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20100201118 | CONDUIT CONNECTION WITH SENSING FUNCTION - Apparatus and method for mechanically attached connections of conduits may include a conduit gripping member ( | 08-12-2010 |
20130270814 | CONDUIT CONNECTION WITH SENSING FUNCTION - Apparatus and method for mechanically attached connections of conduits may include a conduit gripping member, a drive member, and a seal member, the drive member causing axial movement of the conduit gripping member to indent into an outer surface of the conduit when the assembly is pulled-up, the drive member causing the seal member to form a zero clearance seal at a location that is axially spaced from the conduit gripping member. The zero clearance seal may comprise a face seal arrangement including a gasket, and the conduit gripping member may be a ferrule, ring or other device that can grip and optionally seal against the conduit outer surface. The assembly may include a sensing function for detecting or sensing a characteristic or condition of an assembly component or the fluid or both. In one embodiment, a body coupling member has a two piece construction of a main body and a conduit socket insert. A flared fitting embodiment is also provided. Sensing functions are also incorporated into fittings other than just zero clearance fittings. | 10-17-2013 |
20150252922 | Conduit connection with strain sensor on a threaded nut - Apparatus and method for mechanically attached connections of conduits may include a conduit gripping member, a drive member, and a seal member, the drive member causing axial movement of the conduit gripping member to indent into an outer surface of the conduit when the assembly is pulled-up, the drive member causing the seal member to form a zero clearance seal at a location that is axially spaced from the conduit gripping member. The zero clearance seal may comprise a face seal arrangement including a gasket, and the conduit gripping member may be a ferrule, ring or other device that can grip and optionally seal against the conduit outer surface. The assembly may include a sensing function for detecting or sensing a characteristic or condition of an assembly component or the fluid or both. In one embodiment, a body coupling member has a two piece construction of a main body and a conduit socket insert. A flared fitting embodiment is also provided. Sensing functions are also incorporated into fittings other than just zero clearance fittings. | 09-10-2015 |
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20110019924 | PRIORITIZER SYSTEM FOR TARGET ACQUISITION - A system having an approach for prioritizing targets for an order of capturing the targets photographically or otherwise. Prioritizing is based on cost of obtaining or capturing the target for viewing or photographing in high resolution. One acquisition mechanism is for obtaining a wide field of view of a scene of targets and another acquisition mechanism is for obtaining a narrow field of view of a target for capture. The cost for prioritizing is based on the time that the narrow field of view acquisition mechanism takes to pan and tilt to get a close-up image of a target divided by the width of the target. The targets may be faces of people. | 01-27-2011 |
20120239331 | CRANE JIB ATTITUDE AND HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus are provided for determining the attitude and heading angle of a crane jib. Crane jib angular velocity, crane jib roll angle, crane jib pitch angle, crane jib specific force, and magnetic field in the local operating environment of the crane jib are all sensed and supplied to a processor. All of these measurements are processed, in a processor, to estimate the attitude and heading angle of the crane jib. | 09-20-2012 |
20120271582 | CRANE JIB ATTITUDE AND HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM CALIBRATION AND INITIALIZATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for calibrating and initializing/aligning an attitude and heading reference system of a crane jib. Magnetometer measurements are generated using a magnetometer that is attached to the crane jib, while crane jib maneuvers are performed including crane jib slewing. The magnetometer measurements are supplied to a processor that is configured to generate magnetometer calibration parameters using the magnetometer measurements and to initialize and align a plurality of filters. | 10-25-2012 |
20140019046 | MULTIPLE TRUTH REFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system comprises a plurality of reference navigation systems, each reference navigation system configured to generate a respective reference navigation solution. The system also comprises a test navigation system, the test navigation system configured to generate a test navigation solution; and a processing unit configured to compare the test navigation solution to each of the respective reference navigation solutions to estimate one or more errors in the differences between the test navigation solution and the respective reference navigation solutions. The processing unit is further configured to update the respective reference navigation solutions to account for the corresponding one or more estimated errors. The processing unit is also configured to compare the test navigation solution to the updated reference navigation solutions to generate a performance score representative of the performance of the test navigation system. | 01-16-2014 |
