Patents by Inventor Nicholas Stantzos

Nicholas Stantzos 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: 20250271844
    Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a method including: receiving tapped data that was tapped from a controller of an industrial control system (ICS) while the controller controlled one or more ICS devices of the ICS, the tapped data comprising input data obtained from one or more input components of the controller communicatively coupled to the one or more ICS devices, or output data obtained from one or more output components of the controller communicatively coupled to the one or more ICS devices; and generating, using at least a trained model and the tapped data, a prediction output by the trained model that indicates a future failure of the ICS, a future maintenance event of the ICS, or a prescribed maintenance of the ICS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael TSCHANZ, Brian Walters, Nicholas Stantzos, Christopher Hofer, Mario Scarabino, Justin Brock
  • Publication number: 20250258493
    Abstract: A system includes an operating apparatus, a control system processor configured to control the operating apparatus by dynamically providing control data to the operating apparatus, the control system processor being further configured to dynamically receive status data from the operating apparatus, wherein an operational state of the control system processor is defined in accordance with the status data received from the operating apparatus. The system also includes a data acquisition module configured to also dynamically receive the status data from the operating apparatus, as well as a proxy processor communicatively coupled to the data acquisition module. The proxy processor is configured to obtain the status data from the data acquisition module, and mimic, using the status data obtained from the data acquisition module, the operational state of the control system processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Brian F. Walters, Brian Feeny, Christopher C. Hofer, Jose L. Corpuz, Nicholas Stantzos
  • Patent number: 12314045
    Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a method, comprising: receiving tapped data that was tapped from a controller of an industrial control system (ICS) while the controller executed first control code to control ICS devices of the ICS, the tapped data used during execution of the first control code, and the tapped data comprising input data obtained from one or more input components of the controller communicatively coupled to the ICS devices, or output data obtained from one or more output components of the controller communicatively coupled to the ICS devices; and after receiving the tapped data, executing, using at least the tapped data, second control code that provides an emulation of the controller, the emulation comprising running, using at least the tapped data, a process of the first control code at a faster rate than it is run by the controller executing the first control code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Brock, Brian Walters, Nicholas Stantzos, Christopher Hofer, Mario Scarabino, Michael Tschanz
  • Publication number: 20230051829
    Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a method, comprising: receiving tapped data that was tapped from a controller of an industrial control system (ICS) while the controller executed first control code to control ICS devices of the ICS, the tapped data used during execution of the first control code, and the tapped data comprising input data obtained from one or more input components of the controller communicatively coupled to the ICS devices, or output data obtained from one or more output components of the controller communicatively coupled to the ICS devices; and after receiving the tapped data, executing, using at least the tapped data, second control code that provides an emulation of the controller, the emulation comprising running, using at least the tapped data, a process of the first control code at a faster rate than it is run by the controller executing the first control code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Brock, Brian Walters, Nicholas Stantzos, Christopher Hofer, Mario Scarabino, Michael Tschanz
  • Patent number: 11550310
    Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to tapping input/output (I/O) data from an industrial control system (ICS) or applying the tapped I/O data to a learned model to perform predictive or prescriptive maintenance. In one implementation, a method comprises: tapping I/O data from a controller of an ICS while the controller executes first control code to control one or more devices of the ICS; transmitting the tapped I/O data over a network to a second system; and executing, via the second system, second control code comprising an original or modified version of all or a subset of the first control code of the ICS, wherein the second control code executes in response to receiving the tapped I/O data. The output of executing the second control code may be provided to a model to predict a future event involving the ICS or to prescribe maintenance of the ICS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Brock, Brian Walters, Nicholas Stantzos, Christopher Hofer, Mario Scarabino, Michael Tschanz
  • Publication number: 20210157302
    Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to tapping input/output (I/O) data from an industrial control system (ICS) or applying the tapped I/O data to a learned model to perform predictive or prescriptive maintenance. In one implementation, a method comprises: tapping I/O data from a controller of an ICS while the controller executes first control code to control one or more devices of the ICS; transmitting the tapped I/O data over a network to a second system; and executing, via the second system, second control code comprising an original or modified version of all or a subset of the first control code of the ICS, wherein the second control code executes in response to receiving the tapped I/O data. The output of executing the second control code may be provided to a model to predict a future event involving the ICS or to prescribe maintenance of the ICS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Brock, Brian Walters, Nicholas Stantzos, Christopher Hofer, Mario Scarabino, Michael Tschanz