Structural Design Patents (Class 703/1)
  • Patent number: 11430183
    Abstract: A method for digitally modeling an industrial space, the industrial space including a plurality of pieces of equipment (E3) disposed in an industrial building (B), the modeling method including a step of three-dimensionally digitizing the industrial space so as to obtain a web (NAP) defining meshes representing the outer envelope of the industrial space with all of its pieces of equipment (E3), a step of real-time segmenting the web (NAP) in a virtual environment by a user during which: a bounding box (F) is positioned to bound at least one piece of equipment to be segmented (E3), and the points of the web (NAP), belonging to the volume of the bounding box (F), are associated so as to form a virtual object (OBJ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ATOS FRANCE
    Inventors: Loïck Chiron, Bruce Doukhan, Jules Royer, Hasan Sütyemez
  • Patent number: 11429756
    Abstract: Improved CAD systems provide automatic generation of simplified and defeatured versions of complex 3D CAD models. The systems receive a 3D model representing a real-world object as an assembly. The model is formed of the assembly, plural components, and features. In response to user command, the systems select one or more components of the plural components. The systems apply a simplification operation to the selected one or more components. The simplification operation derives a simplified geometric entity (e.g., box, cylinder, solid 3D polygonal outline, or solid 3D tight fit outline) by projecting at least one silhouette outline that encloses the selected one or more components. The at least one projected silhouette outline excludes features of the selected one or more components from graphical view. The systems generate a simplified model from the derived simplified geometric entity. The systems may use the generated simplified model to replace components in 3D models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMES SOLIDWORKS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nick Birkett-Smith, Manish Bharvirkar
  • Patent number: 11423198
    Abstract: This invention proposes the aerodynamic designing method for the central section of small size gas turbine engine type and it includes the following 8 steps: 1st step: checking to confirm if compressor outlet air meets demand specified by the central section; 2nd step: estimating the inner casing diameter based on practical experience; 3rd step: estimating the outer casing diameter; 4th step: estimating the combustor dome height and combustor length; 4th step: estimating the combustor dome height and combustor length; 5th step: estimating the combustor inner and outer liner diameters; 6th step: estimating the exit inner and exit outer diameters of the pre-diffuser; 7th step: estimating the dump gap; 8th step: verifying rotordynamic properties to determine if the shaft diameter assumption starting in the 2nd step is good enough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: VIETTEL GROUP
    Inventors: Truong Giang Nguyen, Quang Hai Nguyen, Xuan Long Bui, Van Son Pham
  • Patent number: 11423449
    Abstract: Methods and software facilitate supplier willingness awareness in a marketplace of suppliers of structures represented and/or specified in a design. In some embodiments, methods and software of the present disclosure allow each of any one or more designers participating in an automated marketplace to view a list of suppliers that are willing to fabricate a particular design and/or prices associated with fabricating such a design such that the designers can quickly and easily identify suppliers that are not only capable of fabricating particular designs but also willing to do so. Such a list may be generated by comparing a list of objective requirements for a design, which may be generated from fabrication data associated with a designer's request for price or computer aided design file, to willingness data associated with one or more suppliers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Desprez, LLC
    Inventor: James L. Jacobs, II
  • Patent number: 11420862
    Abstract: Fuel management systems for a fuel dispensing facility including a fuel delivery system are disclosed. The fuel delivery system includes at least one storage tank configured to contain a fuel, at least one dispenser configured to receive the fuel from the at least one storage tank, and a fuel handling system which is configured to one of (1) deliver the fuel to the at least one storage tank, (2) receive the fuel from the at least one storage tank, (3) monitor for a leak within the fuel delivery system, and (4) monitor for a fuel inventory within the fuel delivery system. The fuel management system may include installation records of the fuel handling components. The fuel management system may monitor cameras positioned in sumps of the fuel delivery system. The fuel delivery system may include a camera positioned to monitor an interior of a sump, the interior of the sump being provided by a sump basin and a sump cover. The sump cover may be a sump lid. The sump cover may be a dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FRANKLIN FUELING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Jerard Walsh, Lisa Marie O'Leary, Bill Nelson
  • Patent number: 11416739
    Abstract: A simulation processor generates and stores a simulation model based on conditions associated with a physical structure, such as a building. A neural network processor implements a neural network, having an input layer coupled to receive sensor data from the structure and having an output layer coupled to supply control signals to the at least one electrically operable environmental control device. The neural network is trained using the simulation model. A particle swarm optimization processor programmed to receive the simulation results and perform particle swarm optimization, ascertains optimal parameters for controlling the at least one electrically operable environmental control device and supplies these optimal parameters to the neural network processor. The neural network processor uses the optimal parameters supplied by the particle swarm optimization processor to further train the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventor: Yining Qin
  • Patent number: 11416644
