06th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220043316 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A display device including a substrate having a first TFT of an oxide semiconductor and a second TFT of a polysilicon semiconductor comprising: the oxide semiconductor | 2022-02-10 |
20220043317 | DRIVING THIN FILM SWITCHABLE OPTICAL DEVICES - Controllers and control methods apply a drive voltage to bus bars of a thin film optically switchable device. The applied drive voltage is provided at a level that drives a transition over the entire surface of the optically switchable device but does not damage or degrade the device. This applied voltage produces an effective voltage at all locations on the face of the device that is within a bracketed range. The upper bound of this range is associated with a voltage safely below the level at which the device may experience damage or degradation impacting its performance in the short term or the long term. At the lower boundary of this range is an effective voltage at which the transition between optical states of the device occurs relatively rapidly. The level of voltage applied between the bus bars is significantly greater than the maximum value of the effective voltage within the bracketed range. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043318 | ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043319 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY MEDIA WITH NETWORK ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides an electrophoretic display medium. The display medium can include a substrate, an electrophoretic layer, and a network electrode. A flowable conductive material is disposed on the substrate and the electrophoretic layer is subsequently disposed into the flowable conductive material. The electrophoretic layer includes a plurality of encapsulated droplets including an internal phase and at least partially surrounded by a binder. A bottom portion of the plurality of microcapsules is embedded within the binder. The flowable conductive material is cured to create a network electrode between the plurality of encapsulated droplets and the substrate. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043320 | AUTOMATIC BIAS CONTROL CIRCUIT - A control processor performs, in a startup sequence of an IQ optical modulator using a nested MZI, a first-stage process of controlling, so that a signal quality of an optical QAM signal output from a monitor port of the IQ optical modulator approaches a target quality, a voltage applied by a Bias_I voltage generator to I-component MZ optical modulator, a voltage applied by a Bias_Q voltage generator to a Q-component MZ optical modulator, and a voltage applied by a Bias_Ph voltage generator to a Bias_Ph phase adjusting means for controlling an optical path length of a parent MZI. After a completion of the first-stage process, the control processor changes a voltage output from the Bias_Ph voltage generator by a predetermined amount. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043321 | COUPLING MODULATED MICRO-RING RESONATOR MODULATOR - An optical resonant modulator based on coupling modulation, comprising a resonant structure with an embedded Mach-Zehnder interferometer that is differentially driven to induced amplitude modulation at the output port. The principle of coupling modulation enables high data/baud rates to be achieved in a photonic integrated circuit, e.g. silicon, footprint that is considerably smaller than that of a conventional traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator, in particular by utilizing space saving features, such as ring resonator phase shifters and bend waveguide arms. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043322 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULE USING SAME - An optical modulator includes an optical modulation element including an optical waveguide formed on a substrate and a housing that accommodates the optical modulation element, the housing has a bottom surface wall having a quadrilateral shape in a plan view, first and second long side walls that are connected to two opposite edges of the bottom surface wall, and first and second short side walls that are shorter than the first and second long side walls and are connected to two other opposite edges of the bottom surface wall. An average wall thickness of the second long side wall is equal to or larger than an average wall thickness of the first long side wall. At least one of the first and second short side walls has an average thickness that is thinner than the average thickness of the first long side wall. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043323 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTICAL BEAM STEERING - An integrated optical beam steering device includes a planar dielectric lens that collimates beams from different inputs in different directions within the lens plane. It also includes an output coupler, such as a grating or photonic crystal, that guides the collimated beams in different directions out of the lens plane. A switch matrix controls which input port is illuminated and hence the in-plane propagation direction of the collimated beam. And a tunable light source changes the wavelength to control the angle at which the collimated beam leaves the plane of the substrate. The device is very efficient, in part because the input port (and thus in-plane propagation direction) can be changed by actuating only log | 2022-02-10 |
20220043324 | LENS CAPS WITH DUAL HINGES - In an example, a lens cap may include a cover sized to overlay and/or conceal or cover an eye lens of a head-mounted display. The lens cap may further include a dual hinge to move the cover between an open position and a closed position. The dual hinge may include a first hinge attached to or disposed on the cover, and a second hinge to attach to a chassis of the head-mounted display. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043325 | LIGHT-SHIELDING SHEET AND OPTICAL LENS HAVING LIGHT-SHIELDING SHEET - A light-shielding sheet includes a base defining a first through hole and a second through hole. The first through hole and the second through hole are arranged coaxially in the base. A diameter of the first through hole is smaller than a diameter of the second through hole. The base is provided with a light-shielding coating covering an inner wall of the first through hole and the second through hole. When an incident light angle θ is between 45° and 55°, a following relationship is satisfied: 0.01≤W≤0.02; 3≤D≤3.5; 0.0122≤W/sinθ≤0.0283. W denotes a thickness of the base W, and D denotes the diameter of the first through hole. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043326 | LENS HEATER ASSEMBLY - In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in an anti-fogging apparatus for a camera assembly. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a camera affixed to a substrate, and a thermally conductive plate, the thermally conductive plate positioned in front of the substrate and defining a first aperture aligned with a lens of the camera. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a transparent plate positioned in front of the thermally conductive plate such that the transparent plate covers said first aperture. The anti-fogging apparatus includes an insulating element positioned in front of the transparent plate and defining a second aperture aligned with the first aperture. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a heating element affixed to the thermally conductive plate. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a case enclosing the camera, the thermally conductive plate, the transparent plate, the insulating element, and the heating element. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043327 | VIBRATION TYPE ACTUATOR, CAMERA PLATFORM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vibration type actuator includes a vibration body, having an annular elastic body and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, and includes a contact body having an annular shape. The contact body contacts the vibration body and relatively moves with regard to the vibration body. The contact body includes a base portion, a supporting portion that extends in an annular shape from the base portion in a radial direction of the contact body, and a friction member that is provided to the supporting portion, is a member different from the supporting portion, and is in contact with the vibration body. The friction member is connected to the supporting portion by a first surface extending along a central axis direction of the contact body and an annular second surface extending in the radial direction. The first surface includes a portion inclined with respect to the direction of the contact body central axis. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043328 | CONTROL METHOD FOR GIMBAL, CONTROLLER, AND GIMBAL - A control method for a gimbal includes determining an angular velocity of a base of the gimbal and controlling a movement response speed of the gimbal according to the angular velocity of the base to control the gimbal to assist following and capturing a moving target. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043329 | TTL Photographic Wireless System, Method, And Device For Synchronization Of Remote Devices Via Hot Shoe Communications - A system and method for synchronizing a remote lighting device to a camera using a hot shoe connection and an external device connected via the hot shoe connector. The external device receives TTL data and a synchronization signal from the camera via the hot shoe connector. The external device wirelessly communicates using a radio frequency transmitter a synchronization signal from the external device to a remote lighting device. The external device also wirelessly communicates a TTL information to the remote lighting device for use in synchronizing the remote lighting device to image acquisition by the camera. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043330 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus includes at least one first light emitting element configured to emit blue light, a plurality of second light emitting elements each configured to emit green light, a plurality of third light emitting elements each configured to emit red light, a first cooling unit configured to cool the at least one first light emitting element and the plurality of second light emitting elements, and a second cooling unit configured to cool the plurality of third light emitting elements. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043331 | Pipeline Inspection Devices And Methods - A pipeline inspection device including a housing, an antenna, an imaging device having one or more lenses, two diaphragms extending from the housing and distal to one another along the length of the housing, the two diaphragms sharing a longitudinal axis with the housing, a processor, a storage device in communication with the processor, and a memory in communication with the processor, storing a machine learning algorithm and instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the antenna is operable to communicate with a remote transceiver, the remote transceiver being located on a pipeline through which the pipeline inspection device travels. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for using the same. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043332 | WINDSHIELD-MOUNTED CAMERA MODULE - A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043333 | PHOTORESPONSIVE COMPOUND - Provided is a compound that is fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized, and is not significantly colored. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043334 | UNDERLAYER FOR PHOTORESIST ADHESION AND DOSE REDUCTION - This disclosure relates generally to a patterning structure including an underlayer and an imaging layer, as well as methods and apparatuses thereof. In particular embodiments, the underlayer provides an increase in radiation absorptivity and/or patterning performance of the imaging layer. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043335 | MASK BLANK, TRANSFER MASK, AND SEMICONDUCTOR-DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a mask blank including an etching stopper. The mask blank has a structure where an etching stopper film and a thin film for pattern formation are stacked in this order on a transparent substrate, in which the thin film is formed of a material containing silicon, the etching stopper film is formed of a material containing hafnium, aluminum, and oxygen, and an oxygen deficiency ratio of the etching stopper film is 6.4% or less. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043336 | PELLICLE FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A pellicle for extreme ultraviolet lithography includes a pellicle part configured to include a center layer and a reinforcing layer. The center layer essentially contains silicon (Si), and additionally contains at least one material of zirconium (Zr), zinc (Zn), ruthenium (Ru), and molybdenum (Mo). The reinforcing layer is made of a material containing at least one of silicon (Si), boron (B), zirconium (Zr), nitrogen (N), carbon (C), and oxygen (O). A thickness of the pellicle is minimized, and as a result, the pellicle has excellent mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties while maintaining high transmittance to EUV exposure light. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043337 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOMASK SET FOR FORMING PATTERNS - A method of manufacturing a photomask set includes: preparing a mask layout, the mask layout including a plurality of first layout patterns apart from one another in a first region, wherein distances between center points of three first layout patterns adjacent to one another from among the plurality of first layout patterns respectively have different values; grouping pairs of first layout patterns, in which a distance between two first layout patterns adjacent to each other does not have a smallest value, and splitting the mask layout pattern into at least two mask layouts; and forming a photomask set including at least two photomasks each including a mask pattern corresponding to the first layout pattern included in each of the mask layout patterns split into at least two mask layouts. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043338 | IMPRINT APPARATUS, IMPRINT METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - An imprint apparatus that performs an imprint process of forming a pattern on a shot region of a substrate using a mold is provided. The apparatus comprises a mold holder for holding the mold, and a deformation mechanism for deforming a pattern region of the mold held by the mold holder. Based on a response property of the mold when the force is applied to the mold by the deformation mechanism, a setting load is applied to the mold by the deformation mechanism before the mold and the imprint material are brought into contact with each other, and the pattern region of the mold is deformed by the deformation mechanism, after the mold and the imprint material have been brought into contact with each other, so as to reduce an overlay error between the shot region and the pattern region. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043339 | METHOD FOR ROLL-TO-ROLL IMPRINTING OF COMPONENTS - Method for roll-to-roll imprinting of components, in which method an imprint resist material layer ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220043340 | Frame Curing System for Extrusion Control - Systems for shaping a film by: depositing a formable material on a field of a substrate; and positioning a template relative to the field. The template has a mesa with a shaping surface and mesa sidewalls surround the shaping surface. The shaping may further comprise contacting the formable material with the shaping surface. The formable material may spread when the shaping surface is in contact with the formable material. The shaping may comprise exposing the formable material to a curing dose of actinic radiation after the formable material has spread to the edge of the field. A spatial distribution of the curing dose may be such that an interior dose applied at an interior of the field may be greater than a sidewall dose that is incident on the mesa sidewalls. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043341 | IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY STAMP METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a stamp ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220043342 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS AND PATTERN FORMATION METHODS - Disclosed herein is a photoresist composition, comprising a first polymer formed by free radical polymerization, the first polymer comprising polymerized units formed from a monomer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and an acid-labile group; a photoacid generator; a quencher of formula (1): | 2022-02-10 |
20220043343 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A resist composition is provided comprising a base polymer and a quencher comprising a cyclic ammonium salt having a fluorinated saturated hydrocarbyl group or fluorinated aryl group. The resist composition has a high sensitivity and forms a pattern with improved LWR or CDU, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043344 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a photosensitive resin composition including a colorant, a resin, a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, an ultraviolet absorber, and a solvent, in which the colorant includes at least one phthalocyanine pigment selected from Color Index Pigment Blue 15:3 or Color Index Pigment Blue 15:4, and includes 50 mass % or more of the phthalocyanine pigment, and the ultraviolet absorber is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mass % in a total solid content of the photosensitive resin composition; a cured film using the photosensitive resin composition; a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043345 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive resin composition that can form an insulating film having low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss tangent and undergoing small changes in elongation properties in response to changes in environmental temperature. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention contains: a polymer (A) having a structural unit (a1) represented by Formula (a1); a crosslinking agent (B); and a photocation generator (C). | 2022-02-10 |
