Patents by Inventor Benedict Augustine
Benedict Augustine 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).
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Publication number: 20220364545Abstract: A computing system is configured to detect irregular yawing at wind turbines. To this end, the computing system (i) for each respective turbine of an identified cluster of wind turbines: (a) obtains yaw-activity data indicative of the respective turbine's yaw activity during a window of time, and (b) based on obtained yaw-activity data, derives a yaw-activity-measure dataset having measures of the respective turbine's yaw activity during time intervals within the window of time, (ii) based on the respective yaw-activity-measure datasets for the turbines in the cluster, derives a cluster-level yaw-activity-measure dataset, (iii) evaluates the respective yaw-activity-measure dataset for one or more turbines in the cluster as compared to the cluster-level yaw-activity-measure dataset, (iv) based on the evaluation, identifies at least one turbine of the cluster that exhibited irregular yaw activity, and (v) transmits, to an output device, a notification of the irregular yaw activity at the at least one turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Kevin Zen, Benedict Augustine
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Patent number: 11208986Abstract: A computing system is configured to detect irregular yawing at wind turbines. To this end, the computing system (i) for each respective turbine of an identified cluster of wind turbines: (a) obtains yaw-activity data indicative of the respective turbine's yaw activity during a window of time, and (b) based on obtained yaw-activity data, derives a yaw-activity-measure dataset having measures of the respective turbine's yaw activity during time intervals within the window of time, (ii) based on the respective yaw-activity-measure datasets for the turbines in the cluster, derives a cluster-level yaw-activity-measure dataset, (iii) evaluates the respective yaw-activity-measure dataset for one or more turbines in the cluster as compared to the cluster-level yaw-activity-measure dataset, (iv) based on the evaluation, identifies at least one turbine of the cluster that exhibited irregular yaw activity, and (v) transmits, to an output device, a notification of the irregular yaw activity at the at least one turbine.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Uptake Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Zen, Benedict Augustine
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Patent number: 10975841Abstract: In examples, a computing system is configured to detect rotor imbalance at wind turbines by (1) obtaining sets of historical-vibration data for turbines, each set comprising vibration data captured by a given turbine's multi-dimensional sensor, (2) deriving a rotor-imbalance-detection model by: (a) for each turbine, (i) transforming time segments of the turbine's historical-vibration dataset into a frequency-domain representation, and (ii) for each time segment, using the frequency-domain representation for the time segment to derive a set of harmonic-mode values for at least one frequency-range of interest, thereby deriving a time-series set of harmonic-mode values for the turbine, and (b) performing an evaluation of the time-series sets for the turbines, thereby deriving the rotor-imbalance-detection model, (3) based on received vibration data for a given turbine from a reference time, executing the derived model, thereby detecting a rotor imbalance at the given turbine, and (4) transmitting a notificationType: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Uptake Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bernard McAlpine Beckerman, Benedict Augustine, Matthew George Dzugan
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Publication number: 20210033066Abstract: In examples, a computing system is configured to detect rotor imbalance at wind turbines by (1) obtaining sets of historical-vibration data for turbines, each set comprising vibration data captured by a given turbine's multi-dimensional sensor, (2) deriving a rotor-imbalance-detection model by: (a) for each turbine, (i) transforming time segments of the turbine's historical-vibration dataset into a frequency-domain representation, and (ii) for each time segment, using the frequency-domain representation for the time segment to derive a set of harmonic-mode values for at least one frequency-range of interest, thereby deriving a time-series set of harmonic-mode values for the turbine, and (b) performing an evaluation of the time-series sets for the turbines, thereby deriving the rotor-imbalance-detection model, (3) based on received vibration data for a given turbine from a reference time, executing the derived model, thereby detecting a rotor imbalance at the given turbine, and (4) transmitting a notificationType: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Bernard McAlpine Beckerman, Benedict Augustine, Matthew George Dzugan