    Abstract: Automated methods and systems are disclosed that classify a first component and a second component of a roof with data points being part of, or extracted from, at least one image and/or point cloud. The first component and the second component may have a polygonal base and at least one edge. Evidence of a soft constraint and a hard constraint may be identified via the data points and such evidence may be associated with the first component and the second component. At least one hypothesis model of the roof may be generated using relationships between the first component and the second component, the soft constraint and the hard constraint. The hypothesis model may be transformed into a three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model may be used to generate a roof report of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Eagle View Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John Francis Keane
  • Patent number: 11415961
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method carried out on a computer system for parsing a software model to identify manufacturing requirements for a designed product and comparing those requirements, along with received user preferences. to corresponding attribute information from potential suppliers that is stored on a database, so as to automatically select a preferred supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Desprez, LLC
    Inventors: James L. Jacobs, II, John E. Cronin, Christopher M. Huffines, Steven M. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11418598
    Abstract: A system for exchanging data in an aircraft between at least two on-board devices which are interconnected by a communication link clocked at a predetermined link frequency, a first device being configured so as to: acquire measuring signals at frequencies native to the measuring signals; create frames on the basis of the measuring signals according to the native frequencies; and transmit the frames at the predetermined link frequency to a second device via the communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Guillaume Bonnet
  • Patent number: 11416660
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved approach to implement analog or mixed-signal designs. A method, system, and computer program product are provided to fully automate the analog placement step using a virtual grouping methodology which considers variable components and uses a genetic placement algorithm to find the best placement solution which fully respects the analog constraints defined by a user or auto identified by a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Preeti Kapoor, Hui Xu, Hongzhou Liu, Sravasti G. Nair
  • Patent number: 11409101
    Abstract: A method of designing an freeform surface off-axial three-mirror imaging system is provided. The method includes: establishing an initial system and T (T?2) object-image relationships according to a design goal, and selecting M feature fields for each object-image relationship; using feature rays of the T object-image relationships to construct a freeform surface system by using the initial system; step (S3), the freeform surface system obtained in step (S2) is used as another initial system, using iterative process to reduce a deviation between actual intersection points and ideal target points of the feature rays and feature surfaces, iteratively reconstructing free-form surfaces in the free-form surface system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui-rui Tang, Jun Zhu, Guo-Fan Jin, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11410404
    Abstract: A computer-implantable method includes accessing a model file containing a digital 3-D object, calculating at least one dimensional measurement of the object, uniformly scaling the object in the X, Y and Z axes by a predetermined percentage, mirroring the object across the X, Y and Z axes, slicing the mirrored object at a predetermined interval by an infinite plane in both a rotated and animated state of the infinite plane, generating from the slices points at the edge of a plane object collision, and assigning to the points positive and negative values relating to all possible X, Y and Z quadrant locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Karl A. Roesch
  • Patent number: 11409920
    Abstract: A design engine includes a geometry module and a metric module that interoperate to generate optimal design options. The geometry module initially generates a spectrum of design options for a structure based on project constraints and design criteria set forth by potential occupants of the structure. The metric module then analyzes each design option and generates, for any given design option, a set of metrics that indicates how well the given design option meets the design criteria. The geometry module then generates additional design options in an evolutionary manner to improve the metrics generated for subsequent design options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: David Benjamin, Danil Nagy
  • Patent number: 11402820
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for developing a structure design comprising: generating, a catalog of building components; designing, a set of templates for a structure; identifying, a set of restrictions associated with a plot; receiving, a request for a specific type of structure to be constructed on the plot of land; providing, the set of templates of the type of structure, wherein the set of templates are distinct versions of the structure type and receiving a selection of one of the templates; receiving, a set of alterations to the template, wherein a final design is constructed; analyzing, the final design to identify each building component; producing, a pre-assembly plan for the final design; generating, a bill of materials for the final design, wherein the bill of materials accesses the catalog of building components; analyzing, the building components within the bill of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11403439
    Abstract: A method of optimizing an additive manufacturing (AM) process includes receiving at least one design parameter of the AM process, receiving information relating to uncertainty in at least one other parameter of the AM process, performing uncertainty quantification in the optimization processor based on the at least one design parameters and uncertainty information to identify a shape error in an object being produced, updating the at least one design parameter of the AM process and utilizing the updated at least one design parameter in the AM process. A system for optimizing an AM process includes a design processor to produce at least one design parameter for an object to be manufactured, and an optimization processor to receive the at least one design parameter and uncertainty information to identify a shape error in the object to be manufactured and update the design parameters based on the shape error, prior or during the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Yi Xu, Sanjeev Srivastava, Lucia Mirabella, David Madeley
