44th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210341218 | REFRIGERATOR DRAWER ASSEMBLY - A refrigerator drawer assembly, comprising: a drawer body, the drawer body comprising a front wall and a rear wall arranged opposite to each other along the pulling direction thereof, and defining an accommodating cavity used for placing articles, wherein the front wall is provided with two first sliding grooves extending along the horizontal direction and running along the thickness direction thereof, and the rear wall is provided with two second sliding grooves aligned with the two first sliding grooves; and two sliding partition assemblies, wherein two ends of each sliding partition assembly are inserted into a set of a first sliding groove and a second sliding groove that are aligned, and the two sliding partition assemblies are configured to be able to slide along the first sliding grooves and the second sliding grooves and are capable of sliding to a fitted state. The drawer assembly may achieve two-chamber separation and three-chamber separation of the drawer body, thereby effectively improving the user experience. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341219 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - An information providing method includes: when door information indicating whether a door of the refrigerator is open or closed and information indicating a change in the amount of an item in the refrigerator indicate that there is no change in the amount of the item between the door of the refrigerator being opened and closed, generating first information indicating that a user opened the door of the refrigerator but an item the user wanted was not in the refrigerator; obtaining, from a second information processing apparatus connected to a first information processing apparatus, information indicating first request content over a network; and when content of the first information is included in the first request content, outputting, to the second information processing apparatus, second information including information for identifying the user or the home, using the first information generated. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341220 | Apparatus for the Rapid Cooling of Packaged Beverages - An apparatus for the rapid cooling of packaged beverages that includes a thermally insulated immersion tank capable of containing a liquid refrigerant and an evaporator coil placed within the tank, where the container will be submerged while held by gripping means connected to a vertical rotation axis mounted on a vertically movable cart, both driven by driving means under the control of a control unit that commands a series of sequential steps such as driving the rotation of said axial rotation axis within a predetermined speed range and period of time followed by slowing down of the rotation of said axial rotation axis at a predetermined speed with a simultaneous vertical reciprocating movement of the container by means of the vertically movable cart for a predetermined period of time as many times as established by the control unit. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341221 | CONFIGURATIONS AND METHODS FOR SMALL SCALE LNG PRODUCTION - An LNG plant comprises a cold box and a refrigeration unit fluidly coupled with a plurality of heat exchanger passes in the cold box. The refrigeration unit is configured to provide a first refrigerant stream to a first heat exchanger pass of the plurality of heat exchanger passes at a first pressure, a second refrigerant stream to a second heat exchanger pass at a second pressure, and a third refrigerant stream to a third heat exchanger pass at a third pressure. The second refrigerant stream comprises a first portion of the first refrigerant stream, and the third refrigerant stream comprises a second portion of the first refrigerant stream. The second pressure and the third pressure are both below the first pressure. The cold box is configured to produce LNG from a natural gas feed stream to the cold box using a refrigeration content from the refrigeration unit. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341222 | Process for Enhanced Closed-Circuit Cooling System - An apparatus and method for cooling a gas stream is provided comprising at least one heat exchanger in which a gas stream is cooled against a cooling liquid, whereby the cooling liquid temperature increases from a first temperature to a second temperature, at least one air cooler for cooling the cooling liquid after passing though the at least one heat exchanger, surface area of the at least one air cooler being designed to decrease temperature of the cooling liquid to the first temperature; a pump; and conduits to form a closed-circuit for the cooling liquid to pass continuously through the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one air cooler. The ratio of surface area of the at least one air cooler to the surface area of the at least one heat exchanger is optionally 12 or lower, and the difference of temperature between the second temperature and first temperature being greater than 15° C. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341223 | COMPUTERIZED MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A TURBO-EXPANDER BRAKE COMPRESSOR - In an example implementation, a distributed control system (DCS) receives sensor data from one or more sensors regarding an operation of a turbo-expander brake compressor, determines one or more performance characteristics regarding the operation of the turbo-expander brake compressor the based on the sensor data, and causes at least some of the one or more performance characteristics to be presented to a user using a graphical dashboard interface during the operation of the turbo-expander brake compressor. Further, the DCS determines, based on the one more performance characteristics, that the operation of the turbo-expander brake compressor satisfies one or more notification criteria. In response, the distributed control system causes a notification to be presented to the user using the graphical dashboard interface. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341224 | Process for Separating Hydrogen from an Olefin Hydrocarbon Effluent Vapor Stream - One or more specific embodiments disclosed herein includes a method for separating hydrogen from an olefin hydrocarbon rich compressed effluent vapor stream, employing a integrated heat exchanger, multiple gas-liquid separators, external refrigeration systems, and a rectifier attached to a liquid product drum. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341225 | Fiber Slurry Tray and Process - A method for processing demineralized bone fibers, comprising a centrifuging step, and following the centrifuging step hydrated in sterile water to create a slurry; providing a tray to receive said fiber slurry; freezing the tray and fiber slurry; and lyophilizing the fiber slurry to create dried fibers. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341226 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING INDUSTRIAL FURNACES AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES - System, method, and apparatus for cleaning industrial furnaces and associated structures. The system improves the dynamic pressure and cleaning of conventional air cannon systems utilizing air as a pressurized gas source for discharge by the air cannon. According to the present invention, the pressurized gas source is selected to have a density greater than air at an equivalent temperature. The increased density of the pressurized gas source improves the cleaning capability of the conventional air cannon for removing stubborn deposits. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341227 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR RESIDENTIAL HVAC APPLICATIONS - A heat exchanger is provided including a first header and a second header and a plurality of heat exchange tube arranged in spaced parallel relationship and fluidly coupling the first and second header. A flow restricting element defining a first volume and a second volume is positioned within one of the first and second header. The heat exchanger has a multi-pass configuration such that a first portion of the plurality of heat exchange tubes are coupled to the first volume and form a first fluid pass of the heat exchanger and a second portion of the plurality of heat exchange tubes are coupled to the second volume and form a second fluid pass of the heat exchanger. During operation, the heat transfer fluid conveyed through the first volume has a first saturation temperature and the heat transfer fluid conveyed through the second volume has a different second saturation temperature. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341228 | PLATE FORMING PART OF A HEAT EXCHANGER, AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH PLATE - The invention relates to a plate ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210341229 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEAT COLLECTION/DIFFUSION STRUCTURE - An electronic device having an improved heating state is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device can comprise: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a printed circuit board inserted between the first surface and the second surface; an electronic component disposed on the printed circuit board; a shielding structure mounted on the printed circuit board, and including a conductive structure for at least partially surrounding the electronic device; and a heat pipe including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is thermally coupled to a portion of the shielding structure, and the first end portion is disposed closer to the shielding structure than the second end portion. Additionally, other examples are possible. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341230 | PASSIVE WATER COOLER - A passive water cooler comprising a water tank arranged for containing a volume of water, an internal heat exchanger disposed within the water tank for contact with (e.g. submersion within) said volume of water and an external heat exchanger disposed outside the water tank in thermal communication with the internal heat exchanger. The external heat exchanger and the internal heat exchanger are connected and arranged to collectively define a fluid circulation circuit configured to contain coolant fluid flowable by convection to provide said thermal communication for transferring heat therebetween. The tank comprises thermally insulating material for thermally insulating said volume of water from the environment within which the external heat exchanger resides. The external heat exchanger is arranged to be positioned higher than the internal heat exchanger to permit formation of a thermocline within the coolant fluid between the external heat exchanger and the internal heat exchanger. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341231 | FLOW DISTRIBUTOR FOR COOLING AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT, A SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE COMPRISING SUCH A FLOW DISTRIBUTOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flow distributor ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210341232 | METHOD FOR HEAT TRANSFER IN THE EMBEDDED STRUCTURE OF A HEAT REGENERATOR AND THE DESIGN THEREOF - The subject of this invention is a method of heat transfer in the embedded structure of a heat regenerator and the design thereof. It regards the related heat regenerators, which operate on the principle of the described method and enable a reduction of the pressure drop due to the fluid flow through the heat regenerator and consequently an increase of the power density. The concept of the operation of the heat regenerator by this invention, in which for the oscillation of the flow of the primary (first) fluid (P), electromechanical elements are applied. In the housing ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210341233 | SPECTRAL AND ANGULAR EMISSION CONTROL BASED TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE RADIATIVE COOLING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a radiative cooling device which is sensitive to the ambient temperature and in which the emissivity changes depending on the infrared wavelength range and emission angle, and a method of cooling an object using the radiative cooling device. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341234 | HEAT DISSIPATION MEMBER - A heat dissipation member dissipates heat generated at a heat source. The heat dissipation member may include a substrate having a porosity ratio of 5 volume % or less; and an inorganic porous layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the inorganic porous layer may have a porosity ratio ranging from 25 volume % or more to 85 volume % or less and have lower thermal conductivity than the substrate. In this heat dissipation member, 15 mass % or more of constituents of the inorganic porous layer may be alumina. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341235 | VALVE DEVICE, COOLING WATER CONTROL DEVICE, AND COOLING WATER CIRCUIT - A valve device | 2021-11-04 |
20210341236 | MODULAR HANDGUN GRIP ASSEMBLY - A modular firearm grip assembly has a frame defined by a front grip strap and a rear grip strap. The front grip strap defines a front lateral attachment point and rear lateral attachment point, and the rear grip strap has a first attachment coupling interface. A grip extension defined by a front extension strap and a rear extension strap is coupled to the frame at the respective one of the front lateral attachment point and the rear lateral attachment point thereof. The grip extension includes a second attachment coupling interface engaged to the first attachment coupling interface of the frame. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341237 | FIREARM AMMUNITION AVAILABILITY DETECTION SYSTEM - A linear encoder may be used to accurately determine a number of cartridges within a magazine. Further, using a set of magnetic sensors within a buffer tube of a firearm, it is possible to determine whether a cartridge is loaded within a chamber of the weapon and/or whether the firearm is jammed. The determination of cartridges within the magazine in conjunction with the determination of whether a cartridge is in a chamber of a firearm can give a user an accurate ammunition count. Further, the use of the linear encoder makes it possible to accurately determine the cartridge count when different cartridges are loaded into the magazine or when the magazine degrades in quality over time. Moreover, the ability for magazines to communicate with a firearm enables a user to determine a total available ammunition to the user in a single display without individually checking each magazine. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341238 | MAGAZINE COUPLER - The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for coupling an item to another item. The apparatus comprises a coupler mounted on the item and comprising a mating face having a plurality of catches thereon, the plurality of catches comprising at least one complementary pair of catches positioned and shaped to be engaged with corresponding catches of another coupler having an identical mating face when mating faces of two couplers are facewise engaged with and rotated relative to each other to align with each other. The coupler may be implemented as a floor plate of a magazine, as a clip, or in other forms. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341239 | MULTICAL LOWER - A firearm is provided comprising a body which defines a magazine well. The well has a rear wall and a first side wall integrated with the body. A front wall is detachable from the body and in part defining the well. Further a second side wall is detachable from the body and in part defining the well. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341240 | MAGAZINE APPARATUS FOR SELF-LOADING FIREARMS - Example apparatus are disclosed for a magazine for a self-loading firearm, the magazine comprising a magazine housing, and a magazine floor plate movably mounted to the magazine housing. The magazine floor plate is slidable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the magazine floor plate is pivotable relative to the magazine housing when in the open position. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341241 | DRUM MAGAZINE ASSEMBLY AND METHODS - A magazine assembly for a firearm and a related method are disclosed. The assembly has a magazine housing defining a track, and a follower assembly. The magazine housing is configured to constrain a cartridge as the cartridge is moved within the magazine assembly such that majority of a proximal surface area of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing, and a distal tip of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341242 | TRIGGER SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A firearm safety mechanism assembly is provided. The firearm safety mechanism assembly includes a firearm with a receiver, a trigger guard coupled to the firearm, and a housing pin. The firearm safety mechanism assembly includes a trigger safety mechanism. The trigger safety mechanism includes a plate, a rod extending from the plate, a trigger coupled to the rod, and a lever nested within the trigger. The lever includes a lever first end and a lever second end, where the lever rotates between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the lever first end abuts a housing pin. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341243 | ADJUSTABLE FORCE TRIGGER MECHANISM - A trigger assembly having a user-adjustable actuation force. The trigger assembly includes a trigger and indexing pin that are rotatable about a pivot axis and mounted to a locking block of a firearm. A torsion spring bridges the indexing pin and the locking block. Rotation of the indexing pin in a first rotational direction increases the actuation force of the trigger assembly, while rotation of the indexing pin in a second, opposite rotational direction decreases the actuation force. The end user is able to adjust the actuation force of the trigger without procuring additional components and without requiring the services of a locksmith. A safety trigger has a lower pivot point on the trigger and provides a stop that prevents retraction of the trigger unless the safety trigger is retracted first. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341244 | Pivot Arm Trigger Assembly - Adjustability of trigger pull force is enable by the use of a spring interfacing with a trigger shoe counterweight. The spring force is adjustable by use of a set screw interfacing with the spring. A pivot arm member acts between a trigger shoe counterweight and a firing pin release arm to fix the ratio of trigger shoe pull force and firing pin release arm force. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341245 | TRIGGER GROUP FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS - Trigger groups for semi-automatic firearms have a frame, a hammer connected to the frame and movable between a cocked position and a striking position, the hammer being biased toward the striking position, a trigger element connected to the frame and movable by a user between a forward position and a rearward position, a selector connected to the frame and movable between at least a first position and a second position, a disconnector having a hammer engagement facility adapted to selectably engage the hammer, a disconnector control element movable between a first control position and a second control position, the disconnector being operably engaged to the disconnector control element, the disconnector operable to move in a first range of motion when the disconnector control element is in the first control position, and in a second range of motion when the disconnector control element is in the second control position. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341246 | Modular Solvent Trap - Apparatuses, systems, and methods regarding modular solvent traps. A dry storage cup for a modular solvent trap includes a cone with a first open interior and a first centerline with at least one aperture through the sidewall. The dry storage cup includes a seal ring connected to the bottom of the cone that extends radially away from the bottom of the cone. The seal ring having a conical structure that extends away from the seal ring. The dry storage cup includes a first flange connected to the top of the cone that forms an internal shoulder with external threads on an exterior of the first flange. A housing tube is connected to the first flange opposite of the cone with internal threads on the interior of the housing tube. A solvent trap may include a housing tube, a first dry storage cup, a second dry storage cup, and a cap. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341247 | BAFFLE COMPONENT FOR A SOUND SUPPRESSOR - A baffle for sound suppression, the baffle including a conical portion, a base portion, a lumen, and a cavity. The conical portion has a first end, a second end, and an outer surface extending from the first end to the second end and the base portion has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and second surface being directed away from each other. The lumen has an inner surface and inner lip, the inner surface extending from the first end of the conical portion to the second surface of the base portion and the inner lip extending outwardly from and circumferentially around the inner surface and the cavity located between the first end and the second end of the conical portion and extending from the outer surface of the conical portion to the inner surface of the lumen. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341248 | SHOTGUN CHOKE ASSEMBLIES AND FIREARM SUPRESSOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS CONNECTING THE SAME - A tubular assembly for attaching accessories to gun barrels. The assembly includes a first tubular, including first interior threads on an interior surface thereof and a collet on a first end thereof. The assembly includes a second tubular, including first exterior threads on an exterior surface thereof. The first exterior threads mate with the first interior threads. The second tubular includes a ridge of knurls on the exterior surface thereof. The ridge of knurls is adapted to frictionally engage the collet when the first tubular and the second tubular are assembled. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341249 | FIREARM BARREL PRE-LOADING DEVICES, CONNECTION ASSEMBLIES, AND FIREARMS - A firearm barrel preloading device can preload threaded connections. The preloading device can include an outwardly facing barrel-contact surface, an outwardly facing receiver-contact surface, non-planar surfaces between the barrel-contact surface and the receiver-contact surface. The non-planar surfaces can include mated pairs of axisymmetric surfaces that cooperate to spread apart the barrel-contact surface and the receiver-contact surface when the preloading device is moved toward an expanded configuration. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341250 | FIREARM TELEMATICS DEVICES FOR MONITORING STATUS AND LOCATION - A portable camera may be activated in response to the activity of a firearm. Furthermore, an individual who discharged a firearm may be identified. Furthermore, information related to the firing of a firearm may be recorded, assessed, identified and transmitted. Furthermore, the status of an implement at a mount may be monitored. Furthermore, a charging device for delivering electrical power to components of a firearm may be used. A communications channel may be established between a firearm telematics sensor and a video camera, optionally by means of intermediary devices. A communications channel may be established between a mount (e.g., holster) telematics device and local and/or remote monitoring service components, optionally by means of intermediary devices. When the telematics sensor detects that its associated firearm has been removed from a holster, is in motion, or is being discharged, the telematics sensor may signal the video camera to initiate recording. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341251 | Tool-Free Dust Cover For Firearms - Various examples of a tool-free dust cover for firearms are described. The dust cover is a monolithic piece having a cover plate, a first connection portion, and a second connection portion, with at least one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion being elastically deformable to allow the dust cover to be pivotably coupled to a receiver portion of the firearm. The first connection portion is received in a cavity of a first hinge knuckle on the receiver portion next to a first long side of an ejection port of the receiver portion. The second connection portion is received in a cavity of a second hinge knuckle on the receiver portion next to the first long side of the ejection port. When in an open position, the cover plate uncovers the ejection port. When in a closed position, the cover plate covers the ejection port. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341252 | Archery Bow with Centered Cable Guard - In some embodiments, an archery bow comprises a riser comprising a grip, a bowstring comprising a nocking point, a cable and a cable guard arranged to apply a force to the cable at a contact location. The bow defines a shooting axis, which is positioned in a longitudinal plane and a lateral plane. The longitudinal plane is orthogonal to the lateral plane. The bowstring is positioned in the longitudinal plane. The contact location is positioned on the lateral plane. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341253 | MOVEMENT-FREE QUICK DETACH LATCH - Movement-free quick detach latches. The latches include a monolithic body, a button, a spring, and ball-bearings configured to reduce or eliminate movement when attaching or removing the latch from a rifle, eliminate moving parts that may fail in use, remove the interfacing of a bail with the button, and lower the profile of the latch with the rifle. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341254 | THUMB-ACTUATED LOCKING HOLSTER - A holster for receiving and withdrawing a handgun has a proximal wall portion with a handgun retention mechanism thereon. The mechanism having a first lever with a tab portion for actuation and release of a trigger guard, the lever having a snap fit into a lever region without a separate pin. A belt engaging member covers the lever region capturing the first lever therein. If a second retention mechanism is used, another lever with a tab portion is positioned so the tabs are stacked, depressing one also depresses the tab behind it, such that both mechanisms are released. Overmolded polymer layers in the holster body provides a softer interior handgun engagement surfaces. The holster body is split forwardly with a threaded fastener for clamping onto the handgun. No holster body is beneath or rearward of the tab portion, configured as a thumb button, allowing smooth transition to gripping the handgun. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341255 | DOT SIGHT DEVICE - There is provided a dot sight device including a housing being configured to have an open front and an open rear, and a light path connecting a user with a target along a central axis of the light path disposed therein. A dot reticle generating unit generates a plurality of light rays for forming a dot reticle. A reflective mirror reflects the light rays provided from the dot reticle generating unit toward the user to form an image on a target side. A compensating plate is disposed along the light path of the housing together with the reflective mirror and passes through the light rays coming from the target to be directed toward the user. The compensating plate is configured to suppress or minimize one or more movements of the image of the target caused by one or more movements of the dot sight device. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341256 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL FIREARM LIGHT - An illumination device for a firearm may include a housing supporting multiple lamps. A switch actuator of the device is rotationally coupled to a rear end of the housing. A cam is coupled to the switch actuator, such that the cam rotates with the actuator, the cam having a first end including a magnet and a second end having a shaped cam surface configured to interface with a cam follower. The actuator and the cam are biased toward a neutral position. Selective rotation of the cam causes a magnet of the cam to operate one or more magnetic switches. The cam is transitionable between a plurality of discrete positions, e.g., including a pair of toggle positions in the first rotational direction from the neutral position, and a pair of momentary positions disposed on the cam in the second rotational direction from the neutral position. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341257 | DETERRENT-DEVICE ACCESSORY ELECTROMAGNETIC-RADIATION-BASED ACTIVATION - A kit includes a deterrent device, a grip activation system, and a housing supporting the grip activation system. The housing positions the grip activation system so that a sensing space of the grip activation system extends at least partly adjacent to a trigger guard of the deterrent device. The grip activation system includes an emitter configured to emit first electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength; a detector configured to detect second electromagnetic radiation having the first wavelength; and a controller. The controller determines, based at least in part on the second electromagnetic radiation, that an object is present in the sensing space; and provides an activation signal to an activatable system in response to determining that the object is present in the sensing space. The activatable system can include a light source. Some examples include a housing, a grip activation system, and an activatable system. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341258 | ELECTRONIC WEAPON ACCESSORY AND DETACHABLE MOUNT WITH INTEGRATED CONTROL APPARATUS - An electronic weapon accessory system includes an electronic weapon accessory, such as a light, and a detachable mount with an integrated control switch. The electronic weapon accessory includes an electronic component, such as an LED, and a power source disposed within a housing. The electronic component and the battery are electrically connected with a circuit having electrical contacts exposed on an outer surface of the housing. The mount has a body with a clamp structure, a dome switch disposed on an outer surface of the mount body and a circuit having electrical contacts exposed on the outer surface of the mount body. Fasteners removably secure the mount body and accessory housing in assembled relation. When the electronic weapon accessory and mount are assembled, the accessory electrical contacts physically and electrically engaging the mount electrical contacts to complete an electronic control circuit and provide integrated control and operation of the electronic accessory. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341259 | Camouflage patterns, arrangements and methods for making the same - A site-specific photographic camouflage arrangement and method for making the same are provided. The site-specific photographic camouflage arrangement includes a digital photographic image and distorting disruptive patterns placed on the digital photographic image to create visual confusion to disguise the recognizable form of a camouflaged object by breaking up its outline. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341260 | Adaptive Armor Implemented with Electromagnetic Fields - New devices, systems and methods are provided for protecting personnel and/or equipment from projectiles and other weapons. In some embodiments, a field of shielding particles or other interception media is activated on or about a location determined to intercept one or more projectile(s) or other physical threat(s). In some embodiments, electromagnets are included within such device(s) or system(s), for driving the interception media and/or projectiles away from the protected personnel and/or equipment. In some aspects of the invention, a control system using sensors with one or more sampling points are included, and determine the location and probable trajectory(ies) of an incoming projectile, and deploy the interception media to intercept the incoming projectile or other weapon. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341261 | Composite Enclosure for Explosive Reactive Armor and Methods of Manufacturing the Same - An explosive reactive armor (ERA) enclosure for an ERA tile includes a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the bottom, where the plurality of sidewalls are continuous with each other and with the bottom so as to define an internal volume. The plurality of sidewalls are formed from a fiber-reinforced composite material having a plurality of plies of fiber sheet material. Additionally, a sidewall seam defined by abutting edges of the first ply is offset from a sidewall seam defined by abutting edges of the second ply. Methods of manufacturing ERA enclosures, including applying wrap layers and forming attachment structures for securing the fiber-reinforced composite ERA enclosure to an armor element, are also described. The composite enclosure is inexpensive and lightweight and improves the dynamic capabilities of armored vehicles using such ERA tiles. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341262 | ARMOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An element using armor plating including a tile and a metal cover bonded to the tile by an adhesive in a manner so that the metal cover is arranged around a central face and a plurality of sides of the tile, and a non-adjacent face of the tile, thereby enclosing and confining the tile. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341263 | ARMOR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE ARMOR COMPONENT - An armor component that includes a ballistic tile made of, for example, boron carbide or silicon carbide, a plurality of wraps made of ballistic fibers such as carbon fiber, and a metal plate, for example, a steel plate, the metal plate being positioned behind the reverse side of the tile and the wraps being wrapped around the tile and the metal plate. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341264 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR BALLISTIC PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS - A ballistic detection system includes one or more light sources configured to transmit collimated light through a detection area; a receiver array arranged with respect to the detection area to receive the collimated light in multiple side-by-side channels, the receiver array including (i) light detectors corresponding to the multiple side-by-side channels, and (ii) lenses arranged to focus respective portions of the collimated light, which has transited the detection area, onto respective ones of the light detectors corresponding to the multiple side-by-side channels; and a ballistics analysis computer coupled with the receiver array and programmed to identify a location of a projectile that passes through the detection area by performing ratiometric comparison of signal data from the light detectors, the signal data corresponding to fractional blockage, by the projectile, of the collimated light in one or more of the multiple side-by-side channels. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341265 | Rf Attenuating Switch - A radio frequency attenuating switch including a switch having a first input for connection to an electrical power supply and first and second output leads for connecting a device such as a detonator. One or more RF mitigation devices are connected within one or more of the output leads. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341266 | STAMPED PRIMER INSERT FOR USE IN POLYMER AMMUNITION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a stamped metal primer insert for a polymeric ammunition cartridge comprising: a top surface having a stamped flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface; a stamped coupling element that extends from the flange to a coupling tip; a stamped inner coupling element from the coupling tip to a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface is opposite the top surface; a stamped primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface; a primer flash aperture in the primer recess through the bottom surface; and a groove stamped in the primer recess around the primer flash aperture adapted to receive a polymer overmolding. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341267 | SUBSONIC POLYMERIC AMMUNITION WITH DIFFUSER - The present invention provides a subsonic ammunition including a polymeric casing body; a propellant insert positioned in the propellant chamber to reduce the internal volume of the propellant chamber; a propellant disposed and confined within the propellant chamber; a primer insert positioned at the body base and in communication with the propellant chamber; a primer and diffuser disposed in the primer insert in combustible communication with the propellant; and a projectile frictionally fitted in the mouth in combustible communication with the propellant. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341268 | SUBSONIC POLYMERIC AMMUNITION WITH DIFFUSER - The present invention provides a subsonic ammunition including a polymeric casing body; a propellant insert positioned in the propellant chamber to reduce the internal volume of the propellant chamber; a propellant disposed and confined within the propellant chamber; a primer insert positioned at the body base and in communication with the propellant chamber; a primer and diffuser disposed in the primer insert in combustible communication with the propellant; and a projectile frictionally fitted in the mouth in combustible communication with the propellant. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341269 | SUBSONIC POLYMERIC AMMUNITION WITH DIFFUSER - The present invention provides a subsonic ammunition including a polymeric casing body; a propellant insert positioned in the propellant chamber to reduce the internal volume of the propellant chamber; a propellant disposed and confined within the propellant chamber; a primer insert positioned at the body base and in communication with the propellant chamber; a primer and diffuser disposed in the primer insert in combustible communication with the propellant; and a projectile frictionally fitted in the mouth in combustible communication with the propellant. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341270 | Method of Making Polymer Ammunition Cartridge Having a Two-Piece Primer Insert - The present invention provides ammunition cartridge having a two piece primer insert with a flange, a polymeric middle body extending from the primer insert to a cylindrical middle body coupling region, and a polymeric projectile end having a projectile aperture mated to the polymeric middle body. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341271 | Method of Making Polymer Ammunition Cartridge Having a Two-Piece Primer Insert - The present invention provides ammunition cartridge having a two piece primer insert with a flange, a polymeric middle body extending from the primer insert to a cylindrical middle body coupling region, and a polymeric projectile end having a projectile aperture mated to the polymeric middle body. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341272 | Method of Making Polymer Ammunition Cartridge Having a Two-Piece Primer Insert - The present invention provides ammunition cartridge having a two piece primer insert with a flange, a polymeric middle body extending from the primer insert to a cylindrical middle body coupling region, and a polymeric projectile end having a projectile aperture mated to the polymeric middle body. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341273 | Method of Making Polymer Ammunition Cartridge Having a Two-Piece Primer Insert - The present invention provides ammunition cartridge having a two piece primer insert with a flange, a polymeric middle body extending from the primer insert to a cylindrical middle body coupling region, and a polymeric projectile end having a projectile aperture mated to the polymeric middle body. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341274 | CHEMICAL AGENT DELIVERY RECEPTACLE WITH REUSABLE DIGITAL CONTROL CARTRIDGE - A digitally controlled hand-tossable explosive delivery receptacle comprises a ruggedized reusable compartment enclosing a digital circuit and a disposable cartridge holding one or more explosive chemical agents and a primer. The disposable cartridge is configured to be mounted to the ruggedized reusable cartridge, and a high-strength bulkhead incorporated into the reusable or disposable compartment that separates the digital circuit from the chemical agents. The reusable compartment is sufficiently ruggedized to withstand the ignition of the primer and the detonation of the chemical agents to be reused with one or more additional disposable cartridges. In one implementation, the delivery receptacle uses a commercial airbag initiator as the primer, which is arranged in relation to the one or more chemical agents so that when the initiator is activated, it generates a pressure wave that expels the one or more chemical agents from the grenade. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341275 | LOW DRAG, HIGH DENSITY CORE PROJECTILE - A projectile designed to be lead-free and have a ballistic coefficient ranging from about 0.13 to about 0.80 or greater for enhanced energy/performance at extended ranges may have an elongated body formed with a jacket including a wall having an end defining an ogive portion and a cavity or recess defined within the jacket and in which a core is received. The projectile can be configured in various calibers and sizes. The projectile core may be formed from a plurality of core sections, and at least one of the plurality of core sections may include tungsten powder and a lead-free binder material pressed together to form a substantially cylindrical shape or compact. One or more of the core sections further can be sintered, and the one or more core sections may be received in an end-to-end relationship within the cavity defined by the jacket to form a stacked, sectional core. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341276 | MULTIPURPOSE PROJECTILE APPRATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - The invention comprises a projectile, compliant with the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations and/or the United States Code, such as 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(17)(B), which regulates bullet materials and mass fractions. For example, the invention is to a projectile comprising: (1) a metal core, such as a cobalt alloy core, including a base and a tip, where the base and the tip are separated by a core length along a z-axis running longitudinally through a center of the metal core; and (2) a jacket circumferentially attached to the metal core, the jacket surrounding at least fifty percent of the core length of the metal core, where the jacket includes: a polymer and a first jacket radial thickness along at least a section of an interquartile portion of the core length of greater than 0.03 inches. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341277 | POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - A position-measuring device includes a housing having a first portion in the form of a hollow section and extending in a longitudinal direction. The housing includes at least a first passage and a second passage, the first and second passages each extending in the longitudinal direction at least partially through the first portion. A scale is disposed within the housing for being scanned as part of a position measurement. The position-measuring device includes a connecting channel, the first and second passages being interconnected via the connecting channel. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341278 | INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE - An inductive position measuring device includes a scanning element and a scale element. The position measuring device is able to determine positions of the scanning element relative to the scale element in a first direction and in a second direction. The scale element includes graduation structures arranged next to one another along the first direction, and the graduation structures have a periodic characteristic with a second period length along the second direction. The scanning element has a first receiver track, a second receiver track, a third receiver track, and an excitation lead. Each of the three receiver tracks has two receiver circuit traces. The receiver circuit traces have a periodic characteristic with a first period length along the first direction, and the receiver tracks are arranged at an offset from one another in the second direction. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341279 | Calibration Method and Device for Carrying it Out - Electromagnetic tracking systems and methods for automatically providing the required additional information needed to identify the orientation of a sensor are disclosed. The tracking systems are configured to carry out a digital modulation process to determine one or more parameters needed for calibration and to determine if the carrier wave and the modulated signal are in-phase or 180° out-of-phase at time T=0, thereby determining the operational sign of the carrier wave and thus the orientation of the one or more sensors. In some embodiments, at least one offset coil is arranged to generate an additional magnetic field, and the tracking system may be calibrated on the basis of the additional magnetic field. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341280 | INTERFEROMETRIC PARALLEL DETECTION USING DIGITAL RECTIFICATION AND INTEGRATION - The source light having a range of optical wavelengths is split into sample light and reference light. The sample light is delivered into a sample, such that the sample light is scattered by the sample, resulting in signal light that exits the sample. The signal light and the reference light are combined into an interference light pattern having optical modes having oscillation frequency components respectively corresponding to optical pathlengths extending through the sample. Different sets of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are respectively detected, and high-bandwidth analog signals representative of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are output. The high-bandwidth analog signals are parallel processed, and mid-bandwidth digital signals are output. The mid-bandwidth digital signals are processed over an i number of iterations, and a plurality of low-bandwidth digital signals are output on the ith iteration. The sample is analyzed based on the low-bandwidth digital signals. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341281 | METHOD AND MICROSCOPE FOR DETERMINING A TILT OF A COVER SLIP - A method for determining a tilting of a coverslip in a microscope, which has an object lens facing the coverslip, includes defining at least three measuring points which span a plane on a surface of the coverslip. The following steps are carried out for each of the measuring points: directing a measuring light beam through the object lens to the respective measuring point; producing a reflection light beam by at least partial reflection at the respective measuring point; directing the reflection light beam through the object lens onto a position-sensitive sensor and detecting an incidence position thereon; and determining a distance of the respective measuring point from the object lens along an optical axis thereof based on the detected incidence position. Based on the determined distances, a tilting of the plane spanned by the at least three measuring points relative to the optical axis is determined. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341282 | SAMPLE THICKNESS MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A THICKNESS OF A SAMPLE AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURE BY INTERFEROMETRY USING A CRYOSTAT - A sample thickness measuring arrangement and method for measuring a thickness of a sample are proposed. The sample thickness measuring arrangement comprises a sample thickness measuring unit for measuring the thickness of a sample based on interferometry. Furthermore, it comprises a cryostat comprising a coolant reservoir and a sample observation unit for observing characteristics of a sample. The sample observation unit comprises a tube enclosing an observation volume, a thermal tube insulation layer and a window arrangement. The tube is open at a distal end and at a proximal end. The distal end of the tube is arranged. within a storage volume of the coolant reservoir. The tube has two lateral openings in its tube walls at opposing sides with regards to the observation volume. The tube walls are covered at their external side with the thermal tube insulation layer having two openings adjacent to the openings in the tube walls. The window arrangement comprises two opposing panes, each pane being arranged at one of the openings in the thermal insulation layer. The panes are transparent to light of a laser beam. The proposed approach enable precise and stable sample thickness measurements at cryogenic temperatures. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341283 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS AND REFRACTIVE INDEX OF MULTILAYER THIN FILM BY USING ANGLE-RESOLVED SPECTRAL REFLECTOMETRY - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for measuring the thickness and refractive index of a multilayer thin film by measuring angle-resolved spectral reflectance according to light polarization. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus and method for measuring the thickness and refractive index of a multilayer structure using angle-resolved spectroscopic reflectometry is capable of measuring and analyzing thickness and refractive index of each layer of a structure having a multilayer thin film through an s-polarized imaging and a p-polarized imaging of the reflective light located in a back focal plane of an objective lens which are acquired through an angle-resolved spectral imaging acquisition part. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341284 | HIGH CONTRAST STRUCTURED LIGHT PATTERNS FOR QIS SENSORS - A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern that includes a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes a first number of portions in a sub-row and a second number of portions in a sub-column. Each sub-row extends in the first direction and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Each portion may be a first-type portion or a second-type portion. A size of a first-type portion is larger in the first direction and in the second direction than a size of a second-type portion in the first direction and in the second direction. In one embodiment, a first-type portion is a black portion and the second-type portion is a white portion. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341285 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ROOF MEASUREMENT USING IMAGERY - The present disclosure describes systems and processes, including a computer process, comprising: determining, with one or more computer processors, attributes of a roof of a real-world three-dimensional building by: creating, with the one or more computer processors, a first electronic line drawing of a first plane of a roof of a building in a first drawing layer overlaid on an image depicting the roof of the building; creating, with the one or more computer processors, a second electronic line drawing of a second plane of the roof of the building in a second drawing layer on the image depicting the roof of the building, the first electronic line drawing and the second electronic line drawing having one or more overlapping lines; and assigning, with the one or more computer processors, one or more non-dimensional attributes to the overlapping lines, the non-dimensional attributes identifying one or more types of roof structures. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341286 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSOR CALIBRATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for calibrating a barometric pressure sensor in an electronic device. The method includes receiving, via a processor of an electronic device, first altitude data from a first wireless access point and triggering a barometric pressure sensor of the electronic device to transmit second altitude data. The method further includes receiving the second altitude data and determining a first difference between the first altitude data and the second altitude data. The method further incudes determining if the first difference is greater than an altitude difference threshold, and in response to determining that the first difference is greater than the altitude difference threshold, triggering the barometric pressure sensor to calibrate, based on the first altitude data. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341287 | Laser Leveling Tool with Gesture Control - A laser leveling tool comprising: gesture control means comprises at least one sensor adapted to sense gestures and/or movements of a user; and a controller in communication with the gesture control means for receiving signals from the sensor and generating control commands for the tool based on the received signals, the control commands comprising at least ON/OFF states of laser beam patterns that the tool can project. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341288 | INTERFEROMETRIC OPTICAL FIBER GYROSCOPE AND SENSING COIL MECHANISM - [Object] To provide an interferometric optical fiber gyroscope that can perform higher-accuracy measurement and can be produced at a low cost. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341289 | RING WAVEGUIDE BASED INTEGRATED PHOTONICS OPTICAL GYROSCOPE WITH GAIN TUNING FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE - An integrated photonics optical gyroscope fabricated on a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide platform comprises a first straight waveguide to receive incoming light and to output outgoing light to be coupled to a photodetector to provide an optical signal for rotational sensing. The gyroscope comprises a first microresonator ring proximate to the first straight waveguide. Light evanescently couples from the first straight waveguide to the first microresonator ring and experiences propagation loss while circulating as a guided beam within the first microresonator ring. The guided beam evanescently couples back from the first microresonator ring to the first straight waveguide to provide the optical signal for rotational sensing after optical gain is imparted to guided beam to counter the propagation loss. In a coupled-ring configurations, the first microresonator ring acts as a loss ring, and optical gain is imparted to a second microresonator ring which acts as a gain ring. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341290 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A FLUID ZONE - An apparatus ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210341291 | INDOOR POSITIONING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An indoor positioning method detects a moving object defines a possible location area of the moving objects according to errors calculated by received signal strength indication (RSSI) values of the moving object, and calculates RSSI moving vectors between the moving object and wireless devices according to the RSSI values to predict an exact position of the moving object according to the dependency of the RSSI moving vectors and relative angular positions of the moving object. The high relevance feature between the Co-Channel Interference (CCI) of multi-nodes and the Carrier to Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (CINR) is transformed as vectors and the vectors are compared with the RSSI moving vectors to calculate a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) value. When the RMSE value is less than a preset threshold value, an exact position of the moving object can be obtained. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341292 | Radio Enhanced Augmented Reality And Virtual Reality With Truly Wireless Earbuds - The technology provides for a pair of earbuds. For instance, a first earbud may include a first antenna, and a second earbud may include a second antenna. The pair of earbuds may further include one or more processors configured to receive, from the first antenna, a first signal from a beacon, and receive, from the second antenna, a second signal from the beacon. Based on the first signal and the second signal, the one or more processors may determine at least one signal strength. The one or more processors may determine a position of the user relative to the beacon based on the at least one signal strength. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341293 | Method and System for Determining a Model of the Environment of a Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for determining a model of the environment of a vehicle, in which method an initial position estimate for the vehicle is acquired and map data are acquired, wherein the map data comprise information about the spatial arrangement of geographical areas, and the geographical areas are assigned to different area categories. Environmental data within an acquisition space is acquired, and objects are detected using the environmental data, wherein an object position and an object category are assigned to each detected object. The environmental model is determined using the detected objects. Assignment rules are provided which define the assignment of the object categories to the area categories, wherein the objects are detected in accordance with the assignment rules. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341294 | IN-TRANSIT DRIVING RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - An approach is provided that trains an artificial intelligence system to understand user preferences with least some of these preferences being learned from social media data pertaining to the user. The approach identifies points of interest between a starting location and a planned destination. The identification is performed while the user is traveling by automobile to the planned destination. The planned destination is included in an itinerary. The approach calculates an affinity score between the points of interest and the user preferences and recommends a set of points of interest based on the calculated affinity scores. A selection is received from the user of one of the points of interest from the recommended set. The itinerary is updated to include traveling to the selected point of interest and the user is provided with a set of driving instructions according to the updated itinerary. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341295 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle. An exemplary method includes: acquiring transportation demand information; acquiring driving status information of a vehicle in a vehicle formation; determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information; and sending a dispatch instruction to the target vehicle, to cause the target vehicle to execute a transportation task indicated by the transportation demand information according to the dispatch instruction. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341296 | NAVIGATION METHOD AND RELATED PRODUCTS - A navigation method and related products are provided. The method is applicable to an electronic device and includes the following. A navigation route of the electronic device is determined. A target road section in the navigation route is determined, where a first network rate of the electronic device at the target road section is less than a preset threshold. Connect to a preset wireless network corresponding to the target road section while the electronic device is at the target road section. Navigation information corresponding to the target road section is played through the preset wireless network. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341297 | ROUTE SUBDIVISION APPARATUS - A route subdivision apparatus configured to subdivide a travel route for conducting work that includes: an area setting unit configured to set a plurality of work areas on a map; a route setting unit configured to set a scheduled route from a start point to an end point so that the scheduled route passes through consecutive first to third areas of the plurality of work areas; an entry/exit point setting unit f configured to set an entry point and an exit point of the scheduled route in each work area; a boundary setting unit configured to set a boundary point between the exit point of the first area and the entry point of the second area and between the exit point of the second area and the entry point of the third area; and a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a length of a distance of each section divided by the boundary point on the scheduled route. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341298 | NAVIGATION INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The method and device for sharing navigation information provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure may obtain a navigation route by determining different road sections in an entire route of a user travel in a process of user travel. Each existing real-time shared navigation route that will enter the road section may be obtained, so as to realize the sharing of the navigation route. Therefore, the computation load for navigation data may be effectively reduced. The occupation and waste of computing resources may be reduced. Further, the convenience and smoothness of travel by the user terminal may be ensured, which is beneficial in improving the experience of the user terminal. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341299 | E-HAILING SERVICE - Example embodiments relate generally to methods, systems, and devices for managing service providers and service requests. The method includes, for each identified geographical area, deriving a service request forecast and service provider forecast for a particular upcoming time period. The method includes, for each identified geographical area, determining whether the geographical area will be in an over-supply state during the particular upcoming time period. The method includes, for each identified geographical area determined to be in the over-supply state during the particular upcoming time period: determining a quantity M of available service providers; selecting at least M available service providers in the geographical area; and providing a notification to only the selected available service providers. Each notification may include a message to move out of the geographical area and into a particular location in another geographical area. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341300 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PERSONALLY RELEVANT NAVIGATION ROUTE COMPARISON - An approach is provided for providing a personally relevant navigation route comparison. The approach involves, for example, determining, by a processor, an optimal navigation route. The approach also involves determining a historical navigation route based on a similarity between the historical navigation route and the optimal navigation route. The approach further involves providing data for presenting one or more of the similarity or a difference between the optimal navigation route and the historical navigation route. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341301 | NAVIGATION CONTROL DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM - To prevent a user from passing a section not covered by insurance. A navigation control device includes a map-information acquiring unit that acquires map information, a present-location-information acquiring unit that acquires present location information indicating a position of a present location, an insurance-information acquiring unit that acquires insurance information of an insurance policy taken out by a user, and a section-not-covered-by-insurance-information acquiring unit that acquires, based on the map information acquired by the map-information acquiring unit and the insurance information acquired by the insurance-information acquiring unit, section-not-covered-by-insurance information indicating a section not covered by insurance. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341302 | Method and Devices for Determining Routes for Routing a Vehicle - Methods for determining routes for routing vehicle include computing, in a digital map a route from route source to route destination. Such methods further include determining sub-route of the computed route, which ends at the destination and along which the vehicle could be parked. And such methods still further include extending the computed route beyond the route destination in area around the route destination until route parking probability of parking route, including links of the determined sub-route and/or of the extension of the computed route, is equal to or greater than predetermined threshold whilst total expected travel time, associated with the extended computed route and comprising driving and walking times, is minimized. The route parking probability is the probability that parking at some point along the extended computed route will be possible and wherein one or more links of the parking route are suitable for parking. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341303 | CLUSTERING EVENT INFORMATION FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION - Systems and methods are disclosed for aggregating informational reports. In one implementation, at least one processor may be programmed to receive an informational vehicle report identifying a detected event; store the report in a database in association with a first cell; query a second cell within a predetermined distance of the first cell; and determine whether the second cell is associated with the detected event. When the second cell is associated with the detected event the processor may aggregate information from the first and second cells to provide an aggregated cluster and generate an event report based on the aggregated cluster. When the second cell is not associated with an information cluster associated with the detected event, the processor may generate the event report based on the stored informational vehicle report. The processor may then transmit the event report to one or more vehicles. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341304 | VEHICLE - Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: a sensor unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the sensor unit. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341305 | CONTENT VISUALIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided is a content visualizing method and apparatus. The content visualizing apparatus generates an object disposition space based on a road surface and an obstacle and determines a display position at which a graphic representation corresponding to route guidance content is visualized in the object disposition space. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341306 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD OF A NAVIGATION MAP - A navigation system for a motor vehicle is provided. A display interface is located in a vehicle. A is processor in communication with a vehicle sensor and a server. The processor is configured to receive vehicle information and road information, predict a traveling direction of the vehicle based on the vehicle information, and highlight the road information associated with the traveling direction on the display interface. A corresponding vehicle and method is also provided. A user of a navigation map can obtain auxiliary information to drive on the current route from a navigation interface more conveniently during the process of using the navigation map, thus providing the user an improved driving experience. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341307 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of this application disclose an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes obtaining a remaining mileage parameter of a vehicle; obtaining a start position of the vehicle on a map display interface; determining a target travel range on the map display interface according to the start position and the remaining mileage parameter; and displaying the target travel range on the map display interface. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341308 | GLOBAL MAP CREATION USING FLEET TRAJECTORIES AND OBSERVATIONS - A method and system for updating or generating global maps are described, the system adapted to perform the steps of obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors of a vehicle, the sensor data describing a plurality of objects within an area surrounding the vehicle at a time or during a time interval; generating a local map based on the sensor data, the local map indicating relative positions of at least some of the plurality of objects to each other, and indicating an absolute position of one or more of the at least some of the plurality of objects; comparing the local map with a global map; updating the global map or generating a new global map based on the comparison. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTE PLANNING - The present disclosure may provide a method for route planning. The method may include obtaining a start location and a destination of a target vehicle. The method may also include obtaining a map of a target region including the start location and the destination. The map may include node information of each of a plurality of nodes. Further, the method may include obtaining motion status information associated with one or more vehicles other than the target vehicle in the target region. The method may further include determining a target route of the target vehicle based at least in part on the start location, the destination, the motion status information associated with the one or more vehicles, and the map. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341310 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE QUALITY OF LOCALISATION IN THE SELF-LOCALISATION OF A VEHICLE, DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE STEPS OF THE METHOD, VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for estimating the quality of localization using sensor detection, wherein the vehicle detects dynamic objects on the road and in the direct surroundings of the road and estimates the dimensions of the objects. The movement of these objects in the near future is estimated. The outer casings of these objects are entered into a map of the surroundings. From the perspective of the sensors used to detect the features in the surroundings, the limitations of the fields of view and the predicted temporal development thereof resulting from the movement of the transportation vehicle and the predicted movements of the objects are entered into the map of the surroundings. The surrounding features that have been entered into the map of the surroundings and which may at visible in the near future are determined. An upper limit for a measure of the quality of localization is estimated. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341311 | SENSOR AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT - Disclosed is a sensor comprising a sensor element that detects a measurand, the sensor element being in electrical contact with a sensor circuit that processes values derived from data from a secondary coil and/or from the measurand. The sensor circuit is in electrical contact with an ex-circuit. The sensor circuit is supplied a maximum input voltage and a maximum input current. The ex-circuit includes the secondary coil that receives an electrical signal from a primary coil. The electrical signal includes the data that are modulated onto the electrical signal. The sensor also includes a voltage limit that limits the voltage of the electrical signal to the maximum input voltage of the sensor circuit and a current limit that limits the current of the electrical signal to the maximum input current of the sensor circuit. Also disclosed are a sensor arrangement and a use of a sensor. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341312 | Inductive Sensor Device with Cross Coupled Tracks - A control unit ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210341313 | ROTARY CODING DISC AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING THE SAME - A rotary coding disc and a method for designing the same is applied to an optical encoder. N-bit De Bruijn sequences include 1 and 0. The N-bit De Bruijn sequence has the maximum binary code and the minimum binary code. When a binary code having M bits is located between the maximum binary code and the minimum binary code, the corresponding N-bit De Bruijn sequences are selected as diagonal De Bruijn sequences, wherein | 2021-11-04 |
20210341314 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE-RESISTANT BRAGG GRATING OPTICAL FIBRE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A Bragg grating optical fiber sensor for measuring temperatures and deformations and a method for manufacturing same, the manufacturing method including ablating a mechanical coating over a portion of an optical fiber so as to form an opening extending radially over the entire thickness of the mechanical coating, and inscribing a Bragg grating into the optical fiber through the opening. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341315 | RECORDER FOR SHAFT ROTATION VERIFICATION - A recorder for documenting that a shaft in a rotating machine has been rotated while the rotating machine is stored or otherwise out of service. The recorder includes an elongated strip that is wound on a reel disposed adjacent the shaft. The reel is rotatable about an axle that is spaced away from the shaft. A free end of the strip is secured to an outer surface of the shaft and spools onto the shaft as the shaft is rotated, and which unwinds the strip from the reel. Markings are on the strip representing distance from the free end, which visually indicate occurrence and amount of shaft rotation. Types of markings include different colors or patterns, and which change at distances corresponding to shaft circumference. Alternatively, the markings are metered increments illustrating linear distance. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341316 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SIGNAL COLOR FOR A FILL LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE - A device for providing at least one signal color for a level gauge is provided, the device including: a parameterization device configured to provide a signal color for a network of level measuring devices; and a transmission device configured to transmit the provided signal color as signal color data to the network of level measuring devices. A method of providing a signal color for a level measuring device and a nontransitory computer-readable storage medium are also provided. | 2021-11-04 |
20210341317 | System on a Chip with Always-On Processor - In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) includes a component that remains powered when the remainder of the SOC is powered off. The component may include a sensor capture unit to capture data from various device sensors, and may filter the captured sensor data. Responsive to the filtering, the component may wake up the remainder of the SOC to permit the processing. The component may store programmable configuration data, matching the state at the time the SOC was most recently powered down, for the other components of the SOC, in order to reprogram them after wakeup. In some embodiments, the component may be configured to wake up the memory controller within the SOC and the path to the memory controller, in order to write the data to memory. The remainder of the SOC may remain powered down. | 2021-11-04 |