09th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180059167 | TESTING PLUGGABLE MODULE - A testing pluggable module includes a pluggable body extending between a front end and a mating end defining a mating interface with a communication connector of a receptacle assembly. The mating end is receivable in a module cavity of the receptacle assembly to mate with the communication connector. The pluggable body has an exterior forward of the mating end. The testing pluggable module includes an internal circuit board held in the pluggable body having a testing circuit operating at least one testing function. The testing pluggable module includes a user interface on the exterior of the pluggable body. The user interface has an input configured to operably control the at least one testing function of the testing circuit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059168 | DIAGNOSING AN ABNORMAL STATE OF A SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of diagnosing an abnormal state of a substrate-processing apparatus includes measuring a temperature of a chuck in the substrate-processing apparatus. The temperature of the chuck is compared to a target temperature of the chuck, with a temperature-controlling unit. A control signal is analyzed to diagnose an abnormal state of the substrate-processing apparatus. The control signal is transmitted from the temperature-controlling unit to a drive parameter-applying unit configured to provide the chuck with a drive parameter. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059169 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING COMPREHENSIVE FUNCTIONAL AND DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMBLY (CCA) TESTING - The system includes an integrated sequenced arrangement of parametric type instruments, automated guided prober test instruments, and a test instrument system using analog signature analysis for identifying faults in circuit card assemblies, under control of a software system with a mass interconnect system. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059170 | INSPECTION METHOD OF LAMINATED BOARD, INSPECTION MODULE, AND PALLET - A method for inspecting a laminated board, includes: performing a reflow process to solder an electronic component to a surface of a laminated board in which at least one of a plurality of wiring layers which are laminated with each other is coupled to another adjacent wiring layer via a via; and inspecting, in the reflow process, a conduction state of the via after a temperature of the laminated board reaches a melting point of a solder, and when the temperature of the laminated board is at a temperature range lower than the melting point and higher than room temperature. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059171 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING FREQUENCY INFORMATION FOR SYSTEM CALIBRATION/TRIMMING - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a microcontroller with a frequency test circuit, a device-under-test (DUT) input, and a calculation engine circuit. The calculation engine circuit is configured to compare a measured frequency from the frequency test circuit measured from the DUT input to a reference frequency stored in memory, and, based on the comparison, adjust frequency of the DUT generating the DUT input. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059172 | COMBINING CURRENT SOURCED BY CHANNELS OF AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT - An example test system includes: multiple channels, where each of the multiple channels is configured to force voltage and to source current; and circuitry to combine current sourced by the multiple channels to produce a combined current for output on a single channel to a device under test (DUT), where each of the multiple channels includes a load sharing resistor to control a contribution of the channel to the combined current. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059173 | DETECTING DETERIORATION OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IN AN AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT - We disclose a circuit board that hosts at least first and second types of resistance sensors. The resistance of each sensor of the first type tends to increase, and the resistance of each sensor of the second type tends to decrease if the sensor is exposed to an aggressive environment. The circuit board also hosts a control circuit that operates to monitor respective resistances of the various resistance sensors and to process the digital values representing the resistances to estimate the working condition of one or more other electrical circuits located on the circuit board and/or in relatively close proximity to the circuit board in the corresponding equipment cabinet. The control circuit further operates to transmit out an appropriate alarm message if the estimated working condition is deemed unsatisfactory. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059174 | VERSATILE TESTING SYSTEM - A chip package assembly testing system and method for testing a chip package assembly are provided herein. In one example, an IC test system is provide that includes a robot, an input queuing station, an output queuing station, and a test station. The test station includes a first and second test interfaces. The first test interface is configurable to receive and communicatively connect with a first chip package assembly having one arrangement of solder ball connections. The second test interface is configurable to receive and communicatively connect with a second chip package assembly having a different arrangement of solder ball connections. The test station also includes a first test processor configured to test the chip package assembly connected through the first interface utilizing a predetermined first test routine and a second test processor configured to test the chip package assembly connected through the second interface utilizing a predetermined second test routine. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059175 | System of Electrical Fixtures with Integral Current Monitoring, Telemetry, Remote Control, Safety & Sensory Features - An electrical safety product circuit topology and its equivalent variations for sensing, control, and reporting of household AC wall current, voltage, power, and energy use, and status of its Ground-and-Arc-Fault-Interrupting internal circuit breaker, is presented herein. The architecture includes any choice of telemetry platform, presumes a plurality of its kind join a wireless network with a plurality of other products endowed with the same platform faculty. Topology variations claimed include current and differential current sensing by toroid or other transformer or by Hall semiconductor means, and include fault condition recognition by microprocessor-based algorithms, or by various analog circuit or digital signal processing (DSP) means. Embodiment variations claimed include any modular circuit breaker panel component form factor, any in-wall outlet or switch-box form factor, and any plug-in AC socket module, in-cord module, and outlet strip form factor. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059176 | OFFLINE VISION ASSIST METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE VISION ALIGNMENT - An offline vision assisted calibration system includes: a bottom side socket assembly that is mountable in an integrated circuit device handler and comprises: a socket plate that comprises a hole grid array; and a top contactor assembly that is mountable in an integrated circuit device handler and comprises: a guide plate, a plurality of fiducials located on a lower side surface of the guide plate, a contact holder plate comprising a top contactor contact array, and a plurality of adjustment actuators configured to move the contact holder plate with respect to the guide plate; and a calibration jig comprising an array of contacts on a bottom side thereof, wherein the calibration jig is configured to be placed in the socket plate such that the contacts engage with the hole grid array of the socket plate. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059177 | SCAN CIRCUITRY WITH IDDQ VERIFICATION - An integrated circuitry includes a first logic block coupled between a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal. The first logic block includes a first scan chain and a configurable defect coupled to a scan output node of the first scan chain. The configurable defect has a logic node and a conductive element coupled between the logic node and the first or the second power supply terminal. The configurable defect is configured to, during a quiescent current testing mode, place a predetermined logic state on the logic node such that a current flows through the conductive element. The current can be detected by external equipment. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059178 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH LOW POWER SCAN SYSTEM - An integrated circuit operable in a scan mode includes a scan chain formed by cascaded flip-flop cells. Each flip-flop cell includes a master latch that receives a first data signal and generates a first latch signal, a slave latch that receives the first latch signal and generates a second latch signal, and a multiplexer having first and second inputs respectively connected to the master and slave latches that receives a first input signal and the second latch signal, and generates a scan data output signal depending on an input trigger signal. The first input signal is one of the first data signal and the first latch signal. The clock signal provided to the slave latch is gated by the input trigger signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059179 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC INSTRUMENT SEARCHING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An automatic instrument searching method and an automatic control system are provided. The automatic control system includes a computer, plural serial ports and at least one measuring instrument. The at least one measuring instrument is connected with computer through the plural serial ports. Firstly, the computer detects a number of the plural serial ports and arranges the serial ports. Then, the plural serial ports are inquired according to plural different communication protocols. Then, the at least one measuring instrument makes a response to a setting of the matched communication protocol. If one of the inquired serial ports receives the response, the computer judges that the serial port is connected with one measuring instrument and issues a verification command to the connected measuring instrument. If the measuring instrument complies with the verification command, the measuring instrument is addressed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059180 | Self Test for Safety Logic - Methods and apparatus for self test of safety logic in safety critical devices is provided in which the safety logic includes comparator logic coupled to a circuit under test (CUT) in a safety critical device and the self test logic is configured to test the comparator logic. The self test logic may be implemented as a single cycle parallel bit inversion approach, a multi-cycle serial bit inversion approach, or a single cycle test pattern injection approach. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059181 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE METHOD RELATING TO LATCH CIRCUIT TESTING - A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a latch comparison circuit configured for generating a latched address by latching a pattern signal inputted through an address, and generate a comparison signal by comparing a pattern signal inputted through the address and the latched address. The semiconductor device may include a failure flag generation circuit configured for generating a failure flag signal based on the comparison signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059182 | CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATION IN A HARDWARE ACCELERATED SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT USING BREAKPOINTS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a system, and a computer readable storage medium for circuit design verification. The user generates a breakpoint by execution of test bench code. A callback function is registered at an application level associated with the breakpoint. The callback function is configured to execute in response to an occurrence of the associated breakpoint at the system level. A hardware-accelerated simulator simulates an execution of a circuit design using the test bench code. In response to triggering the breakpoint at the system level, the execution of the circuit design at the system level is paused and the callback function associated with the breakpoint at the application level is executed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059183 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SCAN TEST METHOD - A semiconductor device includes a FIFO, a test data write circuit that sequentially writes a plurality of test data to the FIFO in synchronization with a first clock signal, and a test control circuit that, in parallel with writing of the plurality of test data to the FIFO by the test data write circuit, sequentially reads a plurality of test data stored in the FIFO in synchronization with a second clock signal that is not synchronous with the first clock signal and performs a scan test of a circuit to be tested. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059184 | JTAG DEBUG APPARATUS AND JTAG DEBUG METHOD - The JTAG debug apparatus includes: a TAP controller, configured to communicate with outside by using an external JTAG port, and generate, based on a signal received from the JTAG port, a debug signal including an address of the to-be-debugged unit and a debug instruction, where the debug signal is a JTAG port signal based on the JTAG protocol; a signal conversion unit, configured to receive the debug signal that is output from the TAP controller, and convert the debug signal from the JTAG port signal to a bus slave port signal that can access a slave port of the to-be-debugged unit; and a bus, configured to obtain the debug signal that is converted to the bus slave port signal and that is output from the signal conversion unit, and transmit, based on the debug signal, the debug instruction to the to-be-debugged unit indicated by the address of the to-be-debugged unit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059185 | MONITORING UNIT FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPRISING SUCH A MONITORING UNIT - This monitoring unit ( | 2018-03-01 |
20180059186 | HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENING AND CLOSING TIME ONLINE MONITORING APPARATUS, SMART MULTI-DIMENSIONAL BIG DATA ANALYZING EXPERT SYSTEM FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER IN POWER GRID AND METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are a high-voltage circuit breaker opening and closing time online monitoring apparatus, a smart multi-dimensional big data analyzing expert system for a high-voltage circuit breaker in a power grid, and methods therefor. The opening and closing time online monitoring apparatus includes a circuit breaker opening and closing events database, a circuit breaker opening and closing time online monitoring module, and a human machine interaction interface. Data in the circuit breaker opening and closing events database is derived from a SCADA and a measurement and control apparatus thereof, a circuit breaker phase selection opening and closing apparatus, a relay protection apparatus and a relay protection information system, and a fault recording apparatus and a fault recording system of each of a substation and a converter station. The circuit breaker opening and closing time online monitoring module includes various modules, and cloud databases for such online monitoring are created. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059187 | LOCALIZATION, MAPPING AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK FOR INSPECTION OF A CONFINED SPACE IN MACHINERY - A modular device is used to inspect a confined space in a machine. The entire inspection coverage area and corresponding status are mapped so that the inspection location and associated data are graphically visualized. An accelerometer mounted on the device serves as a tilt sensor and also provides data about a collision of the device with the space being inspected or defects therein. The accelerometer data in combination with an odometry system determines the axial position of the device. A gyroscope mounted on the device is used to determine the device heading. The locational information is used to generate an inspection map that provides inspection history, logged data and a reference that are useful in scheduling the next inspection. The output of the gyroscopes can be used to provide haptic feedback to the device operator to maintain proper device orientation. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059188 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE OPERATING STATUS OF A SPRING CHARGING MOTOR FOR A LV OR MV SWITCHING APPARATUS AND A DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - A method for determining the operating status of a spring charging motor of a LV or MV switching apparatus. The method comprise: acquiring a detection signal (I | 2018-03-01 |
20180059189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE CHARGING STATE OF A BATTERY - An electrical system ( | 2018-03-01 |
20180059190 | STATE ESTIMATION OF AN ENERGY SYSTEM - A number of variations may include products and methods for estimating the state of an energy system. At least one sensor may monitor a voltage and a current of the energy storage system. An electronic controller may be communicatively coupled with the energy storage system and may receive input from the sensor. A circuit may be representative of the energy storage system and may be appropriately defined in the electronic controller. The circuit may estimate a state of the energy storage system from a reading of the voltage and the current. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059191 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING IMPEDANCE SPECTRUM, POWER SPECTRUM, OR SPECTRAL DENSITY USING FREQUENCY COMPONENT ANALYSIS OF POWER CONVERTER VOLTAGE AND CURRENT RIPPLES - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for measuring impedance spectrum, power or energy density, and/or spectral density using frequency component analysis of power converter voltage and current ripple are described herein. An example method for measuring impedance spectrum, power spectrum, or spectral density can include measuring an alternating current (AC) ripple associated with a power converter, where the AC ripple includes an AC current ripple and an AC voltage ripple. The method can also include performing a frequency analysis to obtain respective frequency components of the AC current ripple and the AC voltage ripple, and calculating an impedance spectrum, a power spectrum, or a spectral density of an electrical component based on the respective frequency components of the AC current ripple and the AC voltage ripple. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059192 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DEGREE OF AGING OF SECONDARY BATTERY - An apparatus for estimating a degree of aging of a secondary battery is configured to: determine a current and a temperature of the secondary battery; determine a state of charge from the current of the secondary battery; determine a degree of calendar aging by applying a cumulative degree-of-aging model to a degree-of-calendar-aging profile corresponding to the determined state of charge and the determined temperature while the secondary battery is in a calendar state; determine a degree of cycle aging by applying the cumulative degree-of-aging model to a degree-of-cycle-aging profile corresponding to the state of charge, the temperature, and the current of the secondary battery while the secondary battery is in a cycle state; and determine, as the degree of aging of the secondary battery, a weighted average value calculated for the determined degree of calendar aging and the determined degree of cycle aging based on calendar time and cycle time. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059193 | SENSOR CIRCUIT - Provided is a sensor circuit that has little possibility of being accidentally put into a test mode in response to an external input of noise or the like. The sensor circuit includes a clock generation circuit configured to output a control signal that is used to control intermittent operation to a physical quantity detection unit, and to output a sampling signal in a sleep period, a potential detection circuit configured to detect a potential at an output terminal and to output a detection signal, and a clock control circuit configured to output a mode switching signal that is a command to switch the clock generation circuit to a test mode, when a given signal pattern is detected in data that is obtained by sampling the detection signal based on the sampling signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059194 | GAS CELL, MAGNETOMETRIC DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS CELL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETOMETRIC DEVICE - A gas cell includes a cell having a principal chamber having a coating material film formed on an inside wall, a reservoir arranged with the principal chamber along the longitudinal direction and communicating with to the principal chamber, a reinforcement section extending from the reservoir side of the principal chamber in an X-axis direction along the reservoir, an opening section disposed on an opposite side of the reservoir to the principal chamber, and a sealing section adapted to block the opening section, and an alkali metal gas encapsulated in the principal chamber, and the reinforcement section is provided with one of at least one hole and at least one groove. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059195 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a magnetic resonance imaging method and system, the method comprising performing the following steps at least once: a composition step: performing image composition processing on raw images received by a receiving coil that is pre-determined as an artifact coil and a receiving coil that is pre-determined as a non-artifact coil to obtain a composite image; and a correction step: obtaining a product of the above composite image and space sensitivity of the above artifact coil to replace the raw image received by the above artifact coil, and performing the above composition step again. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059196 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a static magnetic field magnet, a gradient coil, a space forming structure, a magnet supporting member, and a space forming structure supporter. The gradient coil is provided on an inner circumferential side of the static magnetic field magnet. The space forming structure forms a patient space on an inner circumferential side of the gradient coil. The magnet supporting member supports the static magnetic field magnet on a floor surface. The space forming structure supporter is attached to the magnet supporting member and supports the space forming structure. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059197 | Gradient Amplifier - Methods, devices and systems for providing a high-precision and fast changing driving current for a gradient coil to generate a gradient magnetic field to acquire a high-quality image in an MRI device are provided. An example gradient amplifier includes a controller, a power amplifying circuit and a filtering circuit. The controller is configured to output pulse signals. The power amplifying circuit includes a first H bridge circuit and a second H bridge circuit and is configured to perform power conversion on an input power supply according to the pulse signals to output a driving current to a gradient coil. The filtering circuit is configured to filter the driving current output by the power amplifying circuit. A phase difference between the pulse signals output by the controller to drive switching tubes on a same position in the first H bridge circuit and the second H bridge circuit is a particular degree. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059198 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING METHOD - Provided is a technique in calculating a magnetic susceptibility distribution by using an MRI, for reducing artifacts and noise and improving precision in the magnetic susceptibility distribution being calculated. According to this technique, a magnetic field distribution is obtained via a phase image from a complex image acquired through MRI. Under the constraint based on a relational expression between the magnetic field and the magnetic susceptibility, smoothing process is performed iteratively on the magnetic susceptibility distribution calculated from the magnetic field distribution. Specifically, a minimization process for minimizing through the iterative operation, an error function defined by a predetermined initial magnetic susceptibility distribution and the magnetic field distribution is performed, thereby calculating the magnetic susceptibility distribution. At this time, an updated magnetic susceptibility distribution calculated based on the error function during the minimization process is smoothed, every time the updated magnetic susceptibility distribution is calculated. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059199 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CORRECT A SIGNAL PHASE IN THE ACQUISITION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNALS - In a method and apparatus to correct a signal phase in the acquisition of magnetic resonance signals of an object to be examined in a slice multiplexing method, magnetic resonance signals from at least two different slices of the object are detected simultaneously. In at least one slice-selection time period, a slice-selection gradient is generated by a slice-selection-gradient pulse. During the activation of the slice-selection gradient in each case a radio-frequency pulse with a slice-specific frequency is emitted for each of the slices. The radio-frequency pulses for the different slices at least partially temporally overlap and are temporally offset for the phase correction, so the duration of the slice-selection time period is shortened by modification of the slice-selection gradients. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059200 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - The method for magnetic resonance imaging described in the present disclosure may include generating an inversion recovery image by scanning an object using an inversion recovery sequence. The method may also include generating a real part image corresponding to the inversion recovery image by processing the inversion recovery image. The method may also include obtaining a signal line of a reference image without inversion recovery, the reference image corresponding to the real part image. The method may also include determining a phase-corrected signal line of the reference image by performing a phase correction on the signal line of the reference image. The method may also include determining a polarity of the real part image based on the phase-corrected signal line of the reference image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059201 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes memory circuitry configured to store a predetermined program; and processing circuitry configured, by executing the predetermined program, to set an FSE type pulse sequence in which an excitation pulse is followed by a plurality of refocusing pulses, the plurality of the refocusing being divided into at least a first pulse group subsequent to the excitation pulse and a second pulse group subsequent to the first pulse group, the first pulse group including refocusing pulses having a predetermined high flip angle, and the second pulse group including refocusing pulses having flip angles decreased from the predetermined high flip angle toward a flip angle of zero, and generate an image of an object from respective MR signals corresponding to the plurality of refocusing pulses acquired by applying the fast spin echo type pulse sequence to the object. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059202 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a magnetic resonance measuring apparatus that records measurement data measured by MRS or the like and a periodic motion of the measurement object during the measurement of the measurement data in association with each other, and classifies spectra calculated from the measurement data in accordance with a time phase of the periodic motion. Created spectra are integrated for each classification to thereby create partially integrated spectra, correction based on a relationship between the periodic motion and a phase fluctuation or a frequency fluctuation is performed on the partially integrated spectra, and the corrected partially integrated spectra are synthesized. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059203 | CORRECTING TIME - Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for correcting time in a nuclear magnetic resonance device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining respective transmission time delays of three gradient pulse signals that are generated by a three-dimensional gradient subsystem of the nuclear magnetic resonance device and include a slice-selection gradient signal, a phase-encoding gradient signal, and a frequency-encoding gradient signal, determining a time correction value according to the obtained respective transmission time delays of the three gradient pulse signals, and correcting a respective output time of each of the three gradient pulse signals, an output time of a radio-frequency (RF) pulse signal generated by a RF transmitting subsystem of the nuclear magnetic resonance device, and a reception time of a magnetic resonance signal received by a RF receiving subsystem in a scanning cycle according to the determined time correction value. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059204 | IMU CALIBRATION - A method of calibrating an inertial measurement unit, the method comprising: (a) collecting data from the inertial measurement unit while stationary as a first step; (b) collecting data from the inertial measurement unit while repositioning the inertial measurement unit around three orthogonal axes of the inertial measurement unit as a second step; (c) calibrating a plurality of gyroscopes using the data collected during the first step and the second step; (d) calibrating a plurality of magnetometers using the data collected during the first step and the second step; (e) calibrating a plurality of accelerometers using the data collected during the first step and the second step; (f) where calibrating the plurality of magnetometers includes extracting parameters for distortion detection and using the extracted parameters to determine if magnetic distortion is present within a local field of the inertial measurement unit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059205 | REAL-TIME AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF MAGNETIC SENSORS - A system, a method, and a computer program product are provided. At predetermined times, a processing element processes a new vector represented by a last received magnetic measurement from a magnetometer and indicating a direction and a magnitude of a sensed magnetic field. When the new vector satisfies multiple criteria, the new vector is added to a determined vector set. The processing element processes multiple magnetometer measurements using a Monte Carlo best fit determination and modal partitioning to produce new calibration parameters that define a calibration sphere. The new calibration parameters are applied and stored in a memory element when at least a predetermined number of vectors are consecutively added to the determined one of the multiple vector sets. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059206 | Method and apparatus for detection of a signal - The present application is related to a method for detection of a signal, the method comprising the steps of performing continuously a direction finding in time-frequency intervals within a time range and a frequency range, determining for each frequency interval a distribution of the direction finding results, DFRs, for all time intervals and evaluating the determined distribution of direction finding results, DFRs, to detect the existence of a signal emitted by a signal source. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059207 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR TARGET TRACKING - The disclosure discloses a method, device and system for target tracking. Wherein, the method for target tracking includes that: Global Positioning System (GPS) information of a target object monitored by tracking equipment is acquired (S | 2018-03-01 |
20180059208 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - [Object] To provide an information processing device, information processing method, program, and information processing system that are capable of appropriately performing processes based on radio wave intensities. [Solution] Provided is the information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result of a radio wave; an extraction unit configured to extract a measurement result indicating an intensity included in a range from top 10% to top 30% from a plurality of measurement results acquired by the acquisition unit; and a processing unit configured to perform a predetermined process by using the measurement result extracted by the extraction unit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059209 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT LOCATION DETECTION - A system includes a plurality of vehicle-deployed wireless transmitters and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from a mobile device, signal strengths of signals from the wireless transmitters as detected by the mobile device. The processor is further configured to determine a location of the mobile device in a vehicle, based on the distance from the mobile device to each of the respective transmitters, as indicated by the received signal strengths and store the location of the mobile device as an occupant location. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059210 | Water-Resistant Exterior Joint Compounds - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to joint compounds for sealing exterior sheathing wallboards applied on the exterior of buildings. This invention also relates to a process of preparing such exterior joint compounds. The joint compounds of this invention comprise an aqueous emulsion system and provide water resistance comparable to the substrate on which they are applied, that is, the exterior sheathing wallboards. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059211 | HYBRID TDOA CLOSED FORM HYPERBOLIC AND SPHERICAL ITERATION GEO-LOCATION TECHNIQUE - Determining a signal emitter location involves receiving a signal of interest (SOI) at detection devices, generating a time stamp corresponding to the arrival of the SOI at each detection device, and communicating digital data samples and the time stamp to a time-difference of arrival (TDOA) computer system. The TDOA computer system determines a TDOA of the SOI at the detection devices relative to an arrival time at a first one of the detection devices having an earliest time stamp. It determines a first solution to identify the emitter location in accordance with a first TDOA solution method. It evaluates the reliability of the first solution and selectively uses a second solution if the first solution is insufficiently reliable. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059212 | DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE ORIENTATION BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS - A device for determining relative orientation between two locations including an imager, an inertial-orientation-sensor firmly attached to the imager for determining information relating to the orientation thereof and which exhibits drift and a processor coupled with the imager and with the inertial-orientation-sensor. The processor determines a first orientation-measurement and first time-tag when the device is oriented with a first-orientation-indicator located at a first location. The processor determines a second-orientation-measurement and second time-tag when the device is oriented with a second-orientation-indicator located at a second location. The processor determines a third-orientation-measurement and third time-tag when the device is oriented again with the first-orientation-indicator. The processor determines the drift associated the inertial-orientation-sensor according to difference between the first-orientation-measurement and the third-orientation-measurement the respective time-tags associated therewith. The processor determines an angle-difference between the first-orientation-indicator and the second-orientation-indicator according to the first-orientation-measurement and the second-orientation-measurement, the first and second time-tags and the drift. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059213 | Radar Detection and/or Protection in a Wireless Communication System Operating in a Spectrum Shared with at Least One Radar System - There is provided a method and corresponding arrangement and units for radar detection in a wireless communication system operating in a spectrum shared with at least one radar system. The method basically comprises the steps of collecting (S | 2018-03-01 |
20180059214 | Method And Apparatus For Computationally Efficient Target Acquisition And Tracking Using A Radar - The present invention generally relates to processing of electromagnetic signals, and more specifically, for a method and apparatus for managing the computational cost of radar signal processing on a vehicular radar. The system is operative to utilize a Goerzel filter to aid in determining a frequency for a radar echo. In addition the system uses a DFT operation for tracking stationary objects and a FFT operation for tracing moving objects. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059215 | Beam-Forming Reconfigurable Correlator (Pulse Compression Receiver) Based on Multi-Gigabit Serial Transceivers (SERDES) - Aspects of the invention provide improvements to electromagnetic and other wave-based ranging systems, e.g., RADAR or LIDAR systems, of the type having transmit logic that transmits a pulse based on an applied analog signal. The improvements are characterized, in part, by a SERDES having a serializer (a/k/a a “transmit side”) that is coupled to the transmit logic. The serializer has (i) an input to which a pattern on which the pulse is based is applied and (ii) an output from which a serialization of the pattern is applied to the transmit logic. The improvements are further characterized in that the SERDES has deserializer logic (a/k/a a “receive side”) that is coupled to receive logic and that deserialize a received “analog” signal containing possible reflections of the pulse. According to various aspects of the invention, the transmit and/or receive logic can include circuitry for directionally steering pulses transmitted into the environment and/or the directional sensitivity of the system to possible reflects of those pulses. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059216 | RECEIVE CHAIN CONFIGURATION FOR CONCURRENT MULTI-MODE RADAR OPERATION - A frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar sensor may include a receive chain, where the receive chain includes a plurality of elements associated with processing a radar signal, where at least one element, of the plurality of elements, is configurable independent of at least one other element of the plurality of elements. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059217 | METHOD OF REAL-TIME RCS ESTIMATION FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE RADAR OBJECT - A real-time radar object RCS estimation method includes construction of geometric model of the object and decomposition the object surface into several simple surface elements based on the surface two-dimensional curvature. The method includes decomposition of incident radar wave into two components and ignoring the effect of the tangential component to the RCS computation. Projection area A, reflectivity rate R and direction coefficient D of each simple surface element is computed for calculation of the RCS value of each simple surface element via multiplication of the A, R and D values. The object RCS value is obtained by summing up the RCS values of all simple surface elements. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059218 | TIME OF FLIGHT-BASED SYSTEMS OPERABLE FOR AMBIENT LIGHT AND DISTANCE OR PROXIMITY MEASUREMENTS - A time of flight-based system is operable for ambient light measurements. A method of operation includes detecting, in at least one active demodulation detection pixel, a first particular wavelength and generating amplitude data of the first particular wavelength; and detecting, in at least one spurious reflection detection pixel, a second particular wavelength and generating amplitude data of the second particular wavelength. In a computational device that stores spectrum data corresponding respectively to a plurality of different ambient light source types, an ambient lighting condition is determined based on the amplitude data of the first particular wavelength, the amplitude data of the second particular wavelength and the spectrum data of a particular one of the ambient light source types associated with the amplitude data of the first particular wavelength and the amplitude data of the second particular wavelength. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059219 | MULTI-BEAM POSITION SENSING DEVICES - One disclosed method includes the steps of determining a plurality of modulation frequencies based on a plurality of received ambient light signals; causing a plurality of laser emitters to each transmit a laser pulse, each laser pulse modulated according to a modulation frequency of the plurality of modulation frequencies, each laser pulse having a different modulation frequency than each of the other modulated laser pulses; receiving a plurality of reflected laser pulses at a position sensing device, at least two of the plurality reflected laser pulses corresponding to the transmitted laser pulses; and determining positions of the received reflected laser pulses on the position sensing device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059220 | LASER RANGING DEVICE WITH BEAM SIGNATURE AND SIGNATURE RECOGNITION - Techniques provided herein are directed toward enabling a laser ranging device to include, in optical pulses it generates, one or more unique “signatures” that enable the laser ranging device to distinguish pulses it generates from pulses generated by other laser ranging devices. These “signatures” can include a ringing frequency generated by residence circuitry in a laser driver of the laser ranging device that includes an adjustable capacitor enabling adjustment of the ringing frequency. Circuitry in the laser ranging device receiver can process a signal made by a detected pulse to determine whether a signature of the detected pulse substantially matches a signature of a transmitted pulse. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059221 | HYBRID SCANNING LIDAR SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein are techniques for light beam scanning in a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system. The LIDAR system includes a beam shaping subsystem configured to generate an illumination pattern elongated in a first direction, and a scanning subsystem configured to direct the elongated illumination pattern towards a plurality of positions along a second direction different from the first direction. The LIDAR system further includes a sensor configured to generate a detection signal in response to detecting light reflected by a target object illuminated by the elongated illumination pattern, and a processor configured to determine a characteristic of the target object based on the detection signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059222 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DISTANCE INFORMATION WITHIN A FIELD - Optical systems and methods for collecting distance information are disclosed. An example optical system includes a first transmitting optic, a plurality of illumination sources, a pixel array comprising at least a first column of pixels and a second column of pixels, each pixel in the first column of pixels being offset from an adjacent pixel in the first column of pixels by a first pixel pitch, the second column of pixels being horizontally offset from the first column of pixels by the first pixel pitch, the second column of pixels being vertically offset from the first column of pixels by a first vertical pitch; and a set of input channels interposed between the first transmitting optic and the pixel array. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059223 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND LIDAR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical scanning device includes a light source configured to emit first light in a first wavelength range and second light in a second wavelength range, a beam divider configured to allow the first light to travel in a first direction, and receive the second light, and allow the second light to travel in a second direction different from the first direction, a first optical modulator configured to receive the first light, and modulate a phase of the first light received by the first optical modulator to change a travelling direction of the first light received by the first optical modulator, and a second optical modulator configured to receive the second light, and modulate a phase of the second light received by the second optical modulator to change a travelling direction of the second light received by the second optical modulator. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059224 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) IMAGE SENSOR USING AMPLITUDE MODULATION FOR RANGE MEASUREMENT - The Time-of-Flight (TOF) technique is combined with analog amplitude modulation within each pixel in an image sensor. The pixel may be a two-tap pixel or a one-tap pixel. Two photoelectron receiver circuits in the pixel receive respective analog modulating signals. The distribution of the received photoelectron charge between these two circuits is controlled by the difference (or ratio) of the two analog modulating voltages. The differential signals generated in this manner within the pixel are modulated in time domain for TOF measurement. Thus, the TOF information is added to the received light signal by the analog domain-based single-ended to differential converter inside the pixel itself. The TOF-based measurement of range and its resolution are controllable by changing the duration of modulation. An autonomous navigation system with these features may provide improved vision for drivers under difficult driving conditions like low light, fog, bad weather, or strong ambient light. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMAGE RESOLUTION - A method for enhancing image resolution includes obtaining one or more images of a scene. The one or more images are associated with a first depth map. The method further includes determining a second depth map of the scene based upon the one or more images. The second depth map has a higher resolution than the first depth map. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059226 | 3D SCAN TUNING - Examples relate to three-dimensional (3D) scan tuning. In some examples, preliminary scan data is obtained while the real-world object is continuously rotated in view of a 3D scanning device, where the 3D scanning device performs a prescan to collect the preliminary scan data. The preliminary scan data is then used to determine physical characteristics of the real-world object, and a camera operating mode of the 3D scanning device is modified based on the physical characteristics. At this stage, 3D scan data for generating a 3D model of the real-world object is obtained, where the 3D scanning device scans the real-world object according to the camera operating mode. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING MOTION SENSOR - The instant disclosure provides a system and method for testing a motion sensor. The motion sensor includes a light-emitting unit and an optical sensing unit. The system includes a detection beam generation module, a control module and a processor module. The detection beam generation module is disposed above the motion sensor for intermittently projecting a detection beam onto the optical sensing unit. The control module is electrically connected to the detection beam generation module for controlling the schedule of the testing light. The processor module is electrically connected to the optical sensing unit for generating a testing result according to the detection beam received by the optical sensing unit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059228 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING RADIATED SIGNALS - Methods and apparatus for providing dynamically adjusted radiated signals are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of detecting one or more objects in a path of travel of a vehicle may include generating a laser with radiated power. The method may further include emitting the laser in a direction of travel of the vehicle and receiving one or more reflections of the emitted laser reflected from the one or more objects located in the direction of travel of the vehicle. The method may also further include generating a signal indicating that the one or more objects are in a path of the vehicle based on the received one or more reflections. The method may also include dynamically adjusting the radiated power of the laser based on an input corresponding to one or more of (i) a current speed of the vehicle or (ii) a current position of the vehicle. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059229 | Vector Velocity Estimation Using Transverse Oscillation (TO) and Synthetic Aperture Sequential Beamforming (SASB) - An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array with a plurality of transducer elements configured to repeatedly emit in a predetermined pattern, a first beamformer configured to beamform echo signals received by the transducer array to produce a low resolution line of data for each emission, and a first communication interface configured to wirelessly transmit the low resolution lines of data for each emission in series. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a second communication interface configured to for each emission in series wirelessly receive the transmitted low resolution lines of data, a second beamformer configured to beamform the received low resolution lines of data to produce high resolution ultrasound data, and a velocity processor configured to estimate vector velocity components from the high resolution ultrasound data in a lateral direction and an axial using an autocorrelation algorithm. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059230 | Systems and Associated Methods for Generating a Fish Activity Report Based on Aggregated Marine Data - A computing device is configured to receive a plurality of sets of sonar data, current locations associated with the sonar data, and condition parameters associated with the plurality of sets of sonar data from one or more marine electronic devices. The computing device receives a request from a user to display a condition and location based fishing activity s report. The request indicating a location and a condition parameter associated with desired fishing activity. The computing device filters the plurality of sets of the sonar data based on the request to generate a fishing activity report including one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data that are associated with the indicated location and the condition parameter and causes display of the fishing activity report on a screen such that the one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data are displayed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059231 | Ultra-Wide Band Radar and Positional Node Integration - A constellation of Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) nodes, each with an UWB transceiver operating both as a monostatic/bi-static Radar, provide precise positional determination of both participating and nonparticipating movable objects. The UWB constellation identifies and locates objects within a geographic area using multipath signal analysis forming an occupancy grid. The resulting occupancy grid can identify parked cars, pedestrians, obstructions, and the like to facilitate autonomous vehicle operations, safety protocols, traffic management, emergency vehicle prioritization, collisions avoidance and the like. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059232 | PULSE RADAR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a pulse radar device including: a TX unit configured to emit a TX pulse according to a single TX clock signal; a multiple-RX units configured to receive echo pulses received through a plurality of RX antennas according to multiple RX clock signals; a pulse radar driving unit configured to generate the single TX clock signal and the multiple RX clock signals using a reference clock signal. The pulse radar driving unit provides the single TX clock signal and the multiple RX clock signals for the TX unit and the multiple-RX unit. The pulse radar driving unit adjusts an RX clock-to-clock delay that is the delay between the multiple RX clock signals so as to adjust a directivity of the multiple-RX unit, and a TX-to-RX delay between the single TX clock signal and the multiple RX clocks signals so as to adjust a detection range. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059233 | ASIC IMPLEMENTED MOTION DETECTOR - A motion detector and method of operating the motion detector including an antenna configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals and receive reflected RF signals. The motion detector also includes a controller configured to generate a notification when a target object is detected and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) electrically coupled to the antenna and the controller. The ASIC is configured to generate and send the RF signals to the antenna and to receive the reflected RF signals via the antenna. The ASIC also receives at least one control parameter from the controller and sends an output signal to the controller indicative of motion of a target object based on the at least one control parameter and the reflected RF signals. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059234 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MOTION DETECTION USING AN AIR CURTAIN - Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for detection motion using an air curtain. An air flow source generates an air curtain that can rotate an airfoil located downstream of the air flow source. The airfoil contains an RF reflective material, and a sensor can detect RF reflections from the airfoil. The sensor communicates data associated with the RF energy reflections detected from the airfoil to a computing device that can compare this data against a reflection threshold value. The computing device can determine whether an object has obstructed the air curtain if the reflections detected by the sensor decrease below the reflection threshold value. The computing device can also compute a number of objects passing through the air curtain during a specified period of time. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059235 | Asymmetric Double-Sided Two-Way Ranging in an Ultrawideband Communication System - In an ultra-wideband (“UWB”) communication system comprising a pair of UWB transceivers, an asynchronous two-way ranging method for closely estimating the time-of-flight between the transceivers after the exchange of only 3 messages between the transceivers. In an alternate asynchronous two-way ranging method, the time-of-flight between the transceivers may be closely estimated after the exchange of only 4 messages between the transceivers. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059236 | VEHICLE SENSOR WITH INTEGRATED RADAR AND IMAGE SENSORS - A sensing system of a vehicle includes a sensor module disposed at the vehicle. The sensor module includes first and second radar sensors and a camera. A field of sensing of the first radar sensor is encompassed by a portion of a field of view of the camera and a field of sensing of the second radar sensor is encompassed by another portion of the field of view of the camera. Outputs of the radar sensors and the camera are communicated to a control. The control, responsive to processing of the outputs of the radar sensors, detects the presence of an object exterior the vehicle and within the field of sensing of at least one of the radar sensors. The control, responsive to detection of an object via processing of the outputs of the radar sensors, processes the output of the camera to classify the detected object. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059237 | System and Method for Radar Imaging Using Distributed Moving Platforms Under Unknown Position Perturbations - Systems and methods for fusing a radar image in response to radar pulses transmitted to a region of interest (ROI). The method including receiving a set of reflections from a target located in the ROI. Each reflection is recorded by a receiver at a corresponding time and at a corresponding coarse location. Aligning the set of reflections on a time scale using the corresponding coarse locations of the set of distributed receivers to produce a time projection of the set of reflections for the target. Fitting a line into data points formed from radar pulses in the set of reflections. Determining a distance between the fitted line and each data point. Adjusting the coarse position of the set of distributed receivers using the corresponding distance between the fitted line and each data point. Fusing the radar image using the set of reflections received at the adjusted coarse position. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059238 | MULTILOOK COHERENT CHANGE DETECTION - Methods and devices use information from the original SAR images to provide measurements that can be applied to corresponding change detection products. This produces reliable registration and alignment for the change products even when the imaging geometry is significantly changed. A method of processing synthetic aperture radar, SAR, image data comprising a plurality of frames of SAR image data for each of a plurality of image geometries; for each image geometry, applying change detection to the frames of SAR image data corresponding to that image geometry to produce a corresponding plurality of change products; selecting a plurality of said acquired frames as reference frames, one in respect of each image geometry; applying a multilook SAR process to the reference frames to produce a multilook SAR product, the multilook SAR process comprising at least one processing stage comprising measuring a property of the data contained in the reference frames and applying a transformation to the data governed by the measured property; and applying a multilook change process to the change products, the multilook change process comprising applying the same transformation as in the multilook SAR process, to the change products, to produce a multilook change product. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059239 | UNMANNED VEHICLE PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM - A traffic control system is described that comprises a transceiver configured to receive a first signal comprising location data indicating a location of an unmanned vehicle (UV). The traffic control system further comprises a processor configured to determine a location of a second vehicle and determine a course of the second vehicle. The processor is further configured to cause, based on determining the location of the second vehicle and the course of the second vehicle, the transceiver to transmit a second signal to the UV directing the UV to avoid the course of the second vehicle. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059240 | Extravisual Obstacle Detecting System - An extravisual obstacle detecting system includes: a radio wave receiving unit | 2018-03-01 |
