Patents by Inventor Arthur Gooch

Arthur Gooch 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: 11507070
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an industrial plant controller that controls operation of an industrial plant. In one aspect, a method comprises generating training data using an industrial plant simulation model that simulates operation of the industrial plant. The industrial plant controller is trained by a reinforcement learning technique using the training data. The industrial plant controller is configured to process an input comprising a state vector characterizing a state of the industrial plant in accordance with a plurality of industrial plant controller parameters to generate an action selection policy output that defines a control action to be performed to control the operation of the industrial plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur Gooch
  • Publication number: 20210271234
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an industrial plant controller that controls operation of an industrial plant. In one aspect, a method comprises generating training data using an industrial plant simulation model that simulates operation of the industrial plant. The industrial plant controller is trained by a reinforcement learning technique using the training data. The industrial plant controller is configured to process an input comprising a state vector characterizing a state of the industrial plant in accordance with a plurality of industrial plant controller parameters to generate an action selection policy output that defines a control action to be performed to control the operation of the industrial plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Arthur Gooch
  • Patent number: 11036214
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an industrial plant controller that controls operation of an industrial plant. In one aspect, a method comprises generating training data using an industrial plant simulation model that simulates operation of the industrial plant. The industrial plant controller is trained by a reinforcement learning technique using the training data. The industrial plant controller is configured to process an input comprising a state vector characterizing a state of the industrial plant in accordance with a plurality of industrial plant controller parameters to generate an action selection policy output that defines a control action to be performed to control the operation of the industrial plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur Gooch
  • Publication number: 20200192340
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an industrial plant controller that controls operation of an industrial plant. In one aspect, a method comprises generating training data using an industrial plant simulation model that simulates operation of the industrial plant. The industrial plant controller is trained by a reinforcement learning technique using the training data. The industrial plant controller is configured to process an input comprising a state vector characterizing a state of the industrial plant in accordance with a plurality of industrial plant controller parameters to generate an action selection policy output that defines a control action to be performed to control the operation of the industrial plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Arthur Gooch