  • Patent number: 11402315
    Abstract: A system can access geological data describing a plurality of rock types in a physical rock sample drilled from a reservoir. The system can generate synthetic rock samples and execute single phase upscaling to compute absolute permeabilities for the physical rock sample and the synthetic rock samples. The system can execute a first multiphase upscaling based on the single phase upscaling to determine relative permeabilities for the physical rock sample and the synthetic rock samples. The system can compare the relative permeability of the physical rock sample to the relative permeabilities for the synthetic rock samples and select a synthetic rock sample that varies the least from the physical rock sample. The system can perform at least one additional multiphase upscaling on the physical rock sample and the synthetic rock samples to determine a second multiphase upscaling result and to develop a plan for drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Travis St. George Ramsay, Aravind Prabhakar
  • Patent number: 11403436
    Abstract: The present invention is a method comprising; accessing a model, wherein the model is comprised of a plurality of members; isolating a set of wall panels, wherein the wall panels are comprised of members; analyzing each of the members of the wall panel and determining a set of actual properties of each of the members; comparing the actual properties of the members are within a predetermined tolerance of a set of required properties for each of the specific members, wherein if the member is not within the set of required properties the member is conflicting; and generating a list of all conflicting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Consulting Engineers, Corp.
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11403435
    Abstract: A computing device for searching floor plans selects a floor plan from a plurality of floor plans based on where different types of room objects are positioned by a user within an interactive workspace and how many of each different type of room object is included by the user within the interactive workspace, and outputs the floor plan to an output interface of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Portfolio Home Plans, LLC
    Inventors: Fred L Hudson, Jr., Christopher M. Locke
  • Patent number: 11405531
    Abstract: Data processing apparatus includes a camera to capture successive images according to an image capture period; an optically detectable indicator having multiple optically detectable states and configured to transition between the multiple optically detectable states according to a transition pattern having interspersed periods in the multiple optically detectable states; the transition pattern including a reference period and two or more second periods which are shorter than the image capture period and which are separated by a separation period different to the image capture period; and a processor to detect timing information from images captured by the camera of the optically detectable indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Ian Henry Bickerstaff
  • Patent number: 11396440
    Abstract: A method determines information relating to elevator components received in an elevator shaft, the elevator components each being provided with a machine-readable marker on which component-specific information is stored, which information is read out by a marker reading device. In the method, a movable elevator element on which the marker reading device is arranged is moved through the elevator shaft and the component-specific information is read out from the markers. The markers can be, for example, markers that can be read out electromagnetically and in a contactless manner, such as RFID tags. The method also includes a comparison of the read-out component-specific information with nominal specifications, and the compiling of a report indicating instances of conformity and/or differences between the read-out component-specific information and the nominal specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Christian Studer, Philipp Zimmerli
  • Patent number: 11397867
    Abstract: An architectural database tag assembly includes an architectural database tag containing indicia related to information about architecture of the building; and a membrane for attaching the architectural database tag to a surface of the building. Another architectural database tag assembly includes a tubular member comprising a central bore extending along an axis of the tubular member, and comprising a top surface, bottom surface, and at least one side surface between the top surface and the bottom surface; an architectural database tag to be attached to the top surface of the tubular member, the architectural database tag containing indicia related to information about architecture of the building; and a membrane for attaching the bottom surface of the tubular member to a surface of the building. The architectural database tag provides vital information about the architecture of a building, and is readily accessible and readable by persons seeking such information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen C. Martin
  • Patent number: 11397895
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for revising structural parameters of a physical device is provided. The method comprises configuring a simulated environment to be representative of the physical device based on an initial description that describes structural parameters of the physical device. The method further includes performing an operational simulation of the physical device based on training data representative of physical stimuli within a physical domain to simulate an interaction between the physical device and the physical stimuli. The method further includes computing a loss value based on a simulated output of the physical device and performing and adjoint simulation by backpropagating the loss value through the simulated environment. The method also includes generating a revised description of the physical device by updating the structural parameters to reduce the loss value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Lu, Brian Adolf, Martin Schubert
  • Patent number: 11397421
