08th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200057050 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING IMMUNOTHERAPY TOXICITY - Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring and assessing immunotherapy toxicity are discussed. An exemplary system receives physiologic information from a patient using an ambulatory medical device. In response to an immunotherapy such as CAR T-cell therapy, the system determines a toxicity indication using the received physiologic information. A therapy can be initiated or adjusted using the toxicity indication. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057051 | CELLULAR-BASED METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF DEFIBROTIDE - The present invention relates to cell-based methods for determining the biological activity of defibrotide. In particular, the invention provides a method for assessing the potency of defibrotide by assessing the viability of mammalian cells in the presence of at least one cytotoxic agent and one or more concentrations of defibrotide. Such methods are particularly useful for standardizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising defibrotide. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057052 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR INDUCING PATERNAL UBE3A EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to oligonucleotides that are capable of inducing expression of ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) from the paternal allele in animal or human neurons. The oligonucleotides target the suppressor of the UBE3A paternal allele by hybridization to SNHG14 long non-coding RNA downstream of SNORD109B. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of Angelman syndrome. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057053 | METHODS RELATED TO BRONCHIAL PREMALIGNANT LESION SEVERITY AND PROGRESSION - The technology described herein is directed to methods of treating and diagnosing bronchial premalignant lesions, e.g. by determining the lesion subtype using one or more biomarkers described herein. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057054 | METHODS OF DIFFERENTIATING PREADIPOCYTES AND USES THEREOF - Described herein are methods of transdifferentiating preadipocytes, populations of transdifferentiated preadipocytes, and methods of using the transdifferentated preadipocytes. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057055 | NONSPECIFIC REACTION INHIBITOR - The invention relates to a nonspecific reaction inhibitor for an immunoassay containing an anti-mammal-derived IgM antibody in which, in ELISA assay, a ratio A2/A1 of an absorbance A2 which is obtained when a reaction of the anti-mammal-derived IgM antibody with cat IgM is carried out to an absorbance A1 which is obtained when a reaction of the anti-mammal-derived IgM antibody with dog IgM is carried out is 0.1 or more and 1.5 or less and in which, in ELISA assay, a ratio A3/A1 of an absorbance A3 which is obtained when a reaction of the anti-mammal-derived IgM antibody with human IgM is carried out to the absorbance A1 which is obtained when the reaction of the anti-mammal-derived IgM antibody with dog IgM is carried out is 0.5 or more, which can sufficiently inhibit a nonspecific reaction. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057056 | METHOD OF DETECTING OR QUANTIFYING DETECTION TARGET IN SPECIMEN, METHOD OF AGITATING REACTION MIXTURE, METHOD OF CAUSING FLOW OF LIQUID MEDIUM, ADDITIVE, REAGENT, AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a method of detecting or quantifying a detection target in a specimen includes: irradiating a reaction mixture with light to cause a flow of a liquid part of the reaction mixture, the reaction mixture containing: an affinity material including a carrier and an affinity substance that is carried on the carrier and has affinity to the detection target; a nanostirrer including a metal nanoparticle; and the specimen; and detecting or quantifying the detection target based on a complex composed of the affinity material and the detection target. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057057 | Methods and reagents for Toxoplasma infection diagnosis - Point-of-care (POC) testing for | 2020-02-20 |
20200057058 | OLIGOMERIZED PROTEIN-POLYMER CONJUGATES - The present disclosure relates to protein-polymer conjugates comprising an engineered binding oligomer protein and a polymer for detection of a ligand of interest, methods, compositions and kits thereof. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057059 | POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTIC CARTRIDGE HAVING A DIGITAL MICRO-FLUIDIC TESTING SUBSTRATE - A specimen delivery cartridge includes a lower housing, and an upper housing. The upper housing is coupled to the lower housing at a hinge. The specimen delivery cartridge further comprises a testing chamber comprising a paper testing substrate. The paper testing substrate may include a wicking conduit and a plurality of test areas. The specimen delivery cartridge may also include a lens assembly proximate the plurality of test areas and operable to transmit light emissions from the plurality of test areas to an image sensor of a computing device. In some embodiments, the specimen delivery cartridge includes a testing substrate having a plurality of test areas made of an array of electrodes. Each electrode is printed on a first side of the testing substrate and coupled to a conductive via formed in the testing substrate and a conductive trace printed on a second, opposing side of the testing substrate. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CYCLIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING - Methods and systems for improved labeling and/or de-labeling a molecule or cell in the context of scientific experimentation, industrial applications, and clinical investigation, including the means to repeat the process of labeling and de-labeling in an efficient manner. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057061 | BIOMARKER SIGNATURES OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides a method for determining a systemic lupus erythematosus-associated disease state in a subject comprising the steps of (a) providing a sample to be tested; and (b) measuring the presence and/or amount in the test sample of one or more biomarker(s) selected from the group defined in Table A, wherein the presence and/or amount in the test sample of the one or more biomarker(s) selected from the group defined in Table A is indicative of a systemic lupus. The invention also provides an array and a kit suitable for use in the methods of the invention. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057062 | DIAGNOSTIC MARKER FOR PREDICTING EFFICACY OF RA DRUG AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A use of an enhancer of rudimentary homolog (ERH) or a fragment thereof, in the preparation of a reagent for monitoring drug efficacy for rheumatoid arthritis, is provided. 35 proteins as candidate ACPA-negative RA autoantigens, 8 proteins as candidate autoantigens for predicting disease activity, and 6 proteins as candidate autoantigens for predicting treatment effect were screened by hybridizing high density protein chips with RA serum. Of the 6 proteins as candidate autoantigens for predicting treatment effect, one autoantigen, ERH, can successfully determine the effect of drug treatment on RA, and the AUC for predicting efficacy may be up to 0.733. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057063 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PRESENCE OF A THIOETHER AND KIT FOR DETECTING SAME - A method for detecting a malaria infection whereby providing a mouth cleansing product to a user then asking the user to blow or breathe onto or into a capture mechanism, wherein the capture mechanism may contain a thioether detection mechanism such as Michler's Hydrol; and analyzing whether a thioether detection mechanism displays any loss of the thioether detection mechanism. The invention also discloses a kit for indicating the presence of malaria by instructing the user to exhale through a capture mechanism after using a mouth cleansing product, wherein the kit includes a thioether detection mechanism such as Michler's Hydrol. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057064 | CD24HICD38HI TRANSITIONAL B CELLS AND CD9 AS NEW BIOMARKER OF LONG-TERM HUMAN LUNG ALLOGRAFT SURVIVIAL - The present invention relates to an in vitro method for determining the risk of occurrence of chronic lung graft dysfunction in a human subject comprising: a) measuring the level of CD9 | 2020-02-20 |
