14th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220107537 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to an embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region; and a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of pixels each include a first data line and a second data line overlapping a pixel electrode, a first capacitance between the first data line and the pixel electrode is smaller than a second capacitance between the second data line and the pixel electrode in a pixel disposed in the first region, and the first capacitance between the first data line and the pixel electrode is larger than the second capacitance between the second data line and a pixel electrode in the pixel disposed in the second region. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107538 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device capable of improving the image quality is provided. The display device includes a pixel in which a first node, a second node, a third node, and a display element are provided, and the same image data is written to the first node and the second node first. Then, at the same time when the image data is read from the second node to the third node, the image data is added to the image data in the first node by capacitive coupling. This operation enables a data potential higher than or equal to the output voltage of a source driver to be supplied to the display element. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107539 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first wiring electrically connected to the first electrode, a second wiring electrically connected to the second electrode, and a controller electrically connected to the first wiring and the second wiring, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are located in a display area, the first electrode is connected to the first wiring in a position away from the controller than the second electrode, the second electrode is connected to the second wiring in a position closer to the controller than the first electrode, and a number of the first wiring being greater than a number of the second wiring. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107540 | DISPLAYED LIGHT-ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - A displayed light-adjustment device includes two light-transmitting layers which are arranged oppositely, a display module, and an adjustable light-shading layer. The display module is stacked between the light-transmitting layers. The adjustable light-shading layer is interposed between the first light-transmitting layer and the display module, and the light transmittance of the adjustable light-shading layer is adjustable. When the adjustable light-shading layer is powered off, the light transmittance of the adjustable light-shading layer is greater than 75%, and when the adjustable light-shading layer is powered on, an ultraviolet resistance value of the adjustable light-shading layer is greater than 99%. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107541 | FRONT PLANE LAMINATES WITH OUTER SURFACE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS - A light-transmissive substrate having an inner surface, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and a plurality of through holes. When coupled with a light-transmissive conductive material; such as indium tin oxide (ITO), the substrate provides electrical connections between a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, which may be used as a top electrode in an electro-optic display, and contact spots on the outer surface of the light-transmissive substrate. Accordingly, the light-transmissive substrate allows for simpler electrical connections for electro-optic displays, especially for large format devices that may need to be cut or assembled in the field. Additionally, the redundancy of having tens to hundreds of electrical contacts minimizes the chance that a device will be rendered inoperable due to a broken electrical connection. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107542 | HYBRID PHOTONIC RING MODULATORS - Photonic ring modulators with high tuning efficiency and small footprint can be formed in a hybrid material platform from a silicon bus waveguide vertically coupled to an optically active compound semiconductor (e.g., III-V) ring resonator. The performance of the modulator, e.g., in terms of the tuning efficiency and the maximum insertion loss, may be optimized by suitable levels of an applied bias voltage and a heater power of a heater optionally included in the ring modulator. The disclosed hybrid photonic ring modulators may be used, e.g., in photonic transceiver circuits with high lane count. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107543 | TUNABLE EDGE COUPLER FOR PHOTONICS DEVICES - An apparatus includes a cladding layer and a plurality of waveguides. The cladding layer includes a central axis. The plurality of waveguides are disposed within the cladding layer and receive a light from a light source. The plurality of waveguides have refractive indices that are adjustable to change a mode of the light such that the mode of the light is steered towards the central axis. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107544 | Frequency Conversion Using Stacked Strontium Tetraborate Plates - An optical element includes Strontium tetraborate SrB | 2022-04-07 |
20220107545 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE WITH TRIPLE PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING LOOPS - A method, apparatus, and system for non-linear optical process. A first light of a first wavelength is routed in a first loop in a main nonlinear optical waveguide. The first loop has a first length for the first light of the first wavelength. A second light of a second wavelength is routed in a second loop that includes portions of the main nonlinear optical waveguide and a first extension optical waveguide. The second loop has a second length for the second light of the second wavelength. A third light of a third wavelength is routed in a third loop that include portions of the main nonlinear optical waveguide and a second extension optical waveguide. The third loop has a third length for the third light of the third wavelength. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107546 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE WITH PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING LOOPS IN DIRECTION DEPENDENT MATERIAL - An optical waveguide structure comprises a first coupler and a second coupler that, in combination, direct a first-wavelength light to travel through a nonlinear-optical waveguide, the two couplers and an extension waveguide but not a secondary waveguide, a first resonator loop is defined for which the first-wavelength light is resonant. The two couplers, in combination, also direct a second-wavelength light to travel through the nonlinear-optical waveguide, the two couplers and the secondary waveguide but not the extension waveguide, wherein a different second resonator loop is defined for which the second-wavelength light is resonant. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107547 | Directional Phase Matching Optical Waveguide - An optical waveguide structure comprises a nonlinear optical waveguide comprising a nonlinear optical material having a second order nonlinear coefficient that changes with a direction of light propagation. A first portion of the nonlinear optical waveguide in which a light propagating through the first portion is affected by a positive value of a second order nonlinear coefficient. A second portion of the nonlinear optical waveguide in which the light propagating through the first portion is affected by a negative value of a second order nonlinear coefficient, wherein a set of dimensions in the nonlinear optical waveguide in the first portion and the second portion is selected to cause the light to have a phase walk-off that is an odd multiple of 180 degrees. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107548 | Nonlinear Optical Waveguide Structures for Light Generation and Conversion - An optical waveguide structure comprising a nonlinear optical waveguide, a central region, a first side region, and a second side region. The central region is located within the nonlinear optical waveguide, wherein the central region comprises a nonlinear optical material. The first side region is on a first side of the central region and the second side region is on a second side of the central region. The nonlinear optical material comprising the central region has a first nonlinear coefficient that is larger than a second nonlinear coefficient of a second material comprising the first side region and the second side region. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107549 | OPTICAL UNIT - An optical unit includes a movable body with an optical module; a fixed body; a gimbal mechanism having a hole portion through which at least a part of the optical module passes, and serving as a support mechanism that swingably supports the movable body with respect to the fixed body in a direction intersecting an optical axis direction as a pivot axis; and a drive mechanism having a coil and a magnet, and configured to move the movable body with respect to the fixed body. One of the coil and the magnet, as a movable body drive mechanism, is provided on a lateral portion of the movable body in a direction intersecting the optical axis direction. The hole portion is provided with a size such that at least a part of the movable body drive mechanism is visible through the hole portion when viewed from the optical axis direction. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLENDING IMAGES CAPTURED UNDER DIFFERENT STROBE CONDITIONS - An image capture method for flash photography includes: capturing at least one first image while a strobe device is operating under a first strobe intensity setting for emitting main flash, capturing at least one second image while the strobe device is operating under a second strobe intensity setting different from the first strobe intensity setting, and generating an output image by blending the at least one first image and the at least one second image. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107551 | STROBE DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is a strobe device that can properly illuminate a subject with flash light according to distances from a light-emitting unit to side walls as well as a ceiling. A strobe device | 2022-04-07 |
