R. Hamoudeh, Ryan G Danielson
  • Patent number: 12281569
    Abstract: Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Williams, Mark D. Williams
  • Patent number: 12276954
    Abstract: A method of commissioning a plurality of controllers includes identifying a plurality of controllers that are operably coupled to a network in a building management system. Each of the plurality of controllers are configured to control one or more of a plurality of building management system components within a building management system. A first controller is selected as a source controller. Two or more of the remaining controllers are selected as target controllers. A synch operation is initiated that synchs the control logic of the source controller with each of the two or more target controllers over the network, resulting in each of the two or more target controllers having the control logic of the source controller. The source controller and the two or more target controllers are subsequently used to control one or more respective building management system components of the building management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Venugopal Kilingar Nadumane, Rajkumar Selvam, Nishant Omar
  • Patent number: 12273979
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for operating a building management system using a lighting control interface are described herein. One device includes an occupancy sensing component, a lighting control interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a lighting control channel of a building, and a building management system (BMS) interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a BMS channel of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Miroslav Kratochvil, Ondrej Jemelka, Vojtech Vladyka, David Sedlacek, Milan Kriz, Ian Walley, Sahand Ghanoun, Michael Andrew Simpson
  • Patent number: 12271174
    Abstract: Provided is a numerical controller that can suppress a sudden change in the angle of a rotary axis in the vicinity of a singular point and can also be compatible with any machine configuration. A numerical controller for numerically controlling a designated direction of an axis of a movement axis member by two or more rotary axes. The numerical controller comprises a singular point distance calculation unit for calculating each singular point distance from a rotary axis direction of each of the two or more rotary axes and the designated direction based on an operation command, a rotary axis extraction unit for extracting a control rotary axis for controlling the designated direction based on the singular point distance calculated by the singular point distance calculation unit, and a pulse generation unit for generating a pulse for driving the control rotary axis based on the control rotary axis extracted by the rotary axis extraction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Sawaoka
  • Patent number: 12263531
    Abstract: An optical measuring and/or presetting method for a combined measuring and/or presetting of a set of profile machining tools comprises a plurality of individual profile machining tools is proposed, wherein the individual profile machining tools of the set of profile machining tools are configured for a successive machining of side edges of stone slabs, with at least one tool presetting and/or tool measuring apparatus, by means of which in at least one first tool measuring step an at least partly and/or at least section-wise concave-curved work contour, in particular milling contour or polishing contour, of a first profile machining tool of the set of profile machining tools is optically captured in an at least semi-automated manner, wherein in a first tool presetting step profile coordinates are assigned to the work contour of the first profile machining tool captured in the first tool measuring step, said profile coordinates being stored in a memory unit of the tool presetting and/or tool measuring apparatus
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: E. ZOLLER GMBH & CO. KG EINSTELL- UND MESSGERAETE
    Inventor: Alexander Zoller
  • Patent number: 12248289
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for creating a personalized sound environment for a user. Output is received from a plurality of sensors, wherein the sensor output detects a state of a user and an environment in which the user is active. Two or more sound sections for presentation to the user are selected from a plurality of sound sections, the selecting based on the sensor output and automatically determined sound preferences of the user. A first sound phase is generated, wherein the first sound phase includes the two or more selected sound sections. A personalized sound environment for presentation to the user is generated, wherein the personalized sound environment includes at least the first sound phase and a second sound phase. The personalized sound environment is presented to the user on a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Endel Sound GmbH
    Inventors: Oleg Stavitskii, Kyrylo Bulatsev, Philipp Petrenko, Dmitry Bezugly, Evgeny Gurzhiy, Dmitry Evgrafov
  • Patent number: 12222694
    Abstract: A system for sharing plant device configuration data collected by handheld communicators during monitoring and servicing activities. Plant device configuration data is assigned relational identifiers such as equipment identifiers that provide additional information relevant to the configuration data for a plant device. Additional plant process identifiers may also be assigned to distinguish configuration profiles for various equipment sets. The relational data may be used to retrieve the configuration profiles for application in various efforts to replicate configurations across plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle Diane Bautista Torio, Jasmin Velasco Alcazaren
  • Patent number: 12213636
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, which relate to internet-of-things (IoT) feedback systems, in which data received from a given IoT device may be analyzed by a controller and used as a basis for controlling another IoT device and/or sending an alert to a user. The controller may activate a dehumidifier upon detecting activation of a sump pump. The controller may monitor water level data and alert a user and/or request maintenance of the sump pump upon detecting the water level exceeds a threshold. The controller may monitor dishwasher data to detect suboptimal performance of a dishwasher, in response to which the controller may instruct valves of a manifold and water heater to close to isolate the dishwasher, and instruct a water softener to elevate salt levels of softened water during a self-cleaning cycle of the dishwasher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: PENTAIR PLC
    Inventors: Ramakrishna Budampati, Joseph Krueger, Jason Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 12199428
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating an electrical storage station on an electrical supply network. The network has electrical consumers, the storage station, and at least one wind power installation to generate electrical power from wind. The method includes generating electrical power by way of the installation as generated wind power, and feeding a feed-in power into the network. The electrical feed-in power at least results from the generated wind power and a storage power taken up or output by the storage station. The feeding of the feed-in power into the network is controlled depending on a station state of charge and a wind and/or power forecast. Changes in the feed-in power over time are controlled depending on the wind and/or power forecast and a limit gradient is specified to limit the changes in the feed-in power thereto. The limit gradient is specified depending on the wind and/or power forecast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Gamboa, Sönke Engelken, Aubai Al Khatib
  • Patent number: 12172495
