Patents by Inventor Bruce Courtney Amm

Bruce Courtney Amm 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: 11867676
    Abstract: A multi-gas sensing system includes a sensing circuit comprising one or more sensing elements. Each sensing element includes a sensing material configured to detect at least one gas analyte. A management circuit is configured to excite the sensing elements with an alternating current at at least one predetermined frequency. The management circuit measures one or more electrical responses of the sensing elements responsive to exciting the sensing elements with the alternating current. The management circuit determines one or more characteristics of the sensing circuit. One or more processors receive the electrical responses of the sensing elements and the characteristics of the sensing circuit. The one or more processors determine a concentration of the at least one gas analyte based on the electrical responses of the sensing elements and the characteristics of the sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Richard St. Pierre, Bruce Courtney Amm
  • Patent number: 11567022
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensing element that includes a sensing material and electrodes configured to apply a first electrical stimuli to the sensing material at an electrical excitation frequency, a modifier assembly including one or more circuits configured to change an electrical impedance of the sensing element, and one or more processors configured to control the modifier assembly. Responsive to exposure of gas to the sensing element, the one or more processors change a linearity of a first electrical signal received from the sensing element by changing the electrical impedance of the sensing element and applying a second electrical stimuli to the sensing material at the electrical excitation frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Richard St. Pierre, Bruce Courtney Amm
  • Patent number: 11301977
    Abstract: An image inspection computing device is provided. The device includes a memory device and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive at least one sample image of a first component, wherein the at least one sample image of the first component does not include defects, store, in the memory, the at least one sample image, and receive an input image of a second component. The at least one processor is also configured to generate an encoded array based on the input image of the second component, perform a stochastic data sampling process on the encoded array, generate a decoded array, and generate a reconstructed image of the second component, derived from the stochastic data sampling process and the decoded array. The at least one processor is further configured to produce a residual image, and identify defects in the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alberto Santamaria-Pang, Yousef Al-Kofahi, Aritra Chowdhury, Shourya Sarcar, Michael John MacDonald, Peter Arjan Wassenaar, Patrick Joseph Howard, Bruce Courtney Amm, Eric Seth Moderbacher
  • Publication number: 20210319544
    Abstract: An image inspection computing device is provided. The device includes a memory device and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive at least one sample image of a first component, wherein the at least one sample image of the first component does not include defects, store, in the memory, the at least one sample image, and receive an input image of a second component. The at least one processor is also configured to generate an encoded array based on the input image of the second component, perform a stochastic data sampling process on the encoded array, generate a decoded array, and generate a reconstructed image of the second component, derived from the stochastic data sampling process and the decoded array. The at least one processor is further configured to produce a residual image, and identify defects in the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Alberto Santamaria-Pang, Yousef Al-Kofahi, Aritra Chowdhury, Shourya Sarcar, Michael John MacDonald, Peter Arjan Wassenaar, Patrick Joseph Howard, Bruce Courtney Amm, Eric Seth Moderbacher
  • Publication number: 20210278384
    Abstract: A multi-gas sensing system includes a sensing circuit comprising one or more sensing elements. Each sensing element includes a sensing material configured to detect at least one gas analyte. A management circuit is configured to excite the sensing elements with an alternating current at at least one predetermined frequency. The management circuit measures one or more electrical responses of the sensing elements responsive to exciting the sensing elements with the alternating current. The management circuit determines one or more characteristics of the sensing circuit. One or more processors receive the electrical responses of the sensing elements and the characteristics of the sensing circuit. The one or more processors determine a concentration of the at least one gas analyte based on the electrical responses of the sensing elements and the characteristics of the sensing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Richard St. Pierre, Bruce Courtney Amm
  • Patent number: 10966657
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a first sensor to detect environmental conditions of an environment in operational contact with a subject, a second sensor to detect physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with an asset, and a control unit comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor. The processors receive a first signal from the first sensor indicative of the environmental conditions, and receive a second signal from the second sensor indicative of the physiological parameters of the subject, and determine a relation between the environmental conditions and the physiological parameters based on the first signal and the second signal. The processors determine a responsive action of the asset based on the first signal indicative of the environmental conditions of the environment or the second signal indicative of the physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Richard St. Pierre, Bruce Courtney Amm, Aghogho Atemu Obi
  • Publication number: 20200386701
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensing element that includes a sensing material and electrodes configured to apply a first electrical stimuli to the sensing material at an electrical excitation frequency, a modifier assembly including one or more circuits configured to change an electrical impedance of the sensing element, and one or more processors configured to control the modifier assembly. Responsive to exposure of gas to the sensing element, the one or more processors change a linearity of a first electrical signal received from the sensing element by changing the electrical impedance of the sensing element and applying a second electrical stimuli to the sensing material at the electrical excitation frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Richard St. Pierre, Bruce Courtney Amm
  • Publication number: 20200345300
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a first sensor to detect environmental conditions of an environment in operational contact with a subject, a second sensor to detect physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with an asset, and a control unit comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor. The processors receive a first signal from the first sensor indicative of the environmental conditions, and receive a second signal from the second sensor indicative of the physiological parameters of the subject, and determine a relation between the environmental conditions and the physiological parameters based on the first signal and the second signal. The processors determine a responsive action of the asset based on the first signal indicative of the environmental conditions of the environment or the second signal indicative of the physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Richard St. Pierre, Bruce Courtney Amm, Aghogho Atemu Obi