04th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200026208 | TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a toner base particle and an organosilicon polymer on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the organosilicon polymer forms protruded portions with a prescribed structure on the surface of the toner base particle, and in the toner cross section, when the protrusion width w is the length of the segment where a protruded portion and the toner base particle form a continuous interface, the protrusion diameter D is the maximum length of a protruded portion, and the protrusion height H is the length from the peak of the protruded portion to the line along the circumference of the toner base particle surface, the numerical proportion of these protruded portions having a ratio D/w of the protrusion diameter D to the protrusion width w from 0.33 to 0.80, is a least 70 number %. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026209 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A image-forming apparatus includes a plurality of process cartridges each having a toner and an image bearing member, and has an intermediate transfer member, wherein the toner comprises a toner particle that contains a toner base particle and a prescribed organosilicon polymer on the surface of the toner base particle, and the organosilicon polymer forms protruded portions on the surface of the toner base particle, for the protrusions having a protrusion height H from 40 nm to 300 nm, the numerical proportion P(D/w) of protruded portions having a ratio of the protrusion diameter D to the protrusion width w in a prescribed range is at least 70 number %, and one of the plurality of process cartridges has a carbon black-containing black toner, and the weight-average particle diameter of this black toner is smaller than that of the toner present in the other process cartridges. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026210 | TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner is provided. The toner comprises a binder resin, a metal-containing azo dye, and a quaternary ammonium salt, has an average circularity of from 0.85 to 0.95, and is free of a tin compound having Sn—C bond. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026211 | MAGNETIC CORE MATERIAL FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND DEVELOPER - A magnetic core material for electrophotographic developer, satisfying a value of Expression (1): a+b×10+c+d+e+f, being from 200 to 1,400, when an amount of fluorine ion is denoted by a (ppm), an amount of chlorine ion is denoted by b (ppm), an amount of bromide ion is denoted by c (ppm), an amount of nitrite ion is denoted by d (ppm), an amount of nitrate ion is denoted by e (ppm), and an amount of sulfate ion is denoted by f (ppm), which are measured by combustion ion chromatography; and having a pore volume of from 30 to 100 mm | 2020-01-23 |
20200026212 | ELECTROSTATIC INK(S) - Electrically conductive electrostatic ink compositions are disclosed. In an 5 example, an electrically conductive electrostatic ink composition can comprise: a liquid carrier; and particles dispersed in the liquid carrier. The particles dispersed in the liquid carrier can comprise: thermoplastic resin, and electrically conductive metal particles. The electrically conductive metal particles can comprise: a core comprising a first metal, and a shell comprising a second 10 metal. The shell can enclose the core at least partially. The first metal and the second metal may not be the same. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026213 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes an image former configured to form an image on a recording medium, and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor, before the image is formed on the recording medium by the image former, determines a medium type of a subject medium that is the recording medium on which the image is to be formed by the image former, and before the medium type of the subject medium is determined, determines whether an image forming speed at which the image former forms the image is a medium speed that is predetermined with respect to the medium type of the subject medium. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026214 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member unit, a charging member, an exposing unit, a developing unit, an information storage portion, and a setting portion. The information storage portion stores information on an attenuation amount of a surface potential of the photosensitive member by which the surface potential is attenuating until the photosensitive member rotates from a contact position of the photosensitive member to a development position of the photosensitive member. If the attenuation amount is a first attenuation amount, the setting portion sets an applying voltage to be applied to the charging member at the time of image formation to a first voltage. If the attenuation amount is a second attenuation amount larger than the first attenuation amount, the setting portion sets an applying voltage to be applied to the charging member at the time of image formation to a second voltage larger than the first voltage. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026215 | Developing Cartridge Having Electrode - A developing cartridge includes a casing, a developer-carrying member, a supply member, a developing electrode, a supply electrode, and an insulating member. The casing is configured to accommodate therein developer. The developer-carrying member is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and carry the developer thereon. The supply member is configured to supply the developer to the developer-carrying member. The developing electrode is configured to be electrically connected to the developer-carrying member. The supply electrode is configured to be electrically connected to the supply member. The insulating member insulates the developing electrode and the supply electrode with each other. The developing electrode, the insulating member, and the supply electrode are overlapped in this order in an axial direction of the rotational axis. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026216 | DEVELOPER REGULATING MEMBER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a developer regulating member which can generate a uniform frictional charge even on a developer having a small size. A developer regulating member for regulating the thickness of the layer of a developer carried on the surface of a developer carrier, having: a regulating portion contacting with the developer, wherein the regulating portion includes a thermoplastic acrylic resin, and the thermoplastic acrylic resin has a first endothermic peak having a peak top at +50° C. or more and a second endothermic peak having a peak top at +20° C. or less on the differentiation curve of a DSC curve obtained when the temperature is raised from −100° C. to 150° C. at a rate of temperature rise of 20.0° C./min using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). | 2020-01-23 |
20200026217 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing portion, a driving-side shaft coupling, a movement supporting mechanism, a movement member, a separating member, and a displacement member. The developing portion includes a developing roller that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image-carrying member, and a driven-side shaft coupling that is provided on the developing roller. The driving-side shaft coupling transmits driving force, via the driven-side shaft coupling, to the developing roller. The movement supporting mechanism movably supports the developing roller between a developing position and a separated position. The displacement member applies a force to the movement supporting mechanism, and positions the developing roller at the developing position. When the movement member moves further after the driven-side shaft coupling has separated from the driving-side shaft coupling, the displacement member moves the developing roller from the developing position to the separated position. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026218 | SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sensor unit detachably mounted in a main assembly of a image forming apparatus includes a sensor for detecting a detection object on a surface of a movable member, the sensor having a detecting surface positioned to the surface of the movable member at least when the sensor detects the detection object; a casing portion accommodating the sensor; an air feeding unit, provided in the casing portion, for to taking air in through an inlet portion formed by the casing; and a duct for feeding the air discharged from the air feeding unit, to between the detecting surface and the surface of the movable member. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026219 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A mode control section forms a plurality of reference toner images having different densities on a photosensitive drum, where the frequency of an alternating-current voltage of a development bias is varied with a potential difference between direct-current voltages of a development roller and the photosensitive drum maintained constant, generates a reference straight line indicating a relationship between a toner amount of each reference toner image obtained by converting the density of the measured reference toner image into weight, and a representative value of current values of a development current measured during formation of the reference toner image, and acquires the amount of electrostatic charge of toner using the reference straight line. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026220 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER HAVING A CAP WITH THREE PORTIONS OF DIFFERENT DIAMETERS - A toner container includes a container body, an opening, a cover, a toner discharge port, a shutter, a cylindrical structure, protrusions, and an identifier. The shutter is attached to the cover and includes a main shutter covering the toner discharge port. The main shutter moves between a closed position to close the toner discharge port and an open position to open the toner discharge port. The protrusions are on both sides of the cover and protrude in a direction orthogonal to a toner container mounting direction. The identifier is on the cover to indicate a toner color. The cylindrical structure's leading end is downstream of leading ends of the protrusions in the mounting direction. The main shutter's leading end is downstream of the protrusions' leading ends in the mounting direction when the main shutter is in the closed position. The protrusions are downstream of the identifier in the mounting direction. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026221 | TONER CONTAINER INCLUDING A ROTATABLE MAGNET HAVING A VARYING ORIENTATION RELATIVE TO A PIVOT AXIS - A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing toner. A rotatable shaft is positioned within the reservoir and has an axis of rotation. An extension from the rotatable shaft is rotatable with the rotatable shaft around the axis of rotation. The extension is pivotable independent of the rotatable shaft about a pivot axis that is spaced radially from the axis of rotation. A magnet is positioned at the pivot axis of the extension and is pivotable with the extension such that an orientation of the magnet varies relative to the pivot axis as the extension pivots about the pivot axis. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026222 | BELT CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There are included a first grip portion provided on a first end side of a belt conveyor device, in a width direction intersecting a rotational direction of the belt, and a second grip portion and an electrical contact portion provided on a second end side of the belt conveyor device. A center of gravity position of the belt conveyor device is provided on a downstream side of a center of the belt conveyor device and a range where the center of gravity position of the belt conveyor device is provided in a range where the contact portion and the first grip portion are provided. The second grip portion is provided on an upstream side of the center of gravity position of the belt conveyor device in an insertion direction of the belt conveyor device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying unit that carries a toner image on a surface of the image carrying unit along with rotation of the image carrying unit to transfer the toner image onto a target transfer unit, and a supply unit that supplies a larger amount of fatty acid metal salt to the image carrying unit as a rotation speed of the image carrying unit increases. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026224 | TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device includes a first belt member movably stretched, a second belt member, a first roller, a second roller, a third roller, a fourth roller, a fifth roller, and a sixth roller. The second belt member is in contact with the first belt member to form a contact portion in cooperation with the first belt member. The second belt member is movably stretched. The first roller stretches the first belt member and is capable of adjusting a tilt in a longitudinal direction of the first roller. The second roller stretches the second belt member and is capable of adjusting a tilt in a longitudinal direction of the second roller. The third roller stretches the first belt member and is located adjacent to the first roller and upstream of the first roller in a movement direction of the first belt member. The fourth roller stretches the first belt member and is located adjacent to the first roller and downstream of the first roller in the movement direction of the first belt member. The fifth roller stretches the second belt member and is located adjacent to the second roller and upstream of the second roller in a movement direction of the second belt member. The sixth roller stretches the second belt member and is located adjacent to the second roller and downstream of the second roller in the movement direction of the second belt member. The third roller, the fourth roller, the fifth roller, and the sixth roller each have a uniform diameter in a longitudinal direction of the roller, and are disposed at positions other than the contact portion. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026225 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image holding unit that holds a toner image, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image held by the image holding unit onto a medium in a transfer region, a reduction unit that is positioned further upstream than the transfer region and that reduces an electrical resistance of a first surface of the medium, the first surface being opposite to a second surface of the medium onto which an image is to be transferred, and a control unit that controls the reduction unit in accordance with a type of a medium to be used in such a manner that the electrical resistance of the first surface does not exceed a predetermined range. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026226 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that fixes an image to a recording medium that is transported by applying heat; a guide member including a first guide surface that guides the recording medium to which the image has been fixed by the fixing device, a second guide surface that is opposite to the first guide surface and that guides the recording medium that is transported backward after being guided by the first guide surface, and a communicating portion that enables air to flow between the first guide surface and the second guide surface; and plural suction members that cool the recording medium guided by the first guide surface by sucking air in a direction toward the second guide surface of the guide member, the suction members being arranged in a transporting direction in which the recording medium is transported. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026227 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first temperature detecting member is arranged in a longitudinal direction of a heater at a position that is (i) in a vicinity of an end adjacent to a second heating element among ends in the longitudinal direction of a first heating element, and (ii) separated from a reference passing position with respect to a recording material end that passes near a boundary between the first heating element and the second heating element by at least 2.5 mm toward a side close to a transport reference position, and a second temperature detecting member is arranged in the longitudinal direction at a position that is (iii) in a vicinity of an end adjacent to the first heating element among ends in the longitudinal direction of the second heating element, and (iv) separated from the reference passing position by at least 2.5 mm toward a side far from the transport reference position. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026228 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material includes an image forming portion configured to form the toner image on the recording material, a fixing portion including a heater and configured to fix the toner image on the recording material by heating the toner image formed on the recording material, and a controller configured to control the image forming apparatus. When toner images are continuously formed on a plurality of recording materials, the controller sets an interval between a preceding recording material and a subsequent recording material depending on unevenness of a print ratio of the subsequent recording material with respect to a direction perpendicular to a recording material feeding direction of the subsequent recording material. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026229 | FIXING MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIXING MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing member includes a substrate, an elastic layer on the substrate, and a surface layer on the elastic layer. The surface layer has transverse microhardness values within the range of 85 to 89, inclusive, and a transverse filtered maximum waviness (Wcm) of 0.1 μm or more and 4 μm or less. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026230 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT SERVER - A management system includes a printing apparatus replaceably holding a first and a second replaceable item, and a management server. The printing apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits identification data indicating identification information on the printing apparatus and data including a value related to a usage amount of the second replaceable item. The management server includes an acquisition unit that acquires a value related to a previous usage amount of the second replaceable item from a memory based on the identification data from the printing apparatus. The management server includes a determination unit that makes a determination about a delivery instruction of the first replaceable item based on the value related to the usage amount of the second replaceable item, which is transmitted from the printing apparatus, and the value related to the previous usage amount of the second replaceable item, which is acquired from the memory. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026231 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a conveyance section forms a conveyance path and conveys a sheet in a conveyance direction. The conveyance section includes a conveyance roller for rotating around a roller shaft extending in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, and a guide member. The guide member includes a first guide member for rotating around a first axial line to open/close with respect to a first partial region of the conveyance path, and a second guide member for rotating around a second axial line to open/close with respect to a second partial region different from the first partial region. The first axial line extends in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the roller shaft. The second axial line extends in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction. The first guide member opens in conjunction with an opening action of the second guide member. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026232 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a sheet feed portion, a conveying portion, a control portion, a first sensor having the detection position at a first position in the sheet conveying passage, and a second sensor having the detection position at a second position downstream of the first position in the sheet conveying direction. The control portion performs first sensing to sense whether the sheet's rear end has passed the first position within a first time of the start of the feeding and second sensing to sense whether the sheet's rear end has passed the second position within a second time of the start of the feeding, Even if the control portion is unable to sense passage of the sheet's rear end in the first sensing, when it senses passage of the sheet's rear end in the second sensing, it makes the conveying portion continue feeding the sheet. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026233 | GUIDE STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A guide structure includes a first guide member that guides a recording medium from a fixing unit to a transport roller unit, the fixing unit fixing an image formed on the recording medium to the recording medium by heating the recording medium that is transported, the transport roller unit transporting the recording medium; and a second guide member that comes into contact with the recording medium to which the image has been fixed by the fixing unit and guides the recording medium to the transport roller unit, the second guide member being disposed downstream of the first guide member in a transporting direction in which the recording medium is transported and being made of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of a material of the first guide member. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026234 | CLEANING BLADE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE CLEANING BLADE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes an elastic material, a first surface, a second surface and an end surface. The end surface includes a first region and a second region provided on opposite sides of the first region. The elastic material of the cleaning blade has indentation elastic modulus E | 2020-01-23 |
