Simulating Nonelectrical Device Or System Patents (Class 703/6)
  • Patent number: 11327805
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for automatically negotiating at least one network service provided by at least one network to at least one computing device. In use, for at least one network service provided by at least one network communicatively coupled to at least one computing device, a required element is determined. A service request is formed based on the required element. The service request is communicated to at least one negotiating device separate from the at least one computing device, the at least one negotiating device associated with at least one of a managing computing device of the at least one network or a second negotiating device. A service proposal, including a proposed element, is received from the at least one negotiating device. The service proposal is evaluated based on the required element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: AMDOCS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ofer Hermoni, Nimrod Sandlerman, Eyal Felstaine
  • Patent number: 11327632
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, a browser, and electronic devices for providing website navigation icons. The method includes providing a website navigation icon; and through the website navigation icon, providing a service offered within the website that is navigated by the website navigation icon. According to the method, apparatus, browser, and electronic devices provided in the present disclosure, the user experience may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventor: Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11309091
    Abstract: Systems and methods for population health surveillance utilizing a network of smart thermometers is provided. Based on the geolocated user data provided by the smart thermometers, contagious illness can be forecasted for various population nodes. Population nodes can be provided at various levels of granularity. Geographic or population specific early warning signals can be generated based on detected outbreaks of contagious illness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Kinsa Inc.
    Inventor: Inder Raj Singh
  • Patent number: 11308247
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus for improving existing buildings or for improving new buildings. This process may include identifying factors and related metrics that leverage one or more building quality index values when an overall quality of a building is accessed and improved. Such a building quality index value may be a single value within a possible range of values. The index value may be a compilation or other transformation of values associated with various categories that may include building materials, types of businesses contained within the building, environmental impact of the building, and other metrics. This building quality index value may be a function of characteristics that may be associated with people that use the building, environmental conditions that surround the building, a location, a risk likelihood, past and future projected climatic conditions, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Archneura Inc.
    Inventor: Clair Marie McDade
  • Patent number: 11302435
    Abstract: Computer systems and computer-implemented analysis methods may be used for assistance in planning and/or performing a medical procedure, such as percutaneous nephrolithotomy or percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. The method may include receiving one or more radiographic images of an anatomical structure of a patient, generating a display of the radiographic image(s), generating at least one request for user input to identify features of the anatomical structure, receiving user input identifying the features of the anatomical structure, identifying at least one access plan based on the received user input, and generating a display of the identified access plan(s) associated with the radiographic image(s). The method may include generating a patient template that indicates an insertion site according to the identified access plan(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry T. Long, Timothy P. Harrah, Brandon W. Craft, Elizabeth A. Stokley, Sebastian Koerner, Erik Sperry, Chad Schneider, Mark Hera
  • Patent number: 11295250
    Abstract: A device may receive group information, associated with performing application maintenance, that includes information corresponding to one or more resources, associated with performing the application maintenance, and information associated with one or more shifts of the one or more resources. The device may receive ticket information, associated with performing the application maintenance, that includes priority information associated with one or more ticket types associated with performing the application maintenance. The device may simulate, based on the group information and the ticket information, performing the application maintenance to determine a simulation result. The simulation result may include information associated with one or more predicted performance metrics associated with performing the application maintenance. The device may provide the information associated with the one or more predicted performance metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Avikar Banik, Jenice James Mukkada, Koustuv Jana, Divya Sampathkumar, Rajendra T. Prasad, Priya Athreyee
  • Patent number: 11291505
    Abstract: A system for simulating surgical methods includes a method for thorax simulation modelling. The thorax simulation modeling is generally useful in facilitating the development and optimization of person specific surgical methods and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Deakin University
    Inventor: Rashid Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11288159
    Abstract: There is provided a system model evaluation system including a system model candidate creation part configured to create a candidate(s) of a system model by changing a pattern of selecting an inter-sensor-value relationship created by using sensor values acquired from sensors arranged in a system to which the system model is directed. This system model evaluation system further includes a system model evaluation part configured to evaluate the candidate(s) of the system model by inputting predetermined evaluation data to the created candidate(s) of the system model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., NEC CORPORATION, JERA CO., INC.