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for bearing analysis in an industrial environment are disclosed. A data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values corresponding to a plurality of input sensors coupled to the data acquisition circuit, a data storage for storing specifications and anticipated state information for a plurality of bearing types and buffering the plurality of detection values for a predetermined length of time, and a bearing analysis circuit to analyze buffered detection values relative to specifications and anticipated state information resulting in at least one bearing parameter are described. Analysis may include filtering the detection values through a high pass filter, identifying rapid changes in detection values, identifying frequencies at which spikes occur and comparing frequencies and spikes in amplitude relative to an anticipated state information and specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11392728
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a parametric model of a roof structure comprising a processor in communication with a memory. The system receives a plurality of parameters of each roof component composing the roof structure and performs a geometry creation based on the received plurality of parameters. The system generates a constrained three-dimensional geometry based on an output of the geometry creation, and displays a three-dimensional model of the roof structure based on the constrained three-dimensional geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Insurance Services Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Zachary Porter, John Caleb Call, Ismael Aguilera Martín de Los Santos, Ángel Guijarro Meléndez, Jeffery D. Lewis, Corey D. Reed
  • Patent number: 11392735
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes calculating first pseudo-pressure values at vertices or edges of a first mesh modeling a turbomachine part, the calculation being based on input pressure values of a surface pressure field that are respectively associated with free faces of the first mesh, transposing the first pseudo-pressure values from the first mesh to a second mesh different from the first mesh by an interpolation tool to generate second pseudo-pressure values, and calculating output pressure values associated with free faces of the second mesh based on the second pseudo-pressure values. The first and second meshes each define free faces representative of free surface portions of the part, and internal faces representative of zones crossing the part, and all the first pseudo-pressure values are associated with only free faces of the first mesh or all the output pressure values are associated with only free faces of the second mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Sébastien Marie Arrivet
  • Patent number: 11392727
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to space model generation. A computing platform may receive space program data identifying parameters of a physical space. The computing platform may load a geometry model defining a plurality of design rules. The computing platform may generate space models for the physical space based on the space program data and the geometry model. Based on the geometry model, the computing platform may produce a score for each space model. Based on the scores, the computing platform may produce a ranked list of space models. The computing platform may generate user interface data comprising the ranked list of space models. The computing platform may send the user interface data comprising the ranked list of space models, which may cause a user computing device to display a user interface including a portion of the ranked list of space models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Dudley E. Whitney, James L. Van Dragt, Christopher J. Rysko, Cindy Y. Vannoy, Christopher L. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11386246
    Abstract: A method for designing a hybrid surface optical system comprises establishing a first initial system; keeping the first initial system unchanged and calculating a plurality of first feature data points, and fitting the first feature data points to obtain a spherical surface; repeating such steps until all spherical surfaces are obtained; calculating a plurality of second feature data points, and fitting the plurality of second feature data points to obtain an aspheric surface; repeating such steps until all aspheric surfaces are obtained; calculating a plurality of third feature data points, and fitting the plurality of third feature data points to obtain a freeform surface; repeating such steps until all freeform surfaces are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Tong-Tong Gong, Guo-Fan Jin, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11382694
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for predictive heart valve simulation. The systems and methods described herein can include segmenting anatomical region of a heart of a patient from image data characterizing the heart of the patient. Anatomical model data that can include three-dimensional shapes of the anatomical regions of the heart can be generated based on the image data. The anatomical model data can be used to generate anatomical model data. The analytical model data can include a three-dimensional mesh of the anatomical regions of the heart. A deformed analytical model that can be indicative of a deformed position of the anatomical regions of the heart and a deformed position of the surgical object can be generated based on the analytical model data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Lakshmi Dasi, Amirsepehr Azimian
  • Patent number: 11386256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a configuration for a microarchitecture are described herein. An example system includes a proposal generator to generate a first candidate configuration of parameters for the microarchitecture, a machine learning model to process the first candidate configuration of parameters to output estimated performance indicators for the microarchitecture, an uncertainty checker to determine whether the estimated performance indicators are reliable, and a performance checker. In response to a determination that the estimated performance indicators are reliable, the performance checker is to determine whether the estimated performance indicators have improved toward a target. Further, if the estimated performance indicators have improved, the performance checker is to store the first candidate configuration of parameters in a memory as a potential solution for a microarchitecture without performing a full simulation on the first candidate configuration of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Javier Sebastián Turek, Javier Felip Leon, Alexander Heinecke, Evangelos Georganas, Luis Carlos Maria Remis, Ignacio Javier Alvarez, David Israel Gonzalez Aguirre, Shengtian Zhou, Justin Gottschlich