20200026235 | FLOW CHANNEL STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A flow channel structure includes a duct that includes a flow channel through which air is blown and sucks air around a fixation device that fixes a toner image on a recording medium by using an air blowing unit; and an electrically conductive contact surface that is provided in the duct and is disposed so as to cross an air blowing direction in the duct. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026236 | SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sensor unit includes a plurality of sensors configured to detect a toner image carried on an image bearing member; and a duct including a suction portion; a plurality of branch duct portions. The branch duct portions each includes a discharging portion having a discharge opening. At least one of the branch duct portions includes a first path for discharging the air in a direction, and a second path connected with the first path portion at a downstream position to discharge the air in the direction. The sensor unit further includes a guide portion provided in the second path and extended crossing with an extension of one of inner walls of the first path, the guide portion being capable of branching the air in the second path toward the discharge opening. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026237 | FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION DURING HOLOGRAPHIC OBJECT DISPLAY - A display apparatus including a display; a holographic projector a fingerprint scanner to read a fingerprint from a user's finger spaced from the fingerprint scanner when placed in proximity to the holographic object; a camera to image the holographic object and the user's finger; a non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions; and a processor that executes the instructions to: responsive to the receipt of images from the camera, perform image analysis to: identify a position of the user's finger with respect to the display surface and the holographic object, identify a position of the holographic object with respect to the display surface and identify the proximity of the user's finger with the holographic object; and responsive to the image analysis to identify the proximity of the user's finger with the holographic object, provide an input to the fingerprint scanner to read the fingerprint of the user's finger. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026238 | 3D HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY AND HOLOGRAPHIC OBJECT FORMATION - A method of creating a 3D holographic display in a device having a camera, holographic projectors and display surface, the method including: tracking by the camera an interactive device over the display; determining by the camera a distance from the interactive device to the display; responsive to an action by the interactive device, visually displaying by the holographic projectors a unit holographic object proximate to the interactive device; responsive to one or more additional actions by the interactive device, visually displaying by the holographic projectors additional unit holographic objects proximate to the unit holographic object so as to be visually displaying a plurality of unit holographic objects; accumulating by the holographic projectors the plurality of unit holographic objects proximate to the display surface; and determining an amount of accumulated unit holographic objects visually displayed by the holographic projectors until a resultant shape of holographic objects is formed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026239 | INTERACTIVE COORDINATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND HOLOGRAPHIC OBJECTS - A method that includes: recognizing by an object recognition device a physical object; comparing by the object recognition device the physical object with a fully completed object; identifying by the object recognition device a spatial position, an orientation and physical dimensions of the partially-completed physical object; creating by a three-dimensional (3D) modeling program a 3D model of the partially-completed physical object using the spatial position, the orientation and physical dimensions of the partially-completed physical object; inputting by the 3D modeling program to a holographic creation system a missing shape of the partially-completed physical object, the missing shape being a complementary portion of the partially-completed physical object; creating by the holographic creation system a 3D hologram of the complementary portion; displaying by a holographic projector the 3D hologram of the complementary portion adjacent to the partially-completed physical object. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026240 | MECHANICAL TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A MOVEMENT WHICH RUNNING IS ENHANCED BY A REGULATION DEVICE - The mechanical timepiece is equipped with a movement which comprises an indicator mechanism of at least one time data item, a mechanical resonator forming a slave oscillator which paces the running of the indicator mechanism, and a mechanical correction device to prevent a possible time drift in the running of the indicator mechanism. The mechanical correction device is formed by a master mechanical oscillator and a mechanical braking device of the mechanical resonator, this braking device arranged to apply periodically to said mechanical resonator mechanical braking pulses at a braking frequency determined by the master mechanical oscillator. Then, the mechanical system, formed by said mechanical resonator and the braking device, is configured to enable the braking device to be able to start the braking pulses preferably at any position of said mechanical resonator. Preferably, the braking pulses have a duration of less than one quarter of a set-point period. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026241 | LUMINOUS ELECTRONIC CLOCK - A luminous electronic clock includes a multi-diameter forward tapered case frame; a transparent plate installed in a front circumferential edge of the case frame with a sealing ring mounted between them; a dial spaced behind the transparent plate and having time markers, temperature numbers and humidity numbers provided thereon; clock, thermometer and hygrometer movements mounted on a back side of the dial; hands of the clock and pointers of the thermometer and the hygrometer mounted on movement shafts and located on a front side of the dial; a set of LED lights installed around the clock movement shaft and located behind the dial; battery holders mounted behind the dial; and a case back fixedly held to a rear circumferential edge of the case frame by retaining springs and having windows corresponding to the movements and the battery holders. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026242 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE FUNCTIONS OF A TIMEPIECE - A device for adjusting horological functions of a timepiece, including a mechanism for selection and actuation, comprising: a drive driving a driving pinion in the clockwise and anti-clockwise directions, a driven pinion driven when the driving pinion turns clockwise and anti-clockwise, said driven pinion moving into a first position by the driving pinion turning clockwise, in which said driven pinion actuates an actuator of a first horological function, and moving into a second position by the driving pinion turning anti-clockwise, in which second position, said driven pinion actuates an actuator of a second horological function, said driven pinion not actuating the actuator of the first horological function when it is in its second position, and vice versa. The mechanism for selection and actuation comprises at least two driven pinions, and the adjusting device comprises a control mechanism selectively bringing the driving pinion into engagement with each of the driven pinions. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026243 | WATCH INCLUDING A DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE DEGREE OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY INSIDE THE WATCH CASE - A watch including a watch case, wherein the watch case includes a device for measuring the degree of humidity inside the watch, wherein the device for measuring the degree of humidity is a fibre optic device including a measuring optical fibre, the measuring optical fibre includes a portion configured such that the refractive index of said portion changes in the presence of water vapour inside the watch case. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026244 | CONNECTED, MECHANICAL WINDING WATCH - An electronic watch comprising a timekeeper logic unit ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200026245 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, control method, and program that allow for recognition of a state of an arm on the basis of determination of whether the information processing apparatus is worn on the left arm or the right arm, the information processing apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether the information processing apparatus is worn on a user's right arm or left arm; a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the arm; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined control on a device included in the information processing apparatus according to the recognized state of the arm. The recognition unit switches settings of a parameter which is used in the recognition of the state of the arm, according to a result of the determination by the determination unit. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026246 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a control device that prevents the occurrence of an abnormality in control using artificial intelligence in the case where an abnormality occurs in another terminal that performs the control using the artificial intelligence. A control means (a first control unit) performs the control using artificial intelligence. The control means (second control unit) performs control different from the artificial intelligence. A control switching unit (a switching determination means, a switch) is configured to, when another terminal having the control means (the first control unit) is normal, cause the own control means (the first control unit) to perform the control using artificial intelligence, and when an abnormality occurs in another terminal having the control means (the first control unit), cause the control means (the second control unit) to perform the control different from artificial intelligence. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026247 | CONTINUOUS CONTROL OF ATTENTION FOR A DEEP LEARNING NETWORK - A computer-implemented method for reducing computation cost associated with a machine learning task performed by a computer system by implementing continuous control of attention for a deep learning network includes initializing a control-value function, an observation-value function and a sequence of states associated with a current episode. If a current epoch associated with the current episode is odd, an observation-action is selected, the observation-action is executed to observe a partial image, and the observation-value function is updated based on the partial image and the control-value function. If the current epoch is even, a control-action is selected, the control-action is executed to obtain a reward corresponding to the control-action, and the control-value function is updated based on the reward and the observation-value function. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026248 | MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD - The settling time of machine learning is shortened. A machine learning device is configured to perform machine learning related to optimization of coefficients of a transfer function of an IIR filter of a feedforward calculation unit with respect to a servo control device configured to control a servo motor configured to drive an axis of a machine tool, a robot, or an industrial machine using feedforward control by a feedforward calculation unit having the IIR filter. The machine learning device represents a zero-point at which the transfer function of the IIR filter is zero and a pole at which the transfer function diverges infinitely in polar coordinates using a radius r and an angle θ, respectively, and searches for and learns, within a predetermined search range, the radius r and the angle θ to thereby perform the optimization of the coefficients of the transfer function of the IIR filter. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026249 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ONLINE CONFIGURABLE SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION - A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a variable state or condition of a building and a control system configured to receive a user input indicating a model form. The model form includes a plurality of matrices having a plurality of elements defined in terms of a plurality of parameters. The control system is configured to parse the model form to generate a sequence of machine-executable steps for determining a value of each of the plurality of elements based on a set of potential parameter values, identify a system model by executing the sequence of machine-executable steps to generate a set of parameter values for the plurality of parameters, generate a graphical user interface that illustrates a fit between predictions of the identified system model and behavior of the variable state or condition of the building, and control the building equipment using the identified system model. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026250 | Systems and Methods for Harmonic Analysis of Soil - Systems and methods for harmonic analysis of soil are provided herein. Some methods include converting a first frequency of an operating signal into a second, higher frequency relative to the first frequency to create a stimulating signal, transmitting the stimulating signal into soil, and determining attenuation based on a comparison of a responsive signal and the operating signal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026251 | A BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH SERVICING BEACON - An electronic building automation system ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200026252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING A POWER-GENERATION MODULE ASSEMBLY AFTER A POWER-GENERATION MODULE SHUTDOWN EVENT - Embodiments are directed to providing a user interface (UI) that streamlines and simplifies the process of monitoring critical power-generation module (PGM) parameters after a PGM assembly is shutdown. The UI displays, in real-time, indicators corresponding to one or more post-shutdown PGM parameters. The UI provides indications of whether the post-shutdown PGM parameters meet post-shutdown criteria of the PGM assembly. When a post-shutdown PGM parameter does not meet the post-shutdown criteria, a user alert is provided to the user. A protocol may additionally be provided to the user. In some embodiments, the protocol may enable the user to return the PGM assembly to a condition that satisfies the post-shutdown criteria. The protocol may be a safety protocol and/or an asset protection protocol. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026253 | MULTI-SENSOR AGENT DEVICES - Apparatus, methods, and systems implementing multi-sensor agent devices are described herein. The agent devices can each include a plurality of sensors for measuring parameters of interest to an entity such as an electric power utility. The sensors can be organized in individually-IP-addressable sensor clusters, with each sensor cluster including an associated microcontroller. The agent devices can be controlled by a control center of the entity to operate in a coordinated manner, such as to gather and transmit data regarding parameters of interest. The agent devices can be transported to desired areas for data collection by unmanned aerial systems such as drones, and the collected data can be stored in a distributed blockchain ledger. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026254 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING A CONFIGURATION AND INDUSTRIAL PLANT SYSTEM - In order to enable a seamless configuration modification during operation, a first automation device sends a second automation device a request for parameter modification. The second automation device responds to the request, such that a standby acknowledgement of the request is sent. Immediately with the transmission of the standby acknowledgement in the second automation device, an output process image is frozen, and the modification of the communication parameters for the second automation device is carried out. The first automation device responds, such that after receiving the standby acknowledgement in the first automation device, the communication is immediately stopped and the modification of the communication parameters is carried out for the first automation device. An input process image is frozen. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026255 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE OF MACHINE TOOL - An abnormality detection device of a machine tool including a spindle and a feed axis and includes: a load monitoring unit that monitors a load of the spindle or the feed axis; as abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality in the machine tool when the monitored load is equal to or larger than a threshold; a storage unit that stores shape data of the work and shape data of the tool in advance; a non-machining area or machining area calculation unit that calculates a non-machining area in which the tool does not interfere with the work or a machining area in which the tool interferes with the work based on the shape data of the work and the shape data of the tool; and a threshold changing unit that changes a threshold of abnormality detection in the non-machining area to a value lower than a threshold of abnormality detection is the machining area. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026256 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - A numerical controller that machines a workpiece to create multiple machined holes with a predetermined machining position and a predetermined machining shape in the workpiece includes a thermal influence calculation unit that determines a temporal change in a heat distribution of the workpiece for each of the machined holes when the machined hole having the machining shape is created at the machining position, a machining position determination unit that determines a next machined hole that does not cause thermal deformation of the workpiece on the basis of an elapsed time that elapses from creation of a previously machined hole to creation of a next machined hole and a heat distribution resulting from creation of the previously machined hole and the next machined hole, and a machining unit that creates the machined holes. The numerical controller can determine the machining positions taking the thermal deformation into account. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026257 | AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) BASED FAULT DETECTION AND MAINTENANCE - An AR based fault detection and maintenance system analyzes real-time video streams from a remote user device to identify a specific context level at which a user is to handle an equipment and provides instructions corresponding to the specific context level. The instructions enable generating AR simulations that guide the user in executing specific operations including repairs on faulty components of the equipment. The received video stream is initially analyzed to identify a particular equipment which is to be handled by the user. Fault prediction procedures are executed to identify faults associated with the equipment. The instructions to handle the faults are transmitted to the user device as AR simulations that provide step-by-step simulations that enable the user to execute operations as directed by the instructions. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026258 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - A substrate treating apparatus includes a process module including a plurality of process units that perform a plurality of steps included in a substrate treating process and that perform the substrate treating process on substrates sequentially placed in the process units based on process recipes for the substrates, a scheduler that controls operations of the process module and the process units included in the process module, a storage that stores transfer paths information of the substrates, and a selection module that selects a process unit to proceed, by a result of feeding back the transfer paths information stored in the storage to the scheduler. The substrate treating apparatus may further include a measuring instrument that measures defect values of the transfer paths information along which the substrates are transferred. The storage may store the defect values measured by the measuring instrument according to the transfer paths information of the substrates. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026259 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - A numerical controller controlling punching performs punching according to a machining program, detects a phenomenon that the punching is not normally completed, collects and stores information required for re-execution of a block in which the phenomenon is generated, and restores a machining state at the time of occurrence of the phenomenon and further re-executes the punching by using the information. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026260 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - An object of the present invention is to provide a control system of an industrial machine that can efficiently and effectively match and equalize the content information of various data between devices of the industrial machine. The invention is a control system of an industrial machine for matching data in the present device with data in one or more other devices, wherein the control system comprises a changed data identification list including: the regions of a type data storage unit serving as the superordinate class of type data; the regions of a subdivision data type storage unit serving as a subordinate class; and an identifier storage unit indicating identifiers which, when data in each of the regions is changed, identify the change of the data, the present device comprises: a changed data identification list storage unit storing the changed data identification list; a present-device-side data storage unit storing various data; and an updated data processing unit, and the other device comprises: an other-device-side data storage unit storing various data; and an operation execution unit using the various data to perform a desired operation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026261 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER AND DATA EDITING METHOD - A numerical controller which uses a simulation screen displayed on a touch panel so as to edit operation data of an industrial machine includes: a touch operation reception unit that receives a touch operation by an operator on the simulation screen; an operation identifying unit that identifies an operation target and an operation type on the simulation screen by the touch operation received; a setting screen data extraction unit that references the editing data storage unit for associating the operation target and the operation type and setting screen data including an editing item so as to store them so as to extract the setting screen data corresponding to the operation target and the operation type identified; an editing processing unit that edits the setting screen data extracted; and a setting screen output unit that outputs, to the touch panel | 2020-01-23 |
20200026262 | MACHINE-TOOL-STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND MACHINE-TOOL-STATE DETERMINATION METHOD - A machine-tool-state determination system configured to determine a state associated with a machine tool including a rotation mechanism for processing a member, the system including: a sensor configured to acquire a state value from the machine tool; and an analysis device, in which the analysis device: performs spectral analysis with time series data of the state value, to extract a rotational frequency of the rotation mechanism and a harmonic wave to the rotational frequency; calculates a ratio of an amplitude of the rotational frequency to an amplitude of the harmonic wave; generates feature-amount data including the state value and the ratio as feature amounts; performs clustering with the feature-amount data; and determines a state associated with the machine tool, based on a result of the clustering. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026263 | SMART RESOURCE MANAGER IN UNIFIED AUTOMATION PLATFORMS FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION - Implementations directed to managing resources executing in one or more RPA platforms, and include actions of receiving process data representative of two or more processes executed by resources in a RPA platform, and resource data representative of the resources in the RPA platform, determining a process rank for each of the two or more processes, respectively, for at least one process, calculating a number of resources required to complete the process in conformance with a SLA governing the process, and transmitting instructions through a platform adapter to provision at least one additional resource to execute the process within the RPA platform, the platform adapter being specific to the RPA platform, and being one of a plurality of platform adapters. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026264 | FLEXIBLE JOB-SHOP SCHEDULING METHOD BASED ON LIMITED STABLE MATCHING STRATEGY - The present invention provides a flexible job-shop scheduling method based on a limited stable matching strategy, and belongs to the field of job-shop scheduling. The method adopts the following design solution: a. generating an initial chromosome population through integer coding and initializing relevant parameters; b. conducting crossover and mutation operations on parent chromosomes to obtain progeny chromosomes; c. combining the progeny chromosomes and the parent chromosomes into a set of to-be-selected chromosomes, and selecting a next generation of chromosomes from the set through limited stable matching operation; and d. stopping the algorithm if meeting cut-off conditions; otherwise turning to step b. The present invention introduces a limited stable matching strategy into the selection process of the progeny chromosomes to solve a multi-target flexible job-shop scheduling problem, so as to overcome the defects of insufficient population distribution and insufficient convergence in the existing method for solving the multi-target flexible job-shop scheduling problem when solving such problem, thereby obtaining excellent scheduling solution with good timeliness and high reliability. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026265 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY IN AN AUTONOMOUS PRODUCTION SYSTEM - An autonomous production system including a transformation unit adapted to transform an ontology representation of actions of the autonomous production system into a corresponding planning representation; an artificial intelligence planning unit adapted to compute an action plan including a sequence of instantiated actions based on the planning representation; and a retransformation unit adapted to transform the computed action plan into an ontology language representation providing transparency information about the computed action plan. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026266 | QUALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, QUALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE, QUALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - A quality determination method includes: in a quality determination space, mapping a quality of a package product in which a plurality of devices are assembled in accordance with a predetermined design condition, with use of each test result of each of the plurality of devices; and determining a quality of the package product, on a basis of mapping result of the mapping. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026267 | AUTOMATED CREEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - Systems and methods for loading and delivering stalk subassemblies and yarn packages are disclosed herein. Such systems and methods can have at least one processor, at least one automated guided vehicle, at least one creel assembly, and an automated creel loading assembly. The at least one automated guided vehicle can be communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor can be configured to selectively direct an automated guided vehicle to engage a respective stalk subassembly. Upon engagement between the automated guided vehicle and the stalk subassembly, the processor can be configured to selectively direct the automated guided vehicle to move about and between the selected operative position within the creel assembly and a loading position proximate the automated creel loading assembly. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026268 | CONTROL DEVICE AND DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control device and a diagnosis system, with which a more reliable diagnosis can be achieved while taking advantage of respective characteristics of rule-based diagnosis and learning-based diagnosis. The present invention is equipped with: a first diagnosis unit for diagnosing a control function with use of output data from the control function in accordance with predetermined rules; a second diagnosis unit for diagnosing the control function with use of the output data in accordance with rules which are mechanically learned on the basis of the output data; and a comparison unit for comparing diagnosis results of the first and second diagnosis units with each other. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026269 | PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM - A performance monitoring system for an electric drive system includes a speed controller configured to operatively couple a power source to an electric motor. The performance monitoring system also includes a plurality of sensors to measure performance metrics associated with the power source, the speed controller and the electric motor. The performance monitoring system additionally includes a health/performance monitoring system comprising a processor and a data storage device. The health/performance monitoring system is configured to determine an efficiency of operation and health of the electric drive system based on the measured performance metrics. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026270 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND FREQUENCY EVALUATION FOR PUMPS AND FANS - Methods and systems for data collection in an environment including pumps and fans are disclosed. A monitoring system may include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein the input channels are communicatively coupled to sensors measuring operational parameters of a pump or fan. A data storage may store one or more frequencies related to an operation of the pump or fan, and a data acquisition circuit may interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data. A frequency evaluation circuit may detect a signal on one of the input channels at a frequency higher than the one or more frequencies at which the pump or fan operates. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026271 | ADJUSTING INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE PERFORMANCE - A process for modifying vehicle performance parameters for one or more kinematic functions while executing an assigned task is disclosed. The process comprises receiving, for an industrial vehicle, a job specification and decomposing the job specification into a workflow model, with the workflow model defining the tasks of the industrial vehicle. The process further comprises associating the tasks with a kinematic model. The kinematic model is generated by identifying the kinematic function of the industrial vehicle, receiving constraints associated with an operation of the industrial vehicle, and computing a cutback curve for a parameter of the kinematic function. The kinematic model is applied to the workflow model. The performance parameter of the industrial vehicle is modified based on the applied kinematic model to the workflow model. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026272 | FLIGHT CONTROL FROM A NON-AVIONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods for communicating avionic data to a non-avionic device, the method includes the steps of: receiving a flight command from a non-avionic lightweight client; determining or receiving physiological data (for example gaze tracking, heart rate, breathing rate, etc.) and/or biometric data associated with the wearer of the non-avionic lightweight client; making the insertion of the flight command into an avionic system conditional on the meeting of predefined conditions relating to the physiological and/or biometric data. Developments describe the use of distance and/or path between lightweight client and cockpit, physiological parameter management, the management of flight commands in a plurality of elementary requests, notification techniques and/or audio and/or visual rendering on various lightweight clients (for example earpiece, watch, telephone, tablet, glasses, etc.). Some software aspects are described. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026273 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR REDUNDANCY CONTROL - A method includes receiving, by a first receiver communicatively coupled with a first remote control device, a first control signal from the first remote control device. The method also includes receiving, by a second receiver communicatively coupled with a second remote control device, a second control signal from the second remote control device. The method further includes selecting one of the first control signal of the first remote control device and the second control signal of the second remote control device for controlling a movable object. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026274 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING COMPUTATIONAL METHOD OF VEHICLE USING GRAVITATIONAL FIELD THEORY - A generation positon of a gravity and an observation position are appropriately specified according to traffic environment and traffic rules. Thus, safety autonomous driving is enabled based on Theory of Relativity (gravitational field theory). | 2020-01-23 |
20200026275 | METHOD FOR ALLEVIATING AND PROTECTING LOADS FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method for alleviating and protecting loads of a lifting surface of an aircraft based on control of structural distortions of the lifting surface. The lifting surface includes a control surface, a maneuvering system for displacing the control surface and sensors which measure a dimensional characteristic linked to the distortion of the lifting surface. The method acquires characteristic data linked to the distortion of the lifting surface, determines a set of values of the shape, analyzes the value of the strain attribute and compares the set of values characterizing the shape to the values of the tolerance interval associated with the lifting surface. If the set of values characterizing the shape is outside of the interval, the process triggers an activation of the maneuvering system to displace the control surface from an initial position in order to alleviate the loads on the lifting surface. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026276 | MULTIMODAL MOTION PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - Methods and systems for multimodal motion planning framework for autonomous driving vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, driving environment data of an autonomous vehicle is received, where the environment data includes a route segment. The route segment is segmented into a number of route sub-segments. A specific driving scenario is assigned to each of the route sub-segments, where each specific driving scenario is included in a set of driving scenarios. A first motion planning algorithm is assigned according to a first assigned driving scenario included in the set of driving scenarios. The first motion planning algorithm is invoked to generate a first set of trajectories. The autonomous vehicle is controlled based on the first set of trajectories. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026277 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING DECISIONS AT INTERSECTIONS USING HIERARCHICAL OPTIONS MARKOV DECISION PROCESS - A method in an autonomous vehicle (AV) is provided. The method includes determining, from vehicle sensor data and road geometry data, a plurality of range measurements and obstacle velocity data; determining vehicle state data wherein the vehicle state data includes a velocity of the AV, a distance to a stop line, a distance to a midpoint of an intersection, and a distance to a goal; determining, based on the plurality of range measurements, the obstacle velocity data and the vehicle state data, a set of discrete behavior actions and a unique trajectory control action associated with each discrete behavior action; choosing a discrete behavior action and a unique trajectory control action to perform; and communicating a message to vehicle controls conveying the unique trajectory control action associated with the discrete behavior action. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026278 | SCENE CREATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND METHODS THEREOF - This disclosure describes a vehicle system for identifying environmental objects within an operator's surroundings in a first window and removing object obstructions through a neural network in a second window to generate a rendered window, or scene, for display. As more windows are processed, the neural network may increase its understanding of the surroundings. The neural network may be a generative adversarial network (GAN) that may be trained to identify environmental objects by introducing noise data into those environmental objects. After receiving a first window from at least one camera on the vehicle, a rendered window may be created from a second window received from the at least one camera based on environmental objects identified within the first window through the GAN and removing object obstructions. The rendered window, without the object obstructions, and having superimposed environmental objects based on the GAN, may be displayed on an output device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026279 | SMART NEIGHBORHOOD ROUTING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for smart neighborhood routing for autonomous vehicles. Example methods may include determining, by one or more computer processors coupled to at least one memory, a first set of inputs indicative of real estate locations, determining a set of real estate options based at least in part on the first set of inputs, the set of real estate options comprising a first real estate option, determining that the first real estate option is selected for viewing by a user, and determining a route from a first location to a second location, the second location associated with the first real estate option, wherein the route includes at least one stopping point. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY DELIVERING COMMODITY TO THE RECIPIENT'S PREFERRED ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for autonomously transporting and delivering one or more commodities from drop-off point to recipient preferred environment, is disclosed. The system is configured to analyze an authorized person's voice command or request and executes the request. The system provides at least two modes of operation to deliver the commodities comprising mapped location delivery mode and human following delivery mode. The system is configured to analyze the command and extract the delivery location. The system is further configured to identify the location of the point of the interest based on object detection system and environment understanding system, to deliver the commodities. At human following delivery mode, the ADV follows the recipient and saves the location or path data once the preferred environment is located. At mapped location delivery mode, ADV maneuvers itself to the destination location by retrieving information on recipient's previous history of delivering commodities. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026281 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY VEHICLE WITH INTELLIGENT RAMP CONTROL - A system and method for providing an autonomous delivery vehicle (ADV) incorporated with intelligent ramp control is disclosed. The ADV is configured to make decisions to deploy/retract the ramps depending on some conditions around the ADV. The ADV comprising a computing device including a means for executing artificial intelligence (AI) software, a ramp system comprising a plurality of ramps, and a sensor assembly in communication with the computing device to collect environmental data around the ADV. The data is communicated to the AI software, which is configured to analyze the environmental data to detect one or more obstacles proximate to the plurality of ramps of the ADV. Further, AI software determines a decision to deploy/retract at least one ramp based on the analysis and transmits the decision to the computing device. The computing device is configured to manipulate each ramp to deploy/retract based on the received decision. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026282 | LANE/OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING PERCEPTION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - According to some embodiments, a system pre-processes, via a first thread, a captured image perceiving an environment surrounding the ADV obtained from an image capturing device of the ADV. The system processes, via a second thread, the pre-processed image with a corresponding depth image captured by a ranging device of the ADV using a machine learning model to detect vehicle lanes. The system post-processes, via a third thread, the detected vehicle lanes to track the vehicle lanes relative to the ADV. The system generates a trajectory based on a lane line of the tracked vehicle lanes to control the ADV autonomously according to the trajectory. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026283 | AUTONOMOUS ROUTE DETERMINATION | 2020-01-23 |
