Patents by Inventor Kyle A. Crum

Kyle A. Crum 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).

  • Publication number: 20210342388
    Abstract: A method executable by at least one processor includes receiving image data representative of an industrial equipment assembly, identifying properties associated with the industrial equipment assembly based on the image data, identifying a set of industrial equipment assemblies associated with the industrial equipment assembly based on the properties associated with the industrial equipment assembly and data stored in a database, and categorizing the set of industrial equipment assemblies based on the data associated with the industrial equipment assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Thong T. Nguyen, Paul D. Schmirler, Hannah M. Schermerhorn, Kyle Crum, Abhishek Mehrotra, Kristopher J. Holley
  • Publication number: 20210096551
    Abstract: An industrial data broker system receives contextualized industrial data from one or more industrial devices that support data modeling at the device level. The received industrial data is augmented with contextualization metadata that defines correlations between the data relevant to an analytical objective, and labels specifying analytic topics to which each data item is relevant. The broker system allows external systems, such as analytic systems, to subscribe to topics of interest, and streams a subset of contextualized device data relevant to the topic of interest to the external system for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Bijan Sayyarrodsari, Michael Pantaleano, Ka H. Lin, Juergen K. Weinhofer, Andrew J. Ellis, Kyle Crum, Sujeet Chand, David Vasko, Subbian Govindaraj
  • Publication number: 20210096541
    Abstract: An industrial device supports device-level data modeling that pre-models data stored in the device with known relationships, correlations, key variable identifiers, and other such metadata to assist higher-level analytic systems to more quickly and accurately converge to actionable insights relative to a defined business or analytic objective. Data at the device level can be modeled according to modeling templates stored on the device that define relationships between items of device data for respective analytic goals (e.g., improvement of product quality, maximizing product throughput, optimizing energy consumption, etc.). This device-level modeling data can be provided to higher level systems together with their corresponding data tag values to high level analytic systems, which discovers insights into an industrial process or machine based on analysis of the data and its modeling data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Bijan Sayyarrodsari, Michael Pantaleano, Ka H Lin, Juergen K Weinhofer, Andrew J Ellis, Kyle Crum, Sujeet Chand, David Vasko, Subbian Govindaraj
  • Publication number: 20210097456
    Abstract: A smart gateway platform leverages pre-defined industrial expertise to identify limited subsets of available industrial data deemed relevant to a desired business objective, and to collect and model this relevant data to apply useful constraints on subsequent artificial intelligence or machine learning analytics applied to the data. This approach can reduce the data space to which AI analytics are applied and assist data analytic systems to more quickly derive valuable insights and business outcomes. In some embodiments, the smart gateway platform can operate within the context of a multi-level industrial analytic system, feeding pre-modeled data to one or more AI or machine learning systems executing on one or more different levels of an industrial enterprise. The multi-level industrial analytic system can also further refine modeled industrial data as the data moves upward through the system (e.g., from the device level to higher levels).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Bijan Sayyarrodsari, Michael Pantaleano, Ka H Lin, Juergen K Weinhofer, Andrew J Ellis, Kyle Crum, Sujeet Chand, David Vasko, Subbian Govindaraj
  • Patent number: 10832548
    Abstract: An industrial visualization system defines and enforces a virtual safety shield comprising a three-dimensional space surrounding a wearer of a client device. The dimensions of the virtual safety shield are defined by a specified safe distance surrounding the user that allows sufficient reaction time in response to notification that the wearer is at risk of interacting with a safety zone, hazardous machinery, or vehicles within the plant. If a boundary of a safety zone or hazardous equipment falls within the three-dimensional space defined by the virtual safety shield, the system sends a notification to the user's client device, or places the hazardous equipment in a safe operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thong T. Nguyen, Paul D. Schmirler, Kyle Crum, David A. Vasko
  • Publication number: 20200120143
