Patents by Inventor Mark Victor Penna

Mark Victor Penna 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).

  • Method and system of a timer based buffer used for metrology
    Patent number: 8918578
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of methods and systems of using a timer based memory buffer for metrology. One embodiment of the method comprises receiving metrology data from one or more metrology sensors; writing at least part of the metrology data to a volatile memory; incrementing a write pointer to indicate the metrology data contained within the volatile memory; and repeating the above until a timer expires, then reading at least a portion of the metrology data from the volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bradley Richard Ree, Mark Victor Penna, George William Alexander
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF A TIMER BASED BUFFER USED FOR METROLOGY
    Publication number: 20130036251
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of methods and systems of using a timer based memory buffer for metrology. One embodiment of the method comprises receiving metrology data from one or more metrology sensors; writing at least part of the metrology data to a volatile memory; incrementing a write pointer to indicate the metrology data contained within the volatile memory; and repeating the above until a timer expires, then reading at least a portion of the metrology data from the volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Bradley Richard Ree, Mark Victor Penna, George William Alexander
  • METER PROCESSING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120218120
    Abstract: Systems for supporting communication between networks are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a meter processing communication system includes: a utility meter; and a central processor integrated with the utility meter, the central processor including a single communications stack, the single communications stack and central processor being configured to process communications between a plurality of different networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bradley Richard Ree, Mark Victor Penna, Kevin Michael Underwood