44th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150308831 | APPARATUS FOR INFERRING PEDESTRIAN POSITION BASED ON PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT DETECTION, AND METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are an apparatus for estimating a pedestrian position based on pedestrian motion recognition, and a method therefor. The method for estimating the pedestrian position based on pedestrian motion recognition includes recognizing a specific motion of a plurality of motions of the pedestrian, performing a unique pedestrian dead-reckoning (PDR) technique corresponding to the recognized specific motion among unique PDR techniques for each of the plurality of motions of the pedestrian, and estimating the pedestrian's position by the performed unique PDR technique. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308832 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE AIR DATA OF AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a method for managing altitude data of an aircraft in which a main baro-inertial computation loop is used that uses signals originating from an inertial unit and a standard altitude information item supplied by a main air data reference, and at least one standard altitude information item supplied by a secondary baro-inertial deviation loop respectively using signals from said inertial unit of the main loop and a to standard altitude information item originating from the second air data reference, and a baro-inertial altitude deviation, a vertical speed deviation and accelerometric bias deviation visible on the vertical between the main loop and at least one of said secondary baro-inertial loops are computed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXT SENSITIVE NOTES - A system and method are provided for indicating to a crewmember of a vehicle, for example a pilot of an aircraft, of an upcoming event. The method comprises displaying a route of the vehicle, the route including a plurality of waypoints; designating one of the waypoints, or designating a non-navigational waypoint, for the indication; and providing an indication when arriving at the designated waypoint or non-navigational waypoint. The indication preferably comprises a note displayed on a navigation screen showing the route of flight. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308834 | Method and system for adjusting the descent trajectory of an aircraft - A system comprising an adjustment unit installed in an aircraft and configured to adjust a descent trajectory and associated prediction calculations as a function of an adjustment parameter. The system comprises information processing units for automatically calculating, on the ground and from recorded flight data, an effective value of a calculation parameter, and a corresponding theoretical value of the calculation parameter, with the help of an auxiliary performance database which is identical to a performance database installed in the aircraft, for identical flight conditions, and for deriving therefrom the adjustment parameter that will be used subsequently by the adjustment unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308835 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE PHYSICAL LOCATION AND ROUTING WITHIN A FIELD OF LOW POWER BEACONS - A non-time of flight or time of arrival position location system for accurate determination of a user's location in an enclosed, indoor, or covered environment can include a number of beacons mounted in an arrangement within the environment. Each of the beacons is mounted in a known location and transmits a broadcast signal containing a unique identifier that identifies the originating beacon. A handheld electronic device including a receiver and a communicably coupled processor can receive broadcast signals from at least some of the number of beacons, iteratively determine a vector quantity corresponding to each of the received signals, and sum the resultant vector quantities to determine an updated position. The iterative process can be repeated until consecutive iterations yield an updated position that falls within a defined threshold. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308836 | Dynamic Traffic Rendering - An initial geometry including one dimensional representation of a path is accessed. The initial geometry may be based traffic data. An envelope size is identified based on the path. The envelope size may be derived from a width, functional classification, or lane quantity associated with the path. A processor calculates a supplemental geometry based on the envelope size for the path and generates a two dimensional representation of the path based on the initial geometry, the supplemental geometry, and the envelope size. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308837 | REGIONAL DRIVING TREND MODIFICATION USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and a computer system for modifying regional driving habits. A computer determines a first value associated with a regional driving habit for a region. The computer determines a second value associated with a target driving habit, wherein the second value is not substantially equivalent to the first value. The computer determines that a number of at least semi-autonomous vehicles in an area is above a threshold value. The computer transmits information instructing the number of at least semi-autonomous vehicles to operate based on the second value. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING POTENTIAL POINTS OF INTEREST USING USER AND DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS - An approach is provided for validating potential points of interest using device and user characteristics. The validation platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of location information associated with at least one device to determine one or more potential points of interest visited by the at least one device. Next, the validation platform causes, at least in part, a tagging of the one or more potential points of interest with one or more characteristics of the at least one device, one or more users of the at least one device, or a combination thereof. Then, the validation platform causes, at least on part, a validation of the one or more potential points of interest based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics as captured by at least one other device, one or more other users of the at least one other device, or a combination thereof. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308839 | TRAJECTORY MATCHING USING AMBIENT SIGNALS - A technique to automatically determine a shape of a path based on crowdsourced trajectory data is disclosed. Trajectory data is collected for a plurality of crowdsourced paths. The trajectory data for each of the plurality of crowdsourced paths is associated with at least one uniquely identifiable ambient signal. Anchor points may be identified corresponding to a transition in a characteristic of trajectory data of an individual crowdsourced path. Matching may be performed based on analyzing matching patterns of anchor points and evaluating the matches. Various embodiments involve using a linked node structure to represent one or more traces and/or indicate routes in a particular geographical area. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308840 | CODING SYSTEM FOR SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method, the QCODE method, of geotagging all postal addresses and other points of interest that one might want to navigate to and which allows the user to identify these addresses and other points of interest with a code consisting of 6 alphanumeric characters or less. A point of interest may or may not have a street address, for example, “the main entrance to the Jefferson Building at the USPTO complex in Alexandria Va.” or “the entrance to the VIP parking area at Yankee Stadium”. The disclosure teaches embodiments that are naturally upgraded to integrate changing spatial information due to addition of countries, better data, political changes, and other similar changes in geographical data. A single geocoding engine is capable of handling the various address formats in use in different countries and jurisdictions. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308841 | MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A navigation apparatus transmits current position information to a server. The server transmits course data to the navigation apparatus; the course data indicates a course that is predicted based on the current position information. The navigation apparatus corrects a subsequently measured current position on the course specified by the course data. The navigation apparatus transmits corrected position information indicating the corrected position to the server. The server distributes map data to the navigation apparatus; the map data corresponds to a specified area containing the corrected position specified by the corrected position information. Based on the received map data, the navigation apparatus displays a map near the corrected position on a screen of a display portion. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308842 | FACILITATING ESTIMATION OF MOBILE DEVICE PRESENCE INSIDE A DEFINED REGION - Estimation of mobile device presence inside a defined region is facilitated. In one example, a device receives location information representing locations of a mobile device and corresponding time information for the locations of the mobile device. The device determines an estimated path of travel for the mobile device based on the location information and, based on the corresponding time information for the locations of the mobile device, determines whether the estimated path of travel traverses, at a defined time period of interest, a defined region that includes a defined portion. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308843 | BUILDING MISSING MOVEMENT PATH OF AN OBJECT - The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for building a missing part of a movement path of an object. One or more frequent points is determined, wherein each of the one or more frequent points is a point on a historical movement path having a number of occurrences greater than a first threshold. A credibility of one or more path segments in determined. A first path segment of the one or more path segments is selected, wherein the credibility of the first path segment is greater than a second threshold. A missing part of a movement path of an object is built using the first path segment. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308844 | TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A travel time information providing apparatus includes a probability distribution storage unit configured to store first probability distribution data which expresses an embarkation waiting time for each location where the waiting time occurs and second probability distribution data which expresses a travel time for each location where the travel time occurs; a route acquiring unit configured to acquire a route connecting a point of origin and a destination; a travel time calculating unit configured to calculate a probability distribution of a total travel time by convoluting all probability distribution data corresponding to an embarkation waiting time which occurs on the route and a travel time which occurs on the route; and an information providing unit configured to determine an estimated travel time based on the calculated probability distribution, and output the estimated travel time. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308845 | CANDIDATE PATH RECOMMENDATION - A method for recommending a candidate path includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, looking up a plurality of paths that conform to the query; with respect to a current path among the plurality of paths, obtaining behavior data of the user and behavior data of at least one other user associated with the current path; determining a recommendation indicator associated with the current path, based on the behavior data of the user and the behavior data of the at least one other user; and recommending the candidate path to the user based on at least a recommendation indicator associated with at least one of the plurality of paths. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308846 | CANDIDATE PATH RECOMMENDATION - A method for recommending a candidate path includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, looking up a plurality of paths that conform to the query; with respect to a current path among the plurality of paths, obtaining behavior data of the user and behavior data of at least one other user associated with the current path; determining a recommendation indicator associated with the current path, based on the behavior data of the user and the behavior data of the at least one other user; and recommending the candidate path to the user based on at least a recommendation indicator associated with at least one of the plurality of paths. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308847 | METHOD OF PROCESSING POSITIONING DATA - A server arranged to process GPS data to generate enhanced map data is disclosed, and comprises a plurality of navigable segments representing segments of a navigable route in an area covered by a map, the server connected with a wireless telecommunications transceiver arranged to receive GPS fixes by wireless telecommunication from a plurality of navigation devices and send the received GPS fixes to the server, the server comprising a processor arranged to generate at least one speed profile for each segment from the GPS fixes from at least two of the plurality of navigation devices, each speed profile comprising an expected speed of travel through the segment, and the server arranged to subsequently cause the transceiver to send the speed profiles to the navigation devices. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308848 | VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and accumulates this as driving history information. The vehicle information providing device has a presentation information provision unit that provides information regarding a presentation route in which the information regarding the presentation route is presented in a form such that routes in a vicinity of the private location cannot be identified, when the presentation route is determined to include at least one private location. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING A DESTINATION POINT TO A VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM FROM A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for sending a destination point to a vehicle navigation system from a portable electronic device. The method and system include connecting one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system. The method and system additionally include identifying a user classification category of one or more users that are operating the one or more portable electronic devices that are connected to the navigation system. Additionally, the method and system include sending the desired destination point from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system based on the user classification category. The sending of the desired destination point occurs upon determining that the navigation system is locked out and includes the navigation system computing a navigational route to the desired destination point sent from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308850 | Method and Apparatus for Contact Address Population and Verbal Address Selection - A system includes a processor configured to receive a verbal instruction identifying a navigation instruction and a contact name. The processor is also configured to retrieve a physical address saved in a vehicle computing system contact entry corresponding to the contact name. Further, the processor is configured to verify the validity of the retrieved address as a navigation destination and set the retrieved address as the navigation destination after the validity has been verified. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308851 | ROUTE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND ROUTE GRAPH GENERATION METHOD - A route extraction device includes a processor that executes a process. The process includes, when extracting, for combination with an identified route out of plural routes, a route from the other routes in the plural routes, performing control that increases extraction probability according to distribution density of the other routes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308852 | NAME BASED GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A system for providing navigation service based on information distributed online to users listed to the navigation service. The system comprises (a) a satellite navigation device operable to receive satellite navigation signals, determine the navigation device current geographic location, and direct the user of the navigation device to a desired geographic location; (b) a wireless Ethernet transceiver embedded in the navigation device, operable to communicate with a remote server over the Internet; and (c) a remote server operable to receive data from the Ethernet transceiver through a Website, store the data, and distribute derivatives of the data to listed users which query the data, which is represented by short strings of characters which are utilized by the users when querying the data. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308853 | Methods, Devices, And Computer Program Products For Exchanging Interactive Map Information - Map information is exchanged between communication devices. A map of a geographical area is received. The map includes embedded interactive links that graphically represent points of interest within the geographical area. An embedded interactive link that graphically represents at least one point of interest is highlighted within the map. Responsive to selection of another embedded interactive link within the map that graphically represents another point of interest within the geographical area, the other embedded link within the map is highlighted. The map is transmitted, with the other embedded interactive link that graphically represents the other point of interest highlighted. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308854 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information display device for displaying predetermined information while overlapping the predetermined information with a landscape having a prediction unit that obtains information on a route at a traveling front side and predicts a visual-line movement destination of a user on the basis of the obtained information, and a display controller that changes a display position for the predetermined information on the basis of a prediction result of the prediction unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308855 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH A LIMITED MECHANICAL TURNING RANGE - A method of calibrating an inertial unit having an inertial core with vibratory axisymmetric gyros, the method includes the steps of starting from a first position, causing the inertial core to pivot towards a second position about a pivot axis that is different from the sensing axes of the gyros and from a trisector thereof, while taking measurements of an angular orientation of the vibration of each gyro, the angular orientation being left free during pivoting; returning the inertial core to the first position; adjusting the angular orientation of the vibration of each gyro to a value corresponding to the second position; causing the inertial core to pivot towards the second position while once more taking measurements of the angular orientation of each gyro; and calibrating the inertial core as a function of the measurements taken. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308856 | AUTOMATIC FIXTURE MONITORING USING MOBILE LOCATION AND SENSOR DATA WITH SMART METER DATA - A method and system for monitoring resource information and user activity. The method includes acquiring one or more data streams from one or more resource meters and one or more electronic device sensors. Discrete events are computed from each data stream. A sequence of discrete sensor-meter event itemsets are extracted based on the events. Frequent sensor-meter event itemsets are discovered from the sequence of discrete event itemsets that occur together, and a frequency of occurrence of each frequent co-occurrence itemset is discovered. Rising sensor-meter event itemsets and falling sensor-meter event itemsets are matched based on appliance state models and the frequency of occurrence of each sensor-meter event itemset. Each individual fixture is identified. Each fixture cluster is classified to a fixture category. Based on the matched fixture events, fixture clusters, and categories, resource usage information and user activities are determined for each fixture usage event identified. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308857 | ROTATION ANGLE SENSOR PROVIDED WITH PEDESTAL AND ROTARY MACHINE - A rotation angle sensor for detecting a rotation angle of a shaft of the motor or shaft of a machine which is driven by a motor, equipped with a detected part at an outer circumferential part of a rotary body attached to the shaft and a detection element facing the detected part provided on a pedestal which is surrounding the shaft, wherein a recessed part which is provided at the pedestal is formed with an abutting surface which abuts against an end face of the detection element at the side far from the shaft of the detection element, the distance of the abutting surface from the axial line is made different along the peripheral direction of the pedestal, and a position of the detection element abutting against the abutting surface is moved in the peripheral direction so as to adjust the difference between the rotary body and the detection element. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308858 | ANGLE DETECTOR, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLER, AND MOTOR DEVICE - An angle detector includes a first signal level detector to detect a sensor processed signal having a maximum signal level of a first set of sensor processed signals obtained by signal processing of multiple sensor signals, each of the multiple sensor signals having a signal level corresponding to a rotational position of a rotor of a motor having multiple coils, a signal level adjuster to adjust each signal level of the first set of the sensor processed signals to match the sensor processed signal having a maximum signal level with a first adjustment level, a signal selector to single out a selection signal from a second set of sensor processed signals adjusted by the signal level adjuster, and a phase detector to output a phase information signal in which the signal level of selection signal selected by the signal selector corresponds to a phase of the rotor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308859 | method for monitoring a rotation of a compressor wheel - In a method for monitoring a rotation of a compressor wheel of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, which compressor wheel has on the peripheral side a number n of blades, an inductive sensor is provided for detecting the speed or rotational frequency, which sensor produces at least one output signal as a function of eddy currents generated as the blades pass by, and the rotational speed of the compressor wheel is inferred from a fundamental frequency of the output signal. In addition, information about a fault of the compressor wheel is derived from at least one modulation of the output signal, e.g., amplitude modulation, and an imbalance of the compressor wheel is detected. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308860 | Inductive Displacement Sensor - Inductive displacement sensors and methods of using them may be useful in a variety of contexts. For example, systems for precisely measuring linear or angular motion may use inductive displacement sensors to measure changes in position. An apparatus, such as a sensor, can include a primary inductor. The apparatus can also include a first secondary inductor that is field-coupled to the primary inductor. The apparatus can further include a second secondary inductor that is field-coupled to the primary inductor. The first secondary inductor and the second secondary inductor can be configured as coordinated inductors to detect motion of a coupler. The coordinated inductors can be configured to provide a reference signal and a measurement signal, wherein the reference signal has a constant amplitude across a range of motion of the coupler. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308861 | WIRELESS POSITION SENSING USING MAGNETIC FIELD OF TWO TRANSMITTERS - A positioning system for determining the location of a receiver relative to a transmitter. The system includes two transmitting coils configured to transmit a periodic signal with a respective selected frequency during a positioning event, wherein the frequencies of the two signals transmitted by the two transmitting coils during the positioning event are different. A receiver includes a sensing unit for measuring the magnetic field vectors produced by the two simultaneously transmitting coils. A computing unit is configured to use the measured magnetic field vectors to calculate the position and orientation of the receiver with respect to the transmitter's coordinate frame. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308862 | Transducer Assembly with Digitally Created Signals - Techniques for coupling with devices that convert displacements into differential voltages and improve the sensitivity of such devices. A transducer operates based on changes of inductances between primary and secondary of a transformer to produce a differential signal that includes a noninverted signal and an inverted signal. A switch receives the noninverted signal and the inverted signal. A processor creates a square wave signal for driving the transducer input, and also digitally creates an inverted transducer output. A filter operates to filter the square wave output from the processor to produce a substantially single frequency signal at a specified timing having a specified phase relationship relative to the first phase inversion signal based on instructions that are executed by the processor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308863 | OPTICAL-SENSOR-EQUIPPED CUT SLEEVE FOR CONNECTOR ADAPTER - A cut sleeve includes integrated sensors to detect insertion of a fiber optic connector into an adaptor for an optical patch-panel port and to detect whether optical signals are being transmitted through optical fibers in the port. The cut sleeve includes a cylinder with a discontinuity along an axial length of cylinder. The cylinder is sized to receive a first fiber ferrule and a second fiber ferrule of substantially equal diameters. The cut sleeve includes a strain sensing module and a light sensing module. The strain sensing module can detect insertion of the first or the second fiber ferrule into the cylinder. The light sensing module can detect infrared light at an interface of the first and the second fiber ferrule within the cylinder. The strain sensing module and the light sensing module may be included on one or more microchips mounted on a cylinder surface. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308864 | Vector Sensor for Seismic Application - A vector sensor system includes an optical fiber and a sensor array having a plurality of sensor levels and a plurality of optical fiber vector sensors, each sensor level having at least one of the optical fiber vector sensors. The sensor system further includes circuitry configured to provide optical input signals into the optical fiber and to receive optical output signals from the optical fiber. Each optical fiber vector sensor includes a vector mandrel and a first length of the optical fiber wound around the mandrel. The sensor levels are connected to one another by a second length of the optical fiber. Circuitry is configured to extract from the optical return signals backscattered light information from the first lengths of the optical fiber and to determine phase change information between the optical input signals and the optical output signals based on the backscattered light information. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308865 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element for generating diffraction orders for an encoder apparatus, in which the optical element includes an array of diffraction features arranged such that the spacing between the centres of adjacent diffraction features varies irregularly from one pair of adjacent features to the next. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308866 | VIBRATION DAMPER FOR SENSOR HOUSING - A sensor probe comprises a tube, a sensor element and an absorber mass. The tube is for placement in a process fluid flow within a fluid conduit and comprises a first end for coupling to the fluid conduit and a second end for insertion into the process fluid flow. The sensor element is in communication with the tube. The absorber mass is coupled to the tube and is configured to dampen vibration of the tube when inserted in the process fluid flow. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308867 | Housing Equipped with a Viewing Window - A housing equipped with a viewing window. The housing includes: a housing segment which adjoins a radially inwardly extending shoulder, which terminally externally surrounds a housing opening conically tapering from the housing interior toward the housing exterior. Flushly mounted in the opening, a disk shaped viewing window pane, which has bordering on its outwardly facing surface an external lateral surface conically tapering form the housing interior toward the housing exterior. A one-piece, shaped seal, which has a first portion, which externally completely surrounds the viewing window pane, and which has a second portion, which lies against an outer edge of a surface of the viewing window pane facing inwards into the housing. A support ring secured in the housing segment clamps the viewing window pane in the housing segment. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308868 | INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATION - An instrument panel for a motor vehicle includes: a display area including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is located in a first main plane of extension, The second portion is located in a second main plane of extension, The second main plane of extension is positioned relative to the first main plane of extension with respect to a user of the instrument panel such that the second portion of the display area is positioned further from a normal position of the eyes of the user relative to the first portion of the display area. The instrument panel further includes an optical conductor, the optical conductor including a first part and a second part. At least part of the second portion and/or at least part of the third portion of the display area is illuminated by the second part of the optical conductor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308869 | FLOW DATA ACQUISITION AND TELEMETRY PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Processing electronics provide flow data acquisition and telemetry for multiphase flow tomographic arrays. The processing electronics convert sensed flow condition data obtained by ultrasonic transceiver tomography arrays into a serial digital data to minimize both the number of external feedthroughs and also the bandwidth required for transmission. The processing electronics also sends the full measured waveforms from each of the transceivers in the tomographic arrays. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308870 | ACOUSTICALLY ISOLATED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER HOUSING AND FLOW METER - An ultrasonic transducer apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an outer housing, an inner housing disposed within the outer housing, and an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the inner housing. The outer housing has an aperture that enables pressurized fluid to enter the outer housing while allowing the outer housing to acoustically isolate the inner housing and the ultrasonic transducer from an additional component when the outer housing is connected to the additional component. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308871 | METHOD FOR MAKING RESIN HOLLOW BODY AND FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - A metal mold includes a restraining part that is fitted in a recess provided at a part of surfaces of at least two resin parts that serves as an outer surface of a resin hollow body. A linear space is filled with high-pressure resin fluid injected at a predetermined injection pressure. The resin parts are joined together. The mold receives injection pressure of resin fluid, with which the space is filled, through the resin parts, and applies pressing force, which pushes back the resin parts toward the space, to the resin parts as reaction force against injection pressure. Stress is produced on a hollow wall surface in a direction in which the wall surface projects into a hollow portion due to injection pressure. The restraining part applies pressing force to the resin parts in a direction opposite from the stress projecting the wall surface into the hollow portion. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308872 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - An air flow measuring device includes a housing, a sensing part, a temperature sensor, a supporting member, and a protective projection. The housing defines a bypass flow passage which guides a part of air flowing in a duct. The sensing part is disposed in the bypass flow passage to measure a flow rate of air in the bypass flow passage. The sensor detects temperature of air flowing in the duct outside the housing. The supporting member supports the sensor at a predetermined measurement position. The protective projection is a projection, which projects outward from a side surface of the housing and is formed by mold removal in one direction. An end of the protective projection is located outward of the sensor. The protective projection makes contact with an object approaching the sensor from outside the housing to limit contact of the object with the sensor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308873 | MASS FLOWMETER - A temperature-sensitive mass flowmeter includes a detecting element, a signal receiving element, and a signal processing element. The detecting element includes a first sensing element and a second sensing element. The first sensing element and the second sensing element are each a nanotube composite wire. The carbon nanotube composite wire includes a carbon nanotube wire and a metal layer. The carbon nanotube wire includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes spirally arranged along an axial direction of the carbon nanotube wire and the metal layer is coated on a surface of the carbon nanotube wire. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308874 | AIRFLOW SENSOR - Provided is a gas flow sensor that includes a heat-sensitive element for measurement disposed inside a duct through which a gas to be measured flows and a support mechanism for supporting the heat-sensitive element for measurement inside the duct. The heat-sensitive element for measurement includes an insulating film; a thin film thermistor portion formed on the surface of the insulating film with a thermistor material; a pair of comb electrodes which have a plurality of comb portions and are pattern-formed on the thin film thermistor portion using a metal so as to face each other; and a pair of pattern electrodes which are pattern-formed on the surface of the insulating film and are connected to the pair of comb electrodes. The support mechanism is disposed such that the planar direction of the insulating film is parallel to the direction of gas flow in the duct. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308875 | Thermal Flowmeter - A thin-film sensor for a thermal flowmeter with at least a first substrate layer made of electrically non-conductive material, a second layer made of electrically conductive material and a cover layer to protect the resistance layer against abrasion, wherein the second layer is designed as two sensor elements, wherein at least a first of the two sensor elements is designed to introduce a heat quantity into a medium, and at least a second of the two sensor elements is designed to determine the ambient temperature, and the thin-film sensor has a gap that isolates the two sensor elements from one another. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308876 | ADJUSTABLE PET FOOD SCOOP - An adjustable scoop comprising a sheet of flexible material having a periphery configured so that the sheet may be bent from a flat configuration to form a scoop having a curved body, two handles, a base and a cross member, wherein the cross member may be secured to the body at one of a plurality of locations so that the body, base and cross member form a receptacle having one of a plurality of volumetric capacities for particulate material. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308877 | A LEVEL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS - A level measurement system for conductive liquids including a liquid container ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150308878 | STARTER OIL QUANTITY INDICATION SYSTEM - A starter can be configured for use with a turbomachine and includes a housing defining a cavity, wherein the cavity is configured to hold a quantity of starter oil, and a temperature sensor disposed within the cavity and configured to sense a temperature within the housing. A system includes a starter for a turbomachine as described herein and a computing apparatus configured to receive signals from the temperature sensor and to determine if the temperature within the housing indicates a sufficient quantity of starter oil. A method for determining oil quantity in a starter includes receiving a temperature signal from a temperature sensor disposed within the starter, determining an oil temperature within the starter based on comparing the temperature signal, and determining if a sufficient amount of oil is present in the starter based on comparing predetermined temperature operational values to the oil temperature. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308879 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING A CONDITION OF A VEHICLE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems of servicing a vehicle refrigeration system are described herein. A method of servicing a vehicle refrigeration system includes providing one or more sensors to a portion of a vehicle refrigeration system, measuring, by at least one of the sensors, one or more parameters of the vehicle refrigeration system; assessing a condition of the refrigeration system of the vehicle based on at least one of the measured parameters; and removing the sensor from the vehicle refrigeration system after assessing the condition of the refrigeration system of the vehicle. At least one sensor is located in situ with a fluid in the vehicle refrigeration system. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308880 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTOR - A liquid level detector may include a float; an arm attached to the float and configured to convert a linear motion of the float in an up-and-down direction to a rotary motion; a sensor configured to detect the rotary motion; and a supporting member supporting the arm to be rotatable relative to the sensor. The supporting member may include: a body fixed to the sensor; a holder rotatably attached to the body; and a cover arranged on an opposite side from the body with the holder intervened in between, and covering the holder from the opposite side. The arm may be supported by the supporting member between the holder and the cover. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308881 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTOR - A liquid level detector may comprise an arm attached to a float, a holder fixed to the arm, and a body rotatably supporting the holder. The body may comprise a first rotation regulator and a second rotation regulator. The first rotation regulator may regulate a rotation angle range of the arm to a first range. The second rotation regulator may regulate the rotation angle range of the arm to a second range. The first range and the second range may not overlap each other in a rotation direction of the arm. Each of the plurality of rotation regulators may comprise a pair of stoppers disposed separately from each other in the rotation direction of the arm. At least a part of area between the pair of stoppers of the each of the plurality of rotation regulators may be open to outside of the body. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308882 | PISTON PROVER - A prover includes a measurement cylinder; a hydraulic cylinder coupled with a side of a downstream end of the measurement cylinder; a measuring piston that moves through a predetermined distance from an upstream side toward a downstream side through the measurement cylinder to eject a reference volume of fluid; and a piston rod that is movably accommodated in the hydraulic cylinder, and has the measuring piston and the piston rod separately constructed. The prover includes measurement standby position stop means, and when returning the measuring piston to a predetermined measurement standby position, the piston rod moves the measuring piston from the downstream side to the upstream side and the measurement standby position stop means stops the measuring piston at the predetermined measurement standby position, after which only the piston rod is caused to move from the upstream side to the downstream side and is accommodated in the hydraulic cylinder. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308883 | LOAD CELL WITH A MEANS TO COMPENSATE FOR ERRORS DUE TO MISALIGNMENT - A load cell ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150308884 | Packer Scale - A packer scale comprises a weighing hopper which is supplied with objects dropped from above, holds the objects for a specified period and discharges the objects downward; first to fourth load cells having shaft-like load application sections, respectively; and first to fourth suspending units-which suspend the weighing hopper such that the weighing hopper is mounted to the load application sections of the first to fourth load cells; the weighing hopper includes a hopper body-having a tubular shape with a rectangular cross-section, in a plan view; and the first to fourth suspending units are mounted to an upper portion of the hopper body, in locations which are in the vicinity of corner portions of the tubular shape. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308885 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE OCCUPANT DETECTION - An occupant detection system is configured to classify an object that resides on a seat of a vehicle. The system includes a first bladder, a second bladder, and a differential pressure sensor. The first bladder is configured to be disposed in a central area of a seat. The second bladder is configured to be disposed in a peripheral area of the seat. The differential pressure sensor is fluidicly coupled to the first bladder and the second bladder in a manner effective to determine a pressure difference between a first pressure of the first bladder and a second pressure of the second bladder. In one configuration, the first bladder and the second bladder are configured so the pressure difference when a person sits on the seat is greater than the pressure difference when a child-seat occupies the seat. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308886 | PLATFORM SCALE PROVIDED WITH ENCLOSURE - A platform scale provided with an enclosure for surrounding the sides of the platform scale, wherein: the platform scale comprises shock-absorbing members that extend outward at multiple places of the feet, which support the main body of the platform scale on a base; the enclosure is configured from only side walls that surround the sides of the platform scale; the height of the side walls placed on the base is set to be lower than the height of the upper surface of the weighing tray of the platform scale; and the side walls set on the base do not touch portions of the platform scale other than the shock-absorbing members. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308887 | Method of Vibration Measurement and Interferometer - Method and system for measuring vibration in two or three directions in objects ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150308888 | Vibration Sensor with Bonded Drive - Vibration sensor comprising a membrane, which can be excited to vibrate by means of a drive, wherein the drive has at least one piezo actuator, which is designed so as to be bonded with the membrane, wherein the membrane has at least one centering device that is designed to be suitable for orienting and keeping the drive centered relative to the membrane. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308889 | SYSTEM FOR FIELD MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF PHOTOVOLTATIC REFERENCE DEVICES - A system for field measurement and calibration of photovoltaic reference devices, including a reference device electronics unit that measures the electrical output of a photovoltaic reference module and provides data to determine the solar irradiance received by the reference module as a function of its electrical output; and a calibrator unit that is used to routinely recalibrate the reference device electronics unit and the reference module, wherein the calibrator unit contains one or more calibrated photovoltaic reference cell(s). | 2015-10-29 |
