19th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190137937 | WATCH SAFETY VALVE - The invention relates to a safety valve for a timepiece, particularly for a diving watch, comprising a discharge channel arranged to be able to be in fluid communication with the inside of a case of said timepiece when said valve is in an open configuration, in order to discharge excess fluid, particularly a gaseous fluid, said valve comprising:
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20190137938 | TOOL FOR ACTUATING A CORRECTOR FITTED IN A SMALL PORTABLE OBJECT SUCH AS A TIMEPIECE - A tool for actuating a corrector push-button fitted in a small portable object, wherein this actuation tool includes a body which extends between a rear end which defines a gripping zone of the actuation tool and a front end which defines an actuation zone of the actuation tool, at least the front end of the actuation tool being magnetised. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137939 | Smart Timer Device - A smart timer device and associated methods are disclosed. The smart timer having at least a receiver and a visual indicator. The receiver configured to wait for a message, receive the message, process the message, and obtain a value from the message. The visual indicator connected in association to the receiver and displaying the visual indicator for a set amount of time based on the value obtained from the message. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL MODULE ALARM WAKE - Methods and systems are provided for scheduling an alarm wake up to self-wake a control module of a vehicle while the vehicle is off to perform requesting features, including diagnostic and non-diagnostic afterrun tasks. In one example, a method may include, during a shutdown event of the control module, querying a plurality of requesting features for alarm wake up times, receiving a plurality of alarm wake up times from the plurality of requesting features, selecting one alarm wake up time from the plurality of alarm wake up times received, and setting a timer for the selected alarm wake up time. When the timer elapses at the selected alarm wake up time, the control module is woken and a request to run is sent to each of the plurality of requesting features. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137941 | LASER PROJECTION CLOCK - The present invention provides a laser projection clock, comprising a driving device, one or a plurality of pointer light source device, and one or a plurality of grating. The driving device comprises one or a plurality of rotating shafts and power elements for driving the one or plurality of the rotating shafts to rotate at different speeds respectively. The one or plurality of pointer light source devices is configured on one side of the driving device to each output a laser beam. The one or plurality of gratings is configured on the one or a plurality of rotating shafts in a one-on-one manner in order to be rotated by the one or plurality of rotating shafts respectively. The grating has an indication pattern, and the one or plurality of laser beams are projected to a projection plane through the one or a plurality of indication patterns of the one or plurality of gratings to form one or plurality of laser indications respectively. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137942 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS - Methods and systems for providing a notification are described. A computing device can receive a signal that contains an indication of a notification. The computing device can provide a signal to a display in order to display the notification. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137943 | INTELLIGENT TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTELLIGENT TERMINAL - An intelligent terminal is provided. The intelligent terminal includes a flexible screen, a screen switching assembly, and a controller. The controller is configured to control retracting or expanding of the flexible screen with the screen switching assembly in response to information received by the intelligent terminal, so as to realize a prompting function for information received by the intelligent terminal. The present disclosure also provides a method for controlling the intelligent terminal. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137944 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device includes: a TFT liquid crystal panel; a light source that emits light to be radiated onto a back face of the TFT liquid crystal panel; and a processor that generates a common signal to be input to a common electrode of the TFT liquid crystal panel. The processor generates the common signal so as to have a waveform that differs between when the light source is not lit and when the light source is lit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137945 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, METHOD OF DISPLAY CONTROL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the case where a ticking timing of a clock unit changes, a CPU of an electronic timepiece outputs a synchronization request signal to a CPU of a display module at the next ticking timing after the change so as to request resynchronization. Each time a timer circuit counts a prescribed number of pulses in a clock signal generated by a clock generation circuit on the basis of the ticking timing, the CPU of the display module instructs a liquid crystal driver circuit to invert the polarity of an AC voltage to be applied to a liquid crystal panel. Moreover, upon receiving the synchronization request signal from the CPU of the electronic timepiece, the CPU of the display module sets the timer circuit to start a new count of the clock. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137946 | ALARM CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FACE RECOGNITION - An alarm unit includes an apparatus and a method of maximizing the efficiency of an alarm function that wakes up a sleeping user. An image input unit capable of photographing an eye image as a criterion for determining if the user has woken up is mounted on an alarm control apparatus. The image input unit mounted alarm control apparatus photographs a face image of the user, detects the eye region from the face image, and then determines a state of whether the user has woken up or not based on movement of the pupils in the eye region. If it is determined that the user keeps a waking state for a certain time, an alarm function is cancelled. By doing this, the alarm unit can help prevent the user from easily cancelling an alarm and maximize the efficiency of an alarm function that wakes up a sleeping user. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137947 | Module-Driven Smartwatch - The present disclosure provides several embodiments of a module-driven smartwatch. A leading aspect of a module-driven smartwatch is that it automatically reconfigures its user interface and experience based on the modules that are attached to it. In one embodiment, the module-driven smartwatch comprises a frontend processing unit powered by a primary battery and mainly configured for time-keeping and user-interfacing, a backend processing unit mainly configured for providing conventional “smartwatch”-like capabilities, and a module connector. In this embodiment, the backend processing unit's operation is contingent on power provided by a module connected to the module connector. In another embodiment, the module-driven smartwatch is much the same as a conventional smartwatch, except for its user interface and experience being driven by module attachment, operation and removal. In all cases, a module-driven smartwatch enables hardware extensibility and/or substitution without requiring smartwatch replacement. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137948 | Watch Module Connector - The present disclosure provides several embodiments of a watch module connector for enabling the connection of self-contained modules to a watch. Several embodiments are provided for watch module connectors that are operable by the user with one hand while still the watch remains attached to the opposite wrist. Rules are provided for designing watch module connectors that provide mechanical, electrically and possibly sealing connectivity between a watch and a module while still being operable with one hand by their users. Embodiments provided illustrate the use of locking mechanisms for securing attached modules and corresponding non-trivial, yet one-hand operable unlocking mechanisms for module release. Such a watch module connector system enables watch functionality to be extended and/or enhanced without requiring replacement of the watch itself while still offering users an effective user experience that enables them to connect and disconnect modules throughout the day without having to take their watch off. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137949 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, TIME CORRECTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CORRECTING DISPLAY TIME - An electronic device and a time correction system acquire time zone-related information through a network and correct the current time at the current location, and reduce power consumption. An electronic timepiece has a time display unit; a communicator that connects to abase station; and a controller. The controller executes a base station information acquisition process of acquiring from the base station base station information unique to the base station, an acquired information evaluation process determining whether or not to acquire time zone-related information based on the base station information, a time zone information acquisition process of acquiring time zone-related information based on the base station information when acquiring time zone-related information is determined in the acquired information evaluation process, and a time correction process of correcting the displayed time based on the acquired time zone-related information. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137950 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece includes an exterior case, one or more circuits housed in the exterior case, wherein the one or more circuits are configured to process a signal in a radio wave having a predetermined frequency, and a bezel disposed on an outer side of the exterior case, wherein the bezel comprises a metal portion configured to resonate with the radio wave, and wherein the metal portion of the bezel is electrically connected to the one or more circuits to transmit the signal in the radio wave received by the metal portion of the bezel to the one or more circuits. A method for assembling the electronic timepiece is further provided. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137951 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An embodiment of an electronic timepiece includes a cylindrical exterior case, a bezel and a windshield member. In the exterior case, a circuit board is housed. The bezel is formed of a metal material to be ring-shaped, includes an inward flange part that projects from an inner side surface toward a center of the ring-shaped bezel, is arranged on an outer upper side of the exterior case and is electrically connected with the circuit board. The windshield member is formed of a transparent dielectric substance, arranged in the bezel and supported by the inward flange part. The bezel is configured to resonate with a radio wave having a desired frequency by adjustment of at least one of (i) a relative permittivity of the dielectric substance and (ii) an area of an overlap region where the inward flange part and the windshield member overlap each other. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137952 | SELF-CONFIGURING EXTREMUM-SEEKING CONTROL SYSTEM - A self-configuring extremum-seeking controller includes a dither signal generator, a communications interface, a phase delay estimator, and a bandwidth estimator. The dither signal generator identifies a stored dither frequency, generates a dither signal having the stored dither frequency, and uses the dither signal to perturb a control input for a plant. The communications interface provides the perturbed control input to the plant and receives an output signal from the plant resulting from the perturbed control input. The phase delay estimator estimates a phase delay between the output signal and the dither signal. The bandwidth estimator estimates a bandwidth of the plant based on the estimated phase delay. The dither signal generator updates the stored dither frequency based on the estimated bandwidth. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137953 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR BUILDINGS WITH REDUNDANT CIRCUITRY - An intellect switch system includes an intelligent first switch terminal positioned at a building occupied by one or more building occupants. The intelligent first switch terminal includes a plurality of switch terminal parameters for the first a switch terminal, the intelligent first switch terminal. A first computer system is at the intelligent first switch terminal of the building at a first location of the building. The first computer system includes a memory for persistent storage, the intelligent first switch terminal including at least a first wiring component. A first plurality of sensors at the intelligent first switch terminal is coupled to the first computer system. At least a portion of the sensors are configured to provide signal data to the first computer system. The first computer system processes the signal data and in response to processed signal data from the first computer system the intelligent first switch terminal produces a command or data output that relates to at least one of: a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device, each of an output including learned data from that is based on a machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant and used to provide an adaptive control system for the building. In response to a received signal at least one sensor is configured to provide a notification to a building occupant enabling the building occupant to decide if some action needs to be taken. An interface is at the intelligent first switch terminal configured to receive a command input from a building occupant and servers as interface a point of interaction between the first computer system and the building occupant. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137954 | DECOMPOSED PERTURBATION APPROACH USING MEMORY BASED LEARNING FOR COMPLIANT ASSEMBLY TASKS - A computer-implemented method executed by a robotic system for performing a positional search process in an assembly task is presented. The method includes decomposing, by the robotic system, a perturbation motion into a plurality of actions, the perturbation motion being a motion for an assembly position searched by the robotic system, each action of the plurality of actions related to a specific direction. The method further includes performing reinforcement learning by selecting an action among decomposed actions and assembly movement actions at each step of the positional search process based on corresponding force-torque data received from at least one sensor associated with the robotic system. The method also includes outputting a best action at each step for completion of the assembly task as a result of the reinforcement learning. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137955 | INTERFACE BETWEEN PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT OPTIMIZATION LAYERS - Systems and methods are provided for interfacing multiple layers of optimization for a model of one or more processes in a processing environment to achieve increased or maximized stability in the underlying layer. To improve consistency between the solutions at the different model levels, the lower level of optimization can have extra constraints added to the optimization problem which target variables at their unconstrained values in the upper layer of optimization. The systems and methods can facilitate selection of variables to receive an external target such that stability of the solution is improved or maximized. This can be achieved, at least in part, by identifying variables that provide a reduced or minimized condition number for a sub-matrix in the lower level model when an additional external constraint is applied. The sub-matrix with the reduced or minimized condition number can correspond to a partitioned portion of the gain matrix that corresponds to unconstrained independent variables and constrained dependent variables. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137956 | BATTERY LIFETIME MAXIMIZATION IN BEHIND-THE-METER ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for controlling behind-the meter energy storage/management systems (EMSs) to maximize battery lifetime, including determining optimal monthly demand charge thresholds based on a received customer load profile, battery manufacturer specifications, and battery operating conditions and parameters. The determining of the monthly demand charge threshold includes iteratively performing daily optimizations to determine battery utilization, and minimize demand charge for each day for the load profile. A battery lifetime is predicted based on manufacturer specifications and utilization determined by the daily optimizations. A battery capacity retention value and battery capacity loss are determined based on an annual discharged energy (AADE) and an average battery state-of-charge (SoC). An optimal monthly demand threshold is selected based on the predicted battery lifetime and demand charge utilization. EMS operations are controlled by tuning the battery parameters to provide maximum demand charge and battery lifetime for the customer load profile using a real-time controller. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137957 | System For Customized Production of Hair and Skin Care Products - A system for cosmetologists, dermatologists, trichologists, salon professionals and the general public to produce a customized hair or skin care product using a diagnostic device for analyzing hair, scalp, and skin conditions. The diagnostic device communicates the diagnostic data to a self-contained processing apparatus, which has software that can formulate a recipe for the hair or skin care product and generate operating instructions for producing the product based on the recipe. The processing apparatus comprises a housing unit having a control center, a plurality of removable canisters capable of holding ingredients for producing the hair or skin care product, a dispensing system for dispensing the ingredients to a mixing bowl, a mixing device for mixing the ingredients, and preferably a heating element for heating the ingredients in the bowl, wherein the apparatus produces the hair or skin care product according to the operating instructions to provide individualized treatment. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137958 | DATA COLLECTION FOR ASSISTANCE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT - Techniques to facilitate assistance to a user of an industrial application associated with an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the industrial application is displayed on a display system of a computing system. The computing system collect contextual information comprising data associated with the industrial application. A help session is initiated with an assisting entity from within the industrial application, and the contextual information is transferred for delivery to the assisting entity. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137959 | OPERATION REPLAY MODULE USING HISTORY STORAGE - An operation replay module comprises: a manipulation command input unit that receives a manipulation command from a user; an output unit that outputs a control signal corresponding to the manipulation command from the manipulation command input unit; a memory that stores history of the manipulation command; a replay command input unit that receives a replay command from the user; and a micom that outputs a control signal corresponding to the history of the manipulation command stored in the memory to the output unit, if the micom receives the replay command from the replay command input unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137960 | CALCULATING METHOD OF CONFIGURATION COST OF POWER SYSTEM - A calculating method of configuration cost of a power system adjusts an amount parameter of an electricity storage device and an amount parameter of a first power generation device according to an adjustment procedure to calculate a plurality of cost parameters, and records the cost parameters. The calculating method further selects the smallest cost parameter from the recorded cost parameters, and displays the smallest cost parameter, the amount parameter of the electricity storage device corresponding to the smallest cost parameter, and the amount parameter of the first power generation device corresponding to the smallest cost parameter. Therefore, the user determines the smallest cost parameter, and the amount parameters corresponding to the smallest cost parameter to increase the user's willingness to build the power system. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137961 | MANAGING POWER DEMAND OF A PLURALITY OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT INSTALLATIONS - According to an aspect, there is provided a method for managing power demand of a plurality of passenger transport installations in at least one building. The method comprises obtaining first data on available time-dependent power consumption flexibility capacity from each passenger transport installation; obtaining second data from at least one external data source, the second data being independent from operation of the passenger transport installations; determining an activation order for power demand management of the plurality of passenger transport installations based on the obtained first data and second data; and transmitting a passenger transport installation specific activation signal for the power demand management to at least one passenger transport installation of the plurality of passenger transport installations in accordance with the activation order. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137962 | Operating System and Method for Identifying and Displaying Operator Accesses to Process Objects and Operator System - Operator System and method for identifying and displaying operator accesses to process objects within the scope of process management and process monitoring such that an efficient coordination of operator accesses is achieved. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137963 | Field Device for Determining a Process Variable in Process Automation - A field device which outputs a measured value and includes a self-diagnosis function which, when at least one specified error is detected, signals this error, marks the output measured value as temporarily invalid, and initiates the output of a substitute value that is used to trigger a safety-oriented response, where to prevent interventions when temporary errors occur, but without losing safety-relevant information, the field device includes a first and second timers having different expiration times that are started when the error is detected and are reset at the end of the detected error, where the first timer initiates the output of the substitute value when the first expiration time expires, where the second timer signals the error when the second expiration time expires, and where the signal is resettable if, at the same time, the output measured value is marked as valid via the second binary status signal. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137964 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYDROCARBON RECOVERY TOOLS - Methods and systems for controlling a set of tools for hydrocarbon recovery are presented. One example system generally includes a remote controller, a first tool, and a first control device mounted on the first tool. The remote controller is communicatively coupled to the first control device. The first control device is generally configured to receive a command to operate the first tool from the remote controller. Based on the command, the first control device generates one or more instructions executable by the first control device. The first control device executes the one or more instructions to operate the first tool. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137965 | SCENT SCHEDULE BASED ON RELATEDNESS OF SCENT DELIVERY DEVICES IN A SCENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A scent delivery system includes first and second scent delivery units and a central controller. The central controller is configured to generate command data capable of affecting operation of at least the first and second units based on one or more scenting schedules. The central controller is also configured to determine a relatedness and an order of priority between the units, and determine whether a desired activation time for the first unit overlaps at least partially with a desired activation time for the second unit. Based upon a determination that the first unit is related to the second unit and that a desired activation time for the first unit overlaps at least partially with a desired activation time for the second unit, the central controller is further configured to coordinate activity level of each of the first and second delivery units during the overlapping activation time according to the order of priority. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137966 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD - An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a friction identification unit that calculates a friction parameter that is a parameter used for calculation of frictional force of a power transmission mechanism connected to a motor; a model torque calculation unit that calculates model torque by performing a process of calculating an estimated value of torque of the motor by using a set value calculated in advance and the friction parameter; and an abnormality determination unit that diagnoses whether the power transmission mechanism is abnormal, on the basis of a result of comparison between the model torque and a motor torque detected by a motor torque detection unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137967 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device is equipped with a command receiving unit adapted to receive movement commands and first control periods of the movement commands from each of a plurality of numerical controllers, a command generating unit which, on the basis of the plurality of first control periods and a plurality of second control periods in accordance with each of the plurality of first control periods, is adapted to generate movement commands of the plurality of second control periods from the movement commands of the plurality of first control periods, and a motor control unit adapted to control a motor in accordance with the plurality of movement commands generated by the command generating unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137968 | DISTRIBUTED PRODUCTION METHOD - A distributed light-guided processing method includes obtaining an order from a requester, for at least one completed product. Raw components are provided to at least one selected remote processing location. The selected remote processing location includes a light guided system. Work instructions are provided to the selected remote processing location, wherein the work instructions enable the light guided system to guide construction of the completed product. The completed product is processed, using at least the raw components, the work instructions, and the light guided system. The completed product is shipped from the selected remote processing location upon completion of the processing. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137969 | CONTROLLER AND MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE - In a controller and a machine learning device capable of suppressing an influence of an abnormal value based on noise, etc., the machine learning device included in the controller includes a state observation unit for acquiring input data including at least one of internal data and external data of the manufacturing machine controlled by the controller, an input safety circuit for detecting an abnormality in the input data and outputting safe input data, a machine learning unit for executing learning of a learning model and inference using the learning model based on the safe input data and outputting inference data as an inference result, an output safety circuit for detecting an abnormality in the inference data and outputting safe inference data, and an output unit for outputting output data based on the safe inference data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137970 | CABLE PROCESSING MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, CABLE PROCESSING MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING CABLE PROCESSING MACHINES - A cable processing machine control system includes middleware for data exchange with data brokers of multiple cable processing machines, and a wearable communication device for data exchange with the middleware. When a user of the cable processing machine control system has logged into the wearable communication device, depending on a role of the user that is assigned by the middleware, different information is displayed for the user on the wearable communication device via the cable processing machines assigned to the assigned role of the user and/or different action possibilities for controlling the cable processing machines assigned to the assigned role of the user are provided for the user on the wearable communication device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137971 | Method And Apparatus For Editing, Obtaining, and Protecting Process Of Solar Cell Production Device - The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for editing, obtaining, and protecting a process of a solar cell production device. The editing method comprises: storing, hardware information of production devices on a solar cell production line on a process editing terminal; editing, on the process editing terminal, process data of a specified production device by using a process editor; and encrypting the process data according to hardware information that is of the specified production device and that is stored on the process editing terminal and an encryption method, to obtain a process file of the specified production device. The possibility of obtaining process data by people around the production device is effectively reduced, and the process file is not easily cracked, thereby greatly improving the data security. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO GENERATE THREE-DIMENSIONAL META-STRUCTURE MODEL OF A WORKPIECE - The exemplified methods and systems facilitate manufacturing of a new class of mechanical, loading-bearing components having optimized stress/strain three-dimensional meta-structure structures (also referred to herein as “Meshagons”) as finite-element-based 3D volumetric mesh structures. The resulting three-dimensional meta-structure structures provide high strength, ultra-light connectivity, with programmable interlinkage properties (e.g., density/porosity of linkages). | 2019-05-09 |
