Diego S Benitez

US Patent:

7924212, Apr 12, 2011

Filed:

Aug 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/538516

Inventors:

Diego Benitez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Zhaozhang Jin - Columbus OH, US

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

G01S 13/00

US Classification:

342 28, 342 27, 342192, 342195

Abstract:

A method of detecting human presence includes using a radar sensor to monitor a space, and receiving an output signal from the radar sensor. A Fourier transform is performed on the output signal to produce a signal spectrum. It is decided whether the output signal is indicative of human activity dependent upon at least one acoustic feature of the signal spectrum and at least one spectral feature of the signal spectrum.

US Patent:

8340831, Dec 25, 2012

Filed:

Mar 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/049685

Inventors:

Diego Benitez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Rui Huang - Glastonbury CT, US

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

G05D 3/12
G01R 21/06
G01R 27/00

US Classification:

700291, 702 60, 702 62, 702 65, 706 12

Abstract:

In accordance with one embodiment, a system for non-intrusive load monitoring includes an output device, a data storage device including program instructions stored therein, a sensing device operably connected to a common source for a plurality of electrical devices, and an estimator operably connected to the output device, the data storage device, and the sensing device, the estimator configured to execute the program instructions to obtain data associated with a sensed state of the common source from the sensing device, obtain at least one model of each of the plurality of electrical devices, solve a Mixed Integer Programming problem for the at least one models over a fixed time horizon using the obtained data to determine a combination of operational stages of the plurality of electrical devices, and store operational data based on the solved Mixed Integer Programming problem.

US Patent:

8348840, Jan 8, 2013

Filed:

Feb 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/700079

Inventors:

Juergen Heit - Pittsburgh PA, US
Soundararajan Srinivasan - Munhall PA, US
Diego Benitez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Burton Warren Andrews - Pittsburgh PA, US

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600301, 600300

Abstract:

A medical sleep disorder arrangement integrates into current diagnosis and treatment procedures to enable a health care professional to diagnose and treat a plurality of subjects suffering from insomnia. The arrangement may include both environmental sensors and body-worn sensors that measure the environmental conditions and the condition of the individual patient. The data may be collected and processed to measure clinically relevant attributes of sleep quality automatically. These automatically determined measures, along with the original sensor data, may be aggregated and shared remotely with the health care professional. A communication apparatus enables the healthcare professional to remotely communicate with and further assess the patient and subsequently administer the treatment. Thus, a more accurate diagnosis and more effective treatment is provided while reducing the required clinician time per patient for treatment delivery.

US Patent:

8209062, Jun 26, 2012

Filed:

Dec 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/639472

Inventors:

Burton Andrews - Pittsburgh PA, US
Diego Benitez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Badri Raghunathan - San Jose CA, US
Akshay Rajhans - Pittsburgh PA, US

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

G05D 3/12
G01R 21/06
G01R 27/00

US Classification:

700291, 702 60, 702 62, 702 65

Abstract:

A method for non-intrusively monitoring a load including a plurality of appliances includes retrieving a plurality of mathematical models for modeling operation of a respective subset of the appliances. A value of a respective operational parameter is predicted for each of the subsets of appliances. An output of the load is measured. A respective value of each of the operational parameters is calculated based on the mathematical models and the outputs of the load. The predicting, measuring and calculating steps are repeated until a metric pertaining to a difference error between the measured output and the predicted output calculated from the operational parameter and the mathematical models is equal to or below a threshold for one of the subsets of appliances. It is decided that the one subset of appliances is currently operating whose metric pertaining to a difference error is equal to or below the threshold.

US Patent:

20110032826, Feb 10, 2011

Filed:

Aug 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/538531

Inventors:

Ji Eun Kim - Pittsburgh PA, US
Vivek Jain - Mounain View CA, US
Soundararajan Srinivasan - Munhall PA, US
Diego Benitez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Charles Shelton - Monroeville PA, US
Brad Petrus - Pittsburgh PA, US

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

H04L 12/26

US Classification:

370241

Abstract:

A method for deploying and evaluating a network system includes providing an electronic two- or three-dimensional representation of a layout of a building, placing a plurality of nodes of the network system in the building, and communicatively coupling the nodes together to form the network system. The nodes are inspected dependent upon a regulatory requirement and/or the representation of the layout of the building. The network is evaluated dependent upon data collected during the inspecting and dependent upon a network protocol design and/or an interference model. The inspecting of the nodes and the evaluating of the network are performed automatically by use of at least one electronic processor.

US Patent:

20120083930, Apr 5, 2012

Filed:

Sep 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/895780

Inventors:

Marija Dragoljub Ilic - Sudbury MA, US
Jhi Young Joo - Pittsburgh PA, US
Burton Warren Andrews - Pittsburgh PA, US
Badri Raghunathan - San Jose CA, US
Diego Benitez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Felix Maus - Pittsburgh PA, US

Assignee:

ROBERT BOSCH GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

G06F 1/26
G06F 17/00
G06Q 40/00
G06F 17/10

US Classification:

700287, 703 2, 700291, 705412, 705 37

Abstract:

A method for determining an amount of electricity to purchase includes determining electrical power consumption characteristics of an electrical load at an end user of the electricity. A preference of the end user for an output of the electrical load is ascertained. The output varies with a rate of electrical power consumption by the load. A mathematical model is created of an amount of electrical power to be consumed by the load as a function of time and of monetary cost of the electricity. The model is dependent upon the electrical power consumption characteristics of the electrical load and the preference of the end user for an output of the electrical load. An amount of electricity is purchased based on the mathematical model of an amount of electrical power to be consumed by the load, and based on the monetary cost of the electricity.

US Patent:

20120290230, Nov 15, 2012

Filed:

Jun 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/381471

Inventors:

Mario E. Berges Gonzalez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ethan J. Goldman - Berlington VT, US
Luciio Soibelman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Burton W. Andrews - Pittsburgh PA, US
Diego S. Benitez Mejia - Pittsburgh PA, US
H. Scott Matthews - Pittsburgh PA, US
Michael Hoynck - Pittsburgh PA, US

Assignee:

Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

G06F 17/18

US Classification:

702 61

Abstract:

Apparatus and method including acquiring a signal indicative of power consumption; detecting a transient in the signal; extracting a feature indicative of the transient, wherein extracting the feature includes: fitting a plurality of models to the transient, selecting one of the plurality of models as a model for the transient, and defining the feature indicative of the transient based on at least one parameter of the model for the transient; and classifying the transient based on the feature.

US Patent:

20130041856, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/204974

Inventors:

Diego Benitez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Zhaozhang Jin - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

G06F 15/18
G01S 13/56
G06N 5/02

US Classification:

706 12, 706 46, 342 28

Abstract:

A method of detecting movement includes using a radar sensor to monitor a space, and receiving an output signal from the radar sensor. A Fourier transform is performed on the output signal to produce a frequency domain signal spectrum. The frequency domain signal spectrum is transformed into an acoustic domain signal. It is decided whether the output signal is indicative of movement of a predetermined object or a non-human animal dependent upon at least one feature of the acoustic domain signal and at least one spectral feature of the signal spectrum.