20150308890 | ULTRAVIOLET MONITORING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES - In embodiments, a control system for a UV air treatment system, especially one used for cleaning a fume stream such as in a kitchen exhaust system, detects a need for cleaning maintenance on the UV light source based on changes in light intensity. The system further detects the light intensity each time the UV light source is cleaned to determine if the drop in intensity after cleaning indicates that the UV light source should be replaced. The cleaning and replacement requirements are indicated automatically by a user interface. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308891 | OPTICAL SPECTROMETER - An optical spectrometer contains a photodiode and a straining mechanism for imposing adjustable strain on the photodiode. The spectrometer includes a measurement apparatus for measuring variation of photocurrent with strain at different values of the adjustable strain imposed by the straining mechanism. Adjusting the strain allows adjustment of the band gap E | 2015-10-29 |
20150308892 | Impulsive synchronization spectrometer based on adjustable time window - An impulsive synchronization spectrometer based on adjustable time window, includes a synchronous controller, a pulse light source, a high speed collection card, a computer system, a first photoelectric detector, a second photoelectric detector and a testing optical path system; wherein the synchronous controller has four output terminals. The first output terminal is connected with the pulse light source; and the second output terminal is connected with a computer; the third output terminal and the fourth output terminal are respectively connected with two channels of the high speed collection card and respectively output two-channel signals of a third synchronous signal and a fourth synchronous signal respectively serving as external triggering signals of the two channels to control signals in the two channels of the high speed collection card, the first photoelectric detector and the second photoelectric detector are respectively connected with the two channels of the high speed collection card. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308893 | PLASMONIC SPECTROSCOPIC SENSOR AND CUVETTE THEREFOR - A spectroscopic measurement system, which may utilize multiple plasmonic filters associated with a cuvette to monitor different wavelengths of light. The spectroscopic measurement system may measure absorbance and or fluorescence, and may have built-in low cost CMOS image sensor(s). Reagents and samples may be introduced to the cuvette from a fluidics manifold. Multiple sets of combined cuvettes, image sensors and plasmonic filters may utilize a single fluidics manifold for reagent and sample distribution. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308894 | SPECTROSCOPY MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In a spectroscopic module | 2015-10-29 |
20150308895 | Metrology Method and Apparatus, Lithographic Apparatus, and Device Manufacturing Method - A metrology apparatus includes first ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150308896 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COAXIAL IMAGING OF MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS - A hyperspectral/multispectral imager comprising a housing is provided. At least one light source is attached to the housing. An objective lens, in an optical communication path comprising originating and terminating ends, is further attached to the housing and causes light to (i) be backscattered by the tissue of a subject at the originating end and then (ii) pass through the objective lens to a beam steering element at the terminating end of the communication path inside the housing. The beam steering element has a plurality of operating modes each of which causes the element to be in optical communication with a different optical detector in a plurality of optical detectors offset from the optical communication path. Each respective detector filter in a plurality of detector filters covers a corresponding optical detector in the plurality of optical detectors thereby filtering light received by the corresponding detector from the beam steering element. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308897 | METHOD OF ENHANCING CONTRAST IN PRISM COUPLING MEASUREMENTS OF STRESS - A method and apparatus for improving contrast in prism coupling measurements of waveguide mode spectra, wherein the measured waveguide sample has a surface region of rapidly decreasing index, characterized with normalized slope |λ/n dn/dz|>0.0004. An opaque light-blocking element is placed in the portion of the light beam closest to the plane of the contact between prism and measured sample, on the input side, output side or both sides of the prism. The light blocking element prevents light from the light source to reach a portion of the length of the prism-sample coupling interface along the optical path, prevents light reflected from a portion of the aforementioned length to reach the detector, or both when input and output light-blocking elements are used. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308898 | INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS - A method for inspecting drinks containers, wherein the container is transported along a predefined transport path by means of a transport facility, and an outside wall of the container is tempered at least in sections, and wherein an area of the inside wall of the container is inspected through an orifice of the container during or after tempering of the outside wall by means of an inspection means is provided. The inspection means includes at least heat radiation emanating from the observed area of the inside wall, and conclusions are drawn from the recorded heat radiation as to the presence of foreign bodies between the observed area of the inside wall and the inspection means. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308899 | Infrared Sensor Package - The present invention relates to an integrated infrared sensor device, comprising a sensor substrate and a filter substrate. The sensor substrate has a back surface and a front surface opposite the back surface, in which the back surface has a cavity defined therein and the front surface has at least one infrared sensing element formed therein or arranged thereon, covered with a cap for protecting the at least one sensing element, e.g. against mechanical damage and dust, and/or against stray radiation. The filter substrate is arranged on the back surface of the sensor substrate such that the filter substrate at least partially covers the cavity. The filter substrate is adapted in shape and composition to transmit infrared radiation and to attenuate radiation in at least part of the visible light spectrum. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308900 | DEVICE FOR OPERATING PASSIVE INFRARED SENSORS - A system for measuring a sensor having two terminals includes first and second transistors with first and second control signal inputs connected to the sensor terminals. The system further includes a current divider including a reference current input, a current divider control input and first and second current outputs connected to the first and second transistors. First and second load circuits are connected to the first and second transistors at first and second differential output nodes. First and second integrator circuits are connected to the first and second differential output nodes. A comparator is driven by first and second differential output nodes. The comparator output controls a digital filter. A value of the a current divider control signal driving the current divider control input depends at least indirectly from the digital filter output. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308901 | Time and/or Temperature Sensitive Devices and Methods of Use Thereof - An apparatus, system and method for a time temperature indicator (TTI) which is capable of providing a summary of the time and temperature history of a good to which it is coupled, optionally including with regard to providing an indication as to whether one or more temperature thresholds have been breached. According to other embodiments, the TTI specifically provides an indication as to whether a temperature threshold at or around the freeze point has been breached, optionally even without providing a time and temperature history. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308902 | OVERHEAT DETECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is an overheat detection circuit configured to accurately detect a temperature of a semiconductor device even at high temperature and thus avoid outputting an erroneous detection result. The overheat detection circuit includes: a PN junction element, being a temperature sensitive element; a constant current circuit configured to supply the PN junction element with a bias current; a comparator configured to compare a voltage generated at the PN junction element and a reference voltage; a second PN junction element configured to cause a leakage current to flow through a reference voltage circuit at high temperature; and a third PN junction element configured to bypass a leakage current of the constant current circuit at the high temperature. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308903 | Temperature Sensor Element - A temperature sensor element consists of a temperature sensing unit including: a temperature-sensing ceramic unit; first and second electrodes respectively positioned on first and second surface of the temperature-sensing ceramic unit, the second surface opposing the first surface; first and second intermediate electrodes respectively connecting to the first and second electrodes; and first and second lead lines connected to the first and second electrodes via the first and intermediate electrodes, respectively; and a protective unit surrounding the temperature sensing unit, wherein each of the first lead line and the second lead line includes a lead line core coated with a second layer, the lead line core and the second layer being different materials. The lead lines consist of the lead line cores of a metallic material cheaper than the platinum-based metal, which reduces the production cost of the lead lines. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308904 | MIXED-MODE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT COMMUNICATION PHASE CONDUCTOR AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The disclosure provides a mixed-mode temperature measurement communication phase conductor and a temperature measurement communication system. The mixed-mode temperature measurement communication phase conductor includes: a stainless sleeving optical unit and a support line hinged with the stainless sleeving optical unit, wherein an aluminium wire is hinged outside the stainless sleeving optical unit and the support line; the stainless sleeving optical unit includes: multiple single-mode fibres and at least one multi-mode fibre, wherein fibres in the stainless sleeving optical unit are mutually hinged. The disclosure realizes whole-distance temperature measurement of conductor by setting the single-mode fibre to perform communication and the multi-mode fibre to perform temperature measurement. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308905 | FOREIGN MATTER DETECTION DEVICE - A foreign matter detection device of the present invention is provided with a temperature detection means that detects a temperature distribution in a magnetic field that is formed by a power-supplying device that transmits power wirelessly to a power-receiving device; and a signal processor that, based on a detection result from the temperature detection means, detects a conductive foreign matter in the magnetic field. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308906 | HEAT FLOW SENSOR - A heat flow sensor (WFS) and use thereof, which heat flow sensor should have the lowest possible invasiveness and nevertheless is robust enough to satisfy the requirements of individual applications. For this purpose, the heat flow sensor includes an active sensor element, which is provided with a highly thermally conductive heat-conducting element ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150308907 | Witness Material and Method for Monitoring the Environmental History of an Object - A witness material for monitoring an environmental history of an object may include a material containing a dye of a type that fluoresces in response to actinic radiation in one or both of a shift in color and a change in intensity when subjected to a predetermined stress above a predetermined level; and the material forming a coating on one or more of an outer container for the object, an inner container for the object, a tape that is applied to an outer container for the object, a tape that is applied to an inner container for the object, a shrink wrap enclosing the object, an outer surface of the object, and an inner surface of the object. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308908 | PRISM COUPLING METHODS WITH IMPROVED MODE SPECTRUM CONTRAST FOR DOUBLE ION-EXCHANGED GLASS - Methods of capturing improved-contrast mode spectra of a double ion-exchanged (DIOX) glass sample using prism coupling of index n | 2015-10-29 |
20150308909 | FIBER OPTIC PIPELINE ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A method of monitoring a pipe using a measurement device connected to an optical fiber cable that is wrapped around the pipe along a length of the pipe includes generating a first light pulse such that the first light pulse propagates through the optical fiber cable towards the pipe; receiving, at the measurement device, a plurality of second light pulses reflected from a plurality of different reflection points within the optical fiber cable, respectively, the plurality of different reflection points being located at a plurality of different locations along the length of the pipe, the plurality of light pulses each being reflected forms of the first light pulse; and determining one or more optical path length (OPL) change measurements based on the plurality of second light pulses, the one or more OPL change measurements corresponding, respectively, to the one or more different location along the length of the pipe. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308910 | COKE EXTRUSION FORCE ESTIMATION METHOD AND COKE OVEN REPAIRING METHOD - A coke extrusion force estimation method includes: measuring irregularities on an inner wall surface of a carbonization chamber to acquire an oven wall profile; estimating an outer shape of a coke produced in the carbonization chamber based on the oven wall profile; defining an active state for a side surface position of the coke at which a coke width is smaller than an oven width and defining a passive state for a side surface position of the coke at which a coke width is larger than an oven width based on the oven wall profile and the estimated outer shape; and calculating oven wall friction force for each side surface position of the coke using a previously set apparent Young's modulus of the coke in accordance with definition of the active state or the passive state to estimate the extrusion force based on the oven wall friction force. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308911 | MECHANICAL RESONATOR SENSOR - A transducer is disclosed for detecting a property of a fluid such as pressure, using a mechanical resonator having a resonant frequency dependent upon the fluid property. The transducer also has a temperature sensing optical cavity with an optical path difference which varies in correspondence with changes in temperature of the transducer. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308912 | INTEGRATED REFERENCE VACUUM PRESSURE SENSOR WITH ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION COATED INPUT PORT - An integrated reference vacuum pressure sensor with an atomic layer deposition (ALD) coated input port comprises a housing with an port for a media to enter the housing; a substrate and stress isolation member in the housing; wherein a channel extends through the substrate and the stress isolation member, wherein a trace is embedded within the stress isolation member, wherein stress isolation member and substrate surfaces exposed to the channel are coated with an ALD; a sensor die bonded to the stress isolation member, the sensor die comprising a diaphragm having circuitry, wherein a side of the diaphragm is exposed to the channel and the circuitry is mounted to another side of the diaphragm; a via extending through the sensing die electrically connecting the circuitry to the trace; and a cover bonded to the stress isolation member, the cover having a recess, the sensor die in the recess. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308913 | UNKNOWN - The invention relates to a device for monitoring a probe for measuring the pressure of a flow; the probe comprising an internal volume; the device comprising: an acoustic transmitter and receiver, connection means intended to connect the device to the probe, for the transmitter to transmit an acoustic signal in the internal volume and for the receiver to pick up an acoustic signal in the internal volume. The device also comprises an electronic module comprising: an audio transmission and reception circuit, linked to the transmitter and to the receiver by analog link, a non-erasable memory comprising a digital encryption key, an erasable read-only memory, a digital communication interface, configured to transmit or receive digital signals between the outside of the device and the audio circuit, the non-erasable memory and the erasable read-only memory. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308914 | Hydrotesting and Mothballing Composition and Method of using Combination Products for Multifunctional Water Treatment - This invention relates to a composition, comprising
