Patents by Inventor Paul F. Woods

Paul F. Woods 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: 9665843
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for developing a health profile of an industrial asset based upon data pertaining to such an industrial asset. At least some of the data is transformed into primary state indicators, respectively representative of the status or condition of an aspect of the industrial asset. Using the primary state indicators, one or more events that are likely to occur to the industrial asset are identified and a health profile is developed based upon such events. The health profile may describe maintenance actions that will reduce a likelihood of an event(s) occurring, may describe a business impact on an entity associated with the industrial asset if an event(s) occurs, and/or may describe a performance impact on the industrial asset if an event(s) occurs, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Karen J. Smiley, Shakeel M. Mahate, Chihhung Hou, Paul F. Wood
  • Patent number: 9547695
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for developing a timeline chronicling events pertaining to an industrial asset. Data is received from a plurality of assets, processed (e.g., to reduce duplicative and/or redundant data), and organized chronologically for presentation in a timeline. The data is further grouped and/or prioritized to display some portions of the data more prominently relative to other portions of the data in the timeline (e.g., which may be hidden). Grouping rules and/or prioritization rules for grouping and/or prioritizing the data may be a function of user interaction with the timeline and/or a function of a machine learning algorithm which may be configured to identify patterns in how users interact with the timeline based upon, among other things, a role the user plays relative to the industrial asset and/or an operating state of the industrial asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Shakeel Mahamood Mahate, Karen J. Smiley, Paul F. Wood
  • Patent number: 9418183
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating development, by a user, of a model describing a condition of an industrial asset. An output parameter of the model can be defined within a model development environment. The output parameter describes a condition of the industrial asset and can be defined using one or more variables. During deployment of the model within a deployment environment, respective variables of the model can be mapped to a data store where data associated with the variable is located. In this way, during development, a user can specify variables to be used within the model without specifying where to fetch and/or push data associated with the variable, for example. Further, the model can be executed within the deployment environment to assess the condition for a plurality of industrial assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Shakeel M. Mahate, Paul F. Wood, Karen J. Smiley
  • Publication number: 20150179083
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing an interactive game interface for asset management. The interactive game interface may be used to train users, such as employees of a particular industry (e.g., an electrical utility industry), and/or capture knowledge from users. A knowledge module may be associated with asset health management (e.g., real-time management of industrial assets). The knowledge module may be evaluated to generate an asset health management scenario (e.g., a scenario where a user is to take action with respect to a power outage). The asset health management scenario may be provided through the interactive game interface in order to train users. User interaction data associated with the asset health management scenario, such as a user specified action plan, may be used to update the knowledge module and/or the asset health management scenario with relatively more efficient and/or up-to-date information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Karen J. Smiley, Shakeel M. Mahate, Paul F. Wood
  • Publication number: 20140365190
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating development, by a user, of a model describing a condition of an industrial asset. An output parameter of the model can be defined within a model development environment. The output parameter describes a condition of the industrial asset and can be defined using one or more variables. During deployment of the model within a deployment environment, respective variables of the model can be mapped to a data store where data associated with the variable is located. In this way, during development, a user can specify variables to be used within the model without specifying where to fetch and/or push data associated with the variable, for example. Further, the model can be executed within the deployment environment to assess the condition for a plurality of industrial assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Shakeel M. Mahate, Paul F. Wood, Karen J. Smiley
  • Publication number: 20140358601
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for developing a health profile of an industrial asset based upon data pertaining to such an industrial asset. At least some of the data is transformed into primary state indicators, respectively representative of the status or condition of an aspect of the industrial asset. Using the primary state indicators, one or more events that are likely to occur to the industrial asset are identified and a health profile is developed based upon such events. The health profile may describe maintenance actions that will reduce a likelihood of an event(s) occurring, may describe a business impact on an entity associated with the industrial asset if an event(s) occurs, and/or may describe a performance impact on the industrial asset if an event(s) occurs, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Karen J. Smiley, Shakeel M. Mahate, Chihhung Hou, Paul F. Wood
  • Publication number: 20140279948
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for developing a timeline chronicling events pertaining to an industrial asset. Data is received from a plurality of assets, processed (e.g., to reduce duplicative and/or redundant data), and organized chronologically for presentation in a timeline. The data is further grouped and/or prioritized to display some portions of the data more prominently relative to other portions of the data in the timeline (e.g., which may be hidden). Grouping rules and/or prioritization rules for grouping and/or prioritizing the data may be a function of user interaction with the timeline and/or a function of a machine learning algorithm which may be configured to identify patterns in how users interact with the timeline based upon, among other things, a role the user plays relative to the industrial asset and/or an operating state of the industrial asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Shakeel Mahamood Mahate, Karen J. Smiley, Paul F. Wood
  • Patent number: 4817353
    Abstract: A footing form which is attached to the stem wall, which may be either field or factory fabricated. All components of which are approved by the American Wood Preservers Bureau to standard "FDN" for direct earth contact. The footing form is filled with concrete and when said concrete hardens the form shirt is left in place, even though it adds no strength or serves any other useful purpose after the concrete hardens. Due to the treatment of the wood the form does not have to be removed from the ground, as is the case with all other untreated cellulose materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Inventors: John T. Woods, John D. Woods, Paul F. Woods, Frederick T. Woods