    Inventors: Motohiro Ichiba, Hideyuki Ishigami, Takayoshi Asakura, Tomoya Soma, Mayumi Takagi
  • Patent number: 11280706
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices, systems, and methods, for performing biological and chemical assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Essenlix Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Y. Chou, Wei Ding
  • Patent number: 11281689
    Abstract: A computing system creates interaction features from variable values in a transformed dataset that includes a variable value computed for each variable of transformed variables computed from a prior execution of a transformation flow applied to an input dataset. An interaction transformation flow definition indicates a subset of the transformed variables, a synthesis definition, and interaction transformation operations to apply to the transformed variables. The synthesis definition describes how the subset of the transformed variables are combined to compute a value input to the interaction transformation operations. A plurality of variable combinations of the subset is defined. A computation is defined for each combination and interaction transformation operation. An operation data value is computed for each computation from the transformed dataset. An observation vector is read from the transformed dataset and a current interaction variable value is synthesized for each combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Biruk Gebremariam, Taiping He
  • Patent number: 11256224
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software to facilitate simulating machines used in industrial automation are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, motion of a solid model of a machine is analyzed to generate a motion profile of the solid model. An industrial controller system is then configured based on the motion profile of the solid model. A simulation of the machine controlled by the industrial controller system is executed, and motion of the simulation of the machine as controlled by the industrial controller system is analyzed. The motion of the simulation of the machine is then compared to the motion profile of the solid model to determine how closely the motion of the simulation of the machine as controlled by the industrial controller system matches the motion profile of the solid model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Haithem Mansouri, Francisco Maturana, Leopoldo Paredes
  • Patent number: 11256835
    Abstract: A system and method for solving linear complementarity problems for rigid body simulation is disclosed. The method includes determining one or more contact constraints affecting an original object having an original mass. The method includes splitting the original object by a total number of the contact constraints into a plurality of sub-bodies. The method includes assigning a contact constraint to a corresponding sub-body. The method further includes solving contact constraints in isolation for each sub-body. The method also includes enforcing positions and orientations of each sub-body are identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Voroshilov, Feodor Benevolenski, Richard Tonge
  • Patent number: 11243525
    Abstract: There is provided a method of and system for forecasting maintenance operations to be applied to an aircraft engine including a plurality of components monitored by damage counters, each damage counter being limited by a corresponding damage ceiling, the method including simulating consumption of the damage counters by iteratively drawing a series of simulation missions from a learning database; for each iteration, determining an accumulated consumption of each of the damage counters, until at least one damage counter related to a current simulation mission reaches a predetermined value limited by the damage ceiling associated with the damage counter; and applying a maintenance strategy on the current simulation mission to determine maintenance indicators representative of maintenance operations to be planned on the aircraft engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alexandre Anfriani, Julien Alexis Louis Ricordeau
  • Patent number: 11244092
    Abstract: A fire development situation prediction method includes collecting simulation data of a fire, establishing a neural network of an engineered deep learning model, training the neural network with the simulation data, determining whether an output value of the neural network is less than or equal to a preset error threshold value, stopping training of the neural network when the output value of the neural network is less than or equal to a preset error threshold value, recollecting the simulation data of the fire when the output value of the neural network is not less than or equal to a preset error threshold value, and evaluating the development situation of the fire according to the engineered deep learning model. The fire development situation prediction method is for predicting a development situation of a fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Fulian Fugui Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Cheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11238201
    Abstract: A pre-step co-simulation method and device for co-simulation of several subsystems is disclosed, utilizing partial derivatives of replacement subsystems. On this basis, the exact solutions of output variables of the individual subsystems are approximated by evaluation of an Error Differential Equation in order to estimate the future progress of the approximated exact output variables; corresponding input variables are determined by optimization prior to the current co-simulation time increment. The pre-step co-simulation method is realized within a computer-executable program and implemented in a network of computing nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Benedikt, Simon Genser, Jost Bernasch
  • Patent number: 11232870
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for predicting and controlling communicable diseases are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for predicting a communicable disease includes receiving, for each member of a community, multiple data streams associated with the member from multiple sensor devices, and computing, based on a social or locational relationship between the member and other entities in the community and a timeline of activities performed by the member according to the timestamp for each data packet, a list of behavioral indicators for the community indicating a current state of the communicable disease using one or more machine learning models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Neura Labs Ltd.
