{
  "patent_number": "US 11392109",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Industrial Monitoring System with Haptic Alerts and Smart Data Storage",
  "original_title": "Methods and systems for data collection in an industrial refining environment with haptic feedback and data storage control",
  "summary": "This patent describes a system for collecting data in industrial settings like oil refineries, detecting unusual conditions, smartly managing how much data is saved, and alerting workers with touch-based feedback on a wearable device.",
  "what_it_does": "The system collects data from various sensors in an industrial refining environment, following specific data collection routines (Claim 1). It stores this collected data and the routines used (Claim 1). A specialized circuit then interprets the data to identify any \"anomalous conditions,\" which are unusual or abnormal states (Claim 1). Another circuit evaluates the system's storage limits and adjusts the amount of collected data that gets saved, preventing storage overload (Claim 1). If an anomalous condition is detected, a haptic user device, which can be a wearable like a glove or wristband, generates a touch-based stimulation to alert a worker (Claim 1, Claim 2). For example, if a motor in a refinery starts vibrating unusually, a worker wearing a haptic wristband might feel a specific pattern of vibration, indicating a potential problem.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover systems that alert users only through visual displays or audible alarms without any haptic (touch-based) feedback.",
    "Does not cover data collection systems that do not dynamically adjust the volume of stored data based on storage capacity limits.",
    "Does not cover monitoring systems designed for environments other than industrial refining settings.",
    "Does not cover systems where the haptic user device's location is not broadcast or where the anomaly signal is not wirelessly transmitted.",
    "Does not cover systems that simply collect data without interpreting it to specifically determine an \"anomalous condition.\""
  ],
  "filed": "2018-12-21",
  "granted": "2022-07-19",
  "expires": "2038-12-21",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/strong-force-iot-portfolio-2016",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Gerald William Duffy, JR.",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/gerald-william-duffy-jr"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jeffrey P. McGuckin",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jeffrey-p-mcguckin"
    },
    {
      "name": "Charles Howard Cella",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/charles-howard-cella"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mehul Desai",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/mehul-desai"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 5,
  "tags": [
    "industrial",
    "telecommunications",
    "software",
    "consumer_electronics",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "Methods and systems for data collection in an industrial refining environment with haptic feedback and data storage control are disclosed. A system may include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein the data collector collects data based on a selected data collection routine, a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data, wherein the plurality of collector routes each include a different data collection routine, a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret the collected data and determine an occurrence of an anomalous condition, a data analysis circuit to evaluate a data storage constraint of the monitoring system and to adjust a volume of collected data stored in response to the evaluation, and a haptic user device for generating a haptic stimulation in response to an occurrence of a specified anomalous condition in the refining environment.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11392109/methods-and-systems-for-data-collection-in-an-industrial-refining-environment-wi",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11392109/methods-and-systems-for-data-collection-in-an-industrial-refining-environment-wi/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11392109",
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