38th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150260739 | LIPOPROTEIN ANALYSIS BY DIFFERENTIAL CHARGED-PARTICLE MOBILITY - The invention provides methods of preparation of lipoproteins from a biological sample, including HDL, LDL, Lp(a), IDL, and VLDL, for diagnostic purposes utilizing differential charged particle mobility analysis methods. Further provided are methods for analyzing the size distribution of lipoproteins by differential charged particle mobility, which lipoproteins are prepared by methods of the invention. Further provided are methods for assessing lipid-related health risk, cardiovascular condition, risk of cardiovascular disease, and responsiveness to a therapeutic intervention, which methods utilize lipoprotein size distributions determined by methods of the invention. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260740 | COMPOSITION FOR USE AS AN ABNORMAL COAGULATION CONTROL PLASMA IN IN VITRO ASSAYS - A composition, which relates to the field of the clinical analysis of blood, comprises human plasma, buffered isotonic solution and ferulic acid. The composition can be used as an abnormal coagulation control in haemostasis, coagulation and fibrinolysis assays. Ferulic acid can be used in the preparation of abnormal control plasma in haemostasis assays. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260741 | TEST SWIPE FOR PORTABLE EXPLOSIVE OR DRUG DETECTION SYSTEM - A portable chemical analytical apparatus to analyze a test swipe having a base; a chemically treated pad containing the swiped sample positioned in a white zone above the base; and a tab attached to one side of the base. The apparatus includes a heater to warm the test swipe to a predetermined temperature; a clamp to secure the test swipe to the heater; one or more pumps to dispense one or more chemicals onto the test swipe from a disposable cartridge; a fan to remove chemical vapors rising a predetermined distance from the test swipe; and a camera to capture an image of the test swipe for un-biased automated analysis, and displayed on an LCD screen. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260742 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORTING SYSTEM - Provided are an automatic analysis device and a maintenance support system which prevent a failure that occurs between regular inspection periods to thereby reduce the downtime of the automatic analysis device. A maintenance support system acquires, from each of a plurality of automatic analysis devices ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150260743 | LINKAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND BLOOD GAS ANALYZER ADOPTING SAME - Disclosed are a linkage control device and a blood gas analyzer adopting the linkage control device. The linkage control device comprises a power unit and a rotating component ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150260744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING SAMPLE VESSELS - A system and method for locating sample vessels are presented. The system comprises a holder having an array of positions for holding sample vessels. An information tag is attached to the holder for storing and/or retrieving machine-readable information related to the positions of sample vessels with respect to the array of positions. The system further comprises a handheld device capable of reading information on the information tag. The handheld device has an input for inputting information related to a to-be-located sample vessel and an output for outputting a position of the to-be-located sample vessel with respect to the array of positions based on information stored in the information tag. The method comprises inputting information related to a to-be-located sample vessel into the handheld device, reading information stored in the holder's information tag with the handheld device; and outputting a position of the to-be-located sample vessel. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260745 | Sample consumable and loader - A sample consumable that carries a microvolume of sample to a sample loader. The consumable is precisely aligned utilizing a double-alignment feature to the loader. The loader is based on a crank-slider geometry and allows for simple, one-handed operation for the user. Overall, the consumable and sample loader increase reproducibility of in-line sample loading and offers ease-of-use. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260746 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DEPOSITING, PRESERVING AND RECOVERING SPECIMENS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS IN/FROM A REFRIGERATED STORE USING TWO DISTINCT STATIC ROBOTS - There is described an apparatus for automatically depositing, preserving and recovering specimens of biological materials contained in test tubes in/from a refrigerated store. Said apparatus comprises two test tube handling devices between test tube containers and carriers positioned on a conveyor adapted to automatically handle said test tubes said two test tube handling devices are intended the one to load said test tubes from the refrigerated store to the conveyor and the other to unload, test tubes from the conveyor to the refrigerated store. Said test some containers are handled between said refrigerated store and said test tube handling devices by a container handling device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260747 | AUTOMATED ULTRA-FILTRATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a disposable ultra-filtration system comprising a disposable pipetting tip and a disposable ultra-filtration cartridge, wherein the cartridge includes a membrane filtration chamber and a dead-end channel. In use, a piston in the pipette pressurizes air within the channel; the pressurized air can subsequently move the piston and cause a reverse flow back through the membrane of the cartridge, unplugging the pores thereof. Also disclosed is an automated workstation incorporating the disposable ultra-filtration system, and a system comprising the automated workstation, useful for measuring the free therapeutic drug concentration and free hormone concentration in a sample. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260748 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE SPEED OF AN ENGINE IN A PREDEFINED POSITION - This method includes the following steps: determining the angular position and the rotational speed for a first point of measurement and a second point of measurement of a engine position sensor, determining at least one gradient of the rotational speed different from the speed gradient between the two points of measurement of the previous step, approximating the actual rotational speed curve with respect to the angular position with a polynomial function of degree two, and carrying out a calculation, in advance, for determining an estimated rotational speed at the predefined position, the position defining a future angular position of the crankshaft, by applying the polynomial function to the predefined future position. The method can be used to predict engine rotation reversal. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260749 | AIRSPEED CALCULATION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An airspeed calculation system for determining the airspeed of an aircraft includes a static pressure device, a global positioning system device, an inertial measurement unit device, an angle of attack device, a total pressure sensor, a total air temperature sensor, at least one processor, and a memory. The at least one processor is in electronic communication with the memory, the static pressure device, the global positioning system device, the inertial measurement unit device, the angle of attack device, the total pressure sensor, and the total air temperature sensor. The memory includes programming code for execution by the at least one processor. The programming code is configured to determine the airspeed of the aircraft using data obtained from each of the static pressure device, the global positioning system device, the inertial measurement unit device, the angle of attack device, the total pressure sensor, and the total air temperature sensor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260750 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes: a sensor unit configured to detect displacement information of a body including at least acceleration data; a still determination unit configured to determine whether or not the body is in a still state based on a change in a standard deviation with respect to the displacement information for a predetermined number of detections detected by the sensor unit; a gravity calculation unit configured to determine a start of a motion of the body based on a determination result determined by the still determination unit and calculate a gravity component based on first acceleration data that is acceleration data in the start of the motion of acceleration data detected by the sensor unit; a correction unit configured to correct second acceleration data that is acceleration data detected by the sensor unit while the body is moving, based on the gravity component calculated by the gravity calculation unit; and a motion determination unit configured to determine the motion based on the second acceleration data corrected by the correction unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260751 | DETECTOR MODULE FOR MEMS SENSOR AND MEMS SENSOR HAVING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a detector module for a MEMS sensor. The detector module includes a mass body, a fixed part disposed to be spaced apart from the mass body, and a flexible part configured to connect the mass body to the fixed part. The flexible part includes a first flexible part, which is a beam configured to connect the mass body to the fixed part, and a second flexible part, which is a hinge configured to extend to the first flexible part, to connect the mass body to the fixed part, and to limit a displacement of the mass body. