Patents by Inventor Abhijit Patkar

Abhijit Patkar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Task assignment system and method for operating a test cell
    Patent number: 10635998
    Abstract: A computing device may be disposed in a command center positioned remotely from each test cell of a plurality of test cells of a testing facility. The computing device may include a visual display disposed in the command center and may include a network transceiver configured to receive monitored parameters of a test object disposed in each test cell. The computing device may include a command center module in communication with, at least, the network transceiver and the visual display. The command center module may be configured to execute instructions for: presenting, via the visual display, tests associated with the test object; receiving the monitored parameters of the test object; presenting, via the visual display, tasks associated with the tests; selectively assigning the tasks to a staff member; and communicating the assigned task to the staff member for performing the assigned task associated with the test object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Edward Frieden, Matthew John Hallam Larkins, Michael S. Bond, Abhijit Patkar, Naveen Kumar Sha Aproop, Mehar Prakash Gourishetty
  • TASK ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TEST CELL
    Publication number: 20170193422
    Abstract: A computing device may be disposed in a command center positioned remotely from each test cell of a plurality of test cells of a testing facility. The computing device may include a visual display disposed in the command center and may include a network transceiver configured to receive monitored parameters of a test object disposed in each test cell. The computing device may include a command center module in communication with, at least, the network transceiver and the visual display. The command center module may be configured to execute instructions for: presenting, via the visual display, tests associated with the test object; receiving the monitored parameters of the test object; presenting, via the visual display, tasks associated with the tests; selectively assigning the tasks to a staff member; and communicating the assigned task to the staff member for performing the assigned task associated with the test object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Edward Frieden, Matthew John Hallam Larkins, Michael S. Bond, Abhijit Patkar, Naveen Kumar Sha Aproop, Mehar Prakash Gourishetty