51st week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210397115 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include a fixation device and a controller. The fixation device includes: a fixation member includes a first region and a second region located closer to a center in a longitudinal direction of the fixation member than the first region; a pressurizing member that forms a nip portion between the fixation member and the pressurizing member; first and second heat generating portions that heat the first and second regions, respectively; a first sensor that detects a first temperature of one of the pressurizing member and the fixation member at a position corresponding to the first region; and a second sensor that detects a second temperature of the one at a position corresponding to the second region. The controller controls a drive speed of the pressurizing member or the fixation member based on the first and second temperatures. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397116 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device for fixing an image comprising a liquid developer on a recording material includes a feeding belt for feeding the recording material; a plurality of air vents, provided in a region of the feeding belt on which the recording material is fed, for sucking the recording material onto the feeding belt; a fan for sucking the recording material toward the feeding belt; and a heating source for heating the image on the recording material fed by the feeding belt, by radiant heat, and satisfies the following: | 2021-12-23 |
20210397117 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a control unit. The fixing device includes a heating resistor formed of a positive temperature coefficient material. The control unit energizes the heating resistor with a first energization amount if a temperature of the heating resistor is lower than a predetermined temperature, and energizes the heating resistor with a second energization amount that is higher than the first energization amount if the temperature of the heating resistor is higher than the predetermined temperature. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397118 | HEATER AND FIXING APPARATUS - A heater includes an insulator substrate, a heat generating section in which a plurality of divided regions are formed in a longitudinal direction on a first surface of the insulator substrate, electrodes formed at both end portions of the heat generating section to correspond to the plurality of divided regions, and electric conductors connected to at least one of the electrodes and formed over a surface different from the first surface of the insulator substrate. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397119 | Recording Medium Detecting Device, Image Forming Device, Image Forming System, Recording Medium Detecting Method, And Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Computer Readable Program - The present invention provides a recording medium detecting device, an image forming device, an image forming system, a recording medium detecting method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program capable of detecting a grain direction of a recording medium. A recording medium detecting device has: a sensor capable of detecting a recording medium from a first detection direction and a second detection direction different from the first detection direction; and a control unit. The control unit determines a grain direction of a recording medium from first surface property data obtained when the recording medium is detected from the first detection direction and second surface property data obtained when the recording medium is detected from the second detection direction. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397120 | ROTATING BODY, MEMBER TO BE INSERTED WITH SHAFT, RETAINING MEMBER, AND APPARATUS - A rotating body to be inserted with a shaft includes a holding portion on an end portion of the rotating body to hold the rotating body on the shaft. The holding portion includes a hook to be elastically deformable and detachably hook on a recess of an end portion of the shaft. The holding portion is rotatingly movable, with elastic deformation of the hook, over a convex portion of the shaft that is outside the recess in an axial direction of the shaft. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397121 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a drum unit, and a developing unit. The developing unit includes a developing unit projection projecting out from opposite sides of the developing unit along an extension line of a rotation shaft of a developing roller. The apparatus main body includes a first developing projection guide portion configured to guide the developing unit projection from a first start position to a relay position in the apparatus main body, the relay position located closer to the photoconductor drum than the first start position. The drum unit includes a second developing projection guide portion configured to, succeeding from the first developing projection guide portion, guide the developing unit projection from the relay position to a first end position, the first end position located closer to the photoconductor drum than the relay position. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397122 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CATRIDGE - [Problem to be solved] To further develop a prior art cartridge. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397123 | DRUM CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MOVABLE ELECTRICAL CONTACT SURFACE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A drum cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a first drum frame to which a developing cartridge is attachable; and a second drum frame having an outer surface; and a memory having an electrical contact surface. The first drum frame is at one end portion of the drum cartridge in a second direction and the second drum frame is at another end portion of the drum cartridge in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is positioned at the outer surface of the second drum frame and is movable in a predetermined direction relative to the second drum frame. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397124 | DRUM CARTRIDGE INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT SURFACE MOVABLE RELATIVE TO DRUM FRAME - A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge is attachable; a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a memory having an electrical contact surface; and a resilient member positioned between the electrical contact surface and the drum frame. The resilient member is configured to expand and compress in a second direction crossing the electrical contact surface between a first state and a second state, the resilient member having a shorter length in the second state than in the first state. A distance between the drum frame and the electrical contact surface in the second direction when the resilient member is in the second state is smaller than a distance between the drum frame and the electrical contact surface in the second direction when the resilient member is in the first state. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397125 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DRUM CARTRIDGE HAVING MEMORY STORING FIRST TYPE INFORMATION, AND TONER CARTRIDGE HAVING MEMORY STORING SECOND TYPE INFORMATION - An image-forming apparatus includes: a toner cartridge configured to accommodate toner; a drum cartridge for use with the toner cartridge; and a controller. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, and a drum memory storing a first type information indicating a type of the drum cartridge. The controller is configured to communicate with the drum memory. The controller is configured to perform: reading the first type information from the drum memory; and changing an operation of the image-forming apparatus based on the type indicated by the first type information. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397126 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION - A holographic communication system and method can include: determining a user parameter for one or more users, generating a set of views based on the user parameter, and displaying the set of generated views. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397127 | MULTIPLE LAMINAR FLOW-BASED PARTICLE AND CELLULAR SEPARATION WITH LASER STEERING - The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for separating blood and other types of cellular components, and can be combined with holographic optical trapping manipulation or other forms of optical tweezing. One of the exemplary methods includes providing a first flow having a plurality of blood components; providing a second flow; contacting the first flow with the second flow to provide a first separation region; and differentially sedimenting a first blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components into the second flow while concurrently maintaining a second blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components in the first flow. The second flow having the first blood cellular component is then differentially removed from the first flow having the second blood cellular component. Holographic optical traps may also be utilized in conjunction with the various flows to move selected components from one flow to another, as part of or in addition to a separation stage. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397128 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE - An image output device of the disclosure facilitates enlargement of a stereoscopic image and includes a spatial light modulator, an image irradiation unit, and an address light irradiation unit. The spatial light modulator includes a main surface, a back surface, and pixels, reflects light emitted to the main surface, and modulates a phase of the light for each pixel. The image irradiation unit irradiates the main surface with light including an optical image. The address light irradiation unit irradiates the back surface with address light including a diffraction grating pattern. Each pixel of the spatial light modulator changes a phase modulation amount according to the intensity of the address light from a back surface. The address light irradiation unit dynamically change a diffraction grating pattern's direction on the back surface. The image irradiation unit irradiates the main surface with the optical image corresponding to the diffraction grating pattern's direction. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397129 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IN-SITU HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY - A holographic imaging system comprises an imaging light source defining an imaging light path, an active light source defining an active light path directed at a target, a polarizer configured to modify the polarization of the active light path, a polarization beam splitter positioned in the active light path and the imaging light path, configured to separate the active light path and the imaging light path, and a photodetector positioned at a terminus of the active light path, configured to measure a reflection of the active light source. A method of holographic imaging is also described. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397130 | HOLOGRAM DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A hologram display device includes a light generator generating light, a spatial light modulator forming an interference pattern to interfere with the light, and a controller providing interference data to the spatial light modulator to form the interference pattern. The spatial light modulator includes a first area in which pixels are arranged in a first pattern, and a second area in which pixels are arranged in a second pattern. The controller includes a data generator generating first interference data for the first area and second interference data for the second area, a compensator generating first correction data based on the first interference data and second correction data by correcting the second interference data, and an output unit generating the interference data based on the first correction data and the second correction data. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397131 | PORTABLE DEVICE COMPRISING DECORATIVE ELEMENTS DRIVEN BY INVISIBLE DRIVING MEANS, IN A LIQUID - A decorative, wearable system includes at least one decorative element mechanically and moveably suspended in a liquid by mechanical fixation elements and actuated by invisible mechanism(s). The liquid shares a substantially similar refraction index as at least one of mechanical fixation elements and/or actuation mechanisms. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397132 | DISPLAY MECHANISM WITH A SINGLE APERTURE - Disclosed is a display mechanism for a timepiece, including a frame, an aperture which is fixed relative to the frame and a first and a second display disc each bearing indications, characterized in that it makes it possible to display the indications of the first and second discs alternately through the aperture. The invention also relates to a timepiece movement including such a mechanism, and to a timepiece such as a wrist watch, a pocket watch, a clock or a miniature clock including such a timepiece movement. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397133 | NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT WITH TILT COMPENSATION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A navigation instrument including an orientation angle calculation unit, in particular the first and second orientation angles, wherein the orientation angle calculation unit is configured to be able to determine the first and second orientation angles in a given order and also in reverse order; and wherein the calculation unit is arranged to be able to choose between said given order and said reverse order, to calculate the first and second orientation angles, based on a comparison between an indicator of a risk of error, quantifying a risk of instability of said unit during the determination of the first and second orientation angles, and a predetermined threshold. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397134 | UPDATING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for updating ( | 2021-12-23 |
20210397135 | WATCH WITH ANNUAL CALENDAR SETTING AND METHOD THEREFOR - A watch with annual calendar setting, the watch including at least one setting member configured to displace an hour hand and/or a minute hand, at least one detecting member configured to detect the date change, and at least one central processing unit configured to deduce the set date, to actuate the motor and to implement the annual calendar setting method. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397136 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A HOROLOGICAL COMPONENT - A device for measuring a horological component comprising a measurement cell, at least two optical systems and a driver unit. The measurement cell comprises a measurement channel filled with a liquid and flat and parallel faces. Each optical system comprises a light emitter suitable for emitting a light in a predefined wavelength so as to illuminate a horological component that is present and being displaced in the measurement channel in the measurement zone and an optical sensor associated with said light emitter to receive at least a part of the light emitted by said light emitter. The optical systems operate in different respective wavelengths. The driver unit drives the optical systems and processes the digital data obtained from the optical systems. It is configured to implement calculations of at least one measurement of a horological component. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397137 | AUTOMATIC TIME AND/OR DATE CORRECTION - A method for automatically correcting the time and/or the date for a self-correcting watch including at least one receiving member, at least one detecting member, and at least one processing unit for implementing the correction method. The correction method includes at least one step of receiving at least one datum, at least one step of detecting the wrong time and/or the wrong date and at least one step of correcting the time. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING WATCH FACE, AND SMARTWATCH - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for presenting a watch face. The method includes: obtaining first context information and second context information, where the first context information is used to determine a watch face style of the smartwatch, and the second context information is used to indicate dressing information of a user; determining the watch face style of the smartwatch according to the first context information; and presenting a watch face pattern of the smartwatch according to the watch face style and the second context information. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397139 | METHODS FOR SHARING A WATCH FACE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In some examples, an electronic device receives a watch face package. In some examples, the watch face package includes one or more definitions of visual characteristics of one or more portions of a respective watch face. In some examples, a respective definition corresponding to a respective portion of the watch face includes first display data associated with the respective portion of the watch face and second display data associated with the respective portion of the watch face. In some examples, after receiving the watch face package, in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, the electronic device generates the second appearance of the visual characteristic of the respective portion of the respective watch face using the second display data associated with the respective portion of the watch face. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397140 | Wearable Electronic Device with a Compressible Air-Permeable Seal - Embodiments are directed to a smartwatch including a housing that at least partially defines an internal volume, and a touch-sensitive display positioned at least partially within the internal volume. A front cover can be positioned over the touch-sensitive display and can define a front exterior surface. A seal can be positioned between the housing and the front cover and configured to transition between an uncompressed state and a compressed state in response to an increase from a first external pressure on the front cover to a second external pressure. In the uncompressed state, the seal has a first density and is air-permeable allowing an internal pressure of the internal volume to equalize with external air at the first pressure. In the compressed state, the seal has a second density, greater than the first density, and is configured to inhibit ingress of water at the second pressure. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397141 | CHARGING KIT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A display permutation method ( | 2021-12-23 |
20210397142 | TOOLPATH GENERATION BY REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design and manufacture of physical structures using toolpaths generated by reinforcement learning for use with subtractive manufacturing systems and techniques, include: obtaining, in a computer aided design or manufacturing program, a three dimensional model of a manufacturable object; generating toolpaths that are usable by a computer-controlled manufacturing system to manufacture at least a portion of the manufacturable object by providing at least a portion of the three dimensional model to a machine learning algorithm that employs reinforcement learning, wherein the machine learning algorithm includes one or more scoring functions that include rewards that correlate with desired toolpath characteristics comprising toolpath smoothness, toolpath length, and avoiding collision with the three dimensional model; and providing the toolpaths to the computer-controlled manufacturing system to manufacture at least the portion of the manufacturable object. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397143 | AUTONOMOUS SELF-LEARNING SYSTEM - A method is provided for controlling a technical system using a first agent, where the first agent implements a first artificial neural network. A first input vector of the first neural network and a current state (h | 2021-12-23 |
