Jeffrey H Katz

US Patent:

7821156, Oct 26, 2010

Filed:

Feb 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/027926

Inventors:

Jeffrey Sherman Katz - West Hartford CT, US
Gerard Marmigere - Drap, FR
Frederic Bauchot - Saint-Jeannet, FR

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H02J 3/14

US Classification:

307 40, 307 35, 307 38

Abstract:

A system for scheduling electric power consumption cycles is provided. A consumption cycle is a time period of human scale, minutes or hours typically, rather than an electrical cycle. The system includes an electric-powered device driven by power supplied by an electric power network. The system also includes a consumption cycle data (CCD) requesting module communicatively linked to the electric-powered device. The link may use electric power lines via methods such as Broadband over Power Line, or may be wireless. The CCD requesting module is configured to generate a CCD request requesting allocation of electric power from the electric power network. Additionally, the system includes an electric power network node electrically connected to the electric-powered device from which electric power is conveyed to the electric-powered device. The system also includes a CCD responding module communicatively linked to the CCD requesting module. The CCD responding module is configured to determine whether the request for allocation of power can be granted subject to a predetermined capacity constraint.

US Patent:

8524290, Sep 3, 2013

Filed:

Oct 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/277310

Inventors:

John E. Kulesza - Berlin CT, US
Jeffrey Katz - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

A61K 36/00
A61K 36/87

US Classification:

424725, 424766

Abstract:

Compositions are provided that provide improved nasal moisture, clarity, and lubrication. Compositions are oil-in-glycerin emulsions that include a surfactant promoting emulsification of a hydrophobic or otherwise water insoluble bioactive agent. The compositions are used in methods of promoting improved nasal moisture and reduction in nasal congestion.

US Patent:

62824619, Aug 28, 2001

Filed:

Jul 9, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/349981

Inventors:

Zhongxue Gan - Storrs CT
Lance T. Fitzgibbons - Southwick MA
Jeffrey S. Katz - West Hartford CT

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC - Monroeville PA

International Classification:

G05B 1500
G06K 900
G06K 946
G06K 936

US Classification:

700258

Abstract:

An independent tube position verification system includes a TV camera (16) mounted on an end effector (EE) of a robotic arm (20) mounted in a steam generator (10) beneath the tube sheet (12) to visually track changes in position as the end effector (EE) is moved across the tube sheet (12) by a robotic arm (20). The tube sheet (12) and the tube ends (14) thereof are illuminated by one or more light sources (18) at an oblique angle to cause the desirable presence of shadows in the field of view. The TV camera (16) outputs successive image frames so that displacement of a artifact in the image field in successive frames yields physical displacement information which is converted into velocity and direction information. Changes in position determined by the verification system are compared against position information maintained by the robotic arm (20); any mis-match indicates a loss of tracking integrity requiring a system re-calibration.

US Patent:

58781510, Mar 2, 1999

Filed:

Oct 31, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/740702

Inventors:

Qing Tang - Wethersfield CT
Zhongxue Gan - Storrs CT
Jeffrey Sherman Katz - West Hartford CT
Lance Terrance Fitzgibbons - Southwick MA

Assignee:

Combustion Engineering, Inc. - Windsor CT

International Classification:

G06K 900

US Classification:

382103

Abstract:

An image of the object remains in the field of view of the camera, thereby generating a continuously changing image signal. The images are captured and digitized in a continual sequence S of discrete images of the scenes at a respective sequence T of points in time. During this capture sequence, a first plurality of reference signals are established corresponding to a plurality of respective captured images. In this manner, a plurality of reference images are generated on-line, during movement of the object or cameras. A second plurality of detected signals corresponding to a second plurality of captured images, are individually correlated with the respective next previous reference signal of the sequence, thereby establishing a relative position of the object or camera, for each detected signal. The absolute position of the camera or object, is determined by accumulating these relative positions.

US Patent:

53574273, Oct 18, 1994

Filed:

Mar 15, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/031752

Inventors:

Pauline A. Langen - Simsbury CT
Jeffrey S. Katz - West Hartford CT
Gayle Dempsey - Needham MA
James Pompano - East Haven CT

Assignee:

Digital Equipment Corporation - Maynard MA

International Classification:

G06F 1542

US Classification:

36441302

Abstract:

Method and system for remote monitoring of high-risk patients using artificial intelligence. A plurality of high-risk patients can be simultaneously monitored without patient intervention. A patient hears questions in the doctor's voice at each monitoring encounter and responds. The patient's responses are recorded at a remote central monitoring station and can be analyzed on line or later. Artificial intelligence (AI) and voice technology (DECvoice) are combined to present to the patient, during a monitoring session or encounter, questions which would be selected from a plurality of different recorded questions. Questions to the patient are chosen using AI, based on the patient's response, by parsing. The monitor could take several forms such as for e. g. , uterine activity strips, glucometers, blood pressure cuffs, pulse monitors, electroencephalographs, etc.

US Patent:

57516103, May 12, 1998

Filed:

Oct 31, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/741898

Inventors:

Zhongxue Gan - Storrs CT
Lance Terrance Fitzgibbons - Southwick MA
Qing Tang - Wethersfield CT
Jeffrey Sherman Katz - West Hartford CT

Assignee:

Combustion Engineering, Inc. - Windsor CT

International Classification:

G01C 2500

US Classification:

36457103

Abstract:

The work cell is divided into a plurality of calibration zones, and calibration is made with only one measured point in each zone. The calibration zones are set up such that the calibration error in each zone remains within an acceptable tolerance. Within each zone, calibration is preferably made according to a linear calibration algorithm. The method according to the invention includes the steps of storing a first database, of the coordinates of all the tube openings in the tube sheet coordinate system. Each coordinate of the first database is assigned to one of a plurality of calibration zones.

US Patent:

58388826, Nov 17, 1998

Filed:

Oct 31, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/741900

Inventors:

Zhongxue Gan - Storrs CT
Jeffrey Sherman Katz - West Hartford CT
Qing Tang - Wethersfield CT
Lance Terrance Fitzgibbons - Southwick MA

Assignee:

Combustion Engineering, Inc. - Windsor CT

International Classification:

G05B 1300
G05B 1900

US Classification:

395 94

Abstract:

A robot and associated control system, as well as a method of control, for servicing a heat exchanger having a substantially planar tube sheet which defines a multiplicity of laterally spaced tube openings of known shape, each of which is centered at a coordinate on a tube sheet coordinate system. A sensory system associated with the robot end effector and the associated digital processing system, includes a vision subsystem for generating an image of a portion of the tube sheet and generating a first signal commensurate with the spatial relationship of the tool to a selected tube opening. An optical subsystem is also provided, for projecting a structured light beam toward the tube sheet and receiving a reflected structured light pattern, indicative of how closely the tool is aligned with the target opening. The end effector also includes transducers responsive to at least one of force and torque acting on the end effector, resulting from partial entry of the tool, or a tool proxy such as a guide, into a tube opening. The sensing of the reflected light pattern, and the sensing of the force and/or torque, result in the generation of second and third signals, respectively which, along with the first signal, are utilized in the computer for controlling the arm to center the tool for actuation fully into the selected tube opening.