Patents by Inventor Stephen Randall Cummings

Stephen Randall Cummings 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: 11486841
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring and classifying released gases in an enclosed system having a gas source, by a gas sensor that has been a priori pre-trained to distinguish an off-gas event (OGE) or a thermal run off event (TRE) from non-OGE interfering gases release. The pre-training utilizes one of a machine learning (ML) or a deep learning (DL) algorithm to pre-train the gas sensor to detect a plurality of known gas analyte to generate sensor signals with respective unique characteristics, extracting features from the sensor signals to establish a decision boundary or an estimated probability of a false positive release of the OGE or the TRE from the non-OGE type of interfering gas release. The established decision boundaries or probability distributions are implemented as candidate model for field deployment to classify the released gases to distinguish whether OGE or TRE takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEXCERIS INNOVATION HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Glenn, Stephen Randall Cummings, Nicholas Brannigan Frank
  • Publication number: 20220099610
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring and classifying released gases in an enclosed system having a gas source, by a gas sensor that has been a priori pre-trained to distinguish an off-gas event (OGE) or a thermal run off event (TRE) from non-OGE interfering gases release. The pre-training utilizes one of a machine learning (ML) or a deep learning (DL) algorithm to pre-train the gas sensor to detect a plurality of known gas analyte to generate sensor signals with respective unique characteristics, extracting features from the sensor signals to establish a decision boundary or an estimated probability of a false positive release of the OGE or the TRE from the non-OGE type of interfering gas release. The established decision boundaries or probability distributions are implemented as candidate model for field deployment to classify the released gases to distinguish whether OGE or TRE takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Bradley GLENN, Stephen Randall CUMMINGS, Nicholas Brannigan FRANK
  • Patent number: 10877011
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for monitoring a gas source for a gas analyte. The gas source can be monitored for release of the gas analyte, for example, during a given gas source state. A sensor signal can be generated characterizing an amount of the gas analyte being released by the gas source. The gas sensor signal can be evaluated relative to a threshold. An alert signal can be generated based on a result of the comparison to provide a warning that unwanted and/or hazardous amounts of gas is being released by the gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NEXCERIS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Randall Cummings, Scott Lawrence Swartz, Nicholas Brannigan Frank, William John Dawson, Davion Matthew Hill, Benjamin H. Gully
  • Publication number: 20180003685
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for monitoring a gas source for a gas analyte. The gas source can be monitored for release of the gas analyte, for example, during a given gas source state. A sensor signal can be generated characterizing an amount of the gas analyte being released by the gas source. The gas sensor signal can be evaluated relative to a threshold. An alert signal can be generated based on a result of the comparison to provide a warning that unwanted and/or hazardous amounts of gas is being released by the gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Nexceris, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Randall Cummings, Scott Lawrence Swartz, Nicholas Brannigan Frank, William John Dawson, Davion Matthew Hill, Benjamin H. Gully