Patents by Inventor Bryan Chow

Bryan Chow 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).

  • Publication number: 20240075895
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for crash detection on one or more mobile devices (e.g., smartwatch and/or smartphone). In some embodiments, a method comprises: detecting, with at least one processor, a crash event on a crash device; extracting, with the at least one processor, multimodal features from sensor data generated by multiple sensing modalities of the crash device; computing, with the at least one processor, a plurality of crash decisions based on a plurality of machine learning models applied to the multimodal features; and determining, with the at least one processor, that a severe vehicle crash has occurred involving the crash device based on the plurality of crash decisions and a severity model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Vinay R. Majjigi, Sriram Venkateswaran, Aniket Aranake, Tejal Bhamre, Alexandru Popovici, Parisa Dehleh Hossein Zadeh, Yann Jerome Julien Renard, Yi Wen Liao, Stephen P. Jackson, Rebecca L. Clarkson, Henry Choi, Paul D. Bryan, Mrinal Agarwal, Ethan Goolish, Richard G. Liu, Omar Aziz, Alvaro J. Melendez Hasbun, David Ojeda Avellaneda, Sunny Kai Pang Chow, Pedro O. Varangot, Tianye Sun, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Hung A. Pham
  • Patent number: 9948101
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to management of peak electrical demand as registered by an electrical utility meter of an electrical utility customer. The metered demand level of the customer may be monitored over a first portion of a demand charge measuring period, then a cumulative amount of energy consumed by the customer in the first portion and a projected total energy consumed during the demand charge measuring period may be calculated. Next, an offset energy amount may be determined that is the amount required to bring a net amount of energy consumed by the customer during the demand charge measuring period to lie within a target value range for the demand charge measuring period. A power source such as a battery may then be controlled to provide the offset energy amount to the customer over a second portion of the demand charge measuring period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: GREEN CHARGE NETWORKS LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Chow
  • Publication number: 20160372925
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are power management systems for controlling recorded electrical demand by isolating loads from a utility distribution grid connection. The loads are isolated when an energy storage system (ESS) is placed in series between the loads and the grid, with a charger that keeps the ESS from depleting and a power converter that provides energy to the loads from the ESS. A system controller may be enabled to manage the charging of the ESS by the charger relative to a consumption metric. In some embodiments, the loads are categorized, controlled, or curtailed by the controller and may be isolated from other loads. Some embodiments include bypass features or bimodal connections. Additional methods of control to prevent depletion of the ESS are also set forth. Systems herein can prevent or limit demand charges, protect the utility grid from backflow and other dangers, and raise the customer's effective utility service limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Bryan Chow, Joshua Weiner
  • Patent number: 9431827
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are power management systems for controlling recorded electrical demand by isolating loads from a utility distribution grid connection. The loads are isolated when an energy storage system (ESS) is placed in series between the loads and the grid, with a charger that keeps the ESS from depleting and a power converter that provides energy to the loads from the ESS. A system controller may be enabled to manage the charging of the ESS by the charger relative to a consumption metric. In some embodiments, the loads are categorized, controlled, or curtailed by the controller and may be isolated from other loads. Some embodiments include bypass features or bimodal connections. Additional methods of control to prevent depletion of the ESS are also set forth. Systems herein can prevent or limit demand charges, protect the utility grid from backflow and other dangers, and raise the customer's effective utility service limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Green Charge Networks LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Chow, Joshua Weiner
  • Publication number: 20160006245
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to management of peak electrical demand as registered by an electrical utility meter of an electrical utility customer. The metered demand level of the customer may be monitored over a first portion of a demand charge measuring period, then a cumulative amount of energy consumed by the customer in the first portion and a projected total energy consumed during the demand charge measuring period may be calculated. Next, an offset energy amount may be determined that is the amount required to bring a net amount of energy consumed by the customer during the demand charge measuring period to lie within a target value range for the demand charge measuring period. A power source such as a battery may then be controlled to provide the offset energy amount to the customer over a second portion of the demand charge measuring period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Bryan Chow
  • Publication number: 20150067715
    Abstract: The present technology provides a secure event broadcasting system and method. In particular, the secure event broadcasting system and method provides for the compression of event video content at a specified compression ratio and video quality, uploading of the compressed video to a content delivery network and controlled access to the compressed video by invited viewers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Koat, Philip Nerland, Bryan Chow
  • Publication number: 20130333404
    Abstract: The present invention safely freezes a confection very quickly, preferably in less than two minutes. The device includes an insulated refrigerant tank; one or more elevators; a mold; a mold holder mounted on the elevator; a refrigerant level monitoring subsystem capable of refilling the refrigerant tank; and, a user interface subsystem. The mold is preferably tapered with interior freezing surfaces such as tubes of refrigerant, which decrease the confection's freezing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Darryl H. Yong, Nancy K. Lape, Bryan Chow, Rachid Grimes, Samuel Joseph Ettinger, Wei Wei, Julie Anne Kraus, Jean-Vincent Hong, Joyce Chia-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20130285446
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are power management systems for controlling recorded electrical demand by isolating loads from a utility distribution grid connection. The loads are isolated when an energy storage system (ESS) is placed in series between the loads and the grid, with a charger that keeps the ESS from depleting and a power converter that provides energy to the loads from the ESS. A system controller may be enabled to manage the charging of the ESS by the charger relative to a consumption metric. In some embodiments, the loads are categorized, controlled, or curtailed by the controller and may be isolated from other loads. Some embodiments include bypass features or bimodal connections. Additional methods of control to prevent depletion of the ESS are also set forth. Systems herein can prevent or limit demand charges, protect the utility grid from backflow and other dangers, and raise the customer's effective utility service limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GREEN CHARGE NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Chow, Joshua Weiner