Patents by Inventor Fernando A. Luiz

Fernando A. Luiz 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: 20230168992
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Fernando Luiz KOCH, Marco Aurelio STELMAR NETTO, David Jason Hunt
  • Patent number: 11316886
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method, including performing simulations of a form of cyber-attack based on different input parameters to determine a respective time to perform each cyber-attack on a plurality of features of a sensor-based device. Additionally, performing simulations of a plurality of mitigating processes for each cyber-attack based on different input parameters to determine a respective time to perform each mitigating process. An associated risk level of each cyber-attack is determined based at least in part on the simulations. A mitigation process is selected based at least in part on the associated risk levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Vagner Figueredo de Santana, Bruno Silva, Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha, Fernando Luiz Koch
  • Patent number: 11210108
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method, which includes retrieving an installation protocol for a sensor-based device. Receiving negative feedback data representing negative feedback about directions for a step in the installation protocol. Performing an installation analysis of an installation of the sensor-based device. Amending the directions, based at least in part on the installation analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruno Silva, Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Vagner Figueredo de Santana, Fernando Luiz Koch
  • Publication number: 20210247989
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method, which includes retrieving an installation protocol for a sensor-based device. Receiving negative feedback data representing negative feedback about directions for a step in the installation protocol. Performing an installation analysis of an installation of the sensor-based device. Amending the directions, based at least in part on the installation analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Bruno Silva, Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Vagner Figueredo de Santana, Fernando Luiz Koch
  • Publication number: 20210243217
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method, including performing simulations of a form of cyber-attack based on different input parameters to determine a respective time to perform each cyber-attack on a plurality of features of a sensor-based device. Additionally, performing simulations of a plurality of mitigating processes for each cyber-attack based on different input parameters to determine a respective time to perform each mitigating process. An associated risk level of each cyber-attack is determined based at least in part on the simulations. A mitigation process is selected based at least in part on the associated risk levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Vagner Figueredo de Santana, Bruno Silva, Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha, Fernando Luiz Koch
  • Patent number: 11055195
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method that includes detecting, by a processor, a performance of a step of an installation protocol for a sensor-based device. The processor performs a negative outcome analysis comprising determining a likelihood that the performance of the step will cause a negative outcome. Based at least in part on a result of the negative outcome analysis, an interruption alarm is issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Vagner Figueredo de Santana, Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha, Bruno Silva, Fernando Luiz Koch
  • Patent number: 10467888
    Abstract: A method of dynamically adjusting an emergency coordination simulation system includes performing an emergency coordination simulation for a subarea of a geographic region based on expected user behavior in the subarea and environmental variables of the subarea. An emergency notice is transmitted to a plurality of users. A plurality of citizen sensor reports is received from the users via citizen sensor monitoring devices. The devices communicate with a backend system and form a citizen sensor platform. A consistency check is performed on the plurality of citizen sensor reports. The plurality of citizen sensor reports is filtered to remove outliers. An emergency coordination resimulation is performed for the subarea based on the expected user behavior in the subarea, the environmental variables of the subarea, and the filtered plurality of citizen sensor reports. An updated emergency notice is transmitted to the plurality of users based on the emergency coordination resimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton Beloglazov, Fernando Luiz Koch, Jan Richter, Kent Steer, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190150430
    Abstract: A fungicidal oil liquid formulation comprising: a) at least one dithiocarbamate fungicide; b) at least one co-fungicide selected from the group consisting of triazole fungicides and strobilurin fungicides; and c) an agrochemically acceptable non-aqueous liquid carrier; wherein the dithiocarbamate fungicide is suspended in the liquid carrier; wherein the triazole fungicide and the strobilurin fungicide are dissolved in the liquid carrier; and wherein the liquid carrier optionally comprises an adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Adama Makhteshim Ltd.
