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US 12,320,684 · App. 18/534,383 · Granted Jun 3, 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 12,320,684
App. No.
18/534,383
Granted
Jun 3, 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 (29)

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;

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, 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.

2. 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;

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, 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.

3. 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;

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, 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.

4. A system for leak detection in a building comprising a plurality of fluid systems utilizing a fluid, comprising:

a plurality of sensor devices, each sensor device comprising at least one sensor configured to detect fluid data, and each sensor device deployed in a different fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems; a plurality of processing systems, each processing system of the plurality of processing systems coupled with a sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices and configured to communicate the fluid data; and

a platform comprising:

an application coupled with a database storing evaluation data, and configured to receive the fluid data and determine if there is a leak in a fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems by determining a Wasserstein distance between the fluid data to the evaluation data, wherein the fluid data is associated with a first time period of flow of the fluid passing through a conduit of a first fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems at a first time and a second time period of flow of the fluid passing through the conduit of the first fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems at a second time.

5. A system for leak detection in a building comprising a plurality of fluid systems utilizing a fluid, comprising:

a plurality of sensor devices, each sensor device comprising at least one sensor configured to detect fluid data, and each sensor device deployed in a different fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems;

a plurality of processing systems, each processing system of the plurality of processing systems coupled with a sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices and configured to communicate the fluid data; and

a platform comprising:

an application coupled with a database storing evaluation data, and configured to receive the fluid data and determine if there is a leak in a fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems by determining a Wasserstein distance between the fluid data to the evaluation data, wherein the evaluation data comprises period of flow data associated with a normal flow of the fluid passing through a conduit of a first fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems, and wherein the evaluation data comprises 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 a conduit of a first fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems.

6. A system for leak detection in a building comprising a plurality of fluid systems utilizing a fluid, comprising:

a plurality of sensor devices, each sensor device comprising at least one sensor configured to detect fluid data, and each sensor device deployed in a different fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems;

a plurality of processing systems, each processing system of the plurality of processing systems coupled with a sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices and configured to communicate the fluid data; and

a platform comprising:

an application coupled with a database storing evaluation data, and configured to receive the fluid data and determine if there is a leak in a fluid system of the plurality of fluid systems by determining a Wasserstein distance between the fluid data to the evaluation data, wherein the at least one sensor of at least one sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices comprises an accelerometer and wherein the fluid data comprises at least one of movement data and vector magnitude data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2024
From: GREENBOIM, ABRAHAM
To: IOT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 066876/0490 →
Continuity (8)
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Provisional Application 63311202 · Feb 17, 2022
Provisional Application 63307370 · Feb 7, 2022
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