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260752 | ACCELERATION SENSOR - An acceleration sensor includes: an X detection portion that detects acceleration in an X direction by swinging a first movable electrode about a pair of beam portions; a Y detection portion that detects acceleration in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction by swinging a second movable electrode about a pair of beam portions; and a Z detection portion that detects acceleration in a Z direction by moving a third movable electrode, which is held by two pairs of beam portions in parallel in the vertical direction, characterized in that the X detection portion, the Y detection portion and the Z detection portion are arranged in one chip. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260753 | Method And System For Vehicle Direction Determination Using Adjustable Position Accelerometer - Systems and methods for determining, for a vehicle using an adjustable position accelerometer, at least one direction tuned direction vector indicating a direction for the vehicle, the direction tuned direction vector made up of an X(a) axis component, a Y(a) axis component, and a Z(a) axis component, the adjustable position accelerometer providing acceleration values, the values made up of an X(a) axis component, a Y(a) axis component, and a Z(a) axis component, where the accelerometer is arbitrarily mounted, and optionally movable, in the vehicle such that each of the X(a) axis component, a Y(a) axis component, and a Z(a) axis component may be partially in X,Y, and Z directions of the vehicle. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260754 | SENSOR CALIBRATION BASED ON DEVICE USE STATE - Some embodiments feature a wearable device, and software therefor, comprising: a first sensor configured to provide a first sensor signal; a second sensor configured to provide a second sensor signal; and a processor configured to i) determine whether the wearable device is being worn based on the first sensor signal, and ii) calibrate the second sensor responsive to determining that the wearable device is being worn. Some embodiments feature a holdable device comprising: a first sensor configured to provide a first sensor signal; a second sensor configured to provide a second sensor signal; and a processor configured to i) determine whether the holdable device is being held based on the first sensor signal, and ii) calibrate the second sensor responsive to determining that the holdable device is being held. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260755 | GYRO SENSOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a gyro sensor driving apparatus including a driving displacement signal processing unit processing a driving displacement signal input from a gym sensor and a driving signal formed by using the driving displacement signal to the gym sensor, a sensing signal processing unit converting a sensing signal input from the gyro sensor into a voltage signal and subsequently detecting a direct current (DC)-type gyro signal value through a demodulation process (mixing) using the driving displacement signal; and a quadrature signal correcting unit detecting a DC-type quadrature signal value and subsequently applying a DC-type correction signal corresponding to an integrated value of the quadrature signal value to the gyro sensor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260756 | SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING OBSERVATION IMAGE - A scanning tunneling microscope includes a probe, a control unit that controls a distance between that probe and a sample, a voltage applying unit that supplies a direct current voltage between the probe and the sample, a measurement unit that measures a tunneling current that flows between the probe and the sample by the direct current voltage, an extraction unit that extracts as an observation value a specified frequency component from instantaneous values of the tunneling current measured by the measurement unit, and an observation information generation unit that generates observation information that includes information relating to at least one of a chemical state and an internal structure of a surface of the sample on the basis of the observation value extracted by the extraction unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260757 | PROBE TIP STRUCTURE FOR BONDINGLESS ELECTRONIC LAPPING GUIDE CONNECTIONS - A lapping system including a substrate having an air bearing surface and at least one slider, wherein each slider comprises at least one electronic lapping guide pad, and a probe card comprising at least one extending probe comprising a body member and a distal end, the probe card being movable in a direction of compression between a first position in which the distal end of a first extending probe is spaced from a top surface of one of a first electronic lapping guide pad and a second position in which the distal end of the first extending probe contacts the top surface the first electronic lapping guide pad, wherein the first extending probe is pre-loaded with a predetermined spring force in the direction of compression. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260758 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - Embodiments of the invention is based on a device for testing electronic components with at least one test socket with test contacts, with a nest, in which at least one electronic component can be placed, and with at least one cleaning unit for the test contacts of the test socket, wherein by means of a relative movement, which can be carried out as a test stroke, between the test socket and nest the electronic component can be pressed against, and lifted from, the test contacts of the test socket. According to embodiments of the invention the at least one cleaning unit is designed in such a manner that during each test stroke the test contacts come into contact with the at least one cleaning unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260759 | TAMPERING DETECTION FOR AN ELECTRIC METER - A tamper detection system for an electricity meter includes an antenna, an RF signal level circuit, and a controller. The antenna is configured to receive an RF signal. The RF signal level circuit is supported within an electricity meter housing and is operatively connected to the antenna. The RF signal level circuit is configured to detect the RF signal received by the antenna and to provide a strength signal corresponding to a magnitude of the RF signal. The controller is supported within the electricity meter housing, and is operatively connected to the RF signal level circuit. The controller is configured to generate an RF signal strength value based at least in part on the strength signal, and to generate a tamper flag responsive at least in part to a determination that the RF signal strength value exceeds a threshold value. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260760 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Current detection circuit of a semiconductor device provided with a shunt resistor, a voltage division ratio adjustment resistor and a selection circuit which selects a voltage division ratio of the latter and has enhancement type MOSFETs and Zener Zaps as trimming elements. One of the Zener Zaps is trimmed and a divided voltage of the voltage division ratio adjustment resistor connected in parallel with the shunt resistor is outputted. The detected voltage in which variation of the resistance of the shunt resistor has been cancelled is therefore outputted. As the shunt resistor and the voltage division ratio adjustment resistor are laminated together, it is possible to obtain a current detection circuit with a small area, which can detect a current flowing into a shunt resistor with high accuracy. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260761 | Branch Circuit Monitor - A branch circuit monitoring system (BCMS) for monitoring branch circuit currents in one or more electrical circuit panels is described. The system is comprised of a data center server, one or more panel processors, each with one or more collection devices, and one or more current sensors per collection device. The BCMS is designed to be installed entirely inside the panel without the need for a dedicated enclosure or power supply to facilitate ease of installation and low-cost. The BCMS also allows for future upgradability through standard software updates so that the system can be updated or patched easily. The BCMS data center server collects, aggregates, stores, and serves historical branch circuit current data from the panel processors to networked users via a web server to provide visualization of data such as tables, charts, and gauges. Finally, the BCMS interfaces to third-party software suites using industry-standard protocols such as Modbus® TCP and BACnet™ for integration with data center infrastructure management or building management system software. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260762 | CURRENT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CURRENT SENSOR - A current sensor includes a magnetic detection element configured to detect magnetism produced from a current path and a magnetic shield core. The magnetic shield core includes a core portion arranged so as to extend around the current path such that the current path is positioned therein, a gap portion formed by cutting a part of the core portion and in which the magnetic detection element is arranged, and at least a pair of shield portions extending from the core portion toward the outside opposite to the inside of the core portion where the current path is arranged, so as to correspond to the magnetic detection element. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260763 | FEW-MODED FIBER FOR SENSING CURRENT - A few-moded fiber is doped such that spatial modes of a signal exhibit different magnetic-field-dependent effects. Based on these magnetic-field-dependent effects, one can determine the electric current that induced a magnetic field that caused these effects. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260764 | System and Method for Current Measurement in the Presence of High Common Mode Voltages - A system and method for making accurate current measurements by determining the differential voltage drop across a resistor in series with the load in the presence of large common mode voltages. A compensating voltage equal in magnitude but 180 degrees out of phase with a common mode voltage is generated and applied to a network of resistors connected to a measurement amplifier, thereby significantly reducing the magnitude of the common mode voltage at the measurement amplifier's inputs. An error correction voltage is generated and applied to the output of the measurement amplifier to compensate for errors in the values of the resistor network. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260765 | Sensor Device - In a related art sensor device, an output voltage of the sensor device is fixed not to a power supply voltage or a ground potential but to an intermediate potential upon disconnection of a power supply line or a ground line. A sensor device | 2015-09-17 |
20150260766 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device, comprising a substrate and an electronic circuit formed thereon is described. The substrate is susceptible to conducting a substrate current. The semiconductor device further comprises a substrate current sensor, which comprises a sensing line for sensing the potential at a charge collecting region; a supply node; and a current source connected between the supply node and the charge collecting region. The current source is arranged to inject a stationary current into the charge collecting region when the potential at the charge collecting region is below the supply potential. The sensing line comprises a monoflop, which is arranged to assume an unstable state when the potential at its input has exceeded a threshold and to return to a stable state when the potential at its input has remained below the threshold for at least a time period. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260767 | Branch Circuit Monitor - A branch circuit monitoring system (BCMS) for monitoring branch circuit currents in one or more electrical circuit panels is described. The system is comprised of a data center server, one or more panel processors, each with one or more collection devices, and one or more current sensors per collection device. The BCMS is designed to be installed entirely inside the panel without the need for a dedicated enclosure or power supply to facilitate ease of installation and low-cost. The BCMS also allows for future upgradability through standard software updates so that the system can be updated or patched easily. The BCMS data center server collects, aggregates, stores, and serves historical branch circuit current data from the panel processors to networked users via a web server to provide visualization of data such as tables, charts, and gauges. Finally, the BCMS interfaces to third-party software suites using industry-standard protocols such as Modbus® TCP and BACnet™ for integration with data center infrastructure management or building management system software. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260768 | DETECTION METHOD OF ALGORITHM IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A detection method of an algorithm in an integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes: acquiring time waveforms of physical information from the integrated circuit in respective operations, by causing the integrated circuit to operate with different input values a plurality of times; calculating intermediate values corresponding to the input values or output values of the integrated circuit, based on a known algorithm; grouping the time waveforms of the physical information based on the intermediate values; and evaluating whether or not the time waveforms of the physical information depend on the intermediate value, and if the time waveforms depend on the intermediate value, determining that the integrated circuit executes the algorithm. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260769 | Contact-Independent Electrical Conductance Measurement - Electrical conductance measurement system including a one-dimensional semiconducting channel, with electrical conductance sensitive to electrostatic fluctuations, in a circuit for measuring channel electrical current. An electrically-conductive element is disposed at a location at which the element is capacitively coupled to the channel; a midpoint of the element aligned with about a midpoint of the channel, and connected to first and second electrically-conductive contact pads that are together in a circuit connected to apply a changing voltage across the element. The electrically-conductive contact pads are laterally spaced from the midpoint of the element by a distance of at least about three times a screening length of the element, given in SI units as (K∈ | 2015-09-17 |
20150260770 | PIEZO KEY SENSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE PIEZO KEY SENSING CIRCUIT - A method tests a piezo key sensing circuit having a piezo element and verifies that it is properly functioning. A capacitance of the piezo element is discharged. Then the capacitance of the piezo element is charged during a predetermined time period. An output signal of the piezo element is measured during the predetermined time period resulting in a measured output signal. An operating condition of the piezo key sensing circuit is determined based on the measured output signal. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260771 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SENSING A CAPACITANCE - A transconductance amplifier mirror circuit is connected to an electrode for sensing the capacitance of the electrode with reference to ground, or the capacitance between the electrode and another electrode. A voltage level change is produced on the electrode connected to the transconductance amplifier mirror circuit to cause the transconductance amplifier mirror circuit to supply charges to or drain charges from a charge calculation circuit. The charge amount variation is converted to a signal for calculating the sensed capacitance. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260772 | Portable Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurement System - A portable near-field measurement system for mapping radio frequency characteristics spherically about a test object is presented. The system includes an anechoic chamber, a rotatable annular platter, a rotatable platter, a stationary platform, and frequency converters. The chamber is an enclosure with an absorber material fastened to the interior thereof. The annular platter is disposed horizontally within the chamber and fastened to an azimuth positioner that rotates the annular platter about an azimuth rotation axis. The rotatable platter is disposed vertically within the chamber and rotatable about an elevation rotation axis via an elevation positioner. Azimuth and elevation axes intersect perpendicularly. A gantry arm with probe is fastened to and extends from the rotatable platter. A vertical arm is fastened between the annular platter and elevation positioner. Platters have front and back surfaces. A stationary platform is centered within the annular platter and attachable to a test column. Front surfaces are oriented toward the test column and covered with an absorber material. At least one frequency converter is fastened to the back surface of the rotatable platter and communicable with the probe. At least one other frequency converter is fastened to the stationary platform and communicable with a target. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260773 | PHASE SEQUENCE DETECTION - The invention relates to a phase sequence detector suitable for use with 3-phase pulsed motor driver signals and to a phase sequence detection method suitable to determine phase sequence and phase loss states in 3-phase variable frequency motor driver signals. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260774 | NOISE TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING A DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A noise test apparatus includes a ground plate, a base plate including a ground plate, the ground plate being configured to support a display panel. A first antenna configured to receive electromagnetic waves irradiated by the display panel and disposed on the base plate adjacent to a first side of the ground plate. A second antenna configured to receive the electromagnetic waves irradiated by the display panel and disposed on the base plate adjacent to a second side of the ground plate, the second side extending substantially perpendicular to the first side. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260775 | ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECT TESTING - A device comprises a circuit board, a Rogowski coil on the circuit board, persistent data storage on the circuit board, and a control circuit on the circuit board for collecting values representing current sensed by the coil, and storing the values in the persistent memory. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ELECTRICAL WIRE - A method for evaluating an electrical wire having a conductor and an insulating layer includes: a partial-discharge amount-of-charge determining step of applying, by a voltage application unit, a voltage to the electrical wire to cause partial discharge in the electrical wire and determining an amount of charge owing to the partial discharge; and an evaluation step of evaluating the insulating layer by using a change over time in the amount of charge owing to the partial discharge. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260777 | PARTIAL DISCHARGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SYNCHRONIZATION - A partial discharge acquisition system includes: a synchronization signal sensor device including a sensor module structured to remotely detect a first synchronization electromagnetic signal generated by an alternate current electrical voltage associated with the operation of an electrical object and provide a corresponding first detected electrical signal; a transmitting device structured to irradiate a second synchronization electromagnetic signal related with the first detected electrical signal; a partial discharge detection apparatus including: a receiving device structured to receive the second synchronization electromagnetic signal and generate a corresponding received electrical signal representing at least a timing parameter of the alternate current electrical voltage, the receiving device and the transmitting device being configured to establish a wireless communication link defining a deterministic transmission delay. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260778 | DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM FOR MONITORING STATE OF SWITCHBOARD - A diagnosis system for monitoring a status of a switchboard is provided. The diagnosis system for monitoring a status of a switchboard includes a sensor unit installed in a switchboard, wherein the sensor unit comprise a plurality of sensors sensing two or more of a partial discharge (PD) signal, a temperature signal and an acc signal and outputting each switchboard status sensing signal; a data collecting device receiving each switchboard status sensing signal corresponding to two or more of the PD signal, the temperature signal, and the arc signal from the sensor unit wherein the data collecting device collects a plurality of datums for status monitoring and diagnosis control of the switchboard based on each switchboard status sensing signal received; and a remote monitoring device performing the status monitoring and diagnosis control of the switchboard based on a plurality of measuring datums received from the data collecting device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260779 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The semiconductor device according to the present embodiment comprises a plurality of monitor units monitoring characteristics of an element. Each of the monitor units comprises the element, a control/monitor node, a switch, and a selection controller. The control/monitor node transmits a control signal for controlling the monitor units, and transmits a characteristic signal for indicating electrical characteristics of the element. The switch is connected between the element and a control/monitor node. The selection controller selectively controls the switch upon reception of the control signal. A wire of the control/monitor node of the plurality of monitor units is commonalized. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260780 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a transistor, a diode, a first detection circuit, a second detection circuit, a calculation circuit, and a determination circuit. The diode is connected in reverse parallel with the transistor. The first detection circuit is configured to detect a change rate of a gate voltage of the transistor with respect to time. The second detection circuit is configured to detect a gate current of the transistor. The calculation circuit is configured to calculate a gate capacitance based on the change rate of the gate voltage with respect to time, and the gate current. The determination circuit is configured to determine, based on a determination result of the gate capacitance when a charge is injected to a gate of the transistor, whether a current flows to the diode or to the transistor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260781 | FAULT DETECTION ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a fault detection assembly of an integrated circuit having a supply port, an input port and a ground port. The fault detection assembly comprises a first diode connected with one end to the supply port and connected with the other end to the input port, a second diode connected with one end to the input port and connected with the other end to the ground port, at least a first fault detection transistor of MOS type. At least one of first and second diodes comprises a first diode-connected MOS transistor whose gate is connected to the gate of the first fault detection transistor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260782 | PREDICTING LED PARAMETERS FROM ELECTROLUMINESCENT SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER TESTING - A diode model and conductive-probe measurements taken at the wafer lever are used to predict the characterization parameters of a semiconductor device manufactured from the wafer. A current-voltage curve (I-V) model that expresses a current-voltage relationship as a function of resistance, ideality factor, and reverse saturation current is fitted to a number of conductive-probe measurement data. The current-voltage curve (I-V | 2015-09-17 |
20150260783 | SPLIT GATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A method comprises providing first and second semiconductor devices. Each device comprises a transistor having a split gate electrode including first and second gate portions. Each device has a respective ratio between an area of its first gate portion and a sum of areas of its first and second gate portions. For each device, a stress voltage is applied to the first gate portion, but not to the second gate portion. For each device, the first and second gate portions are biased with a common voltage, and data are collected indicating a respective degradation for each device due to the stress voltage. The degradation has a component due to time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) and a component due to bias temperature instability. From the collected data extrapolation determines the degradation component due to TDDB. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260784 | Multidimensional Structural Access - Multiple planes within the sample are exposed from a single perspective for contact by an electrical probe. The sample can be milled at a non-orthogonal angle to expose different layers as sloped surfaces. The sloped edges of multiple, parallel conductor planes provide access to the multiple levels from above. The planes can be accessed, for example, for contacting with an electrical probe for applying or sensing a voltage. The level of an exposed layer to be contacted can be identified, for example, by counting down the exposed layers from the sample surface, since the non-orthogonal mill makes all layers visible from above. Alternatively, the sample can be milled orthogonally to the surface, and then tilted and/or rotated to provide access to multiple levels of the device. The milling is preferably performed away from the region of interest, to provide electrical access to the region while minimizing damage to the region. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260785 | METHOD FOR TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE PERFORMING SUCH A METHOD - An integrated circuit, such as for example an application specific integrated circuit, as well as a method of testing such a circuit, are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the integrated circuit includes a plurality of pins including a power pin, a ground pin, and a first communication pin, a test mode circuit, and a communication circuit. The integrated circuit additionally includes a first switch connected to the first communication pin, where the first switch is configured to couple the first communication pin to either the test mode circuit or the communication circuit. The integrated circuit further includes a control circuit coupled to the first switch and configured to control whether the first switch is operated to couple the first communication pin to the test mode circuit or to the communication circuit based upon or in response to an operating mode. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260786 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AUTHENTICATION - Systems and methods for authenticating integrated circuits. An example integrated circuit may comprise: a plurality of functional units electrically coupled to a power source; and an authenticating circuit comprising a plurality of voltage measurement units, each voltage measurement unit to measure, at one or more frequencies over one or more periods of time, a local voltage at a respective functional unit of the plurality of functional units. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260787 | SYSTEM-ON-CHIP AND LOAD IMBALANCE DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A system-on-Chip (SoC) and a load imbalance detecting method of the same are provided. The SoC includes at least one master, a plurality of slaves, an interconnect, a measurement block, a central controller. The interconnect is configured to connect the at least one master and each of the plurality of slaves. The measurement block is configured to connect each of the plurality of slaves and the interconnect using a channel and to measure a load of each of the plurality of slaves. The central controller is configured to measure a load imbalance among the plurality of channels using the measured load information. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260788 | WAFER MOUNTING METHOD AND WAFER INSPECTION DEVICE - Provided is a wafer mounting method that can prevent the structure of a wafer inspection device from becoming complicated. In a wafer inspection device ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150260789 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAULT ISOLATION BY EMISSION SPECTRA ANALYSIS - An apparatus and method for optical probing of a DUT is disclosed. The system enables identifying, localizing and classifying faulty devices within the DUT. A selected area of the DUT is imaged while the DUT is receiving test signals, which may be static or dynamic, i.e., causing certain of the active devices to modulate. Light from the DUT is collected and is passed through a rotatable diffracting element prior to imaging it by a sensor and converting it into an electrical signal. The resulting image changes depending on the rotational positioning of the grating. The diffracted image is inspected to identify, localize and classify faulty devices within the DUT. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260790 | SERIAL I/O USING JTAG TCK AND TMS SIGNALS - The present disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus of using the JTAG TAP's TMS and TCK terminals as a general purpose serial Input/Output (I/O) bus. According to the present disclosure, the TAP's TMS terminal is used as a clock signal and the TCK terminal is used as a bidirectional data signal to allow serial communication to occur between; (1) an IC and an external controller, (2) between a first and second IC, or (3) between a first and second core circuit within an IC. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260791 | 1149.1TAP LINKING MODULES - IEEE 1149.1 Test Access Ports (TAPs) may be utilized at both IC and intellectual property core design levels. TAPs serve as serial communication ports for accessing a variety of embedded circuitry within ICs and cores including; IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan circuitry, built in test circuitry, internal scan circuitry, IEEE 1149.4 mixed signal test circuitry, IEEE P5001 in-circuit emulation circuitry, and IEEE P1532 in-system programming circuitry. Selectable access to TAPs within ICs is desirable since in many instances being able to access only the desired TAP(s) leads to improvements in the way testing, emulation, and programming may be performed within an IC. A TAP linking module is described that allows TAPs embedded within an IC to be selectively accessed using 1149.1 instruction scan operations. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260792 | MATRIX AND COMPRESSION-BASED ERROR DETECTION - Embodiments relate to matrix and compression-based error detection. An aspect includes summing, by each of a first plurality of summing modules of a first compressor, a respective row of a matrix, the matrix comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of output bits of a circuit under test wherein each output bit of the circuit under test comprises an element of the matrix, and is a member of a row of a column that is orthogonal to the row. Another aspect includes summing, by each of a second plurality of summing modules of a second compressor, a respective column of output bits of the matrix. Yet another aspect includes determining a presence of an error in the circuit under test based at least one of an output of the first compressor and an output of the second compressor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260793 | Apparatus For Testing A Package-On-Package Semiconductor Device - An apparatus for testing a package-on-package semiconductor device includes a top cover, a lower base, a heat dissipation module, and a plurality of probes. The lower base is disposed under the top cover so as to form an internal accommodation space for receiving an upper chip. The heat dissipation module includes a heat sink arranged in the internal accommodation space and attached to an upper surface of the upper chip. The probes are arranged in the lower base so as to electrically connect the upper chip with a lower chip. By the heat sink arranged in the internal accommodation space formed of the top cover and the lower base, heat generated from the upper chip during operation of the upper chip can be greatly dissipated so that the performance and the service life of the upper chip can be improved. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260794 | FAULT DETECTION IN INDUCTION MACHINES - A method of detecting a fault in an induction machine having one or more windings arranged to draw current at a supply frequency, the method including: performing a process of judging whether a respective sideband of one or more selected harmonics of the supply frequency exists at a predetermined fault frequency in a signal in the one or more windings; and determining that a fault has occurred if the judgement is positive; wherein in the judging process each of the selected harmonics of the supply frequency is a harmonic frequency of the supply frequency other than the supply frequency itself. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260795 | BATTERY CELL STATE-OF-HEALTH ESTIMATION METHOD - A method of determining the state of health of a first elementary cell of a battery, including the steps of: measuring the voltage across the cell under a reference current at a plurality of times in a phase of cell charge or discharge between first and second state-of-charge levels; and detecting a crossing by the voltage of a predetermined specific value, corresponding to a predetermined specific charge value of the cell. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260796 | BATTERY CELL STATE-OF-CHARGE ESTIMATION AND READJUSTMENT METHOD - A method of detecting a predetermined specific value of the charge contained in a first elementary cell of a battery, including the steps of: measuring the voltage across the cell under reference current at a plurality of times in a phase of cell charge or discharge between first and second state-of-charge levels; and detecting a predetermined specific value of this voltage, corresponding to the specific charge value. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260797 | INSULATION FAILURE INSPECTING APPARATUS, INSULATION FAILURE INSPECTING METHOD USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrochemical cell, wherein an insulation failure product can be accurately rejected, and an electrochemical cell can be used again after the insulation failure inspection. In the method for manufacturing the electrochemical cell ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150260798 | Calculation Apparatus and Calculation Method - According to an embodiment, a calculation apparatus includes a first calculator, a second calculator and a third calculator. The first calculator performs a regression analysis to calculate internal state parameters including a quantity of active material and an initial charged capacity of at least the first electrode. The second calculator calculates, based on the internal state parameters, an upper limit charged capacity in a predetermined range based a charged capacity at which an open circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery reaches an upper limit voltage. The third calculator changes the quantity of active material of the first electrode to a fixed value, and recalculates the initial charged capacity of the first electrode used on the fixed value and the upper limit charged capacity. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260799 | BATTERY MONITORING DEVICE - A battery monitoring device includes a control unit; electric elements respectively connected in parallel to battery cells; main analog-digital converters that are respectively connected to the battery cells via the electric elements, and respectively detect voltages of the battery cells; and sub analog-digital converters that are respectively connected to the battery cells without using the electric elements, and respectively detect the voltages of the battery cells. The control unit is configured to determine whether there is a failure in each electric element based on a first voltage detection value detected by the main analog-digital converter, and a second voltage detection value detected by the sub analog-digital converter. The control unit is configured to limit a control range of a degree of charge as compared to that used during a normal control, when it is determined that there is a leak failure in at least one of the electric elements. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260800 | DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING PARAMETERS OF BATTERY, AND ESTIMATION METHOD - A device for estimating parameters of battery capable of improving, by using simple calculations, estimation accuracy of a parameter and the like of a battery equivalent circuit model will be provided. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260801 | Digital Frequency Response Analysis System and Method Useful for Power Supplies - A frequency response analyzer includes a signal generator, a reference channel module, and a digital frequency response analyzer. The signal generator includes an input, a first output to provide an output signal to a unit under test, and a second output to provide a first synchronization signal. The reference channel module includes an input coupled to the first output of the signal generator, and an output to provide phase information data of the output signal. The digital frequency response analyzer includes a first input to receive the first synchronization signal, and a second input to receive digitized analog data from the unit under test. A processor of the frequency response analyzer correlates received digitized analog data to received analog data based on the phase, and determines a transfer function of the plant of the unit under test based on the correlation of received digitized analog data and received analog data. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260802 | VOLTAGE DETECTION CIRCUIT - To provide a voltage detection circuit in which the influence on a detection voltage by semiconductor manufacturing variations is small and which is small in current consumption. A voltage detection circuit is provided which detects a voltage, based on an output signal of a detection circuit and outputs a detection signal. The detection circuit includes a first MOS transistor unit which allows a first current to flow, a second MOS transistor unit which allows a second current to flow, and a current voltage conversion unit which converts each of the first current and the second current into a voltage and outputs the same as the detection signal. A voltage characteristic of the first current and a voltage characteristic of the second current are configured so as to be crossed with each other at a predetermined voltage. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260803 | Circuits and Methods for Limiting a Smallest Separation of Thresholds in a Magnetic Field Sensor - A magnetic field sensor uses upper and lower thresholds. The upper and lower thresholds are limited such that they have a minimum separation distance between equivalent voltage levels of the upper and lower thresholds. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260804 | TESTER FOR TESTING MAGNETIC MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a tester includes a magnetic shield portion having a space which is shielded from an external magnetic field, a controller generating a test signal for testing a magnetic memory having a magnetoresistive element provided in the space, an interface portion in the space, the interface portion which functions as an interface between the controller and the magnetic memory, and a magnetic field generating portion in the space, the magnetic field generating portion generating a test magnetic field while the magnetic memory is tested by the test signal. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260805 | MAGNETIC SENSOR, MAGNETIC INSPECTION DEVICE, AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic sensor includes: a case disposed facing an object that is to be detected; a plurality of magnetic sensing portions accommodated inside the case; and a magnetic generator disposed inside the case, between the plurality of magnetic sensing portions and the object that is to be detected. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260806 | RADIO FREQUENCY RESONATOR AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency resonator and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising the same. A radio frequency resonator for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus in accordance with the present disclosure comprises: a microstrip substrate; a conductive pattern portion for resonance that is formed on one surface of the microstrip substrate and increases an intensity of a magnetic field which is generated by resonating an RF signal; and a ground conductive board that is formed on the other surface of the microstrip substrate. According to the present disclosure, there is provided a radio frequency resonator for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus capable of generating an intense magnetic field. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260807 | Circuit Arrangement for the Driving Electronics of a Magnetic Resonance System - A circuit arrangement for driving a transmission coil arrangement with at least two individual transmission coils of a magnetic resonance system for supplying a radiofrequency signal for producing alternating electromagnetic fields over at least two channels, with in each case a digital section and an analog section, is provided. In the digital section, in an envelope generator, base frequency signals that respectively generate an envelope are provided. The circuit arrangement also includes an intermediate frequency oscillator that generates a common intermediate frequency, a frequency mixer per channel for mixing the common intermediate frequency into the base frequency signals, and in the analog sections of the channels, respectively, second frequency mixers that mix a common radiofrequency signal into each base frequency signal. The envelope is transmitted, with the mixed-in intermediate frequency signal, and the total signal thus obtained is respectively conducted to an individual transmission coil via a respective amplifier. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260808 | RF AMPLIFIER CONTROL IN PARALLEL RF TRANSMISSION BASED ON POWER REQUIREMENTS - The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging MRI system ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150260809 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System And Method - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and method of magnetic resonance imaging. The preferred MRI system is of lower weight and/or uses less power than conventional MRI systems, due to one or more of magnet design, transmit and receive coil design, selection of RF pulse sequence, synchronization methods, and image reconstruction methods. Preferably, the MRI system is portable. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260810 | Methods and Systems for Automated Magnetic Field Shimming - A method for automated magnetic field shimming in a MR imaging system includes generating RF excitation pulses in anatomy, generating slice select magnetic field gradients on a static magnetic field and generating a plurality of shimming routines. The method also includes acquiring maps of the static magnetic field between each shimming routine and determining a base function for each of the plurality of shimming coils from: (i) intermediate magnitudes and directions of the static magnetic field produced by each of the plurality of shimming coils during each shimming routine; and (ii) intermediate currents supplied to each of the plurality of shimming coils during each shimming routine. The method further includes determining updated magnitudes and directions of the static magnetic field produced by each of the plurality of shimming coils by expanding the determined base function for each of the plurality of shimming coils into low order polynomials. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260811 | Method for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Device - In order to provide an improved homogeneity of a primary magnetic field during a magnetic resonance imaging process, a method for magnetic resonance imaging of a subject under examination using a magnetic resonance device includes an acquisition of magnetic resonance image data in a plurality of scanning blocks. Different shim settings are set in each case for the plurality of scanning blocks. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260812 | ENHANCED NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR USING METAMATERIAL ANTENNA - A method and system for enhanced NQR or GPR include a metamaterial antenna configured to both transmit and receive a magnetic field focused at a near-field distance separated from the antenna at a corresponding antenna frequency corresponding to a nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency of an atom in a target material. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260813 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNALS - A magnetic resonance (MR) receiver is described herein. The MR receiver can be used to process nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals. The MR receiver includes a transformer that amplifies the MR signals and a preamplifier that receives the MR signals from the transformer. The preamplifier can include a transimpedance amplifier circuit with an input stage that includes a field effect transistor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260814 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor and memory. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to extract, based on a plurality of sagittal images at least including an intervertebral disk of a subject, an intervertebral disk region spanning across the plurality of sagittal images from spines visualized in the plurality of sagittal images; and set an imaging region of an intervertebral disk image based on the intervertebral disk region. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260815 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - In order to provide a technique for improving image quality by selectively exciting only a target region with high precision in either of a two-dimensional spatial selective excitation method or a three-dimensional spatial selective excitation method, selecting a k-space trajectory restraining excitation in a non-target region by side lobes is received. At this time, an excitation region of the selected k-space trajectory is presented to an operator, and the operator can adjust the excitation region through the display. After the adjustment of the excitation region by the operator is reflected, a multi-dimensional spatial selective excitation pulse is stabilized. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260816 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND MODIFYING A HANGING PROTOCOL FOR DISPLAYING MRI INFORMATION - A computer implemented method for processing MRI image data and displaying MRI images includes analyzing MRI image data to identify an image acquisition protocol used to acquire the MRI image data, and displaying a plurality of MRI images obtained from the MRI image data, wherein the MRI images are displayed in an order and/or arrangement based at least in part upon the identified image acquisition protocol. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260817 | NOISE OPTIMIZATION FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM - In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and method to evaluate the consistency of a signal model used to generate a quantitative parameter map, the residual of the quantitative parameter map is calculated and a residual map is generated. The residual map is displayed together with the quantitative parameter map, with the residual map serving as an indicator of the quality of fit of the signal model. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260818 | Operating a Magnetic Resonance Tomograph - A method for operating a magnetic resonance tomograph having at least one receiving antenna, at least one converter device for analog/digital conversion and a programmable computing device is provided. The method includes generating, with the converter device, digital measured values by digitizing the analog reception signal from the receiving antenna and/or at least one analog signal derived from the reception signal. A time-coding device adds an item of time information that describes the recording time of the measured values to each of the digital measured values or to groups of measured values including a plurality of the digital measured values in order to generate a time-coded data stream. The programmable computing device processes the time-coded data stream further. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260819 | TRANSFER OF VALIDATED CAD TRAINING DATA TO AMENDED MR CONTRAST LEVELS - A method is disclosed for controlling an MR device. A control unit and an imaging device with a control unit are also disclosed. An embodiment of the method serves to transfer an interim result which is calculated by an automatic alignment algorithm which is provided in an image processing module, to a localizer image. An optimized result can then be converted into instructions which serve to control the MR device and are based on the localizer image which has been captured in a different recording technique than the images with which the automatic alignment algorithm has been trained. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260820 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR CREATING AT LEAST TWO IMAGE DATA SETS - In a method a magnetic resonance apparatus for generating at least two essentially parallel two-dimensional image data sets of an examination object by operation of a magnetic resonance scanner having a multi-coil array, a multiband radiofrequency pulse is radiated for exciting at least two slices, that are phase encoded by applying a phase encoding gradient. Scan signals produced by the excited slices are detected using each coil of the multi-coil array. In one of the excitation or the phase encoding, the phase of the scan signal in at least one slice to be modulated at least once such that the phase of the scan signal is different from the phase of the other slices. Image data sets are reconstructed as a function of the modulation of the phase of the scan signal in at least one slice and, in at least one slice, the multiband radiofrequency pulse has an amplitude and/or duration and/or pulse shape that is different from the other slice or the other slices. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260821 | Receiver Assembly of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System - A receiver assembly of a magnetic resonance (MR) system for generating MR recordings of an examination object includes a plurality of reception channels for receiving and amplifying MR signals from reception coils of the MR system connected therewith. A calibration data memory for storing calibration data for the plurality of reception channels is arranged on the receiver assembly. The receiver assembly includes a data link for transmitting the calibration data to the MR system. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260822 | DUPLEX SYSTEM - A duplex system measuring and outputting at least one of a voltage and current is provided. A first measurement device measures at least one of the voltage and current. A second measurement device measures at least one of the voltage and current. A control device is disconnected from the first measurement device and performs a changeover to the second measurement device when the first measurement device abnormally operates. A filter filters a second measurement value of the second measurement device based on a first measurement value of the first measurement device to output a filtered value. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260823 | METHOD OF ENCLOSING AND POWERING A BLUETOOTH EMITTER - Configuring and powering micro-location emitter inside electrical wall box a wall plate using a wired connection or an inductive pickup. The emitters may implement or conform to various versions of the Bluetooth specification. Configurations may also include configuring an emitter inside a lighting fixture for harvesting the light generated by the lighting fixture or securing a micro-location emitter on windows for the harvesting of solar energy. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260824 | UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM DRONE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FLIGHT SAFETY AND TRACKING SYSTEM - The invention provides for the creation of an electromagnetic wave broadcast based locator beacon systems to allow for the tracking of drone/UAV/UAS, hereafter also referred to as drones, coupled with an alert system and display panel which can be placed in manned aircraft and other locations to let pilots and concerned parties know when they are in the vicinity of each other and or when drone aircraft are operating nearby any areas of concern utilizing this system. This system will alert pilots and others when a drone is operating in their area as well as give an indication of the drone's proximity to their aircraft while also allowing drone operators to know where manned aircraft and other operators using the system are located. This invention will allow concerned parties to maintain situational awareness and avoid operational incursions while also providing enhanced safety through increased situational awareness. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260825 | Solar Tracking System using Periodic Scan Patterns with a Shielding Tube - A solar tracking system and method that use a tube that admits solar radiation and one or more photodetectors for generating a signal related to an intensity of solar radiation at a distal end of the tube. The system has a scan unit for periodically executing a certain scan pattern in an elevation angle El and in an azimuth angle Az of the shielding tube. A processing unit in communication with the photodetector determines an on-sun orientation of the shielding tube based on a convolution of the signal obtained while executing the scan pattern with a trained convolution kernel. The on-sun orientation thus found can be used to update the orientation of one or more solar surfaces, e.g., reflective or photovoltaic surfaces. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260826 | DETERMINING THE PRECISE GEOLOCATION OF A WIRELESS INTERNET TARGET - The techniques herein describe an approach that can quickly geolocate Internet users that are connected through a wireless (e.g., WiFi) network. To do so, one or more embodiments herein send specially-crafted signals to the user's IP address. When these signals are broadcast by the user's wireless router to the user's wireless device, they have a discernible signature. Other geolocation efforts may then be used to scope the Internet user's location (e.g., to the appropriate city or section of a city). A user or automated device may then physically traverse (e.g., drive through) the search area listening on wireless channels for the discernible wireless signature. Once it is located, directional antennas and triangulation may be used to exactly locate the user. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260827 | Radome-free microwave sensor, method for installing a radome-free microwave sensor in a vehicle and combination of a vehicle component with a radome-free microwave sensor - A radome-free microwave sensor includes: a microwave antenna, with the aid of which microwaves are emitted and received; and a sealing device, with the aid of which a cavity enclosing the microwave antenna is closed when the sealing device abuts against a component of the vehicle. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260828 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING INTERFERENCE IN A RECEIVED SIGNAL OF A RADAR SENSOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for suppressing interference in a received signal (s) received by a radar sensor ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150260829 | OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided are an optical distance measuring apparatus, which is capable of accurately measuring a distance, whatever the temperature may be, and which can be easily manufactured at low cost, and an electronic apparatus mounted with the optical distance measuring apparatus. A lead frame of the optical measuring apparatus has two or more first reinforcing terminals, each of which has a part extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction in which a connecting part between a light emitting header and a light receiving header extends. The first reinforcing terminals are fixed by a first light blocking resin body and connected to the light receiving header. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260830 | 2-D Planar VCSEL Source for 3-D Imaging - An apparatus and a method are provided for 3-D proximity sensing, imaging and scanning using a 2-D planar VCSEL array source using reflected radiation from an object being detected. An important aspect of the apparatus is a compact high power optical source and in particular, an optical source comprising a plurality of VCSELs to illuminate the object. VCSELs in the optical source are configured in different 2-D planar arrangements, such that the optical source may be used in many different modes to adapt to different sensing, imaging and scanning requirement suited for different environments including one where shape, size and illumination mode require to be altered dynamically. When used in different modes of operation the apparatus provides a comprehensive set of measured distance and intensity profile of the object to compute a 3-D image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260831 | OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Optical range finders are configured to transmit optical bursts toward a target and detect a corresponding received burst. DC offset in the received burst due to square law detection can be offset based on a difference between high pass and low pass filtered portions of the received burst. Edge records associated with bursts can be obtained, and correlated with a reference signal or waveform to obtain a range estimate. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260832 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SPECKLE NOISE IN AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing speckle noise in a system comprising a sensor for detecting electro-magnetic radiation backscattered from a target, comprising: illuminating the target with a first illuminating beam having a first optical path; illuminating the target with a second illuminating beam having a second optical path different to the first optical path; capturing at the sensor first and second backscattered radiation components associated with respectively the first and second illuminating beams, each of the backscattered radiation components comprising a speckle pattern; and taking a time-averaged measurement of the intensities of the first and second backscattered radiation components; wherein the capturing step is carried out within an integration time t of the sensor, such that the time-averaged intensity measurement results in a decrease in speckle noise present in a signal representing the backscattered radiation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260833 | METHODS FOR DETECTING SENSOR DEGRADATION IN DISTANCE SENSORS - A method for detecting a sensor degradation in distance sensors, having the following: a) sending out at least one transmit pulse; b) acquisition of a sensor signal at least in a decay interval; and c) determination of a degree of degradation based on a frequency response of the acquired sensor signal. Also described is a computer program product, a distance sensor unit, and a driver assistance system for carrying out such methods. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260834 | TARGET DETECTION APPARATUS AND TARGET DETECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a target detection apparatus is applicable to a radar system. The radar system includes receivers each receives, by a receiving antenna, an echo from a target based on a radio wave transmitted from a transmitting antenna of a transmitter. The target detection apparatus includes tracking processors and a correlation processor. The tracking processors obtain target positions by individually tracking video data output from the receivers, respectively. The correlation processor extracts a combination of echo signals from the same target based on a correlation relationship between a position of the transmitting antenna, positions of the receiving antennas of receivers, and target positions. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260835 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR RADAR-BASED DETECTION OF OBJECTS IN A PREDETERMINED SPACE - This disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for detecting foreign objects. An apparatus for detecting a presence of an object comprises at least one radar antenna attached to a wirelessly chargeable vehicle. The at least one radar antenna is configured to transmit a radar signal into a space between a wireless power receiver of the vehicle and a wireless charger as the vehicle moves in a primary direction of movement of the vehicle and receive the radar signal. The apparatus further comprises a radar processing circuit configured to determine a presence of the object in the space based on at least one characteristic of the received radar signal. The radar processing circuit is further configured to provide an indication to receive power from the wireless charger based at least in part on the determining the presence of the object. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260836 | ANTENNA - An antenna includes a plurality of transmitting antennas that are: a first transmitting antenna that transmits a transmission wave in a right-upward direction relative to a reference axis substantially parallel to a road surface; a second transmitting antenna that transmits a transmission wave in a left-upward direction relative to the reference axis; a third transmitting antenna that transmits a transmission wave in a right-downward direction relative to the reference axis; and a fourth transmitting antenna that transmits a transmission wave in a left-downward direction relative to the reference axis. A transmission range of the transmission wave transmitted from each of the first transmitting antenna, the second transmitting antenna, the third transmitting antenna and the fourth transmitting antenna partially overlaps with the transmission ranges of the transmission waves transmitted from the transmitting antennas located in vicinity. | 2015-09-17 |
20150260837 | HIGH PRECISION RADAR TO TRACK AERIAL TARGETS - High precision radar to track aerial targets installed on the ground, in a container or in a vehicle, to determine the target parameters, such as azimuth angle (θ | 2015-09-17 |
20150260838 | Sparse Array RF Imaging for Surveillance Applications - Techniques are provided for sparse array RF imaging for surveillance applications. Objects in a three dimensional (3-D) image-data-set obtained from multi-static radio frequency detection data are classified, for example, as human or non-human. One or more geometric image features are extracted from the image-data-set that support a target classification process; and the one or more objects are classified as a threat based on a parametric evaluation of the extracted geometric image features. | 2015-09-17 |