20200057065 | DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND PURIFICATION OF DEGRADATIVE AND NON-DEGRADATIVE ENZYMES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - Provided are methods of identifying, visualizing and purifying proteases from a complex biological sample. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057066 | NON-INVASIVE ENZYME SCREEN FOR TISSUE REMODELLING-ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS - Methods and kits for diagnosing the presence of and prognosing the appearance of tissue remodelling-associated conditions, involving the presence of enzyme complexes in a biological sample, are disclosed. In particular, the method pertains to diagnosing the presence of or prognosing appearance of metastatic cancer by the identification of high molecular weight enzyme complexes comprising MMPs. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057067 | METHOD OF DETECTING CANCER OR CANCER CELLS - The present invention provides methods of detecting breast cancer or breast cancer cells comprising: (a) obtaining a liquid sample from a subject which sample comprises cells, microvesicles and/or exosomes; and (b) determining the presence of soluble or cell surface associated Cyr61 in the sample; wherein the liquid sample is selected from blood, and/or bone marrow aspirate and wherein the determination of the presence of Cyr61 comprises detection via ELISA. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057068 | Determining a Cancer Prognosis - Provided herein are methods of determining the aggressiveness, prognosis and response to therapy for cancer, such as non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), which includes determining an expression level of one or a plurality of differentially expressed protein markers in an exosome sample from a subject. A method and agent for treating cancer are also provided. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057069 | METHODS FOR SINGLE-CELL PROSTATE TISSUE CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION OF CANCER PROGRESSION - In certain embodiments, this application discloses methods for the diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer. In some embodiments, the invention takes advantage of the combinatorial utility of certain biomarkers to prognose and diagnose prostate cancer at an early stage. In certain embodiments, the methods described herein do not require the selection of cells from a particular tissue compartment, and are therefore suitable for analysis of cancer tissue in which compartmentalization is lost. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057070 | DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR LIVER DISORDERS - The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing a liver disorder in a patient, as well as methods of monitoring the progression of a liver disorder and/or methods of monitoring a treatment protocol of a therapeutic agent or a chemotherapeutic regimen. The invention also relates to assay methods used in connection with the diagnostic methods described herein. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057071 | 1,1 '-[[(SUBSTITUTED ALKYL)IMINO]BIS(ALKYLENE)]BIS-FERROCENES AND THEIR USE IN I ELECTROCHEMICAL ASSAYS BY LABELLING SUBSTRATES OF INTEREST - Compounds of general formula I wherein Fc and Fc′ may be the same or different and are substituted ferrocenyl moieties having at least one ring substituent selected from sulfur-containing groups, phosphorus-containing groups, iodo, chloro, silyl, fluoroalkyl groups containing two or more fluorine atoms, heteroaryl, substituted phenyl, and cyano, wherein if present as sole substituent the cyano group is located on the proximal cyclopentadienyl ring; X is a spacer, Y is a spacer, Z is a spacer; and R is a linker group. Compound I may be used to make labelled substrates, functionalised compounds for making labelled substrates and may be used as labels in an electrochemical assay. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057072 | FLUORESCENT FUSION PROTEINS FOR USE AS REPORTERS IN MULTIPLEXED BIOASSAYS - A bioassay for the detection of multiple target analytes that includes living immunocytes of a plurality of predetermined types; a signal-generating reporter within each immunocyte that is responsive to predetermined changes occurring within the immunocyte and that includes a bioluminescent protein linked to a fluorescent protein; a signal transduction pathway associated with each signal-generating reporter that is operative to induce the predetermined changes within each immunocyte; a detector element associated with the signal transduction pathway that is operative to trigger the signal transduction pathway; an analyte binding element associated with the detector element that is specific to both the detector element and a target analyte; and wherein upon the binding of an analyte binding element to which a target analyte is also bound to the detector element, the detector element triggers the signal transduction pathway causing the predetermined changes to occur within the living biological cell, thereby causing the signal-generating reporter to generate a detectable signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057073 | Methods for De Novo Protein Sequencing - A method for determining an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide, including comprising: contacting a first sample containing the polypeptide with a first protease(e.g., Trypsin) to produce a first set of digested peptide fragments; fragmenting the first set of digested peptide fragments to produce a first set of fragmented peptide ions; determining masses of the first set of fragmented peptide ions; contacting a second sample containing the polypeptide with a second protease (e.g., Tryp-N); fragmenting the second set of digested peptide fragments to produce a second set of fragmented peptide ions; selecting pairs of peptide ions from the first and the second set of fragmented peptide ions that differ in mass by a mass of an arginine amino acid residue or a lysine amino acid residue; assigning an ion type (either N-terminal peptide ion or C-terminal peptide ion) to the selected pairs of the peptide ions from two sets of fragmented peptide ions;selecting a mass ladder of the same-type peptide ions in either set of fragmented peptide ions with incremental mass by the mass of amino acid residue(s), and assembling the identified amino acid residues from the mass ladder to determine the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide of interest. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057074 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF GLUTEN SENSITIVITY, AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION FROM CELIAC DISEASE - Antibodies are used as biomarkers to assist in distinguishing gluten immune reactivity and sensitivity, silent celiac disease, Crohn's disease and other gut-related pathologies from classical celiac disease. In one class of embodiments, sera, saliva or other samples from a human or other animal are tested for antibodies to (a) a wheat antigen; (b) a gliadin antigen; and (c) one or more of a wheat germ agglutinin, a gluteomorphin, a glutenin, a deamidated glutenin, a prodynorphin, and a dynorphin. Test results are considered particularly interesting where the wheat antigen and the gliadin antigen are both selected from the group consisting of native and deamidated forms of α-gliadin 33-mer, α-gliadin-17-mer, γ-gliadin-15-mer, ω-gliadin-17-mer, and glutenin 21-mer. Test plates and kits can advantageously test for antibodies to at least three, five, seven or all of mixed wheat antigens, α-gliadin, γ-gliadin, ω-gliadin, glutenin, α-glutenin, wheat germ agglutinin, gluteomorphin, prodynorphins, transglutaminase-2, transglutaminase-3, transglutaminase-6, and gliadin-bound transglutaminase. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057075 | SEROLOGIC ASSAY FOR SILENT BRAIN ISCHEMIA - A method for detection or monitoring status of silent brain ischemia (SBI) and cerebrovascular health. The assay reagents and methods described herein provide a specific indicator of cerebral microvascular disease, enabling clinicians to identify patients at risk for the development of SBI. A method of treating a subject having silent brain ischemia and/or metabolic syndrome comprises administering to the subject aspirin therapy, blood pressure therapy, body weight management, and/or a program of diet and exercise when levels of two or more SBI markers are elevated. Described herein are molecules that are produced by cerebral endothelial cells exposed to chronic vascular risk factors including obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and glucose intolerance. These stress molecules produced by cerebral endothelial cells are detectable in the serum and serve as diagnostic indicators of brain-specific endothelial cell damage and correlate with MRI indicators of silent stroke and impaired cognitive function. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057076 | METHODS OF TREATING PATIENTS AT RISK FOR RENAL INJURY AND RENAL FAILURE - The p21 biomarker is utilized in the evaluation of whether a patient is suffering from kidney injury or failure, and can be used in methods of treating kidney injury or failure by determining the appropriateness of one or more of initiating renal replacement therapy, withdrawing delivery of compounds that are known to be damaging to the kidney, delaying or avoiding procedures that are known to be damaging to the kidney, and modifying diuretic administration. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057077 | METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING INTER-ALPHA INHIBITOR PROTEINS - Described herein are methods for quantifying lAIP levels in a sample (e.g., from a subject) using lAIP ligand-based assays. Also disclosed are methods for measuring lAIP-IAIP ligand complexes, and methods of evaluating, monitoring, and treating subjects using the aforementioned lAIP quantification methods. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057078 | MELANOTRANSFERRIN FOR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSON`S DISEASE - The present invention is the protein of melanotransferrin, or an encoding nucleic acid of same, for use in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). The invention is a method of diagnosis of PD in a subject, for assessing the level of melanotransferrin in the saliva or in a saliva sample of the subject and determining whether the level is above or below a value of 8.6 μg/ml, wherein a value below 8.6 μg/ml is indicative of PD. Another aspect is a kit having at least one reagent, preferably an antibody, for the quantification of melanotransferrin in the saliva or in a saliva sample of a subject enabling the comparison of the quantification with a predetermined cut-off value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057079 | BIOMARKER FOR MENTAL DISORDERS INCLUDING COGNITIVE DISORDERS, AND METHOD USING SAID BIOMARKER TO DETECT MENTAL DISORDERS INCLUDING COGNITIVE DISORDERS - Methods are provided that detect cognitive impairment including mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease by using a protein or its partial peptide that differs in presence or absence. Novel biomarkers are also provided for cognitive impairment and non-psychiatric disease, as well as methods for detecting cognitive impairment using such biomarkers. Specifically, a biomarker for diagnosis is provided that comprises a protein fragment or peptide of not less than 5 amino acid residues arising from at least one protein or peptide selected from the group of proteins consisting of an amino acid sequence expressed by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, or 20 and selected from the group of partial peptide in these proteins consisting of an amino acid sequence expressed by SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, or 21. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057080 | MASS SPECTROMETRY ASSAY FOR CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA - Methods are provided for detecting the amount of one or more CAH panel analytes (i.e., pregnenolone, 17-OH pregnenolone, progesterone, 17-OH progesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, testosterone, deoxycorticosterone, 11-deoxycortisol, and cortisol) in a sample by mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve ionizing one or more CAH panel analytes in a sample and quantifying the generated ions to determine the amount of one or more CAH panel analytes in the sample. In methods where amounts of multiple CAH panel analytes are detected, the amounts of multiple analytes are detected in the same sample injection. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057081 | System and Method for Managing Animal Cancers by Disabling the Cancer Cells Ability to Reproduce - This invention provides tools and methods that prevent a cancer cell from growing and reproducing more cancer cells in a diseased animal. When growth ceases the body's immune defenses are enabled to attack and destroy these cells if the cancer cell itself has not initiated its own natural apoptotic self-destruction processes. The tools and methods of the invention obstruct the metabolic adaptions required to support cancer growth. By addressing the increased rates of metabolism characteristic of all rapidly reproducing cancer cells using chemical and/or physical nanotechnology to identify, segregate, isolate these hypermetabolizing cells, the body's immune system and other natural defenses are empowered to further isolate and eliminate the diseased cells. The extreme growth rates required for their rapid reproduction involve massively increased rates of the biochemical reactions supporting the cancerous growth. Each excess reaction produces extra heat and raises the internal cell's temperature and the tissue space immediate to the rapidly growing cells. This heat signature is used as a primary biomarker that enables binding of a nanoviral particle engineered to migrate to at attach at the target site at the site and prevent the cell from continued metabolism. Preferably, the nanoparticle not only binds and blocks external membrane receptors on the target cell, but incorporates into the rapidly metabolizing cells additional metabolic blocking agents to stop their growth. When cell growth and proliferation are stopped, the body's natural defenses are able to segregate and eliminate these cells. The massively increased rates of metabolic reactions characteristic of cancer cells also produce excess acid. The decreased pH is useful as a secondary or confirmatory marker for identifying these cancer cells. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057082 | METHOD OF MEASURING CHOLESTEROL LEVELS BY USING IMMUNOGENIC METHOD - Disclosed is a method for measuring cholesterol by using a cholesterol dependent cytolysin (CDC), which is a cholesterol binding protein, and an antibody specifically recognizing HDL-C or LDL-C. The method according to the subject matter is capable of rapidly measuring low density lipoproteins and high density lipoproteins at low cost, and thus can be effectively applied in various fields requiring the measurement of low density lipoproteins and high density lipoproteins. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057083 | IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SUGGESTING ASSAYS BASED ON INPUT DATA - Methods and apparatus for performing diagnostic assays using recommendations based on one or more user input are described herein. In an embodiment, a system for diagnosing and testing a patient for one or more disease includes an assay apparatus configured to perform a plurality of different assays on a patient sample using a plurality of stored capture reagents, a user interface in operable communication with the assay apparatus, the user interface configured to allow input of a patient's symptoms, and a control unit in operable communication with the user interface, the control unit configured to (i) analyze a disease profile database based on the symptoms inputted into the user interface, (ii) output at least one recommended assay based on the analysis of the disease profile database, and (iii) cause the assay apparatus to perform the at least one assay using at least one of the plurality of capture reagents. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057084 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE READER FOR FAST BIOCHEMICAL TESTING - The present patent of invention relates to a reader device for biological samples used in the field of remote laboratory tests (TLR), for clinical diagnostic purposes, based on an optimized design constituted by a cowling (C) with inlet port (OE) and with switch (I); by a holding support (SS) containing a mirror (ES), two batteries (BT), two reading illumination arrays (BIL), operational status illumination arrays (BIS) and an elevator support (SE); by an elevator (EL); by an electronics board (PE) with energy loading circuit (PE- | 2020-02-20 |
20200057085 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUID AND COMPONENT HANDLING - Systems and methods are provided for sample processing. A device may be provided, capable of receiving the sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing multiple assays. The device may comprise one or more modules that may be capable of performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing the steps using a small volume of sample. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057086 | AUTOMATED MEDICAL SAMPLE COLLECTION AND TESTING FOR PROVIDING BLOOD COAGULATION INDICATION - A sample collection and testing device for analyzing blood is provided that includes a controller, a fluid flow pathway, a pump configured to move fluid through the fluid pathway, and an optical fluid measurement element configured to measure a light intensity of the fluid in the fluid flow pathway. The controller is configured to: start the pump to move a blood sample in the fluid flow pathway, receive a signal from the optical fluid measurement element indicating a detection of a leading edge of the blood in the fluid flow pathway, stop the pump to stop the moving of the blood in the pathway, receive a plurality of light intensity measurements from the optical measurement element, each light intensity measurement measured at a corresponding point of time, and provide a mapping of the light intensity measurements into an indication of a coagulation of the blood sample over a time period. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057087 | APPLYING A POSITIVE FEEDBACK VOLTAGE TO AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SENSOR UTILIZING A VOLTAGE-TO-VOLTAGE CONVERTER TO FACILITATE A REDUCTION OF CHARGE FLOW IN SUCH SENSOR REPRESENTING SPRING SOFTENING - Reducing a sensitivity of an electromechanical sensor is presented herein. The electromechanical sensor comprises a sensitivity with respect to a variation of a mechanical-to-electrical gain of a sense element of the electromechanical sensor; and a voltage-to-voltage converter component that minimizes the sensitivity by coupling, via a defined feedback capacitance, a positive feedback voltage to a sense electrode of the sense element—the sense element electrically coupled to an input of the voltage-to-voltage converter component. In one example, the voltage-to-voltage converter component minimizes the sensitivity by maintaining, via the defined feedback capacitance, a constant charge at the sense electrode. In another example, the electromechanical sensor comprises a capacitive sense element comprising a first node comprising the sense electrode. Further, a bias voltage component can apply a bias voltage to a second node of the electromechanical sensor. In yet another example, the electromechanical sensor comprises a piezoelectric sense element. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057088 | ISOLATING SENSOR ASSEMBLY USING ELASTIC MATERIAL - A sensor assembly is disclosed. The sensor assembly includes a housing that includes a top housing and a bottom housing that clamp together. The sensor assembly also includes a printed circuit board assembly (PBA). The sensor assembly also includes at least one piece of elastic material that is located in between the top housing and the PBA and in between the bottom housing and the PBA. When the PBA is clamped in the housing, the sensor assembly allows the PBA to maintain alignment relative to the housing across different environments in order to enable proper operation of the sensor assembly. A top surface of the PBA and a bottom surface of the PBA each have at least one three-dimensional feature that is designed to increase friction with the elastic material. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057089 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SPEED OF VEHICLE HAVING IN-WHEEL MOTOR - An apparatus for measuring a speed of a vehicle having an in-wheel motor includes a lock nut part fixed to an outer portion of a rotation shaft rotated by receiving power of the in-wheel motor, and restricting movement of a bearing part positioned outside the rotation shaft; a connection part coupled to the lock nut part; a magnet part having a magnetic force, and fixed to the connection part; and a speed sensor part installed to be separated from the magnet part, and measuring rotations of the magnet part. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057090 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AN UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATE OF AN ESTIMATED VELOCITY - A method of determining an uncertainty estimate of an estimated velocity of an object includes, determining the uncertainty with respect to a first estimated coefficient and a second estimated coefficient of the velocity profile equation of the object. The first estimated coefficient being assigned to a first spatial dimension of the estimated velocity and the second estimated coefficient being assigned to a second spatial dimension of the estimated velocity. The velocity profile equation represents the estimated velocity in dependence of the first estimated coefficient and the second estimated coefficient. The method also includes determining the uncertainty with respect to an angular velocity of the object, a first coordinate of the object in the second spatial dimension, and a second coordinate of the object in the first spatial dimension. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057091 | AIRCRAFT PROBE WITH REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS - An aircraft probe includes a base, a strut that extends from the base, at least one port, and an electronics assembly insertable into the strut and removable from the strut. The electronics assembly includes at least one pressure sensor that is pneumatically connected to the at least one port to sense a first pressure when in the inserted position. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057092 | ACOUSTIC AIRSPEED SENSORS - An acoustic airspeed sensor system can include at least one acoustic transmitter configured to provide an acoustic pulse, a plurality of acoustic receivers including at least a first acoustic receiver positioned at a first radial distance from the at least one acoustic transmitter and a second acoustic receiver positioned at a second radial distance from the at least one acoustic transmitter. The first acoustic receiver is configured to receive the acoustic pulse at a first time and output a first receiver signal. The second acoustic receiver is configured to receive the acoustic pulse at a second time and output a second receiver signal. The sensor system can include an air data module operatively connected to the first acoustic receiver and the second acoustic receiver. The air data module is configured to determine true air speed (TAS) based upon a first signal delay, a second signal delay, and a wind angle. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057093 | CARRIER-BASED TEST SYSTEM - An example test system includes a test carrier to receive a device to test. The test carrier includes test components to perform at least a structural test on the device. The example test system also includes a slot to receive the test carrier. The slot includes an interface to which the test carrier connects to enable the test carrier to communicate with a system that is part of the test system or external to the test system. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057094 | MINIATURE TEST PROBE - A miniature probe for measuring small voltage signals of a DUT includes a probe body having a flexible substrate and signal transmission lines running a longitudinally, and a first probe connection circuit located at a first end of the probe body and including exposed wires, SMT components coupled between the exposed wires and the signal transmission lines, respectively, and a local mechanical stiffener mounted adjacent the SMT components. The wires are connectable to the DUT for receiving the voltage signals. The probe further includes a second probe connection circuit located at a second end of the probe body, and including transmission line connectors coupled to the signal transmission lines, respectively, and a bent portion of the flexible substrate between the probe body and the transmission line connectors. The bent portion enables the transmission line connectors to exit the probe substantially axially, relative to the longitudinal length of the probe body. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057095 | PROBE CARD FOR A TESTING APPARATUS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A probe card for a testing apparatus of electronic devices comprises a probe head housing a plurality of contact probes, each contact probe having at least one contact tip adapted to abut onto contact pads of a device under test, as well as a main support and an intermediate support connected to the main support and adapted to realize a spatial transformation of distances between contact pads on its opposite faces as a space transformer, the probe card suitably also comprising at least one connecting element adapted to link the space transformer and the main support, this connecting element having a substantially rod-like body and being equipped with a first end portion comprising at least one terminal section adapted to be engaged in a corresponding housing realized in the space transformer and with a second terminal portion adapted to abut onto an abutment element linked to the main support. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057096 | ELECTRICAL CURRENT TRANSDUCER - A current transducer including a housing comprising an outer casing, a magnetic circuit core configured to encircle at least one primary conductor, and a magnetic field detector positioned in a magnetic circuit gap of the magnetic circuit core. The housing further includes an inner support part comprising a main body portion and a magnetic core support portion. The magnetic circuit core is in the form of a thin strip of amorphous material supported on the main body portion and magnetic core support portion, the magnetic circuit gap being formed between overlapping ends of the strip. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057097 | Current Sensor System - Apparatus and methods provide a current sensor system including a plurality of current sensors positioned proximate a plurality of conductors. Each conductor is configured to carry a current to be measured. Each current sensor comprises one or more magnetic field sensing elements configured to generate a respective magnetic field signal indicative of a detected magnetic field. The plurality of current sensors includes a first number of current sensors and the plurality of conductors includes a second number of conductors such that the first number is at least one more than the second number. A controller is coupled to receive the magnetic field signal from each of the current sensors and, for each magnetic field sensing element, is configured to characterize a magnetic coupling between the magnetic field sensing element and each of the plurality of conductors. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057098 | MONITORING ARRANGEMENT FOR DOMESTIC OR COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - A domestic or commercial electric appliance having at least one electric load, an AC power supply input for receiving electric power from an AC power source to be supplied to the at least one electric load, and a current sensor for sensing an AC current absorbed by the electric appliance from the AC power source. The electric appliance has a processing unit for carrying out a harmonic analysis on a sensed AC current sensed by the current sensor and for driving the at least one electric load based on an outcome of the harmonic analysis. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057099 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MONITORING - Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring an electrically powered element are described. A set of power usage measurements are received for a set of elements from a hardware-based power measurement device separate from the set of elements, the set of power usage measurements resulting from usage of the set of elements by a set of users. A behavior of the set of users is determined based at least in part on the set of power usage measurements. Based on the behavior of the set of users, at least one of the set of elements performs an action that affects a power function of the at least one of the set of elements. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057100 | Method for separating spectrums of an input signal as well as measurement devices for separating spectrums - A method for separating spectrums of an input signal having a first spectrum and a second spectrum by mixing the input signal at a first mixer with a first frequency to obtain a first mixed signal; mixing the input signal at a second mixer with second frequency to obtain a second mixed signal; displacing the first mixed signal and/or the second mixed signal up and down by the difference of the first and second frequency obtaining at least one lower auxiliary signal and at least one upper auxiliary signal, respectively; and extracting the first spectrum and/or the second spectrum using the lower auxiliary signal and/or the upper auxiliary signal as well as the first mixed signal and/or the second mixed signal. Further, measurement devices for separating spectrums are shown. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057101 | CAPTURE OF TIME VARYING ELECTRIC FIELD THROUGH SYNCHRONIZED SPATIAL ARRAY OF FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS - Sensing a time varying electric field includes a device or system including a spatial sensor array having one or more transistors, a circuit including a resistor connected to each of the transistors, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to each circuit which convert an analog voltage outputs to digital form, and an antenna to each of the transistors. The antennas sense the time varying electric field and modulate current through their respective transistors. The spatial sensor array may be stationary or in motion during the sensing. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057102 | FACILITATING RELIABLE CIRCUIT BOARD PRESS-FIT CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FABRICATION - Fabrication of a reliable circuit board assembly with press-fit connectors is facilitated by identifying a press-fit-connector-to-circuit board connection of a circuit board assembly for testing, with one or more press-fit connector pins of the connector being press-fit into one or more corresponding plated through-holes of the circuit board at a first surface of the circuit board. An electrically insulative liquid is applied at a second surface of the circuit board to the corresponding plated through-hole(s) with the press-fit pin(s), where the second surface and the first surface are opposite surfaces of the circuit board. Connection of the press-fit pin(s) to the corresponding plated through-hole(s) is tested to identify a connection failure, where the electrically insulative liquid facilitates identifying the connection failure. A fabrication adjustment to the circuit board assembly can be identified and implemented to address the identified connection failure. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE LOSS FACTOR OF CAPACITOR BUSHINGS - A method monitors capacitor bushings for an AC mains. The mains has first-third phases, associated with first-third mains lines, capacitor bushings, and mains voltages. Each capacitor bushing has a conductor, surrounded by foil, connecting its mains line. The method includes: at a first instant, for each phase: a first reference voltage phasor is determined; and a foil voltage present between the respective foil and ground potential is detected and a corresponding first foil voltage phasor is determined; at a second instant, for each of the phases: a second reference voltage phasor is determined; the foil voltage is detected and a second foil voltage phasor is determined; for each capacitor bushing: a loss factor change is calculated based on the respective reference voltages and foil phasors and those of the adjacent capacitive bushing; and a monitoring signal is generated based on a comparison of the loss factor and a tolerance value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057104 | FIELD-BIASED NONLINEAR OPTICAL METROLOGY USING CORONA DISCHARGE SOURCE - Various approaches can be used to interrogate a surface such as a surface of a layered semiconductor structure on a semiconductor wafer. Certain approaches employ Second Harmonic Generation while other utilize four wave-mixing or multi-wave mixing. Corona discharge may be applied to the sample to provide additional information. Some approaches involve determining current flow from a sample illuminated with radiation. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057105 | WAFER SURFACE TEST PREPROCESSING DEVICE AND WAFER SURFACE TEST APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A wafer surface test preprocessing device includes a chamber; a supporting component disposed in the chamber; an atomizer connected to a lateral side of the chamber; a cooling component connected to a bottom of the chamber; and a lid disposed on a top of the chamber. With the wafer surface test preprocessing device having the cooling component to thereby dispense with a ventilation device and collect hydrofluoric acid residues in the chamber at the bottom of the chamber, thereby saving costs and time effectively. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057106 | IDENTIFYING DEFECT SENSITIVE CODES FOR TESTING DEVICES WITH INPUT OR OUTPUT CODE - In one embodiment, a method of operating a computational system to evaluate a device under test, where the device under test is operable to receive a digital code input and output in response a corresponding output. The method injects a plurality of simulated faults into a pre-silicon model of the device under test. For each injected simulated fault, the method inputs a plurality of digital codes to the model. For each input digital code, the method selectively stores the input digital code if a difference, between a corresponding output for the input digital code and a no-fault output for the input, exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057107 | CONTACTOR FAILURE RATE PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system of predicting a failure rate of a contactor before the generation of a failure by counting a lifespan index of the contactor based on normality of through-currents of a primary side and a secondary side of the contactor, and determining that a failure rate of the contactor increases when a count value for an abnormal through-current exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057108 | TEST SWITCH SIGNAL ANALYZER - In one embodiment, there is a test switch signal analyzer comprising: an analyzer hub operably couplable to a test switch base that includes a plurality of test switch conductors; at least one signal probe operatively couplable to the analyzer hub and to at least one of the plurality of test switch conductors when the analyzer hub is coupled to the test switch base, each of the at least one signal probes being configured to receive electrical signals from one of the plurality of test switch conductors and to generate one or more probe signals that corresponds to the received electrical signals; a signal processing unit coupled to the analyzer hub and configured to receive the one or more probe signals from the at least one signal probe, the signal processing unit configured to determine a plurality of electrical signal values based on the probe signals received from the at least one signal probe; the signal processing unit, the analyzer hub, and at least a portion of the at least one signal probe being positionable within a test switch cover configured and dimensioned to mate with the test switch base when the at least one signal probe is coupled to the at least one of the plurality of test switch conductors and the test switch cover is secured to the test switch base. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057109 | METHOD FOR MEASURING BANDWIDTH OF LINEAR MOTOR - The present disclosure provides a method for measuring bandwidth of linear motor, including the following steps: step S | 2020-02-20 |