  • Patent number: 11385607
    Abstract: A method for analytics in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is described. Operation of an air-handling unit in an HVAC system is measured, including fan speed, pressure, power input, and flow. The measurements are transmitted to a processor, which analyzes the operation of the air-handling unit. The analysis includes optimizing a heuristic model of air handling in the HVAC system based on a combination of two or more of the fan speed, pressure, power input, or flow, and determining, based on the optimized heuristic model, a diversity from a fan flow set point and a fan designed maximum flow. A display presents an indication of a mismatch of a fan with a space based on the diversity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Osman Ahmed, Robert J. Cowan, Robertito Raymundo, James John Walker
  • Patent number: 11386581
    Abstract: A system for registering one or more cameras and/or creating an accurate three-dimensional (3D) model of a world space environment including back projecting at least one image from at least one of a plurality of camera views to the 3D model based on a set of existing camera parameters. The back projected image is added as a texture for the 3D model. This texture is automatically compared to one or more images from other camera views using a color space comparison of images to determine a set of differences or errors. The camera parameters and the 3D model are automatically adjusted to minimized the differences or errors. Over time, the parameters and the 3D model converge on a state that can be used to track moving objects, insert virtual graphics and/or perform other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marvin S. White, Radford Parker, Divya Ramakrishnan, Louis Gentry, Rand Pendleton
  • Patent number: 11380059
    Abstract: A computing system configured to: (1) render, via a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a client station, a three-dimensional view of a construction project using a three-dimensional model file that defines a set of meshes representing physical objects of the construction project, wherein each mesh comprises a set of triangular faces, and wherein the GUI includes a measurement tool for obtaining a shortest distance between a first mesh and a second mesh; (2) receive a request to obtain the shortest distance between the first mesh and the second mesh; (3) calculate a set of distances potentially comprising the shortest distance between the first mesh and the second mesh by first reducing one or both of: (i) the number of faces between which distances are calculated and (ii) the number of distances that are calculated; and (4) determine the shortest distance between the first mesh and the second mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Procore Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Bieser, Winson Chu
  • Patent number: 11380064
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) platform supports concurrent operation of multiple AR applications developed by third-party software developers. The AR platform may include an application programming interface (API) that third-party software developers can use to integrate features of the AR platform into the overall user experience of their AR applications. The AR platform includes a feature set having a variety of AR-specific features that interact with and are accessible to the AR applications or AR layers that define a collection of AR content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YouAR INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Clayton Daniels, David Morris Daniels, Raymond Victor Di Carlo, Luke T. Hartwig, Paul Issac Thomas
  • Patent number: 11376764
    Abstract: A method of designing a cooling circuit inside a mold that includes therein the cooling circuit that passes through an inlet and an outlet includes a control plane setting step, a reference plane setting step, an intersection line extraction step, and a circuit setting step. The control plane setting step sets a control plane that is perpendicular to the mold surface on the side which comes in contact with a material and that passes through the inlet and the outlet. The reference plane setting step sets a reference plane that is offset by a fixed distance from the mold surface to the inside of the mold. In the intersection line extraction step, an intersection line at which the control plane and the reference plane intersect is extracted. In the circuit setting step, the cooling circuit is set inside the mold along the intersection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori Takasaka, Yusuke Uehashi
  • Patent number: 11379633
    Abstract: A technique for simulating and optimizing the fabrication and design of a physical device is described. The technique includes executing a fabrication simulation of the physical device with a fabrication model that receives a fabrication specification as input and outputs a structural design for the physical device in response to the fabrication simulation. An operational simulation of the physical device is executed with a design model that simulates a field response propagating through a simulated environment of the physical device. The structural design output from the fabrication model is forward cascaded to the design model and an output from backpropagation of a performance loss error through the design model is reverse cascaded to the fabrication model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Brian Adolf, Martin Schubert, Jesse Lu
  • Patent number: 11379632
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining HD mapping data including multiple data topics with one or more distinct instances. The method may include creating multiple meshes from corresponding distinct instances. The method may include defining multiple textures for each data topic. The method may include selecting a first data topic and a first distinct instance of the first data topic. The method may include selecting a first texture for the first data topic and applying the first texture to a first mesh corresponding with the first distinct instance. The method may include selecting a second distinct instance of the first data topic. The method may include selecting a second texture and applying the second texture to a second mesh corresponding with the second distinct instance. The method may also include combining the first mesh and the first texture with the second mesh and the second texture to generate a combined mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Intuition, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Gundling, Varun Mittal