    Inventors: Triinu Magi Shaashua, Amit Hammer, Ori Shaashua
  • Patent number: 11226323
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for air-pollution emission source monitoring. To determine the air-pollution emission of a monitored area, location data and air pollution data are taken from sensor stations positioned along a boundary of the monitored area. The macroscale atmospheric data of a region, where the monitored area is located, is also received. A boundary pollutant distribution can be estimated based on the location data and the air pollution data. Horizontal diffusion and vertical diffusion of the monitored area can be estimated based on the boundary pollutant distribution and the macroscale atmospheric data. To determine an accurate amount of pollution contribution caused by a monitored area, a calculation based on the boundary pollutant distribution, the horizontal diffusion, and the vertical diffusion can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Tao Ba, Gang Zhou, Lingyun Wang, Wei Zhao, Ming Xie, Ke Xu Zou, Xiao Guang Rui
  • Patent number: 11226431
    Abstract: A method and device for filling invalid regions of terrain elevation model data are provided by the present disclosure. The filling method includes obtaining an isolated invalid grid in first terrain elevation model data, the invalid grid being a grid without a valid elevation value; interpolating an elevation value of the isolated invalid grid by using elevation values of valid grids around the isolated invalid grid, to obtain data-interpolated first terrain elevation model data; obtaining invalid patches in the data-interpolated first terrain elevation model data, each of the invalid patches being a region consisting of at least two adjacent invalid grids; and interpolating elevation values of the invalid grids in the invalid patches by using a further terrain elevation model data other than the first terrain elevation model data, to fill the invalid regions of the first terrain elevation model data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiankun Wang, Yun Wang, Dongxu Lei
  • Patent number: 11226612
    Abstract: Provided is a product manufacturing system including: a manufacture control apparatus configured to hold manufacturing data on a product; a virtual manufacturing apparatus configured to virtually manufacture the product by simulation, based on the manufacturing data on the product in the manufacture control apparatus; a physical manufacturing apparatus configured to physically manufacture the product based on the manufacturing data in the manufacture control apparatus; an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the virtual manufacture of the product by the virtual manufacturing apparatus. When it is determined there is no abnormality from the virtual manufacture of the product, the physical manufacturing apparatus physically manufactures the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Amano, Yosuke Tajika
  • Patent number: 11226218
    Abstract: A sensor of a multiphase flow meter is operated to determine a physical property attributable to multiphase fluid flow in a conduit of the multiphase flow meter. A stationarity of the multiphase fluid flow is determined based on the determined physical property in actual conditions compared to expected noise of the sensor in stationary flow conditions. A flow model variable is selected from a plurality of flow model variables based on a gas content of the multiphase fluid flow and the determined stationarity. The multiphase fluid flow is then modeled by adjusting the selected flow model variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sebastien Cadalen, Benoit Fournier
  • Patent number: 11228721
    Abstract: An electronic device automatically selects a surveillance configuration for a road traffic area by sensor(s) among a set of configurations of at least one sensor. The set includes at least two separate configurations. The road traffic area is segmented into M different regions with M?1. At least one coverage area is being associated with each sensor. The device includes a determining module configured to determine intersections between each region and each coverage area, respectively, and an optimization computing module configured to determine, from the intersections, at least one optimal surveillance configuration corresponding to a sensor configuration or a combination of sensor configurations providing at least one maximal coverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSDEV GROUP
    Inventors: Cem Karaoguz, Alexis Beauvillain
  • Patent number: 11221504
    Abstract: A method for adjusting spectacles in which a virtual fitting process of a parametric frame model of a spectacle frame on a 3D model of the head of a person, to whom the spectacles are to be fitted, is divided into two fitting procedures. In a first fitting procedure, the parametric frame model is adjusted to the 3D model of the head to meet specific fitting guidelines for the parametric frame model. Fitting guidelines of this nature may be specified by a frame manufacturer to comply with aesthetic criteria in the fitting. Anatomic fitting is then performed in the second fitting procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schwarz, Tobias Breuninger
  • Patent number: 11222463
