Patents by Inventor William Borea Noto
William Borea Noto 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: 11084582Abstract: The present approach relates to the inspection of assets, such as assets having parts that move during operation. As discussed herein, operational data for the asset may be incorporated into planning or adapting the flight plan and/or operational commands may be issued to asset in accordance with the flight plan to facilitate acquisition of the inspection data.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: William Borea Noto
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Patent number: 10436179Abstract: In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for remotely resetting faulted wind turbines may generally include receiving fault data associated with a turbine fault that has occurred for a faulted wind turbine, analyzing one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault; determining whether the faulted wind turbine is remotely resettable based on the one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault and if the turbine fault is remotely resettable, transmitting a reset notification to a client device authorized to receive notifications for the wind turbine, wherein the reset notification indicates that the faulted wind turbine can be remotely reset.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: William Borea Noto
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Publication number: 20190256208Abstract: The present approach relates to the inspection of assets, such as assets having parts that move during operation. As discussed herein, operational data for the asset may be incorporated into planning or adapting the flight plan and/or operational commands may be issued to asset in accordance with the flight plan to facilitate acquisition of the inspection data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventor: William Borea Noto
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Patent number: 10329017Abstract: The present approach relates to the inspection of assets, such as assets having parts that move during operation. As discussed herein, operational data for the asset may be incorporated into planning or adapting the flight plan and/or operational commands may be issued to asset in accordance with the flight plan to facilitate acquisition of the inspection data.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: William Borea Noto
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Patent number: 10215156Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for autonomous yaw control of a wind turbine. The method includes measuring, via a wind sensor, one or more wind conditions near the wind turbine. Another step includes receiving, via a distributed inputs and outputs (I/O) module, the one or more wind conditions from the wind sensor. The method also includes determining, via the distributed I/O module, a control signal for a yaw drive mechanism of the wind turbine as a function of the one or more wind conditions. Further, the yaw drive mechanism is configured to modify an orientation of a nacelle of the wind turbine. Thus, the method also includes controlling, via the distributed I/O module, the yaw drive mechanism based on the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Oliver Caffrey, Timothy Botsford Cribbs, Christopher Lee Tschappatt, William Borea Noto, Joerg Middendorf
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Patent number: 10167851Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring and controlling the operation of wind turbines located within a wind farm may generally include first and second wind turbines. The first wind turbine may include a first turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the first wind turbine and provide a first control interface for controlling the operation of the first wind turbine. The second wind turbine may include a second turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the second wind turbine and provide a second control interface for controlling the operation of the second wind turbine. The system may also include a secondary computing device coupled to the second turbine controller. The second turbine controller may be configured to provide the secondary computing device access to the first control interface in order to allow the operation of the first wind turbine to be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Borea Noto, Paul Oliver Caffrey, Joerg Hagmann
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Publication number: 20180259955Abstract: The present approach relates to the inspection of assets, such as assets having parts that move during operation. As discussed herein, operational data for the asset may be incorporated into planning or adapting the flight plan and/or operational commands may be issued to asset in accordance with the flight plan to facilitate acquisition of the inspection data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventor: William Borea Noto
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Publication number: 20180180027Abstract: In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for remotely resetting faulted wind turbines may generally include receiving fault data associated with a turbine fault that has occurred for a faulted wind turbine, analyzing one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault; determining whether the faulted wind turbine is remotely resettable based on the one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault and if the turbine fault is remotely resettable, transmitting a reset notification to a client device authorized to receive notifications for the wind turbine, wherein the reset notification indicates that the faulted wind turbine can be remotely reset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: William Borea Noto
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Publication number: 20180106240Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring and controlling the operation of wind turbines located within a wind farm may generally include first and second wind turbines. The first wind turbine may include a first turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the first wind turbine and provide a first control interface for controlling the operation of the first wind turbine. The second wind turbine may include a second turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the second wind turbine and provide a second control interface for controlling the operation of the second wind turbine. The system may also include a secondary computing device coupled to the second turbine controller. The second turbine controller may be configured to provide the secondary computing device access to the first control interface in order to allow the operation of the first wind turbine to be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: William Borea Noto, Paul Oliver Caffrey, Joerg Hagmann
