Electrical Characteristic Patents (Class 340/657)
  • Patent number: 12140556
    Abstract: A method for identifying damage in a component of a wind turbine includes placing a conductive element onto at least one surface of the component of the wind turbine. The method also includes electrically connecting the conductive element into an electrical circuit. Further, the method includes monitoring a status of the electrical circuit to identify the damage in the component. In particular, when the status of the electrical circuit is open, damage is likely present in the component, and when the status of the electrical circuit is closed, damage is unlikely present in the component. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the status of the electrical circuit to a user interface for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Jordy, Bhaveshkumar Mahendrakumar Kachhia, Aaron Lee Sprague, Dhanushkodi Durai Mariappan, William Max Gobeli
  • Patent number: 12127966
    Abstract: The disclosed is an ostomy system configured to detect a leakage of output between abase plate and/or a sensor assembly part of the ostomy system and a surface of a subject and a method of detecting the leakage of output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Niels Hvid, Lars Erup Larsen, Finn Speiermann
  • Patent number: 12092662
    Abstract: A clamp-type AC voltage probe includes: a clamp portion that clamps a cable to be measured; an electrode disposed to be opposed to the cable clamped by the clamp portion; a parallel circuit in which a capacitor and a resistance are connected in parallel, and one end of which is connected to the electrode; a resistance one end of which is connected to the other end of the parallel circuit and the other end of which is connected to a circuit ground; a capacitor one end of which is connected to the other end of the parallel circuit and the other end of which is connected to the circuit ground; and an amplifier an input terminal of which is connected to the one end or the other end of the parallel circuit, and that amplifies and outputs a signal input into the input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 12092683
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to prevent undesired false triggering of a safety device, which protects a person from electric shock as a result of unintentional contact with voltage-carrying or current-carrying parts. This aim is achieved in that a triggering sensitivity (EA) of the safety device is changed depending on a determined body resistance (RK) of the person wearing the safety device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Adaptive Regelsysteme Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Dietmar Holztrattner, Michael Altenbuchner
  • Patent number: 12085614
    Abstract: A device for protecting, controlling, and monitoring electrical medium range switchgear comprising use of a Rogowski coil embedded in the bottle of a switchgear and surrounding the Mains flow of voltage and current, a capacitive or similar voltage divider, also surrounding the Mains and extending around the bottle, and providing analog signals from those devices to an integrated circuit for conversion to digital signals, and then transmitting as output the digital signals to a data accumulator where the same are optionally time stamped and compared to one another, to a standard or to themselves at a different time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Bruce Hack
  • Patent number: 12085419
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a set of meters that are connected to a common remote processor device, the method comprising both first steps performed in each meter for: acquiring primary measurements of a magnitude representative of the occurrence of an anomaly; selecting pertinent measurements from the primary measurements, the pertinent measurements satisfying a pertinence criterion; regularly transmitting the pertinent measurements to the remote processor device; and second steps performed in the remote processor device, for: comparing, for each meter, the pertinent measurements with a detection threshold common to all of the meters of the set of meters in order to attempt detecting an anomaly associated with said meter; and adjusting the detection threshold dynamically as a function of the percentage of meters detected as being associated with an anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS
    Inventor: Henri Teboulle
  • Patent number: 12080113
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Ford Kyes, Mark Jeffrey Davidson, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Patent number: 12032463
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a digital data monitor comprising: a dial with indices indicating points in time; and a plurality of segments representing information about digital data or data streams arranged within and/or around the dial. Each of the segments is assignable to one index or a plurality of indices of the dial conveying a point in time and/or a time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Hofmann, Fritjof Kaiser
  • Patent number: 11989668
    Abstract: Embodiments implement non-intrusive load monitoring using a novel learning scheme. A trained machine learning model configured to disaggregate device energy usage from household energy usage can be stored, where the machine learning model is trained to predict energy usage for a target device from household energy usage. Household energy usage over a period of time can be received, where the household energy usage includes energy consumed by the target device and energy consumed by a plurality of other devices. Using the trained machine learning model, energy usage for the target device over the period of time can be predicted based on the received household energy usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Selim Mimaroglu, Arhan Gunel, Oren Benjamin, Anqi Shen
  • Patent number: 11971018
