24th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150159951 | AUTO-SENSING HAND DRYER - An auto-sensing hand dryer includes an airflow generating device, a guiding duct connected to the airflow generating device, and a sensing unit disposed in the guiding duct. The airflow generating device generates a hand drying airflow. The guiding duct includes a connecting portion communicating with the airflow generating device, an air outlet portion communicating with the connecting portion. The air outlet portion comprises an air discharge opening and a housing encircling the air discharge opening and forming an internal space. The sensing unit is disposed in the internal space and electrically connected to the airflow generating device to determine whether to generate the hand drying airflow. The sensing unit includes a sensing region at least covering the air discharge opening. When a user hand is placed at the air discharge opening, the sensing unit senses the user hand and drives the airflow generating device to generate the hand drying airflow. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159952 | METHOD FOR IRON-MAKING WITH FULL OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN-RICH GAS AND EQUIPMENT THEREOF - A method of ironmaking using full-oxygen hydrogen-rich gas which includes hot transferring and hot charging the high-temperature coke, sinter and pellet into the ironmaking furnace through transferring and charging device, and injecting oxygen and hydrogen-rich combustible gas at a predetermined temperature into the ironmaking furnace through the oxygen tuyere and the gas tuyere disposed at the ironmaking furnace, respectively. It also provides an apparatus for ironmaking using full-oxygen hydrogen-rich gas which includes a raw material system, a furnace roof gas system, a coke oven gas injecting system, a dust injecting system, a slag dry-granulation and residual heat recovering system and an oxygen system. Additionally an apparatus and method for hot transferring and hot charging of ironmaking raw material is disclosed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ANODE FURNACE AND CONTROL DEVICE - The invention relates to a method and to a control apparatus for operating an anode furnace ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159954 | System and Method for Charging a Furnace for Melting and Refining Copper Scrap, and Furnace Thereof - System and method for charging a furnace for melting and refining copper scrap, comprising at least one shredder intended to receive copper scrap to be refined, associated with screening means linked to at least one vibrating feeder table through continuous conveyance means, such that said vibrating feeder table allows shredded copper scrap to be put into the furnace. A furnace is also described which is suitable for receiving a volume of copper scrap from the above charging system and method, characterized by a flat vault with a horizontal charging door, whose opening width for receiving the charge of shredded scrap is less than 0.6 m. The system, method and furnace described make it possible to optimize the process of melting and refining copper scrap, as well as reduce the consumption of energy and the emission of polluting gases. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159955 | REFRACTORY ARTICLE - A refractory article that can provide a high carrying capacity for generally cylindrical work pieces to be fired while maintaining structural rigidity and integrity. The refractory article can include a body having an opening configured to receive a plurality of substantially cylindrical work pieces and individually support each one of the substantially cylindrical work pieces. In particular embodiments, the present refractory article can include a plurality of discrete containment regions positioned within the opening, each of the discrete containment regions in open communication with adjacent discrete containment regions. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159956 | Tube Bundle Heat Exchanger Having Straight-Tube Configuration, Process Gas Cooler, Cooler For Gas Turbine Cooling Air, Gas Turbine Or Gas And Steam Turbine Power Plant, And Method For The Cooling Of Cooling Air - A tube bundle heat exchanger having a straight-tube configuration, comprising a pressure vessel, a straight-tube bundle comprising a number of straight tubes which are arranged so as to be guided through an inlet tubesheet and an outlet tubesheet and to extend through the interior space of the pressure vessel. A cooler for gas turbine cooling air comprising a tube bundle heat exchanger, a gas turbine power plant and a gas and steam turbine power plant comprising a cooler for gas turbine cooling air according to the invention, as well as a process gas cooler and a method for the cooling of cooling air using such a cooler for gas turbine cooling air. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159957 | INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER - An internal heat exchanger includes an inner tube for a flow of a first fluid; an outer tube that is coaxial with the inner tube; a passageway between the inner tube and the outer tube for a flow of a second fluid; and, a flow enhancer inside the inner tube and configured to divert the flow of fluid in the inner tube along a wall of the inner tube. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159958 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT EXCHANGER AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT EXCHANGE METHOD - A high-efficiency heat exchanger adaptable for a heat exchange target fluid having high purity. A heat exchanger has a flow passage through which a heat exchange target fluid flows, and a heat transfer structure that is contacted with the heat exchange target fluid flowing through the flow passage, thus performing heat-transfer type heat exchange through a contact surface of the heat transfer structure with the heat exchange target fluid. The contact surface of the heat transfer structure with the heat exchange target fluid is made of a material stable against the heat exchange target fluid. The heat transfer structure includes heat conductors made of a material having a high thermal conductivity. The heat conductors are mounted near the contact surface of the heat transfer structure with the heat exchange target fluid at positions where the heat conductors are not contacted with the heat exchange target fluid. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159959 | Long-Term Heat Storage Device and Method for Long-Term Heat Storage of Solar Energy and Other Types of Energy with Changing Availability - The invention relates to a long-term heat storage device for long-term storage of solar energy and other types of energy, in the heat storage material of which a rock bulk material, in particular of volcanic origin, such as diabase, basalt, granite and gneiss, is used. The rock bulk material forms a polydisperse bulk material, in particular as the void volume of the rock bulk material (granulate) having a first particle size or particle size distribution takes up a granulate having a second particle size or particle size distribution. The rock bulk material can be enclosed by a bulk powder fill, in particular an ash fill, in particular with a shell of shaped rocks interposed. The rock bulk material can be enclosed, all around or predominantly, at least laterally, by a shell of shaped rocks which is in particular cylindrical, in particular by a masonry wall. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159960 | HEATING APPARATUS - A thermal storage and exchange heating apparatus includes: a thermal storage tank that stores a heated heat medium; a circulation channel connected to high and low temperature sides of the thermal storage tank, and through which the heat medium circulates; a heat exchanger provided to the circulation channel and configured to exchange heat between the heat medium and a heating object, to heat the heating object; a circulation direction switch configured to switch circulation of the heat medium in the circulation channel between a forward direction from the high-temperature side to the low-temperature side and a reversed backward direction; and a controller configured to cause the heat medium to circulate in the forward direction by switching the circulation direction switch in a heating operation and causing the heat medium to circulate in the backward direction by switching the circulation direction switch after a stop of the heating operation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159961 | ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A SEALING ELEMENT AND A HEAT EXCHANGER, IN AN AIR CHANNEL - Arrangement comprising a sealing element and a heat exchanger, in an air channel, wherein the heat exchanger has a plurality of pipes which carry a first fluid and are defined in their end regions by collection vessels and can have a second fluid flowing around them. The arrangement is characterized in that the air channel has a first guide groove on an inner surface, which guide groove is formed by a first web and a second web, and a second guide groove which is formed by a third web and a fourth web, the third web and the fourth web being disposed between the first web and the second web and the sealing element enveloping the heat exchanger along the collecting vessels and its short sides. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159962 | PLATE-TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER REACTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a plate-type heat exchange reactor and a method of manufacturing thereof, and there is provided a method of manufacturing a plate-type heat exchange reactor and a plate-type heat exchange reactor manufactured in the manufacturing method, the method including the steps of preparing side surface plates respectively provided with a plurality of slits formed in parallel along a longitudinal direction; arranging two side surface plates in a vertical direction to face each other with a space therebetween; forming a plurality of fluid passage channels by inserting a plurality of fluid passage partition walls into the slits provided on the two side surface plates in parallel in a horizontal direction; and bonding the side surface plates and the fluid passage partition walls. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159963 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger having a tube-fin block that is closed by two collecting tanks, whereby the ends of the tubes engage in a bottom of the particular collecting tank and the bottom is closed with a cover. A partition wall secured to the cover is formed transverse to a longitudinal extension of the collecting tank and divides an interior space of the collecting tank into two subchambers. The heat exchanger, which prevents great structural changes for compensating temperature-induced stresses, a first stress decoupling device is formed in the bottom and/or a second stress decoupling device in the area of the partition wall in the cover of at least one collecting tank. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159964 | TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGER - A tube for a heat exchanger provided with a helical corrugation, wherein the helical corrugation has pitch and a width, and the width being at least 20% of the pitch, such that an improved heat transfer is achieved. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159965 | Heat Exchanging Tube - A heat exchanging tube including a guiding tube and a fin module is disclosed. The guiding tube includes a channel forming two openings at two ends of the guiding tube. The fin module is arranged in the channel of the guiding tube and includes a partition. The partition has a first retaining edge and a second retaining edge. The first and second retaining edges are coupled with an inner wall of the guiding tube. The partition includes a first face and a second face between the first and second retaining edges. The first face includes a first fin unit and the second face includes a second fin unit. A first channel is formed between the first face of the partition and the inner wall of the guiding tube, and a second channel is formed between the second face of the partition and the inner wall of the guiding tube. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159966 | Manufacturing Method of Thermal Module - A manufacturing method of thermal module includes steps of: providing a base seat with a raised section and a heat dissipation unit with a recess; heating the heat dissipation unit and fitting the raised section of the base seat into the recess of the heat dissipation unit to connect the heat dissipation unit with the base seat; and tightly connecting the heat dissipation unit with the base seat to form an integrated body after the heat dissipation unit is cooled. According to the manufacturing method of thermal module, the manufacturing cost of the thermal module is lowered and the manufacturing process is greatly simplified. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159967 | FLUID HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS - A small-sized fluid heating/cooling apparatus for heating or cooling a large amount of gas or liquid at a low cost. Structures where a flow passage for a fluid is formed in a heated or cooled base formed in a plate shape or a column shape, and a fluid which has passed through the narrowed flow passage impinges on a wall of a side face of the base vertically to perform heat exchange are connected in series. Heat exchange is instantaneously performed in a small space and manufacture of a mechanism performing such an operation is easy. A material constituting the flow passage may be a metal or ceramics, and a small-sized fluid heat exchanging apparatus can be manufactured at a low cost. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159968 | HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT DRIVE WHEEL DRIVE ASSEMBLY - A system is provided for dissipating heat in an onboard non-engine powered aircraft wheel drive assembly with drive means that power one or more aircraft wheels to drive the aircraft autonomously on the ground without directly using the aircraft engines. The heat dissipation system is integral with a wheel drive assembly mounted substantially completely within a nose or main landing gear wheel. A reservoir mounted outboard or inboard of the wheel drive assembly increases thermal distribution mass and fluidically communicates with wheel drive assembly components to automatically circulate heat transfer fluid between the wheel drive assembly and the reservoir when the operating temperature exceeds a predetermined maximum temperature during aircraft ground travel. The heat dissipating system can be retrofitted in an existing aircraft to improve thermal distribution and prolong wheel drive assembly and drive means operation and useful life. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159969 | THERMAL TRANSFER CATALYTIC HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE - A thermal transfer catalytic heat dissipation structure is disclosed, which comprises a thermal conductive carrier; a heat source which disposed on a face of the thermal conductive carrier; and a carbon nanoparticles which have hexagonal carbon ring geometry based heat dissipation film, at least disposed on the other face of the thermal conductive carrier. A carbon nanoparticles which have hexagonal carbon ring geometry based heat dissipation film is used to dissipate a heat source when a thermal conductive carrier absorbs the heat from heat source, so that the heat is effectively transferred to the ambient through the film, avoiding a thermal transfer gap with respect to the ambient (like as air). | 2015-06-11 |
20150159970 | THERMAL TRANSFER CATALYTIC HEAT DISSIPATION METHOD - A thermal transfercatalytic heat dissipation method is disclosed, comprises steps of disposing a thermal transfer interface on a heat source; and disposing a carbon nanoparticles which have a hexagonal carbon ring geometry based heat dissipation film on at least a face of the thermal transfer interface, so that the hexagonal carbon ringed nanometer heat dissipation film dissipates the heat source after the thermal transfer interface absorbs the heat source, so that the heat is directed effectively to the ambient through the film, avoiding a thermal transfer drop between the thermal transfer interface and the air, and achieving in that a thermal transfer effectiveness is promoted, a thermal transfer bottleneck is effectively reduced, heat dissipation fins are saved, a heat dissipation cost is largely reduced, a volume and weight is reduced, a consumption of the raw material is reduced and a purpose of energy saving and carbon reduction is achieved. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159971 | RIFLE WITH A NOISE DAMPER - A rifle barrel having a sound suppressor and a rifle comprising such a barrel. Material disposed over the rifle barrel and extending longitudinally and distally from a proximal end of the rifle barrel defines a housing. The housing surrounds at least a majority of the sound suppressing element, which is connected to the rifle barrel solely by containment within the housing. The sound suppressing comprises an acoustic labyrinth formed by a plurality of components disposed together along a longitudinal plane coextensive with an axis of the rifle barrel. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159972 | ARMORER'S BLOCK - A firearm support apparatus for supporting a firearm in a generally horizontal orientation. The firearm support apparatus includes a support plate configured to horizontally support the firearm on both a top face and a bottom face | 2015-06-11 |
20150159973 | APPARATUS FOR CLEANING FIREARMS - An apparatus for cleaning firearms comprises a rod, a handle, a first cylindrical body portion, a second cylindrical body portion, a stick, and a fiber wad. The handle is attached to an end of the rod. The first cylindrical body portion defines a channel and a longitudinal break in a sidewall of the first cylindrical body portion. The channel and the longitudinal break extend into the first cylindrical body portion from a first end of the first cylindrical body portion, and the longitudinal break at least partially merges with the channel. At the same time, the second cylindrical body portion is attached to a second end of the cylindrical body portion and has a smaller diameter than the first cylindrical body portion. The stick is at least partially inserted into the channel. Lastly, the fiber wad is wrapped around at least a portion of the stick. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159974 | FIREARM CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems are provided for modifying a firearm, including a kit for creating a modified handgun from first and second handguns. In one embodiment of the invention, a modified handgun is created which comprises a slide and barrel from a first handgun and a frame of a second handgun, using a kit comprising a dust cover insert, a replacement recoil spring and a replacement recoil spring guide. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159975 | Crossbow with Improved Rail and Arrow Slot - A crossbow includes a barrel having a bowstring rail with a slot including spaced first and second arrow rest areas aligned along said bowstring rail and an arrow clearance area therebetween, and an arrow retention spring carried by the barrel. The first arrow rest area is positioned adjacent to an end of the bowstring rail, and the second arrow rest area is positioned beneath the arrow retention spring directly beneath said arrow retention spring in a location where said arrow retention spring is adapted to contact said arrow. Provision of the spaced rest areas, particularly the second rest area beneath the arrow retention spring, stabilizes an arrow on the barrel prior to launch. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159976 | TOY LAUNCHER AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A toy launching system for launching a toy projectile, the toy launching system having a hand portion shaped to fit over a user's hand with a palm side and an opposite back side corresponding to the user's hand, the hand portion further including a hand launch structure fixed relative to the back side of the hand portion and the hand launch structure having a forward side and a reward side wherein the forward side faces the associated user's knuckles, the forward side having a launch opening shaped to receive a rear end of a projectile, the launching system further including a fluid reservoir in fluid connection with the hand launch structure and a fluid actuator fixed relative to the palm side of the hand portion, the fluid actuator controlling a fluid flow between the fluid reservoir and the hand launch structure to launch the projectile. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159977 | Adapter for attaching a detachable stock to the firing mechanism of a firearm - An adapter is provided with a rail having one end secured to a gunstock; a groove structure including a bottom groove, a forward socket, a transverse channel through the socket, a pin hole through the channel, and a bottom limit member; a lever pivotably secured to the groove structure; and a sliding member in both the channel and the socket and including a projection at one end, a shoulder adjacent to the projection, a receptacle at an other end, a spring in the receptacle, and a slot perpendicular to the receptacle and communicating therewith. The pin is through the pin hole and the slot to anchor the spring between the pin and the receptacle. In a locked state, the shoulder is in the socket to lock the rail in the groove, the other end of the sliding member is projected, and the projection is retracted into the channel. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159978 | Artwork Display Frame and Related Methods - Frames for displaying 3D and/or user-selected pieces of artwork and related methods. Some frames comprise frame and rail engagement portions. The frame portions display the artwork and further comprise bodies defining curvilinear cross-sections and display areas on exterior surfaces of the bodies. The rail-engagement portions can couple to the frame portions and further comprise ridges. The ridges extend away from interior surfaces of the frame bodies and can be adapted to engage rails. Flats adjacent to the rails can facilitate securing the frames to the rails. Moreover, display areas of the current embodiment define the artwork. The bodies and rail engagement portions can withstand various shocks at the rails. Moreover, the bodies can be hand guards for weapons. Furthermore, the rail engagement portions can define apertures which receive weapons tools. Moreover, the frame portions can define stops which engage slots associated with the rails. If desired, engravings define the artwork. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159979 | ACCORDION FOLDERS UTILIZING BALLISTIC MATERIALS FOR IMPROVED BULLET RESISTANCE - A folder suitable for holding and organizing paper and school materials further comprising ballistic materials disposed of in a front cover and back cover of said folder. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159980 | DECOY SYSTEM, NOTABLY FOR IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES - The decoy system, notably for terrestrial mines or improvised explosive devices, includes: a means of producing heat energy including an air or water boiler, a means of emitting radiation in the infrared spectrum including a chamber that is fed with fluid by the production means, the chamber being provided with internal fins able to promote a build-up of heat energy inside said chamber, at least one detection means for determining the temperature of the chamber or the temperature of the fluid between the production means and the emission means, and a control unit able to control the operation of the heat energy production means at least according to the determined temperature. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159981 | Cartridge and System for Generating a Projectile with a Selectable Launch Velocity - A weapon system includes a cartridge and a fire control apparatus have been developed for generating a projectile with a selectable launch velocity. The cartridge includes multiple primers and propellant chambers which may be individually selected by the fire controller so as to fire the projectile at a selected launch velocity. Additionally after firing the selected primers and propellant charges, the fire controller sends a second firing signal to all remaining primers after a suitable delay. The second firing signal ensures that all remaining propellant is initiated and consumed, thus rendering the cartridge safe to eject. The delay between the first firing signal and the second firing signal is sufficient to allow the projectile to be expelled from the cartridge so that the launch velocity is not affected by the combustion of the remaining propellant. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159982 | TOY PROJECTILE LAUNCHER AND PROJECTILE THEREOF - A toy projectile launcher includes a body having a magazine for storing at least one cylindrical projectile. The body has an elongate barrel in communication with the magazine. The barrel is shaped for travel of the projectile from the magazine to an exit end. The barrel has an intermediate opening between the magazine and the exit end. A drive wheel is powered by a motor to spin about an axis of rotation. The drive wheel can be coupled to the body by a drive wheel biasing member. The drive wheel intrudes into the barrel though the intermediate opening to contact and propel the projectile down the barrel. The drive wheel can include a resilient part. The axis of rotation of the drive wheel can deviate from being perpendicular to the length of the barrel by a predetermined angle selected to impart spin to the projectile. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159983 | AIR GUN PELLET - A pellet for a compressed gas powered weapon, such as a pellet gun, is disclosed. The pellet includes a forward head portion, a rearward tail portion having a hollow propulsion gas pocket, and an intermediate waist portion, the head portion having a front end, a centrally positioned penetration point protruding from the front end and a blade having a cutting edge extending between the penetration point and the front end for promoting penetration of the pellet into a target and improve penetration in addition to a shock wave generated by the front end. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159984 | Portable smoke screen delivery system - This invention is about the art, science and technology of smoke screening. The three “areas of importance” are sea, land and air uses. During World War II military strategy was forever changed by the numerous offensive and defensive advantages created by the first ever effective large area smoke screen. Smoke screens were also used extensively during the Vietnam War. In wars since the Vietnam War there have been several military disasters—totally or partially—for not using smoke screens, it has been reported. This invention will eliminate leaking tanks, plugged up exhaust nozzles, loose control values, inaccurate gauges and regulators found in earlier and present smoke screen delivery systems. No new technology is required. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159985 | CARTRIDGE CASE PROCESSING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a cartridge case processing device to produce and prepare empty cartridge cases ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159986 | DETONATOR ROLL CALL - A detonator roll call method wherein each detonator is assigned a unique identifier and, at each detonator, in response to an enquiry signal to all the detonators a count is incremented and compared to the roll call identifier and, if the comparison is positive, a reply is sent by the detonator. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159987 | MULTI-AXIS TYPE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING APPARATUS - A multi-axis type three-dimensional measuring apparatus includes a multi-axis arm mechanism, a probe formed in a distal end of the multi-axis arm mechanism and configured to measure a workpiece, and a projector formed in the distal end of the multi-axis arm mechanism and configured to scale a range of a projected projection image according to a distance between the workpiece and the probe. The projector is configured to project full-scale projection graphics of said workpiece so as to match the full-scale projection graphics with the workpiece regardless of a difference in a distance between the workpiece and the probe, and to project display information identifying a measurement schedule position by the probe. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159988 | CONTROL SURFACE SKEW DETECTION SYSTEMS - A sensor package for sensing rotational positional data includes a stack of separated printed circuit boards that includes a first position target printed board, a second printed circuit board having a rotary sensor and a third printed circuit board having power supply components. The sensor package is included in a skew detection system for an aircraft control system, which includes a control surface having opposed first and second ends. A first drive mechanism is operatively connected to the first end of the control surface by a first rack and pinion assembly and a second drive mechanism is operatively connected to the second end of the control surface by a second rack and pinion assembly. Each rack and pinion assembly includes a respective sensor package operatively connected to the pinion thereof. A processing component is operatively connected to both sensor packages to determine presence of skew in the control surface. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159989 | SENSING APPARATUS USING A PLURALITY OF HALL SENSORS - A sensing apparatus and sensing device using the sensing apparatus are capable of identifying a relative position of a body which includes a magnetic module by using sensing data of a sensor unit which may be arranged in a 3 dimensional structure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159990 | VARIABLE-FREQUENCY OPTICAL COMBS, HETERODYNE SENSOR, AND PROCESS FOR PERFORMING SPECTROSCOPY - A comb source includes a continuous wave frequency source to provide a continuous wave radiation; a first modulator in optical communication with the continuous wave frequency source; a second modulator in optical communication with continuous wave frequency source; and a waveform driver in electrical communication with the first modulator and the second modulator. A process for producing an analyte spectrum includes producing a first comb from a continuous wave frequency and a first waveform; producing a reference comb and a probe comb from the first comb; subjecting a sample to the probe comb; producing a sample comb in response to subjecting the sample to the probe comb; producing a composite comb from the reference comb and the sample comb; producing a second comb from the continuous wave frequency and a second waveform; and combining the second comb and the composite comb to produce the analyte spectrum | 2015-06-11 |
