Patents by Inventor Shaopeng Liu
Shaopeng Liu 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).
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Publication number: 20200160227Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to a system for triggering a model update for an edge device in an IIoT network. In one example, the method may include one or more of receiving data of an operation performed by an industrial asset, the received data comprising input for a machine learning (ML) model associated with the industrial asset, determining that the received data comprises a change in data pattern with respect to a training data set which was used to previously train the ML model, storing the received data comprising the change in data pattern in a new data set, and in response to the new data set reaching a minimum threshold size, at least one of updating the ML model based on the new data set and transmitting a request to update the ML model based on the new data set.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Shaopeng LIU, Colin PARRIS, Xiao BIAN, Huan TAN, Kiersten RALSTON, Guiju SONG, Dayu HUANG
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Publication number: 20200160207Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to a system and methods for determining to update a machine learning model based on model degradation. In one example, the method may include one or more of receiving data acquired at an edge of an Internet of things (IoT) network from an industrial asset, executing a machine learning model with the received data as input to generate a predictive output associated with the industrial asset, determining that a performance of the machine learning model on the edge has degraded based on the generated predictive output of the machine learning model, and transmitting information about the degraded performance of the machine learning model to a central server within the IoT network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Guiju SONG, Colin PARRIS, Xiao BIAN, Huan TAN, Kiersten RALSTON, Shaopeng LIU, Dayu HUANG
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Publication number: 20200160208Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to a system and method for sharing machine learning model parameters among edge devices in a clustered group of edge devices sensing data about an industrial asset. In one example, the method may include one or more of storing unique parameters of a machine learning (ML) model associated with an industrial asset which are unique with respect to unique parameters of other edge systems in the group of edge systems, receiving common parameter information from the group of edge systems which is shared among the group of edge systems, generating updated parameter values for an ML model based on a combination of the unique parameters and the received common parameter information, and executing the updated ML model based on incoming data from the industrial asset to generate predictive information about the industrial asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Huan TAN, Colin PARRIS, Xiao BIAN, Shaopeng LIU, Kiersten RALSTON, Guiju SONG, Dayu HUANG
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Patent number: 10616721Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services (“RTLS”) server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Theurer, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu
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Patent number: 10542382Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example method includes receiving messages collected by a badge in an environment, the messages including signal strength and a timestamp. The example method also includes assigning a location in the environment to the badge based on a first subset of the messages. The example method also includes identifying an asset in a second subset of the messages. The example method also includes updating a current location associated with the asset based on a relative proximity of the asset to the badge, wherein the current location corresponds to a first time and the updated location corresponds to a second time, and wherein a change in location between the current location and the updated location indicates movement of the asset in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon Stephen Good, Charles Burton Theurer, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Lee Wallace
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Publication number: 20190082298Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example method includes receiving messages collected by a badge in an environment, the messages including signal strength and a timestamp. The example method also includes assigning a location in the environment to the badge based on a first subset of the messages. The example method also includes identifying an asset in a second subset of the messages. The example method also includes updating a current location associated with the asset based on a relative proximity of the asset to the badge, wherein the current location corresponds to a first time and the updated location corresponds to a second time, and wherein a change in location between the current location and the updated location indicates movement of the asset in the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Brandon Stephen Good, Charles Burton Theurer, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Lee Wallace
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Publication number: 20190053007Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services (“RTLS”) server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Charles Theurer, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu
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Patent number: 10168253Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a condition of a marine riser including at least one subsea sensing and acoustic platform mechanically coupled to a riser joint of the marine riser. The at least one platform includes one or more sensors mechanically coupled to the riser joint and including plug-and-play sensor interface technology. The platform further includes a microprocessor configured to receive and analyze sensor data from the one or more sensors and provide pre-processed data representative of a determination of a condition of the riser joint. A memory module is provided including one or more software modules executable by the microprocessor and configured to provide data storage. The platform further includes an acoustic modem configured to receive the pre-processed data, communicate the condition to a topside acoustic transceiver in real-time and provide remote command configuration in response to the condition. An included power module provides power to the platform components.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Shaopeng Liu, Judith Ann Guzzo, John William Carbone, Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Li Zhang
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Patent number: 10117059Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services (“RTLS”) server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Theurer, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu
