Patents by Inventor Francisco P. Maturana

Francisco P. Maturana 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: 20240385611
    Abstract: A method comprises determining that a batch generated in an industrial process (IP) is anomalous at a sample point k during the batch, the batch is ongoing; determining a process variable (PV) of the IP based on a variable contribution of the PV towards the batch being anomalous at the sample point k; determining a recommended value of the PV based on an anomaly metric corresponding to the sample point k of an assessment batch, the assessment batch is created based on sample(s) of the batch at the sample point k and the recommended value of the PV, the anomaly metric corresponding to the sample point k of the assessment batch is determined based on a T2-statistic metric corresponding to the sample point k and a Q-statistic metric corresponding to the sample point k of the assessment batch; and adjusting the IP based on the recommended value of the PV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Dennis J. Luo, Justice Darko, Meiling He, Fatime Ly Seymour
  • Publication number: 20240370007
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes a batch analytic system receiving batch data of a batch generated in an industrial process, wherein the batch data includes K samples collected during the batch and each sample includes J values corresponding to J process variables of the industrial process, applying, for each process variable among the J process variables of the industrial process, a first function to K values of the process variable in the K samples of the batch to determine a first feature value of the process variable for the batch, aggregating first feature values corresponding to the J process variables that are determined for the batch using the first function to form a batch representation of the batch, and performing an operation using the batch representation of the batch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Meiling He, Justice Darko, Dennis J. Luo, Jay W. Schiele, Fatime Ly Seymour, Francisco P. Maturana
  • Publication number: 20240370001
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes a batch analytic system receiving batch data of a batch generated in an industrial process, wherein the batch data includes a set of samples associated with the batch, the batch is complete and has a first batch length, determining a reference batch based on a plurality of non-anomalous batches generated in the industrial process, wherein each non-anomalous batch has a same second batch length, generating a batch representation of the batch based on the batch data of the batch and the reference batch, wherein the batch representation of the batch aligns with the reference batch and has the second batch length associated with the reference batch, and performing an operation using the batch representation of the batch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Meiling He, Justice Darko, Dennis J. Luo, Jay W. Schiele, Fatime Ly Seymour, Francisco P. Maturana
  • Publication number: 20240361757
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes an anomaly detection system determining, for a batch generated in an industrial process, a T2-statistic metric and a Q-statistic metric of the batch in a principal component analysis (PCA) model associated with the industrial process, determining an anomaly metric of the batch based on the T2-statistic metric and the Q-statistic metric of the batch in the PCA model, determining that the batch is anomalous based on the anomaly metric of the batch, and performing an operation in response to determining that the batch is anomalous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Dennis J. Luo, Justice Darko, Meiling He, Jay W. Schiele, Fatime Ly Seymour, Francisco P. Maturana
  • Patent number: 12088614
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting anomalies in network communication in an industrial automation system. An anomaly detection system, a decentralized system, may identify IoT devices within the network communication and corresponding communication metrics. Using the communication metrics between the identified IoT devices, the anomaly detection system may generate a social network model that is indicative of expected network communication properties. By analyzing social network metrics and overall entropy of the network communication in real time, the anomaly detection system may identify anomalies that may be associated with potential network vulnerabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Robert Nunoo, Peter A. Armstrong, Jay W. Schiele, Dennis J. Luo
  • Patent number: 12045320
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive telemetry data representing usage of one or more software assets by one or more industrial automation devices within an industrial automation system operated by an enterprise, reference a local blockchain that is a private extension of a global decentralized blockchain to determine one or more licenses associated with the one or more software assets, determine one or more usage parameters for the one or more software assets based on the telemetry data and the one or more licenses, update the local blockchain and the global decentralized blockchain based on the and the usage parameters, and enable usage of the one or more software assets by the one or more industrial automation devices based on the one or more usage parameters and one or more thresholds defined by the one or more licenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Ashok Patange, Krutika Kansara, Francisco P. Maturana, David Picou, Raja Sekhar Katuri, Joseph Weller, Hanna Strohm
  • Publication number: 20240231342
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. To reduce dependency on custom-built parsers for each type of document format, the system integrating both custom and general parsing mechanisms into a scalable parser orchestration engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Meiling He, Raja Sekhar Katuri, Dennis J. Luo, Brian Taylor, Sachin Misra, Jay W. Schiele
  • Publication number: 20240231337
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. To reduce dependency on custom-built parsers for each type of document format, the system integrating both custom and general parsing mechanisms into a scalable parser orchestration engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Meiling He, Raja Sekhar Katuri, Dennis J. Luo, Brian Taylor, Sachin Misra, Jay W. Schiele
  • Patent number: 11982995
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for improving defect detection in an automated production process. The system comprises a memory that stores executable components and a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components. The executable components comprise an automation defect component and a machine learning component. The automation defect component retrieves parametric data associated with the production process. The automation defect component provides the parametric data to a machine learning algorithm. The machine learning component generates common attributes between the defective items. The machine learning component identifies a set of common attributes shared between the defective items and a non-defective item. The machine learning component modifies the set of the common attributes shared between the defective items and the non-defective item. The machine learning component generates defect indicators based on the common attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Vance, Robert F. Trinnes, Mikica Cvijetinovic, Francisco P. Maturana
