13th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220100131 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH MISALIGNMENT CORRECTION CAPABILITY - An image forming device includes an image forming unit, a fuser, a memory, and a control circuit. The image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium with a decolorable toner based on image data. The decolorable toner decolorizes at a first temperature and does not decolorize at a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature. The fuser has a plurality of regions extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveyance of the recording medium. The fuser generates heat in each of the plurality of regions to fuse the image onto the recording medium. The memory stores a correspondence between the plurality of regions and positions of a plurality of areas positioned along a main scanning direction in the image data. The control circuit changes the correspondence based on a degree of color development or decolorization of the image. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100132 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a fixing device, a high voltage power supply board, a main body housing and a door. The door is provided in the main body housing so as to face the fixing device. The fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure roller, a charge applying device, a fixing housing and a contact member. The fixing member is rotatable. The charge applying device is applied with a voltage from the high voltage power supply board and applies a charge to the fixing member. The fixing housing stores the fixing member, the pressure roller and the charge applying device. The contact member is provided in the fixing housing at a position accessible by opening the door and to which a feed line on the high voltage power supply board side and a feed line on the charge applying device side are connected. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100133 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating roller, a pressing roller, a heating part, a heat insulating member and a bearing. The pressing roller holds a sheet with the heating roller. The heating part heats the heating roller. The heat insulating member is fitted on an end portion in an axial direction of the heating roller, has a heat-resistance to heat applied from the heating roller and has an inclined shape in which an outer diameter becomes small toward an inside in the axial direction of the heating roller. The bearing supports the heating roller through the heat insulating member. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100134 | BELT UNIT AND FIXING DEVICE | 2022-03-31 |
20220100135 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: an annular belt including an elastic layer formed of elastic material and a surface layer formed on a surface of the elastic layer, the annular belt having an internal diameter r [μm]; and a pressing member that makes contact with the surface layer of the annular belt, thereby forming a nip region, wherein | 2022-03-31 |
20220100136 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a transporter; an image former; a reflective optical sensor; an image density adjuster; and a controller. The image former includes: a photoreceptor; a charger; an exposer; a developer; a transferor; and a fuser. The reflective optical sensor is provided opposite to the photoreceptor across a conveyance path. During image density adjustment, the controller forms a predetermined patch toner image on the photoreceptor, irradiates the patch toner image with light, and control the image density adjuster to adjust image density based on reflected light from the patch toner image. During image forming, the controller causes the reflective optical sensor to emit light on timing that a predetermined leading edge area of the recording area passes, and decides based on reflected light therefrom whether a width in the main scanning direction of a recording medium is longer than a predetermined reference length. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100137 | DETECTION OF WASTE TONER USING SWITCH - An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a print engine, a detection circuit, a switch, and a processor. The print engine is located within the main body to form an image by using a toner. The print engine generates waste toner. A waste toner container is detachably mountable to the main body of the image forming apparatus and collects the waste toner. The detection circuit includes a toner amount detection sensor to output a voltage value associated with an amount of waste toner in the waste toner container and a switch to selectively output the voltage value depending on whether the waste toner container is mounted or detached. The processor determines whether printing is available based on the voltage value outputted from the detection circuit. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100138 | Universal Coupler with Coupler Holder And Driving Coupler Elastically Combined With Each Other - A universal coupler includes: a driving shaft, a coupler holder, driving coupler, a driving coupling pin, and an elastic member. The driving shaft has a driving shaft a first pin hole. The coupler holder includes a bore, a separation prevention member that partially blocks the bore, and a coupling groove formed in the bore. The driving coupler includes a spherical portion that is located in the bore and in contact with the separation prevention member, a shaft insertion portion formed through the spherical portion, and a second pin hole that penetrates the spherical portion. The driving coupling pin is insertable into the driving pin hole, and has an end insertable into the coupling groove. The elastic member applies elasticity to the coupler holder in a direction that urges the spherical portion of the driving coupler against the separation prevention member. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100139 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveyance roller is configured to convey a sheet having passed through a fixing device toward a photosensitive drum. A gear train is switchable between a transmission state in which the gear train transmits power from a motor to the conveyance roller and a transmission release state in which the gear train does not transmit the power from the motor to the conveyance roller. A movement member is movable between a first position at which the movement member causes the gear train to be in the transmission state and a second position at which the movement member causes the gear train to be in the transmission release state. A cam is configured to cause a development roller to move between a contact position and a separation position. The movement member is movable between the first position and the second position in conjunction with movement of the cam. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100140 | CLEANING MEMBER WITH ENDS OF BLADE THEREOF BENT TOWARD IMAGE CARRIER - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing device that supplies a toner to the image carrier, and a cleaning member. The cleaning member includes a blade that contacts the image carrier and applies a pressure onto the image carrier. The blade has two ends that are bent in a direction toward the image carrier such, wherein the blade forms cleaning angles with the image carrier at the two ends of the blade, that are smaller than the cleaning angles formed with the image carrier in the other portions of the blade. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100141 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member that has a toner image formed thereon while rotating and that retains the toner image until the toner image is transferred; a charging unit that receives an image-formation charge voltage having a predetermined first polarity and used for electrostatically charging the image bearing member; an exposure unit that radiates exposure light onto a region of the image bearing member so as to form an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member, the region of the image bearing member receiving the image-formation charge voltage applied by the charging unit; a developing unit that uses a toner to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member by the exposure unit; a transfer unit that nips a transfer member by working together with the image bearing member and that receives a transfer voltage having a second polarity opposite to the first polarity between the transfer unit and the image bearing member so as to transfer the toner image formed on the image bearing member by the developing unit onto the transfer member; and a controller that causes a transfer-unit static-elimination voltage to be applied to the transfer unit and causes a static-elimination charge voltage to be applied to the charging unit in an image-formation terminating sequence, the transfer-unit static-elimination voltage having the second polarity and having an absolute value larger than the transfer voltage, the static-elimination charge voltage having the first polarity and having an absolute value smaller than the image-formation charge voltage. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100142 | PROTECTION MEMBER, REPLACEMENT COMPONENT WITH PROTECTION MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A protection member for attachment to a replacement component before the replacement component is inserted into a body of an apparatus, to protect the replacement component, the replacement component being to be inserted into the body of the apparatus so as to act as a part of the apparatus, the protection member includes: a contact portion configured to come into contact with the body of the apparatus at a stage where a portion of the replacement component on a front side in an insertion direction is inserted into the body of the apparatus while the protection member is attached to the replacement component, in which the protection member is removed at the stage where the portion is inserted into the body of the apparatus, so as to allow further insertion of the replacement component. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100143 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IN WHICH SCANNER FRAME AND SUPPORT FRAME ARE CONNECTED AND FIXED - An image forming apparatus includes a housing frame, a scanner frame, a first support frame, a second support frame, and a connecting member. The second support frame supports the scanner frame. The second support frame includes a horizontal support member and a vertical support member. The scanner frame includes a member to be connected. The insertion plate of the connecting member penetrates through the opening of the member to be connected in the first direction, and is inserted through the opening of the vertical support member. The insertion plate has an upper face located in contact with an upper end face of the opening of the member to be connected, at least via one position, and has a lower face located in contact with a lower end face of the opening of the vertical support member, at least via two positions spaced from each other in the second direction. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100144 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development device is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus main body in an inserting/drawing direction. The development device includes a holder portion, a hook, a lever portion, and an elastic arm portion. The holder portion supports a board connectable to a controller of the apparatus main body. The hook is engageable with a recess of the apparatus main body. The lever portion is provided with the hook. At least one elastic arm portion connects the holder portion and the lever portion. In a middle of an attachment to the apparatus main body, the hook interferes with the apparatus main body to shift the lever portion in a direction crossing the inserting/drawing direction and to elastically deform the elastic arm portion. When the hook is engaged with the recess, the elastic deformation of the elastic arm portion is released and the board is connected to the controller. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100145 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A process cartridge includes a toner, a regulating member, and a developing roller including a conductive substrate, an elastic layer, and a surface layer which includes a binder resin, a first resin particle having an elastic coefficient of 100 to 10,000 MPa, and a second resin particle having an elastic coefficient of 2 to 50 MPa and in which the outer surface has a first protruded portion and a second protruded portion 5.0 μm or more lower than the first protruded portion and has an average maximum height of 6 to 18 μm. The toner includes a toner particle and an external additive A that is a silica particle having a major diameter of 40 to 400 nm, a surface coverage of the toner particle by the external additive A is 3.0% or more, and a dispersion degree evaluation index D of the external additive A is 2.0 or less. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100146 | PROCESSING CARTRIDGE - Provided is a processing cartridge detachably installed in an imaging device. The processing cartridge includes a first unit and a second unit, and a movable assembly coupled to and receive force from the force applying portion. When the processing cartridge is assembled to the imaging device, the first t and second units can be switched between states of approaching and separating. The movable assembly comprises an installing part and an acting part movable relative to and connectable with each other. The movable assembly is installed in the processing cartridge by the installing part, the acting part is coupled to the force applying portion and receives force from the force applying portion, to force the first and second units to switch between the two states. The acting part is retractable relative to the installing part and comprises an acting block and a guide block guided by the installing part. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100147 | Holographic Projectors Including Size Correction and Alignment of Beams Having Different Wavelengths of Light - A holographic projection system including first, second and third light sources, SLMs, a lens, a combiner and a control module. The first, second and third light sources generate respective light beams. The light beams have respective wavelengths. The SLMs respectively diffract the light beams. The lens is disposed to adjust a divergence angle of one of the light beams, such that diffracted light out of each of the SLMs is at a same diffraction angle. The SLMs encode phase holograms including respective versions of a graphic image based on light generated by the light sources including light output from the lens to provide phase hologram beams. The combiner combines the phase hologram beams to provide a combined phase hologram beam projected for viewing a combined graphic image. The control module encodes a prism hologram on one of the SLMs to align outputs of the SLMs. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100148 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - The disclosed system may include a watch band, a watch body comprising at least one image sensor configured to capture a wide-angle image, a coupling mechanism configured to detachably couple the watch body to the watch band, and at least one biometric sensor on at least one of the watch band or the watch body. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100149 | Timepiece - A timepiece including: a dial; a windshield glass having a plurality of curved surfaces that differ from each other in curvature; and a hand disposed between the dial and the windshield glass, wherein the windshield glass includes: a first curved surface having a first curvature and including a center of the windshield glass; a second curved surface disposed adjacent to the first curved surface and having a second curvature larger than the first curvature; and a third curved surface disposed adjacent to the second curved surface and having a third curvature larger than the second curvature, a thickness of the first curved surface and a thickness of the second curved surface are equal, and in plan view, a distal end of the hand is disposed on a center C side of the windshield glass with respect to a boundary between the second curved surface and the third curved surface. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100150 | MAGNETOMETER BASED ON ATOMIC TRANSITIONS INSENSITIVE TO MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH - An atomic vector magnetometer and magnetometric methods based on atomic clock transitions unaffected by magnetic field strength for increased quantum coherency time, resulting in improved sensitivity over conventional Zeeman-based atomic magnetometry, where coherency is restricted by sensitivity to magnetic fields. Instead of measuring magnetic field strength in the direction of the quantization axis, as in Zeeman magnetometry, magnetic field strength is measured substantially orthogonal to the quantization axis, via determining the angular displacement of the quantization axis by the magnetic signal field, which is detected by changes in atomic state populations as the quantization axis is rotated relative to the excitation polarization. In addition, the present invention measures magnetic fields instantaneously rather than via accumulated phase shift over time, as in Zeeman magnetometry, thereby providing measurement and spectral analysis of time-varying magnetic fields. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100151 | WATCH WITH SEALED HOUSING AND SENSOR MODULE - Wearable electronic devices, such as watches, can provide a seal member to form a fluid barrier between an inner chamber therein and outer chambers, as well as an external environment. Components within the sealed inner chamber can be protected from elements from the external environment (e.g., water ingress, etc.). The components outside of the inner chamber can include sensor modules and the like. Such components can be operatively connected to components within the inner chamber, for example, by a flex circuit that extends across the seal member. The component can interact with a watchband when coupled to a watch housing of the watch. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100152 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFETY-ENABLED CONTROL - Systems and methods for safety-enabled control by: establishing a wireless communication channel with a plurality of remote control units via the wireless interface device; in response to establishing the wireless communication channels, operating a system-under-control in a supervised mode based on input received from at least one of the plurality of remote control units; in response to a mode switch command received from a first remote control unit of the plurality of remote control units, providing the other remote control units with a request for a mode switch confirmation; and, in response to confirming receipt of a safety-rated input from an autonomous control system and receipt of a mode switch confirmation from each of the other remote control units, operating the system-under-control in an autonomous mode based on input received from the autonomous control system. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100153 | MODEL-FREE CONTROL OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS WITH DEEP RESERVOIR COMPUTING - A technique is provided for control of a nonlinear dynamical system to an arbitrary trajectory. The technique does not require any knowledge of the dynamical system, and thus is completely model-free. When applied to a chaotic system, it is capable of stabilizing unstable periodic orbits (UPOs) and unstable steady states (USSs), controlling orbits that require non-vanishing control signal, synchronization to other chaotic systems, and so on. It is based on a type of recurrent neural network (RNN) known as a reservoir computer (RC), which, as shown, is capable of directly learning how to control an unknown system. Precise control to a desired trajectory is obtained by iteratively adding layers to the controller, forming a deep recurrent neural network. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100154 | POLICY CREATION APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, POLICY CREATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING POLICY CREATION PROGRAM - A policy creation unit creates a plurality of policies each including a predetermined number of rules in which a condition for determining a state of an object is combined with an action in the state. An action determination unit determines, for each of the plurality of created policies, an action to be performed while a state of the object is changed from a first state to a second state in accordance with the policy. A policy evaluation unit determines, in accordance with a difference between a state between the first state and the second state and a desired state, the quality of the determined action and determines, for each of the plurality of policies, the quality of the policy based on the determined quality of the action. A policy selection unit selects the policy that is determined to have a high quality. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100155 | COMPRESSED AIR PROVISION DEVICE AND METHOD - A compressed air provision device ( | 2022-03-31 |
