Patents by Inventor Karl Joseph Minto

Karl Joseph Minto 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).

  • Multi-level controller systems and methods for controlling a physical asset
    Patent number: 10630106
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure pertain to a system that includes a high-level controller coupled to a low-level controller in an arrangement that allows the high-level controller to cooperate with the low-level controller for controlling a power generation unit. The high-level controller generates supplementary signals and/or supplementary code that is provided to a surrogate controller. The surrogate controller uses the supplementary signals and/or supplementary code to generate control software that is provided to the low-level controller for controlling certain operational aspects of the power generation unit that cannot be independently controlled by the low-level controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Janssen, Benjamin Laskowski, William Forrester Seely, John Raffensperger, Karl Joseph Minto
  • MULTI-LEVEL CONTROLLER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A PHYSICAL ASSET
    Publication number: 20190207419
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure pertain to a system that includes a high-level controller coupled to a low-level controller in an arrangement that allows the high-level controller to cooperate with the low-level controller for controlling a power generation unit. The high-level controller generates supplementary signals and/or supplementary code that is provided to a surrogate controller. The surrogate controller uses the supplementary signals and/or supplementary code to generate control software that is provided to the low-level controller for controlling certain operational aspects of the power generation unit that cannot be independently controlled by the low-level controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Janssen, Benjamin Laskowski, William Forrester Seely, John Raffensperger, Karl Joseph Minto