41st week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200318999 | SENSOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF CURRENT MODULATION SWITCHING USING A TWO-WIRE CURRENT INTERFACE - A sensor device includes a two-pin current interface including an input pin configured to draw an input current and an output pin configured to output an output current, a sensor configured to generate a measurement signal, and a current modulator configured to generate a current pulse as the output current such that the output current toggles between at least two main current states based on the measurement signal. The current modulator is configured to modulate the output current such that the output current is increased, to a first current level greater than the at least two main current states, at an initial phase of the current pulse for a first duration, and to modulate the output current such that the output current is decreased, to a second level less than the at least two main current states, at a terminal phase of the current pulse for a second duration. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319000 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING MEASUREMENT DATA OF AN ANALYSIS SENSOR AND ANALYSIS SENSOR WITH CORRECTION OF MEASUREMENT DATA - The present disclosure relates to a method for correcting measurement data of an analysis sensor. The method includes providing an analysis sensor having a first sensor unit, a data memory and a computing unit. The data memory has sensor-specific or sensor-type-specific parameter data which represent a predetermined field of application of the analysis sensor. The method also includes collecting measurement data through the first sensor unit, reading out the sensor-specific parameter data from the data memory through the computing unit, and correcting the collected measurement data using the sensor-specific parameter data through the computing unit in order to generate corrected measurement data. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319001 | OPTICAL ENCODER - Scale pattern in a scale of an optical encoder includes a first scale mark that blocks a first light from being guided to an image capturer and guides a second light to the image capturer, and a second scale mark that guides the first light and the second light to the image capturer. Second scale mark is arranged in an ABS pattern and the first scale mark is arranged in an INC pattern by incorporating the second scale mark. Image capturer includes a first image capturing section that captures an image of the ABS pattern from the first light that arrives via the second scale mark, and a second image capturing section that captures an image of the INC pattern from the second light that arrives via the first scale mark and the second scale mark. Calculator calculates a position of a head relative to the scale. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319002 | PROCESS CONNECTION FOR CONNECTING A FLOW MEASURING DEVICE TO A PIPELINE, FIELD DEVICE FOR AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY AND METHOD FOR FASTENING A FLOW RECTIFIER TO A PROCESS CONNECTION - The present disclosure relates to a process connection for connecting a flow measuring device, to a pipeline, the process connection including a base body having an opening for conducting a medium and a flow rectifier, wherein the flow rectifier is inserted into a first recess of the base body and fixed in place by plastic deformation of an edge region of the base body surrounding the first recess, for example, by press fitting. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319003 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A physical quantity measurement device includes a measurement channel through which the fluid flows to be measured, a physical quantity detector that detects a physical quantity of a fluid in the measurement channel, a housing forming the measurement channel, and a measurement outlet provided in the housing as a downstream end of the measurement channel. An outer peripheral surface of the housing includes an outer peripheral flat surface that extends in an arrangement direction along which an upstream end and a downstream end of the housing are arranged, and an outer peripheral inclined surface inclined with respect to the outer peripheral flat surface and provided between the upstream end and the outer peripheral flat surface in the arrangement direction. The measurement outlet is positioned upstream of the downstream end of the housing. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319004 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING DEVICE - A decrease in the accuracy after switching of the heating state can be reduced. The physical quantity detecting device includes: a flow rate detecting unit configured to include a heating element to measure a flow rate of a fluid to be measured; a heating element control unit configured to switch a control state of the heating element to any one of a heating state and a heating suppression state; and a signal processing unit configured to process a measured value of the flow rate detecting unit. When the heating element control unit switches the control state, the signal processing unit processes an estimated value determined based on a measured value of the flow rate detecting unit before the switching for a predetermined period immediately after the switching. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319005 | SAMPLING MODULE FOR MULTIPHASE FLOW METER - A sampling module ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319006 | POLYMER-BASED CORIOLIS MASS FLOW SENSOR FABRICATED THROUGH CASTING - A flow sensor includes a flow tube in a form of a tube and a support cast around the flow tube. The support clamps the flow tube and the flow tube extends through the support. The flow sensor is formed by placing the flow tube in a tube cavity of a casting mold and pouring or injecting a liquid resin into a support cavity of the casting mold. The support is formed around the flow tube from solidifying the liquid resin in the support cavity of the casting mold. A temperature of the casting mold during formation of the support does not exceed a threshold temperature to avoid deformation of the flow tube. The flow sensor can also include at least one memory chip that stores calibration information associated with the flow sensor and connectors that allows a controller to read the calibration information from the memory chip. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319007 | CORIOLIS MASS FLOW METER COMPRISING TWO MEASURING TUBE PAIRS, AND METHOD FOR THE ZERO-POINT ADJUSTMENT OF SUCH A MASS FLOW METER - The present disclosure relates to a Coriolis mass flow meter including two measuring tube pairs each having two measuring tubes mounted as to oscillate relative to one another and have a bending vibration excitation mode of different excitation mode natural frequencies, each pair having an electrodynamic exciter and a vibration sensor pair including a first inlet-side vibration sensor and a first outlet-side vibration sensor, and further includes a circuit configured to determine phase difference-dependent mass flow measurement values, wherein a difference deviation between a first relative signal amplitude difference of sensor signals having the first excitation mode natural frequency and a second relative signal amplitude difference of sensor signals having the second excitation mode natural frequency is not more than a tolerance value. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319008 | DOSING DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF LIQUID, IN PARTICULAR A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF WATER - A dosing device for dispensing a predetermined amount of liquid, in particular a predetermined amount of water, has a housing with a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and a flow channel therebetween. A valve element in the flow path can be opened and closed. A measuring device measures the flow rate through the flow channel in the direction of the liquid outlet. A controller has an operating unit or is coupled to an operating unit for signal transmission. The dosing device is actuatable by the operating unit. The controller is further coupled in terms of control technology to the valve element and to the measuring device, the controller holding the valve element in an open position or moving it to an open position when the dosing device is actuated. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319009 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR ARRANGEMENT ON A PROCESS INSTALLATION, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND PROCESS INSTALLATION - The invention relates to a sensor arrangement on a process installation comprising at least two sensor tiles, wherein each sensor tile comprises a support which can be arranged on the process installation and a plurality of sensors arranged on the support for determining a physical or chemical variable of a measuring medium found in the process installation, a process characteristic of the measuring medium and/or a state of the process installation, wherein a first of the sensor tiles comprises a control and/or evaluation unit having at least one transmit and receive module for data exchange with a first control and/or evaluation unit of a second sensor tile, wherein the first control and/or evaluation unit of the first sensor tile and/or a second control and/or evaluation unit allocated to the sensor arrangement is designed to determine the physical or chemical variable of the measuring medium, the process characteristic of the measuring medium and/or a state of the process installation by weighting the values determined by each sensor tile, wherein weighting is carried out as a function of the measured value variations of at least one sensor of a sensor tile, the position of the sensor tile in the process installation and/or the function of the sensor tile. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319010 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE CAPACITY OF GLASS CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a method of determining the capacity of containers ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319011 | CAPACITIVE FRINGE FIELD OIL LEVEL SENSOR WITH INTEGRATED HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE SENSING - A sensor for measuring multiple properties of a fluid, such as oil, including level, temperature, water contamination, and dielectric where the sensing elements include two or more interdigitated electrodes, a capacitive relative humidity sensor, and a temperature sensing element. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319012 | Instrument Calibration Device And Calibration Method Using Same - An instrument calibration apparatus and a calibration method using same. The apparatus comprises a physical quantity input/output unit, a physical quantity measurement unit, a physical quantity configuration unit, a display unit, a man-machine interaction unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The apparatus can be widely applied to automatic calibration of multivariable instruments. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319013 | METHOD FOR STARTING UP A FIELD DEVICE IN A SIMPLIFIED MANNER - The invention relates to a method for starting-up by means of a service unit (SU) a field device (FD) of automation technology mounted on a component (KO), especially a container, at a measuring location (ML), wherein the service unit (SU) has a display unit (DU) and a camera (KA), comprising:
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20200319014 | ANIMAL WEIGHING SYSTEM - A portable weighing unit ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319015 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEIGHT MEASUREMENT FROM USER PHOTOS USING DEEP LEARNING NETWORKS - Disclosed are systems and methods for body weight prediction from one or more images. The method includes the steps of receiving one or more subject parameters; receiving one or more images containing a subject; identifying one or more annotation key points for one or more body features underneath a clothing of the subject from the one or more images utilizing one or more annotation deep-learning networks; calculating one or more geometric features of the subject based on the one or more annotation key points; and generating a prediction of the body weight of the subject utilizing a weight machine-learning module based on the one or more geometric features of the subject and the one or more subject parameters. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319016 | BASE FOR WEIGHING PLATFORM ASSEMBLY - This invention relates to a platform for the assembly of a weighing platform formed by a first structure ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319017 | AERIAL FIBER OPTIC CABLE LOCALIZATION BY DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING - Aspects of the present disclosure describe aerial fiber optical cable localization using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) that advantageously may determine the locality of electrical transformers affixed to utility poles along with the aerial fiber optical cable as well as any length(s) of fiber optical cable between the poles. Further aspects employ survey manned or unmanned, aerial or terrestrial survey vehicles that acoustically excite locations along the fiber optical cable and associate those DAS excitations with global positioning location (GPS). | 2020-10-08 |
20200319018 | DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSING FOR SMART CITY APPLICATIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure describe distributed optical fiber sensing for smart city applications in which distributed optical fiber sensing is integrated with a surveillance system into a single system such that the distributed sensing system may detect an event of interest and the surveillance system including cameras may be reoriented in response to verify and/or examine and/or acquire video of the event. Of particular advantage such distributed fiber sensing may include distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for vibrational sensing and distributed temperature sensing (DTS) for temperature sensing. The integrated system employs shared optical fiber transport for the distributed sensing and the surveillance. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319019 | ACOUSTICAL PRESSURE SENSOR WITH PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDE - A sensor structure for an acoustical pressure sensor. The structure comprises an optical waveguide closed-loop resonator and a plurality of sensor elements, wherein the individual sensor elements of the plurality of sensor elements are configured to be affected by an acoustical pressure wave such that a physical property of the individual sensor element is changed. Further, the optical waveguide closed-loop resonator is arranged at said plurality of sensor elements and associated with each of the individual sensor elements of the plurality of sensor elements such that a resonance frequency of the optical waveguide closed-loop resonator is shifted due to the affected physical properties of all individual sensor elements of the plurality of sensor elements. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319020 | ROAD SURFACE STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE - A road surface state determination device includes a tire-side device and a vehicle-body-side system. The tire-side device is attached to each of a plurality of tires included in a vehicle. The vehicle-body-side system is included in a body of the vehicle. The tire-side device may output a detection signal corresponding to a magnitude of vibration applied to the tire. The tire-side device may extract data items of a road surface state indicative of the vibration of the tire during one rotation of the tire from the detection signal. The tire-side device may generate road surface data. The tire-side device may transmit the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may receive the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may determine the road surface state based on the road surface data. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319021 | FREQUENCY IDENTIFYING DEVICE - A window function calculator applies a Hann window function to Vd (n) to obtain a numeric value Vw (n). For twenty successive numeric values Vw(n) for every twenty numeric values (N=20), each of the Fourier calculators to executes Fourier calculation. Further, the SRSS calculators to calculate square root of sum of squares of SIM and COS components of respective orders of the results of Fourier calculation as numeric values A2, A3, A4, A5. A subtractor calculates a numeric value Ci=A3−A5, while a subtractor calculates a numeric value Si=A4−A2. A Frequency calculator calculates a numeric value Fi=(m+1+2*ATAN2 (Ci, Si)/π)/(NT), which indicates the frequency identified. An amplitude calculator doubles the square root of the sum of squares of the numeric values Ci and Si, and calculates a numeric value Ai that indicates the amplitude of the frequency identified. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319022 | STRAY-LIGHT TESTING STATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, for a stray-light testing station. In one aspect, the stray-light testing station includes an illumination assembly including a spatially extended light source and one or more optical elements arranged to direct a beam of light from the spatially extended light source along an optical path to an optical receiver assembly including a lens receptacle configured to receive a lens module and position the lens module in the optical path downstream from the parabolic mirror so that the lens module focuses the beam of light from the spatially extended light source to an image plane, and a moveable frame supporting the optical receiver assembly including one or more adjustable alignment stages to position the optical receiver assembly relative to the illumination assembly such that the optical path of the illumination assembly is within a field of view of the optical receiver assembly. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319023 | PHOTOSENSITIVE CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photosensitive circuit, a driving method thereof and an electronic device are disclosed. The photosensitive circuit includes a photosensitive element and a signal acquisition circuit. The photosensitive element is configured to be able to generate a photosensitive voltage signal by changing threshold characteristic of the photosensitive element according to intensity of light incident into the photosensitive element; and the signal acquisition circuit configured to convert the photosensitive voltage signal into a photosensitive current signal. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319024 | OBJECT STATE DETECTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An object state detection and transmission system includes a spectroscope that measures a reflectance spectrum based on reflected light reflected by a target object, a spectroscopic terminal apparatus integrally provided with an electronic device, the spectroscopic terminal apparatus receiving a measured reflection spectrum; and a server apparatus connected to the spectroscopic terminal device via a communication line. The electronic device includes photographing means that photographs a target object to capture a photographed image; GPS means that measures a position of the target object; sensor means that measures azimuth and angle of the target object; clock means that clocks current time of the photographing and measurement; and communication means that transmits the photographed image, the position of the target object, the azimuth and angle of the target object, and the photographing and measurement time together with the received reflection spectrum to the server apparatus. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319025 | OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY CALIBRATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical emission spectroscopy (OES) calibration system includes a chamber, an adapter, an OES device, a calibration device, and a spectrometer. The chamber includes a viewport. The adapter is fastened to the viewport, and includes a first beam splitter and a second beam splitter. The OES device detects plasma light generated in the chamber and transmitted through the adapter and generates OES data based on the detected plasma light. The calibration device includes a light source, and generates correction data for compensating for deviations in the OES data. The spectrometer detects light emitted from the light source and split by the first beam splitter or the second beam splitter. Each of the OES device, the calibration device, and the spectrometer is fastened to the adapter through an optical cable, and the calibration device generates the correction data using an intensity of light detected by the spectrometer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319026 | MULTI-ANGLE IMAGER - A multi-angle imager ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319027 | Spectral Imager System Using a Two Dimensional Filter Array - A system for acquiring both the spatial and spectral dimensions of a spectral image cube either simultaneously with a single frame acquisition, or sequentially with a small number of frames, using a sensor that uses an array of pixel-size, narrow wavelength bandpass filters placed in close proximity to a focal plane array (FPA), and for processing the acquired data to retrieve spectral image cubes at the pixel resolution of the FPA. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319028 | SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING SPECTROSCOPY - A spectroscopy system is disclosed, and includes a resonant cavity, a first conduit configured to couple at a first end thereof to a gas source, and at a second end thereof to a first end of a sorbent tube containing a sample for analysis, and a second conduit configured to couple at a first end thereof to a second end of the sorbent tube, and at a second end thereof to the resonant cavity. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319029 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT - A device for measuring optical spectra at high speed and with high resolution using tunable optical laser comb sources. In one embodiment there is provided a first tunable comb laser source and a second tunable comb laser source whereby the wavelength of each comb laser source is chosen such that the combination of the two sources provides a continuous spectral coverage over a band in an optical spectrum under a selected wavelength tuning condition. By overlapping the two comb sources in the manner described the deadzone issue is overcome in the most spectrally efficient way possible. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319030 | TREATMENT OF TARGETS WITH QUANTUM ENTANGLED TRANSMISSION PACKAGES - An improvement is made to a non-Raman spectroscopy method and apparatus in which a quantum entangled transmission package formed in a quantum well in a laser is directed to a target and in which the apparatus receives emission packages from the target. A control circuit triggers the laser to emit a laser beam. The transmission package is sent via the laser beam by an emission fiber and the emission package is received by a collection fiber. The collection fiber and the transmission fiber may be included in a Raman probe. The collection fiber provides an input to a monochromator comprising a diffraction grating. The diffraction grating is constructed to permit selection of any of a wide range of wavelengths. A spectrometer receives an output from the diffraction grating. The spectrometer output is measured by a photomultiplier to provide an input to the control module. A number of different spectra are selectively generated. Also, the transmission package may be formed with a power level to affect structure of a preselected target. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319031 | MINIATURIZED AND INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SPECTROMETERS - Compact optical spectrometers are provided to measure optical spectral composition of light. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319032 | Spectral Phase Interference Device and System - The present application provides a spectral phase interference device and system for addressing the problem of low stability and compactness with prior art spectral phase interference devices. In the device or system provided in the present application, the optical element for generating the pulse pair to be measured consists of only a birefringent crystal and the adjustment of two-step phase shift is also completed by only a broadband quarter-wave plate. Therefore, wide application of optical elements such as pulse stretchers, retarders, optical splitters and mirrors as in prior art devices is avoided, thereby significantly simplifying the overall device's structure and resulting in enhanced stability and compactness at the same time. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319033 | THERMOPILE MODULE - An electronic device includes an outer case, a circuit substrate, a thermopile sensor chip, a filter structure, and a waterproof structure. The outer case has an opening. The circuit substrate is disposed inside the outer case. The thermopile sensor chip is disposed on the circuit substrate. The filter structure is disposed above the thermopile sensor chip. The waterproof structure is surroundingly connected between the filter structure and the outer case, wherein the waterproof structure has a through hole for exposing the filter structure and communicated with the opening of the outer case. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319034 | RAPID TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT BY WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY - Aspects of the present disclosure describe rapid temperature measurement by wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) that determines gas temperature from 2ƒ signals from two absorption lines by WMS methodologies even when the gas concentration is sufficiently high to saturate optical absorptions. In sharp contrast to the prior art, rapid temperature measurement by WMS according to aspects of the present disclosure employs both a 2ƒ signal ratio and gas concentration determined from the 2ƒ signal. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319035 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF A CONTAINER COMPRISING A FLUID - Disclosed is a sensing device for measuring the temperature of a container enclosing a fluid that is stationary or in motion, the sensing device comprising: a band for completely encircling and conforming to the outer surface of the container; | 2020-10-08 |
20200319036 | THERMOCOUPLE CONNECTOR - A thermocouple apparatus including a one-piece connector with a terminal header portion that defines a pair of openings on a front end, and a clam shell portion including a cap and a base connected on one side with a hinge to the cap. A pair of terminals are partially disposed within the pair of openings defined by the terminal header portion and extend into a cavity defined between the cap and the base. The pair of terminals may be a pair of prongs or may be a pair of receptacles. A pair of leads from a probe or a pair of leads that are part of an electrical connection to temperature measurement equipment extend through a lead wire opening and into the cavity. The cap clamps each one of the leads to one of the pair of terminals when the cap is in the closed position. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319037 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD CAPABLE OF SWITCHING CALCULATION BASED ON DISPLACEMENT DETECTION - A temperature measuring method capable of switching calculation based on displacement detection includes a temperature measuring instrument and a displacement detecting unit. When the displacement detecting unit feeds back that the temperature measuring instrument is under an inactive state, a point calculation formula A is used to calculate and obtain a body temperature value. When the displacement detecting unit feeds back that the temperature measuring instrument is under an active state, a scanning calculation formula B is used to calculate and obtain the body temperature value. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319038 | NANOMATERIALS FOR ATTACHING MECHANICAL FORCE SENSORS - In examples, a system comprises a member to receive a mechanical force, and a sensor to sense the mechanical force. The sensor is mounted on the member using a set of nanoparticles and a set of nanowires coupled to the set of nanoparticles. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319039 | SUPERCAPACITIVE IONTRONIC NANOFABRIC SENSING - An all-fabric iontronic supercapacitive pressure sensing device utilizing a novel iontronic nanofabric as the sensing element is disclosed. The sensing device can be applied in several various wearable health and biomedical applications on complex body topologies. As an alternative to conventional flexible sensors, the all-fabric iontronic pressure sensor provides an ultrahigh device sensitivity with a single Pascale resolution. The device also allows rapid mechanical responses (in the milliseconds range) for high-frequency biomechanical signals, e.g., blood pressure pulses and body movements. The fabrication process for the device is low-cost highly compatible with existing industrial manufacturing processes. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319040 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SCALABLE BULK-TYPE PIEZORESISTIVE FORCE/PRESSURE SENSOR - A microelectromechanical force/pressure sensor has: a sensor die, of semiconductor material, having a front surface and a bottom surface, extending in a horizontal plane, and made of a compact bulk region having a thickness along a vertical direction, transverse to the horizontal plane; piezoresistive elements, integrated in the bulk region of the sensor die, at the front surface thereof; and a cap die, coupled above the sensor die, covering the piezoresistive elements, having a respective front surface and bottom surface, opposite to each other along the vertical direction, the bottom surface facing the front surface of the sensor die. A conversion layer is arranged between the front surface of the sensor die and the bottom surface of the cap die, patterned to define a groove traversing its entire thickness along the vertical direction; the piezoresistive elements are arranged vertically in correspondence to the groove and the conversion layer is designed to convert a load applied to the front surface of the cap die and/or bottom surface of the sensor die along the vertical direction into a planar stress distribution at the groove, acting in the horizontal plane. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319041 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An improved ultrasonic transducer for measuring stretch loads on bolts is provided. The improved ultrasonic transducer is separated into a pickup unit and a base sensor unit. The base sensor unit includes a piezo ceramic inside an aluminum can covered by a PCB for protection, which is surrounded by a strong magnet. Honey is used as a couplant between the base sensor unit and the bolt during operation. The base sensor unit stays on the bolt before and after tightening without changing the mechanical bonding between the sensor and bolt therefore achieving higher accuracy stretch readings. The base sensor unit is low cost and reusable, as it can be placed on number of bolts before tightening and can be removed after tightening, washed and then reused. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319042 | Overload Inhibiting Torque Meter - Embodiments are directed to a drive shaft apparatus comprising a first rotary member and a second rotary member arranged coaxially with said first rotary member. The rotary members are fixedly connected at a first end so that they rotate together. Each rotary member has a set of elements spaced apart around its circumference at a second end. The elements on the first rotary member are spaced apart from the elements on the second rotary member at rest. The first rotary member undergoes torsion when a load is applied during rotation, which causes the first rotary member elements to move closer to the second rotary member elements. The first elements engage the second elements when a torque load less than a yield torque is applied to the first rotary member, which transfers at least a portion of the torque load to the second rotary member. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319043 | PERFORATED SUPPORT LAYER THAT FACILITATES STATIC AND DYNAMIC BENDING - A perforated support layer that facilitates static and dynamic bending is provided herein. A device can comprise a device chassis, a flexible display panel, and a support layer sandwiched between the device chassis and the flexible display panel. The support layer can comprise a set of perforations formed in a bend region of the support layer. Also provided is a method that can comprise forming relief cuts in a bend region of a support layer. The method also can comprise bonding a first side of the support layer to a device chassis and bonding a second side of the support layer to a flexible display panel. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319044 | HOOF PRESSURE MEASURING SYSTEM - A hoof pressure measuring system is configured to wirelessly communicate pressure of a horse's hoof to a remote device. The hoof pressure measuring system has a plurality of pressure application cylinders is arranged on a thickened ledge in a top plate. A bottom plate is joined to the top plate, and further includes a bottom plate wire cavity that penetrates the bottom plate and is arranged thinner than a peripheral wall ledge. A plurality of resistive force measurement sensors is arranged between the plurality of sensor location cavities and the plurality of pressure application cylinders. A microprocessor is electrically coupled to the plurality of resistive force measurement sensors and is programmed with instructions to measure an array of force measurements with respect to time from the plurality of pressure application cylinders. Force measurement data is wirelessly transmitted to remote viewing devices via Bluetooth or other communication protocols. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319045 | BRAKE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING BRAKE DEVICE - A brake inspection apparatus for inspecting a brake device includes a command unit configured to, in an inspection mode, command the brake device to brake a motor, and further command a motor current supply unit to gradually increase a motor current supplied to the motor by a predetermined step size, a brake torque measurement unit configured to measure a brake torque immediately before the motor starts to rotate, when the motor current is gradually increased based on a command from the command unit, and a brake torque drop curve calculation unit configured to calculate a brake torque drop curve representing the relationship between the operating time and the brake torque, based on brake torques measured by the brake torque measurement unit in inspection modes set for different periods. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319046 | PRESSURE SENSOR - A pressure sensor that includes a housing with an upper housing part and a lower housing part, the upper housing part and the lower housing part being configured such that a chamber is formed between them. A diaphragm is provided between the upper housing part and the lower housing part, and dividing the chamber into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A magnetic core is linked to the diaphragm. An operating spring includes a top end and a bottom end, the top end being supported against the upper housing part and the bottom end being supported against the magnetic core. At least one of the top end and the bottom end of the operating spring is provided with an adhesive layer. The pressure sensor enables the operating spring and the magnetic core to move integrally with each other, thereby improving the precision of the pressure sensor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319047 | High Pressure Gauge - A high pressure gauge contains: a body, a support, a film, a cylinder, an indicator, a screw element, a stud, and a push post. The stud has a channel through which the push post passes, and the stud has a seal ring contacting with the push post in the channel. A central disc is defined between the film and a circular tab of the screw element, the central disc contacts with the film, the push post includes a C retainer engaged on an extension of the push post, and the C retainer is defined between the screw element and the stud. When the push post moves, the C retainer abuts against the stud, and an auxiliary ring is received in the channel, located above and contacts with the seal ring and the extension of the push post. The seal ring is concave, and the auxiliary ring is convex. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319048 | PRESSURE DETECTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC PUMP THAT HOUSES PRESSURE DETECTION APPARATUS - A pressure detection apparatus includes a base plate including a first surface, a second surface, and an opening, a pressure sensor disposed on the first surface so as to cover the opening of the base plate and outputting an electric signal according to a pressure of measured fluid inside the opening, a lead terminal electrically connected to the pressure sensor, a housing holding the base plate and the lead terminal and including an exposed portion in which a portion of the lead terminal is exposed, and a capacitor protecting the pressure sensor. The housing includes a capacitor housing portion, the capacitor being electrically connected to the lead terminal inside the exposed portion, and a positioning portion that positions, inside the capacitor housing portion, the capacitor that has been mounted in the capacitor housing portion. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319049 | DOUBLE-MEMBRANE CAPACITIVE PRESSURE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A double-membrane capacitive pressure sensor comprising a glass substrate, wherein a shallow groove is formed in the center of the glass substrate; a shallow groove through-hole is formed in the center of the shallow groove, and the shallow groove through-hole extends from the bottom surface of the shallow groove to the bottom surface of the glass substrate; a capacitor C | 2020-10-08 |