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems, devices and methods for the efficient use of utilities, more particularly to the distribution and provision of electricity supply at appropriate voltages, monitoring and usage by end devices, and to facilitating consumers in changing their energy usage behaviour, and to adopt and easily install appropriate sustainable, energy efficient or renewable technologies. Said end devices typically including traditional electric, electronic and lighting appliances requiring AC or DC power provision or low voltage DC power via AC/DC converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Moixa Energy Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Simon Richard Daniel, Christopher Verity Wright
  • Patent number: 11966755
    Abstract: A boot control circuit of a computer system is provided. The boot control circuit is coupled to a system power module. The boot control circuit includes a connection port module and a motherboard. The connection port module includes a detection pin. The motherboard includes a switch for controlling the system power module. The motherboard controls the system power module to provide power for booting the computer system according to a connection between the detection pin and the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chi-Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 11931859
    Abstract: A grinder includes a motor including an output shaft, a housing accommodating the motor, a switch, a brake member movable back and forth between a rear braking position and a front brake release position, a switch lever movable between an initial position and a depressed position, a sliding member slidable between a first position to move the brake member to the brake release position and a second position to move the brake member to the braking position to turn on the switch at the first position and turn off the switch at the second position, and a link member rotatable between a first rotational position to move the sliding member to the first position and a second rotational position to move the sliding member to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11931285
    Abstract: A base plate for a medical appliance includes a top layer; a first adhesive layer with a water soluble or water swellable hydrocolloid; an electrode assembly having a plurality of electrodes; and a monitor interface for connecting the base plate to a monitor device. The monitor interface has a coupling part with an elastically deformable part that allows the coupling part to move relative to the first adhesive layer of the base plate for coupling the monitor device and the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid, Mads Hindhede Svanegaard, Stephanie Knoedler
  • Patent number: 11927617
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (20) for monitoring a condition of an electrical power transmission medium (22), the apparatus (20) comprising: a signal source (24) for transmitting a signal (30) to travel along the electrical power transmission medium (22); and a monitoring device (26) configured to detect one or more reflected signals (34) in the electrical power transmission medium (22), wherein the monitoring device (24) is configured to use the or each detected reflected signal (34) to determine a change in capacitance of the electrical power transmission medium (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Whitehouse, Rosemary King
  • Patent number: 11908529
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the data storage device. The power supply circuit includes a voltage clamp configured to operate in a conduction state in response to an over-voltage condition of the power supply circuit. The power supply circuit also includes a fuse in series with the voltage clamp. The fuse is configured to open in response to a current flow through the fuse and the voltage clamp exceeding a threshold value. The power supply circuit also includes a switching device that is configured to latch in a forward conduction mode in response to the voltage clamp operating in the conduction state. The switching device couples power from a positive voltage bus to the voltage clamp when the switching device is in the forward conduction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Linnen, Kirubakaran Periyannan, Khanfer A. Kukkady
  • Patent number: 11894687
    Abstract: A photovoltaic system, a method for locating devices in a photovoltaic string, a MLPE apparatus, and a method for ranking MLPE apparatuses. Each MLPE apparatus sends, actively according to a predetermine rule, an initial message to the other MLPE apparatuses. The initial message includes a serial number corresponding to said MLPE apparatus and an accumulated operation duration of said MLPE apparatus. The MLPE apparatuses determine the rank of the accumulated operation duration of each MLPE apparatus according to the initial messages sent from all MLPE apparatuses. After each MLPE apparatus communicates with a communication host, the MLPE apparatuses reports the rank of the accumulated operation duration of each MLPE apparatus to the communication host. Thereby, the communication host may determine a physical location of each device in the photovoltaic string according to the ranks of the accumulated operation durations and a sequence of installing positions of the devices in the photovoltaic string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanfei Yu, Anying Jiang, Xinyu Wang, Xiaoxun Li
  • Patent number: 11860306
    Abstract: A side looking occupancy sensor is incorporated in a conventional wall switch mounted into a switch box adjacent to a door. The side-looking proximity sensor preferably is mountable to either side of the doorjamb to make the side-looking proximity sensor face the door opening. During operation, the side-looking sensor monitors the door movement or senses the passage of a person for indication that a person is entering or leaving the space. Entry and exit determination is made based on activation of the side-looking sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Watt Stopper, Inc.
