01st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190004117 | INTEGRATED STANDARD-COMPLIANT DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE - An integrated standard-compliant data acquisition device includes an electrically insulating package including a plurality of conductive leads and an integrated circuit (IC) disposed within the electrically insulating package and electrically coupled to at least some of the plurality of conductive leads. The IC includes a first multiplexer (MUX), a second MUX, a third MUX, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a plurality of registers, a fourth MUX, control logic, and communication circuitry. In operation, a first circuit value under a first condition can be determined and stored, a second circuit value under a second condition can be determined and stored, and the decision as to whether there is a fault condition can be mad by comparing the first circuit value and the second circuit value. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004118 | BATTERY PERFORMANCE PREDICTION - Examples described herein include examples of method for predicting battery performance of a battery comprising collecting battery data corresponding to a plurality of batteries with characteristics similar to the battery during a first time period, storing the collected battery data in a staging memory, generating a logarithmic regression based on the collected battery data, and predicting battery performance for the battery based on the logarithmic regression. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004119 | System and Method of Determining Battery System Condition - In one or more embodiments, an information handling system may include an embedded controller, communicatively coupled to a battery system that is configured to power the information handling system. The embedded controller may be configured to: receive a cycle count from the battery system; determine that the cycle count is above a threshold; query the battery system for an expected margin of error, in response to determining that the cycle count is above the threshold; receive the expected margin of error from the battery system; determine that the expected margin of error is within a range; and in response to determining that the expected margin of error is within the range, compute a condition metric of the battery system based on a prediction of a capacity of the battery system and a design capacity of the battery system and store the condition metric of the battery system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004120 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING BATTERY CHARGE OR FORMATION COMPLETENESS - A battery charging system with a power source for charging of one or more batteries by a control module having a microprocessor for readable instruction code, controlling flow of current and voltage to the output electrical components or circuits with sensors attached to each circuit, wherein the sensors provide information at least indicative of resistance in the battery corresponding to that circuit to an analysis module for computing the rate of change of resistance and comparing the rate to a completion criterion for each battery. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004121 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY CIRCUIT, CAPACITANCE COEFFICIENT DETECTION METHOD, AND CAPACITANCE COEFFICIENT DETECTION PROGRAM - An assembled battery is formed from multiple standard cells each having a standard capacitance and a single twofold cell having a capacitance twofold larger than the standard capacitance. When detecting the SOC of a reference standard cell, a system control circuit acquires from a memory a potential difference-SOC characteristic curve indicating the relationship between the potential difference between the reference standard cell and the twofold cell and the SOC of the reference standard cell. Moreover, the system control circuit detects the potential difference between the reference standard cell and the twofold cell, and then compares the detected potential difference with the potential difference-SOC characteristic curve to detect the SOC value of the reference standard cell. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004122 | Wireless position sensing using magnetic field of single transmitter - An apparatus and method of wireless position sensing determining the location of a receiver relative to a transmitter in a three dimensional space and correlating that location to and interacting with a display device. The system includes a transmitting coil having a known orientation with respect to the earth's coordinate system and configured to transmit a periodic signal during a positioning event, at least one receiver including a sensing unit for measuring the magnetic field vector produced by the transmitting coil and the orientation of the receiver with respect to the earth's coordinate system, and at least one computing unit configured to estimate a position and orientation of the receiver with respect to the transmitter's coordinate system using the measured magnetic field vector, the measured orientation with respect to the earth's coordinate system, and the known orientation of the transmitting coil with respect to the earth's coordinate system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004123 | High Temperature Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (Hi-SQUID) Method - A High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Superconducting Quantum Interference Device and methods for fabrication can include at least one bi-Superconducting Quantum Interference Device. The bi-SQUID can include an HTS substrate that can be formed with a step edge. A superconducting loop of YBCO can be deposited on the step edge to establish two Josephson Junctions. A superconducting path that bi-sects the superconducting loop path can also be deposited onto the substrate. In some embodiments, the bisecting path can cross the step edge twice, and the bisecting path can be ion milled at one of the crossing points to round the bisecting path and thereby remove the fourth Josephson Junction at the other crossing point. In still other embodiments, the bisecting path can be completely on the upper shelf (or the lower shelf), and the bisecting path can be ion damaged, ion damaged, or particle damaged, to establish the third Josephson Junction. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004124 | HIGH-PRECISION IMAGING AND DETECTING DEVICE FOR DETECTING SMALL DEFECT OF PIPELINE BY HELICAL MAGNETIC MATRIX - A high-precision imaging and detecting device for detecting a small defect of a pipeline by a helical magnetic matrix. The device includes: a helical excitation module including a helical excitation coil; a magnetic matrix detection module, disposed at an inner side of the helical excitation coil and including at least one magnetic sensor group arranged at intervals along an axial direction of the helical excitation coil, group including a plurality of magnetic sensors evenly spaced apart and arranged along a circumferential direction of the helical excitation coil, and the magnetic sensor being configured to detect an induction magnetic field of the pipeline; a signal processing module, connected with the magnetic matrix detection module, and configured to receive, process and output an induction magnetic field signal of the pipeline detected by the magnetic sensor. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004125 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING MAGNETIC FIELD UNIFORMITY OF MAGNETIC COIL - A method for evaluating a uniformity of a magnetic field generated by a magnetic coil is disclosed. The method may include providing an electrical current to the magnetic coil to generate a magnetic field; scanning and obtaining a set of signals of the magnetic field by moving a measurement probe of a scanning tool point by point within a scanning region of the magnetic field and at a scanning height; performing a spectrum analysis on the set of signals by a spectrum analyzer to extract spectrum information of the magnetic field; transferring the set of signals and the extracted spectrum information to a computer system; selecting signals of the magnetic field with one or more frequencies from the set of signals based on the extracted spectrum information by the computer system; and analyzing the uniformity of the magnetic field by analyzing the selected signals by the computer system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004126 | NMR PROBE COMPRISING A MULTI-PART LOWER INSERT PORTION - A temperature-controlled NMR probe has a lower insert portion formed of multiple parts including two disc-shaped sub-elements that are not mechanically rigidly interconnected, lie flat against one another in the mounted state and are perpendicular to the z axis. The first sub-element ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004127 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED MAGNETIC RESONANCE TRANSMITTING ANTENNA - System and methods are provided for a passive transmitting antenna for a magnetic resonance tomography system and to a system including a passive transmitting antenna and magnetic resonance tomography system and a method for operation. The passive transmitting antenna includes a tuning apparatus with a tuning element. The tuning apparatus is configured to perform a tuning of the passive transmitting antenna as a function of a relative position of the passive transmitting antenna in a patient tunnel of the magnetic resonance tomography system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004128 | Inductive Coupling in Multiple Resonance Circuits in a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Probe and Methods of Use - In various embodiments of the invention, inductive coupling can be to a secondary coil rather than a primary coil in order to optimize the topology of the NMR probe. In addition, by coupling to a secondary coil using a detection coil located below the lower insulator the RF homogeneity and signal to noise can be improved together with the NMR probe topology. By effecting inductive coupling to an inductor in a multiple resonance circuit, rather than to the sample inductor parameters associated with the NMR, probe construction can be arranged to increase RF homogeneity and signal to noise, while reducing space utilization constraints. In various embodiments of the invention, the primary mode in a secondary coil can be split into two modes with a resonator with inductive coupling to the secondary coil. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004129 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAMPING DOWN MAGNETIC RESONANCE MAGNET - A magnetic resonance system may include a magnetic resonance magnet and a storage container configured to accommodate the magnetic resonance magnet. The storage container may also contain an endothermic liquid. The magnetic resonance system may further include a ramping-down device configured to trigger releasing electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet. The first ramping-down device may include an electric energy consumption device configured to consume at least a portion of the released electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004130 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHODS AND APPARATUS - According to some aspects, a portable magnetic resonance imaging system is provided, comprising a B | 2019-01-03 |
