Patents by Inventor Anna White

Anna White 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).

  • Spatial power outage estimation for natural hazards leveraging optimal synthetic power networks
    Patent number: 12355239
    Abstract: The following relates generally to calculating estimated power outages during a natural disaster event. In this regard, some embodiments create a synthetic network of a power infrastructure of a geographic area by: determining a location of a power substation; determining a location of a customer; determining a location of a power line linking the power substation to the customer; and determining if the power line is overhead or underground. Some embodiments then use the created synthetic network to simulate an event to calculate the estimated power outages during the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Seth David Guikema, Chengwei Zhai, Anna White, Thomas Ying-Jeh Chen
  • SPATIAL POWER OUTAGE ESTIMATION FOR NATURAL HAZARDS LEVERAGING OPTIMAL SYNTHETIC POWER NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220029418
    Abstract: The following relates generally to calculating estimated power outages during a natural disaster event. In this regard, some embodiments create a synthetic network of a power infrastructure of a geographic area by: determining a location of a power substation; determining a location of a customer; determining a location of a power line linking the power substation to the customer; and determining if the power line is overhead or underground. Some embodiments then use the created synthetic network to simulate an event to calculate the estimated power outages during the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Seth David Guikema, Chengwei Zhai, Anna White, Thomas Ying-Jeh Chen
  • Utility tool
    Patent number: D867849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Anna White