Mechanical Control System Patents (Class 700/275)
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Patent number: 11821950Abstract: A switching assembly configured to use different sensing technologies to detect a button press and to thereby determine when the switch is malfunctioning. The switch assembly may include an actuator that is configured to selectively open or close an electric circuit, and may also include a sensor responsive to the position of the actuator. A logic circuit may be included that is configured to compare input from the sensor with input from the circuit the switch is electrically connected to so as to determine whether the switch assembly is operating properly. The logic circuit may generate a signal indicating the operational status of the switch and may optionally provide this signal to a fault detection circuit. The actuator, sensor, and logic circuit may also be mounted within a common housing thus providing a single installation package.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.Inventors: James D. Shaw, Aaron Ransdell
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Patent number: 11824951Abstract: By monitoring an in-person interaction using a first Internet of Things (IoT) device, an entity relationship between parties in the in-person interaction is identified. Using data resulting from the monitoring, a habit workflow corresponding to the entity relationship is generated, wherein the habit workflow comprises a sequence of habits and a habit in the sequence of habits comprises performance of a behavior. A second IoT device able to monitor execution of the habit workflow is identified. Using the second IoT device, execution of the habit workflow is monitored. A motivational method corresponding to the execution is identified from the monitored execution.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Craig M. Trim, James E. Bostick, Martin G. Keen, John M. Ganci, Jr.
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Patent number: 11808132Abstract: An end-to-end well construction system includes an e-program for receiving a first input selected from well planning data, rig historical performance data, rig parameters, drilling engineering input, management of change, and a combination thereof, and configured to produce a first output selected from a machine and/or human readable sequence, a time depth curve, a drilling program, and a combination thereof, and a second output including analytics data. Further, the end-to-end well construction system includes a drilling control layer, configured to receive the first output from e-program, and to produce a third output including an automated sequence, and a smart well analytics system configured to receive the analytics data from the e-program and a second input selected from drilling data, downhole data, base data from the e-program, a modeling software, and a combination thereof, and to produce a fourth output to the drilling control layer for automated adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures LimitedInventors: Barry Braniff, Jason Baker, Michael Coady, Shane McClaugherty, Scott McKaig, Luis R. Pereira, Craig McCormick, Kenny Thomson, Darrel Pelley
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Patent number: 11805724Abstract: A planter comprises an automated planting unit for planting plots of seeds in a field. The planting unit includes a first seed storage unit configured to provide seeds to the planting unit and a second seed storage unit configured to provide seeds to the planting unit. The planting unit also includes a seed meter configured to plant seeds from the first seed storage unit and the second seed storage unit in a field, and a diverter unit coupled to the first and second seed storage units and to the seed meter. The diverter, then, is configured to selectively direct seeds from either the first seed storage unit or the second seed storage unit to the seed meter, whereby the seeds from the first and second seed storage units may be planted separately or together (e.g., for mixed planting, etc.).Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Christopher Louis Corelli, Timothy Edward Reitz, Andrew D. Thielen, Roger A. Weyhrich, Charles Wolfersberger
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Patent number: 11801599Abstract: A method for designing a customized robot to perform a specified function begins by initially creating an electronic library of data about modules and accessories for a robot assembly. The library stores, for each module and accessory, at least firmware for operation and dimensions. Per robot, the method includes receiving a set of functions and requirements of the customized robot, generating design(s) for the customized robot by finding a set of modules or accessories which match at least one of its functions and requirements, based on information in the electronic library, performing a set of validation tests of each design against criteria, identifying the design(s) which passed the set of validation tests, and generating a list of modules and accessories of a selected design and a connection map for the selected design indicating how the modules and accessories are to be connected together to form the customized robot.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: XTEND AI Inc.Inventors: Harry Fox, Sergh Sapojnikov, Andrew C. Gorelick
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Patent number: 11800068Abstract: A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door, a camera module, a user-detection assembly, and a controller. The cabinet may define a chilled chamber. The camera module may be mounted to the cabinet within the chilled chamber. The camera module may be alternately activated in a low-power sleep mode and a high-power awake mode. The user-detection assembly may be mounted to the cabinet to detect a user presence independent from rotation of the door. The controller may be operably coupled to the camera module and the user-detection assembly. The controller may be configured to initiate an operation routine that includes receiving one or more detection signals from the user-detection assembly, determining a user presence based on the received one or more detection signals, and directing the camera module to the high-power awake mode from the low-power sleep mode in response to determining the user presence.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Goodman Schroeder, Leonardo Maximiliano Falcon Izzi
