40th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160290721 | CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE FOR ANNEALING STEEL STRIP, METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY ANNEALING STEEL STRIP, CONTINOUS HOT-DIP GALVANIZING FACILITY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL STRIP - A continuous annealing furnace for annealing steel strips that is a vertical-type annealing furnace is configured so that part of gas inside the furnace is drawn and introduced to a refiner disposed outside the furnace including an oxygen removing apparatus and a dehumidifying apparatus, oxygen and moisture contained in the gas are removed to lower the dew point of the gas, and the gas having a lowered dew point is put back into the furnace. At least one gas inlet through which gas is drawn from the furnace into the refiner is disposed in the vicinity of the entry side of the furnace at a distance of 6 m or less in the vertical direction and 3 m or less in the furnace-length direction from the steel-strip-introduction section located at the lower part of the heating zone. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290722 | GAS PURGING ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED GAS CONNECTION ELEMENT - Gas purging element ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160290723 | CONDENSER - A condenser includes: a vessel ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160290724 | APPLICATION SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A COATING AGENT - An application system for applying a coating agent onto a component, in particular for applying a sealant onto a motor vehicle body part, includes a material supply for providing the coating agent, a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the coating agent, an applicator for applying the coating agent, and a coating agent line between the material supply and the applicator. The temperature control device controls the temperature of the coating agent in the coating agent line downstream of the material supply. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290725 | COUNTER CURRENT HEAT EXCHANGE MODULE - Heat exchange apparatus comprises a plurality of thermally conductive, moisture impervious sheets. Each sheet comprises a plurality of corrugations. The plurality of sheets are disposed in a stack such that each alternate sheet has its corrugations affixed to and disposed at an angle to the corrugations of an adjacent sheet to provide a plurality of separate flow pathways. The plurality of separate flow pathways comprises first predetermined pathways and second predetermined pathways. The stack of sheets have first end portions disposed to provide a first inlets and a first outlets for the first predetermined pathways and second end portions to provide second inlets and second outlets for the second predetermined pathways. The corrugations forming the second predetermined pathways comprise a wettable surface. The first predetermined pathways are adapted for a first fluid flow and the second predetermined pathways are adapted for a countercurrent second fluid flow. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290726 | Enhancing Performance of Air Source Heat Pump Systems - A booster unit and method increase the performance of an air source heat pump system at low ambient air temperatures, the air source heat pump system including a conduit system for forwarding a refrigerant through an external circuit exposed to ambient air. A tubular system is immersed in a liquid heat exchange medium, such as water or antifreeze, within a booster chamber having chamber walls exposure to ambient air. An internal circuit of the tubular system receives refrigerant from the conduit system for advancement through the tubular system and delivery back to the conduit system so that heat passing from ambient air through the chamber walls and into the liquid heat exchange medium in the booster chamber is transferred from the liquid heat exchange medium to the refrigerant in the tubular system, to increase the temperature of the refrigerant being delivered from the tubular system and forwarded to the external circuit, thereby reducing or eliminating frosting at the external circuit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290727 | BURST RESISTANT THIN WALL HEAT SINK - An apparatus for cooling an electronic component has a planar top member of a thermal energy conductive material and a parallel planar bottom member of the material, the planar bottom member including a surface having regions configured for heat exchange contact with the electronic component. The planar top member has a plurality of stamped indent formations at a plurality of locations, each indent formation providing a contact surface such that the planar top member is affixed to the bottom member by braze or solder at each contact surface. Alternatively, the planar bottom member also has a plurality of stamped indent formations in alignment with indent formations of the top member. The planar top member is affixed to the bottom member by brazing or soldering each respective contact surface of an indent formation of the planar top member to an opposing contact surface of a corresponding indent formation of the parallel planar bottom member. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290728 | FLEXIBLE COLD PLATE WITH ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY - An apparatus for cooling an electronic component has a planar top member of a thermal energy conductive material and a parallel planar bottom member of the material, the planar bottom member including a surface having regions configured for heat exchange contact with the electronic component. The joined planar top and bottom members have a sidewall structure of reduced height (and generally the height of the cold plate) between active areas in order to improve flexibility. The stiffness of the sidewalls is reduced by very advantageously reduce the height of the sidewalls. In one embodiment, the sidewalls are shorter in height corresponding to regions only between active areas. Alternatively, the sidewalls are of reduced height everywhere by insetting the active areas within the top and/or bottom sheets. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290729 | HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT - A heat exchanger unit includes tube units arranged within a duct unit for heat exchange with combustion gas supplied from a furnace of a thermal power plant, and heat exchanger fins longitudinally formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the tube units and having different thickness and sizes while heat exchange with the combustion gas is performed through the heat exchanger fin. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290730 | DUAL DUTY MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a first tube bank having at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship. A second tube bank includes at least a first group of flattened tube segments and a second group of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship. The second tube bank is disposed behind the first tube bank with a leading edge of the second tube bank spaced from a trailing edge of the first tube bank. The first group of flattened tube segments is configured to receive a first fluid. The second group of flattened tube segments is configured to receive a second fluid. A fan provides an airflow across the first tube bunk and the second tube bank sequentially. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290731 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH COLLECTING CHANNEL FOR DISCHARGING A LIQUID PHASE - A heat exchanger for indirectly exchanging heat between a first medium and a second medium, the heat exchanger having a casing enclosing an encased area for receiving the liquid phase of the first medium and at least one plate heat exchanger arranged in the encased area for receiving the first medium and the second medium. The plate heat exchanger is surrounded by the liquid phase of the first medium during operation. A collecting channel is located in the encased area in order to allow for discharge of part of the liquid phase of the first medium from the encased area. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290732 | CERAMIC HEAT EXCHANGE PLATE AND AIR PRE-HEATER ASSEMBLED THEREBY - The present invention relates to a ceramic heat exchange plate and an air pre-heater assembled thereby. The air pre-heater comprises a housing, the housing being provided with a lining therein and an access hole thereon. A heat exchange core is arranged inside the lining, and consists of a plurality of ceramic heat exchange plates, side connecting bolt assemblies, corner connecting bolt assemblies and side sealing strips, which are superimposed in a staggered manner; the plurality of ceramic heat exchange plates form a flue gas channel and an air channel which are intersected crisscross, and the flue gas channel and the air channel are not communicated to each other; a flue gas inlet and a flue gas outlet are arranged on a front surface and a rear surface of the housing, respectively; and an air inlet and an air outlet are arranged on a left surface and a right surface of the housing, respectively. The present invention is reasonable in structure and convenient to manufacture, and improves the air tightness, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and service life. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290733 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger including a stacking block, including: a first plate surface; a second plate surface opposite to the first plate surface; and first and second flow path plates including respective plural first and second through holes that have a standard shape. The first through holes are arranged to line up in a standard array pattern in a first direction in which a first flow path causes a first fluid to flow. The second through holes are arranged in the first direction in the same standard array pattern as the first through holes. Each of the first through holes have an area with a same overlap with the second through holes positioned on both sides of the first through holes, in the first direction. The first flow path is formed by the first and second through holes being mutually joined in the first direction, in the areas of overlap. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290734 | LOW-COST NANO-HEAT PIPE - A method of fabricating a heat pipe may include providing a first material as a body section. The method may include stamping or etching the body section to include the cavity. A portion of the body section may constitute a wall of the cavity. The method may include stamping or etching the wall of the cavity to provide a set of corrugations on a portion of the wall of the cavity. The method may include forming an opening in the wall of the cavity. The method may include attaching a lid over the cavity. The lid constituting at least a portion of a hermetic seal of the cavity. The method may include attaching a cover to the body section approximately adjacent to the opening in the cavity. The method may include attaching a valve to the body section approximately at the opening to the cavity. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290735 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR THERMAL ENHANCEMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are provided for thermal enhancement. Thermal enhancement may include absorbing heat from one or more devices. In some cases, this may improve the efficiency of the one or more devices. In general, a phase transition may be induced in a storage material. The storage material may be combined with a freeze point suppressant in order to reduce its melt point. The mixture may be used to boost the performance of device, such as an electrical generator, a heat engine, a refrigerator, and/or a freezer. The freeze point suppressant and storage material may be separated. By delaying the periods between each stage by prescribed amounts, the methods, systems, and devices may be able to shift the availability of electricity to the user and/or otherwise boost a device at different times in some cases. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290736 | BENT HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A bent heat exchanger and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The bent heat exchanger includes: a first header ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160290737 | THERMAL MASS FOR HEAT PRE-LOAD AND TIME-CONTROLLED DISPERSION IN BUILDING HEATING SYSTSEMS - A heating and/or cooling temperature adjusting apparatus disposed proximate a point of use comprising a heat exchange structure, at least one thermal mass unit comprised of a material which changes phase at a predetermined temperature, and a housing which at least partially encloses the heat exchange structure and thermal mass unit. Additionally, a plurality of thermal mass units can be employed, each with equivalent, or differing, temperature threshold points for conversion between solid, liquid or gaseous phases. The presence of the thermal mass unit at the point of use allows for the heating/cooling system to rapidly adjust the temperature of the room while simultaneously decreasing the duty cycle of the heating/cooling generator (e.g. boiler). | 2016-10-06 |
20160290738 | MONOLITHIC TUBE-IN MATRIX HEAT EXCHANGER - A cross-flow heat exchanger for gas turbine engines which may be utilized to transfer heat from one fluid flow to a second independent fluid flow wherein one of the fluid flows has a high differential inlet pressure and temperature. The heat exchanger has robust construction to inhibit mixing of the fluid flows during a single burst duct event. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290739 | VAPOR CHAMBER - A vapor chamber is provided which includes a container including a first region which is heated and a second region which dissipates a heat and having a plate shape, and a working fluid which is encapsulated inside the container. The working fluid is evaporated by a heat transferred to a first region, after a vapor which is an evaporated working fluid flows to the second region, the heat is dissipated and the vapor is condensed, and the working fluid which is the condensed vapor is circulated to the first region. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290740 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING FLATNESS OF PLATE - A plate flatness adjusting device includes at least one tendon, an accommodation portion, and a tensile strength adjuster. The at least one tendon penetrates a through-hole of a plate and has lateral ends protruding outside of the plate. The accommodation portion accommodates the lateral ends of the at least one tendon. The tensile strength adjuster is coupled to the accommodation portion to adjust a tensile strength of the at least one tendon. The adjusted tensile strength adjusts a degree of flatness of the plate. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290741 | Method for Corrosion Protection of Tubing Braze Joints that Connect Copper and Anodic Alloy Treated Aluminum - An apparatus and method for a brazed joint is described. A larger diameter pipe is brazed to a smaller diameter pipe. A flare is provided, extending from the end of the larger pipe toward the smaller pipe and radially outward. Such a flare protects the brazed joint from exposure to water and other elements and protects against corrosion. A sealant may also be added between the flare and the smaller pipe to add increased protection. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290742 | HEAT EXCHANGER - An object is to provide a heat exchanger including a resonance-prevention baffle plate disposed between a plurality of heat transfer tubes, the resonance-prevention baffle plate being obtainable and mountable readily and at lower cost. A heat exchanger | 2016-10-06 |
20160290743 | ALUMINUM ALLOY CLAD MATERIAL AND HEAT EXCHANGER THAT INCLUDES TUBE OBTAINED BY FORMING THE CLAD MATERIAL - An aluminum alloy clad material produces a heat exchanger tube that exhibits excellent outer-side corrosion resistance when formed into a tube. The aluminum alloy clad material includes a core material, an inner cladding material, and a sacrificial anode material, one side of the core material being clad with the inner cladding material, the other side of the core material being clad with the sacrificial anode material, the core material being formed of an Al—Mn alloy that includes 0.6 to 2.0 mass % of Mn and 0.4 mass % or less of Cu, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities, the inner cladding material being formed of an Al—Mn—Cu alloy that includes 0.6 to 2.0 mass % of Mn and 0.2 to 1.5 mass % of Cu, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities, and the sacrificial anode material being formed of an Al—Zn alloy that includes 0.5 to 10.0 mass % of Zn, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290744 | CLAD MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIPE, PIPE, AND HEAT EXCHANGER USING PIPE - A clad material is composed of a core material, a first skin material covering one side of the core material, a second skin material covering the other side of the core material, and an intermediate material interposed between the core material and the first skin material. The core material is made of an Al alloy containing Cu (0.3 to 0.5 mass %), Mn (0.6 to 1.0 mass %), Ti (0.05 to 0.15 mass %). The first skin material is made of an Al alloy containing Si (7.9 to 9.5 mass %) and Fe (0.1 to 0.3 mass %). The second skin material is made of an Al alloy containing Si (4.5 to 5.5 mass %) and Cu (0.5 to 0.7 mass %). The intermediate material is made of an Al alloy containing Mn (0.2 to 0.4 mass %) and Zn (0.2 to 0.4 mass %). | 2016-10-06 |
20160290745 | WATER COLLECTION TROUGH ASSEMBLY - A liquid collection trough assembly for a cooling tower, condenser or dephlegmator includes a plurality of elongate troughs and associated inclined capture plates arranged to receive liquid on a front face thereof and direct the liquid into an associated elongate trough. Each capture plate has a generally upright deflection plate extending downwards from an upper region on its rear face so as to be capable of receiving liquid droplets contacting it and directing such liquid into or onto an adjacent trough or capture plate, in use. The deflection plate extends downwards to terminate in a bottom edge that is located downwards of the upper region of the capture plate and spaced rearwards of the rear face of an inclined portion of the capture plate. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290746 | MODULAR COUNTERFLOW FILL HANGING SYSTEM APPARATUS AND METHOD - A heat exchange fill apparatus for use with a cooling tower that employs a support frame assembly. The heat exchange fill apparatus has a media fill pack that is comprised of fill pack media modules wherein a stake, prevents the modules from shifting with respect to one another. The modules are installed in a cooling tower of the like via a hanging fill support | 2016-10-06 |