20210397144 | A method for analyzing energy used for producing a unit of mass or volume of compressed gas (specific energy consumption) - The present invention relates to a method for analyzing energy used for producing a unit of mass or volume of compressed gas (Specific Energy Consumption) in relation to a common output flow in a compressor system, said method comprising the following pot steps:—for time interval, T | 2021-12-23 |
20210397145 | CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND CONTROL OF MULTIPLE UTILITY CONSUMPTION IN A BUILDING - A method for monitoring and controlling multiple utility consumption in a building includes: obtaining, by a first server, real-time utility usage data from a plurality of utility devices associated with the building; parsing the utility usage data obtained by the first server to generate individual data streams including utility consumption information; and storing the individual data streams in a database. The method further includes: obtaining, by a second server, at least a subset of the individual data streams from the database based on a client request for the utility consumption information; parsing and aggregating, by the second server, at least the subset of the obtained individual data streams and returning the parsed and aggregated data streams to a requesting client; and displaying the parsed and aggregated data streams, presenting to the client information regarding the multiple utility consumption associated with the building in a prescribed format controlled by the client. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER AIDED SIMULATION OF A MODULAR TECHNICAL SYSTEM - A method and a device for the computer-assisted simulation of a modular technical system, wherein for each real module of the modular technical system, a corresponding virtual module is generated, is provided. The virtual module includes a controller for controlling a module-specific process and at least one module-specific simulation model, to which model type information is assigned, for simulating the model-specific process. The virtual module is designed to simulate the module-specific process that is controlled by the controller by means of the module-specific simulation model and/or the controller of the real module, and is provided for a computer-assisted simulation of the modular technical system as a data container. In particular, the following allows a virtual start-up of modular process systems. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397147 | CONTROLLING HEAT OUTTAKE FROM A HEAT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a heat distribution system. The method comprises: determining a time period of forecasted elevated overall outtake of heat from a district thermal energy distribution grid ( | 2021-12-23 |
20210397148 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An analysis device according to one aspect of the present invention supplies a definition for a dependency relation between an input parameter and an output parameter of a standard function, which cannot be derived in a dependency analysis of a control program, the definition being supplied by use of function structure information which is external information. In other words, an analysis device according to this configuration identifies a dependency relation between an input parameter and an output parameter of the standard function on the basis of function structure information that defines a dependency relation between the input parameter and the output parameter of the standard function. Therefore, the dependency relation between the input and the output of a standard function becomes clear, so the dependency relations between a plurality of device variables that mediate the standard function can be identified. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397149 | INTUITIVE TERMINAL ASSIGNMENT AND WIRING DIAGRAM FOR A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A building management system, such as a small or medium business, having one or more control devices. Assigning codes to devices, and reading and listing them may aid in configuring the devices. Templates may be used for dynamic configuration of devices and equipment. Representing terminal assignments and wiring diagrams of control devices may be intuitive in that they resemble real hardware for ease of complete installation. The present system and approach may provide an intuitive way of securely registering devices with cloud usage, for example, involving a mobile phone with no manual entry of data so that a user can complete this process with ease. An intuitive, automatic and asynchronous device configuration downloading may be seen, such as to multiple control devices in a single shot. There may be seamless configuration data synchronization, for example, in view of replacement devices, or so the latest data is readily available. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IOT DEVICE CONTROL USING AUGMENTED REALITY - A method and system for remotely controlling an external device includes storing, in a computing device, a plurality of device profiles, each device profile including connection data, one or more control commands, and at least one associated image; receiving, by an imaging device interfaced with the computing device, a live rendering of a physical environment; detecting, by the computing device, a registered image in the live rendering of the physical environment; identifying, in the computing device, a specific device profile where the at least one associated image includes the detected registered image; establishing, by the computing device, a communication channel with an external device using the connection data included in the identified specific device profile; and electronically transmitting, by the computing device, at least one of the one or more control commands included in the identified specific device profile to the external device using the established communication channel. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397151 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ITERATIVELY AND INTERACTIVELY PLANNING AN I/0 STATION FOR AN AUTOMATION CONTROLLER - The present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2021-12-23 |
20210397152 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROOT CAUSES OF EVENTS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND FOR MONITORING A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A user interface for designing, configuring and/or editing a control flow representing a control strategy associated with a semiconductor manufacturing process, the user interface including: a library of control elements having at least a control element representing a task of simulation and each control element being selectable by a user; a control flow editor configured to organize the control elements into a control flow representing the control strategy; and a communication interface for communicating the control flow to a calculation engine configured to evaluate the control flow. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397153 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for operating a machine control system and a corresponding machine control system uses a portable hand-held terminal for functionally influencing at least one machine controller. The terminal includes at least one emergency stop actuation element for terminating potentially dangerous machine operations. The controller and/or the terminal is adapted for indicating a representation of the control system on the terminal display. The controller and/or the hand-held terminal is adapted for indicating the operational range(s) of the at least one emergency stop actuation element by the terminal display. The controller and/or the hand-held terminal are further adapted for simultaneously representing the operational range(s) of the at least one emergency stop actuation element by selective, fail-safe controlling of at least one lighting device at the hand-held terminal and/or at least one discrete lighting device in or at the at least one emergency stop actuation element at the hand-held terminal. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397154 | MAINTAINING TORQUE WRENCHES USING A PREDICTIVE MODEL - A method includes generating a model for predicting a remaining service life of a gripping member of a torque wrench based in part on a number of connections of one or more types of tubulars that are made or broken using the torque wrench before slippage of the torque wrench occurs, counting a first number of connections of a first type of tubular that are made using the torque wrench, predicting, using the model, the remaining service life of the gripping member of the torque wrench based in part on the first number of connections of the first type of tubular that were made using the torque wrench, and performing maintenance on the torque wrench based on the remaining service life of the gripping member of the torque wrench that is predicted, before slippage of the torque wrench occurs. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397155 | POWER TOOL WITH CRIMP IMAGE - Portable, hand-held, battery operated, hydraulic tools are provided with a tool frame, a force sensor, and a location detector. A piston actuated by a hydraulic system within the tool frame applies force to the working head to perform a task, such as to apply a crimp to an electrical connector. The tool determines the maximum force applied to the crimp and records that maximum force along with the geographic location of the tool when the crimp was formed. The maximum force provides an indication of the quality of the crimp and the recorded location allows a potentially defective crimp to be located. Images of crimps can be uploaded to a web service and linked to cycle information for retrieval and review at a later date. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397156 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive input of information for identifying a target object for manufacturing, identify a component of the target object, and create management information to manage classification of the component of the target object as a first kind of component or a second kind of component, the first kind of component being a component produced by a three-dimensional printer, the second kind of component being a component procured without using the three-dimensional printer. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397157 | ROBUST USER INTERFACE RELATED ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION - Systems and methods relating to enhancing capabilities of robotic process automation systems. A system and method includes recognizing and analyzing the components of a user interface on which at least one task is to be executed. The task can be executed regardless of changes to the user interface as the components of the task are based on the presence and function of areas of the user interface and not on the location of the components necessary to execute the task. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397158 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH DISCRIMINATIVE CLASSIFIER FOR DETERMINING SIMILARITY OF A MONITORED GAS DELIVERY PROCESS - A gas delivery apparatus is provided, comprising a system controller configured to collect valve position information and sensor information from at least a plurality of the sensors and valves, store the valve position information and sensor information into the monitored gas delivery process data, and execute the discriminative classifier including a first artificial intelligence (AI) model configured to extract features in a first input image of the monitored gas delivery process; a second AI model configured to extract features in a second input image of a golden gas delivery process; and a contrastive loss function configured to calculate a similarity between the first input image and the second input image based on outputs of the first AI model and the second AI model, and output a repeatability confidence value based on a similarity index between the first input image and the second input image. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397159 | PROCESSING SUPPORT SYSTEM - To provide processing information to a CAM that generates an NC program of a processing machine for processing an object to be processed with a tool, a processing support system comprises, in a cloud storage device installed on a processing tool manufacturer side, a user knowledge database of a storage unit that stores processing information so as to be unshareble with other users and a sharing knowledge database of the storage unit that stores processing information so as to be sharable with other user, wherein a user side transmits and receives, by a transmitting/receiving unit, extended STEP-NC data of processing information via a network. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397160 | APPLICATION WITH FLEXIBLE CONTROL LOOPS FOR PROGRAMMING A BUILDING CONTROLLER - A first building equipment to be controlled by a building controller is selected via a user interface from a plurality of predefined building equipment options and a first control loop for controlling the first building equipment is defined via the user interface by selecting from a plurality of predefined first control loop parameter options and one or more terminals of the building controller are assigned to the first control loop. A second building equipment to be controlled by the building controller is selected via the user interface from the plurality of predefined building equipment options and a second control loop for controlling the second building equipment is defined via the user interface by selecting from a plurality of predefined second control loop parameter options. One or more terminals of the building controller are assigned to the second control loop. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397161 | STATE EVALUATION SYSTEM, STATE EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND STATE EVALUATION METHOD - A state evaluation system includes a sensor, a filter, a signal processor, and an evaluator. The sensor detects elastic waves which are generated from industrial equipment in operation. The filter can pass elastic waves having frequency characteristics based on abrasion which is generated in the industrial equipment. The signal processor extracts a plurality of feature values using the elastic waves passing through the filter. The evaluator evaluates an abnormality of the industrial equipment on the basis of a combination of the extracted plurality of feature values. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METERED AUTOMATION CONTROLLER FUNCTIONALITY - Metering automation controller functionality includes accessing a project code that defines one or more operations of an industrial automation controller, analyzing the project code to identify one or more capabilities of the industrial automation controller that are utilized by the one or more operations, generating a file indicative of the one or more capabilities of the industrial automation controller, transmitting the file to a server that generates a certificate for authorizing the industrial automation controller to execute the project code, receiving the certificate from the server that identifies the file and an authorization for the industrial automation controller to execute the project code to perform the one or more operations, and transmitting the project code, the file, and the certificate to the industrial automation controller for execution. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397163 | ENGINEERING SYSTEM FOR ORCHESTRATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - An engineering system for orchestration of an industrial plant includes: a modular plant to be orchestrated including at least one processor from a topology having: a process orchestration layer, and a plurality of modules. A portion of the the plurality of modules are formed as at least one combined module. Each combined module of the at least one combined module has at least two different modules of the portion of the plurality of modules. The process orchestration layer controls the plurality of modules. The control by the process orchestration layer includes in-direct control of the portion of the plurality of modules via control of the at least one combined module. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397164 | METHOD OF STORING, PROCESSING, AND TRANSMITTING DIGITAL TWINS FOR FLEXIBLE MODULE PLATFORMS AND VEHICLES - A method for creating a digital twin for a vehicle assembled on at least one assembly line includes assembly of a modular vehicle subassembly (MVS) in a plurality of MVS assembly zones by assembling at least one component at each MVS assembly zone, scanning the at least one component at each MVS assembly zone and acquiring scanned data, and storing the scanned data in a MVS temporary digital file assigned to the pre-assembled MVS. The method also includes updating a MVS permanently digital file assigned to the pre-assembled MVS after the at least one component at each of the MVS assembly zones has been assembled and storing the MVS permanent digital file when assembly of the MVS is complete. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397165 | FULLY AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY AND CONTACTING OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - An automated assembly and contacting of electrical components are disclosed. Before a fed component is gripped, a control device of a mounting device for mounting and contacting electrical components is provided with information associated with the component comprising, in relation to a component coordinate system of the component, the position, orientation and a relevant length of electrical connections of the component, and the position and type of handling of the handling locations of the component. A position and an orientation of the component in relation to a machine coordinate system are known to the control device. Using the position and the orientation of the component in the machine coordinate system, the control device converts the positions and orientations defined by the information associated with the component into the machine coordinate system and takes the positions and orientations into account when gripping and assembling the component. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397166 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION FROM COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN - An industrial control programming development platform simplifies generation of an industrial control program and associated tag definitions by generating at least a portion of the control program and tag definitions based on analysis of digital engineering drawings of an automation system to be monitored and controlled. This drawing-based program generation includes creation and configuration of smart data tags that model and contextualize controller data at the device level for processing by higher level analytic systems. This device-level contextualization can be based in part on inferences drawn from the digital engineering drawings. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397167 | PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM - A process improvement support device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: accumulate cycle times of a plurality of processes in a production line over a predetermined period; calculate a cycle time distribution that is a distribution of the cycle times of each of the processes in the predetermined period; and generate information for evaluating a correlation between the cycle time distribution of a first process and the cycle time distribution of a second process. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397168 | METHOD FOR FINDING SUSPICIOUS MANUFACTURING MACHINES AND PROCESSING FACTORS AT PROCESSING WORKSTATIONS OF CAUSING DEFECTS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for finding manufactured or to-be-manufactured products for defects includes obtaining basic information on processing history of products passed by each manufacturing machine at each processing workstation, and obtaining processing factor information of same, where each product is passed by a defect detection workstation after the product is passed by at least one processing workstation. The method includes obtaining quality information detected by each defect detection workstation. The method determines one or more problem manufacturing machines at one or more problem processing workstations according to the basic information on processing history and the quality information of the products. The method further determines one or more processing factors which influence the problem manufacturing machines according to the processing factor information of each manufacturing machine and the quality information of the products. A related electronic device and non-transitory storage medium are also provided. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397169 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD - An information processing apparatus detects an abnormality sign in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The apparatus includes: a sensor data collector configured to acquire sensor waveform data with respect to a sensor value axis and a time axis measured by a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus that is executing a process according to a same recipe; a monitoring band calculator configured to calculate each monitoring band for the sensor value axis and the time axis used in a waveform monitoring method from a predetermined number or more of the sensor waveform data; and an abnormality sign detector configured to monitor a waveform of the sensor waveform data using each monitoring band for the sensor value axis and the time axis and detect an abnormality sign of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397170 | IMPLEMENTATION OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS FOR TESTING AND QUALITY CONTROL IN THE PRODUCTION OF MEMORY DEVICES - Techniques are presented for the application of neural networks to the fabrication of integrated circuits and electronic devices, where example are given for the fabrication of non-volatile memory circuits and the mounting of circuit components on the printed circuit board of a solid state drive (SSD). The techniques include the generation of high precision masks suitable for analyzing electron microscope images of feature of integrated circuits and of handling the training of the neural network when the available training data set is sparse through use of a generative adversary network (GAN). | 2021-12-23 |
20210397171 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION HMI PROGRAM FILE GENERATION FROM COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN - A human-machine interface (HMI) development platform simplifies generation of an industrial visualization application by generating at least a portion of the visualization application based on analysis of digital engineering drawings of an automation system to be monitored and controlled. This drawing-based approach includes creation of HMI interface displays comprising animated graphics representing industrial assets represented in the drawings, and setting animation data sources for the graphics based on analysis of the drawings. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397172 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICES - A method for analyzing a process, the method including obtaining a multi-dimensional probability density function representing an expected distribution of values for a plurality of process parameters; obtaining a performance function relating values of the process parameters to a performance metric of the process; and using the performance function to map the probability density function to a performance probability function having the process parameters as arguments. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397173 | INTENT-BASED AUTOMATION ENGINEERING METHOD - An intent-based automation engineering method for automation of a production process includes: receiving an intent model, correlating to process intent, including production process functions, constraints on measurable properties on the production process functions, and/or production process function sequences required for the production process, as a received intent model; receiving a process model, correlating to process knowledge including a production process behavior, as a received process model; determining a machine-readable production model linking the received intent model to the received process model as a provided production model; and determining a control strategy for controlling the production process dependent on the provided production model as a determined control strategy. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397174 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION INFORMATION CONTEXTUALIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs can be referenced by both automation models of an industrial asset and non-automation models of the asset, allowing data points of both types of models to be easily linked using a common data source nomenclature. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397175 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An abnormality detection device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a plurality of detection results of a plurality of sensors that have detected a state of a detection target at predetermined time intervals and an estimator configured to estimate a specific sensor among the plurality of sensors on the basis of a plurality of mode information acquisition process data elements for enabling various types of feature extraction according to properties of the abnormality obtained from a plurality of detection results acquired by the acquirer. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397176 | POWER PLANT EARLY WARNING DEVICE AND METHOD EMPLOYING MULTIPLE PREDICTION MODEL - The present invention relates to a power plant early warning device and method which employ a multiple prediction model, and includes: a plurality of prediction models which receive information about the operation states of equipment in a power plant, and output prediction values and the reliabilities of the prediction values; a reliability analysis module which quantizes and analyzes the reliabilities output from the plurality of prediction models to determine the ranks of the plurality of prediction models, and calculates a final prediction value; a comparison module which compares the final prediction value with an actual measurement value, and outputs a residual; and a determination module which analyzes the residual to determine whether there are defects in the operating states of the equipment in the power plant. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397177 | FAULT DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - This disclosure relates to diagnosing a nature and magnitude of faults within electrical and mechanical systems. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397178 | FLEXIBLE MODULAR PLATFORM PLANT NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system for remote control movement of modular vehicle subassemblies (MVSs) through a plurality of assembly zones of a vehicle assembly facility includes a predefined primary pathway configured for the MVSs to move along during assembly of top hats on the MVSs, a plurality of sensors, a plurality of zone controllers, and a central management system with a navigation algorithm. The plurality of sensors are configured to transmit at least one of proximity data and visual data on the MVSs moving through the plurality of assembly zones to the plurality of zone controllers. The central management system is configured to be in communication with each of the plurality of zone controllers and the navigation algorithm is configured to receive the at least one of proximity data and visual data and calculate movement instructions for remote control movement of the MVSs moving through the plurality of assembly zones. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397179 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ENGAGEMENT CONTROL - A method includes receiving, by machine-learning logic, observations indicative of a states associated with a first and second group of vehicles arranged within an engagement zone during a first interval of an engagement between the first and the second group of vehicles. The machine-learning logic determines actions based on the observations that, when taken simultaneously by the first group of vehicles during the first interval, are predicted by the machine-learning logic to result in removal of one or more vehicles of the second group of vehicles from the engagement zone during the engagement. The machine-learning logic is trained using a reinforcement learning technique and on simulated engagements between the first and second group of vehicles to determine sequences of actions that are predicted to result in one or more vehicles of the second group being removed from the engagement zone. The machine-learning logic communicates the plurality of actions to the first group of vehicles. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397180 | REMOTE CONTROLLED FLEXIBLE MODULAR PLATFORM SYSTEM - A system for remote control of modular vehicle subassemblies within a vehicle assembly facility includes a central management system having predetermined assembly paths and specifications for the modular vehicle subassemblies and a zone management system having zone controllers in communication with the central management system and in communication with the onboard controllers of the modular vehicle subassemblies. The zone controllers are configured to receive transient data from the onboard controllers of the modular vehicle subassemblies and manage movement of the modular vehicle subassemblies throughout the zones within the vehicle assembly facility. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397181 | METHOD FOR TERMINAL DEVICE MOUNTED IN VEHICLE TO TRANSMIT IMAGE AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF VEHICLE TO RECEIVE IMAGE - A method and device for efficiently transmitting a plurality of pictures are provided. Also, provided are a method and device for efficiently receiving a plurality of transmitted pictures. Provided is a picture transmitting method including obtaining a plurality of input pictures, generating a packed picture by combining the plurality of input pictures based on a packing structure, and generating and transmitting a bitstream including packing structure information and the packed picture. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397182 | BUILDING ROOFTOP INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF AUGMENTED-REALITY SUPPORTED BUILDING INSPECTION - A building intelligence gathering, assessment and decision-support system including a GPS system deployed about the Earth and supporting a plurality of GPS satellites for transmitting GPS signals to the surface of the Earth. A building data sensor network, including a plurality of GPS-tracked rooftop-mounted sensors, are mounted on the rooftop surface of the building, and adapted for collecting GPS-indexed data specifying conditions on the rooftop surface at particular dates and times of the year. The building rooftop conditions includes one or more conditions selected from the group consisting of snow load conditions, windspeed and direction, and temperature. The system also includes one or more hand-held mobile augmented-reality (AR) based rooftop navigation and inspection devices, each configured for communication with communication servers within a data center over a wireless data communication network. Each hand-held mobile AR-based inspection device is capable displaying digital images of objects and scenery captured in its field of view (FOV) while the user is moving about the rooftop surface, along with graphical indications of GPS-tracked rooftop-mounted sensors collecting data regarding conditions on the building rooftop surface. By virtue of the present invention, users can now navigate building rooftops, inspect rooftop situations, identify where GPS-tracked rooftop-mounted sensors have been installed, and quickly determine where particular conditions have been automatically detected during rooftop inspections. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397183 | NON-BINARY COLLABORATIVE RECOVERY SYSTEM - The processor supplies flight commands to the flight control system by selectively blending pilot input with control signals from the autopilot. The processor generates a projected recovery trajectory through successive iterations, each beginning at the current aircraft location and using a recovery constraint selectable by the processor to influences a degree of flight aggressiveness. A detection system that identifies and invokes a state of threat existence if a threat exists along the projected recovery trajectory. The processor during threat existence in a first iteration commands an initial soft recovery, with permitted blended pilot input. If the threat exists on subsequent iteration, the processor commands a more aggressive recovery while attenuating blended pilot input. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397184 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ROUTING BASED UPON RISK OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TAKEOVER - Various technologies described herein pertain to routing an autonomous vehicle based upon risk of takeover of the autonomous vehicle by a human operator. A computing system receives an origin location and a destination location of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system identifies a route for the autonomous vehicle to follow from the origin location to the destination location based upon output of a computer-implemented model. The computer-implemented model is generated based upon labeled data indicative of instances in which autonomous vehicles are observed to transition from operating autonomously to operating based upon conduction by human operators while the autonomous vehicles are executing predefined maneuvers. The computer-implemented model takes, as input, an indication of a maneuver in the predefined maneuvers that is performed by the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle follows a candidate route. The autonomous vehicle then follows the route from the origin location to the destination location. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397185 | Object Motion Prediction and Autonomous Vehicle Control - Systems and methods for predicting object motion and controlling autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining state data indicative of at least a current or a past state of an object that is within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining data associated with a geographic area in which the object is located. The method includes generating a combined data set associated with the object based at least in part on a fusion of the state data and the data associated with the geographic area in which the object is located. The method includes obtaining data indicative of a machine-learned model. The method includes inputting the combined data set into the machine-learned model. The method includes receiving an output from the machine-learned model. The output can be indicative of a plurality of predicted trajectories of the object. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397186 | ROBOTIC SUBSURFACE IMPACT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A robotic vehicle for moving above ground while fabricating a subsurface polymer layer to protect an underground structure is provided. The robotic vehicle includes: a body; a rotational member that contacts the ground and moves the body over the ground; a ripper assembly having a proximal end that moves with the body, and a distal end that moves underground at a fabrication depth in response to the movement of the proximal end while fabricating the polymer layer; a ground penetrating radar (GPR) that locates and measures a depth of the underground structure below the ground; and a computerized control system that controls the rotational member, the distal end of the ripper assembly, and the GPR to move the body over the located underground structure while tracking the location of the underground structure and fabricating the polymer layer at the fabrication depth and above the measured depth of the underground structure. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397187 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MOBILE ROBOT - The present invention relates to a method for operating a robot travelling in an environment, the method comprising setting at least one detection threshold, and based on the at least one detection threshold, transforming at least one probabilistic finding based on sensor data to at least one discrete finding. The present invention also relates to a corresponding system and a corresponding use. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397188 | MOVING BODY, CONTROL METHOD FOR MOVING BODY, AND PROGRAM - A moving body capable of moving satisfactorily after going into a private space is provided. Autonomous traveling is performed using information from a sensor that recognizes an outer world. In a specific region, information regarding the specific region is acquired and the autonomous traveling is performed on the basis of the acquired information. For example, the information regarding the specific region includes map information on this specific region, unique rule information on this specific region, key information for decrypting encrypted map information on this specific region, or key information for entering the specific region. For example, when leaving the specific region, the information regarding the specific region is deleted and information on this specific region is prevented from leaking to the outside. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397189 | TRAVELING WORK MACHINE - A traveling work machine includes a machine body provided with a travel apparatus, a position detector capable of detecting position information of the machine body based on a positioning signal of a navigation satellite, a travel trajectory determiner capable of determining a travel trajectory of the machine body based on detection, over time, of the position information, a target heading calculator to calculate a target heading based on the travel trajectory, a maneuvering controller capable of controlling the travel apparatus to maneuver along the target heading, and a single operating tool capable of setting both a start point and an end point of the travel trajectory obtained when calculating the target heading. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397190 | TRAVELING WORK MACHINE - A traveling work machine includes a position detector capable of obtaining position information of a machine body based on a positioning signal from a navigation satellite, an end determiner capable of determining the end of each of a plurality of instances of work travel, a start position calculator capable of calculating start positions Ls and Ls | 2021-12-23 |
