52nd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160377665 | WIRE HARNESS TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The disclosed apparatus and method relates generally to the field of electrical testing and more particularly to an apparatus and method for the testing of wire harnesses, cable harnesses, wire assemblies and the like having a multiplicity of conductive wires for electrical defects including lack of continuity, opens, breaks and shorts without the need to remove a wire harness from its installed location. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377666 | ABNORMALITY DETECTING CIRCUIT AND ABNORMALITY DETECTING METHOD - There is provided an abnormality detecting circuit. A clamp unit is configured to clamp an output voltage which is output from another device, such that the upper limit of the output voltage becomes a first clamp voltage which is generated on the basis of a constant voltage generated from a power supply voltage, or a second clamp voltage which is generated on the basis of the power supply voltage and which varies depending on the power supply voltage. A short-to-power detection unit is configured to compare the output voltage clamped by the clamp unit, with a predetermined threshold value which is generated on the basis of the power supply voltage, thereby detecting occurrence of a short to power. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377667 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF SHORT CIRCUITS WITHIN AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - A method for detecting a short circuit within an energy store. The method includeds registering a current which flows through the energy store, registering a first voltage which is made available by the energy store at a first time, registering a second voltage which is made available by the energy store at a second time following the first time, determining whether the energy store is in a state of charge, a discharge state or in an open-circuit state, executing a first detection step when the energy store is in an open-circuit state, a second detection step when the energy store is in a state of charge, and a third detection step when the energy store is in a discharged state, and determining whether a short circuit is present based on the first and second voltage. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377668 | SELF-WARNING SYSTEM FOR UNLOCKED CONNECTORS - A sealing gasket for an electrical connector system includes a resilient element configured to seal an interface between a header surface and a connector surface. The sealing gasket further includes thin-film sensing elements in contact with the resilient element that are configured to define a resistance of an electrical network based on a force applied to the sealing gasket. In some configurations, the sensing elements are arranged in a series electrical network and establish a conductive path when the force is greater than a predetermined force at each of the sensing elements. The thin-film sensing elements may be coupled to a controller that is configured to output a diagnostic based on a state of the electrical network. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377669 | ON-CHIP TEST CIRCUIT FOR MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (MRAM) - Embodiments include a test circuit to test one or more magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) of a magnetic random access memory (MRAM). The test circuit may measure a 1/f noise of the MTJ in the time domain, and determine a power spectral density (PSD) of the 1/f noise. The test circuit may estimate one or more parameters of the MTJ and/or MRAM based on the PSD. For example, the test circuit may determine a noise parameter, such as a Hooge alpha parameter, based on the PSD, and may estimate the one or more parameters of the MTJ and/or MRAM based on the 1/f parameter. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377670 | INSULATION DETECTOR AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS - An insulation detector for highly accurately detecting or measuring, with a simple configuration, insulation resistance of a load or an apparatus to a ground or a housing and connected to an electric apparatus including one or both of an intra-apparatus capacitor and a battery, the insulation detector including an intra-insulation detector capacitor, a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the intra-insulation detector capacitor, and a current-path forming switch for connecting the ground or the housing, the intra-apparatus capacitor, and the intra-insulation detector capacitor in series and forming a current path including insulation resistance of the electric apparatus. The insulation detector measures the insulation resistance by measuring a time constant of a change in the voltage of the intra-insulation detector capacitor. A capacitance value of the intra-insulation detector capacitor is a value negligible in the measurement of the insulation resistance compared with a capacitance value of the intra-apparatus capacitor. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377671 | AGING DETERMINATION OF POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE IN ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM - Monitoring aging in an electric drive system includes energizing the electric drive system such that electrical current flows through a power semiconductor device therein, determining a value indicative of a voltage across the power semiconductor device, at a current level where voltage is substantially independent of temperature, comparing the determined value with a reference value, and outputting a signal responsive to a difference between the values that is indicative of an aging state of the power semiconductor device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377672 | ON-CHIP COMBINED HOT CARRIER INJECTION AND BIAS TEMPERATURE INSTABILITY MONITOR - Methods and circuits for monitoring circuit degradation include measuring degradation in a plurality of on-chip test oscillators that vary according to a quantity that influences hot carrier injection (HCI) degradation. The measured degradation for the plurality of test oscillators is extrapolated to determine a bias temperature instability (BTI) contribution to the measured degradation. The BTI contribution is subtracted from the measured degradation at a predetermined value of the quantity to determine the HCI degradation for devices represented by the predetermined value. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377673 | Method and Circuit for Determining Faults in Appliances - A washing and/or drying appliance ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160377674 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP RELIABILITY QUALIFICATION USING A SAMPLE-SPECIFIC EXPECTED FAIL RATE - Disclosed is a method for performing reliability qualification of manufactured integrated circuit (IC) chips. In the method, IC chips are manufactured according to a design and sorted into groups, which correspond to different process windows within a process distribution for the design. Group fail rates are determined for the groups. Reliability qualification of the manufactured IC chips is performed. Specifically, a sample of the IC chips is stress tested and the manufactured IC chips are qualified if the actual fail rate of the sample is no greater than an expected fail rate. The expected fail rate used is not, however, the expected overall fail rate for all the manufactured IC chips. Instead it is a unique expected fail rate for the specific sample itself and it is determined considering fail rate contributions from only those specific groups of IC chips from which the IC chips in the sample were selected. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377675 | OPTICAL NANOPROBING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Apparatus for electrical and optical nanoprobing at resolution beyond optical diffraction limit. Navigation microscope is configured for navigation to a region of interest. A probe spatial positioner supports a fork and an oscillating piezotube is attached to the free end of the fork and provides an output indicating of a distance to the sample. A single-mode optical fiber having a near-field transducer formed at an end thereof is attached to the oscillating piezotube such that the near-field transducer extends below the oscillating piezotube towards the sample. A photodetector is positioned to detect photons collected from the sample. The near-field transducer may be formed as a tapered section formed at the end of the single-mode optical fiber, a metallic coating formed at a tip of the tapered section, and an aperture formed in the metallic coating so as to expose the tip of the tapered section through the metallic coating. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377676 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING OVERLAPPING SCAN DOMAINS - An integrated circuit includes overlapping scan domains, wherein at least one scan domain of the integrated circuit includes some, but not all, of the synchronous logic elements, logic gates, and signal paths of a different scan domain. Each scan domain includes a scan wrapper to receive test patterns generated to test the logic mix for that domain. The test patterns are propagated through the logic mix of the scan domain to generate corresponding output patterns, which are compared to expected results for that scan domain. By overlapping the scan domains, test coverage of the integrated circuit can be increased without substantially increasing testing time. The test patterns applied to the integrated circuit can be pruned to remove duplicate patterns generated for overlapping scan domains. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377677 | CHIP AND METHOD FOR TESTING A PROCESSING COMPONENT OF A CHIP - In accordance with one embodiment, a chip is provided which includes an interface configured to receive test data and masking data, a processing component having a plurality of scan chains. Each scan chain is configured to generate a test response on the basis of a processing of the test data. The chip further includes a compression circuit configured to compress the test responses generated by the scan chains to form a compressed test response, and a signature generating circuit configured to generate a signature on the basis of the compressed test response, depending on whether the masking data specify that the compressed test response is to be masked. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FEATURED TEST PATTERN - An method of generating a featured scan pattern for test includes: providing a plurality of predetermined test patterns to perform test on a plurality of devices under test (DUT) under a stress condition to generate a plurality of test responses of each DUT; grouping a plurality of specific test responses of each DUT from the test responses of each DUT to determine a feature value corresponding to a failure feature for each DUT; and generating at least one featured test pattern according to the feature value of each DUT. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377679 | INTERCONNECT RETIMER ENHANCEMENTS - A test mode signal is generated to include a test pattern and an error reporting sequence. The test mode signal is sent on link that includes one or more extension devices and two or more sublinks. The test mode signal is to be sent on a particular one of the sublinks and is to be used by a receiving device to identify errors on the particular sublink. The error reporting sequence is to be encoded with error information to describe error status of sublinks in the plurality of sublinks. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377680 | EFFICIENCY OF CYCLE-REPRODUCIBLE DEBUG PROCESSES IN A MULTI-CORE ENVIRONMENT - An approach for improving efficiency of cycle-reproducible debug in a multi-core environment is provided. The approach executes an exerciser image on one or more cores, wherein the exerciser image includes one or more different seeds. The approach determines a seed from the one or more different seeds that locates a fail-condition. Responsive to determining a seed from the one or more different seeds that locates the fail condition, the approach determines an upper bound and a lower bound of the fail-condition. The approach determines an exact cycle where the fail-condition occurs. The approach constructs a multi-cycle trace for the fail-condition. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377681 | SCAN RESPONSE REUSE METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for allowing response data output from the scan outputs of a circuit under test to be formatted and applied as stimulus data input to the scan inputs of the circuit under test. Also the disclosure described a novel method and apparatus for allowing the response data output from the scan outputs of a circuit under test to be formatted and used as expected data to compare against the response data output from the circuit under test. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377682 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PHYSICAL QUANTITY OF AMULTIPHASE SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - To reliably determine a state variable (G) of a polyphase synchronous machine ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160377683 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A BATTERY CELL CURRENT - The invention relates to a method and to a device for measuring a battery cell current through a battery cell unit. After the battery cell unit has been switched off, inductively stored energy from the battery cell unit is discharged (S | 2016-12-29 |
20160377684 | ASSESSING THE QUANTITY OF ENERGY IN A MOTOR VEHICLE BATTERY - A method for evaluating a quantity of energy at constant power of a battery includes determining a value of a capacity parameter for the battery, constructing a table of values for a parameter of voltage across terminals of the battery as a function of a value of a current parameter, for N values of a state of charge parameter, determining a value of an internal resistance parameter for the battery, providing a table of values of an open-circuit voltage parameter, estimating a value of the state of charge parameter at an initial time, and estimating a quantity of energy parameter between a final and initial states of charge using a function whose variable is the state of charge parameter and whose parameters are said value of the capacity parameter for the battery, said value of the internal resistance parameter, and said value of the open-circuit voltage parameter. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377685 | SWITCH CIRCUIT, SELECTION CIRCUIT, AND VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Provided is a technique that contributes to the improvement of voltage measurement accuracy and uniform current consumption of a battery in a voltage measurement device. Switch circuits (SWP and SWN) include switch elements (MP | 2016-12-29 |
20160377686 | DEGRADATION ESTIMATION METHOD, DEGRADATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AND DEGRADATION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - According to an embodiment, a degradation estimation method includes detecting a stop interval of a battery control apparatus having a function to calculate a state of charge of a battery, acquiring degradation information corresponding to a calculated state of charge calculated from the battery and a detection temperature detected from the battery or degradation information corresponding to the calculated state of charge and an ambient temperature based on a first degradation information database showing degradation of the battery in accordance with a set state of charge and a set temperature, and estimating the degradation of the battery in the stop interval based on the degradation information acquired. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377687 | INVERTER TEST APPARATUS - An inverter test apparatus includes a DC power supply, a second inverter which is connected to a DC side of the first inverter, an inductor which is connected between an AC side of the first inverter and an AC side of the second inverter, a first controller which controls an AC voltage of the first inverter to be at a constant amplitude and a constant frequency, a current detector which detects a current that flows through the inductor, a phase command value computation module which computes a phase command value of the second inverter so as to control the current detected by the current detector, and a second controller which controls a phase of the second inverter, based on the phase command value computed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377688 | MAGNETIC FIELD LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION - A mobile robot includes a body movable over a surface within an environment, a calibration coil carried on the body and configured to produce a calibration magnetic field, a sensor circuit carried on the body and responsive to the calibration magnetic field, and a controller carried on the body and in communication with the sensor circuit. The sensor circuit is configured to generate calibration signals based on the calibration magnetic field. The controller is configured to calibrate the sensor circuit as a function of the calibration signals, thereby resulting in a calibrated sensor circuit configured to detect a transmitter magnetic field within the environment and to generate detection signals based on the transmitter magnetic field. The controller is configured to estimate a pose of the mobile robot as a function of the detection signals. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377689 | Multi-Functional Interconnect Module and Carrier with Multi-Functional Interconnect Module Attached Thereto - An interconnect module includes a metal clip having a first end section, a second end section and a middle section extending between the first and the second end sections. The first end section is configured for external attachment to a bare semiconductor die or packaged semiconductor die attached to a carrier or to a metal region of the carrier. The second end section is configured for external attachment to a different metal region of the carrier or to a different semiconductor die or packaged semiconductor die attached to the carrier. The module further includes a magnetic field sensor secured to the metal clip. The magnetic field sensor is operable to sense a magnetic field produced by current flowing through the metal clip. The interconnect module can be used to form a direct electrical connection between components and/or metal regions of a carrier to which the module is attached. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377690 | STRESS AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED HALL SENSOR, AND METHOD - An integrated semiconductor device for measuring a magnetic field, comprising: a Hall sensor, a first lateral isotropic sensor having a first stress sensitivity and a first temperature sensitivity, a second lateral isotropic sensor having a second stress sensitivity and a second temperature sensitivity, optional amplifying means, digitization means; and calculation means configured for calculating a stress and temperature compensated Hall value in the digital domain, based on a predefined formula which can be expressed as an n-th order polynomial in only two parameters. These parameters may be obtained directly from the sensor elements, or they may be calculated from a set of two simultaneous equations. A method of obtaining a Hall voltage signal, and compensating said signal for stress and temperature drift. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377691 | INTEGRATED AMR MAGNETORESISTOR WITH LARGE SCALE - An integrated AMR magnetoresistive sensor has a magnetoresistor, a set/reset coil and a shielding region arranged on top of each other. The set/reset coil is positioned between the magnetoresistor and the shielding region. The magnetoresistor is formed by a magnetoresistive strip of an elongated shape having a length in a first direction parallel to the preferential magnetization direction and a width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The set/reset coil has at least one stretch extending transversely to the magnetoresistive strip. The shielding region is a ferromagnetic material and has a width in the second direction greater than the width of the magnetoresistive strip so as to attenuate the external magnetic field traversing the magnetoresistive strip and increase the sensitivity scale of the magnetoresistive sensor. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377692 | RETRACTABLE MR COIL DEVICE - A magnetic resonance coil apparatus, a magnetic resonance apparatus and a method for handling a magnetic resonance coil apparatus are provided. The magnetic resonance coil apparatus includes a first coil unit and a second coil unit. The first coil unit and the second coil unit are configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis relative to one another. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377693 | REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE PHYSIOLOGY SYNCHRONIZATION AND GATING FOR STEADY STATE MR SEQUENCES - The present invention is related to a method of acquiring free-breathing steady-state magnetic resonance images (MRI) and a free-breathing Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging system ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160377694 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING ACQUISITION CHANNEL OF MERGING UINIT IN POWER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and system for correcting acquisition channel of merging unit in power system which belong to the technical field of simulation data collection of power system. The present invention performs data acquisition of each channel firstly, and the acquired data is continuous and effective frequency data, then the collected data is stored to their respective backup areas, and the data storage is stopped until the amount of stored data is up to a predetermined value required for correcting, the data is corrected finally within the respective backup areas of each channel which stops the data storage. The correction process is performed by using corresponding correction module. The method for the channel correction improves the efficiency of channel correction greatly, reduces the correction error, improves the correction precision, and has more simple and convenient operation in comparison to the conventional method for channel correction by modifying hardware parameters. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377695 | Bearing Calculation - There is provided an apparatus comprising a location receiver to receive a signal indicative of a location of the location receiver. A movement mechanism rotates the location receiver about an axis and provides an angle of the location receiver about the axis from a known point. Calculation circuitry produces an output value indicative of an absolute bearing of the known point about the axis, based on a plurality of given angles of the location receiver about the axis from the known point, and a plurality of associated locations of the location receiver indicated by the signal received when the location receiver is at each of the given angles. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377696 | Portable Electronic Device Proximity Sensors with Multi-Directional Functionality - An electronic device includes a housing, one or more processors, and one or more proximity sensor components, each having an infrared signal receiver to receive an infrared emission from an object external to the housing. The proximity sensor component is disposed by a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture having a first axis oriented in a first direction and the second aperture having a second axis oriented in a second direction. Attenuation of infrared emissions can occur through one of the first aperture or the second aperture. The one or more processors can determine whether a received infrared emission is attenuated to detect whether the received infrared emission was received from the first direction or the second direction. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377697 | MAPPING AND MOVEMENT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF - A computerized method of mapping a plurality of anchor devices in a space. The method, providing a plurality of anchor devices which are set to be detachably deployed in a plurality of locations in a space, capturing by the plurality of anchor devices a plurality of relative distance indication messages transmitted from the plurality of anchor devices, calculating, based on each the relative distance indication message, distance indicative parameters indicative of a distance between a pair of anchor devices from the plurality of anchor devices, aggregating the distance indicative parameters, and calculating a dataset which maps a location of each one of the plurality of anchor devices in the space according to the aggregated distance indicative parameters. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377698 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TRACKING MOBILE OBJECTS USING CAMERAS AND TAG DEVICES - A method and system for tracking mobile objects in a site are disclosed. The system comprises a computer cloud communicating with one or more imaging devices and one or more tag devices. Each tag device is attached to a mobile object, and has one or more sensors for sensing the motion of the mobile object. The computer cloud visually tracks mobile objects in the site using image streams captured by the imaging devices, and uses measurements obtained from tag devices to resolve ambiguity occurred in mobile object tracking. The computer cloud uses an optimization method to reduce power consumption of tag devices. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377699 | Positioning System and Method - Disclosed are positioning system and method. The positioning system includes a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. After the first wireless transceiver sends search information to the second wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver receives the search information, response information is generated and sent to the first wireless transceiver. After the first wireless transceiver receives the response information, the position of the second wireless transceiver is obtained by computation. The positioning system and method have the features of easy installation, low construction cost, high positioning precision, 3D positioning, and power saving. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377700 | DOPPLER GEOLOCATION SYSTEM (DGS) - In a geolocation method and/or apparatus, a plurality of satellites is provided in a fixed Earth-Sun coordinate system or a fixed Earth-moon coordinate system. Two respective radio frequency band signals of the plurality of respective radio frequency band signals are received by at least one receiver from at least two satellites of the plurality of satellites, the at least one receiver comprising at least one respective geolocation. The at least one receiver generating at least two pluralities of equal Doppler shift contours corresponding to the at least two satellites of the plurality of satellites. The at least one receiver determines the at least one respective geolocation based at least in part on a universal time and intersections of the at least two pluralities of equal Doppler shift contours. The at least one receiver outputs the at least one respective geolocation. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOUNTING ANGLE OF BLIND SPOT DETECTION SENSOR - A mounting angle detection system of a Blind Spot Detection (BSD) sensor includes: the BSD sensor that is mounted at a predetermined location of a vehicle so as to detect a peripheral object; a displacement sensor that is fixedly disposed outside of the vehicle so as to detect a location of the vehicle; a Doppler generator that generates a radio wave of a wavelength in which the BSD sensor can detect; a moving unit that moves the Doppler generator to a detection area in which the BSD sensor can detect; and a control unit that calculates a deviation between a detection location and a reference location of the vehicle and that controls the moving unit so as to correct a location of the Doppler generator according to the deviation. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377702 | RADAR AXIS DISPLACEMENT AMOUNT CALCULATION DEVICE AND RADAR AXIS DISPLACEMENT CALCULATION METHOD - A processor generates first position information on a relative position between a camera and a radar, acquires, from the radar, second position information on a relative position between the radar and a reflector, the second position information being generated by using an arrival direction of the radar transmission wave, and calculates a displacement amount by comparing the first position information and the second position information with each other. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377703 | DETECTING PRESENCE, SIZE, AND DIRECTION OF MOTION OF AN OBJECT USING RADIO-FREQUENCY TECHNIQUES - Various embodiments transmit a radio-frequency (“RF”) beam using two or more RF antennas of a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone. The RF signals that make up the RF beam are selected to create an emission pattern associated with object detection. Some of the RF antennas can be multi-purpose, where in addition to transmitting the RF beam, the antennas are used for RF communications. Upon receiving a reflected radiation pattern of the RF beam from an object, the reflected radiation pattern is analyzed to identify characteristics of the object. Depending upon what characteristics have been identified, one or more actions can be automatically performed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377704 | HUMAN POSTURE FEATURE EXTRACTION IN PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A non-wearable Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) architecture is provided, implementing RF interferometry using synthetic aperture antenna arrays to derive ultra-wideband echo signals which are analyzed and then processed by a two-stage human state classifier and abnormal states pattern recognition. Systems and methods transmit ultra-wide band radio frequency signals at, and receive echo signals from, the environment, process the received echo signals to derive a spatial distribution of echo sources in the environment using spatial parameters of the at least one transmitting and/or receiving antennas, and estimate postures human(s) in the environment by analyzing the spatial distribution with respect to echo intensity. The antennas may be arranged in several linear baselines, implement virtual displacements, and may be set into multiple communicating sub-arrays. The decision process is carried out based on the instantaneous human state (local decision) followed by abnormal states patterns recognition (global decision). | 2016-12-29 |