    Abstract: An industrial security policy configuration system generates and implements security policies for industrial automation systems based on design data for the industrial systems generated by device manufacturers, system integrators, original equipment manufacturers, or the owners of the industrial assets during the design of the industrial systems. the collected design data to a security rule set defining device-level communication privileges. The system translates the collected design data to a security rule set defining device-level communication privileges, which are then translated to a comprehensive set of security policies customized to the requirements of the industrial systems represented by the design data. By leveraging the rich set of available design data to identify or infer security requirements and generate suitable security configurations, the system can mitigate the need to manually configure security policies based on human judgments regarding normal and abnormal network traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Alex L. Nicoll, Kyle Crum, Taryl J. Jasper, Michael A. Bush, Jack M. Visoky
  • Publication number: 20190340909
    Abstract: An industrial visualization system defines and enforces a virtual safety shield comprising a three-dimensional space surrounding a wearer of a client device. The dimensions of the virtual safety shield are defined by a specified safe distance surrounding the user that allows sufficient reaction time in response to notification that the wearer is at risk of interacting with a safety zone, hazardous machinery, or vehicles within the plant. If a boundary of a safety zone or hazardous equipment falls within the three-dimensional space defined by the virtual safety shield, the system sends a notification to the user's client device, or places the hazardous equipment in a safe operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Thong T. Nguyen, Paul D. Schmirler, Kyle Crum, David A. Vasko
  • Patent number: 10377677
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure relates to fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the same. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to blast suppressant and/or blast resistant ammonium nitrate fertilizer compositions, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Alcoa USA Corp.
    Inventors: Mark L. Weaver, Kyle A. Crum, Judodine Nichols, David F. Iwig, Steven C. Orkis, Gerald E. Carkin, Deniz Gencaga, Stephen P. Sunday, Ian Ross Harrison, John R. Smith, Shannon I. Parks, Mikhail Gershenzon
  • Publication number: 20180079692
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure relates to fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the same. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to blast suppressant and/or blast resistant ammonium nitrate fertilizer compositions, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Weaver, Kyle Crum, Judodine Nichols, David Iwig, Steven Orkis, Gerry Carkin, Orhan D. Gencaga, Stephen Sunday, Ian Ross Harrison, John Smith, Shannon Parks, Mikhail Gershenzon
  • Publication number: 20170204014
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure relates to fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the same. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to blast suppressant and/or blast resistant ammonium nitrate fertilizer compositions, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Weaver, Kyle Crum, Judodine Nichols, David Iwig, Steven Orkis, Gerry Carkin, Orhan D. Gencaga, Stephen Sunday, Ian Ross Harrison, John Smith, Shannon Parks, Mikhail Gershenzon
  • Patent number: 9630886
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure relates to fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the same. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to blast suppressant and/or blast resistant ammonium nitrate fertilizer compositions, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Alcoa USA Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Weaver, Kyle Crum, Judodine Nichols, David Iwig, Steven Orkis, Gerry Carkin, Orhan D. Gencaga, Stephen Sunday, Ian Ross Harrison, John Smith, Shannon Parks, Mikhail Gershenzon
  • Patent number: 9527779
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure relates to fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the same. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to blast suppressant and/or blast resistant ammonium nitrate fertilizer compositions, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Alcoa USA Corp.
    Inventors: Mark L. Weaver, Kyle A. Crum, Judodine Nichols, David F. Iwig, Steven C. Orkis, Gerald E. Carkin, Orhan D. Gencaga, Stephen P. Sunday, Ian Ross Harrison, John R. Smith, Shannon I. Parks, Mikhail Gershenzon
  • Publication number: 20160251273
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure relates to fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the same. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to blast suppressant and/or blast resistant ammonium nitrate fertilizer compositions, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Weaver, Kyle Crum, Judodine Nichols, David Iwig, Steven Orkis, Gerry Carkin, Orhan D. Gencaga, Stephen Sunday, Ian Ross Harrison, John Smith, Shannon Parks, Mikhail Gershenzon
  • Publication number: 20150135786
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure relates to fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the same. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to blast suppressant and/or blast resistant ammonium nitrate fertilizer compositions, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Weaver, Kyle Crum, Judodine Nichols, David Iwig, Steven Orkis, Gerry Carkin, Orhan D. Gencaga, Stephen Sunday, Ian Ross Harrison, John Smith, Shannon Parks, Mikhail Gershenzon