20190137973 | Designated Region Projection Printing - A system determines an object-design for a three-dimensional model of an object. The object-design may exhibit a design continuity. The system breaks the object-design in to spatial patterns corresponding to the discrete surfaces making up the outward surface of the object. The system then generates flattened patterns by projecting the spatial patterns into a two-dimensional plane. The system prints the flattened patterns on to designated regions of material sheets in an orientation that preserves the design continuity of the object-design. The regions may be extracted from the sheets and then joined at their edges to form a cover for object that exhibits the continuity of the object design. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137974 | METHOD, ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND 3D-PRINTER FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF OBJECTS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Design data are input for an object to be additively manufactured and to be optimised in terms of a physical optimisation target is provided. A volumetric model of the object is initialised with a material distribution according to the design data, the volumetric model having a plurality of volume elements. A respective local target property relating to the optimisation target is then determined for volume elements of the volumetric model, based on the material distribution. According to embodiments of the invention, each volume element is checked to determine whether the volume element is supported in terms of additive manufacturing. Based on this, the target property of this volume element is modified in such a way that it approaches the target property if it is supported and/or moves away from the optimisation target if it is not supported. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137975 | NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS - A numerical control apparatus includes a program command shape determining unit that determines a shape of a command path formed by command points on the basis of information on the command points included in a machining program. There is also an insertion point generating unit that generates insertion points on the basis of a result of determination by the program command shape determining unit and the information on the command points. Further, there is an interpolation unit that generates a tool path by performing interpolation on the basis of the insertion points and causes a motor control unit to control a motor on the basis of the tool path. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137976 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device is equipped with a command receiving unit adapted to receive a movement command and a first control period of the movement command from a numerical controller, a command generating unit which, on the basis of the first control period and a second control period which is determined in advance, is adapted to generate a movement command of the second control period from the movement command of the first control period, and a motor control unit adapted to control a motor, in accordance with the movement command generated by the command generating unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137977 | MACHINING TIME CALCULATING APPARATUS AND MACHINING TIME CALCULATING METHOD - A machining time calculating apparatus calculates operation schedule information indicating the operation time of each of a plurality of systems that is included in a machine tool and can be controlled independently of one another. The machining time calculating apparatus includes a system cycle time calculation unit. On the basis of wait commands among the plurality of systems described in a machining program (PG) for the machine tool, the system cycle time calculation unit calculates the operation schedule information in which the operation start times of blocks in the machining program of each of the systems are adjusted while maintaining wait timings among the plurality of systems. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137978 | Intelligent Umbrella and/or Robotic Shading System Mechanical and Tracking Improvements - A method of orienting an umbrella includes obtaining a current location for an umbrella and communicate the current location to one or more processors, capturing a current time of day via a clock in the umbrella and communicating the current time to the one or more processors, calculating an elevation angle and azimuth angle of a sun utilizing the current time and the location, capturing a reading from a compass in the umbrella to determine a directional heading or an angular heading for a top section of the umbrella, and rotating a core assembly and an upper assembly of the umbrella about a base of the umbrella. The method further comprises utilizing a sensor assembly to detect a location of a magnet in the base of the umbrella. The method further comprises includes aligning a top of umbrella with the magnet in the base of the umbrella. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137979 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINE BALANCING - In various embodiments, a method includes receiving one or more sensor streams with an engine. The engine identifies one or more actions that are performed at first and second stations of a plurality of stations within the sensor stream(s). The received sensor stream(s) and identified one or more actions performed at the first and second stations are stored in a data structure. The identified one or more actions are mapped to the sensor stream(s). The engine characterizes each of the identified one or more actions performed at each of the first and second stations to produce determined characterizations thereof. Based on one or more of the determined characterizations, automatically producing a recommendation, either dynamically or post-facto, to move at least one of the identified one or more actions performed at one of the stations to another station to reduce cycle time. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137980 | IIOT (INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS) COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE - Communications interface systems and methods for industrial process and manufacturing control. A first infrastructure supports a group of downloadable server protocol applications and a group of downloadable client protocol applications. A second infrastructure supports a group of pluggable hardware interfaces that connect with an underlying communications network. Additionally, a common infrastructure can be configured, which includes a manager and data aggregation layer that connects to and communicates with the group of downloadable server protocol applications and the group of downloadable client protocol applications. The common infrastructure manages and aggregates data between the first infrastructure and the second infrastructure and creates new interface features by plugging in new and/or available components in multiple form factors. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137981 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOT-TOOL ASSIGNMENT - A method is disclosed and includes generating a tool-lot relationship based on at least one process constraint and a dispatching rule which includes dispatching preferences for operating at least one lot; assigning the at least one lot to at least one tool by using the tool-lot relationship; and the at least one tool, assigned using the tool-lot relationship, processing the at least one lot by utilization of the tool-lot relationship to manufacture semiconductor devices on at least one wafer in the at least one lot. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137982 | IBATCH INTERACTIVE BATCH OPERATIONS SYSTEM ENABLING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND COMPETENCY TRANSITION - This disclosure provides an apparatus and method for interactive batch operations system enabling operation excellence and competency transition. The method includes collecting data related to a batch process from different departments within a batch processing facility into a common data repository; transforming the collected data based on provided intelligence; exploiting the transformed data in the common data repository; determining a best possible alternative for continued operation of the batch process based on the exploited data; providing a visualization of the best possible alternative of the batch process using a digital twin; and operating the batch process using the determined best possible alternative on a physical twin corresponding to the digital twin. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137983 | ANALYTICS ENGINE - Sensor data is received characterizing operational data associated with a machine. A data analytic specification is received from a user. The received operational data can be processed using the data analytic. A visual representation of the processed operational data can be rendered, within a graphical user interface display space. A digital model characterizing the machine can be generated based on user input received in the graphical user interface. Additional sensor data can be received. The digital model can be updated based on the received additional sensor data. A recommendation for modifying an input value and/or an operational parameter of the machine can be determined using the updated model. The recommendation can be rendered within the graphical user interface space. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137984 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD - An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a model acceleration calculation unit to calculate model acceleration that is a predicted value of motor acceleration; a motor acceleration calculation unit to calculate the motor acceleration from one of position information and speed information on a motor; and an abnormality determination unit to diagnose whether a power transmission mechanism is abnormal on the basis of the result of comparison between the motor acceleration and the model acceleration. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137985 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DIAGNOSING MACHINE COMPONENTS USING NEURAL NETWORKS AND HAVING BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION - Systems and methods for data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. A system may include a data collector to collect data from a subset of a plurality of input channels based on a selected data collection routine, and a data acquisition and analysis circuit for receiving the collected data and analyzing the collected data using an expert system analysis circuit to determine an occurrence of an anomalous condition for a machine component based on an analysis. The expert system analysis circuit may utilize a neural network. The data analysis circuit may determine an aggregate rate of data being collected and, if the aggregate rate exceeds a current bandwidth allocation rate associated with the network infrastructure, request an increase to the current bandwidth allocation rate from the network infrastructure. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137986 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MODIFYING A DATA COLLECTION TRAJECTORY FOR BEARINGS - Systems, methods and apparatus for data monitoring are disclosed. A system may include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit, a data storage circuit structured to store specifications and anticipated state information for a plurality of bearing types, a bearing analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values relative to specifications and anticipated state information to determine a bearing performance parameter, and a response circuit structured to initiate an action in response to the bearing performance parameter. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137987 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF DATA COLLECTION BANDS IN A HIGH VOLUME INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus, methods and systems for collecting data related to an industrial process are disclosed. The system can include a data storage structured to store a plurality of data collection routines, each of the plurality of data collection routines comprising a data collection band, a data collector structured to interpret a plurality of detection values that correspond to a plurality of input channels, wherein the data storage is further structured to store at least a portion of the plurality of detection values, a data analysis circuit structured to interpret at least a subset of the detection values to determine a state value corresponding to one of a process or a component of the industrial process, and an expert system circuit structured to adjust at least one of the plurality of data collection routines in response to the state value. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137988 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS DATA COLLECTION ENVIRONMENT WITH A SELF-ORGANIZING DATA MARKETPLACE AND NOTIFICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES - A self-organizing data marketplace includes a plurality of data collectors and a corresponding plurality of industrial environments, wherein each of the plurality of data collectors is structured to collect detection values from at least one sensor of the corresponding industrial environment, a data storage structured to store a data pool comprising at least a portion of the detection values, a data marketplace structured to self-organize the data pool, and a transaction system structured to interpret a user data request, and to selectively provide a portion of the self-organized data pool to the user in response to the user data request. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A DATA MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods of a data collection system including a data marketplace in an industrial environment are disclosed. An input interface, in communication with at least one of a data pool and a data stream, may be structured to receive data inputs from or about one or more of a plurality of industrial machines, broker, and execute a data transaction among at least two marketplace participants including setting a price and a marketplace value rating for at least one a plurality of data inputs. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137990 | AUDIO ALERTS FOR REMOTE PARK-ASSIST TETHERING - Method and apparatus are disclosed for audio alerts for remote park-assist tethering. An example vehicle includes an exterior surface, a speaker, a communication node for wireless communication with a mobile device, an autonomy unit for remote parking, and a controller. The controller is to receive, via the communication node, an instruction from the mobile device to perform the remote parking and emit an alert, via the speaker, responsive to determining the mobile device is beyond a threshold range from the exterior surface while sending the instruction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RETROFIT INDUSTRIAL LIFT TRUCKS FOR AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING IN SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS OPERATIONS - A method to retrofit industrial lift trucks for automated material handling, comprising configuring a processor to associate a plurality of sensors with a plurality of locations of a vehicle. Implementing a mapping mode of the processor to cause the plurality of sensors to generate sensor data as the vehicle is moved around a facility. Generating a map of the facility from the sensor data, and receiving an operator input to define a mission, wherein the operator input comprises one of an object pick up command and an object drop off command. Following pick-up and drop-off commands as defined in a mission to move pallets and following a human in an autonomous fashion using a combination of sensors. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137992 | SHARED CONTROL OF VEHICLE FUNCTIONS - Control of functions associated with a vehicle can be shared between a vehicle operator and a communication device and associated user. The communication device can comprise a control component used to facilitate controlling or sharing control of certain functions associated with the vehicle. The functions can relate to vehicle operation, navigation system, climate control system, media system, or other functions. The communication device can be in the vehicle or can be remotely located from the vehicle. The control component can communicate with a vehicle control system of the vehicle to gain access rights to certain control functions to facilitate controlling certain functions of the vehicle. In instances where vehicle control is shared with more than one communication device, the vehicle control system or vehicle operator, which can be a device or a person, can resolve any conflicts between control requests or commands received from the communication devices. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137993 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR NAVIGATING A MARINE VESSEL - A handheld device for navigating a marine vessel includes a magnetometer, and inertial sensor, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the magnetometer and the inertial sensor. The controller is configured to receive a directional measurement from the magnetometer. The controller is also configured to receive an orientation measurement from the inertial sensor. The controller is configured to generate at least one control signal for a motor of the marine vessel at least partially based on the directional measurement and the orientation measurement. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137994 | DRONE CONTROLLER - The present invention relates to a drone controller capable of controlling a movement and a rotation of a drone. The present invention discloses a drone controller capable of controlling a rotation and a movement of a drone, the drone controller including: a main body which is formed in a cylindrical shape and may be held by a user with one hand; a lever which is disposed at one side of the main body, formed such that the user's finger may be inserted into the lever, and operated to move the drone in front and rear directions or left and right directions; and a button unit which is disposed at a predetermined portion of the main body, and operated so that the drone may be rotated. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137995 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTIC INDUSTRIAL INSPECTION SYSTEM - An asset inspection system includes a robot and a server. The server receives a request for data from the robot, wherein the requested data comprises an algorithm, locates the requested data in a database stored on the server, encrypts the requested data, and transmits the requested data to the robot. The robot is configured to collect inspection data corresponding to an asset based at least in part on the requested data and transmit the collected inspection data to the server. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137996 | COORDINATED CONTROL OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES UNDER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS - A system included and a computer-implemented method performed in one of a plurality of self-driving vehicles that are connected through a network are described. The system performs: processing image data of one or more scene images received by said one of the plurality of self-driving vehicles, to detect one or more objects included in the one or more scene images; determining a target object from the one or more detected objects at least based on the processed image data; predicting movement of the target object at least based on a current position and a current movement state of the target object; and performing a self-driving operation to drive said one of the plurality of self-driving vehicles based on the predicted movement of the target object. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137997 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) LANDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at a destination includes a landing coordination control unit that is configured to switch the UAV from a normal operating mode to a landing mode in response to the UAV entering a regulated airspace in relation to the destination. The normal operating mode includes normal instructions for flying and navigating to the destination. The landing mode includes landing instructions for a landing sequence into a landing zone at the destination. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137998 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS-RADIO EQUIPPED CAMERA SYSTEMS IN A TALKGROUP - A process for controlling a plurality of mobile-radio equipped robots in a talkgroup includes receiving, at a mobile-radio equipped robot via a wireless communications interface comprising one of an infrastructure wireless communication interface for communicating with an infrastructure radio access network (RAN) and an ad-hoc wireless communication interface for communicating with an ad-hoc network, a group voice call containing a voice-command. The mobile-radio equipped robot determines that it is a target of the group voice call, and responsively text-converts the voice-command into an actionable text-based command. The mobile-radio equipped robot subsequently operates a mechanical drive element in accordance with the actionable text-based command. | 2019-05-09 |