20220100156 | CONTROL SYSTEM DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The embodiments described herein include one embodiment that provides a control method that includes connecting a first controller to a control system; receiving control system configuration data from a database, in which the configuration data comprises holistic state data of a second controller in the control system; and configuring operation of the first controller based at least in part on the configuration data received. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100157 | DETERMINING AMBIENT CONTROLS - Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes generating statistical models of circadian rhythms based on circadian rhythm data generated by mobile computing devices of occupants of a building having a building automation system. The method also includes identifying room occupants of a room disposed within the building. Additionally, the method includes determining ambient settings for an ambient system operated by the building automation system based on a subset of the statistical models, wherein the subset corresponds to the identified room occupants. The method further includes determining a trade-off ambient setting based on the ambient settings. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100158 | BUILDING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH PLANNING TOOL - An energy storage system for a building includes a battery asset configured to store electricity and discharge the stored electricity for use in satisfying a building electric load. The system includes a planning tool configured to identify one or more selected functionalities of the energy storage system and generate a cost function defining a cost of operating the energy storage system over an optimization period. The cost function includes a term for each of the selected functionalities. The planning tool is configured to generate optimization constraints based on the selected functionalities, attributes of the battery asset, and the electric energy load to be satisfied. The planning tool is configured to optimize the cost function to determine optimal power setpoints for the battery asset at each of a plurality of time steps of the optimization period. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100159 | APPLICATION CODE MANAGER AND INTELLICENTER INTEGRATION - Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to industrial automation device configurations and programmable logic. More specifically, some embodiments relate to a method of integrating industrial automation device configurations and application logic in industrial environments. To reduce time and errors, an automated method enables industrial enterprises, employers, and other users to obtain a list of devices in an automation process comprising at least one device and a logical representation of the device. In order to configure the device to function optimally in the industrial environment, a system representation of the automation process comprising corresponding input/output configurations for each device in the list may be obtained. After identifying further device configuration parameters associated with the device and the system representation, the logical representation may be updated and enabled in a programmable controller, such as a programmable logic controller or programmable automation controller, to control the devices properly in the automation process. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100160 | AUTOMATED PROGRAMMING OF A PROGRAMMABLE-LOGIC CONTROLLER (PLC) OF A MICROCONTROLLER USING AN EXPERT SYSTEM - The invention relates to methods and systems for automating equipment. The claimed method comprises steps in which: an expert system (ES) receives a set of information regarding equipment connected to a PLC; the ES checks the received set of information; a set of functions is determined by the ES for each connected type of equipment; the ES generates a set of commands executable by the PLC and corresponding to the functions of the connected equipment using pre-programmed algorithms for generating program commands; the ES generates interactive prompts for connecting devices to the PLC; information containing at least the above-mentioned set of commands is transmitted to the PLC; at least one device is connected to the PLC and execution of at least one command corresponding to at least one function of the above-mentioned device is activated. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100161 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES OF A RESTAURANT OR CONVENIENCE STORE | 2022-03-31 |
20220100162 | CONTROL DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - An object is to provide a function of managing data exchanged with an external device. A control device defines a publishing setting of a process value in accordance with information on one or both of an execution result of a control program and an operating state of the control device. The control device exchanges a data set including a part of one or more process values with the external device in accordance with the defined publishing setting. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100163 | Configurable safety module for detecting digital or analog input or output signals - A safety module for a programmable logic control system, wherein the safety module is designed as an assembly consisting of a plurality of modules with a plurality of function blocks connected through at least one internal bus and comprising at least one CPU and which can be connected through at least one interface to external sensors (and switches/buttons) and actuators (and optical/acoustic indicators and displays/monitors) for detecting at least one measurement signal, wherein the safety module operates in two channels and a self-test is implemented. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100164 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A control device is connected to a servo mechanism that drives a controlled object and outputs a manipulated variable to the servo mechanism so that a controlled variable tracks a target trajectory. The control device includes a controller and a sensor. The controller acquires a measured value from the sensor and performs model predictive control for each control period using a dynamics model representing a relationship between the manipulated variable and the position of the controlled object to generate the manipulated variable to be output to the servo mechanism. The sensor measures the position of the controlled object. The controller performs model predictive control in a first mode using the measured value when the controlled object has a position within the range, and performs model predictive control in a second mode using an output value of the dynamics model when the controlled object has a position outside the range. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100165 | System and Method for Secure Connections in a High Availability Industrial Controller - Secure data transmission between an input device and both industrial controllers in a high-availability system utilizes a secure connection established between the primary industrial controller and the input device. Data required to establish the secure connection is stored on the primary controller as part of the connection data corresponding to the secure connection. The input device transmits data to the primary controller over the secure connection according to the desired level of security. The primary controller transmits the connection data defining the secure connection to the secondary controller. If a failure occurs in the primary controller, the secondary controller establishes a connection to the input device using the connection data for the secure connection, such that the secondary controller may assume responsibility for the controller end of the secure connection. The primary controller transmits the input signals to the secondary controller via the dedicated connection between controllers. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100166 | ABNORMALITY MONITORING DEVICE AND ABNORMALITY MONITORING METHOD - An abnormality monitoring method includes obtaining multiple target machine process parameters that affect a measurement value of a preset product at a first measurement point of the preset product, constructing a measurement value prediction model corresponding to the first measurement point, calculating a degree of fit of the measurement value prediction model, aggregating the degree of fit of the measurement value prediction model, the estimated value of the first measurement point, the target machine process parameters corresponding to the first measurement point, and the parameter coefficients of the target machine process parameters, repeating the above steps for each of multiple measurement points, calculating an influence degree index value of each machine, process parameter, and outputting warning information of machine process parameters that exceed a first preset influence degree index value. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100167 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES OF PURGE CONTENT ESTIMATION LOGIC FOR IMPROVED FUEL CONTROL - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is provided that includes obtaining a set of inputs, by a processor, pertaining to one or more features that are used to predict the purge flow of a purge canister system of an intake system of a vehicle; obtaining data, by the processor, from sensors about the vehicle's intake system for use by a neural network to enable the processor to classify the set of inputs including the one or more features for purge flow control for use in predicting a presence of purge content in the vehicle's intake system; and obtaining, by the processor, an output from the neural network wherein the output is configured as a binary or continuous output to instruct a vehicle controller to execute an action to fueling control by letting fueling controller choose different gain sets and adaption strategy based on the binary output flag in a case of the binary-output model, or apply an adjustment factor to fueling command in case of a continuous model. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100168 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MACHINING OF A PART - This control system takes into account the thermomechanical aspects of materials to quickly and easily determine optimal cutting conditions and to automatically control machining to preserve the integrity of the workpiece. This system includes an acquisition module configured to acquire values of a set of input parameters relating to cutting conditions and material properties of the piece, and a microprocessor configured for determining at least one operating cutting parameter representative of a cutting signal from the machining apparatus using a set of output parameters of an integrity model previously constructed during a learning phase. The integrity model connects the set of input parameters to the set of output parameters comprising specific cutting coefficients representative of the material integrity of the piece, and establishes at least one fatigue threshold of the at least one cutting operating parameter. The fatigue threshold allows control of the progress of cutting operations. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100169 | METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING DATA AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED OBJECT - A method of generating three-dimensional shaping data includes: a first step of acquiring first shape data representing a shape of a three-dimensional shaped object; a second step of accessing a database and inquiring whether second shape data corresponding to the first shape data is stored in the database; and a third step of acquiring or generating the three-dimensional shaping data for shaping the three-dimensional shaped object in accordance with an inquiry result in the second step. In the third step, when the second shape data is stored in the database, second shaping data associated with the second shape data is acquired from the database as the three-dimensional shaping data, or the three-dimensional shaping data is generated using related data related to the second shaping data, and when the second shape data is not stored in the database, first shaping data is generated using the first shape data as the three-dimensional shaping data. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100170 | DYNAMIC SLICING METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FORMING WITH VARIABLE FORMING DIRECTION - An EBM variable-direction formation dynamic slicing method in cooperation with an 840D digital control system includes: creating a vertex array object, adjusting a projection matrix to a slice height, outputting a binary image of a two-dimensional cross-section; obtaining, by means of two-dimensional contour extraction, data of a contour line from the binary image, outputting coordinates of a closed contour, and connecting all adjacent coordinates into a straight line to form a closed curve; when a triangle tolerance is 1, dividing contour data into a straight line part and a curve part by taking a starting point of small straight lines with an angle of 140° therebetween as a dividing point, removing adjacent points, repeated points and internal points of a same straight line, and performing segmentation fitting on curve parts of the slice data, and then performing dynamic slicing through the 840D numerical control system. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100171 | DATA MODELING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT USING AN INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION HUB - An industrial information hub (IDH) serves as a single industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver repeatable and standardized services relevant to their core competencies. The IIH system is centered around the development of an ecosystem that creates and delivers value to users—including industrial enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, vendors, etc.—through the aggregation of digital content and domain expertise. The IIH system serves as a trusted information broker between the ecosystem and the OT environments of plant facilities, and provides a platform for connecting assets, contextualizing asset data and providing secure access to the ecosystem. Additionally, the IIH system provides tools and support to OEMs and other subject matter experts, allowing those experts to enable their digital assets for use in the ecosystem. The IIH system reduces the cost and risks for digital transformation of industrial assets. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100172 | System and Method of Network Synchronized Time in Safety Applications - To improve integrity of time synchronization, a node in the safety rated system takes steps to ensure the time to which it is synchronized has not become corrupted. The node receives a synchronize request message from an adjacent network device, which includes the master time, and the node generates an offset value corresponding to a difference between a local time and the master time. The node stores the offset time into a safety memory to ensure that the offset value has data integrity and does not become corrupted. The node performs periodic skew detection between two devices to verify that the clocks remain synchronized. In addition, the node performs a local drift detection to detect if the frequency of the local oscillator on which the local clock value is based begins to change. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100173 | COMMON DATA PIPELINE FOR SHARING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a first electronic device to receive data generated by a plurality of components of an industrial automation system and characterize one or more portions of the data by applying metadata to the one or more portions of the data. The metadata enables a second electronic device receiving the data to determine one or more contexts of the one or more portions of the data. Furthermore, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to rearrange an order of the one or more portions of the data and cause the characterized and rearranged data to be sent to the second electronic device. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100174 | STREAMLINING THE COMMISSION OF NETWORK IDENTIFIERS - To facilitate the commissioning of network identifiers (network IDs), an ordered list comprising network ID's associated with devices of an industrial automation process may be generated and stored. Based at least on the ordered list, a network ID may be identified. A prompt may be generated and displayed, the prompt comprising a notification to power-off one or more devices. Another prompt may be generated and displayed, the prompt comprising a notification to power-on a single device of the industrial automation process. In response to receiving a network-identifier request from the single device, a device identifier may be identified for the single device and stored in a list. A response comprising the network ID and a command to change the assignment mode of the device is autonomously generated and transmitted to the single device, which subsequently stores the network ID changes its mode. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100175 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ASSET MONITORING IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT | 2022-03-31 |
20220100176 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a configuration that includes: at least one transfer mechanism configured to transfer a substrate and at least one processing mechanism configured to process the substrate; an earthquake detector configured to detect an earthquake; and a controller configured to control the at least one transfer mechanism and the at least one processing mechanism according to a detection result of the earthquake detector, wherein the controller is configured to be capable of performing a stopping operation of the at least one transfer mechanism according to a P wave (initial tremor wave) and an S wave (principal fluctuation wave). | 2022-03-31 |
20220100177 | AUTOMATION CONTROL BASED ON A REFERENCE ARRAY - Embodiments of this present disclosure may include industrial components in an industrial environment and a control system. The control system may receive a request to perform a control operation using the industrial components and may access a reference array associated with the industrial components. The reference array may include rows and columns, where each row may correspond to a respective industrial component of the industrial components. The control system may identify or program set points in the reference array associated with completing the control operation and may detect current motion components of the plurality of industrial components. The control system may generate control commands for the industrial components based on the current motion components, the set points, and/or the reference array. The industrial components may perform the control operation in response to receiving the control commands. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100178 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROCESS SEQUENCES - A method for determining process sequences from individual process data ( | 2022-03-31 |
