52nd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180373213 | FIELDBUS COUPLER AND SYSTEM METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A FAILSAFE MODULE - A method for configuring a failsafe module, which is connected to a field bus coupler of an industrial automation system via a sub-bus in order to transmit security-related data of the module via a field bus, utilizes a number of steps, The type of security protocol that is compatible with the field bus is determined via the field bus coupler, and configuration instructions are transmitted to at least one failsafe module via the field bus coupler in order to enable the module to use the determined type of security protocol. Furthermore, a field bus coupler or a system comprising a field bus coupler and at least one failsafe module is designed to implement the method. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373214 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATION COMPONENT - A method for operating an automation component by a control program having a plurality of control program components, the method including the steps: detecting error events of the control program during an operation of the automation component, downloading a current control program component for error analysis based on error events from a central system, and updating an existing control program component for error analysis by way of the current control program component for error analysis. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373215 | SCENT DELIVERY SYSTEM SCHEDULING - A method for controlling one or more scent delivery units includes maintaining one or more scheduled events, maintaining one or more scheduled anti-events, and generating, based on the one or more scheduled events and the one or more scheduled anti-events, command data to be communicated to the one or more scent delivery units to control their activation and deactivation. Generating the command data includes identifying a conflicting period of time during which control specified by the one or more scheduled events differs from control specified by the one or more scheduled anti-events and also includes generating command data that gives priority to control specified by the one or more scheduled anti-events. Control for the one or more scent delivery units during the conflicting period of time is in accordance with control logic of the one or more scheduled anti-events and not the one or more scheduled events. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373216 | FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION METHO AND POWER SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DETECTING FOREIGN OBJECT - A power system capable of detecting a foreign object, includes a power supplier side, a power receiver side, and a cable. The power supplier side includes a power converter, a foreign object detection and control circuit, and a pull-up circuit. The power converter supplies a supply voltage to the power receiver side according to a power supply control signal. The foreign object detection and control circuit generates the power supply control signal for controlling the power converter, and generates a foreign object detection and control signal according to a voltage at a supplier transmission node of the power supplier side, for determining whether a foreign object exists in the power receiver side. The pull-up circuit adjusts a level of a supply current which is supplied from the supplier transmission node to the power receiver side. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373217 | Automated Drilling Controller Including Safety Logic - An automated drilling rig control system in which one or more intelligent algorithms are in two-way communication with a rig control system and are configured to provide continuous external control over the a rig control system includes a safety logic module deployed between the intelligent algorithms and the rig control system. The safety logic module is configured to automatically close a communication pathway between the intelligent algorithms and the rig control system thereby preventing the intelligent algorithms from controlling the rig control system when an unsafe condition is detected. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373218 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMON TYPE CONVERSION OF PLC CONTROL PROGRAM - A device and a method for common type conversion of a PLC control program are disclosed. The device for common type conversion of a PLC control program according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a common command library construction unit for constructing a common command library by generating, using a common command generation algorithm, a common command for commands used in text-based PLC control programs having different types; and a common type conversion unit for converting an arbitrary text-based PLC control program into a common type PLC control program by using the common command library, in accordance with the arbitrary text-based PLC control program requested to be converted into a common type being able to be converted into a common type PLC control program. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373219 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - To provide a numerical controller capable of performing synchronous control and superimposed control easily with respect to a machine having a complicated configuration. A numerical controller comprises: an elements relationship setting unit that sets a relationship between a first element and a second element; an elements relationship output calculation unit that calculates a relationship output from the relationship between the first element and the second element; and an elements relationship control unit that performs relationship control on the basis of the relationship output. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373220 | System and Method for Designing Scleral Lenses - A system and method for designing scleral lenses includes a computer, a camera and a lathe connected by a network. The camera captures a set of sagittal images at each of a set of sagittal places of an eye. A combined sagittal image is created from each set of sagittal images. A spline curve is defined for each combined sagittal image creating a set of spline curves. A set of back surface curves if created from the set of spline curves. A back lens surface is generated from the set of surface curves. A front lens surface is generated adjacent the back lens surface. A point cloud is generated from the back lens surface and the front lens surface. The point cloud is converted to a lens image. The lens is converted to a test file for use by the lathe to cut the scleral lens. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373221 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - A motor controller which controls a servo motor for driving a machine, includes: a speed command unit which commands the speed of the machine; a speed detection unit which detects the speed of the servo motor; and a speed control unit which produces a torque command based on a speed command and a motor speed detected so as to control the speed of the servo motor, where the speed control unit includes a filter which approximates the inverse characteristic of a transmission characteristic from the servo motor to the machine, the filter has a transmission characteristic F(s) based on a frequency ω, a vibration damping coefficient ζ and a cutoff frequency ω | 2018-12-27 |
20180373222 | WELDING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a welding device which includes a welding power source provided with a power supply circuit; a wire feeder connected to the welding power supply to supply wire; a torch which pulls the wire supplied from the wire feeder and supplies the wire to a welding part; an IR thermal camera which captures the welding part; a vision module having built-in program which receives and processes a captured image of a IR thermal camera; and a slag removal device which removes slag detected in the welding part in real time in conjunction with the vision module. The welding device has an effect in which slag generated during welding can be removed before the slag is fixed on the molten pool. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373223 | MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS, SERVO CONTROL APPARATUS, SERVO CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD - To perform reinforcement learning enabling to prevent complicated adjustment of coefficients of backlash compensation and backlash acceleration compensation. A machine learning apparatus includes a state information acquiring part for acquiring, from a servo control apparatus, state information including at least position deviation and a set of coefficients to be used by a backlash acceleration compensating part, by making the servo control apparatus execute a predetermined machining program, an action information output part for outputting action information including adjustment information on the set of coefficients included in the state information to the servo control apparatus, a reward output part for outputting a reward value in the reinforcement learning on the basis of the position deviation included in the state information, and a value function updating part for updating an action-value function on the basis of the reward value output by the reward output part, the state information and the action information. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373224 | EFFICIENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING DATA POINTS IN A SCADA SYSTEM - Method and system for automatically generating data points in a data management system. A control strategy and variables used in the control strategy can be configured, wherein the control strategy governs a data management system associated with a controller. The control strategy and the variables can be downloaded to the controller after configuring the control strategy and variables. The control strategy is then run on the controller and published to the data management system before, during, or after downloading of the control strategy. All available variables in the controller are then automatically listed so as to generate data points that can be downloaded and updated through a communication channel between the data management system and the controller. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED WELDING - An automated welding system includes a mounting platform configured to receive an object, a welding tool, an imaging device configured to acquire at least one image associated with the object, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the at least one acquired image, analyze at least one pixel in the at least one acquired image, identify, based upon the analyzing, an area to be welded in the at least one acquired image, wherein the area to be welded includes a defect, and generate, based upon the identifying, control instructions for controlling at least one of the mounting platform and the welding tool to weld the area to be welded. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373226 | MACHINING TECHNIQUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MACHINING TECHNIQUE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A machining technique management system of an integrated system in which a CAD; a CAM; and a CNC machine tool are connected to a shared database, the machining technique management system including: a machining state recorder that, in a case of the CNC machine tool executing the machining, records request information indicating a request demanded in the machining, and state information indicating the machining execution state to be associated as machining execution information in the shared database; and a machining information manager that compares each set of the machining execution information in which at least part of the request information matches, and defines machining execution information which was determined as satisfying a request in the request information better than other machining execution information based on a comparison result, as a candidate for machining technique information to be used for creation of the machining command at the CAM. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373227 | BUILDING AND ATTACHING SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR 3D PRINTING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for creating toolpaths of support structures for 3D printing include, in one aspect, a method including: obtaining a perimeter of a first slice of a 3D model; identifying at least one portion of the perimeter of the first slice that extends a distance beyond a boundary of the 3D model for a second slice below the first slice, the distance being greater than a threshold amount defining an unsupported overhang; creating a support path that follows a shape of the at least one portion of the perimeter, the support path having a lateral offset from the at least one portion of the perimeter, the lateral offset being a fraction of the 3D print bead width, and the fraction being a positive number less than one; and adding the support path to toolpaths for the second slice. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373228 | CONTROLLER - A controller performs high-accuracy oscillation control in which an axis driven by a motor is rocked in accordance with the rotation of a spindle motor for driving a main spindle. This controller determines a reference speed of rocking motion based on a reference speed set in advance, a reference main spindle rotational speed of the spindle motor, and an actual main spindle rotational speed, and calculates a rocking motion speed for each control period based on the determined reference speed of the rocking motion. The calculated rocking motion speed for each control period is added to a command outputted by the controller for controlling the position of the motor for each control period. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373229 | LOOP INTERFACE - The described methods and systems give users situational awareness regarding control loops in a process control system. The user can utilize the loop interface described herein to quickly understand how a given element (e.g., a device or function block) relates to other elements of the control loop. This enables the user to appreciate how modifying a parameter or device, for example, may impact control of the process. The user need not be intimately familiar with the logic associated with a control loop to understand the status of the control loop and its constituent elements. Further, in an embodiment, the user can easily correct certain statuses (e.g., unusual conditions) that arise with respect to the control loop. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373230 | MANAGING MANUFACTURING CAPACITY PLAN PERFORMANCE - Techniques are presented for implementing predictive models that learn from real-time manufacturing capacity plan performance data to continually improve the accuracy of generated capacity plans. Instances of a plan performance predictive model are generated in response to receiving then-current sets of capacity plan parameters, predicted plan performance parameters, and measured plan performance parameters that correspond to various capacity plans implemented at a manufacturing facility. Modeled plan parameters produced by the continually adjusted instances of the plan performance predictive model are used to generate candidate capacity plans with progressively more accurate predicted plan performance and/or overall behavior. The candidate capacity plans are analyzed at a user device to facilitate selection of a capacity plan to implement at the manufacturing facility. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED WELDING - An automated welding system includes a mounting platform, a welding tool, an imaging device configured to acquire data associated with an object, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the acquired data, determine an area to be welded in the acquired data, retrieve stored master model data associated with the object, and compare the acquired data to the stored master model data to identify a master model area in the acquired data. The controller is also configured to mask the master model area in the acquired data, such that the master model area is excluded from the area to be welded, and generate control instructions for controlling at least one of the mounting platform and the welding tool to weld the area to be welded. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373232 | Method And System For Aligning A Tool During Programming Of An Industrial Robot - An industrial robot including a movable robot arm for supporting a tool, and a control unit configured to control the movement of the robot. The control unit is provided with an alignment function for aligning the tool with at least one specified axis. The control unit is configured to supervise the movement of the robot, and to automatically adjust the orientation of the tool so that the tool is aligned with the specified axis upon detecting that the movement of the robot has been stopped and the alignment function is activated. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the industrial robot, and to the use of the method for teaching a robot a path including a plurality of target points by lead-through programming. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373233 | FAILURE PREDICTING APPARATUS AND MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE - A machine learning device included in a failure predicting apparatus includes a state observing unit that observes, as state variables indicating a current environmental state, operating state data indicating an operating state of the management target device and device configuration data indicating a device configuration of the management target device, a label data acquiring unit that acquires, as label data, maintenance history data indicating a maintenance history of the management target device, and a learning unit that, by using the state variables and the label data, learns a failure timing of a printed circuit board included in the management target device, the operating state data, and the device configuration data such that the failure timing is associated with the operating state data and the device configuration data. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373234 | PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM WITH FAULT DETECTOR FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OF CONNECTED EQUIPMENT - A building management system includes connected equipment configured to measure a plurality of monitored variables and a predictive diagnostics system configured to receive the monitored variables from the connected equipment; generate a probability distribution of the plurality of monitored variables; determine a boundary for the probability distribution using a supervised machine learning technique to separate normal conditions from faulty conditions indicated by the plurality of monitored variables; separate the faulty conditions into sub-patterns using an unsupervised machine learning technique to generate a fault prediction model, each sub-pattern corresponding with a fault, and each fault associated with a fault diagnosis; receive a current set of the monitored variables from the connected equipment; determine whether the current set of monitored variables correspond with one of the sub-patterns of the fault prediction model to facilitate predicting whether a corresponding fault will occur; and determining the fault diagnosis associated with the predicted fault. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373235 | SENSOR SERVICE PREDICTION - A sensor service prediction system and method are provided for a sensor. The system monitors sensor operations of the sensor, and provides a calendar age odometer which increments a calendar age of the sensor by a first time interval as the sensor operates. The system further provides an accelerated age odometer which increments an accelerated age of the sensor by a second time interval according to the increment of the calendar age and a sensor temperature or other measurable environmental condition associated therewith. The system obtains a value of a sensor property at different calendar ages or accelerated ages of the sensor over time, and predicts and outputs when the sensor property of the sensor is anticipated to reach a sensor property threshold based on the values of the sensor property in relations to the accelerated age. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373236 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A LOADING AND/OR UNLOADING EQUIPMENT OF A VEHICLE VIA A HOME AUTOMATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STEERING A VEHICLE TO A PREDETERMINED STOPPING AREA - A method for activating loading and/or unloading equipment of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle via a home automation device includes reading in a whereabouts signal representing a whereabouts of the vehicle in a predetermined stopping area via a communication interface to the vehicle, and subsequently, based on the whereabouts signal, providing an activation signal to the communication interface to activate the loading and/or unloading equipment to load and/or unload the vehicle in the stopping area. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373237 | DRONE AND CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION PORT DEVICE THEREOF - This invention comprises a control device and a communication port device applied to drone, and a drone using such devices. The control device comprises a carrier board and a main control board that is detachably configured on the carrier board, said main control board is electrically connected with the carrier board, and the carrier board is configured with an interface device in which connections between a plurality of kinds of external devices with said carrier board are established. The carrier board is mainly used for connection with other external electronic devices and power distribution, and the main control board is responsible for processing sensor data and delivering control information. The main control board and the carrier board are connected through a single interface to enable a data transmission. The communication port device is configured on the drone flight controller. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373238 | Local Drone Identification Verification - Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable local visual identification and verification of robotic vehicles. Various embodiments may enable disambiguation of a robotic vehicle from among a plurality of robotic vehicles. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373239 | REMOTELY OPERATED MOBILE ROBOT AND ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM - A remotely operated mobile robot includes a movement controller, a notification unit, and a switching unit. The movement controller is configured to be remotely operated by a terminal device connected to the remotely operated mobile robot through a communication line so as to control movement of the remotely operated mobile robot. The notification unit is configured to notify a terminal device, other than the terminal device connected to the remotely operated mobile robot, of a request for operation of the remotely operated mobile robot, if a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the terminal device notified of the request for operation of the remotely operated mobile robot makes an operation demand, the switching unit switches to a state of the movement controller to a state in which the movement controller is operable by the terminal device that makes the operation demand. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373240 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRONE FORMATION - A drone formation control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drones included in a drone formation includes: an input unit which receives a drone control command which is a command for controlling the plurality of drones together; a movement command generating unit which generates a drone movement command which is a command to move the plurality of drones to a specific destination, based on the drone control command; and a movement command transmitting unit which transmits the drone movement command to at least one drone of the plurality of drones. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373241 | Method of Fishing with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - The present disclosure discloses a method of using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising a housing, a processor, a positioning unit, a sonar unit, a launching unit and a fishhook unit in fishing. The method comprises manipulating the UAV to fly to a designated destination determined by the processor according to one of a received wireless communication and a preset program, adjusting the sonar unit to a predetermined height by the positioning unit, determining a coordinate corresponding to a signal detected by the sonar unit as a fishing region when the signal is consistent with a predetermined value, launching bait to the fishing region by the launching unit, releasing a fishhook from the fishhook unit to the fishing region, and manipulating the UAV to hover or return by the processor according to one of a received wireless communication and a preset program. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373242 | CLEANING ROBOT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING ROBOT - A cleaning robot includes a user interface to display a map image including one or more divided regions, and the user interface displays an icon corresponding to a state value of a main device on the map image. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373243 | System and Method for Safe Utilization of Unmanned Automated Vehicles in Entertainment Venues - Entertainment venues such as theme parks, water parks, stadiums and the like would be prime venues for choreographed UAV exhibitions if they could be made safe. An Application Specific Autonomous Vehicle is described which is safe for operation in close proximity to human spectators without the need for an external computerized control system or pilot control. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373244 | Device for Controlling Longitudinal Guidance of a Vehicle Designed to Be Driven in an at Least Partly Automated Manner - A device is provided for controlling longitudinal guidance of a vehicle designed to be driven in an at least partly automated manner. The vehicle includes an actuation element for having a driver control longitudinal guidance, the actuation element being blockable within predefined limit positions in accordance with a variable representing the degree of automation of the vehicle and a first condition. The actuation element can be unblocked in accordance with the variable representing the degree of automation of the traveling vehicle and at least one second condition. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373245 | AUTONOMOUS OPERATION FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OBJECTIVE IN A MULTI-VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT - A device and method for state progression in a set of autonomous vehicle states related to an autonomous vehicle objective for a multi-vehicle environment. A vehicular state of another vehicle of the multi-vehicle environment is discerned to produce a discerned vehicular state of the another vehicle, wherein the another vehicle operates to affect the autonomous vehicle objective. An adaptive policy is formed for a present one of the set of autonomous vehicle states based on the discerned vehicular state, and producing from the adaptive policy an autonomous vehicle action to progress to a subsequent one of the set of autonomous vehicle states. The autonomous vehicle action is transmitted for effecting a progression to the subsequent one of the set of autonomous vehicle states. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373246 | Autonomous Swarm for Rapid Vehicle Turnaround - An example computing device may detect through a sensor that an aircraft started a particular phase of flight. The computing device may autonomously take independent actions on behalf of service operators to automatically allocate and assign resources to the aircraft based on availability of the resources and the flight phase of the aircraft. The computing device may thus trigger preparation of a particular service ahead of arrival of the aircraft, such that the associated service equipment is ready when the aircraft arrives at the gate. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373247 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING MISSION MODELS FROM PLAN GOAL GRAPH TO BAYESIAN NETWORK FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM CONTROL - A method and system operable to perform the method is provided for control of an autonomous or unmanned system. The method includes obtaining a mission model, wherein the mission model comprises a goal and one or more assets that are used to accomplish the goal; producing, by a first hardware processor, a plan goal graph (PGG) model based on the mission model; transforming, by a second hardware processor, the PGG model into a Bayesian Network (BN) model; computing a feasibility to execute a plan and an achievability of accomplishing the goal; and providing control instructions to the one or more assets to be used to accomplish the goal. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373248 | ASYNCHRONOUS CLOCK-LESS DIGITAL LOGIC PATH PLANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A hybrid of initial time consuming phase of a Single Directional Dijkstra's Algorithm is embodied on an unclocked CMOS logic chip using a parallelized approach with Asynchronous Digital Logic (ADL). The chip includes a a plurality of addressable configurable cells arranged as a multidimensional orthogonal array. The cell array only executes mathematical operations based on a communication between immediately adjacent cells. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373249 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING AND AUTONOMOUS PARKING THROUGH NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle may include receiving destination information before autonomous driving, providing parking space information corresponding to the destination information, receiving first parking selection information related to the parking space information, and performing the autonomous driving based on the destination information and the first parking selection information, and the autonomous driving includes movement of the autonomous vehicle to a first position corresponding to the destination information and the first parking selection information. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373250 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control system includes a first detection unit configured to detect a direction of a face or a line of sight of an occupant of a subject vehicle, an automatic driving control unit configured to execute an automatic driving control, and a switching control unit configured to switch an automatic driving mode for causing the automatic driving control unit to execute the automatic driving control to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode and a second automatic driving mode. The switching control unit prevents the automatic driving control executed by the automatic driving control unit on the basis of a detection result by the first detection unit. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373251 | METHOD AND FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE IN FAIL-SAFE TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR A MOVING ENTITY - A method and a fault-tolerant computer architecture (FCTA) to improve the performance in fail-safe trajectory planning for a moving entity (MOV). The method and FCTA uses a commander (COM), a monitor (MON), and a safe envelope generating stage (ENV). Based on sensor data input, the commander (COM) and the monitor (MON) produce as output real-time images (COM-OBJ | 2018-12-27 |
20180373252 | METHOD AND FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE FOR REDUCING FALSE NEGATIVES IN FAIL-SAFE TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR A MOVING ENTITY - A method and a fault-tolerant computer architecture (FCTA) for fail-safe trajectory planning for a moving entity (MOV). The method and FCTA uses a commander (COM), a monitor (MON), and a safe envelope generating stage (ENV). Based on sensor input, the commander (COM) and the monitor (MON) produce real-time images of objects (OBJ | 2018-12-27 |
20180373253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL ILLUMINATION BY A VCSEL ARRAY - The present application generally relates communications and hazard avoidance within a monitored driving environment. More specifically, the application teaches a system for improved target object detection in a vehicle equipped with a laser detection and ranging LIDAR system by simultaneously transmitting multiple lasers in an array and resolving angular ambiguities using angle sensitive detection techniques. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373254 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LOCALIZATION - Methods and apparatus provided for determining a current position of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes an autonomous driving system for a vehicle with a positioning system configured to determine a current position of the vehicle between an original point of the vehicle and a horizon point ahead the vehicle. The positioning system is configured to receive map data containing at least one road attribute, receive multiple trajectory points which are located between the original point and the horizon point and determine a trajectory which interconnects the multiple trajectory points, determine an absolute position of the vehicle, determine a projection point from the at least one road attribute onto the trajectory, and determine the current position of the vehicle and compare the current position of the vehicle with a position of the projection point of the road attribute between the original point and the horizon point. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373255 | MOVER SYSTEM - A moving system comprising a master controller for monitoring and controlling a master operation comprising one or more individual movers such that each mover arrives at predefined end point at selected times. Each mover includes a mover control system that interacts with the master controller and has a predefined virtual vector path with one or more defined end points. The predefined virtual vector path comprises a plurality of discrete points, wherein each discrete point has a vector axis for use by the master controller and the mover control system to direct the mover to move such that it arrives at each defined end point at a selected time. In operation, the master controller functions to modify the predefined virtual path and sends commands to the mover control system in response to changes in the master operations. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373256 | AUTOMATIC END OF ROW TURNING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A WORK VEHICLE BY LEARNING FROM OPERATOR - An automatic turning control system for a work vehicle having a ground engaging traction device directed by a manual steering device. The automatic turning control system includes an electronic control unit (ECU), a traction device angle sensor configured to generate an angle signal representative of an angle of the traction device with respect to an axis of the work vehicle, and a vehicle guidance system. The ECU is configured to generate a manual path signal representing an actual path of the work vehicle based on the angle signal. The ECU is operatively connected to a vehicle guidance system and determines a learned path signal based on the manual path signal. The vehicle guidance system automatically directs the work vehicle along the learned path signal when the vehicle moves from a working area, to a non-working area, and back to the working area of a field. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373257 | AUTOMATIC GROUND SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A WORK VEHICLE - A method and apparatus for automatically controlling ground speed of a work vehicle. The apparatus includes a speed sensor generating a vehicle speed signal, the speed sensor operatively connected to a controller. A traction device angle sensor generates an angle signal which represents an angle of the traction device with respect to an axis of the work vehicle, wherein the traction device angle sensor operatively connected to the controller. A vehicle guidance system is configured to generate a vehicle position signal, wherein the controller determines the ground speed of the vehicle based on at least one of: i) a tracking error of the vehicle relative to the vehicle position signal; ii) a planned curved vehicle path; iii) a planned location of the vehicle within a defined portion of a field; and iv) a planned path segment and an associated change in direction of travel of the work vehicle. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373258 | DOCKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A MOBILE ROBOT - A docking system and method for charging a mobile robot at a docking station. The system includes a first module for the robot, including a first communication unit and a first control unit, and a second module for the station, including a second communication unit, one or more docking sensors, and a second control unit. When the robot enters a docking region around the station, the first communication unit sends to the second communication unit a status message indicating that the robot needs charging; upon reception of the status message, the second control unit uses the sensors to derive a traction command to drive the robot towards the station; and the second communication unit sends to the first communication unit a command message containing the traction command. The first control unit processes the traction command and uses it to operate traction motors of the robot. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373259 | ENHANCED AUTOMATED STEERING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An automated steering system for an agricultural vehicle operating in a row crop field. The automated steering system includes a correction system having a controller and an alignment sensor. The alignment sensor is disposed between two adjacently spaced crop rows and generates output signals indicative of the alignment sensor's lateral position relative to the two adjacently spaced crop rows as the vehicle advances in the forward direction of travel. The controller receives the generated output signals from the alignment sensor and determines an offset distance of said alignment sensor from a centerline between the two adjacently spaced crop rows. The controller outputs a modified vehicle position signal corresponding to the latitude and longitude position received from said GPS receiver shifted by the offset distance. The vehicle's on board navigation controller causes the vehicles on-board steering control system to steer the vehicle based on the modified vehicle position signal. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT SURFACE ESTIMATION USING REFLECTIONS DELAY SPREAD - The present application generally relates communications and hazard avoidance within a monitored driving environment. More specifically, the application teaches a system and method for improved target object detection in a vehicle equipped with a laser detection and ranging LIDAR system by transmitting a light pulse for a known duration and comparing a duration of the received pulse to the transmitted pulse in order to determine an orientation of a surface of a target. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373261 | RECHARGING ALIGNMENT METHOD OF ROBOT, AND THE ROBOT THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a recharging alignment method of a robot and a robot thereof. The recharging alignment method includes adjusting a signal receiver of the robot to a first critical point to obtain position information of the first critical point, adjusting the signal receiver from the first critical point to a second critical point to obtain position information of the second critical point, determining a mid-point of the first critical point arid the second critical point according to the position information of the first critical point and the second critical point, and adjusting the signal receiver to the mid-point to align with the recharging dock, so as to accurately align with the recharging dock. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373262 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM, TRAFFIC EQUIPMENT AND THE IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An in-vehicle display system, a traffic equipment and an image display method are disclosed. The in-vehicle display system includes an image generation device, an intermediate image receiving part and a controller. The image generation device is configured to project projection light of a first image; the intermediate image receiving part is configured to receive the projection light of the first image, so as to present the first image, and the intermediate image receiving part is further configured to have a changeable intermediate image receiving position; the controller is configured to control the intermediate image receiving position of the intermediate image receiving part at least based on a current driving speed so as to present the first image at a corresponding position. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373263 | COLLISION-AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS-CAPABLE VEHICLES - A collision-avoidance system for use with an autonomous-capable vehicle can continuously receive image frames captured of the roadway to determine drivable space in a forward direction of the vehicle. The system can determine, for each image frame, whether individual regions of the image frame depict drivable space. The system can do so using machine-learned image recognition algorithms such as convolutional neural networks generated using extensive training data. Using such techniques, the system can label regions of the image frames as corresponding to drivable space or non-drivable space. By analyzing the labeled image frames, the system can determine whether the vehicle is likely to impact a region of non-drivable space. And, in response to such a determination, the system can generate control signals that override other control systems or human operator input to control the brakes, the steering, or other sub-systems of the vehicle to avoid the collision. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373264 | 3-D IMAGE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL - A control system uses visual odometry (VO) data to identify a position of the vehicle while moving along a path next to the row and to detect the vehicle reaching an end of the row. The control system can also use the VO image to turn the vehicle around from a first position at the end of the row to a second position at a start of another row. The control system may detect an end of row based on 3-D image data, VO data, and GNSS data. The control system also may adjust the VO data so the end of row detected from the VO data corresponds with the end of row location identified with the GNSS data. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373265 | Self-Position Estimation Device and Self-Position Estimation Method - A self-position estimation device includes: a target position detection unit mounted in a vehicle and configured to detect a relative position of a target present around the vehicle and the vehicle; a target position accumulation unit configured to move the detected relative position by a movement amount of the vehicle and to accumulate it as target position data; a curve start position estimation unit configured to estimate a curve start position of a travel path on which the vehicle travels; and a self-position estimation unit configured to perform comparison in which at least the target position data present around the vehicle and the target position data present between a current position of the vehicle and the estimated curve start position, of the accumulated target position data, is compared with the target position information included in the map information to estimate a self-position which is the current position of the vehicle. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373266 | CROWDSOURCE-BASED VIRTUAL SENSOR GENERATION AND VIRTUAL SENSOR APPLICATION CONTROL - A crowdsourced virtual sensor generator is provided which could be generated by a vehicle or provided to the vehicle as, for example, a service. The crowdsourced virtual sensor generator may include, but is not limited to, a communication system configured to receive contributing vehicle sensor data from one or more contributing vehicles, a location of the one or more contributing vehicles and a target vehicle, and a processor, the processor configured to filter the received contributing vehicle sensor data based upon the location of the one or more contributing vehicles and the location of the target vehicle, aggregate the filtered contributing vehicle sensor data into at least one of a data-specific dataset and an application-specific data set, and generate a virtual sensor for the target vehicle, the virtual sensor processing the filtered and aggregated contributing vehicle sensor data to generate output data relative to the location of the target vehicle. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373267 | BASE STATION FOR RECEIVING AND PROCESSING VEHICLE CONTROL INFORMATION AND/OR TRAFFIC STATE INFORMATION - The present invention provides a base station | 2018-12-27 |
20180373268 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING FLEETS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TO OPTIMIZE ELECTRIC BUDGET - Communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide autonomous vehicle network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable network of autonomous vehicles comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes, including systems and methods for managing fleets of autonomous vehicles to optimize electric budget. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373269 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A BACKUP NAVIGATIONAL TOOL FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES DELIVERING MERCHANDISE - In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivering merchandise using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: a UAV having a motorized flight system, a storage area, a transceiver, an imaging, and a GPS tracking device; a memory device for storing position coordinates of the UAV; a flight simulator database including storing geographic and landscape features along the UAV's flight path; and a control circuit configured to: navigate the UAV using GPS, store position coordinates, capture image sequences of the geographic and landscape features, and if the GPS fails to provide accurate position information, communicate with the flight simulator database, calculate a predicted position for the UAV, compare the image sequences with images from the flight simulator database, and determine the actual position of the UAV if individual images in the image sequences match images from the flight simulator database. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE ALONG A TRAVEL PATH - A vehicle guidance system is provided. The vehicle guidance system includes a vehicle trajectory management system, a position reference system, and a vehicle. The vehicle trajectory management system is configured to generate a vehicle travel path including a plurality of waypoints including a departure location, a destination location, and at least one vehicle re-energization location positioned therebetween. The position reference system includes a transmitter configured to emit a transmission signal including location information associated with a coordinate system relative to the transmitter. The vehicle includes a receiver configured to receive the transmission signal, an energy storage device including a first amount of energy for propelling the vehicle along a vehicle travel path, and a control device including a control system in communication with the position reference system and the vehicle trajectory management system. The control device is configured to control the vehicle along the vehicle travel path. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373271 | FLIGHT CONTROL METHOD AND FLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for flight control and a control apparatus for flight control. In an example, a first aircraft includes the control apparatus for flight control and the control apparatus includes interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The interface circuitry receives a first flight control instruction and a flight parameter. The first flight control instruction and the flight parameter are sent by a mobile terminal device. The flight parameter is indicative of a preset flight altitude. In response to the first flight control instruction, the processing circuitry controls the first aircraft to fly to the preset flight altitude. Further, the processing circuitry detects an existence of a second aircraft within a surrounding of the first aircraft, and adjusts a flight posture of the first aircraft according to the existence detection of the second aircraft within the surrounding of the first aircraft. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373272 | Fragrance Discharge Device and Control Method Thereof - Provided is a fragrance discharge device and control method thereof, the fragrance discharge device including a body configured to be wearable by a user; a storage provided to the body and configured to store a fragrance material; a discharge portion configured to discharge, to an outside of the body, the fragrance material supplied from the storage; and a controller configured to control the discharge portion to selectively discharge the fragrance material based on a result of detecting a motion of the user. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373273 | DILUTION ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dispenser system including a source of chemical concentrate, a source of diluent, and a mix chamber in fluid communication with the source of chemical concentrate via a first line and with the source of diluent via a second line to mix chemical concentrate and diluent to form a dilution. The dispenser system also includes one or more metering devices disposed in one or both of the first line and the second line, a discharge fluidly coupled to the mix chamber to deliver the dilution to a downstream receptacle, and a control system in communication with the one or more metering devices. The control system is programmed to adjust a concentration of chemical concentrate in the dilution via control of the one or more metering devices based on an environmental factor affecting a physical environment to be cleaned using the dilution. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373274 | DIAPHRAGM REGULATOR FOR HIGHER PRESSURE INPUT GAS - In at least some implementations, a pressure regulator includes a first body, a second body coupled to the first body and a diaphragm having a portion trapped between the first body and the second body and a not trapped portion that is movable relative to the first body and second body. A stop surface is defined by the second body, and a backing member is coupled to the not trapped portion of the diaphragm for movement with the not trapped portion of the diaphragm. The backing member engages the stop surface to limit the amount the not trapped portion of the diaphragm can move toward the second body. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373275 | SENSOR FUSION FEEDBACK FOR CONTROLLING FLUID PRESSURES IN A MACHINE - A method of using sensor feedback for controlling fluid pressures in a machine includes receiving from each of a plurality of Inertial Measurement Units (IMU's) mounted on different components of the machine, a time series of signals indicative of acceleration and angular rate of motion measurements for each of the components of the machine on which one or more of the plurality of IMU's are mounted, and receiving from at least one non-IMU sensor, a signal indicative of at least one of position, velocity, or acceleration of at least one of the machine components, position, velocity, or acceleration of any potential obstacles or other features at a job site where the machine is operating, a fluid pressure, an engine speed, a fluid relief pressure, a maximum pump output pressure, or an operator input. The method includes fusing the signals received from the IMU's with each other, with a signal from the at least one non-IMU sensor, and in reference to a machine reference frame to determine best estimates of current output joint angles for each of the plurality of components of the machine with reference to the machine reference frame. The method still further includes solving a kinematic equation using the best estimates of current output joint angles for the components of the machine and structural design information characterizing the machine, determining whether a higher fluid pressure to a fluid actuation cylinder connected between two of the machine components is required to avoid stalling of one of the two machine components relative to the other of the two machine components under load after each successive timestep of the series of timesteps, or whether an adjustment to a pressure cut off for a fluid pump on the machine is required for an operation. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373276 | DETERMINING PARAMETERS OF AIR-COOLING MECHANISMS - A method for determining parameters for one or more air-cooling mechanisms for a computer system. A current operating temperature of a system component within a particular system is determined. A maximum operating temperature of the system component is obtained. A difference value between the maximum operating temperature and the current operating temperature is computed. A parameter of an air-cooling mechanism of an environment, which includes the system component, is selected and modified based on the differmce value between the maximum operating temperature and the current operating temperature. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373277 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER - A temperature controller includes a microprocessor, a temperature detector, a current detector, a control relay and an external interface. Wherein, the temperature detector detects a working temperature of a heater; the current detector detects a current value passing through a heating element; and the microprocessor determines an operating state of the temperature controller ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180373278 | SINGLE ZONE VARIABLE AIR VOLUME CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure relates to a climate management system having a control system configured to control climate characteristics of a building. The control system further includes a memory device and a processor. The memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, via a sensor, data indicative of an evaporator coil temperature of the climate management system, and operate an air mover of the climate management system to control supply of conditioned air to the building based on the evaporator coil temperature. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373279 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEMS - A temperature control system including an electrical relay system, a thermistor, a normally open/normally closed digital thermostat, a parallel-circuit, and a series-circuit, with each of the parallel-circuit and the series-circuit electrically coupled to a refrigeration system. The parallel-circuit is electrically coupled to a relay and a cooling system and the relay-coil is in electrical communication and controlled via the thermostat. Also, the thermostat is in electrical communication with the thermistor. The temperature control system is configured to operate both the parallel-circuit and the series-circuit simultaneously while the temperature is above a first-set-point, and temperature control system, via the relay assembly, and cuts current flow to the parallel-circuit when the temperature is at or below the second-set-point, configured to reduce a wattage supplied and therefore a speed of fan motors of the evaporative refrigeration system to conserve power usage. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373280 | Direct-Drive Fan System With Variable Process Control - The present invention is directed to a direct-drive fan system and a variable process control system for efficiently managing the operation of fans in a cooling system such as a wet-cooling tower or air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE), HVAC systems, mechanical towers or chiller systems. The present invention is based on the integration of key features and characteristics such as tower thermal performance, fan speed and airflow, motor torque, fan pitch, fan speed, fan aerodynamic properties, and pump flow. The variable process control system processes feedback signals from multiple locations in order control a high torque, variable speed, permanent magnet motor to drive the fan. Such feedback signals represent certain operating conditions including motor temperature, basin temperature, vibrations, and pump flow rates. Other data processed by the variable process control system in order to control the motor include turbine back pressure set-point, condenser temperature set-point and plant part-load setting. The variable process control system processes this data and the aforesaid feedback signals to optimize the operation of the cooling system in order to prevent disruption of the industrial process and prevent equipment (turbine) failure or trip. The variable process control system alerts the operators for the need to conduct maintenance actions to remedy deficient operating conditions such as condenser fouling. The variable process control system increases cooling for cracking crude and also adjusts the motor RPM, and hence the fan RPM, accordingly during plant part-load conditions in order to save energy. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373281 | LEVEL SHIFT REGULATOR CIRCUIT - A level shift regulator circuit comprises a level shift transistor (Mls) and an output transistor (Mreg) being arranged in series to the level shift transistor (Mls) in an output path (OP). The circuit comprises a feedback path (FP) being arranged between an input node (IN) of the output path (OP) and a gate connection of the output transistor (Mreg). A current splitter (CS) is provided to split a current of a current source (ISO) coupled to the input node (IN) to reduce the loop gain. A current mirror (CM) is arranged in series to the current splitter (CS) to reduce the signal current provided by the current splitter (CS) to the gate connection of the output transistor (Mreg) to further reduce the gain and to improve stability of the circuit. A first and second filter (F | 2018-12-27 |
20180373282 | AUTOMATICALLY RESTARTING A VOLTAGE FOLDBACK CIRCUIT - Embodiments include techniques for automatically restarting a voltage foldback circuit, the techniques include operating a circuit, and detecting a condition of the circuit. The techniques also include performing a foldback operation based at least in part on the condition of the circuit, subsequently detecting the condition of the circuit. The techniques include initiating a timer of the circuit based at least in part on the subsequent detection of the circuit, and returning the circuit to normal operation based on the timer. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ENERGY DEVICE AND SYSTEM STATUS - A method and apparatus is described for providing energy system status information. A status indication device may be mounted near an entry door for determining when an individual is about to leave an area. When the status indication device determines that an individual is about to leave an area, it displays an energy status to the individual, so that the individual can decide whether to place energy-consuming devices in a conservation mode of operation. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373284 | Rolling Hinge Assembly - A hinge assembly includes a pivoting body attached to a base with a front surface. The pivoting body has a front end and rear end and at least one friction reducing member biased rearwardly against the front surface of the body. The friction reducing member is retractable relative to the pivoting body substantially parallel to the direction of the bias. The front surface has an inclined portion and an apex. When the pivoting body is in a rest position the at least one friction reducing member is maintained at the apex. The pivoting body is pivotable in a first direction to an activation that causes the friction reducing member to roll along the inclined portion with the friction reducing member retracting in the forward direction against the bias. When force is removed from the pivoting body in the activation position, the bias against the contoured front surface returns the pivoting body to the rest position via indirect forces. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373285 | DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLING A CLUTCH - The invention concerns a device ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180373286 | TACTILE GAIN CONTROL - One example aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for receiving input. The method can include receiving, by one or more processors, data indicative of finger placement on a three dimensional knob that is associated with a parameter. The method can include determining, by the one or more processors, a height associated with the data indicative of finger placement. The method can include determining, by the one or more processors, a gain associated with the parameter based on the height. The method can include receiving, by the one or more processors, a signal indicative of an adjustment to the parameter. The method can include causing, by the one or more processors, an adjustment to the parameter based on the determined gain and the signal indicative of an adjustment to the parameter. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373287 | DYNAMIC MAXIMUM FREQUENCY LIMIT FOR PROCESSING CORE GROUPS - An apparatus system is provided which comprises: a first component and a second component; a first circuitry to assign the first component to a first group of components, and to assign the second component to a second group of components; and a second circuitry to assign a first maximum frequency limit to the first group of components, and to assign a second maximum frequency limit to the second group of components, wherein the first component and the second component are to respectively operate in accordance with the first maximum frequency limit and the second maximum frequency limit. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AMONG CLOCKS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A system and method for synchronization among clocks within a wireless system is presented. The method can comprise sending a gong signal comprising a gong signal time to the clocks when a fixed amount of time elapses; at each clock, when the gong signal is received and when the gong signal time is not equal to the clock time, setting the clock time to the gong signal time; and at each clock, when the gong signal is not received, setting the clock time to an estimated time; and learning a skew. In one aspect, a Gaussian distribution fitting technique is used for learning and for calculating the estimated time. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373289 | POWER DELIVERY CONTRACT ESTABLISHMENT IN A POWER STORAGE ADAPTER - A power storage adapter may use a power delivery contract establishment method when supplying electrical power to portable information handling systems when the amount of electrical power the power storage adapter is able to supply is less that the amount the portable information handling systems require. In particular, the power storage adapter may avoid supplying electrical power to one of the portable information handling systems that has gotten what is needs and may switch to supplying more electrical power to one of the other portable information handling systems that has not received what it requires. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373290 | DOCKING DEVICE - A docking device is provided. The docking device includes a device mounting part for mounting a portable information device having a forward-descending angular position so that the portable information device comes in contact with the face for use at a front end and is supported by the device mounting part at a rear end; a connection part opposed to a lateral face of the portable information device when the portable information device is mounted on the device mounting part; a connector being connectable to a connection terminal at the lateral face of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; a detector for detecting a mounting angle of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; and an angle adjustment part to rotate the connector according to the mounting angle detected by the detector. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373291 | REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A support system capable of displaying an image at a specified position of a projection target is provided. An image captured by a Capturing device | 2018-12-27 |
20180373292 | MULTIPLE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ROTATING DISPLAY - An apparatus can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a first housing that includes a first display operatively coupled to the processor; a second display operatively coupled to the processor and operatively coupled to a mechanism that rotates the second display with respect to the first display; a second housing that includes a keyboard; and a hinge assembly that operatively couples the first housing to the second housing. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373293 | TEXTILE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure includes wearable light emitting device display systems and methods. The wearable light emitting device includes: memory or a database that stores image and moving image files, a fabric with a multitude of light emitting devices defining a display, and a controller. The system can operate under several display modes: a static module displays at least one static image; a dynamic module displays at least a moving image or a moving pattern; a situational module displays a situational image or pattern upon occurrence of a predetermined event; a geographical module displays a geographic specific image or pattern; a motion module displays a motion specific image or pattern that displays only when the display is in motion. The system may further include a camera and a real time module that displays real time images captured from the camera. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373294 | COMPUTING DEVICE - A device can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor; a keyboard housing that includes a keyboard on a keyboard side, a first interface on an opposing exterior side that couples to an expansion module and a second interface on an exterior hinge assembly side that couples to a docking station; and a hinge assembly that operatively couples the display housing to the keyboard housing. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373296 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LATERAL TORSIONAL RESISTANCE IN A HINGE - A hinge includes a frame, an arm, a torque element, and a link. The frame and arm are rotatably connected about a first lateral axis. The torque element is displaced from the first lateral axis in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the first lateral axis, and the torque element being rotatable about a second lateral axis. The link is connected to the arm and the torque element such that rotation of the arm about the first lateral axis translates the torque element in the longitudinal direction. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373297 | FOLDABLE MECHANISM OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present disclosure provides a foldable mechanism of a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The foldable mechanism includes a soft support structure and a hard support structure embedded in the soft support structure. The foldable mechanism formed by the soft support structure and the hard support structure embedded in the soft support structure is used as a component for connecting a first housing and a second housing. When the mobile terminal is unfolded, the foldable mechanism formed by the soft support structure and the hard support structure is unfolded and turns into a flat structure connected to the first housing and the second housing. When the mobile terminal is folded, one side of the soft support structure away from the hard support structure shrinks inward. Therefore, the mobile terminal is prevented from having an abrupt exterior structure, and an exterior effect of the mobile terminal is improved. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373298 | DISPLAY-CAMERA INTEGRATED APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a display panel and a camera. The display panel includes an accommodation portion. The accommodation portion is at an edge of the display panel and in a non-display region of the display panel. The camera is in the accommodating portion. The camera collects ambient light transmitted through the display panel. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373299 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device including a shell, a cover plate, a battery module, a heat generating element and a heat pipe. The cover plate and the shell jointly define an accommodating space. The battery module includes an extending portion protruding from a surface of the battery module for jointly defining a stepped groove with the surface. The heat generating element is disposed in the accommodating space. The heat pipe is disposed in the stepped groove and thermally coupled to the heat generating element. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373300 | PREDICTIVE MONITORING OF COMPUTER COOLING SYSTEMS - Predictive monitoring of computer cooling systems includes generating, at a computer system, a model representative of at least a relationship between a rotational speed of one or more fans configured to cool computing components and a duty cycle of the pulse-width modulation of electrical current supplied to the one or more fans. The computer system determines a first effective range for the rotational speed of the one or more fans as a function of the duty cycle based on the model and monitors data representative of the rotational speed of the one or more fans and data representative of the duty cycle. The computer system generates a predictive failure alert when the data representative of the rotational speed indicates that the rotational speed is outside of the first effective range for a particular value of the duty cycle. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373301 | Power Discharge Control Device, Circuit and Method Using the Same - A power discharge control device for a computer system is disclosed. The power discharge control device includes a control unit for generating a control signal corresponding to a pin signal of the computer system, and a discharge unit coupled to the control unit, for executing a power discharge process of the computer system according to the control signal, wherein the pin signal is generated when the computer system is shut down normally or powered off abnormally. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373302 | POWER DELIVERY NETWORK ANALYSIS OF MEMORY UNIT I/O POWER DOMAIN - The disclosed technology provides methods for performing a power delivery network analysis of the memory unit I/O power domain. The methods include performing a signal and power integrity analysis for a memory unit I/O power domain to extract characteristics of a current waveform, determining characteristics of an expected waveform based on a current response for the memory unit I/O power domain, and determining whether the characteristics of the current waveform and the characteristics of the expected waveform are within a tolerance limit. The method also includes various remedial operations and CPM regeneration which may iteratively occur until the waveform matches and final CPM is generated which is use for PDN analysis. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373303 | DETERMINING A POWER CAPPING SIGNAL USING DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS - Examples disclosed herein relate to determination of a power capping signal based on direct memory access. In an example, a hardware timer in a processor may generate a hardware trigger. In response to the hardware trigger, an analog-to-digital convertor (ADC) engine may obtain an analog voltage signal from a server. ADC engine may convert the analog voltage signal to a digital output. ADC engine may then generate a second hardware trigger. In response to the second hardware trigger, a direct memory access engine may provide the digital output to a programmable logic device via a direct memory access (DMA) operation. The programmable logic device may determine a power capping signal based on the digital output, and provide the power capping signal to the server. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373304 | Configurable Wireless Power Control and Management - An electromechanical relay switching system for reducing electromagnetic or radio interference. The system includes an electromechanical relay with an energizeable coil and a microcontroller configured to synchronize energizing the coil relative to a voltage zero crossing time based on a relay contact close time and relay contact bounce time measured particularly for the relay. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373305 | POWER CONSUMPTION TIME SYNCHRONIZATION - Indicators of a global timing reference ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180373306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT OF A GRAPHICS PROCESSING CORE IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus controls power management of a graphics processing core when multiple virtual machines are allocated to the graphics processing core on a much finer-grain level than conventional systems. In one example, the method and apparatus processes a plurality of virtual machine power control setting requests to determine a power control request for a power management unit of a graphics processing core. The method and apparatus then controls power levels of the graphics processing core with the power management unit based on the determined power control request. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373307 | PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAVING POWER, MOBILE TERMINAL AND CLOUD SERVER - The present disclosure provides a processing method and apparatus for saving power, a mobile terminal, and a cloud server. The method may be applied to a client, and includes: collecting at least one of running information of an application in an operating system of the client, behavior information of the application and scenario information related to the application, to generate client characteristic information; uploading the client characteristic information to a cloud server; receiving a power saving strategy generated by the cloud server with respect to the client characteristic information, and performing a power saving operation on the application according to the power saving strategy. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373308 | POWER STORAGE ADAPTER FOR COMMUNICATING BATTERY DATA WITH A PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - A power storage adapter coupled to a portable information handling system using a variable power bus may receive first battery data from an embedded controller of the portable information handling system. The first battery data may be used by a battery management unit in the power storage adapter for power management of a battery. The power storage adapter may also collect second battery data from other portable information handling systems and send the second battery data back to the embedded controller. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373309 | MOBILE SYSTEMS WITH SEAMLESS TRANSITION BY ACTIVATING SECOND SUBSYSTEM TO CONTINUE OPERATION OF APPLICATION EXECUTED BY FIRST SUBSYSTEM AS IT ENTERS SLEEP MODE - A computer system includes two or more subsystems. In one example, a first subsystem is executing a multimedia application using data stored in a first storage device. A copy of the data is also stored in a second storage device associated with a second subsystem. The second subsystem may be a dedicated multimedia player controller. When the first subsystem is to enter a sleep state, the second subsystem may continue to process the multimedia data stored in the second storage device. The second subsystem may also use the same audio port that the first subsystem was using before it enters the sleep state. Appropriate transition point may be determined by the second subsystem to ease audio disruption. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373310 | Method And Apparatus For Adjusting Display Interface Of Screen, User Interface, Electronic Device, And Storage Medium - The present disclosure relates to a method applied to an electronic device with a screen. The screen displays a display interface. In one example method, a current value of a current sampling point is obtained. Based on the current value, whether power consumption of the electronic device meets a criterion is determined. The display interface is adjusted when the power consumption of the electronic device does not meet the criterion. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373311 | Multi-Port Extension for Multi-Rail Point-to-Point Power Management Interfaces - A power converter system is provided that supports multiple voltage rails through a plurality of point-to-point power management communication buses. The power converter system includes a plurality of power converters each of which is operable to output an independent voltage rail regulated at a defined voltage level, a plurality of ports each of which is configured for point-to-point communication over a dedicated serial communication power management bus with single and multiple voltage rail support, each port being dedicated to a single serial communication power management bus, the power converter system having fewer ports than voltage rails, and configuration logic operable to flexibly assign each power converter to one of the ports based on configuration information stored in or provided to the power converter system, so that each power converter communicates over the serial communication power management bus to which the port assigned to that power converter is dedicated. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373312 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A display control unit executes control to display images requested to be rendered, including effects in a plurality of formats and of a plurality of kinds according to rendering requests, on a display medium via a GPU by using effect data in which the amounts of data have been reduced in accordance with the rendering frequencies of the effects. Specifically, the display control unit determines the amount of data to be reduced for an effect in a format and of a kind according to a rendering request in accordance with the rendering frequency of the effect, extracts the effect data in which data has been reduced by the amount of data from effect-data storage DBs, and provides the effect data to the GPU. | 2018-12-27 |
20180373313 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM OR SUB-SYSTEM - Systems, devices, and methods related to non-volatile memory are described. A non-volatile memory array may be employed as a main memory array for a system on a chip (SoC) or processor. A controller may interface between the non-volatile memory array and the SoC or processor using a protocol agnostic to characteristics of non-volatile memory operation including different page sizes or access time requirements, etc. A virtual memory bank at the controller may be employed to facilitate operations between the SoC or processor and the non-volatile memory array. The controller may be coupled with a buffer to facilitate rapid data operation, and the controller may be configured to selectively access data at the non-volatile array to account for data stored in the virtual memory bank or the buffer. The controller, the virtual memory bank, and the buffer may be configured on one chip separate from the SoC or processor. | 2018-12-27 |