Patents by Inventor Marc Foata

Marc Foata 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: 20250147002
    Abstract: A method measures electrical equipment of a system for supplying power. The electrical equipment includes a housing with an insulating fluid. The method includes: recording measurement values representing dissolved gases in the insulating fluid; determining equipment parameters; adapting the measurement values to a uniform evaluation basis using the equipment parameters; assessing a state of the electrical equipment based on the adapted measurement values at least one machine learning method; and outputting the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Marc Foata, Rainer Frotscher, Alexander Alber, Markus Dolles
  • Patent number: 6215408
    Abstract: In the present method and apparatus for processing a vibro-acoustic signal emitted by a high-voltage switching system, the vibro-acoustic signal is converted into a digital signal. The digital signal is rectified and the resulting rectified signal is applied to a convolutional filter with a spectral window to produce a smoothed signal. The smoothed signal is decimated to produce a decimated signal representing an envelope of the vibro-acoustic signal. A time realignment of the decimated signal is carried out with respect to a reference signature to produce a realigned signal. Time deviation values generate an alarm if they exceed a limit threshold. The realigned signal is added as a factor of means providing a reference signature and an actualized signature. Variances of the realigned signal are calculated with respect to the reference and actualized signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Hydro-Quebec
    Inventors: François Léonard, Marc Foata, Claude Rajotte