Patents by Inventor Bryant McDonnel

Bryant McDonnel 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: 12037262
    Abstract: Fluid stream management systems and methods are described. An exemplar fluid stream management system includes a neural network connected to a cascading treatment processor. The neural network calculates an initial distant flow condition attribute value for a distant fluid treatment facility. The cascading treatment processor using hydrological information and the initial distant flow condition attribute value computes a predicted modified contribution value for the distant fluid treatment facility. The cascading treatment processor instructs multiple fluid flow controllers, each of which controls the operation of a flow-directing device such that a sum of the predicted modified total load value and a real time total load value of the distant fluid treatment facility is minimized. The real time total load value of the distant fluid treatment facility is based upon real time measurements obtained from one or more of the distant fluid treatment facility sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Xylem Vue Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb Buahin, Mehmet Ercan, William Knight, Timothy Ruggaber, Bryant McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11286175
    Abstract: Fluid stream management systems and methods relating thereto are described. The fluid management system includes a neural network, which comprises: (i) an input layer that is communicatively coupled to one or more fluid facility sensors and/or one or more pre-processing flow sensors such that one or more of the flow condition attribute values are received the neural network; (ii) one or more intermediate layers, which are configured to constrain one or more of the flow condition attribute values to arrive at modified flow condition attribute values; (iii) an output layer, which transmits, one or more modified flow condition attribute values to a downstream control device. This control device and other computation devices perform certain calculations that ultimately inform a flow controller, which in turn, instructs a flow-directing device regarding management of fluid streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: EMNET, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Montestruque, Timothy P. Ruggaber, Ruben Kertesz, Alireza Partovi, Timothy P. Braun, Bryant McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20210230016
    Abstract: Fluid stream management systems and methods are described. An exemplar fluid stream management system includes a neural network connected to a cascading treatment processor. The neural network calculates an initial distant flow condition attribute value for a distant fluid treatment facility. The cascading treatment processor using hydrological information and the initial distant flow condition attribute value computes a predicted modified contribution value for the distant fluid treatment facility. The cascading treatment processor instructs multiple fluid flow controllers, each of which controls the operation of a flow-directing device such that a sum of the predicted modified total load value and a real time total load value of the distant fluid treatment facility is minimized. The real time total load value of the distant fluid treatment facility is based upon real time measurements obtained from one or more of the distant fluid treatment facility sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: EmNet, LLC
    Inventors: Caleb Buahin, Mehmet Ercan, William Knight, Timothy Ruggaber, Bryant McDonnel