20210397191 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided methods and apparatus for a path planning system. The apparatus comprises a body and a movement device attached thereto, wherein the body comprises a control unit in communication with the movement device, the control unit comprising at least one processor and a memory configured to store instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive image capture range information for one or more imaging devices located external to the apparatus, calculate a movement path for the apparatus based, at least in part, on the received image capture range information, and control the movement device to move the apparatus in accordance with the calculated movement path. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397192 | Method and Device for Determining a Functional Road Class and a Most Probable Route for a Motor Vehicle - A method provides a functional road class of route sections of a digital map. The method regularly or continuously provides present geographic positions of a plurality of vehicles of a vehicle fleet in a central unit; determines navigation attributes for all route sections of a digital map in dependence on the geographic positions of the plurality of vehicles; and respectively assigns functional road classes to the route sections in dependence on the navigation attributes. A most probable route can be determined by joining route sections to one another, wherein starting from a respective observed route section, which initially corresponds to the geographic position of the vehicle, the route sections are expanded by adding a further route section in dependence on the functional road class. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397193 | AUTONOMOUS DEVICE FOR IN-FIELD CONVERSION OF BIOMASS INTO BIOCHAR - Systems, methods and apparatus for the thermal conversion of biomass into biochar. A mobile platform may be used to maneuver a mobile biochar generation system within a field of biomass. The biomass may be harvested, preprocessed and pyrolyzed. After pyrolyzation, the biochar may be cooled to a predetermined temperature by integrating water and liquid nutrients into the biochar. The system may then control the application of the infused biochar by adjusting a spreading attachment and a plowing attachment. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397194 | DEVICE FOR PLANNING A PATH AND/OR TRAJECTORY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for planning a path and/or a trajectory for a motor vehicle includes a module for receiving a sequence of input variables and hardware and software for determining a control law corresponding to the path and/or the trajectory according to the sequence of input variables received. The device includes a temporal classification unit in a set of compact representations. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397195 | ROBOT NAVIGATION USING A HIGH-LEVEL POLICY MODEL AND A TRAINED LOW-LEVEL POLICY MODEL - Training and/or using both a high-level policy model and a low-level policy model for mobile robot navigation. High-level output generated using the high-level policy model at each iteration indicates a corresponding high-level action for robot movement in navigating to the navigation target. The low-level output generated at each iteration is based on the determined corresponding high-level action for that iteration, and is based on observation(s) for that iteration. The low-level policy model is trained to generate low-level output that defines low-level action(s) that define robot movement more granularly than the high-level action—and to generate low-level action(s) that avoid obstacles and/or that are efficient (e.g., distance and/or time efficiency). | 2021-12-23 |
20210397196 | ENHANCED SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED AUTOMATED AND AUTONOMOUS OPERATION OF LOGISTICS GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT - An improved retrofit assembly for ground support equipment providing autonomous operation of the logistics ground support equipment (GSE). The assembly has a refit control system attached to the GSE (with a vehicle dynamics control processor and a data preprocessing control processor), retrofitted proprioceptive sensors coupled to the vehicle dynamics control processor monitoring operating parameters and characteristics of the GSE, retrofitted exteroceptive sensors coupled to the data preprocessing control processor that monitor an exterior environment of the GSE, and refit actuators for different control elements on the GSE and to autonomously alter motion of the GSE. The refit control system programmatically receives sensor data from the proprioceptive sensors and exteroceptive sensors; optimizes a path for the GSE based upon the different sensor data; and activates at least one of the actuators according to the optimized path for the GSE. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397197 | METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A MOVABLE DEVICE ALONG AN INCLINED SURFACE - A method for navigating a movable device is disclosed. The movable device comprises a moving system arranged to move the movable device along a surface, a control system arranged to control movement of the movable device by means of the moving system, and a vision-based detector. At least one fiducial mounted at or near a position of the movable device, is captured by means of the vision-based detector and recognised. A position and/or a pose of the movable device is determined, based on the recognised at least one fiducial. An inclination of the movable device is detected, and the determined position and/or pose of the movable device is corrected, based on the detected inclination of the movable device. Finally, the movable device is navigated based on the corrected position and/or pose of the movable device. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397198 | ENHANCED VEHICLE OPERATION - A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive an image including a physical landmark, output a plurality of synthetic images, wherein each synthetic image is generated by simulating at least one ambient feature in the received image, generate respective feature vectors for each of the plurality of synthetic images, and actuate one or more vehicle components upon identifying the physical landmark in a second received image based on a similarity measure between the feature vectors of the synthetic images and a feature vector of the second received image, the similarity measure being one of a probability distribution difference or a statistical distance. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397199 | Methods and Systems for Transportation to Destinations by a Self-Driving Vehicle - A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode is provided. The vehicle is configured to obtain an indication of a final destination, and, if the final destination is not on a pre-approved road for travel by the vehicle, the vehicle is configured to determine a route from the vehicle's current location to an intermediary destination. The vehicle is further configured to determine a means for the vehicle user to reach the final destination from the intermediate destination. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397200 | METHOD FOR MOVING A DRIVERLESS TRANSPORT VEHICLE ON AN INCLINED TRANSPORT ROADWAY - A higher throughput is an increasingly necessary requirement for driverless transport systems with a plurality of driverless transport vehicles. In arrangements with inclined roadways, resuming a movement is problematic in that doing so has hitherto only been possible with a limited arrangement of the roadways and/or with highly dimensioned drives. The novel method provides for moving a driverless transport vehicle on an inclined transport roadway, wherein the steering drives are actuated on the basis of the detected inclination direction in order to move the vehicle such that the transport vehicle is moved transversely to the inclination direction. After a specified minimum speed of the transport vehicle transversely to the inclination direction is reached, the steering drives are adjusted such that the transport vehicle continues to move in the inclination direction. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397201 | PLURALITY OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A plurality of autonomous mobile robots includes a first mobile robot and a second mobile robot. The first mobile robot is provided with a transmitting optical sensor for outputting laser light, and a first module for transmitting and receiving an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signal. The second mobile robot is provided with a receiving optical sensor for receiving the laser light and a plurality of second modules for transmitting and receiving the UWB signal. A control unit of the second mobile robot determines a relative position of the first mobile robot based on the received UWB signal and a determination of whether the laser light is received by the optical sensor. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397202 | TOUCH CONTROL OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - The invention relates to a computer implemented UAV control method comprising, in a target selection mode, the steps of displaying on a touch sensitive display a | 2021-12-23 |
20210397203 | INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM AND SERVER APPARATUS - An autonomous mobile object includes an imaging unit, a positional information sender to acquire and send positional information to a server, and an operation controller to cause the autonomous mobile object to move autonomously based on an operation command. The server includes storage to receive and store the positional information from the autonomous mobile object, a commander to send the operation command to the autonomous mobile object, and a receiver to receive information relating to an emergency report including a target location. When the receiver receives the information relating to the emergency report, the commander sends an emergency operation command to the autonomous mobile object located in a specific area including the target location. The emergency operation command causes the autonomous mobile object to capture an image of a person or a vehicle moving away from the target location, and the autonomous mobile object sends the image to the server. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397204 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR BALANCING THE FLUID PRESSURE OF FLUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - The present invention is a fluid distribution system comprising connected conduits (e.g., lines) wherein fluid flows, such as pipes within a building. The lines may be configured to: (i) include multiple lines that connect at intersections (some of the intersections will be identified as nodes); and (ii) incorporate node units associated with pressure assemblies (“PSAs”). Activities of a node unit incorporating a PSA can result in alterations in fluid flow, such as by a loop control process or other processes to operate one or more pumps. Each PSA has a pump incorporated therein. These alterations adjust fluid flow to cause the system to produce a balanced and high efficiency energy transfer (e.g., heating or cooling), and do not require any: addition of any line (conduit) pressure losses, measuring of differential pressure, or identification or use of any specific, fixed or absolute pressure value. Each PSA functions based on an operation locus (for a node unit) and/or an operation locus range (for node unit groupings) to adjust the fluid flow. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397205 | Dome-Loaded Pressure Regulator - A dome pressure regulator for regulating gas pressure, having a housing ( | 2021-12-23 |