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Patent number: 11796974Abstract: A building system includes one or more memory devices comprising instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more first operations based on a digital twin of a building. The instructions cause the one or more processors to update a schema of the digital twin by adding a property or tag to an entity class of the schema, add, based on the schema, one or more data elements representing the property or tag to the digital twin, the one or more data elements related to an entity of the entity class, and perform one or more second operations based on the one or more data elements representing the property or tag.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Trent Mark Swanson
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Patent number: 11782407Abstract: A building management system includes a plurality of meters configured to provide data samples of a plurality of points relating to a building and a space hierarchy database configured to store a sibling relationship for each of the points. Each sibling relationship identifies two or more of the points as sibling points. The building management system includes a batch metrics engine configured to receive a first data sample of a first point, access the sibling relationship for the first point to identify one or more sibling points of the first point, aggregate the first data sample with data samples of the sibling points to generate a batch, and calculate an aggregate metric using the first data sample and the other data samples in the batch. The building management system also includes a controller configured to adjust an operation of building equipment based on the aggregate metric.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Jayesh Shirish Patil, Sujit Fulse, Rajesh C. Nayak
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Patent number: 11777756Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a command to perform an action for an entity. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify a service configured to perform the action based on a building graph, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, wherein the plurality of nodes represent entities of the building, the service, and one or more other services, wherein the plurality of edges represent relationships between the entities and communication actions of the service with the one or more other services and cause the service to perform the action by causing the service to perform one or more communication actions with the one or more other services indicated by the building graph.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
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Patent number: 11773571Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for managing public water in a smart city. The method may be performed by an urban public water management platform. The method may include: obtaining initial rainwater data in at least one area, the initial rainwater data may include rainfall data and rainwater collection data of at least one rainwater collection system, each of the at least one rainwater collection systems corresponding to at least one rainwater collection mode; determining the amount of purified rainwater during a first period corresponding to the at least one rainwater collection mode according to the initial rainwater data in the at least one area; and determining a rainwater storage plan during a second period based on the amount of purified rainwater during the first period corresponding to the at least one rainwater collection mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zehua Shao, Xiaojun Wei, Zhihui Wen, Yong Li, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 11774922Abstract: A building management system with artificial intelligence based control of a building includes data collectors are configured to receive data and generate data streams for subsystems of the building. The system includes a learning engine configured to identify a building state of the building by correlating data of the data streams for the subsystems and provide the identified building state to cognitive agents. The system includes the cognitive agents, each of the cognitive agents configured to receive the identified building state from the learning engine, generate a control decision based on the received building state, and operate at least one of the plurality of subsystems of the building to control a physical condition of the building based on the control decision.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Robert Locke, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Patent number: 11774929Abstract: A controller for building equipment in a building management system, the controller including a processing circuit configured to receive a field signal from the building equipment on an input port of the controller, determine a type of the field signal, and update a control logic comprising instructions for reading the field signal by tagging within the control logic the input port with the determined type of the field signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Boudhayan Bandyopadhyay, Saikat Patra, Khalil B. Mujawar, Neeraj S. Kale
