Inventor

Stephen Piche

Inventor

Austin, TX, US

Overview

1999–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 56 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G05Bprimary

G05BControl or regulating systems in general42%

B01DSeparation9%

G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models7%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes7%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification7%

F23NRegulating or controlling combustion5%

H02JElectric power networks4%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution4%

Y04SSystems integrating technologies related to power network operation, communication or information technologies for improving the electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, management or usage, i.e. smart grids4%

G06FElectric digital data processing2%

PatentTitleYear

10,817,801System and method for process modeling and control using disturbance rejection models2020 10,626,817Control and tuning of gas turbine combustion2020 10,565,522System modeling, control and optimization2020 10,416,619System modeling, control and optimization2019 9,329,582'Method and apparatus for minimizing error in dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control, and optimization'2016 8,644,961'Model based control and estimation of mercury emissions'2014 8,577,481'System and method for utilizing a hybrid model'2013 8,527,072'System and method for multi-unit optimization of boiler and SCR operations'2013 8,515,582'Control system for operation of a fossil fuel power generating unit'2013 8,498,746'Sootblowing optimization for improved boiler performance'2013 8,340,824'Sootblowing optimization for improved boiler performance'2012 8,311,673'Method and apparatus for minimizing error in dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control, and optimization'2012 8,295,953'System for optimizing power generating unit'2012 8,197,753'APC process parameter estimation'2012 8,068,923'System for optimizing power generating unit'2011 8,036,763'Dynamic controller utilizing a hybrid model'2011 7,966,080'System for optimizing oxygen in a boiler'2011 7,862,771'APC process parameter estimation'2011 7,860,586'Process parameter estimation in controlling emission of a non-particulate pollutant into the air'2010 7,844,351'Model based optimization of multiple power generating units'2010 7,756,591'System for optimizing oxygen in a boiler'2010 7,702,519'Estimating an economic parameter related to a process for controlling emission of a pollutant into the air'2010 7,698,004'APC process control when process parameters are inaccurately measured'2010 7,640,067'Estimated parameter based control of a process for controlling emission of a pollutant into the air'2009 7,634,417'Cost based control of air pollution control'2009 7,624,079'Method and apparatus for training a system model with gain constraints using a non-linear programming optimizer'2009 7,610,108'Method and apparatus for attenuating error in dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control, and optimization'2009 7,599,750'Model based sequential optimization of a single or multiple power generating units'2009 7,536,232'Model predictive control of air pollution control processes'2009 7,522,963'Optimized air pollution control'2009 7,496,414'Dynamic controller utilizing a hybrid model'2009 7,418,301'Method and apparatus for approximating gains in dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control, and optimization'2008 7,323,036'Maximizing regulatory credits in controlling air pollution'2008 7,315,846'Method and apparatus for optimizing a system model with gain constraints using a non-linear programming optimizer'2008 7,213,006'Method and apparatus for training a system model including an integrated sigmoid function'2007 7,139,619'Kiln free lime control'2006 7,123,971'Non-linear model with disturbance rejection'2006 7,117,046'Cascaded control of an average value of a process parameter to a desired value'2006 7,113,835'Control of rolling or moving average values of air pollution control emissions to a desired value'2006 7,110,834'Kiln thermal and combustion control'2006 7,058,617'Method and apparatus for training a system model with gain constraints'2006 7,050,866'Dynamic controller for controlling a system'2006 7,047,089'Kiln thermal and combustion control'2006 7,024,252'Kiln thermal and combustion control'2006 6,950,711'Method for optimizing a plant with multiple inputs'2005 6,738,677'Method and apparatus for modeling dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control and optimization'2004 6,735,483'Method and apparatus for controlling a non-linear mill'2004 6,725,208'Bayesian neural networks for optimization and control'2004 6,625,501'Kiln thermal and combustion control'2003 6,493,596'Method and apparatus for controlling a non-linear mill'2002 6,487,459'Method and apparatus for modeling dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control and optimization'2002 6,438,430'Kiln thermal and combustion control'2002 6,381,504'Method for optimizing a plant with multiple inputs'2002 6,278,899'Method for on-line optimization of a plant'2001 6,047,221'Method for steady-state identification based upon identified dynamics'2000 5,933,345'Method and apparatus for dynamic and steady state modeling over a desired path between two end points'1999

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1999–2008Patents assigned to PAVILION TECH INC (20)· patent assignee history

1999–2020Based in Austin, TX, US· patent location history

2006–2012Patents assigned to ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD (12)· patent assignee history

2009–2016Patents assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH INC (7)· patent assignee history

2011–2016Patents assigned to PICHE STEPHEN (9)· patent assignee history

2011–2014Patents assigned to NEUCO INC (7)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
PAVILION TECH INC	20	1999–2008
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD	12	2006–2012
PICHE STEPHENself	9	2011–2016
NEUCO INC	7	2011–2014
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH INC	7	2009–2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Austin, Texas, US	56	1999–2020