20220043346 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive resin composition that can form an insulating film having low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss tangent and undergoing small changes in elongation properties in response to changes in environmental temperature. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention contains: a polymer (A) having a structural unit (a1) represented by Formula (a1); a crosslinking agent (B); a photocation generator (C); and a compound (D) represented by Formula (D). | 2022-02-10 |
20220043347 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an acid-decomposable resin and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, in which the compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds (I) to (III), and a content of the compounds selected from the group consisting of the compounds (I) to (III) is more than 20.0% by mass with respect to a total solid content in the composition. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043348 | NEGATIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PATTERNING PROCESS, METHOD FOR FORMING CURED FILM, INTERLAYER INSULATION FILM, SURFACE PROTECTIVE FILM, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - The present invention is a negative photosensitive resin composition including: (A) an alkali-soluble resin containing at least one or more structures selected from a polyimide structure, a polybenzoxazole structure, a polyamide-imide structure, and a precursor structure thereof; (B) a crosslinkable polymer compound containing a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and having a group crosslinked with the component (A); (C) a compound that generates an acid by light; and (D) a heat crosslinking agent. An object of the present invention is to provide a negative photosensitive resin composition that enables formation of a fine pattern with high rectangularity and high resolution, has excellent mechanical characteristics even when cured at low temperatures, and furthermore, has no degradation in adhesive force between before and after a high temperature and high humidity test. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043349 | BINDER RESIN, POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, INSULATING FILM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present specification relates to a binder resin, a photosensitive resin composition, an insulating film and a semiconductor device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043350 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN AND COMPOUND - A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin having a partial structure represented by formula (1). R | 2022-02-10 |
20220043351 | POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE DRY FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE DRY FILM, PATTERNING PROCESS, METHOD FOR FORMING CURED FILM, INTERLAYER INSULATION FILM, SURFACE PROTECTIVE FILM, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - The present invention is a positive photosensitive resin composition including: (A) an alkali-soluble resin containing at least one or more structures selected from a polyimide structure, a polybenzoxazole structure, a polyamide-imide structure, and a precursor structure thereof; (B) a crosslinkable polymer compound containing a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and having a group crosslinked with the component (A); and (C) a compound having a quinonediazide structure for serving as a photosensitizer to generate an acid by light and increase a dissolution speed to an alkaline aqueous solution. An object of the present invention is to provide a positive photosensitive resin composition and a positive photosensitive dry film that enable formation of a fine pattern and high resolution, have excellent mechanical characteristics even when cured at low temperatures, and have no degradation in adhesive force between before and after a high temperature and high humidity test. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043352 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING RAW PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - A flexographic printing raw plate comprising at least a support, a photosensitive resin composition layer, an intermediate layer, and an infrared ablation layer sequentially stacked, wherein
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20220043353 | POLYMER BRUSH ADHESION PROMOTER WITH UV CLEAVABLE LINKER - A method of making an adhesion layer of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) stack is presented. The method includes grafting an ultraviolet (UV) sensitive polymer brush on a hardmask, the polymer brush including a UV cleavable unit, depositing EUV resist over the polymer brush, exposing the EUV resist to remove the EUV resist in exposed areas by applying a developer, and flooding the exposed area with a UV light and a solvent developer to remove exposed portions of the polymer brush. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043354 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY CHARACTERIZING OR PROCESSING AN OBJECT, AND OBJECT TRANSPORT UNIT - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220043355 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR COATING - A method of coating an optical substrate with a transparent, electrically conductive coating includes depositing a semiconductor coating over a surface of an optical substrate, wherein the semiconductor coating has broadband optical transmittance. A doped semiconductor is applied in a pattern over the semiconductor coating. The doped semiconductor in the pattern is activated for electrical conductivity in the doped semiconductor. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043356 | DETERMINING PATTERN RANKING BASED ON MEASUREMENT FEEDBACK FROM PRINTED SUBSTRATE - Methods for training a process model and determining ranking of simulated patterns (e.g., corresponding to hot spots). A method involves obtaining a training data set including: (i) a simulated pattern associated with a mask pattern to be printed on a substrate, (ii) inspection data of a printed pattern imaged on the substrate using the mask pattern, and (iii) measured values of a parameter of the patterning process applied during imaging of the mask pattern on the substrate; and training a machine learning model for the patterning process based on the training data set to predict a difference in a characteristic of the simulated pattern and the printed pattern. The trained machine learning model can be used for determining a ranking of hot spots. In another method a model is trained based on measurement data to predict ranking of the hot spots. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043357 | 3D STRUCTURE INSPECTION OR METROLOGY USING DEEP LEARNING - Methods and systems for determining information for a specimen are provided. Certain embodiments relate to bump height 3D inspection and metrology using deep learning artificial intelligence. For example, one embodiment includes a deep learning (DL) model configured for predicting height of one or more 3D structures formed on a specimen based on one or more images of the specimen generated by an imaging subsystem. One or more computer systems are configured for determining information for the specimen based on the predicted height. Determining the information may include, for example, determining if any of the 3D structures are defective based on the predicted height. In another example, the information determined for the specimen may include an average height metric for the one or more 3D structures. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043358 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OR SETTING A PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A projection exposure apparatus includes a light source, an illumination system, and a projection lens. A method for producing or setting the projection exposure apparatus includes determining a first imaging property to be optimized. Optimizing the first imaging property includes optimizing the setting of the illumination system and/or the structure of the mask and/or at least one first adjustable optical element of the projection lens with respect to the shape of one of its at least one optically effective surfaces or with respect to the optical effect for the purposes of setting an optimized wavefront of the working light. Optimizing the illumination system, mask and/or optical element of the projection lens is implemented so that a further manipulator of the projection exposure apparatus for manipulating the wavefront is set in the central position of its manipulation range during the optimization of the first imaging property. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043359 | METHOD OF DESIGNING MASK LAYOUT BASED ON ERROR PATTERN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MASK - A method of manufacturing a mask may include identifying an error pattern of final patterns formed on a substrate, correcting a first target pattern on the basis of the error pattern, fracturing a first mask layout into a plurality of first segments on the basis of the corrected first target pattern, and correcting the first mask layout by biasing a plurality of first target segments corresponding to a first final target among the plurality of segments. The first mask layout may include a first extension pattern, final targets disposed in zigzags, and the first final target corresponding to the error pattern, and each of the plurality of first segments may corresponds to one of the final targets. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043360 | METHOD FOR ACCURATELY OBTAINING PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PARAMETER - A method for accurately obtaining a photolithography parameter. In the method, photolithography is performed on a target carrier with different preset photolithography parameters by using a same mask pattern as a mask, to obtain a plurality of target patterns. Each of the target pattern is compared with a standard pattern to obtain an evaluation value, and the target pattern is set as a valid pattern, when the evaluation value corresponding to the target pattern is greater than or equal to a preset value. A Bosung curve is drawn by taking a line width of the valid pattern and a preset photolithography parameter corresponding to the line width as data. The photolithography parameter corresponding to a preset line width is obtained according to the Bosung curve. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043361 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING PHOTORESIST OFF OF PHOTOMASK - Embodiments of a photomask removal apparatus for removing photoresist off of a photomask are provided herein. In some embodiments, a nozzle head for removing photoresist off of a photomask includes: a nozzle portion having a first side and an opposing second side and a flow path extending from the first side to the second side, wherein the flow path includes an orifice disposed between the first side and the second side and a nozzle that extends from the orifice to a nozzle exit on the second side, and wherein the flow path in the nozzle increases in width at an angle from the orifice to the second side; and a vacuum portion coupled to the nozzle portion, wherein the vacuum portion includes a first side and an opposing second side that faces the nozzle exit, wherein the vacuum portion includes a vacuum port extending from the second side. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043362 | Apparatus And A Method Of Forming A Particle Shield - An apparatus for generating a laminar flow includes an injection nozzle and a suction nozzle. The injection nozzle and the suction nozzle are operable to form the laminar flow for blocking particles from contacting a proximate surface of an object. The injection nozzle includes a main outlet to blow out the laminar flow and is configured to generate a Coanda flow along an external surface of the injection nozzle. The suction nozzle is configured to provide a gas pressure gradient for the laminar flow. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043363 | Electrophotographic Photoreceptor, Production Method Therefor, Electrophotographic Photoreceptor Cartridge, and Image Forming Apparatus - The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a plurality of layers containing at least one outermost layer, wherein at least one of the outermost layer contains a polymer having a first structure where at least one carbonyl group is bonded to an aromatic group and a second structure represented by Formula (A). In Formula (A), at least two of R | 2022-02-10 |
20220043364 | Liquid Electrophotographic Ink Composition - A liquid electrophotographic ink composition is disclosed herein. One example of the liquid electrophotographic ink composition includes a resin, a liquid carrier, a pigment chosen from titanium oxide, and a spacer chosen from barium sulfate, calcium carbonate, clay, magnesium silicate and mixtures thereof, in an amount from 5 to 15 wt. % of the total solids of the composition. A method for making a liquid electrophotographic ink composition is also disclosed herein. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043365 | TONER, TONER CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a toner having excellent heat resistance, storage stability, and fixability, and capable of suppressing occurrence of filming, and a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus, in each of which the toner is stored, are provided. A toner according to an embodiment includes an amorphous polyester resin A having a softening point of 125 to 150° C., an amorphous polyester resin B having a softening point of 95 to 120° C., a crystalline polyester resin, and an ester wax. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043366 | PHOTORESPONSIVE POLYMER - An object of the present invention is to provide a photoresponsive polymer that sufficiently secures photoresponsiveness to be fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized, improves fixability, and further has good color reproducibility. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043367 | CHARGING ROLL - A charging roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The ten point height of irregularities R | 2022-02-10 |
20220043368 | TONER CONTAINER - In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043369 | TONER CARTRIDGE MOVABLE TO DETACHMENT DIRECTION BY REVERSE ROTATION OF COUPLER - An example toner cartridge includes a housing to accommodate toner and having a toner discharge port at one side, a conveying member inside the housing to rotate to convey the toner toward the toner discharge port, a driven coupler to rotate by a rotational force, and an ejector to rotate by the driven coupler. Either one of the driven coupler and the ejector is rotatably supported by a side wall of the housing in the longitudinal direction and connected to the conveying member to rotate the conveying member. The other one of the driven coupler and the ejector moves in a direction spaced apart from the side wall with respect to either one of the driven coupler and the ejector when the driven coupler rotates in a reverse direction which is an opposite direction to a forward direction in which the toner is conveyed toward the toner discharge port. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043370 | POWDER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container case includes a first member, a second member, a main joint, and an additional joint. The first member and the second member are joined to form an edge portion of a case opening. The main joint is disposed between the first member and the second member, and has an end portion at the edge portion of the case opening. The additional joint is disposed adjacent to the end portion of the main joint. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043371 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes an endless belt, a tension roller to engage the endless belt, a steering roller to contact the endless belt and a tilting mechanism to tilt the steering roller. The tension roller has a first end adjacent a first edge portion of the endless belt and a second end adjacent a second edge of the endless belt. A first belt meandering detection member is located at the first end of the tension roller. A second belt meandering detection member is located at the second end of the tension roller. The tilting mechanism operates the steering roller between a first mode wherein the first edge portion of the endless belt contacts the first belt meandering detection member, and a second mode wherein the second edge portion of the endless belt contacts the second belt meandering detection member. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043372 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an intermediary transfer belt, a transfer roller, a metallic roller in contact with the transfer roller to form a current path through which a current flows between itself and the transfer roller. The apparatus includes a first bearing member to rotatably support the transfer roller, a holding member to movably hold the first bearing member, a first pressing member to press the first bearing member, a second bearing member movably held by the first bearing member and to rotatably support the metallic roller and a second pressing member provided between a bearing surface provided in the first bearing member and the second bearing member to press the second bearing member. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043373 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A driving force transmission device includes a drive gear, a driven gear, which includes a gear portion and a partially toothless gear portion, rotates by the gear portion meshing with the drive gear, stops rotating in response to the partially toothless gear portion facing the drive gear, a first cam member and a second cam member which operate in conjunction with the driven gear, a first elastic member for urging the first cam member, a follower member to which urging force is applied by a second elastic member and which is moved by the second cam member, and a contact portion for coming into contact with the first cam member by urging force of the first elastic member. The first cam member includes a home cam surface for coming into contact with the contact portion so that rotation of the driven gear is limited. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043374 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A fixing device including: a heating rotating body; a pressure member pressed against the heating rotating body to form a nip; a first acquisition unit that acquires a first index value indicating a change in coefficient of friction between the heating rotating body and the pressure member; a second acquisition unit that acquires a second index value indicating a change in rigidity of an elastic layer in the heating rotating body and/or the pressure member; and a controller that executes at least one of two controls according to the index values: a first control during idling rotation after fixing job execution, for controlling temperature of the heating rotating body and time from a start of the idling rotation to an end of the idling rotation and a second control during idling rotation before and/or after fixing job execution, for controlling rotation speed of the heating rotating body. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043375 | HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A heating device comprising: a first rotating member having an internal space in which a heating member and a holding member are disposed; a second rotating member that contacts an outer peripheral surface of the first rotating member; and a frame that integrally supports the heating member, the holding member, the first rotating member and the second rotating member, wherein the second rotating member forms a nip portion between the first rotating member and the second rotating member, the holding member holds the heating member such that at least a part of at least one end face of the heating member in a longitudinal direction thereof is exposed in the longitudinal direction, and the frame is configured such that at least the part of the heating member, which is exposed from the holding member, is also exposed out of the frame. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043376 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms a toner image on a recording medium, a first rotator, and a second rotator that presses against the first rotator to form a nip therebetween. The first rotator conveys the recording medium bearing the toner image through the nip with a first orientation of the recording medium to fix the toner image on the recording medium to create a cleaning sheet bearing a cleaning image in a cleaning sheet creation mode. The first rotator conveys the cleaning sheet bearing the cleaning image through the nip with a second orientation of the cleaning sheet, that is different from the first orientation of the recording medium, such that the cleaning image is disposed opposite the first rotator to cause the cleaning image to remove a foreign substance from a surface of the first rotator in a cleaning mode. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043377 | HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A heating device for heating a medium on which an image can be formed includes a cylindrical belt, a first heating unit, and a second heating unit. The first and second heating units are inside the cylindrical belt and face an inner circumferential surface of the belt. A controller is configured to control the heating units to generate heat. When the medium is to be heated to reach an image fixing temperature at which the image can be fixed to the medium, the controller controls the first and second heating units to both generate heat. After the medium is heated to the image fixing temperature, the controllers control the first heating unit to generate heat, but not the second heating unit. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043378 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes an image forming unit that forms a toner image on a recording material, a fixing unit that heats the recording material and fixes the toner image onto the recording material, and a heating-temperature control unit that controls a temperature of the fixing unit, and which performs an image forming operation of forming the toner image and fixing the toner image onto the recording material. In a case of performing the image forming operation a plurality of times, the heating-temperature control unit performs control such that the temperature of the fixing unit is a first temperature when performing the image forming operation a first number of times and that the temperature of the fixing unit is a second temperature when performing the image forming operation a second number of times. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043379 | HEATING DEVICE - In one embodiment, a heating device includes a tubular body and a heater within an interior region formed by the tubular body. A first temperature detector is disposed within the interior region. A first wire is connected to the first temperature detector on a first side of the first temperature detector facing a first direction parallel to the axial length of the tubular body. A second temperature detector is disposed within the interior region on a second side of the first temperature detector opposite the first side. The second temperature detector is spaced from the first temperature detector in a second direction opposite of the first direction. A second wire is connected to the second temperature detector on a side of the second temperature detector facing the second direction. The first wire and the second wire extend with each other to an outer end of the tubular body. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043380 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes an endless first rotary member, a second rotary member configured to form a nip portion, and a nip member configured to be rubbed against the first rotary member via lubricant, and being configured to receive radiant heat from a heating element and heat the nip portion. The nip member involves a nip forming portion configured to be in contact with the first rotary member, and an extending portion formed continuously with a downstream edge portion of the nip forming portion. The extending portion involves a holding portion configured to hold the lubricant. The holding portion is longer than the second rotary member and shorter than the first rotary member, and when viewed in a sheet conveyance direction, both end portions of the holding portion are position outside of end portions of the second rotary member and inside of end portions of the first rotary member. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043381 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a fixing member has a surface layer having conductivity. A developer is a toner having a toner particle including a binder resin, a reactant of a polyhydric acid and a compound containing a group 4 element is present on a surface of the toner particle, and Tv/Fv> | 2022-02-10 |