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Patent number: 11774931Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state of a building. The building management system includes a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, the system manager comprising a schedule manager configured to control an operation schedule of the building equipment. A client device is configured to communicate with the schedule manager to modify operation schedules of the building equipment or add new operation schedules for the building equipment. The schedule manager comprises a list of available schedules for the building equipment and is configured to, in response to modification of the operation schedules or addition of new operation schedules, update the list of available schedules to include the modification or the new operation schedule.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Yogesh Jalkote, Vikram Ashok Lunge, Mark T. Fischbach, John S. Jilek, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo
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Patent number: 11768472Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for monitoring and controlling irrigation and climate conditions in landscapes (such as, e.g., municipal parks, gardens, and sports fields) and agricultural environments (such as, e.g., open agricultural fields, greenhouses, and other sites growing crops).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Rain Bird CorporationInventors: Pelin Ersavas, Bulut Ersavas, Semih Pekol, Thomas Devol
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Patent number: 11770315Abstract: A system for obtaining information about an Internet of Things (IoT) device connected to a network includes a data traffic collection point, a data processing module and an artificial intelligence module. The data traffic collection point collects data units communicated to or from a specified IoT device of a plurality of IoT devices connected to a network. The data processing module processes quantitative information pertaining to the data units communicated to or from the specified IoT device collected over a defined time interval, to create a temporal data traffic fingerprint of the specified IoT device. The artificial intelligence module utilizes a machine learning model to deduce device identifying information of the specified IoT device from the temporal data traffic fingerprint of the specified IoT device.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Siemens Canada LimitedInventors: Johannes Riedl, Mirjana Zafirovic-Vukotic, Anas Hawari, Axel Gruner
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Patent number: 11759391Abstract: A method, apparatus and system to facilitate maintenance of a network enabled bathing unit system. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is presented providing a user operable control for receiving from a customer a service request requesting that a technician contact the customer. The user operable control may in some cases be enabled in response to detection of an operational error in the bathing unit system and disabled otherwise. In response to receipt of the service request through the user operable control, a notification message indicating that the customer has requested to be contacted by a technician is sent over a communication network. In some embodiments, a message responsive to the service request is received to cause the GUI to present user-selectable options to enable the customer to selectively permit the remote control and monitoring of the bathing unit system by a specific remote service technician.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: GECKO ALLIANCE GROUP INC.Inventor: Benoit Laflamme
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Patent number: 11764986Abstract: A system to facilitate automatic data center assembly is described. The system includes a first enclosure, including a first set of components, each component including a component manager to perform a component function and a first enclosure manager, communicatively coupled to each component manager, to perform a discovery of each of the first set of components and discover one or more adjacent enclosures coupled to the enclosure via link cables. The system also includes a system manager to automatically discover the first enclosure via the first enclosure manager and discover each of the first set of plurality of components via an associated component manager.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventor: Montgomery Carl McGraw
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Patent number: 11753922Abstract: A system or method for drilling includes autonomously controlling a rotary or percussive drilling process as it transitions through multiple materials with very different dynamics. The method determines a drilling medium based on real-time measurements and comparison to prior drilling data, and identifies the material type, drilling region, and approximately optimal setpoint based on data from at least one operating condition. The controller uses these setpoints initially to execute an optimal search to maximize performance by minimizing mechanical specific energy. Near-bit depth-of-cut estimations are performed using a machine learning prediction deployed in an embedded processor to provide high-speed ROP estimates. The sensing capability is coupled with a near-bit clutching mechanism to support drilling dysfunction mitigation.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Stephen Buerger, Anirban Mazumdar, Steven James Spencer, Timothy James Blada, Jiann-Cherng Su, Elton K. Wright, Adam Foris, David W. Raymond
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Patent number: 11757277Abstract: A system including a vehicle having a motive electrical power path, and a power distribution unit having a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path. The current protection circuit includes a first leg of the current protection circuit comprising a thermal fuse, a second leg of the current protection circuit comprising a solid state switch, and wherein the first leg and the second leg are coupled in a parallel arrangement. The system further includes a controller that includes a current detection circuit structured to determine a current flow through the motive electrical power path, and a fuse management circuit structured to provide a switch activation command in response to the current flow, wherein the solid state switch is responsive to the switch activation command.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventor: Robert Stephen Douglass