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Publication number: 20200408194Abstract: A computing system is configured to detect irregular yawing at wind turbines. To this end, the computing system (i) for each respective turbine of an identified cluster of wind turbines: (a) obtains yaw-activity data indicative of the respective turbine's yaw activity during a window of time, and (b) based on obtained yaw-activity data, derives a yaw-activity-measure dataset having measures of the respective turbine's yaw activity during time intervals within the window of time, (ii) based on the respective yaw-activity-measure datasets for the turbines in the cluster, derives a cluster-level yaw-activity-measure dataset, (iii) evaluates the respective yaw-activity-measure dataset for one or more turbines in the cluster as compared to the cluster-level yaw-activity-measure dataset, (iv) based on the evaluation, identifies at least one turbine of the cluster that exhibited irregular yaw activity, and (v) transmits, to an output device, a notification of the irregular yaw activity at the at least one turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Kevin Zen, Benedict Augustine
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Patent number: 10815966Abstract: A platform may obtain reference data that is indicative of an expected orientation of a wind turbine at one or more past times and use the reference data to determine the expected orientation of the wind turbine at each such times. In addition, the platform may obtain measurement data that is indicative of a measured orientation of the wind turbine at each of the one or more past times and use the measurement data to determine the measured orientation of the wind turbine at each such time. Thereafter, the platform may determine an orientation offset for the wind turbine based on a comparison between the expected and measured orientation of the wind turbine at each of the one or more past times and then cause the orientation offset to be applied to at least one nacelle orientation reported by the wind turbine.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Uptake Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian Burns, Benedict Augustine
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Patent number: 10671039Abstract: The example systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein generally relate to performing predictive analytics on behalf of wind turbines. In some instances, a data-analytics platform defines and executes a predictive model for a specific wind turbine. The predictive model may be defined and executed based on operating data for the specific wind turbine and for other wind turbines that experience similar environmental conditions as the specific wind turbine and that are operating in an expected operational state. In response to executing the predictive model, the data-analytics platform may cause an action to occur at the specific wind turbine or cause a user interface to display a representation of the output of the executed model, among other possibilities.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Uptake Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Herzog, Benedict Augustine
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Patent number: 10635095Abstract: The example systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein generally relate to generating create a supervised failure model for assets in the given fleet that is configured to receive operating data as inputs and output a prediction as to the occurrence of a given failure type at the asset. In some instances, a data analytics platform may create and use an unsupervised failure model for a subset of the assets, use the respective unsupervised failure models to detect a set of anomalies that are each suggestive of a prior failure occurrence, from the set of anomalies, identify a subset of anomalies that are each suggest of a prior failure occurrence of the given failure type, and create the supervised failure model using failure data for the identified subset of anomalies.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Uptake Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Herzog, Benedict Augustine, Brian Burns, Eric Hall, Tuo Li
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Publication number: 20190324430Abstract: The example systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein generally relate to generating create a supervised failure model for assets in the given fleet that is configured to receive operating data as inputs and output a prediction as to the occurrence of a given failure type at the asset. In some instances, a data analytics platform may create and use an unsupervised failure model for a subset of the assets, use the respective unsupervised failure models to detect a set of anomalies that are each suggestive of a prior failure occurrence, from the set of anomalies, identify a subset of anomalies that are each suggest of a prior failure occurrence of the given failure type, and create the supervised failure model using failure data for the identified subset of anomalies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: James Herzog, Benedict Augustine, Brian Burns, Eric Hall, Tuo Li
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Publication number: 20180320658Abstract: The example systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein generally relate to performing predictive analytics on behalf of wind turbines. In some instances, a data-analytics platform defines and executes a predictive model for a specific wind turbine. The predictive model may be defined and executed based on operating data for the specific wind turbine and for other wind turbines that experience similar environmental conditions as the specific wind turbine and that are operating in an expected operational state. In response to executing the predictive model, the data-analytics platform may cause an action to occur at the specific wind turbine or cause a user interface to display a representation of the output of the executed model, among other possibilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: James Herzog, Benedict Augustine