Patents by Inventor Farouq Muhammad Aliyu
Farouq Muhammad Aliyu 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).
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Publication number: 20240075429Abstract: A distillation apparatus having a hot liquid block, a thermoelectric module (TEM), a condensation surface, a feed liquid chamber having a feed chamber inlet, a feed chamber outlet, and a membrane disposed on at least one side of the feed liquid chamber. One side of the membrane faces to the condensation surface. A water gap of 1 mm to 20 cm separates the condensation surface and the membrane. A permeate outlet in fluid communication with the water gap. A heating unit in fluid communication with the feed liquid chamber and the hot liquid block. A cooling unit in fluid communication with the permeate outlet. A multi-stage distillation apparatus with a plurality of distillation apparatuses. A process of distilling water, by feeding a liquid into the distillation apparatus through the hot block inlet and collecting distilled water from the permeate outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Dahiru Umar LAWAL, Atia Esmaeil Atia KHALIFA, Turki Nabieh BAROUD, Farouq Muhammad ALIYU
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Patent number: 11516977Abstract: A smart hydroponic vase system, a method for growing a plant in a smart hydroponic vase, and a method of assembling a smart hydroponic vas is described. The smart hydroponic vase includes a housing having a plurality of chambers; a submersible pump located in each of the plurality of chambers; a plurality of pipes, wherein each pipe connects a different chamber to the first chamber, wherein each pipe is connected to a respective submersible pump; a plurality of measurement sensors including ultrasonic level sensors and a temperature sensor, and a microprocessor connected to receive measurement signals and the level signals and generate drive signals to actuate the plurality of pumps based on sensor signals. A wireless communications unit is connected to the microprocessor. The smart hydroponic vase communicates with a plant manager through a server.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Basem Almadani, Saud Mohammad Mostafa, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu
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Patent number: 11166582Abstract: A method of performing a ritual of chucking during Hajj includes an authentication process, a connectivity process which connects a remote user to a chucking system located at the religious site, and a notification process. The authentication process allows a remote user, who is preferably a pilgrim unable to attend Hajj due to physical disability, age or sickness, to connect to the chucking system. The connectivity allows the pilgrim to perform the ritual of chucking remotely. To do so, the chucking system includes a primary pebble reservoir providing pebbles to a set of secondary pebble reservoirs, and a set of pebble projecting units. The remote user remotely connects to the set of pebble projecting units to chuck pebbles at the stoning sites, wherein the required pebbles are stored in the set of secondary pebble reservoirs. When chucking is complete, the remote user is notified regarding completion.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Talal Bin Ali Ahmed Muth, Basem Almadani, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu
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Publication number: 20210282583Abstract: A method of performing a ritual of chucking during Hajj includes an authentication process, a connectivity process which connects a remote user to a chucking system located at the religious site, and a notification process. The authentication process allows a remote user, who is preferably a pilgrim unable to attend Hajj due to physical disability, age or sickness, to connect to the chucking system. The connectivity allows the pilgrim to perform the ritual of chucking remotely. To do so, the chucking system includes a primary pebble reservoir providing pebbles to a set of secondary pebble reservoirs, and a set of pebble projecting units. The remote user remotely connects to the set of pebble projecting units to chuck pebbles at the stoning sites, wherein the required pebbles are stored in the set of secondary pebble reservoirs. When chucking is complete, the remote user is notified regarding completion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Talal Bin Ali Ahmed MUTH, Basem ALMADANI, Farouq Muhammad ALIYU
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Patent number: 10599111Abstract: A wearable embedded control system, including at least one remote device and at least one wearable hand device. The wearable hand device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a plurality of light dependent resistors wherein the light emitting diodes and the light dependent resistors are fixed along at least one finger of the wearable hand device. The wearable hand device further includes a signal conditioning circuit configured to filter an ambient light signal, and a single board computer including processing circuitry configured to detect a presence of light emitted by the plurality of light emitting diodes and received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, determine one or more integer values corresponding to the presence of light received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, and transmit the one or more integer values to the remote device via a real-time Data Distribution Service middleware.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Basem Mohammed Almadani, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu
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Patent number: 10599110Abstract: A wearable embedded control system, including at least one remote device and at least one wearable hand device. The wearable hand device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a plurality of light dependent resistors wherein the light emitting diodes and the light dependent resistors are fixed along at least one finger of the wearable hand device. The wearable hand device further includes a signal conditioning circuit configured to filter an ambient light signal, and a single board computer including processing circuitry configured to detect a presence of light emitted by the plurality of light emitting diodes and received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, determine one or more integer values corresponding to the presence of light received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, and transmit the one or more integer values to the remote device via a real-time Data Distribution Service middleware.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Basem Mohammed Almadani, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu
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Patent number: 10495541Abstract: An energy aware gas detection system can include relay nodes and gas sensor nodes operating based on an adaptive sleep cycle, each of the gas sensor nodes can include gas sensors configured to detect methane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Additionally, the system can also include actuator nodes to operate gas valves and a gateway node to be a bridge between the relay nodes and a remote device communicably coupled to a network.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Farouq Muhammad Aliyu, Tarek Sheltami
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Patent number: 10492064Abstract: A Wireless Sensor Network for providing Base Station anonymity is described. The network comprises sensor nodes, cluster heads, fake base stations and a base station arranged in a grid configuration. The location of the base station is obscured by managing the traffic in the network by a coverage-aware technique. The coverage aware technique achieves Base Station anonymity by using data aggregation and fake packet injection without affecting coverage of the sensor nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Uthman Baroudi, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu, Essa Qaem Naji Shahra, Ahmed Salman Hassan Al Naser
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Publication number: 20190219975Abstract: A wearable embedded control system, including at least one remote device and at least one wearable hand device. The wearable hand device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a plurality of light dependent resistors wherein the light emitting diodes and the light dependent resistors are fixed along at least one finger of the wearable hand device. The wearable hand device further includes a signal conditioning circuit configured to filter an ambient light signal, and a single board computer including processing circuitry configured to detect a presence of light emitted by the plurality of light emitting diodes and received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, determine one or more integer values corresponding to the presence of light received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, and transmit the one or more integer values to the remote device via a real-time Data Distribution Service middleware.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Basem Mohammed ALMADANI, Farouq Muhammad ALIYU
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Publication number: 20190219974Abstract: A wearable embedded control system, including at least one remote device and at least one wearable hand device. The wearable hand device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a plurality of light dependent resistors wherein the light emitting diodes and the light dependent resistors are fixed along at least one finger of the wearable hand device. The wearable hand device further includes a signal conditioning circuit configured to filter an ambient light signal, and a single board computer including processing circuitry configured to detect a presence of light emitted by the plurality of light emitting diodes and received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, determine one or more integer values corresponding to the presence of light received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, and transmit the one or more integer values to the remote device via a real-time Data Distribution Service middleware.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Basem Mohammed ALMADANI, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu
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Patent number: 10295971Abstract: A wearable embedded control system, including at least one remote device and at least one wearable hand device. The wearable hand device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a plurality of light dependent resistors wherein the light emitting diodes and the light dependent resistors are fixed along at least one finger of the wearable hand device. The wearable hand device further includes a signal conditioning circuit configured to filter an ambient light signal, and a single board computer including processing circuitry configured to detect a presence of light emitted by the plurality of light emitting diodes and received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, determine one or more integer values corresponding to the presence of light received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, and transmit the one or more integer values to the remote device via a real-time Data Distribution Service middleware.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Basem Mohammed Almadani, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu
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Publication number: 20180094999Abstract: An energy aware gas detection system can include relay nodes and gas sensor nodes operating based on an adaptive sleep cycle, each of the gas sensor nodes can include gas sensors configured to detect methane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Additionally, the system can also include actuator nodes to operate gas valves and a gateway node to be a bridge between the relay nodes and a remote device communicably coupled to a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Farouq Muhammad ALIYU, Tarek SHELTAMI
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Publication number: 20170205785Abstract: A wearable embedded control system, including at least one remote device and at least one wearable hand device. The wearable hand device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a plurality of light dependent resistors wherein the light emitting diodes and the light dependent resistors are fixed along at least one finger of the wearable hand device. The wearable hand device further includes a signal conditioning circuit configured to filter an ambient light signal, and a single board computer including processing circuitry configured to detect a presence of light emitted by the plurality of light emitting diodes and received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, determine one or more integer values corresponding to the presence of light received by the plurality of light dependent resistors, and transmit the one or more integer values to the remote device via a real-time Data Distribution Service middleware.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Basem Mohammed Almadani, Farouq Muhammad Aliyu