Patents by Inventor Harry R. Kolar

Harry R. Kolar 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: 11189178
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer program products for remote monitoring of devices. The method includes causing a launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV is instructed to fly a path that is optimized to read optical signals from a set of one or more devices. Data is received from the UAV, the data corresponding to the optical signals read from the set of one or more devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Michael R. Kelly, Harry R. Kolar, Jessie Yu
  • Patent number: 10969518
    Abstract: An aspect includes aggregating a plurality of disparate datasets into a document store with semi-structured attributes, with each document in the document store specifying a geospatial location and a value of an environmental parameter at the geospatial location. The document store includes a plurality of documents specifying a plurality of different geo spatial locations and different environmental parameters, and the environmental parameters include a climatological parameter. Niche model layers are generated for the different environmental parameters at the geospatial locations. The niche models include a model layer for each of the different environmental parameters. A future geospatial location of a species is predicted based on environmental attributes of the species and contents of the niche model layers. The predicted future geospatial location of the species overlaid on a geographic map is output to a requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Matthew M. Klawonn, Harry R. Kolar
  • Patent number: 10635702
    Abstract: An aspect includes aggregating a plurality of disparate datasets into a document store with semi-structured attributes that includes a plurality of documents specifying a plurality of different geo spatial locations and a plurality of different environmental parameters. Niche model layers are generated for the environmental parameters at the geospatial locations based on contents of the document store. The niche model layers include a model layer for each of the different environmental parameters. An additional niche model layer is created for a derived environmental parameter at the geospatial locations based at least in part on one of the previously generated niche model layers. A future geospatial location of a species is predicted based on environmental attributes of the species and contents of at least a subset of the niche model layers. The predicted future geospatial location of the species overlaid on a geographic map is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Matthew M. Klawonn, Harry R. Kolar
  • Patent number: 10120103
    Abstract: A system for mapping a thermocline in a body of fluid includes a thermocline detection and monitoring module, a persistent data storage module; and a plurality of distributed sensors, including intelligent sensors, connected with the at least one thermocline detection and monitoring module and the persistent data storage module by one or more control-level programming and communication methods. The thennocline detection and monitoring module can monitor the thermocline at sampling intervals to collect and fuse measurement data from the plurality of sensors to capture thermocline changes as events, correlate measurement data and events, store measurement data in the persistent data storage module along with previously acquired measurement data for comparison and tracking, characterize the thermocline as a function of spatial location, depth, and time, create and maintain reports that describe the thermocline characteristics, status, trends, and provide multimodal notifications of events to different users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Michael Kelly, Harry R. Kolar, Michael L. Passow
  • Publication number: 20180293896
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer program products for remote monitoring of devices. The method includes causing a launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV is instructed to fly a path that is optimized to read optical signals from a set of one or more devices. Data is received from the UAV, the data corresponding to the optical signals read from the set of one or more devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Michael R. Kelly, Harry R. Kolar, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20180173820
    Abstract: An aspect includes aggregating a plurality of disparate datasets into a document store with semi-structured attributes that includes a plurality of documents specifying a plurality of different geo spatial locations and a plurality of different environmental parameters. Niche model layers are generated for the environmental parameters at the geospatial locations based on contents of the document store. The niche model layers include a model layer for each of the different environmental parameters. An additional niche model layer is created for a derived environmental parameter at the geospatial locations based at least in part on one of the previously generated niche model layers. A future geospatial location of a species is predicted based on environmental attributes of the species and contents of at least a subset of the niche model layers. The predicted future geospatial location of the species overlaid on a geographic map is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Matthew M. Klawonn, Harry R. Kolar
  • Publication number: 20180089346
    Abstract: An aspect includes aggregating a plurality of disparate datasets into a document store with semi-structured attributes, with each document in the document store specifying a geospatial location and a value of an environmental parameter at the geospatial location. The document store includes a plurality of documents specifying a plurality of different geospatial locations and different environmental parameters, and the environmental parameters include a climatological parameter. Niche model layers are generated for the different environmental parameters at the geospatial locations. The niche models include a model layer for each of the different environmental parameters. A future geospatial location of a species is predicted based on environmental attributes of the species and contents of the niche model layers. The predicted future geospatial location of the species overlaid on a geographic map is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Matthew M. Klawonn, Harry R. Kolar
  • Publication number: 20180089350
    Abstract: An aspect includes aggregating a plurality of disparate datasets into a document store with semi-structured attributes, with each document in the document store specifying a geospatial location and a value of an environmental parameter at the geospatial location. The document store includes a plurality of documents specifying a plurality of different geo spatial locations and different environmental parameters, and the environmental parameters include a climatological parameter. Niche model layers are generated for the different environmental parameters at the geospatial locations. The niche models include a model layer for each of the different environmental parameters. A future geospatial location of a species is predicted based on environmental attributes of the species and contents of the niche model layers. The predicted future geospatial location of the species overlaid on a geographic map is output to a requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Matthew M. Klawonn, Harry R. Kolar
  • Patent number: 9928319
