16th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180107088 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a display panel, a driving method thereof and a display apparatus. The display panel includes display areas arranged in array, each display area including at least two pixels having different domain tilt directions and strip electrodes in the pixels having different tilt directions. The pixels having different domain tilt directions in each display area are electrically connected with different gate lines, and the pixels in each display area are electrically connected with a same data line. Each pixel is configured to drive, under a control of the gate line electrically connected with the pixel, liquid crystal molecules in the pixel to create a corresponding liquid crystal prism according to amplitude of data voltage input through the data line, so as to control light emergent direction at a position where the pixel is located. The display panel is capable of performing single or multiple view display. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107089 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS, 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal lens, a 3D display panel and methods for controlling the same. A liquid crystal lens for a 3D display panel, including a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the first substrate, a second electrode arranged on the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control a voltage of the first electrode and of the second electrode so that liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer deflect to form a plurality of lens equivalent units, and the control unit is further configured to adjust the voltage of the first electrode to change a position of each of the lens equivalent units. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107090 | Liquid Crystal Lens With Variable Focal Length - A lens structure includes a transparent cell containing a liquid crystal material. The cell is thicker in a center region thereof than at peripheral regions. The structure further includes transparent electrically conductive electrodes coupled with opposing top and bottom surfaces of the cell and configured to establish an electric field through the cell that is strongest at the peripheral regions where the cell is thinner relative to the center region so that a value of the index of refraction of the liquid crystal material changes across the cell from the center region towards the peripheral regions to change an effective focal length of the lens structure. In some embodiments the top surface of the cell has a first curvature C | 2018-04-19 |
20180107091 | LARGE SCALE OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY - Aspects of the present disclosure describe configurations of, and methods for operating a large-scale optical phased array for contemporary applications including LIDAR, optical communications, imaging, and displays—among others. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107092 | SUM FREQUENCY GENERATOR IN THE MICROWAVE DOMAIN FOR QUANTUM COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTATION APPLICATIONS - A technique relates to a circuit for a sum frequency generator. A first resonator is connected to a Josephson ring modulator (JRM), and the first resonator is configured to receive a first photon at a first frequency. A second resonator is connected to the JRM, and the second resonator is configured to have a first harmonic and no second harmonic. The second resonator is configured to receive a second photon at a second frequency, and the first resonator is configured to output an up-converted photon. The up-converted photon has an up-converted frequency that is a sum of the first frequency and the second frequency. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107093 | Interchangeable Lens Mount Insert - An interchangeable lens mount insert for lens adapters is positioned into a lens mount to prevent unwanted light from entering a camera lens and to allow for the attachment of nonstandard external lenses to the lens adapter. The interchangeable lens mount insert includes an aperture shroud, an aperture hole, a lens attachment mechanism, and a mount attachment mechanism. The aperture shroud obstructs the camera lens from unwanted light and debris, while the mount attachment mechanism provides a means for securing the aperture shroud to the lens mount. The aperture hole traverses the aperture shroud and allows a select amount of light to reach the camera lens. Meanwhile, the lens attachment mechanism provides a means for securing external lenses to the aperture shroud. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107094 | CLAMPING AND MOUNTING ACCESSORIES FOR MOTION PICTURE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - A support pin is engaged with a collar, as affixed to a mount, by an engaging mechanism between the support pin and the collar, which engaging mechanism provides interchangeability, index-ability and positive locking between the support pin and the collar. Motion picture lighting and rigging equipment is secured to the support pin. The engaging mechanism includes a V-shaped or other configured reception on or in the collar with a cross-pin or similarly other configured portion on the support pin (e.g., non-circular cross-sectional configurations such as a hexagon). A linchpin is placed though mating openings in the collar and support pin to lock the two together when the mating openings are aligned. Two or more crossing V-shaped receptions or non-circular cross-sectional configurations provide a variety of angular orientations of the support pin, especially for bent support pins, with respect to the collar. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107095 | COMPRESSIVE IMAGING USING STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION - A plurality of lighting elements is configured to selectively illuminate a scene during a plurality of time intervals. The plurality of lighting elements forms a different illumination pattern in each of the plurality of time intervals. One or more sensors are configured to measure a plurality of intensities of light received from the scene during the plurality of time intervals. A processor is configured to generate an image of the scene based on the plurality of intensities. In some cases, the plurality of lighting elements are switched on or off to produce different illumination patterns during a plurality of time intervals that too short to be perceptible to the human eye. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107096 | MOBILE DEVICE PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS FOR EVEN ILLUMINATION - A system for evenly-scattered adaptable subject lighting for mobile device photography, comprising a case configured to enclose and securely fasten a mobile device and an illuminating portion, the illuminating portion configured to produce light based on input received from a plurality of sensors. The system further comprising a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a network-connected computing device, and configured to direct the operation of the illuminating portion comprising at least a sensor processor and an image capture device, wherein the sensor processor adjusts the illuminating portion based on preconfigured thresholds to provide evenly-scatter lighting for capturing images of subjects via the image capture device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107097 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICE PHOTOGRAPHY - A system for evenly-scattered adaptable subject lighting for mobile device photography, comprising a case configured to enclose and securely fasten a mobile device and an illuminating portion, the illuminating portion configured to produce light based on input received from a plurality of sensors. The system further comprising a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a network-connected computing device, and configured to direct the operation of the illuminating portion comprising at least a sensor processor and an image capture device, wherein the sensor processor adjusts the illuminating portion based on preconfigured thresholds to provide evenly-scatter lighting for capturing images of subjects via the image capture device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107098 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND MOUNT ADAPTER - A body of an imaging apparatus comprises a mount section on which an interchangeable lens and a mount adapter can be mounted. A contact unit is movable in the direction of the optical axis by a moving mechanical unit and has a first contact portion composed of a plurality of contact terminals. If the interchangeable lens is mounted on a body via a first mount adapter, the first contact portion is movable to a first position that contacts a second contact portion formed in the interchangeable lens. If the interchangeable lens is mounted on the body via a second mount adapter, the first contact portion is movable to a second position that contacts the second contact portion of the interchangeable lens. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107099 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: an electronic part; an external case that covers the electronic part and constitutes an exterior; and a heat dissipation frame that transmits heat generated from the electronic part to the external case. The external case includes a top case, a front case, and a rear case, while the heat dissipation frame includes a first heat dissipation frame, a second heat dissipation frame, and a third heat dissipation frame provided independently from each other. Mechanical fixation is made to combine the top case and the first heat dissipation frame into one body, to combine the front case and the second heat dissipation frame into one body, and to combine the rear case and the third heat dissipation frame into one body. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107100 | DOCUMENT HOLDER FOR MOBILE DEVICE - Disclosed is a document holder assembly for attachment to a mobile device or its enclosure. The document holder assembly has an imaging position in which the document is positioned in the line of sight of the device camera, and a folded position in which the assembly is conveniently stored close to the attachment face. In some embodiments the distance between the document and the camera in the imaging position may be adjusted to achieve an optimum document image. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107101 | GRADE ANNUNCIATOR - Embodiments provide grade annunciator systems that allow a lumber workpiece traveling in a workflow path to be labeled with a projected image that conveys information about the grade, a cut line, and/or the location of a defect in the workpiece. In some embodiments, the system includes a conveyor configured to convey lumber workpieces in a workflow path, and a projector or series of projectors configured to project an image or symbol onto a surface of the workpiece, wherein the image or symbol indicates grade, a cut line, and/or the location of a defect in the workpiece. Other embodiments are methods of labeling a lumber workpiece in a workflow path, the methods includes conveying the lumber workpiece along the workflow path, and projecting an image or symbol onto a surface of the workpiece as it is conveyed along the workflow path. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107102 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR FOCUSING LASER PROJECTORS - Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes N≥1 laser diodes, each of which emits laser light having a divergence. Each laser diode is paired with a respective primary or collimation lens to at least reduce a divergence of the laser light that the laser diode produces. Downstream from the primary lens(es) in the optical path(s) of the laser light, a single dedicated secondary or convergence lens converges the laser light to a focus. By initiating the convergence of the laser light at the secondary or convergence lens as opposed to at the primary or collimation lens(es), numerous benefits that are particularly advantageous in laser projection-based wearable heads-up displays are realized. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107103 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR FOCUSING LASER PROJECTORS - Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes N≥1 laser diodes, each of which emits laser light having a divergence. Each laser diode is paired with a respective primary or collimation lens to at least reduce a divergence of the laser light that the laser diode produces. Downstream from the primary lens(es) in the optical path(s) of the laser light, a single dedicated secondary or convergence lens converges the laser light to a focus. By initiating the convergence of the laser light at the secondary or convergence lens as opposed to at the primary or collimation lens(es), numerous benefits that are particularly advantageous in laser projection-based wearable heads-up displays are realized. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107104 | MULTI-CONFIGURATION SIMULATOR SCREEN SYSTEM AND METHOD(S) OF USE - A multi-configuration simulator screen system and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the present invention include a multi-configuration screen assembly and a simulator system for running training scenarios on the multi-configuration screen assembly. The multi-configuration screen assembly can include a pair of screens rotatably coupled to a middle screen. The pair of screens can be rotated relative to the middle screen allowing for the simulator system to be implemented with a plurality of differently configured screens. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107105 | LOCK FOR FRAME - A display apparatus is disclosed that includes a screen and a frame system positioned to support the screen. The frame system includes a plurality of frame members, a hinge that couples the frame members together, and a lock that blocks relative movement of the frame members. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107106 | TRANSPARENT SCREEN FOR 3D DISPLAY AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - A transparent screen for 3D display having excellent transparency and an excellent viewing angle, and a 3D display system are provided. The transparent screen for 3D display has a plurality of dots, each of the dots having wavelength selectivity and being formed of a liquid crystal material having a cholesteric structure, in which the cholesteric structure gives a striped pattern of bright parts and dark parts in a cross-sectional view of the dot observed by a scanning electron microscope, the dot includes a portion having a height that increases continuously to the maximum height in a direction extending from the edge toward the center of the dot, in the portion, the angle formed by the normal line to a line that is formed by a first dark part as counted from the surface of the dot on the opposite side of the substrate and the surface of the dot is in the range of 70° to 90°, and right-handed circularly polarized light and left-handed circularly polarized light are reflected by the plurality of dots. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107107 | SUPPORT APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A support apparatus for a lithographic apparatus has an object holder and an extraction body radially outward of the object holder, The object holder is configured to support an object. The extraction body includes an extraction opening configured to extract fluid from a top surface of the support apparatus. The extraction body is spaced from the object holder such that the extraction body is substantially decoupled from the object holder. The extraction body includes a projection configured such that it surrounds the object holder and such that, in use, a layer of immersion liquid is retained on the projection and in contact with an object supported on the object holder, | 2018-04-19 |
20180107108 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A polarized image acquisition section | 2018-04-19 |
20180107109 | PRESS ROLLER AND IMPRINT METHOD USING THE SAME - A press roller for imprint method including: a roller body having a cylindrical shape extending in a first direction; an energy generating part disposed on a curved surface of the roller body, the energy generating part including a plurality of energy generating units configured to be individually controlled to emit energy; and a compensation layer disposed on the energy generating part, the compensation layer including a material that expands in volume when the energy is applied. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107110 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC FABRICATION OF STRUCTURES - Micro- and nano-patterns in imprint layers formed on a substrate and lithographic methods for forming such layers. The layers include a plurality of structures, and a residual layer having a residual layer thickness (RLT) that extends from the surface of the substrate to a base of the structures, where the RLT varies across the surface of the substrate according to a predefined pattern. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107111 | COATING SOLUTION FOR RESIST PATTERN COATING AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN - A coating solution has a polymer having a formula (1) structural unit, a formula (2) primary, secondary, or tertiary amine, and a formula (3) ester capable of dissolving the polymer and amine: | 2018-04-19 |
20180107112 | TRANSFER-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX ADJUSTMENT FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING REFRACTIVE INDEX ADJUSTMENT PATTERN, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A transfer type photosensitive refractive index adjustment film that comprising: a support film, a photosensitive resin layer provided on the support film and a high-refractive index layer provided on the photosensitive resin layer, the photosensitive resin layer comprises a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, and the photopolymerization initiator comprises an oxime ester compound or a phosphine oxide compound. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107113 | RESIST BASE MATERIAL, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN - The present invention provides a resist base material containing a compound having a specific structure and/or a resin derived from the compound as a monomer. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107114 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, POLYAMIDE RESIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYAMIDE RESIN, COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED FILM, AND CURED FILM - A photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a cured film with satisfactory adhesion to substrates and excellent transparency, a polyamide resin which is used in the photosensitive resin composition, a method for producing the polyamide resin, a compound which is used as a raw material of the polyamide resin, a method for producing the compound, a method for producing a cured film using the photosensitive resin composition, and a cured film which is obtained by curing the photosensitive resin composition. The photosensitive resin composition including a resin and a photopolymerization initiator. The resin is a polyamide resin including a structural unit, which includes a specific saturated alicyclic skeleton, and at least one carboxy group esterified by a unit containing a polymerizable group of a predetermined structure. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107115 | FILM MATERIAL AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS - A film material includes a support film having a transmittance of at least 60% with respect to light of wavelength 300-450 nm, and a resin layer containing 0.001-10 wt % of a basic compound with a molecular weight of up to 10,000, and having a thickness of 1-100 μm. A pattern is formed by attaching the resin layer in the film material to a chemically amplified negative resist layer on a wafer, exposing, baking, and developing the resist layer. The profile of openings in the pattern is improved. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107116 | LAMINATE AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - To provide a laminate which enables pattern formation with excellent opening shape even in the case where a chemically amplified negative type resist material is used, and a pattern forming method in which the laminate is used. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107117 | RESIST SENSITIVITY AND PROFILE IMPROVEMENT VIA ACID ANION CONTROL DURING FIELD-GUIDED POST EXPOSURE BAKE - Methods disclosed herein provide apparatus and methods for applying an electric field and/or a magnetic field to a photoresist layer without air gap intervention during photolithography processes. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processing chamber configured to apply an electric field to a substrate via a non-gas phase intermediate medium. Methods described herein include dissociation of a photoacid generator to generate anions and cations. The anions may be moved within the photoresist layer by the electric field to more precisely control the speed and location of acid generation and regeneration processes. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107118 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - A pattern forming method includes at least (i) forming a film on a substrate, using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, (ii) irradiating the film with actinic rays or radiation, and (iii) developing the film irradiated with actinic rays or radiation, using a developer containing an organic solvent, in which the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a resin P and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, the resin P has a specific repeating unit Q1 represented by General Formula (q1) and a specific repeating unit Q2 represented by General Formula (q2), and the content of the repeating unit Q2 with respect to all the repeating units of the resin P is 20% by mole or more. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107119 | APPARATUS FOR POST EXPOSURE BAKE - Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for performing immersion field guided post exposure bake processes. Embodiments of apparatus described herein include a chamber body defining a processing volume. Electrodes may be disposed adjacent the process volume and process fluid is provided to the process volume via a plurality of fluid conduits to facilitate immersion field guided post exposure bake processes. A post process chamber for rinsing, developing, and drying a substrate is also provided. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107120 | Lithographic Method and Apparatus - A method of determining a configuration of a projection system for a lithographic apparatus, wherein manipulators of the projection system manipulate optical elements so as to adjust its optical properties, the method comprising: receiving dependencies of the optical properties of the projection system on a configuration of the manipulators, receiving a plurality of constraints of the manipulators, formulating a cost function, wherein the cost function represents a difference between the optical properties of the projection system for a given configuration of the manipulators and desired optical properties, wherein the cost function is formulated using the dependency of the optical properties on the configuration of the manipulators, scaling the cost function into a scaled variable space, wherein the scaling is performed by using the plurality of constraints and finding a solution configuration of the manipulators which substantially minimises the scaled cost function subject to satisfying the plurality of constraints. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107121 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An optical element assembly includes a base, and an element unit. The element unit includes (i) an optical element having an element central axis and an element perimeter; and (ii) an element connector assembly that couples the optical element to the base, the element connector assembly including a flexure assembly having an element flexure and a base flexure. A distal end of the element flexure is coupled to the optical element near the element perimeter, a distal end of the base flexure is coupled to the base, and a proximal end of the element flexure is coupled to a proximal end of the base flexure near the element central axis. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107122 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A lithography apparatus includes a radiation source configured to produce radiation having a repetition frequency. The lithography apparatus also includes an optical component configured to guide the radiation within the lithography apparatus. The lithography apparatus further includes an actuator device configured to displace the optical component. In addition, the lithography apparatus includes a measurement device configured to determine a position of the optical component via a measurement signal having a measurement signal frequency. The measurement signal frequency is unequal to the repetition frequency, and the measurement signal frequency is unequal to integer multiples of the repetition frequency. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107123 | WAFER-BASED LIGHT SOURCE PARAMETER CONTROL - A photolithography method includes producing, from an optical source, a pulsed light beam; and scanning the pulsed light beam across a substrate of a lithography exposure apparatus to expose the substrate with the pulsed light beam including exposing each sub-area of the substrate with the pulsed light beam. A sub-area is a portion of a total area of the substrate. For each sub-area of the substrate, a lithography performance parameter associated with the sub-area of the substrate is received; the received lithography performance parameter is analyzed, and, based on the analysis, a first spectral feature of the pulsed light beam is modified and a second spectral feature of the pulsed light beam is maintained. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107124 | Method of Inspecting a Substrate, Metrology Apparatus, and Lithographic System - Metrology apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one arrangement, a substrate is inspected. A source beam of radiation emitted by a radiation source is split into a measurement beam and a reference beam. A first target is illuminated with the measurement beam, the first target being on the substrate. A second target is illuminated with the reference beam, the second target being separated from the substrate. First scattered radiation is collected from the first target and delivered to a detector. Second scattered radiation is collected from the second target and delivered to the detector. The first scattered radiation interferes with the second scattered radiation at the detector. The first target comprises a first pattern. The second target comprises a second pattern, or a pupil plane image of the second pattern. The first pattern is geometrically identical to the second pattern, the first pattern and the second pattern are periodic and a pitch of the first pattern is identical to a pitch of the second pattern, or both. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107125 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithography apparatus includes a detector that detects an original-side mark image and a substrate-side mark image via a projection optical system, and a controller. The detector generates refocusable light field image data that includes the original-side mark image and the substrate-side mark image. The controller performs, based on the light field image data obtained from the detector, a refocus operation of reconstructing a plurality of images different in position in a focus direction and adjusts a position of at least one of the original holder and the substrate holder based on the plurality of images reconstructed by the refocus operation. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107126 | OVERLAY KEY, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MEASURING OVERLAY ACCUARACY - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an overlay key including at least two overlay marks each having a first sub-mark and a second sub-mark centro-symmetrical to each other, the first sub-mark and the second sub-mark each including two bar patterns that are perpendicular to each other and have a common end. At least two of the overlay marks are located in different layers. Also disclosed is a method of forming the overlay key and a method of measuring overlay accuracy. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107127 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEGATIVELY CHARGEABLE TONER, AND NEGATIVELY CHARGEABLE TONER - To provide an efficient method for producing a negatively chargeable toner in which a carbon black (as a colorant) is well dispersed and which has high chargeability, has excellent transfer efficiency, prevent a white spot and provides an image with sufficient image density. Disclosed is a method for producing a negatively chargeable toner, the method including: a suspension step of obtaining a suspension in which droplets of a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer, a carbon black, a softening agent and a charge control agent, which is a specific, sulfonic acid group-containing copolymer, are dispersed, by suspending the polymerizable monomer composition in an aqueous dispersion medium containing a dispersion stabilizer, and a step of obtaining colored resin particles by suspension polymerization using the suspension in the presence of a polymerization initiator. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107128 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle including a resin component, wherein the resin component includes an olefin resin and an olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group, the olefin resin has a specific monomer unit Y1, the olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group has a specific monomer unit Z1 and Z2, a hydroxyl value of the olefin resin is not more than 10 mg KOH/g, a hydroxyl value of the olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group is at least 20 mg KOH/g and not more than 250 mg KOH/g, and a content of the olefin resin in the resin component is more than 50 mass % with respect to a total mass of the resin component. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107130 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image with a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid, a separating device, a first carrier supplying device, a second carrier supplying device, and an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a carrier liquid supplied from the first carrier supplying device and a carrier liquid, in which a ratio of a first substance is smaller than that in the carrier liquid collected from the separating device or no first substance is contained, supplied from the second carrier supplying device. The carrier liquid accommodated in the accommodating portion is capable of being supplied to the image forming portion. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107131 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a photo sensor, which is configured to detect a measurement image formed on an intermediate transfer belt, and a controller. The controller includes a first comparator, a second comparator, an XOR unit, and a CPU. The first comparator is configured to binarize an analog detection waveform, which represents a detection result of a measurement image by the photo sensor, in accordance with a first threshold value to generate a first binary signal. The second comparator is configured to binarize the detection waveform in accordance with a second threshold value to generate a second binary signal. The XOR unit is configured to perform an XOR operation in accordance with the first binary signal and the second binary signal to generate an XOR signal. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107133 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a developer, an image bearing body, a charging member that charges a surface of the image bearing body, an exposure device that emits light to expose the surface of the image bearing body to form a latent image, a developer bearing body that bears the developer and develops the latent image to form a developer image, and a transfer portion that transfers the developer image from the image bearing body to a transfer body. The developer includes mother particles containing crystalline polyester resin as a binder resin, and a plurality of kinds of external additives containing silica and having different particle diameters. A value obtained by dividing a flowability of the developer by a weight percent of silica contained in the developer is in a range from 8.6 to 11.4. The weight percent of silica is measured by an energy dispersion type X-ray analyzer. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107134 | CHARGING ROLL FOR ELECTROGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charging roll includes a shaft, an elastic body layer formed around the shaft, and a surface layer formed around the elastic body layer. The surface layer contains a binder and roughness formation particles, and has projecting sections that project outward in the radial direction farther in the portions in which the roughness formation particles are present than in the portions in which the roughness formation particles are not present. The roughness formation particles are composed of porous silica particles, and the porous silica particles have an average particle size of 5 to 50 μm, an oil absorbency of 200 to 500 ml/100 g, and a pore size of 5 to 20 nm. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107135 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging roller, a toner image forming portion, a voltage source, a detecting member, a controller, and a test executing portion configured to execute an operation in a test mode in which in a period in advance of the image forming period, a plurality of test AC voltages having a test peak-to-peak voltage with different frequencies are successively applied to the charging roller and alternating currents are detected by the detecting member. The test executing portion sets a predetermined peak-to-peak voltage on the basis of a specific frequency which is a maximum frequency at which a relationship between the frequencies and the alternating currents acquired in the operation in the test mode maintains linearity. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107136 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a container that contains a developer including a carrier and a toner; a transport member that is rotatably disposed in the container and that agitates and transports the developer in a rotation-axis direction thereof; a discharge outlet that has an opening in a side wall of the container facing in a direction perpendicular to the rotation-axis direction, the discharge outlet allowing the developer to be discharged to an outside of the container when a height of a surface of the developer becomes greater than a height of a lower surface of the discharge outlet; and a magnetic member that is disposed at a position that is above the lower surface of the discharge outlet and that overlaps the lower surface in an up-down direction, the magnetic member attracting a part of the developer that is lifted up by the transport member. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107137 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a hardware processor that performs control in which a developer circulation state is switched between a first state and a second state depending on states of the developer in the first and the second regions. The first state is a state in which a developer circulation path is formed in each of the first and the second regions, and the second state is a state in which a single developer circulation path is formed all through the first and the second regions. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107138 | TRANSFER DEVICE ALLOWING SUPPRESSION OF OCCURRENCE OF SEPARATION DISCHARGE BETWEEN SHEETS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer device includes a conveyance belt, a transfer roller, a stretch roller, and a cleaning member. The conveyance belt is configured to convey a sheet via a contact position with an image carrier. The transfer roller is configured to transfer the toner image onto the sheet at the contact position. The stretch roller is configured to stretch the conveyance belt at a separation position where the sheet is separated from the conveyance belt and the stretch roller is grounded via a resistance portion having electrical resistance. The cleaning member is provided to oppose the stretch roller across the conveyance belt, downstream, in a running direction of the conveyance belt, from the separation position, and is configured to attract the toner attached to a surface of the conveyance belt upon application of a voltage having a polarity opposite to the charge polarity of the toner. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107139 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, having a photosensitive drum, an intermediate transfer belt located at a lower position with respect to the photosensitive drum to contact the photosensitive drum, a secondary transfer roller contacting the intermediate transfer belt, a first sheet tray located at a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt to store a sheet, and a sheet guide to guide the sheet stored in the first sheet tray to a position between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller, is provided. The sheet guide is located between the intermediate transfer belt and the first sheet tray with regard to a vertical direction and has a curved section. A contact area between the secondary transfer roller and the intermediate transfer belt is located at a lower position with respect to an upper end portion of the curved section. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107140 | FUSER MEMBERS - A fuser member comprising a polyimide nanosheet and at least one boron nitride nanosheet. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107141 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material onto the recording material. The fixing device includes a heater contacting an inner surface of the film, a supporting member for supporting the heater, the supporting member being provided in a hollow space, a first portion for preventing lateral movement of the film in a generatrix direction of the film, the first portion being supported by a frame of the fixing device and holding the supporting member, and a second portion opposed to a surface of the heater where the heater contacts the film and elongated along a widthwise direction of the heater, the second portion being provided at the same position with the generatrix direction of the film. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107142 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotator including a primary portion and a secondary portion disposed outboard from the primary portion in an axial direction of the fixing rotator. A pressure rotator contacts the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator, through which a recording medium is conveyed. A primary heater heats the primary portion of the fixing rotator. A secondary heater heats the secondary portion of the fixing rotator. A primary temperature detector is isolated from the fixing rotator and detects a temperature of the primary portion of the fixing rotator. A secondary temperature detector contacts the fixing rotator and detects a temperature of the secondary portion of the fixing rotator. The primary temperature detector has a thermal time constant that is smaller than a thermal time constant of the secondary temperature detector. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107143 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: a developer containing unit configured to contain developer; a developer bearing member, which is rotatably provided in the developer containing unit, and is configured to bear the developer; a driving unit configured to drive the developer bearing member; and a control unit configured to control the driving unit so that, when rotation of the developer bearing member is stopped after an image forming operation is terminated, drive transmission to the developer bearing member is turned off after a rotational speed of the developer bearing member is reduced to a set rotational speed lower than a rotational speed of the developer bearing member during the image formation while performing the drive transmission to the developer bearing member. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107144 | LIQUID ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING - In one example, a printing process includes: forming a first latent image on a photoconductor; applying a first LEP ink to the photoconductor to develop the first latent image into a first ink image; forming a second latent image having a first part on the first ink image and a second part on the photoconductor; and applying a second LEP ink to the first ink image and to the photoconductor to develop the second latent image into a second ink image and form a composite on the photoconductor in which some of the second ink image overlaps some of the first ink image. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107145 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a development current detector that detects an actual measurement value of a development current, a development current calculator that calculates a provisional calculation value of a development current based on an image formation condition, and an image-defect determiner that determines whether or not an image defect occurs, based on the actual measurement value of the development current detected by the development current detector and the provisional calculation value of the development current calculated by the development current calculator. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107146 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an image forming apparatus configured to execute an image forming operation adequately while reducing a cumbersome work of a user of setting the sheet size. A processor of the image forming apparatus configured to execute a mode where the processor controls an image forming portion to form the image on the sheet even if the sheet size included in an image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet size stored in a storage portion. In such a mode, the processor controls a notification portion so as to give notification in a case where a size detection portion detects one of regular sheet sizes and where the sheet size included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet size detected by the size detection portion. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107147 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge having an image bearing member and a developer bearing member that bears a developer, and a detection unit configured to detect if the cartridge is new. A lubricant of a polarity opposite to a polarity of the developer is coated on the developer bearing member, and if the cartridge is detected to be new, prior to start of an image forming operation, a discharging operation of discharging the lubricant from a surface of the developer bearing member onto the image bearing member is performed. When a predetermined time elapses from a start of the discharging operation and before an end of the discharging operation, a potential difference between a surface potential of the image bearing member and a surface potential of the developer bearing member is set smaller than when the discharging operation is started. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107148 | Image Forming Apparatus Having Cartridge and Waste Developer Accommodating Portion - A photosensitive drum is rotatably supported in a main body. A developing cartridge is detachably mountable on the main body in a state where the photosensitive drum is supported in the main body. The developing cartridge includes a developing device and a frame. The developing device includes a developing roller disposed in confrontation with the photosensitive drum to supply developer to the photosensitive drum when the developing cartridge is mounted in the main body, and a developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate developer. The frame includes a waste-developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate waste developer and supports the developing device that is movable relative to the frame. The frame is disposed on an opposite side of the developing roller from the photosensitive drum. An urging member is disposed between the frame and the developing device to urge the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107149 | OPENING-CLOSING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An opening-closing mechanism includes an opening-closing panel that is rotatably supported so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position; an engagement member that is rotatably supported by the opening-closing panel; a link member that is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft provided on the apparatus body; and a guide member that is supported by a support shaft on the opening-closing panel so that the guide member is rotatable in a rotation direction and movable in a direction that crosses the rotation direction. The guide member includes a first guide surface that moves while being in contact with the link member when the opening-closing panel moves to the closed position, and a second guide surface that moves while being in contact with the link member when the opening-closing panel moves to the open position. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107150 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE COMPRISING MECHANISM FOR INFORMATION DETECTION - A developing cartridge may include a housing including an outer surface, a small-diameter gear, a large-diameter gear, a first gear, and a moving member. The small-diameter gear may include a first engaging portion positioned on at least a portion of a peripheral surface of the small-diameter gear. The large-diameter gear may be positioned farther from the outer surface than the small-diameter gear from the outer surface. The large-diameter gear may be rotatable together with the small-diameter gear. The first gear may include a second engaging portion, a first end surface, a second end surface, and at least one protrusion. The moving member may include a contact portion configured to move the moving member from one position to another position in a state where the contact portion is in contact with the protrusion. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107151 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating body configured to contain developer, with the developer accommodating body being rotatable about a rotational axis. A developer discharging body is provided in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, with the developer discharging body having a discharge opening provided in a bottom portion of the developer discharging body and configured to discharge the developer from the developer discharging body, and with the developer accommodating body being rotatable relative to the developer discharging body. A track is provided on each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107152 | Developing Cartridge - A developing cartridge may include a housing configured to hold toner. The cartridge may further include a developing roller including a developing roller shaft, a supply roller including a supply roller shaft, a developing electrode and a supply electrode. The developing electrode and supply electrode may be configured to guide an electrical contact of an image forming apparatus in one or more directions. In some examples, the developing electrode and supply electrode may have angled surfaces that extend toward one another. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107153 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus, including a casing, a toner cartridge, and a process cartridge, is provided. The toner cartridge detachably attached to the casing stores toner therein. The process cartridge detachably attached to the casing includes a developing unit and a drum unit. The developing unit includes a developer roller and a toner conveyer tube. The toner conveyer tube has a first opening, through which the toner from the toner cartridge is acceptable into the toner conveyer tube while the toner cartridge and the process cartridge are attached to the casing. The drum unit includes a photosensitive drum supporting the toner conveyer tube by contacting a circumferential surface of the toner conveyer tube. The developing unit is pivotable with respect to the drum unit with the toner conveyer tube and the drum unit being slidable on each other. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107154 | CARTRIDGE MOUNTING MECHANISM AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE THEREOF - A process cartridge is provided. The process cartridge includes a housing, a rotation member rotatably mounted in the housing, and a support mounted on the housing. The rotation member includes a station unit and a drive unit coupled to the rotation unit. The drive unit further comprises a drive transmission device and an actuating rod coupled to the drive transmission device. The support includes a notch allowing the actuating rod to pass through. When the actuating rod receives an applied force, the actuating rod swings in a plane defined by a longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction of the process cartridge. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107155 | DRUM CARTRIDGE AND DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING VARIATION IN POSITION OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT SURFACE - A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107156 | CARTRIDGE MOUNTING MECHANISM AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE THEREOF - A process cartridge is provided. The process cartridge includes a housing, a rotation member rotatably mounted in the housing, and a support mounted on the housing. The rotation member includes a station unit and a drive unit coupled to the rotation unit. The drive unit further comprises a drive transmission device and an actuating rod coupled to the drive transmission device. The support includes a notch allowing the actuating rod to pass through, When the actuating rod receives an applied force, the actuating rod swings in a plane defined by a longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction of the process cartridge. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107157 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE LIGHT SCATTERING - Disclosed herein are a multifunctional optical element and method using multiple light scattering. An optical control method using multiple light scattering may include the steps of splitting coherent light into a signal beam and a reference beam, controlling the wavefront of the signal beam, forming an interference pattern by making the signal beam having the controlled wavefront and the reference beam incident on photorefractive materials, recording the interference pattern on the photorefractive materials, reconstructing the signal beam having the controlled wavefront by the interference pattern by radiating the reference beam to the photorefractive materials on which the interference pattern has been recorded again, and controlling the properties of light passing through complex media based on multiple light scattering generated by the complex media as the reconstructed signal beam is incident on the complex media. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107158 | DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - Provided is a digital holographic imaging apparatus, comprising: an illumination portion ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180107159 | DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS - Provided is a digital holographic image-taking apparatus, including: an illumination portion ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180107160 | METHOD FOR PHASE RETRIEVAL TO REDUCE A SAMPLING REQUIREMENT WHEN IMAGING A DYNAMIC PROCESS - A method for retrieving phase information in a coherent diffraction imaging process includes acquiring a plurality of 3D data sets, each 3D data set corresponding to one of a plurality of time states, and reconstructing a 3D image of the object at a given time state using the 3D data set from all of the time states. Each 3D data set is acquired by: illuminating an object positioned in a first position with a coherent beam; measuring a first 2D diffraction pattern using an area detector; rotating the object around a tilt axis thereof to a second position that is different from the first position; re-illuminating the object positioned in the second position with the coherent beam; re-measuring a second 2D diffraction pattern using the area detector; and repeating the rotating, re-illuminating and re-measuring steps such that each 3D data set includes a predetermined number of diffraction patterns. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107161 | MECHANICAL TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT WITH A RESONATOR HAVING TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM WITH A MAINTAINING MECHANISM USING A RUNNER ROLLING ON A TRACK - Timepiece movement for a mechanical watch, comprising, arranged on a main plate, a resonator mechanism with two degrees of freedom, and a maintaining mechanism subjected to the torque of driving means comprised in the movement, wherein this maintaining mechanism is a continuous maintaining mechanism, and includes a crank movable about a crank rotational axis, and which includes, on the crank rotational axis, an axial element subjected to the torque of driving means, and, off-centre relative to the crank rotational axis, a crankpin which is arranged to travel on a track of a stiff ring comprised in the resonator mechanism, this stiff ring being movable in the two degrees of freedom. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107162 | BALANCE-SPRING INTENDED TO BE SECURED BY A RESILIENT WASHER - A collet elastically mounted on a staff whose geometry produces fewer internal stresses in particular on the contact points and the vertices of its polygonal shape. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107163 | MECHANISM FOR REWINDING AND/OR CORRECTING AT LEAST ONE CLOCK FUNCTION AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING A CLOCK FUNCTION | 2018-04-19 |
20180107164 | HIGH QUALITY FACTOR RESONATOR FOR MECHANICAL WATCHES - Movement including an escapement mechanism and a resonator including an inertial element subjected to the action of a flexible gimbal and cooperating with an escape wheel set pivoting about a main axis, which includes driving means cooperating in a continuous transmission of motion with complementary means of the inertial element in every angular position of the latter, the flexible gimbal tending to return these complementary means towards the main axis, and including elastic return means about axes orthogonal to the main axis and restricting the mobility of the inertial element in two rotational degrees of freedom, about a fixed position of the centre of inertia of the inertial element with respect to a plate. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107165 | TIMEPIECE AND CONTROL METHOD OF TIMEPIECE - A timepiece, in which an indicating hand is driven by a motor and high speed processing is required for driving a load other than the indicating hand, includes a main control circuit that instructs drive timing of the motor so as to drive the load, and that is operated by an operation frequency serving as a first frequency, and a motor control unit that generates a drive pulse for driving the motor, and that is operated by an operation frequency serving as a second frequency which is lower than the first frequency. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107166 | TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR EQUALISING A MOTOR TORQUE - Timepiece movement comprising a mechanism and a spring barrel provided in order to drive the mechanism. The spring barrel comprises a drum and a motor spring in order to exert a driving torque which is variable as a function of the degree of winding-up of the motor spring. The timepiece movement comprises furthermore an equalisation device which is connected kinematically to the spring barrel in order to be able to be driven by it and to be able to exert an auxiliary torque which varies as a function of the degree of winding-up of the motor spring so as to counter variations in the motor torque. The equalisation device comprises a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element which are provided such that, when the equalisation device is driven by the spring barrel, they are displaced one relative to the other by exerting one on the other a magnetic force which varies as a function of the relative position occupied by the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element and which produces the auxiliary torque. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107167 | ATOMIC OSCILLATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ATOMIC OSCILLATOR - An atomic oscillator includes a plurality of components, the components including a light source that emits excitation light, a gas cell in which an atom to be excited by the excitation light is sealed, and a photodetector that detects the excitation light transmitting through the gas cell; and a main part, wherein a part of the plurality of components are laminated in the main part. In a first component and a second component adjacent to each other of the main part, an electrically conductive film is formed on each of side surfaces of the first component and the second component; bonding patterns that are extended from the respective electrically conductive films and that face each other are formed on respective bonding surfaces facing each other of the first component and the second component; and the bonding patterns that face each other are bonded by a bonding material. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107168 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING METAL STRAP - According to various example embodiments, a wearable electronic device is provided, the wearable electronic device including a metal housing used as an antenna radiator and electrically connected to a communication circuit, at least one metal strap coupled to at least one region of the metal housing, and a non-conductive member comprising a non-conductive material disposed between the metal strap and the metal housing, wherein the non-conductive member electrically insulates the metal strap and the metal housing. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107169 | FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT EVENT GENERATION AND MONITORING - In some examples, a system includes a self-retracting lifeline (SRL) comprising one or more electronic sensors, the one or more electronic sensors configured to generate data that is indicative of an operation of the SRL; and at least one computing device comprising one or more computer processors and a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors cause the one or more computer processors to: receive the data that is indicative of the operation of the SRL; apply the data to a safety model that predicts a likelihood of an occurrence of a safety event associated with the SRL; and perform one or more operations based at least in part on the likelihood of the occurrence of the safety event. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107170 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND DRIVING INSTRUCTION METHOD OF ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - An electric motor drive control system includes an electric motor drive control device, a manual command device connected to the electric motor drive control device, a radio that performs radio communication with a telecommunication device that is a radio connection destination, and processing circuitry that sets a radio communication mode in which the radio responds to a radio connection request from the telecommunication device to establish a radio connection, the radio communication mode being set when the manual command device issues no manual command. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107171 | SENSOR CONTROLLER AND SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR COLLECTING A VARIETY OF MACHINE RELATED OPERATIONS DATA - According to the present disclosure, a sensor controller configured to collect a variety of machine related operations data may receive operation data from at least one measurement sensor connected to a machine and configured to detect the operation data of the machine and transfer the operation data to a communication module to be transmitted to and collected by a server. Even if a different measurement sensor is connected to a sensor controller, the operation data of the connected measurement sensor can be still recognized. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107172 | OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - When a transition control section stochastically determines on the basis of a temperature, an energy change, and a random number whether to allow one of a plurality of state transitions according to a relative relationship between the energy change and a thermal excitation energy, the transition control section adds an offset to the energy change and exercises control so as to set the offset at a local minimum, at which an energy is locally minimized, to be larger than an offset at the time of the energy not being minimized. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107173 | APPLICATION-SPECIFICATION-ORIENTED CONTROL DESIGN - A motion control design system implements a performance specification-oriented design approach. The system allows a designer to define desired performance specifications that are to be satisfied by a motion system, and determines tuning parameters (e.g., controller bandwidth and associated tuning parameters) that will yield performance within the defined performance specifications. An identification process identifies system parameters of interest based on collected system data. After the user has entered the desired performance specifications, an optimization process determines a range of bandwidths that will satisfy all specified performance requirements, and selects an optimal bandwidth within this range. A tuning process generates the corresponding tuning parameters for a systematically designed motion controller. Rather than using an optimal solver, the design system stores relationships between performance specifications and the major tuning parameter as matrices or mapping functions, given system parameters as inputs, making the design system suitable for embedded systems. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107174 | HUMAN COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED EXTERNAL FORCE DETECTION ACCURACY BY MACHINE LEARNING - A human collaborative robot system having a function of detecting a force includes a human collaborative robot and a learning unit into which sensing data, internal data, and calculation data are input. The learning unit outputs a first force component applied to the human collaborative robot from outside, a second force component occurring in an operation of the human collaborative robot, and a third force component categorized as noise; and performs learning using supervised data in which inputs and correct labels obtained in advance are collected in pairs, wherein the correct labels of the supervised data are obtained by exerting a force on the human collaborative robot from outside, operating the human collaborative robot over a plurality of paths, and applying noise to the human collaborative robot, and the operation of the human collaborative robot is controlled based on the first force component output from the learning unit. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107175 | COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN OF ROBOTS FROM HIGH-LEVEL TASK SPECIFICATIONS - A robot design system, and associated method, that is particularly well-suited for legged robots (e.g., monopods, bipeds, and quadrupeds). The system implements three stages or modules: (a) a motion optimization module; (b) a morphology optimization module; and (c) a link length optimization module. The motion optimization module outputs motion trajectories of the robot's center of mass (COM) and force effectors. The morphology optimization module uses as input the optimized motion trajectories and a library of modular robot components and outputs an optimized robot morphology, e.g., a parameterized mechanical design in which the number of links in each of the legs and other parameters are optimized. The link length optimization module takes this as input and outputs optimal link lengths for a particular task such that the design of a robot is more efficient. The system solves the problem of automatically designing legged robots for given locomotion tasks by numerical optimization. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPERATION OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A system for simulating an operation of a gas turbine engine is disclosed, having a computing system and a FADEC in electronic communication therewith, the computer system simulating an engine state. In each delta time, being the FADEC sampling rate (1) the FADEC: senses the simulated engine state from the computing system; determines a difference between the sensed state and a predetermined engine state; and outputs engine control commands intended for achieving the predetermined state; and (2) the computing system: receives the FADEC output; utilizes the output in an m×m Jacobian Block, having m active balances; and performs a reduced balance simulation, wherein: fewer than m columns of the Block are analyzed, the analysis of each column defining a Rolling Jacobian Pass; output from the Rolling Jacobian Passes is integrated into the Block, to define an updated simulated engine state; and the updated state is communicated to the FADEC. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107177 | PLANT CONTROL DEVICE - A plant control device includes a feedback controller that determines a control input of a plant, and a reference governor that corrects an initial target value and outputs the corrected initial target value to the feedback controller. The reference governor determines a target value satisfying an upper limit constraint to be a target value candidate that minimizes a value of an evaluation function. The reference governor determines the target value satisfying the upper limit constraint to be a value of the upper limit constraint when a value acquired by substituting, with the value of the upper limit constraint, a variable of a differential function acquired by differentiating the evaluation function with respect to the target value candidate is greater than or equal to zero. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107178 | Methods and Systems for Streaming Process Control Data to Remote Devices - A method of providing data from a process control system to remote computing devices includes obtaining, at a data server via a first network from a mobile server, one or more lists including indications of requested process data parameters indicating process data for communication from the server to the remote devices via a second network. The method includes receiving, from a plurality of controllers within the process control system via a third network, a stream of process data parameter values associated with process data parameters included in one or more configuration files. The configuration files describe a configuration of the process control system. The method includes identifying, by processors of the data server, a subset of the received parameter values corresponding to the requested process data parameters of the lists, and communicating, from the data server to the mobile server via the first network, the identified subset of parameter values. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107179 | Methods and Systems for Subscribing Remote Devices to Process Control Data - A system communicates process data to a remote computing device. The system includes a processor, a communication unit, and a memory storing instructions for modules. The modules include a scanner interfacing with the communication unit to enable communication with a server via a first network. The scanner enables communication by receiving data from the server, identifying polling requests in the data received, and transmitting request lists to the server in response to the polling requests. The modules also include a data stream processor determining a set of process data values in the data received, the set of process data values corresponding to view list data to be communicated to the remote computing device. Another module is an application program interface (API) interfacing with the communication units to enable communication with the remote computing device a second network by transmitting the set of process data values to the remote computing device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107180 | MODULAR DATA CENTER - A modular data center includes a controller; a data center control system configured to collect data center data associated with the modular data center via communication with one of the controller and a plurality of sensors; and a data module connected to a power supply source. The power supply source includes at least one of a power grid, a backup power source and a power module. The power module includes electronics equipment for conditioning and distributing power to the one or more data modules. The data module includes a first enclosure defining a first internal space; and a first sensor in the plurality of sensors. The first sensor is in communication with at least one of the controller and the data center control system. A second sensor in the plurality of sensors is in communication with the power supply source. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107181 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - A head mounted display (HMD) device including a display configured to display an image; a communication processor configured to communicate with a massage chair; a sensor configured to acquire data about a gaze direction of a user wearing the HMD device; and a controller configured to select a massage part of the massage chair among a plurality of massage parts based on the gaze direction of the user, and transmit a control command to the massage chair for controlling the massage chair to massage the selected massage part. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107182 | DETECTION OF DRONES - A pre-trained convolutional network is trained to accurately distinguish between video images of different types of drones. In addition, a neural network is also trained to distinguish between the drones based upon their audio signatures. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DYNAMICALLY CHANGE DATA CENTER PARTITIONS - A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to perform a thermal analysis of a data center and overlay the thermal analysis on a map of the data center to provide an overlaid thermal analysis. Additionally, the computer executable code is operable to dynamically control at least one partition in the data center based on the overlaid thermal analysis. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107184 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SWITCHING OF A COMMUNICATION RESISTOR OF A HART DEVICE IN OR OUT - Method for automatic switching of a communication resistor of a HART device in or out, wherein the method comprises steps as follows: transmitting a test signal on an electrical current loop; reading from the electrical current loop a test voltage signal, which is based on the transmitted test signal; comparing the test voltage signal with a reference signal; connecting the communication resistor into the electrical current loop when the test voltage signal exceeds the reference signal. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107185 | Fraction Collection System with a Task Scheduler - A fraction collection system includes one or more chromatography columns. The system also includes one or more fraction collectors for collecting effluent from the columns. The fraction collectors include several racks, each holding a set of collection receptacles. A control system interfaces with the fraction collectors to implement experiments. The control system provides a user interface with which users can schedule runs. The user interface includes a graphical representation of the racks and tubes of the fraction collectors. Users can schedule runs to groups of tubes, and a visual attribute of the representation of the tube in the user interface is updated to indicate that the tubes are assigned to a run. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107186 | AUTOMATIC STRATEGY DETERMINATION FOR COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING - A method for automated manufacturing strategy generation can include: identifying features of a desired part from a virtual model; and determining a tactic strategy based on the identified features. The method can additionally include: determining a toolpath primitive for each tactic; combining the toolpath primitives for the tactics to generate a master toolpath; and translating the master toolpath into machine code. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107187 | Smart Electronic Device Management System - A smart electronic device management system is a device that is utilized to manage and control electronic devices. The device includes a housing structure that may be mounted to a surface such as a wall. A video capture device provides a live video feed of the surrounding areas while at least one environmental sensor allows monitoring of conditions in the surrounding areas. A wireless communication module allows the device to be associated with an external computing device. Various electronic devices may be connected to the device through a plurality of electrical outlets on the housing structure. A control unit allows the device to monitor and manage electronic devices that are wirelessly connected to the device or connected through the plurality of electrical outlets. The control unit is configured to calculate a sprinkler schedule using data retrieved through the wireless communication module. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107188 | Systems and Apparatus for Distribution of batch and continuous Process Control Data to Remote Devices - A method of providing batch process data from a process control system of a process plant to a remote computing device includes receiving a request to create a list of batch data to be provided to the remote computing device, presenting a selection interface to facilitate selection of batch data to be provided, and receiving, via the selection interface, a selection of a batch executive from which to provide the batch process data. The method also includes receiving, via the selection interface, one or more filter criteria, applying the filter criteria to data available from the batch executive to determine a set of data to be included on the list of batch data to be provided to the remote computing device, and transmitting to a mobile server an indication of the set of data associated with the list of batch data to be provided to the mobile device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180107189 | A METHOD OF PREPARING A CUTTING PATH FOR MACHINE CUTTING - The invention relates to methods and systems for preparing a cutting path for machine cutting of a plurality of parts from a sheet material using beam cutting technology. Each one of the plurality of parts is formed by one of a plurality of two dimensional free form shapes, comprising at least a first shape. The method comprises a step of identifying at least one segment of the first shape, which segment prevents a part of the first shape to be positioned and cut so close to another shape in the plurality of shapes so that only one cut of the cutting beam is found between the parts. The method further comprises a step of modifying the segment to provide a modified first shape. The modified first shape comprises a modified segment, which is configured such that the modified segment allows a part of the first shape to be positioned so close to another shape in the plurality of shapes so that only one cut of the cutting beam is found between the parts whenever the shape of the parts allows it. | 2018-04-19 |