19th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150127108 | SPINAL FUSION IMPLANT WITH BONE SCREWS AND A BONE SCREW LOCK - An interbody spinal fusion implant made of a material other than bone adapted for placement across an intervertebral space formed across the height of a disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has a trailing end with a bone screw receiving hole for receiving at least one bone screw to engage the vertebral bodies. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127109 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT HAVING EXTENDABLE BONE FIXATION MEMBERS - An intervertebral implant is configured to be fixed in an intervertebral space defined by a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body. The intervertebral implant includes an implant body sized to be inserted into an intervertebral space, and a fixation assembly configured to be attached to the implant body. The fixation assembly includes a housing that defines a first vertebral body facing surface and a second vertebral body facing surface spaced from the first vertebral body facing surface along a transverse direction. The fixation assembly further includes at least one fixation member supported by the housing and movable from a retracted position to an extended position, whereby in the extended position the fixation member extends out from the housing and into one of the vertebral bodies. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127110 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING A REVERSE SHOULDER ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT HAVING A METAGLENE COMPONENT WITH A SCREW LOCKING CAP - A method of surgically implanting a reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant, the method comprises the step of installing a glenosphere component having a bore formed therein over a metaglene component implanted within bone tissue of a glenoid surface of a scapula, capturing a screw cap within the bore of the glenosphere component, the screw cap positioned with a shaft of the screw cap located within a bore formed in an elongated stem of the metaglene component and an upper surface of a locking flange opposite the shaft of the screw cap flush with an upper surface of a platform of the metaglene component opposite the elongated stem of the metaglene component. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127111 | ANTERIOR STABILIZED KNEE IMPLANT - A posterior cruciate ligament retaining knee implant prosthesis comprising a femoral component including a medial condyle and a lateral condyle separated from one another by an intercondylar channel adapted to accommodate throughput of a native cruciate ligament, both the medial condyle and the lateral condyle posteriorly terminate individually, the medial condyle including a medial condyle bearing surface and the lateral condyle including a lateral condyle bearing surface, the femoral component including an anterior cam, and a tibial component including a medial condyle receiver having a medial condyle receiver bearing surface, the tibial component also including a lateral condyle receiver having a lateral condyle receiver bearing surface, the tibial component also including an anterior post. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127112 | Deforming Implant-Bone Interface - A prosthesis can have a wall portion that deforms to conform to a surface. The deformation of the wall can be plastic (i.e. permanent) or elastic (i.e. able to return to the pre-deformed configuration). The surface can be an anatomical surface. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127113 | Orthopedic Instrument, System and Method for Implanting an Acetabular Cup - An orthopedic instrument for installing a new reverse hip prosthesis, particularly the acetabular cup thereof, wherein the cup can be affixed to the pelvis with or without screws. The acetabular cup is releasably attached to the instrument and the instrument is used to position the cup in the pelvis. Optional screw guides are provided in the instrument in case the surgeon wishes to use screws to affix the cup to the pelvis. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127114 | BIONIC JOINT DEVICE WITH CLOSED LUBRICATION - A bionic joint device with closed lubrication comprises a main body bionic bone ( | 2015-05-07 |
20150127115 | OPEN LUMEN STENT - A stent according to an embodiment of the invention includes an elongate body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The elongate body defines a lumen and an opening in communication with the lumen between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion configured to enable the flow of fluid therethrough. The lumen is configured to have a diameter wherein the opening has a width greater than half the size of the diameter and less than the diameter of the lumen. The opening has a length at least twice the width of opening. In some embodiments, the opening is configured to laterally receive a guidewire therethrough. The elongate body can be configured to releasably couple the guidewire within the lumen of the elongate body such that the elongate body can be slidably moved along the guidewire. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127116 | DEHYDRATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DRYING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - This invention relates generally to a dehydration device and methods for drying biological materials to produce dried biological materials having enhanced structural properties. More specifically, the invention relates to a dehydration device and related methods for drying biological tissue to produce enhanced tissue grafts. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127117 | ACTIVE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS - An Active Ankle Foot Orthosis (AAFO) is provided where the impedance of an orthotic joint is modulated throughout the walking cycle to treat ankle foot gait pathology, such as drop foot gait. During controlled plantar flexion, a biomimetic torsional spring control is applied where orthotic joint stiffness is actively adjusted to minimize forefoot collisions with the ground. Throughout late stance, joint impedance is minimized so as not to impede powered plantar flexion movements, and during the swing phase, a torsional spring-damper (PD) control lifts the foot to provide toe clearance. To assess the clinical effects of variable-impedance control, kinetic and kinematic gait data were collected on two drop foot participants wearing the AAFO. It has been found that actively adjusting joint impedance reduces the occurrence of slap foot, allows greater powered plantar flexion, and provides for less kinematic difference during swing when compared to normals. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127118 | PROSTHETIC, ORTHOTIC OR EXOSKELETON DEVICE - A time-dependent decay behavior is incorporated into one or more joint actuator control parameters during operation of a lower-extremity, prosthetic, orthotic or exoskeleton device. These parameters may include joint equilibrium joint impedance (e.g., stiffness, damping) and/or joint torque components (e.g., gain, exponent). The decay behavior may be exponential, linear, piecewise, or may conform to any other suitable function. Embodiments presented herein are used in a control system that emulates biological muscle-tendon reflex response providing for a natural walking experience. Further, joint impedance may depend on an angular rate of the joint. Such a relationship between angular rate and joint impedance may assist a wearer in carrying out certain activities, such as standing up and ascending a ladder. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127119 | Impedance Parameter Power Control for Lower Limb Assistive Device - Systems and methods are described that relate to the control of a powered lower limb assistive device with one or more joints, where a controller of the assistive device is configured to receive one or more user-generated signals, determine control information using information in the one or more user-generated signals, select one or more joint impedance parameters of the assistive device for adjustment, and, for a mode and state of the assistive device, adjust the selected joint impedance parameters as a function of the control information. Additionally, systems and methods are described that relate to the control of such an assistive device, where a controller of the assistive device is configured to receive one or more user-generated signals containing information about the ankle angle of the assistive device, and adjust the stiffness of the ankle joint of the assistive device as a function of the ankle angle. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127120 | Device Class Information Support for Multi-Option Devices - A system for defining information for multi-option devices connected to an industrial network is disclosed. Each device has a single electronic data sheet (EDS) defining options associated with the device as well as each of the choices associated with those options. An option data sheet (ODS) is included for each option defining the device information corresponding to that option. A programmer interface may allow a programmer to select devices as well as the options for each of those devices associated with a control system. Each device is also configured to store the EDS and each ODS corresponding to that device within memory in the device. The programmer interface generates a controller configuration file defining the connections between each device and the controller. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127121 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FOR A PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method for determining a performance indicator for a processing system is disclosed. The processing system is divided into a number of processing lines comprising a first sub-level, said processing lines being divided into a plurality of machine units comprising a second sub-level. The method comprises receiving a request for a performance indicator, determining a performance indicator level by determining if said performance indicator is associated with said processing system, one of said processing lines in said first sub-level, or one of said machine units in said second sub-level, determining a time period related to said performance indicator level, receiving a time period value related to said time period, determining a measurement device output related to said performance indicator, receiving at least one measurement device output value related to said measurement device output, and determining said performance indicator based on said measurement device output value and said time period value. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127122 | POWER DEVICE, POWER CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - A method of operating a power control device that controls a power device includes subscribing an event for a change in a resource usage state of the power device; and receiving the event for the change in the resource usage state of the power device if the resource usage state of the power device is changed. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127123 | MULTIPLE BOOLEAN INPUTS AND OUTPUTS FOR DEVICE FUNCTION BLOCKS - The present invention provides techniques for splitting bundled inputs and outputs into separated Boolean inputs and outputs for function blocks of automation devices. More specifically, previously-defined bundled inputs and outputs may be used, whereas separated Boolean inputs and outputs may be used as well. In other words, the newly added Boolean inputs and outputs do not replace, but rather compliment, the previously defined bundled inputs and outputs. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127124 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An apparatus of this invention is directed to an information processing apparatus that controls a device from an information processing apparatus in conformity with an operation condition of the device acquired by a portable terminal when the device is connected to the portable terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a device information receiver that receives, via a network, device information acquired by the portable terminal including a device connector, an operation information receiver that receives, via the network, operation condition information representing an operation condition of the device acquired by the portable terminal, and a device controller that controls the device based on the received device information and operation condition information. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127125 | GOLF INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION GUIDANCE APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GOLF INFORMATION, AND GOLF INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - Disclosed herein are a golf information providing system, an information provision guidance apparatus for providing golf information, and a golf information providing method which are capable of efficiently inputting information generated during a round of golf in a golf course, creating predetermined golf information content based on the input information after the round of golf is finished, providing the created golf information content to each golfer, providing a score card to each golfer with efforts made by a caddie to fill the score card using a conventional method, and inserting various kinds of content, such as images taken before, after, and during the round of golf, into the score card such that high-quality score cards can be provided to all golfers participating in the round of golf, thereby exciting golfers' interest, improving golfers' convenience, and improving quality of a service provided to the golfers. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127126 | EXERCISE AMOUNTS CALCULATION METHOD, EXERCISE AMOUNTS CALCULATION DEVICE, AND PORTABLE APPARATUS - A determination unit determines a first direction appearing in the distribution of a detected acceleration by an acceleration sensor which configured to be worn on a body of a user. A calculation unit calculates exercise amounts during a moving exercise of the user using a variation cycle of the value of the detected acceleration along the first direction. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127127 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL MEDIA COMPETITION - Disclosed herein is a method for managing a web-based digital media competition that includes presenting on graphical user interfaces of a plurality of first computing devices a competition between at least two digital media. The method also includes receiving at a feedback module of a second computing device competition-related input from a plurality of users via the graphical user interfaces, the second computing device being remote from the first computing device. Further, the method includes calculating a winner of the competition based on the competition-related input from the plurality of users. Additionally, the method includes modifying a status of the at least two digital media based on the winner of the competition, and modifying a status of the plurality of users based on the winner of the competition. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127128 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SOUNDS - A method for outputting a sound in an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a loop module corresponding to a loop element; displaying the generated loop module; and outputting a sound included in the displayed loop module. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127129 | AUDIO MEDIA MOOD VISUALIZATION - An audio media visualization method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing processor, mood description data describing different human emotions/moods. The computer processor an audio file comprising audio data and generates a mood descriptor file comprising portions of the audio data associated with specified descriptions of the mood description data. The computer processor receives a mood tag library file comprising mood tags mapped to animated and/or still objects representing various emotions/moods and associates each animated and/or still object with an associated description. The computer processor synchronizes the animated and/or still objects with the portions of said audio data and presents the animated and/or still objects synchronized with the portions of said audio data. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127130 | Robotics Connector - A modular industrial robotics (MIR) connector object module has a graphical image property for a 3D solid model program. It also includes a component identifier property configured to identify a component in the 3D solid model program and an abstract data type property having a coordinate transform matrix describing a 3D position and orientation of the MIR connector object module relative to a coordinate system of the component in the 3D solid model program. The MIR connector object module is configured to be attachable to one of multiple components in the 3D solid model program. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127131 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING DESIGN-FOR-MANUFACTURABILITY CHECKS - One variation of a method for implementing design-for-manufacturing checks during construction of a virtual model of a real part includes: in response to insertion of a virtual feature into the virtual model, estimating a minimum stock geometry for the real part based on the virtual feature; selecting a first material stock cross-section from a set of available material stock cross-sections of a material designated for the real part based on the minimum stock geometry; at a first time, prompting a user to adjust a dimension of the virtual feature to enable production of the real part with a second material stock cross-section in the set of material stock cross-sections, less than the first material stock cross-section; at a second time succeeding the first time, submitting, to a manufacturing facility and over a computer network, an order for production of a unit of the real part according to the virtual model. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127132 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUSTOM-FIT EYE WEAR GEOMETRY FOR PRINTING AND FABRICATION - Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system and a method for generating custom-fit eyewear frame geometry that can be used for custom-fit eyewear frame modeling, fabrication and printing. The custom-fit eyewear frame geometry is obtained using a basic eyewear frame geometry template having predefined measurements. The predefined measurements of the basic frame geometry template is modified based on multi-dimensional scanned data of user's head and one or more landmarks of the scanned data in order to obtain the custom-fit eyewear frame geometry. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127133 | Planar Positioning System And Method Of Using The Same - A positioning system having a flat base comprising (i) a X-axis assembly having a X-axis linear actuator means arranged orthogonal to the Y-axis; (ii) a Y-axis assembly having a pair of Y-axis linear actuator means mounted onto the flat base forming a H-configuration; (iii) a Z-axis assembly having an aerostatic bearing mechanism that floats on thin film of externally pressurized air on top of the flat base; and a θ-axis actuator anchored from the X-axis to drive the Z-axis assembly which carries a workpiece, wherein the Z-axis assembly is rotated with the rotary axis for the θ-axis perpendicular to the flat base. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127134 | Target Signature Closed Loop Control System And Method - A system and a method for improving process yield and quality while reducing dependence on operator skill by automatically adjusting I.S. machine timing and motions. Container pixel data information indicative of certain measurements of hot glass containers manufactured by the I.S. machine obtained with a multipoint, multispectral glass container measurement system is mathematically transformed into a reduced dimensional measured signature. Event timing signals to operate the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine in response to the measured signature and a preferred target signature are produced to automatically adjust the event timing of operations in the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine to diminish variations in the measured signature. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127135 | METHODS FOR MACHINING SHARP INTERNAL POCKET CORNERS WITH ROTATING CUTTING TOOLS - Methods of machining a housing of a portable computing device are provided. A cutting tool may be moved perpendicularly to a rotational axis during each rotation thereof to machine a substrate and define pockets and holes including substantially non-rounded corners. In this regard, the cutting tool may be translated perpendicularly to the rotational axis during each rotation of the cutting tool to define a non-rounded cutting profile, where desired. Translation movement perpendicular to the rotational axis may be provided by a controller actively controlling actuators of a computer numerical control (CNC) mill or other rotary machine. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127136 | WIRE-CUT ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING MACHINE AND METHOD OF MACHINING THEREIN - A wire-cut electric discharge machining machine which machines an object to be machined based on a command of a machining program includes a machining condition storage unit for storing machining conditions, a machining program analyzing unit for analyzing a machining condition search command specified in the machining program and acquiring search conditions designated by the machining condition search command, a search unit for retrieving machining conditions from the machining condition storage unit based on the acquired search conditions, and a machining unit for machining based on the machining conditions chosen by the search unit. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127137 | Identifying Components in a Material Processing System - An automated material processing system is provided for processing a workpiece using a processing table. The system includes a replaceable component comprising at least one cutting head consumable, one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) signal devices disposed in or on the replaceable component, and at least one reader communicatively connected to the one or more signal devices. The one or more signal devices are encoded with information about the replaceable component and the reader is configured to sense the information encoded on the one or more signal devices. In addition, the system includes a computing device communicatively connected to the reader for (i) processing the information transmitted by the reader and (ii) configuring a set of operating parameters of the material processing system based on the sensed information. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127138 | Adaptive Fastener Access Tool - A tool may be configured at least with a fastener that can be accessed with a shaped bit. A controller portion of the tool can be arranged to predict bit deflection that enables a tool configuration to be adapted in response to actual bit deflection to conform to the predicted bit deflection. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127139 | Real-Time Numerical Control Tool Path Adaptation Using Force Feedback - A method for machining a workpiece using a cutting tool attached to a spindle. The method comprises: (a) defining an initial tool path of the cutting tool relative to a workpiece using part definition data; (b) causing the cutting tool to cut along the defined initial tool path relative to the workpiece; (c) receiving sensor data representing machining process conditions during said cutting along the defined initial tool path; (d) processing the sensor data to determine a value of a machining process force parameter; and (e) causing the cutting tool to cut along a modified tool path relative to the workpiece such that the radial cutting depth changes and values of the machining process force parameter does not exceed a machining process force constraint. Operations (b) through (e) are performed by a computer system. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127140 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A numerical control device includes: a switching unit switching between a first processing mode in which a position command for an amplifier is generated by performing interpolation process and acceleration/deceleration process on a program command in a machining program, and a second processing mode in which a position command every intra-amplifier control cycle for the amplifier is generated by performing acceleration/deceleration process on a command generated every intra-amplifier control cycle, which is a control cycle in the amplifier; a normal analysis unit extracting movement data on a machine tool by analyzing the program command when operating in the first processing mode; an interpolation processing unit obtaining first interpolated data by performing the interpolation process on the movement data when operating in the first processing mode; and a fast analysis unit extracting interpolated movement data as second interpolated data by analyzing the program command when operating in the second processing mode. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127141 | ROBOT, CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD - A robot includes a force detection unit and an arm including an end effector. The arm applies a force acting in a predetermined direction to a first workpiece so that the first workpiece is pressed against at least a first surface and a second surface of a second workpiece. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127142 | RECEIVING ITEMS INTO INVENTORY - The present disclosure involves the receipt of inventory items in a materials handling facility. In one embodiment, a listing of inventory items associated with an inventory is maintained in a memory accessible to a computing device. An attempt is made to identify a match between a first image of a receivable item and a second image of one of the inventory items. If a match is successfully identified, an identifier associated with the one of the inventory items is rendered, where the identifier is to be associated with the receivable item. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127143 | STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING UNITS FROM A STORAGE SYSTEM - A system and method suitable for storing multiple product lines in an automated warehouse environment are disclosed. The storage system includes a frame containing a plurality of stacks of containers, a first handling device capable of lifting a plurality of containers from a stack in a single operation, and a second independently moveable handling device capable of lifting a single container and moving the container laterally. The first and second handling devices can work together to remove a target container quickly and with minimum use of resources. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127144 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND ENVELOPING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WITH A SYSTEM OR APPARATUS FOR THE ORDER-BASED PROCESSING OF FLAT ITEMS - An electronic interface for electronic communication includes a system or apparatus for the order-based processing of flat items that can be categorized into flat item types. The interface has an exclusive input of formulations that combine features of flat item types to be processed in an order and the processing steps performed in the processing system, and/or for the order-based processing of orders according to which a specific amount of specific flat items are to be processed in accordance with one or more formulations, allows sources of error to be reduced. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127145 | MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed in the present invention is a medicine dispensing device comprising: a medicine storage portion for storing a medicine; a medicine discharge portion for discharging the medicine stored at the medicine storage portion; a communication module for communicating with a hospital server; and a control portion for controlling the operation of the medicine storage portion and the medicine discharge portion so as to allow the medicine to be discharged on the basis of prescription information of a prescription received from the hospital server through the communication module. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEM - A user-customizable modular robotic method and system that includes a robot base unit that has a battery housing containing a power source and a magnetic tower connected to the battery housing that includes a plurality of magnetic sockets. The method and system further includes modular components that each include magnetic coupling members attachable to the magnetic sockets, such that the connected modular components receive power from the battery of the base unit. The modular components further include a connection port for data communication with a connected modular component and a processor that can transmit status and query data to the connected modular component. In addition, system and method include a programming station that can be patched to a particular robot that enables a user to easily customize the operation and function of the components of the patched robot using a simple touch and drag user interface. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127147 | ROBOT, CONTROLLER, AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot includes a robot arm, a drive unit that drives the robot arm, a first control unit that controls drive of the drive unit, a plurality of detection units at least one of which is an angular velocity sensor as an inertial sensor, and a wiring unit that series-connects the plurality of detection units and the first control unit. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127148 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND ARTICLE TRANSFER METHOD - A robot system according to an aspect of embodiments includes an information acquisition unit, a plurality of robots, and a distribution unit. The information acquisition unit acquires information indicating a two-dimensional position on a surface of a conveyance path of an article conveyed on the conveyance path. The plurality of robots transfers the article from the conveyance path. The distribution unit distributes the articles on the surface of the conveyance path to the plurality of robots as transfer targets on the basis of the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127149 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE TRAINING OF ROBOTS - Robotic devices may be trained by a user guiding the robot along a target trajectory using a correction signal. A robotic device may comprise an adaptive controller configured to generate control commands based on one or more of the trainer input, sensory input, and/or performance measure. Training may comprise a plurality of trials. During an initial portion of a trial, the trainer may observe robot's operation and refrain from providing the training input to the robot. Upon observing a discrepancy between the target behavior and the actual behavior during the initial trial portion, the trainer may provide a teaching input (e.g., a correction signal) configured to affect robot's trajectory during subsequent trials. Upon completing a sufficient number of trials, the robot may be capable of navigating the trajectory in absence of the training input. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127150 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HAPTIC TRAINING OF ROBOTS - Robotic devices may be trained by a trainer guiding the robot along a target trajectory using physical contact with the robot. The robot may comprise an adaptive controller configured to generate control commands based on one or more of the trainer input, sensory input, and/or performance measure. The trainer may observe task execution by the robot. Responsive to observing a discrepancy between the target behavior and the actual behavior, the trainer may provide a teaching input via a haptic action. The robot may execute the action based on a combination of the internal control signal produced by a learning process of the robot and the training input. The robot may infer the teaching input based on a comparison of a predicted state and actual state of the robot. The robot's learning process may be adjusted in accordance with the teaching input so as to reduce the discrepancy during a subsequent trial. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127151 | Method For Programming Movement Sequences Of A Redundant Industrial Robot And Industrial Robot - A method for programming sequences of motion of a redundant industrial robot by manually guided adjustment of the pose of a manipulator arm having a plurality of successive links connected by adjustable joints actuated by at least one robot control unit and including at least one redundant joint. The method includes adjusting in a manually-guided manner the link of the manipulator arm that is associated with a tool reference point from a first position and orientation to a second position and/or second orientation, recalculating joint position values of all of the joints of the manipulator arm from the second position and orientation of the tool reference point while simultaneously resolving the redundancy by determining an optimized joint position value of at least one redundant joint, and automatically setting all of the joints on the basis of the recalculated, optimized joint position values. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127152 | ROBOT APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A robot apparatus includes a gripping unit configured to grip a first component, a force sensor configured to detect, as detection values, a force and a moment acting on the gripping unit, a storing unit having stored therein contact states of the first component and a second component and transition information in association with each other, a selecting unit configured to discriminate, on the basis of the detection values, a contact state of the first component and the second component and select, on the basis of a result of the discrimination, the transition state stored in the storing unit, and a control unit configured to control the gripping unit on the basis of the transition information selected by the selecting unit. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127153 | ROBOT, CONTROL APPARATUS, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A robot performs, after i-th (i is a natural number) work, i+1-th work different from the i-th work and performs, after j-th (j is a natural number satisfying j≠i) work, j+1-th work different from the j-th work. The robot performs the i+1-th work after the i-th work without changing information concerning correction in a joint of the robot during the i-th work, performs robot calibration after the j-th work, and performs the j+1-th work after performing the robot calibration. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127154 | REDUCED DEGREE OF FREEDOM ROBOTIC CONTROLLER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods for training and controlling of, for instance, robotic devices. In one implementation, a robot may be trained by a user using supervised learning. The user may be unable to control all degrees of freedom of the robot simultaneously. The user may interface to the robot via a control apparatus configured to select and operate a subset of the robot's complement of actuators. The robot may comprise an adaptive controller comprising a neuron network. The adaptive controller may be configured to generate actuator control commands based on the user input and output of the learning process. Training of the adaptive controller may comprise partial set training. The user may train the adaptive controller to operate first actuator subset. Subsequent to learning to operate the first subset, the adaptive controller may be trained to operate another subset of degrees of freedom based on user input via the control apparatus. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127155 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING ROBOTIC DEVICES USING SELECTIVE STATE SPACE TRAINING - Apparatus and methods for training and controlling of e.g., robotic devices. In one implementation, a robot may be utilized to perform a target task characterized by a target trajectory. The robot may be trained by a user using supervised learning. The user may interface to the robot, such as via a control apparatus configured to provide a teaching signal to the robot. The robot may comprise an adaptive controller comprising a neuron network, which may be configured to generate actuator control commands based on the user input and output of the learning process. During one or more learning trials, the controller may be trained to navigate a portion of the target trajectory. Individual trajectory portions may be trained during separate training trials. Some portions may be associated with robot executing complex actions and may require additional training trials and/or more dense training input compared to simpler trajectory actions. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127156 | TELEPRESENCE ROBOT WITH A CAMERA BOOM - A remote controlled robot with a head that supports a monitor and is coupled to a mobile platform. The mobile robot also includes an auxiliary camera coupled to the mobile platform by a boom. The mobile robot is controlled by a remote control station. By way of example, the robot can be remotely moved about an operating room. The auxiliary camera extends from the boom so that it provides a relatively close view of a patient or other item in the room. An assistant in the operating room may move the boom and the camera. The boom may be connected to a robot head that can be remotely moved by the remote control station. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127157 | ROBOT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR INSPECTION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INSPECTION OBJECT - A robot system according to an embodiment includes a sensor, an arm, and an instructor. The sensor is configured to detect an interface of a liquid. The arm includes a holding mechanism that holds a container containing the liquid. The instructor instructs the arm to cause the container to enter a sensing region of the sensor while holding the container, so as to cause the sensor to detect the interface. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127158 | ROBOT, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE - A robot includes a robot arm, a force sensor, and a control unit configured to control the operation of the robot art. The control unit initializes the force sensor while the robot arm is moving at uniform speed. It is preferable that the control unit initializes the force sensor while the robot arm is moving at the uniform speed and the amplitude of a detection value of the force sensor is smaller than a threshold. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127159 | FORCE DETECTING DEVICE, ROBOT, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CONVEYING APPARATUS - A force detecting device includes a first base section, a second base section, and a charge output element arranged between the first base section and the second base section. The charge output element includes a first board formed by a Y-cut quartz plate and a second board formed by a Y-cut quartz plate. The boards are laminated in a direction orthogonal to the normal an attachment surface of the second base section. The force detecting device detects an external force on the basis of a first output corresponding to a shearing force in a first detection direction orthogonal to the laminating direction of the first board and a second output corresponding to a shearing force in a second detection direction orthogonal to the laminating direction of the second board and crossing the first detection direction. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127160 | ROBOT, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL APPARATUS - A robot includes, a holding unit configured to hold an object, an image pickup unit, and a predetermined first portion of the robot. The image pickup unit picks up images of the holding unit and the object using the first portion as a background. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127161 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PICKING UP ARTICLE RANDOMLY PILED USING ROBOT - An article pickup apparatus configured so as to measure surface positions of articles by a three-dimensional measurement instrument to acquire position information of three-dimensional points, calculate a density distribution indicating a degree of a distribution of the three-dimensional points in a three-dimensional space based on the measured position information, calculate a density local maximum position where a density is locally maximized based on the density distribution, calculate a hand position posture which is a position and a posture of the hand capable of picking up an article at the density local maximum position based on the density local maximum position calculated, and control the robot so as to move the hand to the hand position posture to pick up the article. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127162 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PICKING UP ARTICLE RANDOMLY PILED USING ROBOT - An article pickup apparatus configured so as to set a grip unit model including a substantial region of the grip unit in an opened state and a grip region inside the substantial region, set position posture candidates of the grip unit, calculate a grip success possibility of any of the articles by the grip unit in each of the grip position posture candidates based on the position information acquired by a three-dimensional measurement instrument and the grip unit model, select position posture candidates from the position posture candidates based on the grip success possibility and setting as a grip unit position posture, and control the robot so as to move the grip unit to the grip unit position posture to pick up any of the articles. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127163 | ROBOT SYSTEM CONTROLLING METHOD, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR QUADRUPEDAL ROBOT - An object of the present invention is to provide a robot system controlling method and robot system which perform link angle control and joint stiffness control through feedback control. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127164 | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A performance management system, method and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are disclosed herein. The performance management system includes a value-driven management module and an integrated control module. The value-driven management module includes a value-driven model configuration unit and a value-driven target configuration unit. The value-driven model configuration unit is configured to configure a value-driven model with a plurality of targets, and the targets respond to a plurality of factors. The value-driven target configuration unit is configured to set a goal value for each of the targets. The integrated control module is configured to monitor a performance of a building in accordance with the goal value for each of the targets and the value-driven model. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127165 | REMOTE BUILDING MONITORING SYSTEM WITH CONTRACTOR LOCATOR - A system allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may include a controller that outputs a listing of one or more building automation system contractors having a service area that overlaps a geographical location of a customer or a potential customer or of a related HVAC system. In some cases, the disclosed system may output a listing of one or more building automation system contractors having a service area that overlaps a geographical location of a building automation system for which an alert has been indicated. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127166 | WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel management system that is highly convenient for warehouse managers. A warehouse management system ( | 2015-05-07 |
20150127167 | REMOTE CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WITH SUMMARY DISPLAY SCREEN - A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may help a contractor pro-actively identify possible issues with its customer's building control systems. A controller of the system may populate a display screen on a remote device to display a summary display screen with selectable features for obtaining detailed information related to the selected feature. The summary display screen may display a summary of business performance data, customer performance data, and/or HVAC performance data associated with a set of log-in credentials. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127168 | REMOTE CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WITH CASE MANAGEMENT - A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may help a contractor pro-actively identify possible issues with its customer's building control systems and may output an alert related to an operation of the customer's building control systems. Within the system, the contractor may able to open a case associated with the customer's building control systems and link related alerts to the case. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127169 | REMOTE CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WITH SITE SPECIFIC ENERGY AUDIT CAPABILITY - A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may include a controller that analyzes data from HVAC systems, determines a thermal model of a space environmentally controlled by an HVAC system, and provides an energy audit of the space that is environmentally controlled by the HVAC system. The controller may output a result of the energy audit to a user. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127170 | REMOTE CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WITH SITE SPECIFIC ENERGY AUDIT CAPABILITY - A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may include a controller that analyzes data from HVAC systems, determines a thermal model of a space environmentally controlled by an HVAC system, and provides an energy audit of the space that is environmentally controlled by the HVAC system. The controller may output a result of the energy audit to a user. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127171 | REMOTE CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WITH DATA ANALYTICS FOR IDENTIFYING NEEDED PRODUCTS OR SERVICES - A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may include a controller that analyzes data from HVAC systems, determines if one or more of the HVAC systems may benefit from a particular product or service, and outputs the HVAC systems that are determined to benefit from a particular product or service. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127172 | REMOTE CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WITH DATA ANALYTICS FOR IDENTIFYING SITE SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL ABNORMALITIES - A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may help a contractor pro-actively identify possible issues with its customer's building control systems, and only then schedule maintenance as required. In some cases, based on the analysis of information obtained from the building control systems over time, the system may output indications of abnormalities in the operation of the building control systems from which information may be received. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127173 | HVAC SYSTEM CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION - A method for configuring a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system controller and an HVAC system controller are disclosed. The method includes displaying an installation profile icon on a user interface of the HVAC system controller, the installation profile icon representing an installation profile that includes one or more settings for one or more parameters. The HVAC system controller receives an input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller based on a selection of the installation profile icon. The method further includes setting the one or more parameters in a memory of the HVAC system controller based on the one or more settings for the one or more parameters in the installation profile in response to receiving the input. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127174 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING ACCESS TO BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may be configured to allow a user to grant or deny access to its HVAC system in response to the user receiving an electronic invitation to the system. The granting of access by a user to its HVAC system may allow for remote monitoring of the HVAC system. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127175 | INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION ENVIRONMENT FOR BUILDING PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION - A tool for providing a visualization of a system may reveal an interactive navigation environment for building performance observation and assessment. The tool may be associated with a processor. The environment may incorporate a treemap, a graph pane, a treemap filter, a graph pane selector, a selected units box and a date/time control mechanism. A visualization of the environment, among other things, may be presented on a display. The treemap may exhibit a building geometry and/or equipment units hierarchically, along with some data information. Units may be interactively selected from the treemap and placed in the box for analysis. The graph pane may show a configuration and display of unit analysis. Selection of detailed views for units in the box may be provided by the graph pane selector. Date and time intervals for analysis may be selected by the control mechanism. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127176 | REMOTE CONTROL OF AN HVAC SYSTEM THAT USES A COMMON TEMPERATURE SETPOINT FOR BOTH HEAT AND COOL MODES - An HVAC system includes an HVAC unit having a cooling mode and a heating mode for conditioning the air in an inside space, and a programmable thermostat located remotely from the HVAC unit. The HVAC unit may have an onboard controller configured to control when the HVAC unit is in the cooling mode or heating mode, and whether the HVAC unit is activated or not. In some cases, the onboard controller of the HVAC unit may use a common temperature setpoint when controlling in the cooling mode and the heating mode. The programmable thermostat may have a programmable schedule with a plurality of time periods, where each time period has a heating setpoint and a cooling setpoint separated by a dead band. The onboard controller of the HVAC unit may be configured to accept input signals from the remotely located thermostat. The remotely located thermostat may send one or more input signals to the onboard controller of the HVAC unit in accordance with the programmable schedule, where the one or more input signals cause the onboard controller of the HVAC unit to set the HVAC unit to a particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode, and to activate the HVAC unit so as to condition the air in the inside space in the particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127177 | SIMULATED RAIN WITH DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED DRY REGIONS - A simulated rain enclosure includes a ceiling supporting a tightly packed two dimensional array of water ejecting ceiling tiles having a direct presence detector associated with each ceiling tile. Detection of one or more persons under one or more said water tiles by the direct presence detectors turns off water flow from each associated ceiling tile and to a defined region of the ceiling tiles adjacent to each associated ceiling tiles. Water flow is returned from any ceiling tile previously turned off but not currently in a defined region. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127178 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Electric Power Grid and Network Management of Grid Elements - Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of active grid elements. Grid elements are transformed into active grid elements following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. A multiplicity of active grid elements function in the grid for supply capacity, supply and/or load curtailment as supply or capacity. Also preferably, messaging is managed through a network by a coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127179 | Energy Allocation System - The present invention relates to an energy allocation system for operating at least an energy storage device to substantially balance the energy consumed by the energy storage device with the energy supplied thereto, comprising the steps of: determining a power flexibility of the energy storage device by generating an upper time-varying power function; predicting energy consumption data per discrete time-slots over a given time-window for the device; predicting a demand for energy by the device in a given planning time-period; generating a time-varying upper energy function for the demand prediction that defines an uppermost limit for the supply of energy to the device; generating a time-varying lower energy function for the demand prediction that defines a lowermost limit for the supply of energy to the device, and supplying energy to the device in a range defined by the limits specified by the upper energy function and the lower energy function. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127180 | METHOD FOR GENERATING INFORMATION FOR POWER GRID OPTIMIZATION, AND AGENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a technique for generating information for power grid optimization. The present invention allows information for power grid optimization to be generated by another agent device even when an agent device fails by providing a technique for generating the information for power grid optimization through one or more agent devices from among a plurality of agent devices which are connected horizontally, and distributing and applying the generated information with other agent devices. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127181 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - Surplus power generated by a power generator is sold, a target value of an amount of electric power sold in a predetermined period of time is set, whether or not the amount of sold electric power reaches the target value is estimated, and power limitation is implemented according to a priority order set for a plurality of electric apparatuses when it is estimated that the amount of sold electric power does not reach the target value. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127182 | POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, POWER MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND OFFICE MACHINE FOR MANAGING ELECTRIC POWER - According to one embodiment, there is provided a power management method for connecting a server to office machines to control electric power of the office machines. The office machines respectively store machine side power plans, which are operation states with respect to transition times. The server stores server side power plans of the office machines and subjects electric powers of the office machines to management control. The power management method includes comparing the server side power plan stored in the server and the machine side power plan stored in the office machines, comparing, when an operation state based on the server side power plan and an operation state based on the machine side power plan are different, power consumptions in the operation state based on the server side power plan and an operation state based on the machine side power plan, and changing an operation state of the office machine to be an operation state with small power consumption. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127183 | MASTER INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR HIGH LEVEL APPLICATIONS - A master-IED (Intelligent Electronic Device) is disclosed for high level applications (e.g., in power management or load shedding applications in power generation facilities or in electric power transformation), which can include at least one communication interface supporting MMS client and GOOSE functionality (CI-1, CI-2 . . . CI-n), wherein each is configured as an IED with its own configurable CID-file according to an IEC 61850 requirement. The master-IED specific IEC 61850 configuration tool can handle SCD (Substation Configuration Description)—files per a communication interface CI-1. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127184 | Water Heater Demand Side Management System - A system for shifting energy demand from on-peak time windows to off-peak time windows by using hot water heater load shifting, while providing the end user with the level of service (i.e., availability of hot water) according to the user's customary use described by service quality criteria. The shift is accomplished by a controller located at the end user establishment and in communication with a central control server. The controller monitors local water heater upper and/or lower temperature and controls upper and/or lower water heater heating elements in accordance with a demand shift process commanded by the central control server. The controller may determine usage and remaining capacity for reporting back to the central control server. A volumetric capacity and usage determination is disclosed. The control server may select water heaters according to use patterns and/or measured capacity. One embodiment is adapted for use with existing water heaters without disrupting safety features of the existing water heater. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127185 | POWER SUPPLY-DEMAND CONTROL METHOD AND POWER SUPPLY-DEMAND CONTROL APPARATUS - A power supply-demand control method is related to a method of a power supply-demand control system configured to adjust power supply-demand between a consumer and a power system by controlling electric equipment via a communication network during a supply-demand adjustment period. The power supply-demand control method includes receiving a request for changing the operation mode to a second operation mode higher in power consumption of the electric equipment than a first operation mode when the electric equipment operate in the first operation mode, in which power consumption of the consumer is suppressed, during the supply-demand adjustment period, and determining whether to permit the operation mode to change from the first operation mode to the second operation mode if a request for changing the operation mode to the second operation mode is received. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127186 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device including: (a) a power supply unit group composed of a plurality of power supply units and connected with a power consuming appliance; and (b) a control device configured to control the power supply unit group, wherein the control device and each of the power supply units are connected to each other by a communicating circuit. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127187 | DISPLAY INTERFACE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION - A method of adjusting port parameters. A source device establishes an initial output voltage swing and an emphasis level for output signals from a display port interface as a result of executing a link training process with a target device. A processor determines that a prescribed temperature threshold has been exceeded by a source device temperature. The output voltage swing and emphasis levels are set to different output voltage swing and emphasis levels as a consequence of determining that the prescribed temperature threshold has been exceeded. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127188 | REVERSIBLE CONTRA-ROTATING FAN SYSTEM - A contra-rotating fan system includes a fan chassis. A first fan in the fan chassis includes blades that provide airflow in a first direction when the first fan rotates in a second direction, and provide airflow in a third direction opposite the first direction when the first fan rotates in a fourth direction opposite the second direction. A second fan adjacent the first fan in the fan chassis includes the same number of blades as the first fan. The first fan and the second fan rotate at the same time in opposite directions. The blades on the second fan provide airflow in the first direction when the first fan rotates in the second direction and the second fan rotates in the fourth direction, and provides airflow in the third direction when the first fan rotates in the fourth direction and the second fan rotates in the second direction. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS TRACKING OF A FOLLOWING VEHICLE IN THE LANE OF A LEADING VEHICLE - A method and system for autonomous tracking of a following vehicle on the track of a leading vehicle. A lead message is received by the following vehicle and rejected by the following vehicle or confirmed with a follow message. After receipt of the follow message, a first element of coordination information for coordination of the autonomous tracking is sent to the following vehicle by the leading vehicle. A second element of coordination information is detected for coordination of the autonomous tracking by environment sensors of the following vehicle on the basis of movements of the leading vehicle. The first and second elements of coordination information are compared by the following vehicle. In the case of a matching comparison result, the autonomous tracking is performed corresponding to the first and second elements of coordination information and, in the case of a deviating comparison result, the autonomous tracking is ended. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127190 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING A COLLISION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE DRIVING THE WRONG WAY AND A CONTROL AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE TO PREVENT A COLLISION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE DRIVING THE WRONG WAY - A method for preventing a motor vehicle from colliding with a vehicle driving the wrong way includes a wrong-way driver warning received by the motor vehicle, the traffic situation ahead of and beside the motor vehicle is detected with a sensor system, and it is checked, based on the detected traffic situation, to ascertain whether an evasive maneuver of the motor vehicle is initiate-able and an automatic evasive maneuver is initiated as a function of the check. A control and detection device for preventing collision with a vehicle driving the wrong way includes an arrangement for receiving a wrong-way driver warning, an arrangement for detecting the traffic situation ahead of and beside the motor vehicle, an arrangement for checking, configured for checking, based on the detected traffic situation, whether an evasive maneuver of is initiate-able, and an arrangement for initiating an automatic evasive maneuver based on the check. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127191 | VEHICULAR NETWORK - Disclosed herein are techniques for determining a vehicle-based reputation. A driver of a remote vehicle is identified at a navigation system. Driving of the driver is characterized based on the occurrence of one or more events. Transmission of the characterization is caused to a remote server. Also disclosed herein are techniques for determining a vehicle condition. A remote vehicle is identified at a navigation system. A condition of the remote vehicle is characterized based on the occurrence of one or more events. A transmission of the characterization is caused to a remote server. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127192 | WIRELESS VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system for a vehicle having a plurality of sensors and a plurality of actuators. The control system includes a sensor-actuator-transceiver (SAT) associated with each sensor and/or actuator to read and transmit and value of the sensor or receive a target value for the actuator and generate a control signal to the actuator. A server executes simulation software for each SAT as a software in the loop simulation which determines the target position of the actuators as the function of at least one sensor. A main transceiver at the server then transmits signals to the SATs to actuate the actuators to achieve a target value. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127193 | VEHICLE POWER SYSTEMS ACTIVATION BASED ON STRUCTURED LIGHT DETECTION - A method and apparatus for activating a vehicle entry power system using structured light detection are described herein. The method may include waking up the vehicle entry power system utilizing keyfob detection, waking up a smart camera, turning on, by the smart camera, a laser diode, wherein the laser diode projects a light pattern on the ground for a predetermined period of time, stepping, by a user, on the light pattern, detecting, by the smart camera, a shape change in the light pattern, and signaling to the vehicle entry power system to activate a lift gate opening. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127194 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING AN ELONGATE BODY | 2015-05-07 |