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Patent number: 11741837Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes displaying a bot client application including an active channel indicator, receiving bot input, analyzing the bot input, generating an output, and displaying the output. A smart building system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to display a bot client application including an active channel indicator, receive bot input, analyze the bot input, generate an output, and display the output. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to display a bot client application including an active channel indicator, receive bot input, analyze the bot input, generate an output, and display the output.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CDW LLCInventors: Colin R. Vallance, Michael Alan Robinson, Forrest Weinberg, Sankar Nair
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Patent number: 11738856Abstract: A control system for electronically linked pilot and co-pilot inceptors (103) permits an asymmetric roll axis feel depending on whether an inceptor is moved inboard or outboard. A circuit (401) receives a signal representative of a force applied to the pilot's inceptor resulting from a side-to-side movement and detects if the force applied is in an inward or an outward direction. A gain factor is applied to the received force signal to produce a factored force signal. The gain applied to a signal representative of force applied in an outward direction is greater than the gain factor applied to a signal representative of force applied in an inward direction. A summer (212, 213) sums the factored force signal with a corresponding factored force signal derived from force signals from the co-pilot's inceptor to produce a modified force signal for use in a force feedback control system associated with each inceptor.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Justin Mark Dee, Jason Howard Bean
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Patent number: 11738664Abstract: A system including a vehicle having a motive electrical power path, a power distribution unit comprising a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit comprising a thermal fuse and a contactor in a series arrangement with the thermal fuse. The system further including a current source circuit electrically coupled to the thermal fuse and structured to inject a current across the thermal fuse, a hardware filter electrically coupled to the thermal fuse, the hardware filter comprising a cutoff frequency determined in response to an injection frequency of the current source circuit, and sa voltage determination circuit electrically coupled to the thermal fuse and structured to determine an injected voltage amount in response to the filtered injected current.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventor: Brandon William Fisher
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Patent number: 11733664Abstract: A system for building management system commissioning on an application includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to host a building management system commissioning workflow on an application server; provide data indicating commissioning activities defined by the building management system commissioning workflow from the application server to a user device for display on a user interface; dynamically update a commissioning activity status of the commissioning activities in the building management system commissioning workflow hosted on the application server responsive to data received at the application server from at least one of the user device or a remote device at the building site communicatively connected to the application server; and initiate an automated action based on the commissioning activity status of the commissioning activities in the building management system commissioning workflow appType: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Gregory T. Reichl, Bryan A. Register, Matthew P. Kaiser
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Patent number: 11724330Abstract: A welding system includes an engine configured to drive a generator to produce a first power output. The welding system also includes a battery configured to discharge energy to produce a second power output. In addition, the welding system includes an auxiliary charger coupled to the battery and the generator. The auxiliary charger is configured to maintain a float charge of the battery when the first and second power outputs are reduced from a base load.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: James F. Ulrich, Allen Raymond Sykes
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Patent number: 11720075Abstract: A facility employing systems, methods, and/or techniques for dynamically and adaptively configuring configurable energy consuming and producing devices (e.g., smart energy devices) based on user profiles and user presence information is disclosed. In some embodiments, the facility periodically detects the presence of users, and retrieves preference information for those users. For each of one or more configurable energy devices in the area, the facility generates a combined setting based on the preferences of each user present and adjusts the devices based on the combined settings. For example, if User A, User B, and User C are present in a room and User A's preferred temperature setting is 75° F., User B's preferred temperature setting is 68° F., and User C's preferred temperature setting is 70° F., the facility may generate a combined setting for a thermostat by taking the average value of the users in the room.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Tendril EA, LLCInventor: Ashish Agarwal