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Patent number: 9926913Abstract: In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for remotely resetting faulted wind turbines may generally include receiving fault data associated with a turbine fault that has occurred for a faulted wind turbine, analyzing one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault; determining whether the faulted wind turbine is remotely resettable based on the one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault and if the turbine fault is remotely resettable, transmitting a reset notification to a client device authorized to receive notifications for the wind turbine, wherein the reset notification indicates that the faulted wind turbine can be remotely reset.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: William Borea Noto
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Publication number: 20180067738Abstract: A system and approaches for automatically deploying control code are provided where a notification of an update to an industrial asset is received and permission to update the asset is granted. A measure of a sensed environmental condition from the asset is received, and a determination is made whether to apply the update to the asset based on the measure of the sensed environmental condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Borea NOTO, Paul O. CAFFREY, David Charles KORIM, Minesh Ashok SHAH
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Patent number: 9845789Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring and controlling the operation of wind turbines located within a wind farm may generally include first and second wind turbines. The first wind turbine may include a first turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the first wind turbine and provide a first control interface for controlling the operation of the first wind turbine. The second wind turbine may include a second turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the second wind turbine and provide a second control interface for controlling the operation of the second wind turbine. The system may also include a secondary computing device coupled to the second turbine controller. The second turbine controller may be configured to provide the secondary computing device access to the first control interface in order to allow the operation of the first wind turbine to be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: William Borea Noto, Paul Oliver Caffrey, Joerg Hagmann
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Publication number: 20170076235Abstract: A method for scheduling software updates for industrial assets may generally include receiving, with a computing device, an indication that a software update is available for an industrial asset, accessing, with the computing device, forecasted operating data for the industrial asset, determining, with the computing device, a suggested time for installing the software update based on the forecasted operating data and providing, with the computing device, a notification indicating the availability of the software update and the suggested time for installing the software update.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: William Borea Noto, Paul Oliver Caffrey, David Charles Korim
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Publication number: 20160327025Abstract: In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for remotely resetting faulted wind turbines may generally include receiving fault data associated with a turbine fault that has occurred for a faulted wind turbine, analyzing one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault; determining whether the faulted wind turbine is remotely resettable based on the one or more reset conditions associated with the turbine fault and if the turbine fault is remotely resettable, transmitting a reset notification to a client device authorized to receive notifications for the wind turbine, wherein the reset notification indicates that the faulted wind turbine can be remotely reset.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventor: William Borea Noto
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Publication number: 20160327023Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for autonomous yaw control of a wind turbine. The method includes measuring, via a wind sensor, one or more wind conditions near the wind turbine. Another step includes receiving, via a distributed inputs and outputs (I/O) module, the one or more wind conditions from the wind sensor. The method also includes determining, via the distributed I/O module, a control signal for a yaw drive mechanism of the wind turbine as a function of the one or more wind conditions. Further, the yaw drive mechanism is configured to modify an orientation of a nacelle of the wind turbine. Thus, the method also includes controlling, via the distributed I/O module, the yaw drive mechanism based on the control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Paul Oliver Caffrey, Timothy Botsford Cribbs, Christopher Lee Tschappatt, William Borea Noto, Joerg Middendorf
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Publication number: 20160115942Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring and controlling the operation of wind turbines located within a wind farm may generally include first and second wind turbines. The first wind turbine may include a first turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the first wind turbine and provide a first control interface for controlling the operation of the first wind turbine. The second wind turbine may include a second turbine controller configured to monitor an operating parameter(s) associated with the second wind turbine and provide a second control interface for controlling the operation of the second wind turbine. The system may also include a secondary computing device coupled to the second turbine controller. The second turbine controller may be configured to provide the secondary computing device access to the first control interface in order to allow the operation of the first wind turbine to be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: William Borea Noto, Paul Oliver Caffrey, Joerg Hagmann