    Inventor: Louia Weidman
  • Patent number: 11831143
    Abstract: Disclosed are power distribution systems and methods in which a power distribution unit (PDU) is provided with an overcurrent protection device and per-outlet current sensing at each of the multiple electrical outlets of the PDU. The described embodiments enable the identification of the electronic device connected to a specific outlet or electronic device that may have caused the overcurrent protection device to trip. The methods of outlet identification in a PDU having multiple electrical outlets includes detecting whether either a peak current or a half-cycle root mean square (RMS) current at each outlet has exceeded a selected threshold prior to the occurrence of the trip event associated with the overcurrent protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LEGRAND DPC, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Krause, Danny Baumann, Michael Suchoff, James P. Maskaly, Paul Mott
  • Patent number: 11803743
    Abstract: A building system for training a prediction model with augmented training data. The building system comprising one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to obtain a first training data set comprising data values associated with a data point of the building system and with a plurality of time-steps and energy values associated with consumption of the building system at each of the plurality of time-steps; generate an augmented training data set comprising a second training data set, the second training data set comprising the energy values and the data values of the first training data set but with a data value replaced with a predetermined value at a time-step of the plurality of time-steps; and generate a prediction model by training the prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Sugumar Murugesan, Young M. Lee
  • Patent number: 11804719
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in an energy control system includes instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor, cause the processor to receive a request for station power from a requesting power plant of a plurality of power plants, determine a burden score associated with supplying the station power to the requesting power plant from two or more supplier power plants of the plurality of power plants, allocate available power from the supplier power plant having the lowest burden score to the requesting power plant, and provide a notification to an operator of the supplier power plant having the lowest burden score. The notification indicating the amount of power expected to be supplied to the requesting power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLC
    Inventors: Nadim Kanan, Zeljko Gigio Sakota
  • Patent number: 11774269
    Abstract: There is provided a light control circuit including a light detector, a frequency detector, an error amplifier, an NMOS driver and a light source. The frequency detector identifies a signal frequency according to detected voltage signals outputted by the light detector and generates a control signal accordingly. The NMOS driver changes a drive current of the light source according to an output of the error amplifier. The error amplifier changes a bandwidth thereof according to the control signal from the frequency detector to regulate a response time of the drive current of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Choong Shim, Gim-Eng Chew
  • Patent number: 11758680
    Abstract: An electronic cable system operates as an extension cable to facilitate external viewing of internal infrastructure LED status. A wired cable is provided having a first end and a second end, the first end including a first I/O coupler, LED detectors and a power jack; and the second end including a second I/O coupler and a plurality of LEDs. The plurality of LEDs of the second end illuminate in response to activation of the LED detector of the first end. The first I/O coupler may plug into an internal module of electronic infrastructure, such as a server, to detect operational status of the internal module via the LED detectors. The second I/O coupler may couple to infrastructure housing, permitting the plurality of LEDs to be viewed externally of the housing. The plurality of external LEDs on the infrastructure housing mimic internal (non-viewable) status indicator LEDs of the internal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric R Uskali, Matthew Zalewski, Clark D Fischbach
  • Patent number: 11735870
    Abstract: A method for identifying a signal transmission device includes: reading attribute information from a memory device by a first device of a signal processing system, wherein the attribute information records information regarding at least one attribute of the signal transmission device that is coupled between the first device and a second device of the signal processing system; determining the at least one attribute of the signal transmission device by the first device according to the attribute information; and setting a maximum value or a minimum value of a signal output by the first device or the second device according to the at least one attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Yueh-Hsing Huang, Sen-Huang Tang, Wu-Chih Lin, Cheng-Kai Lai
  • Patent number: 11701248
