49th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210382365 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES USING TRANSPARENT MXENES - The present disclosure describes electrochromic devices comprising transparent conductive layer acting as an electrode, an active electrochromic film, an ion conductor, and an ion storage film at least one of which comprises at least one MXene material. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382366 | Light Shutter Panel and Transparent Display Apparatus Having the Same - The present disclosure relates to a light shutter panel and a transparent display apparatus having the same. The light shutter panel according to the present disclosure comprises: a lower electrode plate; an upper electrode plate facing with the lower electrode plate; a shutter layer disposed between the lower electrode plate and the upper electrode plate, and including a maximum light transmitting portion, a minimum light blocking portion, ink storage portions connecting the maximum light transmitting portion and the minimum light blocking portion, and an electric field guide disposed between the ink storage portions; a plurality of spacers maintaining a gap between the lower electrode plate and the upper electrode plate; and black ink filled into the ink storage portion of the shutter layer. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382367 | FOLDABLE ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY MODULE INCLUDING NON-CONDUCTIVE SUPPORT PLATE - A foldable electrophoretic display that is flexible and may be folded in a book-like fashion. Foldable electrophoretic display modules that can be separately manufactured and incorporated into a variety of foldable devices with differing functionality as needed by the consumer. In some embodiments, the resulting foldable electrophoretic display may include touch sensing, a front light, color, and a digitizing layer to record interactions with a stylus. In some embodiments, the display includes a color filter array. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382368 | COLOR SETS FOR LOW RESOLUTION DITHERING IN REFLECTIVE COLOR DISPLAYS COLOR SETS FOR LOW RESOLUTION DITHERING IN REFLECTIVE COLOR DISPLAYS - The present invention provides for a method of rendering an image on a reflective display wherein each pixel is capable of rendering a limited number of colors, each of which is rendered by predetermined set of waveforms stored in a waveform lookup table. Furthermore, the present invention provides for a method for rendering an image using such colors, having been chosen for optimal color rendition. This invention further provides for rendering a color image formed from a plurality of pixels on a reflective display wherein each pixel has a color selected from the group consisting of at least: red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, black and white. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382369 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first, second, third and fourth types of particles (W, Y, R, B) having four different colors. The first and third particles have charges of one polarity and the second and fourth particles charges of the opposite polarity; the first particles have a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the third particles, and the second particles a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the fourth particles. One particle is white (W), one non-white particle (B) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles (R, Y) are light-reflective. A third light-reflective particle (G) may be added to create a five particle medium. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382370 | DISPERSIVE BEAM STEERING BASED ON OPTICAL-FREQUENCY SHIFT PATTERNS - Methods and apparatus for optical beam steering including a laser to generate a beam having an optical frequency and an optical phase modulator (OPM) to impart a shift in the optical frequency of the beam from the laser. A dispersive optical element maps the shift in the optical frequency to a corresponding angle with respect to the dispersive optical element, which can comprise a diffraction grating. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382371 | Molding Free-Space Light with Guided-Wave-Driven Metasurfaces - Embodiments relate to a photonic component having a metasurface. The metasurface includes a substrate with a thin-layer of meta-atoms disposed thereon. The photonic component includes a waveguide having a top surface, wherein the metasurface is disposed on at least a portion of the top surface such that the meta-atoms form an array on the top surface. The photonic component includes a sandwich nano-bar antenna formed in or on the metasurface. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382372 | FIBER-BASED SUPERCONTINUUM LIGHT SOURCE - An all-fiber supercontinuum (SC) optical source utilizes a combination of a seed pulse supply of short-duration optical pulses with a highly non-linear optical medium in the form of two or more concatenated sections of highly non-linear optical fiber (HNLF) of different dispersion values and lengths. The two or more sections of HNLF are configured to include at least one section that exhibits a positive dispersion value and one section that exhibits a negative dispersion value. Non-linear effects such as self-phase modulation (SPM), cross-phase modulation (XPM), Raman amplification, and the like, cause the seed pulses to broaden as they propagate through each section of HNLF, where the differences between the dispersion values, as well as the lengths of each fiber section, are particularly configured to create an SC output that is wide and smooth, exhibiting a stable intensity and high coherence level. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382373 | CAMERA MATTE BOX WITH ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED FILTER - A camera matte box electrically controls an adjustable lens filter. The camera matte box includes a body, at least one adjustable flap, a filter holder, a changeable lens adapter, and an electrical filter control module. The electrical filter control module adjusts a position of the adjustable filter according to a command received using a communication interface. The filter holder removably holds the adjustable filter and a non-adjustable filter in the body. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382374 | SOFTBOX SPEEDRING HAVING FITTING ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE FOR PHOTOGRAPH OR IMAGE, AND SOFTBOX USING THE SAME - A softbox speedring is provided to reduce the manufacturing costs through a simple structure, to be simply repaired, and allow the rapid folding and spreading of a pole shaft. A softbox speedring having a fitting assembly structure includes a speedring body including a central hole formed at a center of the speedring body, a plurality of adaptor inserting holes formed along an outer circumferential surface of the speedring body, and rotational shaft seating grooves formed in first perpendicular surface and second perpendicular surface of each adaptor inserting hole, and an adaptor including a head part including rotational shafts protruding from opposite perpendicular surfaces of the head part to be fitted into and assembled with the rotational shaft seating grooves, and a body part provided at a lower portion of the head part and including a pole inserting part formed in a lower end of the body part. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382375 | VEHICULAR CAMERA ASSEMBLY PROCESS USING WELDING TO SECURE LENS RELATIVE TO CAMERA IMAGE PLANE - A vehicular camera includes a lens barrel accommodating a lens and having at least two radial protrusions protruding radially outward at or near an inner end of the lens barrel. A lens holder includes a passageway for receiving the inner end of the lens barrel and has at least two slots extending longitudinally from a board end of the lens holder. The lens barrel is received in the lens holder and the board end of the lens holder is attached at an imager printed circuit board with the imager facing the lens. The radial protrusions are movable within the slots while the lens barrel is adjusted relative to the imager to align the lens at the imager. After the lens is aligned relative to the imager, the radial protrusions within the slots are welded to the lens holder to secure the lens barrel relative to the imager printed circuit board. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382376 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly and an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is located on an image side of the imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens assembly has an optical axis and includes a plastic lens barrel and a plurality of plastic lens elements, wherein the plastic lens elements are disposed in the plastic lens barrel. The plastic lens barrel includes an object-side outer surface, a lens barrel minimum opening, an object-side outer inclined surface and a reversing inclined surface. The object-side outer surface is a surface of the plastic lens barrel facing towards an object side being closest to the object side and is annular. The reversing inclined surface expands from the lens barrel minimum opening to the image side, wherein a connecting position of the reversing inclined surface and the object-side outer inclined surface forms the lens barrel minimum opening. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382377 | Proximity Awareness Management (PAM) - A proximity awareness management system and method is disclosed. In particular, the system is an intelligent system integrated with an image redirector assembly to perform real-time proximity monitoring and management. The system facilitates a live view of objects in front of the user. For example, the system engages a camera of the user device through a reflective device of the image redirector assembly to allow the user to simultaneously text, type, or view applications while an accurate view is displayed on the user device, thus eliminating the need to look up. At the same time, the system is able to engage sensors of user devices as well as other devices to track events or objects around the user. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382378 | COMMODITY IMAGING APPARATUS, COMMODITY IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE RECOGNITION POS SYSTEM - A commodity imaging apparatus in which a camera does not protrude into a space above a commodity placement table is provided. A commodity imaging apparatus ( | 2021-12-09 |