20220107552 | CAMERA STABILIZATION SYSTEM - Camera stabilization systems are provided, and more particularly, an improved lightweight hand-held or vehicle-mounted camera stabilization system is provided, for use in photographic or video-related applications. A stabilization of the alignment is critical in particular on moving camera supports, such as vehicles, airborne objects, and camera cranes, in order to achieve the best possible results in film or video recordings. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107553 | PANORAMIC CAMERA MOUNT - A panoramic device includes a base member and a clamp member rotatably interconnected within a single plane of rotation with the base that includes a first rotatable knob to selectively inhibit the rotation of the clamp member with respect to the base. The upper surface includes a central region that is at a different elevation than another portion of the upper surface. The clamp includes a pair of opposed surfaces suitable to detachably secure a camera thereto. The one of the opposed surfaces is maintained in a fixed relationship with respect to the clamp member. The other one of the opposed surfaces is in a movable relationship with respect to the clamp member using a second rotatable knob. The first knob and the second knob are rotatably connected with respect to one another. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107554 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND FURNITURE - A projection system includes a projector configured to project image light and furniture on which the projector is mounted. The furniture includes a furniture main body, a setting section provided in the furniture main body and houses the projector, and an opening and closing member provided in an opening through which the image light passes, the opening and closing member switching a closed state in which the opening is closed and an open state in which the opening is opened. By aligning the opening and closing member with a position corresponding to a projection surface in the open state, a position of the projector is determined in a predetermined projection position with respect to the projection surface. The projector projects the image light onto the projection surface from the predetermined projection position to thereby form a rectangular projection image on the projection surface. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107555 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base member having one face and another face that face each other, and having a first region and a second region that are disposed side by side, a first light-emitting element group disposed in the first region of the one face, a second light-emitting element group disposed in the second region of the one face, and having substantially the same heat generation amount as the first light-emitting element group, a first heat dissipation structure provided in the first region, and a second heat dissipation structure provided in the second region, and having a heat dissipation characteristic equal to or greater than a heat dissipation characteristic of the first heat dissipation structure. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107556 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK ABSORBER MATERIALS - Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a substrate; a multilayer stack of reflective layers on the substrate; a capping layer on the multilayer stack of reflecting layers; and an absorber layer on the capping layer, the absorber layer comprising an alloy selected from an alloy of tantalum, iridium and antimony; an alloy of iridium and antimony; and an alloy of tantalum, ruthenium and antimony. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107557 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK, REFLECTIVE MASK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A reflective mask blank comprises a substrate; a multilayer reflective film which is formed on the substrate and reflects EUV light; and a layered film which is formed on the multilayer reflective film. The layered film has an absolute reflectance of 2.5% or less with respect to EUV light, and comprises a first layer and a second layer formed on the first layer; and the first layer comprises a phase shift film which shifts the phase of EUV light. Alternatively, the layered film is a phase shift film which comprises a first layer and a second layer formed on the first layer, and which shifts the phase of EUV light; and the first layer comprises an absorption layer that has an absolute reflectance of 2.5% or less with respect to EUV light. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107558 | PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND PROCESSES - A physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber and a method of operation thereof are disclosed. Chambers and methods are described that provide a chamber comprising an upper shield with two holes that are positioned to permit alternate sputtering from two targets. A process for improving reflectivity from a multilayer stack is also disclosed. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107559 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A positive resist composition is provided comprising (A) an acid generator in the form of a sulfonium salt consisting of a fluorine-containing sulfonate anion and a fluorine-containing sulfonium cation, (B) a quencher in the form of a sulfonium salt containing at least two fluorine atoms in its cation or containing at least 5 fluorine atoms in its anion and cation, and (C) a base polymer comprising repeat units (a1) having a carboxy group whose hydrogen is substituted by an acid labile group and/or repeat units (a2) having a phenolic hydroxy group whose hydrogen is substituted by an acid labile group. The resist composition exhibits a high sensitivity, high resolution and improved LWR or CDU. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107560 | SULFONIUM SALT, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A sulfonium salt having formula (1) is novel. A chemically amplified resist composition comprising the sulfonium salt as a PAG has advantages including solvent solubility and improved lithography properties such as EL and LWR when processed by photolithography using high-energy radiation such as KrF or ArF excimer laser, EB or EUV. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107561 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for producing an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of an embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including at least a resin having a polarity that increases due to decomposition by the action of an acid, a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a solvent, in which the compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound (I) to (III) below, and the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is produced by mixing a first solution including the resin having a polarity that increases by the action of an acid and a first solvent with the one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of the compound (I) to (III). | 2022-04-07 |
20220107562 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, TRANSFER FILM, CURED FILM, LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL - A photosensitive resin composition contains a compound A which has a heterocyclic structure having at least one atom of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom in a ring structure, and has at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of —SH, —OH, —COOH, —NH | 2022-04-07 |
20220107563 | WATER-DEVELOPABLE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN PRINTING ORIGINAL PLATE - A photosensitive resin printing original plate is disclosed in which a side surface light-blocking layer does not peel off from a metal support during handling of the printing original plate, and which enables efficient production of the side surface light-blocking layer. A water-developable photosensitive resin printing original plate, includes at least: a support; and a photosensitive resin layer arranged on the support, in which a peripheral side surface of the water-developable photosensitive resin printing original plate is covered with a light-blocking layer; the light-blocking layer contains carbon black and a vinyl polymer at a mass ratio of 80/20 to 30/70; and the vinyl polymer is an alcohol-soluble vinyl polymer containing 25 to 65 mol % of a hydroxyl group with respect to a constituent monomer unit in a molecule (in the case of being chemically modified, a constituent monomer unit after the modification). | 2022-04-07 |
20220107564 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A resist composition containing an organic resin component having a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a0-1) and an acid generator component containing a compound represented by General Formula (b1-1), Ra | 2022-04-07 |
20220107565 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A resist composition containing a silicon-containing resin, an acid generator component which generates an acid upon exposure, and a photodecomposable base which controls diffusion of the acid generated from the acid generator component upon exposure, in which the silicon content proportion in the silicon-containing resin is in a range of 20% to 25% with respect to a total amount of all atoms constituting the silicon-containing resin. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107566 | MATERIAL FOR FORMING ORGANIC FILM, SUBSTRATE FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR FORMING ORGANIC FILM, PATTERNING PROCESS, AND COMPOUND FOR FORMING ORGANIC FILM - The present invention is a material for forming an organic film, containing: (A) a compound for forming an organic film shown by the following general formula (1A); and (B) an organic solvent, where W | 2022-04-07 |
20220107567 | STOP, OPTICAL SYSTEM AND LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A stop, such as a numerical aperture stop, obscuration stop or false-light stop, for a lithography apparatus, includes a light-transmissive aperture and a stop element, in which or at which the aperture is provided. The stop element is opaque and fluid-permeable outside the aperture. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107568 | EUV Lithography System with Diffraction Optics - A maskless, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography scanner uses an array of microlenses, such as binary-optic, zone-plate lenses, to focus EUV radiation onto an array of focus spots (e.g. about 2 million spots), which are imaged through projection optics (e.g., two EUV mirrors) onto a writing surface (e.g., at 6X reduction, numerical aperture 0.55). The surface is scanned while the spots are modulated to form a high-resolution, digitally synthesized exposure image. The projection system includes a diffractive mirror, which operates in combination with the microlenses to achieve point imaging performance substantially free of geometric and chromatic aberration. Similarly, a holographic EUV lithography stepper can use a diffractive photomask in conjunction with a diffractive projection mirror to achieve substantially aberration-free, full-field imaging performance for high-throughput, mask-projection lithography. Maskless and holographic EUV lithography can both be implemented at the industry-standard 13.5-nm wavelength, and could potentially be adapted for operation at a 6.7-nm wavelength. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107569 | MULTIPLE CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND MULTIPLE CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A multiple charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a margined block region generation circuit to generate plural margined block regions each formed by adding a margin region to the periphery of each block region of plural block regions obtained by dividing the writing region of the target object, a detection circuit to detect a defective beam in multiple charged particle beams, a specifying circuit to specify, for each defective beam detected, a position irradiated with the defective beam, and an affiliation determination circuit to determine a margined block region, in the plural margined block regions, to which the position irradiated with the defective beam belongs, based on conditions set according to a sub-block region, in plural sub-block regions acquired by dividing the margined block region, in which the position irradiated with the defective beam in the multiple charged particle beams is located. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107570 | PROJECTION OPTICAL UNIT FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURED COMPONENT - A projection optical unit for microlithography includes a plurality of mirrors and has a numerical aperture having a value larger than 0.5. The plurality of mirrors includes at least three grazing incidence mirrors, which deflect a chief ray of a central object field point with an angle of incidence of greater than 45°. Different polarized light beams passing the projection optical unit are rotated in their polarization direction by different angles of rotation. The projection optical unit includes first and second groups of mirrors. The second group of mirrors includes the final two mirrors of the plurality of mirrors at the image side. A linear portion in the pupil dependence of the total geometrical polarization rotation of the projection optical unit is less than 20% of a linear portion in the pupil dependence of the geometrical polarization rotation of the second group of mirrors. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107571 | METHOD OF METROLOGY AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUSES - Disclosed is a method of, and associated apparatus for, determining an edge position relating to an edge of a feature comprised within an image, such as a scanning electron microscope image, which comprises noise. The method comprises determining a reference signal from said image; and determining said edge position with respect to said reference signal. The reference signal may be determined from the image by applying a 1-dimensional low-pass filter to the image in a direction parallel to an initial contour estimating the edge position. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107572 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a positioning apparatus for positioning of an object, the positioning apparatus including a first actuator and a second actuator configured to be arranged along a first direction so as to be parallel to each other, and to cause a beam to move in the first direction, a third actuator configured to be built in the beam, and to cause the object to move in a second direction relative to the beam, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a control unit configured to control the first actuator, the second actuator, and the third actuator. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107573 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner includes a toner particle containing a resin component including a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin. In a cross-sectional observation of the toner particle, a domain-matrix structure which comprises a matrix containing the crystalline resin and domains containing the amorphous resin is observed. The maximum endothermic peak temperature Tm of the toner determined by DSC is 50° C. to 80° C. When the storage elastic modulus of the toner at a temperature 5° C. lower than Tm is G′(−5) (Pa), and the storage elastic modulus of the toner at a temperature 5° C. higher than Tm is G′(+5) (Pa), G′(−5) and G′(+5) satisfy inequality (1), and when the maximum loss tangent of the toner in a temperature range of from 50° C. to 130° C. is tan δ (Max), tan δ (Max) satisfies inequality (2). | 2022-04-07 |
20220107574 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner including toner particles having a resin component containing a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, in which the resin component contains a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component, and the content of the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component with respect to the content of the resin component is 5.0% to 80.0% by mass, wherein a maximum endothermic peak temperature of the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component is 55.0 to 80.0° C., and the amount of heat absorption in the maximum endothermic peak of the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component is 10.0 to 80.0 Pa, and toner particles have a structure which comprises a matrix containing the crystalline resin and domains containing the amorphous resin. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107575 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGES - The toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising: colored resin particles comprising a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and an external additive. The colored resin particles further comprise a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer. The styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer comprises an isoprene unit. A content of a fatty acid ester compound having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 or more and less than 2,000 as the release agent, is from 2 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107576 | RESIN COMPOSITION, TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PHOTOSENSITIVE ADHESIVE, AND OPTICAL SWITCHING MATERIAL - A resin composition includes: a resin having a first group capable of forming at least two hydrogen bonds; and a photoisomerization compound having a second group capable of forming at least two hydrogen bonds complementarily with the first group and having a moiety that is reversibly isomerized by light. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107577 | GAP ADJUSTMENT OF NON-CONTACT CHARGING ROLLER - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier having a first rotation axle, a charging roller having a second rotation axle, a conductive member to contact a surface of the image carrier, a gap size acquisition device, and a gap adjustment device. The charging roller is disposed adjacent to the image carrier in a non-contact manner across a gap to charge the image carrier. The gap size acquisition device acquires a size of the gap. The gap adjustment device adjusts a distance between the first rotation axle and the second rotation axle based on information from the gap size acquisition device to maintain the size of the gap within a predetermined range. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107578 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic member that includes a surface with excellent abrasion resistance and allows toner to have an increased charge amount, thereby eliciting uniform and high transfer efficiency. This electrophotographic member is provided with a surface layer including at least one of an acrylic resin and methacrylic resin, the surface layer further including a positively chargeable charge control agent, wherein a surface of the surface layer is free from a convex portion having a height of more than 15 μm resulting from the charge control agent. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107579 | CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device cleans a discharge wire that discharges electric charge onto a discharge target. The cleaning device moves in a longitudinal direction oldie discharge wire. The cleaning device includes a first contact portion that contacts and cleans the discharge wire and a second contact portion that contacts and cleans the discharge wire. When the first contact portion and the second contact portion clean the discharge wire, the first contact portion and the second contact portion sandwich the discharge wire in a discharge direction in which the discharge wire discharges the electric charge onto the discharge target. The discharge direction is parallel to a radial direction of the discharge wire. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107580 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charger, an exposure device, a development device and a pressing mechanism. When a developer carrier and the image carrier are rotated in a state where a film is held in a development nip area and then a pulling force of the film is measured, a maximum value MAX, a minimum value MIN, and an average value X of the pulling force satisfy the expressions (1) and (2). When a development voltage applied to the developer carrier is set to Vdc, the surface potential of the image carrier is set to V0, and the surface potential of the image carrier after exposure is set to VL, the expressions (3) and (4) are satisfied. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107581 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image-carrying member, a charging device, an exposure device, and a developing device. The charging device charges a surface of the image-carrying member. The exposure device writes an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the image-carrying member by exposing the charged surface of the image-carrying member. The developing device includes a developing roller and a bias output circuit. The bias output circuit applies a developing bias to the developing roller. A potential VH of a non-exposure portion charged on the surface of the image-carrying member, a potential VL of an exposure portion on the surface of the image-carrying member, and the developing bias VDD meet a relationship of VH−VDD≥2 (VDD−VL). In addition, a difference between the developing bias VDD and the potential VL of the exposure portion (VDD−VL) is 100 V or more. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107582 | DEVELOPING ROLLER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing roller includes a base portion, an elastic layer disposed on the outer circumference of the base portion, and a coating disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the elastic layer. The ten-point mean roughness of the coating according to JIS B 0601:1994 is from 2 to 4 micrometers. Furthermore, the mean spacing of profile irregularities of the coating according to JIS B 0601:1994 is from 120 to 290 micrometers. Furthermore, the surface free energy of the coating according to the Owens-Wendt-Rabel-Kaelble method is from 5 to 25 millinewtons per meter. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a conveyer that conveys a recording medium supporting an image; a softener that softens the image; and a powder applicator that applies powder to the surface of the softened image, in which the applied powder adheres to a range that is narrower in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer than a maximum width of the image to be supported by the recording medium. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107584 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charger, an exposure device, a development device and a pressing mechanism. The developer carrier is pressed on the image carrier with a predetermined pressing force to form a nip area between the roller part and the image carrier. A roller part of the developer carrier has an Asker C hardness of 65° or more and 73° or less. When the pressing force is set to X (N) and a width of the nip area in a circumferential direction of the image carrier is set to Y (μm), 3.0≤X≤8.0 and 550≤Y≤700, and the following expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied, | 2022-04-07 |
20220107585 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development device includes a development container, a developer carrier, a regulating blade. The development container contains a non-magnetic one-component developer consisting of a toner only. The regulating blade has a curved part having a radius of curvature of 0.1 mm or more and coming into contact with the roller part. The curved part has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 to 0.3 μm. The roller part has a ten-point average roughness Rz of 2 to 4 μm. The roller part has a concave and convex portion, and an average interval Sm between the concave portion and the convex portion is 120 to 290 μm. A Sm/Rz is 30 to 145. A width of a nip area between the regulating blade and the roller part in a circumferential direction of the roller part is 0.1 to 0.95 mm. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107586 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises a main unit, a main unit memory, a drum cartridge, a toner cartridge, and a controller. The main unit memory stores printer identification information. The drum cartridge comprises a drum memory that stores drum identification information. The toner cartridge comprises a toner memory that stores toner identification information. The controller is configured to store in the main unit memory the drum identification information stored in the drum memory and store in the drum memory the printer identification information stored in the main unit memory, if it determines that the drum cartridge installed in the main unit is new, and store in the main unit memory the toner identification information stored in the toner memory and store in the toner memory the drum identification information stored in the drum memory, if it determines that the toner cartridge installed in the main unit is new. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107587 | TONER CARTRIDGE INCLUDING A PROTRUSION PROTRUDING FROM A CENTER OF A CONVEYANCE DRIVE GEAR - A toner cartridge include a convex portion and a conveyance drive gear. There is a protrusion which protrudes from the center of the conveyance drive gear. Further, there is a hole at a rear side of the convex portion. The protrusion is to be inserted into the hole which is at the rear side of the convex portion. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107588 | DEVELOPER CONVEYOR HAVING HELICAL BLADES AND PROTRUSIONS - An image forming system includes a developer carrier and a developer conveyor that supplies a developer to the developer carrier. The developer conveyor includes a shaft extending in an axial direction, a helical blade and a protrusion around the shaft. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107589 | DRUM MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drum member includes a drum body having a hollow cylindrical shape and a sheet member wrapped around the drum body, and an elastic adhesive disposed between the drum body and the sheet member. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107590 | ROTATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A rotation device includes: a rotary body having a recess in an outer peripheral surface thereof; and a brush configured to come into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body to remove a foreign matter adhering to the outer peripheral surface, in which the brush is separated from the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body in a state where rotation of the rotary body is stopped. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107591 | JACKET, TRANSFER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A jacket includes: a first layer that is on a cylinder body side when the jacket is attached to a rotating cylinder body; and a second layer that is a layer located on a side opposite to the cylinder body with respect to the first layer, has a hardness lower than that of the first layer, and does not exist at a position where at least one of end edges of the cylinder body in a rotation axis direction is located inward of the first layer in the rotation axis direction. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107592 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotating body having a recess in an outer peripheral surface thereof; a transfer portion that is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, the transfer portion being configured to transfer a toner to a recording medium passing between the rotating body and the transfer portion; and a brush configured to come into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body to remove a toner adhering to the outer peripheral surface. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107593 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus, including: a current detection unit configured to detect a current flowing through a coil of a motor; a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the coil; and a control unit configured to control the voltage application unit by outputting a PWM signal in order to rotate the motor at a predetermined rotation speed, wherein the control unit detects a rotation state of the motor based on a duty of the PWM signal and a current value detected by the current detection unit. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107594 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVE THE SAME - Provided is a fixing device to press a printing medium. The fixing device includes a rotating member and a pressure roller disposed to face the rotating member. The pressure roller includes a first groove and a second groove that extend along an outer circumferential surface respectively from a first end portion and a second end portion of the pressure roller. The first and second grooves are inclined with respect to a rotational axis of the pressure roller. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107595 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotating body having a recess in an outer peripheral surface thereof; a sprocket provided coaxially with the rotating body to rotate integrally with the rotating body; a chain having plural links, the chain being wound around the sprocket to circulate in a circulating direction so as to shift from a rotary movement in which the chain rotates in an arc shape conforming to an outer periphery of the sprocket along with the sprocket, to a linear movement; a holder fixed to at least one link of the links of the chain, the holder being configured to hold a leading end portion of a recording medium, the holder being configured to transport the recording medium by performing the rotary movement along with the rotating body and the chain in a state of (i) holding the leading end portion of the recording medium placed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body and (ii) being located in the recess, and then shifting to the linear movement along with the chain; and an image forming unit configured to form an image on the recording medium placed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, in which a holding position where the holder holds the recording medium is arranged downstream of an upstream roller of rollers of a most downstream link in the circulating direction among the at least one link to which the holder is fixed. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107596 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING DRAWER - An image forming device, including: a drawer movable from an inside position where the drawer is located inside a housing to an outside position where the drawer is located outside the housing via an intermediate position; a stopper movable between a first position where the stopper stops the drawer from moving from the intermediate position to the outside position and a second position where the stopper allows the drawer to move from the intermediate position to the outside position; a drum cartridge mountable on the drawer; and a toner cartridge mountable on the drawer; wherein the toner cartridge mounted on the drawer is detachable from the drawer in a state in which the drawer is located at the intermediate position, and wherein the drum cartridge mounted on the drawer is detachable from the drawer in a state in which the drawer is located at the outside position. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107597 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a reading device body and a document feeder that is turnably attached on the upper side of the reading device body with hinge devices. An extended portion that extends outward from a rear frame is formed on a beam frame fixing the rear frame and a front frame of the document feeder at a predetermined interval, and a third coupling portion coupled to the turning member of the hinge device is formed in the extended portion. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107598 | DRIVING CONTROL OF PRINTING MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE - A printing medium feeding device includes a loading unit into which a printing medium is loaded, a pickup roller which picks up the loaded printing medium, a retard roller, a forward roller engaged with the retard roller to feed the picked-up printing medium in a first direction, a torque limiter to apply torque in a second direction opposite to the first direction to the retard roller, and a processor. The processor controls driving of the forward roller by generating a pre-driving signal to change a torque state of the torque limiter to an effective torque state for preventing multi-feeding of printing media and controls driving of the forward roller by generating a driving signal to feed the printing medium in the first direction. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107599 | RECORDING MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A recording material processing apparatus includes a guide shaft of which an axial direction extends in a recording material width direction intersecting a discharge direction of a recording material, and an alignment unit that moves along the guide shaft, in which the alignment unit includes a bearing portion that is movably fitted onto the guide shaft, an alignment portion that is provided to be exposed at an outer side in the discharge direction and comes into contact with an end surface of the recording material that is parallel to the discharge direction from an outer side of the recording material to align a position of the end surface, an arm portion that connects the bearing portion and the alignment portion to each other, and a protruding portion that protrudes from a surface of the arm portion to a position outside the recording material in the axial direction of the guide shaft and comes into contact with a surface of a device main body, which is parallel to the discharge direction, in a case where an external force is applied to the alignment unit with the alignment unit being at a position close to the surface. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107600 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus includes a first circuit, a second circuit, an adjustment unit, a detection unit configured to detect a parameter, a first communication unit, a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with the first communication unit, and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit, the detection result being transmitted from the first communication unit to the second communication unit by the wireless communication. The detection unit operates with power resulting from a voltage output from the control unit to the second communication unit. The first communication unit includes first wiring, the second communication unit includes second wiring, and the first wiring is disposed to not contact the second wiring. At least a part of a region surrounded by the first wiring and the detection unit overlaps a region surrounded by the second wiring and the control unit. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107601 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning blade, a motor, and a controller. The image carrier carries a toner image. The cleaning blade is located in contact with the image carrier. The motor drives the image carrier so as to perform reverse rotation and forward rotation. The controller measures a first torque of the image carrier during the reverse rotation, and a second torque of the image carrier during the forward rotation, on a basis of a current value of the motor. The controller calculates an amount of a substance stuck to a surface of the image carrier, on a basis of a measurement result of the first torque and the second torque. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107602 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing unit and a photosensitive unit respectively have engaging mechanism parts that fit in each other in the longitudinal direction so as to integrate the developing unit and the photosensitive unit. The developing unit includes, as the engaging mechanism part, a first holding member to hold the front end part of a drum shaft. The photosensitive unit includes, as the engaging mechanism part, a second holding member to hold the rear end part of a roller shaft. The first holding member and the second holding member are provided in a slidable manner in a direction in which the developing roller and the photosensitive drum separate from each other, and furthermore are biased toward a direction in which the developing roller and the photosensitive drum come close to each other. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107603 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, comprises a body housing, a drawer movable between an accommodated position and a drawn position, a drum cartridge including a photoconductor drum, a developing cartridge including a developing roller, and a belt located above the photoconductor drum, and the drawer is located at the accommodated position. The drum cartridge includes a moving member movable, with respect to the photoconductor drum, between (i) a first position which is a position at which the moving member is not opposed to the developing cartridge mounted on the drum cartridge and is opposed to a circumferential surface of the photoconductor drum and (ii) a second position which is a position at which the moving member is not opposed to the circumferential surface of the photoconductor drum and is opposed to the developing cartridge mounted on the drum cartridge. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107604 | CARTRIDGE UNIT - A cartridge unit includes: a first unit which includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion; and a second unit which includes a first supported portion, a second supported portion, and a storage member, the storage member including a memory contact, and a contact arrangement surface on which the memory contact is disposed. The second unit rotates from a first position to a second position in a state in which the first supported portion is supported by the first supporting portion and the second supported portion is supported by the second supporting portion to be positioned with respect to the first unit. A normal direction of the contact arrangement surface faces toward a direction in which the memory contact is exposed. The normal direction faces toward a direction opposite to a direction in which the second unit is directed from the first position to the second position. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107605 | FILTER HOLDING DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FILTER - A filter holding device includes an opening portion and a filter. The opening portion communicates an inside of the filter holding device with an outside of the filter holding device. The filter includes a first side and a second side. The first side faces the inside of the filter holding device. The second side faces the outside of the filter holding device. The filter has a lower weight density per unit volume at the first side than at the second side. At least a side face of the first side of the filter is covered with an air-impermeable member. The side face is a lateral face of the filter at the first side. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107606 | HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION - A method and system for improving the control of a holographic projection system in order to meet, or to attempt to meet, one or more targets or aims for a holographically reconstructed image that is produced by the holographic projection system. The target, or aim, may concern the luminance of part or all of the holographically reconstructed image. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107607 | COILING LIMITATION DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE BARREL - A coiling limitation device for a timepiece barrel includes at least one non-return notch arranged to cooperate with a sliding flange of the spring of the barrel, which is integrated in a watch including a resonator cooperating with an escapement mechanism. This device includes an acoustic device for the acoustic monitoring of the coiling of the barrel of a watch positioned on a receptacle included by the device, which acoustic devices are arranged to identify a click noise during each start of cooperation between the sliding flange and a notch. The device includes piloting devices arranged to stop the coiling of the barrel at the instant of the perception of the click noise or the repetition of the click noise. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107608 | MECHANICAL MOVEMENT WATCH WITH FORCE CONTROL MECHANISM | 2022-04-07 |
20220107609 | HERMETIC VIAL FOR QUANTUM TRANSITIONS DETECTION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES APPLICATIONS - A physics cell includes a sealed glass vial that contains a high-purity dipolar gas (e.g., OCS) at a low pressure (e.g., between about 0.01 millibar and 0.2 millibar). The vial can be sealed using a laser cutting process that involves only local heating of the vial that does not denature the bulk of the contained gas. One or more electromagnetically translucent windows or vial-end access points provide access to electromagnetic waves launched or received by one or more electromagnetic antennas at a frequency that is adjusted to match the quantum transition frequency of the gas based on a detected maximum absorption frequency. The glass-vial physics cell can be fabricated at lower cost than physics cells fabricated from bonded wafers. Multiple vials can be joined by a waveguide in an enclosure so that launch and receive antennas can be provided at a single end of the vials. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107610 | FEEDBACK CONTROL DEVICE, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD - The feedback control device takes information regarding a control deviation between a measured value and a target value of a controlled object as input, and outputs a control amount for the controlled object; comprising: | 2022-04-07 |
20220107611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREEMPTIVE SHUTDOWN OF UTILITIES, FACILITIES OR SYSTEMS IN SMART CITIES - A method for a preemptive and graceful shutdown of utilities, facilities or systems in smart cities includes detecting a hazard at external entities based on collected information, determining whether a predefined shutdown plan for the detected hazard exists, generating a new shutdown plan, based on predefined criteria, for the detected hazard, and shutting down the at least one component of the external entities based on the new shutdown plan or the predefined shutdown plan. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107612 | COMPUTE LOAD SHAPING USING VIRTUAL CAPACITY AND PREFERENTIAL LOCATION REAL TIME SCHEDULING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for shaping compute load using virtual capacity. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a load forecast that indicates forecasted future compute load for a cell, obtaining a power model that models a relationship between power usage and computational usage for the cell, obtaining a carbon intensity forecast that indicates a forecast of carbon intensity for a geographic area where the cell is located, determining a virtual capacity for the cell based on the load forecast, the power model, and the carbon intensity forecast, and providing the virtual capacity for the cell to the cell. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENSURING AIR QUALITY IN A BUILDING, INCLUDING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A WORKING DEVICE USING A HANDHELD UNIT HAVING SCANNING, NETWORKING, DISPLAY AND INPUT CAPABILITY - A method for wirelessly controlling a working device using a handheld unit, the method comprising: connecting the working device to a central server by a network, wherein the working device is uniquely identified on the network by an assigned network address, and further wherein the working device and the central server are configured so that the central server can receive data concerning operation of the working device, and control operation of the working device, via the network; positioning a device-specific identification marker at the working device, wherein the device-specific identification marker is linked to the assigned network address of the working device; scanning the device-specific identification marker with the handheld unit, whereby to identify the working device and the assigned network address linked to the working device; and using the handheld unit to cause the central server to communicate with and control the working device at the assigned network address, whereby to allow the user to control operation of the working device via the handheld device and/or to receive data concerning the working device from the central server. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107614 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR AND CONTROL AN AQUATIC FACILITY - Apparatus, systems, and methods to monitor and control operation of an aquatic facility comprising a water basin, a water supply subsystem, and other subsystems. A simplified, centralized, scalable control subsystem comprises a base controller including with inputs and outputs and a human-machine interface. Sensors are operatively connected to the base controller and adapted to directly or indirectly sense one of a pre-selected set of parameters related to the operation of the aquatic facility. Actuators are operatively connected to the base controller and adapted to directly or indirectly actuate one of a pre-selected set of operations of the aquatic facility. The base controller is programmable relative to setpoints or other operational criteria of the aquatic facility; and actuation of at least a base subset of the actuators and graphical representation of the facility and the water supply, and the at least one subsystem, and the pre-selected operations of the aquatic system. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107615 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SEARCHING USING ALIASED POINTS FROM EQUIPMENT DEFINITIONS - A building management system includes (i) one or more building systems including equipment configured to serve one or more spaces in a building and (ii) one or more circuits. The one or more circuits are configured to receive an input to invoke a control strategy to modify a condition of the one or more spaces; define an output of the control strategy where the output relates to a modification that impacts at least one of a location, an equipment type, or a point type; perform a query to identify one or more points associated with the output where the one or more points are defined in terms of at least one of the location, the equipment type, or the point type; and automatically modify one or more values of the one or more points to implement the control strategy. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107616 | Method for Controlling Wearable Device, and Wearable Device - A method for controlling a wearable device with a trigger assembly includes: determining whether trigger information collected by the trigger assembly meets a preset condition; ignoring the trigger information in response to the trigger information not meeting the preset condition; obtaining a current running state of the wearable device in response to the trigger information meeting the preset condition; and controlling the wearable device to switch the current running state based on the trigger information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107617 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLC USING A PC PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a PLC using a PC program, wherein a source code of a PLC program includes a data section, the data section including data indicating services to be exposed by the PLC when running the PLC program, wherein a source code of the PC program is automatically generated using the data included in the data section and a PC program template, wherein the PLC is controlled using the PC program generated from the automatically generated source code of the PC program. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107618 | Method for Determining the Carbon Footprint of a Product in Production Processes of a Production Plant - The present invention is in the field of computer-implemented methods for determining the carbon footprint of a product in a production process in a production plant, in particular of a product in interconnected production processes. Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method for determining the carbon footprint of a product produced in production process of a production plant. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107619 | REMOTE-PLASMA CLEAN (RPC) DIRECTIONAL-FLOW DEVICE - Various embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for using a remote-plasma cleaning system with a directional-flow device for concurrently cleaning multiple processing stations in a processing tool used in the semiconductor and allied fields. In one example, an apparatus used to perform a remote-plasma clean (RPC) in a multi-station process chamber is disclosed and includes an RPC directional-flow device that is to be coupled between an RPC reactor and the process chamber. The RPC directional-flow device includes a number of ramped gas-diversion areas to direct at least a radical species generated by the RPC reactor to a separate one of the processing stations. An incoming cleaning-gas diversion hub is to receive the radical species and distribute at least the species substantially-uniformly to each of the of the ramped gas-diversion areas. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107620 | POST-MEDICAL-PROCEDURE THERAPY DEVICE MANUFACTURED BASED ON MEDICAL IMAGERY AND CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION OF PATIENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A post-medical-procedure therapy device includes a body part replica that is a replica of a body part of a patient that has undergone a medical procedure; and customized information provided on the body part replica, where both the body part replica and the customized information are 3D printed, and where the customized information includes a handwritten message provided to the patient after the medical procedure. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107621 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING FABRICATION PARAMETERS FOR FABRICATION OF A PART - A method for generating a quote for fabrication of a part to be fabricated is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a computer device a 3D file representing the part to be fabricated. A three-dimensional model stored in the three-dimensional model file is converted to manufacturing instructions. The three-dimensional model includes the geometrical layout of the part, and the three-dimensional model includes mesh surface data. A cost as well as a time associated with the manufacturing of the part are generated. The cost and time to manufacture the part are outputted to a customer device. A system for generating a quote for fabrication of a part to be fabricated is also disclosed. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107622 | ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR REMOTE ASSISTANCE - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for remotely executing a robotic process automation (RPA) bot as a function. An embodiment operates by generating an RPA bot function in a first network environment and transmitting the RPA bot function to an application located in a second network environment. The embodiment further operates by receiving results data from the application based on an execution of the RPA bot function in the second network environment. Subsequently, the embodiment operates by generating results user interface (UI) data based on the results data and transmitting the results UI data to a user input/output (I/O) device located in the first network environment. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DYNAMIC MANUFACTURING PROCESS SEQUENCES - A method includes defining a manufacturing transformation for a mobile workpiece based on mobile workpiece state information of the mobile workpiece, where the manufacturing transformation is an automated operation to be performed on the mobile workpiece. The method includes selecting a set of one or more manufacturing systems from among the one or more manufacturing systems for the mobile workpiece based on the manufacturing transformation and manufacturing system state information associated with the one or more manufacturing systems, where the manufacturing system state information provides data related to at least one of availability, capability, and constraints of the of the one or more manufacturing systems. The method includes defining manufacturing process steps of the manufacturing transformation based on the set of one or more manufacturing systems. The method includes defining a location for performing the manufacturing process steps on the mobile workpiece. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107624 | EMBEDDED AND/OR POOLED ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION ROBOTS - Embedded and/or pooled robotic process automation (RPA) robots are disclosed. A master robot initiates one or more RPA robots in a deterministic and/or probabilistic manner. For instance, when a step in an RPA workflow of the master robot is encountered where an action is not clear, some data is missing, there are multiple possible branches, etc., one or more embedded and/or pooled minion robots may be called upon by the master robot to determine the next action to take, to retrieve missing data, to determine which branch is appropriate, etc. The master robot may perform orchestration functionality with respect to the minion robot(s). | 2022-04-07 |
20220107625 | METHOD TO SUPPORT AUTONOMOUS ROBOT-TO-ROBOT IDENTIFICATION AND TASK TRANSFER - Described herein is a technique that provides a first robot associated with a first trust domain to identify and authenticate a second robot associated with a second trust domain. The identification and authentication technique described herein is based on a robot processing a variety of input signals obtained via sensors, in order to generate robot identification information that can be compared with known or trusted information. Advantageously, the identification technique occurs locally, for example, at the robot and at the location of the robot-to-robot interaction, eliminating any requirement for communicating with an authoritative remote or cloud-based service, at the time and place of the robot-to-robot interaction. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107626 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CYCLE-BASED PROGRAMMING OF A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR A NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOL - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for cycle-based programming of a control program for a numerically controlled machine tool at a control apparatus of the machine tool. Geometrical features, which have been detected and/or identified within a data analysis processing performed on the basis of workpiece data including a 3D workpiece model, each detected and/or identified geometrical feature being associated with a respective predetermined machining operation, are associated with a respective machine control cycle which is associated with a respective predetermined machining operation with which the respective associated geometry feature is producible. Further, one or more user-selectable options for cycle-based programming of the control program for the machine tool are provided by a graphical user interface on a display of a control panel of a control apparatus of the machine tool, each user-selectable option enabling a user to select a respective one of the machine control cycles being respectively associated with a respective one of the detected and/or identified geometrical features. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107627 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING AND PRE-FEEDING FASTENERS INTO AUTOMATED DRILLING MACHINES - Described herein are methods and manufacturing systems that select fasteners for pre-feeding and, in some examples, pre-feed the selected fasteners. These methods involve aggregating historical manufacturing data, comprising hole identifications and fastener grip lengths, previously selected for these hole identifications. A specific grip length and a corresponding fastener repeatability rating are then determined for each hole identification from this historical manufacturing data. For example, a specific grip length corresponds to the most frequently selected grip length for this hole identification. In some examples, the historical manufacturing data is analyzed using machine learning. The fastener repeatability rating is compared to an operating threshold, in some examples, to determine if the corresponding grip length should be selected for a particular hole location. This grip length selection is then used for pre-feeding a corresponding fastener into an automated drilling machine, thereby saving significant processing time relative to conventional processes. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107628 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED HIERARCHICAL CONTROL IN MULTI-AGENT ADVERSARIAL ENVIRONMENTS - A system is provided. The system includes a first platform including a first platform level agent configured to direct one or more actions of the first platform based on at least one of a selected target or a selected goal. The system also includes a computer system in communication with the first platform level agent. The computer system programmed to a) execute a supervisor level agent configured to select at least one of a target or a goal for one or more platforms including the first platform, b) receive targeting information including one or more targets, c) receive platform information for the one or more platforms, d) select, by the supervisor level agent, a target of the one or more targets based on the target information and the platform information, and e) transmit, to the first platform level agent, the selected target. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107629 | MACHINING CONDITION SEARCH DEVICE AND MACHINING CONDITION SEARCH METHOD - A machining condition search device according to the disclosure includes a machining condition generation unit, a practical machining command unit, a machining evaluation unit, a prediction unit, an optimum machining condition calculation unit. The machining condition generation unit generates a machining condition defined by one or more control parameters settable on a machining apparatus. The practical machining command unit causes the machining apparatus to perform machining based on a generated machining condition. The machining evaluation unit generates an evaluation value of performed machining, on the basis of information indicating a machining result of the performed machining. The prediction unit predicts an evaluation value corresponding to a machining condition under which machining is not performed, on the basis of the evaluation value and the machining condition corresponding to the evaluation value. The optimum machining condition calculation unit obtains an optimum machining condition on the basis of a prediction value predicted by the prediction unit and an evaluation value generated by the machining evaluation unit. The optimum machining condition is a machining condition under which an evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold and a tolerance is maximum. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107630 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGIME-BASED PROCESS OPTIMIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL ASSETS - This disclosure relates to a method and system for regime-based process optimization of various assets of industrial manufacturing and process plants or units. Operating regimes of assets are identified and a regime similarity score of each asset is computed from regime sequences of integrated industrial data and compared with a given threshold to identify regimes of operation. Operating regimes are matched with regimes of regime database and industrial assets and similar operating regimes are group together. Process optimization is carried out for each group of industrial assets to identify optimum settings in order to maximize output or minimize loss/cost considering process and equipment constraints. Anomalies are analyzed in the unmatched operating regimes and a diagnosis is carried out to identify the root cause for any detected anomalies. Remaining useful life of components in the assets with unmatched operating regimes is estimated to ensure component reliability and to prevent failure. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107631 | Coating Process and Quality Control of Coated Objects - A method for modelling a coating process including a plurality of coating parameters, includes the steps of: dispensing, by the coating process and during K work cycles, a coating on each of K pieces of objects to thereby obtain K pieces of coatings; recording, during each of the K work cycles, coating variable values of p coating parameters at M instances to thereby obtain recording results; and measuring at least one coating property at m locations of each of the K pieces of coatings to thereby obtain measurement results. The method is characterized by the step of determining a digital twin of the coating process on the basis of the recording results and the measurement results. By using results from a large amount of classical quality control measurements together with corresponding coating parameter information, a digital twin of the coating process can be determined through statistical processing of such big data. The digital twin) may be used either for automatic adjustment of the coating parameters to obtain an improved coating quality, for prediction of the coating quality right after a work cycle to obtain an improved quality control, or for both. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107632 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A BATHROOM - At least one embodiment includes an apparatus for the real time correlation of bathroom assets for maintenance requirements. The apparatus includes at least one flow sensor configured to generate water usage data for a bathroom device, at least one presence sensor configured to generate user presence data for a room including the bathroom device, and a controller configured to analyze the usage data and the user presence data to generate a maintenance message in response to the analysis. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107633 | Transportation Robot Mesh Manufacturing Environment - A system and method for performing a transportation robot control operation. In various embodiments, the transportation robot control operation includes placing a transportation robot control device in a location of a manufacturing facility, the transportation robot control device comprising a transportation robot summoning portion; actuating the transportation summoning portion; transmitting a summoning command to the transportation robot; and, causing the transportation robot to travel to the location within the manufacturing facility corresponding to the transportation robot control device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107634 | VEHICLE SELF-DRIVING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD FOR VEHICLE SELF-DRIVING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle self-driving system includes: a communication section provided separately from an unmanned self-driving vehicle configured to travel unmanned within a predefined area and a manned driven vehicle that has entered the predefined area and has completed a handover of driving authority, the communication section being configured to perform two-way wireless communication with the unmanned self-driving vehicle and the manned driven vehicle; and a control section configured to be handed driving authority from the manned driven vehicle by the wireless communication and to control respective movements of the unmanned self-driving vehicle and the manned driven vehicle based on the wireless communication, and further configured to effect control such that a communication cycle of the wireless communication with at least one of the unmanned self-driving vehicle or the manned driven vehicle is lengthened in cases in which a communication traffic volume of the wireless communication has exceeded a predefined value. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELATIVE POSE SENSING AND FIELD ENFORCEMENT OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO TECHNOLOGY - According to the embodiments described herein, system and methods for determining relative pose of materials handling vehicles in an industrial environment may include utilizing UWB antenna array systems respective mounted on the materials handling vehicles to send mutually received information to determine the relative pose between the vehicles, determining one or more fields of each materials handling vehicle, and determining one or more overlapping fields between the materials handling vehicles based on the determined one or more fields and the relative pose. A vehicle control may be implemented based on the determined relative pose and the overlapping fields as a field enforcement, such as a control action to avoid collision between the vehicles. | 2022-04-07 |
20220107636 | SERVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A service management device manages a service delivered in a predetermined area. The service management device has an operator interface including a display that displays information for an operator and receiving an input from the operator. The service management device communicates with an autonomous robot used for delivering the service in the predetermined area to acquire, from the autonomous robot, service robot information indicating at least a position and a status of the autonomous robot. The service management device displays a map of the predetermined area and the position of the autonomous robot on the display, based on the service robot information. When the autonomous robot displayed on the display is specified by the operator through the operator interface, the service management device displays a status window indicating the status of the autonomous robot specified by the operator on the display, based on the service robot information. | 2022-04-07 |