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Patent number: 11718949Abstract: A dryer according to the disclosure may detect current flowing through a motor for rotating a drum, detect humidity of a drying material accommodated in the drum, compare the detected humidity to a plurality of pieces of reference humidity and compare the detected current to a plurality of pieces of reference current to obtain a drying load, control a revolutions per minute (rpm) of the motor, a frequency of a compressor provided in a heat pump, and a degree of superheat of an evaporator provided in the heat pump based on the drying load, perform a drying process, detect humidity of the drying material while the drying process is performed, and finish the drying process in response to the detected humidity determined to be target humidity.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dohaeng Kim, Kookjeong Seo, Dongsuk Kim, Juyoung Kim, Jewoo Bang
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Patent number: 11713631Abstract: A system for use in a mineral extraction system includes a spinner assembly having a motor configured to drive rotation of a roller shaft. The spinner assembly also includes a roller non-rotatably coupled to the roller shaft and configured to contact a first tubular structure, and rotation of the roller is configured to cause rotation of the first tubular structure until the first tubular structure is spun into a second tubular structure. The spinner assembly further includes a detection wheel coupled to the roller shaft and configured to contact the first tubular structure, and the detection wheel is configured to rotate with the first tubular structure and to rotate independently of the roller. The spinner assembly further includes a sensor configured to detect rotation of the detection wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Ulf Henriksen, Anstein Jorud
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Patent number: 11709365Abstract: A head-mountable device can effectively manage heat with a motor assembly that efficiently and accurately senses a temperature of a motor. A temperature sensor can be provided on an outer surface (e.g., case) of the motor. A flex circuit can be operably connect both the motor and the temperature sensor to a controller of the head-mountable device. The flex circuit can have a first side coupled to the outer surface of the case, a second side supporting the temperature sensor, and thermally conductive vias extending from the first side to the second side to conduct heat from the case to the sensor. The flex circuit can further include a memory comprising calibration data of the temperature sensor and a connector for outputting temperature data based on the temperature sensor and the calibration data of the memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Muhammad F. Hossain, Jia Tao, Vijayanish Varadharajan, Alexander M. Brukwinski, Pyone P. Wynn, Hnin Ookhin, Samuel A. Resnick, Aviran Malik, Jason C. Sauers, Amarnath Vuppala
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Patent number: 11703815Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an energy plant are disclosed herein. A time series of performance variable associated with a device in the energy plant is obtained. An auto-correlation function data of the device is obtained based on the time series of the performance variable associated with the device. An electronic model of the device is generated based on the auto-correlation function data. Time, at which a future event of the device is predicted to occur, is predicted based on the electronic model. A report indicating the future event of the device and the predicted time may be generated. The device may be automatically configured, according to the future event and the predicted time.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Ovijeet Sircar, Tushar S. Joshi, Anil Tribhuwan, Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Sikim Chakraborty
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Patent number: 11703924Abstract: An information handling system includes a chassis having multiples sleds and an embedded controller. The embedded controller retrieves relative impedances for all of the sleds, and calculates a maximum available airflow for the first sled based the relative impedances of all other sleds. A baseboard management controller (BMC) of a first sled requests a boot operation for the first sled. The BMC collects configuration information for the first sled, and determines an airflow impedance of the first sled based on the configuration information. The BMC provides the airflow impedance and a power allocation request to the embedded controller. The BMC compares the maximum available airflow to a minimum airflow requirement for the first sled. If the maximum available airflow is less than the minimum airflow requirement, the BMC implements power limits for processors in the first sled to prevent overheating of components within the first sled.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Muhammad B. Ahmed, Richard M. Eiland, Douglas E. Messick
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Patent number: 11677868Abstract: An example method for controlling an external electronic device of an electronic device, according to various embodiments, includes: receiving data information corresponding to at least one function of the external electronic device from an external electronic device connected to the electronic device; displaying a setting window for setting a user interface for controlling the external electronic device using the data information; selecting a control item corresponding to the at least one function included in the setting window according to user input reception; and setting and displaying the user interface corresponding to the selected control item.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-Young Kim, Sung-Jae Park, Eun-Young Lee