20140022262 | METHOD OF CORRELATING IMAGES WITH TERRAIN ELEVATION MAPS FOR NAVIGATION - A method for navigation comprises constructing a current map that includes two-dimensional or three dimensional representations of an area, detecting one or more edge features on the current map, and generating a first fine-edge map based on the edge features. The method further comprises retrieving a historical map that includes two-dimensional or three dimensional representations of the area, detecting one or more edge features on the historical map, and generating a second fine-edge map based on the edge features. Thereafter, a coarse version of the current map is generated from the first fine-edge map, and a coarse version of the historical map is generated from the second fine-edge map. The coarse versions of the current and historical maps are then correlated to determine a first position and orientation. The first fine-edge map is then correlated with the second fine-edge map to determine a second, more accurate, position and orientation. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025331 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRELATING REDUCED EVIDENCE GRIDS - A system is provided for correlating evidence grids. In certain embodiments, the system includes a sensor that generates signals describing a current section of an environment; a memory configured to store measurements of historical sections of the environment; and a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to calculate navigation parameters based on signals received from the sensor. Further, the processor converts the signals received from the sensor into a current evidence grid and removes data from the current evidence grid to form a reduced evidence grid; converts the measurements of historical sections into a historical evidence grid; and correlates the reduced evidence grid with the historical evidence grid by adjusting position and orientation of the reduced evidence grid and the historical evidence grid in relation to one another and calculating correlative values, and searching for a highest correlative value. | 01-23-2014 |
20140249738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM COLLISION AVOIDANCE - Systems and methods are operable maintain a proscribed Self Separation distance between an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and an object. In an example system, consecutive intruder aircraft locations relative to corresponding locations of a self aircraft are determined, wherein the determining is based on current velocities of the intruder aircraft and the self aircraft, and wherein the determining is based on current flight paths of the intruder aircraft and the self aircraft. At least one evasive maneuver for the self aircraft is computed using a processing system based on the determined consecutive intruder aircraft locations relative to the corresponding locations of the self aircraft. | 09-04-2014 |
20140350754 | AIRCRAFT PRECISION APPROACH AND SHIPBOARD LANDING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of generating a landing trajectory for use in landing an aircraft onto a deck of a waterborne ship includes sensing motion of the ship, and sensing wind speed and wind direction. The sensed motion of the ship is processed to generate estimates of ship attitude and vertical speed, and the sensed wind speed and wind direction are processed to generate estimates of air-wake disturbances ahead of the aircraft. The landing trajectory is generated based on the estimates of ship attitude and vertical speed and the estimates of air-wake disturbances. The system and method implement model predictive control to calculate the control maneuvers multiple steps ahead, which provides the capability to smoothly control the timing of the aircraft touchdown phase. | 11-27-2014 |
20150019159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETOMETER CALIBRATION AND COMPENSATION - A system comprises an inertial measurement unit comprising one or more gyroscopes configured to measure angular velocity about a respective one of three independent axes and one or more accelerometers configured to measure specific force along a respective one of the three independent axes; a magnetometer configured to measure strength of a local magnetic field along each of the three independent axes; and a processing device coupled to the inertial measurement unit and the magnetometer; the processing device configured to compute kinematic state data for the system based on measurements received from the magnetometer and the inertial measurement unit. The processing device is further configured to calculate magnetometer measurement calibration parameters using a first technique when position data is unavailable and to calculate magnetometer measurement calibration parameters using a second technique when position data is available. | 01-15-2015 |
20150081213 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A LIMB STRIKE DETECTOR - Systems and methods for a limb strike detector are provided. In certain embodiments, a system for detecting limb strikes comprises an inertial measurement unit (IMU) that provides inertial measurements; and a processing unit that receives the inertial measurements from the IMU. In certain embodiments, computer readable instructions direct the processing unit to determine multiple local vertical acceleration samples, wherein each local vertical acceleration sample in the multiple local vertical acceleration samples defines an acceleration component along the local vertical axis and an associated time; integrate the multiple local vertical acceleration samples to determine multiple local vertical velocity samples; identify limb strike regions from the multiple local vertical velocity samples, wherein a limb strike region is associated with a local vertical velocity sample in the plurality of local vertical velocity samples; and determine limb strike times based on the identified limb strike regions and the multiple local vertical acceleration samples. | 03-19-2015 |
20150125027 | ENHANCED OUTLIER REMOVAL FOR 8 POINT ALGORITHM USED IN CAMERA MOTION ESTIMATION - A method to filter outliers in an image-aided motion-estimation system is provided. The method includes selecting eight-image-points in a first image received from a moving imaging device at at least one processor; selecting eight-image-points in a second image that correspond to the selected eight-image-points in the first image at the at least one processor, the second image being received from the moving imaging device; scaling the selected image-points at the at least one processor so the components of the selected image-points are between two selected values on the order magnitude of 1; building an 8-by-9 matrix (A) from the scaled selected image-points at the at least one processor; determining a condition number for the 8-by-9 matrix at the at least one processor; and rejecting the 8-by-9 matrix built from the selected image-points when the determined condition number is greater than or equal to a condition-number threshold. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127289 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OFF-LINE AND ON-LINE SENSOR CALIBRATION - Systems and methods for off-line and on-line sensor calibration are provided. In certain embodiments, a method for calibrating a sensor comprises receiving at least one reference measurement describing a system state for a system; and receiving at least one sensor measurement from the sensor, wherein the at least one sensor measurement is acquired from an observation of the environment of the system by the sensor. The method also comprises calculating a model residual power spectral density based on the at least one reference measurement and a sensor measurement model; and calculating a measurement residual power spectral density based on the at least one sensor measurement and the at least one reference measurement. Further, the method comprises identifying sensor parameters that morph the model residual power spectral density towards the measurement residual power spectral density. | 05-07-2015 |
