Patents by Inventor Tanuja Ganu

Tanuja Ganu 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).

  • Detecting non-technical losses in electrical networks based on multi-layered statistical techniques from smart meter data
    Patent number: 10379146
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting losses in electrical networks are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes computing a consumption estimation for each consumer associated with a network; determining a difference between (i) the consumption estimation and (ii) actual consumption for each consumer; clustering the consumers into a cluster based on a consumption pattern associated with each consumer; determining a level of deviation of (i) the consumption pattern associated with each consumer from (ii) a consumption pattern representative of the cluster; clustering the consumers into two or more clusters based on a consumption pattern during a first interval of time and during a second interval of time; determining, for each consumer, a level of evolution from (i) a first cluster during the first interval to (ii) a second cluster during the second interval; and identifying consumers associated with a given loss within the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
    Inventors: Sambaran Bandyopadhyay, Zainul Charbiwala, Tanuja Ganu, Pg Dr M. Iskandar Pg Hj Petra
  • Detecting Non-Technical Losses in Electrical Networks Based on Multi-Layered Statistical Techniques from Smart Meter Data
    Publication number: 20170082665
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting losses in electrical networks are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes computing a consumption estimation for each consumer associated with a network; determining a difference between (i) the consumption estimation and (ii) actual consumption for each consumer; clustering the consumers into a cluster based on a consumption pattern associated with each consumer; determining a level of deviation of (i) the consumption pattern associated with each consumer from (ii) a consumption pattern representative of the cluster; clustering the consumers into two or more clusters based on a consumption pattern during a first interval of time and during a second interval of time; determining, for each consumer, a level of evolution from (i) a first cluster during the first interval to (ii) a second cluster during the second interval; and identifying consumers associated with a given loss within the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Sambaran Bandyopadhyay, Zainul Charbiwala, Tanuja Ganu, Pg Dr M. Iskandar Pg Hj Petra