Patents by Inventor Samuel KIMPORT

Samuel KIMPORT 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).

  • System and method for cycle time analysis and bottleneck detection in smart factory assembly lines
    Patent number: 12585250
    Abstract: In some implementations, the device may receive, for a plurality of stations, processing times indicating a time required for a part to be processed by each station, and waiting times indicating how long the part waited before moving to a subsequent one of the plurality of stations. In addition, the device may determine, cycle times for a predetermined window of time, where the cycle times indicates an average number of parts processed by the plurality of stations during the predetermined window of time. The device may determine one of the stations as a potential bottleneck station. Moreover, the device may display, to a user, the potential bottleneck station as a visualization which includes the processing time, the waiting time, and the cycle time of the potential bottleneck station. Also, the device may receive, from the user, a user feedback related to the potential bottleneck station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jiajing Guo, Liang Gou, Samuel Kimport, Liu Ren
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CYCLE TIME ANALYSIS AND BOTTLENECK DETECTION IN SMART FACTORY ASSEMBLY LINES
    Publication number: 20250093857
    Abstract: In some implementations, the device may receive, for a plurality of stations, processing times indicating a time required for a part to be processed by each station, and waiting times indicating how long the part waited before moving to a subsequent one of the plurality of stations. In addition, the device may determine, cycle times for a predetermined window of time, where the cycle times indicates an average number of parts processed by the plurality of stations during the predetermined window of time. The device may determine one of the stations as a potential bottleneck station. Moreover, the device may display, to a user, the potential bottleneck station as a visualization which includes the processing time, the waiting time, and the cycle time of the potential bottleneck station. Also, the device may receive, from the user, a user feedback related to the potential bottleneck station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jiajing GUO, Liang GOU, Samuel KIMPORT, Liu REN