  • Patent number: 11373137
    Abstract: System and method for simulating the operation of an enterprise inventory management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Clinton Leroy Tennill, Craig Lawrence Tennill, Travis Clayton Ernst, Samuel Andrew Shaw
  • Patent number: 11371966
    Abstract: Creation and use of a digital twin instance (DTI) for a physical instance of the part. The DTI may be created by a model inversion process such that model parameters are iterated until a convergence criterion related to a physical resonance inspection result and a digital resonance inspection result is satisfied. The DTI may then be used in relation to part evaluation including through simulated use of the part. The physical instance of the part may be evaluated by way of the DTI or the DTI may be used to generate maintenance schedules specific to the physical instance of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Vibrant Corporation
    Inventors: Leanne Jauriqui, Thomas Kohler, Alexander J. Mayes, Julieanne Heffernan, Richard Livings, Eric Biedermann
  • Patent number: 11365899
    Abstract: In a commercial building, an improved terminal unit achieves individual occupant thermal comfort with optimal cost and energy efficiency through the integration of at least two local thermal comfort components into a single terminal unit along with a communication network that may incorporate additional thermal components and also employs emerging optimization principles to meet individual preferences for the thermal environment in a workspace basis while reducing overall zone or building energy use and operating in accordance with any constraints on the energy grid(s) that serve the buildings. These multiple objectives are met in part through the multi-comfort factor individual workspace control and a robust communication network that to coordinate thermal conditioning with neighboring workspaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Hartman
  • Patent number: 11366942
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for constructing structures using beams bounded by quadric surfaces of revolution includes generating a quador beam within a computer-aided design (CAD) tool. The quador beam comprises two spheres at opposing endpoints, and the beam is bounded by a quadric surface of revolution around an axis of symmetry joining the center of the two spheres. The quadric surface of revolution abuts with tangent continuity with the surface of each of the spheres. Once generated, the quador beam can be visualized in the CAD tool or another display medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Siemens Corporation, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Ashish Gupta, George Allen, Jaroslaw Rossignac, Suraj Ravi Musuvathy, Livio Dalloro
  • Patent number: 11361119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a server for positioning a structural element in a 2D section of a CAD structure. The invention is characterized in that at least two distances, each distance in between an alignment line of the structural element and a parallel reference line of the 2D section, are displayed on a user visualization means and dynamically updated as the location of the structural element within the 2D section is changed. In a preferred embodiment, the reference lines are dynamically chosen based on the location of the structural element within the 2D section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BRICSYS NV
    Inventors: Erik De Keyser, Pieter Clarysse, Luc De Batselier
  • Patent number: 11360055
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include in-line inspection devices, methods to perform in-line inspections of pipeline and protective casings, and methods to determine anomalies of pipeline and protective casings. The method includes deploying an in-line inspection device in a section of a pipeline enclosed by a protective casing. While the in-line inspection device is traveling along the pipeline, the method also includes transmitting, at a frequency, a transmitted signal toward the protective casing; and detecting a scattered signal scattered by the protective casing. The method further includes detecting a scattered signal scattered by the protective casing. The method further includes locating an anomaly of the protective casing based on the scattered signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joshua Stark, Ilker R. Capoglu, Aurel Adrian Popoviciu
  • Patent number: 11361125
    Abstract: A design support method includes: acquiring reference diagrams which are control logic diagrams created in the past, and an editing object diagram; and applying each of analysis rules to each control logic diagram, and analyzing the control logic part included in each control logic diagram. The analysis rules satisfy a relation in which a control logic part corresponding to an analysis rule at a higher hierarchy level contains a control logic part corresponding to an analysis rule at a lower hierarchy level. The design support method further includes: specifying, as a similar diagram, a reference diagram including a control logic part common with the control logic part included in the editing object diagram, among the reference diagrams, based on an analysis result; and presenting a control logic part having a hierarchical relation with the common control logic part, among control logic parts included in the similar diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Koyama, Tomoyuki Nagata
  • Patent number: 11361116
    Abstract: Methods for accurately modeling blends in a solid model and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a solid model including a plurality of faces and bosses, and identifying a pocket from the plurality of faces, including one or more pocket edges to be blended. The method includes performing an analyze pockets process on the pocket and identifying at least one of a tool type, a tool method, or a tool dimension for machining the pocket. The method includes performing a blend pocket process to model blends on the pocket edges and adding blends to the solid model at the pocket edges in a predefined order, according to the blend pocket analysis, to produce a modified solid model. The method includes displaying the modified solid model by the data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC.
