Patents by Inventor Bernard McAlpine Beckerman

Bernard McAlpine Beckerman 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).

  • Computer system and method for detecting rotor imbalance at a wind turbine
    Patent number: 10975841
    Abstract: 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 notification
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Uptake Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard McAlpine Beckerman, Benedict Augustine, Matthew George Dzugan
  • Computer System & Method for Detecting Rotor Imbalance at a Wind Turbine
    Publication number: 20210033066
    Abstract: 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 notification
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bernard McAlpine Beckerman, Benedict Augustine, Matthew George Dzugan