Patents by Inventor Nigel Trevor Leigh

Nigel Trevor Leigh 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).

  • Patent number: 11543325
    Abstract: A method can include receiving time-dependent vibration data characterizing a vibration of a machine. The method can also include generating first conditioned vibration data by at least identification of one or more vibrational peaks of intermediate data representative of the received vibration data, temporal interpolation of one or more portions of the intermediate data including the identified one or more vibrational peaks, and widening the one or more vibrational peaks. The method can further include generating a frequency spectrum based on the first conditioned vibration data. The method can also include providing the frequency spectrum to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Nigel Trevor Leigh
  • Patent number: 10878607
    Abstract: A mobile computing device for providing an indication of process readings of a machine includes a processor configured to receive an image of a process indicator wherein capture of the image is initiated using the mobile computing device proximate the machine. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a template including a template image of the process indicator and template components of the process indicator. The at least one processor is further configured to display the received image and the determined template image such that they overlay each other and align the received image with the determined template image. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a position of a value indicator with respect to a scale of the process indicator, transform the determined position to a process indicator value, and store the process indicator value in the one or more memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel Trevor Leigh, Brett Ralph Taylor, Robert Steven Craft, Stephen James Post
  • Publication number: 20200103312
    Abstract: A method can include receiving time-dependent vibration data characterizing a vibration of a machine. The method can also include generating first conditioned vibration data by at least identification of one or more vibrational peaks of intermediate data representative of the received vibration data, temporal interpolation of one or more portions of the intermediate data including the identified one or more vibrational peaks, and widening the one or more vibrational peaks. The method can further include generating a frequency spectrum based on the first conditioned vibration data. The method can also include providing the frequency spectrum to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Nigel Trevor Leigh
  • Publication number: 20190139283
    Abstract: A mobile computing device for providing an indication of process readings of a machine includes a processor configured to receive an image of a process indicator wherein capture of the image is initiated using the mobile computing device proximate the machine. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a template including a template image of the process indicator and template components of the process indicator. The at least one processor is further configured to display the received image and the determined template image such that they overlay each other and align the received image with the determined template image. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a position of a value indicator with respect to a scale of the process indicator, transform the determined position to a process indicator value, and store the process indicator value in the one or more memory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Nigel Trevor Leigh, Brett Ralph Taylor, Robert Steven Craft, Stephen James Post
  • Patent number: 10140741
    Abstract: A mobile computing device for providing an indication of process readings of a machine includes a processor configured to receive an image of a process indicator wherein capture of the image is initiated using the mobile computing device proximate the machine. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a template including a template image of the process indicator and template components of the process indicator. The at least one processor is further configured to display the received image and the determined template image such that they overlay each other and align the received image with the determined template image. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a position of a value indicator with respect to a scale of the process indicator, transform the determined position to a process indicator value, and store the process indicator value in the one or more memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nigel Trevor Leigh, Brett Ralph Taylor, Robert Steven Craft, Stephen James Post
  • Publication number: 20170169593
    Abstract: A mobile computing device for providing an indication of process readings of a machine includes a processor configured to receive an image of a process indicator wherein capture of the image is initiated using the mobile computing device proximate the machine. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a template including a template image of the process indicator and template components of the process indicator. The at least one processor is further configured to display the received image and the determined template image such that they overlay each other and align the received image with the determined template image. The at least one processor is also configured to determine a position of a value indicator with respect to a scale of the process indicator, transform the determined position to a process indicator value, and store the process indicator value in the one or more memory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Nigel Trevor Leigh, Brett Ralph Taylor, Robert Steven Craft, Stephen James Post
  • Patent number: 9530291
    Abstract: A mobile computing system for providing qualitative indication of vibration recordings of a vibrating machine to a user includes a memory, a display device, and at least one processor configured to receive a vibration recording including a vibration level from a sensor computing device. Collection of the vibration recording is initiated by the user while at the vibrating machine. The processor is also configured to determine a plurality of threshold sets applicable to the vibration recording and select, by the processor, a first available threshold set from the plurality of threshold sets. The processor is also configured to compare the vibration level of the vibration recording to the first threshold set and display to the user a visual qualitative indication of the vibration recording using the display device, thereby enabling the user to determine a quality of the vibration recording while at the vibrating machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Nigel Trevor Leigh
  • Publication number: 20160086455
    Abstract: A mobile computing system for providing qualitative indication of vibration recordings of a vibrating machine to a user includes a memory, a display device, and at least one processor configured to receive a vibration recording including a vibration level from a sensor computing device. Collection of the vibration recording is initiated by the user while at the vibrating machine. The processor is also configured to determine a plurality of threshold sets applicable to the vibration recording and select, by the processor, a first available threshold set from the plurality of threshold sets. The processor is also configured to compare the vibration level of the vibration recording to the first threshold set and display to the user a visual qualitative indication of the vibration recording using the display device, thereby enabling the user to determine a quality of the vibration recording while at the vibrating machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Nigel Trevor Leigh
  • Patent number: 8866316
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an energy harvester is provided. The energy harvester includes, an energy conversion device configured to convert vibrational energy to electrical energy, a mass coupled to the energy conversion device, and at least one biasing mechanism coupled to the mass. The biasing mechanism is selectively adjustable and selectively adjusting the biasing mechanism adjusts a resonance frequency of the energy conversion device and the mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alan Ruthven Wood, Qing Ou, Nigel Trevor Leigh, XiaoQi Chen, Stefanie Gutschmidt
  • Publication number: 20130341936
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an energy harvester is provided. The energy harvester includes, an energy conversion device configured to convert vibrational energy to electrical energy, a mass coupled to the energy conversion device, and at least one biasing mechanism coupled to the mass. The biasing mechanism is selectively adjustable and selectively adjusting the biasing mechanism adjusts a resonance frequency of the energy conversion device and the mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Alan Ruthven Wood, Qing Ou, Nigel Trevor Leigh, XiaoQi Chen, Stefanie Gutschmidt
  • Patent number: D750519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nigel Trevor Leigh, Brett Ralph Taylor, Oliver Charles Graham Jackson-Hill, Darryl Best, Scott Allen Clear
  • Patent number: D803232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nigel Trevor Leigh, Brett Ralph Taylor, Stephen James Post, Bryan Lee Powell