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to three-dimensional object models are described. In one example, (i) data representing a geometrical description of a three-dimensional object defining object geometry in a geometric space and (ii) at least one object property description describing an object property in an object property space are received. The object property space and the geometric space are intersected to define an object model, wherein an object property is defined at an intersection between a described object property and defined object geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas, Scott White, Jun Zeng
  • Patent number: 11217043
    Abstract: One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data and driving data, and determine driving trips and associated drivers based on the received data. Movement data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and on-board vehicle systems. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the movement data collected by the mobile devices, such as speed data, acceleration data, or distance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ARITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Edward A. Biemer
  • Patent number: 11215850
    Abstract: A method for adjusting spectacles in which a virtual fitting process of a parametric frame model of a spectacle frame on a 3D model of the head of a person, to whom the spectacles are to be fitted, is divided into two fitting procedures. In a first fitting procedure, the parametric frame model is adjusted to the 3D model of the head to meet specific fitting guidelines for the parametric frame model. Fitting guidelines of this nature may be specified by a frame manufacturer to comply with aesthetic criteria in the fitting. Anatomic fitting is then performed in the second fitting procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schwarz, Tobias Breuninger
  • Patent number: 11215726
    Abstract: Inversion with exponentially encoded seismic data can include exponentially encoding acquired seismic data and associated synthetic seismic data, storing the exponentially encoded acquired seismic data and the exponentially encoded associated synthetic seismic data, determining a one-dimensional (1D) Wasserstein distance between the exponentially encoded acquired seismic data and the exponentially encoded associated synthetic seismic data, and generating an adjoint source based on the 1D Wasserstein distance. The example method also includes adapting a dynamic weight implementation of a sensitivity kernel to the adjoint source to build a gradient associated with the acquired seismic data and the associated synthetic seismic data, and iteratively inverting a waveform associated with the exponentially encoded acquired seismic data and the exponentially encoded associated synthetic seismic data based on the gradient. An image of a subsurface location can be generated based on results of the iterative inversions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS
    Inventors: Lingyun Qiu, Jaime Ramos-Martinez, Alejandro A. Valenciano Mavilio
  • Patent number: 11216780
    Abstract: A system may include sensors that acquire location information associated with the sensors and a processor that receives an indication that a disruptive event may occur in an area. The processor may then determine a number of individuals expected to be in the area when the disruptive event occurs based on the location information, such that the sensors are associated with one or more individuals that correspond to the number of individuals. The processor may then determine a set of supplies useful for each individual of the number of individuals, receive a list of products available at one or more organizations, apportion the list of products based on the set of supplies and the number of individuals, and send a notification to a computing device of each individual of the number of individuals indicating that the set of supplies is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Cory Matheson
  • Patent number: 11209415
    Abstract: A discrete element method for modelling fracture evolution of roadway surrounding rock is provided, which includes: taking rock cores from a coal seam in the field and recording RQD values, observing roadway deformation, and making a statistical analysis on distribution characteristics of fractures in the coal seam; testing mechanical parameters of coal-rock samples indoors, and calculating strength of a rock mass according to the RQD values; creating a numerical model by using a UDEC-Trigon module to adjust the parameters to match the strength of the rock mass, and correcting model parameters; and creating a numerical model of an engineering scale to adjust the parameters to match field deformation characteristics, and finally simulating fracture evolution of the roadway surrounding rock. The present invention provides accurate and basic mechanical parameters for discrete-element numerical simulation of roadway deformation, guaranteeing realistic and reliable simulation results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: China University of Mining and Technology, China Mining & Civil New Material Science and Technology Ltd., BOXIA MINING TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangyu Wang, Jianbiao Bai, Junwu Xia, Shuai Yan
  • Patent number: 11204838
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques to make the synthesized monitoring conditions of partially-observable hybrid systems robust to partial observability of sensor uncertainty and partial controllability due to actuator disturbance. The approach herein shows that the monitoring conditions result in provable safety guarantees with fallback controllers that react to monitor violation at runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stefan Mitsch, Andre Platzer
  • Patent number: 11200469
