Patents by Inventor Jack T. Gregg

Jack T. Gregg 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).

  • Apparatus and method for monitoring sound in a process system
    Patent number: 8824691
    Abstract: A method for monitoring sound in a process system is provided that includes sensing sound at a specified location, capturing the sensed sound as sound data, and forwarding the sound data from the specified location to a process control system. The sound data is analyzed at the process control system and a determination is made regarding whether or not to issue a warning based on the analysis of the sound data. For a particular embodiment, the analysis of the sound data includes comparing the sound data to at least one stored sound, and the determination regarding whether or not to issue a warning based on the analysis of the sound data is made based on a level of similarity between the sound data and the stored sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Jack T. Gregg
  • Wireless temperature sensor for obtaining temperature profiles in a mixing vessel
    Patent number: 7846397
    Abstract: A wireless temperature sensor for use in monitoring the temperature of a fluid or gas in a mixing vessel. The wireless temperature sensor comprises a temperature probe for contacting the fluid or gas and generating a signal based on the gas/fluid temperature; a temperature reader for receiving the signal generated by the temperature probe and determining therefrom a temperature reading of the fluid or gas; and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver for transmitting the temperature reading determined by the temperature reader to a control apparatus external to the mixing vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jack T. Gregg, Soroush Amidi
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SOUND IN A PROCESS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090196431
    Abstract: A method for monitoring sound in a process system is provided that includes sensing sound at a specified location, capturing the sensed sound as sound data, and forwarding the sound data from the specified location to a process control system. The sound data is analyzed at the process control system and a determination is made regarding whether or not to issue a warning based on the analysis of the sound data. For a particular embodiment, the analysis of the sound data includes comparing the sound data to at least one stored sound, and the determination regarding whether or not to issue a warning based on the analysis of the sound data is made based on a level of similarity between the sound data and the stored sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Jack T. Gregg
  • Wireless temperature sensor for obtaining temperature profiles in a mixing vessel
    Publication number: 20090092522
    Abstract: A wireless temperature sensor for use in monitoring the temperature of a fluid or gas in a mixing vessel. The wireless temperature sensor comprises a temperature probe for contacting the fluid or gas and generating a signal based on the gas/fluid temperature; a temperature reader for receiving the signal generated by the temperature probe and determining therefrom a temperature reading of the fluid or gas; and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver for transmitting the temperature reading determined by the temperature reader to a control apparatus external to the mixing vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jack T. Gregg, Soroush Amidi