Patents Examined by Zhipeng Wang
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Patent number: 10461954Abstract: Systems and methods for sequencing HVAC equipment of an HVAC system using data recorded in situ to build a model capable of making predictions about equipment efficiency and using that information, in combination with predictions about building load, to produce an operational sequence for the HVAC equipment that promotes an improved or optimized overall energy efficiency for the HVAC system. In one embodiment, the process is automated and utilizes Bayesian computational models or algorithms to generate an initial sequence. The process reduces engineering hours and may advantageously provide a means to predict potential sequencing problems for similar types of HVAC equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: OPTIMUM ENERGY LLCInventors: Thomas Jones, Ian Dempster, Clark Matthys, Peng Chen
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Patent number: 10437212Abstract: High availability and data migration in a distributed process control computing environment. Allocation algorithms distribute data and applications among available compute nodes, such as controllers in a process control system. In the process control system, an input/output device, such as a fieldbus module, can be used by any controller. Databases store critical execution information for immediate takeover by a backup compute element. The compute nodes are configured to execute algorithms for mitigating dead time in the distributed computing environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc.Inventors: Raja Ramana Macha, Andrew Lee David Kling, Nestor Jesus Camino, Jr., James Gerard Luth, Richard Linwood Linscott
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Patent number: 10408021Abstract: Techniques for managing a hydraulic fracturing operation include receiving a selection of a proxy model that represents a first principles model of a hydraulic fracturing operation, the proxy model including at least one property of a plurality of properties of the first principles model associated with the hydraulic fracturing operation; simulating the selected proxy model to generate a modeled output based on the property; and determining a value of a control setpoint for hydraulic fracturing operation equipment based on the modeled output.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jason D. Dykstra, Qiuying Gu
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Patent number: 10386798Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for securing user input to a terminal such as a self-service terminal. The temperature of one or more keys pressed by a user when entering user information into a terminal (e.g., user PIN) is determined. The change in temperature on the keys' surface from the user touching the keys reflects a heat signature that can be identified by thermal imaging devices. A desired temperature for the keys that will mask the heat signature is determined. The temperature of the keys is adjusted (e.g., raised or lowered) to the desired temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Jason Derequito Sioquim, Matthew Kamp, Cesar Ian Fuentes, Bartolome Arcenal, Jr.
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Patent number: 10365676Abstract: Methods and systems for secured control of circuit breakers in an electric power substation against undesired direct operation. Consequences of a malicious action are prevented or mitigated using a validation approach that either blocks the command or ensures a negligible effect on system operation. An example method, suitable for implementation in a monitoring device in an electric power substation, includes receiving a command to open or close a circuit breaker. In response, one or more state parameters for the electric power network that comprises the substation are then predicted, the predicted state parameters reflecting an operating state for the network under the assumption that the received command is executed. The method further comprises comparing the predicted one or more state parameters to corresponding operational limits. Execution of the command is then blocked, in response to determining that one or more of the predicted state parameters violate the corresponding operational limits.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: ABB Inc.Inventors: Anil Kondabathini, Reynaldo Nuqui, Zhenyuan Wang, Dmitry Ishchenko
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Patent number: 10365677Abstract: A power management system includes a receiver, an estimator, an administrator and a determiner. The receiver acquires DR information that includes a reduction value and a target period for requesting a reduction of received power. The estimator estimates, as first power information, power that is consumed by an electric load during the target period. The administrator manages, as second power information, power that can be output from a power supplying apparatus including a power storage apparatus. The determiner determines that a condition for participating in a power trade market is met, when determining that the reduction value is achievable during the target period, based on the first power information and the second power information.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Tokunaga, Seiichi Miyazaki, Naohiro Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Norimasa Ota
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Patent number: 10357865Abstract: A method for producing an instruction for bevelling an ophthalmic lens, with a view to mounting same in a framework of a spectacle frame into which a bevelled display lens is initially fitted. The method includes the steps of: a) acquiring a correction parameter relative to the play between the framework and the display lens; b) capturing a surface image of the display lens previously removed from the framework; c) determining, on the surface image, an initial contour (C0) of the display lens; d) calculating a corrected contour (C1), by correcting the initial contour according to the correction parameter; and e) deriving the bevelling instruction according to the corrected contour.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONALInventors: Andrea Molinaro, Sarah Boukobza, Marc Perrier
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Patent number: 10310486Abstract: A manufacturing data processing system includes a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses, a plurality of data processing devices for processing manufacturing data associated with the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses, a plurality of communication channels for communicating the manufacturing data between the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses and the plurality of data processing devices, and a management device. The management device determines a combination of the data processing device that processes the manufacturing data associated with each of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses and the communication channel that communicates the associated manufacturing data between each of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses and the data processing device, based on the communication speed of the communication channel and the data processing capability of each of the plurality of data processing devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroji Nishi, Shinsuke Sakakibara
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Patent number: 10288040Abstract: Systems and methods for determining current limits used in controlling wind turbine systems are provided. An example wind turbine controller identifies a largest current magnitude out of a first current magnitude, a second current magnitude, and a third current magnitude of a three phase power bus. The turbine controller averages the first current magnitude, the second current magnitude, and the third current magnitude to obtain an average current magnitude. The turbine controller determines a maximum current adjustment factor based at least in part on the largest current magnitude and based at least in part on the average current magnitude. The turbine controller adjusts a maximum current magnitude limit of the wind turbine by the maximum current adjustment factor to obtain an adjusted maximum current magnitude limit. The turbine controller controls the wind turbine based at least in part on the adjusted maximum current magnitude limit.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: David Smith
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Patent number: 10281900Abstract: A numerical controller includes: a monitor unit that monitors a water level; a backup unit that performs power supply when a main power source is turned off; and a cutoff circuit that cuts off the power supply, and when the water level monitored by the monitor unit detects a predetermined water level, the power source of the backup unit from an external power source means is cut off. Thus, the power supply is cut off before the flooding occurs in the numerical controller, which makes it possible to reduce the damage caused by electrolytic corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: FANUC CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kubo, Masahiro Saeki