    Abstract: An aspect includes aggregating a plurality of disparate datasets into a document store with semi-structured attributes, with each document in the document store specifying a geospatial location and a value of an environmental parameter at the geospatial location. The document store includes a plurality of documents specifying a plurality of different geo spatial locations and different environmental parameters, and the environmental parameters include a climatological parameter. Niche model layers are generated for the different environmental parameters at the geospatial locations. The niche models include a model layer for each of the different environmental parameters. A future geospatial location of a species is predicted based on environmental attributes of the species and contents of the niche model layers. The predicted future geospatial location of the species overlaid on a geographic map is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Matthew M. Klawonn, Harry R. Kolar
  • Publication number: 20170192124
    Abstract: A system for mapping a thermocline in a body of fluid includes a thermocline detection and monitoring module, a persistent data storage module; and a plurality of distributed sensors, including intelligent sensors, connected with the at least one thermocline detection and monitoring module and the persistent data storage module by one or more control-level programming and communication methods. The thennocline detection and monitoring module can monitor the thermocline at sampling intervals to collect and fuse measurement data from the plurality of sensors to capture thermocline changes as events, correlate measurement data and events, store measurement data in the persistent data storage module along with previously acquired measurement data for comparison and tracking, characterize the thermocline as a function of spatial location, depth, and time, create and maintain reports that describe the thermocline characteristics, status, trends, and provide multimodal notifications of events to different users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: HARRY R. KOLAR, MICHAEL KELLY, ELI M. DOW, MICHAEL L. PASSOW
  • Patent number: 9575554
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes a method, a system and a computer program product. The method includes measuring a first data with a sensor, the sensor and operatively coupled computing resources having at least two power states, an operating power state and a low power state, the low power state consuming less energy than the operating power state. A first time period is determined for measuring a second data, the first time period being based at least in part on the first data. The sensor is operated, and operatively coupled computing resources at the low power state during the first time period, wherein no data measurements are acquired during the first time period. The sensor is changed to the operating power state at an expiration of the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Michael R. Kelly, Harry R. Kolar, Michael L. Passow
  • Patent number: 9514256
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes calculating, by a processor of a computer system, a value for a turbulent flow parameter in a simulated model comprising an initial turbulent flow scheme for an advection-diffusion process; determining, by the processor of the computer system, that the value for the turbulent flow parameter has exceeded a predetermined threshold; conducting, by the processor of the computer system, a search to identify search results for other turbulent flow schemes which match the value of the turbulent flow parameter; determining, by the processor of the computer system, a quantified level of information confidence for the search results; annotating, by the processor of the computer system, the search results with the quantified level of information confidence; and selecting, by the processor of the computer system, a new turbulent flow scheme corresponding to the search result having the highest quantified level of information confidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harry R. Kolar, Noreen O'Brien, Fearghal O'Donncha, Emanuele Ragnoli
  • Patent number: 9395219
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes arranging two or more sensor nodes into a ring monitor. Each sensor node of the ring monitor is coupled to a sensor and cross-monitors at least one other sensor node in the ring monitor. A request is received to add a new sensor node. A spatial partitioning of a plane is generated, by a computer processor, representing locations of the new sensor node and the two or more sensor nodes in the ring monitor. The spatial partitioning includes a plurality of regions, each region corresponding to a sensor node. Two or more adjacent sensor nodes are selected from the two or more sensor nodes in the ring monitor, based at least in part on the spatial partitioning. The two or more adjacent sensor nodes are instructed to monitor the new sensor node, which is instructed to monitor each of the two or more adjacent sensor nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Michael R. Kelly, Harry R. Kolar, Michael L. Passow
  • Patent number: 8340830
    Abstract: A solution for managing an asset, such as a movable asset, deployed to a fixed location, is provided. Location and/or power information is periodically acquired for the asset and assessed to determine whether the asset has moved from a desired physical area and/or the power is insufficient to continue with planned operations. In response to either condition, the operation of various devices on the asset can be adjusted to minimize an inferred risk caused by the asset moving outside of the physical area and/or maximize an inferred probability of recovering the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremiah P. Hayes, Harry R. Kolar
  • Publication number: 20120253746
    Abstract: A solution for managing an asset is provided. A set of sensing devices associated with the asset are operated independent of a user to acquire sensor data. At least some of the sensor data is evaluated using a computer system associated with the asset to determine whether any sensor data in at least a portion of the sensor data is suspect. In response to a determination that at least a portion of the evaluated sensor data is suspect, an action is initiated by the computer system associated with the asset. The action can include adjusting additional processing of the sensor data, adjusting interaction between the computer system and at least one other system remote from the asset, and/or adjusting management operations of the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Harry R. Kolar
  • Publication number: 20120072038
    Abstract: A solution for managing an asset, such as a movable asset, deployed to a fixed location, is provided. Location and/or power information is periodically acquired for the asset and assessed to determine whether the asset has moved from a desired physical area and/or the power is insufficient to continue with planned operations. In response to either condition, the operation of various devices on the asset can be adjusted to minimize an inferred risk caused by the asset moving outside of the physical area and/or maximize an inferred probability of recovering the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harry R. Kolar, Jeremiah P. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20100014748
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting data during processing of a structure, such as a semiconductor wafer, which includes data collection devices or sensors positioned in a processing chamber for processing the wafer. The data collection sensors may operate at speeds of about 10 Hertz (Hz). A controller communicates and receives data from the data collection sensors. A data processing device communicates with the controller for receiving and processing the data, and the data processing device analyzes the data and determines at least one process response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark L. Reath, Justin W. Wong, Steven Catlett, Michael L. Passow, Harry R. Kolar