20150159991 | OCT DEVICE - Provided is an OCT device capable of restraining degradation of OCT image quality and cost increase of parts and generating a scan trigger signal. The OCT device of the present invention comprises: a light source for outputting laser light having oscillation wavelength and output power both changing with time; an interference optical system, in which first laser light output from the light source is divided, into measurement light and reference light such that the measurement light is output so as to irradiate the object and the reference light is caused to pass through a reference light path, and the measurement light back-scattered from the object and the reference light having passed through the reference light path are combined to be output, the transmissivity of the interference optical system having a wavelength dependence opposite to the wavelength dependence of the first output power of the light source; and an OCT photodetector for generating an OCT electrical signal with a value according to interference light intensity by detecting interference light which is a combination of the reference light and the measurement light outputted from the interference optical system. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159992 | Image Registration, Averaging, and Compounding for High Speed Extended Depth Optical Coherence Tomography - An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system including a source of broadband optical radiation and a beamsplitter coupled to the source is provided. The beamsplitter divides the source radiation into a reference path and a sample path. The reference path includes an optical switch to switch the reference path between a first path having a first reference reflector at a first reference optical path length and a second path having a second reference reflector at a second reference optical path length, different from the first reference optical path length. The system further includes a beam combiner that mixes source radiation reflected from a subject in the sample path with source radiation returned from the first reference reflector during a first time interval and the second reference reflector during a second time interval. A detection system detects a first wavelength dependent interferogram during the first time interval and a second wavelength dependent interferogram during the second time interval. A processor preconditions the first and second wavelength dependent interferograms; multiples the first preconditioned wavelength dependent interferogram and the second preconditioned wavelength dependent interferogram; and computes a first A-scan from the first wavelength dependent interferogram; a second A-scan from the second wavelength dependent interferogram; a spatial offset between the first and second A-scans derived from the multiplicative product of the preconditioned first and second wavelength dependent interferograms; and a combined A-scan from the first and second A-scans. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159993 | ACCESSORY FOR COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - An accessory for an articulated head of a tridimensional coordinate measuring machine, machine tool or programmable manipulator. The invention includes a light source that is applicable adjacent to the measure probe in order to light selectively the measure point. The accessory can include an image capture device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF OBJECTS IN A RADIATION ROOM FOR RADIATION THERAPY - A system and method for determining the position of objects in a radiation room for radiation therapy comprises several room lasers arranged in the radiation room, each of which is designed for patient positioning to project at least one laser line onto the surface of a patient located on a patient table in the radiation room. At least one camera detects at least one laser line projected onto the surface of the patient by at least one of the room lasers, and an evaluation and control apparatus determines the coordinate points along the laser line projected onto the surface of patient during a radiation procedure based on measurement values detected by the camera through a real-time triangulation process and compares them with target coordinate points. The coordinate points determined during the radiation procedure may be saved for documentation of the radiation procedure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159995 | Caliper sensor and method using mid-infrared interferometry - Non-contacting caliper measurements of free standing sheets such as porous polymer and paper detect mid-IR interferometric fringes created by the reflection of light from the top and bottom surfaces of the sheet. The technique includes directing a laser beam at a selected angle of incidence onto a single spot on the exposed outer surface wherein the laser beam comprises radiation having a wavelength in the 3-50 micron range and scanning the laser beam through a selected angle range as the laser beam is directed onto the exposed outer surface and measuring the intensity of an interference pattern that forms from the superposition of radiation that is reflected From the exposed outer surface and from the inner surface. Thickness can be extracted from the fringe separation in the interference pattern. Rotating and focusing elements ensure that the spot position on the sheet remains the same while varying the incident angle. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159996 | MEASURING METHOD OF UTILIZATION DEPTH OF ACTIVE MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery active material body is cut in a direction from a positive electrode to a negative electrode, a section is exposed, the section is smoothed, a Raman spectroscopic analysis is performed on the smooth section, and an utilization depth of active material of the lithium secondary battery active material body is measured. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159997 | WAVELENGTH-SELECTABLE COATING THICKNESS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Provided is an apparatus that measures a thickness of a coating by selecting a wavelength of a laser based on a color of the coating using a contactless method using a photoacoustic effect and an interferometer, the apparatus including a pulsed laser source to irradiate a pulsed laser beam toward the coating, a continuous wave (CW) laser source to irradiate a CW laser beam toward the coating, a detector to detect an optical interference signal corresponding to the CW laser beam, and a signal processor to process the optical interference signal to calculate a thickness of the coating. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159998 | HOLE-MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A NON-ROTATING CHROMATIC POINT SENSOR (CPS) PEN - A chromatic confocal point sensor (CPS) system and associated methods are provided for measuring holes. A CPS optical pen includes a beam dividing deflecting element that directs measurement light simultaneously along at least three directions to the interior surface of the hole. A CPS electronics portion comprises a light generator, a spectrometer, and a signal processor. In operation, the CPS pen directs measurement light to the interior surface along the at least three directions, and the spectrometer receives measurement light reflected from those directions back through the pen and provides a spectral intensity profile comprising spectral peak components corresponding to distances to the interior surface along those directions. The hole characteristic may be determined based at least partially on those distances. The CPS pen may be used as a probe on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The CPS pen does not require rotation in a hole to measure the hole. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159999 | CLEARANCE CHECK DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Clearance check devices, systems, and methods that can be used to indicate whether a proposed treatment plan will cause a collision between a patient/couch and a medical device, such as a linac, are described herein. Some devices and/or systems include an adjustable clearance member to account for the rotation of the medical device and a rotatable frame segment to account for the rotation of the patient or couch. Others include a frame segment that has an inner surface defining an arc that has a radius that is substantially equal to or less than an orbital radius of a centermost portion of a medical equipment component. Still others are disclosed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160000 | AUTOMATED LAYOUT AND POINT TRANSFER SYSTEM - A two-dimension layout system identifies points and their coordinates, and transfers identified points on a solid surface to other surfaces in a vertical direction. Two leveling laser light transmitters are used with a remote unit to control certain functions. The laser transmitters rotate about the azimuth, and emit vertical (plumb) laser planes. After being set up using benchmark points, the projected lines of the laser planes will intersect on the floor of a jobsite at any point of interest in a virtual floor plan, under control of a user with the remote unit. An “active target” can be used to more automatically create benchmarks. A laser distance meter can be installed on base units to automatically scan a room or a wall to determine certain key features. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160001 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR AND CONTROL SHEET CHARACTERISTICS ON A CREPING PROCESS - The invention embodies methods and apparatuses to monitor and control the characteristics of a creping process. The method involves measuring optical properties of various points along a creped paper sheet and converting those measurements into characteristic defining data. The invention allows for determining the magnitude and distribution of crepe structures and their frequency and distribution. This allows for the generation of information that is accurate and is much more reliable than the coarse guessing that is currently used in the industry. Feeding this information to papermaking process equipment can result in increases in both quality and efficiency in papermaking. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MACHINE VISION USING DIFFUSE STRUCTURED LIGHT - Systems for performing machine vision using diffuse structured light comprising: a linear diffuser having an axis of diffusion; a light source that projects an illumination pattern through the linear diffuser and onto a scene, wherein the illumination pattern has transiationai symmetry in a. direction of translation that is aligned with the axis of diffusion; and an image sensor that detects tight reflecting from the scene and that outputs signals corresponding to the detected light. Methods for performing machine vision using diffuse structured light comprising: projecting an illumination pattern from a light source through a linear diffuser and onto a scene, wherein the linear diffuser has an axis of diffusion and the illumination pattern has transiationai symmetry in a direction of translation that is aligned with the axis of diffusion; and detecting light reflecting from, the scene using an image sensor that outputs signals corresponding to the detected light. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160003 | DISTANCE DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE USING HOLOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES - According to one aspect, a distance determination system for a vehicle includes an apparatus for generating and displaying a pattern generated by a holographic encoded medium in operable communication with an actuator and in communication with an electromagnetic radiation source configured to produce coherent electromagnetic waves. The distance determination system also includes an imager and a distance determination module in communication with the imager. The imager is configured to acquire image data representative of a field of view from the vehicle. The distance determination module is configured to locate at least one feature of the pattern in the image data and determine an estimated distance between the vehicle and the at least one feature based at least in part on a known position of the apparatus, a known position of the imager, and a layout of the pattern. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160004 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DATA FOR MEASURING THE TWIST AND CONCAVITY OF AGRICULTURAL DISCS - The machine is used to automatically measure both the twist and concavity of agricultural discs with a high level of precision. Currently, in order to calculate such measurements, dial indicators are used to investigate whether twist and concavity variables are within pre-established tolerances. This conventional methodology is slow and imprecise. In order to measure twist and concavity according to the invention, the agricultural disc is rotated and data is recorded along the periphery of the disc using a laser measurement device, by means of which a previously recorded central reference point is also determined, by comparing the resulting values in terms of height. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160005 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - A lattice is projected multiple times from projectors (P | 2015-06-11 |
20150160006 | DERIVATION OF SEA ICE THICKNESS USING ISOSTACY AND UPWARD LOOKING SONAR PROFILES - A method for estimating a total thickness of sea ice floating in sea water having a sea water level includes obtaining a set of surface topographic data points of the sea ice representing elevation of those surface topographic data points with reference to a sea water level using a surface topography acquisition system, and estimating, using a processor, the total thickness of the sea ice above and below the sea water level using the elevation of each of the points. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160007 | LASER TRANSMITTING CIRCUIT, LASER RECEIVING CIRCUIT, DISTANCE CALCULATION CIRCUIT AND DEVICES THEREOF - The present invention provides a laser transmitting circuit, a laser receiving circuit, a distance calculation circuit and devices thereof. The laser transmitting circuit comprises an energy storage capacitor, a laser transmitting tube, an MOS switch circuit and an MOS switch driving circuit. The laser receiving circuit comprises a laser receiving tube, a first low-noise triode, a second low-noise triode and a low-noise wideband amplifier. The distance calculation circuit comprises a singlechip, a programmable logic circuit, a clock source and an echo identification circuit. The present invention further provides a low-voltage power circuit that provides a reverse polarity protection to an external power supply without additional diode connected in reverse polarity. According to the technical solutions provided by the present invention, the measurement range and precision of a semiconductor laser rangefinder can be improved effectively. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160008 | Post Level - A post level for determining the orientation of a structure that includes a pair of bubble vials that are secured within the level body in a manner such that, if either one of the bubble vials become broken or otherwise damaged, it can be easily replaced and the level need not be discarded. The body of the post level of the invention includes an upper portion, a lower portion having a first side having a slot, an intermediate portion and a rear surface having an outwardly extending locating shoulder for engaging the structure to be oriented. The post level also includes a bulls-eye level that is mounted on the intermediate portion of the level body and an elastomeric connector cord that is receivable within the slot of the first side of the body which enables the level to be removably secured to the structure being oriented. Additionally, the level includes a plurality of magnets that are connected to the level body for engagement with the structure to be oriented. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160009 | LASER RECEIVER USING A SMART DEVICE - A smart device is disclosed which contains a digital camera with an active electronic viewscreen that displays the detected image, in which the camera can sense laser light beams. The smart device has the capability receiving and executing an application program that allows the camera to be used as a grade elevation detector, in which the camera can sense a laser light beam that effectively forms a plane of laser light which defines an “on-grade” elevation for a jobsite. The user can determine this on-grade elevation by running the APP and viewing the display screen to find the (rotating or static) laser beam. An automated APP system can capture the on-grade elevation using a sequence of images that include a grade rod measurement paired with laser beam intensity detection images. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160010 | Magnetic Sensors and Electronic Compass Using the Same - A magnetic sensor and the electronic compass using the same are provided. The magnetic sensor is configured to sense magnetic components along each axis of a first reference coordinate system, and the first reference coordinate system is associated with the magnetic sensors. When a sensitivity of the magnetic sensor for an axis A of the first reference coordinate system is different from a sensitivity for another axis, the magnetic component Am along the axis A is corrected using the following equation: | 2015-06-11 |
20150160011 | DETECTION DEVICE, SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT - A detection device includes: a drive circuit that receives a feedback signal from a vibrator and drives the vibrator; a detection circuit that performs detection based on a signal from the vibrator and outputs detection data; and a digital signal processing unit that performs digital filtering for the detection data from the detection circuit. The digital signal processing unit performs band elimination filtering for attenuating a component of a detuning frequency Δf=|fd−fs| corresponding to a difference between a drive side resonance frequency fd and a detection side resonance frequency fs of the vibrator for the detection data. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160012 | DETECTION DEVICE, SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT - A detection device includes a drive circuit of a physical quantity transducer, a synchronization signal output circuit, and a detection circuit that performs detection of a physical quantity signal based on a physical quantity. The synchronization signal output circuit includes a delay locked loop (DLL) circuit that includes: a delay control circuit that outputs a delay control signal and a delay circuit that includes a plurality of delay units in which a delay time is controlled by the delay control signal; an adjustment circuit that includes at least one delay unit in which a delay time is controlled by the delay control signal, and outputs a signal obtained by delaying an input signal based on the output signal from the drive circuit to the DLL circuit; and an output circuit that outputs the synchronization signal based on multi-phase clock signals from the DLL circuit. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160013 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A positional change calculation processing unit | 2015-06-11 |