20210382379 | MOBILE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus for automobile which is releasably attachable to an exterior portion of an automobile including a projection means, microprocessor; memory module; and housing which enable a selected image to be transmitted over a wireless network to the apparatus and compared with the plurality of stored images is provided. The selected image may be stored for a period of time and displayed through the projection means onto an exterior portion of the automobile for a pre-determined period of time using a timer. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382380 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light source section that outputs light belongs to a first wavelength band, a wavelength converter that converts the light that belongs to the first wavelength band into light that belongs to a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, and a first optical element that reflects the light that belongs to the first wavelength band and transmits the light that belongs to the second wavelength band. A first angle of incidence of the chief ray of the light that belongs to the first wavelength band with respect to a first surface of the first optical element is smaller than 45°, and a second angle of incidence of the chief ray of the light that belongs to the second wavelength band with respect to the first surface is smaller than 45°. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382381 | ILLUMINATOR AND PROJECTOR - An illuminator includes a light emitting apparatus which outputs first light belonging to a first wavelength band, a wavelength converter which converts part of the first light into second light belonging to a second wavelength band and causes the second and remainder of the first light to exit, a first optical system with positive power and which the first light enters, an optical element which the remaining first light enters and which reflects either the first or second light and transmits the other, a second optical system with positive power and which the first from the optical element and second light from the converter enter, a third optical system with positive power and causes the first light from the second optical system to enter the converter, and a fourth optical system with positive power and which the second light from the second optical system enters. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382382 | ILLUMINATOR AND PROJECTOR - An illuminator includes a first light emitter that outputs light to a first wavelength band, a first parallelizer parallelizes the first light outputted from the first light emitter, a wavelength converter having a first surface on the first light and a second surface converts the first light into second light belonging to a second wavelength band, an optical element reflects one of light to the first and second wavelength bands and transmits the other, a first focusing system between the first parallelizer and the optical element has positive power, a diffuser between the first focusing system and the optical element diffuses the first light that exits the first system, and a second focusing system between the optical element and the wavelength converter has positive power, and the second system has a focal point between the principal point of the second system and the second surface of the wavelength conversion layer. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382383 | ILLUMINATOR AND PROJECTOR - An illuminator includes first and second light emitters outputting first and second lights, a wavelength converter having first and second surfaces, a first optical element reflecting one of the set of the first light and the second light and a third light and transmits the other, a first focusing system between the light emitters and first optical element and having positive power, and a second focusing system between the first optical element and wavelength converter. The second focusing system has a focal point between the second focusing system principal point and wavelength converter second surface, and | 2021-12-09 |
20210382384 | PROJECTION SCREEN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING THE SAME - A support system for moving a rollable material between a stored configuration and an unrolled configuration. The rollable material may be a projection screen, and the unrolled configuration may be a viewing configuration. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382385 | INFLATABLE PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH DUAL SCREENS - An inflatable display system with a projection screen on two opposing sides is provided that allows a single inflatable display support to allow viewers to watch the screens on both sides, thereby doubling the number of viewers per inflatable display support without increasing the size of the display support. An opaque material may be placed between the projection screens or integrated into the back of the screens to avoid interference from light from images projected from the opposite side. In this way, a screen operator or user can accommodate viewers on both sides of the display system, essentially doubling viewer capacity without having to set up two inflatable supports or increase the size of the screen/support system. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382386 | Mask Blank Glass Substrate - A mask blank glass substrate having a maximum value of a circularly averaged power spectral density of 1,000 nm | 2021-12-09 |
20210382387 | PHOTOMASK HAVING RECESSED REGION - A method includes forming a photoresist layer over a wafer. The photoresist layer is exposed to a pattern of radiation using a photomask. The photoresist layer is developed after the photoresist layer is exposed to the pattern of radiation. The photomask includes a substrate and at least one opaque main feature. The substrate has a recessed region recessed from a first surface of the substrate and has a first width. The at least one opaque main feature protrudes from the first surface of the substrate and has a second width greater than the first width of the recessed region of the substrate. A height of the at least one opaque main feature is greater than a depth of the recess region of the substrate. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382388 | CURABLE COMPOSITION, FILM, COLOR FILTER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND POLYMER COMPOUND - Provided are a curable composition including a pigment and a resin which satisfies at least one or the following requirement 1 or the following requirement 2; a film and a color filter formed from the curable composition; a method for manufacturing a color filter formed from the curable composition; a solid-state imaging element and an image display device including the film or the color filter; and a polymer compound. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382389 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, SPACER, LIGHT CONVERSION LAYER, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A photosensitive resin composition for a development process, a spacer, a light conversion layer, and a light-emitting device are provided. The photosensitive resin composition includes an alkali-soluble resin (A), an ethylenically-unsaturated monomer (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C), a solvent (D), and a pigment (E). The alkali-soluble resin (A) includes an alkali-soluble resin (A-1), wherein the alkali-soluble resin (A-1) includes a structural unit represented by formula (I-1) and a structural unit represented by formula (I-2). The photopolymerization initiator (C) includes an acylphosphine oxide compound represented by formula (III-1). | 2021-12-09 |
20210382390 | NOVOLAK/DNQ BASED, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED PHOTORESIST - The present invention relates to resist compositions comprising a polymer component, a photoacid generator component (PAG), a photoactive diazonaphthoquinone component (PAC), a base component, a solvent component, and optionally, a heterocyclic thiol component. The polymer component is a Novolak derivative, comprising Novolak repeat units with free phenolic hydroxy moieties, and Novolak repeat units comprising phenolic hydroxy moieties protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety. The acetal moiety is elected from a mono functional alkyl acetal moiety protecting a repeat unit comprising a Novolak phenolic hydroxy moiety, an acetal, comprising a moiety functionalized with a PAC moiety, protecting a repeat unit comprising a Novolak phenolic hydroxy moiety; a di-functional acetal comprising moiety, linking and protecting two repeat units comprising Novolak phenolic hydroxy moieties, forming a linking point in said polymer component between two different polymer chains in said polymer component, and a mixture of any of these three types of acid cleavable acetal moieties. The PAC component is selected from said acetal, comprising a moiety functionalized with a PAC moiety, protecting a repeat unit comprising a Novolak phenolic hydroxy moiety, a free PAC component, and a mixture of these two types of PAC components. The present invention also relates to the methods of using the present compositions in either in thick or thin film photoresist device manufacturing methodologies. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382391 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERNED CURED PRODUCT, CURED PRODUCT, INTERLAYER INSULATING FILM, COVER COAT LAYER, SURFACE PROTECTIVE FILM, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a polyimide precursor having a polymerizable unsaturated bond; (B) a polymerizable monomer; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; and (D) an ultraviolet absorber. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382392 | HARD-MASK FORMING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A hard-mask forming composition including a resin containing a structural unit represented by General Formula (u1-1) or a structural unit represented by General Formula (u1-2) and a compound represented by General Formula (c-1), in which R | 2021-12-09 |