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Patent number: 11662817Abstract: A method of controlling a gimbal includes receiving angular velocity information transmitted by a somatosensory controller, the angular velocity information including an angular velocity of the somatosensory controller in a geodetic coordinate system, determining a target attitude of the gimbal according to the angular velocity information, and controlling the gimbal according to the target attitude.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tie Su, Yi Hao
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Patent number: 11662115Abstract: A spatial hierarchical model is built by accepting user input to add and name each of one or more first level spaces at a first level of the spatial hierarchical model and to select a selected one of the first level spaces of the spatial hierarchical model and add and name each of one or more child level spaces that are spatially part of the selected first level space at a second level of the spatial hierarchical model. A graphical representation of one or more of the first level spaces and one or more corresponding child level spaces is displayed along with a listing of at least some of the plurality of building control assets. User input is accepted to assign selected building control assets from the listing of at least some of the plurality of building control assets to a selected child level space.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bill Hughley, Mayur Sidram Salgar, Sheeladitya Karmakar, Somnath Ghosh, Shahajahan Sheikh
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Patent number: 11655584Abstract: Dryer appliances and related methods are disclosed. Such methods may include, or such appliances may be configured for, monitoring a temperature with a thermistor of a primary heat control system of the dryer appliance. The present disclosure also includes determining a relay signal is calling to close a relay and thereby activate a heating system of the dryer appliance and verifying that the relay is closed. The present disclosure further includes allowing a minimum relay on time to elapse after verifying that the relay is closed. The present disclosure also includes determining a temperature gradient of the monitored temperature based on a change in the monitored temperature over the minimum relay on time. The present disclosure further includes detecting a nuisance trip because the determined temperature gradient is negative.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Reeves, Ionelia Silvia Prajescu
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Patent number: 11644805Abstract: A building monitoring computer system for monitoring building integrity may be provided. Various types of sensors may be embedded throughout or within certain portions of different types of building or construction material making up the building, such as within roofing, foundation, or structural materials. The sensors may be in wireless communication with a home controller. The sensors may be water, moisture, temperature, vibration, or other types of sensors, and may detect unexpected or abnormal conditions within the home. The sensors and/or home controller may transmit alerts to a mobile device of the home owner associated with the unexpected condition, and/or that remedial actions may be required to repair the home or mitigate further damage to the home. The sensor data may also be communicated to an insurance provider remote server to facilitate the insurance provider communicating insurance-related recommendations, updating insurance policies, or preparing insurance claims for review for home owners.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventor: Michael S. Jacob
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Patent number: 11644876Abstract: Mitigating the impact of data center thermal environmental issues on production applications includes retrieving, by a computer, from a centralized repository first data corresponding to I/O and processing activities of an infrastructure component executing one or more applications, second data corresponding to an application-to-infrastructure map, and third data corresponding to a business priority of the one or more applications. Based on the first data and the second data, the one or more applications are mapped to heat generation values of the infrastructure component, and based on the mapping a thermal load of the one or more applications on the infrastructure component is determined using data analytics. Using the third data, the computer identifies an execution priority for the one or more applications, generates a correlative mapping between the execution priority and the thermal load of the one or more applications, and generates a resolution plan based on the correlative mapping.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.Inventors: Anil Kumar Narigapalli, Laxmikantha Sai Nanduru, Venkateswarlu Basyam, Srilakshmi Surapaneni
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Patent number: 11640012Abstract: A method for determining tortuosity, e.g., in an oilfield well includes obtaining a planned trajectory for a hole, and obtaining a first survey of the hole using a sensor deployed into the hole. The first survey includes a first surveyed position at a first depth of the hole and a second surveyed position at a second depth of the hole, and no surveyed positions between the first and second depths. The method further includes simulating a second survey of the hole between the first and second depths using a model. The second survey includes a plurality of simulated positions of the hole between the first and second depths. The method includes determining that the simulated position at the second depth is proximal to the second surveyed position, and visualizing a trajectory of the hole based on the first and second surveys.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Zhengxin Zhang, Wei Chen, Yuelin Shen, Zhenyu Chen