20200057110 | Method For Detecting A Fault In An Electrical Machine - A method for detecting a fault in an AC/AC exciter having an exciter rotor and an exciter stator. A signal reflecting the current or voltage, is obtained at an exciter rotor winding or at an exciter stator winding. A frequency analysis is applied and on the basis of a presence of a frequency component, a rotor current or voltage signal, at a first frequency f | 2020-02-20 |
20200057111 | DEVICE FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND GROUPS OF CELLS - A device for interfacing between a battery management system and groups of battery cells including at least one set of local units and at least one global unit that is connected to the local units of the at least one set. Each local unit is configured to compare a parameter related to a group of cells and associated with a first setpoint value, the first setpoint value originating from the at least one global unit, and to generate an output signal representative of the result of the comparison, and the at least one global unit is configured to receive the first setpoint value and includes an electronic module having an operating parameter having a global value that is dependent on the output signals generated by the local units of the at least one set. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057112 | VOLTAGE DETERMINATOR AND VOLTAGE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A voltage determinator which determines a battery voltage using a voltage determination circuit and is configured to output the determination voltage to a corrector in a separate body includes a characteristics signal generation circuit that is configured to output a characteristics signal indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit to the corrector. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057113 | DEGRADATION ESTIMATING DEVICE, DEGRADATION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A degradation estimating device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires time-series data of an SOC in an energy storage device; and an estimating unit that estimates degradation of the energy storage device based on a fluctuation magnitude of the SOC in the time-series data acquired by the acquiring unit. The degradation estimating method of an energy storage device acquires time-series data of an SOC in the energy storage device, and estimates the degradation of the energy storage device based on a fluctuation magnitude of the SOC in the acquired time-series data. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057114 | BATTERY MONITORING DEVICE - A battery monitoring device is provided which improves communication quality, communication stability, and communication reliability. An ECU substrate and detection substrates which cannot directly communicate with the ECU substrate communicate via a relay substrate which is a detection substrate set up as relay of the detection substrates. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057115 | MAGNETIC FIELD SHAPING COMPONENTS FOR MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING - A magnetic field measurement system includes at least one magnetometer; and at least one flux concentrator made of a high magnetic permeability material and configured to receive magnetic field signals from a source, to concentrate the magnetic field signals or reorient the magnetic field signals in a preselected direction, and to direct the concentrated or reoriented magnetic field signals toward at least one of the at least one magnetometer. In addition to, or as an alternative to, the flux concentrator, the system can include a passive shield made of the high magnetic permeability material. The system may also include active shielding. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057116 | INTEGRATED GAS CELL AND OPTICAL COMPONENTS FOR ATOMIC MAGNETOMETRY AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING - A magnetometer can include a single, integrated, unitary structure that has a gas cell defining a cavity having a vapor or vaporizable material disposed therein, a collimating element coupled to the gas cell and configured for collimating light directed toward the gas cell, and a lens element coupled the gas cell and configured for redirecting at least a portion of light that has passed through the gas cell. Additionally or alternatively, a gas cell of a magnetometer may be made of sapphire. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057117 | DIAMOND MAGNETIC SENSOR - A diamond magnetic sensor including diamond containing at least one NV | 2020-02-20 |
20200057118 | MAGNETIC SENSOR - The magnetic sensor can prevent an increase of a positional detection error of a subject/object even in the case of applying an external magnetic field with a magnetic field intensity exceeding a predetermined range. A magnetic sensor is equipped with a magnetoresistive effect element (MR element) | 2020-02-20 |
20200057119 | MAGNETIC FIELD SENSING DEVICE - A magnetic field sensing device including a magnetic flux concentrating module and a plurality of vortex magnetoresistors is provided. The magnetic flux concentrating module has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, wherein the first side is parallel to the third side, the second side is parallel to the fourth side, and the first side is not parallel to the second side. The vortex magnetoresistors are disposed beside the first to the fourth sides. The vortex magnetoresistors have a same pinning direction. The pinning direction is inclined with respect to the first side and the second side. The vortex magnetoresistors are configured to be connected to form a plurality of different Wheatstone bridges, so as to sense magnetic field components in a plurality of different directions, respectively. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057120 | Current sensor having multiple sensitivity ranges - Systems and methods described herein provide a current sensor based on magnetic field detection having multiple sensor arrangements with multiple, different sensitivity ranges. The outputs of the multiple sensor arrangements can be combined to generate a single output signal. The current sensor can include two or more sensor arrangements, each having one or more magnetic field sensing elements, and configured to sense a magnetic field in different first measurement ranges corresponding to different ranges of currents through the conductor and further configured to generate different magnetic field signals indicative of the sensed magnetic field in the respective measurement range. The current sensor can include a circuit configured to generate an output signal indicative of a combination of the different magnetic field signals that corresponds to the current through the conductor. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057121 | MAGNETIC FIELD SENSING DEVICE - A magnetic field sensing device includes at least one vortex magnetoresistor and at least one magnetization setting element. The vortex magnetoresistor includes a pinning layer, a pinned layer, a spacer layer, and a round free layer. The pinned layer is disposed on the pinning layer, and the spacer layer is disposed on the pinned layer. The round free layer is disposed on the spacer layer, and has a magnetization direction distribution with a vortex shape. The magnetization setting element is alternately applied and not applied an electric current to. When the magnetization setting element is not applied the electric current to, the magnetization direction distribution with the vortex shape of the round free layer is varied with an external magnetic field. When the magnetization setting element is applied the electric current to, a magnetic field generated by the magnetization setting element makes the round free layer achieve magnetic saturation. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057122 | MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT, MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - The present invention provides a magnetoresistance effect element that has a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer provided between the first ferromagnetic metal layer and the second ferromagnetic metal layer. The tunnel barrier layer has a cubic crystal structure, and the first ferromagnetic metal layer or the second ferromagnetic metal layer is formed of a material having a cubic crystal structure represented by Fe | 2020-02-20 |