20190004131 | IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM - A magnetic resonance (MR)-radiotherapy (RT) hybrid system for treating a patient is disclosed. The MR-RT hybrid system includes a radiation source for supplying a radiation beam to treat the patient and an MR imaging (MRI) apparatus for generating a divergent gradient field shaped to match a divergent geometry of the radiation beam of the radiation source. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004132 | PHASE CORRECTION FOR MULTI-SHOT, MULTI-ACQUISITION MRI DATA - A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method performed by an MR imaging system includes acquiring MR data in multiple shots and multiple acquisitions (NEX), separately reconstructing the component magnitude and phase of images corresponding to the multiple shots and multiple NEX, removing the respective phase from each of the images, and combining, after removal of the respective phase, the shot images and the NEX images to produce a combined image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004133 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ACCELERATION - Systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging acceleration. The systems may perform the methods to obtain imaging data of a subject, or a portion thereof, captured by the MRI system according to an undersampling pattern; execute a first iterative procedure; determine that the first iteration number meets a first threshold; execute, in response to the determination that the first iteration number meets the first threshold, a second iterative procedure; determine that a sum of the first iteration number and the second iteration number meets a second threshold; and generate a reconstruction image of the subject, or a portion thereof, according to the processed imaging data, wherein the first threshold is lower than the second threshold. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004134 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence controlling circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence controlling circuitry acquires first k-space data in units of a plurality of segments while arranging the plurality of segments to overlap one another in a read-out direction, the first k-space being divided into the plurality of segments in the read-out direction. The processing circuitry calculates a weighting coefficient on a basis of information about a gradient magnetic field related to the acquisition and generates second k-space data on a basis of the plurality of segments in the first k-space data and the weighting coefficient. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004135 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MR SIGNAL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Methods and apparatuses for processing MR signal are disclosed herein. An exemplary method comprises: when acquired K-space signals are amplified, assigning a first amplification gain to signals within a first signal region in the K space, and assigning a second amplification gain to signals within a second signal region in the K space. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004136 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes control circuitry that executes a pulse sequence divided into a plurality of first segments, and in which k-space is filled by radial scanning. In the first segment, a plurality of second segments are executed after application of a first preparation pulse. In the second segment, data acquisition along at least one line in k-space is performed after application of a second preparation pulse. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004137 | METHOD OF CORRECTING GRADIENT NONUNIFORMITY IN GRADIENT MOTION SENSITIVE IMAGING APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure provides a method and system for correcting errors caused by non-linearities in a gradient field profile of a gradient coil in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The method includes obtaining a non-linearity tensor at each voxel within the imaging space using a computer model of the gradient coil; correcting motion sensitive encoding using the non-linearity tensor; and generating a corrected image using the corrected motion sensitive encoding. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004138 | Transmit arrangement for generating a signal pattern suitable for localization and receive arrangement for executing a localization - A transmit arrangement ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004139 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD PATTERN FOR PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA - A method includes determining, on an individual element-by-element basis, a normalized far-field pattern for each radiating element of a plurality of antenna elements. The plurality of antenna elements is associated with a phased array antenna. The method also includes determining an overall electromagnetic far-field pattern for the phased array antenna based on individual normalized element far-field patterns and based on beamforming parameters associated with a location of interest. The overall electromagnetic far-field pattern is usable to determine a signal strength, at the location of interest, of a signal transmitted from the phased array antenna. The method also includes determining an isolation between the phased array antenna and a secondary communication device based on the overall electromagnetic far-field pattern. The method further includes generating an output indicative of the isolation. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004140 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL IN PRESENCE OF ALIASING AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - The invention relates to the method for determining the direction of arrival of radio signals in the presence of aliasing, the method using an interferometric array ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004141 | DYNAMIC SELECTION AND MODIFICATION OF TRACKING DEVICE BEHAVIOR MODELS - A tracking device broadcasts beacon signals that are separated in time by broadcast intervals. The tracking device determines the broadcast intervals based on a behavior model. The behavior model specifies one or more conditions, such as times of day within a 24-hour day, and associates a usage probability with each condition. A higher usage probability causes the tracking device to broadcast beacon signals at shorter broadcast intervals. A mobile device in communication with the tracking device can reconfigure the behavior model, either by modifying portions of the behavior model or by replacing the behavior model with a different behavior model. This allows the behavior model to adapt to different circumstances, such as different usage patterns during weekdays, weekends, and vacations. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004142 | CONTAMINATION AND DEFECT RESISTANT OPTICAL ENCODER CONFIGURATION FOR PROVIDING DISPLACEMENT SIGNALS - An optical encoder configuration comprises a scale, an illumination source, and a photodetector configuration. The illumination source is configured to output structured illumination to the scale. The scale extends along a measuring axis direction and is configured to output scale light that forms a detector fringe pattern comprising periodic high and low intensity bands that extend over a relatively longer dimension along the measuring axis direction and are relatively narrow and periodic along a detected fringe motion direction transverse to the measuring axis direction. The high and low intensity bands move along the detected fringe motion direction transverse to the measuring axis direction as the scale grating displaces along the measuring axis direction. The photodetector configuration is configured to detect a displacement of the high and low intensity bands along the detected fringe motion direction and provide respective spatial phase displacement signals that are indicative of the scale displacement. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004143 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ULTRASONIC SENSOR, AND MOVING BODY - A semiconductor device includes a burst signal generation unit arranged to generate a burst signal so as to supply the burst signal to a transmission unit that drives a piezoelectric element, a signal processing unit arranged to process a received signal received by the piezoelectric element or another piezoelectric element, and a resetting unit arranged to forcibly reset a filter in the signal processing unit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004144 | DETECTING RADIO SIGNAL EMITTER LOCATIONS - First information is obtained from a sensing device at a first time. The first information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from a candidate location. The device is at a first location at the first time. Second information is obtained from the device at a second time. The second information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from the candidate location. The device is at a second location at the second time. A system determines that a pattern is in each of the first and second information and determines relationships between the candidate location and the device at each first and second location. The system obtains inverses of the relationships and determines estimates of the received radio signals based on the information and inverses. The system measures or estimates energy emitted from the candidate location based on the estimates. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004145 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY PHASE NOISE IN A RADAR SYSTEM - A method is described in particular for reducing interference due to phase noise in a radar system, in which in a first noncoherent transceiver unit (NKSE | 2019-01-03 |