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, performed in an accessory device, for communicating a leakage state of an ostomy appliance, wherein the accessory device comprises an interface configured to communicate with one or more devices of an ostomy system, the one or more devices comprising a monitor device, and/or the ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user. The method comprises obtaining monitor data from the one or more devices, the monitor data being indicative of presence of fluid at a proximal side of a first adhesive layer of the ostomy appliance towards the skin surface; determining a leakage state at the proximal side of the first adhesive layer of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data, and communicating the leakage state of the ostomy appliance via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Niels Hvid, Daniel Gewecke Daugaard-Jensen, Peter Flintholm Soerensen, Dan Boegsted Andersen, Finn Speiermann
  • Patent number: 11682215
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a system of monitoring one or more consumer goods is provided. The system includes at least one monitoring device configured to capture and transmit data about the one or more consumer goods and at least one computing device configured to receive data from the at least one monitoring device, perform analysis on the captured data, and generate one or more notifications or triggers based on the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Inteladata, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Dreesch, Lappin Hammond
  • Patent number: 11658702
    Abstract: Example electric appliance identification methods and apparatuses are provided. One example method includes obtaining, by a power line communication (PLC) device, a first noise signal in a circuit. The PLC device can then obtain first data based on the first noise signal, where the first data is used to describe a time-frequency feature of the first noise signal. The PLC device can then obtain, based on an electric appliance identification model and the first data, an electric appliance identification result corresponding to the first noise signal, where the electric appliance identification model is obtained based on a signal including a second noise signal of at least one known electric appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Biwei Song, Hao Zhang, Yuming Xie
  • Patent number: 11637417
    Abstract: A method for analyzing survivability of an infrastructure link includes determining an optimal path arrangement of the infrastructure link between two geographic locations; and determining a risk index associated with the determined optimal path arrangement based on one or more quantified cost factors and one or more quantified risk factors associated with the determined optimal path arrangement. The risk index represents a survivability of the infrastructure link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Moshe Zukerman, Zengfu Wang, Qing Wang, William Moran, Elias Tahchi
  • Patent number: 11614500
    Abstract: An integrated magnetometer comprises at least one field sensor unit including a first transducer element for generating, in response to a detected magnetic field, a first electrical output signal. At least one gradient sensor unit of the magnetometer includes at least a pair of second transducer elements which are arranged to detect the magnetic field at two different locations and generate, in response to the detected magnetic field, a second electrical output signal. The first and second transducer elements are formed on a common substrate and are encompassed by a common protective layer and/or housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Bartos, Armin Meisenberg
  • Patent number: 11590454
    Abstract: A leak may be detected in a heat exchanger of a hemodialysis device. A drain valve is opened by the controller, and then closed by the controller after a pre-selected time period. An initial pressure is determined in the spent dialysate circuit and stored in the memory. A system pressure is determined at periodic time intervals and compared to a pre-determined maximum pressure. The controller then determines whether the heat exchanger has a leak, in that in response to the system pressure exceeding a predetermined maximum pressure, a command is generated to execute an event including suspending a disinfectant operation with a disinfecting agent, and in response to the initial pressure subtracted from the system pressure being greater than a predetermined minimum pressure differential, a command is generated to execute an event including suspending the cleanse operation with the disinfecting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Crnkovich, Roland Levin, Christopher McCormick, Fei Wang, Aiyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11573587
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing power devices in a circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power analysis apparatus analyzes information on power supplied to the circuit and classifies the power patterns into groups of their own similar power patterns by making reference to the information on the power patterns, so as to acquire at least one piece of motif information which is information on at least one fingerprint. The apparatus further counts the frequency of occurrence of each motif and determines a pair of specific motifs having the difference between the counted frequencies of occurrence, which is within a predetermined value range, and average power variation values symmetrical to each other, whereby an accurate determination can be made as to the individual power devices in the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Starkoff Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hyo Ahn, Hyun Kwon Ahn, Han Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11567109
