39th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180274917 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT, AND COMPONENT - A distance measurement system includes a pair of cameras and is arranged on a roof of a mobile object or an upper edge portion of a door of the mobile object. One of the cameras is arranged at a first portion on an upper surface of the roof or on the upper edge portion of the door, includes an optical axis oriented upward from the upper surface, and has a field of view in all directions around the optical axis. The other camera is arranged at a second portion different from the first portion on the upper surface of the roof or the upper edge portion of the door, includes an optical axis oriented upward from the upper surface, and has a field of view in all directions around the optical axis. Distance measurement in all directions from the mobile object is performed by using this pair of cameras. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274918 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A three-dimensional measurement apparatus includes an image obtainer, a search unit, and a distance calculator. The image obtainer obtains, from an imaging device that creates a distance image where a distance value representing an imaging distance at each position within an imaging angle of view is given to a pixel at the position, the distance image. The search unit searches the distance image for a specific pixel whose distance value is a predetermined specific value. The distance calculator calculates an imaging distance of the specific pixel by referring to pixels positioned across the specific pixel. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274919 | DUAL BAROMETER SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED ALTITUDE ESTIMATION - An apparatus for determining an altitude of a mobile unit includes one or more processors individually or collectively configured to obtain local measurement data comprising a local atmospheric pressure at a location of the mobile unit, obtain reference measurement data comprising a reference atmospheric pressure at a location of a reference unit that is movable, and determine the altitude of the mobile unit based on the local measurement data and the reference measurement data. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274920 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SURVEY DATA, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Highly accurate aerial photogrammetry is performed while avoiding increase in cost. A survey data processing device includes an image data receiving part, a location data receiving part, an identification marker detecting part, an identifying part, and a location identifying part. The image data receiving part receives image data of aerial photographs of vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with GNSS location identifying units and identification markers, respectively. The location data receiving part receives location data of the vehicles that are identified by the respective GNSS location identifying units. The identification marker detecting part detects the identification markers of the vehicles from the image data. The identifying part identifies each of the vehicles in the aerial photographs. The location identifying part identifies locations of ground control points (GCPs) in the aerial photographs by using the location data of the vehicles and by using the identification information. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274921 | SENSOR ELEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD OF VEHICLE AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR - A sensor element control device which is connectable to a sensor element including a drive unit and a detection unit, includes a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal to the drive unit; a detection circuit that generates a detection signal based on a signal output from the detection unit; a diagnostic signal generation circuit that generates a diagnostic signal having a frequency component corresponding to a detuning frequency which is a difference frequency between a drive frequency which is a frequency at which the drive unit vibrates and a detection frequency which is a frequency at which the detection unit vibrates; and a fault diagnosis circuit that performs fault diagnosis based on a signal output from the detection unit when the diagnostic signal is superimposed on the drive signal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274922 | VIBRATION DEVICE, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A vibration device includes a vibration element that has a plurality of terminals, a base that has a plurality of electrical connection terminals, and a board that has a wiring portion which electrically connects the plurality of electrical connection terminal and the plurality of terminals to each other, and that supports the vibration element with respect to the base. The board has a base fixing portion fixed to the base, a vibration element mounting portion on which the vibration element is mounted, and at least one beam portion which couples the base fixing portion and the vibration element mounting portion to each other. At least the one beam portion has a first portion which extends in a first direction and a second portion which extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274923 | GYRO SENSOR SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a gyro sensor system including a gyro sensor unit is disclosed. The unit includes a movable body, a spring mechanism, a detector, an adjuster, and a rotation angle acquisition unit. The spring mechanism vibrates the movable body. A detector detects an amplitude of vibration of the movable body due to Coriolis force. The adjuster adjusts a first resonance frequency of vibration of the movable body in free vibration and a second resonance frequency of vibration of the movable body due to Coriolis force on the movable body so that the first and second resonance frequencies are to coincide with each other based on the amplitude of the vibration due to Coriolis force. The rotation angle acquisition unit acquires a rotation angle of the movable body, based on the amplitude of the vibration due to Coriolis force. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274924 | DEMODULATOR FOR IN-PHASE AND QUADRATURE MODULATED SIGNALS, MEMS GYROSCOPE INCLUDING THE SAME AND DEMODULATION METHOD - A demodulator demodulates an in-phase component of an input signal which is in-phase and quadrature modulated. The demodulator includes a register storing a phase calibration value having an integer part and a fractional part. A noise-shaping modulator generates a succession of quantized values of integer type, the quantized values having a mean equal to the phase calibration value. A generating stage generates a demodulating signal phase locked with the input signal, the demodulating signal having a phase which depends linearly on the quantized values. A demodulating stage demodulates the input signal by means of the demodulating signal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274925 | DETECTION DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A detection device includes: a detection circuit that performs detection processing based on a signal from a physical quantity transducer and outputs detection data; an interface that has communication connection with an external device and outputs the detection data to the external device; and a processing circuit. The processing circuit outputs the detection data acquired from the detection circuit at a common acquisition timing common to at least one other detection device and the own detection device, to the interface in a data transmitting order of own detection device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274926 | INTEGRATED OPTIC WAVEMETER AND METHOD FOR FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES SCALE FACTOR STABILIZATION - A system for stabilizing a scale factor associated with an optic rotation sensor comprises an optic rotation sensor that generates an optic signal in response to a rotation of the optic rotation sensor. A sensor detection system produces a rotation signal as a function of the optic signal and rotation of the optic rotation sensor. A first waveguide guides a portion of the optic signal for an interaction length, and produces a first processed optic signal. A second waveguide receives a portion of the optic signal from first waveguide through evanescent coupling, and produces a second processed optic signal. A wavemeter detector receives the optic signals and measures the effective interferometric wavelength (EIW) of the light based on the optic signals. A scale factor correction system receives the rotation signal and the EIW, and measures the correct rotation signal by processing the rotation signal and the EIW. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274927 | COGNITIVE JOURNEY COMPANION SYSTEM - A system and method for cognitive risk mitigation are presented. Embodiments comprise journey prediction, parsing of data sources, risk assessment and mitigation, and natural-language user interaction by a cognitive processor. Data is gathered from a plurality of data sources and analyzed in the context of one or more of the user's intention(s). A dialogue with the user, in natural language, aims to provide and select one or more suggestions relating to the one or more user intention(s) such that the risk(s) relating to the one or more user's intention(s) is reduced. During the dialogue, cognitive reasoning may be performed, wherein the cognitive reasoning includes the ability to justify each suggestion and the ability to infer information from the interaction such as, for example, data obtained in a dialogue may inform subsequent inferences. The embodiments may use speech synthesis and speech recognition in an interactive spoken dialogue. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274928 | Orient a Mobile Device Coordinate System to a Vehicular Coordinate System - An approach is provided by a mobile information handling system that includes a processor, and a gyroscope, a gravity sensor, and a memory each accessible by the processor. The approach identifies, at the mobile device that is moving with a vehicle, when a rotation of the gyroscope is at a near-zero moment, and an acceleration, wherein the acceleration is detected as being on a plane that is near-perpendicular with a gravity sensed by the gravity sensor. Then the detection is made, the approach determines a direction of the vehicle as being parallel to a direction of the detected acceleration. The approach then aligns a coordinate system used in the mobile device based on the determined direction of the vehicle. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274929 | MOVING BODY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a technique for reducing the calculation load in navigation management of a moving body within a freely navigable space. The system has a storage unit | 2018-09-27 |