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Patent number: 10068116Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example method includes receiving messages collected by a badge in an environment, the messages including signal strength and a timestamp. The example method also includes assigning a location in the environment to the badge based on a first subset of the messages. The example method also includes identifying an asset in a second subset of the messages. The example method also includes updating a current location associated with the asset based on a relative proximity of the asset to the badge, wherein the current location corresponds to a first time and the updated location corresponds to a second time, and wherein a change in location between the current location and the updated location indicates movement of the asset in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon Stephen Good, Charles Burton Theurer, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Lee Wallace
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Patent number: 10019612Abstract: A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Charles Theurer, Douglas Forman, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu, David Smith, Todd Scarola, Robert Wallace, Judith Guzzo
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Publication number: 20170195852Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services (“RTLS”) server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Charles Theurer, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu
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Publication number: 20170124366Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example method includes receiving messages collected by a badge in an environment, the messages including signal strength and a timestamp. The example method also includes assigning a location in the environment to the badge based on a first subset of the messages. The example method also includes identifying an asset in a second subset of the messages. The example method also includes updating a current location associated with the asset based on a relative proximity of the asset to the badge, wherein the current location corresponds to a first time and the updated location corresponds to a second time, and wherein a change in location between the current location and the updated location indicates movement of the asset in the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2017Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Brandon Stephen Good, Charles Burton Theurer, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Lee Wallace
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Patent number: 9641969Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services (“RTLS”) server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Theurer, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu
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Patent number: 9593568Abstract: In one aspect, a system for estimating fatigue damage in a riser string is provided. The system includes a plurality of accelerometers which can be deployed along a riser string and a communications link to transmit accelerometer data from the plurality of accelerometers to one or more data processors in real time. With data from a limited number of accelerometers located at sensor locations, the system estimates an optimized current profile along the entire length of the riser including riser locations where no accelerometer is present. The optimized current profile is then used to estimate damage rates to individual riser components and to update a total accumulated damage to individual riser components. The number of sensor locations is small relative to the length of a deepwater riser string, and a riser string several miles long can be reliably monitored along its entire length by fewer than twenty sensor locations.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeffrey LeMonds, Judith Ann Guzzo, Shaopeng Liu, Uttara Ashwin Dani
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Patent number: 9584965Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example method includes receiving messages collected by a badge in an environment, the messages including signal strength and a timestamp. The example method also includes assigning a location in the environment to the badge based on a first subset of the messages. The example method also includes identifying an asset in a second subset of the messages. The example method also includes updating a current location associated with the asset based on a relative proximity of the asset to the badge, wherein the current location corresponds to a first time and the updated location corresponds to a second time, and wherein a change in location between the current location and the updated location indicates movement of the asset in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon Stephen Good, Charles Burton Theurer, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Lee Wallace
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Patent number: 9532225Abstract: A role-based access control method and/or system permits end users to securely pair their mobile devices via a pairing apparatus with one or more instruments to, for example, remotely monitor operations of the instruments. In an embodiment, the process includes a pairing apparatus receiving a pairing request from an instrument including a unique access code, and receiving a pairing request from an end user mobile device that includes an end user mobile device identifier and an access code. If the unique access code matches the end user's access code, then the end user mobile device identifier is added to a security group and a successful pairing message is transmitted to at least one of the instrument and the end user mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Patricia Denise MacKenzie, Lennart Bjorkesten, Shaopeng Liu, Viktor Holovashchenko, David Smith, Erik Nils Patrik Franzen
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Patent number: 9495569Abstract: A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Theurer, Judith Guzzo, Douglas Forman, Brandon Good, Todd Scarola, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Wallace, David Smith
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Publication number: 20160029160Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services (“RTLS”) server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Charles Theurer, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu
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Publication number: 20160026837Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example method includes receiving messages collected by a badge in an environment, the messages including signal strength and a timestamp. The example method also includes assigning a location in the environment to the badge based on a first subset of the messages. The example method also includes identifying an asset in a second subset of the messages. The example method also includes updating a current location associated with the asset based on a relative proximity of the asset to the badge, wherein the current location corresponds to a first time and the updated location corresponds to a second time, and wherein a change in location between the current location and the updated location indicates movement of the asset in the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Brandon Stephen Good, Charles Burton Theurer, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Lee Wallace