20200319050 | PRESSURE SENSOR WITH MULTIPLE PRESSURE SENSING ELEMENTS - A pressure sensor is provided. The pressure sensor includes a substrate, and a first pressure sensing element, a second pressure sensing element, and sensor conditioning circuitry disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The sensor conditioning circuitry is electronically coupled to the first pressure sensing element and the second pressure sensing element. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319051 | ELECTRO ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY (EAT) FOR REAL TIME INTELLIGENT PIGGING - A new approach to pipeline pigging using electro acoustic technology (EAT) is described in which the data from a pigging operation can be transmitted in real time to optical fiber on the outside of the pipeline and detected using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) techniques, including the precise location, velocity and acceleration of the pig using the DAS technique. Thus the sensor data can easily be mapped to its precise location in real time. The EAT sensors use the DAS fiber as a data transmission line by converting electrical or optical signals to acoustic signals which excite the fiber and can be detected by an interrogator at the pig launch site. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319052 | MULTI-POINT LIQUID LEAKAGE DETECTING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention discloses a multi-point liquid leakage detecting method and a system thereof, belonging to the technical field of liquid leakage detection. In the present invention, a detection master sends a detection instruction to a slave in real time. The slave detects a plurality of nodes to be detected according to the detection instruction, obtains the node information of each node to be detected, and feeds the node information back to the detection master. The detection master then judges whether there are liquid leakage nodes in the plurality of nodes to be detected according to the node information. When there are liquid leakage nodes in the plurality of nodes to be detected, the node identifier and the liquid leakage data corresponding to the liquid leakage node are obtained from the node information. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319053 | LEAK DETECTOR FOR CHECKING THE SEALING TIGHTNESS OF AN OBJECT TO BE TESTED - A leak detector for checking the sealing tightness of an object to be tested includes a detection inlet to be connected to the object, a first pumping device, and a gas detector. The first pumping device includes a first rough vacuum pump, at least one second rough vacuum pump, and a turbomolecular pump. The gas detector is connected to the turbomolecular pump. The outlet of the at least one second rough vacuum pump is connected to the first rough vacuum pump, between two in-series pumping stages of the first rough vacuum pump. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319054 | HANDHELD ULTRASONIC TESTING DEVICE - Example computer systems, computer apparatuses, computer methods, and computer program products are disclosed for testing an ultrasonic gas leak detection device. An example method includes determining a rotary position of a rotary selector of the handheld ultrasonic testing device. The method further includes determining whether the rotary position of the rotary selector corresponds to a first testing mode for testing the ultrasonic gas leak detection device or a second testing mode for testing the ultrasonic gas leak detection device. The method further includes generating a first ultrasonic signal for testing the ultrasonic gas leak detection device in response to determining that the rotary position of the rotary selector corresponds to the first testing mode. The method further includes generating a second ultrasonic signal for testing the ultrasonic gas leak detection device in response to determining that the rotary position of the rotary selector corresponds to the second testing mode. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319055 | TEST METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A test method for a semiconductor device having a package with airtight space, which is formed between a substrate wafer on which an element is formed and a cap wafer which is provided being opposite to the substrate wafer, comprises an applying water process in which the semiconductor device is exposed to high moisture atmosphere and cooled and a leak discrimination process in which power is supplied to the element which is formed on the substrate wafer and leak of the package is discriminated by detecting a sound wave which is generated by the semiconductor device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319056 | METHOD OF ASSESSING DAMAGE TO COMPOSITE MEMBERS - A method of assessing damage to a composite member requires the formation of a composite member comprising at least one cavity. A first pressure differential is then established between the cavity and the surrounding ambient pressure. The rate of change of the pressure differential over a first predetermined period is monitored and then the pressure differential is allowed to subside. The result of the monitoring step is stored as a reference value, so that after the composite member is damaged, or after it has been in service for a predetermined time, the test can be repeated and compared with the reference value. If the result of the repeated monitoring differs from the reference value by more than a predetermined amount, it is determined that the composite member is defective. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319057 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING WATER LEAKAGE AMOUNT OF LEAKAGE AREA IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for acquiring the water leakage amount of a leakage area in a water distribution system. In the method, a hydraulic model is coupled with monitored data, and the water leakage amounts of different areas in the water distribution system are obtained through inversion by optimizing the spatial distribution of water leakage amounts. In addition to the coupling of the hydraulic model with the monitored data, virtual sectorization and pipe leakage risk assessment are used. By using a minimum difference between a simulated value and a monitored value at a pressure measurement point as a target, the water leakage amounts of different areas in the water distribution system are calculated by an optimization algorithm. Compared with the prior art, the present invention actualizes the effective identification of leakage areas in a water distribution system with a high leakage rate (i.e., with many leakage points). | 2020-10-08 |
20200319058 | BRIDGE DETECTING VEHICLE WITH TWO FOLDABLE ARMS - A bridge detecting vehicle with two foldable arms, including: a vehicle body, slewing mechanisms, horizontal and vertical arms and telescopic arms. One end of the two horizontal arms is respectively arranged on the slewing mechanisms, and the other end of the two horizontal arms is respectively connected to the two horizontal arms. A crossed arm is provided between the two horizontal arms. The two vertical arms are respectively connected to the two horizontal arms via ball joints. A detecting device is respectively provided at rear ends of the two telescopic arms. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319059 | TESTING APPARATUS FOR GEARS - A test apparatus for testing a gear has a clamping device for clamping the gear. The device includes a single support block having one passage, extending along an axis, and a transversal first shoulder. The device further includes a securing bolt having a second shoulder provided with a pin axially extending through the passage and with a tightening member tightened on the pin so as to axially clamp the gear between the two shoulders. The support block further has a fixed protrusion axially projecting with respect to the first shoulder and having an outer surface designed to carry the gear. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319060 | ENGINE MISFIRE DETECTION DEVICE - An engine misfire detection device such that an engine misfire state can be accurately detected is obtained. The engine misfire detection device includes an engine rotational speed change amount detector that detects an engine rotational speed change amount, an engine rotational speed change amount threshold setter that sets a threshold with respect to the rotational speed change amount, and a misfire detector that compares the rotational speed change amount and the threshold, carries out a misfire determination on the engine when the rotational speed change amount exceeds the threshold, and carries out a misfire detection, wherein the misfire detector prohibits the misfire determination when a switching between a differentially locked state and an unlocked state is carried out. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319061 | Adhering Substance Collecting Device and Inspection System - In order to detach substances stably from an inspection object, an adhering substance collecting device includes: ejection openings configured to eject gas; a housing on which the ejection openings are provided; and supporting portions which are installed on a surface of the housing on which the ejection openings are provided, and have a prescribed height. The supporting portions include protruded portions formed on the housing. The supporting portions each have a cuboid shape, and are installed such that a distance therebetween becomes smaller toward a direction of a recovery opening that is configured to collect substances having been detached from an inspection object, from the gas. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319062 | Apparatus And Method For Determination Of The Fine Particle Dose Of A Powder Inhalation Formulation - In an apparatus for collecting aerosolised respirable particles of an inhalable medicinal formulation, aerosolised formulation is drawn pneumatically through a dose collection section comprising an inlet orifice ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319063 | SWITCH CABINET FOR EXHAUST-GAS MEASUREMENT INSTALLATIONS - A switch cabinet for an exhaust gas measurement installation includes a cabinet body with a rear wall and four laterally bounding walls which include a ceiling, a floor, a first side wall and a second side wall. A door is arranged on the cabinet body to close a front side thereof. At least one valve, measuring devices, and gas connections are arranged in the cabinet body. The gas connections extend through the walls and interact with the at least one valve. The gas connections comprise at least one first gas connection arranged in a first horizontal plane and in a first vertical plane, and at least one second gas connection arranged in a second horizontal plane in a second vertical plane. The second horizontal plane is offset with respect to the first horizontal plane. The second vertical plane is offset with respect to the first vertical plane. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319064 | EXHAUST GAS SAMPLE TAKING SYSTEM - An exhaust gas sampling system includes a main conveying line, a main throughput pump which conveys a sample gas in the main conveying line, a first Venturi nozzle, a second Venturi nozzle, a first control valve, and a second control valve. The first Venturi nozzle and the second Venturi nozzle are connected in parallel and are arranged in the main conveying line upstream of the main throughput pump. The first Venturi nozzle is assigned the first control valve. The second Venturi nozzle is assigned the second control valve. Each of the first control valve and the second control valve are provided as a pinch valve. Each pinch valve has a flexible, hose-like control element and a pressure chamber which is filled with a fluid and which is arranged to surround the flexible, hose-like control element. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319065 | STABLE DITHIZONE SOLUTIONS AND FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - An optimized Dipheylthiocarbazone or Dithizone (DTZ) solution was developed with preferred physical and chemical properties to characterize human islets and insulin producing cells differentiated from embryonic stem cells. Application of the newly formulated iDTZ (i stands for islet) over a range of temperatures, time intervals and cell and tissue types found to be robust for identifying these cells. The iDTZ, through high transition zinc binding, concentrated in insulin producing cells could also be used to delineate zinc levels in tissue and liquid samples. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319066 | PHENOL-FREE ACID-FAST BACTERIA SOLUTION - The present disclosure relates to acid fast staining compositions which are free from phenol. The present disclosure also related to a method of detecting an acid fast organism in a biological sample comprising: (a) applying an acid fast staining composition to the biological sample, the acid fast staining solution comprising a fuchsin, a base, a surfactant, and an alcohol, and wherein the acid fast staining composition is free from phenol; and (b) incubating the biological sample with the acid fast staining composition for a predetermined amount of time at a predetermined temperature. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319067 | SLIDE STAINING ASSEMBLY AND COVER MEMBER - A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate includes a mounting surface for the substrate and a closure body configured to releasably retain a cover member. The closure body is movable between an open position and a substantially closed position. When a substrate is placed in the assembly and the closure body is in the substantially closed position while retaining a cover member, a reaction chamber is formed for processing a sample. A cover member for use with the sample processing assembly is also provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319068 | Shaft Testing Device with Non-Contact Bearing - In some embodiments, a shaft testing device comprises a support comprising a non-contact bearing. The support is arranged to support a workpiece such as a shaft. A loading mechanism comprises a non-contact bearing. The loading mechanism is arranged to apply a load to the shaft. In some embodiments, the load is applied orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the shaft. In some embodiments, a non-contact bearing comprises an air bearing. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319069 | Integral Clamping Steel Strand Drawing Test Apparatus, And Method For Using Same - Disclosed are an integral clamping steel strand drawing test apparatus, and a method for using same, wherein same are suitable for use in a steel strand mechanical property test. The apparatus comprises a rectangular lower base ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319070 | ROCK IMPACT LOADING-UNLOADING CONFINING PRESSURE TEST SYSTEM AND USAGE METHOD THEREFOR - A rock mechanics test system with impact loading-confining pressure unloading and its usage method. The test system includes bearing frame unit, axial compression loading unit, impact loading unit and confining pressure loading unit. The bearing frame unit includes pedestal, column and cross beam. The column is vertically installed on both sides of the upper surface of the pedestal, and the cross beam is horizontally fixed on the upper part of the column. The axial compression loading unit is fixed at the middle position of the upper surface of the pedestal and is used to exert the axial bottom-up pressure to the sample. The impact loading unit is fixed on the cross beam and is used to exert the axial top-down impact load on the sample. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT TEST OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MINIATURE SPECIMENS - The present invention relates to a test system and method capable of simultaneously carrying out a high-throughput test of mechanical properties for miniature specimens. The system comprises one workstation ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200319072 | TORSIONAL RHEOMETER THAT MAINTAINS A MORE UNIFORM CAVITY PRESSURE - A method and apparatus is disclosed for compensating for a reduction of die cavity pressure in a torsional rheometer caused by shrinkage of the test sample. In one embodiment, a compliant member is placed in series with load-bearing components of the rheometer. This compliant member deflects when pressure in the die cavity is reduced resulting in the die cavity becoming smaller to increase the pressure within the die cavity. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319073 | DIFFUSION MONITORING PROTOCOL FOR OPTIMIZED TISSUE FIXATION - The subject disclosure presents systems and computer-implemented methods for evaluating a tissue sample that has been removed from a subject. A change in speed of the energy traveling through the sample is evaluated to monitor changes in the biological sample during processing. The rate of change in the speed of the energy is correlated with the extent of diffusion. A system for performing the method can include a transmitter that outputs the energy and a receiver configured to detect the transmitted energy. A time-of-flight of acoustic waves and rate of change thereof is monitored to determine an optimal time for soaking the tissue sample in a fixative. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319074 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING FINE DUST AND FINE DUST INFORMATION UTILIZATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed are particulate matter measuring device and a particulate matter information utilizing system, the particulate matter measuring device including: a particulate matter concentration measuring sensor configured to measure particulate matter concentration information; a location sensing module configured to select location information of a place where the particulate matter concentration information is measured by the particulate matter concentration measuring sensor; a communication module configured to communicate with an electronic device; and a control module configured to output a control signal to control the electronic device, based on the particulate matter concentration information and location information corresponding to the particulate matter concentration information. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319075 | FILTER-DEGRADATION ESTIMATING DEVICE FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONER - A filter monitoring system for a filter in a vehicle air conditioner includes a first temperature sensor to detect an air temperature of intake air drawn into an air conditioner case through the filter, a second temperature sensor to detect an evaporator temperature of the evaporator, and a processor coupled to the first and second temperature sensors and coupled to a memory. The processor is configured to calculate an actual change-rate of the evaporator temperature while a compressor is in operation, calculate an expected change-rate of the evaporator temperature based on the air temperature and operation levels of a blower and the compressor by using predetermined data with a properly functioning filter, calculate a degradation degree of the filter by comparing the actual change-rate to the expected change-rate, and output a signal indicating degradation of the filter upon determining that the degradation degree is out of an acceptable range. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319076 | FALLING HEAD INFILTROMETER APPARATUS - An infiltration apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the infiltrometer apparatus includes a cylinder that defines a cylinder passage coupleable to a base that defines a base passage to form an infiltrometer passage. The infiltrometer apparatus includes a baffle removably emplacable within the infiltrometer passage, in various aspects. The baffle is in gapped relation with a soil surface of a soil when the base coupled to the cylinder is inserted into the soil and the baffle is emplaced within the infiltrometer passage, in various aspects. In various aspects, the infiltrometer apparatus includes a level detector to detect a water surface level of a water surface within the infiltrometer passage. The level detector may communicate by network with a computer to communicate data indicative of the water surface level to the computer. Related methods of use of the infiltrometer apparatus are also disclosed herein. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319077 | FRACTURE LENGTH AND FRACTURE COMPLEXITY DETERMINATION USING FLUID PRESSURE WAVES - A method to measure fracture length and geometry/complexity from pressure decay and diffusion and near wellbore conductivity measurements with far-field conductivity estimates. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319078 | Sheath flow impedance particle analyzer and measurement method therefor - A sheath flow impedance particle analyzer includes a pre-mixing cell, a sample needle, a sheath flow impedance counting cell, a front sheath fluid cell, a rear sheath fluid cell, a rear sheath waste fluid cell, a waste fluid cell, and a first auxiliary negative pressure source. The first auxiliary negative pressure source includes at least one low pressure port, and a valve for controlling the low pressure port to open or close, the low pressure port being connected to the sample needle or the rear sheath waste fluid cell. During measurement of a sample by the sheath flow impedance counting cell, at least the negative pressure of the first auxiliary negative pressure source enables the sample needle to transfer a sample liquid or enable the rear sheath waste fluid cell to discharge a waste fluid. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319079 | COMPENSATION EDITOR - Disclosed herein include systems, devices, methods, and spillover editor for displaying and editing spillover values. A view of a spillover editor can comprise a triangular grid of rows and columns, representing flourophores, each comprising at least one display area and two spillover values. After receiving an adjusted spillover value, an adjusted view of the spillover editor can comprise adjusted plots determined using the adjusted spillover value. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319080 | CONNECTING MEMBER AND MICROPARTICLE MEASURING APPARATUS - There is provided a connecting member to be attached to a substrate that includes at least a sample introduction section to introduce a sample, a sheath liquid introduction section to introduce a sheath liquid, and a jetting section to jet droplets, the connecting member including at least: a sample introduction linking section to be linked to the sample introduction section; a sheath liquid introduction linking section to be linked to the sheath liquid introduction section; and a charging electrode section that provides charges to at least part of the droplets. The sample introduction linking section and the sheath liquid introduction linking section are positioned so as to be linked to corresponding positions of the substrate. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319081 | MICROPARTICLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD FOR MICROPARTICLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - The present technology is mainly directed to providing a technology capable of reducing contamination risk. To achieve the object, in the present technology, provided is a microparticle measurement device including at least: a light emission unit that emits light to a microparticle to be analyzed; a light detection unit that detects light generated from the microparticle at a predetermined detection position; and an analysis unit that is connected to the light detection unit and analyzes a detection value of the light detected by the light detection unit, in which the light detection unit is movable from the detection position. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319082 | Particulate Matter Sensors Based on Split Beam Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensors - Various sensors, including particulate matter sensors, are described. One particulate matter sensor includes a self-mixing interferometry sensor and a set of one or more optical elements. The set of one or more optical elements is positioned to receive an optical emission of the self-mixing interferometry sensor, split the optical emission into multiple beams, and direct each beam of the multiple beams in a different direction. The self-mixing interferometry sensor is configured to generate particle speed information for particles passing through respective measurement regions of the multiple beams. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319083 | SCANNING INFRARED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An analyzer of a component in a sample fluid includes an optical source and an optical detector defining a beam path of a beam, wherein the optical source emits the beam and the optical detector measures the beam after partial absorption by the sample fluid, a fluid flow cell disposed on the beam path defining an interrogation region in the a fluid flow cell in which the optical beam interacts with the sample fluid and a reference fluid; and wherein the sample fluid and the reference fluid are in laminar flow, and a scanning system that scans the beam relative to the laminar flow within the fluid flow cell, wherein the scanning system scans the beam relative to both the sample fluid and the reference fluid. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319084 | DISPOSABLE CHIP-TYPE FLOW CELL AND CELL SORTER USING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide | 2020-10-08 |
20200319085 | Biosensor platform and method for the simultaneous, multiplexed, ultra-sensitive and high throughput optical detection of biomarkers - Biosensing platform for simultaneous, multiplexed, high throughput and ultra-sensitive optical detection of biomarkers labelled with plasmonic nanoparticles, the platform being provided with a biosensor, a broadband and continuous spectrum illumination source, an optical detector for simultaneously capturing spatially resolved and spectrally resolved the scattering signal of each individual nanoparticle, an autofocus system and an optical system adapted to collect the scattered signal of the biosensor's surface onto the optical detector, the platform being provided with translation means for the optical system and/or the biosensor, such that the optical system and the biosensor can be displaced relative to each other in the three dimensions, and wherein the processing means are adapted to: i) simultaneously capture spatially and spectrally resolved scattering signals from each nanoparticle individually, and ii) to analyze these signals simultaneously with the capture process. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319086 | AUTOMATED REAL-TIME PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCIMETRY WITH HOLOGRAPHIC VIDEO MICROSCOPY - An in-line holographic microscope can be used to analyze on a frame-by-frame basis a video stream to track individual colloidal particles' three-dimensional motions. The system and method can provide real time nanometer resolution, and simultaneously measure particle sizes and refractive indexes. Through a combination of applying a combination of Lorenz-Mie analysis with selected hardware and software methods, this analysis can be carried out in near real time. An efficient particle identification methodology automates initial position estimation with sufficient accuracy to enable unattended holographic tracking and characterization. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319087 | HUMIDITY DETECTION FOR COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEMS - A device for monitoring humidity in a compressed air system comprises a light emitter; a light sensor; and a hygromorphic element. The hygromorphic element is exposed to a source of compressed air and positioned between the light emitter and the light sensor. The hygromorphic element changes the amount of light passing between the light emitter and the light sensor as the humidity in the compressed air increases. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319088 | LIQUID SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD AND LIQUID SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICE - A liquid sample analysis method including communicating a specific flow path with an aspirator via a branch flow path, aspirating air from the aspirator, aspirating a liquid sample into the sample supply path from the aspirator so that an entire amount of the aspirated air is accommodated in the branch flow path, communicating a sample extrusion path with a sample port, communicating a sheath fluid supply path with a sheath fluid port, and isolating the branch flow path from both the sample supply path and the specific flow path, extruding the liquid sample in the sample supply path so as to inflow into the sample flow path by causing a sheath fluid to inflow into the sheath fluid flow path from the sheath fluid supply path and causing the sheath fluid to inflow into the sample supply path from the sample extrusion path. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319089 | FLUID DELIVERY METHOD AND ANALYSIS DEVICE - A fluid delivery method for delivering a liquid sample to a flow cell including a taper section including a first and a second inner walls opposing the first inner wall, which is inclined to the second inner wall so that a distance between the first and the second inner walls at a downstream side of the taper section is shorter than a distance at an upstream side of the taper section, and including measurement flow path provided downstream of the taper section, through which a liquid sample flows together with a sheath fluid. The fluid delivery method includes sample introduction of delivering the liquid sample into the taper section along the second inner wall until the liquid sample reaches the measurement flow path, and sample pressing by delivering the sheath fluid into the taper section along the first inner wall after the liquid sample reaches the measurement flow path. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319090 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD - Provided is a diagnostic device for diagnosing a state of a subject based on a ratio or a difference between a color intensity of a first test portion and a color intensity of a second test portion in a reaction unit receiving a sample therein, wherein reaction unit includes a sample pad; a conjugate pad; a reaction membrane; and a wicking pad, and wherein the reaction membrane has two or more test portions. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319091 | SIDE ILLUMINATED MULTI POINT MULTI PARAMETER OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - A side illuminated multi point multi parameter optical fiber sensor that requires no sensitive coating is provided. This sensor comprises an optical fiber having at least one removed cladding section as the sensitive region, at least one probing light source that side illuminates the fiber, a power supply, a detector, a signal processor and a display. The sensitive optical fiber is optically affected by the presence of a measurand medium that can fluoresce, phosphoresce, absorb and/or scatter the probing light. This probing light is guided by the fiber core towards a detector which measures the light intensity and this light intensity is correlated with a measurand. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319092 | Domestic laundry-washing appliance or dishwasher and optical sensor therefor - A domestic laundry-washing appliance including an optical measuring device for obtaining measured values which are representative of a spectral transmission signature of a washing liquid used during operation of the laundry-washing appliance for cleaning textiles, and a control device which is adapted to categorise a cleaning agent contained in the washing liquid in respect of its chemical properties on the basis of the spectral transmission signature obtained, and to control the operation of the laundry-washing appliance in dependence on the categorisation result. The categorisation result can indicate, for example, a distinction between a heavy-duty detergent containing bleach and another bleach-free detergent. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319093 | CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODULATING A LIGHT BEAM THEREIN - A cavity ring-down spectroscopy system and a method of modulating a light beam therein are provided. The cavity ring-down spectroscopy system includes at least one laser that generates a light beam, a first optical modulator positioned to attenuate the light beam from the at least one laser, a second optical modulator positioned to attenuate the light beam from the first optical modulator, a ring-down cavity positioned to receive the light beam from the second optical modulator, and at least one light sensor to detect an intensity of light leaked from the ring-down cavity. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319094 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR AFTERTREATMENT CATALYST CONDITION - An aftertreatment system for an engine system is disclosed. The aftertreatment system may comprise an optical sensor mounted on the aftertreatment catalyst. The optical sensor may include a light source configured to illuminate the aftertreatment catalyst with light and a detector configured to measure an amount of the light absorbed by the aftertreatment catalyst upon illumination with the light. The measured amount of the light absorbed by the aftertreament catalyst may correlate with a condition parameter (e.g., hydrocarbon loading, oxidation state, etc.) of the aftertreatment catalyst. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319095 | Pillar Photonic Crystal - Techniques (e.g., implemented in devices, methods and/or in non-transitory storage units) are used for confining wavelengths, e.g., using a pillar photonic crystal. A semiconductor device includes a pillar photonic crystal including a structure and a plurality of pillars extending from the structure in a height direction, wherein the plurality of pillars form at least one waveguide for electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength, the at least one waveguide extending in at least one planar direction, wherein the structure includes a confining layer in doped semiconductor material to support propagation of surface plasmon polaritons. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319096 | LASER IMAGING OF GASES FOR CONCENTRATION AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION - A system and method indicate capability for detecting methane leaks inside buildings. This approach provides the ability to detect methane behind high efficiency coated windows and can extract methane concentration (rather than CL). Lock-in imaging technologies can facilitate lower laser transmitter power. A field deployable, hand held prototype sensor for use in remote sensing a appropriate standoff distances can support operational testing. Distance infrared imaging of methane is feasible. Fully characterized real time image of a methane cloud offers operational advantages in accuracy and safety as compared to current sensors | 2020-10-08 |
20200319097 | INFRARED SENSOR ARRAY WITH SENSORS CONFIGURED FOR DIFFERENT SPECTRAL RESPONSES - Improved techniques for infrared imaging and gas detection are provided. In one example, a system includes a sensor array configured to receive infrared radiation from a scene comprising a background portion and a gas. The sensor array includes a first set of infrared sensors configured with a first spectral response corresponding to a first wavelength range of the infrared radiation associated with the background portion. The sensor array also includes a second set of infrared sensors configured with a second spectral response corresponding to a second wavelength range of the infrared radiation associated with the gas. The system also includes a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) configured to provide pixel values for first and second images captured by the first and second sets of infrared sensors, respectively, in response to the received infrared radiation. Additional systems and methods are also provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200319098 | OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY BASED GAS ANALYZER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention provides a system for measuring concentrations of trace gases in gas mixtures using an absorption spectroscopy method. The system comprising: a resonant optical cavity containing a gas mixture, a continuous-wave external cavity laser, a detector system for measuring an absorption of laser light by the gas in the resonant optical cavity, wherein the ratio of the round-trip length of the external cavity laser to the round-trip length of the resonant optical cavity or its inverse value is between N−0.2 and N+0.2, where N is a positive integer number. | 2020-10-08 |