Patents by Inventor TOU LEE

TOU LEE 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: 10690519
    Abstract: A system may include a dial wheel having a first magnet located at a first orbital position of the dial wheel and a second magnet located at a second orbital position of the dial wheel. A polarity of the first magnet at a surface of the dial wheel is opposite a polarity of the second magnet at the surface of the dial wheel. A sensor board includes a first magnetic sensor for sensing a magnetic field and is configured so that the first and second magnets cause the first magnetic sensor to generate an output pulse for each rotation of the dial wheel. The pulsed output is indicative of a volume of resource consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Tou Lee, Vidya Prakash
  • Publication number: 20190265075
    Abstract: A system may include a dial wheel having a first magnet located at a first orbital position of the dial wheel and a second magnet located at a second orbital position of the dial wheel. A polarity of the first magnet at a surface of the dial wheel is opposite a polarity of the second magnet at the surface of the dial wheel. A sensor board includes a first magnetic sensor for sensing a magnetic field and is configured so that the first and second magnets cause the first magnetic sensor to generate an output pulse for each rotation of the dial wheel. The pulsed output is indicative of a volume of resource consumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Tou Lee, Vidya Prakash
  • Patent number: 9851410
    Abstract: Disclosed are various systems and methods related to forecasting a low capacity state in an energy storage device of a node. A voltage is measured for the energy storage device of the node based upon measurement criteria. A counter for the node is adjusted based on the measured voltage, where the counter represents a history of instances of previous measurements of the voltage with respect to a voltage limit. The counter is adjusted in one direction if the measured voltage is below the voltage limit, and the counter is adjusted in the opposite direction if the measured voltage meets the voltage limit. If the counter meets a low capacity threshold, a low capacity condition is activated for the node. If the counter fails to meet the low capacity threshold, the value of the counter is stored for subsequent use during the next evaluation of the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Tou Lee, Raghav Goteti
  • Publication number: 20160146892
    Abstract: Disclosed are various systems and methods related to forecasting a low capacity state in an energy storage device of a node. A voltage is measured for the energy storage device of the node based upon measurement criteria. A counter for the node is adjusted based on the measured voltage, where the counter represents a history of instances of previous measurements of the voltage with respect to a voltage limit. The counter is adjusted in one direction if the measured voltage is below the voltage limit, and the counter is adjusted in the opposite direction if the measured voltage meets the voltage limit. If the counter meets a low capacity threshold, a low capacity condition is activated for the node. If the counter fails to meet the low capacity threshold, the value of the counter is stored for subsequent use during the next evaluation of the energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: TOU LEE, Raghav Goteti