Patents by Inventor Steven Shane Frank
Steven Shane Frank 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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Patent number: 9792795Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of training a classifier for a smoke detector comprises inputting sensor data from a plurality of tests into a processor. The sensor data is processed to generate derived signal data corresponding to the test data for respective tests. The derived signal data is assigned into categories comprising at least one fire group and at least one non-fire group. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) training is performed by the processor. The derived signal data and the assigned categories for the derived signal data are inputs to the LDA training. The output of the LDA training is stored in a computer readable medium, such as in a smoke detector that uses LDA to determine, based on the training, whether present conditions indicate the existence of a fire.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank
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Publication number: 20160364971Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of training a classifier for a smoke detector comprises inputting sensor data from a plurality of tests into a processor. The sensor data is processed to generate derived signal data corresponding to the test data for respective tests. The derived signal data is assigned into categories comprising at least one fire group and at least one non-fire group. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) training is performed by the processor. The derived signal data and the assigned categories for the derived signal data are inputs to the LDA training. The output of the LDA training is stored in a computer readable medium, such as in a smoke detector that uses LDA to determine, based on the training, whether present conditions indicate the existence of a fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank
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Patent number: 9437092Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of training a classifier for a smoke detector comprises inputting sensor data from a plurality of tests into a processor. The sensor data is processed to generate derived signal data corresponding to the test data for respective tests. The derived signal data is assigned into categories comprising at least one fire group and at least one non-fire group. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) training is performed by the processor. The derived signal data and the assigned categories for the derived signal data are inputs to the LDA training. The output of the LDA training is stored in a computer readable medium, such as in a smoke detector that uses LDA to determine, based on the training, whether present conditions indicate the existence of a fire.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank
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Publication number: 20160012698Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of training a classifier for a smoke detector comprises inputting sensor data from a plurality of tests into a processor. The sensor data is processed to generate derived signal data corresponding to the test data for respective tests. The derived signal data is assigned into categories comprising at least one fire group and at least one non-fire group. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) training is performed by the processor. The derived signal data and the assigned categories for the derived signal data are inputs to the LDA training. The output of the LDA training is stored in a computer readable medium, such as in a smoke detector that uses LDA to determine, based on the training, whether present conditions indicate the existence of a fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank
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Patent number: 9171453Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of training a classifier for a smoke detector comprises inputting sensor data from a plurality of tests into a processor. The sensor data is processed to generate derived signal data corresponding to the test data for respective tests. The derived signal data is assigned into categories comprising at least one fire group and at least one non-fire group. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) training is performed by the processor. The derived signal data and the assigned categories for the derived signal data are inputs to the LDA training. The output of the LDA training is stored in a computer readable medium, such as in a smoke detector that uses LDA to determine, based on the training, whether present conditions indicate the existence of a fire.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank
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Publication number: 20150206423Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of training a classifier for a smoke detector comprises inputting sensor data from a plurality of tests into a processor. The sensor data is processed to generate derived signal data corresponding to the test data for respective tests. The derived signal data is assigned into categories comprising at least one fire group and at least one non-fire group. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) training is performed by the processor. The derived signal data and the assigned categories for the derived signal data are inputs to the LDA training. The output of the LDA training is stored in a computer readable medium, such as in a smoke detector that uses LDA to determine, based on the training, whether present conditions indicate the existence of a fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank
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Patent number: 9019109Abstract: Methods and apparatus for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smoke detector uses linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to determine whether observed conditions indicate that an alarm is warranted.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank
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Publication number: 20140203942Abstract: Methods and apparatus for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smoke detector uses linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to determine whether observed conditions indicate that an alarm is warranted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Dennis A. Wolf, Steven Shane Frank