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided to control an electrical component of an electric power distribution system with an intelligent electronic device using electrical measurements from a wireless electrical measurement device located away from the electrical component. One such system includes a capacitor bank on a lateral of an electric power distribution system, a first set of one or more wireless electrical measurement devices that obtain one or more electrical measurements of a first feeder of the electric power distribution system, and a capacitor bank controller. The capacitor bank controller may use the one or more electrical measurements of the first feeder to control the capacitor bank on the lateral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy William Blair, Raymond W. Rice
  • Patent number: 11544632
    Abstract: Embodiments implement non-intrusive load monitoring using ensemble machine learning techniques. A first trained machine learning model configured to disaggregate target device energy usage from source location energy usage and a second trained machine learning model configured to detect device energy usage from source location energy usage can be stored, where the first trained machine learning model is trained to predict an amount of energy usage for the target device and the second trained machine learning model is trained to predict when a target device has used energy. Source location energy usage over a period of time can be received, where the source location energy usage includes energy consumed by the target device. An amount of disaggregated target device energy usage over the period of time can be predicted, using the first and second trained machine learning models, based on the received source location energy usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Selim Mimaroglu, Anqi Shen, Arhan Gunel, Oren Benjamin
  • Patent number: 11526638
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating score(s) and/or correction(s) for a digital twin representing a utility network. One or more bridges transform data, from a plurality of system and associated with a utility network, to a different format, e.g., relational database format. A process generates a digital twin of the utility network utilizing the data in the different format. A data quality service (DQS) performs evaluations and/or analyses of the digital twin to generate a baseline score and an updated score representing a state of the digital twin if corrections are applied. If the updated score meets or is above a threshold value, the DQS automatically applies and save the corrections to the digital twin. If the updated score does not meet the threshold value, the DQS presents a failure notification and one or more graphical representations of the utility network such that incremental corrections can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfredo Contreras, Mike Carlisle
  • Patent number: 11482863
    Abstract: A fuel dispenser includes a power distribution system having an alternating current (AC) power supply and an AC to direct current (DC) power converter configured to convert a portion of the AC power to DC power for one or more DC peripheral components associated with the fuel dispenser. The power distribution system also includes processing circuitry configured to power down at least one of the DC peripheral components in response to an actuator, cause an indicator to be activated indicating that the DC peripheral components are de-energized and the AC power supply is active, power up the at least one direct current peripheral component in response to the actuator when the direct current peripherals are de-energized, and cause the indicator to be activated to indicate that both the DC peripheral components and the AC power supply are active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Gilbarco Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Carapelli, Joseph Long, Wayne McNinch
  • Patent number: 11470697
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical dimmer that upon activation sends a forward-phase modulated test power pulse to a connected load, receives from the load a response pulse, compares the width of the two pulses, and, depending upon the results of the comparison, operates in either forward- or reverse-phase modulation. The dimmer may respond to an intensity target by setting a pulse-width modulation duty cycle, the setting based on an intensity-translation curve. The translation curve may be based on a mapping between luminance and human visual perception of brightness. Some dimmers support a minimum intensity setting, and some dimmers configure themselves to the frequency of the incoming alternating-current power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Boca Flasher, Inc.
    Inventor: Luis Rosado
  • Patent number: 11442146
    Abstract: A side looking occupancy sensor is incorporated in a conventional wall switch mounted into a switch box adjacent to a door. The side-looking proximity sensor preferably is mountable to either side of the doorjamb to make the side-looking proximity sensor face the door opening. During operation, the side-looking sensor monitors the door movement or senses the passage of a person for indication that a person is entering or leaving the space. Entry and exit determination is made based on activation of the side-looking sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Watt Stopper, Inc.