20190004146 | RADAR SENSOR - A radar sensor with a signal generation unit that generates a sequence of output signals for the generation of a radiated radar signal. The radar sensor has a signal receiving unit for the reception and for the processing of reflected radar signals as received signals, which are further processed for the analysis of the received signals. A sequence of voltage signals rising from a starting frequency are generated as output signal. The respective received signals are analyzed by means of Fourier analysis, and the output signals have a modulated starting frequency. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004147 | Portable Apparatus, System, and Method for Calibrating a Vehicular Electromagnetic Sensor - An apparatus, system, and method for calibrating an electromagnetic sensor of a vehicle. Calibration is performed by positioning a calibration apparatus at known positions relative to the electromagnetic sensor of the vehicle, and taking measurements with respect to each known position. The calibration apparatus disclosed herein further comprises adjustable components. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004148 | Multi-Chip Transceiver Testing in a Radar System - A radar system is provided that includes a first radar transceiver integrated circuit (IC) including transmission signal generation circuitry operable to generate a continuous wave signal and a first transmit channel coupled to the transmission generation circuitry to receive the continuous wave signal and transmit a test signal based on the continuous wave signal, and a second radar transceiver IC including a first receive channel coupled to an output of the first transmit channel of the first radar transceiver IC via a loopback path to receive the test signal from first the transmit channel, the second radar transceiver IC operable to measure phase response in the test signal. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004149 | IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE HAVING IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OR CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An image acquiring apparatus for a vehicle includes a light emitting unit configured to emit pulse light to a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of different images of target distance ranges by imaging reflected light returning from the target distance ranges at imaging timings set according to the target distance ranges, and a timing controller configured to control a light emission cycle of the pulse light and the imaging timings. The timing controller is configured to control at least one of the light emission cycle and the imaging timing such that among different target distance ranges, a range of a specific distance necessary for object recognition is imaged with luminance higher than that for ranges other than the range of the specific distance. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004150 | IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE HAVING IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OR CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An image acquiring apparatus for a vehicle includes a light emitting unit configured to emit pulse light to a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of different images of target distance ranges by imaging reflected light returning from the target distance ranges at imaging timings set according to the target distance ranges, and a timing controller configured to control a light emission cycle of the pulse light and the imaging timings. The timing controller is configured to set a light emission interval time to be longer than a delay time which is a time from a light emission start time point of the light emitting unit to an imaging start time point of the image acquisition unit and is required to image a longest-distance range of the target distance ranges from which the reflected light can be imaged. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004151 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND DETECTOR - A light ranging and detection system achieving reconfigurable very wide field of view, high sampling of spatial points per second with high optical power handling by using architecture to efficiently combine different wavelengths, time and frequency coding, and spatial selectivity. The transmitter is capable of generating multiple narrow beams, encoding different beams and transmitting in different spatial directions. The receiver can differentiate and extract range and reflectivity information of reflected beams. Three dimensional imaging of the environment is achieved by scanning the field of view of the transmitter. Control and signal processing electronic circuitries fabricated in a chip are packaged together with a chip containing the photonic components of the ranging system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004152 | OPTICAL RANGING DEVICE AND OPTICAL RANGING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to an optical ranging device. The optical ranging device comprises a housing, a bottom cover, an emitting lens, a receiving lens and a circuit board. The emitting lens and the receiving lens are fixed on the circuit board. The circuit board comprises a light emitting module, receiving module and data processing and controlling module. An infrared light emitted by a light source of the light emitting module passes through the emitting lens and the housing successively and enters the external environment. The infrared light reflected by the object passes through the housing and the receiving lens successively and is received by the receiving module which is connected to a signal processing and controlling module. The distance between the optical ranging device and the object is calculated based on the Time of Flight principle. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004153 | LIDAR SCANNING DEVICE AND LIDAR SCANNING DEVICE SYSTEM - A lidar scanning device for use in a motor vehicle includes a light source for emitting light onto an object; a light detector for receiving light that was reflected by the object; and multiple optical imaging elements in the optical path between the object and the light detector. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004154 | DEFLECTING DEVICE AND SURVEYING INSTRUMENT - A deflecting device and a surveying instrument for deflecting an optical axis two-dimensionally comprising a ring-shaped holding member; ring gears disposed on both sides of the holding member with the holding member interposed between the ring gears and concentric with the holding member; rotary bearings disposed between the holding member and the ring gears on both sides of the holding member and concentric with the holding member; optical deflecting members disposed at central portions of the ring gears and integrated with the ring gears; deflection motors corresponding to the respective ring gears; a drive transmitting member configured to transmit rotary force of the deflection motors to the ring gears; and urging members configured to urge the ring gears in a direction parallel with rotation axes of the ring gears. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004155 | RANGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The disclosure relates to a range-classifying-module for a radio receiver, the range-classifying-module configured to: receive a signal representative of a chirp from a transmitter, determine the presence of one or more pulses in the received signal; and classify the receiver as either proximal to or distal from the transmitter based on: one or more characteristics of the one or more pulses; in addition to a time-of-arrival of the one or more pulses. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004156 | Time-of-flight depth mapping with parallax compensation - An optical sensing device includes a light source, which is configured to emit one or more beams of light pulses at respective angles toward a target scene. An array of sensing elements is configured to output signals in response to incidence of photons on the sensing elements. Light collection optics are configured to image the target scene onto the array. Control circuitry is coupled to actuate the sensing elements only in one or more selected regions of the array, each selected region containing a respective set of the sensing elements in a part of the array onto which the light collection optics image a corresponding area of the target scene that is illuminated by the one of the beams, and to adjust a membership of the respective set responsively to a distance of the corresponding area from the device. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004157 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENT - An object is to provide a communication management system that prevents a surveying instrument from being used in an environment exceeding a guaranteed range of specifications. To achieve the above-described object, a communication management system includes a surveying instrument including a survey unit, a temperature sensor, a control unit, and a communication unit, a management server, and a remote terminal, wherein the remote terminal sets a usable temperature of the surveying instrument, sets a determination on the usable temperature and a temperature acquired by the temperature sensor, and an operation responsive to results of the determination, and makes the management server store these, the surveying instrument transmits its own temperature information to the management server, and the management server makes the determination by comparing the usable temperature and a temperature acquired by the temperature sensor, and executes the operation based on results of the determination. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004158 | EXTRINSIC STATIC NOISE CHARACTERIZATION AND REMOVAL - Computer-implemented methods and systems for at least partially removing extrinsic static noise from data obtained by an optical time-of-flight sensor using full-waveform analysis. The method comprises finding a mathematical representation of the electromagnetic crosstalk present in victim calibration traces and caused by aggressor photosensitive element using aggressor calibration traces and victim calibration traces, determining a predetermined threshold for the amplitude of the aggressor calibration trace at which the electromagnetic crosstalk is present in the victim calibration traces, predicting the extrinsic static noise generated by the aggressor signal on the synchronized victim operation trace using the mathematical representation to generate a predicted crosstalk signal, removing the predicted crosstalk signal from the synchronized victim operation trace to output a denoised signal. The system comprises an identification and parameter estimation unit, a peak detection unit and a crosstalk prediction unit. An optional saturated summit completion unit can be provided. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004159 | LIDAR SENSOR ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor alignment system includes an imaging device, a LiDAR sensor, a mount device, and a controller. The imaging device is configured to output an image signal associated with a first scene that includes an object. The LiDAR sensor is configured to output a LiDAR signal associated with a second scene. The mount device is attached to the LiDAR sensor and adapted to align the LiDAR sensor. The controller is configured to receive the image and LiDAR signals, classify the object from the first scene, and confirm the object is properly oriented within the second scene. If the object is not properly orientated within the second scene, the controller initiates an action. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004160 | LIDAR SENSOR ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor alignment system includes first and second LiDAR sensors, and a controller. The first and second LiDAR sensors are each configured to monitor respective first and second regions and output respective first and second LiDAR signals associated with the regions. The controller is configured to receive the signals, recognize a target detected by both the first and second LiDAR sensors, utilize a first coordinate map associated with the first region to determine a first mapped location of the target, utilize a second coordinate map associated with the second region to determine a second mapped location of the target, and associate the first and second mapped locations to determine if the first and second LiDAR sensors are aligned. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004161 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An ultrasonic sensor is secured to an attachment object and passes through the attachment object. The ultrasonic sensor includes an oscillator which has a transceiving surface which transmits or receives an ultrasonic wave, a cylindrical elastic member which surrounds an outer surface of the oscillator extending from the transceiving surface in a thickness-wise direction of the transceiving surface and has an inner surface contacting the outer surface of the oscillator, a body which has a housing with a bottom and in which the to oscillator and the elastic member are disposed except a protruding portion on a side of said transceiving surface, and an annular body which surrounds the protruding portion of the elastic member and is disposed in the body in contact with a front of the attachment object. A gap is provided between an outer surface of the protruding portion of the elastic member and an inner surface of the annular body which faces the outer surface of the protruding portion, thereby minimizing the ingress of water into the body. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004162 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER WITH COMPOSITE CASE - A composite case of an airborne ultrasonic transducer for transmitting, receiving, or both of ultrasound in atmospheric environment at an ultrasound pressure level is disclosed. The case comprises a first case component and at least a second case component. The second case component is made of a material different from the first case component having an acoustic impedance smaller than that of said first case component and is structurally connected to the first case component for reducing said mechanical quality factor while maintaining said ultrasound pressure level. The connection between the first and second case components is by strong bonding at an interface between the components so that the strong bonding forms a composite structure for the case. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004163 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ICE-COVERED ELECTROACOUSTIC SENSOR - A method for detecting a diaphragm of an electroacoustic sensor covered with snow/ice (e.g., an ultrasonic sensor on a vehicle). The method includes: a) after a sensor operation start, a temperature sensor, disposed in the interior of a sensor housing, ascertains a temporal temperature characteristic of an interior of the electroacoustic sensor, where the temperature of the sensor interior at the beginning of the sensor operation is below 0° C. In b), a second time range of the ascertained temperature characteristic is detected by a processing unit in that the temperature increase drops significantly in comparison with a temporally preceding first range. In c), if such a time range is detected, then it is inferred therefrom that the diaphragm of the electroacoustic sensor is covered with snow/ice. In d), if it was detected that a diaphragm of the electroacoustic sensor is covered with snow/ice, a warning is output to the driver. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004164 | ALERT ZONES FOR A MARINE ENVIRONMENT - Various implementations directed to alert zones for a marine environment. In one implementation, a marine electronics device may include a memory having a plurality of program instructions which, when executed by the sonar signal processor, cause the processor to determine one or more alert zones for a marine environment proximate to a vessel, and to receive sonar data from a transducer array disposed on the vessel, where the sonar data corresponds to the marine environment. The memory may further have program instructions which, when executed by the sonar signal processor, cause the processor to analyze the received sonar data to determine a depth line, where the depth line is a representation of one or more depths of an underwater floor of the marine environment, and to provide one or more alerts if at least a portion of the depth line is positioned within the one or more alert zones. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004165 | POSITIONING TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, AND SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A positioning system according to an embodiment of the above description includes a transmitter including a first transmitting unit and a second transmitting unit for transmitting a first signal and a second signal having different velocities, respectively; and a receiver including: a first receiving unit and a second receiving unit for measuring each time of reception of the first signal and the second signal; and a position determining unit for measuring a location of the transmitter using a difference in reception time of the first signal and the second signal. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004166 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE ORIENTATION OF A TARGET VEHICLE - A method to determine the heading or orientation of a target vehicle by a host vehicle, said host vehicle equipped with a lidar or radar system, said system including a sensor unit adapted to receive signals emitted from said host vehicle and reflected by said target vehicle, comprising: a) determining at least one reference angle being an initial estimate of target heading or orientation (β); b) emitting a signal from said system and determining a plurality of point radar or lidar detections belonging to said a target vehicle, said point detections having co-ordinates in the horizontal plane; c) formulating an initial rectangular boundary box from said point detections, where the bounding box is formulated such that such that two edges of the boundary box are drawn parallel to the reference angle and two sides are perpendicular to the reference angle and such that all the detections are either on the bounding box sides or lay within the bounding box and each edge has at least one detection point on it; d) for each point on lying on an edge of the boundary box, rotating a line coincident with the respective edge clockwise and anticlockwise until said line intersects another point detection or until a maximum angle of rotation is performed; and each time when said line intersects said another point detection, determining a correction angle Δi, where the correction angle is such that applied to the reference angle it gives an orientation candidate angle γi; e) in respect of each orientation candidate angle γi/correction angle Δi, determining a cost function; and f) selecting that orientation candidate angle having the lowest cost function. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004167 | Range Resolution in FMCW Radars - The disclosure provides a radar apparatus for estimating a range of an obstacle. The radar apparatus includes a local oscillator that generates a first ramp segment and a second ramp segment. The first ramp segment and the second ramp segment each includes a start frequency, a first frequency and a second frequency. The first frequency of the second ramp segment is equal to or greater than the second frequency of the first ramp segment when a slope of the first ramp segment and a slope of the second ramp segment are equal and positive. The first frequency of the second ramp segment is equal to or less than the second frequency of the first ramp segment when the slope of the first ramp segment and the slope of the second ramp segment are equal and negative. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004168 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN AN IDENTIFIER AND A VEHICLE, ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC UNIT AND IDENTIFIER - The invention relates to a method for evaluating the distance (d) between an identifier ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004169 | WEARABLE ALARM SYSTEM INCORPORATING PHASED-ARRAY RADAR WATER SENSING - A safety system comprised of safety devices each worn by a caretaker and up to three people requiring minding, that alerts using color coded LED lights and audible tones when a monitored person is in danger. The device alerts if the person is beyond a preset distance, is close to or is in a body of water, or signals they are in trouble, using phased-array radar coupled with image processing. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004170 | Ultra Wide Band Detectors - An ultra-wide band microwave based personnel/passenger screening system, and in particular, a system for material specific detection, uses non-ionizing radiation in which focused beams of low intensity microwave radiation are projected in rapid succession at an individual as they walk through a portal. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004171 | MILLIMETER WAVE HOLOGRAPHIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention provides millimeter wave holographic 3D imaging detection system, which comprises: a transmitting antenna configured to transmit a millimeter wave transmitting signal to an object to be detected; a receiving antenna configured to receive an echo signal from the object to be detected; a millimeter wave transceiving module configured to generate the millimeter wave transmitting signal transmitted to the object to be detected and receive and process the echo signal from the receiving antenna; a scanning device configured to support the millimeter wave transceiving module, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna, and move the millimeter transceiving module, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna along a preset track, so as to scan the object to be detected with millimeter waves; a data gathering and processing module configured to gather and process the echo signal output from the millimeter wave transceiving module to generate a 3D image of the object to be detected; and an image display unit configured to display the 3D image generated by the data gathering and processing module. Besides, this invention also provides a method of millimeter wave holographic 3D imaging detection on an object to be detected using the above system thereof. The technical solution of this invention has the advantages of simple structure, high resolution, short imaging time, and larger field of view. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004172 | Ultrasonic Ranging State Management for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Ultrasonic ranging state management for a UAV is described. A transducer transmits an ultrasonic signal and receives an ultrasonic response thereto using a gain value. A noise floor estimation mechanism determines a noise floor estimate. A state mechanism sets an ultrasonic ranging state used by the transducer to a first ultrasonic ranging state. The transducer transmits an ultrasonic signal and responsively receive an ultrasonic response to the ultrasonic signal using a gain value according to the noise floor estimate. The state mechanism processes the ultrasonic response to determine whether to determine a new noise floor estimate, adjust the gain value used by the transducer, or change the ultrasonic ranging state of the UAV to a second ultrasonic ranging state. The configurations of the first and second ultrasonic ranging states differ as to, for example, power and gain levels used by the transducer to receive ultrasonic responses. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004173 | TARGET VALUE DETECTION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - Target value detection for an unmanned aerial vehicle is described. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a first transducer that transmits a first ultrasonic signal and receives a first ultrasonic response and a second transducer that transmits a second ultrasonic signal and receives a second ultrasonic response. The second transducer has a wider beam pattern than the first transducer. Determinations are made as to whether either or both of the first or second ultrasonic responses includes a target value within range areas associated with the respective beam patterns of the first and second transducers. A confidence value is generated based on the determinations. The target value is reflected from an object and the confidence value indicates a likelihood of a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle with respect to the object. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004174 | MULTI-PERSPECTIVE ENSONIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A survey system and method to improve one or more of survey quality, efficiency, and utility for example by utilizing a vessel mounted MBES and a selected survey plan to check sound speed(s) via eliciting echoes from reflectors in colocated groups of reflectors using multi-perspective ensonification. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004175 | OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE - There are provided: a spectral analyzer configured to individually analyze a spectrum of a beat signal extracted by a beat signal extractor and a spectrum of a beat signal extracted by another object detecting device; a search range width setter configured to set a search range width for frequency; and a combination target selector configured to determine, for each spectrum analyzed by the spectral analyzer, a frequency search range having the search range width set by the search range width setter, and select, for each of the analyzed spectra, a frequency of a combination target from among the frequencies in the determined search range by comparing spectral components of the frequencies in the determined search range. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004176 | LIDAR LIGHT FENCE TO CUE LONG RANGE LIDAR OF TARGET DRONE - A system comprising includes a plurality of three dimensional line-scanner LIDAR sensors disposed to provide a set of fanned beams that travel from one horizon into the air to the other horizon arranged to provide a light fence to detect an object that breaks the light fence and a sensor processor connected to the plurality of three dimensional multi-beam line-scanner LIDAR sensors to establish a vector of travel and a velocity of the object that passes through the multi-beam light fence at the location of where the beams are broken. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004177 | Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Device Range Aliasing Resilience by Multiple Hypotheses - A computing system may operate a LIDAR device to emit light pulses in accordance with a time sequence including a time-varying dither. The system may then determine that the LIDAR detected return light pulses during corresponding detection periods for each of two or more emitted light pulses. Responsively, the system may determine that the detected return light pulses have (i) detection times relative to corresponding emission times of a plurality of first emitted light pulses that are indicative of a first set of ranges and (ii) detection times relative to corresponding emission times of a plurality of second emitted light pulses that are indicative of a second set of ranges. Given this, the system may select between using the first set of ranges as a basis for object detection and using the second set of ranges as a basis for object detection, and may then engage in object detection accordingly. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004178 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - This technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and a signal processing method for obtaining the relative positional relations between sensors with higher accuracy. A positional relation estimating part of the signal processing apparatus estimates positional relations between a first coordinate system and a second coordinate system, on the basis of corresponding relations between multiple planes in the first coordinate system obtained by a first sensor on the one hand and multiple planes in the second coordinate system obtained by a second sensor on the other hand. This technology may be applied, for example, to the signal processing apparatus that estimates the positional relations between the first and the second sensors having significantly different levels of spatial resolution. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004179 | RELAY-BASED COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. Provided in the present disclosure is a relay-based communication method for a communication terminal provided in a vehicle, comprising the steps of: acquiring global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the vehicle; determining a traveling direction of the vehicle on the basis of map information and the GPS coordinates; sensing a traveling lane of the vehicle; generating a location code including information on the GPS coordinates, the traveling direction, and the traveling lane; and generating a message, which includes the generated location code, and transmitting the message. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004180 | CROWDSOURCING ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION DATA - A system and method crowdsources atmospheric data from one or more rovers. The rovers calculate an estimated ionosphere delay value that indicates an adverse effect of ionospheric activity on signals received from the GNSS satellite. The values and identifiers may be transmitted to a server. The server utilizes the received information to generate an ionosphere map that reflects the magnitude of ionospheric delay at different locations. The ionosphere map is transmitted to one or more rovers. The rover determines if a pierce point associated with a selected GNSS satellite in view of the rover falls within the boundaries of the ionosphere map. If so, a corresponding ionosphere delay value is obtained utilizing the ionosphere map and then applied as a correction to account for ionospheric activity. In addition, the central server and/or rover may transmit the estimated ionosphere delay values and identifiers to other rovers. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO POSITIONING IN NLOS ENVIRONMENT - A method for determining a location of a target includes: obtaining a plurality of guess distance values of a plurality of satellites, respectively; utilizing satellite signals received from the plurality of satellites to estimate a plurality of pseudo range values of the plurality of satellites, respectively; comparing the guess range values with the pseudo range values to generate a residual vector; and utilizing a processing unit for applying a rank-based approach based on the residual vector to generate a calculation result. The location of the target is derived from the calculation result. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004182 | GNSS ANTENNA WITH AN INTEGRATED ANTENNA ELEMENT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES - An improved GNSS antenna having an integrated antenna element in combination with a plurality of built-in sources of additional data and/or a plurality of devices for receiving additional information for exchanging the information and transmission of GNSS signals from the antenna element to a GNSS receiver over a single RF cable. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004183 | COLORIMETRIC RADIATION DOSIMETRY - A dosimetry device includes a first chamber formed on a substrate with a first decomposable barrier sensitive to radiation and a first chemical component. A second chamber is formed on the substrate in proximity of the first chamber and includes a second decomposable barrier sensitive to radiation and a second chemical component. Upon a radiation event, decomposition of the first and second barriers of the first and second chambers permits a mixing of the first and second chemical components to cause a visible change of the dosimetry device. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004184 | X-RAY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT WITH IMPROVED CONTROL OF DETECTOR COOLING AND BIAS SUPPLY - Disclosed is a circuit for controlling the temperature and the bias voltage of a detector used by an X-ray analytical instrument. The circuit uses a single common reference voltage for the temperature measurement and for all the ADCs and DACs in the circuit, resulting in reduced drift and improved reproducibility of detector temperature and bias voltage. ADCs with a larger number of bits are used to produce precision values of the temperature, the bias voltage, and their respective setpoints. The setpoints are digitally varied until the precision setpoint values correspond to desired values of temperature and bias setpoints. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004185 | LARGE-AREA X-RAY GAS DETECTOR - A large-area X-ray gas detector includes a housing having an inner cavity and a ray entrance communicated with the inner cavity, a thin entrance window and a signal collection module. The inner cavity is filled with a working gas which is a non-electronegativity gas sensitive to the X-ray. The entrance window is hermetically connected to the ray entrance such that the X-ray enters into the inner cavity. The signal collection module comprises an anode wire electrode layer and a cathode electrode layer arranged parallel with each other in the inner cavity, in which the anode wire electrode layer has an anode wire for accessing to a high voltage, and the cathode electrode layer is grounded. The anode wire electrode layer collects electrons generated by the working gas under an action of the X-ray. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004186 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTION PANEL AND RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE - A radiation image detection panel includes: a scintillator layer formed of columnar crystals; an optical coupling layer; and a planar light receiving element, wherein a material constituting the optical coupling layer has a storage elastic modulus of 1×10 | 2019-01-03 |
20190004187 | A SCINTILLATOR, SCINTILLATOR ASSEMBLY, X-RAY DETECTOR AND X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SCINTILLATOR - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a scintillator according to the proposed technology. The method includes providing a basic scintillator structure having micromechanical features, the basic scintillator structure having a front and a back. The method also includes applying a reflector on the front of the basic scintillator structure, and opening the back of the basic scintillator structure to create a scintillator having open ended micromechanical features. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004188 | Read Network Topology - A read network topology for a matrix output device with a number of outputs determined by cross-joining “m” rows and “n” columns comprises a basic filtering block replicated for all the outputs and separately assigned to each of the outputs; each filtering block contains two filtering circuits that have a common input connection to the assigned matrix output and that provide two separate symmetrical and filtered outputs; all the row outputs (i) from the same row “i” but from different columns are interconnected to an input of an amplifier linked to row “i”, and all the column outputs (j) from the same column “j” but from different rows are connected together to an input of an amplifier linked to column “j”, the complete topology appearing when “i” and “j” are expanded in the respective intervals thereof. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004189 | CONTROL APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus may include a processor for calculating a detection efficiency, which is detected by a gamma-ray detection unit, of gamma-rays emitted from a sample stuffed into a first container. A shape of the first container is a shape which surrounds at least a part of the gamma-ray detection unit that detects the gamma-rays. An area inside the first container is divided into a plurality of similar areas which is area similar in shape to each other. The gamma-ray detection unit detects the gamma-rays emitted from the sample included in each the similar areas for each of the plurality of similar areas. The processor calculates the detection efficiency as a similar-area-detection efficiency based on a result of detection performed by the gamma-ray detection unit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004190 | X-Ray Detectors Capable of Limiting Diffusion of Charge Carriers - An apparatus suitable for detecting X-ray is disclosed. In one example, the apparatus comprises an X-ray absorption layer comprising a pixel and a second pixel, and a layer of material or vacuum extending across a thickness of the X-ray absorption layer and encircling the pixel, wherein the layer of material is configured to prevent a charge carrier in the pixel from moving through the layer of material. In another example, the apparatus comprises an X-ray absorption layer comprising a plurality of columns of a semiconductor configured to absorb X-ray, and a layer of material or vacuum extending across a thickness of the X-ray absorption layer and encircling each of the columns, wherein the layer of material is configured to prevent transfer of a charge carrier between two of the columns. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004191 | Packaging Methods of Semiconductor X-Ray Detectors - Disclosed herein is a method for making an apparatus suitable for detecting X-ray, the method comprising: bonding a plurality of chips to a substrate; wherein the substrate comprises an X-ray absorption layer comprising a first plurality of electrical contacts; wherein each of the plurality of chips comprises an electronic layer comprising a second plurality of electrical contacts and an electronic system configured to process or interpret signals generated by X-ray photons incident on the X-ray absorption layer; aligning the first plurality of electrical contacts to the second plurality of electrical contacts; mounting the chips to the substrate such that the first plurality of electrical contacts are electrically connected to the second plurality of electrical contacts; wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts are configured to feed the signals to the electronic system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004192 | DETECTOR IRRADIATED WITH NUCLEAR POWER - A radiation detector to be irradiated with nuclear particles, includes an electrical connection system including an anode and a cathode; a metal housing, inside of which at least one portion of the electrical connection system is positioned; a semi-conductor sensor including a first electrical circuit, the sensor being encapsulated in the housing; and an attachment system for attaching the sensor to the housing, the attachment system including an electrically conductive material, at least one portion of the attachment system being connected to the anode of the electrical connection system and being removably linked to the sensor, at least one second portion of the attachment system being linked to the cathode of the electrical connection system and being removably linked to the sensor. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004193 | X-Ray Detectors of High Spatial Resolution - An apparatus, system and method suitable for detecting X-ray are disclosed. In one example, the apparatus comprises: an X-ray absorption layer and a mask; wherein the mask comprises a first window and a second window, and a portion between the first window and the second window; wherein the first and second windows are not opaque to an incident X-ray; wherein the portion is opaque to the incident X-ray; and wherein the first and second windows are arranged such that charge carriers generated in the X-ray absorption layer by an X-ray photon propagating through the first window and charge carriers generated in the X-ray absorption layer by an X-ray photon propagating through the second window do not spatially overlap. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING SEISMIC VIBRATIONS - A system and method for creating seismic vibrations, the system including a Time Reversal Mirroring array including an array of seismic vibrators, an array of geophones, which are located at impact points of the seismic vibrators, for receiving seismic signals from a target area; and a processing unit arranged to receive the received seismic signals from the geophones, time reverse the received seismic signals and provide the time reversed seismic signals to the seismic vibrators for injecting the time reversed seismic signals into the earth towards the target area; wherein the processing unit is configured to orchestrate and synchronize the array of vibrators when injecting the time reversed seismic signals back into the earth. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004195 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING DEPTHS OF A SEISMIC RECEIVER ARRAY - A seismic receiver array has a plurality of seismic receiver channels, each coupled to a local surrounding in an earth formation. A formation-material-dependent response of each seismic receiver channel is determined, and associated with an assumed depth for the corresponding seismic receiver channel. The formation-material-dependent responses as function of the assumed depth are compared to an independent depth log of at least one petrophysical parameter of the earth formation as a function of depth along the borehole. Based on the comparison, a set of lags between said assumed depth and depth in the independent depth log is determined, that provides the best correlation between the formation-material-dependent response and the independent depth log of the at least one petrophysical parameter of the earth formation. The assumed depth of each seismic receiver channel can thus be aligned with corresponding depths in the independent depth log. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004196 | Swellable Spacer Seismic Streamer - A seismic streamer can include an outer tube that defines an interior space; sensor packages disposed in the interior space; and spacers disposed in the interior space where the spacers include swellable material. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004197 | UPDATING MODELS OF COMPLEX GEOLOGICAL SEQUENCES FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE - Systems and methods for updating models of complex geological sequences using a sediment accumulation rate volume derived from a depth view and a time view of the complex geological sequences. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004198 | Land Seismic Sensor Spread with Adjacent Multicomponent Seismic Sensor Pairs on Average at Least Twenty Meters Apart - A system and method for multicomponent noise attenuation of a seismic wavefield is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, at one or more computing devices, seismic data associated with a seismic wavefield over at least one channel of a plurality of channels from one or more seismic sensor stations. Embodiments may further include identifying a noise component on the at least one channel of the plurality of channels and attenuating the noise component on the at least one channel of the plurality of channels based upon, at least in part, the seismic data received from the one or more seismic sensor stations. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004199 | Fabrication of Unrecorded Data by Gaussian Slowness Period Packet Extrapolation - A computer-implemented method for generating missing frequencies within geophysical data, said method including: decomposing, with a computer, geophysical data into frequencies and slowness or wavenumber along time and one or more spatial dimensions; estimating, with a computer, a filter across known frequencies within the geophysical data for each time, spatial dimension, and slowness or wavenumber sample; extrapolating or interpolating, with a computer, the missing frequencies from the known frequencies by applying the filter; recomposing, with a computer, the known frequencies and the missing frequencies back into time and the one or more spatial dimensions; and prospecting for hydrocarbons with geophysical data that includes the missing frequencies. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004200 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SEISMIC GATHER - An initial gather of blended seismic signals induced in a common seismic receiver by a plurality of actual sources grouped in actual source groups is provided. Each actual source group has a linear source geometry that is the same for each actual source group. The plurality of sources in each actual source group is fired according to a pre-selected firing sequence that is the same for each actual source group. Actual shot records are created from the blended signals, and fictive shot records are created of seismic signals for fictive source groups that each have the same source geometry as the actual source groups, by interpolation of the actual shot records. Single source shot records of single source signals are separated by discrete deconvolution of the actual shot records and the fictive shot records. The output includes a seismic gather comprising a plurality of the single source shot records. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004201 | POWER MOSFET WITH A DEEP SOURCE CONTACT - A method of forming an electronic device includes forming a plurality of closed loops over a semiconductor substrate. Each closed loop has a first and a second polysilicon gate structure joined at first and second ends. Each closed loop includes an inner portion and an end portion. In the inner portion the first polysilicon gate structure runs about parallel to the second polysilicon gate structure. In the outer portion the first polysilicon gate structure converges with the second polysilicon gate structure. The method further includes forming a plurality of trench contacts. Each of the trench contacts is located between a respective pair of closed loops, passes through an epitaxial layer and contacts the substrate. The length of the trench contacts is no greater than the length of the inner portions. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004202 | Apparatus and Method of Azimuthal Magnetic Sensor Array for Down-Hole Applications - A system and method for inspecting a tube. An inspection system may comprise a telemetry module which may comprise an accelerometer. The inspection system may further comprise a centralizing module which may comprise at least three arms. The inspection system may further comprise an inspection device which may comprises a memory module, a differential amplifier, and a sensor array, wherein the sensor array comprises a transmitter, core, and plurality of receivers. The inspection system may also comprise a service device. A method for inspecting a tube may comprise inserting an inspection device into a tube, wherein the inspection device may comprise a sensor array and a memory unit. The method may further comprise energizing the sensor array, wherein an electro-magnetic field may be emitted from the sensor array. Additionally, the method may comprise inducing a magnetic field within the tubing, and measuring voltage with a receiver of the sensor array. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY MARKING, LOCATING AND VIRTUALLY DISPLAYING BURIED UTILITIES - Systems and methods for electronically marking, locating, and virtually displaying buried utilities are disclosed. According to one embodiment, one or more electronic marker devices may be placed below a ground surface in proximity to a buried utility, and marker device data indicative of position and/or identity of such electronic marker devices may be obtained. The obtained marker device data may be associated to the utility data and stored in a database. The stored data may thereafter be retrieved based in part on the marker device data for use in subsequent locate operations and/or for other purposes. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTION OF AN OBJECT MADE WITH AN ELECTRICALLY POORLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL - The present invention provides an object that can be simultaneously detected by a capacitive sensor and an RFID reader, an object detection system and the accompanying method. The object includes a body made partially or entirely with an electrically poorly conductive material, and an RFID tag embedded in the body. The object detection system includes a processor, the object, a capacitive sensor, and an RFID reader. Once the object is placed within the detection range of the capacitive sensor, the capacitive sensor detects the object through capacitive coupling, and transmits the detected information to the processor. And once the object is placed within the detection range of the RFID reader, the RFID reader transmits an RF signal that passes through the electrically poorly conductive material to reach the RFID tag, detects the RFID tag, and transmits the detected information to the processor. The RFID reader detects the object before, during or after the capacitive sensor detects the object. The system can enhance capacitive coupling between the object and the capacitive sensor and reduce shielding of radio frequency identification, and thus improve the detection sensitivity. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004205 | DOWNHOLE TOOL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHODS - A downhole tool can include a photon beam source configured to transmit a photon beam into materials lining a wellbore. The materials may comprise fluid, casing, and cement. A photon detector in the tool is configured to count detected photons received at a predetermined angle from the materials. The density of the borehole material may be determined in response to the number of detected photons. Changes in a distribution of a plurality of photon count ratio values may indicate the standoff distance. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAVITY AND/OR GRAVITY GRADIENT TERRAIN CORRECTIONS - Systems and methods for calculating gravity and gravity gradient terrain effects. The method includes a step of receiving a digital relief model (DRM) and gravity and/or gravity gradient data recorded at observation stations; a step of calculating with a computing device gravity and/or gravity gradient terrain effects at observation stations based on (i) a triangulated surface of the DRM and (ii) an adaptive triangulation method; a step of removing the gravity and/or gravity gradient terrain effects from the gravity and/or gravity gradient data to obtain gravity and/or gravity gradient terrain corrected data; and a step of generating gravity and/or gravity gradient anomalies of a surveyed subsurface based on the gravity and/or gravity gradient terrain corrected data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004207 | MOLDED RANGE AND PROXIMITY SENSOR WITH OPTICAL RESIN LENS - A method for forming a molded proximity sensor with an optical resin lens and the structure formed thereby. A light sensor chip is placed on a substrate, such as a printed circuit board, and a diode, such as a laser diode, is positioned on top of the light sensor chip and electrically connected to a bonding pad on the light sensor chip. Transparent, optical resin in liquid form is applied as a drop over the light sensor array on the light sensor chip as well as over the light-emitting diode. After the optical resin is cured, a molding compound is applied to an entire assembly, after which the assembly is polished to expose the lenses and have a top surface flush with the top surface of the molding compound. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004208 | SHORT DISTANCE ELECTROMAGNETIC COMMUNICATION FOR INSTRUMENTS IN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE HOUSINGS - An electromagnetic communication system for a wellbore drilling instrument includes a first antenna disposed in a pressure tight compartment in a wall of a drill collar or a pressure tight sonde and a second antenna disposed in a pressure tight sonde disposed in an interior passage in the drill collar or in a pressure tight compartment in a wall of the drill collar. A wall thickness of the drill collar and/or a wall thickness of the sonde, an electrically conductive material used for the drill collar and the sonde and a frequency of electromagnetic signals applied to at least one of the antennas are chosen to enable electromagnetic communication between the first antenna and the second antenna disposed. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004209 | DOWNHOLE SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED BACKUP SENSORS - A downhole system comprises a main sensor, such as a gamma sensor, and a backup sensor. The backup sensor may be of a different type from the main sensor. In some embodiments the backup sensor is a high reliability sensor that may have a different sensitivity from the main sensor. The system operates both the main and backup sensors and generates calibration data for the backup sensor. If the main sensor fails the calibration data may be applied to process data from the backup sensor to yield an estimate of the data that the main sensor would have yielded if it had remained operational. The calibration data may compensate for temperature variations and/or temporal drift, for example. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004210 | FORENSIC WEATHER SYSTEM - A forensic weather analyzer compares actual meteorological readings with data from multiple weather models. The data is compared and a forensic weather model is selected as the weather model that most closely matches the meteorological readings. The forensic weather model is then used to provide meteorological information pertaining to a weather event such as a hurricane, at a specific location such as a street address. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004211 | SOLAR IRRADIANCE INTENSITY ESTIMATION APPARATUS, SOLAR IRRADIANCE INTENSITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AND SOLAR IRRADIANCE INTENSITY ESTIMATION METHOD - A solar irradiance intensity estimation apparatus has an estimation model generation unit that generates estimation models of solar radiation intensities at a plurality of observation points based on observed cloud state data and solar radiation intensities observed at the plurality of observation points, an estimation model interpolation unit that generates an estimation model of a solar irradiance intensity at a target point based on the estimation models of solar radiation intensities at the plurality of observation points, and a solar irradiance intensity estimation unit that estimates a solar irradiance intensity at the target point based on a reflection intensity at the target point obtained from the cloud state data and the estimation model of a solar irradiance intensity at the target point. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004212 | PHOTODETECTOR FOCAL PLANE ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS BASED ON MICROCOMPONENTS WITH ARBITRARY SHAPES - A photodetector focal plane array system having enhanced sensitivity and angle-of-view, including: a substrate including a plurality of photosensitive regions; and a microcomponent disposed adjacent to each of the plurality of photosensitive regions operable for receiving incident radiation from a relatively wider area and directing the incident radiation into a relatively smaller area of the associated photosensitive region by, in part, one or more of waveguiding and scattering; wherein each of the microcomponents is centered with respect to a photodetector mesa of each of the plurality of photosensitive regions. Each of the microcomponents includes one of a microcone, a microcuboid, a micropillar, a core-shell micropillar, a microtubule, a pyramid, an inverted pyramid, and an arbitrary shape microcomponent—with a top surface having a a selected or arbitrary cross-sectional shape and a selected or arbitrary profile. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004213 | ANTI-GLARE AND ANTI-REFLECTION DEVICE - An anti-glare and anti-reflection device including a base and an anti-reflection film is provided. The base includes a plurality of micro protrusions. The micro protrusions are connected to each other to form a rough surface. The rough surface has a first point furthest from a display surface and a second point closest to the display surface. A distance between the first point and the second point in a normal direction of the display surface is HD, and 1 μm≤HD≤20 μm. A normal projection of each of the micro protrusions on the display surface has a first axis length R1 and a second axis length R2, 1 μm≤R1≤20 μm, and 1 μm≤R2≤20 μm. The anti-reflection film is disposed on the rough surface. The anti-reflection film has a thickness T in a normal direction of the rough surface, and T/H≤0.1. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004214 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM - The present invention relates to an antireflection film including a low refractive index layer and a hard coating layer, the low refractive index layer including: a binder resin containing a crosslinked polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups; and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein a 10-point average roughness (Rz) of the shape of irregularities on the surface of the low refractive index layer is 0.05 μm to 0.2 μm. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004215 | Formation of Antireflective Surfaces - Technologies are described for methods and systems effective for etching nanostructures in a substrate. The methods may comprise depositing a patterned block copolymer on the substrate. The patterned block copolymer may include first and second polymer block domains. The methods may comprise applying a precursor to the patterned block copolymer to generate an infiltrated block copolymer. The precursor may infiltrate into the first polymer block domain and generate a material in the first polymer block domain. The methods may comprise applying a removal agent to the infiltrated block copolymer to generate a patterned material. The removal agent may be effective to remove the first and second polymer block domains from the substrate. The methods may comprise etching the substrate. The patterned material on the substrate may mask the substrate to pattern the etching. The etching may be performed under conditions to produce nanostructures in the substrate. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004216 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display including an active area for displaying an image and a black matrix adjacent to the active area, and an optical sheet attached onto the display. The optical sheet includes a Fresnel pattern formed on the black matrix and a portion of the active area. The Fresnel pattern includes a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, which are formed such that depths between the peaks and the valleys gradually increase from the active area to the black matrix. Therefore, it is possible to view an image in front of the black matrix, on which an image is not actually displayed. | 2019-01-03 |