20220043382 | ASSISTED EJECTION OF PRINT JOBS - A method of controlling the ejection speed of a print job that includes, with a density module of a printing device, determining a density classifier based on a region of a plane where print fluid is to be printed for a plurality of sheets of media of a print job; determining a percentage of each sheet of media exceeding a threshold density classifier relative to a total sheet count of the print job; and, based on the percentage, initiating an assisted ejection of the print job from the printing device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043383 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a heating device including a belt that contacts the sheet and a plurality of heating elements for heating the belt, a pressure roller configured to press the sheet against the belt, a voltage detection circuit configured to measure a voltage applied to the heating elements, and a controller configured to determine whether at least one of the heating elements is abnormal according to a voltage drop value that is based on voltages measured by the voltage detection unit before and after the plurality of heating elements is energized. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043384 | SORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A sorting device includes a base portion and a tray portion. The tray portion is supported on the base portion to be reciprocatable between a first shift position, where the tray portion is located at one side in the sheet width direction, and a second shift position, where the tray portion is located at the other side in the sheet width direction. The tray portion has a cutout portion. The cutout portion is formed by cutting away, with a predetermined width, an end part of the tray portion in the sheet width direction inward across the tray portion. With the tray portion at the second shift position, the cutout portion is located below one side end edge of the sheet in the sheet width direction, of sheets stacked on the tray portion. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043385 | SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet discharging apparatus includes a discharging portion configured to discharge a sheet, a supporting portion configured to support the sheet discharged by the discharging portion, a lifting portion configured to lift and lower the supporting portion, a transmissive sensor configured to output an output signal that changes in accordance with a position of an upper surface of the sheet supported by the supporting portion, a reflective sensor configured to output an output signal that changes in accordance with the position of the upper surface of the sheet supported by the supporting portion, and a controller configured to control the lifting portion and including a first determining portion configured to determine whether or not sheet detection by the transmissive sensor is possible and a second determining portion configured to determine whether or not sheet detection by the transmissive sensor is needed. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043386 | PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a photosensitive drum, a drum flange is press-fitted to each end of a drum element tube. The drum flange includes a flange facing the drum element tube, and a press-in boss formed on a drum-facing surface side of the flange and press-fitted to the inner circumferential side of the drum element tube. The outer circumferential surface of the press-in boss is configured so that partial cylindrical surfaces to be in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the drum element tube and oppositely-facing partial cylindrical surfaces not to be in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the drum element tube are alternately formed along the circumferential direction. First openings formed to penetrate at least a part of the press-in boss are respectively provided on the proximal end side of the partial cylindrical surfaces in the press-in boss. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043387 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit, a switching element, and a controller. The controller controls the switching element on a half-cycle basis of an alternating current. A period in which the electric power is supplied to the heater within a period of a half-cycle of the alternating current is divided into at least one first power supply period and a second power supply period longer than one first power supply period. A length of a sum of the at least one first power supply period is a length from 1/6000 to 1/40 of one cycle of the alternating current. A sum of electric power supplied in the at least one first power supply period and electric power supplied in the second power supply period is determined depending on a difference between a temperature and a target temperature of the fixing unit. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043388 | TONER HOPPER HEATING DEVICE - Example implementations relate to toner particle storage. An example toner storage device includes a toner particle hopper and a heating device coupled to the hopper to heat toner particles received at the toner particle hopper to compress the toner particles. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043389 | CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge mountable to a printer, said printer including a coupling guide contactable to a coupling of the cartridge to guide the coupling member. A case of the cartridge is provided with a hole for exposing a free end portion of the coupling to an outside of the cartridge, and a retracted portion provided in downstream of the hole with respect to the mounting direction of the cartridge. When the cartridge is mounted to a main assembly of the printer, the coupling guide enters the retracted portion from which the coupling member has retracted. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043390 | DISPLAYING CURRENT COLORANT SUPPLY STATUS INFORMATION RESPONSIVE TO OPENING OF PRINTING DEVICE DOOR - A printing device includes a door, a display, and a colorant supply. The printing device detects that the door has been opened. In response to detecting that the door has been opened, the printing device displays, on its display, current status information of the colorant supply within the printing device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043391 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a cooler and a heater. The heater includes a heat generation unit, which includes resistive heat generators arranged in a longitudinal direction of the heater, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that connects the resistive heat generators in parallel with each other to the first electrode, and a second conductor that connects the resistive heat generators in parallel with each other to the second electrode. The first and second conductors are connected to at least one of the resistive heat generators on a first longitudinal end side of the heater from a center of the resistive heat generator in the longitudinal direction of the heater. A cooling ability of the cooler to a second longitudinal end side of the heater opposite the first longitudinal end side of the heater is greater than that to the first longitudinal end side of the heater. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043392 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A REPLICA HOLOGRAM, REPLICA HOLOGRAM AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A device for manufacturing a replica hologram, comprising a holder for a light-sensitive recording material, into which the replica hologram is to be imprinted, a holder for a master hologram, as well as a lighting device for generating light for exposing the master hologram, the color of the light generated by the lighting device being variable, and the lighting device comprising optics for exposing the master hologram with the aid of the light generated by the lighting device, the device being designed in such a way that the light emanating from the master hologram impinges on the recording material to manufacture the replica hologram. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043393 | ON-AXIS AND OFF-AXIS DIGITAL HOLOGRAM GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are on-axis and off-axis digital hologram generating device and method. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043394 | HOLOGRAPHIC FINGERPRINT - A holographic projector comprising a spatial light modulator arranged to display a hologram of a light pattern for projection and to spatially-modulate light, in accordance with display, to form a holographic reconstruction, wherein the holographic reconstruction is spatially-separated from the spatial light modulator. If the holographic projection is operating properly, the formed holographic reconstruction should correspond to the light pattern. The holographic projector also comprises a detector array comprising a plurality of light detection elements arranged to detect light corresponding to a respective plurality of positions of the holographic reconstruction and to provide a respective plurality of output signals related to light detection, and a fault detection circuit arranged to compare one or more of the plurality of output signals from the respective plurality of light detection elements with one or more of a plurality of expected signals based on the light distribution of the light pattern. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043395 | LIGHT IRRADIATING DEVICE AND SENSOR - Provided is a small-sized light irradiating device having a simple configuration that projects an optical pattern. The light irradiating device includes a light source and a liquid crystal hologram element, in which the liquid crystal hologram element diffracts transmitted light in a plurality of different directions, the liquid crystal hologram element includes a liquid crystal hologram layer, the liquid crystal hologram layer is a layer that consists of a computer generated hologram and is formed of a composition including a liquid crystal compound, and the liquid crystal hologram layer further includes a plurality of regions in which directions of optical axes derived from the liquid crystal compound are different from each other. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043396 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are holographic displays and operating methods of the holographic display. The holographic display includes a backlight portion configured to emit light for displaying an image; a deflector configured to control a direction at which the image is displayed; a lens portion configured to control a location where the image to be displayed is formed to match a location that satisfies a diffraction condition; and a panel portion configured to display a 3D image by combining the image to be displayed with an interference pattern generated with respect to an overlapped hologram. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043397 | CONDUCTIVE CAP FOR WATCH CROWN - An electronic device, such as a watch, has a crown assembly having a shaft and a user-rotatable crown. The user-rotatable crown may include a conductive cap that is mechanically and electrically coupled to the shaft and functions as an electrode. The conductive cap may be coupled to the shaft using solder or another conductive attachment mechanism. The shaft may electrically couple the conductive cap to a processing unit of the electronic device. One or more additional electrodes may be positioned on the exterior surface of the electronic device. The conductive cap is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while another electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The processing unit of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter, such as an electrocardiogram, of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043398 | ENERGY HARVESTING WITH FLUIDS - A system manages the reactions of fluids to their changes in their environment in order to convert these reactions into energy thereby harvesting the same while protecting the device against destruction or malfunction when the environmental conditions exceed predefined thresholds. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043399 | EXTERIOR MEMBER, CASE AND TIMEPIECE - A case including a case main body, an operation member having an operation head portion which protrudes outside of the case main body, an exterior member which is detachably attached to the case main body while covering outer periphery of the case main body, in which the case main body has a protection projection provided on an outer peripheral surface such that an outward projection length becomes shorter from an upper side toward a lower side, and the exterior member has a housing portion which houses the protection projection. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043400 | TRIGGERING MOBILE APPLICATION USING MOVABLE EXTERNAL DEVICE - In one embodiment there is a method for activating a function of a mobile application on a mobile device, using a movable device, the movable device including a processor, the processor including an inertial measurement unit and a wireless transmitter. The method comprising: at the movable device: detecting a movement signal at the inertial measurement unit indicating movement of the movable device; in response to detecting the movement signal from the wireless transmitter, determining whether the movement signal meets movement criteria; in response to determining that the movement signal meets movement criteria, transmitting a function activation signal to the mobile device to activate the function of the mobile application; and in response to determining that the movement signal does not meet movement criteria, refraining from transmitting a function activation signal to the mobile device to activate the function of the mobile application. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043401 | MULTI-FACTOR VERIFICATION TIMING AND DISPLAYING SYSTEM - The invention is a device that attaches to musical equipment/instruments or fitness equipment, that can automatically track and display the duration of time a user has used the equipment using novel multi-factor verification from multiple sensors. The device includes a piezo vibration sensor, an accelerometer/gyroscope, a light sensor and IR sensor, a microprocessor, a battery for power, non-volatile memory, a mounting system, an inbuilt display, an antenna with means of wireless communication, and at least one button. The device functions via a multi-level verification process to ensure correct usage has been detected. The sensors to detect use are a piezo vibration sensor, accelerometer/gyroscope and a light sensor. In addition, the device also allows a user to select and create configurations to detect use of a variety of different objects. This could involve changing different sensor priorities, changing sensors sensitivity or disabling sensors. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043402 | CROWN ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC WATCH - An electronic watch may include a housing defining a side wall having a through-hole and a crown assembly including an actuation member. The actuation member may include a crown shaft extending through the through-hole and having an exterior portion defining an input surface and a crown ring coupled to the exterior portion of the crown shaft and electrically isolated from the crown shaft. The crown assembly may further include an optical encoder component attached to the actuation member and defining a group of optical features. The electronic watch may further include an optical detector configured to detect rotation of the crown assembly by detecting motion of the group of optical features and an electrocardiograph sensor comprising a sensing component. The sensing component may be conductively coupled to the actuation member via a conductive path at least partially defined by the crown shaft. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043403 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE SYSTEM STATE BY MEANS OF A KALMAN FILTER - A method determines at least one system state of a system using a Kalman filter. At least one measured value, measured by at least one sensor of the system, is supplied to the Kalman filter. The method includes estimating the at least one system state using the Kalman filter. An estimation result and at least one associated item of information relating to a reliability of the estimation result are output. The method further includes determining a discrepancy between at least one model value associated with the estimation result and at least one measured value associated with the estimation result, and correcting the at least one associated item of information relating to the reliability of the estimation result using the determined discrepancy. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043404 | ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - An environment control system that controls an environment of a subject is provided. The environment control system includes an actuator configured to control an environment of a subject, and a controller configured to control an operation of the actuator. The environment control system includes an inference unit that includes a first learned model and a second learned model. The first learned model has been trained by associating environmental information indicating an environment of a subject with data correlating with one of sleep, excretion, movement, skin, and stress conditions of the subject. The second learned model has been trained by associating the data correlating with one of the sleep, excretion, movement, skin, and stress conditions of the subject with data correlating with a magnitude of one or more risks that may occur with respect to the subject in a future period of time. The environment control system includes an operating condition determining unit configured to, in a case in which data correlating with the magnitude of the one or more risks that may occur with respect to a subject in a future period of time is inferred based on the first and second learned model, evaluate the inferred data to determine an operating condition of the actuator. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043405 | SIMULATION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present inventive concept, a simulation method for a semiconductor fabrication process includes obtaining, as input data, process parameters for controlling a semiconductor process of manufacturing semiconductor devices, or design parameters representing a structure of the semiconductor devices, or both the process parameters and the design parameters; generating predictive data for electrical characteristics of the semiconductor devices using a machine learning model based on the input data; generating reference data for the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor devices using a simulation tool based on the input data; and training the machine learning model using the predictive data and the reference data. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043406 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOLISTIC LOW CARBON INTENSITY FUEL PRODUCTION - Systems and methods to provide low carbon intensity (CI) transportation fuels through one or more targeted reductions of carbon emissions based upon an analysis of carbon emissions associated with a combination of various options for feedstock procurement, feedstock refining, processing, or transformation, and fuel product distribution pathways to end users. Such options are selected to maintain the total CI (carbon emissions per unit energy) of the transportation fuel below a pre-selected threshold that defines an upper limit of CI for the transportation fuel. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043407 | FIELD CONTROLLER FOR A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A controller for building equipment in a building management system, the controller including a processing circuit configured to receive a field signal from the building equipment on an input port of the controller, determine a type of the field signal, and update a control logic comprising instructions for reading the field signal by tagging within the control logic the input port with the determined type of the field signal. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043408 | AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A building monitor for controlling an environment in a region of a building. The monitor is configured to couple to a building system and operable to change a state of a building system. The monitor comprises a processor and a receiver coupled to the processor. The receiver is configured to wirelessly detect the presence of one or more electronic device thereby to indicate an occupancy level of a region of a building. The processor is configured to receive an environmental signal indicative of an environmental condition in a region of a building. The monitor is configured to output a signal for controlling a state of a building system in dependence on the indicated occupancy level and/or the indicated environmental condition. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043409 | Motor input signal monitoring and conditioning - A rotating equipment system with in-line drive-sense circuit (DSC) electric power signal processing includes rotating equipment, in-line drive-sense circuits (DSCs), and one or more processing modules. The in-line DSCs receive input electrical power signals and generate motor drive signals for the rotating equipment. An in-line DSC receives an input electrical power signal, processes it to generate and output a motor drive signal to the rotating equipment via a single line and simultaneously senses the motor drive signal via the single line. Based on the sensing of the motor drive signal via the single line, the in-line DSC provides a digital signal to the one or more processing modules that receive and process the digital signal to determine information regarding one or more operational conditions of the rotating equipment, and based thereon, selectively facilitate one or more adaptation operations on the motor drive signal via the in-line DSC. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043410 | BUILDING SYSTEM WITH DIGITAL TWIN BASED AGENT PROCESSING - A building management system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a publication by an agent on an agent communication channel, the publication comprising timeseries data, identify, based on the publication, an object entity of an entity database associated with the agent, wherein the entity database includes one or more object entities and relationships between the one or more object entities and one or more data entities, identify a data entity related to the object entity based on a relationship of the relationships relating the object entity and the data entity, and ingest the timeseries data into the data entity. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043411 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR LOW-LATENCY GENERATION AND INPUT OF SENSOR DATA INTO A CONTROL UNIT OR INTO CONTROL UNIT NETWORKS - A method for low-latency generation and input of sensor data for control units or control unit networks includes: computing, by a simulator system or device, environmental data sets at a simulation frequency using an environment model of a virtual environment scene, wherein each environmental data set is associated with a respective point in time in an overall simulation time at which point in time the respective environment data set is available for further processing; and executing, by the simulator system or device or by at least one additional system or device, at least one sensor simulation model, wherein the at least one sensor simulation model generates sensor data sets at a sampling frequency, based on the environmental data sets, for further processing by at least one control unit, wherein each sensor data set is associated with a respective start time and respective time of completion in the overall simulation time. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043412 | INTEGRATED HEAT MANAGEMENT FOR A BUILDING - An aspect of some embodiments of the current invention relates to an integrated system for heat distribution among a plurality of users. In some embodiments, the system includes a separate automatic control of heat distribution to each user and/or separate billing to each user. For example, a system may supply hot fluid to a plurality of apartments in a building and/or in multiple buildings. Optionally, each apartment has separate remote controlled valves controlling flow of heated fluid to the apartment and/or a sensor sensing how much heat enters and leaves the apartment in the hot fluid. In some embodiments, a processor controls the valve and/or receives data from sensors. The processor optionally controls devices that generate and/or store and/or dissipate heat. Optionally the processor predicts energy availability, costs and needs controls valves and/or devices to provide for predicted and/or unexpected needs while reduce cost of the energy. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043413 | INTELLIGENT SERVER-LEVEL TESTING OF DATACENTER COOLING SYSTEMS - A thermal load system for testing a datacenter liquid cooling system is disclosed. The system includes a server box having at least one thermal feature associated with at least one cooling feature and at least one flow controller, where the at least one thermal feature and the at least one flow controller are adjustable to cause cooling stress on the datacenter liquid cooling system. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043414 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - The energy storage system operating apparatus and method includes a pre-optimization processing unit configured to generate an operating schedule, which is for operating the energy storage system during a set period, for each predetermined section by reflecting electric power billing environment data in at least one of a consumer policy and operating characteristics of the energy storage system and configured to set an electric power reserve to prepare for a shortage of an electric power amount; and an operating control unit configured to detect, for each section, an error between a value measured as being actually consumed and a predicted value of the operating schedule generated by the pre-optimization processing unit and configured to selectively reflect the electric power reserve in a discharging amount corresponding to the operating schedule in a subsequent section according to the detected error to control an energy storage system operating unit. | 2022-02-10 |
20220043415 | Stage Automation System - A stage automation system, may include: at least one processor device implementing a physics engine; at least one memory device; one or more instructions stored in the memory device that, when executed by the at least one processor device implementing a physics engine, configure the at least one processor device for: receiving at least one target case corresponding to a user-interface specified position of a virtual object representative of a real-world object within a virtual space representative of a real-world space; providing position data defining the target case as a seed value to a physics engine; computing at least one effect-of-gravity solution from the seed value; comparing the effect-of-gravity position solution to the target case to determine if the effect-of-gravity position is within one or more position tolerance values relative to the target case; and providing user notification indicative of the comparison between the effect-of-gravity solution and the target case. | 2022-02-10 |