    Inventor: Louia Weidman
  • Patent number: 11406987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for separating pieces having a second density (9c) from granular material. The system includes a separation tank (2) comprising a first side wall (12) provided with a tank outlet (6), a bottom (7), a pipe (4) defining a channel (3a) for allowing a slurry to enter the tank (2). A pipe outlet (4b) is spaced apart from the tank outlet and arranged vertically below the outlet (6). The separation tank (2) comprises a trap (5) for collecting said pieces. A separation chamber (8a) is arranged in liquid communication with the pipe outlet to allow slurry to enter the separation chamber. The pipe outlet is in a lower third of the separation tank facing the bottom of the tank so that slurry flows vertically through the pipe outlet towards the bottom causing a turbulent flow of the slurry in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Lvndin o Lvndin AB
    Inventors: Joakim Lundin, Jonas Lundin
  • Patent number: 11394218
    Abstract: A controller in an electricity storage system that includes a first DC/DC converter connected to a storage battery, and a bidirectional inverter connected to the first DC/DC converter. The controller includes a control circuit which changes a content to be displayed by a display, according to whether the electricity storage system is in a predetermined state in which a first PV is connected to the bidirectional inverter via a DC bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Senichi Onoda, Yoshikatsu Ito, Satoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11386770
    Abstract: A light switch apparatus includes a network communication unit and an output unit. The network communication unit is configured to receive electricity price rate server information from a server, and generate a first high range electricity price output data and a second low range electricity price rate data according to the electricity price rate server information. The output unit is configured to display at least a first output color in response to receiving the first high range electricity price output data from the network communication unit, and a second output color in response to receiving the second low range electricity price rate data from the network communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Flick Power
    Inventor: Andre Ramirez
  • Patent number: 11366460
    Abstract: A system for monitoring an electrical device and a method thereof is provided, wherein at least one primary unit is connected with an input side and/or an output side of the electrical device and configured to obtain electrical parameters of the electrical device. A secondary unit is connected with each primary unit and configured to receive the electrical parameters obtained by the primary unit, store the electrical parameters to form a repository of previously obtained electrical parameters, compare the electrical parameters with previously obtained electrical parameters to determine any deviation in the electrical parameters and correlate the deviation in electrical parameters with a list of impending faults to identify any impending fault. The secondary unit based upon the correlation of the electrical parameters generates a summary and/or alert indicative of state of the electrical device by way of alerts, notifications etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ECOLIBRIUM ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Chintan Soni, Harit Soni, Parthiv Patel, Ravi Bhatia, Aditya Bhandari, Ashutosh Sharma, Gokul G. Krishna, Gaurav Patwa, Parita Bhojani
  • Patent number: 11354659
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securing transaction messages are described. In an example, a rule set may be accessed. The rule set may specify a selection of a key from a plurality of keys or an obfuscation process from a plurality of obfuscation processes. The selection may be based on a condition associated with securing transaction messages. The keys or the obfuscation processes may be stored at a card reader. An instruction about the selection may be provided to the card reader based on the rule set and a determination that the condition is satisfied. In turn, a secure transaction message may be received from the card reader. The secure transaction message may have been secured based on the key or the obfuscation process. The secure transaction message may be provided to a transaction system that includes a management system associated with the key or the obfuscation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chelsea Celest Krueger, Guy Bialostocki, Amitpal Singh Bhutani, Justin Michael Bonnar
  • Patent number: 11211973
    Abstract: A processing method and LED module based on a power line transmission amplitude-modulated signal, which comprises a voltage processing module, a voltage regulator module, a control module, a constant current module, a signal comparison module, an oscillator and an LED, wherein an amplitude-modulated signal having a high and low level is input from a positive electrode terminal and then processed by the voltage processing module for input to the voltage regulator module, a power supply voltage is provided respectively for the LED and the control module under the effect of the voltage regulator module, and a reference voltage is provided for the signal comparison module; the amplitude-modulated signal is input to the signal comparison module, such that a control signal is obtained under the effect of the signal comparison module for input to the control module. In the invention, the LED emits light stably, and can be automatically produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGMEN PENGJIANG TIANLI NEW TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanying Tan
  • Patent number: 11175644
    Abstract: A distributed automation control system includes a network for connecting members of the system to a central server for communication between the members and the central server. The members can include a device controlled by a microcontroller in communication with the network, a mobile object digitized to communicate with the central server via the network, and a facility component in communication with the central server. A member can be assigned to one or more groups of members for group learning and for generating a group heartbeat. Each member defines a safety volume which is monitored by the central server. When the safety volume of one member overlaps the safety volume of another member, the central server initiates a responsive action which can include ceasing the operation of at least one of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BEET, INC.
