Patents by Inventor David A. Villero

David A. Villero 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: 12116757
    Abstract: The present technology includes a method for detecting one or more anomalous operating characteristic of an industrial machine. The method can include collecting telematics data indicative of the industrial machine's performance, generating a histogram based on at least a portion of the collected telematics data, applying a histogram comparator engine to the histogram to determine whether the histogram indicates an anomalous operating characteristic, and if the histogram is determined to indicate an anomalous operating characteristic, presenting, to a user, information associated with the anomalous operating characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Villero, Kyle J. Cline
  • Patent number: 11995577
    Abstract: Techniques are provided that include receiving sensor data from sensors of the machine, service history data, previous dealership data, and owner input data. The techniques include generating a state of the machine and a state of each of individual components by processing such data. Some of such data are processed to generate the measure of projected productivity of the machine and the estimate of projected maintained life cycle and costs. The generated data are input to the machine optimization module to generate the optimal performance level of the machine and data indicative of the optimal performance level of the machine, which are processed to generate productivity data of the machine, which are transmitted to a customer-facing application for display or post-processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Villero, Kyle J. Cline
  • Patent number: 11995585
    Abstract: A method for identifying machine modifications to improve machine productivity can include receiving telematics data from a plurality of sensors on a machine performing an activity. An activity type can be determined based on the telematics data. The method can also include calculating a current estimated machine productivity for the activity type and calculating a predicted machine productivity for the activity type for each of a plurality of machine modifications. The predicted machine productivity for each of the plurality of machine modifications can be compared with the current estimated productivity. The method can include calculating an investment metric for each of the machine modifications having a predicted machine productivity greater than the current estimated productivity. Each investment metric and its corresponding machine modification can be output for review by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Villero, Kyle J. Cline
  • Publication number: 20230280738
    Abstract: Techniques are provided that include receiving sensor data from sensors of the machine, service history data, previous dealership data, and owner input data. The techniques include generating a state of the machine and a state of each of individual components by processing such data. Some of such data are processed to generate the measure of projected productivity of the machine and the estimate of projected maintained life cycle and costs. The generated data are input to the machine optimization module to generate the optimal performance level of the machine and data indicative of the optimal performance level of the machine, which are processed to generate productivity data of the machine, which are transmitted to a customer-facing application for display or post-processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Villero, Kyle J. Cline
  • Publication number: 20230243131
    Abstract: The present technology includes a method for detecting one or more anomalous operating characteristic of an industrial machine. The method can include collecting telematics data indicative of the industrial machine's performance, generating a histogram based on at least a portion of the collected telematics data, applying a histogram comparator engine to the histogram to determine whether the histogram indicates an anomalous operating characteristic, and if the histogram is determined to indicate an anomalous operating characteristic, presenting, to a user, information associated with the anomalous operating characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Villero, Kyle J. Cline
  • Publication number: 20230033876
    Abstract: A method for identifying machine modifications to improve machine productivity can include receiving telematics data from a plurality of sensors on a machine performing an activity. An activity type can be determined based on the telematics data. The method can also include calculating a current estimated machine productivity for the activity type and calculating a predicted machine productivity for the activity type for each of a plurality of machine modifications. The predicted machine productivity for each of the plurality of machine modifications can be compared with the current estimated productivity. The method can include calculating an investment metric for each of the machine modifications having a predicted machine productivity greater than the current estimated productivity. Each investment metric and its corresponding machine modification can be output for review by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Villero, Kyle J. Cline