Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

Other

Siemens Energy, Inc.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s

Weatherford/lamb, Inc.

Hexcel Corporation

Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

Disney Enterprise, Inc.

Oil Country Manufacturing, Inc.

Robert John Nelson

Robert R Lowe

John G Vignocchi

Hongtao Ma

Jeffrey O Bunker

John Blackburn

Jiping Zhang

Peter Jon Clayton

Robert E Nelson

William R McCown

Jose Villeta

Najlae M Yazghi

William F Clark

Armen Mkrtchyan

Troy Leavitt

Christopher Shen

Stephen W Cates

Kaj Skov Nielsen

Kirk Baum

Donald G Ramey

Jieun Kim

Tracy Thurman

Afsoun R Yazdian

Justin Towns

John D Amos

Robert Zobell

Terry Penn

Per Egedal

Laszlo Gyugyi

Paul Brian Brogan

Alif Khalfan

Björn Andresen

Christopher W Ross

John David Worrall

Richard J Nelson

Jeffrey Gosztyla

James Frederick Lau

Aleksandar Prole

Michael Stoettrup

Bo Yin

Bernard L LaCoste

James Rowe

Joshua B Gorin

Fraser Graham

Tyler James Colbert

Patrick W Millegan

Abraham Nieves

Shannon Richard Monroe

Suryakant K Dawawala

Joel Barber

Brian J Wilson

Kim M McCreight

Jianhua Bian

Jesper Hammelsvang

Jakob Skjoeth

Artaches Haroutunian

Najlae Yazghi

Edmund B Becker, Iii

Bryan T Lin

Tyler Laing

Martin Jansen

Dennis Perttula

Aaron Staley

Bobby A Warren

Mark Robert Suchor

Willard C Cloyd

Robert K Dyas

Edmund B Becker Iii

A system and method for providing customized instances of a game within a virtual space. The system may be configured to obtain values associated with one or more users of the virtual space. The game, which is playable within the virtual space, may initially comprise predefined features and initially undefined features. The customizations may define the initially undefined features to provide custom-defined features. As such, when played, the game may include the predefined features and the custom-defined features. Customizations defining the initially undefined features to provide custom-defined features for a given instance of the game may be determined based on the values associated with a given user. The system may be configured to provide the given instance of the game to the given user.

Systems and methods for providing customized instances of a game within a virtual space

The detecting a shadow is determined by a modeling of at least a portion of a wind turbine. First and second sensors are arranged relative to the model such that the first sensor detects a light and the second sensor detects a shadow during the conditions where the shadow would be produced.

Shadow detection

A system and method for regulating a voltage at a point of common coupling () (PCC) of a distributed energy resource farm () connected to an electrical power grid (). The distributed energy resource farm includes a plurality of connected distributed energy resources () each supplying a terminal voltage. The system includes a component () for measuring a PCC voltage at the PCC, and another component () for determining a first value based on a relationship between a scheduled voltage at the PCC and the measured PCC voltage relative to a dead band voltage region (). A further component () regulates the voltage at the point of common coupling by controlling the terminal voltage of each one of the plurality of distributed energy resources in response to the relationship between the scheduled voltage and the measured voltage at the PCC.

Method and system for power grid voltage regulation by distributed energy resources

Systems and methods for facilitating the sharing of user-generated content of a virtual space are presented herein. The user-generated content may be shared between users of different computing platforms. The computing platforms may be of different platform types. The user-generated content may be shared through platform type-specific conversions of the information that defines the user-generated content. The processing cost and/or other cost information may be determined and/or estimated.

Systems and methods for facilitating the sharing of user-generated content of a virtual space

A wind turbine system () is connected to an electrical grid () by an inverter () that provides turbine terminal voltage (Vt) support to the grid during a grid low voltage fault that is concurrent with a lack of real power production from the generator () by providing reactive power to the grid. A processor () controls the inverter to preserve a minimum voltage on a local DC bus () by stopping the reactive power output when the DC bus voltage drops to a threshold value () that is above a low bus voltage trip setpoint (). An energy storage device () such as a battery may be connected to the DC bus to provide power that supports a prolonged ride-through capability during the grid fault.

Fault ride-through capability for wind turbine

A system and method for providing a video game using information stored by physical objects are disclosed. The video game may take place in a virtual space. Users may access the virtual space via client computing platforms. Users may participate in the video game by controlling game entities in the virtual space. Individual ones of the game entities may be associated with individual physical objects. The information stored by individual physical objects may be implemented by virtue of a client computing platform receiving the stored information. The information may be implemented independently from gameplay in the virtual space using the associated game entity. For example, a physical object may store information related to a 'limited edition' version of an associated game entity that may only be implemented in the virtual space by virtue of the information being received from the physical object.

