Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Nystrom

Patrick J. Nystrom 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: 20250305886
    Abstract: A radiometric temperature measurement system comprising a photo detector, a one or more processing components on a first board, and one or more input/output (I/O) components on a second board. The one or more processing components may include one or more digitization circuits operatively coupled to the photo detector, one or more level shifters, a microcontroller operatively coupled to the one or more digitization circuits through the one or more level shifters, and a first part of an input/output (I/O) connector. The microcontroller may include one or more of: an analog to digital converter (ADC), a processor, an EVENT system (EVSYS), a capture control unit (CCU), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO), and a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART) interface. The one or more VO components may include one or more of a communications interface, protection circuitry, and a second part of the VO connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick J. NYSTROM, Ronald A. PALFENIER
  • Publication number: 20250238006
    Abstract: The implementations herein are generally directed to modular and distributed wireless monitoring and control systems for building automation networks (BAS/BMS). The disclosed systems address limitations of existing systems by utilizing a wireless network of nodes within a building to monitor parameters and control equipment. The system employs a long-range wireless area network (LoRaWAN) for communication, enabling low-power, long-range data transmission. Devices not natively configured for LoRaWAN can be integrated using smart adapters that translate between LoRaWAN and the devices' native protocols. The systems may be configured communicate with remote computing systems for data analysis, control logic updates, and integration with external data sources such as weather information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jonah PESKIN, Patrick J. NYSTROM, Salvatore D'Auria
  • Publication number: 20250238026
    Abstract: The implementations herein are generally directed to modular and distributed wireless monitoring and control systems for building automation networks (BAS/BMS). The disclosed systems address limitations of existing systems by utilizing a wireless network of nodes within a building to monitor parameters and control equipment. The system employs a long-range wireless area network (LoRaWAN) for communication, enabling low-power, long-range data transmission. Devices not natively configured for LoRaWAN can be integrated using smart adapters that translate between LoRaWAN and the devices' native protocols. The systems may be configured communicate with remote computing systems for data analysis, control logic updates, and integration with external data sources such as weather information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jonah PESKIN, Patrick J. NYSTROM, Salvatore D'AURIA
  • Publication number: 20250238005
    Abstract: The implementations herein are generally directed to modular and distributed wireless monitoring and control systems for building automation networks (BAS/BMS). The disclosed systems address limitations of existing systems by utilizing a wireless network of nodes within a building to monitor parameters and control equipment. The system employs a long-range wireless area network (LoRaWAN) for communication, enabling low-power, long-range data transmission. Devices not natively configured for LoRaWAN can be integrated using smart adapters that translate between LoRaWAN and the devices' native protocols. The systems may be configured communicate with remote computing systems for data analysis, control logic updates, and integration with external data sources such as weather information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jonah PESKIN, Patrick J. NYSTROM, Salvatore D'Auria
  • Publication number: 20250104303
    Abstract: A computing system generates a user interface for dynamically visualizing parameters in a complex system. The user interface includes a system diagram viewer configured to display respective ones of a plurality of system diagrams, where each of the system diagrams includes at least one selectable identifier that represents a parameter within a system or environment represented by the system diagram. The user interface further includes a persistent parameter list associated with the plurality of system diagrams, where the persistent parameter list maintains a set of parameters selected by a user as the user interacts with the system diagram viewer. When a user interaction with a first selectable identifier is received, a parameter represented by the first selectable identifiers is added to the set of parameters maintained in the persistent parameter list. The computing system generates a visualization of the set of parameters maintained in the persistent parameter list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jonah Peskin, Xuan Cen Cheng, Patrick J. Nystrom, Salvatore D'Auria
  • Patent number: 6862549
    Abstract: A radiometric system (10) typically used in semiconductor wafer processing has reduced optical losses, improved wavelength selectivity, improved signal to noise, and improved signal processing to achieve wafer temperature measurements from about 10° C. to 4,000° C. A YAG rod collection optic (12) directly couples specimen radiation (14) to a filter (18) and photo detector (20). The filter determines which radiation wavelengths are measured, and optionally includes a hot/cold mirror surface (22) for reflecting undesired radiation wavelengths back to the specimen. The detector is formed from doped GaAlAs having a peaked response near 900 nm. A signal processor (28) converts the signal into a temperature reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Exactus, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Palfenier, Patrick J. Nystrom
  • Patent number: 6816803
    Abstract: A radiometric detector (10) has reduced optical losses, improved wavelength selectivity, improved signal to noise, and improved signal processing methods to achieve temperature measurements of an object (16) from about 10° C. to 4,000° C. A YAG rod collection optic (12) directly couples object radiation (14) to a filter (18) and photo detector (20). The filter determines which radiation wavelength range is measured, and optionally includes a hot/cold mirror surface (22) for reflecting undesired radiation wavelengths back to the specimen. In a preferred measurement method, at least two detectors are employed, each detecting a different wavelength range. A dual-wavelength temperature measurement computation is employed that is independent of radiation transmission losses and the emissivity of the object being measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Exactus, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Palfenier, Patrick J. Nystrom
  • Patent number: 6647350
    Abstract: A radiometric system (10) typically used in semiconductor wafer processing has reduced optical losses, improved wavelength selectivity, improved signal to noise, and improved signal processing to achieve wafer temperature measurements from about 10° C. to 4,000° C. A YAG rod collection optic (12) directly couples specimen radiation (14) to a filter (18) and photo detector (20). The filter determines which radiation wavelengths are measured, and optionally includes a hot/cold mirror surface (22) for reflecting undesired radiation wavelengths back to the specimen. The detector is formed from doped GaAlAs having a peaked response near 900 nm. A signal processor (28) converts the signal into a temperature reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Exactus, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Palfenier, Patrick J. Nystrom