20210382393 | FAILURE MODEL FOR PREDICTING FAILURE DUE TO RESIST LAYER - A method of determining a failure model of a resist process of a patterning process. The method includes obtaining (i) measured data of a pattern failure (e.g., failure rate) related to a feature printed on a substrate based on a range of values of dose, and (ii) image intensity values for the feature via simulating a process model using the range of the dose values; and determining, via fitting the measured data of the pattern failure to a product of the dose values and the image intensity values, a failure model to model a stochastic behavior of spatial fluctuations in the resist and optionally predict failure of the feature (e.g., hole closing). | 2021-12-09 |
20210382394 | CALIBRATING STOCHASTIC SIGNALS IN COMPACT MODELING - Calibrating stochastic signals in compact modeling is provided by obtaining data of process variations in producing a resist mask; calibrating a continuous compact model of the resist mask based on the data; evaluating the continuous compact model against a stochastic compact model that is based on the data; choosing a functional description of an edge location distribution for the stochastic compact model; mapping image parameters from the evaluation to edge distribution parameters according to the functional description; determining an edge location range for the stochastic compact model based on scaled measurements from the image parameters; calibrating a threshold for the resist mask and updating parameters of the stochastic compact model to reduce a difference between the data and a modeled Line Edge Roughness (LER) value; and outputting the stochastic compact model. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382395 | EUV RADIATION SOURCE, INSERT FOR AN EUV RADIATION SOURCE AND INSERT FOR AN INSERT FOR AN EUV RADIATION SOURCE - An inner insert for a passage opening in an outer insert for an EUV radiation source is embodied in multiple parts and/or has a plurality of sections that extend in the longitudinal direction and have different internal diameters (d | 2021-12-09 |
20210382396 | INSPECTION APPARATUS - An inspection apparatus for inspecting an object such as a pellicle for use in an EUV lithographic apparatus, the inspection apparatus including: a vacuum chamber; a load lock forming an interface between the vacuum chamber and an ambient environment; and a stage apparatus configured to receive the object from the load lock and displace the object inside the vacuum chamber, wherein the vacuum chamber includes a first parking position and a second parking position for temporarily storing the object. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382397 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus configured to expose a substrate to light from a solid-state light emitting element, includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a mask with the light, and a projection optical system configured to project an image of a pattern of the mask onto the substrate, wherein a pupil plane intensity distribution, which is a light intensity distribution on a pupil plane included in the illumination optical system and optically conjugated with a light emission plane of the solid-state light emitting element, is a light intensity distribution in which a maximum intensity is achieved outside an optical axis of the illumination optical system, and wherein the pupil plane intensity distribution is a light intensity distribution on the pupil plane onto which a light emission distribution of the light emission plane is projected with a predetermined magnification. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382398 | System and Method of Measuring Refractive Index of EUV Mask Absorber - Apparatus, methods and are disclosed for measuring refractive index of an absorber material used in EUV phase shift masks. The method and apparatus utilize a reference measurement and as series of reflectance measurements at a range of EUV wavelengths and thickness values for the absorber material to determine the refractive index of the absorber material. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382399 | METHOD OF OPERATING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A method of operating a semiconductor apparatus includes generating an electric field in peripheral areas of a first covering structure and a second covering structure; causing a photomask to move to a position between the first and second covering structures such that the photomask at least partially vertically overlaps the first and second covering structures and such that particles attached to the photomask are attracted to the first and second covering structures by the electric field; and irradiating the photomask with light through light transmission regions of the first and second covering structures. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382400 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE CONTRIBUTION OF A PROCESSING APPARATUS TO A SUBSTRATE PARAMETER - A method for determining a contribution of a processing apparatus to a fingerprint of a parameter across a substrate, the method including: obtaining a delta image which relates to a difference between a first pupil image associated with inspection of a first feature on the substrate and a second pupil image associated with inspection of a second feature on the substrate, wherein the first and second features have different dose sensitivities; determining a rate of change of the difference in response to a variation of a dose used to form the first and second features; selecting a plurality of pixels within the delta image having a rate of change above a predetermined threshold; and determining the contribution using the determined rate of change and the delta image restricted to the plurality of pixels. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382401 | OVERLAY ALIGNMENT MARK, METHOD FOR MEASURING OVERLAY ERROR, AND METHOD FOR OVERLAY ALIGNMENT - An overlay alignment mark, a method for measuring overlay error, and a method for overlay alignment are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. the overlay alignment mark is formed on a wafer to be detected and comprises a first pattern and a second pattern, the first pattern being located in a first layer of the wafer and comprising two first solid sub-patterns which are provided opposite to each other in a first direction and extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, respectively, and the second pattern being located in a second layer above the first layer of the wafer and comprising two first hollowed sub-patterns which are provided opposite to each other in the first direction and two to second hollowed sub-patterns which are provided opposite to each other in the second direction; and two opposite side edges of each of the two first solid sub-patterns extending in the second direction are at least partially exposed from a respective one of the two first hollowed sub-patterns. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382402 | Overlay Alignment Mark and Method for Measuring Overlay Error - An overlay alignment mark located in a patterned wafer and a method for measuring overlay error are provided, the patterned wafer having a lower-layer pattern in a first layer thereof and an upper-layer pattern in a second layer thereof above the first layer, the overlay alignment mark comprising: a first pattern, which is a portion of the lower-layer pattern and comprises a pair of solid features formed in the first layer; and a second pattern, which is a portion of the upper-layer pattern and comprises two pairs of hollowed features formed in the second layer, with two imaginary lines connecting between geometric centers of respective pairs in the two pairs of hollowed features extending in two mutually orthogonal directions, respectively; an orthographic projection of the pair of solid features on the wafer at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of a respective pair of hollowed features on the wafer. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382403 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A POSITION OF A MARK - An apparatus for measuring a position of a mark on a substrate, the apparatus comprising: an illumination system configured to condition at least one radiation beam to form a plurality of illumination spots spatially distributed in series such that during scanning of the substrate the plurality of illumination spots are incident on the mark sequentially, and a projection system configured to project radiation diffracted by the mark from the substrate, the diffracted radiation being produced by diffraction of the plurality of illumination spots by the mark; wherein the projection system is further configured to modulate the diffracted radiation and project the modulated radiation onto a detecting system configured to produce signals corresponding to each of the plurality of illumination spots, the signals being combined to determine the position of the mark. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382404 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR AN ALIGNMENT SENSOR - A detection system for an alignment sensor, and an alignment sensor and lithographic projection apparatus comprising such a detection system is disclosed. The detection system comprises at least one detection circuit; and a plurality of optical fiber cores for transporting a measurement signal to the at least one detection circuit. At least as subset of the plurality of optical fiber cores are selectively switchable between a detection state and a non-detection state, thereby defining a configurable detection spot. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382405 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a lithography apparatus for performing a process of transferring a pattern of an original to each of shot regions two-dimensionally arrayed on a substrate, including a stage that moves while holding one of the substrate and the original, a measurement unit configured to measure, when performing the process, a positional shift amount between a mark provided on the original and a mark provided in each of the shot regions, and a control unit configured to control the process for the shot region so that after the process is performed successively for a plurality of first shot regions included in a first row, the process is performed successively for a plurality of second shot regions included in a second row adjacent to the first row. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382406 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TONER - A production method of a toner having a toner particle that contains a binder resin and an external additive that is externally added to the toner particle, wherein the production method has a toner particle dispersion step of obtaining a toner particle dispersion by dispersing the toner particle and an inorganic dispersant in an aqueous medium; and an external addition step of externally adding the external additive to the toner particle through addition of the external additive to the toner particle dispersion. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382407 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a first rotatable member; a second rotatable member that presses against the first rotatable member in a pressed state and separates from the first rotatable member in a separated state; and a hardware processor that sets a target speed of the second rotatable member based on a change in speed of the second rotatable member between a first speed in the separated state and a second speed in the pressed state. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382408 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Each of first and second glasses to be cleaned has a first edge and a second edge. A cleaning system has a cleaning member having a contact surface adapted to contact a surface of the glass, and first and second holders that hold the cleaning member. A drive system moves the holder so as to perform an outward cleaning moving from the first edge toward the second edge and a return cleaning returning from the second edge to the first edge. At a start position of the outward cleaning, the holder is stopped so that a portion of the contact surface of the cleaning member is positioned inside the first edge, and at a start position of the return cleaning, the holder is stopped so that a portion of the contact surface is positioned inside the second edge. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382409 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An optical scanning device includes a housing that houses an optical system for generating a light ray for optical scanning, and has a dustproof glass for emitting the light ray to an outside, and a cleaning system that is assembled to the housing and cleans the dustproof glass. The cleaning system includes a cleaning member, and a holder that holds the cleaning member, and with the holder moved in a specified movement direction relative to the dustproof glass, the cleaning member cleans the dustproof glass. The cleaning member includes a cleaner member that is adapted to contact a surface of the dustproof glass, and a pressing member that has a pressing surface for pressing the cleaner member toward the dustproof glass and is formed of an elastic body. In the movement direction, a width of the cleaner member is wider than a width of the pressing surface. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382410 | IMAGING AND PRINTING SYSTEM - According to one example, there is provided an imaging system that comprises a housing, a rotatable polygon comprising multiple mirrored facets located in the housing, a laser to generate a laser beam to shine onto the polygon mirror and to reflect onto a target, and wherein, in use, the density of gas within the housing is such that turbulence-related optical distortion within the housing is not greater than a predetermined limit. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382411 | OPTICAL DEFLECTOR, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an optical deflector, a polygon mirror and a drive motor are covered by a cover body including a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The first cover portion includes a top wall disposed above the polygon mirror, and a peripheral wall formed having a cylindrical shape extending downward from an outer peripheral end edge of the top wall and having a first opening opened by facing the deflection surface of the polygon mirror. The peripheral wall has an upper-end edge-defining portion and a lower-end edge-defining portion defining an opening end edge of the first opening, and the top wall has, on an inner surface side of a specific portion connected to the upper-end edge-defining portion, a first slope portion inclined downward toward the upper-end edge-defining portion. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382412 | POWDER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container includes a container body, a spiral projection, and a convex portion. The container body stores powder and is rotatable around an axis of the container body. The spiral projection is inside the container body. The convex portion includes a flat surface portion and protrudes inward from an inner wall surface of the container body. A virtual plane including the flat surface portion passes through the axis. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382413 | SEALS ON PRINT POWDERS RESERVOIRS - A print material cartridge may include a hopper to maintain an amount of print material therein; and an atmospheric pressure seal to seal the hopper from atmosphere; wherein a pressure within the hopper and sealed by the atmospheric pressure seal is lower than atmosphere. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DECORATING A METALLIC CONTAINER BY DIGITAL PRINTING TO A TRANSFER BLANKET - An apparatus and methods of decorating a metallic container are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to provide a decoration or indicia on a predetermined portion of an outer surface of a metallic container body. The decorator includes at least one digital print unit, a transfer blanket, and a support element. The digital print unit transfers a decorating material to the transfer blanket to form a decoration on the transfer blanket. The support element then moves a metallic container into contact with the transfer blanket. In this manner, the decorating material is transferred to an exterior surface portion of the metallic container to decorate the metallic container. In one embodiment, the digital print unit is an electrophotographic system which transfers a toner material to the transfer blanket. In another embodiment, the digital print unit includes an inkjet print head which transfers an ink to the transfer blanket. Optionally, the decorator may include two or more support elements. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382415 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer rotating body, a feeding means and a control means that controls a feeding speed of a recording material in a feeding portion at the feeding means. Wherein a first timing is a timing during when a rear end of the recording material with respect to a feeding direction passes through a transferring portion and a second timing is a timing when the rear end of the recording material is separated from the image bearing member after passing through the transferring portion, the control means can control the feeding means for one recording material so that a feeding speed of the recording material at the second timing in the feeding portion becomes faster than that of at the first timing in the feeding portion. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382416 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes image bearing members, an intermediary transfer member having ion conductivity, primary transfer members, a first voltage applying portion, a secondary transfer member, a second voltage applying portion, and a controller. On the basis of image information, the controller controls a transfer voltage applied to the secondary transfer member so as to be different between a first voltage when a first region in which a coverage indicating a ratio occupied by an image region per predetermined area is a first coverage passes through the secondary transfer portion and a second voltage when a second region in which the coverage is a second coverage larger than the first coverage passes through the secondary transfer portion. The controller controls a change amount of the first voltage with respect to the second voltage so as to be different between a first mode and a second mode. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382417 | RECORDING MATERIAL COOLING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A recording material cooing device includes a first unit provided with a first endless belt and a cooling member, a second unit provided with a second endless belt and a supporting member but not provided with a cooling member, a holding member and a fixing member. The holding member is fixed to a supporting frame and rotatably hold the supporting member in order to be rotated by a use. The fixing member is fixed the first supporting member to the holding member at any rotating position by the user. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382418 | COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet cooling device includes a main assembly, a cooling unit, drawable out of the main assembly with respect to a drawing direction and a restricting member. The restricting member is positionable in a first position where the cooling unit is restricted from drawing out of the main assembly and in a second position lower than the first position where said restricting member opposes to an installation surface on which the sheet cooling device is installed. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382419 | SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet discharge device includes a discharge unit including a drive roller, to be rotated by a drive source driving force, a driven roller to be driven by the drive roller, and a static elimination unit located downstream from the discharge unit in a sheet discharge direction. The discharge unit discharges a sheet out of a discharge nip portion between the drive roller and the driven roller. The static elimination unit eliminates electric charge from the sheet to be discharged. The static elimination unit includes a static elimination cloth having electroconductive fiber and facing the sheet to be discharged and includes a support member supporting the static elimination cloth. The static elimination cloth is located so that a static elimination plane of the static elimination cloth, constituting a virtual plane facing the sheet, is substantially parallel to a virtual tangent line extending from the discharge nip portion. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382420 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes: a first path for conveying a recording medium in order of a stacking portion on which the recording medium is stacked, a recording portion for recording an image on the recording medium, a heating portion for recording the image, and a discharge portion for discharging the recording medium; a second path branching off from the first path at a first branch part between the recording portion and the heating portion, and for discharging the recording medium to the discharge portion without passing through the heating portion; and a third path branching off from the first path at a second branch part between the recording portion and the first branch part, and for conveying the recording medium, the recording surface of which is inverted, toward between the stacking portion and the recording portion in the first path. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382421 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image and a detection image on a sheet, wherein the detection image is used for detecting a geometric characteristics of an image to be formed on a sheet by the image forming unit; a fixing unit configured to fix the image and the detection image formed by the image forming unit on the sheet; a reading unit configured to read the detection image on the sheet; a reference member; and a controller configured to: adjust geometric characteristics of an image to be formed on a sheet based on a reading result of the detection image by the reading unit; and control the reading unit to read the reference member to execute shading correction based on a reading result thereof. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382422 | CONTROL OF HEATING ELEMENTS FOR MEDIA CONDITIONERS - In some examples, a media conditioner includes a conveying component to convey a sheet of printable media, a heating element to heat the conveying component, a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the conveying component, a media sensor to detect the sheet of printable media, and a controller to provide a power level to the heating element. A temperature set-point is set to a pre-established value. Based on data from the temperature sensor, the controller is to maintain the temperature of the conveying component at the temperature set-point by varying the power level. The controller is to apply a boost to the power level based on a signal from the media sensor while the temperature set-point remains at the pre-established value. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382423 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a recording medium is stacked; a recording portion for recording an image on the recording medium; a heating portion for heating the recording medium recorded by the recording portion; a discharge portion for discharging the recording medium recorded by the recording portion; a first path for conveying the recording medium in order of the stacking portion, the recording portion, the heating portion, and the discharge portion; a second path branching off from the first path between the recording portion and the heating portion, and merging with the first path downstream of the heating portion; and a third path for connecting the second path and a part of the first path between the stacking portion and the recording portion, and inverting a recording surface of the recording medium. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382424 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROMOTING CIRCULATION OF LUBRICANT - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure applying member, and a heater holding member. The fixing belt fixes toner to a sheet. The pressure applying member forms a nip portion together with an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt and causes the fixing belt to peripherally rotate while applying pressure to the fixing belt at the nip portion. The heater holding member holds a heater that applies heat to the fixing belt. The heater holding member includes: a side portion that extends from the nip portion along an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt and guides the fixing belt; and a plurality of inclined ribs that are disposed on the side portion to face the inner peripheral surface and formed such that an interval between them is gradually narrowed as they proceed in a direction in which the fixing belt peripherally rotates. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382425 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RESTRICTING REDUCTION OF TEMPERATURE OF FIXING BELT - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure applying member, and a heater holding member. The fixing belt fixes a toner image to a sheet. The pressure applying member forms a nip portion together with an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The heater holding member holds a heater that applies heat to the fixing belt. The heater holding member includes a side portion and a rib. The side portion extends from the nip portion along an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt and guides the fixing belt. The rib stands on the side portion and extends from a fixing belt conveyance direction downstream end of the nip portion where the fixing belt and the heater holding member are in contact with each other, toward a downstream in a peripheral rotation direction of the fixing belt, and guides the fixing belt to peripherally rotate. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382426 | THERMAL FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A thermal fixing apparatus, including a rotatable first member; a heater heating the first member; a rotatable second member forming a nip portion with the first member; and a pressurizing member disposed inside the first member, and having a contact surface with an inner surface of the first member. The pressurizing member includes a surface layer constituting the contact surface, and the surface layer comprises a diamond-like carbon film containing a hydrogen atom (H), a carbon atom (C) and a silicon atom (Si). 100×(H)/((H)+(C)) is 5 or less. 100×(Si)/((Si)+(C)) is 1 to 20. Between the contact surface and an inner circumferential surface of the first member, an oil film containing a fluorinated oil and a silicone oil is present. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382427 | COLOR REGISTRATION IN REAL-TIME - An image forming apparatus and method for color registration are provided. The image forming apparatus according to an example includes a communication device to receive print data, a print engine including a plurality of photosensitive drums, and a processor to control the print engine to print the received print data on a plurality of printing papers, and to form a predetermined pattern for color registration in an inter-paper distance section between two of the plurality of printing papers on a paper feeding path. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382428 | DETERMINATION OF REMAINING LIFE OF PHOTOCONDUCTOR - An example image forming apparatus includes a charger, a developing device, a sensor, and a controller. The charger may apply a plurality of charging voltages to a photoconductor, the plurality of charging voltages having different magnitudes and respectively corresponding to a plurality of area sections constituting a test pattern and the developing device may supply a developer to the photoconductor. The sensor may sense an image formed by the supplied developer and corresponding to the test pattern. The controller may determine a remaining lifetime of the photoconductor based on the image corresponding to the test pattern. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382429 | SHEET ACCOMMODATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet accommodating apparatus includes a first cassette provided so as to be drawn out in a draw-out direction, a second cassette disposed adjacent to the first cassette in a vertical direction, one holder member, and a first light emitting member and a second light emitting member that are supported by the holder member. The first cassette includes a first accommodating container and a first cover. The second cassette includes a second accommodating container and a second cover. The first cover has a first hole provided in a position opposing the first light emitting member in the draw-out direction such that the light emitted from the first light emitting member passes therethrough. The second cover has a second hole provided in a position opposing the second light emitting member in the draw-out direction such that the light emitted from the second light emitting member passes therethrough. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382430 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided are an image bearing member; a charging member that charges the image bearing member; an exposure unit that exposes the image bearing member; a developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image as a developer image by supplying a developer, charged to regular polarity, to the image bearing member; a transfer member that transfers the developer image to a transfer-receiving body; and a collecting member that collects a deposit on the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion of the image bearing member at which the developer image is transferred to the transfer-receiving body by the transfer member, and upstream of a charging portion of the image bearing member charged by the charging member, in a rotation direction of the image bearing member. After transfer of the developer image to the transfer-receiving body, the developer remaining on the image bearing member is collected by the developing unit. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382431 | LUBRICATION MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A lubrication mechanism applies a lubricant to an image carrier of an image forming device. The lubrication mechanism includes a solidified lubricant rod, an application brush, a lubricant pressing part, and a controller. The application brush scrapes the lubricant from the lubricant rod and supplies the lubricant to the image carrier. The lubricant pressing part presses the lubricant rod against the application brush. The controller controls rotational drive of the application brush. The controller executes a detection mode of controlling a rotation speed of the application brush and detecting a value of a drive load of the application brush which corresponds to the rotation speed. The controller estimates a remaining amount of the lubricant rod based on the value of the drive load of the application brush and/or the rotation speed of the application brush at a time of detection. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382432 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cam transmits and blocks light emitted from a light emitting portion. The cam moves to: a first position at which first and second cartridges are attachable to and detachable from a housing; a second position at which a first development roller contacts a first photosensitive drum, the second position being a position at which the cam has moved in a first direction from the first position; and a third position at which the first development roller is separated from the first photosensitive drum and a second development roller is separated from a second photosensitive drum, the third position being a position at which the cam has moved in the first direction from the second position. During an initial operation, based on a detection result of the sensor, a controller determines which of the first position, the second position, and the third position the cam is located at. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382433 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING SUPPLY ROLLER, LAYER THICKNESS REGULATION BLADE, AND SUPPLY ELECTRODE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO BOTH SUPPLY ROLLER AND LAYER THICKNESS REGULATION BLADE - A developing cartridge includes: a casing configured to accommodate therein toner; a developing roller; a supply roller configured to supply the toner to the developing roller; a layer thickness regulation blade in contact with a circumferential surface of the developing roller; a developing electrode electrically connected to the developing roller; and a supply electrode electrically connected to the supply roller and the layer thickness regulation blade. The supply electrode includes: an electrode member electrically connected to a rotation shaft of the supply roller and movable in a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft; and a connection member in contact with and electrically connecting the electrode member and the layer thickness regulation blade. The electrode member is movable relative to the connection member in the direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft in a state where the electrode member is in contact with the connection member. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382434 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT - [Problem to be solved] To further develop conventional technique. [Solution] a cartridge includes a casing, a photosensitive drum and a coupling. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382435 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; a process cartridge including a photoconductive drum and a developing roller; a toner cartridge containing toner; and a drawer movable between an inner position and an outer position. The process cartridge includes a lock member movable between a lock position at which the lock member locks the process cartridge to the drawer, and a release position at which a lock between the process cartridge and the drawer is released. The lock member is located at the lock position in a state in which the process cartridge is mounted to the drawer, and the toner cartridge is mounted to the process cartridge. The lock member is located at the release position in a state in which the process cartridge is mounted to the drawer, and the toner cartridge is removed from the process cartridge. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382436 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH REMOVAL OF DUST RESULTING FROM A PARTING AGENT CONTAINED IN TONER - A control portion of an image forming apparatus causes an operation of a first fan start and then causes a second fan to start. The time when the operation of the second fan starts is from a predetermined time before the time when the leading end of one sheet reaches a fixing nip to the time when the rear end of the one sheet passes through the fixing nip. In this way, since the second fan operates after the first fan operates, fine particle dust is hardly discharged to the outside of the image forming apparatus, and it is possible to suppress dew condensation inside the image forming apparatus. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382437 | METHOD FOR GENERATING HOLOGRAM BASED ON SEPARATING AXIS AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for generating a hologram. The apparatus for generating a hologram according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a first pattern generator configured to generate a first hologram pattern that is constructed by modeling a first lens capable of collecting incident light onto a first axis: a second pattern generator configured to generate a second hologram pattern that is constructed by modeling a second lens capable of collecting the incident light onto a second axis; and a hologram pattern combination unit configured to construct a final hologram pattern by combining the first and second patterns. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382438 | Watch Component And Watch - Included is austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base composed of a ferrite phase, a surface layer composed of an austenitized phase, and a mixed layer formed between the base and the surface layer, the ferrite phase and the austenitized phase being mixed with each other, wherein the surface layer includes a mirror surface and a streak, and Sa_m/Sa is 0.01 to 0.2 and Sa/Sz is 0.03 to 0.1, where average roughness of the mirror surface is Sa_m, average roughness of the streak is Sa, and maximum roughness is Sz. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382439 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING DETACHABLE ORNAMENTAL MEMBER - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface at least partially surrounding the space between the first surface and the second surface, a base ring located adjacent to an edge area of the first surface and rotatably mounted on the housing, a first ornamental ring detachably mounted on the base ring and configured to rotate relative to the housing together with the base ring, and an interference member configured to perform a linearly reciprocating motion between a first position and a second position closer to the second surface than the first position, the interference member being located adjacent to the base ring and the first ornamental ring. At the second position, the interference member may be configured to maintain or fix the base ring in a stationary state relative to the housing by being at least in partial contact with the base ring. Various other embodiments are possible. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382440 | Time and Date Display Device - A time and date display device is provided. The device includes a housing having a power source therein. A plurality of discrete displays is disposed across a front face of the housing, wherein the plurality of discrete displays is operably connected to the power source. The plurality of discrete displays includes an analog time display, a digital time display, and a date display. In some embodiments, a plurality of feet is disposed on a rear face of the housing. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382441 | DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLABLE SMARTWATCH - Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining data source data from one or more data source; processing data of the data source data; controlling a smartwatch in dependence on the processing data, wherein the controlling the smartwatch adjusts a flow of air to a smartwatch supporting wrist of a user wearing the smartwatch. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382442 | DEVICE WITH A NOISE SHAPING FUNCTION IN GAIN CONTROL - A device with a noise shaping function in gain control includes a first adder, an N-bit quantizer, a mapping circuit, a second adder, a first D flip-flop, a scaler, and a second D flip-flop. The first adder generates a first value according to an input signal, a second value, and a third value. The N-bit quantizer outputs a codeword to a controller according to the first value. Adjusting orders corresponding to codewords outputted by the N-bit quantizer are between a smallest predetermined negative value and a largest positive predetermined value, the controller utilizes an adjusting order corresponding to the codeword to make a signal generator generate a signal with adjusted power, and N is an integer greater than 2. The first D flip-flop, the scaler, and the second D flip-flop are used for providing a high-pass filter effect to the device. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POWER BASED ON PREDICTED WEATHER EVENTS - A method and apparatus for controlling power production. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a predicted weather event; determining a predicted power production impact for a distributed generator (DG) array based on the predicted weather event; and controlling power production from one or more components of the DG array to compensate for the predicted power production impact. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382444 | METHOD FOR TEACHING THE CONTROL FUNCTION OF HYDROSTATIC MOTORS WHEN IN DRIVE MODE - A method teaches a control function, preferably a characteristic curve, of a hydrostatic motor of a traction drive of a work machine when in drive mode. The traction drive is provided with the hydrostatic motor and a hydrostatic pump, which is hydraulically connected to the hydrostatic motor. The method includes setting a pivot angle of the hydrostatic motor while taking into account a desired velocity of the work machine when in the drive mode, and checking whether predefined conditions are met. If the predefined conditions are met and a current velocity differs from the desired velocity, the method includes correcting the control function of the hydrostatic motor by taking into account a difference between the desired velocity and the current velocity. At least one value of the corrected control function of the hydrostatic motor is taught during the correcting. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382445 | CONTROL SEQUENCE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A model receives a target demand curve as an input and outputs an optimized control sequence that allows equipment within a physical space to be run optimally. A thermodynamic model is created that represents equipment within the physical space, with the equipment being laid out as nodes within the model according to the equipment flow in the physical space. The equipment activation functions comprise equations that mimic equipment operation. Values flow between the nodes similarly to how states flow between the actual equipment. The model is run such that a control sequence is used as input into the neural network; the neural network outputs a demand curve which is then checked against the target demand curve. Machine learning methods are then used to determine a new control sequence. The model is run until a goal state is reached. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382446 | ON-DEMAND PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE ACCESSORIES - An on-demand production system for accessories for use with electronic devices is configured to generate digital templates defining the design of the accessories and provide the digital templates to retail or other locations. The retail or other locations may receive access to the digital templates automatically and/or electronically within a week, a day, or even minutes, of the digital template being created. When a customer requests an accessory, the digital template may be accessed. Using an electronic production machine and a supply of stock material, the accessory can be cut, formed, printed, or otherwise produced based on instructions or designs of the digital template. The electronic production machine may automatically read the digital template to automate the production at a retail location. The electronic production machine may produce the accessory on-demand, and production of the accessory may be completed within two hours, or potentially within ten minutes, of a request. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382447 | Condition-Based Method for Malfunction Prediction - To perform a prognostic health analysis for an asset ( | 2021-12-09 |
20210382448 | METHODS OF SYNCHRONIZING CONTROLLERS IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method of commissioning a plurality of controllers includes identifying a plurality of controllers that are operably coupled to a network in a building management system. Each of the plurality of controllers are configured to control one or more of a plurality of building management system components within a building management system. A first controller is selected as a source controller. Two or more of the remaining controllers are selected as target controllers. A synch operation is initiated that synchs the control logic of the source controller with each of the two or more target controllers over the network, resulting in each of the two or more target controllers having the control logic of the source controller. The source controller and the two or more target controllers are subsequently used to control one or more respective building management system components of the building management system. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382449 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH CONTROL LOGIC DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN A VIRTUAL CONTROLLER AND A SMART EDGE CONTROLLER - A distributed building management system for controlling a building control device of a building includes a virtual controller that is hosted on a computing device and an edge controller that is associated with the building control device. The virtual controller includes a virtual container or a virtual machine that has control logic that generates control commands for controlling the building control device. The edge controller includes control logic that is configured to at least selectively provide closed loop control of one or more functions of the building control device. The edge controller is in operative communication with the virtual controller and is configured to receive and execute the control commands generated by the virtual controller. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED PROGRAMING OF A CONTROLLER OF AN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM - Disclosed are a computerized system and a method of programing a controller of an industrial system. The method may include: receiving, from the controller, data defining two or more controllable elements included in the industrial system; generating logical connections between the two or more controllable elements based on the received data and the graphical presentation; receiving, from a user interface included in the computerized system, one or more graphical markers presenting an operation sequence of the two or more controllable elements; and converting the graphical markers to an executable code configured to control a controller of the industrial system to control the two or more controllable elements according to the operation sequence. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382451 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL CONTROLLERS IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A control system for controlling operation of a plurality of building control devices includes a pool of virtual controllers that are hosted on one or more computing device and are configured to provide control commands for controlling one or more associate building control devices of the plurality of building control devices. Each of a plurality of edge controllers are associated with at least one building control device and are configured to receive and execute control commands from one or more of the virtual controllers to control the associated one or more building control devices. An orchestrator is configured to monitor one or more operational characteristics of each of the virtual controllers and to modify one or more aspects of the pool of virtual controllers when one or more of the operational characteristics of one or more of the virtual controllers meets predetermined characteristics. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382452 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING VIRTUAL CONTROLLERS IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A distributed building management system includes a virtual controller and an edge controller for controlling a building control device using a distributed control logic that is distributed between the virtual controller and the edge controller. A programming tool displays a graphical representation of the distributed control logic and identifies which portions of the distributed control logic are considered critical and which portions of the distributed control logic are considered not critical to a fail-safe operation of the building control device should the edge controller stop receiving control commands from the virtual controller. The portions of the distributed control logic that are identified as being critical are assigned to the edge controller for execution and the portions of the distributed control logic that are not identified as being critical are assigned to the virtual controller for execution. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382453 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING A CONTROL SOFTWARE OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A method for modifying control software of an automation system having a controller and a plurality of subscribers, where the subscribers are connected to the controller via a data bus and communicate via a data exchange, at least one subscriber is a software subscriber for modifying control software of the controller, and the software subscriber comprises a memory unit on which at least one modification instruction for modifying the control software is stored. The controller sends an individual query message to the software subscriber for querying the modification instruction, the software subscriber sends a response to the controller providing the modification instruction, and the controller verifies whether the modification instruction is compatible with the control software, modifying the control software according if the modification instruction is compatible with the control software, and discarding the modification instruction if not compatible with the control software. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382454 | PROGRAM FILE WRITING AND RUNNING PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Provided are a program file writing and running processing method, device and system. In an embodiment, the system includes a program file writing processing device, a cloud end processing device and a program file running processing device. The program file writing processing device converts a program file written in a specific format specified by a provider into a program node description model that can be described by a universal description language and is used to represent a reference relationship between nodes in the program file, and then stores same in the cloud end processing device for a program runner to download and run; moreover, during downloading and running by the program runner, the program file running processing device converts same into a program file executable by the program runner based on the reference relationship between nodes in the program node description model for execution by the program runner. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382455 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, AND NUMERICAL CONTROL METHOD - A numerical control device includes a control computation unit controlling a spindle as a rotation axis of a workpiece, a first shaft driving a tool performing vibration cutting machining on the workpiece, and a second shaft driving a tool performing vibration cutting machining on the workpiece. The computation unit includes: a storage unit storing a machining program; a determination unit determining whether the number of vibrations of the first shaft and the second shaft follows a rotation speed of the spindle specified by the machining program; and a number-of-vibrations calculation unit that, in response to the determination that the number of vibrations of at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft does not follow the rotation speed of the spindle, calculates the number of vibrations following the rotation speed of the spindle for the drive shaft assessed as not following it. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382456 | PLANT MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A plant monitoring and control system for a batch control of a plant includes a database that stores a status at a time of executing a past batch control for the plant as an operation log regarding an operating device and as an alarm log at a time of an alarm occurrence, a first log analysis processing unit that extracts first information regarding a pre-alarm device operation occurs from the database, and a second log analysis processing unit that extracts a fact that the pre-alarm device operation is executed for one device multiple times as second information regarding the pre-alarm device operation. The second information is prompted to be verified. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING A SURGEON AND PRODUCING PATIENT-SPECIFIC MEDICAL DEVICES - Systems and methods for assisting a surgeon with implant during a surgery are disclosed. A method includes defining areas of interest in diagnostic data of a patient and defining an implant type. Post defining the areas of interest, salient points are determined for the areas of interest. Successively, an XZ angle, an XY angle, and a position entry point for an implant are determined based on the salient points of the areas of interest. In spinal procedures, a maximum screw diameter and a length of the spinal screw are successively determined based on the salient points. Based on determined length and diameter, a spinal screw and a matching screw guide is determined. Thereafter, the spinal screw and the screw guide is printed using a Three-Dimensional (3D) printer. Such printed spinal screw and screw guide could be used by the surgeon during the spinal surgery. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382458 | METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method includes calculating a processing tool offset for a processing tool, wherein the processing tool offset is a first portion of a process offset time attributable to a processing tool. The method further includes calculating a product offset, wherein the product tool offset is a second portion of the process offset time attributable to a product. The method further includes determining whether the product offset is stable based on a pre-determined tolerance and a number of processed wafers. The method further includes calculating an offset time for processing the product using the processing tool based on the calculated processing tool offset, without considering the product offset in response to a determination that the product offset is stable. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382459 | METHOD FOR THE ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION IN A PROCESS PLANT, PROCESS PLANT, FIELD DEVICE AND CONTROL ELECTRONICS - In a method for the encryption communication in a process plant, one or more keys for coding of electronic signals regarding the process plant, such as actuation signals, measurement signals, state signals, warning signals or such, are provided. The one or more keys are transmitted as acoustic signal via a ductwork guiding plant fluid, particularly a process fluid or an auxiliary fluid, from the first communication partner to the second communication partner. The process plant can be a chemical plant, a power plant, or a food-processing plant. The communication can be between a first and a second communication partner, which can include at least one field device, such as an actuator for adjusting a process fluid and/or a control electronics for supervising, controlling and/or regulating processes of the process plant. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382460 | Production Information Generation System, Production Information Generation Device, and Production Information Generation Method - A production information generation system includes a production information generation device and a work instruction information output device. The production information generation device includes a storage unit for storing actual information containing an actual value of worktime in a process and a throughput of a product, and work promotion master information, a worktime function calculation unit for calculating a worktime function for each process and each worker, the worktime function indicating a correlation of actual information, a worktime for each capability calculation unit for calculating worktime for each capability for obtaining a predetermined throughput by using the worktime function; a work instruction information generation unit for generating, for each worker, work instruction information containing the worktime for each capability and the work promotion information; and a transmitter for transmitting the work instruction information to the work instruction information output device, and the work instruction information output device including an output unit for displaying the worktime for each capability. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382461 | INTEGRATION OF A PLURALITY OF INSTALLATION MODULES EACH HAVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS-TECHNICAL UNIT TO FORM A MODULARLY CONSTRUCTED OVERALL INSTALLATION - A system and method includes integrating a plurality of installation modules each having at least one process-technical unit which, besides hardware, also houses control technology, to form a modularly constructed overall installation. The installation modules are arranged three-dimensionally and, according to the description of the overall installation, are connected mechanically and electrically to one another. Between the installation modules, at least one coupling for data exchange is formed via one or more communication protocols. A configuration of the overall installation is assembled and stored on a central server unit having a data link to the installation modules. Each installation module is allocated at least one access path to the configuration. After the installation modules have been started, each installation module forms a connection to the configuration via the access path, reads configuration data respectively intended for the installation module to be read via the access path and, in accordance with the configuration data read, forms the communication links to at least one further installation module, wherein links are formed between individual data objects and also service interfaces are requested, and the installation modules provide the relevant function thereof to the outside via data points and services. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382462 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING STATUS INFORMATION RELATING TO A WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL - A technique for providing status information relating to a wireless data transmission that is used to control an industrial process by a remote controller is presented, wherein the remote controller is coupled to a field device of the industrial process via a wireless communication network supporting the wireless data transmission. An apparatus implementation of the technique comprises a first interface configured to be coupled to one of a user equipment, a radio access network and a core network of the wireless communication network, and a second interface compliant with an industrial process communication protocol used for communication between the remote controller and the at least one first field device. The apparatus is configured to receive the status information via the first interface and provide the status information, or information derived therefrom, via the second interface towards the remote controller. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382463 | MATERIAL ASSIGNMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER DEVICE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure discloses a material assignment method and system and a computer equipment readable storage medium. The material assignment method includes: acquiring a product structure and a target process list associated with the product structure, the product structure including identifications of materials required for manufacturing a product, and the target process list including operating steps of processes required in manufacturing the product; generating a material assignment process list of the product by automatically obtaining materials required to be assigned to respective operating steps in the processes of manufacturing the product based on a preset rule and according to the product structure and the target process list associated with the product structure; and generating a standard operating procedure of the product according to the material assignment process list of the product. | 2021-12-09 |
20210382464 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING OCCURRENCE OF TOOL PROCESSING EVENT AND VIRTUAL METROLOGY APPLICATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for predicting an occurrence of a tool processing event, thereby determining whether to activate a virtual metrology. In a model-building stage, plural sets of model-building data are used to create at least one classification model in accordance with at least one classification algorithm, in which each classification model includes plural decision trees. Then, probabilities of the decision trees are used to create at least one reliance index model, and the sets of model-building data are used to create at least one similarity index model in accordance with a statistical distance algorithm. In a conjecture stage, a set of processing data of a workpiece is inputted into each classification model, each reliance index model and each similarity index model to determine whether to activate (start) virtual metrology. | 2021-12-09 |