20150160014 | ROUTE MONITORING - A method of monitoring the location of a set of devices comprises the steps of providing route information to each device, detecting the location of each device, detecting that a first device has deviated from the predefined route information, and informing each other device in the set of devices that the first device has deviated from the predefined route information. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160015 | Accurate Mobile Context Detection At Low Sensor Cost - A mobile device includes a plurality of sensors, each with one or more costs associated with it. In order to reduce the cost associated with using the sensors to infer information about the device's current context, a sensor manager first collects readings from relatively low-cost sensors, and attempts to infer the device's context based on these readings. If the context cannot be unambiguously determined (within an acceptable degree of tolerance) using the low-cost sensor readings, the sensor manager activates one or more higher-cost sensors to identify the current context. In some instances, if the higher-cost sensor is still not adequate to determine the context, one or more even higher-cost sensors are activated. The weighting of the various costs associated with the sensors can be adjusted based on previous and/or predicted contexts. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160016 | OPTIMIZING MAP DATA BASED ON FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A mobile device includes a memory storing applications, a processor communicating with the memory and executing the applications, and a GPS tool cooperable with the processor and accessing geolocation data of the mobile device. The GPS tool identifies a commerce range for the mobile device. A user interface communicates with the processor, and a display is cooperable with the user interface and communicates with the processor. The applications include a map tool that is cooperable with the GPS tool and the processor such that the processor displays a map on the display at a zoom level that is determined based on the commerce range. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160017 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a signal weight with a control unit based on a feature extracted from a user activity; generating an activity model based on the signal weight for representing the feature as a positive weight or a negative weight depending on an activity type, a category of interest, or a combination thereof; classifying a user entry based on comparing the feature of the user entry to the feature represented in the activity model; and determining a user's intention based on the user entry classified for presenting a point of interest on a device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160018 | SENSOR-LESS INDOOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE - Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing navigation assistance are described herein. A navigation assistance request is received for commuting between the start waypoint and the destination waypoint. Based on the received request, the angle-orientation coordinates included in the angle-based navigation instruction are converted to direction-based navigation instructions. Finally, the direction-based navigation instructions are provided to a user. In one embodiment, the direction-based navigation instructions are stored in a directed weighted graph. The directed weighted graph may be used to determine navigation instructions for an intersection point. In one embodiment, crowdsourcing is used to collect the navigation instructions. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160019 | CONTROLLING IN-VEHICLE COMPUTING SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXTUAL DATA - Embodiments are disclosed for systems and methods for controlling operation of an in-vehicle computing system. In some embodiments, an in-vehicle computing system includes a processor, an external device interface communicatively coupleable to an extra-vehicle server, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to receive information from a navigation subsystem and one or more sensors of the vehicle. The information may include user information identifying one or more occupants of the vehicle with one or more accounts of a social media network. The instructions may also be executable to send the received information to the server, receive instructions from the server, and transmit control instructions to one or more vehicle systems based on the identified action. The instructions may identify an action to be performed based on the received information. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160020 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS GENERATING DRIVER WORKLOAD DATA - A method of determining data indicative of an individual driver workload is disclosed. The method involves obtaining a generic driver workload parameter, the generic driver workload data being based on data indicative of the behaviour of multiple drivers when performing a manoeuvre at a node or traversing a set of one or more segments of an electronic map. An individual modifier representative of the behaviour of an individual driver is generated and used to determine an individual driver workload parameter indicative of the workload of the individual driver when performing the manoeuvre at a node or traversing the one or more segments of an electronic map based on the generic driver workload data for performing the manoeuvre at the node or traversing the one or more segments of the electronic map. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160021 | Surface Vehicle Vertical Trajectory Planning - An active suspension system for a vehicle including elements for developing and executing a trajectory plan responsive to the path on which the vehicle is traveling. The system may include a location system for locating the vehicle, and a system for retrieving a road profile corresponding to the vehicle location. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160022 | NAVIGATIONAL SOUNDSCAPING - A vehicle includes a positioning system configured to determine a position. The vehicle includes a memory configured to store information associated with one or more landmarks. The information includes an audio icon associated with a landmark, and the landmark is located at a landmark location. The vehicle includes a processor configured to retrieve the audio icon based on the position and to render an audio signal based on the audio icon into a three-dimensional audio space within the vehicle. The vehicle further includes two or more transducers configured to output a spatial auditory sound in the three-dimensional audio space based on the audio signal. The spatial auditory sound enables perception of the landmark location relative to a location within the vehicle. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160023 | Personalized Traffic Alerts - Various aspects can be implemented to provide personalized traffic alerts. In general, one aspect can be a method that includes identifying, at a computing device, an area of interest associated with information request. The method also includes submitting to a remote computing system a request associated with the area of interest that does not identify the area of interest. The method further includes receiving, in response to the submitted request, a result corresponding to a super-area that is larger than, but includes, the area of interest. The method additionally includes identifying information within the result corresponding to the area of interest. Other implementations of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160024 | Ranking of Path Segments Based on Incident Probability - A route is selected based on the likelihood that an incident will occur while traveling on the route. An apparatus receives request for routing to a destination and identifies alternative routes to the destination. The apparatus selects a time interval based on a current time or another future time selected by a user. A comparison is performed for incident probabilities for the alternative routes and assigned to the time interval. The apparatus selects one of the alternative routes based on the incident probabilities. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160025 | GENERATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES - A method of generating routes in an area covered by an electronic map is described. The map comprises a plurality of segments representing navigable segments in the area covered by the electronic map, each segment being associated with jam probability data representative of a likelihood of a jam on the segment. The method involves generating a first route between an origin and a destination in the area, and generating at least one alternative route between the origin and destination using the jam probability data associated with the segments in the area. In embodiments jam and non-jam travel time data is used with the jam probability for a segment to obtain a measure of reliability of the segment under given traffic conditions, which is used to generate the alternate route(s). | 2015-06-11 |