20220100179 | MALWARE DETECTION SYSTEM - Provided is a product manufacturing system including: a manufacture control apparatus configured to hold manufacturing data on a product; a virtual manufacturing apparatus configured to virtually manufacture the product by simulation, based on the manufacturing data on the product in the manufacture control apparatus; a physical manufacturing apparatus configured to physically manufacture the product based on the manufacturing data in the manufacture control apparatus; an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the virtual manufacture of the product by the virtual manufacturing apparatus. When it is determined there is no abnormality from the virtual manufacture of the product, the physical manufacturing apparatus physically manufactures the product. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100180 | SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEM INTERFACE - Dual layer interface with a safety instrumented system (SIS) in an industrial plant. A diagnostic status aggregator having an established connection with the SIS collects and stores health and diagnostic status data from the SIS. An interface processing engine communicatively coupled to the diagnostic status aggregator and to a user device receives a new request for information relating to the SIS from the user device. A memory stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed, configure the interface processing engine for parsing the new request to identify one or more specific keywords therein associated with the requested information relating to the SIS, generating a query based on the identified keywords, retrieving, from the diagnostic status aggregator, the status data collected from the SIS responsive to the query, and providing, the status data retrieved from the diagnostic status aggregator to the user device. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100181 | WIRING DIAGRAM MANAGER AND EMULATOR - An industrial control design and testing system supports emulation of a 2D representation of control system wiring between an industrial controller and field hardware. The design and testing system can simulate wiring diagrams to virtually confirm connectivity between the controller and the I/O devices in the field. This approach can also confirm wiring connections that do not pass through the controller, including emergency stop pushbuttons or other electrical connections that do not feed back into the controller. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100182 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT WITH CODE CONTENT OPTIMIZATION AND SERVICING - A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving a first request to access a digital representation that is assigned to an asset of an industrial automation system and includes code specific to operating, maintaining, or diagnosing the asset. The operations also include verifying a security access for the first request, providing the computing device access to the digital representation, receiving an input to modify the code from the computing device and, performing one or more simulations based on the modified code by utilizing the digital representation. Additionally, the operations include sending one or more simulation results to the computing device, receiving, from the computing device, a second request for pushing the modified code to the asset, and in response to receiving the second request, causing the modified code to be sent to the asset. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100183 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING AN ETHERNET CONFIGURATION OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A method for validating an Ethernet configuration of an automation system including several industrial devices, the method includes obtaining a device identifier for each of the industrial devices and indications of device ports and of device port connections. The method further includes obtaining device Ethernet parameters and instantiating a system object model of the Ethernet configuration of the automation system based on the device identifiers, the device ports and device port connections and the Ethernet parameters. The system object model allows applying predefined rules for generating a graph model representative of the Ethernet configuration. To the generated graph model cycle detection as known from graph theory may be applied by means of depth-first search. Based on the outcome of the cycle detection a validation result may be indicated. A generic Ethernet object model and a topology manager also are disclosed. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100184 | LEARNING-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR AUTONOMOUS AGENT TASK ALLOCATION - Techniques are disclosed to perform task allocation for autonomous systems by implementing machine-learning to perform task allocation to Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in an environment. The disclosed techniques also provide for enhanced path planning and the identification of AMR health and failure prediction to further improve upon task allocation and system efficiency. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100185 | DIGITAL REPLICA BASED SIMULATION TO PREDICT PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND/OR MAINTENANCE FOR AN INDUSTRIAL LOCATION - Methods, computer program products and/or systems are provided that perform the following operations: obtaining digital replica models for equipment at an industrial location; receiving data feeds associated with the equipment; simulating operations of the equipment based on the digital replica models and the data feeds; predicting one or more events associated with areas within the industrial location based, at least in part, on the simulating of operations of the equipment; and determining one or more mitigation procedures based on the one or more predicted events. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100186 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MACHINE WITH A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF OPERATION - A method, control system, and software for operating a machine having two or more components which allows for a) controlling one or more operations two or more components of the machine using a data processor with a plurality of control signals; b) time-stamping the control signals with the data processor; c) storing the time-stamped control entries for subsequent retrieval in a storage medium; d) sensing a plurality of operating conditions of each of the two or more components of the, wherein the sensing is substantially simultaneous with the controlling step and the two or more monitoring devices communicate by transmitting data signals corresponding to the plurality of operating conditions substantially in real-time to the data processor; e) time- stamping the data signals with the data processor; and f) storing the time-stamped data entries for subsequent retrieval in the storage medium. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100187 | PROGNOSTICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICE - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing an estimation of remaining useful life are described. In some examples, a method for providing an estimation of remaining useful life includes receiving a request to determine a remaining useful life of a managed device before maintenance using a trained machine learning model; receiving sensor data from the managed device; applying the trained machine learning model to the received information to generate a prediction of a time to failure of the managed device and a confidence interval for that prediction; and providing the prediction of a time to failure and confidence interval for that prediction to a requester. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100188 | OPERATION PLAN CREATION DEVICE, OPERATION PLAN CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An operation plan creation device includes: an operation information creation unit configured to receive an input of a simple setting including information with which an operation period of a device is identifiable, information with which an inspection interval is identifiable, and an inspection pattern with which a component to be replaced in an inspection is defined in advance and to create operation information including an inspection period and a replacement scheduled component in the operation period of the device; a component information acquisition unit configured to acquire component information including lifespan information and stock quantity information about each of the components, based on use history information about each of the plurality of components; a dummy information creation unit configured to create, when the acquired component information includes missing information, dummy information to be used instead of the missing information; and a plan creation unit configured to create the operation plan for the components related to the device based on the operation information and the component information or the dummy information. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100189 | DRONE CONTROL REGISTRATION - A drone includes technology for tracking controllers. A controller registration module (CRM) in the drone enables the drone to receive a first controller identifier from a first remote device. In response to receiving the first controller identifier, the CRM registers the first remote device as the current controller for the drone. Registering comprises adding the first controller identifier to a drone control registration record (DCRR) in the drone. Also, the DCRR is added to a block chain in remote storage. The CRM then receives a second controller identifier from a second remote device. In response, the CRM registers the second remote device as the current controller. Registering comprises creating an updated DCRR that identifies the second controller as the current controller. The updated DCRR is then added to the block chain. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100190 | Method For Operating A Motor Vehicle As A Road User On A Road And Motor Vehicle - The present invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle as a first road user on a road, comprising: obtaining information on the current and/or a possible future traffic situation on the road; determining, based on the obtained information, whether a deviation from the present travel and/or steering direction or from a navigation destination on the road is appropriate according to a predefined criterion in order to clear the way for a second road user directly or indirectly via third road users, and if yes: determining a new destination on or at the side of the road, determining whether it is necessary to drive onto an obstacle in order to reach the new destination, and if yes, checking whether an adjustment of the chassis of the motor vehicle is compatible with driving onto the obstacle, and if yes, prompting the motor vehicle to head for the new destination. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100191 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE AND SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure proposes an intelligent device that comprises a body comprising a controller and a first interface; the controller is in connection with the first interface; the body of the intelligent device is connected with an external device via the first interface; different external devices are connected with the body of the intelligent device to form various intelligent devices so as to meet the use requirements in different scenes. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100192 | SELF-GUIDED HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING A DETECTION MEANS - The invention relates to a self-guided handling apparatus comprising a means for detecting obstacles which comprises a telemetry means arranged at the top of a mast ( | 2022-03-31 |
