01st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190004417 | CRITICAL DIMENSION VARIATION CORRECTION IN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY - A method of correcting a critical dimension (CD) variation in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography includes mapping the CD variation of a wafer exposure field formed by a photolithography system that includes an EUV photolithography photomask. Parameters of a treatment to produce a change in reflectance at a working wavelength of EUV radiation in a region of a reflective multilayer of the photomask are determined, the change in reflectance being calculated to correct the mapped CD variation. A treatment beam is directed to the region. The region is treated with the beam in accordance with the determined parameters. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004418 | METHODS OF IMPROVING OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION MODELS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes designing a layout, performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) process to correct the designed layout, fabricating a first photomask using the corrected layout, and forming patterns on a substrate using the first photomask. The OPC process includes generating an OPC model and correcting the designed layout using the generated OPC model. The generation of the OPC model includes rasterizing a planar image of an actual pattern to obtain first label data, rasterizing a simulation image of a simulation pattern to obtain second label data, the simulation pattern being obtained using the OPC model, in which a parameter set including process parameters is set, comparing the first label data with the second label data to obtain comparison data, and correcting the process parameters of the parameter set, based on the comparison data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004419 | MASK BLANK, TRANSFER MASK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSFER MASK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A mask blank is provided, by which an alignment mark can be formed between a transparent substrate and a laminated structure of a light semitransmissive film, etching stopper film, and light shielding film during manufacture of a transfer mask. The mask blank | 2019-01-03 |
20190004420 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND PHOTOMASK - A photomask blank for an exposure light of ArF excimer laser, including a transparent substrate and a light-shielding film containing molybdenum, silicon, and nitrogen. The light-shielding film is formed in a single layer or a multilayer composed of a single composition layer or a composition gradient layer, a reflectance of the light-shielding film on a side remote from the substrate is 40% or less, and among the refractive indexes at the surfaces on the substrate side and the side remote from the substrate of all layers, a difference between the highest and lowest refractive indexes is 0.2 or less, and among the extinction coefficients at the surfaces, a difference between the highest and lowest extinction coefficients is 0.5 or less. The light-shielding film assumes a satisfactory and undeteriorated sectional shape of a mask pattern in an etching process in mask processing or defect correcting. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004421 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PROCESSED SUBSTRATE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR OPTICAL COMPONENT, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR IMPRINT MOLD - A pattern forming method comprising, a step (1) of coating a layer formed of a curable composition (A1) containing at least a certain polymerizable compound (a1) on a surface of a substrate, a step (2) of dispersedly dropping a droplet of a curable composition (A2) containing at least a polymerizable compound (a2) on the layer of the curable composition (A1) to form lamination, a step (3) of sandwiching between a mold and the substrate a layer in which the curable composition (A1) and the curable composition (A2) are partially mixed, a step (4) of curing a portion of the layer in which the two curable compositions are partially mixed all at once by applying light from the side of the mold, the portion being sandwiched between the mold and the substrate, and a step (5) of separating the mold from the layer formed of the cured curable compositions. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004422 | COMPOSITION, FILM, CURED FILM, OPTICAL SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM - A composition includes at least one of particles having an average primary particle diameter of 50 to 150 nm or particles having an average major axis length of 50 to 150 nm, and a resin, in which the composition has an L* in an L*a*b* color space of CIE 1976 of 35 to 75 in a case of forming a film with a thickness of 3 μm using the composition. A film; a cured film; an optical sensor; and a method for producing a film each use the composition. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004423 | CURED FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a cured film having high chemical resistance, high elongation, and high adhesion to metal copper. A cured film formed by curing a photosensitive resin composition containing a polybenzoxazole precursor, in which a rate at which the polybenzoxazole precursor is cyclized into polybenzoxazole is not less than 10% and not more than 60%. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004424 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN - A thermally conductive type photosensitive resin is provided. The resin comprises (a) a photosensitive polyimide, (b) an inorganic filler, and (c) a silica solution. The photosensitive polyimide accounts for 50 to 80% of a total weight of a solid composition of the thermally conductive type photosensitive resin. The inorganic filler is selected from at least one of aluminium oxide, graphene, inorganic clay, mica powder, boron nitride, aluminium nitride, silica, zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, carbon nanotube and carbon nanofiber, accounts for 20-50% of the total weight of the solid composition of the thermally conductive type photosensitive resin, and has a particle size between 40 nm and 5 μm. The silica solution comprises silica particles polymerized by a sol-gel process. The silica particles have a particle size between 10 nm and 15 nm, and account for 5 to 30% of the total weight of the solid composition of the thermally conductive type photosensitive resin. The thermally conductive type photosensitive resin has a thermal conductivity between 0.4 and 2. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004425 | METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - The objective is to favorably form a clear resist pattern using a resist composition containing a polymer that can inhibit resist pattern collapse when used as a main chain scission-type positive resist. A method of forming a resist pattern includes: a step of forming a resist film using a positive resist composition containing a polymer including a monomer unit (A) represented by general formula (I), shown below, and a monomer unit (B) represented by general formula (II), shown below, with a proviso that at least one of the monomer unit (A) and the monomer unit (B) includes at least one fluorine atom; an exposure step; and a development step. The development is carried out using a developer having a surface tension of 17 mN/m or less. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004426 | NEGATIVE RESIST PATTERN-FORMING METHOD, AND COMPOSITION FOR UPPER LAYER FILM FORMATION - Provided is a negative resist pattern-forming method that enables a resist pattern with fewer development defects to be formed while favorable water repellency of the surface of the upper layer film is maintained. A negative resist pattern-forming method includes the steps of: forming a resist film using a radiation-sensitive resin composition; forming an upper layer film on one face of the resist film using a composition for upper layer film formation; subjecting the resist film having the upper layer film formed thereon to liquid immersion lithography; and developing the resist film subjected to the liquid immersion lithography with a developer solution containing an organic solvent, wherein at least one of the radiation-sensitive resin composition and the composition for upper layer film formation contains a fluorine atom. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004427 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus includes a spin chuck that holds a substrate, a processing liquid supply unit that supplies a first processing liquid having first specific gravity and a second processing liquid having second specific gravity smaller than the first specific gravity to a surface to be processed of the substrate held by the spin chuck, a collection tank that stores the used first and second processing liquids that have been supplied to the substrate, and a processing liquid separating mechanism that separates the first processing liquid and the second processing liquid based on specific gravity, the first and second processing liquids being stored in the collection tank. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004428 | FORMING CONDUCTIVE VIAS USING A LIGHT GUIDE - The present invention provides a process and a structure of forming conductive vias using a light guide. In an exemplary embodiment, the process includes providing a via in a base material in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the base material, applying a photoresist layer to an interior surface of the via, inserting a light guide into the via, exposing, by the light guide, a portion of the photoresist layer to light, thereby resulting in an exposed portion of the photoresist layer and an unexposed portion of the photoresist layer, removing a portion of the photoresist layer, and plating an area of the via, where the photoresist has been removed, with a metal, thereby resulting in a portion of the via plated with metal and a portion of the via not plated with metal. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004429 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING PARAMETER FOR DOSE CORRECTION OF CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD, AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A parameter acquiring method for dose correction of a charged particle beam includes writing evaluation patterns on a substrate coated with resist; writing, while varying writing condition, a peripheral pattern on a periphery of any different one of the evaluation patterns, after an ignorable time as to influence of resist temperature increase due to writing of an evaluation pattern concerned has passed; and calculating a parameter for defining correlation among a width dimension change amount of the evaluation pattern concerned, a temperature increase amount of the evaluation pattern concerned, and a backscatter dose reaching the evaluation pattern concerned, by using, under each writing condition, a width dimension of the evaluation pattern concerned, the temperature increase amount of the evaluation pattern concerned at each shot time, and the backscatter dose reaching the evaluation pattern concerned from each shot. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004430 | Lithography Techniques for Reducing Resist Swelling - The present disclosure provides lithography resist materials and corresponding lithography techniques for improving lithography resolution, in particular, by reducing swelling of resist layers during development. An exemplary lithography method includes performing a treatment process on a resist layer to cause cross-linking of acid labile group components of the resist layer via cross-linkable functional components, performing an exposure process on the resist layer, and performing a development process on the resist layer. In some implementations, the resist layer includes an exposed portion and an unexposed portion after the exposure process, and the treatment process reduces solubility of the unexposed portion to a developer used during the development process by increasing a molecular weight of a polymer in the unexposed portion. The treatment process is performed before or after the exposure process. The treatment process can include performing a thermal treatment and/or an electromagnetic wave treatment to heat the resist layer. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004431 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to an optical device for a lithography system, including an optical element, a supporting frame supporting the optical element, a sensor frame mechanically decoupled from the supporting frame, wherein a gap is provided between the supporting frame and the sensor frame, and a sensor assembly designed to determine a width of the gap in a contactless manner. The sensor assembly has a contact element and a contact surface. The contact element is designed to contact the contact surface to limit relative motion of the supporting frame relative to the sensor frame. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004432 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING AT LEAST ONE ILLUMINATION PARAMETER FOR EVALUATING AN ILLUMINATION SETTING - In a method for predicting at least one illumination parameter for evaluating an illumination setting for illuminating an object field of a projection exposure apparatus, illumination parameters are measured at a number of calibration settings, correction terms for prediction values of the illumination parameters are determined from the measured values, and then at least one illumination parameter of at least one illumination setting, which is not contained in the set of n calibration settings, is predicted. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004433 | REACTION FORCE DIVERSION MECHANISM, MOTOR DEVICE AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY MACHINE - A reaction force diversion mechanism, a motor device and a photolithography machine are disclosed. The photolithography machine includes an illumination unit, a mask stage, a projection objective, a main baseplate, a wafer stage and a main carrier frame. The illumination unit and the mask stage are disposed above the main baseplate, and the main carrier frame is arranged above a ground base. Both of the wafer stage and the main baseplate are supported on the main carrier frame, and vibration dampers are deployed between the main carrier frame and the ground base. Reaction force diversion mechanisms are disposed between the wafer stage and the ground base and between the mask stage and the ground base. The reaction force diversion mechanisms can divert reaction forces generated from movement of the two motion stages onto the ground base while blocking vibration propagating from the ground base toward the motion stages. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004434 | FLUID HANDLING STRUCTURE AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An immersion lithographic apparatus having a fluid handling structure, the fluid handling structure configured to confine immersion fluid to a region and including: a meniscus controlling feature having an extractor exit on a surface of the fluid handling structure; and a gas knife system outwards of the extractor exit and including passages each having an exit, the passages having a plurality of first passages having a plurality of corresponding first exits on the surface, and a plurality of second passages having a plurality of corresponding second exits outwards of the first exits on the surface, wherein the surface faces and is substantially parallel to a top surface of a substrate during exposure, and the first exits and the second exits are arranged at a greater distance from the substrate than the extractor exit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT WRITE MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY - A patterning apparatus, including: a substrate holder constructed to support a substrate; a particle generator configured to generate particles in the patterning apparatus, the particle generator configured to deposit the particles onto the substrate to form a layer of particles on the substrate; and a pattern generator in the patterning apparatus, the pattern generator configured to applying a pattern in the patterning apparatus to the deposited layer of particles. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004436 | METHOD OF FABRICATING RETICLE - A method for exposing a wafer substrate includes forming a reticle having a device pattern. A relative orientation between the device pattern and a mask field of an exposure tool is determined based on mask field utilization. The reticle is loaded on the exposure tool. The wafer substrate is rotated based on an orientation of the device pattern. Radiation is projected through the reticle onto the rotated wafer substrate by the exposure tool, thereby imaging the device pattern onto the rotated wafer substrate. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004437 | METROLOGY PARAMETER DETERMINATION AND METROLOGY RECIPE SELECTION - A method including: for a metrology target, having a first biased target structure and a second differently biased target structure, created using a patterning process, obtaining metrology data including signal data for the first target structure versus signal data for the second target structure, the metrology data being obtained for a plurality of different metrology recipes and each metrology recipe specifying a different parameter of measurement; determining a statistic, fitted curve or fitted function through the metrology data for the plurality of different metrology recipes as a reference; and identifying at least two different metrology recipes that have a variation of the collective metrology data of the at least two different metrology recipes from a parameter of the reference that crosses or meets a certain threshold. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004438 | DEVICE METROLOGY TARGETS AND METHODS - An overlay metrology system includes one or more processors coupled to an illumination source to direct illumination to a sample and a detector to capture diffracted orders of radiation from the sample. The system may generate overlay sensitivity calibration parameters based on differential measurements of a calibration target including two overlay target cells on the sample, where first-layer target elements and second-layer target elements of the overlay target cells are distributed with a common pitch along a measurement direction and are misregistered with a selected offset value in opposite directions. The system may further determine overlay measurements based on differential measurements of additional overlay target cells with two wavelengths, where first-layer target elements and second-layer target elements of the additional overlay target cells are distributed with the common pitch and are formed to overlap symmetrically. The system may further adjust the overlay measurements with the overlay sensitivity calibration parameters. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004439 | DIFFRACTION BASED OVERLAY SCATTEROMETRY - A method of monitoring overlay is used in a manufacturing process in which successive layers are deposited one over another to form a stack. Each layer may include a periodic structure such as a diffraction grating to be aligned with a periodic structure in another layer. The stacked periodic structures may be illuminated to form + and − first order diffraction patterns from the periodic structures. An image of the stacked periodic structures may be captured including + and − diffraction patterns. The + and − diffraction patterns may be compared to calculate the overlay between successive layers. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004440 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an exposure operation, as a second stage is moved in a direction parallel to a predetermined plane, another head different from a plurality of heads faces a grating section instead of one head of the plurality of heads, and positional information of the second stage is measured by multiple heads including remaining heads and the another head, the remaining heads excluding the one head of the plurality of heads, and correction information is acquired for the positional information obtained from the another head, based on the positional information obtained from the plurality of heads including the one head. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004441 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides an imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the apparatus including a control unit configured to control a driving unit and a deformation unit such that parts of position control of controlling the relative positions of the mold and the substrate, and shape control of deforming at least one of the mold and the substrate are performed concurrently, wherein the control unit includes an input unit configured to give, to target position data, time-series data representing relative positions of the mold and the substrate that change at each time during which the shape control is performed in accordance with deformation in at least one of the mold and the substrate by the deformation unit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004442 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an electroconductive support member and a photosensitive layer. The uppermost layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member defines a surface layer, and the surface layer contains polytetrafluoroethylene particles, a charge transporting material, and polyvinyl acetal. The proportion of the polyvinyl acetal content to the polytetrafluoroethylene particles content in the surface layer is in the range of 0.1% by mass to 15.0% by mass, and the charge transporting material content in the surface layer is 35% by mass or more relative to the total mass of the surface layer. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004443 | TONER - Toner particles each include a toner mother particle and a plurality of C/S external additive particles. The toner mother particle contains a polyester resin. The C/S external additive particles each adhere to a surface of the toner mother particle and include a core particle and a plurality of shell particles. The shell particles each adhere to a surface of the core particle. The shell particles have a number average primary particle diameter of no greater than 0.40 times a number average primary particle diameter of the core particles. The core particles and the shell particles each contain a resin. The core particles have a hydrophobicity degree of at least 30%. The shell particles have a hydrophobicity degree of no greater than 5%. The C/S external additive particles have a hydrophobicity degree of at least 15% and no greater than 25%. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004444 | CORONA DISCHARGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A corona discharge device including a corona electrode provided with multiple sharpened tip portions in a row includes a cleaning member which cleans the tip portions of the corona electrode while reciprocating along a predetermined movement direction set in advance with the tip portions biting into the cleaning member. A cleaning position at a surface of the cleaning member is different in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the corona electrode between when the cleaning member moves toward one side in the movement direction and when the cleaning member moves toward another side in the movement direction. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004445 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conductive member includes a conductive substrate; and a conductive elastic layer disposed on the conductive substrate and exhibiting ionic conduction. The conductive elastic layer contains an elastic material, which contains epichlorohydrin rubber, and an anti-aging agent, and the amount of free chlorine ions in the conductive elastic layer is 1 μg/g or more and 80 μg/g or less. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004446 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conductive member includes a conductive substrate; and a conductive elastic layer disposed on the conductive substrate and exhibiting ionic conduction. The conductive elastic layer contains an elastic material, which contains epichlorohydrin rubber, and a layered inorganic compound, and the amount of free chlorine ions in the conductive elastic layer is 1 μg/g or more and 80 μg/g or less. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004447 | CHARGING ROLLER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An inventive charging roller ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004448 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - In a first scanning lens, a first lens section and a second lens section are vertically overlapped in such a manner as to separate lens centers thereof by a first distance. In a second scanning lens, a third lens section and a fourth lens section are vertically overlapped in such a manner as to separate lens centers thereof by a second distance equal to the first distance. A vertical positional relationship of the first lens section with the second lens section is the same as a vertical positional relationship of the third lens section with the fourth lens section. Further, a separating direction of a lens center of the first lens section from that of the second lens section is opposite to a separating direction of a lens center of the third lens section from that of the fourth lens section. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004449 | DEVELOPING ROLLER - An inventive developing roller ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004450 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION OF TONER CONTAINER - An image forming apparatus includes a toner container attaching unit to which a toner container is to be attached, the toner container attaching unit including an apparatus-side terminal that comes into contact with a container-side terminal of the toner container and an apparatus-side coupling that engages with a container-side coupling of the toner container, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute a first process to acquire information of the toner container via the apparatus-side terminal, and cause the apparatus-side coupling to be rotated based on a result of the first process. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004451 | MOUNTING SURFACES FOR WIPER BLADES - In example implementations, an apparatus includes a planar surface, a curved mounting surface and a wiper blade. The curved mounting surface may be coupled adjacent to the planar surface. The wiper blade may be clamped to the planar surface. A bottom of the wiper blade can rest on the curved mounting surface such that a free length of the wiper blade is different at a plurality of points along a width of the wiper blade. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004452 | PRINTING LIQUID DEVELOPER - In some examples, a printing liquid developer includes a developer roller that has a hollow tubular base body formed of a material comprising conductive carbon fiber, a conductive, compliant layer around an outer surface of the hollow tubular base body, and an electrically conductive support separate from the hollow tubular base body and electrically contacted to a surface of the hollow tubular base body. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004453 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a movable photosensitive member, a toner image forming portion, a movable intermediary transfer member, an image forming portion, a cleaning blade, a job executing portion, a toner supply executing portion capable of executing a supplying operation for supplying the toner to a contact portion in a non-image-forming period, a storing portion configured to store a first integrated value obtained by integrating a value corresponding to a distance of movement of the intermediary transfer member and a second integrated value obtained by integrating a number of images formed in the job, and a controller configured to cause the toner supply executing portion to execute the supplying operation and configured to set the first and second integrated values at initial values when the first integrated value reaches a first threshold or when the second integrated value reaches a second threshold, during execution of the job. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004454 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC BELT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic belt which contributes to stable formation of an electrophotographic image of high quality. The electrophotographic belt includes a base layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer contains a binder resin, a perfluoropolyether and a comb-shaped graft copolymer, the comb-shaped graft copolymer is a copolymer of an acrylate or methacrylate having a fluoroalkyl group and a methacrylate macromonomer having a polymethyl methacrylate as a side chain, the comb-shaped graft copolymer has a number average molecular weight of 11000 or higher and 15000 or lower, and the comb-shaped graft copolymer has a peak-top molecular weight of 24000 or higher and 40000 or lower. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004455 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus wherein a transfer material transport guide | 2019-01-03 |
