Scott M Gallagher

US Patent:

20220382256, Dec 1, 2022

Filed:

May 19, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/748390

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Shahid Bashir - Katy TX, US
John W. Gusewelle - Dorsey IL, US
Scott M. Gallagher - Fulshear TX, US
Brendan R. Keuss - Westlake LA, US

Assignee:

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY - HOUSTON TX

International Classification:

G05B 19/418
H04B 17/318

Abstract:

Data acquired by numerous wireless sensors in a large industrial setting is communicated to the operations center via nodes in defined geographic cells where the signals from the sensors may be depowered to naturally attenuate below the perception of most other receiving nodes in the industrial system. It would be optimal that signals would attenuate sufficiently such that most signals in a cell are not discernible to receiving nodes in adjacent cells, but some sensors near the boundary of a cell will probably have to be set at sufficient power that the nearest adjacent receiving cell would necessarily perceive the signal. Data rejection protocols would exclude data from outside a cell and the advantage of the invention is that it minimizes the volume of errant signals leading to more reliable and robust data for operators.

US Patent:

20220382257, Dec 1, 2022

Filed:

May 19, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/748415

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Paul L. Bird - Granite City IL, US
John W. Gusewelle - Dorsey IL, US
Scott M. Gallagher - Fulshear TX, US
Brendan R. Keuss - Westlake LA, US

Assignee:

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY - HOUSTON TX

International Classification:

G05B 19/418

Abstract:

Data acquired by numerous wireless sensors in a large industrial setting is communicated to the operations center via nodes in defined geographic cells where the signals from the sensors may be depowered to naturally attenuate below the perception of most other receiving nodes in the industrial system. It would be optimal that signals would attenuate sufficiently such that most signals in a cell are not discernible to receiving nodes in adjacent cells, but some sensors near the boundary of a cell will probably have to be set at sufficient power that the nearest adjacent receiving cell would necessarily perceive the signal. Data rejection protocols would exclude data from outside a cell and the advantage of the invention is that it minimizes the volume of errant signals leading to more reliable and robust data for operators.

US Patent:

20220386088, Dec 1, 2022

Filed:

May 19, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/748369

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Paul L. Bird - Granite City IL, US
John W. Gusewelle - Dorsey IL, US
Scott M. Gallagher - Fulshear TX, US
Brendan R. Keuss - Westlake LA, US

Assignee:

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY - HOUSTON TX

International Classification:

H04W 4/38
H04W 72/04

Abstract:

Data acquired by numerous wireless sensors in a large industrial setting is communicated to the operations center via nodes in defined geographic cells where the signals from the sensors may be depowered to naturally attenuate below the perception of most other receiving nodes in the industrial system. It would be optimal that signals would attenuate sufficiently such that most signals in a cell are not discernible to receiving nodes in adjacent cells, but some sensors near the boundary of a cell will probably have to be set at sufficient power that the nearest adjacent receiving cell would necessarily perceive the signal. Data rejection protocols would exclude data from outside a cell and the advantage of the invention is that it minimizes the volume of errant signals leading to more reliable and robust data for operators.