Patents Examined by Tung S Lau
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Patent number: 11002778Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining the phase center of an antenna under test comprises the following steps: acquiring a transmitted near-field or far-field signal of the antenna under test, by rotational movement of a measuring antenna relative to the antenna under test, the rotation covering at least the angle between the z axis and the x axis of the antenna, the rotational movement covering a spherical measurement region, the acquisition being performed at different angles phi to the z axis and while rotating, relative to the measuring antenna, the antenna under test around its z axis, obtaining far-field phase data by applying a field transformation on the near-filed or far-filed signal obtained, determining the main beam peak location within the measurement region, and transforming the coordinate center of the far-field data based on the main beam peak location in order to determine the phase center.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Gerhard Hamberger, Hendrik Bartko, Mert Celik
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Patent number: 10989701Abstract: A method of predicting nitrogen dioxide emission from an engine may include an initial nitrogen dioxide formation prediction operation of predicting an amount of nitrogen dioxide which is originally formed in the engine using a nitrogen dioxide formation model by an electronic control unit (ECU) while engine combustion is underway, a nitrogen dioxide reduction prediction operation of determining an amount of nitrogen dioxide which is reduced to nitrogen monoxide using a reverse reaction of the nitrogen dioxide formation model by the ECU based on the amount of formed nitrogen dioxide in the initial nitrogen dioxide formation prediction operation, and a final nitrogen dioxide emission determination operation of determining an amount of nitrogen dioxide which is ultimately generated by the engine by the ECU based on a difference between the amount of formed nitrogen dioxide and the amount of reduced nitrogen dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R & DB FoundationInventors: Kyoung-Chan Han, Jun-Yong Lee, Jun Yu, Kyoung-Min Lee, Kyoung-Doug Min, Seung-Ha Lee, Young-Bok Lee
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Patent number: 10991341Abstract: A method for performing a Bus autoset function is described. A maximum amplitude of an analog signal is detected. The analog signal is converted into a logical signal. A frame in the logical signal is detected. A scale of an output unit is set such that the whole frame is output. Further, a measurement device is described.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Philip Diegmann
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Patent number: 10983514Abstract: An apparatus, methods, and systems for data collection in a production environment are described. The system may include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein a first subset of the plurality of input channels are connected to a first set of sensors measuring operational parameters from a production component, a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data, a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data of the production component, and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data and evaluate a first collection routine of the data collector based on the analyzed collected data, wherein based on the analyzed collected data the data collector makes a collection routine change.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
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Patent number: 10983237Abstract: A method of enhancing seismic images includes receiving a seismic gather. The seismic gather includes a plurality of seismic traces. A feature trace is generated based on the plurality of seismic traces in the seismic gather. For each of the plurality of seismic traces in the seismic gather, a correlation trace is generated based on that seismic trace and the feature trace, the correlation trace is modified using an activation function, and an enhanced trace is generated by multiplying that seismic trace with the modified correlation trace.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Song Han, Tong Wang Fei, Yi Luo
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Patent number: 10966611Abstract: A system may include emitters configured to emit radiation at a first wavelength of electromagnetic (EM) radiation and a second wavelength of EM radiation towards a biological tissue, and receivers configured to receive responses to the first and second wavelengths of EM radiation after the wavelengths of EM radiation interact with the biological tissue. The system may also include a signal mixer unit configured to perform operations that include replicate and mix first signals representative of the responses to the first wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers and second signals representative of the responses to the second wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers to generate a set of spectro-spatial responses, replicate and mix the spectro-spatial responses to generate markers, and replicate and mix the markers and user-selected markers to output a sequence associated with characterization of the biological tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: VITAL BIOSCIENCES INC.Inventors: Iman Khodadad, Alexander Wong, Farnoud Kazemzadeh
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Patent number: 10962473Abstract: An artificial intelligence model receives a FTIR spectrum of a given ingredient to predict its protein secondary structure. The model includes three artificial modules, which generate three predicted values corresponding to structural categories (e.g., ?-helix, ?-sheet, and other) of the predicted secondary structure. Proteins may be compared for similarity based on predicted values corresponding to the structural categories of the predicted secondary structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: NOTCO DELAWARE, LLCInventors: Nathan O'Hara, Adil Yusuf, Julia Christin Berning, Francisca Villanueva, Rodrigo Contreras, Isadora Nun, Aadit Patel, Karim Pichara
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Patent number: 10962439Abstract: A method including measuring pressure of water in a water system of a structure at a single location in the water system using a pressure sensor of a sensing device to generate pressure measurement data representing the pressure of the water as measured by the pressure sensor. The method also can include communicating the pressure measurement data to one or more processors. The method additionally can include detecting a non-cyclical pressure event corresponding to a water leak in the water system of the structure during a first time period based on an analysis of information including the pressure measurement data. The information analyzed in the analysis does not include flow measurement data that represents a total amount of flow of the water in the water system of the structure during the first time period. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: PHYN, LLCInventors: Miroslav Enev, Salil Banerjee, Shwetak N. Patel
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Patent number: 10960285Abstract: Systems and techniques for sensor-derived object flight performance tracking are described herein. A set of magnetometer readings may be obtained from a magnetometer included with an object. A local rotation axis of the object may be determined at a time using the set of magnetometer readings. The local rotation axis may describe rotation of the object around a local magnetic target. A global rotation axis may be calculated based on an initial orientation of the object. The global rotation axis may describe a fixed rotation axis of the object during flight in a global coordinate frame, wherein an angle between the global rotation axis and magnetic north remains constant during the flight. An orientation of the object may be determined for the time using the global rotation axis and the local rotation axis of the object at the time.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Narayan Sundararajan, Xue Yang, Suresh V. Golwalkar, Mahanth Gowda, Romit Roy Choudhury
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Patent number: 10962438Abstract: In some embodiments, a natural gas leak detection system generates display content including indicators of remote and local potential leak source areas situated on a map of an area of a gas concentration measurement survey performed by a vehicle-borne device. The remote area may be shaped as a wedge extending upwind from an associated gas concentration measurement point. The local area graphically represents a potential local leak source area situated around the gas concentration measurement point, and having a boundary within a predetermined distance (e.g. 10 meters) of the gas concentration measurement point. The local area may be represented as a circle, ellipse, or other shape, and may include an area downwind from the measurement point. Size and/or shape parameters of the local area indicator may be determined according to survey vehicle speed and direction data, and/or wind speed and direction data characterizing the measurement point.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Picarro, Inc.Inventors: David Steele, Chris W. Rella, Sze M. Tan, Aaron Van Pelt
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Patent number: 10963603Abstract: A method for generating/updating a database of current-voltage characteristic curves is disclosed. This method includes simulating for at least one combination of a topology of a photovoltaic cell group, an internal cell temperature(s) and a cell irradiation(s), a model of the photovoltaic cell group to provide a representative current-voltage characteristic curve, and clustering the current-voltage characteristic curves to identify at least one plurality of similar current-voltage characteristic curves.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: Imec vzw, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven R&DInventors: Francky Catthoor, Maria-Iro Baka, Patrizio Manganiello
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Patent number: 10942508Abstract: A risk assessment device for performing risk assessment includes a diagnosis result storage unit that accumulatively stores diagnosis results of a plurality of diagnoses regarding each process device that is provided in a steam plant to be assessed, in association with installation sites of the process devices, a risk information calculation unit that calculates risk information regarding a likelihood of malfunction of a process device that is provided at a target installation site, based on diagnosis results regarding process devices that are provided at the target installation site, and a device group risk information calculation unit that calculates device group risk information regarding a likelihood of malfunction of a target device group, based on the risk information regarding installation sites of respective process devices that constitute the target device group.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TLV Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiyasu Fujiwara
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Patent number: 10941644Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems for downhole well integrity reconstruction in a hydrocarbon reservoir. One method for downhole well integrity reconstruction in a hydrocarbon reservoir includes: positioning, a laser head at a first subterranean location, wherein the laser head is attached to a tubular inside of a wellbore; directing, by the laser head, a laser beam towards a leak on the wellbore; and sealing the leak using the laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mohammad Aljubran, Hussain AlBahrani, Sameeh Issa Batarseh, Timothy E. Moellendick