20150160026 | GENERATING USER PREFERENCE ACTIVITY MAPS - Generating user preference activity maps is disclosed, including: collecting a plurality of user activities recorded by a plurality of GPS recording devices; determining a user preference map based at least in part on analyzing the plurality of user activities to aggregate user activity data associated with a base map; and determining one or more suggested routes between a user input first endpoint and a user input second endpoint based at least in part on the user preference map. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160027 | GENERATING ELEVATION DATA FOR MAPS - Generating elevation data for maps is disclosed, including: selecting a barometric data candidate user activity from a plurality of user activities that matches an edge; normalizing a recorded elevation corresponding to each of at least a subset of a plurality of data points associated with the selected barometric data candidate user activity based at least in part on obtained elevation data associated with the edge; storing the normalized recorded elevation corresponding to each of the at least subset of the plurality of data points associated with the barometric data candidate user activity as a set of elevation data associated with the edge in a user preference map; and using the set of elevation data associated with the edge in the user preference map to determine a suggested route based at least in part on a user input route preference associated with a desired route elevation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160028 | PRESENTING INFORMATION ON A MAP - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving user input specifying a location and a threshold time; determining, based on the specified location and the threshold time, a first reachable area, first transport hubs located within the first reachable area, and respective first shortest times for reaching the first transport hubs from the specified location; determining, for each of the first transport hubs, and based on the threshold time and the respective first shortest times, second transport hubs that are reachable from the specified location, and respective second shortest times for reaching the second transport hubs from the specified location; determining, for each of the second transport hubs, and based on the threshold time and the respective second shortest times, respective second reachable areas; determining a combined reachable area; and providing data describing the combined reachable area for display. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160029 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF SERVER - A portable communication terminal includes a current location/destination information acquirer that acquires current location information and destination information of a vehicle, a power source level information acquirer that acquires, from the vehicle, power source level information representing a remaining level of a power source, and a first transmitter that transmits the current location information, the destination information, and the power source level information to a server. A server includes a first receiver that receives, from the first transmitter, the current location information, the destination information, and the power source level information, an accumulator that accumulates past driving history information using the vehicle and a plurality of replenishment enable points representing positions where the power source of the vehicle can be replenished, a selector that selects, based on the current location information, the destination information, and the power source level information, which are received, and the accumulated driving history information, a replenishment point representing a position where the power source of the vehicle should be replenished from the plurality of replenishment enable points, and a second transmitter that transmits information about the selected replenishment point to the portable communication terminal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160030 | Method for identifying scenic routes - A method for the identification of scenic routes and production of navigation data, comprising; a road network model, digital elevation model, view-shed visibility polygons, environmental and temporal data. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160031 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANEUVER-LEVEL CONTEXTUAL FILTERS IN DIRECTIONS - In a general aspect, a method for modifying a geographic route from a starting location to a destination location can include, responsive to a search query, presenting a graphical user interface including a depiction of a route including a series plurality of sequential maneuvers from the starting location to the destination location, where at least one of the series plurality of sequential maneuvers is associated with one or more selectable visual attributes that correspond with static or real-time conditions. The method can also include, automatically retrieving a refined route upon a selection of a first selectable visual attribute of the one or more selectable visual attributes, the refined route having a maneuver of the plurality of sequential maneuvers corresponding with the first selectable visual attribute replaced with one or more different maneuvers and, upon automatically retrieving the refined route, presenting the refined route in the graphical user interface. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160032 | VEHICULAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a vehicle navigation system which senses pavement signs of arrow shape which indicates direction of a lane through a sensor in regards to route guidance to a destination, set by the driver and helps the driver to recognize accurate route and receive guidance by outputting warning message for the driver in the case of discrepancy between pavement signs and a suggested route to a destination and currently traveling road information. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160033 | EYE GAZE ENABLED NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system is configured to generate a sequence of driving instructions for directing a driver of a vehicle from a current location to a final destination. The navigation system is configured to capture sensor data that reflects the field of view of the driver and to identify objects in that field of view. The navigation system then customizes the driving instructions to reference specific objects, thereby generating context-specific driving instructions. The navigation system is also configured to identify particular objects upon which the driver is focused, and to generate context-specific driving instructions relative to such objects of focus. The navigation system may also provide correction information to the driver upon determining that the driver has incorrectly focused on a different object than an object referenced in a context-specific driving instruction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160034 | ROUTE GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD USING DRIVE LANE RECOGNITION - A route guidance apparatus includes a location information generator, a route configurer, a road lane configurer, a controller, and an output unit. The location information generator is configured to generate location information. The route configurer is configured to configure a drive route to a destination using the location information, map information, and traffic information. The road lane configurer is configured to photograph a drive lane on the drive route. The controller is configured to process data obtained from the road lane configurer and the route configurer. The output unit is configured to output guidance information of the drive lane. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160035 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CROWDS IN A LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEM - A method and computer system for detecting crowds in a location tracking system utilizes a grid and the pigeonhole principle to minimize an amount of hardware, memory and/or processing capability required in the location tracking system. In particular, an amount of storage required to determine whether a location update has resulted in a crowd grows only linearly, rather than quadratically, with the number of objects being tracked because a number of active grid points will be, at most, four times the number of objects being tracked. By determining whether an individual active grid point is within a crowd area, the computational time required for detecting a crowd within this crowd area is independent from the total number of objects being tracked. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160036 | ELECTRONIC MAP DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided are an electronic map distance measurement method and device. The electronic map distance measurement method includes: setting a distance measurement start point and a distance measurement end point, and attaching the distance measurement start point and the distance measurement end point to an electronic map road network respectively ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150160037 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING MAP INFORMATION - Disclosed are a method and system for providing map information by a terminal supporting a navigation function, and more particularly, variably displaying map information as a streaming image map or an embedded vector map according to a travel state in a route guide service. Accordingly, since the present invention variably supports two-type map information including the embedded vector map and the streaming image map in the navigation function, it is possible to use map information through the streaming image map when a detailed, clear image is needed, and it is possible to use a route guide service through the embedded vector map providing more accurate and general map information while moving. Also, it is possible to efficiently receive map information applied to a navigation function from a service device connected through a communication network and accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform the navigation function provided from a terminal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160038 | RENDERING OF UTILITIES, VALVES, INFORMATION AND UTILITY ASSETS INTO 360 DEGREE INTERACTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY - A photographic arrangement includes a camera capturing 360 degree or panoramic photographic images of a roadway as the camera is carried by a motor vehicle along the roadway. Locations of the vehicle are determined in association with the photographic images captured by the camera. An image processing circuit retrieves information about an asset associated with the roadway, the information including a location of the asset. The information is superimposed as text onto the photographic images. The text is disposed at respective positions within the photographic images. The positions are indicative of the location of the asset relative to the roadway. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160039 | AUTOMATED CALIBRATION OF A SURVEYING INSTRUMENT - The present invention provides a method for calibrating a geodetic instrument, an instrument and a computer program product thereof. In the method and geodetic instrument of the present invention, a value of at least one parameter affecting the measurements made by the instrument is detected and compared with a predetermined threshold. On the basis of the comparison between the detected value and the predetermined threshold, the instrument aims at a reference target and a calibration is performed using the reference target. The present invention is advantageous in that the accuracy and reliability of the measurements performed by the instrument are increased. Further, the present invention is advantageous in that the requirements on mechanical stability are reduced. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160040 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - In the present invention, a power monitoring unit ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150160041 | ENCODER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ENCORE SCALE MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ENCODER, AND DRIVING APPARATUS - An encoder includes a scale unit having a substrate configured of a metal material and in which a pattern is formed on a first surface of the substrate and a passive state member is formed on a second surface different from the first surface in the substrate, and a detection unit that is configured to move relative to the scale unit and detects the pattern. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160042 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO HIGH-RESOLUTION MULTI-TURN SENSORS - Devices and methods related to high-resolution multi-turn sensors. In some embodiments, a position sensing device can include a shaft having a longitudinal axis, and a first sensor having a magnet and a magnetic sensor. The magnet can be coupled to the shaft, and the magnetic sensor can be positioned relative to the magnet such that the first sensor allows measurement of an angular position of the magnet relative to the magnetic sensor to thereby allow determination of the corresponding angular position of the shaft within a given turn of the shaft. The position sensing device can further include a second sensor coupled to the shaft and configured to allow measurement of a turn-number of the shaft. The second sensor can include one or more of different types sensing functionalities to yield an output representative of the turn-number of the shaft. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160043 | High-Precision Angle Positioning Device - The present invention proposes a high-precision angle positioning device. To complete a high-precision angle positioning operation, the high-precision angle positioning device firstly uses a non-deformable laser-speckles image-acquiring unit to acquire N non-deformable laser-speckles images from a rotary disk unit, and then defines N coordinated non-deformable laser-speckles images and N coordinated angles through an angle calibrating unit and an angle recognizing and positioning unit; therefore, after finding an i-th coordinated non-deformable laser-speckles image having the largest overlapping area with an immediate non-deformable laser-speckles image through image comparison, an immediate image plane displacement between the immediate non-deformable laser-speckles image and the i-th coordinated non-deformable laser-speckles image can be calculated for calculating immediate sub-coordinated angle of immediate non-deformable laser-speckles image, such that an immediate angle coordinate for the immediate non-deformable laser-speckles image can be calculated through an i-th coordinated angle of the i-th coordinated non-deformable laser-speckles image and the immediate sub-coordinated angle. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160044 | MEASUREMENT METHOD AND ENCODER DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE METHOD AND DEVICE - There is provided an encoder device to measure a relative moving amount between a first and second members. The encoder device includes: a reflective-type diffraction grating on the first member; a light source unit to radiate a measuring light; a first optical member on the second member; a first and second reflecting units on the second member that cause first and third diffracted lights generated via diffraction of the measuring light and having orders different from each other to come into the diffraction grating respectively, and cause second and fourth diffracted lights generated via diffraction of the first and third diffracted lights respectively to come into the first optical member; photo-detectors configured to detect interference lights between two diffracted lights and other light beam respectively; and a measuring unit to obtain the relative moving amount by using detection signals from the photo-detectors. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160045 | Multi-channel rotary encoder - Method for operating a multi-channel rotary encoder comprising at least one printed circuit board on which one or a plurality of functional units ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150160046 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TIME VARIANT SIGNAL - A signal processing apparatus includes an adder and a weighting integrator. The adder receives a first input signal and an integrated signal, and generates a first output signal. The first output signal is obtained by subtracting the integrated signal from the first input signal. The weighting integrator receives the first output signal, and generates the integrated signal. The weighting integrator includes a weighting function generator, a multiplier, and an accumulator. The weighting function generator receives the first output signal. When the first output signal crosses a zero crossing point, the weighting function generator generates a weighting function. The multiplier performs a multiplication on the weighting function and the first output signal. The accumulator is connected to the multiplier for accumulating the product of the weighting function and the first output signal, thereby generating the integrated signal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160047 | ACOUSTIC DETECTOR - An acoustic detector provides a planar arrangement of microphones. A windshield is arranged over the microphones, with a view to reducing the impact of environmental effects. A void is therefore defined over the microphones, and the interior surface of the windshield, which defines the void, is shaped suitably to reduce the potential for acoustic waves propagating within the void to reflect back onto the microphones. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160048 | MODULAR SENSOR PLATFORM - Exemplary embodiments for reconfiguring a storage system comprise a modular sensor platform, comprising: a base module comprising, a display, a processor, a memory and a communication interface; a band removably coupled to the base module such that the band is replaceable with different types of bands; and a sensor module that collects data from a user, the sensor module in communication with the base module and removably coupled to the band such that the sensor module is replaceable with different types of sensor modules, the sensor module further comprising a plurality of sensor units that are removably coupled to the sensor module such that individual sensor units are replaceable with different types of sensor units. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160049 | GEOMETRIC ERROR IDENTIFICATION METHOD OF MULTI-AXIS MACHINE TOOL AND MULTI-AXIS MACHINE TOOL - A geometric error identification method of multi-axis machine tool includes a measuring step of indexing a position of a target ball mounted on one of a main spindle and a table into a plurality of angles around an rotation axis, and measuring the position of the target ball at respective indexed positions by using a touch probe mounted on the other one of the main spindle and the table, a geometric error calculation step of calculating a geometric error from the measured position of the target ball, an ellipse-expression calculation step of calculating an ellipse approximate expression by an arc trajectory measured by operating the rotation axis, and an error correcting step of calculating and correcting a scaling error of translation axes from the calculated ellipse approximate expression. | 2015-06-11 |
20150160050 | POSITION SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND POSITION SENSOR - In a position sensor manufacturing method for manufacturing a modulation-demodulation type position detecting system provided with a signal processing circuit including an excitation signal generating section for generating an excitation signal to be supplied to a position detecting section and a synchronous detection section for demodulating a sensor output signal from the position detecting section by synchronous detection, a sensor output measuring unit is used to measure the sensor output signal, and an excitation signal to be generated by a D/A convertor of the excitation signal generating section is corrected based on data obtained from a switching signal used to sample the sensor output signal and the sensor output measuring unit to correct a synchronous deviation between the switching signal and the sensor output signal. | 2015-06-11 |