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Patent number: 10253841Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for calculating optimal control force of an active mass damper and controlling the active mass damper, which is used for vibration control of a structure, the method comprising: (a) sensing frequency and an acceleration response generated in a structure in real time by a sensor, wherein the frequency and the acceleration response are structural responses; (b) calculating velocity and displacement of the active mass damper by integrating the acceleration response by an integral calculation module; (c) calculating the optimal control force using a weighting function and a zero point calibration signal according to the calculated velocity, the calculated displacement, and the calculated displacement, by a control force calculation module; and (d) controlling driving of an actuator according to the calculated optimal control force.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, DANKOOK UNIVERSITYInventors: Sang Hyun Lee, Sung Sik Woo, Lan Chung
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Patent number: 10234847Abstract: A method for supporting 3D printing includes identifying a product, searching and providing a 3D model present on a web in relation to the identified product, calculating and simulating suitability between the identified product and the searched 3D model based on information of the identified product and the searched 3D model, and transmitting the 3D model information to a 3D printer to produce the 3D model. Accordingly, the 3D printing technique may be actively utilized for DIY in various fields, business models or the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Byounghyun Yoo, Sangchul Ahn, Heedong Ko
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Patent number: 10234836Abstract: A method for operating a control device of a home automation installation of a building, the control device comprising a data input device and a display device, the control device being configured so as to control the operation of home automation equipment items and communicate with sensors, the method including automatic operation configuration steps of selecting an icon representing a first condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation out of a proposed set of condition icons, positioning the first selected condition in a matrix table accommodating the condition icons, selecting an icon representing a second condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation, and positioning the icon representing the second condition on a same row or a same column as the icon representing the first condition in the matrix table.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: SOMFY SASInventors: Isabelle Duchene, Frédéric Devis, Pierre-Yves Cogne
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Patent number: 10175910Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method for gracelessly rebooting a storage appliance. The method and system includes a storage appliance in association with an event that will result in the loss of a state table from volatile memory that halts changes to at least one state table of the storage appliance. The state tables describe a plurality of file system states of one or more clients connected to the first storage appliance. The state information is written to a persistent memory of the storage appliance. The state table may then be repopulated using the state table information stored in persistent memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey Anderson Smith, Piyush Shivam, William Eugene Baker
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Patent number: 10175739Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for supervised power management between a primary platform and a secondary platform. Communication between a primary platform and a secondary platform is established. An application running on the secondary platform is captured. Input features and output measures are collected to build a training set for the application, wherein the input features are collected through direct measurement and the output measures reflect characteristics of the application. Based on the training set, power consumption of the secondary platform with an expected performance level is predicted for a new application running on the secondary platform. Accordingly, an optimal power management policy is derived that minimizes the total power consumption of the primary and secondary platforms.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedInventor: Hwisung Jung
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Patent number: 10162399Abstract: In some examples, a power adapter includes a voltage regulator, first and second resistors, a switch to alternately connect the first and second resistors to a signal node coupled to a load circuit external of the power adapter, and a voltage controller to control the switch to set a first mode of operation, and responsive to the switch setting the first mode of operation, determine a power requirement of the load circuit, and control the voltage regulator to provide a supply voltage to a power node in accordance with the power requirement of the load circuit, and control the switch to set the second mode of operation that causes the load circuit to determine a power rating of the power adapter and to operate a load of the load circuit according to the power rating of the power adapter.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Lee Warren Atkinson
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Patent number: 10156882Abstract: An approach is provided in which a multi-core processor's first core determines whether it controls a system frequency that drives a group of cores included in the multi-core processor. When the first core is not controlling the system frequency for the group of cores, the first core uses an internal voltage control module to provide control information to the first core's programmable voltage regulator and, in turn, independently control the first core's voltage level. When the first core is controlling the system frequency, the first core receives voltage control information from pervasive control to control the first core's voltage levels.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Francesco A. Campisano, Alan J. Drake, Michael S. Floyd, David T. Hui, Pawel Owczarczyk, Marshall D. Tiner, Xiaobin Yuan
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Patent number: 10156859Abstract: Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first power supply node to supply input power supply; a power transistor coupled to the first power supply node; a multiplexer to selectively control gate terminal of the power transistor according to whether the power transistor is to operate as part of a low dropout voltage regulator (LDO-VR) or is to operate as a digital switch; and a second power supply node coupled to the power transistor, the second power supply node to provide power supply to a load from the power transistor.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Kosta Luria, Alexander Lyakhov, Joseph Shor, Michael Zelikson
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Patent number: 10152107Abstract: An approach is provided in which a multi-core processor's first core determines whether it controls a system frequency that drives a group of cores included in the multi-core processor. When the first core is not controlling the system frequency for the group of cores, the first core uses an internal voltage control module to provide control information to the first core's programmable voltage regulator and, in turn, independently control the first core's voltage level. When the first core is controlling the system frequency, the first core receives voltage control information from pervasive control to control the first core's voltage levels.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Francesco A. Campisano, Alan J. Drake, Michael S. Floyd, David T. Hui, Pawel Owczarczyk, Marshall D. Tiner, Xiaobin Yuan
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Patent number: 10126720Abstract: An intelligence computer desk and chair system includes a platform, a carriage, and a control unit. The carriage is located on the platform. The control unit is electrically connected to the carriage. The control unit controls the carriage to move relative to the platform according to a built-in program.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Creating Nano Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Yu-Fing Liu