    Abstract: A graphics adaptation method for printable ceramic supports. Images are printed on sample ceramic supports starting from an original image file. A sample printed image is acquired. Sample points representative of the sample image are selected. Original points present in the original image file are also selected. A point-based matching is sought between the sample points and the original points, on the basis of which the original image file is modified and an adapted image file is determined, thus adapting the graphics of the original image file to the graphics of the sample image. A graphics adaptation system based on the method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Rubbiani, Davide Bonvicini, Franco Stefani
  • Patent number: 11200491
    Abstract: A computer system that uses artificial intelligence based neural networks, to monitor the security and cooling system of a computer network and to take automated remedial action based on the monitoring. The computer system autonomically learns behavior profiles of the cooling system, attack profiles and circumvention techniques used to target the network. The remedial action taken by the computer system includes calibrating the cooling system to maximize efficiency, isolating any misuse that has been identified, surveilling the misuse in the isolated environment, analyzing its behavior profile and reconfiguring the network to enhance security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Nautilus TRUE, LLC
    Inventor: Arnold Magcale
  • Patent number: 11194834
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to data visualization, and more specifically, to technology that automatically visualizes various analytics and predictions generated for mass participation endurance events, or other events of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Karen R. Smilowitz, George T. Chiampas, Taylor G. Hanken, Rachel G. Lin, Ryan W. Rose, Bruno P. Velazquez, Samuel H. Young
  • Patent number: 11194940
    Abstract: A computing system determines a design space for designing a design system. The computing system receives a request to identify input(s) that will provide a response of the design system that advances a user-defined goal for the design system. The computing system, responsive to the request to identify input(s), generates a design for the design space that provides design cases for generating the response of the design system and obtains responses of the design system generated for multiple design cases of the design for the design system. The computing system selects at least one design case based on obtained responses of the design system for the multiple design cases, and based on the at least one design case, outputs an indication of suggested input(s) for the design system. The suggested input(s) advances the user-defined goal for the design system and is not disallowed according to disallowed combination(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Albert Morgan, Yeng Saanchi, Laura Carmen Lancaster, Christopher Michael Gotwalt, Caleb Bridges King, Ryan Adam Lekivetz
  • Patent number: 11194300
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring field device states within a process control system, and for detecting and responding to state changes associated with one or more field devices. Implementation of the invention involves, for each field device within a selected sub-set of the plurality of field devices, (i) retrieving a reference set or template set of field device parameter state data associated with the field device (ii) retrieving a set of current state data associated with each field device within the selected sub-set of the plurality of field devices, (iii) comparing the two sets of parameter state data for each field device within the selected sub-set of the plurality of field devices and (iv) generating and/or displaying a report representing detected deviations between the two sets of parameter state data for each field device within the selected sub-set of the plurality of field devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tung Ngie Tang
  • Patent number: 11188692
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for performing a flow simulation that include storing in a memory state vectors for a plurality of voxels, the state vectors comprising a plurality of entries that correspond to particular momentum states of a plurality of possible momentum states at a voxel. The techniques also include storing in a memory a representation of at least one surface and performing interaction operations on the state vectors, the interaction operations modelling interactions between elements of different momentum states. The techniques also include performing surface interaction operations which model interactions between the surface and elements of at least one voxel near the surface, including modeling a wall shear stress direction that is not parallel to a flow velocity direction and performing move operations on the state vectors to reflect movement of elements to new voxels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.
    Inventors: Hudong Chen, Raoyang Zhang, Yanbing Li
  • Patent number: 11176165
    Abstract: Application-level data in a storage system are evaluated. For example, a backup analysis tool retrieves a backup object stored in the storage system. The backup analysis tool reconstructs an application object from the backup object. The backup analysis tool accesses the first application object according to a native application format associated with the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Cohesity, Inc.