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Patent number: 10935526Abstract: A minimum peak is determined from analysis results, a correction wavelength at which an S/N ratio of the minimum peak is greatest is determined, and the determined correction wavelength is used to execute correction of the minimum peak. A plurality of detector output value correction method are registered in a processor, correction method is selected from default correction method or from among a plurality of preset correction methods according to an object to perform correction.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei Yamamura, Daisuke Akieda, Ayumi Nakaogami, Katsutoshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 10929722Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for anomaly detection system in streaming networks. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a plurality of vertices and edges from a streaming graph. The method also includes generating, by the processor, graph codes for the plurality of vertices and edges. The method additionally includes determining, by the processor, edge codes in real-time responsive to the graph codes. The method further includes identifying, by the processor, an anomaly based on a distance between edge codes and all current cluster centers. The method also includes controlling an operation of a processor-based machine to change a state of the processor-based machine, responsive to the anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventors: Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen, Kenji Yoshihira
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Patent number: 10921801Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems for data collection in an industrial environment. A system can include an industrial system including a plurality of components, at least one component operatively coupled to a sensor, and a sensor communication circuit to interpret a plurality of sensor data values in response to a sensed parameter group. A pattern recognition circuit may determine a recognized pattern value in response to at least a portion of the data values, wherein the recognized pattern value includes a secondary value. A sensor learning circuit may update the sensed parameter group in response to the recognized pattern value and adjust the interpreting the plurality of sensor data values in response to the updated sensed parameter group. The pattern recognition circuit and the sensor learning circuit iteratively determine the recognized pattern value and update the sensed parameter group to improve a sensing performance value.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Strong Force loT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
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Patent number: 10921799Abstract: A system and method designed to track usage across multiple pieces of motor-driven equipment and to analysis the usage data in order to identify which pieces of equipment should be sent for preventative maintenance. For each piece of equipment, the system includes a durable recording device that fits onto a body part of a piece of equipment, such as a portable landscaping tool, and a companion reporting component. The recording device senses parameters as in-use time, but also operational frequency vibration levels of use. The reporting components from various pieces of equipment can be linked to an authorized electronic device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile cell phone, tablet or the like, for the transfer of data from each piece of equipment, with the electronic device analyzing the operational data for preventive maintenance purposes.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Equipbit, Inc.Inventor: Thomas Disisto
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Patent number: 10909213Abstract: A computer-implemented method for supplementing measurement results of automated analyzers is presented. The method includes obtaining, at a computer device, a result of a measurement performed by an automated analyzer, the computer device and the automated analyzer being located within a privileged computer network, obtaining a context related algorithm associated with the result of the measurement defining one or more triggering conditions and context related information from a computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network at the computer device and processing the result of the measurement by using the context related algorithm to generate a context specific supplement to the result of the measurement at the computer device.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Calatzis, Felix Dross, Marianne Wilmer, Simon John Davidson
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Patent number: 10908024Abstract: An apparatus and a method for online and real-time detection of a temperature of an epitaxial wafer (4) belong to the technical field of semiconductor detection. The apparatus comprises a MOCVD reaction chamber (1), a light source (6), a beam splitter (7), a reference light detector (8), a reflected light detector (9) and a data acquisition unit (10). The method, on the basis of the apparatus, can obtain a thermal radiation attenuation factor caused by a coating of a reactor chamber window and a reflectance attenuation factor caused by the coating of the reactor chamber window for the epitaxial wafer (4). The apparatus and method can eliminate influence of the coating of the reactor chamber window on an online and real-time temperature detection value, thereby improving the accuracy of the online and real-time temperature detection value.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: AK OPTICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Yan, Chengmin Li, Linzi Wang, Jianpeng Liu, Longmao Ye
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Patent number: 10908140Abstract: Provided are multi-parameter sonde systems having a unique integrated user interface for ease of set-up and control, service and maintenance, even in the field and without accessory controllers. The necessary components, such as central processing unit, display and accelerometer are positioned in a water-tight housing, with the display configured for convenient observability and readability. A plurality of sensors provide electronic signals to the CPU, such as by a measurement subsystem. Upon a controlled change in orientation or a force application to the sonde, the display via the accelerometer provides a desired output display configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: IN-SITU, INC.Inventor: Duane B. McKee