    Inventors: David Jingqiu Wang, Aaron Gregory Romain, Daniel Philip Romain
  • Patent number: 11144030
    Abstract: A distributed automation control system includes a network for connecting members of the system to a central server for communication between the members and the central server. The members can include a device controlled by a microcontroller in communication with the network, a mobile object digitized to communicate with the central server via the network, and a facility component in communication with the central server. A member can be assigned to one or more groups of members for group learning and for generating a group heartbeat. Each member defines a safety volume which is monitored by the central server. When the safety volume of one member overlaps the safety volume of another member, the central server initiates a responsive action which can include ceasing the operation of at least one of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BEET, INC.
    Inventors: David Jingqiu Wang, Aaron Gregory Romain, Daniel Philip Romain
  • Patent number: 11128298
    Abstract: A proximity sensor, and a portable device equipped therewith, with at least two sense electrodes, one influencing the other. By reading twice the capacity of one electrode, while either setting the potential of the counter-electrode to guard or letting it float, the sensor of the invention discriminates between a body part, or another electrically equivalent object, and low-permittivity objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Jerald George Ott, III, Deming Li, Chaouki Rouaissia
  • Patent number: 10979333
    Abstract: A request to monitor a data packet to be transmitted from a first location to a second location over a first network is received. A projected time for the transmission of the data packet from the first location to the second location is determined. Responsive to determining the projected time, whether the data packet arrived at the second location after the projected time plus a variance is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Bernoth, Daniel J. Martin, Sandeep R. Patil, Piyush Sarwal, Riyazahamad M. Shiraguppi, Gandhi Sivakumar
  • Patent number: 10878301
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an Electronic Smart Tag (“EST”). The methods involve: operating the EST in a first operational state in which first item related information is output from an electronic output device of the EST that is powered by an energy storage device storing energy harvested from an external energy source; detecting when a charge level of the energy storage device reaches or falls below a first threshold level; and transitioning an operational state of the EST from the first operational state to a second operation state in which a message is output from EST requesting that a mobile device be placed in proximity to the EST for purposes of obtaining at least a first portion of the first item related information, in response to the detection that the charge level of the energy storage device has reached or fallen below the first threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Mohiuddin, Melwyn F. Sequeira, Hubert A. Patterson
  • Patent number: 10877081
    Abstract: A system and method used to detect voltage by an electric field detector on equipment is provided. The equipment includes a component which is configured to come into direct contact with, or come into proximity of, a conductor of electricity, and a control system which is in operative communication with the component. An electric field detector is provided on the equipment. The detector includes field detection circuitry configured to detect a voltage in an electric field in the environment which meets or exceeds a voltage threshold. When an overvoltage is detected by the electric field detector, the control system of the equipment is configured to act by performing one of 1) activating a warning module on the equipment and 2) causing the component of the equipment to act.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: William J. McNulty, Michael Z. Standiford, Ryan Berg, Eli Alexander Johnson
  • Patent number: 10852705
    Abstract: Devices in an environment may be transitioned to a low power state based on calendar data or other types of user input. User input indicating a first device, a time period, and a set of conditions is received. When the time period occurs, device data from one or more devices in the environment is used to determine whether the set of conditions is met. If the conditions are met, an instruction from a device outside of the environment is provided to the first device to cause the first device to enter a low power state, during which the device is no longer accessible to other devices outside of the environment. After a lapse of the time period, a change in conditions, or in response to manual input provided to the first device, the first device returns to an operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Myles Conley
  • Patent number: 10718642
    Abstract: A method for checking an operability of two-wire measuring transducers in automation technology which output a measurement signal as an impressed loop direct current via a two-wire line and active assemblies of which are supplied with electrical energy via the two-wire line includes: measuring the loop direct current and an input voltage of the measuring transducer; increasing the loop direct current in a range from a minimum value to a maximum value independently of the measured value, while measuring the input voltage of the measuring transducer; storing the measured values of the input voltage at selected measuring points of the loop direct current as an individual signature of the measuring transducer; and, during ongoing operation, measuring the input voltage at connection terminals of the two-wire line via an internal resistance of the measuring transducer at a prevailing loop direct current and recursively comparing that with the signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Horst Schwanzer, Tilo Merlin