20180059241 | ROUTE SEARCH SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THAT STORES ROUTE SEARCH PROGRAM - A route search system includes an electronic control unit configured to perform: acquiring estimated weather information, the estimated weather information being information about weather that is estimated in a region where a candidate of a first route from a departure place to a destination place exists; acquiring experienced weather information, the experienced weather information being information about weather that a user has experienced in past; an searching the first route by preferentially selecting a first road over a second road, and outputting information about the first route, the first road being a road in a first region where the estimated weather information coincides with the experienced weather information, the second road being a road in a second region where the estimated weather information does not coincide with the experienced weather information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059242 | ULTRASONIC CHARGE PORT DETECTOR - A charge port detector system may include a charger arm, a set of ultrasonic sensors carried by the charger arm, and one or more physical processors. The set of ultrasonic sensors may receive ultrasonic signals from one or more ultrasonic emitters of a charging target. Times at which the set of ultrasonic sensors received the ultrasonic signals may be obtained. The charger arm may be moved based on the times at which the set of ultrasonic sensors received the ultrasonic signals. The movement of the charger arm may align the charger arm to a charge port of the charging target. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059243 | Location Beacon Assembly - A location beacon assembly includes a wrist band that may be worn on a wrist. A beacon unit is coupled to the wrist band. The beacon unit is turned on when the beacon unit is exposed to water. The beacon unit selectively emits blue light. Thus, the beacon unit is visible at a maximum depth in water thereby facilitating a swimmer to be located when the swimmer is drowning. The beacon selectively emits an echolocation sound that has a frequency ranging between 10 kHz and 20 kHz. Thus, the beacon unit is audible at a maximum depth in water thereby facilitating the swimmer to be located when the swimmer is drowning. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059244 | FAST SCAN DETECTION METHOD - A fast scan detection method is provided. The fast scan detection method is applied to a rotatable scan detection device where two or more detection samplings are performed for calculating each scan detection distance value, where each of the detection samplings includes: emitting, by an emission light source, infrared detection light, where the infrared detection light propagates through a surrounding space and is reflected by a detected object when the infrared detection light encounters the detected object; and receiving, by a photoelectric sensor in a reception unit, the infrared detection light reflected by the detected object, where the rotatable scan detection device performs one detection sampling at each detection angular position at which the rotatable scan detection device is positioned. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059245 | ABSOLUTE DISTANCE MEASUREMENT FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSORS - A time-of-flight (TOF) sensor device is provided with features for correcting distance measurement offset errors caused by such factors as temperature, dynamic reflectivity ranges of objects in the viewing space, or other factors. In various embodiments, the TOF sensor device generates corrected distance values based on comparison of two different distance values measured for an object by two different measurement techniques, including but not limited to phase shift measurement, pulsed TOF measurement, distance measurement based on the focal length of the TOF sensor's lens, and comparison of distance variations with light intensity variations. In addition, some embodiments of the TOF sensor device perform self-calibration using internal waveguides or parasitic reflections as distance references. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059246 | OPTOELECTRONIC MODULES FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL MEASUREMENTS - An optoelectronic module includes a first light emitter operable to emit radiation at a first wavelength toward an object outside the module. The module also includes demodulation pixels operable to detect radiation of the first wavelength reflected from the object. One or more processors are operable to determine a distance to the object based on the radiation detected by the demodulation pixels. The module is further operable to perform a supplemental measurement other than distance. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059247 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DEVELOPING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF AN ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for developing a 3D model of an environment. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of overlapping images of the environment, each image associated of navigation data, providing distance information, said LIDAR information comprising a distance value and navigation data from a plurality of distance measurements, and developing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images and the distance information. The step of developing the 3D model comprises the steps of providing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images; and updating the 3D model with the distance information using an iterative process. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059248 | DYNAMICALLY STEERED LASER RANGE FINDER - LIDAR measurements can be sparse in comparison to camera measurements. Hence, dynamically steering a LIDAR to regions of a field of view with more information (e.g. the detailed boundaries of objects) is beneficial. In one embodiment, a LIDAR system performs a non-uniform laser scan of a field of view based on sensor data. Data from an on-going or previous scan can be used to define dense scan regions within the field of view. The shape of dense scan regions can be iteratively improved (e.g. narrowed) based on localization of time-of-flight boundaries. Dense scan regions can be expressed in term of a set of laser steering parameters operable to dynamically steer a LIDAR. Within embodiments complex-shaped dense scan patterns can be selected or adapted based on an object classification (e.g. person or vehicle) or LIDAR location (e.g. an urban environment). | 2018-03-01 |
20180059249 | POSITION INFORMATION COMMON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECT - A position information common management system for a mobile object includes an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus is configured to receive information including position information and metadata as one set wirelessly transmitted from a plurality of position information sources respectively moving along with a plurality of mobile objects. When a request for transmission of position information constituting one set with specified metadata is received from an information terminal, the information processing apparatus is configured to search for a set including the specified metadata among the received sets each including the position information and the metadata. The information processing apparatus is configured to transmit position information of the searched set including the specified metadata and position information to the information terminal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059250 | POSITIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, POSITIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND MOBILE ROBOT - A positional measurement system includes: a mobile robot including a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal reception unit that receives GNSS signals and calculates a position of the mobile robot based on the GNSS signals, a GNSS signal precision evaluation unit that evaluates positional measurement precision by the received GNSS signals, and a position control unit that moves the mobile robot to a high-precision reception position, where GNSS signals yielding positional measurement precision higher than a first threshold precision can be received; a relative position detection unit that detects a relative position of a target as to the mobile robot situated at the high-precision reception position; and a target position calculation unit that calculates a position of the target based on the calculated position of the mobile robot based on the GNSS signals received at the high-precision reception position, and the relative position. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059251 | SOLAR-POWERED ASSET TRACKING DEVICE FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT GPS TRACKING - A device may determine that a charge of a capacitor of the device, powered by solar energy, satisfies a threshold. The device may power on a first set of components of the device based on determining that the charge of the capacitor satisfies the threshold. The device may obtain ephemeris data based on powering on the first set of components. The device may power on a second set of components of the device based on obtaining the ephemeris data. The device may obtain GPS data using the ephemeris data and based on powering on the second set of components. The device may transmit the GPS data. The device may power off at least one component, of the first set of components or the second set of components, after transmitting the GPS data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059252 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing method including: acquiring data indicating a first location measured with a satellite positioning system including a plurality of satellites, identifying a second range corresponding to a first range including the first location based on first information and an arrangement pattern of the plurality of satellites at a time when the first location is measured, each of the first ranges being a range to which a location measured with the satellite positioning system corresponds, each of the second ranges being a range to which a corrected location obtained by correction processing to remove an error from the measured location corresponds, the first information indicating a correspondence relationship between each of the first ranges and each of the second ranges for each of arrangement patterns of the plurality of satellites, and identifying a second location by correcting the first location based on the identified second range. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059253 | DYNAMIC GPS LOCATION UPDATE - A tracking device is provided and includes a processing unit that is in communication with a networking unit and a memory unit. The memory unit has executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processing unit to control the networking unit to coarsely identify a region currently occupied by a tracked device and determine an accurate location of the tracked device responsive to a predefined event. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059254 | DYNAMIC GPS LOCATION UPDATE - A global positioning system (GPS) is provided and includes a processing system that is in communication with a network and memory. The memory has executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processing system to control the network to coarsely identify a region currently occupied by a tracked device and determine an accurate location of the tracked device responsive to a predefined event. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059255 | DYNAMIC GPS LOCATION UPDATE - A tracking device is provided and includes a processing unit that is in communication with a networking unit and a memory unit. The memory unit has executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processing unit to control the networking unit to coarsely identify a region currently occupied by a tracked device and determine an accurate location of the tracked device responsive to a predefined event. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059256 | Methods and apparatus for estimating motion parameters of GNSS receiver - A method and a receiver apparatus allows obtaining accurate estimates of motion parameters of a mobile receiver, including smoothed estimates of total coordinates increments relative to its initial position, projections of velocity vector and acceleration vector. High estimation accuracy is achieved by filtering the biased or unbiased estimates of total coordinate increments relative to the receiver's initial position using smoothing tracking filters of a 2-nd or 3-rd order. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059257 | COLORIMETRIC RADIATION DOSIMETRY - A dosimetry device includes a first chamber formed on a substrate with a first decomposable barrier sensitive to radiation and a first chemical component. A second chamber is formed on the substrate in proximity of the first chamber and includes a second decomposable barrier sensitive to radiation and a second chemical component. Upon a radiation event, decomposition of the first and second barriers of the first and second chambers permits a mixing of the first and second chemical components to cause a visible change of the dosimetry device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059258 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TOUCHLESS WIRELESS CHARGING OF MOBILE X-RAY CART DETECTORS AND ACCESSORIES - A mobile radiography system has a moveable transport frame configured to travel across a floor. An adjustable support structure is coupled to the moveable transport frame and an x-ray source is coupled to the adjustable support structure. A power transmitter emits wireless power signals to a digital detector to charge a battery therein. Power signal receiving circuitry in the detector receives the wireless power signals to generate recharging current for the battery. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059259 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING RADIOELEMENTS - A method for determining the nature of the radioelements present in an object and their activity comprises at least the following steps: a first phase of numerical simulation of spectrometric responses for an incident-energy set E and a measured-output-energy set E′, so as to obtain a simulated-data set, a second phase of non-parametric regression on the simulated data, non-parametric estimation of the quantity representing the joint probability of the triplets (E,E′,y) on the basis of simulated points (Ei,Ei′,yij) so as to deduce therefrom a meta-model S(E, E′) for any energy pair (E, E′) on a continuous function, on the basis of the meta-model S(E, E′), the determination of the nature and activity of the radioelements present in the object. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059260 | PRAD ZOOM LENS DESIGN FOR TILTED SCINTILLATORS - A system for proton radiography that includes an accelerator pipe configured to direct protons to a scintillator configured to receive the protons from the accelerator pipe and in response thereto generate light emissions which form an image. A pellicle reflects the image from the scintillator to a lens assembly having a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to receive the image from the pellicle. The lens assembly includes a movable lens group which provides a variable magnification function to provide a magnified image from the lens assembly. A housing is configured to support the lens assembly and the housing includes a movable rail on which the movable lens group moves to achieve the zoom function. A camera is arranged at the second end of the lens group and is configured to receive and record the magnified image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059261 | SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR - The present disclosure provides a semiconductor detector. The semiconductor detector comprises: a detector crystal including a crystal body, an anode and a cathode; a field enhance electrode for applying a voltage to the detector crystal; an insulating material disposed between the field enhanced electrode and a surface of the detector crystal. The semiconductor detector further comprises a field enhanced electrode circuit board having a bottom connection layer in contact with the surface of the detector crystal and a top layer opposite to the bottom connection layer, wherein the top layer is connected to a high voltage input terminal of the semiconductor detector, and an insulating material is provided between the bottom connection layer and the detector surface of the detector crystal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059262 | SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR - A semiconductor may include a semiconductor detection material including a first side and a second side opposite to each other, a cathode disposed on the first side, and an anode disposed on the second side. The anode includes an array of pixel anodes defining detection pixels of the semiconductor detector, and intermediate anodes disposed between adjacent ones of the pixel anodes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to achieve signal correction to improve the energy resolution and the signal-to-noise ratio of the detector. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059263 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE USING THE SAME - There is provided a radiation detector using SiC and of a structure in which an electric field is applied to the interior of the entire SiC crystal constituting a radiation sensible layer, aiming to detect radiation while suppressing a reduction in electric signals generated in the radiation sensible layer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059264 | DETECTOR, AND DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIVIDING ENERGY REGIONS INTELLIGENTLY - The disclosure provides a detector, and a detecting system and method for dividing energy regions intelligently. The detecting method may comprise: collecting, by a detector, rays transmitted through a detected object and generating a detection signal according to the rays; wherein each column of pixels of the detector comprises one class-A electrode and a plurality of class-B electrodes, and the class-A electrode and the class-B electrodes are arranged sequentially in a moving direction of the detected object, such that the rays transmitted through the detected object firstly enter into the class-A electrode and then into the class-B electrodes; obtaining image data of the detected object based on the detection signal corresponding to the class-A electrode, and estimating a material component of the detected object based on the image data; adjusting one or more thresholds for dividing the energy regions according to the estimated material component; and determining energy regions to which the detection signal corresponding to the class-B electrodes belongs, according to the adjusted one or more thresholds, and calculating a number of signals in each energy region, so as to obtain the image data of the detected object and determine components of the detected object accurately. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059265 | SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING THE SAME - A semiconductor detector and a packaging method thereof. The semiconductor detector includes: a cathode circuit board including a read out chip, a high voltage side top layer of the cathode circuit board, a bottom connection layer of the cathode circuit board and a dielectric filled between the high voltage side top layer and the bottom connection layer, wherein the high voltage side top layer is connected to the bottom connection layer through a via hole; and a detector crystal including a crystal body, an anode and a cathode, the anode is connected to the read out chip of the cathode circuit board, the high voltage side top layer is connected to an input terminal of the semiconductor detector and the bottom connection layer directly contacts the cathode of the detector crystal to connect the cathode to the cathode circuit board. | 2018-03-01 |
20180059266 | SCINTILLATION EVENT POSITION DETERMINATION IN A RADIATION PARTICLE DETECTOR - A method for determining the position of a scintillation event in a radiation particle detector with multiple scintillator element locations which are configured to emit a burst of photons responsive to a radiation particle being absorbed at the scintillator element location and with a plurality of photosensors ( | 2018-03-01 |