Patents by Inventor Gerald Williams

Gerald 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).

  • Patent number: 11366455
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for data collection in an industrial environment are described. The system may include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to input received from at least one of a plurality of input sensors operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of components of an industrial process, a data marketplace circuit structured to communicate at least one of the plurality of detection values to a data marketplace, and to obtain at least one external detection value, a data analysis circuit structured to determine a state value, an optimization circuit configured to provide a recommendation to adjust a parameter of the process in response to the state value, and an analysis response circuit structured to perform an action in response to the recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20220191284
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for monitoring an industrial setting using sensor kits in communication with a backend system via a communication gateway are disclosed. Each sensor kit can have a set of sensors that are registered to respective industrial settings and configured to monitor physical characteristics of the industrial settings. The communication gateway can communicate instances of sensor values from the sensor kits to a backend system. The backend system can process the instances of sensor values to monitor the industrial setting, wherein upon receiving registration data for a sensor kit to an industrial setting, the backend system automatically configures and populates a dashboard for an owner or operator of the industrial setting, wherein the dashboard provides monitoring information that is based on the instances of sensor values for the industrial setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cella, Teymour El-Tahry, Richard Spitz, Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Gerald William Duffy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220191280
    Abstract: A sensor kit that is configured for monitoring an industrial setting includes an edge device and a plurality of sensors that capture sensor data and transmit the sensor data via a self-configuring sensor kit network. At least one sensor can capture sensor measurements and output instances of sensor data, generate and output reporting packets, and transmit the reporting packets to the edge device via the self-configuring sensor kit network in accordance with a first communication protocol. The edge device receives reporting packets from the plurality of sensors via the self-configuring sensor kit network and transmits sensor kit packets to a backend system via a public network, wherein the sensor kit packets are based on a compressed block of media content frames indicative of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cella, Teymour El-Tahry, Richard Spitz, Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Gerald William Duffy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220191282
    Abstract: A system can include a backend system and a sensor kit configured to monitor an industrial setting. The sensor kit can include an edge device and a plurality of sensors that capture sensor data and transmit the sensor data via a self-configuring sensor kit network. At least one sensor can capture sensor measurements and output instances of sensor data, generate and output reporting packets, and transmit the reporting packets to the edge device via the self-configuring sensor kit network in accordance with a first communication protocol. The edge device receives reporting packets from the plurality of sensors via the self-configuring sensor kit network and transmits sensor kit packets to the backend system via a public network. The backend system can include a processing system and a storage system, where the processing system performs backend operations on the sensor data and the storage systems stores the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cella, Teymour El-Tahry, Richard Spitz, Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Gerald William Duffy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220191281
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an industrial setting using a sensor kit having a plurality of sensors and an edge device including a processing system can include receiving, by the processing system, reporting packets from one or more respective sensors of the plurality of sensors, wherein each reporting packet includes routing data and one or more instances of sensor data; generating, by the processing system, a block of media content frames, wherein each media content frame includes a plurality of frame values, each frame value being indicative of a respective instance of sensor data; compressing, by the processing system, the block of media content frames using a media codec to obtain a compressed block; generating, by the processing system, one or more server kit packets based on the compressed block; and transmitting, by the processing system, the one or more server kit packets to a backend system via a public network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cella, Teymour El-Tahry, Richard Spitz, Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Gerald William Duffy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220191283
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an underwater industrial setting using a sensor kit having a plurality of sensors and an edge device can include receiving, by an edge processing system of the edge device, reporting packets from the plurality of sensors via a self-configuring sensor kit network. Each reporting packet can include routing data and one or more instances of sensor data. The method can further include performing one or more edge operations on the sensor data and generating one or more sensor kit packets based on the edge operations. The method can include transmitting the sensor kit packets to a backend system via a public network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cella, Teymour El-Tahry, Richard Spitz, Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Gerald William Duffy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220187822
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. An expert graphical user interface showing representations of components of an industrial machine to which sensors are attach is disclosed. The user interface may enable a user to select at least one of the components resulting in a search of a database of industrial machine failure modes for modes that correspond to the selected component. The corresponding failure mode may be presented to the user. The selection of the component may cause a controller to reference and implement a data collection template for configuring the system to automatically collect data from sensors associated with the selected component to detect at least one of the corresponding failure modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20220191285
    Abstract: A system and associated method configured for monitoring an industrial setting is disclosed. The sensor kit can include an edge device and a plurality of sensors that capture sensor data and transmit the sensor data via a self-configuring sensor kit network. At least one sensor can capture sensor measurements and output instances of sensor data, generate and output reporting packets, and transmit the reporting packets to the edge device via the self-configuring sensor kit network in accordance with a first communication protocol. The edge device receives reporting packets from the plurality of sensors via the self-configuring sensor kit network, generates a data block based on the sensor data, and transmits the data block to one or more node computing devices that collectively store a distributed ledger that is comprised of a plurality of data blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cella, Teymour El-Tahry, Richard Spitz, Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Gerald William Duffy, JR.
