Patents by Inventor Gavin Peter Williams

Gavin Peter Williams 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).

  • Systems and methods for extending physical sensor range using virtual sensors
    Patent number: 8977373
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor that may output a physical output value, and a virtual sensor network that may output a virtual output value. The control system may also have an electronic control module that may be configured to receive the physical output value from the physical sensor and receive the virtual output value from the virtual sensor. The electronic control module may be further configured to determine a trust level of the physical sensor based on the physical output value, and determine that the trust level of the physical sensor is below a first threshold trust value. The electronic control module may control a machine based on the virtual output value responsive to determining that the trust level of the physical sensor is below the first threshold trust value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Joe Felty, James Robert Mason, Stuart Paul Smith, Anthony James Grichnik, Gavin Peter Williams
  • Systems and Methods for Extending Physical Sensor Range Using Virtual Sensors
    Publication number: 20130173028
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor that may output a physical output value, and a virtual sensor network that may output a virtual output value. The control system may also have an electronic control module that may be configured to receive the physical output value from the physical sensor and receive the virtual output value from the virtual sensor. The electronic control module may be further configured to determine a trust level of the physical sensor based on the physical output value, and determine that the trust level of the physical sensor is below a first threshold trust value. The electronic control module may control a machine based on the virtual output value responsive to determining that the trust level of the physical sensor is below the first threshold trust value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy Joe Felty, James Robert Mason, Stuart Paul Smith, Anthony James Grichnik, Gavin Peter Williams