20160290747 | BOILER WITH ACCESS TO HEAT EXCHANGERS - A boiler that includes a housing is disclosed. The housing houses a combustion chamber, a heat exchanger system, a heat flow path, an isolating member, and a removable panel. The heat flow path thermally couples the combustion chamber and the heat exchanger system. The isolating member at least partially separates the combustion chamber from the heat exchanger system wherein. When the removable panel is removed a user is provided access to the heat exchanger system. The isolating member is internal to the housing. The removable panel is an internal removable panel positioned on the isolating member. When the internal removable panel is removed, the user is provided internal access to the heat exchanger system. In other embodiments, the panel is an external removable panel positioned on an exterior wall of the housing. When the exterior removable panel is removed, the user is provided exterior access to the heat exchanger system. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290748 | Adjustable Carrier - Disclosed herein is a modified rifle bolt carrier allowing a selectively openable vent/valve at the location where exhaust gas is pressurizing the bolt carrier to control carrier speed under suppressed fire in a first valve position or unsuppressed fire in a second valve position. A valve core is disclosed which may be rotated 180° to an “open” setting for non-suppressed fire from its position in a “closed” position for suppressed fire. The modified bolt carrier will allow an operator of the firearm to adjust for a suppressor without changing the gas block or having to modify or adapt the front end of the firearm. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290749 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGAZINE WITH FOLDED FEED LIPS - A magazine for use in a firearm includes first and second feed lips that are folded to reinforce the strength of the respective feed lips. In some embodiments, the strength of the feed lips may be further reinforced by applying one or more welds. The feed lips are capable of withstanding greater amounts of force to avoid failure. Accordingly, the disclosed magazine and method for providing the magazine reduce the “spring back” effect present in conventional magazine feed lips. This removes the additional step of having to over-form the feed lips that is performed when forming a magazine having conventional feed lips. The result is a method for providing a magazine with folded feed lips that are capable of withstanding greater amounts of force to avoid warping, deforming, or other failure, wherein the method for forming the magazine is more accurate, more consistent, and involves fewer steps. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGAZINE WITH FOLDED FEED LIPS - A magazine for use in a firearm includes first and second feed lips having folded portions to reinforce the strength of the respective feed lips. In some embodiments, the strength of the feed lips may be further reinforced by applying one or more welds. The feed lips are capable of withstanding greater amounts of force to avoid failure. Accordingly, the disclosed magazine and method for providing the magazine reduce the “spring back” effect present in conventional magazine feed lips. This removes the additional step of having to over-form the feed lips that is performed when forming a magazine having conventional feed lips. The result is a method for providing a magazine with folded feed lips that are capable of withstanding greater amounts of force to avoid warping, deforming, or other failure, wherein the method for forming the magazine is more accurate, more consistent, and involves fewer steps. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290751 | METHOD FOR DIRECTION LIMITATION AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTOIN LIMITATION - A method for direction limitation of a firing system. A first calculating unit controls the firing system and knows direction limitation positions. An elevation of the firing system and a traverse of the firing system are measured. A position of the firing system is calculated in the first calculating unit based on the elevation and traverse. The position of the firing system is calculated in a second calculating unit based on the elevation and traverse. The calculated positions of the firing system are compared with direction limitation positions. It is decided whether the firing system is positioned outside the direction limitation positions. Also, a direction limitation system for a firing system. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290752 | FIREARM SAFETY AND CHAMBER BLOCK INDICATOR - This invention is directed to a firearm safety device that has a chamber block for being received in a chamber of a firearm. An internal area is defined in the chamber block and can receive a bullet so that the bullet biases the outer walls outward. A visual indicator is attached to a distal end of the chamber block and is received in the bore of the barrel and extending outward past the muzzle providing a visual indication that the firearm is in a safe condition. In one embodiment, the chamber block can be inserted into the muzzle and the visual indicator extends through the barrel and chamber and out of the ejection port of magazine well. The visual indicator can be modifiable in length to accommodate various lengths of barrels and can be flexible. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290753 | Semi-Automatic Rifle - A semi-automatic rifle is configured to fire single rounds of ammunition via a magazine or a belt of ammunition. A receiver cover pivots open to receive the first round of a belt of ammunition or a magazine can be inserted in a magazine well. The rifle operates using a closed bolt firing cycle, with a sliding hammer that, on its return from recoil after firing a first round, is caught by a sear regardless of whether the trigger is still in the pulled position. The trigger must be fully released before a second round can be fired. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290754 | RETRACTABLE SUPRESSOR - A variety of apparatuses and associated methods are provided for providing a retractable suppressor system for gas generator systems such as a firearm. One embodiment includes a suppressor system that includes a retractable structure and housing, a fixed baffle, floating baffles, and springs to displace the floating baffles within the suppressor as the suppressor is extended from the housing along a gas generator system, e.g. a barrel of a firearm and thereby enclose the barrel within the suppressor. Embodiments of the invention permit full retraction, partial retraction/extension, or full extension of an exemplary suppressor with respect to an emission section of the gas generator e.g., firearm muzzle. Embodiments of the invention include an external latch which enables an operator to latch or unlatch the suppressor as it moves from one position to another and prevents accidental activation. Embodiments of the invention are configured to operate with accessory mounting systems. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290755 | ARMORER'S BLOCK - A firearm support apparatus for supporting a firearm in a generally horizontal orientation. The firearm support apparatus includes a support plate configured to horizontally support the firearm on both a top face and a bottom face | 2016-10-06 |
20160290756 | ASYMMETRICAL ARCHERY BOW LIMB - A bow limb having a lengthen member with a protrusion and or an indentation upon said limb surfaces in order to modify an asymmetrical load application. Said protrusion and or indention modify said working area of said limb to react to limb torsion. Said protrusion and indentions are varying as to the different types of construction and the amount of modification desired. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290757 | CROSSBOW HAVING IMPROVED BARREL AND ARROW - An improved arrow has an arrow shaft having a first diameter, a first end defining a tip and a second end defining an area that interacts with the string of a crossbow. A first ring is formed proximate the first end of the arrow shaft and has a second diameter and a first length. A second ring is formed proximate the second end of the arrow shaft and has a third diameter and a second length. In various embodiments, the second and third diameters are larger than the first diameter of the arrow shaft and may be equal. The first and second rings function to allow the arrow to be shot from a crossbow having a barrel to reduce the amount of friction that exists between the arrow and the barrel walls and to reduce the amount of noise generated as the arrow traverses and exits the barrel. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290758 | BARREL AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PROJECTILE LAUNCHING SYSTEM - A multiple rails magnetic accelerator is presented. By means of an electric discharge, a magnetic field is created which moves an armature along the rails. These rails are made in such way they can stand multiple shoots without eroding. The launcher is configured such that the critical velocity of the armature increases along the axial direction towards the muzzle as it moves through the gun. The rails are separated with a proper electrical insulator and the whole structure can be surrounded by one or more shells to confine the barrel and apply compressive stress. The compressive stresses applied preload the rails and the composite barrel structure to resist overall forces encountered during projectile firing. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290759 | Vibration Damper - In at least one embodiment, a firearm comprises a stock comprising a vibration damper. The vibration damper comprises a first resilient member, a second resilient member and a mass. Each resilient member is attached to the stock and comprises a first material and a second material. Each of the first and second materials is elastomeric. The first material defines a body of the resilient member, the body defining apertures therein and spokes extending between adjacent apertures. The second material of each resilient member occupying an entire cross-section of each aperture defined in the first material of the resilient member. The mass is supported by said first and second resilient members. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290760 | Multi-Platform Ergonomic Foregrip - A foregrip for use with a firearm having a handguard mounting platform. The foregrip comprises a unitary body attachable to a handguard and configured with a front end, an intermediate section and a rear end. A front end designed to form a vertical engagement portion, an intermediate section designed to be partially curved engagement section and extending from the front end to the rear end, and a rear end designed to form a top portion and a lower portion. The top portion forming a first angled engagement portion, and the lower forming a second angled engagement portion. An attachment surface provides a method for mounting the foregrip onto a firearm handguard. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290761 | FIREARM HANDGUARD HAVING HEAT-REDUCING FEATURES - A handguard comprising a plurality of layers of composite material. At least one of the layers is a ceramic matrix composite and at least one of the layers, and preferably the outer later, is a carbon fiber reinforced composite. In addition, the outermost layer is preferably a woven fabric carbon fiber reinforced composite. In one embodiment, one or more ceramic matrix composite layers is sandwiched between layers of carbon fiber reinforced composite. In another embodiment, an innermost layer is a ceramic matrix composite and the outermost layer is a carbon fiber reinforced composite. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290762 | Shooter's gun case, table combo - A portable gun carrying case with standard foam inserts that has legs hidden inside under the foam. After the gun/rifle is removed, the legs are pinned into place using the supplied pins. Once the legs are pinned into place the case/table is turned over onto the legs making it a table to be used for a shooting bench/table/rest. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290763 | Sight - A sight includes an adjusting module, a collector ring, a first adjusting element, and an elastic element. The collector ring includes a connecting end connected to the adjusting module, a free end opposite to the connecting end, a periphery connecting the connecting end and the free end, and a notch formed on the periphery and connected to the free end. The first adjusting element includes a first end which abuts the periphery. The elastic element extends in a direction from the free end to the connecting end and abuts the periphery. The elastic element contacts the periphery in a position between the notch and the connecting end. The first end is configured to resist an elastic force exerted by the elastic element and move the collector ring. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290764 | OPTICAL POSITIONING AIMING SYSTEM - An optical positioning aiming system including an optical positioning subsystem (subsystem). The subsystem is configured to determine relative positions of a weapon and a head mounted display. The subsystem includes a processing unit, infrared (IR) emitters mounted to a weapon, IR emitters mounted to the head mounted display, IR cameras mounted to the weapon, and IR cameras mounted to the head mounted display. The IR cameras mounted to the weapon are configured to determine a relative position of the IR emitters mounted on the head mounted display and to communicate the relative position of the IR emitters mounted on the head mounted display to the processing unit. The IR cameras mounted to the head mounted display are configured to determine a relative position of the IR emitters mounted to the weapon and communicate the relative position of the IR emitters mounted to the weapon to the processing unit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290765 | RIFLE SCOPE TARGETING DISPLAY ADAPTER - This disclosure describes a compact and lightweight rifle scope display adapter configured to be affixed in front of the objective lens of a rifle scope. The display adapter includes a receptacle that enables the adapter to be electrically connected to a ballistic computer, rangefinder or other targeting mechanism. The display adapter is configured to receive aimpoint information and project illuminated symbology that is brought into focus by the rifle scope optics in such a way that the symbology appears to overlay an image of a scene on which the rifle scope is focused. The display adapter includes a casing that houses processing circuitry, a light emitting diode, polarizer, polarized beam splitter, liquid crystal on silicon imaging element and reflective element. The display adapter also includes a light bar, spherical mirror, quarter-wave plate and an additional polarized beam splitter contained within the light bar. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290766 | GUN MOUNTED CAMERA - A system for recording gun activity that includes: a mounting bracket; a camera, where camera is attached the mounting bracket and the mounting bracket enables attachment to a gun barrel; a camera lens directed inline with the gun barrel; a lighting mechanism within the camera directed in the line of sight of the camera lens; a microprocessor incorporated into the camera; a battery, where the battery supplies power to the camera; a memory chip, where the memory chip stores images captured by the camera; and a proximity sensor, where the proximity sensor activates the camera lens and lighting mechanism and places the camera in a record mode. The camera may further include a USB port for transmitting data to and from the camera. Preferably, the system also includes a holster, where the holster includes an external battery. The camera may further include charging strips where the charging strips connect to the external battery of the holster. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ABSORBING SHOCK IN AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - A shock attenuation system configured to reduce shock experienced by an optical device coupled to a weapon includes an inner rail support configured to couple to the weapon and at least two outer rail supports substantially parallel to the inner rail support. The at least two outer rail supports are configured to couple to the optical device. The shock attenuation system also includes a first spring feature coupled to a first of the at least two outer rail supports and the inner rail support, and a second spring feature coupled to a second of the at least two outer rail supports and the inner rail support. The shock attenuation system further includes a viscoelastic material coupled to at least one of: the inner rail support, the first outer rail support, the second outer rail support, the first spring feature, or the second spring feature. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290768 | PRESSURE IMPULSE MITIGATION - A pressure impulse mitigating barrier comprising a cross-linked gel comprising water and gelatin which has been crosslinked using (I) a functional silane compound comprising an electrophilic group (which is not a silane) and a group of formula (A) where R is H, a C | 2016-10-06 |
20160290769 | MULTILAYERED MATERIAL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION - The invention relates to ballistic resistant article having a multilayered material sheet which includes a consolidated stack of unidirectional monolayers of drawn polymer, whereby the draw direction of two subsequent monolayers in the stack differs. At least one monolayer comprises a plurality of unidirectional tapes of the drawn polymer, aligned in the same direction, whereby adjacent tapes do not overlap. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the multilayered material sheet, and to a ballistic resistant article comprising the multilayered material sheet. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290770 | Shield Cover and Shield Incorporating the Same - A shield cover and a shield retaining such a cover with an electrical discharge system with an activated condition wherein electrical power is applied to an electrically conductive pathway, which can be formed from positive and negative electrical pathways running generally parallel, on the shield cover. The shield cover has a shield cover body for being applied to, retained by, and removed from the shield body. An electrical discharge system is formed by a source of electrical power, the electrically conductive pathway, and a switch or other actuator for activating the electrical discharge system to the activated condition. The shield cover body could be formed from a stretch fabric, and the electrically conductive pathway could be formed by conductive thread. Electrical insulation material can prevent arcing between the shield cover and the shield body. An arcing structure can automatically or selectively produce visible or audible electrical arcing. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290771 | Network Connection Framework for Connecting a Dartboard to a Portable Device - A network connection framework for connecting a dartboard to a portable device includes: a cloud server; a communication device communicating with the cloud server via a communication network; a dartboard including a dartboard unit, a sensing unit and a dartboard wireless communication unit which connects the dartboard to the cloud server via wireless signal, the dartboard wireless communication unit serves to receive and transmit the score signal to the could server; and a portable device with a portable device wireless communication device which connects the portable device to the cloud server via wireless signal. When the user registration information is inputted in the portable device, the score corresponding to the score signal will be displayed. Therefore, the dart game can be played by players in different venues, and consequently is not restricted by the number of the players and the size and location of the venue. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DART GAME MATCH-UP MODE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Disclosed is a dart game apparatus providing a dart game match-up mode. The dart game apparatus may include: a control module providing a dart game match-up mode among a plurality of teams each constituted by one or more players; and a display module outputting a dart game image in the dart game match-up mode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290773 | PROVIDING SPIN TO COMPOSITE PROJECTILE - A projectile includes a body preferably in the shape of a bullet and having a density less than the density of lead. The projectile further includes a stabilizer adhered to the body. The stabilizer is configured to engage rifling of a barrel of a firearm and impart rotation to the projectile as the projectile travels through the barrel. A preferred ammunition cartridge includes a primer, a propellant, and the aforesaid projectile, as well as a casing containing the primer, propellant and projectile, with the projectile projecting from the casing. Other projectiles in accordance with aspects and features of the invention further are disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290774 | Cartridges and Bullets - An improved bullet disclosed includes a blend radius disposed between a first tangent thereof intersecting a shank of the bullet and a second tangent thereof intersecting one of a cone ogive and a boattail ogive of the bullet. The bullet also includes at least one dimple formed into a base of the bullet adjacent the boattail ogive, a curved segment joining the dimpled base and the boattail cone and a truncated cone ogive with a meplat end and a shank end, the truncated cone ogive adapted to produce less drag and friction in air than a secant or a tangent ogive. The improved bullet extends an effective flight range and a Coanda effect there around reducing air turbulence and drag on the bullet in flight. A cartridge adapted to receive the improved bullet is necked down and shortened for a COAL (cartridge overall length) nominally the same as conventional cartridges. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290775 | RESUEABLE POLYURETHANE PROJECTILE - Improvements in a reusable polyurethane projectile are presented. The reusable polyurethane projectile performs like a bullet or projectile because the projectile is essentially the same size and shape of a bullet and can be fed through a normal bullet clip into the breach of a gun, fired and ejected. The reusable polyurethane projectile conforms to the rifling of the barrel of the firearm to spin the projectile and provide equivalent accuracy to a metallic bullet. Upon impact the projectile will flatten and then rebound to the original shape. Standard re-loading mechanisms can be used to install the projectile back into a prepared cartridge. The reusable projectile is fabricated from a casting process that increases the resistance of the polyurethane from melting when the hot gun gunpowder pushes the reusable projectile out of the barrel of the gun. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290776 | TAPE MEASURE - A tape measure includes a spool, a housing defining an opening, where the spool is rotatably coupled to the housing, and a blade including a first end and a second end, where the first end is connected to the spool and the second end is movable through the opening between a retracted position and an extended position. The manually retractable tape measure further includes a cleaning assembly positioned within the housing adjacent the opening such that the cleaning assembly is in contact with the blade to push away debris from the blade as the blade moves between the retracted position and the extended position. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290777 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING FLATNESS OF PLATE - A plate flatness measurement device, including a support frame including a center area, the center area including a through-hole in a center of the center area, and a peripheral area surrounding the center area, the peripheral area having a plate with protrusions on a bottom surface of the plate mounted to the peripheral area; and a sensor module in the support frame, the sensor module at least partially protruding above the support frame to contact the protrusions. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290778 | TILT ANGLE ADJUSTER FOR FORM MEASURING DEVICE - A tilt angle adjuster includes a base plate attached to a Z slider; a hanging plate attached to a measuring device main body; a thin coupling plate supporting the hanging plate such that the hanging plate is suspended on a first surface side of the base plate; biasers biasing the hanging plate so as to impart a rotational force in a first direction to the hanging plate; and a micrometer head provided so as to push the hanging plate one of directly and indirectly toward a second direction opposite the direction of the rotational force imparted by the biasers. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290779 | Estimating Thickness of a Material Layer on an Aircraft - In some aspects, a wireless system is configured for estimating a thickness of a material layer on a surface of an aircraft. The wireless system includes a tag device located beneath a material layer. The tag device is capable of transmitting an electromagnetic signal in response to an electromagnetic signal. In some aspects, a transceiver device is configured to estimate the thickness of a material layer on a surface of an aircraft. The transceiver can be configured to communicate with a tag using electromagnetic signals. The transceiver can include one or more processors configured to measure signal strength and correlate the signal strength to the thickness of a material layer. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290780 | STRAIN SENSOR USING NANOCOMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A strain sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The strain sensor includes a substrate, a nanocomposite layer disposed on the substrate, and a protective layer disposed on the nanocomposite layer. The nanocomposite layer includes metallic nanowires, a first polymeric material, and a second polymeric material. The protective layer includes a third polymeric material. The metallic nanowires are randomly arranged in the nanocomposite layer. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290781 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SUBSTRATE ALIGNMENT DURING A PRINTING PROCESS - Printing apparatuses for detection of substrate alignment, methods for manufacture and use thereof, and substrates are disclosed. One printing apparatus may include a printing assembly having at least one conductive alignment sensor with a plurality of inductive coils configured to generate an electromagnetic field. The printing assembly may receive at least one substrate having at least one conductive portion and align the substrate such that the plurality of inductive coils and the conductive portion substantially overlap with each other to form an electromagnetic field having a direction from the at least one conductive alignment sensor to the at least one conductive portion. The direction of the electromagnetic field with respect to the conductive alignment sensor may form an angle. The conductive alignment sensor may be configured to detect a movement of the conductive portion when a change to the angle causes a current change through the plurality of inductive coils. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290782 | FAST PHASE PROCESSING OF OFF-AXIS INTERFEROGRAMS - Techniques for extracting phase data of off-axis interferogram images are disclosed. At least one sample-related interferogram image associated with a sample is spectrally decomposed to obtain a set of frequency components thereof, and a portion of the set of frequency components is used to generate at least one complex image having a reduced size being smaller in size than the sample-related interferogram image and being indicative of the phase data of the at least one sample-related interferogram image. The reduced size complex image is then used to generate a phase image of the least one sample-related interferogram image. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290783 | Swept Source Terahertz Coherence Tomography - Disclosed is a method for a phase-insensitive single-sampling point (SSP) data collection system. A rotated 90° infrared (IR) THz signal from a step-tunable IR laser is passed though the fast axis of a 90° polarizing rotator. The polarizing rotator and a second IR signal are coupled to free space through an electro-optic phase modulator (EO-PM), where the EO-PM only retards the phase of along the slow-axis. The polarization angle is rotated by 45° to form a beat frequency in each arm. The light is passed through a polarizer aligned with the slow axis of the PM fiber. Lastly, a resultant IR beat signal is fiber coupled back into the system and an erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in each arm amplifies the IR power prior to pump the THz emitter and detector. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290784 | INTERFEROMETRIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL OPTICAL COHERENCE MODULATION - The invention relates to applications of optical interference. It is already known to reduce speckle contrast by introducing arbitrary phase shifts in the reference light beam. According to the invention, such phase shifts are not introduced arbitrarily, but systematically whereby the phase changes are synchronised with the acquisition time intervals in such a way that interference fringes can be washed out in selected regions of the beam diameter maintaining high contrast of interference fringes in the desired regions at the same time. This technique can be used for enhancing the lateral resolution in imaging techniques and the bandwidth in optical communications. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290785 | LASER SENSOR FOR SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY HAVING A VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMISSION LASER (VECSEL) AS THE LIGHT SOURCE - The present invention relates to a laser sensor for self-mixing interferometry. The laser sensor comprises at least one semiconductor laser light source emitting laser radiation and at least one photodetector ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160290786 | TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE LOCATION ERROR COMPENSATION - A system that may include a movable support module for supporting an object and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: receive an estimated location of a movable support module that supports an object and temperature information about an actual or estimated temperature of at least a portion of the object support module; and calculate movable support module location information, in response to (a) the estimated location of the movable support module, (b) the temperature information, and (c) a mapping between (i) values of the temperature information, (ii) estimated locations of the movable support module, and (iii) location errors of the movable support module | 2016-10-06 |
20160290787 | DIMENSION DETECTION DEVICE AND CASSETTE - A dimension detection device includes a first detection unit which is moved to a first predetermined position in a first direction, and configured to detect a current position of the first member, and when the current position of the first member is not a third predetermined position corresponding to the first predetermined position, send a first signal; a second detection unit which is moved to a second predetermined position in the first direction, and configured to detect a current position of the second member, and when the current position of the second member is not a fourth predetermined position corresponding to the second predetermined position, send a second signal; a movement unit which is configured to move the first detection unit and the second detection unit; and an alarm unit configured to send an alarm upon the receipt of the first signal and/or the second signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290788 | IN-PROCESS MONITORING OF COATINGS ON GLASS ARTICLES - Apparatus and method are described for monitoring of coatings deposited on glass articles during a continuous production process. Thus, coating quality is monitored without the need to interrupt the production process by removing an article to another site for analysis. The articles are illuminated and light reflected therefrom is analysed to provide an indication of layer thicknesses within the coating. Colour characteristics may also be reported. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290789 | Method and System for Determining In-Plane Distortions in a Substrate - The determination of in-plane distortions of a substrate includes measuring one or more out-of-plane distortions of the substrate in an unchucked state, determining an effective film stress of a film on the substrate in the unchucked state based on the measured out-of-plane distortions of the substrate in the unchucked state, determining in-plane distortions of the substrate in a chucked state based on the effective film stress of the film on the substrate in the unchucked state and adjusting at least one of a process tool or an overlay tool based on at least one of the measured out-of-plane distortions or the determined in-plane distortions. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE FRAME RATE OF A TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENT - An apparatus is described that includes a pixel array having time-of-flight pixels. The apparatus also includes clocking circuitry coupled to the time-of-flight pixels. The clocking circuitry comprises a multiplexer between a multi-phase clock generator and the pixel array to multiplex different phased clock signals to a same time-of-flight pixel. The apparatus also includes an image signal processor to perform distance calculations from streams of signals generated by the pixels at a first rate that is greater than a second rate at which any particular one of the pixels is able to generate signals sufficient to perform a single distance calculation. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290791 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A SHAPE OF A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SPECULAR REFLECTIVE SURFACE - A method for determining a shape of a substantially cylindrical specular reflective surface includes the step of obtaining calibration data and the step of obtaining target data about a target structure. The method further includes the step of defining a target line from the target data, where the target line represents a feature of the target structure and the step of capturing a reflected image of the target structure in the specular reflective surface. The method further includes the step of obtaining reflected data from the reflected image and the step of defining a reflected line from the reflected data, where the reflected line represents a reflection of the feature of the target structure. The method also includes the step of determining a correspondence between the target line and the reflected line and using the correspondence and the calibration data to determine the shape of the specular reflective surface. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290792 | HOLDING APPARATUS, PROJECTION APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND HOLDING METHOD - A holding apparatus includes, a supporting member having positioning portions for positioning a pattern light generation unit, configured to support the pattern light generation unit, and a fixing member configured to be in contact with an outer circumference of the pattern light generation unit to hold the pattern light generation unit, the fixing member being fixed to the supporting member. The fixing member includes abutting portions configured to be in contact with parts of the outer circumference of the pattern light generation unit, and elastic members configured to press portions of the pattern light generation unit contacting the abutting portions onto the abutting portions. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290793 | ELEVATION ANGLE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USER TERMINAL PLACEMENT - A device and method for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal include a convex image-reflecting surface, a transparent sighting surface disposed above the convex image-reflecting surface, and an elevation limit marking formed on or in the sighting surface. The elevation limit marking generates a reflected image in the convex image-reflecting surface that defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that the one or more objects in a field of view of the convex image-reflecting surface must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290794 | ELEVATION ANGLE ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER TERMINAL PLACEMENT - A system and a method for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal include a camera device for capturing an image of the sky and a display device for displaying the image of the sky captured by the camera device. One of the camera device and the display device generates an elevation limit marking in the image of the sky displayed by the display device. The elevation limit marking in the image of the sky defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE MUTUAL POSITION OF COMPONENTS OF A WORKPIECE AND EQUIPMENT USING SUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for checking the axial position of a bearing ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160290796 | Feed Forward of Metrology Data in a Metrology System - A metrology performance analysis system includes a metrology tool including one or more detectors and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more detectors. The controller is configured to receive one or more metrology data sets associated with a metrology target from the metrology tool in which the one or more metrology data sets include one or more measured metrology metrics and the one or more measured metrology metrics indicate deviations from nominal values. The controller is further configured to determine relationships between the deviations from the nominal values and one or more selected semiconductor process variations, and determine one or more root causes of the deviations from the nominal values based on the relationships between values of the one or more metrology metrics and the one or more selected semiconductor process variations. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290797 | TACTILE PROBING SYSTEM - A contact probe includes a stylus, a sensor, and two parallel substantially planar plates. The stylus has a contact. The sensor has a substantially planar shape and includes a fixed portion, at least three thin-walled portions each formed of a planar plate and having a strain sensor vapor-deposited thereon, and a movable portion to which the stylus is mounted and linked to the fixed portion via the thin-walled portions in at least three locations. The two parallel substantially planar plates are connected to the fixed portion on opposing sides and sandwich the movable portion so as to maintain a predetermined distance between the movable portion and the two parallel substantially planar plates and limit movement of the movable portion to a movable range. The sensor outputs a contact signal due to the strain sensors deforming in response to a measurement force from the stylus. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290798 | Bale Measurement System and Method - A bale measuring method for a rectangular baler having a bale chamber in which bales are formed. The bale measuring method includes steps of measuring a movement of crop material downstream of the bale chamber as the crop material moves backward in the baler, using the measured movement of the crop material downstream of the bale chamber to calibrate a measurement and calculation tool for measuring a movement of crop material in the bale chamber and for calculating a length of a bale being formed in the bale chamber based on the measurement, and determining the length of the bale being formed in the bale chamber using the calibrated measurement and calculation tool as the bale moves backward in the baler. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290799 | Device Orientation Detection - An orientation or position of a device may be determined through a determination of a slope of a path currently being traveled by a vehicle. The slope of the path may be determined from data indicating a movement of the vehicle provided by sensors of a data acquisition device coupled with the vehicle. A tilt value of the data acquisition device using the sensors of the data acquisition device may also be determined. A position of the data acquisition device may be established based on the slope of the path and the tilt value of the data acquisition device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290800 | Automatic Leveling Method And Automatic Leveling Device - The invention provides an automatic leveling device comprising; one tilt sensor provided on a leveling base plate, a leveling mechanism unit capable of tilting the leveling base plate in at least two directions and a control device for controlling the leveling mechanism unit and for tilting the leveling base plate in a condition as required, wherein the control device is configured so as to tilt the leveling base plate so that a change of the tilting of the leveling base plate follows a searching route as set in a process of a leveling from a condition where a tilt detecting signal from the tilt sensor is not obtained, carries out an auxiliary leveling to obtain signals from the tilt sensor in a process of changing the tilting, and carries out a main leveling by controlling the leveling mechanism unit based on the detection result from the tilt sensor in a case where a tilt detecting signal from the tilt sensor is obtained in a process of the auxiliary leveling. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290801 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLED LASER DEVICES - A laser device operating system includes a laser device generating a laser beam when receiving a remote control unit command signal. The remote control unit operates in a public or private mode. In public mode the remote control unit generates a command signal transmitted to the laser device. In private mode the remote control unit generates a unique identifier prepended to the command signal. The laser device operates in a laser device public or private mode. In public mode the laser device responds to the remote control unit command signal or the command signal if transmitted by a second remote control unit. In private mode the laser device operates only upon receipt of the command signal and unique identifier, preventing laser device operation by the second remote control unit if the second unit does not include the unique identifier with the command signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290802 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, VIBRATOR, GYRO SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - A vibrator element includes a drive arm. The drive arm includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a groove opened to the upper surface, and a groove opened to the lower surface. The upper surface is disposed to be deviated by L | 2016-10-06 |
20160290803 | SENSOR INCLUDING MOVING MASSES AND MEANS FOR DETECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENTS OF THE MASSES - A MEMS type inertial sensor comprising a support structure having at least a first seismic body and a second seismic body connected thereto by resilient means in order to be movable in a suspension plane, transducers for maintaining the seismic bodies in vibration and for determining movements of the seismic bodies in the suspension plane, and a control unit connected to the transducers by electrical conductor means. The transducers comprise at least one electrode secured to the first seismic body and at least one electrode secured to the second seismic body, the two electrodes being arranged to enable relative movements of the seismic bodies relative to each other in the suspension plane to be measured directly. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290804 | IN-BAND BEATING REMOVAL FOR A MEMS GYROSCOPE - A vibration gyroscope circuitry (VCIRC) connectable to a vibrating MEMS gyroscope (VMEMS). The circuitry comprises drive circuitry (DRIVE) arranged to drive, when the circuitry is connected, the vibration MEMS gyroscope (VMEMS) and a measurement unit (DMU) which provides a drive measurement voltage signal (DMV) forming a measure of a displacement of a mass along a drive axis. A sense circuitry (SENSE) is arranged to process a sense measurement signal of the vibration MEMS gyroscope (VMEMS) forming a measure for a displacement of the mass along a sense axis. A digital sample clock generator (SCG) is arranged to generate a sample clock signal (SCLK) from an input signal (FDxy) derivable from a drive measurement voltage signal (DMV). The sample clock generator (SCG) comprises an oscillator (HFOSC) arranged to generate a master clock (MOSC), and a counter unit (OSCCNTR) arranged to count master clock periods during one period of the input signal. The clock generator also comprises a number count monitor (NCM) arranged to determine during how many input signal periods the number count stays constant, and to compare the number of constant periods (Ncp) with a critical number of constant periods (Ncp_crit). A frequency shifter (FSH) will trigger the oscillator to shift the master clock frequency whenever the number count monitor (NCM) has determined that the number of constant periods (Ncp) exceeds the critical number of constant periods (Ncp_crit). | 2016-10-06 |
20160290805 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GNSS SNR PROBABILISTIC LOCALIZATION AND 3-D MAPPING - Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, devices, and software for GNSS simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The disclosed techniques demonstrate that simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) can be performed using only GNSS SNR and geo-location data, collectively termed GNSS data henceforth. A principled Bayesian approach for doing so is disclosed. A 3-D environment map is decomposed into a grid of binary-state cells (occupancy grid) and the receiver locations are approximated by sets of particles. Using a large number of sparsely sampled GNSS SNR measurements and receiver/satellite coordinates (all available from off-the-shelf GNSS receivers), likelihoods of blockage are associated with every receiver-to-satellite beam. Loopy Belief Propagation is used to estimate the probabilities of each cell being occupied or empty, along with the probability of the particles for each receiver location. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290806 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing device includes: a posture change determining unit that determines, based on an output value of an inertial sensor, whether a posture state of a moving object has changed; a reference orientation generating unit that, when it is determined that the posture state of the moving object has changed from a first posture state into a second posture state, generates a reference orientation corresponding to an orientation of the moving object at that time calculated from the output value of the inertial sensor; and an orientation error calculating unit that, when it is determined that the posture state of the moving object has changed from the second posture state into the first posture state, calculates an error of an orientation of the moving object according to the reference orientation, and an orientation at that time calculated from the output value of the inertial sensor. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290807 | ATTITUDE ESTIMATION FOR PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION USING LOW COST MEMS ACCELEROMETER IN MOBILE APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - A user-heading determining system ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160290808 | Alignment Method for an Inertial Unit - The invention relates to an alignment method based on a simplified mode allowing processing using an invariant Kalman filter, in which each speed involved in the navigation equations is expressed in a work reference frame (Rt) translated with respect to an inertial reference frame (Ri) and for which the origin moves along a reference inertial trajectory, the carrier of which is assumed to be close (geographic origin for alignment with the sun at known position, GPS trajectory for alignment in-motion, etc.). This simplified mode comprises the repetition of the following steps to estimate a mobile carrier state (P): propagation (PROP) determining an estimated current state from a preceding estimated state, inertial sensor measurements and theoretical information on the carrier trajectory (P) updating (MAJ) the estimated state using theoretical information on the carrier trajectory (P). The deterministic uncertainties of the sensors (bias/drift/scale factors, etc.) are only estimated during the propagation and update steps. A perturtion step (PERT) then allows inclusion of the values ignored in the simplified mode and estimation of these values by an optimisation method. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290809 | DRONE PROVIDED WITH A VERTICAL-VIEW VIDEO CAMERA COMPENSATED FOR THE INSTANTANEOUS ROTATIONS FOR ESTIMATION OF THE HORIZONTAL SPEEDS - A vertical-view camera ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160290810 | Vehicle navigation system with adaptive gyroscope bias compensation - Adaptive gyroscope bias compensation allows a vehicle navigation module to estimate position and velocity reliably during temperature changes. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290811 | TRANSPORTATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for monitoring a transportation network includes one or more processors that are configured to determine origin and destination pairs for different vehicle systems formed from different groups of vehicles and traveling in a transportation network formed from interconnected routes, identify the vehicles included in the different vehicle systems, and display different graphical representations of the vehicle systems based on the vehicles included in the vehicle systems on a map of the transportation network that is displayed on a display device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290812 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE SURFACE SPEED OF AT LEAST ONE VESSEL AND METHOD FOR DEDUCING EACH DRIFT VECTOR AT EVERY POINT ON THE PATH OF SAID VESSEL - A method for calculating the surface vector of at least one vessel progressing under engine at cruising speed. When the vessel is in a defined position, the parameters of the vessel, including its position, its heading, its speed over ground and its course over ground, are obtained. Wind and/or current measurements in the proximity of the vessel are obtained using a device external to the vessel. The drift vector is determined from wind and/or current measurements. The over-ground vector is determined from the parameters selected from the position, the speed over ground and the course over ground of the vessel. The magnitude and the direction of the surface vector of the vessel is calculated. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290813 | VERIFYING A ROAD NETWORK OF A MAP - The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for verifying the road network of map. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for verifying a road network of a map. The method comprises: determining, based on locations of a set of points in the map, a trajectory distance of a trajectory between a start point and an end point in the set of points on the map; determining a route distance between the start point and the end point in the road network of the map; and verifying the road network by comparing the trajectory distance and the route distance. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290814 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING NAVIGATION USING BOUNDED GEOGRAHIC REGIONS - A method and system for creating Bounded Geographic Regions (“BGRs”) in a navigation system using BGRs is presented. Various methods for creating BGRs are disclosed. Additionally, the implications of minimizing the area of a BGR is discussed and disclosed. The method and system allows for easier convergence for creation of BGRs. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290815 | NAVIGATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A navigation method includes: obtaining status information of one or more tires of a vehicle; obtaining road condition information in real time; and performing a route navigation for the vehicle according to the status information, the road condition information, and a preset navigation strategy. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290816 | COORDINATING ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES - Various embodiments coordinate travel among members of a group. In one embodiment, a destination that is common to each user in a plurality of users is identified. An arrival time for the plurality of users to arrive at the destination is determined. The arrival time is common to each user in the plurality of users. A current location of each user in the plurality of users is identified. A departure time is determined, for each user in the plurality of users, for the user to arrive at the destination by the arrival time based on at least the current location of the user. The departure time, for each user in the plurality of users, is transmitted to the user. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290817 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH A COMBINED NAVIGATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A navigation system includes: a control unit configured to calculate a non-terrestrial navigation route for guiding a multimodal vehicle during a non-terrestrial travel segment; calculate a ground navigation route for guiding the multimodal vehicle during a ground travel segment beyond a mode-transition point; generate a composite navigation route based on the non-terrestrial navigation route and the ground navigation route for continuously guiding the multimodal vehicle over the non-terrestrial travel segment and the ground travel segment; and an interface unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to communicate the composite navigation route. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290818 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONNECTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTE SERVICE AND MAP SERVICE - Disclosed are a method, system, and recording medium for connecting a public transportation route service and a map service. A map providing method includes providing a mode switching function at a first service that provides a public transportation map and a second service that provides a road map, and switching a service mode to the public transportation map or the road map through interconnection between the first service and the second service in response to executing the mode switching function. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290819 | LINEAR PROJECTION-BASED NAVIGATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a linear projection of a route. In one embodiment, route information is received and parsed. Supplementary route data is received. A linear route is generated and provided to a user, the linear route comprising a straight line and one or more segments extending form the straight line, where ends of the straight line represent a starting point and destination of the linear route, and the one or more segments represent turns. | 2016-10-06 |
20160290820 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING POINT ON NAVIGATION MAP - A method and an apparatus of displaying a point on a map of route guidance includes receiving an entry of a user, determining a point based on the entry of the user, determining an address number of the point, retrieving map data indicating a road segment which includes the address number of the point from map information storage, estimating a position of the location based on the street address number of the point and position data of the road segment, and displaying the point with an icon at the estimated position on the map. While estimating the position of the point, a side of the street at which the point is located is estimated and a shape of the icon graphically indicates a direction corresponding to the side of the street at the estimated position. | 2016-10-06 |