33rd week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220260369 | Level with Digital Display - A tool, such as a digital level, includes displays on top and side surfaces of the level. The top surface display provides an additional visual means to communicate the orientation of the level by emitting any of several visual signals. A processor in the level determines a measured orientation of the level and sends a communication signal to the top surface display to emit a selected visual signal based on the measured orientation. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260370 | Level Including Removable End Caps - A level includes a frame supporting a plurality of vials and having an aperture disposed on an end of the level. The level also includes an end cap assembly detachably coupled to the end of the frame. The end cap assembly includes an end cap and a retainer. A portion of the end cap is received in the aperture and is maintained in engagement with the frame by the retainer. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260371 | REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SHALLOW DEPTHS IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT MEDIA - Through discrimination of the scattered signal polarization state, a lidar system measures a distance through semi-transparent media by the reception of single or multiple scattered signals from a scattering medium. Combined and overlapped single or multiple scattered light signals from the medium can be separated by exploiting varying polarization characteristics. This removes the traditional laser and detector pulse width limitations that determine the system's operational bandwidth, translating relative depth measurements into the conditions of two surface timing measurements and achieving sub-pulse width resolution. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260372 | ANGULAR RATE SENSOR WITH CENTRALLY POSITIONED COUPLING STRUCTURES - An angular rate sensor includes first, second, third, and fourth proof masses spaced apart from a surface of a substrate, each of the first, second, third, and fourth proof masses being configured to move along first and second transverse axes parallel to the surface of the substrate. A first coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the first and second proof masses. A second coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the second and third proof masses. A third coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the third and fourth proof masses. A fourth coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the fourth and first proof masses. The first, second, third, and fourth coupling structures are configured to constrain an in-phase motion of adjacent ones of the first, second, third, and fourth proof masses along the first and second transverse axes. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260373 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR INTEGRATED PHOTONICS OPTICAL GYROSCOPES - The present disclosure relates to system-level integration of lasers, electronics, integrated photonics-based optical components and a rotation sensing element, which can be a fiber coil or a sensing coil/micro-resonator ring on a sensing chip. Novel waveguide design on the integrated photonics chip, acting as a front-end chip, ensures precise detection of phase change in the fiber coil or the sensing chip, where the sending chip is coupled to the front end chip. Electrical and/or thermal phase modulators are integrated with the integrated photonics chip. Additionally, implant regions are introduced around the waveguides and other optical components to block unwanted/stray light into the waveguides and optical signal leaking out of the waveguide. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260374 | Calculating Vehicle States of a Vehicle System for Lane Centering - A system includes an inertial navigation system module (INS module) that detects vehicle yaw rates and vehicle lateral speeds, a controller circuit communicatively coupled with the INS module. The controller circuit determines a tire cornering stiffness (C | 2022-08-18 |
20220260375 | SENSOR PACKAGE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DATA COLLECTION - A sensor package and associated method provides roadside sensor-based data. The sensor package includes a controller, a network access device for remote communications, GNSS receiver, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and environment sensors. The controller operates under software control and communicates with the other sensor package devices to: collect environment sensor data using the sensors; receive GNSS signals indicating current sensor package location; obtain IMU data; determine position/orientation data that includes position data and orientation data based on the orientation data is based on the IMU data; and send the environment sensor data and the position/orientation data of the sensor package to an external device using the network access device. The environment sensor data includes at least one sensor data frame, and the sensor data frame is matched with position/orientation data based on a time associated with collecting the sensor data frame and the position/orientation data. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RIDESHARE MATCHING BASED ON LOCALITY SENSITIVE HASHING - A system for rideshare matching using locality sensitive hashing is disclosed, including at least one rider device and at least one driver device in operable connection with a network. A rideshare application is in operable communication with the network and configured for matching a driver to a rider within a match pool via an artificial intelligence engine operating a locality sensitive hashing module. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260377 | ROUTE COORDINATION AND NAVIGATION BASED ON USER PROXIMITY TO POINTS OF INTEREST - A system receives sensor data from computing devices of passengers riding in an autonomous vehicle (AV). Based on the sensor data, the system can determine a position of each of the passengers within the AV. The system determines a next passenger to be picked up by the AV. Based at least in part on the position of each of the passengers within the AV, the system can (i) select a pickup location for the next passenger, and (ii) determine a route for the AV based on the pickup location such that an open seat within the AV is adjacent to the next passenger when the AV arrives at the pickup location for the next passenger. The system can transmit data corresponding to the route to enable the AV to update a current route in order to facilitate a rendezvous with the passenger at the pickup location. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260378 | Methods and Apparatus for Electric Vehicle Route Planning - A system may identify potential routes between a starting location and a destination for travel by an electric vehicle. The system may use data to assess the feasible and/or desirable of each route for the electric vehicle. Data for assessing a route may include the load weight and/or gross weight of the electric vehicle and/or a trailer pulled by the electric vehicle. The information used to assess a route may further include road gradient, altitude, battery range, data collected by the electric vehicle on a previous trip along the route, geographic, road condition and/or atmospheric condition information. A result of assessment may include the amount of energy used or the time spent to travel a route. The system may select the route for travel or provide potential routes with the results of assessment to a driver for selection. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260379 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining a Likelihood of Successful Transmission of Data from a Mobile Vehicle - A mobile vehicle may physically transport and subsequently wirelessly transmit data to remote equipment. Prior to transmitting the data, the mobile vehicle may identify road in range segments (“RIRSs”) to determine the likelihood that the transmission will be successful. RIRSs are the portions of the road traveled by the mobile vehicle in the proximity of the remote equipment where the mobile vehicle and the remote equipment can wirelessly communicate with each other. An RIRS is established where the transmission range of mobile vehicle overlaps the remote equipment and the transmission range of the remote equipment overlaps the road where the mobile vehicle travels. The distance of the RIRS may be used to determine a likelihood that the transmission will be successful. The mobile vehicle wirelessly transmits the data if the transmission will likely be successful. A probability factor may be applied to determine the likelihood of successful transmission. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260380 | System and Method for Estimating and Predicting Vehicle Trip Energy Consumption - A system for estimating or predicting energy consumption for a trip of a personal vehicle includes a user facing portion and a back-end portion. The user facing portion includes a display and a user interface hosting a real-time application configured to receive travel information and present a received energy distribution via the display. The back-end portion includes a back-end database and an energy processor configured to access the back-end database. The energy processor includes a demand model module configured to produce a set of possible velocity histories and a set of possible ambient temperatures. A vehicle model module is configured to receive the velocity histories and ambient temperatures to provide the energy distribution or a probabilistic prediction of future energy consumption to the user facing portion. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260381 | PREDICTING TERRAIN TRAVERSABILITY FOR A VEHICLE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to generating and utilizing three-dimensional terrain maps for vehicular control. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260382 | Method and System for Providing a Navigational Instruction for a Route From a Current Location of a Mobile Unit to a Target Position - A method for providing a navigational instruction for a route from a current location of a mobile unit to a target position is disclosed. Location environmental data are detected in a first detection region by means of the mobile unit. Reference environmental data are detected in a second detection region. Based on the location environmental data and the reference environmental data, at least one common environmental feature is determined, wherein the common environmental feature is arranged both in the first detection region and in the second detection region. A relative arrangement of the mobile unit relative to the target position is determined and the navigational instruction is generated and output based on the relative arrangement. A system for providing a navigational instruction for a route from a current location of a mobile unit to a target position comprises a mobile detection unit, a reference detection unit, and a processing unit. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260383 | WALKING ROUTE DETERMINATION DEVICE, WALKING ROUTE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND WALKING ROUTE DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A link combination extraction unit ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220260384 | PRIORITIZING COLLECTING OF INFORMATION FOR A MAP - A host map system for updating a region of a host map based on sensor data received from a plurality of connected vehicles travelling in the region comprises monitoring a host map region for discrepancies, defining a geo-fence around an area of a discrepancy and setting a schedule for activing the geo-fence. When a connected vehicle enters the geo-fence, the host mapping system transmits the geo-fence to the connected vehicle and requests that it share its sensor data while travelling in the geo-fenced area. The host mapping system receives the sensor data and processes the data to update details of the host map. The host mapping system may transmit the updated map to connected vehicles travelling in the map region. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING NAVIGATION DESTINATIONS OF VEHICLES - A system for prioritizing navigation destinations of vehicles. The system includes a communication unit adapted to receive at least one navigation request from a vehicle computing unit, the at least one navigation request being assigned at least one piece of vehicle information and/or piece of driver information, an offer server on which a plurality of offers are stored. A plurality of offer parameters comprise an offer location associated with each offer. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260386 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - An object is to reduce the data size of surrounding environment information to be stored. A vehicle control device that includes a processor, a first storage unit, and a second storage unit, and stores route information to a target point, the vehicle control device including: an input device that acquires route information of a vehicle and surrounding environment information around the vehicle; and a short-term storage information processing unit that stores the route information and the surrounding environment information acquired while the vehicle is traveling into the first storage unit as short-term storage information, in which the short-term storage information processing unit calculates a feature degree of the surrounding environment information when storing the route information, and temporarily stores the surrounding environment information in which the feature degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined value into the first storage unit as the short-term storage information. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260387 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPHYLACTIC MITIGATION OF VEHICLE IMPACT DAMAGE - A computing system for modelling momentum of vehicles inbound to a target location is described. The computing system includes a location engine for entering location data for the target location; a pathway engine configured to receive the location data and configured to develop vehicle pathway data for a plurality of suitable vehicle pathways from adjacent areas to the target location; a modelling engine configured to model vehicle momentum vector data for vehicles travelling along the vehicle pathways; a display engine for displaying the results of the modelling engine There is also described a method of modelling momentum of vehicles inbound to a target location, the method including the steps of: receiving location data into a computer processing system, which relates to a target location relevant to vehicle travel; generating pathway data in a computer processing system, relating to one or more vehicle pathways to the target location from adjacent areas, generating modelling data in a computer processing system relating to momentum of vehicles travelling along the one or more pathways to the target location; displaying on a computing device the output of the modelling data. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260388 | Driving Analysis Based on Movement Data - One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data, and determine driving trips associated driving data based on the received movement data. Movement data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and the like. One or more driving trips may be identified based on the movement data collected by the mobile devices, including acceleration data, speed data, and rotation rate data. After identifying a driving trip, the previously collected movement data and/or additional driving data may be analyzed to determine additional driving trip data, such as the driver, vehicle, and/or additional driving factors. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260389 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Generating Real-Time Activity Data Updates to Display Devices - Methods, systems and devices are provided for displaying monitored activity data in substantial real-time on a screen of a computing device. One example method includes capturing motion data associated with activity of a user via an activity tracking device. The motion data is quantified into a plurality of metrics associated with the activity of the user. The method includes connecting the activity tracking device with a computing device over a wireless data connection, and sending motion data from the activity tracking device to the computing device for display of one or more of the plurality of metrics on a graphical user interface of the computing device. At least one of the plurality of metrics displayed on the graphical user interface is shown to change in substantial real-time based on the motion data. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260390 | Signaling Device - A signaling device which generates a selection signal via an analog selection device for choosing a signal range, and a range scale for displaying the signal range chosen by the analog selection device, wherein the range scale includes setting ranges and a transition range, where one setting range of the setting ranges is arranged in an alternating manner with the transition range along the range scale, and the analog selection device is arranged such that selection of a setting range or a transition range along the range scale is selected and the analog selection device defines an analog selection value, and the signaling device additionally detects the analog selection value aided by the selection signal and checks whether this value corresponds to a value allocated to a transition range, and if so, outputs a signal via a signaler. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE UTILITY METER COMMUNICATIONS - A method for managing communications within a network comprising utility meters, each associated and connected to at least one utility management center through at least one intermediate data concentrator. A message is sent by a utility meter to the destination data concentrator. This message includes metering data measurement reported by said utility meter, its utility meter identifier, the destination data concentrator identifier and the management center identifier. Then, on the basis of several metering data measurements, a metering counter differential consumption value is calculated by difference of two metering counter consumption indexes measured by the utility meter within a time period interval. Then, a report containing at least the metering counter differential consumption value is sent from the destination data concentrator towards the utility management center to which said utility meter is associated. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260392 | ELECTRODYNAMIC POSITION TRANSDUCER - An electrodynamic position transducer has a casing in which a membrane is clamped, the membrane with a portion of the casing defining at least one chamber of variable volume, a coil having at least one conductive track formed on a coil support, and an interaction element configured to interact magnetically with the coil as a result of a movement of the membrane, in such a way that self-inductance of the coil is variable depending on a relative position of the interaction element with respect to the coil. A circuit, coupled to the coil, provides electrical signals, a parameter of the electrical signals being indicative of the self-inductance of the coil. A hole or recess is formed in the coil support and is configured to receive the interaction element in such a way that one end of the interaction element is positionable flush with or beyond a turn of the coil. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260393 | METHOD FOR UPDATING CAPACITANCE REFERENCE, CHIP, AND CAPACITANCE DETECTION APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for updating a capacitance reference, which includes: determining, based on an n-th frame of raw capacitance data and an (n−M)-th frame of raw capacitance data outputted from the capacitance detection apparatus, a feature value corresponding to the n-th frame of raw capacitance data; computing a difference value between the n-th frame of raw capacitance data and a reference value corresponding to an (n−1)-th frame of raw capacitance data outputted from the capacitance detection apparatus, to obtain a capacitance variation; and determining, when the feature value corresponding to the n-th frame of raw capacitance data is less than a first threshold Thr | 2022-08-18 |
20220260394 | PHASE DEMODULATION BY FREQUENCY CHIRPING IN COHERENCE MICROWAVE PHOTONIC INTERFEROMETRY - Systems and methods of signal processing for sensors are disclosed. Signal processing methods and systems demodulate the optical interference phase of cascaded individual optical fiber intrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors in a coherent microwave-photonic interferometry distributed sensing system. The chirp effect of an electro-optic modulator (EOM) is used to create a quasi-quadrature optical interference phase shift between two adjacent pulses which correspond to two adjacent reflection points in the time domain. The phase shift can be controlled by adjusting the bias voltage that is applied to the EOM. The interference phase is calculated by elliptically fitting the phase shift. The interference phase change is proportional to the optical path difference (OPD) change of the interferometer, and the sign can be used to differentiate the increase or decrease of the OPD. The approach shows good linearity, high resolution, and large dynamic range for distributed strain sensing. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260395 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING STORAGE CONDITIONS WITHIN 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. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260396 | MEASURING DEVICE WITH POSITION SENSOR - A measuring device is provided for determining a filling level, a limit level, a pressure, or a flow rate of a material to be measured, including: a main body configured to be disposed above the material to be measured; a measuring body configured to be disposed below the main body, the measuring body including a sensor element configured to detect a measurement signal, and a position sensor configured to detect a position of the measuring body, the main body and the measuring body being formed separately from one another and being coupled to one another; and an evaluation device configured to evaluate the measurement signal detected by the sensor element and/or to evaluate the position of the measuring body. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260397 | SENSOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SENSOR PACKAGE - A sensor package including a metal carrier and a sensor chip arranged on the metal carrier and having a first sensor element. In an orthogonal projection of the sensor chip onto a surface of the metal carrier, at least two edge sections of the sensor chip are free of overlap with the surface of the metal carrier. The sensor chip is designed to detect a magnetic field induced by an electric current flowing through a current conductor. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260398 | Magnetic Encoder Calibration - A method for calibrating a position measurement system includes receiving measurement data from the position measurement system and determining that the measurement data includes periodic distortion data. The position measurement system includes a nonius track and a master track. The method also includes modifying the measurement data by decomposing the periodic distortion data into periodic components and removing the periodic components from the measurement data. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260399 | VAPORIZER FLOW DETECTION - A vaporizer ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220260400 | VIBRONIC MULTISENSOR - A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a pressure detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a pressure, and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable of the medium. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260401 | INLINE TRANSDUCER HOUSING ASSEMBLY - An inline transducer meter body can be fabricated by 3D moulding via use of a liquid cooled moving core and include a channel that can accept a separate core to enable formation of a port to accept a sensor assembly and a notch to help stabilize the sensor assembly in alignment with fluid flow. The inline transducer meter body can include a circular shelf adapted to receive a transducer assembly that interfaces in a complimentary manner with a circular ledge of a circular head section of the transducer assembly, a portal formed between the circular shelf and an inner surface of the housing adapted to interface in a complimentary manner with an alignment section of the transducer, and a notch formed in the inner surface of the flow tube opposite the portal to interface with a positioner formed on and extending from a transducer holder operating to secure the transducer holder flow alignment. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260402 | REDUCED LENGTH VALVE ASSEMBLY WITH ULTRASONIC FLOW SENSOR - A system for controlling a flow rate of a fluid through a valve includes a controller. The controller is configured to receive a raw flow rate measurement from a flow rate sensor assembly configured to measure the flow rate. The controller is further configured to apply a flow rate measurement filter to the raw flow rate measurement to generate a filtered flow rate measurement. The controller is further configured to control actuation of an actuator configured to change the flow rate using the filtered flow rate measurement. The controller is configured to automatically adjust the flow rate measurement filter in response to detecting an event that causes stoppage of the actuation of the actuator. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260403 | CORIOLIS MEASURING SENSOR AND CORIOLIS MEASURING DEVICE HAVING A CORIOLIS MEASURING SENSOR - A Coriolis measuring sensor of a Coriolis measuring device includes: at least a pair of measuring tubes; a support body; at least one exciter; and at least two electromagnetic sensors per pair of measuring tubes, wherein the electromagnetic sensors are configured to mask interference magnetic fields and to detect local inhomogeneous magnetic fields generated by magnet devices of the sensor according to a winding direction and/or an interconnection configuration of coils of the magnet devices. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260404 | INTEGRATED CONTAINER LID AND MEASURING APPARATUS - An integrated lid and measuring apparatus that is configured to be releasably secured to an opening of a container wherein the present invention provides a technique of transferring liquid from the container and provide measuring thereof. The integrated lid and measuring apparatus includes a lid portion and a measuring portion that are integrally formed utilizing a suitable technique. The measuring portion is superposed the lid portion. The lid portion is configured to secure to an opening of a container in two alternate manners. The lid portion includes an inner sealing member that has a siphon member sealably connected therewith that extends into the interior volume of the container. The measuring portion has a body having six walls wherein each wall has a view window formed therein. Adjacent each view window is measuring indicia wherein the present invention has different measuring indicia adjacent each view window. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260405 | DOUBLE-SIDED MEASURING SCOOP - A double-sided measuring scoop is provided. The double-sided measuring scoop includes a cylindrical member having a cylindrical sidewall and a substantially planar disc-shaped member positioned within the cylindrical member. The disc-shaped member divides the cylindrical member into a first scoop portion having a first volume, and a second scoop portion having a second volume, where the first volume is larger than the second volume. The double-sided measuring scoop also includes a handle coupled to the cylindrical sidewall at a location directly opposite the disc-shaped member. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260406 | RADAR LEVEL GAUGE WITH ELASTIC SYSTEM - A radar level gauge system for determining a topographic property of a product, comprising a transceiver; a signal transfer element coupled to the transceiver and configured to emit an electromagnetic transmit signal from the transceiver in an emission direction; a propagating member for propagating the transmit signal towards the surface of the product and a reflection signal back towards the transceiver, the propagating member being movably arranged in relation to the signal transfer element and configured to deflect the transmit signal; an elastic system coupled to the signal transfer element and to the propagating member, and arranged to define at least one property of an oscillating movement of the propagating member in relation to the signal transfer element; an actuator arranged to initiate the oscillating movement; and processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver for determining the topographic property based on the transmit signal and the reflection signal. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260407 | Monitoring Device - A device for attaching to a container for storing a fluid, wherein the device comprises one or more sensors for measuring a parameter of the fluid or the container, and wherein the device has a flexible outer construction for conforming to curvature of an upper or lower rim of a container having a substantially cylindrical or barrel shape. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260408 | AUTOMATED SPLITTING OF A FLUID - A system for splitting a fluid includes a source support configured to support a source container of a fluid flow circuit and at least one satellite support, with each satellite support configured to support a different satellite container fluidly connected to the source container. A weight scale is associated with each of the supports. The system also includes a clamp system and a controller. The controller is configured to control each weight scale to measure a combined weight of the container and the contents of the container supported by the support associated with the weight scale. The controller is configured to control the clamp system to selectively allow and prevent fluid flow from the source container to each satellite container based at least in part upon the weights measured by each weight scale. Fluid flow continues until the contents of each container have reached a target volume. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260409 | Weigh Platter Assembly with Off-Platter Detection - A weigh platter assembly includes a weigh platter having a proximal edge and a lateral edge and an off-platter detection assembly. The off-platter detection assembly has an assembly field-of-view (field-of-view) extending from the proximal edge and constrained to have an assembly central field-of-view axis substantially parallel to the lateral edge and at least one lateral boundary substantially adjacent to the lateral edge. A light emission assembly has a light source and emits a light away from the proximal edge. A light detection assembly has a light sensor and detects at least a portion of the light reflected towards the proximal edge. A controller allows the measured weight to be recorded in response to a first value from the light detection assembly and prevents the measured weight from being recorded and/or provides an alert in response to a second value from the light detection assembly. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260410 | METHOD OF WEIGHING USING OBJECT RECOGNITION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method of weighing using a scale ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220260411 | Weigh Platter Assembly with Parallax Based Off-Platter Detection - A weigh platter assembly includes a weigh platter and a parallax based off-platter detection assembly having a light emission assembly, a light detection assembly, and a controller. The light emission assembly has a light source to emit a light beam along a lateral edge of the weigh platter. The light detection assembly detects at least a portion of the light beam reflected from an object extending across the light beam and includes a sensor offset from the light source and an aperture positioned in front of the sensor and configured to limit a field of view of the sensor along the lateral edge between proximal and distal edges of the weigh platter. The controller is configured to provide a first signal in response to a first value received from the sensor and to provide a second signal, different from the first signal, in response to a second value. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260412 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES ACTIVE IN AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A method and apparatus for estimating electromagnetic forces active in an electric machine. The method includes the steps of: measuring at least one first operation parameter of the electric machine while the electric machine is operated under at least one operational condition, and estimating electromagnetic forces active in an electric machine during operation of the electric machine by multiplying the measured at least one first operation parameter and a respective second operation parameter provided by a stored structural/vibro-acoustic model. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260413 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING OPTICAL PULSES - The present invention relates to an optical pulse detection device, the device comprising a sensor having a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising:
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20220260414 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING AMBIENT LIGHT ILLUMINANCE AND FOR COMPUTING CORRECTION COEFFICIENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for detecting an ambient light illuminance and for computing a correction coefficient, and an electronic device. The method for detecting an ambient light illuminance includes: filtering ambient light based on a monochromatic channel, such that a quantum effect curve of the filtered light matches a spectral luminous efficiency curve; and performing photoelectric detection on the filtered light to obtain an illuminance level of the ambient light. In solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the photoelectric detection may be equivalent to obtaining an illuminance level of light by convolutional computation based on a spectral luminous efficiency curve, and therefore, when a quantum effect curve for a monochromatic waveband obtained by filtering ambient light based on a monochromatic channel matches the spectral luminous efficiency curve, a reliable spectral luminous efficiency curve can be obtained with a small computing workload. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260415 | DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING A LIGHT SOURCE - The present invention relates to a device for classifying a light source, comprising:
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20220260416 | OPTICAL SWITCHABLE SYSTEM AND DEVICE - An apparatus includes a photodetector and a memristor coupled to the photodetector. The photodetector is configured to receive and convert optical signals to electrical signals to program the memristor to an on or off state. The apparatus further includes a ring resonator coupled to the memristor and configured to modulate light based on the on or off state of the memristor. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260417 | OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE - An optical sensing device is disclosed. The optical sensing device includes a sensing pixel, a driving circuit and a first light shielding layer. The sensing pixel includes a sensing circuit and a sensing element electrically connected to the sensing circuit. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the sensing circuit. The first light shielding layer includes at least one first opening corresponding to the sensing element, and the first light shielding layer is overlapped with the driving circuit in a top-view direction of the optical sensing device. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260418 | Low Noise Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy Apparatus and Method - Noise in cavity enhanced spectroscopy due to higher order mode excitation in a resonant cavity is reduced. There are two main points. The first point is that the source and detector are both fiber coupled, to provide the spatial filtering and other general advantages of fiber coupling. The second point is that the cavity is designed to ensure sufficient separation in frequency between the desired TEM | 2022-08-18 |