20220100193 | VEHICLE WHEELCHAIR LOADING SYSTEM - A system includes a computer having a processor and a memory, and the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine that a wheelchair is located within a threshold distance of a vehicle; actuate a puddle lamp to project a light projection proximate to a door of the vehicle; determine whether the wheelchair is aligned with respect to the light projection based on an image captured by a camera, wherein the image includes image data comprising a position of the wheelchair relative to the light projection; and actuate the door of the vehicle to open in response to determining that a wheelchair user is located at a designated location relative to the vehicle. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100194 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIMITING AND MONITORING AT LEAST ONE WORKING AREA FOR AT LEAST ONE AUTONOMOUSLY OPERATED VEHICLE - A method for delimiting and monitoring at least one working area for at least one autonomously operated vehicle includes transmitting, by a transmitter and receiver unit, an output signal through a signal loop. The transmitter and receiver unit is arranged outside the vehicle and is connected using signaling technology to the signal loop. The method further includes comparing the transmitted output signal with an input signal received from the signal loop, determining, by the transmitter and receiver unit, a malfunction of the signal loop in response to a deviation between the output signal and the input signal, and initiating a securing sequence for the autonomous driving operation of the at least one vehicle. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100195 | VEHICLE OBJECT-ENGAGEMENT SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A transport vehicle, such as a vision guided vehicle, can comprise a drive portion constructed to facilitate movement of the transport vehicle and a load portion constructed to engage an object of interest. The load portion can comprise an object engagement apparatus and at least one sensor coupled to or disposed within a distal end of the object engagement apparatus, wherein the sensor can be at least a 2D sensor. The engagement apparatus can comprise forks, at least one fork having sensor coupled to or disposed within a fork tip. The 2D sensor can comprise a scanning LIDAR sensor arranged to collect information to identify a pickable pallet, for example. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100196 | Smart Thermal Tracking to Guide Surface Sanitization - The present disclosure describes a system and method for using thermal cameras to detect surfaces that have been in contact with individuals. The detection can be used to guide focused cleaning of the surfaces. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100197 | SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a self-propelled device and a method for controlling the same. The self-propelled device includes: a moving means for moving the self-propelled device on a surface; a sensing module for identifying a position of the self-propelled device on the surface according to data determined by a distance sensor; and a control module for forming a first virtual area in information map of the surface, wherein the first virtual area includes a first side virtual boundary, and the self-propelled device is controlled to move through a distance in the first virtual area, and wherein the control module forms a virtual area on the surface, controls the self-propelled device to move through a distance in the virtual area, determines boundary data, and moves the position of the virtual area according to the boundary data, so as to form a calibrated virtual area, thereby increasing efficiency of moving. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100198 | AUTONOMOUS PRODUCT PICKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An autonomous product picking system includes product pick up stations at different locations within a facility having call stations with activation buttons at a user interface activated by an operator to transmit call requests when the products are needed to be picked up and to transmit completion signals when the products have been picked up. An automatic guided vehicle is movable within the facility between the product pick up stations and a product drop off station. A system control module guides the AGV within the facility and includes a system communication module communicatively coupled to the AGV and the call stations. The system communication module receives the call requests and the completion signals from the call stations when the activation buttons are activated. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100199 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE OF IMPLEMENTING VEHICLE AUTOMATIC PAYMENT - The present application discloses a method, system and related device of implementing vehicle automatic payment. The method includes: controlling, by a vehicle controller, a vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a payment position; obtaining, by a payment terminal, vehicle identification information of the vehicle, and determining payment amount corresponding to the vehicle identification information; sending, by the payment terminal, leaving indication information to the vehicle controller after determining that the vehicle controller pays the payment amount; and controlling, by the vehicle controller, the vehicle to start and leave the payment position when receiving the leaving indication information. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100200 | Shared Obstacles in Autonomous Vehicle Systems - Embodiments of an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. In some embodiments, the autonomous vehicle includes a sensor array that can produce sensor data. The autonomous vehicle further includes a transceiver that can communicate with and receive data from at least a base station. Further, the autonomous vehicle includes a controller communicatively coupled with the sensor array and the transceiver. The controller includes code that receives a navigation plan data via the transceiver and navigates the autonomous vehicle along a navigation path specified in the navigation plan in such a manner as to avoid an interaction with one or more actual obstacles, in and around the navigation path, detected based at least in part on the sensor data. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100201 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND MOBILE ROBOT - An information processing device includes a detection section configured to acquire the presence or absence of an object at the periphery of a mobile robot as the detection information, a control section configured to control the detection section, and a map construction section configured to construct an occupied map. The map construction section includes a storage configured to store the detection information in chronological order, a map producer configured to produce a map based on the detection information, a normal line acquirer configured to acquire a normal line to each determination point based on the presence or absence of the object at the periphery of each determination point on the temporal map produced by the map producer, and a validity determinator configured to determine the validity of the detection information on each determination point based on an angle between each beam and the normal line at each determination point. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100202 | MAP INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A server device | 2022-03-31 |
20220100203 | METHOD FOR THE CONTROL, BY A SUPERVISING SERVER, OF THE MOVEMENT OF A FLEET OF AUTONOMOUSLY GUIDED VEHICLES - A method for the control, by a supervising server, of the movement of a fleet of autonomously guided vehicles in a movement area equipped with a plurality of wireless access points each comprising at least one geolocation means and a Wi-Fi communication module, the method comprising a step of recording coordinates of these access points and steps of changing the access point, which are executed by each of the autonomously guided vehicles, the steps consisting of controlling the disconnection of the Wi-Fi communication module from the active access point and reconnection to the SSID | 2022-03-31 |
20220100204 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DELIVERY SOLUTION TO PICK-UP AND DELIVER PACKS BY A FLEET OF VEHICLES, ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DETERMINING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PRODUCT PROGRAM - A method for determining a delivery solution to pick-up and deliver packs by a fleet of vehicles in a predetermined environment, the delivery solution comprising a set of vehicle features, a set of energy source features, and a set of paths;
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20220100205 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A DESCENT PROFILE - A method and system of operating a vehicle in a descent profile, the method comprising obtaining, at a controller module, a mathematical model of performance characteristics for an aircraft, generating an optimal guidance trajectory, and operating the aircraft in accordance with the optimal guidance trajectory prior to operating in a position-based guidance. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100206 | METHOD AND SYSTEM ALLOWING AUTOMATIC TAKE-OFF OF AN AIRCRAFT - A method and system allowing fully autonomous automatic take-off using only images captured by cameras on the aircraft and avionics data. The system includes an image capture device on the aircraft to take a stream of images of the runway, image processing modules to estimate, on the basis of the streams of images, a preliminary current position of the aircraft on the runway and to assign a preliminary confidence index to the estimate. A data consolidation module can determine a relevant current position of the aircraft on the runway by consolidating data originating from the image processing modules with inertial data to correct the estimate of the preliminary current position and determine a relevant confidence index using a current speed of the wheels of the aircraft to refine the preliminary confidence index. A flight control computer can control and guide aircraft take-off. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100207 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A control system includes a base device to be mounted on a mobile object, an aerial vehicle, a cable including a power supply cable for supplying electric power from the mobile object to the aerial vehicle and connecting the base device with the aerial vehicle, and a control device that controls flight of the aerial vehicle. The control device controls the aerial vehicle so that a relative altitude of the aerial vehicle with respect to the mobile object matches a target relative altitude. This control system optimizes an altitude of the aerial vehicle in accordance with the mobile object. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100208 | Autonomous Multifunctional Aerial Drone - An apparatus and methods are provided for an unmanned aerial vehicle that uses artificial intelligence for performing desired tasks without operator intervention. The unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a multi-rotor UAV for aerial navigation and includes internal circuitry that supports an artificial intelligence for using collected data to autonomously perform multiple functions. Cameras, sensors, and speakers coupled with the multi-rotor UAV are configured to provide collected data to the artificial intelligence. The artificial intelligence uses the cameras and sensors to avoid colliding with objects in front of the UAV, route flight paths of the UAV to destination locations based on GPS and GLONASS technology, and change flight paths of the UAV in real-time based on detected obstacles. The artificial intelligence is configured to communicate with other UAVs so as to cooperate and coordinate tasks with the other UAVs. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100209 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES TO DETECT AND AVOID OTHER FLYING MACHINES - Methods and systems for unmanned aerial vehicles are provided. One method includes receiving, by a control system, sensor data from a mobile ground-based platform and sensor data from a ground-based radar surveillance system, the control system configured to communicate with a first UAV and a second UAV; detecting, by the control system, an object likely to impede the second UAV flight within a flight path, the object detected based on the sensor data received from the mobile ground-based platform, the ground-based radar surveillance system or both the ground-based radar surveillance system and the mobile ground-based platform; generating, by the control system, an indicator indicating an object in the flight path; and transmitting, by the control system, the indicator to the first UAV. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100210 | CONTROL METHOD FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, SERVER, AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT - A processor included in a first controller and/or a second controller generates a route for flying preferentially over a road and a waterway, based on a current position of an unmanned aircraft, a destination, and map information. Further, the processor controls flight of the unmanned aircraft based on the generated route. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100211 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a first unmanned aircraft having a first camera to be used for detecting an obstacle and a second unmanned aircraft having a second camera to be used for detecting an obstacle with higher detection accuracy than the first camera, and a controller configured to, in a case in which a predetermined event relating to the first unmanned aircraft has occurred, detect, using the second unmanned aircraft, an obstacle at a target point on a flight path along which the first unmanned aircraft travels to a destination, and control the first unmanned aircraft to navigate around the detected obstacle using information regarding the detected obstacle. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100212 | WORK SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR WORK MACHINE - Provided is a work support apparatus for a work machine including a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body, and a work device attached to the upper turning body. The work support apparatus, which provides a captured image for supporting work by the work machine, includes a flying object capable of flying over the air, an image capture device, a flight mode designation unit, and a flight control unit. The image capture device is mounted on the flying object and acquires the captured image. The flight mode designation unit designates a specific flight mode from among a plurality of flight modes set in advance for the flight action of the flying object. The flight control unit performs a flight control for making the flying object make a flight action corresponding to the flight mode designated by the flight mode designation unit. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100213 | Air-Oxygen Blender With Periodic Pressure Venting - An air/oxygen blender, optionally with an associated oxygen analyzer, is provided with an exhaust valve in fluid communication with one or more of a proportioning valve and a gas outlet which periodically opens to vent gas therefrom. The exhaust valve is preferably an electrically actuated valve, most preferably a solenoid valve, controlled by a control unit which periodically opens the exhaust valve. In another embodiment, an oxygen analyzer is provided with an exhaust valve in fluid communication with an oxygen sensing chamber. Preferably, the control unit controls the frequency of exhaust valve opening and the time period of exhaust valve opening. A method of prevention of contamination of a lower pressure source air or source oxygen connected to an air/oxygen blender is accomplished by periodically venting of gas from the exhaust valve. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100214 | PAINT SPRAYER DISTRIBUTED CONTROL AND OUTPUT VOLUME MONITORING ARCHITECTURES - A sprayer for spraying fluid includes a pump, a motor that drives the pump, a drive cycle indicator, a wireless module configured to send and receive information, and control circuitry. The drive cycle indicator outputs an indication of cycle status of the pump. The control circuitry is configured to receive the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, determine a plurality of output values representing paint spray fluid output volume over a plurality of time windows based on the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, store the plurality of output values in memory, and cause the wireless module to transmit one or more of the stored plurality of output values externally from the sprayer. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100215 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A temperature control device includes a smoother including a smoothing channel through which fluid from a first inlet flows, and a first outlet from which the fluid flowed through the smoothing channel flows out, the smoother making a temperature fluctuation amount of the fluid in the first outlet smaller than that in the first inlet, a thermoregulator including a second inlet into which the fluid from the first outlet flows, a thermoregulating channel through which the fluid from the second inlet flows, a thermoregulating unit regulating a temperature of the fluid flowing through the thermoregulating channel, and a second outlet from which the fluid flowed through the thermoregulating channel flows out, calculating a temperature regulation amount of the thermoregulating unit, based on temperature of the fluid in the smoothing channel, and calculating the temperature regulation amount, based on temperature of the fluid at a position downstream of the second outlet. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100216 | BIASING SCHEME FOR POWER AMPLIFIERS - A front-end module comprises a bias network including a current mirror, a junction temperature sensor, an n-bit analog-to-digital converter, an n-bit current source bank configured to automatically set reference current levels for one or more operating temperature regions, and a power amplifier. The bias network, junction temperature sensor, n-bit analog-to-digital converter, n-bit current source bank, and power amplifier are integrated on a first semiconductor die. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100217 | Voltage Regulator Circuit - A voltage regulator circuit is disclosed. The voltage regulator includes a feedback circuit configured to generate a feedback signal based on a voltage level present on a regulated power supply node. A comparison circuit is arranged to generate an error signal based on the feedback signal and a reference voltage level. A compensation circuit is configured to modify the error signal, based on a routing impedance coupled between the regulated supply voltage node and a load circuit, to generate a control circuit. An output circuit of the voltage regulator is configured to source current to the regulated power supply node based on the control signal. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100218 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING LOW-DROPOUT REGULATORS - Disclosed is an electronic device, which includes an amplifier circuit that receives a feedback voltage and a reference voltage and amplifies a difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage to output an amplified difference voltage, an analog-to-digital converter that converts the amplified difference voltage to a digital code including two or more bits, and low-dropout (LDO) regulators that outputs output voltages based on the digital code. Each of the LDO regulators includes power transistors outputting a corresponding output voltage of the output voltages, drives one of the power transistors in a switching state, and drives each of remaining power transistors in a turned-on state or a turned-off state. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100219 | AN ELECTRICAL POWER ENERGY CONVERTER UNIT FOR CONVERTING DIRECT CURRENT TO DIRECT CURRENT, DC-DC, WITH MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING, MPPT, TO GET THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE EFFICIENCY - The invention relates to an electrical power energy converter unit for converting Direct Current to Direct Current, DC-DC, with maximum power point tracking that measures converted power at the output and controller module. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100220 | Micro Analog Sensor Circuit and System - The present disclosure is directed to a system implementing a sensor. A sensing system is implemented in a functional circuit block that is coupled to a global supply voltage node. The sensing system includes a power converter circuit configured to generate a regulated voltage level on a local supply node using the voltage present on the global supply voltage node. The system also includes a sensor circuit coupled to receive the regulated voltage node, wherein the sensor is configured to compare corresponding parameters of different ones of a number of subset of device at a plurality of different time points and generate a plurality of comparison results. The comparisons generate an analog signal that is proportional to the operating parameter. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is coupled to receive the analog signal and generate a plurality of bits corresponding thereto. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100221 | LOW POWER HYBRID REVERSE BANDGAP REFERENCE AND DIGITAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A low power hybrid reverse (LPHR) bandgap reference (BGR) and digital temperature sensor (DTS) or a digital thermometer, which utilizes subthreshold metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and the PNP parasitic Bi-polar Junction Transistor (BJT) device to form a reverse BGR that serves as the base for configurable BGR or DTS operating modes. The LPHR architecture uses low-cost MOS transistors and the standard parasitic PNP device. Based on a reverse bandgap voltage, the LPHR can work as a configurable BGR. By comparing the configurable BGR with the scaled base-emitter voltage, the circuit can also perform as a DTS with a linear transfer function with single-temperature trim for high accuracy. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100222 | PEDAL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes a rotary arm provided in a pedal housing and configured to rotate with respect to a rotational axis by an operating force applied to a pedal pad; a magnet whose position is changed as the rotary arm rotates; a position detector configured for detecting a position of the rotary arm as the rotary arm rotates. The position detector includes: a sensor configured for sensing a strength of a magnetic field generated by the magnet; and a plurality of shield portions arranged to have different distances from the magnet, shielding the magnetic field generated by each of the magnet from an external magnetic field source. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100223 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL INPUT DEVICE - A multidirectional input device includes an operation input part, a base, and a load detector. The operation input part includes an operation stick, two coupled parts configured to convert a tilt of the operation stick into two rotation angles orthogonal to each other, at least one return spring configured to return the operation stick to an upright position, and a frame accommodating the two coupled parts, the at least one return spring, and a part of the operation stick. The base has a plate shape and is provided below the frame. The load detector is provided on the frame or the base and is configured to detect a load applied to the frame. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100224 | IMPROVED JOYSTICK FOR A WORK VEHICLE - A joystick for a work vehicle includes a handle defining an external surface configured to provide grip for an operator of the work vehicle. The joystick includes hydraulic conditioning means configured to allow the passage of a conditioning fluid into joystick to regulate the temperature of handle. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100225 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a connection device, and a bearing mechanism. The first body includes a support plane. The connection device is arranged at the support plane and is configured to connect the first body and the second body. The bearing mechanism is arranged at the first body. The connection device includes a plurality of connection members between the first body and the second body, and the second body rotates on the support plane through movements and rotations of the connection members in a plurality of slideways located on the support plane. The bearing mechanism is connected with the connection members and drives the connection members to move on the support plane to bear gravity of the second body. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100226 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided. The method includes disposing a display panel, including side areas, a front display area, and a sub-region, on a carrier film including first, second, and third release portions; removing the first release portion to expose the side areas; disposing a cover window above the display panel; attaching the front display area to the cover window by pressing the second release portion toward the cover window, and attaching the side areas to the cover window by pressing the side areas exposed by removing the first release portion toward the cover window; removing the second release portion and the third release portion to expose the front display area and the sub-region; and bending the display panel to attach a bottom portion of the sub-region to a bottom portion of the front display area. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100227 | Display Assembly with Gradient Tethered Design for an Ultrathin Portable Information Handling System - A display chassis for a portable information handling system. In various embodiments the display chassis includes a display cover portion, the display cover portion comprising a display and a bezel, the display comprising an infinity display and a rear cover portion, the rear cover portion comprising a timing controller (TCON), the timing controller comprising a first printed circuit board portion and a second printed circuit board portion, the first printed circuit board portion having a corresponding height, the second printed circuit board portion having a corresponding height, the corresponding height of the second printed circuit board portion being taller than the corresponding height of the first printed circuit board portion, the second printed circuit board portion being located within a dome center height area of the rear cover portion. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100228 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: a first body including a first side and a second side arranged opposite to each other, and including a first input/output device disposed at the first side; a second body including a third side and a fourth side arranged opposite to each other, and including a second input/output device disposed at the third side; and a connector disposed at the first side and the fourth side. The second body rotates relative to the first body through the connector. During rotation of the second body, orientations of the first side and the third side substantially satisfy a same condition. The electronic apparatus includes a first attitude and a second attitude, which are switchable through the rotation of the second body. The second body does not block the first input/output device when the electronic apparatus is in the first attitude and the second attitude. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100229 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a display module in which a folding region and first and second non-folding regions facing each other and a heat dissipation sheet disposed on one surface thereof. The heat dissipation sheet includes a first heat dissipation adhesive layer including a first adhesive portion overlapping the first non-folding region and a second adhesive portion overlapping the second non-folding region, a second heat dissipation adhesive layer including a third adhesive portion overlapping the first adhesive portion and a fourth adhesive portion overlapping the second adhesive portion, a heat dissipation layer including a first heat dissipation portion disposed between the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion and a second heat dissipation portion disposed between the second adhesive portion and the fourth adhesive portion, and an auxiliary adhesive layer including a first auxiliary adhesive portion disposed between the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion. | 2022-03-31 |
20220100230 | THIN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - A thin portable communication terminal that includes a casing having a rectangular parallelepiped shape; one pair of arm portions each having one end that is axially supported to be turnable with respect to corresponding one of both side faces on longer sides of the casing; hand portions each disposed at another end of corresponding one of the one pair of arm portions; and a leg portion disposed on one side face that is on a shorter side of the casing and is capable of independent movement. | 2022-03-31 |