Kenneth N Gravenstede

US Patent:

51612305, Nov 3, 1992

Filed:

Jun 5, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/058475

Inventors:

Jeffery A. Carter - Manhattan Beach CA
Peggy M. Otsubo - Redondo Beach CA
Kenneth N. Gravenstede - Lawndale CA
Robert A. Grotz - Palos Verdes Estates CA

Assignee:

TRW Inc. - Redondo Beach CA

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

395800

Abstract:

A comparison circuit having at least one processing cell in which objects defined by multiple parameters are streamed from a data base through the circuit, and compared with a similarly structured object previously stored in the cell. The object stored in the cell and objects streamed through the cell are all defined by data values indicative of maximum and minimum values of the parameters making up the objects. A match is declared when all parameters of the object stored in the cell overlap the parameter ranges of the objects streamed through the cell. With the use of multiple cells connected in series or in parallel, or in a combination of series and parallel, the processing speed of the comparison circuit is increased linearly with the number of such cells. Therefore, searching of large data bases can be performed at very high speeds and configurations of interconnected processing cells can be easily interconnected and loaded to define a number of objects of interest. Special processing features permit objects to be longer than a single cell, and permit multiple ranges of a parameter to be compared repeatedly with a single stored parameter.

US Patent:

20180352137, Dec 6, 2018

Filed:

Jun 1, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/995412

Inventors:

Patrick A. St. Clair - Henrietta NY, US
Robert Adams DeRose - Victor NY, US
Gayle Fasoli DeRose - Victor NY, US
Viet Quoc Nguyen - West Henrietta NY, US
Kenneth Nelson Gravenstede - Lima NY, US
Trevor Zachary DiMarco - Farmington NY, US
Elyse M. DeRoo - Penfield NY, US

Assignee:

L-TRON CORPORATION - Victor NY

International Classification:

H04N 5/232
H04N 5/265

Abstract:

An event data and location-linked spherical imaging system including a spherical imager configured for capturing a spherical image with an action; a localization device collocated with the spherical imager, the localization device configured for providing a location of the spherical imager; a level collocated with the spherical imager, the level configured for indicating an imaging level of the spherical imager; an event data receiver configured for receiving event data from a user, the event data is associated with one or more points of interest on the spherical image; and a compass configured for providing an orientation of the spherical imager in capturing the spherical image, wherein the orientation and location-linked event data is accessible within the context of the spherical image. In one embodiment, the spherical imager includes no more than two imagers. In one embodiment, the action is a single capture.

US Patent:

20180180671, Jun 28, 2018

Filed:

Jun 10, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/736608

Inventors:

- Stratford CT, US
Kenneth Gravenstede - Lima NY, US
Evan Grundman - Victor NY, US
John Gorton - Webster NY, US

International Classification:

G01R 31/315
G01R 31/28

Abstract:

A Transistor Resonant Characteristic Sensor (TReCS) includes a sensing element positioned along electronic equipment so that the sensing element is electromagnetically coupled to the electronic equipment. The sensing element includes a coil. The sensing element is configured to detect magnetic oscillations associated with a characteristic signal generated by the electronic equipment. The TReCS sensor further includes an evaluation circuit connected to the sensing element for monitoring health state of the electronic equipment. The evaluation circuit includes one or more processing elements configured to diagnose health state of the electronic equipment based on extracted baseband information associated with the characteristic signal.

US Patent:

20180088004, Mar 29, 2018

Filed:

Jan 13, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/557953

Inventors:

- Stratford CT, US
Brian Drost - Fairport NY, US
Kenneth Gravenstede - Lima NY, US

International Classification:

G01M 15/05
F02D 41/22

Abstract:

A measuring system, method, and/or computer program that realizes physics-based relations between sensor readings to monitor for degradations and predict failures of power systems is provided. For example, the supply and return of fuel in a power system is provided by a fuel injection system. The fuel injection system responds to changes in loads and system conditions, such as to compensate for fuel loss due to fuel combustion, by continuously and instantaneously changing the fuel flow. This behavior by the fuel injection system creates characteristic signatures. These characteristic signatures are instantaneously detected and utilized by the measuring system, method, and/or computer program to detect healthy, degrading, failing, and failed mechanical conditions so as to monitor for degradations and predict failures of the power system.

US Patent:

20180045791, Feb 15, 2018

Filed:

Jan 14, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/556544

Inventors:

- Stratford CT, US
Kenneth Gravenstede - Lima NY, US

International Classification:

G01R 31/40
B64D 45/00

Abstract:

A method for monitoring a health state of electronic equipment is provided and includes capturing data of an operation of the electronic equipment over a sampling range of predefined length, storing captured data in a storage unit and characterizing a behavior of the operation of the electronic equipment based on an analysis of stored captured data in an event a predefined time has expired or the storage unit has reached maximum capacity.