20220260419 | INTEGRATED EVANESCENT WAVE SPECTRAL SENSING DEVICE - Aspects relate to an integrated and compact attenuated total internal reflection (ATR) spectral sensing device. The spectral sensing device includes a substrate, a spectrometer, and a detector. The substrate includes an ATR element, a microfluidic channel, and a channel interface at a boundary between the ATR element and the microfluidic channel formed therein. The ATR element is configured to receive input light and to direct the input light to the channel interface for total internal reflection of the input light at the channel interface. An evanescent wave produced by a sample contained within the microfluidic channel based on the total internal reflection of the input light attenuates the light output from the ATR element and the resulting output light may be analyzed using the spectrometer and the detector. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260420 | Method For Determining A Tooth Colour - A method for determining a tooth colour providing an evaluation device having an iterative learning algorithm using CNNs which captures and evaluates images under different light conditions and capture angles and learns the assignment to the applicable pattern tooth colour. In an evaluation step, a capture device is provided with which an image of an auxiliary body with a previously known pattern tooth colour is captured together with at least one tooth. The capture device acquires at least two images of the combination of the tooth to be determined and the auxiliary body from different capture angles and forwards them to the evaluation device. The evaluation device, based on the assignment learned to the applicable sample tooth colour, evaluates the captured images and outputs the tooth colour of the tooth to be determined according to a reference value, such as a common tooth key, e.g. A1, B2, etc. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260421 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, OPTICAL HEATING METHOD, AND OPTICAL HEATING DEVICE - A temperature measurement method comprises a step (A) of lighting a light source part to irradiate a substrate to be treated that is an object to be heated with light for heating, the light source part including a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements that emits light having a main emission wavelength range of 0.3 μm or more and less than 0.5 μm; a step (B) of turning off the light source part after the step (A); a step (C) of maintaining an unlit state of the light source part after the step (B); and a step (D) of measuring, during the step (C), a temperature of the substrate to be treated through observation of light emitted from the substrate to be treated using a thermometer having a sensitivity wavelength range different from the main emission wavelength range of light emitted from the light source part. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260422 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE, IN PARTICULAR A FALL OF A PERSON - Disclosed is a device for detecting the fall of a person, comprising at least one matrix thermal sensor ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220260423 | Optical probe with high stability for measurement of radiation information of turbine disks - An optical probe with high stability for measurement of radiation information of a turbine disk of an aeroengine includes a one-piece outer casing, a pressing ring, a sapphire window piece, an inner spacer, an outer spacer, a lens, first fixing nuts, second fixing nuts, fixing ropes and fixing screws. The one-piece outer casing is made from GH3044 solid solution strengthened nickel-based antioxidant alloy. An interior of the probe is divided into eight parts, which are as follows from a proximal hot end to a right end of the probe in sequence: a pressing ring chamber, a cold air vent, a sapphire window piece chamber, an outer spacer fixing chamber, a lens chamber, a beam chamber, a beam focusing chamber, and an optical fiber chamber. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260424 | DESIGN, TEST, AND OPERATION OF A SMALL THERMAL IMAGING CORE - An ultra-small thermal imaging core, or micro-core. The design of the micro-core may include substrates for mounting optics and electronic connectors that are thermally matched to the imaging Focal Plane Array (FPA). Test fixtures for test and adjustment that allow for operation and image acquisition of multiple cores may also be provided. Tooling may be included to position the optics to set the core focus, either by moving the lens and lens holder as one or by pushing and/or pulling the lens against a lens positioning element within the lens holder, while observing a scene. Test procedures and fixtures that allow for full temperature calibration of each individual core, as well as providing data useful for uniformity correction during operation may also be included as part of the test and manufacture of the core. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260425 | ULTRAFAST IMAGING SYSTEM WITHOUT ACTIVE PIXEL RESET - A bolometric imaging system is disclosed which includes an array of nano-pixels, each including an optical stack, each including an absorptive layer where incident radiation is converted to heat which simultaneously acts as a first electrode layer vertically disposed adjacent the Free Layer, a fixed magnetic polarity layer (Fixed Layer) in a first magnetic direction, a barrier layer vertically disposed adjacent to the Fixed Layer, a selective magnetic polarity layer (Free Layer) vertically disposed adjacent to the barrier layer, a second electrode layer vertically disposed adjacent the Fixed Layer. Photons absorbed by the optical stack are converted into heat to thereby switch magnetic polarity in the Free Layer. The switch in polarity does not require the stack to be reset to a neutral state prior to such switching. Each nano-pixel output is a digital signal generated by photons above a pre-determined energy threshold. The system further includes a readout circuit. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260426 | SNAPSHOT INFRARED SENSOR - An infrared sensor includes an assembly of pixels juxtaposed in rows and in columns, each pixel integrating an imaging microbolometer and an integrator assembly. The integrator assembly includes a transistor assembled as an amplifier, and a capacitor assembled in feedback on the transistor between an output node and an integration node. The integration node is connected to a skimming transistor operating as a current mirror with a skimming control transistor offset outside of the pixel. A skimming current flowing through the skimming control transistor is controlled according to the temperature of at least one thermalized microbolometer. The current mirror assembly enables to transmit the skimming current flowing through said skimming control transistor onto the integration node so that the capacitor integrates the difference between a current flowing through the imaging microbolometer and the skimming current. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260427 | Method and System utilizing absolute velocity to improve the performance of electromagnetic devices - The method and system utilized the measurement of the “absolute” velocities or equivalent parameters of the electromagnetic devices and objects, which are defined as the velocities relative to the real origin of the electromagnetic wave, to accurately picture their impacts on the propagation and measurement of the electromagnetic wave and compensate for these impacts correspondingly. The comprehensive information of the “absolute” velocities, including both the measured values and the calculated right timings, is utilized to calibrate and control the electromagnetic device and calculate the results to improve performance and accuracy. The method and system include the absolute velocity measurement, the calibration and control of the device, and the computation of the right timings and results. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260428 | Increasing the Measurement Precision of Optical Instrumentation using Kalman-Type Filters - In a general aspect, a method is presented for increasing the measurement precision of an optical instrument. The method includes determining, based on optical data and environmental data, a measured value of an optical property measured by the optical instrument. The optical instrument includes an optical path and a sensor configured to measure an environmental parameter. The method also includes determining a predicted value of the optical property based on a model representing time evolution of the optical instrument. The method additionally includes calculating an effective value of the optical property based on the measured value, the predicted value, and a Kalman gain. The Kalman gain is based on respective uncertainties in the measured and predicted values and defines a relative weighting of the measured and predicted values in the effective value. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260429 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - To provide a temperature measurement system, which is capable of preventing distortion that occurs in a temperature measurement object from being transmitted to an optical fiber, and improving responsiveness of heat transfer from the temperature measurement object to the optical fiber. The temperature measurement system includes: a temperature measurement object; an optical fiber provided on the temperature measurement object; an intermediate material provided on the optical fiber; and a pressing jig which is provided on the temperature measurement object, and is configured to press the optical fiber against the temperature measurement object through intermediation of the intermediate material, wherein the optical fiber is expandable and contractible in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber due to a change in a temperature of the optical fiber with respect to the temperature measurement object and the intermediate material. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260430 | OPTIMIZED THERMOCOUPLE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optimized thermocouple system and a method of optimizing a thermocouple system having a plurality of thermocouple probes and a junction box is provided and includes examining the thermocouple system to identify a first thermocouple probe of the plurality of thermocouple probes, wherein the first thermocouple probe includes a first positive leg and a first negative leg and is located electrically farthest from the junction box. The method includes calculating a first loop resistance between the first thermocouple probe and the junction box and configuring a second thermocouple probe of the plurality of thermocouple probes having a second positive leg, a second negative leg and a second loop resistance such that the second loop resistance is substantially equal to the first loop resistance. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260431 | Temperature Measurement Method and Program - An embodiment is a temperature measurement method. The physical quantities related to a temperature of a living body are measured. A deep part body temperature of the living body is estimated using a coefficient and the measured physical quantities. An index is calculated using the measured physical quantities and the estimated deep part temperature. In a case in which the value of the index exceeds a threshold value, the coefficient is calibrated. It is thus possible to estimate the deep part body temperature more accurately regardless of a change in convection state of ambient air. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260432 | NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION SYSTEM - A non-invasive measuring device calculates a temperature of a medium in a container or conduit. The device includes at least one first sensor disposed on an exterior surface of the container or conduit and measures a temperature (T | 2022-08-18 |
