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Granted Patent B2
US 12,253,393 · App. 18/106,806 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Systems and methods for detecting events using data classification

Inventor: Abraham Greenboim (La Jolla, CA)
Assignee: IOT Technologies LLC
G01F1/20G01F1/10G01M3/2807
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Patent No.
US 12,253,393
App. No.
18/106,806
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices, systems and methods for leak detection/identification are provided herein. Also provided are devices, systems and methods for monitoring and/or measuring fluid usage. In some aspects, a system comprising a sensor, a processing system, and a platform are provided. In some aspects, the sensor may be coupled to a spinning device. The sensor can be configured to detect fluid data, which can comprise, for example, displacement data of liquid and/or movement data associated with the liquid in a container and/or flow data associated with a flow of fluid in a conduit. The processing system can be coupled with the sensor and configured to communicate the fluid data. The platform can comprise an application communicatively coupled to one or more databases storing evaluation data (e.g., known pattern data) and configured to receive the fluid data and determine if there is a leak.

Claims (35)

1. A system for leak detection in a fluid system including a conduit and a fluid passing through the conduit, comprising: a sensor device comprising at least one sensor configured to detect fluid data associated with the fluid passing through the conduit, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a compass and wherein the fluid data comprises heading data; a processing system coupled with the at least one sensor and configured to communicate the fluid data; and a platform comprising: an application communicatively coupled with at least one database storing evaluation data, and configured to receive the fluid data and determine if there is a leak in the fluid system by determining a Wasserstein distance between the fluid data to the evaluation data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid system comprises at least one of a toilet system, a pool system, a gas system, an irrigation system, and an air conditioning system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid data is associated with a first time period of flow of the fluid passing through the conduit at a first time, wherein a second time period of flow of the fluid passing through the conduit at a second time, and wherein the evaluation data comprises at least one of period of flow data associated with a normal flow of the fluid passing through the conduit, and period of flow data associated with at least one of a minor leak, a medium leak, and a major leak of the fluid passing through the conduit.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an accelerometer and wherein the accelerometer is positioned in a tank coupled to the conduit, the tank comprising the fluid, wherein the fluid data comprises accelerometer data, wherein the evaluation data comprises at least accelerometer data associated with a normal flow of the fluid passing through the conduit, and accelerometer data associated with at least one of a minor leak, a medium leak, and a major leak of the fluid passing through the conduit.

5. The system of claim 1 , in addition to the compass, the at least one sensor further comprising one or more of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a sound sensor, a laser sensor, a temperature sensor, a video camera, a frame camera, and an ultrasonic sensor.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an accelerometer and wherein the fluid data comprises vector magnitude data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor device is configured to be wrapped around at least a portion of the conduit, and wherein the fluid data is associated with a set of time periods of flow of the fluid of the conduit.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid system comprises a toilet system including a toilet tank, and wherein the sensor device is positioned in a float of the toilet tank.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid data comprises vector magnitude data and time periods of flow data.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid system comprises a pool system, wherein the pool system comprises a sample container within a pool, each of the sample container and the pool comprising the fluid, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a distance sensor, wherein the fluid data comprises distance data associated with a distance from the sensor to a top of the fluid in the pool at a set of different time periods, and wherein the evaluation data comprises weight data obtained from a weight sensor configured to determine a weight of the sample container and the fluid contained therein at the set of different time periods.

11. A fluid monitoring system, comprising:

a sensor comprising at least one or more of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a compass, a sound sensor, a laser sensor, a temperature sensor, video camera and frame camera, and an ultrasonic sensor, alone or in combination;

the sensor configured to detect fluid data associated with a fluid flowing through a first pipe section;

a wired or wireless communication interface; and

at least one processor configured to perform instructions, the instruction configured to cause the at least one processor to:

receive the fluid data;

determine whether the fluid data is indicative of a normal condition or an abnormal condition; and

upon determining the fluid data is indicative of an abnormal condition, at least one of:

cause a fluid valve coupled to the fluid pipe section to adjust;

modify a parameter associated with the accelerometer; and

transmit to at least one of a platform, an external system and a user system, via the communication interface, at least one of the fluid data and a notification relating to the fluid data; and

a second sensor configured to detect a second fluid data associated with a second fluid flowing through a second pipe section;

a second wired or wireless communication interface; and

at least one second processor configured to perform instructions, the instruction configured to cause the at least one second processor to:

receive the second fluid data;

determine whether the second fluid data is indicative of a second normal condition or a second abnormal condition; and

upon determining the second fluid data is indicative of a second abnormal condition, at least one of:

cause a second fluid valve coupled to the second fluid pipe section to adjust;

modify a parameter associated with the second accelerometer; and

transmit to at least one of the platform, the external system and the user system, via the second communication interface, at least one of the second fluid data and a second notification relating to the second fluid data.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the parameter associated with the sensor is associated with a frequency and/or length of time the accelerometer is configured to detect the fluid data.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the valve comprises a ball valve, wherein the sensor is coupled to a motor that is coupled to the fluid valve, and wherein the fluid data comprises a vibration data during a time period.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein causing the fluid valve coupled to the fluid pipe section to adjust comprises controlling an electric motor coupled to the fluid valve.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one of the fluid data and the notification relating to the fluid data comprises usage data.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the notification relating to the fluid data is indicative of a present or future leak.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2023
From: GREENBOIM, ABRAHAM
To: WATERX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 063539/0684 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2023
From: WATERX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: IOT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 063539/0752 →
Continuity (7)
Provisional Application 63307370 · Feb 7, 2022
Provisional Application 63396565 · Aug 9, 2022
Provisional Application 63408350 · Sep 20, 2022
Provisional Application 63418949 · Oct 24, 2022
Provisional Application 63311202 · Feb 17, 2022
Provisional Application 63311271 · Feb 17, 2022
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