Patents by Inventor James H. Garrett, Jr.

James H. Garrett, Jr. 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: 9429960
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, in one aspect, retrieving HVAC system information; converting the retrieved HVAC system information from one or more first data formats to a second data format; storing the converted HVAC system information; identifying first portions of the stored HVAC system information that pertain to a particular component; and generating one or more associations among the identified, first portions of the stored HVAC system information; receiving a request for HVAC system information that is used by a performance analysis algorithm; determining a type of component of the HVAC system that is related to the requested HVAC system information; and identifying one or more items of the stored HVAC system information that is of the requested HVAC system information; and transmitting the identified one or more items of the stored HVAC system information for use in execution of the performance analysis algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Xuesong Liu, Burcu Akinci, Mario Berges, James H. Garrett, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140089209
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, in one aspect, receiving a request for a spatial analysis of building behavior of an entity within a building facility; retrieving building maintenance information about the entity within the building facility; accessing a building information model for the building facility; identifying a portion of the building information model that pertains to the entity; and based on the retrieved building maintenance information and the identified portion of the building information model, generating the spatial analysis of the building behavior for the entity within the building facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Asli Akcamete, Burcu Akinci, Xuesong Liu, James H. Garrett, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140067133
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, in one aspect, retrieving HVAC system information; converting the retrieved HVAC system information from one or more first data formats to a second data format; storing the converted HVAC system information; identifying first portions of the stored HVAC system information that pertain to a particular component; and generating one or more associations among the identified, first portions of the stored HVAC system information; receiving a request for HVAC system information that is used by a performance analysis algorithm; determining a type of component of the HVAC system that is related to the requested HVAC system information; and identifying one or more items of the stored HVAC system information that is of the requested HVAC system information; and transmitting the identified one or more items of the stored HVAC system information for use in execution of the performance analysis algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Camegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Xuesong Liu, Burcu Akinci, Mario Berges, James H. Garrett, JR.
  • Patent number: 5448484
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a neural network-based system for detecting the presence of a vehicle within a traffic scene. The vehicle detection system comprises an apparatus for producing an image signal representative of an image of the traffic scene and a trainable neural network for identifying the presence of a vehicle within the traffic scene. The present invention is also directed to a method for detecting the presence of a vehicle within a traffic scene. The vehicle detection method includes the steps of producing an image signal representative of an image of the traffic scene, collecting a training set of these image signals, training a neural network from this training set of image signals to correctly identify the presence of a vehicle within the traffic scene and performing surveillance of the traffic scene with the trained neural network to detect the presence of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Inventors: Darcy M. Bullock, James H. Garrett, Jr., Chris T. Hendrickson