20190137999 | REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND AN AUTONOMOUS RUNNINIG VEHICLE AND REMOTE MONITORING METHOD - An autonomous running vehicle transmits a camera image around the vehicle photographed by a camera to a remote monitoring center. An obstacle is detected on the basis of information obtained from autonomous sensors including the camera. When an obstacle is detected, the autonomous running vehicle is automatically stopped. The remote monitoring center determines, when the autonomous running vehicle automatically stops, whether or not the run of the autonomous running vehicle is permitted to restart on the basis of the received camera video. When it is determined that the autonomous running vehicle can be restarted, a departure signal is transmitted to the autonomous running vehicle. When the departure signal is received from the remote monitoring center, the autonomous running vehicle restarts running. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138000 | REDUNDANT POSE GENERATION SYSTEM - Techniques for performing multiple simultaneous pose generation for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a system that navigates the autonomous vehicle can include at least a first component that determines first poses for the autonomous vehicle using at least a first portion of sensor data captured by one or more sensors and a second component that determines second poses for the autonomous vehicle using at least a second portion of the sensor data. The first component may have more computational resources than the second component and determine poses at a different frequency than the second component. The system may generate trajectories for the autonomous vehicle using the first poses when the first component is operating correctly. Additionally, the system may generate trajectories for the autonomous vehicle using the second poses when the first component is not operating correctly. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138001 | Safety System for Operation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Systems, devices, and methods for a safety system including: selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command on a controller, the controller comprising a first processor with addressable memory; presenting a first activator and a second activator on a display of the controller for the selected UAV command, wherein the second activator is a slider; and sending the UAV command to a UAV if the first activator and the second activator are selected, the UAV comprising a second processor with addressable memory. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138002 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM - A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving control unit automatically performing at least one of speed control and steering control of a vehicle by executing one of a plurality of driving modes of which degrees of automated driving are different from each other; one or more detection devices used for detecting a surrounding environment of the vehicle; and a management unit managing states of the one or more detection devices and outputting a request used for causing a vehicle occupant of the vehicle to monitor a part of the surroundings of the vehicle in accordance with a change in the states of the one or more detection devices by controlling an output unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138003 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING A DRIVING MODE OF A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to electronic system and methods for switching a driving mode of a vehicle. The electronic system may include at least one sensor configured to connect to a driving system of a vehicle; at least one gateway module connected to the at least one sensor through a controller area network; and processing circuits connected to the at least one gateway module. During operation, the processing circuits may receive at least one trigger signal from the at least one sensor; determine that the at least one trigger signal meets a predetermined condition; and send at least one switching signal to the gateway module to switch the vehicle from a current driving mode to a target driving mode. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL - Systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle. Control signals are generated at a high-level controller based on one or more sources of input data, comprising at least one of: sensors that provide sensor output information, map data and goals. The high-level controller comprises first controller modules comprising: an input processing module, a projection module, a memories module, a world model module, and a decision processing module that comprises a control model executor module. The control signals are processed at a low-level controller to generate commands that control a plurality of vehicle actuators of the vehicle in accordance with the control signals to execute one or more scheduled actions to be performed to automate driving tasks. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138005 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Damage Mitigation System - An unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV) damage mitigation system includes a drone housing, a processor, a memory, an inertial measurement unit (“IMU”), and associated electronics configured to determine if the drone is experiencing a failure event or is in danger of crashing. If such a failure is indicated, then the drone includes a parachute, alarm, and programming intended to mitigate or minimize damage to people and property on the ground. The UAV damage mitigation system also includes a mobile software application that is notified if the drone is experiencing a catastrophic event, and is notified of all other aerial vehicles in a proximity to the drone housing. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138006 | Method and Control Unit for Stabilizing a Supply Network - A method distributes vehicles to a plurality of regionally distributed charging stations, which charging stations draw electrical power from a power supply network and/or provide electrical power to the power supply network at different points. The method determines a regional load distribution within the power supply network. The method directs a vehicle to a first charging station from the plurality of regionally distributed charging stations in accordance with the regional load distribution. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138007 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO UPDATE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PERSPECTIVES - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed that provide an apparatus to analyze vehicle perspectives, the apparatus comprising a profile generator to generate a first profile of an environment based on a profile template and first data generated by a first vehicle; a data analyzer to: determine a difference between the first profile and a second profile obtained from a first one of one or more nodes in the environment; and in response to a trigger event, update the first profile based on the difference; and a vehicle control system to: in response to the trigger event, update a first perspective of the environment based on one or more of second data from the first one of the one or more nodes or the updated first profile; update a path plan for the first vehicle based on the updated first perspective; and execute the updated path plan. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138008 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A communication system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) can include a plurality of antennas, each operable to transmit and receive communications through a communications protocol of a plurality of communications protocols. The system can further include a communications controller to dynamically select one of the plurality of antennas for transmitting and receiving communications based on a current communications bandwidth associated with the AV in order to optimize bandwidth usage by the communication system. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138009 | MOBILE MANIPULATOR, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE MANIPULATOR, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A mobile manipulator includes a moving apparatus, a manipulator that is connected to the moving apparatus, a controller configured to control the moving apparatus and the manipulator, and an environment acquisition sensor configured to acquire predetermined environmental data originating from an environment at the movement destination to which the mobile manipulator is moved by the moving apparatus in association with a position at the movement destination, and the controller controls at least one of the moving apparatus and the manipulator based on the environmental data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138010 | OPERATION METHOD OF AN AGRICULTURE UAV - An operation method of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes determining a distance between the UAV and a ground reflector in front of the UAV by using a radar wave emitted obliquely downward by a radar carried by the UAV, determining terrain information in front of the UAV according to the distance between the UAV and the ground reflector in front of the UAV, and adjusting one or more operation parameters of the UAV according to the terrain information. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138011 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE LIGHT FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION - Herein is disclosed an unmanned aerial vehicle light flash comprising a support structure; a camera coupled to the support structure and configured to take a photograph; one or more processors coupled to the support structure and configured to control a predetermined flight plan of the unmanned aerial vehicle, control the camera, generate or process a synchronization signal to synchronize a light flash to be generated by a further unmanned aerial vehicle with a taking of the photograph by the camera; a transceiver coupled to the support structure and configured to transmit or receive the synchronization signal to or from the further unmanned aerial vehicle. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138012 | CARRIER FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a central body, one or more propulsion units configured to propel the UAV through the air, and a carrier supported by the central body. The carrier is configured to support and permit a payload to move relative to the central body. The carrier includes a guide coupled to the central body and a gimbal configured to couple a payload to the guide. The gimbal is further configured to flip the payload above the carrier when the payload is at a top end of the guide relative to the central body. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138013 | AERIAL OPERATION SUPPORT AND REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT - A method for supporting aerial operation over a surface includes obtaining a representation of the surface that comprises a plurality of flight sections, and identifying a flight path based on the representation of the surface. The flight path allows an aircraft, when following the flight path, to conduct an operation over the flight sections. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138014 | SYSTEM FOR MANOEUVRING A BOAT - The invention provides a system for maneuvering a boat. A plurality of water nozzles is provided on the boat. Further, a plurality of pumps is is operated by an artificial intelligence module and/or control unit and powered by the power source of the boat. The plurality of pumps is primed continuously to reduce response time to control the plurality of pumps and each of the plurality of pumps is connected to one water nozzle. A plurality of sensors is configured to monitor the state of motion of the boat. Further, an artificial intelligence module is in communication with the plurality of water nozzles, the plurality of pumps, and the plurality of sensors. The artificial intelligence module is configured to keep the boat in a stationary standstill or on a chosen course of motion. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138015 | SYSTEM FOR MANOEUVRING A BOAT - A system for manoeuvring a boat with ropes is described. A plurality of water nozzles is provided on the boat. Further, a plurality of pumps is is operated by an artificial intelligence module and/or control unit and powered by the power source of the boat. The plurality of pumps is primed continuously to reduce response time to control the plurality of pumps and each of the plurality of pumps is connected to one water nozzle. A plurality of sensors is configured to monitor the state of motion of the boat. Further, an artificial intelligence module is in communication with the plurality of water nozzles, the plurality of pumps, and the plurality of sensors. The artificial intelligence module is configured to keep the boat in a stationary standstill or on a chosen course of motion. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138016 | WORK MACHINE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A work machine management device includes a manned-vehicle-data acquisition unit configured to acquire position data of a manned vehicle including a first direction indicator and operation data of the first direction indicator, a target-travel-route generation unit configured to generate a target travel route for a work machine, a blinker-data setting unit configured to set blinker data for controlling a second direction indicator of the work machine on the basis of link data obtained by associating the position data of the manned vehicle and the operation data of the first direction indicator, and an output unit configured to output the blinker data to the work machine traveling along the target travel route. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138017 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUSLY STEERING A VEHICLE IN A REVERSE PATH IN REAL-TIME - The present disclosure discloses method and an autonomous navigation system for autonomously steering a vehicle in a reverse path in real-time. The method comprises instructing to terminate steering of the vehicle in a forward path when a forward steering angle calculated between an orientation of the vehicle and a direction of the forward path is more than a predefined threshold value, calculating a reverse steering angle based on the forward steering angle for steering the vehicle in a reverse path, receiving data of one or more obstacles in the reverse path, determining a distance for steering the vehicle in the reverse path based on the one or more obstacles and the reverse steering angle and instructing the vehicle to steer in the reverse path at the reverse steering angle for the distance. Thus, the present disclosure provides an efficient and simple method for maneuvering obstacles in the forward path. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138018 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM EMERGENCY SIGNALING - A vehicular autonomous driving system includes a time division multiplexed (TDM) bus, an autonomous driving (AD) controller coupled to the TDM bus, and a plurality of AD sensors coupled to the TDM bus. The AD sensors are configured to collect AD data and transmit collected AD data to the AD controller on the TDM bus in an assigned time slot at a first power level. A first | 2019-05-09 |
20190138019 | AUTONOMOUSLY ACTING ROBOT WHOSE ACTIVITY AMOUNT IS CONTROLLED - A robot includes an operation control unit that selects a motion of the robot, a drive mechanism that executes a motion selected by the operation control unit, and a remaining battery charge monitoring unit that monitors a remaining charge of a rechargeable battery. Behavioral characteristics of the robot change in accordance with the remaining battery charge. For example, a motion with a small processing load is selected at a probability that is higher the smaller the remaining battery charge. Referring to consumption plan data that define a power consumption pace of the rechargeable battery, the behavioral characteristics of the robot may be caused to change in accordance with a difference between the remaining battery charge scheduled in the consumption plan data and the actual remaining battery charge. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138020 | Autonomous Traveling Work Vehicle and Field Management System - An autonomous traveling work vehicle includes a traveling vehicle body, a positioning device mounted on the traveling vehicle body and configured to acquire self-vehicle position information indicative of a self-vehicle position, a work device for effecting a work for a field, a determining device for determining a condition of at least either one of the traveling vehicle body and the work device during traveling of the traveling vehicle body, an abnormality detection section for detecting abnormality in the field based on determination data determined by the determining device, and an abnormality information outputting section for outputting, as abnormality information, the self-position information in the case of detection of abnormality by the abnormality detection section. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138021 | Airspeed Adaptive Cruise Control for Ground Vehicles - A system and method for implementing an airspeed adaptive cruise control system on ground vehicles that automatically slows vehicle groundspeed during headwinds and increases groundspeed during tailwinds. This behavior acts to reduce the energy cost associated with headwinds and capture the energy benefit obtained with tailwinds. In the method, multiple operating modes are presented that can be user selected to optimize on minimum energy consumption, fastest average speed while still harvesting energy from tailwinds, and a balance in between the two methods. The system utilizes multiple sensors, such as airspeed, groundspeed, and vehicle proximity detectors to provide reliable system functionality in a wide range of operating conditions. In some implementations, a combined speedometer with groundspeed and airspeed indicator dials is used to quickly communicate the condition and magnitude of headwinds or tailwinds. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138022 | FLOOR-DROP DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ROBOT - A system whereby a mobile robot can detect a floor-drop includes a chassis and at least one infrared (IR) sensor. The chassis includes a mounting portion and a translucent lens mounted on the mounting portion. The mounting portion and the translucent lens are inclined downwards, at an angle to a horizontal plane. The IR sensor is mounted in the chassis adjacent to the translucent lens. The IR sensor transmits a signal to a lower surface in front of the chassis through the transparent lens. The IR sensor can detect a distant floor-drop such that the mobile robot can have enough time to stop a front wheel going over the floor-drop. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138023 | MOVABLE BODY, IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM USING MOVABLE BODY, SERVER, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD USING MOVABLE BODY - Each vehicle is configured to perform automated driving and includes a camera and an ECU. The camera is configured to capture an image of a situation outside the vehicle. The ECU receives an image capture request including an image capture location through a communication module. The ECU performs control for causing the vehicle to move to the image capture location and capturing an image of a situation outside the vehicle by the camera in accordance with the image capture request. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138024 | Map Automation - Lane Classification - A computer system including one or more processors programmed or configured to receive image data associated with an image of one or more roads, where the one or more roads comprise one or more lanes, determine a lane classification of the one or more lanes based on the image data associated with the image of the one or more roads, and provide lane classification data associated with the lane classification of the one or more lanes. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138025 | Ground Wire Guidance System for Robotic Vehicle with Doorway Access - A ground wire guidance system for guiding a robotic vehicle through a doorway in a barrier. The system includes a ground wire loop arranged to pass though the doorway in two directions. Plural wires are switched as the loop passes through the doorway such that the pairs of wires conducting are spaced apart, or shielded, such that the robotic vehicle can reliably navigate through a relatively narrow doorway, while one of the wires passes through a central portion of the doorway. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138026 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, EXTERNAL SERVER, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Disclosed is an electronic device. An electronic device according to one embodiment may comprise: a communication module; a sensor module which acquires movement information of the electronic device and image information of the place where the electronic device is moving; a memory which stores space information corresponding to the place where the electronic device is moving; and a processor which uses the movement information and space information to determine a plurality of first candidate locations, within the place, corresponding to the electronic device, and then, on the basis of the image information and the plurality of first candidate locations, determines whether the location accuracy corresponding to the plurality of first candidate locations is smaller than a valid value, and, on the basis of the result of the determination, uses the electronic device or an external server to acquire at least one second candidate location from among the plurality of first candidate locations, and uses the acquired at least one second candidate location to determine an estimated location for the electronic device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MOTORS - An irrigation system includes a central pivot and a series of mobile towers connected to the central pivot and to one another by support structure. Each mobile tower has wheels and a motor for driving at least one of the wheels. A control system operates the motors to maintain alignment of the mobile towers and the central pivot while preventing power usage of the system from exceeding a maximum power threshold. The control system determines in which sequence to operate the motors to maintain alignment of the mobile towers while operating no more than a selected number of the motors simultaneously. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138028 | Method and system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle | 2019-05-09 |
20190138029 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM, DEPTH IMAGING SYSTEM, VEHICLE, MAP GENERATOR AND METHODS THEREOF - According to various aspects, a collision avoidance method may include: receiving depth information of one or more depth imaging sensors of an unmanned aerial vehicle; determining from the depth information a first obstacle located within a first distance range and movement information associated with the first obstacle; determining from the depth information a second obstacle located within a second distance range and movement information associated with the second obstacle, the second distance range is distinct from the first distance range, determining a virtual force vector based on the determined movement information, and controlling flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the virtual force vector to avoid a collision of the unmanned aerial vehicle with the first obstacle and the second obstacle. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MOVABLE OBJECT USING MACHINE-READABLE CODE - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for operating a movable object using a machine readable code. In one embodiment, an image may be obtained by the movable object. The image may include a machine-readable code configured to store a set of operation data for controlling the movable object. The movable object may process the image to retrieve the machine-readable code and the set of operation data. The movable object further may adjust one or more operation parameters of the movable object based on the set of operation data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138031 | CONFIGURING A COLOR BI-DIRECTIONAL PIXEL-BASED DISPLAY SCREEN WITH STEREO SOUND FOR LIGHT SHOWS USING QUADCOPTERS - A system and method of displaying graphic information including a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles that together form a display screen. Light elements are provided on each vehicle. A computer wirelessly connects to and controls the vehicles and is activated to deploy the vehicles and arrange them in a pattern in the air. The light elements become pixels on the display screen. The light elements may be on opposing regions of the unmanned aerial vehicles, thereby making it possible to view the display screen from more than one direction. Wireless signals are transmitted from the computer to the light elements. Light elements are selectively switched on and off in a manner that causes the light emitted therefrom to form textual or graphic images on one side and/or the other side of the display screen. When not in use, the vehicles are stored in a storage facility having charging stations. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138032 | DIAPHRAGM CHECK VALVE - A check valve, including a valve and a valve support surface, to permit a fluid to move through the check valve in a first direction and resist a fluid flow through the valve in a second direction, the valve having a valve diaphragm and an isolating bridge, with a portion of the valve engaging against valve support surface to resist deformation or stretching of the valve when a backflow of fluid into the check valve occurs. The valve support surface having a first support surface and a second support surface, and the valve positioned with the valve diaphragm spaced apart from the first support surface, and the isolating bridge spaced apart from the second support surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138033 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM AND GAS SUPPLY METHOD - A gas supply system includes a first flow channel connected to a first gas source of a first gas, formed inside a ceiling or a sidewall of the treatment container, and communicating with the treatment space through a plurality of first gas discharge holes, a second flow channel connected to a second gas source of a second gas, formed inside the ceiling or the sidewall of the treatment container, and communicating with the treatment space through a plurality of second gas discharge holes, and a plurality of first diaphragm valves, wherein each of the first diaphragm valves is provided between the first flow channel and the first gas discharge hole to correspond to the first gas discharge hole. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138034 | WATER LEVELING AND FILTERING SYSTEM - A water leveling and filtering system having a guard. The guard includes a sleeve or gate to provides for the flow of water through a drainage opening. The guard includes a floatation means. The guard floats and rises along the elongate path of the drain pipe or drain opening as the water level rises, thereby preventing debris from entering the top of the pipe. The guard includes openings therein that continue to allow water to enter the overflow pipe when the water rises while protecting the opening to the drainage system from debris entering. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138035 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND ADJUSTING CONCENTRATION OF SLURRY SOLUTION - A device for measuring the concentration of a slurry solution according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor part including a first sensor for measuring the conductivity of a solution, a second sensor for measuring an ultrasonic wave propagation velocity of the solution, and a third sensor for measuring the absorbance of the solution; and a concentration measurer configured to analyze the conductivity, ultrasonic wave propagation velocity, and absorbance input from the sensor part and measure the concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and a slurry in the solution in real time. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138036 | Valve for Opening and Closing a Line System - A valve for closing and opening a line system, comprising a valve body which forms a valve seat; a line system with a supply line for supplying a fluid to the valve seat and with a discharge line for discharging the fluid from the valve seat, wherein the fluid is under a supply pressure in the supply line and under a working pressure in the discharge line; a closing element that releases a throttle cross-section between the valve seat and the closing element; a restoring element which applies a restoring force to the closing element; and a pressure chamber in which the fluid is under a closing pressure with which the fluid applies a closing force to the closing element to close the line system. | 2019-05-09 |