20160377705 | ULTRA-WIDE BAND ANTENNA ARRAYS AND RELATED METHODS IN PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS - A non-wearable Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) architecture is provided, implementing RF interferometry using synthetic aperture antenna arrays to derive ultra-wideband echo signals which are analyzed and then processed by a two-stage human state classifier and abnormal states pattern recognition. Systems and methods transmit ultra-wide band radio frequency signals at, and receive echo signals from, the environment, process the received echo signals to yield a range-bin-based slow signal that is spatio-temporally characterized over multiple spatial range bins and multiple temporal sub-frames, respectively, and derive from the slow signal multiple characteristics of human(s) in the environment. The reception antennas may be arranged in several linear baselines, implement virtual displacements, and may be set into multiple communicating sub-arrays. The decision process is carried out based on the instantaneous human state (local decision) followed by abnormal states patterns recognition (global decision). | 2016-12-29 |
20160377706 | LIQUID CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE STEERED ACTIVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SENSOR - An active situational sensor achieves SWaP-C and SNR improvements by using a liquid crystal waveguide to steer a spot-beam onto a conical shape of a fixed mirror, which redirects the spot-beam to scan a FOV. The sensor may rapidly scan a 360° horizontal FOV with a specified vertical FOV or any portion thereof, jump discretely between multiple specific objects per frame, vary the dwell time on an object or compensate for other external factors to tailor the scan to a particular application or changing real-time conditions. The sensor can be used to provide object intensity or ranging in complex, dynamic systems such as aviation, air traffic control, ship navigation, unmanned ground vehicles, collision avoidance, object targeting etc. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377707 | LASER SCANNER CONTROLLING DEVICE, LASER SCANNER CONTROLLING METHOD, AND LASER SCANNER CONTROLLING PROGRAM - Detection of sunlight as noise is avoided in obtaining point clouds by using a laser scanner. A laser scanner controlling device includes a sun direction calculating unit | 2016-12-29 |
20160377708 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING EXPOSURE ESTIMATION USING A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR - This application relates to capturing an image of a target object using information from a time-of-flight sensor. In one aspect, a method may include a time-of-flight (TOF) system configured to emit light and sense a reflection of the emitted light and may determine a return energy based on the reflection of the emitted light. The method may measure a time between when the light is emitted and when the reflection is sensed and may determine a distance between the target object and the TOF system based on that time. The method may also identify a reflectance of the target object based on the return energy and may determine an exposure level based on a distance between the target object and a reflectance of the target object. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377709 | DETERMINING AN OBJECT DISTANCE USING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS - An object-tracking system can compute a distance to a target object. During operation, the system can use a radio antenna to receive a first radio signal pattern from a direction of a target object. The system determines a time interval from the received radio signal pattern, and determines a velocity of the local system. The system then computes a distance to the target object based on the time interval and the velocity of the object-tracking device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET OBJECT - A system for detecting a target object includes a first detector that detects an object by emitting radio waves and receiving reflected waves that are the emitted radio waves reflected by a target object, a second detector that detects heat generated by the target object, and an information collection apparatus that determines the presence or absence of the target object on the basis of the detected reflected waves and the detected heat, and the information collection apparatus determines the presence of the target object in a case where the first detector has detected a movement of the target object and the second detector has detected the heat. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377711 | RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES - A radar system includes a controller is operable to receive a first signal from a first antenna and a second signal from a second antenna arising from the reflection of the first pulse by an object located in the radar field-of-view. The controller is also operable to calculate, before reception of the reflection of the second pulse by the object is finished, a first transformation of the first signal and the second signal to determine range-data based on the reflection of the first pulse. The range-data includes a phase-component and an amplitude-component. The first transformation is followed by calculate a complex non-coherent integration of the phase-component and the amplitude-component to determine averaged-range-data that includes a Doppler-phase and a Doppler-amplitude. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377712 | HANDHELD DEVICE, OBJECT POSITIONING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A handheld device, an object positioning method thereof and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The handheld device includes a radar sensor, an image sensor and a control unit. The radar sensor emits a detection wave, and receives a reflected wave generated by an object by reflecting the detection wave. Each object generates one of the reflected waves. The image sensor captures an image. The image includes a subset of the objects. The control unit extracts a waveform signature of each reflected wave, recognizes the waveform signature in a time domain and a frequency domain to determine a first type of each object, obtains a first position of the object according to the reflected wave, obtains a second type and a second position of each object according to the first image, and performs object mapping to combine or compare the first position and the second position of the object. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377713 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING REFLECTED WAVE ARRIVAL DIRECTION, AND PROGRAM - A method of estimating a reflected wave arrival direction using a radar apparatus includes obtaining a first, reflected signal by performing transmission and/or reception of radio waves using a first directional distribution pattern of sensitivity, obtaining a number of first targets by estimating a number of targets in a reflected wave based on the first reflected signal, obtaining a second reflected signal by performing transmission and/or reception of radio waves using a second directional distribution pattern of sensitivity, obtaining a number of second targets by estimating a number of targets in the reflected wave based on the second reflected signal, obtaining a third reflected signal by performing transmission and/or reception of radio waves using a third directional distribution pattern of sensitivity, obtaining a number of third targets by estimating a number of targets in the reflected wave based on the third reflected signal, and estimating the number of targets and the direction of presence of the targets using the numbers of the first, second and third targets and the first, second and third directional distribution patterns of sensitivity. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377714 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - The signal processing device processes a sensor signal from a radio wave sensor. The parameter adjuster changes a parameter for adjusting detection sensitivity of an object for a recognition process. The parameter adjuster sets the parameter to increase the detection sensitivity of the object when the sensitivity level set by the level setter is a high level, and sets the parameter to decrease the detection sensitivity of the object when the sensitivity level set by the level setter is a low level. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377715 | TRACKING DEVICE WITH DEFERRED ACTIVATION AND PROPAGATION OF PASSIVE TRACKS - A tracking device estimates a track for at least one possible target and is configured to receive incoming measurements and process measurements and tracks. The device has a storage device and a computational device and an association module to calculate an association between a measurement and a track. The device further has an output module to output a sequence of track updates from an assignment module maintaining a set of active tracks using the association module as a function of active tracks and the incoming measurements to calculate associations, containing possible track updates and deciding which track updates to keep in the active tracks set and which to add to a passive tracks set. Computations on the passive tracks may be deferred until at least one passive track handling criterion is fulfilled. The computational device may activate and transfer a passive track from the passive set to the active set. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377716 | SONAR TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY - Sonar systems and associated methods are provided herein for sonar image generation. The sonar system is configured to enable rotation of a transducer array that includes at least two transducer elements. The transducer array may be mounted to a trolling motor capable of being rotated. The transducer elements can be positioned to enable use of interferometry to obtain angle information regarding sonar returns. The angle and range of each sonar return can be used to form images, such as a 2D forward looking image of the underwater environment. A heading detector can be used to obtain a heading of the transducer elements to enable creation of a 2D radar-like image of the underwater environment. Additionally, the heading, angle, and range of the sonar returns can be used to form a 3D image of the underwater environment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377717 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE SAMPLING OF DOPPLER SPECTRUM - An ultrasound imaging system is provided. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire ultrasound imaging information including an ultrasound data sample. The ultrasound imaging system includes a processing circuit configured to receive the ultrasound imaging information and applying a combining function to the ultrasound imaging information based on a characteristic of the ultrasound imaging information, in order to combine the ultrasound imaging information into at least one spectral Doppler line. The combining function improves an image quality of an image displayed based on the at least one spectral Doppler line. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377718 | PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A photoelectric sensor includes the following components. A disturbance detection unit detects a disturbance by comparing a light reception result obtained by a light receiver with a first threshold and with a second threshold for a predetermined period in a state where no light is transmitted by a light transmitter. The second threshold takes a value of a sign opposite to that of the first threshold relative to a no-signal state. A waiting unit waits for the light reception result obtained by the light receiver to become within a range from the first threshold to the second threshold upon detection of a disturbance. A disturbance type determination unit causes detection of a disturbance to be performed again after the waiting. A light transmission instruction unit instructs the light transmitter to transmit light when no disturbance is detected for a predetermined period. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377719 | LASER RANGE FINDING APPARATUS - A laser range finding apparatus includes a light emitting section that emits a laser light, a light receiving section that receives the reflected laser light from a detection object, the light receiving section including a plurality of photo detectors for respectively receiving a plurality of different transmission wavelength bands of the laser light, an identifying section that identifies each of the photo detectors each of whose output indicating signal waveforms of the received reflected laser light is not saturated as an unsaturated photo detector, and a distance calculating section that calculates a distance to the detection object based on a light detection timing at which the reflected laser light is received by the unsaturated photo detector. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377720 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING DEPTH INFORMATION - A device for extracting depth information, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a light output unit for outputting infrared (IR) light; a light adjustment unit for adjusting an angle of the light outputted from the light output unit such that the light scans a first region including an object, and then adjusting the angle of the light such that the light scans a second region, which is a portion of the first region; a light input unit in which the light outputted from the light output unit and reflected from the object is inputted; and a control unit for extracting depth information of the second region by using the flight time taken up until the light outputted from the light output unit is inputted into the light input unit after being scanned to and reflected from the second region. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377721 | BEAT SIGNAL BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND APPLICATIONS - High-resolution laser range finding using frequency-modulated pulse compression techniques can be accomplished using inexpensive semiconductor laser diodes. Modern applications of laser range finding often seek to maximize the distance over which they can resolve range together with the range resolution and to minimize the pulse duration in order to acquire more data in less time. The combination of these requirements results in increasing bandwidth requirements for processing the ranging data, which can exceed 10 GHz over ranges of tens of meters, depending on the range resolution and pulse duration. Here we describe a method of compressing this range data bandwidth in real time using low-cost components and simple techniques that require no increase in processing time or resources. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377722 | PORTABLE PANORAMIC LASER MAPPING AND/OR PROJECTION SYSTEM - Techniques are described herein that are capable of forming a depth map and/or projecting an image onto object(s) based on the depth map. A depth map is a three-dimensional representation of an environment. Forming the depth map may utilize a progressive resolution refinement technique. For example, locating information may be determined in accordance with the progressive resolution refinement technique in response to performing a scan of a current point over a field of view. The current point is a point, selected from a plurality of points (e.g., a grid of points) in the field of view, to which a detection beam of light is directed at a respective time as the scan is performed over the field of view. In accordance with this example, the locating information may be coordinated with the scan to form the depth map. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377723 | APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING SUPERIMPOSED DISTANCE AND INTENSITY IMAGES - An apparatus for capturing superimposed distance and intensity images includes a distance image measuring arrangement provided with a distance radiation source, an intensity radiation source, a distance detection unit and an intensity detection unit. Distance measurement radiation from the distance radiation source and intensity measurement radiation from the intensity radiation source are incident on an area of a surface of a test object via a jointly used radiation deflection unit. The optical components of the distance image measuring arrangement and the intensity image measuring arrangement are mounted on a support structure in a fixed spatial relationship with respect to each other. Distance and intensity images are thus superimposed in an optically positionally accurate manner to produce high-quality real-time images. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377724 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC APERTURE SYNTHESIS - Laser 3D imaging techniques include splitting a laser temporally-modulated waveform of bandwidth B and duration D from a laser source into a reference beam and a target beam and directing the target beam onto a target. First data is collected, which indicates amplitude and phase of light relative to the reference beam received at each of a plurality of different times during a duration D at each optical detector of an array of one or more optical detectors perpendicular to the target beam. Steps are repeated for multiple sampling conditions, and the first data for the multiple sampling conditions are synthesized to form one or more synthesized sets. A 3D Fourier transform of each synthesized set forms a digital model of the target for each synthesized set with a down-range resolution based on the bandwidth B. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377725 | ASSISTED GPS - A method and system are provided. A first request for satellite navigation data is provided to a vehicle to everything V2X receiver. Satellite navigation data recovered from a V2X message is received from the V2X receiver. The satellite navigation data is provided to a satellite navigation system receiver. The satellite navigation data comprises the data required by the satellite navigation system receiver to perform a hot start. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377726 | GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) SPOOFING DETECTION WITH CARRIER PHASE AND INERTIAL SENSORS - A system to detect spoofing attacks is provided. The system includes a satellite-motion-and-receiver-clock-correction module, a compute-predicted-range-and-delta-range module, a subtractor, and delta-range-difference-detection logic. The satellite-motion-and-receiver-clock-correction module periodically inputs, from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver, a carrier phase range for a plurality of satellites. The satellite-motion-and-receiver-clock-correction module outputs a corrected-delta-carrier-phase range for a current epoch to a first input of a subtractor. The compute-predicted-range-and-delta-range module outputs a predicted delta range to a second input of the subtractor. The predicted delta range is based on inertial measurements observed for the current epoch. The subtractor outputs a difference between the corrected-delta-carrier-phase range and the predicted delta range for the current epoch to delta-range-difference-detection logic. The delta-range-difference-detection logic determines if the difference exceeds a selected-range threshold. If the difference exceeds the selected-range threshold, the delta-range-difference-detection logic determines the GNSS receiver was spoofed in the current epoch. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377727 | DEVICE FOR TRACKING A SATELLITE RADIONAVIGATION SIGNAL IN A MULTIPATH ENVIRONMENT - A GNSS receiver comprising a circuit configured to receive a positioning signal comprising a carrier modulated by a subcarrier and a PRN code; a subcarrier and code tracking loop, comprising a first discrimination circuit, configured to calculate a first pseudo range from said received positioning signal and a first reference signal; a code tracking loop, comprising a second discrimination circuit, configured to calculate a second pseudo range from said received positioning signal and a second reference signal; and a calculation circuit configured to evaluate a difference between said first pseudo range and said second pseudo range, and to modify the output of the first discrimination circuit accordingly. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377728 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN IMAGE REJECTION CHARACTERISTIC OF A RECEIVER WITHIN A TRANSCEIVER - A method for determining an image rejection characteristic of a receiver within a transceiver is provided. The transceiver uses a common local oscillator. The method includes generating a test signal having a spectral peak and generating a local oscillator signal comprising a frequency with an offset from a center frequency of the spectral peak. Further, the method includes down-mixing the test signal in the receiver using the local oscillator signal to generate a down-mixed signal. The method further includes calculating a first value of a signal characteristic of the down-mixed signal in a first frequency range corresponding to a desired signal component of the down-mixed signal and calculating a second value of the signal characteristic of the down-mixed signal in a second frequency range corresponding to an undesired signal component of the down-mixed signal. Further, the method includes comparing the first value and the second value to generate the image rejection characteristic. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377729 | GNSS RECEIVER WITH AN IMPROVED CAPABILITY TO RESOLVE SUB-CARRIER TRACKING AMBIGUITIES - A GNSS receiver and the associated method, for calculating an unbiased position and time measurement from a plurality of satellite positioning signals, the receiver comprising:
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20160377730 | NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM POSITIONING INVOLVING THE GENERATION OF CORRECTION INFORMATION - The invention relates to generating correction information to be used to correct observations coming from a navigation satellite system (NSS) receiver in a region of interest. For each of a plurality of reference stations in said region, raw observations obtained by the reference station observing NSS multiple-frequency signals from a plurality of satellites over multiple epochs are received. Then, precise satellite information on the orbit position, clock offset, and biases of each satellite is obtained. For each reference station, ambiguities in the carrier phase of the received raw observations are estimated, using the precise satellite information and the position coordinates of the reference station. Geometric-free phase linear combination values are then computed based on the received raw observations together with the estimated ambiguities. The correction information is generated based on the computed geometric-free phase linear combination values. The correction information comprises, for each NSS satellite, a regional ionospheric delay function and its coefficients, those representing, per NSS satellite, the ionospheric delay in said region. The correction information is sent, for example to facilitate position determination, to the NSS receiver or to a server in charge of processing observations from the NSS receiver. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377731 | DETECTION OF PARKING LOT CONTEXT - The system provides a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver in a vehicle including a radio frequency (RF) receiving circuit for receiving GNSS signals from a plurality of GNSS satellites orbiting Earth at different elevations, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a first signal to noise ratio (SNR) for a first GNSS satellite, calculate a second SNR for a second GNSS satellite, monitor a relative change in the first SNR with respect to the second SNR over time, determine that the GNSS receiver has entered a parking garage based on the relative change in the first SNR with respect to the second SNR, in response to this determination, restrict a positioning algorithm to estimate the position of the vehicle upon the vehicle exiting the parking garage to be within a specified range of a known position of an entrance of the parking garage. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377733 | GEOLOCATION ANTENNA SYSTEM - Systems and methods for improved Global Positioning System (“GPS”) function employ two multiband, multiport antennas to receive GPS signals. The antennas also serve WiFi frequencies, and the system utilizes the received WiFi signal strength to correct the GPS reception pattern for detuning due to user contact or other factors. The correction is made via selective combination of the GPS signals from the antennas. In addition, a phase shifter in one of the signal paths is used to account for changes in device orientation and to maximize the upper hemisphere component of the GPS reception pattern. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377736 | SATELLITE NAVIGATION RECEIVER FOR RELATIVE POSITIONING WITH BIAS ESTIMATION - A tracking module processes the determined correlations to track a carrier of the received composite signal for estimation of a change in phase over a time period between a receiver antenna and one or more satellite transmitters that transmit the received signal as the receiver changes position with respect to an initial position during the time period. A relative position estimator estimates the relative position of the navigation receiver with respect to an initial position over the time period time by time-differencing of the phase measurements of the one or more tracked carrier signals. Bias estimators can estimate or compensate for errors in initial position and temporal changes in receiver clock and tropospheric delay. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377737 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A radiation imaging apparatus that includes a plurality of sensors and a control unit, wherein the control unit performs a first control of monitoring, after a radiation irradiation is started, a signal of a first sensor and accumulating the monitored signal of the first sensor, a second control of outputting, in response to a calculated value obtained by the accumulation and reaching a target value, a control signal to end the radiation irradiation, and a third control of reading out, after the radiation irradiation is ended, the signals of the respective plurality of sensors, and the control unit changes a monitoring cycle of the first control based on the target value and an elapsed time since the radiation irradiation has been started. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377738 | DIGITAL IRIS FOR CAMERA LENS ASSEMBLY - An imaging apparatus for an image intensifier (II) X-ray system includes a camera lens assembly (CLA) configured to cooperate with the II to create an X-ray image, the CLA including an image sensor and a lens. The image sensor is configured to convert received light and generate a digital image. The lens is configured to guide the light from the output surface to the image sensor, the lens having a fixed diaphragm. The CLA includes a diaphragm and/or neutral density filter with a fixed attenuation. A controller is configured to control an amount of amplification of the electric signals or the digital image. The sensor, e.g. CMOS sensor, is configured to amplify the analog electric signals before conversion into the digital image according to an analog gain, and the controller is configured to control the amount of amplification by controlling the analog gain applied by the image sensor. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377739 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC SIGNAL FOR THE SURVEILLANCE AND TESTING OF GEIGER-MULLER RADIATION SENSORS - A method, system and/or apparatus for remotely monitoring the operation of a radiation sensor may include a radiation sensor configured to detect a presence of radiation in the area, the radiation sensor including a Geiger-Muller tube, a test signal generator configured to generate a high frequency test signal used to test the radiation sensor, the high frequency test signal transmitted to the radiation sensor, and a test signal detector configured to detect a response of the radiation sensor to the test signal, and determine whether the radiation sensor is operating correctly. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377740 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR READING OUT STORAGE PHOSPHOR PLATES - An apparatus for reading out x-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes an input device having a slot through which a cassette is inserted into the input device, the cassette configured to accommodate a storage phosphor plate, therein, and a read-out device that irradiates the storage phosphor plate with stimulation light and detecting emission light stimulated by the phosphor plate. The input device receives cassettes having different cassette widths, and the input device includes one or more first elements that align and/or fix the cassettes having different cassette widths in the input device, and/or one or more second elements that close the slot of the input device in order to prevent ambient light from passing through the slot when cassettes having different cassette widths are inserted into the input device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377741 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a signal processor includes an integrator, a differentiator, a zero cross detector, a pile-up detector, an event interval detector, a counter, and a creator. The integrator is configured to calculate charge of current from a photoelectric converter for an incident radiation. The differentiator is configured to calculate a differential value of the current. The zero cross detector is configured to detect a zero cross of the differential value. The pile-up detector is configured to detect pile-up of the current based on the zero cross. The event interval detector is configured to detect, based on the zero cross and pile-up, an event interval of the radiation entering. The counter is configured to count, based on the charge and pile-up, the respective numbers of events according to the charge and the event interval. The creator is configured to create histograms for the numbers of events. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377742 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to an embodiment, a radiation detector comprises a photoelectric conversion substrate and a scintillator layer. The photoelectric conversion substrate converts light into an electrical signal. The scintillator layer contacts the photoelectric conversion substrate and converts radiation incident from the outside into light. The scintillator layer is a fluorescer of CsI containing Tl as an activator. The CsI is a halide. The concentration of the activator inside the fluorescer is 1.6 mass %±0.4 mass %. The concentration of the activator inside the fluorescer in an in-plane direction of the scintillator layer has the relationship of central portion>peripheral portion. The central portion is a central region of a formation region of the scintillator layer. The peripheral portion is an outer circumferential region of the formation region of the scintillator layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377743 | X-Ray Detector - The present disclosure relates to an X-ray detector which includes a pixel unit configured to include a photodiode and to output a voltage corresponding to an incident amount of X-rays, a comparator configured to compare the output voltage of the pixel unit with a preset threshold voltage to output a logic signal, and a counter configured to count the output signal of the comparator to convert to a digital output. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377744 | X-RAY DETECTOR, X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE USING SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - The objective of the present invention is to effectively improve an image lag phenomenon of a direct conversion detector. The present invention provides an X-ray detector comprising: a lower electrode, formed on a substrate, to which a first driving voltage V | 2016-12-29 |
20160377745 | DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING PHOTONS AND METHOD THEREFORE - The present invention relates to a detection device ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160377746 | READOUT CIRCUIT OF X-RAY DETECTOR - The present disclosure relates to a readout circuit of an X-ray detector which includes a data line capacitor to store an electrical signal output from a pixel, an amplifier to amplify the electrical signal from the pixel, and a variable current load connected to an output terminal of the pixel. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377747 | MUON TRACKER AND MUON TRACKING METHOD - A muon tracker includes a drift tube detector having a plurality of drift tube arrays, a detection time-difference calculation circuit configured to calculate a detected time-difference between a plurality of time data detected at least two of the drift tubes, a time-difference information database that stores a relationship between a plurality of predetermined tracks of the muon passing the drift tube detector and a predetermined time-difference of possible detected time data to be detected at least two of the drift tubes where each of the plurality of predetermined tracks passes, a time-difference referring circuit configured to refer the detected time-difference calculated at the detection time-difference calculation circuit with the predetermined time-difference stored in the time-difference information database, and a muon track determining circuit configured to determine a muon track as the predetermined track of the muon corresponding to the predetermined time-difference that matches the best with the detected time-difference. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377748 | X-RAY DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided are an X-ray data processing apparatus and a method and a program therefor which can eliminate the influence of the phenomenon that the statistical variation of a count value after distribution is estimated differently from that at another position and can prevent the influence of correction from remaining. An X-ray data processing apparatus | 2016-12-29 |
20160377749 | X-RAY DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - The X-ray data processing apparatus to estimate a true value from an X-ray count value detected by the pixel array X-ray detector of a photon counting system includes a management unit | 2016-12-29 |
20160377750 | STRESS MEMBER CONNECTOR - A system can include a head connector, a stress member connector, and a tail connector. The system can include a first plurality of stress members coupled to the head connector and to the stress member connector. The first plurality of stress members can enter through a first side of the stress member connector. The system can include a second plurality of stress members coupled to the tail connector and to the stress member connector. The second plurality of stress members can exit through a second side of the stress member connector. The second plurality of stress members can be axially nonaligned with the first plurality of stress member connectors. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377751 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING S-WAVE REFRACTIONS UTILIZING SUPERVIRTUAL REFRACTION INTERFEROMETRY - A system and method for identifying S-wave refractions using supervirtual refraction interferometry is disclosed. The method includes receiving a seismic data set from data generated by a plurality of receivers, and calculating crosscorrelations of pairs of common receiver gathers from the seismic data set for each of the receivers. The method includes summing the crosscorrelations associated with each of a plurality of virtual ray paths, calculating a plurality of virtual refraction gathers of the summed crosscorrelations and convolving each of the virtual refraction gathers with the seismic data set. The virtual ray paths are based on each of the receivers functioning as a virtual source. The method includes summing the plurality of convolutions associated with each of the virtual ray paths and calculating a supervirtual refraction gather of the summed convolutions. The method further includes outputting the S-wave refraction from the supervirtual refraction gather. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377752 | Method of Digitally Identifying Structural Traps - Embodiments of methods of identifying structural traps are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the disclosed method use an alternative approach to boundary value problem solvers, based on simple mathematical geometry adapted to the nature of the acquired data. Embodiments of the method rely on digital elevation model type of data (i.e. any given subsurface horizon has only single elevation data values). The disclosed methods allow for a significant algorithm speed-up in identifying structural traps especially when handling large and high density datasets which was heretofore not possible with existing methods. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377753 | Method For Selecting Horizon Surfaces - A method to select a representative subset of a plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches from geophysical subsurface imaging data, including: defining a score function on one or more horizon surfaces or surface patches; calculating, by a computer, the score for each of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches with regard to other horizon surfaces or surface patches and whether the other horizon surfaces or surface patches have been selected or not for inclusion or exclusion in the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces; selecting, by a computer, one or more of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches to be included in the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches or excluded from the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches based on their respective scores; iteratively repeating the selecting and calculating steps until a stopping condition is reached and the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches is determined; and performing interpretation on the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surfaces patches. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377754 | Well Placement Using Closure Stress Based Landing Map - Desirable completion zones can be identified using closure stress in combination with one or more other attributes such as porosity. One computer-based well placement method includes using the computer to: process a seismic data volume to map the spatial distribution of a seismic-based CSS attribute; acquire logs from one or more boreholes in the subsurface region; derive from the logs a relationship between CSS and a minimum in-situ stress; apply the relationship to the CSS attribute map to produce a landing map that highlights desirable completion zones; and place one or more wells in the desirable completion zones. The borehole logs may include direct measurements of minimum in-situ stress (acquired via microfracture testing), sonic tool measurements of P-wave and S-wave velocity, and density tool measurements of bulk formation density. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377755 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEISMIC ADAPTIVE OPTICS - The instant invention is designed to provide an adaptive approach to removing short-period time/phase distortions within a downward-continuation process that is a key component of seismic migration algorithms Using techniques analogous to residual statics corrections that are used in standard seismic processing, one inventive approach estimates and removes the effects of short wavelength velocity disruptions, thereby creating clearer seismic images of the subsurface of the earth. Additionally, the instant method will provide an updated velocity model that can be used to obtain further image improvement. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377756 | SEPARATION OF UP-GOING AND DOWN-GOING WAVEFIELDS INCLUDING THE DIRECT ARRIVAL - At least some embodiments are directed to a system. The system includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to calculate a pressure response of a first sensor, and correct pressure wavefield data obtained from the first sensor responsive to a first acoustic wavefield. The correction is based on the calculated pressure response of the first sensor. The pressure response of the first sensor is responsive to a second acoustic wavefield having a propagation path between a source of the second acoustic wavefield and the first sensor, in which the propagation path includes no reflection from a subsurface formation. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377757 | AUTONOMOUS SEISMIC NODE HANDLING AND STORAGE SYSTEM - Embodiments of systems and methods for storing and handling a plurality of autonomous seismic nodes are presented. The node handling and storage system may be coupled to a node deployment system that deploys and/or retrieves nodes from water from the back deck of a marine vessel. One embodiment of the node handling and storage system includes a plurality of portable containers that may be assembled in a variety of configurations based on the vessel and survey requirements. The containers are coupled to an autonomous or semi-autonomous node conveyor and/or transport system that moves the nodes between and within the containers for node cleaning, downloading, charging, servicing, and storage. The conveyor system may include a plurality of different transport devices and/or systems, such as rotatable conveyors, lateral conveyors, lift mechanisms, and elevators. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377758 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBSCURED FEATURES - Obscured feature detectors and methods of detecting obscured features are disclosed. An obscured feature detector can include a plurality of sensor plates. Each of the sensor plates can have an equivalent primary sensing field zone and a capacitance that varies based on the dielectric constant of the materials that compose the surrounding objects and the proximity of those objects. A sensing circuit is coupled to the sensor plates to measure the capacitances of the sensor plates. A controller is coupled to the sensing circuit to analyze the capacitances measured by the sensing circuit. One or a plurality of indicators are coupled to the controller, and can be selectively set to identify a location of an obscured feature behind a surface. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377759 | AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY SYSTEM WITH AERODYNAMIC FRAME SEGMENTS; AND METHODS OF SURVEYING USING SUCH - An airborne electromagnetic survey system for geophysical prospecting comprising: a frame with a frame front section opposite a frame tail section, the frame configured to be lifted and towed by an aircraft via a tow arrangement during survey operation, the frame configured to support a transmitter coil configured to transmit an magnetic moment, wherein the frame comprises multiple frame segments, at least one of the frame segments comprising a first connection and a second connection for connecting to another one of the frame segments, a structural support providing a rigid structure between the first and second connections, and a frame segment surface providing the frame segment with an aerodynamic profile, wherein the aerodynamic profile is configured to provide aerodynamic properties to the frame, and wherein when the frame is towed by the aircraft, the frame has substantially a fixed frame shape and is substantially in a fixed operational orientation. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING UNDERGROUND LINES USING MOTION BASED RESPONSIVENESS - A system and method of for underground line location using motion based responsiveness includes an underground line locator. The underground line locator includes a receiver generating raw measurement data based on a location of an underground line relative to the receiver, a motion sensor generating motion data based on a state of motion of the underground line locator, a processor coupled to the receiver and the motion sensor, and a display coupled to the processor. The processor determines a measurement signal based on the raw measurement data. A responsiveness of the measurement signal to the raw measurement data is based on the motion data. The display shows a representation of the measurement signal. In one or more embodiments, the measurement signal may be determined using a primary signal detector that adaptively filters the raw measurement data using an adaptive band-pass filter. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377761 | Active Remote Detection of Radioactivity Based on Electromagnetic Signatures - A system for the active remote detection of radioactivity from a target of interest includes a first laser source for generating an ionizing laser beam when remotely directed on a radioactive target of interest, a second laser source for generating a laser probe beam on the radioactive target of interest, and a spectrometer configured to measure the frequency modulation of the probe beam caused by the ionization from the radioactive target of interest. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377762 | PROXIMITY SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A proximity sensor includes: a support substrate having a main surface and a rear surface; a surface emission laser; a light receiving part; and a resin body, wherein the surface emission laser is disposed on the main surface so as to emit light in a direction away from the rear surface; wherein the resin body is made of a light transmissive resin, and is disposed on the main surface so as to cover the surface emission laser and the light receiving part, and a portion of the resin body between the surface emission laser and the light receiving part is formed of the same light transmissive resin as the other portions, and wherein the light receiving part is disposed at a position at which the light emitted from the surface emission laser is reflected at an object and reflected light from the object is incident onto the light receiving part. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377763 | Multifunction Snowpack Measurement Tool - The present disclosure is directed at a snowpack measurement device that is configurable between a skiing configuration, in which it can be used as a ski pole, and a snowpack measurement configuration, in which it can be used as a probe to measure one or more characteristics of a snowpack. In some embodiments, the device can wirelessly transmit snowpack measurement results, for example, to a user's mobile device. The device can house sensitive electronics and sensors for the snowpack measurement tool within a ski pole handle of the device when not in use. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377764 | Novel Compound, Photosensitive Resin Composition Comprising the Same and Color Filter - A compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein in Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description, a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition are provided. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377765 | Black Photosensitive Resin Composition, Photosensitive Resin Layer, and Display Device Comprising the Same - A black photosensitive resin composition includes (A) an alkali soluble polyimide-polyamic acid copolymerization resin; (B) a multi-functional monomer; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; (D) a black colorant; and (E) a solvent, a photosensitive resin layer manufactured using the same, and a display device including the photosensitive resin layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377766 | OPTICAL BONDING THROUGH THE USE OF LOW-SOFTENING POINT OPTICAL GLASS FOR IR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS FORMED - The invention relates to infrared devices, which contain at least two optical elements that are bonded together by a low-temperature melting glass which possesses transparency in the infrared spectrum, and methods of preparation and use of said infrared devices. | 2016-12-29 |
20160377767 | LENS ASSEMBLY - One lens is provided with a functional film formed of a fine uneven structure film throughout an entire region including an edge portion of a lens surface facing the other lens, and a portion of the fine uneven structure film formed in the edge portion is filled with a flattening member and is thus flattened. The lens is disposed so as to be in contact with the other lens in the edge portion in which the flattening member is formed, thereby assembling a lens assembly. | 2016-12-29 |