Patents by Inventor Terence David Cloughley

Terence David Cloughley 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: 9501300
    Abstract: A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium may include instructions executable by a processor in a simulation system to perform a simulation. The instructions may include to wait for a plurality of virtual controllers to complete a previous simulation step, write a result of the previous simulation step from each of the plurality of virtual controllers to a shared memory, read an input from the memory to each of the plurality of virtual controllers, initiate a simulation step on each of the plurality of virtual controllers, and upon initiation of the simulation step in each of the plurality of virtual controllers, indicate completion of the simulation, in which the plurality of virtual controllers include a controller model having a plurality of simulation steps and the instructions are configured to be executed by the processor in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Conroy, Terence David Cloughley
  • Publication number: 20150081267
    Abstract: A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium may include instructions executable by a processor in a simulation system to perform a simulation. The instructions may include to wait for a plurality of virtual controllers to complete a previous simulation step, write a result of the previous simulation step from each of the plurality of virtual controllers to a shared memory, read an input from the memory to each of the plurality of virtual controllers, initiate a simulation step on each of the plurality of virtual controllers, and upon initiation of the simulation step in each of the plurality of virtual controllers, indicate completion of the simulation, in which the plurality of virtual controllers include a controller model having a plurality of simulation steps and the instructions are configured to be executed by the processor in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Conroy, Terence David Cloughley