20150127195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEPENDENT BRAKING SYSTEM ENABLEMENT - Described herein is a system and method to enable braking system operation independent of conventional aircraft signals, such as those tied to the hibernation commands. Stated another way, the present disclosure relates to the enablement of a braking system in response to an initiation signal. In this way, the crew has the ability to force the braking system out of a hibernation mode into an “emergency type” braking mode if desired. The concepts described herein may be applicable to an electric braking system and to a hydraulic braking system. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALERTING OF REMAINING RUNWAY UPON LANDING BASED ON DECELERATION - A system and method are provided for alerting of remaining runway based on deceleration, following, for example, a landing or discontinued takeoff. An advisory system compares the current aircraft deceleration value to a predetermined threshold value when proceeding down the runway. If the current aircraft deceleration is less than the threshold value, the runway distance remaining callouts are triggered. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127197 | USE OF CENTER ENGINE FOR DOCKING - In a marine propulsion control system for controlling a set of propulsion units carried by a hull of a vessel, cavitation typically occurs on the propulsion unit with reverse gear engaged, and in a triple propulsion unit installation the normally idle center propulsion unit can be used to increase the reverse thrust and thereby limit the RPM of propulsion units in reverse, so that the cavitation effect is limited, and simultaneously allow for higher forward thrust on the third propulsion unit, thus increasing the total thrust for the vessel. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127198 | Ship Having A Window As Computer User Interface - A method of controlling a ship as well as to a ship, where the ship includes at least one data collecting unit configured to collect operational data of the ship, at least one control computer for controlling an operation aspect of the ship, at least one window facing a view used in the control, and at least one actuating unit for actuating a control aspect of the ship. The at least one window includes a touch screen on which operational data obtained from the data collecting unit is presented and via which a control command can be entered for controlling the ship. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127199 | SPATIAL DOMAIN OPTIMAL ELECTRIC AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONTROL WITH PATH FORECASTING - A vehicle engine, electric machine and battery are operated, in certain examples, such that a predetermined route is segmented based on varying criteria to determine target battery state of charge at the segment endpoints along the route. The endpoints are a superposition of endpoints defined by predicted powertrain operating mode transitions, predicted vehicle acceleration transitions or predicted road grade transitions along the route. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127200 | DRIVING FORCE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driving force control system for a vehicle having a mechanism for changing an engine speed continuously. The driving force control system basically controls said mechanism in a manner such that the engine speed is adjusted to optimize fuel economy. The driving force control system is configured to determine an index representing a demand to enhance agility of behavior of the vehicle based on an actual behavior of the vehicle or an amount of operation carried out by a driver to cause said behavior. An upper limit value of the engine speed of the case in which a drive demand is increased is determined on the basis of the index, and the upper limit value is set to the higher value with an increase in the index representing the demand to enhance agility of behavior of the vehicle. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127201 | IN-VEHICLE CHARGER - The present invention is an in-vehicle charger for detecting ground faults originating in sections in which alternating current is flowing. This device is an in-vehicle charger ( | 2015-05-07 |
20150127202 | VEHICLE VIBRATION SUPPRESSION CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE VIBRATION SUPPRESSION CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle vibration suppression control device includes: a first torque target value calculation unit that inputs a motor torque instruction value and that uses a previously modeled transmission characteristic of the vehicle to calculate a first torque target value; a second torque target value calculation unit that includes a filter having a characteristic of a model H(s)/Gp(s) formed with a model Gp(s) of a transmission characteristic of a torque input to the vehicle and a motor angular velocity and a bandpass filter H(s) in which a frequency in the vicinity of a torsional vibration frequency in the vehicle is a center frequency, that inputs a deviation between a detection value of the vehicle state amount and an estimation value of the vehicle state amount and that calculates a second torque target value; and a motor torque control unit that controls a motor torque according to a final torque target value obtained by adding the first torque target value and the second torque target value. The vehicle state amount is estimated based on the first torque target value on which the lag processing has been performed and the second torque target value. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127203 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL ASSISTANCE DEVICE - An electronic control unit installed on a vehicle acquires, via a smart center provided outside, a power failure occurrence notification for notifying a state in which a power failure has occurred in a house that is an own house or a power failure recovery notification for notifying a state in which the house has recovered from a power failure. When the electronic control unit receives the power failure occurrence notification from the center, the electronic control unit changes a travel mode of the vehicle from a travel mode of traveling only by a driving force of a motor/generator to a travel mode of traveling by driving forces of the motor/generator and an internal combustion engine, thereby suppressing electric power consumed by the travel. As a result, even if the vehicle moves to the house by travel, electric power to be supplied to the house via an electric power supply part can be surely secured. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127204 | NAVIGATION DEVICE HAVING A RANGE INDICATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVING OPERATION AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device has an evaluation unit for determining a maximal range, which can be traveled in the current driving operation mode with an amount of energy stored in an energy storage device of the motor vehicle, and a display unit for displaying a road map, on which a border of an action field delimited by the determined at least one maximum range is presented. A range indicator can be adapted with low expenditure to different types of road maps. On the basis of the graphic data of the road map to be indicated, a graphic processing unit produces a representation of the road map with a region that is offset in terms of height in relation to a map plane. An extension of a border of the region that is offset in terms of height corresponds to the extension of the border of the action field. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127205 | METHOD FOR STARTING A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for starting a battery management system ( | 2015-05-07 |
20150127206 | VEHICLE AND BATTERY PACK - A vehicle includes a plurality of detachable battery packs that accommodate a rechargeable battery module and a battery management system (BMS) in a case. In a state where the battery pack is installed in the vehicle, the BMS performs information communication with another BMS, and one BMS is a master and communicates with another BMS which is a slave and combines information of the battery packs. In a state where the battery pack is detached from the vehicle, a control of a charging state is independently performed by the BMS with respect to the rechargeable battery module. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127207 | Switched Reluctance Generator Integrated Controls - A control system for a generator of an electric drive is provided. The control system may include a converter circuit configured to communicate with one or more phases of a stator of the generator, and a controller in communication with the converter circuit and an engine associated with the electric drive. The controller may be configured to determine an operational state of the electric drive based on at least engine speed, and engage one of a map-lookup control scheme and a fixed-theta off control scheme for operating the generator based on the operational state of the electric drive. | 2015-05-07 |