Patents by Inventor Hendrik F. Hamann

Hendrik F. Hamann 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).

  • SEGMENTED VARIABLE RATE DRIP IRRIGATION
    Publication number: 20160165817
    Abstract: A segmented variable drip irrigation system, comprised of a first horizontally disposed conduit and a second horizontally disposed conduit encompassing the first horizontally disposed conduit. The first horizontally disposed conduit passes through a forward end section, a middle section and exits through a rear end section of the second horizontally disposed conduit. The second horizontally disposed conduit contains a drain mounted to its end, at least one flow control valve and a plurality of drip emitters connected to the second horizontally disposed conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente Klein, Michael A. Schappert
  • INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VARIABLE RATE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160157443
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for deploying infrastructures for variable rate water distribution systems. Embodiments of the present invention can afford users with the ability to control water distribution as well as modify existing infrastructures to meet dynamic target water distribution area demands. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention may be used to provide users with accessibility to components for expedited servicing, modification, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente Klein, Fernando J. Marianno
  • REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160139607
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for performing diagnostics on water distribution systems (e.g., automated drip-line irrigation systems). Embodiments of the present invention can afford users with the ability to identify defective components based on the diagnostics. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention provide users with additional information in regard to potential causes and trends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Nigel C. P. Hinds, Levente Klein, Fernando J. Marianno, Ronald F. Ridgeway, JR.
  • TARGETED IRRIGATION USING A CENTRAL PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH A SENSOR NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160088807
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of optical sensors located along at least one pipe segment of a rotating arm that pivots around an irrigation area of a field, the plurality of optical sensors continuously monitors soil and vegetation conditions and transmits sensed data to a central computer, and a plurality of in-ground sensors scattered in the irrigation area of the field, the plurality of in-ground sensors continuously monitors soil conditions and transmits sensed data to a plurality of gateway devices located in the rotating arm, the plurality of gateway devices transmits data from the plurality of in-ground sensors to the central computer where data from the plurality of optical sensors and the plurality of in-ground sensors is integrated with external data to determine water and fertilizer needs based on which an irrigation schedule is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente Klein, Fernando J. Marianno
  • SCHEDULING COST EFFICIENT DATACENTER LOAD DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20160087909
    Abstract: A method for scheduling cost efficient data center load distribution is described. The method includes receiving a task to be performed by computing resources within a set of data centers. The method further includes determining, all available data centers to perform the task. The method further includes determining lowest computing cost task schedule from available data centers. The method further includes scheduling the task to be completed at an available data center with the lowest cost computing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Aveek N. Chatterjee, Hendrik F. Hamann, Shankar Km, Siyuan Lu, Kota V. R. M. Murali
  • Provisioning aggregate computational workloads and air conditioning unit configurations to optimize utility of air conditioning units and processing resources within a data center
    Patent number: 9286135
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for provisioning aggregate computational workloads and air conditioning unit configurations to optimize utility of air conditioning units and processing resources within a data center are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rajarshi Das, Hendrik F. Hamann, Vanessa Lopez-Marrero, Andriy Stepanchuk, Srinivas Yarlanki
  • Data center thermal management
    Patent number: 9258932
    Abstract: Historical high-spatial-resolution temperature data and dynamic temperature sensor measurement data may be used to predict temperature. A first formulation may be derived based on the historical high-spatial-resolution temperature data for determining a temperature at any point in 3-dimensional space. The dynamic temperature sensor measurement data may be calibrated based on the historical high-spatial-resolution temperature data at a corresponding historical time. Sensor temperature data at a plurality of sensor locations may be predicted for a future time based on the calibrated dynamic temperature sensor measurement data. A three-dimensional temperature spatial distribution associated with the future time may be generated based on the forecasted sensor temperature data and the first formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Hongfei Li
  • Irrigation system
    Patent number: 9241449
    Abstract: A method of operating a drip irrigation system is provided and includes providing drip irrigation lines aside a diverter line with T-junctions interleaved between adjacent ones of the drip irrigation lines and each T-junction including a three-way line coupled to the diverter line, a check valve operably disposable between the three-way line and a downstream end of an upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to permit fluid flow in only a forward direction and a controllable valve operably disposable between the three-way line and an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente L. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert
  • IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160007547
    Abstract: An irrigation system is provided and includes a main irrigation line, one or more lateral driplines, each lateral dripline being divided into zones and including a plurality of emitters at each zone and a plurality of controllable valves disposed along each of the one or more lateral driplines at zone borders. Each one of the plurality of controllable valves is actuatable to activate corresponding emitters in the associated zone in a zone by zone cycle and each one of the plurality of emitters is replaceable to vary an amount of deliverable fluid by the zone by zone cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente I. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert
  • IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160000023
    Abstract: An irrigation system is provided and includes a main irrigation line, one or more lateral driplines, each lateral dripline being divided into zones and including a plurality of emitters at each zone and a plurality of controllable valves disposed along each of the one or more lateral driplines at zone borders. Each one of the plurality of controllable valves is actuatable to activate corresponding emitters in the associated zone in a zone by zone cycle and each one of the plurality of emitters is replaceable to vary an amount of deliverable fluid by the zone by zone cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente I. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert
  • CONTROLLABLE EMITTER
    Publication number: 20160000024