    Inventors: Silvio Luiz Machado, Ernesto Benetti, Fernando Luiz Colla
  • Patent number: 9797388
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a resilient member 1 to a magnetic actuator 2 of a linear compressor. The apparatus includes at least one support member 6 cooperating with a resilient element 1, the support member 6 includes a substantially cylindrical part equipped with intermediate perimeter salient portion 61; at least one fastening element 7 cooperating with the support member 8 and the magnetic actuator 2, and enabling interconnection between a magnetic actuator 2 and a resilient member 1 of a detachable and electrically insulated linear compressor, the fastening element 7 being made in electrically insulating and non-magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Luiz Biesek, Everton Magnabosco
  • Publication number: 20170177755
    Abstract: A method of dynamically adjusting an emergency coordination simulation system includes performing an emergency coordination simulation for a subarea of a geographic region based on expected user behavior in the subarea and environmental variables of the subarea. An emergency notice is transmitted to a plurality of users. A plurality of citizen sensor reports is received from the users via citizen sensor monitoring devices. The devices communicate with a backend system and form a citizen sensor platform. A consistency check is performed on the plurality of citizen sensor reports. The plurality of citizen sensor reports is filtered to remove outliers. An emergency coordination resimulation is performed for the subarea based on the expected user behavior in the subarea, the environmental variables of the subarea, and the filtered plurality of citizen sensor reports. An updated emergency notice is transmitted to the plurality of users based on the emergency coordination resimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Anton Beloglazov, Fernando Luiz Koch, Jan Richter, Kent Steer, Ziyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9633334
    Abstract: With a computer processor, access is obtained to a sorted global tuple list of incident types, each tuple of which includes at least an incident identifier, a corresponding incident type, a corresponding context, and a corresponding impact factor. The latter specifies importance of solving the corresponding incident type in the corresponding context. Each tuple of the global tuple list is sorted by decreasing order of impact factor. At the computer processor, context information is obtained for at least one remote computing device; based on the context information and the sorted global tuple list, the computer processor sends, over a telecommunications infrastructure, data which causes an incident reporting display on the remote computing device to be re-ordered in accordance with the impact factors as they are ranked in accordance with the context information for the at least one remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcos Dias de Assuncao, Carlos Henrique Cardonha, Fernando Luiz Koch, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto
  • Patent number: 9590875
    Abstract: A shared resource system, method of managing shared resources and services and a computer program product therefor. Service provider computers (e.g., cloud computers) including a resource management system, selectively make resource capacity available to networked client devices. Stored resource configuration parameters are collected from non-intentional haptic input to mobile client devices. The resource management system provisions resources for mobile clients based on resource configuration parameters. Non-intentional haptic input is provided as non-intentional gesture feedback, and evaluated to selectively update stored resource configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marcos Dias De Assuncao, Fernando Luiz Koch, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto
  • Patent number: 9571443
    Abstract: A community information sharing system, method and program product therefore. A communications network with connected communications devices serves community communications device users. A communications network gateway is associated with a community communications server, e.g., on a cloud computer, and couples the communications network to a data network. The gateway interfaces communications devices connected to communications network with the communications server, providing communications devices access to an online message board, message board information and services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio Borger, Carlos H. Cardonha, Fernando Luiz Koch
  • Patent number: 9418354
    Abstract: With a computer processor, access is obtained to a sorted global tuple list of incident types, each tuple of which includes at least an incident identifier, a corresponding incident type, a corresponding context, and a corresponding impact factor. The latter specifies importance of solving the corresponding incident type in the corresponding context. Each tuple of the global tuple list is sorted by decreasing order of impact factor. At the computer processor, context information is obtained for at least one remote computing device; based on the context information and the sorted global tuple list, the computer processor sends, over a telecommunications infrastructure, data which causes an incident reporting display on the remote computing device to be re-ordered in accordance with the impact factors as they are ranked in accordance with the context information for the at least one remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcos Dias de Assuncao, Carlos Henrique Cardonha, Fernando Luiz Koch, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto
  • Publication number: 20150348407
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for using a recommendation engine that is based on a representation of the local environment augmented by citizen sensor reports. A traffic simulation is performed with a processor, the traffic simulation being based on input. A receiver receives new input from mobile electronic devices, the new input indicating an event. Current traffic conditions are identified; and, it is determined whether the current traffic conditions differ from estimated traffic conditions by a predetermined threshold. The estimated traffic conditions are a result of the traffic simulation. The traffic simulation is updated when the current traffic conditions differ from the estimated traffic conditions by the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Priscilla Barreira Avegliano, Carlos Henrique Cardonha, Fernando Luiz Koch, Takashi Imamichi
  • Patent number: 9053708
    Abstract: A speech recognition system, method of recognizing speech and a computer program product therefor. A client device identified with a context for an associated user selectively streams audio to a provider computer, e.g., a cloud computer. Speech recognition receives streaming audio, maps utterances to specific textual candidates and determines a likelihood of a correct match for each mapped textual candidate. A context model selectively winnows candidate to resolve recognition ambiguity according to context whenever multiple textual candidates are recognized as potential matches for the same mapped utterance. Matches are used to update the context model, which may be used for multiple users in the same context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Luiz Koch, Julio Nogima
  • Patent number: 9043208
    Abstract: A speech recognition system, method of recognizing speech and a computer program product therefor. A client device identified with a context for an associated user selectively streams audio to a provider computer, e.g., a cloud computer. Speech recognition receives streaming audio, maps utterances to specific textual candidates and determines a likelihood of a correct match for each mapped textual candidate. A context model selectively winnows candidate to resolve recognition ambiguity according to context whenever multiple textual candidates are recognized as potential matches for the same mapped utterance. Matches are used to update the context model, which may be used for multiple users in the same context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Luiz Koch, Julio Nogima
  • Patent number: 8936010
    Abstract: A fuel heater is provided to heat fuel with a safety feature (fuse effect). The internal combustion engine can be operated with ethanol, gasoline or a mixture of ethanol and gasoline. The fuel heater is an integrant part of the electronic injection system of internal combustion engines. The fuel heater is assembled inside the fuel rail and serves to increase fuel temperature before, during and after ignition at temperatures specified by the engine calibration strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Sistemas Automotivos Industria E Comercio Ltda
    Inventors: Eduardo Dos Santos Costa, Marcelo Renato Cavaglieri, Guilherme Henrique Mayer Alegre, Cleber De Jesus Lopes, Marco Aurelio Duduch, Fernando Luiz Windlin
  • Publication number: 20140325068
    Abstract: A shared resource system, method of managing shared resources and services and a computer program product therefor. Service provider computers (e.g., cloud computers) including a resource management system, selectively make resource capacity available to networked client devices. Stored resource configuration parameter are collected from non-intentional haptic input to mobile client devices. The resource management system provisions resources for mobile clients based on resource configuration parameters. Non-intentional haptic input is provided as non-intentional gesture feedback, and evaluated to selectively update stored resource configuration parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marcos Dias De Assuncao, Fernando Luiz Koch, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto
  • Publication number: 20140297661
    Abstract: With a computer processor, access is obtained to a sorted global tuple list of incident types, each tuple of which includes at least an incident identifier, a corresponding incident type, a corresponding context, and a corresponding impact factor. The latter specifies importance of solving the corresponding incident type in the corresponding context. Each tuple of the global tuple list is sorted by decreasing order of impact factor. At the computer processor, context information is obtained for at least one remote computing device; based on the context information and the sorted global tuple list, the computer processor sends, over a telecommunications infrastructure, data which causes an incident reporting display on the remote computing device to be re-ordered in accordance with the impact factors as they are ranked in accordance with the context information for the at least one remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marcos Dias de Assuncao, Carlos Henrique Cardonha, Fernando Luiz Koch, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto