18th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200132433 | ANGLE SENSING DEVICE - An angle sensing device including a first object, a second object, a magnetic field source, and a first magnetic sensor is provided. The second object is adapted to be rotated with respect to the first object, so that an inclined angle of the second object with respect to the first object is changed. The magnetic field source is connected to the second object. The first magnetic sensor is connected to the first object, and configured to sense a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field source. When the second object is rotated with respect to the first object, the magnetic field sensed by the first magnetic sensor changes, so that an output signal of the first magnetic sensor corresponding to the magnetic field changes. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132434 | METHOD FOR RELATIVE LEAD OFFSET DETERMINATION - A method for estimating an offset between a first group and a second group of contacts with respect to a longitudinal direction. Each group of contacts includes a plurality of electrodes arranged along a surface of a body of a lead. The method includes the steps of: (a) Selecting a number of electrode pairs, each electrode pair including an electrode of the first contact group and an electrode of the second contact group, and measuring the impedances between the electrodes of each selected electrode pair; (b) pre-conditioning the measured impedances for attenuating unwanted noise to generate pre-conditioned impedances, and (c) determining the lead offset using the pre-conditioned impedances. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132435 | TRACKING SYSTEM AND OPTICAL MEASURING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE SPATIAL POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF AT LEAST ONE MEASUREMENT OBJECT - A tracking system for determining at least one spatial position and an orientation of at least one measurement object includes at least three cameras. The at least three cameras are each arranged at different spatial positions. Each of the at least three cameras has at least two color subsystems. Each of the color subsystems has at least one bandpass filter. Each of the bandpass filters of the color subsystems of the respective camera has different passbands. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132436 | Wafer Alignment Mark Scheme - A wafer alignment apparatus includes a light source, a light detection device, and a rotation device configured to rotate a wafer. The light source is configured to provide a light directed to the wafer. The light detection device is configured to detect reflected light intensity from the wafer to locate at least one wafer alignment mark of wafer alignment marks separated by a plurality of angles. At least two of those angles are equal. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132437 | APPARATUS FOR CRITICAL-DIMENSION LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY - Performing critical-dimension localization microscopy includes: subjecting a first dimensional member and a second dimensional member of a reference artifact to critical-dimension metrology, the first and second dimensional members, in combination, including a critical dimension and each independently providing optical contrast; determining a primary length of the critical dimension to be traceable to International System of Units meter; imaging in a calibrant optical field, by optical microscopy, the first dimensional member and the second dimensional member, the calibrant optical field disposed in an ocular optical field; determining, from the optical microscopy of the first dimensional member and the second dimensional member, a secondary length and a secondary length uncertainty of the critical dimension subjected to the critical-dimension metrology; and calibrating the calibrant optical field and the secondary length, to the primary length to establish traceability of the secondary length to the International System of Units meter to perform critical-dimension localization microscopy. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132438 | BONDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HEIGHT OF SUBJECT - A bonding apparatus having an optical system, an imaging element for acquiring an image formed by the optical system as a picture, an illumination unit for illuminating an electronic component, and a control part for processing the image acquired by the imaging element, the control part illuminating the electronic component through a first inclined optical path inclined with respect to the optical axis of a first portion of the optical system facing the electronic component and acquiring a first image, illuminating the electronic component through a second inclined optical path inclined toward the opposite side from the first inclined optical path with respect to the optical axis and acquiring a second image of the electronic component as a subject, and calculating an amount of variation from a reference height of the electronic component on the basis of the positional offset amount between the first image and the second image. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132439 | SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE - A shape measuring device includes a holding unit which holds a measuring target of which a shape is to be measured, a first measurement unit which measures relative coordinates of a plurality of measurement points on a first surface of the measurement target with respect to a defined point, a second measurement unit which operates independently from the first measurement unit and measures relative coordinates of a plurality of measurement points on a second surface of the measurement target, which is a reverse surface of the first surface, with respect to the defined point, and a calculation unit which calculates a shape of the measurement target on the basis of results measured by the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132440 | LIGHT PROJECTION CALIBRATION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER LIGHT EMISSION ELEMENT AND OPTICAL ELEMENT ARE ALIGNED TO ACCEPTABLE LEVEL - A light projection calibration device includes a light emission element and an optical element. The light emission element is used to emit light and includes a plurality of light emission points. The plurality of light emission points are used to emit the light and orderly arranged to form a predetermined pattern. The optical element is disposed according to position of the light emission element and used to diffract the light to generate diffracted light. The diffracted light is projected to a far field plane to generate a plurality of fan-out points on the far field plane. The fan-out points are analyzed to obtain a light intensity waveform used to determine whether the light emission element and the optical element are aligned to an acceptable level. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132441 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING PRODUCTION PRECISION OF SPECTACLE LENS - Provided is a method for evaluating production precision of a spectacle lens having micro convex segments protruding from a convex surface on an object side of the spectacle lens, including measuring a shape of the convex surface of the spectacle lens; setting an actual device virtual model including a spectacle lens model based on the measured shape and an eyeball model; performing ray tracing calculation on the actual device virtual model and specifying an actual device convergence position where light rays converge on an front side of a retina of the eyeball model; and evaluating production precision of the spectacle lens on the basis of the actual device convergence position. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132442 | POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A position detecting apparatus includes a signal detecting unit that detects a plurality of periodic signals, a correction unit configured to correct the plurality of periodic signals using a correction value to generate a plurality of correction signals, a first calculating unit configured to generate a plurality of displacement signals based on the plurality of correction signals and to calculate the position based on the plurality of displacement signals, a second calculating unit configured to calculate a reliability based on the plurality of displacement signals, and a correction value adjusting unit configured to adjust the correction value based on the reliability. The second calculating unit calculates a first reliability corresponding to a first correction value and a second reliability corresponding to a second correction value, and changes the first correction value to the second correction value when the second reliability is higher than the first reliability. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132443 | CONFOCAL OPTICAL PROTRACTOR - A confocal optical protractor for simultaneously measuring roll angle, pitch angle and yaw angle of an element that includes a tunable laser source generating a laser beam and an SPPR device responsive to the laser beam. The protractor also includes a beam splitter receiving and splitting an output beam from the SPPR device, and a lens being responsive to and projecting the split beam onto the element and being responsive to a reflected beam from the element. The protractor further includes a measurement detector responsive to the reflected beam from the element, where the reflected beam is imaged by the lens onto the measurement detector, and a processor receiving and processing image data from the measurement detector and generating the pitch, yaw and roll angles from the data, where the image data includes an orientation of an vortex intensity pattern in the split beam. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132444 | METHODS FOR CONFOCAL OPTICAL PROTRACTOR WITH STRUCTURED LIGHT ILLUMINATION TO DETERMINE ANGLES - A method for simultaneously measuring roll angle, pitch angle and yaw angle of an element. The method includes directing a laser beam into a spiral phase plate resonator (SPPR) device to generate an optical vortex intensity pattern having a centroid and radial light peaks. The method reflects the laser beam off of the element after it has propagated through the SPPR device so that the laser beam is directed onto a camera that generates images of the optical vortex intensity pattern. The method determines a location of the centroid in the images, determines integrated counts along a radial direction from the centroid in the images, and determines a location of the radial light peaks in the images using the integrated counts. The method changes the frequency of the laser beam to rotate the radial light peaks, and estimates the roll angle of the element from the change in frequency. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132445 | Estimating Amplitude and Phase Asymmetry in Imaging Technology for Achieving High Accuracy in Overlay Metrology - A design of a diffraction limited, microscope objective with a curved image plane is presented. The described microscope objective is used with a two-degree-of-freedom galvanometer scanning system including two galvo mirrors with a relay step between the mirrors to enable scanning in both directions over the full, curved field for creating custom refractive structures across the 6.5 mm optical zone of contact lenses using femtosecond micro-modification. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132446 | OFF-AXIS ILLUMINATION OVERLAY MEASUREMENT USING TWO-DIFFRACTED ORDERS IMAGING - Metrology methods and tools are provided, which enhance the accuracy of the measurements and enable simplification of the measurement process as well as improving the correspondence between the metrology targets and the semiconductor devices. Methods comprise illuminating the target in a Littrow configuration to yield a first measurement signal comprising a −1 | 2020-04-30 |
20200132447 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - In order to improve the throughput performance and/or economy of a measurement apparatus, the present disclosure provides a metrology apparatus including: a first measuring apparatus; a second measuring apparatus; a first substrate stage configured to hold a first substrate and/or a second substrate; a second substrate stage configured to hold the first substrate and/or the second substrate; a first substrate handler configured to handle the first substrate and/or the second substrate; and a second substrate handler configured to handle the first substrate and/or the second substrate, wherein the first substrate is loaded from a first, second or third FOUP, wherein the second substrate is loaded from the first, second or third FOUP, wherein the first measuring apparatus is an alignment measuring apparatus, and wherein the second measuring apparatus is a level sensor, a film thickness measuring apparatus or a spectral reflectance measuring apparatus. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132448 | Charged Particle Beam Device and Sample Thickness Measurement Method - Provided is a charged particle beam device which includes a storage unit that stores relationship information indicating a relationship between intensity or an intensity ratio of a charged particle signal obtained when a layer disposed on the sample is irradiated with the charged particle beam and a thickness of the layer; and a calculation unit that calculates the thickness of the layer as a thickness of the sample by using the relationship information and the intensity or the intensity ratio of the charged particle signal. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132449 | PIPELINE DEEP CRACK DETECTION - A pipeline inspection system includes a pipeline pig having a controller and a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements situated in an array. Each of the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements emits an ultrasonic signal into a wall of a pipeline and receives echoes of the ultrasonic signal from the pipeline wall. The controller selects a first subset of the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements from which to emit the ultrasonic signals into the wall of the pipeline as the pipeline pig passes through the pipeline, analyzes the echoes of the ultrasonic signals received by the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements to detect a feature in the pipeline wall, and selects a second subset of the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements to emit the ultrasonic signals into the wall of the pipeline as the pipeline pig passes through the pipeline when the feature is detected in the pipeline wall. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132450 | COORDINATE MEASURING SYSTEM - A coordinate measuring system includes a scanning module having a laser line scanner and a projection device. The laser line scanner projects a laser line onto a surface of a workpiece and produces scan data from a reflection of the laser line. The projection device and/or the laser line scanner project three optical markers onto the surface of the workpiece, at least one of the three markers being disposed on the laser line and at least one of the three markers being at a distance from the laser line. The coordinate measuring system includes an optical sensor capturing image data of the three optical markers and an evaluation device determining a position and an orientation of the coordinate system of the laser line scanner in the coordinate system of the optical sensor based on the image data of the optical sensor and the scan data of the laser line scanner. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132451 | Structural Light Parameter Calibration Device and Method Based on Front-Coating Plane Mirror - The present invention discloses a structural light parameter calibration device and method based on a front-coating plane mirror. The calibration device includes a camera, a laser, a front-coating plane mirror, a flat glass target, and white printing paper. The white printing paper receives a laser beam and presents a real light strip image, and the camera captures the real light stripe image and a mirror light stripe image on the front-coating plane mirror. Feature points are used to determine a rotation matrix, a translation vector, and a vanishing point for the image. The present invention achieves better quality of light stripe and better extraction accuracy, provides feature points with micron-level positional accuracy and more calibration points, and features higher calibration accuracy and more stable calibration results. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132452 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING A SURFACE SENSING DEVICE, CORRESPONDING CALIBRATING PROGRAM FOR A CONTROL COMPUTER AND CORRESPONDING CALIBRATION KIT - A surface sensing device is mounted on an articulating probe head of a coordinate measuring machine. The device includes an elongate probe holder which is rotatable about an axis. An elongate sensing module includes a surface finish or surface roughness probe with a stylus tip. This is connected to the probe holder via an adjustable knuckle joint. To determine the geometry of the surface sensing device, including the tip normal and drag vector of the stylus tip, the orientations of the probe holder and the sensing module are determined by probing points which are spaced along their lengths, using a separate probe. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132453 | PRESSURE ASSISTED POSITIONING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - Pressure assisted positioning method and device thereof are disclosed in the present invention. The pressure assisted positioning device is exerted for positioning a target under the circumstance of altitude change since the target enters a specific region. The pressure assisted positioning method includes the following steps. First, confirming the entrance of the specific region of the target and detecting a plurality of pressure data. Then, calculating a pressure variation between the two selected pressure data. At last, comparing the pressure variation to a threshold. An altitude change within the specific region is confirmed as the pressure variation is greater than the threshold. On the other hand, as the pressure variation is greater than the threshold, it refers to no altitude change within the specific region. Wherein, confirming the entrance of the specific region of the target determines via the result of detecting the target enters a region having at least a distance with a reference location of a structure with altitude change illustrated according to a map information. The pressure assisted positioning device of the present invention can not only directly detect the actual pressure data but calibrate the pressure variation information according to the pressure data and the moving statuses of the target as well. Comparing to the conventional device, the method and device of the present invention can calculate and calibrate the pressure variation information independently without any external pressure data from the barometric station. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132454 | UNDERGROUND INCLINOMETER SYSTEM - The underground inclinometer system includes a probe having a displacement measurement sensor measuring displacement of the ground, a cable controller controlling the length of a cable inserted into the ground to move the probe within an inclinometer pipe, and a ground displacement calculator calculating the displacement of the ground by using displacement measurement information measured by the probe and information on the length of the cable controlled by the cable controller. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132455 | EXPANDABLE LEVEL WITH FULL FUNCTIONALITY IN BOTH OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS - An expandable level capable of expanding from a fully closed position to a fully open position, with full functionality in both positions. The expandable level includes a central body having at least one horizontal bubble, and two slide portions each having two bubbles, where one bubble on each slide portion is also a horizontal bubble. Even when the expandable level is fully closed, the vertical bubble, the diagonal bubble, and both horizontal bubbles on the slide portions are visible. When the expandable level is fully opened, at least one additional horizontal bubble of the central body becomes visible, thereby showing at least five bubbles. The expandable level can be made in a size that makes it easy to carry and store when closed, nevertheless providing a fully-functional and convenient level tool when open. Thus, the expandable level eliminates the need to carry more than one non-expandable level of different sizes. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAULT-PROOF COLLECTION OF IMAGERY FOR UNDERWATER SURVEY - An apparatus and method are presented comprising one or more sensors or cameras configured to rotate about a central motor. In some examples, the motor is configured to travel at a constant linear speed while the one or more cameras face downward and collect a set of images in a predetermined region of interest. The apparatus and method are configured for image acquisition with non-sequential image overlap. The apparatus and method are configured to eliminate gaps in image detection for fault-proof collection of imagery for an underwater survey. In some examples, long baseline (LBL) is utilized for mapping detected images to a location. In some examples, ultra-short baseline (USBL) is utilized for mapping detected images to a location. The apparatus and method are configured to utilize a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) approach. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132457 | AUTOMATED MOTION DATA PROCESSING - Motion data processing includes receiving a plurality of motion data samples, wherein the plurality of motion data samples comprises a plurality of acceleration data samples obtained by an accelerometer and a plurality of angular velocity data samples obtained by a gyroscope, and the plurality of motion data samples pertains to a plurality of motions performed by a user; and correcting for distortions in the motion data samples, including determining, based at least in part on some of the motion data samples, a set of one or more corrected core measurements of the user's body positions during a subset of the plurality of motions. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132458 | Wellbore Survey Tool Using Coriolis Vibratory Gyroscopic Sensors - Various implementations directed to a wellbore survey tool using Coriolis vibratory gyroscopic sensors are provided. In one implementation, a system may include a survey tool disposed in a wellbore. The survey tool may include a plurality of gyroscopic sensors configured to provide a plurality of rotation rate measurements about the survey tool, where the plurality of gyroscopic sensors includes a plurality of quartz Coriolis vibratory gyroscopic (CVG) sensors. The survey tool may further include a plurality of accelerometers configured to provide measurements of the orthogonal components of the Earth's gravitation vector with respect to the survey tool. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132459 | SENSOR UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - A sensor unit includes a sensor module and a case having a storage space for storing the sensor module. In addition, the sensor module also includes an inertial sensor and a package for storing the inertial sensor. In addition, the package also includes a bottom surface and a side surface connected to the bottom surface. In addition, the case includes a bottom portion on which a protrusion is disposed, in which the protrusion protrudes into the storage space and includes a mounting surface for the bottom surface of the sensor module to be mounted, and an abutment portion having an abutment surface that abuts the side surface of the sensor module. Further, in plan view of the bottom portion, a separation distance between the abutment surface and the protrusion is longer than a separation distance between the abutment surface and the inertial sensor. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132460 | SENSOR UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING BODY - A sensor unit with high reliability and stable detection accuracy against vibrations of an installation target object is to be provided. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132461 | LOCALISATION OF MOBILE DEVICE USING IMAGE AND NON-IMAGE SENSOR DATA IN SERVER PROCESSING - The present invention relates to method of localisation for devices. More particularly, it relates the use of both local and remote resources to provide substantially real time localisation at a device. According to an aspect, there is provided a method of determining a location of a device having one or more sensors comprising the steps of: sending a localisation request to a server system, the localisation request comprising at least a portion of data from the one or more sensors; receiving localisation data from the server system in response to the localisation request; and determining a location of the device from the received localisation data. Optionally, the method includes the further step of estimating a location of the device based on data from the one or more sensors and wherein the step of determining a location of the device includes determining the location of the device using the estimated location. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132462 | SENSOR CALIBRATION DEVICE AND SENSOR CALIBRATION PROGRAM PRODUCT - A sensor calibration device acquires a measured value of an attitude of a vehicle based on an output of an attitude sensor, acquires vehicle speed information indicating a traveling speed of the vehicle, acquires map information on a road on which the vehicle travels, and sets a calibration value applied to the measured value to cause a calculated position of the vehicle calculated based on the vehicle speed information and the measured value to come close to a reference position indicated in the map information. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132463 | VIRTUAL REALITY SPORTS MASK WITH PRECISION THREE-DIMENSION UNDERWATER NAVIGATION - A sports mask is disclosed that includes either: a snorkel and a SCUBA unit; a color underwater camera; a 3D color underwater camera; an augmented reality display projected onto the lens; a co-axial breathing hose-to-scuba unit; computerized underwater navigation; non-GPS computerized underwater navigation; a computerized navigation system that combines visual edge recognition and inertia navigation; an optical transponder; or RF communications. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132464 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT MOVING IN A MAGNETIC FIELD - The present invention relates to a method for estimating the movement of an object ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200132465 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAJECTORY - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for determining a trajectory of a subject. The method can include acquiring motion data of the subject to which the mobile device is attached; determining a motion status of the subject based on the motion data; and determining the trajectory based on the motion data using a trajectory model corresponding to the motion status. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132466 | SELF-STABILIZING AUTONOMOUS DEVICES AND USE THEREOF IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Self-stabilizing autonomous devices and use thereof in autonomous vehicles are disclosed herein. An example device can include a body member having a central axis extending therethrough, a delivery platform disposed on a first end of the body member, a translation assembly disposed on a second end of the body member, a ballast assembly, and a controller that is configured to control operation of at least one of the translation assembly or the ballast assembly so as to balance forces exerted on the device and maintain the delivery platform in a desired orientation as the device moves across an operating surface. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132467 | SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR GENERATING NAVIGATION CHARTS AND NAVIGABLE ROUTES IN AN OPEN ENVIRONMENT - A method of generating a chart for navigation through an open environment is provided. The method includes retrieving a navigation chart from a navigation database, determining barriers in the navigation chart, generating first navigation nodes at a predetermined distance from the barriers, and generating second navigation nodes disposed within a first threshold distance range. The first threshold distance range includes a minimum distance from the barriers that is greater than the first predetermined distance. The method also includes generating first potential route segments (PRSs) that each extend between two first navigation nodes or between a first navigation node and a second navigation node that are within a first proximity distance of each other. The method further includes generating second PRSs that each extend between two second navigation nodes that are within a second proximity distance of each other. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132468 | Location Based Tracking - Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image, or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132469 | Capacity Based Vehicle Operation - Systems, methods, and vehicles for capacity based vehicle operation are provided. For example, a method can include receiving, by a computing system including one or more computing devices, object data based in part on one or more states of one or more objects. Based in part on the object data, the computing system can determine one or more features of the one or more objects. Based on a comparison of the one or more features of the one or more objects to a vehicle capacity criterion, the one or more objects that satisfy the vehicle capacity criterion can be determined. The vehicle capacity criterion can be based in part on a carrying capacity of an autonomous vehicle. In response to the one or more objects satisfying the vehicle capacity criterion, one or more control systems associated with operation of the autonomous vehicle can be activated by the computing system. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZED NAVIGATION - In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to providing customized in-store navigation. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for providing customized in-store navigation including shelving units; shelf electronic shelf labels; product electronic shelf labels; wireless access points (WAPs); one or more databases; a navigation services control circuit configured to transmit location information associated with the product ESLs at a retail store to an in-store navigation interface operable on a portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is inside the retail store; wireless beacons; and the in-store navigation interface configured to: receive an input; identify a target retail product; receive the location information; receive beacon; determine a location of the portable electronic device; determine a location of the target retail product; and display directions to the location of the target retail product on a display device. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132471 | Position Estimating Device - The present invention provides a position estimating device for accurately estimating the position of a moving body. This position estimating device is provided with an image acquiring unit which acquires images around the moving body, a moving body movement amount estimating unit which estimates an amount of movement of the moving body on the basis of the images acquired by the image acquiring unit, and a moving body position estimating unit which estimates the position of the moving body on the basis of the amount of movement estimated by the moving body movement amount estimating unit, wherein the moving body movement amount estimating unit comprises: a tracking unit which tracks a first feature point to a second feature point; a distance calculating unit which calculates the distance from the moving body to the second feature point that has been tracked by the tracking unit; an azimuth estimating unit which estimates the azimuth of the moving body on the basis of the distance from the moving body to the second feature point, calculated by the distance calculating unit; and a movement amount estimating unit which estimates the amount of movement of the moving body on the basis of the azimuth of the moving body, estimated by the azimuth estimating unit. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132472 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION CORRECTION BASED ON FEATURE POINT CORRESPONDENCE - An approach is provided for location correction using feature point correspondences between images or image sources. The approach, for example, involves processing a first image and a second image to identify a feature that is visible in both the first image and the second image. The first image has an image-to-ground correspondence between the feature in the first image and a geographic location. The approach also involves transferring the image-to-ground correspondence from the first image to the second image. The approach further involves using the transferred image-to-ground correspondence to reference the feature in the second image to the geographic location. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132473 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE LOCATION IN PARKING STRUCTURES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for determining vehicle location in parking structures. Example methods may include receiving, by one or more computer processors coupled to at least one memory, first data from one or more devices of a vehicle, the first data indicative of the vehicle being in a parking structure; receiving, second data from the one or more devices of the vehicle, the second data indicative of a landmark associated with the parking structure; determining, based on the second data, a feature of the landmark; and causing to transmit a signal indicative of information associated with the feature. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132474 | SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING (SLAM) COMPENSATION FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION IN VIRTUAL, AUGMENTED, AND MIXED REALITY (xR) APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of systems and methods for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) compensation for gesture recognition in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive a first set of images from a SLAM camera, wherein the first set of images captures movement of a Head-Mounted Device (HMD); calculate a transformation matrix based upon the first set of images; receive a second set of images from a gesture camera, wherein the second set of images captures a gesture; and apply the transformation matrix to the second set of images prior to recognizing the gesture. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132475 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL MAP FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION - A method is described for updating a digital map for vehicle navigation. The method includes a step of determining an adjustment signal for adjusting a detection range of an environment sensor of a vehicle to a section of an environment of the vehicle that corresponds to an area of the digital map to be updated, using an item of information about the area to be updated, and the method including a step of supplying area data for updating the digital map, the area data representing an image of the section of the environment detected by the environment sensor. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A LANE-ACCURATE ROAD MAP - A method for producing a lane-accurate road map. The method includes providing a digital road-accurate road map, providing a trajectory data record, identifying at least one road with segmenting of the road-accurate road map into at least one road segment, modeling the road segment in a road model, the road model having parameters for describing lanes of the road, random variation of parameter values of at least a part of the parameters of the road model through random selection of a change operation of the road model, and assigning at least a part of the trajectory data of the trajectory data record to the road model with ascertaining of at least one probability value for the road model. Based on the ascertained at least one probability value, optimal parameter values of the road model are ascertained, and based on this a lane-accurate road map is produced. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132477 | AUTOMATIC ANNOTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IN A MAP DURING NAVIGATION OF A VEHICLE - Among other things, we describe techniques for automatic annotation of environmental features in a map during navigation of a vehicle. The techniques include receiving, by the vehicle located within an environment, a map of the environment. Sensors of the vehicle receive sensor data and semantic data. The sensor data includes a plurality of features of the environment. A geometric model of a feature of the plurality of features is generated. The feature is associated with a drivable area within the environment. A drivable segment is extracted from the drivable area. The drivable segment is segregated into a plurality of geometric blocks, wherein each geometric block corresponds to a characteristic of the drivable area and the geometric model of the feature includes the plurality of geometric blocks. The geometric model is annotated using the semantic data. The annotated geometric model is embedded within the map. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132478 | Methods and Systems for Providing Information Indicative of a Recommended Navigable Stretch | 2020-04-30 |
20200132479 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AND VERIFYING ROUTE DEVIATIONS - Systems and methods for geocoding coordinates of users, vehicles and destinations on a map, and to identify when a transit vehicle deviates from a system generated driving route are disclosed. As the transit vehicle travels along the route, its actual path of travel may be compared to an optimal driving route generated by the system to obtain route deviation data. The route deviation data and/or road network data may be filtered to remove data noise and further analyzed to build a profile of a driver operating a transit vehicle. A digital signature identifying at least one pattern of behavior and/or operating characteristic associated with a specific driver operating a vehicle is further developed, and may be used to allow a system administrator of a vehicle fleet to filter out, or filter for, specific driver types based on driving behaviors that may be suitable for a particular operation. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132480 | ROUTE RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, ROUTE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ROUTE RETRIEVAL PROGRAM - A route retrieval apparatus includes a route retrieval unit configured to perform route retrieval from a departure place to a destination, the route retrieval retrieving a route using one or two or more pieces of moving means among a plurality of pieces of moving means including sharing type moving means in which a vehicle with a relatively small riding capacity is used by unspecified people, and perform the route retrieval from the departure place to the destination, the route retrieval retrieving a route including usage of the sharing type moving means, such that the usage of the sharing type moving means is restricted to at least one of usage from the departure place or a periphery of the departure place and usage for reaching the destination or a periphery of the destination. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132481 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information providing device includes: a route search unit configured to search a route from a departure place to a destination place, the route using one or more of a plurality of movement means; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit of a user terminal to display a route search result by the route search unit, in accordance with a display specification, the route search result including one or a plurality of route candidates, wherein a first display specification includes at least one of information of whether to display a particular route candidate and a display order of the particular route candidate in the plurality of route candidates, the first display specification is determined based on a unique condition that is specified for particular movement means, and the particular route candidate is a route candidate that uses the particular movement means. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PARKING SEARCH ROUTE WITHIN A GEOFENCE - An approach is provided for generating an optimized parking search route based on prioritizing self-contained driving paths within a geofenced area. The approach involves designating a geofenced area around a destination. The approach also involves calculating one or more routes that are contained within the geofenced area. The approach further involves providing the one or more routes as the parking search route for a vehicle to find a parking space when reaching the destination. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132483 | ENVIRONMENT BASED NAVIGATION - An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for environment based navigation. The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may collect environment map data. The environment map data may include one or more environmental zones. The computing device may receive one or more user environment preferences from a user. The user environment preferences may include a user's preferred environmental zones and non-preferred environmental zones. The computing device may receive a destination from the user and determine one or more routes to the destination. The computing device may compare the one or more determined routes to the environment map data and the user environment preferences and display a list of the determined routes based on the user environment preference data. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132484 | ENVIRONMENT BASED NAVIGATION - An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for environment based navigation. The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may collect environment map data. The environment map data may include one or more environmental zones. The computing device may receive one or more user environment preferences from a user. The user environment preferences may include a user's preferred environmental zones and non-preferred environmental zones. The computing device may receive a destination from the user and determine one or more routes to the destination. The computing device may compare the one or more determined routes to the environment map data and the user environment preferences and display a list of the determined routes based on the user environment preference data. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132485 | TRAJECTORY MODELING FOR CONTEXTUAL RECOMMENDATION - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer processing system are provided for computing a trajectory-based Point of Interest recommendation. The method includes generating, by a processor device, a set of embeddings. Each of the embeddings in the set relates to a respective different trajectory contextual element of a user trajectory. The method further includes computing, by the processor device based on the set of embeddings, an activity representation that includes a set of POI candidate embeddings. The method also includes composing, by the processor device, a stop embedding based on the activity representation and the embeddings in the set and corresponding to a given stop in the user trajectory. The method additionally includes computing, by the processor device, the trajectory-based POI recommendation using an attention-based, user-specific, multi-stop trajectory, Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) model applied to the stop embedding. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132486 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE UNIT STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a controller, and a provision unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire behavior information and a request for route retrieval from the vehicle. The controller is configured to decide a plurality of temporary routes in a case where the request for route retrieval is acquired, recognize a manner reference score of each of the temporary routes, recognize an evaluation score of each of a plurality of manner items based on the behavior information acquired from the vehicle having requested the route retrieval, calculate a total evaluation score by using the evaluation score of each of the manner items, and select some of the temporary routes as proposal routes based on comparison between the manner reference score and the total evaluation score. The provision unit is configured to provide the proposal routes to the vehicle having requested the route retrieval. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132487 | Load-Based Mapping - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for load-based mapping. The techniques provide routes for drivers that take into account a cognitive, emotional, or psychological load for the routes. By so doing, a driver can receive a route from one point to another that the driver may better enjoy, feel less tired or stressed by, or take less mental effort to drive. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132488 | GENERATION OF OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES FOR NAVIGATION OF VEHICLES - Techniques for generation of an optimal trajectory for a vehicle include receiving, using one or more processors of the vehicle, an instruction for the vehicle to travel from an initial spatiotemporal location to a destination spatiotemporal location. One or more processors are used to generate a trajectory including travel segments. The trajectory begins at the initial spatiotemporal location and terminates at the destination spatiotemporal location. Each travel segment begins at a first spatiotemporal location and terminates at a second spatiotemporal location. Each travel segment is associated with operational metrics. The operational metrics are associated with navigating the vehicle from the first spatiotemporal location to the second spatiotemporal location. Each operational metric is optimized across the travel segments to generate the trajectory. Using a control module of the vehicle, the vehicle is navigated from the initial spatiotemporal location to the destination spatiotemporal location along the trajectory. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132489 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE NAVIGATION USING A WINDSHIELD DISPLAY - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate navigation using a windshield display. An example vehicle comprises a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a transceiver, and a processor and memory. The GPS receiver receives location data. The transceiver receives second party information. The processor and memory are in communication with the GPS receiver and the transceiver and are configured to determine a navigation option using the location data and the second party information and to dynamically display an image of the navigation option via a display. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132490 | AUGMENTED REALITY INTERFACE FOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE - Navigation assistance is provided to a user of a vehicle. A live view shows a scene of the roadway and navigation indicators may be superimposed on to the scene of the roadway using augmented reality. Interface elements on the live view provide additional information related to navigation. A map view may also be provided and be toggled from the live view by a toggle interaction. In addition, a hazard detection system may be provided to detect hazards and display indicators of the hazards to the user. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132491 | GENERATING POINT OF INTEREST COPY - The present application provides a method and an apparatus for generating POI copy. According to an example of the method, after POI information for generating copy is obtained, topic trend prediction may be performed on the POI information to determine a topic word of the POI information, and POI copy corresponding to the POI information is generated based on the topic word. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132492 | TRAVEL ASSISTANCE - Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may provide travel assistance. For example, a determination may be made that a user is to begin driving in the near future. In addition, a determination may be made of one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future. Thus, travel assistance may be provided to the user based on the one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132493 | INFORMATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND PATH INFORMATION ANALYSIS METHOD - To statistically analyze information on the path of ra movement of a moving body. An information analysis device includes a communication unit that receives position information for a vehicle, a memory unit that stores map information pertaining to roads over which the vehicle can travel and position information concerning facilities, a visit frequency calculator that calculates the frequency at which the vehicle visits a facility on the basis of facility information concerning the facility, and a travel path specification unit that specifies the vehicle that has made a plurality of visits to the facility on the basis of the results of calculations made by the visit frequency calculator and specifies the travel path to the facility for the specified vehicle from the position information and the map information pertaining to the roads. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132494 | DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, DATA GENERATING SYSTEM, DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - On a basis of history information of route search results using particular types of transportation, a first type of rates of the particular types of transportation being used in route candidates of each of route search results and a second type of rates of the particular types of transportation being used in route candidates each selected by a user from among the route candidates provided in each of the route search results are calculated on a per-type of transportation basis and on a per-combination of departure point area and destination area basis. Data is generated, on the per-combination of departure point area and destination area basis, where the departure point areas and the destination areas are associated with, on the per-type of transportation basis, the at least one type of rates from among the first type of rates and the second type of rates. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132495 | MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING TEXTURE TO VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF BUILDINGS - A mapping system, method and computer program product are provided to apply texture, such as windows and doors, to the visual representation of a plurality of buildings. In the context of a method, images of each of a plurality of buildings are analyzed to detect building texture for one or more faces of the buildings. A representation of the building texture is spread to visual representations of one or more faces of a respective building that do not have a detected texture. The building texture may be spread from another face of the same building that has detected texture and is of a corresponding size to the face of the building without detected texture. Or, the building texture may be spread from a face of a neighboring building has a detected texture and is of a corresponding size to the face of the building without detected texture. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132496 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM - This guidance system is provided with: an accepting unit which acquires a guidance request including at least a destination and image data from a user terminal; a guidance unit which, on the basis of vehicle information of a vehicle recognized from the image data by image recognition, acquires vehicle related information relating to said vehicle, and with reference to the vehicle related information and the destination, derives a ride suitability indicating whether the vehicle is suitable for traveling to the destination; and a response unit which reports a response including at least the ride suitability derived by the guiding unit to the user terminal. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132497 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH VEHICLE POSITION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A navigation system includes: a communication unit configured to receive vehicle environment information of a user vehicle, the vehicle environment information including proximate vehicle information representing proximately located vehicles relative to the user vehicle; and a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: determine lane reference vehicles from the proximately located vehicles based on a vehicle type of the proximately located vehicles; monitor the relative location of the lane reference vehicles; generate a road lane model including a lane delineation estimation based on the relative location of the lane reference vehicles; and calculate a lane position of the user vehicle according to the lane delineation estimation based on a lateral position shift of the user vehicle. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132498 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a display control device that displays a plurality of trafficable lanes on which a vehicle can travel, on a road displayed on a map showing a route to a destination. The display control device includes a trafficable lane determination unit for determining one or more trafficable lanes which are lanes on which the vehicle can travel on the basis of information on a lane of a road and a route to a destination of the vehicle and a control unit for causing a display unit to display thereon the plurality of trafficable lanes determined by the trafficable lane determination unit, with respect to all lanes included in a road to be displayed on the display unit. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132499 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An information providing apparatus is configured to perform communication with a user terminal or installed in the user terminal and includes one or more processors configured to perform a route search for a route from a departure point to a destination using one or more types of transportation from among a plurality of types of transportation; display on a display unit of the user terminal one or more route candidates obtained from the route search; and, in a manner of associating with a route candidate obtained from the route search and displayed on the display unit using two or more types of transportation from among the plurality of types of transpiration, display on the display unit a name of a type of transportation from among the two or more types of transportation. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132500 | NEW ROAD DEDUCATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, NEW ROAD DEDUCATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Provided is a new road deducation assistance device, a new road deducation assistance method, a computer program, a computer program product, and a recording medium having the computer program recorded therein. This new road deducation assistance method involves: a probe information storage unit that stores sets of probe information including terminal ID information, date information, and positional information of a terminal device, acquired from the terminal device that has a positional information acquisition function and that is mountable to a vehicle; and a map database that stores sets of map information including information about links, wherein sets of probe information including speed information of a prescribed value or higher and not matching the links are extracted as target probe information sets from among the stored sets of probe information, and the extracted target probe information sets are superimposed on the map information to be displayed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132501 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SERVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - Disclosed is a location-based service based on a user point of interest (POI). An electronic device comprises: a processor for generating a database related to a user POI; detecting the user request for information; and an output unit for outputting information based on the user POI database. The user POI can indicate at least one place extracted from the information inputted to the electronic device. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PARKING SEARCH ROUTE - An approach is provided for generating an optimized parking search route based on one or more other vehicle driving paths. The approach involves determining that a first vehicle has initiated a search for a parking space. The approach also involves determining a first detection and a second detection of a second vehicle by the first vehicle during the search. The approach further involves calculating a predicted route taken by the second vehicle based on a time difference between the first detection and the second detection. The approach further involves generating the parking search route for the first vehicle based on deprioritizing the predicted route taken by the second vehicle. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132503 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH OPERATION OBSTACLE ALERT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A navigation system includes: a control unit configured to: identify a route obstacle in a travel environment of a user vehicle during operation of the user vehicle in an autonomous operation mode; generate an obstacle handling assessment of whether the user vehicle is capable of navigation beyond the route obstacle in the autonomous operation mode; generate an obstacle orientation alert based on the obstacle handling assessment and an engagement state of a system user of the user vehicle; a user interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to present the obstacle orientation alert. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132504 | VEHICLE EVENT IDENTIFICATION - A plurality of prompts, each associated with a road event, are presented on a display upon receiving a first input on an input device. A second input selecting the prompts is received on a second input device. A message is sent with the selected prompts and a location of a vehicle. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132505 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND CONVEYANCE DEVICE - Data is utilized more efficiently and effectively. A position detection device includes a plurality of scales that each record absolute data embedded with a scale ID for identifying a scale, a detector that detects the absolute data from each of the plurality of scales, and an extractor that extracts, from the detected absolute data, the scale ID and position data representing the position of the scale. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132506 | PLEAT COUNTER - A pleat counter and methods are provided to accurately count the number of pleats in a corrugated sheet of material to be used for the production of air filters. The pleat counter comprises a pleat detector mounted underneath a mounting board for counting the pleats. The mounting board is configured to position the pleat detector adjacent to the corrugated sheet of filter material. The pleat detector includes one or more sensors configured to detect the presence of individual pleats comprising the corrugated sheet. The pleat counter includes an interface configured to enable coupling the pleat counter with a data processing system. The data processing system may comprise any of a desktop, a tablet, a server, a mobile phone, a media player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal communicator, a network router or hub, a wireless access point (AP) or repeater, a set-top box, or a combination thereof. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132507 | ABSOLUTE ENCODER - The present invention provides an absolute encoder suitable for reduction in thickness. An absolute encoder, for determining a rotation amount of a main spindle that rotates a plurality of revolutions, includes a first drive gear configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of the main spindle; a first driven gear that engages with the first drive gear; a second drive gear configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of the first driven gear; a second driven gear that engages with the second drive gear; and an angular sensor configured to detect a rotation angle at which a second rotating body is rotated in accordance with rotation of the second driven gear. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132508 | Battery-less multi-turn absolute rotary encoder using capacitor - The present invention pertains to a multi-turn rotary encoder that can maintain multi-turn data without the use of a back-up battery. By integrating a capacitor into the main input power circuit of the encoder, the capacitor power can delay the shut off of the encoder microcontroller and sensor, allowing enough time for the rotary motion to stop before storing the single and multi-turn absolute position information. The invention also includes circuits to detect main power shut off and analog circuits to monitor input power voltage. After capacitor voltage drops below certain level, microcontroller saves single and multi-turn position and shuts down. When powering back up, the encoder reads the instantaneous position and compares with previously saved position, then the difference is calculated to determine current multi-turn position to begin normal operation. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132509 | TWO MAGNET SENSOR SYSTEMS - Embodiments described herein are directed to a sensing system. The sensing system includes a pair of sensors, a target, and a pair of magnets. The target is configured to move along an axis of movement with respect to the pair of sensors. The pair of magnets are coupled to the target. Each of the pair of magnets has a first end and a second end. Each of the second ends of the pair of magnets are positioned axially adjacent to one another in a system longitudinal direction. The pair of magnets provide a greater field strength for determining a position of the target. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132510 | Inductive Sensor for Measurement Device - An inductive sensor, particularly for a proximity sensor, includes a resonance circuit including a sensing coil and an amplifier comprising a first gain stage and a second gain stage each coupled via respective adjusting elements with the resonance circuit to inject energy for maintaining an oscillation of the resonance circuit. The first gain stage provides a substantially linear amplification and the second gain stage provides a comparator characteristics. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132511 | POSITION SENSOR, POSITION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF - A position signal generator for an electronic position measuring device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the position signal generator includes a signal generation device for generating a periodic magnetic signal, and an electric power supply device for supplying the signal generation device with electric energy. The position of the position signal generator is determined via the position measuring device. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132512 | CAPACITIVE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A capacitive measurement device for indicating when two surfaces moving relative to each other are spaced less than a predetermined distance apart. The device comprises a probe having an elongated conductor, an insulating core, a conducting inner guard, an insulating interlayer, and a conducting sheath. A portion of the conductor, insulating core and conducting inner guard form a probe tip which extends beyond the insulating interlayer and conducting sheath by a predetermined offset. The probe is configured to extend from a first surface by a predetermined distance and to generate a signal when the tip is contacted by a second surface. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132513 | Robot System, Robot, Robot Control Device, Robot Control Method, And Encoder - A robot system includes: a robot having a main shaft gear attached to a rotary shaft of a drive unit, a first countershaft gear meshing with the main shaft gear, a second countershaft gear meshing with the main shaft gear, and a third countershaft gear meshing with the main shaft gear; and a main shaft phase output unit outputting a phase of the main shaft gear as a first main shaft phase. A phase of the main shaft gear is derived as a second main shaft phase, based on a phase of the first countershaft gear, a phase of the second countershaft gear, and a phase of the third countershaft gear. Processing to stop the drive unit is performed when the first main shaft phase and the second main shaft phase do not coincide with each other. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132514 | SENSOR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD - A sensor device includes a sensor for sensing amounts of a physical quantity, such as an environmental attribute, and providing sensor signals formed in response to the sensed physical quantity. A diagnostic test circuit provides multiple diagnostic test signals each representing a desired response to a particular amount of the physical quantity. A signal circuit selects the sensor signal or the diagnostic test signal and forms a signal circuit output. A reference circuit provides a calibrated reference signal corresponding to a threshold amount of the physical quantity. A comparator receives and compares the calibrated reference signal and the signal circuit output to form a comparison signal. A control circuit controls the signal circuit, reference circuit, and diagnostic test circuit and receives the comparison signal to output a sensor device sensor signal or sensor device diagnostic signal. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WITHIN SHIPPING CONTAINERS - Systems and methods are presented for monitoring shipping containers. A system comprises a shipping container, a sensing component, and a transmission device. The shipping container defines an interior compartment. The sensing component is positioned within the interior compartment and comprises one or more sensors, a sensing component battery, a sensing component microcontroller, and a communication chip. The one or more sensors sense atmospheric data. The sensing component microcontroller has a memory and receives the atmospheric data sensed by the one or more sensors at a predetermined interval and stores the atmospheric data in the memory. The transmission device is external to the interior compartment and comprises a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives data transmitted by the sensing component. The transmitter transmits the received data to a storage location. The transmission device is paired with the sensing component or an interior component contained within the interior compartment. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132516 | IDENTIFICATION AND OTHER MEASURES ENCODED IN A THREADED SENSOR WELL - The present disclosure relates to the use of a sensor well encoded in a structural, electrical, magnetic, or optical manner so as to provide the sensor well with a unique or otherwise distinctive fingerprint. In addition, a sensor configured to be positioned within the sensor well incorporates a sensing modality for reading or detecting the encoding of the sensor well. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132517 | INSTRUMENT - An instrument includes: a liquid-crystal display device including a display element and light sources provided along one side surface extending in the Y direction of the element; a first case having a reference positioning pin, and other positioning pins; and a second case having a reference hole into which the reference positioning pin is inserted, other holes into which the other positioning pins are inserted, a first region in which a first pointer-type instrument is provided, a second region in which a second pointer-type instrument is provided, and a third region in which the liquid crystal display device is provided between the first region and the second region. The third region has an edge corresponding to the position where the side surface | 2020-04-30 |
20200132518 | ELASTIC ENCODER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are an elastic encoder and manufacturing method thereof. The elastic encoder of the present invention includes a reinforcing rim which has a reinforcing body and a reinforcing flange formed along a peripheral part of the reinforcing body and which is manufactured using a metallic material; and a plastic magnet which is bound to the reinforcing flange so as to surround the reinforcing flange, includes synthetic resin, rubber material, and magnetic powder, and has a plurality of magnetic poles magnetized in a circumferential direction. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132519 | Packaged Sensor Pad - A product [ | 2020-04-30 |
20200132520 | SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SENSOR - A sensor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a base material; a sensor element placed on the base material; a wiring line electrically coupled to the sensor element; and a stretchable member that covers the sensor element and the wiring line and is bonded to the base material. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132521 | SENSOR MODULE AND PROTECTIVE GLASS - A sensor module includes: a base member; at least one of a single or a plurality of sensors and vibrators arranged on the base member; and a protective member constituted of at least one flat surface or a curved surface, provided so as to cover the at least one of the sensors and the vibrators. A part or whole of the protective member is formed of a strengthened glass and the strengthened glass is a chemically strengthened glass or a physically strengthened glass. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132522 | PORTABLE METROLOGY STANDS - A portable metrology stand is disclosed that has three primary legs, which are rigidly, rotatably attached to a base support, which prevents the leg tubes from rotating outwardly beyond a defined angle by adjustable hard stops associated with the base support. The base support is itself supported by a center column disposed between the three legs. The legs are rigidly displaced from the center column by struts. A tensioning nut is threaded onto a bottom end of a clamping collar which is pulled up against an adjustable snap-ring in a snap-ring groove in the center column. Tightening the tensioning nut onto the clamping collar draws the clamping collar down into the tensioning nut thereby forcing outwardly the struts and forcing the legs against the adjustable hard stops. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132523 | Laser Alignment Tool - The present invention is a laser aligning tool that has two weight bodies, a laser pointer unit, and a threaded tubular shaft. The laser pointer unit is positioned within one of the two weight bodies. While both weight bodies are similar in shape and mass, and both connected to the threaded tubular shaft, only the weight body without the laser pointer unit can be detached from the threaded tubular shaft. The user may remove and place one weight body to the flange opening and introduce the threaded tubular shaft with the other weight body to the opening of another flange in preparation of alignment. The user may then turn on the laser pointer unit and ensure the laser beam traverse through both threaded tubular shaft and the detached weight body for proper alignment. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132524 | HAND HELD MOISTURE METER IN-FIELD CALIBRATION - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for calibration determinations for handheld moisture meters in the field. A calibration reference stand emulates a sample with an equivalent moisture content, allowing rapid determination whether a moisture meter is out of calibration, or determination of a new calibration value. The calibration reference stand includes an electromagnetic load, which can be formed of a metal sheet or high dielectric constant material, supported on a platform, and mechanical fixturing for reproducible positioning of a moisture meter on the stand. Associated methods and variations are disclosed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132525 | VARIABLE AREA FLOWMETER, SYSTEM COMPRISING A VARIABLE AREA FLOWMETER AND AN EXTERNAL CONTROL UNIT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VARIABLE AREA FLOWMETER - A variable area flowmeter having a float and having a display unit, the display unit includes a pointer element, the pointer element is connected directly or indirectly to the float such that the pointer element is mechanically deflected by the float during the measuring process. The variable area flowmeter that operates particularly reliably and is flexibly applicable at the same time is achieved in that the display unit comprises at least one bi-stable display which only requires an energy supply in order to modify the displayed representation and/or to restore the representation. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132526 | ULTRASONIC FLOW MEASURING APPARATUS - Transmission/reception units | 2020-04-30 |
20200132527 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING FLOW - A sensor apparatus is provided for measuring within a region of a conduit for guiding a flow. The apparatus includes a transducer arrangement disposed at least partially around an external surface of a wall of the conduit and having one or more driver elements for exciting in operation a helical acoustic wave propagation within the wall of the conduit for leaking acoustical energy from the helical acoustic wave propagation over an extensive area of the wall of the conduit for stimulating waves in chordal paths within the flow, wherein the waves in the choral paths within the flow reenter the wall of the conduit to propagate further as a guided helical wave. The transducer arrangement includes one or more sensors for receiving a re-entered portion of the acoustic wave propagation along the paths within the flow which interacts with the flow and includes information characterizing properties of the flow. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132528 | Measurement of Fluid Flow Velocity With High Spatial and Temporal Resolution - The present disclosure provides methods and systems for successfully and accurately measuring the flow velocity, velocity fluctuation and velocity profile of flows of fluids with unprecedented resolution. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132529 | VIBRATORY FLOWMETER AND METHOD FOR METER VERIFICATION - A vibratory flowmeter ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200132530 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING A SHIPPING LOAD - A method and apparatus for verifying a load in a container includes detecting a detected load volume of the load within the container, comparing the detected load volume to an expected load volume of the load, and in response to determining a mismatch between the detected load volume and the expected load volume, transmitting an alert. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132531 | Graduated Mop Liquid Measurement Pitcher with Easily Graspable Handle - A graduated mop liquid measurement pitcher includes a base, a plurality of sidewalls extending from the base to a liquid receiver, and a cylindrical handle. A first sidewall expands as it extends distally from the base to a waist and then tapers inward as it extends from the waist to the liquid receiver. A second sidewall and a third sidewall are substantially planar. A first plurality of demarcations is disposed along the second sidewall and indicate a number of mop heads of a first type capable of being saturated by a volume of liquid held by the graduated mop liquid measurement pitcher. A second plurality of demarcations is disposed along the third sidewall and indicates another number of mop heads of a second type capable of being saturated by another volume of liquid held by the graduated mop liquid measurement. | 2020-04-30 |
20200132532 | WIRING INTERFACE FOR FLUID SENSORS - A cap for a fluid sensor is provided. The cap comprises a cap input port including a first toolless connector configured to removably couple to a cable; and a cap output port including a second toolless connector configured to removably couple to a cable. The cap may further comprise an interface circuit including a circuit input port, a circuit output port, and a sensor port configured to couple to the fluid sensor. The first toolless connector may be configured to removably couple the circuit input port to a cable and the second toolless connector may be configured to removably couple the circuit output port to a cable. The circuit will automatically sequence the signals on the cable, so standard one-to-one wired cables can be used. | 2020-04-30 |