| 14th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20160097783 | IMMUNOASSAY FOR PYRROLIDINOPHENONES - The current invention provides an improved immunoassay for the detection and determination of pyrrolidinophenone based designer drugs in hair and biological fluids (urine, blood, and oral fluid). The generic immunoassay is underpinned by novel, sub-family-specific antibodies, which display surprising sensitivity. The invention further describes substrates comprising an antibody that is specific to compounds of the pyrrolidinophenone family. Also described are the novel immunogens from which the antibodies are derived and kits incorporating the antibodies of the current invention. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097784 | DETECTION OF POLYMYXINS - The present invention relates to antibodies for use in detecting polymyxins and tracers; and to a single-capture immunodetection method and kits, each utilising the antibodies of the invention, and disclosed tracers. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097785 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR PHOTOMETRY - A method for determining a physical property of a biological sample. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring a set of preliminary calibration signals of a first lot of a reagent using an automatic analyzer with a first photometry module; acquiring a reference set of signals of the first lot of the reagent using a calibration analyzer with a second photometry module; determining a set of module specific components by subtracting the reference set of signals from the preliminary calibration signals; acquiring a lot specific set of signals of a second lot of the reagent using the second photometry module; determining a lot calibration for the first photometry module using the set of module specific components and the lot specific set of signals; acquiring a measurement signal of the biological sample using the first photometry module and the second lot of the reagent; and determining a physical property of the biological sample using the measurement signal and the lot calibration. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097786 | MODULE FOR A LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A module for a laboratory sample distribution system, a laboratory sample distribution system comprising such modules, and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are presented. A magnetic coupling enhancer is provided in order to increase magnetic coupling between adjacent modules. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097787 | SMART BAND, MOTION STATE DETERMINING METHOD OF THE SMART BAND AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM COMPRISING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided are a smart band, a motion state determining method of the smart band, and a computer-readable recording medium including a program for performing the same. The smart band includes: a motion sensor that detects a user's motion and creates motion data; a memory that stores a normal motion score of a user; and a control unit that determines scores of first to third factors, which are standards for determining a user's motion state, on the basis of the created motion data, calculates a final score on the basis of the determined scores of the first to third factors, and determines the user's motion state by comparing the normal motion score with the final score. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097788 | PEDESTRIAN DIRECTION OF MOTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A technique for automatically determining direction of motion of a pedestrian is described. In embodiments, accelerometer measurements obtained from an accelerometer of a mobile device are converted from a mobile device reference frame to a local level reference frame. The local level accelerometer measurements are filtered to obtain a first series of frequency components representing acceleration at an estimated stride frequency of the pedestrian in a first direction and a second series of frequency components representing acceleration at the estimated stride frequency of the pedestrian in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. A heading angle of a major axis or semi-major axis of an ellipse defined at least by one or more frequency components in the first series and one or more frequency components in the second series is then determined The direction of motion of the pedestrian is determined based on the heading angle. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097789 | PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF MEMS DEVICES - A microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) device includes a driven mass and has a natural stiffness or damping. An actuator applies force to the mass, movement of which is measured by a sensing capacitor. A control circuit operates the actuator per displacement or velocity of the driven mass, so that a characteristic stiffness or damping of the mechanical subsystem is different from the respective natural value. A method of transforming a MEMS device design includes determining an aim performance value of the design and a baseline performance uncertainty of the design, selecting candidate sets of parameter values, determining a candidate, first, and second performance value for each, scoring the candidates, and repeating until one of the candidates satisfies a termination criterion, so the transformed design using that candidate set has the aim performance value and the respective first and second performance values closer to each other than the baseline performance uncertainty. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097790 | Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Accelerometers - According to one example, a system includes a flexural beam having a first face and a second face opposite the first face and a first coil of optical fiber coupled to the first face, where the first coil of optical fiber is encapsulated by a cured encapsulation composition, wherein the encapsulation composition has a viscosity from 30 to 300 millipascal-second at 25° C. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097791 | MEMS Accelerometer with Z Axis Anchor Tracking - In some exemplary embodiments, a MEMS accelerometer includes a device wafer having a proof mass and a plurality of tracking anchor points attached to a substrate. Each tracking anchor is configured to deflect in response to asymmetrical deformation in the substrate, and transfer mechanical forces generated in response to the deflection to tilt the proof mass in a direction of the deformation. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097792 | THREE-AXIS MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DEVICE WITH SINGLE PROOF MASS - A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device, such as a three-axis MEMS device can sense acceleration in three orthogonal axes. The MEMS device includes a single proof mass and suspension spring systems that movably couple the proof mass to a substrate. The suspension spring systems include translatory spring elements and torsion spring elements. The translatory spring elements enable translatory motion of the proof mass relative to the substrate in two orthogonal directions that are parallel to the plane of the MEMS device in order to sense forces in the two orthogonal directions. The torsion spring elements enable rotation of the proof mass about a rotational axis in order to sense force in a third direction that is orthogonal to the other two directions. The translatory spring elements have asymmetric stiffness configured to compensate for an asymmetric mass of the movable element used to sense in the third direction. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097793 | MICRO INERTIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A micro inertial measurement system includes a housing, a sensing module, and a damper. The sensing module includes a rigid sensing support, a measuring and controlling circuit board mounted on the rigid sensing support and an inertial sensor set on the measuring and controlling circuit board. The inertial sensor includes a gyroscope and an accelerometer. The sensing module is mounted in the housing. The damper is mounted in the housing and set in the gap between the sensing module and the inside wall of the housing. By use of the above-mentioned structure, the noise immunity of the inertial measuring system can be greatly improved, and the volume and weight of the inertial measuring system can be greatly reduced. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097794 | CURRENT SENSING INDUCTIVE DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED BUS BAR - A low-cost and high-precision current sensing device and methods for use and manufacturing. In one embodiment, the current sensing apparatus comprises a Rogowski-type coil which is manufactured in segments so as to facilitate the manufacturing process. In an exemplary embodiment, the current sensing apparatus segments comprise a number of bobbin elements that are wound and subsequently formed into complex geometric shapes such as torus-like shapes. In an alternative embodiment, bonded windings are utilized which allow the segments to be formed without a bobbin or former. In yet another alternative embodiment, the aforementioned current sensing devices are stacked in groups of two or more. Methods of manufacturing and using the aforementioned current sensing apparatus are also disclosed. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097795 | POWER NETWORK REDUCTION AND SIMULATION IN TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS TO CALCULATE VOLTAGE DROP - In the present invention the issue of calculating voltage drop at the contact points of the power network with injected power currents is proposed. The method consists of the three steps. First, the said power network is partitioned into sub-networks. Secondly, the said sub-networks are expressed in terms of their admittance matrices and voltage transfer functions, which are then fed into timing simulator handling both time and frequency to compute the voltage drop at the said contact points. To achieve better partition result, inputs, outputs including user assigned nodes for recording voltages, are utilized to absorb the sub-network without inputs and outputs into the same partition as its parent node, and generate output cone with single input and outputs. Timing simulator uses convolution to get input voltage at each time step recursively and then voltage transfer used to evaluate output voltage at the same time step with minimal computational overhead. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097796 | POWER GRID TOPOLOGY DISCOVERY VIA TIME CORRELATION OF PASSIVE MEASUREMENT EVENTS - A wireless mesh network is configured to manage a power grid. Each node within the wireless mesh network is configured to detect and classify voltage fluctuations in power supplied by an upstream transformer coupled to the power grid. When a given node detects a particular type of fluctuation (i.e., an “event”), the node generates a timestamped event classification that reflects the type of event and a time when the event occurred. A server configured to manage the wireless mesh network receives timestamped event classifications from each node within the wireless mesh network and then performs a time correlation with the received timestamped event classifications to determine which nodes detected similar events. When two or more nodes detected the same event at similar times, the server determines that those nodes are coupled to the same transformer. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097797 | Discrimination of Low Power RF Signals using Phase Modulation with Injection Locked Lasers - An apparatus is provided for RF signal discrimination. A master laser of the apparatus is connected to an optical input of an optical phase modulator. The optical phase modulator is configured to receive a plurality of RF signals at an RF input and further configured to receive an output from the master laser at an optical input. A slave laser operating below a lasing threshold is configured to receive a modulated output from the optical phase modulator. An optical filter is configured to receive a mixed signal generated inside the slave laser. A photodetector receives the filtered mixed signal and is configured to recover a RF signal from the plurality of RF signals, where a frequency of a sideband of the recovered RF signal corresponds to a mode of the slave laser. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097798 | Electrical Cable Diagnostic System - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to diagnostic testing of electrical power cables using a resonant test system. The resonant test system can be configured to adjust an inductance to set the inductance of the resonant test system to a test inductance value and to adjust an output frequency of the resonant test system to set the output frequency to a test output frequency. The inductance of the resonant test system can be adjusted by controlling a reactor of the resonant test system and the output frequency of the resonant test system can be controlled by an inverter of the resonant test system. The test inductance value and the test output frequency the test inductance value and the test output frequency can be automatically and dynamically set by a controller of the resonant test system to achieve resonance in series with an electrical power cable under test. One or more diagnostic tests can be performed on the electrical power cable. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097799 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A WIRING FAULT IN A CAPACITIVE SENSOR - A method for detecting a wiring fault in a capacitive sensor ( | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097800 | RING CIRCUIT CONTINUITY TESTER - Apparatus and method are provided for testing continuity of a ring circuit of an electricity distribution system, the ring circuit including at least a first conductor connecting, in a ring configuration, a source of electricity to a plurality of accessories. The apparatus includes: a switch arranged to cause a break in the ring circuit at a location in the ring circuit, the break resulting in a first end and a second end of the ring circuit at the location; a detector for measuring the relative voltage between the first end and the second end of the ring circuit; and an indicator which indicates, responsive to the detector detecting a relative voltage between the first end and the second end of the ring circuit, that there is a lack of continuity in the ring circuit. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097801 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTORS WITH INSERTION COUNTERS - Systems and methods for connectors with insertion counters are provided. In one embodiment, a connector comprises: an interface configured to interface with a corresponding interface of a port to communicate signals between the port and a cable attached to the connector; at least one switch configured to change from a first state to a second state when the connector is inserted into the port; and a microcontroller configured to record insertion events, wherein the microcontroller increments an insertion count stored within the microcontroller when the at least one switch transitions from the first state to the second state. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097802 | THREE-PHASE RECEPTACLE ELECTRICAL TESTER - A receptacle testing device for testing the wiring condition of three phase receptacles is disclosed. The receptacle testing device may be used for performing a quick check of the wiring of three phase receptacles to assess that power is present at the correct terminals within the receptacle, and that the neutral and ground wires are properly wired. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097803 | BUILT IN TEST CIRCUIT FOR TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSOR DEVICES - A built-in test system includes a control circuit, a transient voltage suppressor circuit, and a test switch. The control circuit is configured to receive a signal, and the transient voltage suppressor circuit includes first and second transient voltage suppressors connected in series between the signal and ground. The test switch is connected to selectively conduct current between the signal and a node between the first and second transient voltage suppressors. The control circuit is configured to control the test switch to test the first and second transient voltage suppressors. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097804 | TRANSMISSION LINE PULSE AND VERY FAST TRANSMISSION LINE PULSE REFLECTION CONTROL - An approach for transmission line pulse and very fast transmission line pulse reflection control is provided. The approach includes using a power splitter to split an incident pulse into two identical pulses with one going to a device under test (DUT) through a delivery cable and the other going down an open ended delay cable. The structure of the power splitter, along with having the delivery cable and the open ended delay cable with the same signal propagation time and pulse transmission characteristics enable the canceling of pulse reflections from the DUT. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097805 | IN-DIE TRANSISTOR CHARACTERIZATION IN AN IC - In an example implementation, an integrated circuit (IC) includes: a plurality of transistors disposed in a plurality of locations on a die of the IC; conductors coupled to terminals of each of the plurality of transistors; a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), coupled to the conductors, to drive voltage signals to the plurality of transistors in response to a digital input; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), coupled to at least a portion of the conductors, to generate samples in response to current signals induced in the plurality of transistors in response to the voltage signals, the samples being indicative of at least one electrostatic characteristic for the plurality of transistors. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097806 | METHOD FOR TESTING A SIGNAL PATH - A method for testing a signal path of a first IC formed as a monolithically integrated circuit on a semiconductor body together with a magnetic field sensor and has a signal output and a power supply connection and a test mode state and a normal operating state. A power supply of the first IC is switched off, and a signal output is connected with a reference potential, and the power supply of the first IC is switched on and the signal output is disconnected from the reference potential. Subsequently in a test mode state, a self-test is performed in the first IC and a test pattern is configured at the signal output or at the power supply connection and the test pattern is evaluated by the control unit for testing of the signal path. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097807 | SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL TESTING AND MANUFACTURING OF A 3-D CHIP STACK AND METHOD - A method for electrical testing of a 3-D integrated circuit chip stack is described. The 3-D integrated circuit chip stack comprises at least a first integrated circuit chip and a second integrated circuit chip. The first integrated circuit chip and the second integrated circuit chip are not soldered together for performing electrical testing. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097808 | Implementing Fixed-Point Polynomials in Hardware Logic - A method implements fixed-point polynomials in hardware logic. In an embodiment the method comprises distributing a defined error bound for the whole polynomial between operators in a data-flow graph for the polynomial and optimizing each operator to satisfy the part of the error bound allocated to that operator. The distribution of errors between operators is updated in an iterative process until a stop condition (such as a maximum number of iterations) is reached. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097809 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MULTI-SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a built-in self-test controller suitable for generating a test command and test data, and generating a test result signal in response to test result data, in a built-in self-test mode, an internal circuit suitable for performing a test operation in response to the test command and the test data and generating the test result data as a result of the test operation, and a signal transfer controller suitable for outputting the test command, the test data, and the test result signal through a set probe pad and a set bump pad in the built-in self-test mode. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097810 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE SAME - A semiconductor device and a method for testing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor dies staked, a plurality of through-electrodes disposed between the semiconductor dies, a first calculation unit calculating a first output value from input signals inputted into the through-electrodes by a logical operation, a second calculation unit calculating a second output value from output signals outputted from the through-electrodes by a logical operation, and a comparator comparing the first output value with the second output value. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097811 | SCAN FLIP-FLOP AND SCAN TEST CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME - A scan flip-flop includes an input unit and a flip-flop. The input unit is configured to select one signal from among a data input signal and a scan input signal to supply the selected one signal as an internal signal according to an operation mode. The flip-flop os configured to latch the internal signal according to a clock signal. The flip-flop includes a cross coupled structure that includes first and second tri-state inverters which share a first output node and face each other. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097812 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A semiconductor package may include a probe circuit unit configured to be driven by buffering a signal received from a probe pad during probe testing, a bump circuit unit configured to buffer a signal received from a bump pad, and a power-source selection unit configured to change a level of an internal power-supply voltage applied to the probe circuit unit in response to a test-mode signal. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097813 | MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF TIME STAMP INFORMATION REPORTED WITH INSTRUMENTATION DATA - This invention is time stamping subsystem of an electronic apparatus. A time stamp generator generates a multibit time stamp value including a predetermined number of least significant bits overlapping a predetermined number of most significant bits. Each client receives the least significant bits. Each client associates captured data with a corresponding set of the least significant bits in a message. A central scheduling unit associates most significant bits of the time stamp value with the least significant bits of the message. This associating compares overlap bits of the most significant bits and least significant bits. The most significant bits are decremented until the overlap bits are equal. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097814 | METHOD AND CIRCUITRY FOR DETECTING FAULTS IN FIELD ORIENTED CONTROLLED PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES - A system includes a proportional-integrated-derivative (PID) regulator. The system also includes a fault detection unit. The fault detection unit is for receiving at least two outputs from the PID regulator. The at least two outputs include at least two rotor reference frame (D-Q) currents. The fault detection unit is further for generating a detection signal based on the at least two rotor reference frame currents. The detection signal identifies a fault based on the fault detection signal amplitude value based on the magnitudes of the amplitudes for each of the at least two rotor reference frame D-Q currents. The fault detection unit is for identifying an existence of a permanent magnet motor fault based on a comparison between the fault detection signal amplitude value and an amplitude threshold value. Further the fault localization signature is utilized to locate the location of the fault. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097815 | VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT FOR MULTIPLE CELL BATTERY PACK - A method and apparatus to detect cell voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. The method comprises generating a square wave form with a positive phase and a negative phase, sending the square wave form to a first circuit that is connected to a battery cell and to a second circuit with matching components of the first circuit, and finally driving a matching voltage of the second circuit to become equivalent to the battery cell voltage for measurement. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097816 | Estimation Method for State of Charge of Lithium Iron Phosphate Power Battery Packs - An estimation method for SOC of lithium iron phosphate power battery packs, include: 1, selecting a secondary battery (A) having characteristics of linear relationship between terminal voltage and SOC1; 2, connecting the secondary battery (A) with lithium iron phosphate power battery packs (B) in series, 3, repeatedly detecting values of the SOC1 and values the terminal voltages Ua of the secondary battery during the secondary battery is charging or discharging, fitting a formula (1) between the SOC1 and the terminal voltage Ua, the formula (1) being shown as following: SOC1=K1*Ua+M1 (1); 4, obtaining a formula (2) between SOC1 and SOC of the lithium iron phosphate power battery pack: SOC1=K2*SOC+M2 (2); 5, by formula (1) and formula (2), obtaining a formula (3) for calculating the SOC of the lithium iron phosphate power battery pack, the formula (3) being shown as following: SOC=Ua*K1/K2+(M1−M2)/K2 (3). | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097817 | VOLTAGE DETECTION UNIT - A first pattern and a second pattern are stacked with each other. In a pattern of a first circuit for high voltage, a GND is formed as a solid pattern. In a pattern of a second circuit for low voltage, a GND is formed as a solid pattern. The solid pattern of the GND of the pattern of the first circuit for high voltage and the solid pattern of the GND of the pattern of the second circuit for low voltage partially face each other, thereby improving noise-resistant performance of the circuit for high voltage. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097818 | FILTER CIRCUIT - By configuring low-pass filters each with a resistor and a capacitor, noise is removed. Based on a reference value of DC voltage that appears at output terminals of a battery pack circuit, a lowering portion of capacitance that arises in the respective capacitors is estimated in advance, and a compensation value is included in the resistance value of the respective resistors such that the cutoff frequencies of the low-pass filters are within an intended range. Even when a high voltage is handled, the variance in cutoff frequencies can be prevented from arising and the noise in an unnecessary frequency domain can be adequately reduced. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097819 | Battery Control Device - A battery monitoring device includes: a current detection unit that detects an electric current flowing through a battery; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage between both ends of the battery; a temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of the battery; an internal resistance increase rate calculation unit that calculates the internal resistance increase rate of the battery based on the detected electric current, voltage between the both ends, and temperature; and a calculation invalid time setting unit that sets a predetermined calculation invalid time according to the characteristics of the internal resistance increase rate. The calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate is invalidated for an invalid period from the start of charging or discharging of the battery to the lapse of the calculation invalid time. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097820 | Battery Performance Under high Temperature Exposure - A battery system for a portable information handling system may modify charging parameters based on temperature exposure of a battery. When the battery is charged and exposed to a high temperature, the battery may be discharged to a lower voltage. After a cumulative period of exposure to a high temperature, a top-of-charge (TOC) voltage may be permanently reduced for the battery. Prior to charging at a high temperature, the TOC voltage may be reduced for a next charge cycle. Reducing the TOC voltage may minimize adverse effects for battery performance. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097821 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF A BATTERY IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - This disclosure relates to a method for monitoring the state of a battery of a motor vehicle, with which method internal corrosion in the battery can be identified. In this case, the water loss from the battery is estimated by means of a model, and an evaluation unit generates an alarm signal if the estimated water loss exceeds a defined limit value. The water loss model provides, in particular, that the z-curve, which is used in the charging strategy of the battery, and the battery temperature are used, and the mass flow of the water loss on account of gas development is determined as a function of the used z-curve and the battery temperature from a correlation, which is stored in the evaluation unit, at least between the mass flow of the water loss on account of gas development, a z-curve of the charging strategy and the battery temperature. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097822 | SINGLE LED FAILURE DETECTION IN A LED CHAIN - Methods and circuits are described in which an SLS driver circuit includes an SLS driver current source that may be arranged to provide an SLS current to a series SLS chain at a series SLS node. The series SLS chain may include a plurality of SLSs connected in series. The SLS driver circuit also includes a diagnostic current source that is arranged to provide a diagnostic current to a diagnostic resistor at a diagnostic resistor node. The series SLS chain also includes a comparison circuit that may be arranged to compare a series SLS voltage at the series SLS node with a diagnostic voltage at the diagnostic resistor node, and to output a status signal based on a result of the comparison such that the status signal is based, at least in part, on whether a failure condition exists in the series SLS chain. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097823 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF A MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATED BY AN ELECTROMAGNET - A device for the measuring and closed-loop control of a magnetic field generated by means of an electromagnet ( | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097824 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETISM MEASUREMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS CELL, MAGNETISM MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND GAS CELL - A method for manufacturing a magnetism measurement device which measures a magnetic field generated from a living body, includes: arranging an ampoule made of borosilicate glass and having a hollow part filled with a solid alkali metal, in a void in a cell section made of quartz glass, and then sealing the cell section; and casting a pulse laser beam on the ampoule through the cell section and thus forming a penetration hole in the ampoule. The pulse laser beam has an energy of 20 μJ/pulse to 200 μJ/pulse. The absorption coefficient of quarts glass for the pulse laser beam is lower than the absorption coefficient of borosilicate glass for the pulse laser beam. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097825 | Magnetic Field Sensors With Self Test - A system includes a magnetic target and a magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field sensor comprises an output node; a circuit to detect a magnetic field produced by the magnetic target; and a processor. The processor may be configured to transmit a signal onto the output node representing the detected magnetic field; detect whether the transmitted signal is interrupted by an external source; and, if the signal is interrupted, initiate a self-test of the apparatus. Corresponding methods and apparatuses are also disclosed. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097826 | THREE 3-CONTACT VERTICAL HALL SENSOR ELEMENTS CONNECTED IN A RING AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A vertical Hall effect sensor having three Hall effect regions interconnected in a ring can be operated in a spinning scheme. Each Hall effect region has three contacts: the first Hall effect region includes first, second, and third contacts; the second Hall effect region has fourth, fifth, and sixth contacts, and the third Hall effect region has seventh, eighth, and ninth contacts. Interconnections between the Hall effect regions are provided such that a first terminal is connected to a third contact, a second interconnection is arranged between the second and fourth contacts, a third terminal is connected to the sixth contact, a fourth interconnection is arranged between the fifth and seventh contacts, a fifth terminal is connected to the ninth contact, and a sixth interconnection is arranged between the first and eighth contacts. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097827 | XMR-SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE XMR-SENSOR - An XMR-sensor and method for manufacturing the XMR-Sensor are provided. The XMR-sensor includes a substrate, a first contact, a second contact and an XMR-structure. The substrate includes a first main surface area and a second main surface area. The first contact is arranged at the first main surface area and the second contact is arranged at the second main surface area. The XMR-structure extends from the first contact to the second contact such that an XMR-plane of the XMR-structure is arranged along a first direction perpendicular to the first main surface area or the second main surface area. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097828 | SINGLE-PACKAGE BRIDGE-TYPE MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR - A magnetoresistive sensor bridge utilizing magnetic tunnel junctions is disclosed. The magnetoresistive sensor bridge is composed of one or more magnetic tunnel junction sensor chips to provide a half-bridge or full bridge sensor in a standard semiconductor package. The sensor chips may be arranged such that the pinned layers of the different chips are mutually antiparallel to each other in order to form a push-pull bridge structure. The sensor chips are then interconnected using wire bonding. The chips can be wire-bonded to various standard semiconductor leadframes and packaged in inexpensive standard semiconductor packages. The bridge design may be push-pull or referenced. In the referenced case, the on-chip reference resistors may be implemented without magnetic shielding. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097829 | SINGLE COAXIAL INTERFACE FOR MAGNETIC RESONACE (MR) COILS - A magnetic resonance (MR) coil array ( | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097830 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING - In order to make it possible to take account of movement of an examination object in a magnetic resonance fingerprinting method, multiple magnetic resonance raw images of an examination area of the examination object are acquired by execution of a magnetic resonance fingerprinting method, multiple magnetic resonance signal waveforms are generated in a processor over different voxels of the multiple magnetic resonance raw images. A signal comparison of the multiple magnetic resonance signal waveforms is made with multiple database signal waveforms stored in a database, with a database value of at least one tissue parameter being logically linked to each database signal waveform of the multiple database signal waveforms. A tissue parameter map is determined on the basis of the result of the signal comparison, wherein said tissue parameter map is movement corrected based on a movement correction. The tissue parameter map is made available at an output of the processor. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097831 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - An MRI system according to an embodiment includes an MRI sequence controller and an MRI system controller. Serving as a prescan unit, the MRI sequence controller performs a prescan for acquiring a sensitivity distribution of a coil. Serving as a main scan unit, the MRI sequence controller performs a main scan for acquiring signals of a magnetic resonance image. Serving as a corrector, the MRI system controller corrects the sensitivity distribution in accordance with a distortion that is contained in the magnetic resonance image and that results from the performing of the main scan. Serving as a generator, the MRI system controller generates an output magnetic resonance image using the corrected sensitivity distribution. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097832 | Electron Spin Resonance Apparatus - A pulse pattern forming a pulse sequence is repeatedly generated according to a repetition frequency Fp, and an original pulse train is generated. A modulation signal which repeats ON and OFF states at a modulation frequency Fm is generated. Fp and Fm are in a relationship Fp=2n×Fm, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The original pulse train is modulated according to the modulation frequency Fm, and a pulse train signal is generated. A microwave signal is modulated by the pulse train signal and is supplied to an electron spin resonance chamber. By executing a lock-in demodulation on a detection signal reflecting electron spin resonance using the modulation frequency Fm, an ESR signal is obtained. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097833 | Wireless Electronic Device With Calibrated Reflectometer - An electronic device may have control circuitry that uses a reflectometer to measure antenna impedance during operation. The reflectometer may have a directional coupler that is coupled between radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and an antenna. A calibration circuit may be coupled between the directional coupler and the antenna. The calibration circuit may have a first port coupled to the antenna, a second port coupled to the directional coupler, and a third port that is coupled to a calibration resistance. The reflectometer may have terminations of identical impedance that are coupled to ground. Switching circuitry in the reflectometer may be used to route signals from the directional coupler to a feedback receiver for measurement by the control circuitry or to ground through the terminations. Calibrated antenna reflection coefficient measurements may be used in dynamically adjusting the antenna. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097834 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A STAR TRACKER ON A STRUCTURE - A device for positioning a functional trihedron of a star tracker in a reference trihedron tied to a structure on which the star tracker is mounted comprises: a fixing interface to connect the device to the star tracker, a set of geometric markers configured to, by means of an optical measurement instrument tied to the structure, position a marker tied to the device in the reference marker tied to the structure, an optical simulator comprising a set of optical markers to be measured by the star tracker, making it possible to position the functional trihedron of the star tracker in the trihedron tied to the device, the measurements of position of the functional trihedron in the trihedron tied to the device, and of position of the trihedron tied to the device in the reference trihedron, making it possible to position by calculation the functional trihedron in the reference trihedron. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097835 | REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus for supporting reference signals for positioning measurements are disclosed. Methods include subframe configuration, subframe structures, measurement opportunities using a set of downlink subframes which are not all consecutive, handling of subframes containing reference signals and system signals such as synchronization signals, paging occasions and Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service (MBMS), and related control signaling between a long term evolution (LTE) network and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Moreover, methods to resolve allocation conflicts arising between positioning reference signals and other reference signals are disclosed. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODE WI-FI BASED RTLS - Dual-mode position-locating tag, including: a transmitter module configured to communicate with a Wi-Fi network; a transceiver module configured to communicate with a non-Wi-Fi network; a processor coupled to the transmitter module and the transceiver module; and at least one location sensor coupled to the processor, the location sensor coupled to a secondary technology receiver. The transmitter module may transmit a signal to produce a first location measurement. The secondary technology receiver may receive a signal usable to calculate a second location measurement that is more accurate than the first location measurement. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097837 | Method for Iterative Target Location in a Multiple Receiver Target Location System - The present invention provides methods for an active RFID tag target location system that provides for an iterative recalculating of a target location estimate by successively testing receiver TOA and DTOA error measurements and discarding outlier receivers. The present invention works to reduce the erratic effects that multipath channel interference and random noise play in target location systems due to incorrect identification of the main pulse of the transmit signal. In addition to providing for a greater accuracy and consistency in a TOA-based target location system, the method also provides for an opportunity to reduce a transmission bandwidth associate with the TOA transmission by the multiple receivers. The method may be considered a post-processing element, as the determination of TOA and DTOA may require a real-time calculation, where the timing constraints for the ensuing target location estimate may be less severe. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097838 | PORTABLE SOUND SOURCE SEARCHING SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A portable sound source searching sensor comprising: a front body ( | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097839 | SENSOR SUITE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR BORDER SURVEILLANCE - A land-based Smart-Sensor System and several system architectures for detection, tracking, and classification of people and vehicles automatically and in real time for border, property, and facility security surveillance is described. The preferred embodiment of the proposed Smart-Sensor System is comprised of (1) a low-cost, non-coherent radar, whose function is to detect and track people, singly or in groups, and various means of transportation, which may include vehicles, animals, or aircraft, singly or in groups, and cue (2) an optical sensor such as a long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensor, whose function is to classify the identified targets and produce movie clips for operator validation and use, and (3) an IBM CELL supercomputer to process the collected data in real-time. The Smart Sensor System can be implemented in a tower-based or a mobile-based or combination system architecture. The radar can also be operated as a stand-alone system. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097840 | SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-FREQUENCY SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A method for the simultaneous multi-frequency signal processing within a single receiver is presented. The pulse compression or filtering method samples the received signal at a data rate commensurate with the maximum frequency separation of waveforms at separate frequencies being received, but the compression calculations are only performed at a rate commensurate with the bandwidth of each individual transmit waveform set. The method reduces the processor requirements for extracting all available information from these signals. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097841 | DISTANCE-MEASURING/IMAGING APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND SOLID IMAGING ELEMENT - A distance-measuring/imaging apparatus having a high S/N and a high distance measurement accuracy is provided. The distance-measuring/imaging apparatus includes: a signal generation unit for generating an emission signal and exposure signal; a light source unit for performing light irradiation by receiving the emission signal; an imaging unit for performing exposure by receiving the exposure signal and for acquiring the exposure amount of the reflected light; and a calculation unit for calculating and outputting the distance information on the basis of the exposure amount. The imaging unit acquires a first exposure amount corresponding to the exposure in a first emission/exposure period, in which the exposure is performed by receiving the exposure signal simultaneously with a receiving timing of the emission signal. The imaging unit acquires a second exposure amount corresponding to the exposure in a second emission/exposure period, in which the exposure is performed by receiving the exposure signal after a lapse of a delay time from the receiving timing of the emission signal. The calculation unit calculates the distance information on the basis of the first exposure amount and second exposure amount that are acquired by changing the repeat count of the emission signal in the first emission/exposure period | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097842 | AUTOMATED MOBILE INVERTIBLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An apparatus is utilized for measuring a circumference. The apparatus includes a body section, and at least one wheel rotatably attached to the body section. Additionally, at least one vacuum generating device is disposed on the body section, and is configured to generate an effective amount of vacuum between the body section and an adjacent arcuate surface which is sufficient to retain the body section against the arcuate surface. At least one of a reflector and a gap detector may also be affixed to the body section. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097843 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - A projection optical system includes a light source to emit light and an optical element including an incidence plane on which the light from the light source is incident and an emission plane having a plurality of flat planes to emit the light, wherein the plurality of flat planes includes a first inclination plane inclining in a direction of the light-emitting surface. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097844 | DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM AND IMAGING SENSOR - A TOF (time of flight) type distance measuring system of high accuracy is provided. The distance measuring system includes: a light source unit for emitting light at a timing indicated by an emission signal; a light receiving unit for acquiring RAW data for each pixel from an imaging sensor, by exposing the imaging sensor to the light reflected from an object at a timing indicated by an exposure signal; a TOF calculation unit for supplying a TOF signal indicating the distance from each pixel to the object that is calculated based on the RAW data; a detection unit for detecting the difference between a standard value and the TOF signal for a standard pixel on the imaging sensor, and generating a phase control signal and a fine adjustment signal in accordance with the difference; a correction unit for correcting the TOF signal on the basis of the fine adjustment signal, and outputting the correction result as distance information for each pixel; and a control unit for controlling the phase shift of at least one of the emission signal and the exposure signal on the basis of the phase control signal. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097845 | ULTRASOUND SCANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An ultrasound scanning method includes the steps of emitting N sets of ultrasound signals onto a target from N different angles and receiving the N sets of ultrasound signals reflected and/or scattered by the target; converting the N sets of ultrasound signals into N ultrasound input images; performing a binarization algorithm for the N ultrasound input images to obtain N binarized images; performing a comparison process on the N binarized images to determine whether a noise exists in at least one of the N binarized images; when the noise exists in an i-th binarized image of the N binarized images, removing the noise from an i-th ultrasound input image corresponding to the i-th binarized image; and compounding the N ultrasound input images into an ultrasound output image. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097846 | Systems and Methods for Ultrasound Beamforming - A system for ultrasound beamforming is provided, including a sampled analog beamformer, an array of ultrasound transducers, and a high voltage amplifier coupled to the sampled analog beamformer and the array of ultrasound transducers. The sampled analog beamformer includes a sampled analog filter for filtering an incoming analog signal and adding a fractional delay, and transmitting a filtered analog ultrasound signal. The array of ultrasound transducers further transmits the filtered analog ultrasound signal. The high voltage amplifier drives transducers in the array of ultrasound transducers. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097847 | METHOD AND MIMO RADAR DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A POSITION ANGLE OF AN OBJECT - A method and a MIMO radar device are provided for determining a position angle of an object. The method includes the following steps: emitting a first radar signal with the aid of a first transmitting antenna having a first radiation pattern; emitting a second radar signal with the aid of a second transmitting antenna having a second radiation pattern; emitting a third radar signal with the aid of a third transmitting antenna having a third radiation pattern; the first, second, and third radar signal being emitted in various directions; receiving radar signals which are reflected on the object; and determining the position angle of the object based on phase differences and based on amplitude differences, which originate from the emission of the radar signals in the first through third directions, between the received reflected radar signals. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097848 | ROTORCRAFT FITTED WITH A RADIOALTIMETER HAVING PLANE ANTENNAS AND A LENS FOR MODIFYING THE FIELD OF VIEW OF THE ANTENNAS - A method of measuring the height of a rotorcraft above the ground by means of a radioaltimeter having plane antennas, and it also provides to such a radioaltimeter and a rotorcraft fitted with such a radioaltimeter. The rotorcraft is provided with sling equipment for transporting a load swinging under the rotorcraft in a given field of mobility, and a lens modifies the basic field of view of the radioaltimeter as supplied by the antennas between firstly a limited field of view for the radioaltimeter excluding the field of mobility of the load transported by the sling equipment from the field of view of the radioaltimeter, and secondly an optimum field of view of the radioaltimeter of scope that is optimized in the event that no load is being transported by the sling equipment. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097849 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INTERSECTION POSITIONING - A system and methods are provided for providing intersection positioning data. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting one or more objects by a device, wherein the one or more objects are detected relative to at least a portion of a roadway by an integrated radar sensor of the device, and tracking one or more detected objects by the device to determine tracking data, wherein tracking includes determining a number of detected objects, determining speed of the one or more detected objects and determining position of the one or more detected objects. The method may also include outputting the tracking data by the device. The system and methods may advantageously be employed for transmitting one or more of a collision warning, red light warnings, red light violation warnings and operation characteristics of objects during a traffic incident relative to intersection. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097850 | PAIRWISE MEASUREMENTS FOR IMPROVED POSITION DETERMINATION - Approaches for enhancing range-based position determination using pairwise error detection and compensation are provided. One method for enhancing a position estimate of a first node may include performing measurements at the first node using a signal received from a second node, and receiving measurements from the second node. The received measurements may be performed at the second node using a signal provided by the first node. The method may further include determining pairwise comparisons of the performed measurements and the received measurements, and compensating the measurements performed at the first node, based on the pairwise comparisons, for estimating the position of the first node. Systems and apparatuses for performing the various position determination methods are further presented. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097851 | Ground Survey and Obstacle Detection System - The present disclosure is directed to a ground survey and obstacle detection system using one or multiple detection devices, such as aerial detection devices. Aerial detection devices are sent ahead of the primary vehicle to survey a territory and map out any obstacles. The aerial detection device is equipped with sensors to scan the ground below it and detect obstacles. The aerial detection device is not affected by or prone to triggering dangerous obstacles. The aerial detection device flies above the ground and may be configured to send a signal back alerting the primary vehicle to the existence of obstacles. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097852 | Remote Detection And Measurement Of Objects - Provided are methods of using electromagnetic waves for detecting metal and/or dielectric objects. Methods include directing microwave and/or mm wave radiation in a predetermined direction using a transmission apparatus, including a transmission element; receiving radiation from an entity resulting from the transmitted radiation using a detection apparatus; and generating one or more detection signals in the frequency domain using the detection apparatus. Methods may include operating a controller, wherein operating the controller includes causing the transmitted radiation to be swept over a predetermined range of frequencies, performing a transform operation on the detection signal(s) to generate one or more transformed signals in the time domain, and determining, from one or more features of the transformed signal, one or more dimensions of a metallic or dielectric object upon which the transmitted radiation is incident. A system and method for remote detection and/or identification of a metallic threat object using late time response (LTR) signals is also disclosed. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097853 | NEURAL NETWORK-BASED RADAR SYSTEM - A radar system includes an array antenna including antenna elements that each output a reception signal in response to one or plural arriving waves, and a signal processing circuit in which a learned neural network has been established. The signal processing circuit receives the reception signals, inputs the reception signals or a secondary signal generated from the reception signals to the neural network, performs computation by using the reception signals or secondary signal and learned data of the neural network, and outputs a signal indicating the number of arriving waves from the neural network. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097854 | Sensor device and method for recording at least one contact event on a vehicle - With a sensor device for detecting at least one contact event on a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, with at least one impact sound sensor for detecting at least one impact sound signal, at least one impact sound sensor comprises at least one signal-transferring connection to at least one signal processing means already existing in the vehicle and associated with at least one other sensor means. With this arrangement at least one impact sound sensor comprises an impact-sound-transmitting connection to a section of the outer shell of the vehicle. This allows contact events on the vehicle to be detected. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097855 | ACOUSTIC APPARATUS WITH ULTRASONIC DETECTOR - In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, an acoustic apparatus is provided included a transducer, a signal generator, a buffering module, and a proximity detection module. A switching module is coupled to the transducer, signal generator, the buffering module, and the proximity detection module. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097856 | ACOUSTIC APPARATUS WITH DUAL MEMS DEVICES - In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, an acoustic apparatus is provided including a first transducer, a second transducer, a signal generator coupled to the first transducer, and a proximity detection module coupled to the second transducer. A buffering module is coupled to the first and second transducers and is configured to process analog signals received from the second transducer. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097857 | Integrated Targeting Device - An integrated targeting device comprising a housing, the housing comprising an input aperture and an output aperture, a geolocation module configured to estimate the geolocation of a selected target, an imaging module comprising an imaging camera, a laser comprising a seed laser configured to emit a seed laser beam and a moveable optical reflector, a display; and a processor operatively coupled to the laser module, the imaging module, the geolocation module; and the display. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097858 | BACKFILLING CLOUDS OF 3D COORDINATES - Systems and methods are provided for backfilling a 3D cloud of coordinates. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a camera able to capture an image, and a ranging system able to measure distances objects. The apparatus also includes a controller able to analyze the measured distances to generate a cloud of three dimensional coordinates, and to project coordinates of the cloud onto the image to match the coordinates with pixels of the image. The controller is also able to generate additional coordinates to increase the resolution of the cloud by iteratively defining a scanning window, detecting a group of coordinates that have been projected onto the scanning window, scoring each coordinate in the group based on its similarity to other coordinates in the group, dividing the scanning window into quadrants, selecting a coordinate from each quadrant, and generating an additional coordinate based on the selected coordinates. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097859 | MONITOR BASED AMBIGUITY VERIFICATION FOR ENHANCED GUIDANCE QUALITY - Methods and systems useful in determining relative position of moveable vehicle, for example including a GPS receiver, may include determining candidate integer ambiguities in groups, and performing tests to check usefulness of those candidate integer ambiguities. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097860 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE DATE WITH THE AID OF SATELLITE-BASED POSITIONING AND DATE-STAMPING SYSTEMS - A device comprising a reception unit for automatically receiving two radiofrequency signals originating from different satellite-based positioning and date-stamping systems, a data processing unit for automatically processing each of the radiofrequency signals so as to deduce time data therefrom, each time datum comprising at least one number of weeks, a calculation unit for automatically calculating a UTC date which is compatible with these time data, and a data transmission unit for automatically providing this UTC date to at least one user system. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION - A method and apparatus, such as implemented by software code on a mobile device, to estimate a location and a traveling distance by leveraging lower-power inertial sensors embedded in the mobile device as a supplement to the device's GPS. To minimize the negative impact of sensor noises, the invention exploits intermittent strong GPS signals and uses linear regression to build a prediction model which is based on a trace estimated from inertial sensors and the one computed from the GPS. Additionally or alternatively, the invention can utilize landmarks (e.g., bridges, traffic lights, etc.) detected automatically and/or special driving patterns (e.g., turning, uphill, and downhill) from inertial sensory data to improve the localization accuracy when the GPS signal is weak. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097862 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLEX NAVIGATION USING DEAD RECKONING AND GPS - Provided are a system and method for complex navigation using dead reckoning and a global positioning system capable of enhancing robustness of positioning by compensating for discontinuity of GPS reception data. The system for complex navigation using dead reckoning (DR) and a global positioning system (GPS) includes a GPS receiving unit configured to receive GPS data, a DR unit configured to generate DR information by using a wheel speed, a steering angle, and a yaw rate, a buffer unit configured to store the DR information, and a filter unit configured to generate positioning information of a moving object by using at least one of output information from the GPS receiving unit and the DR information stored in the buffer unit. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING OF RADIATION SOURCES - A fibrescope comprises a scintillator arranged to produce light of a first wavelength upon exposure to radiation; an optical system arranged to receive and direct light of the first wavelength emitted from the scintillator, the light being received at one end of the optical system, and wherein one or more elements of the optical system emits scintillation light of a second wavelength upon exposure to radiation; and an optical filter, disposed at the other end of the optical system, and arranged to transmit light of the first wavelength and block light of the second wavelength. The scintillator is chosen such that the light of the first wavelength is spectrally distinct from the light of the second wavelength. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097864 | 3D HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY SENSOR WITH INTEGRATED SCINTILLATOR GRID - Various embodiments of a 3D high resolution X-ray sensor are described. In one aspect, an indirect X-ray sensor includes a silicon wafer that includes an array of photodiodes thereon with each of the photodiodes having a contact on a front side of the silicon wafer and self-aligned with a respective grid hole of an array of grid holes that are on a back side of the silicon wafer. Each of the grid holes is filled with a scintillator configured to convert beams of X-ray into light. The indirect X-ray sensor also includes one or more silicon dies with an array of photo-sensing circuits each of which including a contact at a top surface of the one or more silicon dies. Contact on each of the photodiodes is aligned and bonded to contact of a respective photo-sensing circuit of the array of photo-sensing circuits of the one or more silicon dies. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097865 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - Provided is a radiographic imaging apparatus that is high in sharpness of a picked up image and excellent in DQE by improving the amount of light that enters a photoelectric conversion element, despite a scintillator layer being formed thick. The radiographic imaging apparatus includes: the photoelectric conversion element; and a wavelength converting layer which has a bottom surface located above the photoelectric conversion element and a top surface for receiving an incident radiation ray, and which contains a scintillator. The wavelength converting layer has light transmitting properties in at least a region positioned to be above the photoelectric conversion element, and contains the scintillator at a density that is lower on the bottom surface side than on the top surface side in the thickness direction of the region. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097866 | A Detector Configuration with Semiconductor Photomultiplier Strips and Differential Readout - A detector configuration that combines a plurality of elongated semiconductor photo-multiplier sensor strips coupled to a scintillator crystal block with a differential readout that will enhance the time resolution. This is permitted due to a reduction of electronic noise due to reduced cross talk and noise in the ground. In addition, the dead area is minimized and thus the efficiency of the photodetector is enhanced. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097867 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiographic image detection device includes: an image pickup unit with plural radiation detection portions arrayed in a two-dimensional form and detect radiation, and that captures a radiographic image; a radiographic image generating unit having plural analog signal generating units that generate analog signals corresponding to radiation doses; a conversion unit that converts the generated analog signals into digital signals; a judging unit that judges whether or not level fluctuations of the generated analog signals are within a predetermined threshold value; and a control unit that controls the conversion unit such that an analog signal, at which it is judged that the level fluctuation is within the predetermined threshold value, is converted into a digital signal, and that controls the conversion unit such that an analog signal, at which it is judged that the level fluctuation has exceeded the predetermined threshold value, is not converted into a digital signal. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097868 | RADIATION SURVEYING - In order to improve the compliance of proper radiography surveys, and to overcome the myriad of human factor and other reasons that may cause an operator—consciously or unconsciously—to not make a survey, the system described herein may serve to transform the survey process from a totally active effort to a largely passive one. The system described herein is active, thus allowing the operator to be more passive in connection with performance of radiation surveys. In concept, according to the system described herein, surveying radiographic equipment and general areas is transformed from the requirement to attentively move an instrument through space while observing a meter panel. Instead, the system described herein enables a process whereby the operator may perform other (non-survey) activities while the survey occurs automatically and provides the results directly to the operator without requiring the operator to make independent, active efforts. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097869 | Systems and Methods for Optimizing Low Frequency Output from Airgun Source Arrays - A technique provides a source design and method for increasing low frequency output of a marine source array. The approach comprises providing a plurality of airguns. At least some of the airguns are activated to generate an effective bubble energy. The effective bubble energy may be optimized through use, preparation and/or arrangement of the airguns. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097870 | Seismic Survey Design Using Full Wavefield Inversion - Method for selecting an acquisition geometry for a seismic survey based on ability to resolve an a priori velocity model. Two or more candidate acquisition geometries are selected ( | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097871 | EVALUATION OF ROCK BOUNDARIES AND ACOUSTIC VELOCITIES USING DRILL BIT SOUND DURING VERTICAL DRILLING - Implementations provide identification of rock boundaries and evaluation of rock interval velocities in subterranean zones. Actions can include receiving acoustic signals associated with sounds produced by a well tool implemented to perform a well operation by contacting a portion of a subterranean zone, the acoustic signals being composed of source acoustic signals and reflected acoustic signals produced in response to the source acoustic signals, processing the acoustic signals to determine the source acoustic signals and the reflected acoustic signals and determining properties of the subterranean zone based on the source acoustic signals and the reflected acoustic signals. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097872 | Floodable Optical Apparatus, Methods and Systems - According to one example, a floodable sensor station is coupled to an optical cable. The optical cable may be floodable. The floodable sensor station may connect floodable optical cables as part of a permanent reservoir monitoring system. The floodable optical cable may house a plurality of floodable optical fiber conduits. The floodable sensor station may be pressure-balanced with its surrounding environment in high-pressure marine depths of 1500 meters or more. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097873 | DUAL ORIENTATION BURIED ASSET LOCATOR DEVICE - A locator device for generating buried asset data is disclosed. The device includes at least two sensing units pivotally attached to a central unit, each sensing unit comprising an elongated housing accommodating at least one sensor, wherein each sensor is for reading a plurality of analog signals from a buried asset, and wherein the sensing units can be pivoted from a first position to a second position. The locator further includes a position sensing device for sensing a position of the locator device, and a processor configured for applying a position filtering process to the analog signals based on the position of the device, converting the analog signals into a plurality of digital signals comprising buried asset data and a display unit for displaying the buried asset data in a graphical user interface. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097874 | BURIED SERVICE DETECTION - Some embodiments of the invention relate to a mobile detection device for an evaluation of a distance value from the device to an occluded AC-current carrying structure according to its emanated magnetic field, like a location of underground services. The device may include multiple detection coils arranged with a spacing with respect to one another and an electronic signal evaluation unit for detecting the structure according to an electrical signal induced in the detection coils by the magnetic field and to evaluate the distance value according to a difference of the electrical signal in-between at least two of the detection coils. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097875 | Compensation of Magnetic Data for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Mapping Surveys - Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to compensation of magnetic data, and, in particular, to a system and method for compensation of magnetic data as collected during autonomous underwater vehicle mapping surveys. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097876 | Method of Determining CEC and Other Properties from Multi-Frequency Dielectric Measurements - Techniques involve inverting a dielectric dispersion model based on the geometrical and electrochemical effects that affect dielectric dispersion in fluid-saturated rocks and other porous formation with formation data and measurements to obtain further formation characteristics. A workflow involves using multi-frequency dielectric measurements of the dielectric constant and the conductivity of the formation for reservoir evaluation. The workflow also involves determining formation data such as matrix permittivity, formation temperature, pressure, and porosity, etc., and inverting the formation data and the multi-frequency dielectric measurements with the dielectric dispersion model to determine formation characteristics such as volumetric fraction of water in the formation, the formation water salinity and the Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), etc. From the CEC log, in combination with other measurements, clay typing may be performed and swelling clays may be identified. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097877 | X-Ray Inspection System That Integrates Manifest Data With Imaging/Detection Processing - The present specification discloses systems and methods for integrating manifest data for cargo and light vehicles with their X-ray images generated during scanning. Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, and helps the security personnel to quickly determine the contents of cargo. In case of a mismatch between cargo contents shown by manifest data and the X-ray images, the cargo may be withheld for further inspection. In one embodiment, the process of analyzing the X-ray image of the cargo in conjunction with the manifest data is automated. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097878 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND HAZARD SENSING SYSTEM - A sensor apparatus includes multiple pairs that each include a light emitting element and a light receiving element configured to receive light emitted from the light emitting element, and, in response to optical axes formed in a region between the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements entering a blocked state, senses a sensing target moving in the region. In an initial state, sensing is performed using a sensing optical axis composed of a portion of the optical axes, and when an optical axis of the sensing optical axis used in sensing in the initial state is blocked, the number of optical axes included in the sensing optical axis is increased so as to expand the sensing optical axis. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097879 | METHOD OF ELECTRONICALLY MAPPING UNDERGROUND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURES FROM THE SURFACE - A non-invasive method of buried-utility-mapping includes using a long wavelength gradiometric ground penetrating radar to “see” patches of conductive material below ground and buried pipes and electrical conductors that are all constantly radio-illuminated by local AM radio broadcasts. The underground infrastructure of entire cities can be surveyed this way, point-by-point over time. A short wavelength part of the gradiometric ground penetrating radar operates shoulder-to-shoulder with the magnetic part and is able to improve shallow object resolution, map moisture build-ups under roads, and spot contaminated soils. Two gradiometric ground penetrating radar technologies, cameras, and navigation receivers can be mounted on city vehicles and a daily collection of their data batch transformed by digital processing algorithms into detailed and automatically updating false-color maps of the underground utilities of the whole city and other buried infrastructures. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097880 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SMART GROUPING OF SEISMIC INTERPRETATION DATA IN INVENTORY TREES BASED ON PROCESSING HISTORY - A system and method to intelligently group seismic interpretation data, retrieved from an interpretation workflow, in an inventory tree based upon processing history records automatically captured during generation of volume and horizon datasets. As new volume and horizon datasets are created during the interpretation workflow, the relationships between the datasets are stored within system records. Inventory trees are then generated and/or updated based upon these records to intuitively display the relationships between the volume and horizon datasets. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097881 | ANTI-REFLECTION STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit and an anti-reflection structure. The anti-reflection structure is disposed on one side of the display unit and includes a first barrier layer, a phase retardation film, a second barrier layer, a polarizing film and a covering layer. The first barrier layer is disposed on the display unit. The phase retardation film is disposed on the first barrier layer. The second barrier layer is disposed on the phase retardation film. The polarizing film is disposed on the second barrier layer. The covering layer is disposed on the polarizing film. | 2016-04-07 |
| 20160097882 | Touch Screen Display with Transparent Electrical Shielding Layer - A polarizer includes a polarizer component having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The bottom surface is configured to couple to a color filter layer for a liquid crystal display. The polarizer also includes a transparent conducting layer disposed over the top surface. The transparent conducting layer being configured to electrically shield the LCD from a touch panel. The polarizer further includes a coating layer disposed over the transparent conducting layer. | 2016-04-07 |