20180274930 | Method and System for Optimizing the Parking Space Search of a Vehicle, and Computer Program Product - A method optimizes a parking space search for a vehicle. During the method, at least one solution option is ascertained, and an optimization solution is ascertained from the at least one solution option, wherein the probability of the availability of at least one parking space is used as an optimization parameter, the position of the at least one parking space relative to a destination is used as an additional optimization parameter, expressed as the duration until the arrival at the destination from the at least one parking space, and the drive duration from a starting location to the at least one parking space is used as an additional optimization parameter. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274931 | POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A position determination device, for example for indoor positioning, includes data input circuitry configured to obtain at least one magnetic field vector sensed by a magnetic sensor, data processor circuitry configured to determine the magnetic magnitude and a further magnetic parameter of the at least one obtained magnetic field vector, comparison circuitry configured to compare the determined magnetic magnitude with a predetermined magnetic magnitude map of a region around the magnetic sensor to obtain a first estimate of the sensor position and to compare the determined further magnetic parameter with a corresponding predetermined further parameter map of a region around the magnetic sensor to obtain a second estimate of the sensor position, and position determination circuitry configured to weight the first and second estimates of the sensor position according to determined weight information and to determine the sensor position from the weighted first and second estimates. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274932 | CROWD SOURCED MAPPING WITH ROBUST STRUCTURAL FEATURES - A location and mapping service is described that creates a global database of indoor navigation maps through crowd-sourcing and data fusion technologies. The navigation maps consist of a database of geo-referenced, uniquely described features in the multi-dimensional sensor space (e.g., including structural, RF, magnetic, image, acoustic, or other data) that are collected automatically as a tracked mobile device is moved through a building (e.g. a person with a mobile phone or a robot). The feature information can be used to create building models as one or more tracked devices traverse a building. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274933 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONSOLIDATION OF REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO DYNAMIC MAP - A method, system, and computer program product, include receiving a plurality of requests for dynamic context information from a plurality of road segments, determining whether the plurality of road segments are included in a same cluster of road segments in a road network generated by clustering road segments in the road network based on connectivity of the road network, and consolidating the plurality of requests to generate a consolidated request in response to determining that the plurality of road segments are included in the same cluster. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274934 | Cognitive-Based Driving Anomaly Detection Based on Spatio-Temporal Landscape-Specific Driving Models - Methods, systems, and computer program products for driving anomaly detection based on spatio-temporal landscape-specific driving models are provided herein. A method includes generating, for each of multiple users, a temporally-related driving skill model pertaining to one or more landscapes, wherein the model is based on temporally-related driving data associated with the users and landscape-related information of trips driven by the users; monitoring the users participating in a ride-sharing trip in a vehicle by analyzing ride-sharing trip data; detecting driving-related anomalies attributed to the monitored users by comparing the ride-sharing trip data and the respective temporally-related driving skill model for each monitored user; updating a schedule for the trip based on the detected anomalies and estimated conditions attributed to remaining portions of the trip by modifying an assignment of selected users to drive the vehicle during the remaining portions of the trip; and outputting the updated schedule to the selected users. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274935 | TRAVELING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AUTONOMOUS TRAVELING APPARATUS, TRAVELING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND TRAVELING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A server that manages traveling of a plurality of traveling apparatuses which carry out monitoring circulation by autonomous traveling includes a communication unit that communicates with the traveling apparatuses, a departure determination unit that determines whether a departure from the monitoring circulation is to be made or not, a traveling speed changing unit that changes traveling conditions for monitoring traveling of the other traveling apparatuses so that a monitoring region of the traveling apparatus which is to depart from the monitoring circulation is complemented, and a traveling management unit that manages the traveling of the traveling apparatuses and the changed traveling conditions are transmitted to the respective traveling apparatuses. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY FUNCTION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for providing an augmented reality (AR) function of showing virtual information objects overlaid on a real image or background (for example, a real world) as one image in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a display for displaying an AR screen, and at least one processor functionally connected to the camera module and the display. The at least one processor is configured to implement an AR function, determine a plurality of contents according to a set criterion in a view direction of a user, group the plurality of contents into at least one group, generate a group card corresponding to the plurality of contents and a single card corresponding to a single content based on a grouping result, and display the group card and the single card mapped to a real object on the AR screen. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274937 | Traffic Flow Model to Provide Traffic Flow Information - Examples of maintaining or querying a traffic database to generate a traffic flow model to provide traffic flow information and determine a per-lane route for a vehicle to travel are disclosed. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274938 | MOVEMENT ANALYZER, MOVEMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A movement analyzer includes a position information acquiring device, a memory, and a processor. The processor executes a program to perform operations including acquiring position information of the movement analyzer with the position information acquiring device, determining whether or not a moving state of the movement analyzer is a specific moving state, and recording the position information corresponding to the specific moving state in the memory as a path of the specific moving state when a determination result indicates that the moving state of the movement analyzer is the specific moving state. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATION WITH NO DEDICATED SENSORS AND AIRCRAFT INFORMATION - A system for and method of indicating an angle of attack of an aircraft is provided. The system utilizes measurements from existing aircraft sensors so that a dedicated angle of attack sensor is not required. The system enables and benefits from a unique method that includes performing standard flight operations during a calibration flight. The system does not need any aerodynamic model of the aircraft because it utilizes information from the calibration flight to develop an estimated aerodynamic model of the specific airplane. The system utilizes the aerodynamic model and other information to estimate an angle of attack of the aircraft during flight. Finally, the system utilizes additional information to indicate the estimated angle of attack of the aircraft relative to an optimum angle of attack for the aircraft and/or a critical angle of attack of the aircraft. The system further enables recalibration, so as to accommodate aircraft aerodynamic modifications. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274940 | A METHOD FOR INITIAL ALIGNMENT OF AN INERTIAL NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A method for initial alignment of an inertial navigation apparatus, comprising the following steps: providing an apparatus loaded with a sensor, and preprocessing the sensor; carrying out relative alignment to calculate an installation error angle of the sensor; carrying out absolute alignment to calculate an installation attitude angle error of the sensor to increase an accuracy of an error attitude angle calculated during the relative alignment. The relative alignment process calculates a relative error attitude angle, the relative error attitude angle being used as the initial value for attitude error in a stat vector in the absolute alignment process, thereby accelerating convergence of the Kalman filter. Alignment precision is further enhanced by the absolute alignment process. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274941 | COMPENSATED DEMODULATOR FOR IN-PHASE AND QUADRATURE MODULATED SIGNALS, MEMS GYROSCOPE INCLUDING THE SAME AND DEMODULATION METHOD - A demodulator for demodulating the in-phase component of an input signal which is in-phase and quadrature modulated. The demodulator includes a register storing a phase calibration value and a temperature sensor that performs a plurality of temperature sensings. A compensating stage generates for each temperature sensed a corresponding first sample on the basis of the difference between the sensed temperature and a calibration temperature and a compensation function indicative of a relationship existing between the phase of the input signal and the temperature. A combination stage generates a plurality of second samples, each second sample being a function of the phase calibration value and a corresponding first sample. A generating stage generates a demodulating signal having a phase which depends on the second samples and a demodulating stage demodulates the input signal by means of the demodulating signal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274942 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BACKGROUND NOISE OF SENSOR - A method and an apparatus for detecting a background noise of a sensor, relating to the technical field of electronics, are provided. The method for detecting a background noise of a sensor includes: receiving a sampling value output by the sensor and judging whether the sampling value falls within a background noise acceptable range; selecting the sampling value as a current background noise sampling value when the sampling value falls within the background noise acceptable range; and calculating a current background noise of the sensor according to a previous background noise and the current background noise sampling value of the sensor. Also provided is an apparatus for detecting a background noise of a sensor. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274943 | Control System of an Entity - Embodiments of the invention relate to a control system of a first entity. The control system has a forecast module that creates a supply medium plan of a supply medium unit of the first entity. The supply medium unit is a supply medium consumer, a supply medium producer, and/or supply medium storage. The supply medium unit connects to a physical supply channel network. A peer-to-peer module receives at least one supply medium offer message of a further entity by communicating with a peer-to-peer application of a peer-to-peer network. The peer-to-peer module causes generation of a supply medium transaction agreement about the physical exchange of a supply medium between the first and further entity through the peer-to-peer application based on the supply medium plan and the supply medium offer message. A controlling module controls the supply medium unit in dependence of the generated supply medium transaction agreement. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274944 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTING DEVICE AND CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION DEVICE - To provide a displacement detection device and a continuously variable transmission that directly detect the position of the movable sheave. A displacement detection device includes a magnet that forms a magnetic field, a movable sheave that is rotated in a rotational direction and displaced in a direction perpendicular to the rotational direction and that is a measuring object having a concave portion (or a protrusion) on the circumferential surface, and a sensor disposed between the magnet and the circumferential surface of the movable sheave and detecting a change in magnetic flux density due to the displacement of the movable sheave in the magnetic field formed by the magnet and induced to the concave portion (or the protrusion). | 2018-09-27 |
20180274945 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - A position detection device includes a first magnetic field generation unit for generating a first magnetic field, a second magnetic field generation unit for generating a second magnetic field, and a magnetic sensor. The relative position of the second magnetic field generation unit with respect to the first magnetic field generation unit is variable. The magnetic sensor detects a composite magnetic field of the first and second magnetic fields, and generates a detection signal corresponding to the direction of the detected magnetic field. Varying the relative position of the second magnetic field generation unit with respect to the first magnetic field generation unit varies the strength of the second magnetic field at the detection position. At the detection position, a relative angle formed by the direction of the second magnetic field with the direction of the first magnetic field is greater than 90° and smaller than 180°. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274946 | INDUCTIVE MOVEMENT SENSORS - Disclosed is an inductive movement sensor including: a transducer including a primary winding suitable for producing a magnetic excitation, and a secondary winding including at least one turn, suitable for applying an electromotive force across the terminals thereof in the presence of the excitation; and a target including at least one conductive pattern, the target being suitable for moving parallel to the transducer such as to cause variations in the surface of a portion of the pattern located opposite the at least one turn, thereby causing variations in the amplitude of the electromotive force induced in the secondary winding, in which the target-transducer distance is between 0.8 and 1.5 times the optimum target-transducer distance in terms of linearity, or the distance for which the linearity error of the curve representative of the variation in amplitude as a function of the surface variation is minimal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274947 | INDUCTIVE DISPLACEMENT SENSORS - Disclosed is a transducer for an inductive displacement sensor, including a secondary winding of 2N turns of alternating directions extending in a zone of length D | 2018-09-27 |
20180274948 | INDUCTIVE DISPLACEMENT SENSORS - Disclosed is a target for an inductive displacement sensor, including a plurality of conductive patterns distributed along a zone having a dimension D | 2018-09-27 |
20180274949 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION TYPE DISPLACEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND MEASURING INSTRUMENT USING THE SAME - Provided is an electromagnetic induction type displacement detection apparatus in which influence of a change in magnetic flux received by a receiving device can be suppressed. An electromagnetic induction type displacement detection apparatus | 2018-09-27 |
20180274950 | EVALUATION CIRCUIT FOR A CAPACITIVE SENSOR, CAPACITIVE SENSOR, AND ACTUATOR IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - An evaluation circuit for a capacitive sensor for detecting the distance, speed, or position of an object, comprises a reference capacitance and a measuring capacitance. A square wave voltage is applied to the reference capacitance and the measuring capacitance via a resistor, and a pulse which has a variable duration is obtained with the aid of a logic linking unit. The reference capacitance is connected to a first switching stage and the measuring capacitance is connected to a further switching stage. A single measuring capacitance has a capacitive coupling to an auxiliary electrode, and the switching stages are part of a logic linking unit. An output of the logic linking unit is connected to an integration stage. A charging capacitor (Ca) is charged or discharged via an output of the integration stage. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274951 | OUTPUT SWITCHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Switching threshold determination systems and methods for sensors are described. Individual rising and/or falling edge maxima of a target can be determined. Based on the maxima, individual rising and/or falling edge thresholds can be determined. The individual rising and falling edge thresholds can be used to detect one or more target of the target wheel. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274952 | DISPLACEMENT SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - A displacement sensor for sensing a change in separation between a first element and a second element along a displacement direction. The sensor comprises a reference electrode mounted to the second element in the form of a conductive trace on a surface of the second element facing the first element. A deformable electrode, e.g. a conductive elastomeric material, is arranged between the first element and the second element so as to overlie the reference electrode. The deformable electrode has a contact surface facing the reference electrode and insulated therefrom. At least part of the contact surface is inclined relative to an opposing surface of the reference electrode such that when the deformable electrode is compressed along the displacement direction there is a reduction in volume between the contact surface and the opposing surface of the reference electrode, thereby changing the capacitive coupling between them. The sensor further comprises a controller element configured to measure a characteristic of the capacitive coupling between the reference electrode and the deformable electrode and to determine if a change in separation between the first element and the second element has occurred be determining if there is a change in the characteristic of capacitive coupling between the reference electrode and the deformable electrode. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274953 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR DETECTING A PARAMETER OF INTEREST - An optical sensor apparatus ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180274954 | Flat Profile Optical Fiber Cable For Distributed Sensing Applications - A distributed sensing optical fiber cable is proposed. An optical fiber is positioned at the center of the cable and includes a core region, at least one cladding layer surrounding the core region, a protective coating covering the at least one cladding layer, and a tight buffer of elastomeric thermoplastic material disposed to surround the protective coating. The remainder of the cable structure includes a pair of strength members disposed longitudinally on either side of the optical fiber (the strength members formed of a glass-based, memory-less material) and a hard plastic jacket formed to encase the optical fiber and the pair of strength members, the plastic jacket preferably exhibiting an essentially rectangular profile. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274955 | ROTATING MIRROR FACET IDENTIFICATION - An example system includes a photo detector and a phase detector. The photo detector may detect a facet of a rotating mirror, the rotating mirror having at least two facets. The phase detector may detect a phase of a motor driving rotation of the rotating mirror. The example system may also include a processor to determine a phase relationship between the facet detected by the photo detector and the phase of the motor detected by the phase detector. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274956 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING INFERENTIAL PROCESS FLOW MEASUREMENTS USING FLOW RESTRICTOR AND UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS - A method includes obtaining pressure measurements associated with fluid that passes through a flow restrictor, where the pressure measurements identify pressures upstream and downstream from the flow restrictor. The method also includes generating estimated flow measurements based on the pressure measurements. The method further includes comparing the estimated flow measurements and actual flow measurements generated by a flow meter that is fluidly coupled to the flow restrictor. In addition, the method includes determining whether a problem exists based on the comparison. The flow restrictor could provide a fixed restriction or a variable restriction for the fluid. An overall loss coefficient associated with the flow restrictor could be used to generate an estimated flow measurement. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274957 | ULTRASONIC FLOW METER AND EXCITATION METHOD - Disclosed examples include methods and systems to measure fluid flow, including a transmit circuit to provide a transducer transmit signal based on a transmit pulse signal, a receive circuit to receive a transducer receive signal, an ADC to sample a receive signal from the receive circuit and provide a sampled signal, and a processing circuit that computes a transit time based on the sampled signal, and provides the transmit pulse signal including a first portion with a frequency in a first frequency band, and a second portion with a second frequency outside the first frequency band to mitigate undesired transducer vibration, where the second frequency is outside a transducer frequency bandwidth of the transducer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274958 | FLOW SENSOR WITH HOT FILM ANEMOMETER - A flow sensor includes a tube having a tube wall with a window in it. A thermally-conductive base covers the window and has mounted to it a heater and a sensor of a hot film anemometer flow sensor. The base is sealed to the window to resist leakage of fluid from the flow path through the window under normal operating pressures. The hot film anemometer flow sensor is used to measure fluid flow through the tube. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274959 | Thermal Flow Meter - A thermal-type flowmeter includes a chip package. The chip package is formed through encapsulation with a resin of a sensor element, a drive circuit, a metal lead frame adapted to have mounted thereon the sensor element and the drive circuit, and a temperature detecting element. The chip package has an exposed structure in which a surface of the sensor element having the diaphragm is exposed. The temperature detecting element is mounted on the lead frame via an electrically conductive member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274960 | FLOWMETER - The flowmeter having at least one measuring tube and having at least one inlet element, wherein the inlet element is connected to the at least one measuring tube and is arranged before the at least one measuring tube in respect to flow direction. The flowmeter that is also suitable for the verification of erosive media is achieved in that at least one inflow element is provided, wherein the inflow element is arranged at least partly within the inlet element and wherein the inflow element is detachably connectable to the inlet element. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274961 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING INFERENTIAL PROCESS FLOW MEASUREMENTS USING OTHER PROCESS MEASUREMENTS - A method includes obtaining actual flow measurements generated by a flow meter, where the actual flow measurements identify a flow of material in a passageway. The method also includes generating estimated flow measurements based on process variable measurements other than the actual flow measurements. The method further includes comparing the estimated flow measurements and the actual flow measurements and determining whether a problem exists based on the comparison. The estimated flow measurements could be generated using one or more models mathematically representing how the flow of material in the passageway relates to non-flow process variables associated with the process variable measurements. The process variable measurements could be obtained from one or more sensors associated with a flow restrictor in the passageway, one or more sensors positioned within the passageway, and/or one or more sensors positioned outside the passageway. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274962 | INJECTION DEVICE FOR LIQUID - A dispensing device and a method for dispensing liquids, in particular liquid medicaments, to persons, has a liquid-filled container an opening for dispensing the liquid at one end. A holder for holding an injection needle for injection of the liquid from the container are provided in the area of the opening. A measurement system determines a measured value, and a processing unit determines a parameter value, associated with the container, based on the measured value. At least one detection element is present at the opening and connected to a needle detection circuit. The needle detection circuit measures an electrical characteristic variable that can be picked up at the output of the detection element. The measurement result is fed to a processing unit, which calculates the parameter value and keeps it available at its output. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274963 | Metering Nozzle for Squeeze Bottle - The present invention provides a metering nozzle used with a squeezable bottle for dispensing a fixed amount of fluid from the bottle. A dispensing chamber volume of the metering nozzle may be adjusted to adjust the volume of fluid dispensed from the bottle. The nozzle allows the fixed amount of fluid to be measured and then dispensed without returning into the bottle by utilizing a movable piston, shuttling between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet by applying a compression force to the bottle against a biasing force of a spring. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274964 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR SUBASSEMBLY AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING DEVICE - The physical quantity sensor subassembly has a preformed part, a wiring member, and an outer resin portion. The preformed part includes a physical quantity sensing element configured to detect a physical quantity other than a flow rate of the gas to be measured, a wiring terminal electrically connected to the physical quantity sensing element, a concave portion in which the gas to be measured is introduced, and an inner resin portion is molded around the physical quantity sensing element and the wiring terminal to be integral with the physical quantity sensing element and the wiring terminal. A sensing surface is exposed at the concave portion. The wiring member is electrically connected to the wiring terminal of the preformed part. An outer resin portion includes an opening hole portion communicating with the concave portion, and is molded around the preformed part, the wiring member, and an electrically connected portion between the preformed part and the wiring member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274965 | Equalizing reservoir with fill level sensor - The present development relates to a closure cap for an equalizing reservoir of a motor vehicle cooling arrangement. The closure cap includes a cap body and a fill level sensor arranged on the cap body. The fill level sensor enables the fill level of the coolant inside the equalizing reservoir to be measured. The cap body may be disposed removably on the equalizing reservoir and typically closes off a filling opening of the equalizing reservoir. The configuration of the fill level sensor on the cap is extremely versatile, and can be used for a very wide range of equalizing reservoirs, which in principle can be closed with the same cover. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274966 | WEIGHT MEASURING DEVICE AND THE MEASURING METHOD - A weight measuring device, especially a device to measure weight from which further parameters of passing vehicles such as speed, acceleration, deceleration, turning to the right and to the left, direction of movement, number and type of axles, condition of individual tires, containing at least two measuring elements ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180274967 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING CONTENTS DECLARATION - A system and method for verifying contents of a vehicle include weighing the vehicle with a weigh scale, outputting, from the weigh scale, a weight signal indicative of a weight of the vehicle, scanning the contents of at least a portion of the vehicle with a scanner, outputting, from the scanner, a volume signal indicative of a volume of the contents, receiving the weight signal and the volume signal with a verification control unit of a verification system, and verifying, by the verification control unit, a contents declaration based on the weight signal and the volume signal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHEEL LOAD - A system and method for determining the wheel load for a wheel of a first axle, based on the wheel load for a wheel of a second axle, and the wheel speed ratio between the first and second axle. As a result, wheel load can be calculated for axles not easily adapted to receive load sensors, e.g. a rear axle of an agricultural tractor. The system uses a characteristic map of the relationship between wheel load and wheel geometry, e.g. wheel circumference, for different tire pressure values of a wheel to provide an efficient and effective mechanism for the determination of wheel load. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274969 | COMBINATION SCALE - A virtual weight value is set, and a dummy run mode is set and activated. Then, a zero point, reference value used to calculate the weight value of articles to be weighed in each weighing hopper, is corrected based on the virtual weight value. This enables a dummy run of a combination scale to be performed with the actually empty weighing hopper being assumed to contain the articles equivalent to the virtual weight value. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274970 | COMBINATION SCALE - A combination scale is provided that includes a combinatorial computation unit and two operation modes; a normal operation mode, and a corrective operation mode in which correction values are decided. The correction values are for use in correcting errors of measured weight values calculated from weight signals of weight sensors. In the normal operation mode, the combinatorial computation unit corrects the measured weight values using the correction values decided in the corrective operation mode. Then, the combinatorial computation unit executes combinatorial computations based on the corrected measured weight values. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274971 | DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE OF CENTRIFUGAL ROTATION MACHINE, AND CENTRIFUGAL ROTATION MACHINE - A dynamic characteristic measurement device of the present invention includes magnetic force generators ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180274972 | LIGHT-RECEIVING OPTICAL SYSTEM - A light-receiving optical system includes a rotating mirror configured to rotate around a rotation axis and having a reflection plane arranged at an angle with the rotation axis; an imaging optical system having an optical axis that coincides with the rotation axis; a multifocal Fresnel lens having sections formed concentrically around the optical axis; and light-receiving elements, wherein the imaging optical system is configured such that rays of light that enter the rotating mirror are converged onto one of the sections depending on an angle of the rays with the optical axis, and the multifocal Fresnel lens is configured such that the rays reach one of the light-receiving elements, which corresponds to the one of the sections so that a light-receiving element that the rays reach is determined depending on the angle of the rays with the optical axis independently of a rotational position of the rotating mirror. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274973 | ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR UV SENSING - The invention provides systems and methods for wearable and tissue-mounted electronics for monitoring exposure of a subject or object to electromagnetic radiation, particularly electromagnetic radiation in the visible, ultraviolet and infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In some embodiments, the devices are purely passive devices where absorption of incident electromagnetic radiation by the device provides at least a portion of the power for the measurement of the radiant exposure or flux of the incident electromagnetic radiation. Devices of the invention may include near field communication components, for example, for enabling readout by an external device, such as a computer or mobile device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274974 | Terminal and Method for Detecting Luminance of Ambient Light - A terminal and a method for detecting luminance of ambient light, where the terminal includes a processor, an ambient light sensor, and a screen. The ambient light sensor and the screen are both coupled to the processor. A light-sensitive element of the ambient light sensor faces the screen and is located on a lower surface of the screen. After the screen is lit up, the processor adjusts first luminance of the screen to a value below a first threshold within a visual persistence time of human eyes. The ambient light sensor detects luminance of first ambient light of the terminal within the visual persistence time of human eyes. The terminal may eliminate non-ambient light that enters the ambient light sensor such that the ambient light sensor may detect luminance of relatively real ambient light. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274975 | CHARGE PACKET SIGNAL PROCESSING USING PINNED PHOTODIODE DEVICES - An image sensor may include an array of image pixels coupled to analog-to-digital conversion circuitry formed from pinned photodiode charge transfer circuits. Majority charge carriers for the pinned photodiodes in the charge transfer circuits may be electrons for photodiode wells formed from n-type doped regions and may be holes for photodiode formed from p-type doped regions. Pinned photodiodes may be used for charge integration onto a capacitive circuit node. Pinned photodiodes may also be used for charge subtraction from a capacitive circuit node. Comparator circuitry may be used to determine digital values for the pixel output levels in accordance with single-slope conversion, successive-approximation-register conversion, cyclic conversion, and first or second order delta-sigma conversion techniques. The array of image pixels used for imaging may have a conversion mode wherein at least a portion of the pixel circuitry in the array are operated similar to the charge transfer circuits. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274976 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING - An illumination system incorporating a multi-faceted mirror in operative communication with an array of discrete illumination sources. The multi-faceted mirror may accept incident light beams from discrete illumination sources located at different positions and then deliver a reflected output to a common location for direct acceptance by an optical/imaging device or by a light guide transmission device operatively connected to a downstream optical/imaging device. Individual light sources may be selected and/or combined in a defined sequence by selectively activating and deactivating such light sources electronically with no need for moving parts. By pulsing different illumination sources, the optical/imaging system may be provided with a feed of narrow-band illumination for use in imaging. Outputs from several illumination sources can also be combined if desired to produce a custom-tuned illumination spectrum for a particular application. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274977 | OPTICAL FILTER AND SPECTROMETER INCLUDING SUB-WAVELENGTH DOUBLE GRATING STRUCTURE, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTICAL FILTER AND SPECTROMETER - An optical filter may include a first reflector and a second reflector. The first reflector may include a plurality of first gratings having a first sub-wavelength dimension and being arranged to recur at a first interval in a first direction. The second reflector may be spaced apart from the first reflector and include a plurality of second gratings having a second sub-wavelength dimension and arranged to recur at a second interval in a direction parallel to the first direction. The first reflector and the second reflector may include different materials or different geometric structures from each other. Accordingly, it is easy to adjust the transmission wavelength characteristics of the optical filter. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274978 | Delay Line Device And Terahertz Time-Domain Spectrometer System - A delay line device and a terahertz time-domain spectrometer system include: a baseplate, a slide rail component, in which the slide rail component includes a slide, a reflector, a grating ruler component, and an electric-magnetic induction component. When the electric-magnetic component, after being applied a current, cuts the magnetic induction coil to generate power to push the slide moving, the grating ruler component placed on the slide rail component collects the movement information of the slide. The slide's movement drives the reflector placed on the slide to move together to change the optical distance of a pump light, so as to generate the delay between the pump light and a probe light. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274979 | OPTICAL SENSOR, SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR SENSING - Various embodiments provide an optical sensor having an optical source, a grating arrangement optically coupled to the optical source to receive a source optical signal from the optical source, the grating arrangement including a chirped FBG having a defined spectral profile, wherein, in response to a first change in at least one parameter interacting with the chirped FBG, the defined spectral profile is shifted in a first direction relative to a reference spectral profile, and the grating arrangement is configured, in response thereto, to generate a first output optical signal corresponding to the first change, and wherein, in response to a second change in the at least one parameter interacting with the chirped FBG, the defined spectral profile is shifted in a second direction relative to the reference spectral profile, and the grating arrangement is configured, in response thereto, to generate a second output optical signal corresponding to the second change. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274980 | BRAGG GRATING, AND SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE INCLUDING THE BRAGG GRATING - Provided are a Bragg grating and a spectroscopy device including the same. The Bragg grating is disposed at each of opposite ends of a resonator for reflecting light of a certain wavelength band and includes a core member extending from a waveguide of the resonator in a lengthwise direction of the waveguide; a plurality of first refractive members protruding from the core member and spaced apart from each other along the lengthwise direction; and a second refractive member filling spaces between the first refractive members and having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the first refractive members. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274981 | Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for On-Chip Spectroscopy Using Optical Switches - A spectrometer includes an interferometer having a first interference arm and a second interference arm to produce interference patterns from incident light. At least one of the interference arms includes a series of cascaded optical switches connected by two (or more) waveguides of different lengths. Each optical switch directs the incident light into one waveguide or another, thereby changing the optical path length difference between the first interference arm and the second interference arm. This approach can be extended to multi-mode incident light by placing parallel interferometers together, each of which performs spectroscopy of one single mode in the multi-mode incident light. To maintain the compactness of the spectrometer, adjacent interferometers can share one interference arm. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274982 | MAGNETIC FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A magnetic field communication system and method is devised for communicating a signal indicating an internal state of a bearing through a magnetic field and for converting the signal communicating through the magnetic field into power to analyze the internal state of the bearing. The system includes a sensor unit disposed inside a bearing and an adapter disposed outside the bearing. The sensor unit includes a sensor to detect a temperature of oil inside the bearing and to output a sensing signal indicative of the detected oil temperature, and an interface to convert the outputted sensing signal into a magnetic field signal and to transmit the magnetic field signal outside the bearing. The adapter receives the transmitted magnetic field signal from the sensor unit and analyzes the received magnetic field signal in order to determine a status of the oil temperature. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274983 | TEMPERATURE DISPLAY DEVICE ISSUING APPARATUS - A temperature display device issuing apparatus is configured to issue a temperature display device including a temperature indicator having a function of starting temperature detection when irradiated with light. The temperature display device issuing apparatus includes: a printing/recording device configured to print time information on the temperature display device; an irradiation device configured to irradiate the light onto the temperature indicator of the temperature display device; and a controller configured to control printing in the printing/recording device and irradiation in the irradiation device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274984 | TEMPERATURE MONITORING DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, SWITCHGEARS WITH SAME AND RELATED METHODS - Temperature monitoring devices have a primary body with an inner circular perimeter, a temperature monitoring segment held by the primary body, the temperature monitoring segment comprising an inwardly extending thermal probe, and a fastener assembly segment held by the primary body at a location that is circumferentially spaced apart from the temperature monitoring segment. The fastener assembly segment has a circumferentially extending bracket that can be radially extended in a direction that is toward the inner circular perimeter of the device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274985 | TEMPERATURE DETECTION DEVICE - A temperature detection device includes a fitting member and a temperature detector. The fitting member has a wall fitted to a relay terminal such that the wall surrounds the relay terminal connecting a terminal on a power source side and a terminal on an electrical load side. The temperature detector is fixed to the wall on the side opposite to the relay terminal side of the wall. The wall has a spring portion that applies, to the relay terminal, a force directed toward the temperature detector. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274986 | PROCESS CONTROL USING NON-INVASIVE PRINTED PRODUCT SENSORS - An arrangement for monitoring a freeze drying process includes product condition sensors for product condition measurement within product vials. The product condition sensors are bimetal junctions deposited on a substrate using an ink jet printing process. The substrate may be a flexible film applied to an interior surface of the product vial, or may be the vial surface itself. The bimetal junction may be printed using a roll-roll inkjet printing process with metallic nanoparticle inks. Multiple closely-spaced bi-metal junctions are provided in each measurement vial. Data from the sensors is transmitted to a data collection point via short range wireless digital communications. The location of a sublimation front may be calculated for each measured vial, and the freeze drying process may be controlled using the data. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274987 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT THERMOMETRIC TARGET - A system for obtaining temperature measurements. The system includes a photoluminescent target. The photoluminescent target includes a photoluminescent coating and a thermally conductive skeleton. The photoluminescent coating, when exposed to excitation light received from an interrogation unit, reemits light in a temperature-dependent manner, and the interrogation unit obtains a temperature measurement based on the reemitted light. The thermally conductive skeleton structure is configured to establish an even temperature distribution across the photoluminescent target, and to provide a support matrix for the photoluminescent coating that surrounds the skeleton structure. The photoluminescent target thermally interfaces with a target body from which the temperature measurement is to be obtained. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274988 | Light Weight Flexible Temperature Sensor Kit - A thin sensor film that is capable of indicating temperature and an associated sensor readout kit that illuminates the sensor film and detects the return fluorescence for analysis to determine temperature. The sensor film may be detached and reattached in order to be reused. The initial design achieves high sensitivity and accuracy in the range of interest to biologistics and can potentially address temperatures ranging from −200 to 300° C. A variation allows for the use of optical fibers for measurements of surfaces inside enclosures. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274989 | Integrated Rail Efficiency and Safety Support System - Embodiments of an integrated rail efficiency and safety support system and method are shown comprising a server operable to receive a plurality of sets of collected information, each of the sets of collected information comprising a consist physical location and weather conditions and rail temperatures in an area of the respective consist and to process a predictive rail temperature algorithm for predicting a rail temperature and/or a trend in rail temperature for a selected section of track; and wherein the predictive rail temperature algorithm factors the information provided to it and provides a predicted rail temperature and/or trend in rail temperature for the selected section of track. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274990 | THERMOMETER AND BODY TEMPERATURE MEASURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A thermometer is provided that includes a main body having a first body including first and second regions and a second body mounted on the first body, the main body extending in a first direction; a rubber cap surrounding the second region and formed to be inserted into the ear; a temperature sensor disposed in the second region and having a specific temperature sensing range with respect to the first direction; and first and second circuit boards electrically connected to the temperature sensor and disposed in the second region in a second direction intersecting the first direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274991 | RAPID COOLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A CALIBRATION BATH - A device includes a chamber having an interior surface formed from a material that reflects infrared energy. A tank is disposed within the chamber. A bottom wall of the tank is spaced apart from a bottom wall of the chamber, and side walls of the tank are spaced apart from side walls of the chamber. A conduit is formed between the bottom wall of the tank and the bottom wall of the chamber and between the side walls of the tank and the side walls of the chamber. A fan or pump moves air into the conduit past the bottom and side walls of the tank to cool a fluid disposed within the tank. A processor controls a speed at which a motor of the fan or pump rotates based on input received from one or more temperature sensors. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274992 | DEVICE HAVING TANK SHAPED TO PRODUCE FLOW DIRECTION AND IMPROVE TEMPERATURE STABILITY AND UNIFORMITY - A device includes a tank, a motor, and a fluid propulsion device, for example, a propeller that is coupled to the motor. The tank includes a bottom wall and side walls. A first surface of a first side wall forms an obtuse angle with a surface of the bottom wall. The fluid propulsion device is disposed inside the tank opposite the first surface of the first side wall. A first surface of a second side wall forms an obtuse angle with the surface of the bottom wall. Rounded corners may be disposed within the tank where pairs of adjacent side walls meet the bottom wall. Rounded surfaces may be formed where the side walls meet the bottom wall. The structure of the tank enables the propeller to rapidly disperse a fluid throughout the tank. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274993 | CALIBRATION BATH WITH STIR MOTOR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL AND STIRRING VISCOSITY DETECTION AND ADJUSTMENT - A calibration device includes a tank, a propeller disposed within the tank, a motor coupled to the propeller, a processor coupled to the motor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the motor to rotate at a specified speed based on input an indication of an actual speed of the motor. The memory may store instructions that cause the device to dynamically change the speed of the motor based on the viscosity of a fluid in the tank, which changes as the temperature of the fluid changes. In addition, the memory may store instructions that cause the device to determine whether the fluid in the tank is deteriorated, and to provide an operator alert in response to determining that the fluid is deteriorated. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274994 | OPERATING-STATUS DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An operating-status diagnostic apparatus includes a sensor unit and a control unit. The sensor unit detects heat fluxes flowing outward from a component of a facility. A control unit determines whether or not an operating status of the facility indicates that the component is in a warming-up complete state where warming-up of the component is completed based on a detection result of detection by the sensor unit. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274995 | CAPACITIVE TORQUE SENSOR WITHOUT LIMIT IN FLEXURE HINGE - Provided herein is a capacitive torque sensor, which can completely offset forces/torques in all axial directions, except for force/torque in a direction of a central axis, by measuring variations in capacitances of four sensing cells arrayed at angular intervals of 90 degrees on the basis of a center of the sensor and can offer a sensing value for the torque in a central axis direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274996 | System and Method for Analyzing Athletic Activity - Various sensor systems are described herein, including inserts having sensors thereon, which are configured to be received in an article of footwear. The inserts may be connected to a sole member of the footwear, or may function as a sole member. The sensors may be bonded to an outer surface of the insert in some configurations. The system may also include an electronic module that is overmolded into the sole structure and includes a connector for external access. | 2018-09-27 |
20180274997 | Glass surface stress meter and Multiple-tempered glass surface stress meter - The invention provides a glass surface stress meter and multiple-tempered glass surface stress meter, and the glass surface stress meter includes a light source ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180274998 | PEDAL STEPPING FORCE DETECTOR - A pedal stepping force detector includes a rod, a case having a bottomed-cylindrical shape and extending along a longitudinal direction of the rod, a strain body housed in a bottom portion of the case, an operating body that is housed in the case so that the operating body is in contact with the strain body, and an elastic member that is compressed in association with an operation of the rod and thus causes biasing force to act on the operating body | 2018-09-27 |
20180274999 | Semiconductor Sensor Device and Method for Manufacturing Same - To provide a high-performance semiconductor sensor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor sensor device. This semiconductor sensor device has a sensor chip, and a first thin film formed on the sensor chip, said sensor chip being mechanically connected, via the first thin film, to a second thin film formed on a base formed of a polycrystalline material. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275000 | MEMS PRESSURE GAUGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention relates to a MEMS pressure sensor die and its fabrication process. The pressure sensor comprises a chamber inside which a MEMS pressure sensor die is provided. The pressure sensor die comprises a handle, a device layer and a cap all connected together. A silicon oxide layer is formed between the handle and the device layer. Another silicon oxide layer is formed between the device layer and the cap. Recesses are respectively formed on the handle and the cap and face each other. The handle recess and the cap recess are connected to form a cavity. The device layer, which spans the cavity, further comprises a bridge on which a plurality of piezoresistive sensing elements are formed. The present pressure sensor is more immune to temperature effects. It is especially suitable for operating in a high temperature, high pressure environment and is capable of delivering accurate and reliable pressure measurements at low cost. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275001 | PRESSURE SENSOR CHIP, PRESSURE TRANSMITTER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRESSURE SENSOR CHIP - A pressure sensor chip includes a first layer including a pressure introduction channel opening on a first main surface and a second main surface; a second layer including a diaphragm covering one end of the channel, a first strain gauge, and a second strain gauge, the second layer being on the second main surface; and a third layer including a third main surface and a concaved portion disposed at the third main surface, the third main surface being on the second layer. The concaved portion faces the channel with the diaphragm interposed therebetween, and is on an inner side of the channel when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The first strain gauge is on an outer side of the concaved portion when viewed from the direction. The second strain gauge is on an inner side of the first strain gauge when viewed from the direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275002 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AIR PRESSURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONICS APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a signal processing device, an air pressure sensor assembly and an electronics apparatus. The signal processing device for a sensing signal comprises: an input unit, which is configured to receive the sensing signal; and a processing unit, which is configured to attenuate a higher frequency component of the sensing signal so that the value of the higher frequency component when the sensing signal is stable is lower than that when the sensing signal is changing. According to an embodiment of this invention, the present invention can reduce the noise in a sensing signal from an air pressure sensor during a stable state. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275003 | Climate Control Pressure Plug with Sensor - A sensor-plug for insertion into a drier bottle of an automotive condenser. The sensor-plug is a unitary piece and positioned within the drier bottle to eliminate the use of a separate sensor on the opposite side of the condenser. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275004 | PRESSURE SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PRESSURE SENSOR, PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A pressure sensor includes a substrate having a diaphragm bent and deformed by pressure reception, a side wall portion disposed on one surface side of the substrate and surrounding the diaphragm in plan view of the substrate, a sealing layer disposed to face the diaphragm with space interposed between the sealing layer and the diaphragm and sealing the space, and a metal layer positioned between the side wall portion and the sealing layer and disposed to surround the diaphragm in plan view of the substrate, and an inner peripheral end of the metal layer is positioned outside the diaphragm in plan view of the substrate. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275005 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A PRESSURE COMPRISING A PRESSURE SENSOR - The invention relates to a pressure measurement device ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180275006 | OIL PRESSURE SENSOR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - An oil pressure sensor attachment structure includes the oil path body; the sensor case; and a seal member. The oil path body has an accommodation hole portion which accommodates the oil pressure sensor. The accommodation hole portion has a small-diameter hole portion and a large-diameter hole portion. The sensor case has a columnar portion which is disposed along a central axis extending in the up and down direction and of which at least a portion is inserted into the small-diameter hole portion. A flange portion which protrudes from the columnar portion to an outside in a radial direction and is inserted into the large-diameter hole portion. The flange portion is disposed to face a lower side of the upper body in the up and down direction. The seal member has an annular shape, and seals a portion between an inner surface of the accommodation hole portion and the sensor case. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275007 | PORTABLE APPLIANCE TESTING APPARATUS - A portable appliance testing apparatus includes a water tank and a pump configured to draw water from the water tank and pressurize the water within a piping assembly. The apparatus further includes a pressure regulator switch coupled to the piping assembly to enable control of the pump based on a pressure within the piping assembly. The apparatus also includes at least one appliance connector coupled to the piping assembly to enable attachment of an appliance thereto. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE ULTRASONIC AUTONOMOUS DETECTION OF LEAKS - A system and method for the ultrasonic autonomous detection of a leak in a component are disclosed using at least one source sensor, at least one ambient sensor and a processor. Based upon the detection of high frequency sounds from the sensor, the processor can determine whether or not a leak is present. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275009 | WATER LEAKAGE DETECTOR - A water leakage detector includes: an electrostatic capacity sensor that is arranged at a bottom portion of a housing; and a leg portion that provides a space between the bottom portion and a floor of the housing including the electrostatic capacity sensor. With this configuration, it may be possible to detect quickly in an earlier stage of water leakage and achieve resistance to deterioration caused by an environment. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275010 | Detecting Test Gas Fluctuations During Sniffer Leak Searching - A method for detecting fluctuations in the amount of test gas detected by a sniffer probe of a leak detector in the gas flow from around a test piece pressurized with an oxygen-free test gas containing at least an amount of CO | 2018-09-27 |
20180275011 | Systems And Methods For Detecting And Controlling Leaks - Systems and methods for detecting and controlling leaks via analysis of substance flow data. A leak management system including a processor that receives substance flow data from a plurality of substance flow sensors, analyzes the substance flow data to identify at least one discrepancy within said substance flow data, and transmits at least one alert and/or takes preventative or corrective action upon identification of said at least one discrepancy. In one aspect, identifying said at least one discrepancy includes identifying a predetermined difference between the value read at the primary one of the plurality of substance flow sensors and the sum of all values read at all of the secondary ones of the plurality of substance flow sensors, wherein the predetermined difference accounts for a margin of error. Flow sensors may be recharged by the flow of the substance through the sensor. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275012 | Aseptic Filter Vent Valve And Port For Integrity Testing - The present disclosure relates to a filter capsule that supports direct integrity testing of an internal filter element. The filter capsule includes a filter housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, a passage running longitudinally between the inlet port and outlet port and holding a filter element, and an aseptic vent assembly. The filter housing also includes an integrity test assembly that can be used as a direct connection for integrity testing hardware, as opposed to upstream of the filter capsule. In one embodiment, the integrity test assembly comprises a body having a bore formed through its interior and a movable plunger within the bore. The plunger includes a handle to move the plunger between a closed position and an open position. Various seals between the plunger and the bore form a fluid tight seal between various portions of the plunger and the bore. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275013 | CONFOCAL LASER METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TORIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES - Described are systems, devices, and methods related to a confocal laser method (CLM) for accurately measuring dioptric powers and other critical optical properties of intraocular lenses (IOLs), such as toric IOLs. Described test results demonstrate that the described CLM systems and methods can be used to measure the spherical equivalent and cylinder powers of toric IOLs with high accuracy. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275014 | LENS METER - A lens meter includes a measurement optical system that projects measurement light to a test lens, and receives the measurement light which has passed through the test lens, a control part that calculates an optical characteristic value of the test lens based on the received measurement light, and controls the measurement optical system, a display part that displays the optical characteristic value by control of the control part, and an imaging part that obtains a lens image of the test lens, wherein the control part generates a mapping image showing distribution of the optical characteristic value of the test lens based on the optical characteristic value and position information of a measurement position of the optical characteristic value, generates a superimposed image in which the mapping image is superimposed onto the lens image, and displays the superimposed image on the display part. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275015 | Methods and Systems for Measuring Image Quality - Methods and systems for measuring the asymmetrical image quality or image features of an intraocular lens (IOL), design, refractive and diffractive designs, such as IOLs with Extended tolerance of astigmatic effects are provided by through-focus and meridian response. Measurements are taken at various focal plane and meridian positions to allow for determination of areas of better performance away from 0 meridian or the start position and meridian. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275016 | SENSOR FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A sensor failure diagnostic apparatus includes a first estimation unit to estimate a mixing ratio of each type of a molecular structure included in a fuel, based on combustion parameters when a combustion of an internal combustion engine is executed in different combustion conditions, among the combustion parameters sensed by a combustion sensor, a second estimation unit to estimate the mixing ratio, based on characteristic parameters sensed by a characteristic sensor, a combustion sensor diagnostic unit to determine whether a failure of the combustion sensor exists, based on a sensed value of the combustion sensor when the combustion is not executed, and a characteristic sensor diagnostic unit to determine whether a failure of the characteristic sensor exists, by comparing the mixing ratio estimated by the first estimation unit with the mixing ratio estimated by the second estimation unit when the combustion sensor diagnostic unit determines the combustion sensor is normal. | 2018-09-27 |