Patents by Inventor John Michael Lizzi
John Michael Lizzi 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).
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Publication number: 20190134821Abstract: A robotic system includes a controller configured to obtain image data from one or more optical sensors and to determine one or more of a location and/or pose of a vehicle component based on the image data. The controller also is configured to determine a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the image data and to determine tasks to be performed by components of the robotic system to perform maintenance on the vehicle component. The controller also is configured to assign the tasks to the components of the robotic system and to communicate control signals to the components of the robotic system to autonomously control the robotic system to perform the maintenance on the vehicle component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Romano Patrick, Shiraj Sen, Arpit Jain, Huan Tan, Yonatan Gefen, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu, Pramod Sharma, Balajee Kannan, Viktor Holovashchenko, Douglas Forman, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Tai-Peng Tian
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Publication number: 20190137995Abstract: An asset inspection system includes a robot and a server. The server receives a request for data from the robot, wherein the requested data comprises an algorithm, locates the requested data in a database stored on the server, encrypts the requested data, and transmits the requested data to the robot. The robot is configured to collect inspection data corresponding to an asset based at least in part on the requested data and transmit the collected inspection data to the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Huan Tan, Li Zhang, Romano Patrick, Viktor Holovashchenko, Charles Burton Theurer, John Michael Lizzi, JR.
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Patent number: 10272573Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an automation system. The systems and methods calculate a motion trajectory of a manipulator and an end-effector. The end-effector is configured to grasp a target object. The motion trajectory defines successive positions of the manipulator and the end-effector along a plurality of via-points toward the target object. The systems and methods further acquire force/torque (F/T) data from an F/T sensor associated with the end-effector, and adjusts the motion trajectory based on the F/T data.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Douglas Forman, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Romano Patrick, Balajee Kannan, Yonatan Gefen
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Patent number: 10252424Abstract: A robot system and method are provided that move an articulable arm relative to a target object. Perception information corresponding to a position of the arm relative to the target object is acquired. Movement of the arm is controlled based on the perception information. After movement of the arm, predicted position information representative of a predicted positioning of the arm is provided using the perception information and control signal information. The arm is subsequently controlled using the predicted position information.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Theurer, Tai-Peng Tian, Balajee Kannan
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Publication number: 20180361586Abstract: A locomotive control system may include first and second robotic machines and a task manager. The first and second robotic machines have respective first and second sets of capabilities for interacting with a surrounding environment. The task manager selects the first and second robotic machines from a group to perform a task based on the first and second sets of capabilities of the robotic machines. The task involves manipulating and/or inspecting a target object of a vehicle. The task manager assigns a first sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the first robotic machine and a second sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the second robotic machine. The first and second robotic machines are configured to coordinate performance of the first sequence of sub-tasks by the first robotic machine with performance of the second sequence of sub-tasks by the second robotic machine to accomplish the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Romano Patrick
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Patent number: 10065317Abstract: A system includes first and second robotic machines and a task manager. The first and second robotic machines have respective first and second sets of capabilities for interacting with a surrounding environment. The task manager selects the first and second robotic machines from a group to perform a task based on the first and second sets of capabilities of the robotic machines. The task involves manipulating and/or inspecting a target object of a vehicle. The task manager assigns a first sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the first robotic machine and a second sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the second robotic machine. The first and second robotic machines are configured to coordinate performance of the first sequence of sub-tasks by the first robotic machine with performance of the second sequence of sub-tasks by the second robotic machine to accomplish the task.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Romano Patrick
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Patent number: 10046457Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method including receiving notifications from a plurality of agents, the notifications being associated with the plurality of agents sensing aspects of an environment; determining, based at least in part on the received notifications from the plurality of agents, a situational model of the environment from the notifications; determining a status of the environment based on the situational model; and reporting the status of the environment to at least one of the plurality of agents.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Justin McHugh, Kareem Sherif Aggour, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer
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Patent number: 10029372Abstract: A system includes a machine assembly, an imaging sensor, an encoder, and one or more processors. The machine assembly is movable to actuate a brake lever of a vehicle in order to open a valve of an air brake system of the vehicle. The imaging sensor acquires perception information of a working environment that includes the brake lever. The encoder detects a displaced position of the machine assembly relative to a reference position of the machine assembly. The one or more processors detect a position of the brake lever relative to the machine assembly based on the acquired perception information and the detected displacement of the arm. The one or more processors generate a motion trajectory for the machine assembly that provides a path to the brake lever. The one or more processors drive movement of the machine assembly along the motion trajectory towards the brake lever.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Douglas Forman, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Romano Patrick, Balajee Kannan, Yonatan Gefen
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Publication number: 20180174682Abstract: The system and method disclosed herein provides an integrated and automated workflow, sensor, and reasoning system that automatically detects breaches in protocols, appropriately alarms and records these breaches, facilitates staff adoption of protocol adherence, and ultimately enables the study of protocols for care comparative effectiveness. The system provides real-time alerts to medical personnel in the actual processes of care, thereby reducing the number of negative patient events and ultimately improving staff behavior with respect to protocol adherence.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Peter Henry Tu, Piero Patrone Bonissone, John Michael Lizzi, JR., Kunter Seref Akbay, Ting Yu, Corey Nicholas Bufi, Viswanath Avasarala, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Yi Yao, Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Dashan Gao
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Publication number: 20180154525Abstract: A robot system and method are provided that move an articulable arm relative to a target object. Perception information corresponding to a position of the arm relative to the target object is acquired. Movement of the arm is controlled based on the perception information. After movement of the arm, predicted position information representative of a predicted positioning of the arm is provided using the perception information and control signal information. The arm is subsequently controlled using the predicted position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Theurer, Tai-Peng Tian, Balajee Kannan
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Patent number: 9934358Abstract: The system and method disclosed herein provides an integrated and automated workflow, sensor, and reasoning system that automatically detects breaches in protocols, appropriately alarms and records these breaches, facilitates staff adoption of protocol adherence, and ultimately enables the study of protocols for care comparative effectiveness. The system provides real-time alerts to medical personnel in the actual processes of care, thereby reducing the number of negative patient events and ultimately improving staff behavior with respect to protocol adherence.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Peter Henry Tu, Piero Patrone Bonissone, John Michael Lizzi, Jr., Kunter Seref Akbay, Ting Yu, Corey Nicholas Bufi, Viswanath Avasarala, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Yi Yao, Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Dashan Gao
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Patent number: 9902071Abstract: A system is provided that includes a machine assembly, a first imaging sensor, an encoder, and one or more processors. The machine assembly is movable to actuate a brake lever of a vehicle in order to open a valve of an air brake system. The first imaging sensor is positioned to acquire two-dimensional perception information of a working environment that includes the brake lever during movement of the machine assembly towards the brake lever. The encoder detects a displacement of the machine assembly relative to a reference position of the machine assembly. The one or more processors estimate a target position of the brake lever relative to the machine assembly during movement of the machine assembly based on the two-dimensional perception information and the displacement. The one or more processors drive the movement of the machine assembly towards the target position of the brake lever.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Douglas Forman, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Romano Patrick, Balajee Kannan, Yonatan Gefen
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Patent number: 9889566Abstract: A robot system and method are provided that move an articulable arm relative to a target object. Perception information corresponding to a position of the arm relative to the target object is acquired at an acquisition rate. Movement of the arm is controlled at a control rate that is at least one of faster than or unsynchronized with the acquisition rate. Predicted position information representative of a predicted positioning of the arm is provided using the perception information. The arm is controlled using the perception information and the predicted position information.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Theurer, Tai-Peng Tian, Balajee Kannan
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Publication number: 20180001476Abstract: A system includes first and second robotic machines and a task manager. The first and second robotic machines have respective first and second sets of capabilities for interacting with a surrounding environment. The task manager selects the first and second robotic machines from a group to perform a task based on the first and second sets of capabilities of the robotic machines. The task involves manipulating and/or inspecting a target object of a vehicle. The task manager assigns a first sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the first robotic machine and a second sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the second robotic machine. The first and second robotic machines are configured to coordinate performance of the first sequence of sub-tasks by the first robotic machine with performance of the second sequence of sub-tasks by the second robotic machine to accomplish the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Romano Patrick