20190004456 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer member configured to form a transfer portion where the toner image is transferred from the image bearing member by being supplied with a transfer bias; a carrier liquid supplying portion configured to supply the carrier liquid to the transfer portion; a transfer bias voltage source capable of applying the transfer bias to the transfer portion; a detecting portion configured to detect at least one of a voltage and a current at the transfer portion; and a setting portion configured to set the transfer bias during non-image-formation on the basis of a detection result of the detecting portion when a setting bias is applied from the transfer member in a state in which the carrier liquid is in the transfer portion. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004457 | Image Forming Apparatus and Sheet Conveying Method - An image forming apparatus has a feed tray, a transferring unit, a fixing unit, a output tray, a conveying unit for conveying a sheet along a sheet conveyance path including a first sheet conveyance path and a second sheet conveyance path which branches from the first sheet conveyance path on a downstream side and joins to the first sheet conveyance path on a upstream side, and a controller. The controller causes the conveying unit to convey sheets, calculates a specific amount related to the amount of toner per unit area of a page in image data, performs double-sided printing with the large number of sheets conveyed in a case where the specific amount is smaller than a predetermined amount, and performs double-sided printing with the small number of sheets conveyed in a case where the specific amount is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004458 | FIXING DEVICE - The disclosure provides a compact fixing device with reduced cost of wiring including electrical cables. In the fixing device, first and second wire guide members that seal a part of wires electrically connected to terminals of a temperature detection element and a part of wires electrically connected to terminals of a safety element are disposed in the internal space of a fixing film. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004459 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a rotatable cylindrical film, an elongated plate-like heater, a heat conducting member, and a supporting member, wherein the heat conducting member includes an extension portion which extends along a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the film from a portion extending in a direction along a thickness surface of the heater perpendicular to the first surface outside an end portion at one side of the heater in the rotation direction of the film and which contacts the inner surface of the film, wherein the supporting member includes a facing portion which faces the extension portion in a thickness direction of the heater, and wherein a void space is provided between the extension portion of the heat conducting member and the facing portion of the supporting member. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004460 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image to a recording material includes a cylindrical film, a heater configured to make contact with the film, the heater including a substrate and a heat generation resistor formed on the substrate, and a heat conduction member configured to make contact with a surface of the heater opposite to a surface thereof being in contact with the film, the heat conduction member having a higher thermal conductivity than that of the substrate, and being divided into parts in a generatrix direction of the film. The toner image formed on the recording material is fixed on the recording material by using heat of the film, and one of the parts of the heat conduction member is configured to make contact with the heater continuously from a center to an end of a heat generation region of the heater in the generatrix direction. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004461 | Image Forming Apparatus that Controls Cleaning Ability of Cleaner and Control Method Thereof - An image forming apparatus configured to, in a case where a difference between a charging current flowing through a first charging roller and a charging current flowing through a second charging roller is larger a first threshold value, perform first cleaning processing in which a cleaning ability of one cleaner of a first cleaner and a second cleaner, which corresponds to one of the first charging roller and the second charging roller, is lower than a cleaning ability of another cleaner of the first cleaner and the second cleaner, which corresponds to another of the first charging roller and the second charging roller, a charging current flowing through the one charging roller being larger than a charging current flowing through the other charging roller. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004462 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a power supply circuit including a power circuit, a main circuit, and a sub-circuit. The sub-circuit includes a timer that performs electrical conduction of a driving contact point of a heater by a first setting time and performs electrical conduction of a driving contact point of a discharge fan by a second setting time when a power switch is turned off. When it is determined that humidity in an image forming apparatus body detected by a humidity detection sensor is equal to or more than a threshold value, the first setting time is set to 0 and the second setting time is set to a predetermined time larger than 0. When it is determined that the humidity is less than the threshold value, the first setting time is set to a predetermined time larger than 0 and the second setting time is set to 0. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004463 | ADJUSTING IMAGING APPARATUSES - A method of adjusting an imaging apparatus comprises printing a set of test patches, the set of test patches comprising a solid color patch, a grey level patch and a substrate patch. The optical densities of the set of test patches are determined. The method comprises simultaneously correcting a solid optical density value (Solid OD), relating to the solid color patch and an associated grey level (LUT) value relating to the grey level patch. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004464 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH FUNCTION TO SPECIFY ERROR CAUSING PART - An image forming apparatus that is capable of specifying a causal part of an error on the basis of an occurred phenomenon even for a low-skill operator. Causal part candidates are candidates of parts of the apparatus that can cause an error in the apparatus. An associated component is relevant to one of the causal part candidates and a state change thereof is detectable. A detector detects the state change of the associated component. A memory stores the state change of the associated component detected by the detector in association with detected time. A processor executes a function for detecting the error and a function for specifying an error causing part that is the part causing the error from among the causal part candidates based on time at which the error is detected and information stored in the memory. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004465 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an image; a transport-path forming part that forms a transport path for developer used to develop the image carried by the image carrier; a transport member that transports the developer in the transport path; and a concentration detector that detects toner concentration in the developer in the transport path. The transport path includes a first portion and a second portion. Difference in sectional area between the second portion and the transport member in a direction intersecting a direction in which the developer is transported is smaller than difference in sectional area between the first portion and the transport member. The second portion is located downstream of the first portion in the direction in which the developer is transported. The concentration detector is disposed in the second position of the transport path. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004466 | Image Forming Apparatus Capable of Inserting Sheet Tray in One Direction and Discharging Printed Sheet in Opposite Direction - An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a toner image forming portion, a foil transfer unit, a sheet tray, and a discharge portion. The toner image forming portion is provided in the housing and configured to form a toner image on a sheet. The foil transfer unit is configured to superpose a foil with a surface of the sheet. The sheet tray is installable in the housing in an inserting direction and configured to accommodate a sheet to be supplied to the toner image forming portion. The first discharge portion is configured to discharge the sheet from the foil transfer unit to the outside of the housing in a discharging direction opposite to the inserting direction. The second discharge portion is configured to discharge the sheet from the toner image forming portion to the outside of the housing without passing through the foil transfer unit in the discharge direction. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004467 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an apparatus main body; an openable and closable member provided on the apparatus main body; an image reading portion configured to read an image of an original, the image reading portion being supported on the apparatus main body and being movable to a first position and to a second position; and a stopper member configured to move in conjunction with a movement of the image reading portion, wherein when the image reading portion is moved to the first position, the stopper member is moved to a restricting position for restricting the openable and closable member from moving from a closed position to an open position, and wherein when the image reading portion is moved to the second position, the stopper member is moved to an allowing position for allowing the openable and closable member to move from the closed position to the open position. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004468 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes an image forming section, a heater, a calculation section, storage, and a determination section. The image forming section ejects ink onto a sheet in which first to M-th regions are defined (M is an integer of at least 2). The heater includes first to M-th heat sources and heats an n-th region of the sheet using an n-th heat source (n is an integer of at least 1 and no greater than M). The calculation section calculates an ink ejection rate of ink to be ejected onto the n-th region. The storage stores therein heating information indicating whether it is necessary to heat the n-th region. The determination section determines whether or not to cause the n-th heat source to generate heat. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004469 | SHEET PUNCHING DEVICE - A sheet punching device includes a punching unit, a cover member, an opening and closing sensor, a dust box, and a controller. The punching unit forms a punched hole in a sheet. The cover member can open and close the punching unit. The opening and closing sensor detects an open state of the cover member of the punching unit. The dust box is arranged in the punching unit and houses punch waste of the punched hole. The controller instructs continuation of a job of an image processing apparatus even if the opening of the cover member is detected by the opening and closing sensor without using the punching unit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004470 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE COMPRISING MECHANISM FOR INFORMATION DETECTION - A developing cartridge may include a housing including an outer surface, a small-diameter gear, a large-diameter gear, a first gear, and a moving member. The small-diameter gear may include a first engaging portion positioned on at least a portion of a peripheral surface of the small-diameter gear. The large-diameter gear may be positioned farther from the outer surface than the small-diameter gear from the outer surface. The large-diameter gear may be rotatable together with the small-diameter gear. The first gear may include a second engaging portion, a first end surface, a second end surface, and at least one protrusion. The moving member may include a contact portion configured to move the moving member from one position to another position in a state where the contact portion is in contact with the protrusion. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004471 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium includes an image-bearing-unit support member, a developing unit support member, a plurality of light exposure units, and a light-exposure-unit operating member. The image-bearing-unit support member is movable between the inside and the outside of the image forming apparatus while supporting a plurality of image bearing units which each include an image bearing member. The developing unit support member is movable independently of the image-bearing-unit support member. The plurality of light exposure units each cause a corresponding one of the image bearing members to be exposed to light so as to form an electrostatic latent image. The light-exposure-unit operating member moves the light exposure units relative to the developing unit support member. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004472 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING DEVELOPING COUPLING, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING MAIN BODY COUPLING CONNECTABLE TO DEVELOPING COUPLING - A developing cartridge includes: a developing roller rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction; a developing roller gear rotatable together with the developing roller; a coupling gear rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction; and a joint rotatable together with the coupling gear. The coupling gear is meshingly engaging with the developing roller gear. The joint is pivotally movable relative to the coupling gear about a third axis extending in a second direction. The joint includes: a first protrusion extending in a first radial direction; and a second protrusion extending in a second radial direction opposite to the first radial direction. The second protrusion is positioned away from and is aligned with the first protrusion in a diametrical direction including the first radial direction and the second radial direction. The second direction crosses the first radial direction and the second radial direction. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004473 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE - A developing cartridge may include: a casing to accommodate developer; a storage medium including an electric contact surface; an elastic member extending in a first direction crossing the electric contact surface, and configured to be compressed or stretched in the first direction between a first state and a second state; and a holder including an outer surface positioned toward a side of the holder in the first direction, the electric contact surface positioned at the outer surface, and movable between first and second positions in the first direction relative to the casing. A length of the elastic member in the first direction is greater in the first state than in the second state. The electric contact surface is in the first position when the elastic member is in the first state, and the electric contact surface is in the second position when the elastic member is in the second state. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004474 | ASSEMBLY REMOVABLE STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An assembly removable structure includes an assembly that includes a connectable member and that is attached to and removed from a receiving member of an apparatus body in a first direction, a connection member disposed on the apparatus body to be movable forward and backward in a cross direction that crosses the first direction, the connection member being connected to the connectable member while being in a projecting state, a switch member operated independently of a lid member and capable of switching the connection member between a first position, in which the connection member is connected to the connectable member, and a second position, in which the connection member is removed from the connectable member, the lid member rendering the receiving member open and closed, and a holding device that holds the switch member in the second position when the assembly is removed from the receiving member. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004475 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes: an endless belt that transfers an image onto a sheet; a driving mechanism that drives the endless belt; a nip that transfers an image onto the sheet; a pressing rotational part that presses a front side of the endless belt that is a face onto which an image is transferred, and is rotated together with movement of the endless belt; and an blowing mechanism to blow out air to the pressing rotational part. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004476 | Dynamic Holography Printing Device - A printing device ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004477 | OPTICAL DEVICES FOR AUTHENTICATION AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - The invention optical device comprising a self-processing photopolymer material configured to produce a variable two- or three- dimensional diffraction pattern when said material is illuminated by a light source. The invention provides a new material science and process technology which produces a serialisable anti-counterfeit optical device, based on a self-processing photopolymer. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004478 | ZERO ORDER BLOCKING AND DIVERGING FOR HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING - A method for directing non-modulated light from a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) and allowing through modulated light for producing an interference based holographic image, the method including illuminating the SLM with coherent light, thereby producing a mix of light modulated by the SLM and light not modulated by the SLM, and projecting the mix of the modulated light and the not modulated light along an optical axis onto a volume grating, wherein the volume grating directs the not modulated light away from the holographic image and allows through modulated light for producing the holographic image. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004479 | TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT - A timepiece movement includes two timepiece components rotating about a common axis, namely a first timepiece component attached to an arbor including a pivot ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004480 | SHOCK ABSORBER BEARING FOR AN ARBOR OF A TIMEPIECE WHEEL SET - A shock absorber bearing for an arbor of a timepiece wheel set, particularly for a balance staff. The bearing includes a bearing assembly including a housing, a bearing support arranged inside the housing and including an external centring wall, a pivot bearing mounted on the bearing support for receiving a pivot of a wheel set arbor and an elastic support arrangement for the wheel set arbor pivot. The shock absorber bearing further includes a device for recentring play. This device for recentring play includes, on the one hand, a first part including a centring element having an internal centring wall in which is arranged the external centring wall of the bearing support, and on the other hand, a second part resting on the bearing assembly and arranged to have a return effect on the first part. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004481 | EXTERNAL ELEMENT MADE OF ZIRCONIA WITH SELECTIVELY CONDUCTIVE ZONES FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS - An external element made from a first material for a wearable object, the first material being an insulating ceramic, wherein a surface of the external element is at least partially treated to include at least one conversion with an electrical conductivity. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004482 | SERVO CONTROL DEVICE, SERVO CONTROL METHOD AND SERVO CONTROL SYSTEM - A servo control device to execute an operation in a discrete time system may include a velocity feedback path having a difference means calculating a pseudo-velocity from a detected position and a lowpass filter, and a PI control means executing a proportional integration control operation on a deviation between the pseudo-velocity and the position deviation to create a drive command for the driver. The velocity feedback path includes a first gain means applying a first gain to the pseudo-velocity, a delay means delaying the pseudo-velocity, and a second gain means applying a second gain to the delayed pseudo-velocity. A sum of an output of the first gain means and the second gain means is inputted to the lowpass filter, and “F | 2019-01-03 |
20190004483 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. The display device of present invention comprises a display unit providing an image; a control unit placed spaced apart from the display unit, the control unit providing the display unit with a electric power and a signal; a cable electrically connect the display unit and the control unit, the cable carrying the electric power and the signal; and a controller configured to control a property of the electric power in accordance with a length of the cable. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004484 | COMBINED METHOD FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN A WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for the detection of anomalies in a networked water distribution system is provided. It improves detection methods based on an iterative modification of control variables of the network, by determining a reduced set of entities of the water distribution network on which control variables should be iteratively modifier. The invention increases the computing costs, and the reliability of such methods of detecting anomalies in a water distribution system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004485 | PREDICTIVE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - System and method for improving operation of an industrial automation system, which includes a control system that controls operation of an industrial automation process. The control system includes a feature extraction block that determines extracted features by transforming process data determined during operation of an industrial automation process based at least in part on feature extraction parameters; a feature selection block that determines selected features by selecting a subset of the extracted features based at least in part on feature selection parameters, in which the selected features are expected to be representative of the operation of the industrial automation process; and a clustering block that determines a first expected operational state of the industrial automation system by mapping the selected features into a feature space based at least in part on feature selection parameters. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004486 | Power Drop Assembly with Processor and Memory - There is disclosed a power drop assembly which includes a housing and a reel positioned and rotatable within it. Preferably, the device determines, not only whether power is available, but how much power is available. Preferably, the power drop assembly also contains a processor and non-transitory storage medium, so that user settings and profiles as well as settings and profiles for the power drop assembly can be stored and run. Additionally, the power drop assembly preferably contains a wireless transceiver which connects to a home Wi-Fi network and then to a cloud account, user profiles and settings, and settings and profiles for the power drop assembly can be saved on the cloud account. In this way multiple users can use the power drop assembly without contradicting instructions or resetting the power drop assembly every time it is used. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004487 | MOBILITY ROOM, MOBILITY ROOM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A mobility room includes a coupling part configured to couple an inside of a room main body and an inside of a building or another moving object to enable a user to move; and a movement control unit configured to move the room main body autonomously by means of the movement device to cause the coupling part to reach a target coupling position with respect to the building or the other moving object on the basis of a first movement request input to an operation input device provided to the room main body or a second movement request received from an external device through a communication device. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004488 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SMART APPLIANCES TO PROVIDE CONTEXTUAL USER EXPERIENCES - Embodiments of the disclosure enable contextual user experiences to be provided. A computing system receives sensor data from an appliance associated with a first user account, and analyzes the sensor data to identify a product and one or more second user accounts associated with the product. The second user accounts are used to aggregate product data associated with the product, and the product data is used to generate catalog data associated with the product. The catalog data includes one or more portions associated with the second user accounts and is transmitted to a client device associated with the first user account to prompt a first user to enter into a transaction associated with the product. Each portion of the catalog data is selectable to facilitate the transaction between the first user and a respective second user associated with the second user accounts. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004489 | WIRELESS EMERGENCY STOP SYSTEMS, AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF OPERATING A WIRELESS EMERGENCY STOP SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE SAFETY INTERFACE - Exemplary embodiments are provided of wireless emergency stop systems. In an exemplary embodiment, a wireless emergency stop system includes a machine safety device wired to a machine stop circuit for stopping operation of a machine when the machine stop circuit is activated. The machine safety device includes a wireless communication interface. The system also includes multiple personal safety devices. Each personal safety device includes a wireless communication interface for wireless communication with the machine safety device, and an emergency stop switch. The emergency stop switch is configured to, when activated, transmit an emergency stop signal to the machine safety device to trigger an emergency stop of the machine. The machine safety device is configured to maintain wireless connections with more than one of the multiple personal safety devices at the same time. Example methods of operating a wireless emergency stop system are also disclosed. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004490 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING CONTINGENCIES IN A POWER SUPPLY NETWORK - A monitoring system for recognizing a contingency in a power supply network including in-field measurement devices adapted to generate measurement data of the power supply network and a processing unit adapted to process the measurement data generated by the in-field measurement devices of the power supply network by using a local network state estimation model to calculate local network state profiles used to generate a global network state profile, wherein the processing unit is further adapted to process the measurement data generated by the in-field measurement devices of the power supply network to provide a relevance profile including for the in-field measurement devices a relevance distribution indicating a probability where the origin of a contingency within the power supply network. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004491 | COOKING APPLIANCE CONTROL OF RESIDENTIAL HEATING, VENTILATION AND/OR AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) SYSTEM - A cooking appliance includes a housing, and a cooking element disposed in the housing and configured to generate energy for cooking food, and a controller coupled to the cooking element and configured to communicate a control signal to selectively actuate a residential heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system and/or non-cooking device in connection with cooking food with the cooking element | 2019-01-03 |