    Inventors: Apurv Gupta, Vipin Gupta, Johnny Chen, Sunil Moolchandani, Murali Vajapeyam
  • Patent number: 11170570
    Abstract: There is provided a method of generating instructions for manufacturing of a functionally graded material (FGM) object, comprising: providing geometric trivariate(s) defining geometry of FGM object, providing material trivariate(s) defining material properties of the FGM object, computing a volumetric representation of the FGM object that includes the geometric trivariate(s) and the material trivariate(s) spanning a same parametric domain, and computing code instructions for execution by a manufacturing device controller of a manufacturing device for manufacturing of the FGM object by: identifying locations within the boundaries defined by the geometric trivariate(s) of the volumetric representation, computing respective material value(s) for each of the locations according to the material trivariate(s) of the volumetric representation corresponding to the identified locations, and converting the locations from the parametric domain to the Euclidean space, wherein each of the locations in Euclidean space is a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Ben Ezair, Gershon Elber
  • Patent number: 11162703
    Abstract: Systems and methods for characterization of retrofit opportunities are described. The methods may comprise computing, using at least one computing device disposed remote from a building and based at least in part on heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) runtime data associated with the building, one or more thermal characteristics of the building. In some embodiments, a model-predicted indoor temperature may be fitted against thermal data measured by a thermostat at the building. The thermal characteristic of the building may comprise a thermal insulation, an air leakage rate and/or an HVAC efficiency. The method may be used to determine, using the at least one computing device, suitability of the building for a retrofit opportunity to improve energy efficiency of the building. Determining the suitability may comprise evaluating the one or more thermal characteristics. The HVAC runtime data may be computed based on data received from a thermostat or a meter, such as an electric or a gas meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Zeifman, Amine Lazrak
  • Patent number: 11156744
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for restoring a 3D tomographic model of the Earth's subsurface geology from the present-day to a past restoration time. Whereas at the present time all faults represent active discontinuities, at a past restoration time some faults have not yet formed. Accordingly, the restored model divides the fault network into ?-active faults (discontinuous surfaces for faults that intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time) and ?-inactive faults (continuous surfaces for faults that do not intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time). A new 3D restoration transformation is also provided that uses linear geological constraints to process the restoration model in less time and generate more accurate geological images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: EMERSON PARADIGM HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Laurent Mallet, Anne-Laure Tertois
  • Patent number: 11156649
    Abstract: A transport unit, in which a rapid and precise fault localization can be achieved, includes an installation, a simulation device with an interface, through which current status data of the installation can be received, and a computing unit configured determine or acquire simulated status data on the basis of simulation data and the current status data, which are representative for a status of at least a part of the installation. A method for controlling an installation in a transportation unit, in particular a rail vehicle, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Dahms, Michael Dirauf
  • Patent number: 11151802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a face adjustment image, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating a matched image by superimposing a cephalometric image having a cranium image of a patient whose face is to be corrected with a three-dimensional facial image of the patient; and (b) displaying a predicted facial image on a screen by transforming soft skin tissues of the face according to the skeletal change in the cephalometric image. According to the present invention, the change in the soft skin tissues and the predicted facial image are displayed on a screen of a computer, a terminal or the like based on the skeletal change in cranium, teeth, prosthesis or the like supporting the soft skin tissues. Therefore, the change in the soft skin tissues can be predicted, thereby increasing the accuracy of a face correction operation, making it more accurate and convenient to plan the operation, and enhancing communication between the patient and medical staff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MORPHEUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heung-san Choi, Jin-su Kim, Young-guk Park, Seung-hak Baek, Sang-hwan Joo, Hyung-jun Cho
  • Patent number: 11151904
    Abstract: Provided are a multi-functional stratigraphic structure model testing system and testing method. The system includes a test piece testing device platform that includes a watertight fan-shaped closed cavity, a fluid-solid coupling loading system, and an anti-arc reaction frame system. A coupling loading system region consist of hydraulic (liquid) loading and multi-directional solid-skeleton loading onto a pore or crack test piece, which can be independently operated or combined with each other's. The fan-shaped closed cavity is fixed through the anti-arc reaction frame system, and a fan-shaped center region is provided with an application region of underground working face. The other two flat fan sides are provided with application regions of physical and chemical improvement for surrounding rock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING, CHINA RAILWAY TUNNEL CONSULTANTS CO., LTD., HEBEI ZHUCHENG INDUSTRIAL AND MINING MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhou, Yue Zhuo, Wenzhu Ma, Wei Li, Yan Xu, Yongsheng Liu, Xiaonan He, Yue Wang, Yongdai Wang, Shiwu Cai, Guijiang Wei, Xin Jiang, Zhiyuan Sha
  • Patent number: 11141281