  • Patent number: 11977368
    Abstract: A system may include a data delivery pipeline communicatively coupled to one or more microservices that receive a dataset transmitted through the data delivery pipeline. The system may also include a first microservice that receives a first dataset corresponding to operation technology (OT) data or information technology (IT) data and determines a second dataset based on the first dataset. The system may also include a second microservice that receives the second dataset from the first microservice via the data delivery pipeline, determines an action to perform in an industrial automation component of an industrial automation system based on an analysis of the second dataset, and transmits the action to the industrial automation component via the data delivery pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Francisco P. Maturana
  • Publication number: 20240134362
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. To reduce dependency on custom-built parsers for each type of document format, the system integrating both custom and general parsing mechanisms into a scalable parser orchestration engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Meiling He, Raja Sekhar Katuri, Dennis J. Luo, Brian Taylor, Sachin Misra, Jay W. Schiele
  • Publication number: 20240134358
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. To reduce dependency on custom-built parsers for each type of document format, the system integrating both custom and general parsing mechanisms into a scalable parser orchestration engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Meiling He, Raja Sekhar Katuri, Dennis J. Luo, Brian Taylor, Sachin Misra, Jay W. Schiele
  • Patent number: 11853311
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. The system allows participants in the ecosystem to browse the hierarchical model to view information about the manufacturing entities, their plant facilities, and the packages assigned to the respective facilities. The system offers filtered role-specific views of the technology transfer documents, their approval statuses, and their plant assignments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Sachin Misra, Brian Taylor, Dennis J Luo, Jay W Schiele
  • Publication number: 20230342435
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive telemetry data representing usage of one or more software assets by one or more industrial automation devices within an industrial automation system operated by an enterprise, reference a local blockchain that is a private extension of a global decentralized blockchain to determine one or more licenses associated with the one or more software assets, determine one or more usage parameters for the one or more software assets based on the telemetry data and the one or more licenses, update the local blockchain and the global decentralized blockchain based on the and the usage parameters, and enable usage of the one or more software assets by the one or more industrial automation devices based on the one or more usage parameters and one or more thresholds defined by the one or more licenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Nikhil Ashok Patange, Krutika Kansara, Francisco P. Maturana, David Picou, Raja Sekhar Katuri, Joseph Weller, Hanna Strohm
  • Publication number: 20230344810
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive, from one or more processing nodes, data representative of usage and inventory of one or more software assets by one or more industrial automation devices of an industrial automation system that are communicatively coupled to the one or more processing nodes, determining a data delta for the industrial automation system that represents differences between the software asset data and a previous iteration of the software asset data, encrypt the data delta for the industrial automation system, and transmit the encrypted data delta for the industrial automation system to a remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: David Picou, Francisco P. Maturana, Jay W. Schiele, Krutika Kansara, Nikhil Ashok Patange, Larry D. Armstrong, Kerwen Changyuan Zhang, John L. Kelly, Davis Biao Ma
  • Patent number: 11783725
    Abstract: A cloud-based operator training system includes a snapshot management architecture, which provides a hybrid system for generation of control system level scenarios and system-state snapshots, and which can improve the fidelity of a training simulation. By implementing the simulation system on a cloud platform, the system can generate a large and growing set of snapshot files representing various control states and corresponding process states. These files can then be leverage during operator training sessions to yield high fidelity simulated system operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Bryan N. Siafakas, Andrew R. Stump, Ryan Cahalane, Alexander B. Cherpakov
  • Publication number: 20230297584
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. The system allows participants in the ecosystem to browse the hierarchical model to view information about the manufacturing entities, their plant facilities, and the packages assigned to the respective facilities. The system offers filtered role-specific views of the technology transfer documents, their approval statuses, and their plant assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Sachin Misra, Brian Taylor, Dennis J Luo, Jay W Schiele
  • Publication number: 20230274215
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. The system allows participants in the ecosystem to browse the hierarchical model to view information about the manufacturing entities, their plant facilities, and the packages assigned to the respective facilities. The system offers filtered role-specific views of the technology transfer documents, their approval statuses, and their plant assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Sachin Misra, Brian Taylor, Dennis J. Luo, Jay W. Schiele
  • Publication number: 20230273588
    Abstract: A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. The system allows participants in the ecosystem to browse the hierarchical model to view information about the manufacturing entities, their plant facilities, and the packages assigned to the respective facilities. The system offers filtered role-specific views of the technology transfer documents, their approval statuses, and their plant assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Sachin Misra, Brian Taylor, Dennis J Luo, Jay W Schiele
  • Publication number: 20230237371
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for providing machine learning of supervised and unsupervised data by: receiving a set of industrial data associated with one or more industrial components within an industrial system; generating a classification for each of the set of industrial data using each of a set of models; generating an evaluation value for each of the set of models based on the classifications for each industrial data; and selecting one or more models according to the evaluation values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Meiling He, Francisco P, Maturana, Dennis J. Luo, Robert Nunoo, Jay W. Schiele