20190004492 | INSTRUMENTATION CONTROL SYSTEM - This instrumentation control system includes: input/output modules provided correspondingly and adjacently to respective field devices; control logic units implemented inside the input/output modules and performing various control calculation processes for the field devices; and a communication network connecting the input/output modules to each other by a communication line. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004493 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, COUPLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An item for designating a time stamp accuracy is added to an inquiry syntax of a query. At the time of table coupling, a query designating the desired accuracy in the item is transmitted. This query is analyzed by a query purser, and individual queries are created for each database targeted for inquiry and transmitted. At the time of coupling acquired tables, the number of digits of the time stamps is adjusted to be the same in accordance with the designated accuracy, and the tables are coupled in chronological order of the time stamps. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004494 | HYSTERESIS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES - Various techniques are provided to implement hysteresis control for programmable logic devices (PLDs). In one example, a PLD includes a hysteresis control circuit configured to generate a hysteresis control signal based on a core voltage and an input/output (I/O) voltage. The PLD further includes an I/O cell associated with an I/O fabric of the PLD and powered by the I/O voltage. The I/O cell includes a first buffer circuit configured to receive an input voltage and generate a first buffer voltage based on the input voltage. The I/O cell further includes a hysteresis generator configured to generate a hysteresis voltage based on the hysteresis control signal and the I/O voltage. The I/O cell further includes a second buffer circuit configured to generate a second buffer voltage based on the first buffer voltage and the hysteresis voltage. Related methods and systems are provided. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004495 | FABRICATION AND TRACKING - A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004496 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ADVANCED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - A manufacturing computer device for dynamically adapting additive manufacturing of a part is configured to store a build file for building the part including one or more build parameters and receive build information. The manufacturing computer device is also configured to compare the sensor information to the one or more build parameters to determine one or more differences. The computer device is further configured to determine one or more adjustments to the one or more build parameters. Moreover, the computer device is configured to generate an updated build file based on the one or more adjustments. In addition, the computer device is further configured to transmit the updated build file to at least one machine of the plurality of machines for manufacture. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004497 | TECHNOLOGIES OF CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS - A system/method for executing a program accessing a plurality of subroutines/libraries; invoking a first subroutine providing the program with axis data having offset values in accordance with a workpiece coordinate system; invoking a second subroutine providing the program with geometric data about a geometric of an additive manufacturing tool and setting a tool offset point of the tool at a distance above a substrate surface; receiving a workpiece identifier from an HMI; invoking a third subroutine providing the program with rapid plasma deposition part programming instructions and rapid plasma deposition features from one of the libraries based on the workpiece identifier; invoking a fourth subroutine verifying the instructions and the rapid plasma deposition features; and invoking a fifth subroutine enabling the program to request an additive manufacturing system to deposit a layer on the substrate surface by the additive manufacturing tool via the additive manufacturing process. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004498 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL-PRINTING APPARATUS, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - An apparatus for three-dimensional printing of three-dimensional products operating by solidification, through light radiation, of successive layers (LA | 2019-01-03 |
20190004499 | MODEL FORMATION MODULE FOR CREATING A MODEL FOR CONTROLLING A PRESSURE REGULATING SYSTEM OF A WATER SUPPLY NETWORK - A model formation module ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004500 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - A numerical controller capable of setting the execution order among the commands of an NC program executes at least one NC program to control a plurality of paths. The NC program includes an order setting command by which the execution order can be set among commands for controlling each of the plurality of paths. The numerical controller includes at least one command analysis unit that reads and interprets a command included in the NC program, and when execution order of the command is set by the order setting command, outputs command data to which the execution order is added, and at least one command executor that executes command processing of each path in accordance with the execution order based on the command data that is output by the command analysis unit and to which the execution order is added. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004501 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - To provide a manufacturing system that is capable of still continuing work in a case in which a failure occurs in the network connection between the centralized management apparatus and a manufacturing line and a control method of the manufacturing system. When activation of all of the work machines (a screen printer, and the like) in a manufacturing line is completed, a line management device acquires, from a centralized management apparatus, material data and control data required in one day of manufacturing of the manufacturing line. Further, in a case in which a failure in a wide area network that connects the line management device and a centralized management apparatus is detected, the line management device causes a manufacturing work of mounting boards by a work machine to be continued on the basis of the control data, and the like, corresponding to one day, which is saved in advance. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004502 | INTELLIGENT THERMAL VALIDATION & MONITORING SYSTEM WITH ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SELF DIAGNOSIS CAPABILITIES - A system for qualifying a process in a facility. The system includes a validation system and a portable computer device. The validation system includes a storage device, a processing device, and one or more sensor input modules each connected to one or more sensors. The portable computer device includes a storage device and a processing device. The storage device of the portable computer device includes a database comprising configuration file for configuring the validation system to perform a qualification of the asset. The processing device of the portable computer device is configured to transmit the configuration file to the validation system for storage in the storage device thereof. The processing device of the validation system is configured to load the configuration file stored in the storage device thereof and to perform the qualification of the asset based on the loaded configuration file. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004503 | METHOD FOR SORTING CONVEYED OBJECTS ON A CONVEYOR SYSTEM USING TIME CONTROL - The invention relates to a method for bundling conveying streams on a materials handling element (Ka . . . Kz, K | 2019-01-03 |
20190004504 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING DEFECTS AND CRITICAL DIMENSION USING DEEP LEARNING IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - An initial inspection or critical dimension measurement can be made at various sites on a wafer. The location, design clips, process tool parameters, or other parameters can be used to train a deep learning model. The deep learning model can be validated and these results can be used to retrain the deep learning model. This process can be repeated until the predictions meet a detection accuracy threshold. The deep learning model can be used to predict new probable defect location or critical dimension failure sites. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004505 | INTERLOCK CHAIN VISUALIZATION - A method of visualizing one or more interlock chains in a process control system includes detecting an interlock event, obtaining pre-configured interlock logic data associated with field components in the process control system, and automatically generating at least a first interlock chain visualization by analyzing the pre-configured interlock logic data. The visualization graphically indicates interlock dependencies among at least a subset of the field components. The method also includes causing the first interlock chain visualization, and possibly other, related chain visualizations, to be presented to a user via a user interface, alone or with related controls (e.g., for resetting all components in the visualized chain). | 2019-01-03 |