20200057123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING AN INVASIVE DEVICE - A system for guiding a medical intervention is disclosed. The system employs a device guide that operates on the surface of a sphere that is centered on a selected target. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057124 | System and Method for Reducing Peripheral Nerve Stimulation at Higher Gradient Amplitudes and Faster Gradient Slew Rates in Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Described here are systems and methods for imaging a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system using magnetic field gradients generated by one or more gradient coils operating with gradient coil settings (e.g., gradient amplitudes, gradient slew rates) above a threshold at which peripheral nerve stimulation (“PNS”) is likely to be induced in the subject. A dielectric assembly is positioned adjacent a skin surface of the subject such that the dielectric assembly attenuates the local electric fields induced by the magnetic field gradients, which would be likely to induce PNS when the dielectric assembly is not arranged adjacent the skin surface of the subject. As a result of the dielectric assembly placed adjacent the skin surface of the subject, the gradient coil settings can be increased above the threshold without inducing PNS in the subject. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057125 | LOCAL COIL AND WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to a local coil with an energy supply device, a system including an energy transmitting device and a local coil, and a method for operating the system. The local coil includes an energy store, a clock control system, and an energy receiving device for the wireless reception of energy from the energy transmitting device. The clock control system of the local coil is configured to be synchronized with an external clock source. The clock control system has a signal connection with the energy supply device and is configured to control energy take-up via the energy receiving device in dependence on the synchronization. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057126 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM WITH EMERGENCY QUENCH - The invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with emergency quench. According to the invention, a magnetic resonance imaging system ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200057127 | COOLING A GRADIENT COIL OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to cooling a gradient coil ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200057128 | Controlled Excitation and Saturation of Magnetisation Transfer Systems - The present invention relate to a system and associate method of MRI and MR spectroscopy which provide stable measurements of the relaxation times, T1 and T2, by using tailored multi-band RF pulses that direct control of the saturation conditions in the background pool of macro-molecular protons, and hence provide a flexible means to induce constant Magnetisation Transfer (MT) effects. In doing this, equal saturation of the background pool is obtained for all measurements independent of the parameters that may be changed, for example, the rotation rate used to obtain a desired flip angle, that is, the degree of change in the magnetisation of the free pool of protons. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057129 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION IN MRI DEVICE - Systems and methods for MR siganal synchronization may be provided. The method may include determining a time difference in a local clock generator at a coil side assembly compared to a system clock generator at a system side assembly. The method may include maintaining a constant phase difference between clock signals generated by the local clock generator and by the system clock generator by correcting the local clock generator based on the time difference. The method may include acquiring MR echo signals by scanning at least a part of a subject in response to the clock signal generated by the corrected local clock generator. The method may further include digitizing the MR echo signal at the coil side assembly. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING ANGLE OF ARRIVAL IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - An example method of a wireless device includes, determining a first attribute value of a first radio frequency (RF) signal received through a first antenna during a first period, determining a first attribute value of a second RF signal received through the first antenna during a second period, determining a second attribute value of the first RF signal received through a second antenna during the first period, and determining a second attribute value of the second RF signal received through a third antenna during the second period. The method further includes compensating for a determined difference between a first offset introduced by a first oscillator and a second offset introduced by a second oscillator and then estimating an angle of arrival associated with the first and second RF signals, based on attribute values of the first RF signal and the second RF signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057131 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOUND SOURCE LOCATING - A method and system for locating a sound source are provide. The method may include detecting a sound signal of a sound by each of two audio sensors. The method may also include converting the sound signals detected by the two audio sensors from a time domain to a frequency domain. The method may further include determining a high frequency ratio of each of the sound signals in the frequency domain. The method may further include determining a direction of the sound source based on the high frequency ratios. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057132 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL - A device for estimating Direction of Arrival (DOA) of sound from Q≥1 sound sources is provided. The device is configured to obtain a phase difference matrix, which includes measured phase difference values, each of the measured phase difference values being a measured value of a phase difference between two microphone units for a frequency bin in a range of frequencies of the sound. The device is further configured to generate a replicated phase difference matrix by replicating the measured phase difference values to other potential sinusoidal periods, calculate a DOA value for each phase difference value in the replicated phase difference matrix, and determine, as Q DOA results, the Q most prominent peak values in a histogram generated based on the calculated DOA values. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057133 | DRONE DASHBOARD FOR SAFETY AND ACCESS CONTROL - Approaches for registering and monitoring drones for safety and access control are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, location data from plural drones via low power, long range wireless transmission; updating, by the computer device, a central registry with the location data; generating, by the computer device, display data based on the location data and a location of a display device; and transmitting, by the computer device, the display data to the display device via a network. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057134 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR VERIFICATION OF POSITION ESTIMATION USING AN ORIENTATION SENSOR - A method of determining the location of the first object ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200057135 | RADAR DEVICE - The present invention provides a radar device capable of reducing processing load while arraying receiving antennas in two directions. In the present invention, a transmitting unit (transmitting antenna) transmits an electromagnetic wave. A plurality of receiving antennas | 2020-02-20 |
