Patents by Inventor Anya M. McGuirk

Anya M. McGuirk 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).

  • Patent number: 10684618
    Abstract: A computing system detects an event. (A) A frequency spectrum is computed using a Fourier transform. (B) (A) is repeated a predefined plurality of times with successive windows of observation vectors. Each window of the successive windows includes a subset of the observation vectors. The successive windows include successive subsets selected sequentially in time. (C) An average frequency spectrum is computed from the frequency spectrum computed the predefined plurality of times. (D) A plurality of segmented average frequency spectra is computed from the computed average frequency spectrum. Each segmented average frequency spectrum of the plurality of segmented average frequency spectra is computed for a frequency band of a plurality of predefined frequency bands. (E) When an event has occurred is determined based on the computed plurality of segmented average frequency spectra and a predefined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Anya M. McGuirk, Yuwei Liao, Byron Davis Biggs, Deovrat Vijay Kakde
  • Patent number: 10656638
    Abstract: A frequency spectrum is computed using a Fourier transform a predefined plurality of times with successive windows of observation vectors, wherein each window of the successive windows includes a subset of observation vectors, wherein the successive windows include successive subsets selected sequentially in time. An average frequency spectrum is computed. A plurality of segmented average frequency spectra is computed, wherein each segmented average frequency spectrum is computed for a frequency band of predefined frequency bands. A distance value is computed using a trained support vector data description model with the segmented average frequency spectra. When an event has occurred is determined based on a comparison between the distance value and a predefined threshold. A vector is computed from the segmented average frequency spectra using t-stochastic neighbor embedding. When an event has occurred based on the comparison, an event indicator is presented on a graph using the vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Anya M. McGuirk, Yuwei Liao, Byron Davis Biggs, Deovrat Vijay Kakde
  • Patent number: 10558207
    Abstract: A computing system detects an event. (A) A frequency spectrum of observation vectors is computed using a Fourier transform. Each observation vector includes a sensor value. (B) (A) is repeated a predefined plurality of times with successive windows of the observation vectors. Each window of the successive windows includes a subset of the observation vectors. The successive windows include successive subsets selected sequentially in time. (C) An average frequency spectrum is computed from the frequency spectrum computed the predefined plurality of times. (D) A predefined noise filter is applied to the average frequency spectrum to define a filtered frequency spectrum. (E) A distance value is computed between the filtered frequency spectrum and a predefined reference spectrum using a distance computation function. (F) When an event has occurred is determined based on a comparison between the computed distance value and a predefined distance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Anya M. McGuirk, Yuwei Liao, Byron Davis Biggs, Deovrat Vijay Kakde
  • Patent number: 9639809
    Abstract: A computing device identifies outliers. Support vectors, Lagrange constants, a center threshold value, an upper control limit value, and a lower control limit value are received that define a normal operating condition of a system. The center threshold value, the upper control limit value, and the lower control limit value are computed from the vectors and the Lagrange constants. A first plurality of observation vectors is received for a predefined window length. A window threshold value and a window center vector are computed. A window distance value is computed between the window center vector and the support vectors. Based on comparisons between the computed values and the received values, the first plurality of observation vectors is identified as an outlier relative to the normal operating condition of the system. When the first plurality of observation vectors are identified as the outlier, an alert is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Deovrat Vijay Kakde, Sergiy Peredriy, Arin Chaudhuri, Anya M. McGuirk