    Abstract: A controllable emitter of an irrigation apparatus including a drip line and a control station configured to control a pressure of pressurized fluid in the drip line is provided. The controllable emitter is disposable along the drip line and includes a container coupled to the drip line, the container being formed to define an interior and including an inlet through which the pressurized fluid is receivable in the interior from the drip line and an outlet through which the pressurized fluid is exhaustible from the interior, a piston, including a magnetic element, disposed at least partially in the container to occupy a position in accordance with the pressure of the pressurized fluid and a sensor configured to sense a position of the magnetic element and to communicate a sensed position to the control station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente I. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert, Alejandro G. Schrott
  • IRRIGATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160000025
    Abstract: A method of operating a drip irrigation system is provided and includes providing drip irrigation lines aside a diverter line with T-junctions interleaved between adjacent ones of the drip irrigation lines and each T-junction including a three-way line coupled to the diverter line, a check valve operably disposable between the three-way line and a downstream end of an upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to permit fluid flow in only a forward direction and a controllable valve operably disposable between the three-way line and an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente I. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert
  • Provisioning aggregate computational workloads and air conditioning unit configurations to optimize utility of air conditioning units and processing resources within a data center
    Patent number: 9229786
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for provisioning aggregate computational workloads and air conditioning unit configurations to optimize utility of air conditioning units and processing resources within a data center are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rajarshi Das, Hendrik F. Hamann, Vanessa Lopez-Marrero, Andriy Stepanchuk, Srinivas Yarlanki
  • Meteorological parameter forecasting
    Patent number: 9229132
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for forecasting a meteorological parameter. The method includes analyzing geographically distributed sensor network data to assess spatial and temporal variation of a meteorological parameter in real-time, correlating at least two portions of data from the sensor network to identify a temporal and spatial evolution of the meteorological parameter, and forecasting the meteorological parameter based on the temporal and spatial evolution of the meteorological parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Supratik Guha, Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente Klein
  • Method for early detection of cooling-loss events
    Patent number: 9218733
    Abstract: A method of detecting cooling-loss event early is provided. The method includes defining a relative humidity limit and change threshold for a given space, measuring relative humidity in the given space, determining, with a processing unit, whether the measured relative humidity is within the defined relative humidity limit, generating a warning in an event the measured relative humidity is outside the defined relative humidity limit and determining whether a change in the measured relative humidity is less than the defined change threshold for the given space and generating an alarm in an event the change is greater than the defined change threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio A. Bermudez, Hendrik F. Hamann, Fernando J. Marianno
  • MULTI-MODEL BLENDING
    Publication number: 20150347922
    Abstract: A method and a system to perform multi-model blending are described. The method includes obtaining one or more sets of predictions of historical conditions, the historical conditions corresponding with a time T that is historical in reference to current time, and the one or more sets of predictions of the historical conditions being output by one or more models. The method also includes obtaining actual historical conditions, the actual historical conditions being measured conditions at the time T, assembling a training data set including designating the two or more set of predictions of historical conditions as predictor variables and the actual historical conditions as response variables, and training a machine learning algorithm based on the training data set. The method further includes obtaining a blended model based on the machine learning algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Youngdeok Hwang, Theodore G. van Kessel, Ildar K. Khabibrakhmanov, Siyuan Lu, Ramachandran Muralidhar
  • Controllable emitter
    Patent number: 9179610
    Abstract: A controllable emitter of an irrigation apparatus including a drip line and a control station configured to control a pressure of pressurized fluid in the drip line is provided. The controllable emitter is disposable along the drip line and includes a container coupled to the drip line, the container being formed to define an interior and including an inlet through which the pressurized fluid is receivable in the interior from the drip line and an outlet through which the pressurized fluid is exhaustible from the interior, a piston, including a magnetic element, disposed at least partially in the container to occupy a position in accordance with the pressure of the pressurized fluid and a sensor configured to sense a position of the magnetic element and to communicate a sensed position to the control station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente L. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert, Alejandro G. Schrott
  • Unified and flexible control of multiple data center cooling mechanisms
    Patent number: 9176483
    Abstract: Techniques are described for controlling the climate in a data center. Using the input of an administrator, multiple desired attributes of a data center (e.g., temperature, energy consumption, costs, or system performance) may be balanced using a utility function that maximizes the utility of the computing systems in the data center according to the administrator's preferences. Additionally, a cooling model is generated that represents the affect of a control parameter (e.g., the fan speed of a CRAC) on the desire attributes of the data center. The cooling model may then be substituted into the utility function to replace the desired attributes. Using this new utility function, the control parameters may be varied such that the maximum utility is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tony A. Bentivegna, Brad L. Brech, Rajarshi Das, Murthy V. Devarakonda, Hendrik F. Hamann, Jeffrey O. Kephart, Bret W. Lehman, Jonathan Lenchner, Christopher L. Molloy
  • Irrigation system and method
    Patent number: 9173354
    Abstract: A method of operating an irrigation system is provided and includes coupling one or more lateral driplines to a main irrigation line, dividing each lateral dripline into zones and providing each lateral dripline with a plurality of replaceable emitters at each zone, disposing a plurality of controllable valves along each of the one or more lateral driplines at zone borders and actuating each one of the plurality of controllable valves to thereby activate corresponding emitters in the associated zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente I. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert
  • Irrigation system
    Patent number: 9173353
    Abstract: An irrigation system including a diverter line is provided. The system includes drip irrigation lines, T-junctions interleaved between adjacent drip irrigation lines, each T-junction including a three-way line coupled to the diverter line, a check valve operably disposable between the three-way line and a downstream end of an upstream one of the drip irrigation lines to permit fluid flow in only a forward direction and a controllable valve operably disposable between the three-way line and an upstream end of a downstream one of the drip irrigation lines. The controllable valve is operable to permit fluid flow in only the forward direction and to prevent the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente L. Klein, Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Michael A. Schappert