    Inventors: Xiuchang Li, Hui Qin, Feng Yu
  • Patent number: 11353624
    Abstract: Calculating a wind speed associated with a return period at a proposed wind turbine site. The method comprises selecting a first set of storms from wind speed measurements measured at the proposed site, and selecting a second set of storms from modelled wind speeds, the modelled wind speeds being estimates of wind speeds at the proposed wind turbine site during the measurement period from a mesoscale data set. A comparison is made of characteristic wind speeds of the first and second sets of storms to determine a correction factor. A third set of storms is selected from an extended set of modelled wind speeds from an extended mesoscale data set, and the correction factor is applied to characteristic wind speeds of the third set of storms to provide corrected wind speeds. A wind speed associated with the return period is calculated from the corrected characteristic wind speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Mark Zagar, Karthik Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 11354873
    Abstract: A method and system for manipulating a 3D model during treatment planning and automatically adjusting the 3D model based on a localized area of the 3D model proximate to a location of said manipulation. The 3D model may be for example, a 3D model of a tooth or teeth or dental anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Sascha Schneider, Evgenij Derzapf, Ravid Aloni
  • Patent number: 11345026
    Abstract: A robot program generation apparatus that selects a typical arrangement pattern of a robot system; selects elements to be arranged in the arrangement pattern; automatically generates a layout where the elements in a stationary state do not interfere with each other; automatically generates a robot program in accordance with task details corresponding to the arrangement pattern and with the layout; executes the robot program in a virtual environment and automatically modifies installation positions of the elements in the layout based on whether or not the robot in an operating state interfere with any other elements and on whether or not the robot can reach a workpiece; and corrects the robot program based on the installation positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kozo Inoue
  • Patent number: 11347903
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for creating a passenger service unit layout for a production aircraft. Passenger seat configuration information describing seat locations and overhead bin configuration information describing overhead service unit length ranges for the production aircraft is identified. Lengths available for placing passenger service units in the production aircraft is determined using the passenger seat configuration information and the overhead bin configuration information for the production aircraft. The passenger service units are placed in the lengths using a set of priority rules for the passenger service units to determine placements of the passenger service units, wherein the set of priority rules specify a priority in placing different types of the passenger service units. A model of a three-dimensional passenger service unit layout with determined placements for the passenger service units for the production aircraft is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Chongman Whang, Rodney Victor Thill
  • Patent number: 11341289
    Abstract: A method for modeling a refurbishing geometry of a component comprises removing a portion to be refurbished from the component, thereby obtaining a truncated component, with a cut surface and a boundary line of the cut surface. Image data of the truncated component are obtained and a representation of the image data is imported into a CAD system. A CAD model of the component, for instance in an unused and nominal new condition, is provided and aligning with the imported representation of the truncated component. Points are defined on the surface of the CAD model and arranged on rows. For each row, a point on the representation of the boundary line of the cut surface closest to the row is determined, and the points in each row are displaced in a translational displacement until the row intersects the representation of the boundary line, thereby obtaining a morphed CAD model representative of the refurbishing geometry of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kemal Mehmet Coskun, Yong Wu
  • Patent number: 11340603
    Abstract: Embedded convolutional data modeling is disclosed. A machine receives, as input, a plurality of data examples. The machine generates an embedded convolutional data model for the data examples. The machine outputs a source code for the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Holger M. Jaenisch, James W. Handley