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Patent number: 11634312Abstract: Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks. Some machines include a refrigeration system to cool food or drink in a pod. The machines include an evaporator defining a receptacle sized to receive the pod. The evaporator includes an inlet port to receive refrigerant and an outlet port to discharge refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: ColdSnap, CorpInventors: Matthew Fonte, Benjamin Fichera
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Patent number: 11629876Abstract: An operating system includes an air conditioner and an infrared output device. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit. The infrared output device is configured to receive first information on an instruction to a first-type apparatus other than the air conditioner and operable by an infrared signal and transmit an infrared signal corresponding to the first information to the first-type apparatus. The air conditioner further includes a management device configured to manage the first-type apparatus. The management device includes a command information receiving unit configured to receive second information on a command content, and a determination unit configured to determine whether there is a deviation between a behavior of the first-type apparatus and the command content, based on the behavior of the first-type apparatus and the second information.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Ikeda, Kousuke Tsuboi, Takao Sonoda
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Patent number: 11629874Abstract: A method of controlling air quality in an indoor environment of a building is described. The method utilizes a system that comprises a carbon dioxide sensor configured to detect an instantaneous value of carbon dioxide concentration in the air of the indoor environment of the building, a control unit in signal communication with the carbon dioxide sensor, a communication unit for establishing signal communication between the carbon dioxide sensor and the control unit, and a storage unit in signal communication with the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: FBP S.r.l.Inventors: Marco Scaramelli, Gaetano Lapenta
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Patent number: 11622650Abstract: A wok device for full-automatic cooking machines comprises a wok (10), a wok heating device (11), a wok rotating device (12), a wok working position controlling device (13) and a wok moving control device (14); the wok heating device (11) is adapted for heating the wok (10); the wok rotating device (12) controls the wok (10) to rotate around a central axis of the wok (10); the wok working position controlling device (13) is adapted for fixing the wok (10) on the wok moving control device (14) and controlling the wok (10) to turn to reach a corresponding working position for corresponding operation; the wok moving control device (14) controls the wok working position controlling device (13) to move directionally in the cooking machine so as to drive the wok (10) to move directionally in the cooking machine. A full-automatic cooking machine comprises the wok device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI AICAN ROBOT (GROUP) CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinbiao Xu, Guang He, Qing He, Luoya Zeng
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Patent number: 11619441Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a storage space therein, a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space, and a user detection sensor disposed at a first side of the door with respect to a center line crossing a width direction of the door and configured to detect a user. The user detection sensor is inclined with respect to a front surface of the door by a predetermined angle to thereby face toward the center line.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Tae Jin Yeom
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Patent number: 11615097Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting a signal to configure a user device. Data associated with a user interaction can be received, where the data include input that was received from the user at a first device. A signal can be recognized based on the received data about the user. A second device can be configured to interact with the user based on the recognized signal, the interacting including an audio interaction or a visual interaction. A software function that implements an action item can be executed, where the execution of the software function is based on second input from the user received at the second device.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Jarlath Trainor
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Patent number: 11612093Abstract: An agricultural planting system for controlling the depth of an opener device comprising: an agricultural planter; an opener device mounted on the agricultural planter for engaging the ground of a field; a gauge wheel mounted on the agricultural planter for rotating on the ground of the field; a GPS device coupled to the agricultural planter, the GPS device configured to determine a location of the agricultural planter in the field; and a controller in electrical communication with the agricultural planter and the GPS device, the controller having predetermined settings associated with a map of the field, the controller being configured to select a relative elevation of the opener device and the gauge wheel based at least in part on the location determined by the GPS device, and produce, based on the location, a signal for adjusting the depth of engagement into the ground of the opener device.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting, LLCInventors: Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson
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Patent number: 11608794Abstract: A method to estimate the temperature of an electromagnetic actuator, which entails a preliminary step in which to define a first threshold value for the current or for the voltage; and define a characteristic curve of the actuator family in the plane temperature/time needed to reach the threshold value; a step in which to carry out a reference measurement, in which, using the characteristic curve, a reference time needed by the electromagnetic actuator to reach the first threshold value is associated with a known reference temperature; and a step in which to carry out a series of measurements in which to determine the time needed by the electromagnetic actuator to reach the first threshold value, calculate the deviation between the time needed by the electromagnetic actuator to reach the first threshold value and the reference time; and determine the temperature of the electromagnetic actuator, using the characteristic curve, by associating the temperature of the electromagnetic actuator with the sum of the dType: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A.Inventors: Matteo De Cesare, Claudio Guido, Marco Parotto
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Patent number: 11604450Abstract: A method for determining an abnormal processing of a processing machine is disclosed, and includes: obtaining an acceleration signal corresponding to an acceleration of a tool tip from an accelerometer arranged on a tool-end of the processing machine; performing an integral process to the acceleration signal to generate a movement information; obtaining a motor position information of a motor used to bring the tool-end to move; respectively performing a coordinate alignment process to the movement information and the motor-position information to generate a transformed movement information and a position vector respectively being described based on a workpiece-end coordinates system used by a workpiece-end of the processing machine; combining the transformed movement information and the position vector to generate a relative movement value between the tool tip and the workpiece-end; and, determining whether an abnormal processing occurs based on the relative movement value.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Jia-Ming Wu, Chung-Chan Hsu
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Patent number: 11602034Abstract: A system (1) is configured to receive device control information. The device control information specifies how devices, e.g. lights, should be controlled. The device control information may identify specific devices or specify device requirements, for example. The system is further configured to form a group of identified devices by analyzing the device control information, the identified devices of the group being controlled similarly according to the device control information. The system is also configured to transmit at least one message comprising an identifier of the group to allow the identified devices to be configured to carry out one or more commands comprising the identifier when receiving such one or more commands. The at least one message identifies the identified devices of the group.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Remco Magielse, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu
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Patent number: 11578910Abstract: A refrigerator can include a storage compartment having a storage space and an opening; at least one door coupled to the storage compartment to open and close a part of the storage compartment; a compressor configured to provide the storage compartment with freezing capacity or cooling capacity; a processor configured to control driving of the compressor; and a memory operably connected to the processor and configured to store code to cause the processor to in response to recognizing placement of an item in the storage space, determine whether the item is an overload item to generate a determination result; and control the driving of the compressor to adjust a temperature of the storage space based on the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Yun Sik Park
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Patent number: 11579764Abstract: A computing device is coupled to a display device, and includes a data monitoring software application program executing on a processor within a data monitoring system. Via the data monitoring software application program, various techniques are performed for generating user interfaces for data monitoring and event response. In a first technique, the data monitoring software application program displays a user interface that includes a first region including a data visualization and a second region including one or more images of a video stream. In a second technique, the data monitoring software application program generates a user interface associated with an event, receive an input corresponding to interaction with a user interface element in the user interface, and initiates an event channel associated with the event in response to the input.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SPLUNK INC.Inventors: Nathan Argroves, Christopher Chan, Bruce McLaren, Benjamin Weaver
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Patent number: 11562609Abstract: A method for seamless access control according to one embodiment includes determining whether a user is authorized to access a passageway controlled by an access control device based on credential data received from a mobile device of the user, determining, by a RADAR system, a location of the user relative to the passageway, determining whether the user intends to access the passageway based on the determined location of the user relative to the passageway, and controlling, by the access control device, a lock mechanism to allow the user access to the passageway in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Robert Prostko, Robert Martens, Ryan C. Kincaid