  • Patent number: 11360459
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for network sensitive data collection are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment can include a plurality of input sensors operatively coupled to a component of an industrial environment and a data collector having a controller. The controller may include: a transmission environment circuit to determine a transmission condition corresponding to transmission of a subset of output data, a network management circuit to update a sensor data transmission protocol, a data collection band circuit to determine at least one collection parameter, a machine learning data analysis circuit to receive output data and learn at least one output data pattern, and a response circuit to adjust an operating parameter of the component based on one of a mismatch or a match of the at least one output data pattern and the state of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20220176037
    Abstract: An infusion pump system and method provide concurrent infusion with common line auto flush. The infusion pump system has a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a junction, a mixing chamber, a common line having one end in fluid connection with the mixing chamber and having a terminal fluid delivery end, and an infusion pump. The method includes infusing the first fluid at a first rate along a first flow path; determining a common line flush volume value for the common line; switching to a concurrent infusion mode to drive a combination of the first fluid and the second fluid at the first rate along a second flow path including the common line; monitoring a volume of the combination of the first and second fluids driven at the first rate; and driving the combination of the first and second fluids at a combined rate along the second flow path when the monitored volume is equal to or greater than the common line flush volume value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: James Duane Jacobson, Gerald William Brann
  • Patent number: 11353851
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. A data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input sensors, a peak detection circuit structured to determine at least one peak value in response to the plurality of detection values and a peak response circuit structured to perform at least one operation in response to the at least one peak value are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11353852
    Abstract: Systems, methods and an apparatus for data monitoring. A system may include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit; a data storage circuit structured to store specifications and anticipated state information for a plurality of pump and fan types; an analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values relative to specifications and anticipated state information to determine a pump or fan performance parameter; and a response circuit structured to initiate an action in response to the pump or fan performance parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11353850
    Abstract: System for data collection and monitoring in an industrial environment are disclosed. A data acquisition circuit may interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors. A data storage circuit may store sensor specifications, anticipated state information and detected values for use by a signal evaluation to determine a sensor overload status, a sensor fault status or a sensor validity value of at least one sensor in response to the plurality of detection values and at least one of an anticipated state information or a sensor specification. A response circuit may perform an operation in response to one of a sensor overload status, a sensor health status, or a sensor validity status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11347215
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment including a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein at least one input channel is connected to a high data rate source; a data storage structured to store detection parameters for the plurality of input channels, wherein a high data rate detection parameter is stored, wherein the high data rate detection parameter comprises at least a portion of data from the high data rate source; a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values by evaluating a data handling constraint of the monitoring system with respect to the high data rate detection parameter; and a response circuit structured to adjust a data selection parameter to thereby adjust a data volume handled by the monitoring system in response to the data handling constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11347205
    Abstract: An apparatus, methods and systems for network-sensitive data collection related to a process in an industrial environment are disclosed. The system can include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels and to a network infrastructure, each of the plurality of input channels communicatively coupled to at least one sensor of the industrial environment, a data storage circuit structured to store a plurality of collector routes and wherein the data collector receives collected data from the plurality of input channels utilizing a collector route, a data analysis circuit structured to determine a data collection quality parameter and interpret the collected data to determine a state value of the industrial environment and an analysis response circuit structured to adjust the selected one of the plurality of collector routes in response to one of the data collection quality parameter or the state value of the industrial environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11347206
    Abstract: Methods and systems for data collection in a chemical or pharmaceutical production process with haptic feedback and control of data communication are disclosed. A system can include a data collector to collect data from plurality of input channels based on a selected data collection routine, a data storage to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data, wherein the plurality of collector routes each includes a different data collection routine, a data acquisition circuit to interpret the collected data and determine an occurrence of an anomalous condition, a data analysis circuit to analyze the collected data by evaluating a data communication constraint of the monitoring system and adjusting a volume of collected data communicated between the input channels and the data storage, and a haptic user device for generating a haptic stimulation in response to an occurrence of a specified anomalous condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20220163959
    Abstract: A platform for updating one or more properties of one or more digital twins including receiving a request for one or more digital twins; retrieving the one or more digital twins required to fulfill the request from a digital twin datastore; retrieving one or more dynamic models corresponding to one or more properties that are depicted in the one or more digital twins indicated by the request; selecting data sources from a set of available data sources based on the one or more inputs of the one or more dynamic models; obtaining data from selected data sources; determining one or more outputs using the retrieved data as one or more inputs to the one or more dynamic models; and updating the one or more properties of the one or more digital twins based on the one or more outputs of the one or more dynamic models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles H. Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Teymour S. El-Tahry, Andrew Cardno, Jenna Parenti
  • Publication number: 20220163960
    Abstract: A platform for updating one or more properties of one or more digital twins including receiving a request for one or more digital twins; retrieving the one or more digital twins required to fulfill the request from a digital twin datastore; retrieving one or more dynamic models corresponding to one or more properties that are depicted in the one or more digital twins indicated by the request; selecting data sources from a set of available data sources based on the one or more inputs of the one or more dynamic models; obtaining data from selected data sources; determining one or more outputs using the retrieved data as one or more inputs to the one or more dynamic models; and updating the one or more properties of the one or more digital twins based on the one or more outputs of the one or more dynamic models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles H. Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Teymour S. El-Tahry, Andrew Cardno, Jenna Parenti
  • Patent number: 11340589
    Abstract: Methods and systems for data collection in an industrial environment include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein at least one of the input channels is connected to a vibration detection facility coupled to a plurality of vibration components. A data storage stores a plurality of vibration patterns for the plurality of vibration components in a library of vibration patterns. A data acquisition circuit interprets a plurality of detection values, each comprising a representation of collected data corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels. A data analysis circuit analyzes the plurality of detection values to determine if one of the plurality of vibration components has a recognized vibration pattern corresponding to a stored vibration pattern from the library of vibration patterns. A response circuit adjusts a process of the environment in response to the vibration component having the recognized vibration pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11340573
    Abstract: The methods and systems for data collection, processing, and utilization of signals with a platform monitoring at least a first element in a first machine in an industrial environment generally include obtaining, automatically with a computing environment, at least a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal with a local data collection system that monitors at least the first machine and connecting a first input of a crosspoint switch of the local data collection system to a first sensor and a second input of the crosspoint switch to a second sensor in the local data collection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin