Patents by Inventor Mo-Yuen Chow
Mo-Yuen Chow 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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Patent number: 11842412Abstract: An aggregated distribution system includes an HVAC controller, a battery controller, and an aggregated data management engine. The aggregated data management engine is configured to retrieve an HVAC energy usage profile and retrieve a battery energy usage profile. The aggregated distribution system also includes distribution engine configured to forward a first set of HVAC dual variables and forward a first set of battery dual variables to a first neighboring unit of the aggregated distribution system, receive one or more additional sets of HVAC dual variables and one or more additional sets of battery dual variables from one or more neighboring units of the aggregated distribution system, update the HVAC energy usage profile with the one or more additional sets of HVAC dual vehicles and update the battery energy usage profile with the one or more additional sets of battery dual vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignees: TOTAL SOLAR INTERNATIONAL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Alberto Castelo Becerra, Wente Zeng
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Patent number: 11790464Abstract: An aggregated distribution system includes an HVAC controller, a battery controller, and an aggregated data management engine. The aggregated data management engine is configured to retrieve an HVAC energy usage profile and retrieve a battery energy usage profile. The aggregated distribution system also includes distribution engine configured to forward a first set of HVAC dual variables and forward a first set of battery dual variables to a first neighboring unit of the aggregated distribution system, receive one or more additional sets of HVAC dual variables and one or more additional sets of battery dual variables from one or more neighboring units of the aggregated distribution system, update the HVAC energy usage profile with the one or more additional sets of HVAC dual vehicles and update the battery energy usage profile with the one or more additional sets of battery dual vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignees: TOTAL SOLAR INTERNATIONAL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Alberto Castelo Becerra, Wente Zeng
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Patent number: 11077758Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control unit (VCU) and an operation method thereof that calculate a speed variation of a vehicle based on input information, predict an average speed of the vehicle based on the calculated speed variation, generate a first speed profile based on the predicted average speed, and generate a second speed profile by applying speed noise information to the first speed profile.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Daebong Jung, Mo-Yuen Chow, Habiballah Rahimi Eichi, Jinyong Jeon
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Publication number: 20210215769Abstract: Battery parameters, state of charge, and state of health co-estimation are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes determining a terminal current and a terminal voltage of a battery. The method also includes maintaining a battery model that defines a relationship between a parameter of the battery, the terminal current, and the terminal voltage. Further, the method includes determining the parameter of the battery based on the battery model and the acquired terminal current and the terminal voltage. Temperature effects can also be accounted for by the co-estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Habiballah Rahimi Eichi, Cong Sheng Huang, Bharat Balagopal
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Publication number: 20200262433Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control unit (VCU) and an operation method thereof that calculate a speed variation of a vehicle based on input information, predict an average speed of the vehicle based on the calculated speed variation, generate a first speed profile based on the predicted average speed, and generate a second speed profile by applying speed noise information to the first speed profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Daebong JUNG, Mo-Yuen CHOW, Habiballah Rahimi EICHI, Jinyong JEON
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Publication number: 20200202459Abstract: An aggregated distribution system includes an HVAC controller, a battery controller, and an aggregated data management engine. The aggregated data management engine is configured to retrieve an HVAC energy usage profile and retrieve a battery energy usage profile. The aggregated distribution system also includes distribution engine configured to forward a first set of HVAC dual variables and forward a first set of battery dual variables to a first neighboring unit of the aggregated distribution system, receive one or more additional sets of HVAC dual variables and one or more additional sets of battery dual variables from one or more neighboring units of the aggregated distribution system, update the HVAC energy usage profile with the one or more additional sets of HVAC dual variables, and update the battery energy usage profile with the one or more additional sets of battery dual variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicants: TOTAL SOLAR INTERNATIONAL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mo-Yuen CHOW, Alberto Castelo BECERRA, Wente ZENG
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Patent number: 10677848Abstract: A method and an apparatus for battery modelling. The method includes acquiring battery information from a sensor attached to a battery, the battery information including at least a terminal voltage and a load current; classifying, the battery information as effective data or ineffective data based on a phase of a battery cycle during which the battery information is acquired; identifying one or more parameters of the circuit model associated with the battery based on the effective data; and generating an estimation of a state of the battery using the circuit model having the one or more parameters identified using the effective data. Further, a circuit model is identified using effective data.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: TOTAL S.A., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Cong Sheng Huang, Carlos Carrejo
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Patent number: 10661805Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control unit (VCU) and an operation method thereof that calculate a speed variation of a vehicle based on input information, predict an average speed of the vehicle based on the calculated speed variation, generate a first speed profile based on the predicted average speed, and generate a second speed profile by applying speed noise information to the first speed profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Daebong Jung, Mo-Yuen Chow, Habiballah Rahimi Eichi, Jinyong Jeon
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Patent number: 10539621Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for determining a state of a battery are provided. The method includes acquiring battery information from a sensor associated with the battery. The battery information includes at least terminal voltage and a terminal current. The method further includes estimating degradation information based on a first principle degradation model and the battery information. The first principle degradation model is a three dimensional model that includes a plurality of layers having one or more attributes representative of physical parameters of the battery. The method further includes identifying a circuit model based on the degradation information and the battery information, determining the state of the battery using the identified circuit model, and implementing a control action or a notification based on the determined state of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignees: TOTAL SOLAR INTERNATIONAL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Bharat Balagopal, Wente Zeng
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Patent number: 10401433Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating battery life are provided. A method of estimating battery life may involve estimating first status information of a battery based on battery information acquired from the battery, estimating second status information of the battery using a partial cycle model corresponding to a battery degradation pattern for a partial cycle, and calculating the battery life based on a comparison between the first status information and the second status information.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Habiballah Rahimi Eichi, Taejung Yeo, Paul Barom Jeon
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Publication number: 20190041464Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for determining a state of a battery are provided. The method includes acquiring battery information from a sensor associated with the battery. The battery information includes at least terminal voltage and a terminal current. The method further includes estimating degradation information based on a first principle degradation model and the battery information. The first principle degradation model is a three dimensional model that includes a plurality of layers having one or more attributes representative of physical parameters of the battery. The method further includes identifying a circuit model based on the degradation information and the battery information, determining the state of the battery using the identified circuit model, and implementing a control action or a notification based on the determined state of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicants: TOTAL SOLAR INTERNATIONAL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mo-Yuen CHOW, Bharat BALAGOPAL, Wente ZENG
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Publication number: 20180348307Abstract: A method and an apparatus for battery modelling. The method includes acquiring battery information from a sensor attached to a battery, the battery information including at least a terminal voltage and a load current; classifying, the battery information as effective data or ineffective data based on a phase of a battery cycle during which the battery information is acquired; identifying one or more parameters of the circuit model associated with the battery based on the effective data; and generating an estimation of a state of the battery using the circuit model having the one or more parameters identified using the effective data. Further, a circuit model is identified using effective data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicants: TOTAL S.A., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mo-Yuen CHOW, Cong Sheng HUANG, Carlos CARREJO
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Publication number: 20180141555Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control unit (VCU) and an operation method thereof that calculate a speed variation of a vehicle based on input information, predict an average speed of the vehicle based on the calculated speed variation, generate a first speed profile based on the predicted average speed, and generate a second speed profile by applying speed noise information to the first speed profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Daebong JUNG, Mo-Yuen CHOW, Habiballah Rahimi EICHI, Jinyong JEON
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Patent number: 9910982Abstract: Large-scale, time-sensitive secure distributed control systems and methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes detecting an anomaly at a module among a plurality of modules in a network. The method also includes adjusting a reputation level of the module associated with the detected anomaly. Further, the method includes controlling interaction of the module associated with the detected anomaly within the network based on the adjusted reputation level.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Wente Zeng
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Patent number: 9849802Abstract: A method of analyzing data related to a driving range estimation of a vehicle includes collecting attribute data related to the driving range estimation of the vehicle, analyzing a correlation between the attribute data and a driving range of the vehicle, generating a vehicle driving range estimation model based on the analyzed correlation, and analyzing a sensitivity between the vehicle driving range estimation model and the attribute data.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Paul Barom Jeon, Habiballah Rahimi Eichi, Taejung Yeo
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Patent number: 9643511Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a state of charge (SOC) of a battery in an electric vehicle is provided. The apparatus may include a driving history data storage configured to store driving history data for each category among categories generated based on a frequency of appearance of road data, a driving profile generator configured to categorize road data associated with a driving route for each of the generated categories and generate a driving profile with respect to the driving route based on the driving history data corresponding to the categorized road data, and a battery SOC estimator configured to estimate the SOC of a the battery with respect to the driving route based on the driving profile.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Paul Barom Jeon, Mo-Yuen Chow, Taejung Yeo, Habiballah Rahimi Eichi
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Publication number: 20160209472Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating battery life are provided. A method of estimating battery life may involve estimating first status information of a battery based on battery information acquired from the battery, estimating second status information of the battery using a partial cycle model corresponding to a battery degradation pattern for a partial cycle, and calculating the battery life based on a comparison between the first status information and the second status information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicants: North Carolina State University, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mo-Yuen CHOW, Habiballah RAHIMI EICHI, Taejung YEO, Paul Barom JEON
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Publication number: 20160176309Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a state of charge (SOC) of a battery in an electric vehicle is provided. The apparatus may include a driving history data storage configured to store driving history data for each category among categories generated based on a frequency of appearance of road data, a driving profile generator configured to categorize road data associated with a driving route for each of the generated categories and generate a driving profile with respect to the driving route based on the driving history data corresponding to the categorized road data, and a battery SOC estimator configured to estimate the SOC of a the battery with respect to the driving route based on the driving profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicants: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Paul Barom JEON, Mo-Yuen CHOW, Taejung YEO, Habiballah Rahimi EICHI
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Publication number: 20160114698Abstract: A method of analyzing data related to a driving range estimation of a vehicle includes collecting attribute data related to the driving range estimation of the vehicle, analyzing a correlation between the attribute data and a driving range of the vehicle, generating a vehicle driving range estimation model based on the analyzed correlation, and analyzing a sensitivity between the vehicle driving range estimation model and the attribute data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicants: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Paul Barom Jeon, Habiballah Rahimi Eichi, Taejung Yeo
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Publication number: 20160117505Abstract: Large-scale, time-sensitive secure distributed control systems and methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes detecting an anomaly at a module among a plurality of modules in a network. The method also includes adjusting a reputation level of the module associated with the detected anomaly. Further, the method includes controlling interaction of the module associated with the detected anomaly within the network based on the adjusted reputation level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Mo-Yuen CHOW, Wente ZENG