20190004506 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling an automation system ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190004507 | EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - An association relationship between monitoring-object by a monitoring-apparatus and maintenance-object by a maintenance-management-apparatus is difficult to understand. An equipment-management-apparatus including: equipment-database to store an association relationship between monitoring-object-devices that are monitoring-objects for at least one of a power-state and an operating-state, and maintenance-object-devices that are objects for maintenance management; a monitoring-information-acquiring-unit to acquire monitoring-information indicating at least one of a power-state and an operating-state of a monitoring-object-device from a monitoring-apparatus to monitor the monitoring-object-devices; a maintenance-management-information-acquiring-unit to acquire maintenance-management-information of a maintenance-object-device from a maintenance-management-apparatus to perform maintenance management of the maintenance-object-devices; an identifying-unit to identify, using the equipment-database, an association relationship between a first monitoring-object-device and a first maintenance-object-device out of the monitoring-object-devices and the maintenance-object-devices; and a display-control-unit to make associated monitoring-information of the first monitoring-object-device and maintenance-management-information of the first maintenance-object-device to be output to a display-apparatus is provided. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004508 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC PARKING OF A VEHICLE - A method and system are described for automated parking of a vehicle. The method includes determining that the vehicle is in an appropriate starting position for performing a parking maneuver, determining a control zone for controlling the parking maneuver, determining that an authorized key is located in the control zone, detecting an object located in the control zone, verifying that the detected object is an authorized user, detecting a movement of the authorized use, and when the detected movement of the authorized user is a movement in the direction of an expected parking area, performing the parking maneuver. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004509 | SOMATOSENSORY REMOTE CONTROLLER, SOMATOSENSORY REMOTE CONTROL FLIGHT SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND HEAD-LESS CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed are a somatosensory remote controller, a somatosensory remote control flight system and method, and a remote control method. The somatosensory remote controller comprises: a motion sensor, a controller, a first transmission module, and a remote controller body. The motion sensor, the first transmission module, and the controller are all disposed on the remote controller body, and the motion sensor and the first transmission module are electrically connected to the controller. The motion sensor acquires initial state information of a current position of the remote controller body and movement information about movement of the remote controller body, and transmit the same to the controller. The controller is configured to receive, according to the initial state information and the movement information, a flight instruction, and send the flight instruction via the first transmission module. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004510 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) ARCHITECTURE - An autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is operated using a human-machine interface (HMI). The web server provides the HMI to a computing device in response to an input received from the computing device. An ADV command is entered into the HMI and passed to an interface of the web server. In response to receiving the ADV command, the web server calls a remote procedure call to a proxy server in a backend server for processing by a perception and control module of the ADV. Results of the ADV command are received by the web server interface and stored in results memory with a unique identifier. The web server interface opens a socket that accesses the results memory. If the results memory changes, the socket reads the results memory and provides the ADV command results to the HMI. Multiple HMIs can simultaneously communicate with the web server interface and socket. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004511 | FLIGHT MODES AND PROTECTION ENVELOPES BASED ON INERTIAL ATTITUDE ESTIMATES FOR RADIO-CONTROLLED AIRPLANES - The present disclosure describes flight training systems and methods for radio-controlled (RC) airplanes that rely on inertial attitude estimates. Preferred embodiments include an RC airplane with one or more control processors configured to (i) estimate an inertial attitude of the RC airplane based on one or more measurements from an attitude sensor array and (ii) control the inertial attitude of the RC airplane based the inertial attitude estimate. In operation, controlling the attitude of the RC airplane may include both controlling the RC airplane to a specific inertial attitude and/or keeping the inertial attitude of the RC airplane within a predefined flight envelope. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004512 | UAV HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes one or more propulsion units that effect flight of the UAV, an application processing circuit configured to verify a validity of a system image of the UAV in a secure environment, and a flight control circuit operably coupled to the application processing circuit. Generation and/or transmission of control signals from the flight control circuit to one or more electronic speed controllers (ESC controllers) is prevented prior to verification of the validity of the system image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004513 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE CONTROL APPARATUS - A control unit performs driving assistance. An acquiring unit acquires future circumstance information related to a future circumstance that an own vehicle is predicted to subsequently encounter on a route further ahead of a current location. A determining unit determines whether or not the future circumstance indicated by the acquired future circumstance information is applicable to an event in which continuation of driving assistance is not possible. An urgency level setting unit sets an urgency level that indicates a level of urgency of the future circumstance when the determining unit determines that continuation of driving assistance is not possible. A limit setting unit sets a limit related to time or distance at which to cancel driving assistance and switch to manual driving, based on the set urgency level. A notifying unit notifies a driver of information prompting cancellation of driving assistance based on content of the set limit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004514 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD - A driver assistance apparatus includes a driving switching unit and a display controlling unit. The driving switching unit switches a driving state of a vehicle from autonomous driving into manual driving. The display controlling unit causes, before the driving switching unit switches the driving state of the vehicle from the autonomous driving into the manual driving, a display to display an image that transitions from a vehicle image imitating an exterior of the vehicle into an interior image imitating an interior of the vehicle. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004515 | Fault Coverage for Multiple Failures in Redundant Systems - A method and system for managing a control system having triple redundancy for an aircraft. The method comprises receiving a group of messages from a transmitting lane in a controller including three lanes in which a first lane failure has previously occurred. The method identifies an activity indicator, a status generated by each lane in a group of lanes, and a cyclic redundancy check value generated by each lane in the group of lanes in the group of messages. The cyclic redundancy check value generated by a lane in the group of lanes is generated using a key assigned to the lane. The method disables the controller when at least one of an anomaly is indicated in the status, an activity indicator mismatch is present, or a cyclic redundancy check value mismatch is present in the group of messages that indicates a second lane failure has occurred. | 2019-01-03 |
20190004516 | CENTRALIZED SCHEDULING SYSTEM USING GLOBAL STORE FOR OPERATING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - A global store is maintained to store a number of data structures. Each data structure includes a number of entries and each entry stores data of one of the events in a chronological order. Each data structure is associated with one of the sensors or the autonomous driving modules of an autonomous driving vehicle. When a first event associated with a first autonomous driving module is received, where the first event includes a first topic ID, the first topic ID is hashed to identify a first data structure corresponding to the first event. A pointer pointing to a head of the first data structure is passed to the first autonomous driving module to allow the first autonomous driving module to process data associated with the first event. | 2019-01-03 |