20200026284 | Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance Device - A driving assistance method for an autonomous vehicle requests an occupant in the host vehicle to approve passage through an intersection and, upon receiving approval from the occupant, controls the host vehicle to pass through the intersection. The method comprises detecting a situation at an intersection where the host vehicle is approaching; determining whether or not the host vehicle will need to make a temporary stop at the intersection, based on the detected situation at the intersection; and if it is determined that a temporary stop will be needed, delaying the timing to request the occupant to approve passage through the intersection as compared to the timing that would be used if it was determined that a temporary stop would not be needed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026285 | GENERAL PURPOSE ROBOTICS OPERATING SYSTEM WITH UNMANNED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE EXTENSIONS - The present disclosure provides a general purpose operating system (GPROS) that shows particular usefulness in the robotics and automation fields. The operating system provides individual services and the combination and interconnections of such services using built-in service extensions, built-in completely configurable generic services, and ways to plug in additional service extensions to yield a comprehensive and cohesive framework for developing, configuring, assembling, constructing, deploying, and managing robotics and/or automation applications. The disclosure includes GPROS extensions and features directed to use as an autonomous vehicle operating system. The vehicle controlled by appropriate versions of the GPROS can include unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) applications such as a driverless or self-driving car. The vehicle can likewise or instead include an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) such as a helicopter or drone. In cases, the vehicle can include an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), such as a submarine or other submersible. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026286 | MULTI-PERSPECTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEHAVIORAL POLICY SELECTION BY AN AUTONOMOUS AGENT - A system and a method for autonomous decisioning and operation by an autonomous agent includes: collecting decisioning data including: collecting a first stream of data includes observation data obtained by onboard sensors of the autonomous agent, wherein each of the onboard sensors is physically arranged on the autonomous agent; collecting a second stream of data includes observation data obtained by offboard infrastructure devices, the offboard infrastructure devices being arranged geographically remote from and in an operating environment of the autonomous agent; implementing a decisioning data buffer that includes the first stream of data from the onboard sensors and the second stream of data from the offboard sensors; generating current state data; generating/estimating intent data for each of one or more agents within the operating environment of the autonomous agent; identifying a plurality of candidate behavioral policies; and selecting and executing at least one of the plurality of candidate behavioral policies. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026287 | METHOD OF REAL TIME VEHICLE RECOGNITION WITH NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING NETWORK FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - Described is a system for online vehicle recognition in an autonomous driving environment. Using a learning network comprising an unsupervised learning component and a supervised learning component, images of moving vehicles extracted from videos captured in the autonomous driving environment are learned and classified. Vehicle feature data is extracted from input moving vehicle images. The extracted vehicle feature data is clustered into different vehicle classes using the unsupervised learning component. Vehicle class labels for the different vehicle classes are generated using the supervised learning component. Based on a vehicle class label for a moving vehicle in the autonomous driving environment, the system selects an action to be performed by the autonomous vehicle, and causes the selected action to be performed by the autonomous vehicle in the autonomous driving environment. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026288 | GUIDANCE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN DESTINATION VICINITIES USING INTENT SIGNALS - Signals usable to determine a path of a vehicle towards a particular stopping point in a vicinity of a destination are detected from an individual authorized to provide guidance with respect to movements of the vehicle. Based at least in part on the signals and a data set pertaining to the external environment of the vehicle, one or more vehicular movements to be implemented to proceed along the path are identified. A directive is transmitted to a motion control subsystem of the vehicle to initiate one of the vehicular movements. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026289 | DISTRIBUTED TRAFFIC SAFETY CONSENSUS - Sensor data is accessed, which was generated sensors of a device in an environment. An observation of an event is determined, from the sensor data, that identifies movement of one or more machines within the environment in association with the event, where at least one of the machines is configured to move autonomously. Observation data is generated to describe the observation. The observation data is caused to be stored in a distributed linked data structure. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026290 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA SHARING USING MEC SERVER IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM - A method for sharing data using a mobile edge computing (MEC) server in an autonomous driving system includes receiving a first controller area network (CAN) message from a first vehicle, generating a V2X message including information of the first CAN message when autonomous vehicle information is registered in the MEC server, and transmitting the V2X message to an autonomous vehicle connected to the MEC server via broadcast. This allows data to be shared between vehicles using different data types. At least one of an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal, and a server of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (Unmannered Aerial Vehicle, UAV) robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to a 5G service, and the like. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026291 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING GOODS IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM - In a method for delivering goods by a server in an autonomous driving system, a vehicle can deliver goods through steps of: receiving information on a target vehicle from the target vehicle; transmitting a travel request message to the target vehicle on the basis of the information on the target vehicle; receiving, from a delivery vehicle, a goods delivery request message for delivering goods to the target vehicle; determining a merging point indicating a point at which the goods will be delivered and a merging time indicating a time at which the delivery vehicle will meet the target vehicle at the merging point; and transmitting information on the goods, the merging point and the merging time to the target vehicle and the delivery vehicle. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026292 | Voxel Based Ground Plane Estimation and Object Segmentation - Systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein are directed to performing segmentation on voxels representing three-dimensional data to identify static and dynamic objects. LIDAR data may be captured by a perception system for an autonomous vehicle and represented in a voxel space. Operations may include determining a drivable surface by parsing individual voxels to determine an orientation of a surface normal of a planar approximation of the voxelized data relative to a reference direction. Clustering techniques can be used to grow a ground plane including a plurality of locally flat voxels. Ground plane data can be set aside from the voxel space, and the remaining voxels can be clustered to determine objects. Voxel data can be analyzed over time to determine dynamic objects. Segmentation information associated with ground voxels, static object, and dynamic objects can be provided to a tracker and/or planner in conjunction with operating the autonomous vehicle. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026293 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR PROPELLING SYSTEM - A control device for a propelling system of a vessel that can support a safe sailing of the vessel while reducing the load, of a steersman by executing automatic sailing control on the vessel when the vessel enters or approaches a specific water area where the sailing is limited. When determining that a hull stays within the specific water area in a state where a revolution speed and a rotational direction of a propeller and a posture of an outboard engine are controlled based on a signal inputted from a controlling device, an ECU of the outboard engine switches the sailing of the hull to an automatic sailing where the revolution speed and rotational direction of the propeller and the posture of the outboard engine are controlled without the intervention of the controlling device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026294 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving system sets a driving route of the vehicle based on an object recognition status of the vehicle and updates the object recognition status of the vehicle, thereby securing the quality of object recognition and object recognition-based autonomous driving services. According to the present disclosure, one or more of the autonomous vehicle, user terminal, and server may be related to artificial intelligence (AI) modules, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, and 5G service-related devices. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026295 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A FULLY AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MODE - The disclosure relates to a method for operating a piloted motor vehicle, comprising the following steps carried out by a control device: determining a parking time period and a parking location of the motor vehicle on the basis of an appointment calendar signal received from a mobile terminal, which appointment calendar signal describes at least one appointment and a waiting location of the motor vehicle associated with the appointment, and creating an operating plan for the motor vehicle in accordance therewith. In accordance with at least one task signal, each of which describes a travel destination to which the motor vehicle should drive, a linking route for linking at least one travel destination to the parking location and a corresponding travel time are determined. A time window for traveling the linking route is determined with the travel time as a minimum length, and a navigation signal, which describes the linking route, is transferred to a navigation device for controlling the motor vehicle along the linking route in the determined time window. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026296 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING DYNAMICS CONTROL FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE - A method for driving dynamics control for a transportation vehicle, wherein a manipulated variable of the driving dynamics is controlled by a control circuit having two degrees of freedom, consisting of a pilot control and a controller, to drive through a planned trajectory, wherein the control circuit has an iteratively learning controller which cyclically repeats classifying the planned trajectory by a classification device, retrieving a manipulated variable profile for the iteratively learning controller from a database based on the classification, recording a control fault of the control circuit and/or a manipulated variable of the controller when driving through the planned trajectory by a memory, and adapting the manipulated variable profile of the iteratively learning controller based on the recorded control fault and/or the recorded manipulated variable of the controller. Also disclosed is an associated device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026297 | OUTPUT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An onboard device | 2020-01-23 |
20200026298 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Intent of an Autonomous Vehicle - The present disclosure provides systems and methods to communicate intent of an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can receive, from an autonomy computing system of an autonomous vehicle, data indicating an intent of the autonomous vehicle to perform a driving maneuver. It can be determined that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle. Responsive to determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle, a graphical interface indicating the intent of the autonomous vehicle can be generated and provided for display for viewing by the passenger. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026299 | Method for Operating a Highly Automated or Fully Automated Vehicle - A method for operating an automated vehicle includes receiving environment data and determining and/or detecting a fire based on the environment data. The method further includes determining a distance of the fire from a road to be traveled by the vehicle and/or from a planned trajectory of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a danger level posed by the fire to the vehicle occupants based on the determined distance and providing an output signal for operating the vehicle based on the determined danger level. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026300 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The planned route creating unit | 2020-01-23 |
20200026301 | Planning Robot Stopping Points to Avoid Collisions - An example method includes determining a path to be followed by a vehicle through an environment. The path includes an ordered sequence of positions. The method also includes determining an intersection between a first object in the environment and a first area planned to be occupied by the vehicle while moving along the path and, in response, sequentially testing the ordered sequence of positions to identify a first ordinal position in the ordered sequence of positions, where the first ordinal position corresponds to a second area planned to be occupied by the vehicle while moving along the path, and where the second area is within a threshold distance of the first object. The method additionally includes trimming the path to remove (i) the first ordinal position and (ii) any positions subsequent thereto and causing the vehicle to stop at an end of the trimmed path. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROAD HAZARD DETECTION - A method and an apparatus for detecting a road hazard are provided. The method includes acquiring one or more sensor data from one or more sensors. The method further acquires traffic reference information and compares the one or more sensor data with the traffic reference information. A road hazard can be identified based on a comparison result between a first sensor data and the traffic reference information. Further, other sensor data are annotated to be associated with the road hazard. The other sensor data are collected within a same time frame in which the first sensor data captures the road hazard. The first sensor data that captures the road hazard and the other sensor data that are associated with the road hazard is output to a machine learning algorithm. The machine learning algorithm is trained based on the sensor data and deployed to identify a similar road hazard thereafter. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026303 | Actively Modifying a Field of View of an Autonomous Vehicle in view of Constraints - Methods and devices for actively modifying a field of view of an autonomous vehicle in view of constraints are disclosed. In one embodiment, an example method is disclosed that includes causing a sensor in an autonomous vehicle to sense information about an environment in a first field of view, where a portion of the environment is obscured in the first field of view. The example method further includes determining a desired field of view in which the portion of the environment is not obscured and, based on the desired field of view and a set of constraints for the vehicle, determining a second field of view in which the portion of the environment is less obscured than in the first field of view. The example method further includes modifying a position of the vehicle, thereby causing the sensor to sense information in the second field of view. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026304 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE POSITION CALIBRATION USING RACK LEG IDENTIFICATION - A materials handling vehicle includes a camera, an odometry module to generate odometry data, a processor, and a drive mechanism. The camera captures images of an identifier for a racking system aisle and at least a rack leg portion positioned in the aisle. The processor uses the identifier to generate information indicative of an initial rack leg position and rack leg spacing in the aisle, generate an initial vehicle position using the initial rack leg position, generate a vehicle odometry-based position in the aisle using odometry data and the initial vehicle position, detect a subsequent rack leg using a captured image, correlate the detected subsequent rack leg with an expected vehicle position using rack leg spacing, generate an odometry error signal based on a difference between the expected vehicle position and the vehicle odometry-based position, and update the vehicle odometry-based position using the odometry error signal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026305 | HAUL VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND HAUL VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A haul vehicle control system includes a reference line creating unit configured to create, on the basis of a boundary curve of a running area in a work site where a haul vehicle runs, a reference line set in the running area, and a running course creating unit configured to create a running course for the haul vehicle which is set in the running area on the basis of the reference line. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026306 | MANAGING SYNCHRONIZED MOVEMENT OF A SET OF VEHICLES - Method and system for managing synchronized movement of a set of vehicles. Based on a set of parameters and goals for a vehicle having an agent component, negotiating with one or more other vehicles to form a coalition of vehicles with a set of common parameter values and common goals. The method may: synchronize with the other vehicles in the coalition to result in a positioning of the vehicle in relation to the other vehicles and to synchronize time; combine the agent component of the vehicle with one or more agent components of the other vehicles in the coalition to form a distributed agent system; control the coalition of vehicles with common commands from the distributed agent system in response to feedback from sensors in each of the vehicles; and enable an override of the coalition by the vehicle agent component in response to a breach of safety parameters. | 2020-01-23 |
20200026307 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A CLIMB PROFILE - A method and system of determining or predicting a climb profile for an aircraft, includes receiving, by a controller module, an initial climb profile defining a portion of a flight plan for the aircraft between takeoff and a cruise profile, and an altitude climb constraint defining at least one altitude limitation of the aircraft, determining, by the controller module, that the initial climb profile does not satisfy the altitude constraint, and determining an updated climb profile based on a set of subsequent climb models. | 2020-01-23 |