20200057136 | RADAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING RADAR SYSTEMS - Embodiments of a method and a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for operating a radar system is disclosed. The method involves generating a chirp signal having a repeating pattern of chirps, each chirp in the repeating pattern of chirps having a base frequency and a chirp bandwidth, wherein the repeating pattern of chirps includes at least two chirps that differ from each other in at least one of base frequency and chirp bandwidth, transmitting a radar signal according to the chirp signal, receiving radio frequency energy that includes a reflected portion of the radar signal, and selecting for processing from the received radio frequency energy a signal that matches the repeating pattern of chirps of the chirp signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057137 | SEQUENTIAL TARGET PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR IMAGING RADAR - A vehicle, radar system for the vehicle and method for detecting an object. The radar system includes a transmitter for transmitting a source signal and a receiver for receiving a reflection of the source signal from an object. A processor obtains a radar parameter of the object from the received reflection, adjusts an operating parameter of the radar based on the radar parameter to provide an altered source signal, and detects the object based on a reflection of the altered source signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057138 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR SYSTEM, RADAR DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A radar device ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200057139 | SURROUNDING MONITORING RADAR DEVICE - A surrounding monitoring radar device includes a signal generation unit, a spectrum generation unit, a cycle setting unit, a learning unit, and an update unit. At an update timing, the update unit updates a determination reference to a learned value calculated by the learning unit. the learning unit is configured to: set the learning value to an initial value at a start timing of the learning period; compare the learned value with a value of a noise floor of the generated frequency spectrum during the learning period; and update the learned value to the value of the noise floor upon the value of the noise floor being smaller than the learned value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057140 | Chirp linearity detector for radar - A chirp linearity detector, integrated circuit, and method are provided. The chirp linearity detector comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL) frequency sampling circuit and a frequency sweep linearity measuring circuit. The PLL frequency sampling circuit comprises a frequency divider circuit for receiving a PLL output signal from a PLL and for providing a frequency divided output signal, a first low pass filter circuit for receiving the frequency divided output signal, for reducing harmonic mixing, and for providing a mixer input signal, a mixer circuit for receiving the mixer input signal, for mixing the mixer input signal with a local oscillator signal, and for providing a mixer output signal, a second low pass filter circuit for performing anti-aliasing filtering and for providing an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) input signal, and an ADC circuit for digitizing the ADC input signal and for providing a digital output signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING TARGET FROM RADAR SIGNAL USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Disclosed is a technique for processing signals received from a radar and, in particular, a technique for tracking a target on the basis of detected target candidate signals. The proposed invention introduces a recurrent neural network with a memory function in order to find a target signal from signals with noise and fake signals mixed therein. This recurrent neural network is trained to have a maximum of Q tracking buffers therein. According to an additional aspect, it is possible to increase tracking accuracy through a serial connection of the recurrent neural network. According to an additional aspect, it is possible to track multiple targets through a parallel connection of the recurrent neural network. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057142 | LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) SYSTEM USING A WAVELENGTH CONVERTER - Embodiments of the disclosure provide an apparatus for emitting laser light and a system and method for detecting laser light returned from an object. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes one or more laser sources, at least one of the laser sources configured to provide a respective native laser beam having a wavelength above 1,100 nm. The transmitter also includes a wavelength converter configured to receive the native laser beams provided by the laser sources and convert the native laser beams into a converted laser beam having a wavelength below 1,100 nm. The transmitter further includes a scanner configured to emit the converted laser beam to the object in a first direction. The receiver is configured to detect a returned laser beam having a wavelength below 1,100 nm and returned from the object in a second direction. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057143 | Optical Sensor System - A LIDAR system includes an emitter head configured to receive LIDAR output signals from one or more LIDAR chips and to output head output signals that each includes light from one of the LIDAR output signals. The emitter head is movable relative to the one or more LIDAR chips. The one or more LIDAR chips are configured to receive LIDAR input signals that each includes light from one of the head output signals. The LIDAR input signals include LIDAR data indicating the distance and/or radial velocity between a LIDAR chip and an object. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057144 | LIGHT TRANSMISSION ELEMENT, OPTICAL RECEIVING UNIT, OPTICAL ACTUATOR UNIT, LIDAR SYSTEM, WORKING DEVICE AND VEHICLE - A light transmission element for an optical unit for transmitting and, in the process, adapting the angle of transmitted light, including a sequence of a multitude of optical elements situated in the form of a layer, in which the layer forms a first side and a second side, which face away from one another, a respective optical element including a pair of subelements, which each extend from a geometrically essentially identical base in a tapering manner and which face one another with their bases and extend with different lengths along their taper, and the optical elements being aligned in such a way that subelements having a greater length face the first side and subelements having a lesser length face the second side. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057145 | APPARATUS - An apparatus comprises an array of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Each of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is configured to be a source of light. The apparatus also comprises an optical arrangement configured to receive light from a plurality of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and to output a plurality of light beams. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057146 | DETECTING LIGHT USING A PLURALITY OF AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE ELEMENTS - A light receiver ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200057147 | Optical Tracking System - An electronic device includes an electromagnetic radiation source having an axis, a set of optics disposed about the axis, a reflector disposed about the axis non-symmetrically, and a controller configured to operate the electromagnetic radiation source while controlling a beam steering orientation (e.g., rotation) of the reflector. The reflector is disposed to reflect electromagnetic radiation emitted by the electromagnetic radiation source. The set of optics is disposed to shape electromagnetic radiation emitted by the electromagnetic radiation source and direct electromagnetic radiation received from the reflector into a panoramic field of view about the axis. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057148 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF RANGE SENSOR BASED ON DIRECT TIME-OF-FLIGHT AND TRIANGULATION - A range sensor and a method thereof. The range sensor includes a light source configured to project a plurality of sheets of light at an angle within a field of view (FOV); an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is offset from the light source; collection optics; and a controller connected to the light source, the image sensor, and the collection optics, and configured to simultaneously determine a range of a distant object based on direct time-of-flight (TOF) and a range of a near object based on triangulation. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057149 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present technology relates to an optical sensor that can suppress a decrease in distance measurement accuracy without increasing power consumption, and an electronic device. The optical sensor includes: a TOF pixel that receives reflected light which is returned when irradiation light emitted from a light emitting unit is reflected on a subject; and a plurality of polarization pixels that respectively receives light beams of a plurality of polarization planes, the light beams being a part of light from the subject. The present technology can be applied to, for example, the cases where distance measurement is performed. | 2020-02-20 |