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20150308915 | FUEL LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM FOR USE IN A TURBINE ENCLOSURE - A fuel leak detection system for use in a turbine enclosure is provided. The system includes a ventilation duct extending through an interior cavity of the turbine enclosure such that an extended portion of the ventilation duct is positioned within a bottom portion of the turbine enclosure. The ventilation duct includes a plurality of openings configured to allow air from within the turbine enclosure to be drawn into the ventilation duct through the plurality of openings. The system also includes a sensor system coupled in flow communication with the air drawn into the ventilation duct, the sensor system configured to detect fuel in the air. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308916 | Leak Detector - A leak detector including a test chamber for accommodating a test object and a test gas sensor connected to the test chamber for detecting test gas escaping from the test object. The test gas sensor is arranged together with the gas-carrying components in a container through which fresh air flows, wherein any test gas penetrating the container is carried off into the surroundings. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPERVISING, MANAGING, AND MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A FLUID-TRANSPORTATION PIPELINE NETWORK, FOR LOCATING THE LEAKING POINT, AND FOR EVALUATING THE EXTENT OF THE FAILURE - A system and method for supervising, managing, and monitoring the structural integrity of a network of metal pipelines for transporting a fluid, for locating the leaking point, and for evaluating the fault or failure, comprising a plurality of detection units ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150308918 | LEAK TESTING METHOD - Provided is a leak testing method of a workpiece including spaces which are three partitioned void portions, the leak testing method being capable of separately learning an amount of leakage from each of the spaces, and precisely determining whether the workpiece is normal or defective. The leak testing method includes steps of obtaining total leakage amounts, and a step of calculating, based on the obtained total leakage amounts, a first leakage amount, a second leakage amount, a third leakage amount, a fourth leakage amount, a fifth leakage amount and a sixth leakage amount which are amounts of leakage from respective routes when gas is injected to a workpiece at a predetermined pressure. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308919 | INTELLIGENT ADAPTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING LEAKAGE OF OIL PIPELINE NETWORKS BASED ON BIG DATA - The present invention relates to an intelligent adaptive system and method for monitoring leakage of oil pipeline networks based on big data. The present invention effectively analyzes a large amount of data collected on site within a reasonable time period and obtains a state of a pipeline network by an intelligent adaptive method, thereby obtaining a topological structure of a pipeline network. The present invention specifically adopts a flow balance method in combination with information conformance theory to analyze whether the pipeline network has leakage; small amount of leakage and slow leakage can be perfectly and accurately alarmed upon detection; as a generalized regression neural network is adopted to locate a leakage of the pipeline network, an accuracy of a result is increased. Therefore, the present invention adopts a policy and intelligent adaptive method based on big data to solve problems of detecting and locating leakage of the pipeline network. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308920 | ADAPTIVE BASELINE DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for detecting damage growth in a structure includes sensing, with a sensor that is coupled to the structure, a physical quantity reflecting damage growth, to thereby generate and supply a sensor signal. Features are extracted from the sensor signal to thereby generate a current feature vector. The current feature vector is assigned to either a previously created cluster or to a new cluster. A stability measure is calculated based on clusters to which the current feature vector and a predetermined number of previous feature vectors are assigned. An alarm is selectively generated based on the calculated stability measure. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308921 | SIMULATOR - A movement simulator [ | 2015-10-29 |
20150308922 | MORPHING CERAMIC COMPOSITE COMPONENTS FOR HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL - In one embodiment, a morphable composite three-dimensional structure is disclosed. The morphable composite three-dimensional structure comprises a flexible fiber-reinforced ceramic composite comprising a fiber preform and a ceramic matrix material infused therein. The flexible fiber-reinforced ceramic composite defines a flowpath having a three-dimensional cross-section. The cross-section of the flowpath is variable along the length of the flowpath. A plurality of anchors are integrally formed in the fiber preform. The plurality of anchors extend through a thickness of the ceramic matrix. The plurality of anchors are configured to couple to at least one actuator. The at least one actuator is actuatable to vary the three-dimensional cross-section of the flowpath. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308923 | A BRILLOUIN OPTOELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - A Brillouin optoelectronic measurement method includes the steps of, providing a pump signal in a first end of an optical fiber to generate Brillouin backscattering, using the generated Brillouin backscattering to perform a measurement, wherein the pump signal includes a front pulse and a rear pulse, wherein the front pulse is modulated. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308924 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING GLOW IGNITION OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for detecting glow ignition of a fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine having at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder, said at least one first and second cylinders being connected by a crankshaft, according to which method partial segment times of the at least one first cylinder are measured. The method is characterized in that partial segment times of the at least one second cylinder are measured and a reference characteristic for the glow ignition is formed by a comparison of partial segment times of the at least one first cylinder with partial segment times of the at least one second cylinder and subsequently a signal is generated for the detection of the glow ignition on the basis of the comparison. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308925 | Diagnosis of Internal Combustion Engine Performance - This invention provides a non-invasive method for diagnosing performance of a vehicle. The method comprises using a 3-axis accelerometer to perform diagnosis of the performance of an internal combustion engine, the performance of the engine including an engine power loss and one or more flaws associated with the engine mount. The method is also usable for diagnosing deterioration of a suspension system of said vehicle. An apparatus comprising a 3-axis accelerometer for diagnosing performance of a vehicle is also provided. In one embodiment, the 3-axis accelerometer is embedded in a smart phone. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308926 | VIBRATION ANALYSIS METHOD AND VIBRATION ANALYSIS DEVICE OF VEHICLE - There is provided a vibration analysis technique using vibration measured while a vehicle is made to run on a real road, enabling the detection of vibration characteristics while distinguishing various vibrational input modes. In the inventive vibration analysis technique, a vehicle is made to run on a road surface whose height varies at various wavelengths along its movement, and using a vibration characteristic value in a site of a vehicle body measured during the vehicle running as a response variable and using at least two vibration input values causing the vibration characteristic value as explanatory variables, a transfer function of the vibration characteristic value for each of at least two vibration input values is computed as partial regression coefficients by multiple regression analysis. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308927 | RAILWAY VEHICLE DAMAGE ESTIMATION - A method for estimating damage to a railway vehicle is provided. The method includes steps of: recording route data on the routes over which the railway vehicle travels; measuring the operational condition external to the vehicle along the routes at the time of travel by the railway vehicle; and estimating possible damage to the railway vehicle by correlating the recorded route data with occurrence of the measured external condition. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308928 | Whisker Manufacturing, Detection, Response, and Compound Manufacturing Apparatus and Method - An invention for making productive uses of normally undesirable whiskers is provided. Embodiments of the invention include a variety of apparatuses and methods associated with forming and using whiskers as well as forming whisker compounds is disclosed. For example, whisker detection modules can be created which provide a whisker surveillance capability. The whisker detection modules can further be coupled with a whisker response system such as an alarm or insulating material dispersing system. Another aspect of the invention is providing a variety of environments or microenvironments with regard to a whisker forming structure to affect whisker creation such as maximizing whisker formation. Another example includes provision of a variety of embodiments for manufacturing compounds of whiskers of various metal and metal alloys, including structures and methods is provided. Whisker compounds produced using various embodiments of the invention can be used for various applications. | 2015-10-29 |
20150308929 | Signature Collection Cartridge With Embossed Collection Substrate | 2015-10-29 |
20150308930 | PARTICLE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PARTICLE MEASURING DEVICE - In order to effectively protect a particle measuring device ( | 2015-10-29 |