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing cabin conditions. A fogging metric can be determined. A control signal is generated based on the fogging metric. The system facilitates modification to the operation control of the at least one climate control device based on the control signal. Such a response can correspond to control of a target evaporator temperature of an HVAC system. The target evaporator temperature can be adjusted within a continuous range of available temperatures. As such, the operation of the evaporator can be adjustably tailored to the needs of addressing a fog factor while also maximizing efficiency of the overall system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Kyle Moul, Ean Joshua Hall, Paulo Lucena Kreppel Paes, Dewashish Prashad, Ajay Panekkad
  • Patent number: 12170144
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose an equipment measuring and testing system for a medical facility including a plurality of sensors coupled to at least one medical device located in at least one operating room configured to measure operation performance levels to be within a predetermined range of compliance standards, a wireless communication device coupled to each sensor of the plurality of sensors configured to wirelessly transmit measured operation performance levels to a server, a server coupled to the plurality of sensors configured to determine if the at least one medical device is within the predetermined range of compliance standards and alert a user of a compliance status based on the determination, and a plurality of settings actuators coupled to the at least one medical device and the server configured to adjust settings of the at least one medical device to be within the predetermined range of compliance standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Tamar Glaser, Hannah Glaser, Roberta Davis
  • Patent number: 12162368
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework that provides mechanisms for a hands-free, autonomous electrical connection of an electric charger to an electric vehicle (EV), and subsequent charging. The disclosed framework utilizes an automated connection device (ACD) as an intermediary between the charger and the EV. The ACD is configured for automatically determining a precise location of the charging inlet on the EV and then automatically establishing an electrical connection with the EV so that the EV can receive a charge. The ACD performs the disclosed precise positional and directional navigation to the EV inlet based on deep neural network analysis of captured imagery of the inlet. In some embodiments, the images can be modified so as to highlight and/or assist the ACD's navigation towards to the inlet in order to maximize invariance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Matthew Hetrich
  • Patent number: 12153413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a virtual sensor in an automation system of an industrial system. A measurement value of a physical sensor, said measurement value corresponding to a physical parameter of the industrial system, is received in a processing device of the automation system. A data set which has been generated using a simulation model is provided in the processing device, wherein the data set produces a unique relationship between possible measurement values of the physical sensor and corresponding output values of the virtual sensor. The data set and the received measurement value are used to determine which output value of the virtual sensor belongs to the received measurement value (20), and said output value is then displayed on a display device of the industrial system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: André Geitner, Udo Heckel, Tim Kaiser, Daniel Klein, Daniel Petzold, Edison de Faria Siqueira
  • Patent number: 12141122
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a data base configured to store, for a predetermined vehicle, a history of coating operation which is operation related to coating using a coating film containing an easily removable layer; and a controller configured to: acquire operation data representing details on the coating operation that is performed on the vehicle, and update the data base based on the operation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori Il, Kenji Yamaguchi, Junya Ogawa, Yuki Naganuma, Junya Yamamoto, Yuta Tone, Naoki Ishizuka, Tadayuki Tanaka, Keisuke Ito, Yuka Yokoi, Takashi Hayashi, Naoya Oka, Yu Hamada
  • Patent number: 12100506
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for controlling movement of a table supporting an object. The system may include: a first control sub-system configured to generate a first control instruction; a second control sub-system configured to generate a second control instruction; a table control sub-system operably coupled to the table; and a master controller configured to receive the first control instruction from the first control sub-system, or the second control instruction from the second control sub-system, generate a third control instruction based on the first control instruction or the second control instruction, and transmit the third control instruction to the table control sub-system. The table control sub-system may be configured to generate a control signal based on the third control instruction, and cause the table to move based on the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Walter Arturo Aguilar, Johannes Stahl, Shaomin Xiao, Yaoming Shi
  • Patent number: 12055910
    Abstract: A system for updating a device in a building management system (BMS). The system includes a third-party device and a device manager of a control network. The device manager updates the third-party device and includes a processing circuit that determines that the third-party device has been discovered on the control network. The processing circuit further populates a template with a set of received data from the third-party device and maps the third-party device with control network based on the populated template of received data. The processing circuit further configures the third-party device to operate in the control network, wherein configuring the third-party device comprises transforming a data exchange format of the third-party device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Lisa E. Strand, Vivek V. Gupta, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo, Mark T. Fischbach, Adam Scott
  • Patent number: 12013674
    Abstract: A method for providing a notification associated with at least one of a plurality of connected devices is provided. The method includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, data from one or more connected devices. The method further includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, occurrence of an event based, at least in part, on the data obtained from the one or more connected devices. In addition, the method includes accessing, by the one or more computing devices, a multi-tier notification tree. The method further includes providing, by the one or more computing devices, a notification indicative of the event to one or more recipients included in the multi-tier notification tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Sarah Milevschi, Shawn Monteith
  • Patent number: 11976647
    Abstract: A compressor or pump, including at least one compressor or pump element for pressurised supply of a fluid to a network of consumers of such pressurised fluid; a motor coupled with the compressor or pump element. The compressor or pump is equipped with a control having a basic control for the nominal regulation of one or more control parameters (Q, pw) as a function of a desired, set working point of the compressor within the nominal set working range of the compressor or pump, set during design. The control is further provided with an additional control function for static or dynamic adjustment of the working range limit values. The nominal control range of one or more control parameters is adjusted as a function of the actual working conditions of the compressor or pump that deviate from the nominal working conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Ivo Daniels, Antoon Stuer