Systems and methods for providing a video game using information stored by physical objects

Users may access a virtual space and/or video game taking place in the virtual space by logging into user accounts via computing platforms. The user accounts may include values for one or more attributes of the user accounts. The user accounts may be periodically rewarded based on values included in the user accounts matching a winning value. The values in the user accounts may include account-specific values that may be unique to a corresponding user account. A winning value may be determined from a pool of account-specific values such that for a given winning value, a single winning user account may be determined.

Systems and methods for awarding user accounts associated with users of a video game based on information that is unique to individual user accounts

Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for creating out-of-game objectives for a computer game. Embodiments include determining user identification information identifying a user account within a computer game. Communications with a first physical device are established. In response to an in-game event within the computer game, embodiments configure the first physical device to detect a first out-of-game activity by configuring the first physical device with one or more conditions that are satisfied when data collected using one or more sensors of the first physical device exceeds a defined threshold value, and that, when satisfied, indicate the first out-of-game activity is completed. Upon receiving, from the first physical device, an indication that the out-of-game activity has been completed, embodiments affect one or more gameplay attributes of the computer game for the user account, based on the completed out-of-game activity.

Dynamic physical agent for a virtual game

A system for associating virtual activity of a user in a virtual space and a real-world activity of a user in a physical environment are presented herein. User activities and/or experiences within the physical environment and/or the virtual environment may be created (e.g., new experiences/personalizations being presented to the user), changed, accelerated, and/or otherwise managed such that each one enhances the other and/or enriches the overall experiences of the users over time.

Systems and methods for association of virtual gaming to physical environments

Method and apparatus are provided for determining a grid condition, such as a weakened grid condition, and controlling a power plant, such as a wind or solar power plant, in a manner which is appropriate to the grid condition. The method includes measuring () output parameters of a generator, such as a wind turbine or PV generator. The measured output parameters include reactive power and voltage. The method further includes determining () a relationship between the measured output parameters of the generator. The relationship between the measured output parameters of the generator is indicative of a condition of a power grid to which the plant supplies power. The method allows controlling () the plant responsive to the relationship between the measured output parameters of the generator to avoid onset of oscillatory behavior, which could otherwise occur in the power plant in the presence of a weakened grid condition.

Method and apparatus for determining a weakened grid condition and controlling a power plant in a manner appropriate to the grid condition

Token detection at a single computing platform may be linked with a user identification to unlock content and/or effectuate modifications in virtual space instances presented via multiple computing platforms, in accordance with one or more implementations. Exemplary implementations may enhance consistency in a user's experiences of a virtual space across multiple computing platforms.

Linking token detection at a single computing platform with a user identification to effectuate modifications in virtual space instances presented via multiple computing platforms

A system and method for providing personalization of a virtual space based on an individualized seed value. The system may provide personalization within one or more instances of a virtual space based on an individualized seed value derived from one or more biometric samples (e.g., a fingerprint) and/other individual identifiers. One or more values may be obtained and used as the individual seed value to generate pseudorandom numbers. Personalizations affecting characteristics of one or more aspects of the virtual space may be determined based on the pseudorandom numbers generated. Presentation of the personalizations determined may be effectuated in on or more instances of the virtual space.

System and method for providing personalization of a virtual space based on an individualized seed value

A method and a controller for continuously operating a plurality of electric energy generating machines during a high voltage condition at a point of common coupling of the plurality of electric energy generating machines are provided herein. The method includes a) sensing a voltage level at the point of common coupling exceeding a permitted voltage level; b) curtailing an active power output of the plurality of electric energy generating machines such that a reactive capability of the plurality of electric energy generating machines is increased; c) establishing a set point of an electric quantity being present at the point of common coupling such that a reactive electric component providable by the electric energy generating machines is increased; and d) controlling an electric energy generating machine based on the set point of the electric quantity such that the high voltage condition at common coupling is at least partially remedied.

Method and controller for continuously operating a plurality of electric energy generating machines during a high voltage condition

A pump for exchange of fluid between an apparatus reservoir and a reserve reservoir. The pump may have an elongated tubular body with a central bore with a reservoir end portion, an inlet end portion and an intermediate barrel portion. A piston assembly with a driving piston with a stem member with nonmagnetic properties attached and the stem member has a tubular extension member attached with all in longitudinal axis alignment slidably positioned in the central bore to position the driving piston adjacent to an electromagnetic coil assembly that is positioned around the intermediate barrel portion and to position the tubular extension member for a reservoir end to extend outwardly at the reservoir end portion opening. An output tubular member with a pressure relief valve is attached to an output port in a side wall of the reservoir end portion positioned for release of fluid through an output port.

Dual displacement fluid level control pump

Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising authenticating a user on a first device by at least one of a biometric identifier of the user and a wearable device of the user, identifying a first application associated with the user, receiving, by the first device, the first application, receiving, by the first device, state information of the first application, wherein the state information reflects a previous interaction of the user with the first application, installing the first application on the first device, and restoring the state information on the first device.

Authenticating users across applications and devices using biometric authentication or wearable devices

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Robert John Nelson