20220260433 | ZERO ENERGY MECHANICAL SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A sensor, comprising a deformable substrate, comprising a structural metamaterial in a first configuration; a plurality of raised structures disposed throughout the substrate, wherein the plurality of raised structures are invertible; a responsive material layer, wherein the responsive material layer is disposed on the plurality of raised structures and is configured to invert the plurality of raised structures in the presence of an external stimuli; and a plurality of second configurations of the deformable substrate that correspond to a plurality of inverted raised structures. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260434 | DEFORMABLE SENSOR - A deformable sensor arrangement includes a deformable sensor attachable to a curved surface. The deformable sensor includes an elastic layer having a Young's modulus at least 0.01 MPa and a first yield strain at least 10%. A first stretchable electrode attaches to the elastic layer, and a stretchable electrically conductive wiring. The first stretchable electrode and the stretchable electrically conductive wiring stretch at least 5% without breaking. An electronic arrangement electrically couples to the first stretchable electrode via the stretchable electrically conductive wiring and obtains a first signal from the first stretchable electrode. An analyzer determines a calibrated value based on the obtained first signal and assembly compensation coefficients, which are based on material compensation coefficients, and a measured signal of the deformable sensor in its installing position. A system and method are for installing the arrangement. A method and computer program determine a value of interest. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260435 | WAFER BONDED PIEZORESISTIVE AND PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE SENSOR AND RELATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Described herein is a ruggedized microelectromechanical (“MEMS”) force sensor. The sensor employs piezoresistive or piezoelectric sensing elements for force sensing where the force is converted to strain and converted to electrical signal. In one aspect, both the piezoresistive and the piezoelectric sensing elements are formed on one substrate and later bonded to another substrate on which the integrated circuitry is formed. In another aspect, the piezoelectric sensing element is formed on one substrate and later bonded to another substrate on which both the piezoresistive sensing element and the integrated circuitry are formed. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260436 | INTEGRATED PIEZORESISTIVE AND PIEZOELECTRIC FUSION FORCE SENSOR - Described herein is a ruggedized microelectromechanical (“MEMS”) force sensor including both piezoresistive and piezoelectric sensing elements and integrated with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (“CMOS”) circuitry on the same chip. The sensor employs piezoresistive strain gauges for static force and piezoelectric strain gauges for dynamic changes in force. Both piezoresistive and piezoelectric sensing elements are electrically connected to integrated circuits provided on the same substrate as the sensing elements. The integrated circuits can be configured to amplify, digitize, calibrate, store, and/or communicate force values electrical terminals to external circuitry. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260437 | Electric Circuitry for Strain Measurement - In an embodiment an electric circuitry includes at least a first delay chain of a plurality of delay elements and at least a second delay chain of a plurality of delay elements being arranged on a substrate, the respective delay elements of the at least one first and second delay chains are configured to provide a propagation delay time depending on strain applied to the substrate, wherein the delay elements of the at least one first delay chain have another orientation on the substrate than the delay elements of the at least one second delay chain, and a processing circuit configured to determine a magnitude of the strain applied on the substrate based on a first signal propagation delay time of the first delay chain and a second signal propagation delay time of the second delay chain. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260438 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR SENSING A STEERING TORQUE AND AN ABSOLUTE ANGULAR POSITION, AND SENSOR DEVICE HAVING SAID SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A steering element sensor assembly for sensing a steering torque and an absolute angular position having a circuit board and first and second sensor elements. The circuit board has a base surface arranged perpendicularly to a steering axis and a wing surface angled to the base. The first sensor element determines the steering torque and has a first primary sensor formed as a magnetically coded portion on the steering element and one secondary sensor for converting the changing magnetic field generated by the primary sensor into an electrical signal. The secondary sensor determines the absolute angular position and a main gear arranged on the steering element that meshes with at least two gears, one which has one more tooth than the other. Each gear has a target that faces a respective angle sensor. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260439 | CONTROL METHODS FOR A FORCE SENSOR SYSTEM - A method of controlling a force sensor system to define at least one button implemented by at least one force sensor, the method comprising: receiving a force sensor input; determining a gradient of the force sensor input; and controlling the force sensor system based on the determined gradient. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260440 | SENSOR TO DETECT A MECHANICAL STRESS ON THE BATTERY PACK - A method for controlling a system including a power-tool and a battery having energy storage cells, wherein the system includes an acceleration sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a controlling device, signal transmitter and a device for measuring a voltage. Method includes the steps:
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20220260441 | ELECTRONIC HAIL PAD - Provided herein is technology relating to measuring and recording weather phenomena and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, methods, kits, and systems for measuring hydrometeor impacts, e.g., hail impacts. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SENSOR COMBINATION FOR INDIRECT SPORT ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION - A system for measuring power output of a runner is disclosed. In some embodiments the system comprises a first sensor component including a first sensor, microprocessor, and a signal transceiver; a second sensor component including a second sensor and a signal transmitter; wherein the first sensor is configured to measure a vertical velocity and horizontal velocity, the second sensor is configured to measure the slope angle of a foot of the runner during a stance phase of the foot, the signal transmitter configured to send slope angle data, the signal transceiver configured to receive the slope angle data from the signal transmitter, and the microprocessor has computing instructions configured to calculate a power output based on the vertical velocity, horizontal velocity, and slope angle data. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260443 | TORQUE SENSOR APPARATUS - A torque sensor apparatus according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a torque sensor, a sensor accommodation unit disposed at one side of a rack housing and having therein a space in which the torque sensor is disposed, a sensor cover screw-coupled to the sensor accommodation unit and configured to cover the space, and a wire harness coupled to the sensor cover and electrically connected to the sensor. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260444 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device for measuring a physical quantity. The sensor device includes a sensor element having a semiconductor chip, a first terminal electrically connected to the sensor element, and a housing portion having a terminal, which is a second terminal and is electrically connected to the first terminal. The second terminal has a through-hole formed therein, the through-hole having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, an inner surface of the through hole at the first end being an R-surface that is a curved surface with a radius R. The first terminal is housed in the housing portion, and has one end thereof inserted in the through-hole from the first end of the through-hole. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260445 | PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a pressure detection device including a pressure detection unit and a channel unit. The channel unit has a contact part arranged in contact with the pressure detection unit, the contact part has a protective film arranged in contact with a pressure detection surface and configured to block contact between the pressure detection surface and a liquid and a body forming an opening arranged at an end of the channel, the protective film and the body are formed of a thermoplastic fluorine resin, and the protective film is arranged so as to close the opening of the body and welded to the body in an annular region extending circumferentially about the axis. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260446 | Sensor Arrangement and Method for Fabricating A Sensor Arrangement - In an embodiment a sensor arrangement includes a sensor die having a contact area, a suspended area and a sensitive element located in the suspended area, an interposer including at least two vias connecting a first side of the interposer to a second side of the interposer and a support mechanically and electrically connecting the contact area of the sensor die to the first side of the interposer, the support including at least two contact joints. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260447 | DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND CLAMPING A ROTOR BEARING AND BALANCING MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE | 2022-08-18 |
20220260448 | Pipeline Leak Detection Apparatus, and Methods Thereof - An apparatus for the continuous monitoring of a pipeline or a pipeline network carrying flowing media that can not only detect the presence of a leak but also locate the source of the leak through the use of rarefraction wave detection and methods of using the same is disclosed within. The apparatus and method are specifically configured to locate the leak source within less than 36 inches using a calibration means and a noise cancellation means. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A POSSIBLE LOSS OF INTEGRITY OF A FLEXIBLE BAG FOR BIOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT - Integrity of a flexible bag is verified by a testing system, using helium to detect existence of a possible hole. The bag is preliminary placed in vacuum chamber of a fluid-tightly isolated enclosure. After connecting a port of the bag to a helium feeding pipe and after pre-pressurizing the bag with nitrogen, a test is performed in a vacuum suction mode for a detection area outside the bag in the enclosure. Before starting the test phase, the bag is additionally filled with an amount of helium. A detection detects information representative of helium partial pressure in the internal volume, to allow detection of helium escaping from the bag, by analysis of a helium partial pressure drop. A small amount of nitrogen is sufficient to decrease leak rate mean value, so that uncertainty regarding integrity of some bags decreases. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260450 | APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT LOAD TESTING ON AN AIRCRAFT PART AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for carrying out load testing on an aircraft part has constraint means for constraining the aircraft part, a linear actuator for applying a test load, having a tiltable first part, pivotally constrained about a first and a second geometrical axes, orthogonal to one another, and a second part, slidably mounted on the first part to slide along a longitudinal direction. A load cell, mounted on the second part, measures a force acting on the aircraft part along the longitudinal direction. A first clinometer and a second clinometer are mounted on the linear actuator. Each clinometer measures a respective angle representative of rotation of the linear actuator respectively about the first and second geometrical axes. A displacement transducer, mounted on the first part, measures sliding of the second part relative to the first part of the linear actuator. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260451 | MULTI-AXIS VIBRATION TEST SYSTEM WITH SOLID ALUMINUM CUBE MOUNTING FIXTURE - A multi-axis vibration test system uses a mounting fixture formed from a solid block of Aluminum alloy, at least 20″ per side, and machined to form bearing recesses that receive the pad bearings to overcome the problems of existing systems and deliver the required amplitude of linear displacement over the frequency test band in all three, and possibly six, axes simultaneously and uniformly over the mounting surface(s) for both commercial and the more stringent military standards. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260452 | PLANE GRATING CALIBRATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a plane grating calibration system, comprising an optical subsystem, a frame , first vibration isolator, a vacuum chuck, a workpiece stage, second vibration isolator, a base platform and a controller; the optical subsystem is mounted on the frame, and the frame is isolated from vibration by the first vibration isolator; the vacuum chuck is rotatably mounted on the workpiece stage, the workpiece stage is positioned on the base platform, and the base platform is isolated from vibration by the second vibration isolator. A displacement interferometer is integrated into the optical subsystem, the entire optical subsystem adopts a method of sharing a light source, thereby avoiding the problems of low wavelength precision and poor coherence of separate light sources. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260453 | WAVE FRONT SENSOR FOR WAVE ABERRATION COMPENSATION IN AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes an incident beam divider structured to divide an incident beam into multiple derivative beams having varying polarizations. The optical system further includes a beam splitter structured to reflect and transmit the multiple derivative beams into different optical paths that have varying lengths. In the different optical paths, the multiple derivative beams experience reflection on one or more mirrors associated with each optical path. The one or more mirrors direct the multiple derivative beams back to the beam splitter, where the multiple derivative beams are then directed to a common detector. The common detector generates images of the multiple derivative beams, and a computing device analyzes the generated images to determine an error present in the images associated with the incident beam. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260454 | LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An object is to provide a light intensity distribution measurement method and a light intensity distribution measurement apparatus that are capable of accurately measuring the intensity of light in each mode at each position of an optical fiber through which light is propagated in a plurality of modes. With a light intensity distribution measurement apparatus according to the present invention, a gain coefficient matrix is acquired in advance, which is constituted by Brillouin gain coefficients of propagation modes with predetermined optical frequency differences measured using a reference optical fiber that exhibits the same properties as a measurement-target optical fiber and that does not cause mode coupling, and the intensity distribution of light in each propagation mode in a lengthwise direction of the measurement-target optical fiber is calculated based on the gain coefficient matrix and a difference in light intensity before and after Brillouin amplification of the probe light emitted in a predetermined propagation mode at a predetermined optical frequency difference measured using the measurement-target optical fiber. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260455 | Method and System for Measuring Optical Characteristics of a Contact Lens - A method of determining the transmittance of a contact lens ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220260456 | BEARING DETECTION METHOD, BEARING DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR STARTING GAS TURBINE AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING GAS TURBINE - Provided are a bearing detection method, a bearing detection system, a method for starting a gas turbine and a system for starting a gas turbine. The bearing detection method includes: starting a rotor to enable the rotor to rotate at a first rotating speed along a first direction, wherein the first direction is a rotating direction when the rotor operates normally, and the first rotating speed is a calibration value; acquiring a first torque, wherein the first torque is an output torque when the rotor rotates at the first rotating speed along the first direction; and judging the first torque and a torque threshold value, wherein the torque threshold value is a calibration value, and if the first torque is smaller than the torque threshold value, it is judged that a bearing is fault-free. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260457 | MOVABLE PLATFORM FOR A DUMMY ELEMENT - The present invention relates to a platform for testing of collisions or near-collision situations between a dummy element and an object to be tested, in particular a vehicle. The platform comprises a base body having a bottom surface and a mounting surface formed opposite to the bottom surface, wherein the dummy element is attachable to the mounting surface. The platform further comprises a roller element arranged at the bottom surface, wherein the roller element is drivable such that the base body is movable along a ground. Further, the platform comprises an alignment device which aligns the base body on the ground in a predetermined orientation. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260458 | Vehicle Inspection System - A vehicle inspection system to inspect one or more components of a vehicle moving on a path includes at least one vision sensor configured to capture one or more images of the vehicle, and at least one acoustic sensor configured to capture an acoustic data generated during the motion of the vehicle. The vehicle inspection system also includes a controller in communication with the at least one vision sensor and the at least one acoustic sensor and receives one or more images and receives the acoustic data from the at least one acoustic sensor. The controller is configured to determine one or more defects associated with one or more components of the vehicle based on at least one of the one or more images received or the acoustic data. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260459 | FEATURE EXTRACTION APPARATUS, ANOMALY SCORE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, METHODS THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - By appropriately registering a sound with an arbitrary length to be registered, erroneous determination is suppressed. A normal sound registration apparatus | 2022-08-18 |
20220260460 | FAILURE MODE DETERMINATION MEANS - A method for determining a failure mode of a comfort device, the method includes obtaining a first input during a first operation of the comfort device, wherein the first operation is a known normal operation; classifying the first input into a class including a series of attributes and storing the first input in a database of input classes; obtaining a second input during a second operation of the comfort device; and classifying the second input into a class including a series of attributes and comparing the class of the second input to the class of the first input in a first comparison, wherein if a match exists, comparing the series of attributes of the second input to the series of attributes of the first input in a second comparison, wherein if a discrepancy is detected, a warning is raised. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260461 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to an embodiment, an appliance management device includes a communication device configured to acquire symptom information of a first appliance from a user's terminal, a memory including a database for accumulatively storing log data of each of appliances matched with the user, and a processor, wherein the processor may acquire log data of the first appliance among the log data of each of the appliances of the user based on the acquired symptom information, identify at least one piece of information related to the symptom information among a plurality of pieces of information included in the acquired log data, generate diagnostic information on the symptom information based on a result of identification, and transmit the generated diagnostic information to the terminal. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260462 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF AEROSOL SAMPLING FILTERS - Disclosed are methods and systems for implementing an automated air quality analysis system. The system includes: a sealed enclosure, a filter sample analysis system disposed within the sealed enclosure, and a controller operably coupled with the filter sample analysis system. The filter sample analysis system includes: an automated filter management system with filter samples and an articulating robotic arm which selects the filter sample for analysis, a filter weighing apparatus for weighting of the filter sample, and a primary chemical analysis apparatus for performing electromagnetic energy spectroscopy measurement on the filter sample. The controller operates the automated filter management system to transport the filter sample to the filter weighing apparatus and the primary chemical analysis apparatus, obtains data from the filter sample analysis system, and determines the type and amount of accumulated mass in the sample based on the weight and the spectroscopy measurement result. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260463 | BELT-FREE FULLY-AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL TRUCK SAMPLING SYSTEM - Provided is a non-belt automatic mechanized sampling system for truck, including: a working platform including a transport channel and a slide rail extending along a first direction, the transport channel is arranged under the slide rail and makes the truck pass; a first frame configured to slide with the slide rail; a sampling mechanism (configured to collect materials from the truck along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first and second directions are arranged horizontally; an integrated sample preparation component including a discharging mechanism and a feeder, a crusher, a constant mass dividing machine and a sample retention barrel. The feeder transports the material to the crusher. The crusher crushes the material and transports the crushed material to the constant mass dividing machine. The constant mass dividing machine divides the crushed material into samples to the sample retention barrel, and the discarded material to the discharging mechanism. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260464 | FLUOROGENIC CYANINE COMPOUNDS FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS - This disclosure provides cyanine dye compounds having linked hydrogen bond-forming groups that can be used for detecting nucleic acids, particularly for fluorescent staining of DNA, in a biological sample. We found that the simultaneous incorporation of at least two hydrogen bond-forming groups (HBGs) into such a nucleic acid stain can provide for crosslinking interactions between the stain and the target nucleic acid, and lead to a significant increase in the detection sensitivity without substantially increasing undesirable cytotoxicity or mutagenicity properties of the dye compounds. The cyanine dye compounds can have a cyanine structure that connects two particular fused heterocycle ring systems, where at least two HBGs are connected to the core structure through linkers. Also provided are nucleic acid complexes including the cyanine dye compounds, and methods of using the compounds to detect nucleic acids in a biological sample. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260465 | SAMPLE SCRAPING METHOD AND SAMPLE SCRAPING DEVICE - A sample scraping method and a sample scraping device capable of efficiently scraping and collecting a biological tissue section without waste while suppressing contamination is provided. In a sample scraping method for scraping and collecting a biological tissue section held on a slide, the FFPE section held on the slide is heated, and the heated FFPE section is scraped by a blade such that the FFPE section that has been scraped off and remains on the blade is collected in a container. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260466 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONCRETE STRENGTH - In one embodiment, a concrete strength testing system includes a core drill having a core barrel, a press associated with the core drill that is configured to drive the core barrel into concrete to be tested, a force sensor associated with the core drill that is configured to measure a force with which the core barrel is driven into the concrete by the press, and a depth measurement device configured to measure a depth into the concrete to which the core barrel is driven by the press. | 2022-08-18 |
20220260467 | Apparatus For Conducting A Hydraulic Proof Test - The invention relates to a hydraulic proof test assembly comprising at least a valve ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220260468 | METHOD FOR COMPILING EQUIVALENT ACCELERATION SPECTRUM OF CREEP UNDER VARIABLE TEMPERATURES AND LOADS - Disclosed is a method for compiling an equivalent acceleration spectrum of creep under variable temperatures and loads. The method includes following steps: respectively carrying out a material high-temperature tensile test, material high-temperature creep tests and creep tests under two-stage variable temperatures and loads, and calculating values of a parameter p in a creep damage accumulation model under two-stage variable temperatures and loads; based on a nonlinear damage accumulation model under multi-stage variable temperatures and loads, calculating a damage D caused by a multi-stage variable temperatures and loads creep load spectrum by utilizing values of parameter p; based on the principle of consistency of damage D, transforming the multi-stage variable temperatures and loads creep load spectrum into an equivalent acceleration spectrum of a first-order maximum creep load, and finally compiling the equivalent acceleration spectrum of creep under variable temperatures and loads. | 2022-08-18 |