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Publication number: 20170364644Abstract: The system and method disclosed herein provides an integrated and automated workflow, sensor, and reasoning system that automatically detects breaches in protocols, appropriately alarms and records these breaches, facilitates staff adoption of protocol adherence, and ultimately enables the study of protocols for care comparative effectiveness. The system provides real-time alerts to medical personnel in the actual processes of care, thereby reducing the number of negative patient events and ultimately improving staff behavior with respect to protocol adherence.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Peter Henry Tu, Piero Patrone Bonissone, John Michael Lizzi, JR., Kunter Seref Akbay, Ting Yu, Corey Nicholas Bufi, Viswanath Avasarala, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Yi Yao, Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Dashan Gao
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Publication number: 20170341236Abstract: A robotic system includes a controller configured to obtain image data from one or more optical sensors and to determine one or more of a location and/or pose of a vehicle component based on the image data. The controller also is configured to determine a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the image data and to determine tasks to be performed by components of the robotic system to perform maintenance on the vehicle component. The controller also is configured to assign the tasks to the components of the robotic system and to communicate control signals to the components of the robotic system to autonomously control the robotic system to perform the maintenance on the vehicle component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Romano Patrick, Shiraj Sen, Arpit Jain, Huan Tan, Yonatan Gefen, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu, Pramod Sharma, Balajee Kannan, Viktor Holovashchenko, Douglas Forman, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Frederick Wheeler
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Publication number: 20170329307Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor operatively coupled to at least one memory. The processor receives sensor data from the at least one sensor indicating one or more characteristics of the asset. The processor generates, updates, or maintains a digital representation that models the one or more characteristics of the asset. The processor detects a defect of the asset based at least in part on the one or more characteristics. The processor generate an output signal encoding or conveying instructions to provide a recommendation to an operator, to control the at least one robot to address the defect on the asset, or both, based on the defect and the digital representation of the asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Victor Robert Abate, John Michael Lizzi, JR., Huan Tan, Charles Burton Theurer, Charles Robert Gilman, Shiraj Sen, Peter Henry Tu, Arpit Jain
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Patent number: 9799198Abstract: Method includes executing a dynamic decision-making process that includes (a) receiving environmental data and (b) determining a fused ensemble based on the environmental data and a state parameters of a current state of a machine assembly. The fused ensemble includes communications from a system interface to the operator for the state parameters. The communications inform an operator about the state parameters and includes at least one of a visual signal, an audible signal, or a tactile signal from the system interface. The decision-making process also includes (c) communicating the fused ensemble to the operator through the system interface and (d) repeating (a)-(c) while the machine assembly is in the current state. The fused ensemble is configured to change based on changes in the environmental data.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Douglas Forman, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Romano Patrick, Viktor Holovashchenko, Balajee Kannan, Yonatan Gefen
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Patent number: 9785744Abstract: The system and method disclosed herein provides an integrated and automated workflow, sensor, and reasoning system that automatically detects breaches in protocols, appropriately alarms and records these breaches, facilitates staff adoption of protocol adherence, and ultimately enables the study of protocols for care comparative effectiveness. The system provides real-time alerts to medical personnel in the actual processes of care, thereby reducing the number of negative patient events and ultimately improving staff behavior with respect to protocol adherence.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Peter Henry Tu, Piero Patrone Bonissone, John Michael Lizzi, Jr., Kunter Seref Akbay, Ting Yu, Corey Nicholas Bufi, Viswanath Avasarala, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Yi Yao, Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Dashan Gao
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Publication number: 20170178485Abstract: Method includes executing a dynamic decision-making process that includes (a) receiving environmental data and (b) determining a fused ensemble based on the environmental data and a state parameters of a current state of a machine assembly. The fused ensemble includes communications from a system interface to the operator for the state parameters. The communications inform an operator about the state parameters and includes at least one of a visual signal, an audible signal, or a tactile signal from the system interface. The decision-making process also includes (c) communicating the fused ensemble to the operator through the system interface and (d) repeating (a)-(c) while the machine assembly is in the current state. The fused ensemble is configured to change based on changes in the environmental data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Douglas Forman, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Romano Patrick, Viktor Holovashchenko, Balajee Kannan, Yonatan Gefen