20160033276 | MERGING INTENSITIES IN A PHD FILTER BASED ON A SENSOR TRACK ID - In one embodiment, a method of tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes generating a first intensity by combining a first one or more measurements, wherein a first set of track IDs associated with the first intensity includes track IDs corresponding to respective measurements in the first one or more measurements. A second intensity is generated by combining a second one or more measurements, wherein a second set of track IDs associated with the second intensity includes track IDs corresponding to respective measurements in the second one or more measurements. The first set of track IDs is compared to the second set of track IDs, and the first intensity is selectively merged with the second intensity based on whether any track IDs in the first set of track IDs match any track IDs in the second set of track IDs. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033281 | UPDATING INTENSITIES IN A PHD FILTER BASED ON A SENSOR TRACK ID - In one embodiment, a method of tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes obtaining measurements corresponding to a first object with at least one sensor, the at least one sensor providing one or more first track IDs for the measurements. A T | 02-04-2016 |
20160033282 | TWO STEP PRUNING IN A PHD FILTER - In one embodiment, a method of tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of intensities. The plurality of intensities are pruned based on their respective weight to remove lower weighted intensities and produce a first set of intensities. Intensities in the first set of intensities that are identified as corresponding to the same object are then merged to produce a second set of intensities. The second set of intensities is then pruned again to produce a final set of intensities, wherein pruning the second set of intensities includes in the final set of intensities, up to a threshold number of intensities having the largest weights in the second set of intensities and excludes from the final set of intensities any remaining intensities in the second set of intensities. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033633 | ADJUSTING WEIGHT OF INTENSITY IN A PHD FILTER BASED ON SENSOR TRACK ID - In one embodiment, a method for tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes comparing second track IDs corresponding to newly obtained measurements to one or more first track IDs corresponding to a T | 02-04-2016 |
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20140143079 | Penny Auction Sweepstakes - A system and method of integrating a penny auction and a sweepstakes includes presenting a split screen view to a user, with the split screen view containing a first portion and a second portion, the first portion displaying a penny auction and the second portion displaying a sweepstakes game, and receiving a request from the user to purchase one or more bids for use on the penny auction in the first portion of the split screen view. Based on the received request, the user is awarded one or more entries for the sweepstakes in the second portion of the split screen display. | 05-22-2014 |
20140364198 | Direct-Correlation Entry Based Sweepstakes - A system and method of providing a sweepstakes associated with a commercial application including generating a series of sweepstakes tickets, each ticket having a par value and is assigned a prize value, wherein the sum of the par values of the series of sweepstakes tickets is equal to the sum of the prize values of the sweepstakes tickets, assigning one or more sweepstakes tickets to a user, determining the value of the one or more sweepstakes tickets assigned to the user, and notifying, using a display, the user of the value of the one or more sweepstakes tickets assigned to the user. | 12-11-2014 |
20150199877 | NUDGE GAME CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing a nudge game are disclosed. An example method may include collecting an amount of funds using a cash station, wherein the cash station is operatively associated with a central server, the central server including a nudge game application and a central accounting system. The method may further include reporting the amount of funds to the central accounting system, depositing the amount of funds in a user account by the central accounting system, presenting the nudge game application using a nudge game station, allowing play of a nudge game of the nudge game application if the user account contains a requisite amount of funds, producing a resultant amount of funds upon completion of an iteration of the nudge game, and depositing the resultant amount of funds in the user account. | 07-16-2015 |
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20150291954 | ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS TO TREAT BETA-CATENIN-RELATED DISEASES - The present disclosure relates to RNAi agents useful in methods of treating Beta-Catenin-related diseases such as adenomatous polyposis of the colon, colorectal cancer, basal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, kidney cancer, Wilms tumors, medulloblastoma, ovarian cancer, adrenocortical tumors, gastric cancer, liver cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancers, prostate cancer, renal cancer, ectopic teeth and taste papillae, skin cancer, pilomatrixoma, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, and uterine carcinosarcoma, oligodontia, osteoporosis, ageing, degenerative diseases, bedsores, chronic wounds and impaired wound healing, and similar and related diseases, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to Beta-Catenin. | 10-15-2015 |