20210397206 | METHOD AND CIRCUITS TO PROVIDE HIGHER SUPPLY VOLTAGE FOR ANALOG COMPONENTS FROM LOWER SUPPLY VOLTAGES - A mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC), including: a voltage booster that includes one or more charge pump devices configured to receive an input voltage, an oscillator signal, and a control signal, wherein the one or more charge pump devices comprise a network of capacitors switchable to provide a charged pumped in response to the control signal, and wherein the one or more charge pump devices, using the pumped, generate a boosted voltage based on the input voltage and at least a portion of an amplitude of the oscillator signal, a voltage regulator coupled to the one or more charge pump devices and configured to receive the boosted voltage and generate a regulated boosted voltage based on the boosted voltage, and a control and monitoring engine configured to provide the control signal based on, at least in part, the input voltage, the oscillator signal, and the regulated boosted voltage. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397207 | LOW DROP-OUT REGULATOR AND POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME - An LDO regulator includes an error amplifier, a power transistor, a monitoring circuit and/or an adaptive pole adjusting circuit (APAC). The error amplifier compares a reference voltage and a feedback voltage to generate a first error voltage based on the comparison. The power transistor including a gate coupled to an output terminal of the buffer, regulates an input voltage based on a second error voltage which is generated based on the first error voltage to provide an output voltage to an output node. The monitoring circuit, connected to the output terminal of the buffer in parallel with the power transistor, generates a control voltage associated with a load current. The APAC, connected between the output terminal of the error amplifier and the ground voltage, selectively connects an adjusting capacitor between the output terminal of the error amplifier and the ground voltage in response to the control voltage. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397208 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - The application discloses a power supply circuit and a power supply device. A drain of a first N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) receives a first input voltage. A filter is coupled to a source of the first N-type MOSFET and is configured to output an output voltage. A non-inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier is coupled to a ground terminal through a first capacitor. A control circuit is coupled to an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier. One terminal of a switch is coupled to a gate of the first N-type MOSFET, and the other terminal is switchably coupled to the control circuit or an output terminal of the operational amplifier, so that the gate of the first N-type MOSFET is switched to be coupled to the control circuit or the output terminal of the operational amplifier. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397209 | Efficient monolithic optocoupler device - An efficient monolithic optocoupler device that includes a photovoltaic region, an electrically isolating region, and a light emitting region deposited on a substrate in a single stack. The electrically isolating region (e.g., one or more diodes or resistive semiconductor layers) allows photons to pass from the light emitting region to the photovoltaic region while blocking electrical current between those regions. In some embodiments, the optocoupler device includes a reflector on a side of the light emitting region (opposite the photovoltaic region) that reflects photons emitted by the light emitting region back toward the photovoltaic region. The optocoupler device may also include a reflector on a side of the photovoltaic region (opposite the light emitting region) that reflects photons emitted by the light emitting region back toward the photovoltaic region. In other embodiments, the optocoupler device includes two photovoltaic regions sandwiching the light emitting region. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397210 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR - A voltage regulator comprising a reference current generator coupled between a supply terminal and a reference terminal and configured to provide a reference current that is independent of an operating range of a supply voltage; and a regulator stage comprising: a current terminal configured to receive the reference current; a NMOS transistor having: a gate coupled to the current terminal; a drain coupled to the supply terminal; and a source coupled to an output terminal; a voltage reference circuit for providing a regulated output voltage coupled between the output terminal and the reference terminal, the voltage reference circuit comprising an output resistor coupled in series with a conduction channel of an output bipolar transistor arranged in a diode-connected configuration; an input bipolar transistor having: a conduction channel coupled between the current terminal and the reference terminal; and a base terminal coupled to a base terminal of the output bipolar transistor. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397211 | DELAY TIME DETECTION CIRCUIT, STAMPING INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, AND DELAY TIME DETECTION METHOD - A delay time detection circuit includes below configurations. A clock generation unit generates a sub scale clock signal, based on a system clock signal. A count unit generates a count signal while sequentially and repeatedly incrementing a count number, based on the sub scale clock signal. A sub scale signal generation unit receives the count signal, and generates sub scale signals, equal in number to the count number, that each have, at a rate of once in the count number, a rectangular wave for a duration being associated with a second period and that are shifted in timing relative to one another according to the second period. A delay time calculation unit receives the input clock signal, and calculates a delay time within a range of the first period of the input clock signal with respect to the system clock signal, based on one of the sub scale signals. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397212 | ENHANCED TIME RESOLUTION FOR REAL-TIME CLOCKS - Enhanced resolution for a real-time clock is implemented, which includes a real-time clock configured to operate at a first time resolution, at least one processing unit configured to operate at a second time resolution, wherein the second time resolution has a higher frequency than the first time resolution, a memory for storing data at a location including data from the real-time clock and the at least one processing unit, an interrupt configured to load information into the memory at the location using the at least one processing unit, the interrupt further configured to operate at a frequency associated with the second time resolution, a timing service configured to read information from the memory at the location, the timing service configured to operate at the second time resolution, and a calibration module configured to re-calibrate the real-time clock. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397213 | SMARTWEARABLES WITH EMBEDDED NFC (NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION) AND VITAL HEALTH SENSORS WITH MOBILE/CLOUD DATA AND ULTRA VIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION (UVGI) TECHNOLOGIES - The smart wearable with embedded NFC (Near Field Communication) tags, vital health sensors and UV-C germicidal irradiation sources is provided for Prevention of spread of pathogens. The smart wearables is any of a hand glove, a footwear, a vest, a full body suit, a face mask, a footwear cover or a smart portables where all the smart wearables includes a plurality of re-programmable tags to facilitate touch less activities, and a plurality of body health monitoring sensors to monitor health of the wearer in real time for early warning health mechanisms, an Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) source to disinfect the surfaces coming in contact with the smart wearables with maximum efficacy and spread prevention. Further, the inner layer of the smart wearables which makes contact with the skin of the wearer is made of a Celliant synthetic polymer fabric material that traps the body's infrared energy and cycle it back to improve oxygenation and resolve minor aches and pains. | 2021-12-23 |
20210397214 | AUDIOVISUAL DEVICE WITH TILTABLE DISPLAY - A device may include a display, a housing, a base, and a hinge operably coupling the display and the housing. The hinge may be moveable over a range of positions. One or more loudspeakers are disposed in the housing. A motor couples to the housing and is configured to rotate the housing and the display. The base is configured to remain stationary during actuation of the motor. In some instances, the device may include a camera and one or more microphones for determining a position of a user. The motor may actuate in a direction of the user to provide increase audio and/or visual experiences. | 2021-12-23 |