    Abstract: A system and method for the field of humeral components for shoulder joint prostheses and, more specifically, to a method for constructing a range of humeral components intended to be inserted into the proximal region of the humerus during reconstructive shoulder surgery includes the following steps: obtaining a set (Evs) of statistical data relating to variables that can be used to characterise the geometry of a proximal humerus region from morphometric data (Dm) of proximal humerus regions belonging to a representative sample of a population; based on a statistical distribution, determining a set (G) of sizes forming the range of humeral components; for each of the sizes, determining a measurement (MiTn-n) for each of the variables, according to the set of statistical data; and for each of the sizes, producing a humeral component according to the measurement of each of the variables corresponding to the size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MOVE-UP
    Inventor: Laurent Geais
  • Patent number: 11144042
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs can be referenced by both automation models of an industrial asset and non-automation models of the asset, allowing data points of both types of models to be easily linked using a common data source nomenclature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Steven C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Brian Fast
  • Patent number: 11144829
    Abstract: Provided herein are exemplary systems and methods including the generation of a superior strategy for deployment to real time actual conditions with dynamic feedback to the secure intelligent networked architecture in order for adjustments to be made to the strategy being deployed to the real time actual conditions and the learned generation of subsequent strategies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Capitalogix IP Owner, LLC
    Inventors: Howard M. Getson, Sean Vallie, Robert Jump, Wincenty Borodziewicz
  • Patent number: 11144779
    Abstract: A first image may be received by a processor. The processor may identify an image quality measure of which to evaluate the first image. The processor may compare the first image to one or more images. The processor may generate a first image quality score for the first image based on the comparing. The processor may convert the first image quality score into a first micro air-quality index. The processor may transmit the first micro air-quality index to a recording device. Additionally, a recording device may capture a first image. The recording device may send the first image to a database that may include a model associated with an image quality measure. The recording device may receive a first micro air-quality index associated with the image quality measure. The recording device may rearrange a display of the first image to display the first micro air-quality index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fang Wang, Su Liu, Kevin Shank, Cheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11144684
    Abstract: A device may analyze, by one or more processors, a model to identify a first set of model elements that are associated with a model element. The device may apply, by the one or more processors, one or more results from an analysis of the model to a first network unit to determine a complexity of the first network unit or a coupling of the first network unit to other model elements of the model. The device may generate, by the one or more processors, a second network unit, representing a second hierarchy of computation, from the first network unit based on the complexity or the coupling. The device may provide, by the one or more processors, the second network unit as a testing unit for testing the model, the second network unit comprising two or more model elements and one or more numeric expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dixit Manoj Gangadhar, Prahladavaradan Sampath, Janaki Sivaramakrishnan, William J. Aldrich, Ebrahim Mehran Mestchian
  • Patent number: 11137751
    Abstract: A method for estimating life of a component includes obtaining fracture data corresponding to a component. The fracture data includes a first dataset corresponding to a threshold region where the crack in the component is dormant below a fatigue threshold. The method further includes determining initial estimates of parameters of a crack growth rate model and parameters of temperature models corresponding to the crack growth rate model based on the fracture data. The method also includes computing optimized parameters of temperature models corresponding to the crack growth rate model, and a scatter parameter via simulation of a joint optimization method using the initial estimates. The method includes determining a cumulative distribution function based on the optimized parameters and the scatter parameter and estimating life of the component based on the cumulative distribution function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sankar Narayanan, Santosh B. Narasimhachary, Kai Kadau, Sachin R. Shinde
  • Patent number: 11126765
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for an optimal scheduling decision of an air compressor group based on a simulation technology, which belongs to the technical field of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Yang Liu, Fan Zhou, Zhongyang Han, Linqing Wang, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11125913
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for restoring a 3D tomographic model of the Earth's subsurface geology from the present-day to a past restoration time. Whereas at the present time all faults represent active discontinuities, at a past restoration time some faults have not yet formed. Accordingly, the restored model divides the fault network into ?-active faults (discontinuous surfaces for faults that intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time) and ?-inactive faults (continuous surfaces for faults that do not intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time). A new 3D restoration transformation is also provided that uses linear geological constraints to process the restoration model in less time and generate more accurate geological images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: EMERSON PARADIGM HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Laurent Mallet, Anne-Laure Tertois