25th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220196682 | CATECHOLAMINE CONCENTRATIONS IN A BLOOD SAMPLE AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION STATUS IN A SUBJECT FOR A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The invention has for object an in vitro method for performing a differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases selected from early stage of Alzheimer's disease, advanced stage of Alzheimer's disease, mental depression, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia, and/or vascular dementia; said method being performed in a subject presenting signs of dementia and comprising the steps of (a) determining at least five criteria of said subject, said at least five criteria comprising the age of said subject, a score of said subject to a questionnaire adapted for screening cognitive function, a dopamine, adrenaline and noradrenaline concentration in a blood sample of said subject, (b) comparing said noradrenaline concentration to a predetermined threshold, (c) calculating one global note in relation with each neurodegenerative disease and (d) determining whether said subject suffers from one or more neurodegenerative diseases. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196683 | METHODS AND MEANS FOR STRATIFICATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM, OR SUSPECTED TO SUFFER FROM, A PROGRESSIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE - The invention relates to method for typing a sample of an individual suffering from, or is suspected to suffer from, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. The invention further relates to methods for assigning a treatment of the individual, based on said typing. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196684 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OR MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASE BY IMMUNOASSAY - The invention relates to an ex vivo method for detecting or monitoring the progression of a chronic degenerative disease, in a sample of human or animal biological fluid, by immunoassay for the presence of antibodies in the sample, including at least:
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20220196685 | PROBES FOR DETECTION OF COPPER - The present disclosure provides Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based probes for detecting copper, e.g., for detecting Cu(I) in live cells. The present disclosure provides methods for detecting copper, e.g., for detecting Cu(I) in live cells, using a FRET-based probe of the present disclosure. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196686 | SLIDE INVENTORY AND REINSERTION SYSTEM - A slide rack inventory and reinsertion system for use with a digital slide scanning apparatus is provided that determines, prior to scanning of glass slides in a slide rack, a status of each slot in the slide rack as properly occupied, improperly occupied, or empty. The system also determines whether a slide that has been removed from the slide rack for processing has been properly reinserted into the slide rack. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196687 | LABORATORY DEVICE, LABORATORY DEVICE ARRANGEMENT, AND USE OF A LABORATORY DEVICE - The invention is concerned with improvements in the technical field of laboratory devices. To this end, what is proposed, inter alia, is a laboratory device ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196688 | TRANSPORT MECHANISM AND ANALYZING DEVICE - A transport mechanism is disposed in a measuring device used for dispensing biological samples from sample containers configured to contain the biological samples to cuvettes so as to perform a predetermined measurement, and transports a sample rack configured to hold the sample containers. The transport mechanism includes: a table on which the sample rack is provided in plurality and sequentially placed; a container sensor unit configured to identify the sample containers held on the sample rack; and a transport device configured to transport the sample rack holding the sample container identified by the container sensor unit to a dispensing position at which the biological samples are dispensed. The container sensor unit is disposed in the transport device, so that the transport device transports a preceding sample rack while the container sensor unit identifies sample containers held on a subsequent sample rack. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196689 | SUPPPORT ELEMENT FOR A MODULAR TRANSPORT PLANE, MODULAR TRANSPORT PLANE, AND LABORATORY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A support element for a modular transport plane with a plurality of transport module units each comprising a driving surface assembly is presented. The support element has an upper support surface supporting the driving surface assemblies of at least two neighboring transport module units. The upper support surface has driving surface assembly interfaces engaged with complementary interfaces of the supported driving surface assemblies. The support element comprises a lower part having a mounting structure and an upper part having the upper support surface. The upper part connects lengthwise to the lower part via a connection structure. The connection structure restrains a relative movement between the lower part and the upper part in the longitudinal direction of the support element and allows a limited relative movement between the lower part and the upper part in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the support element. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196690 | LABORATORY SYSTEM TO MONITOR REFERENCE POINTS OF LABORATORY DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to a laboratory system to monitor reference points of laboratory devices. The laboratory system comprises a first laboratory device comprising a first reference point, a second laboratory device comprising a second reference point, and a coupling element. The coupling element couples the first reference point and the second reference point. The coupling element comprises a detectable part adapted to be moved between a starting position and at least one detection position when the relative position of the first reference point and the second reference point to each other changes. The laboratory system further comprises a sensor configured to detect the detectable part of the coupling element in the at least one detection position. In addition, a method of operating the laboratory system as described is disclosed. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196691 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer for making measurements for different analysis processes by a compact mechanism. The apparatus performs inspection for plural different analysis processes and includes: an incubator for holding plural reaction vessels on circumferential positions, first and second dispensing mechanisms each having a dispensing nozzle capable of arc-shaped movement around a rotational axis and vertical movement, in which a first locus of an arc-shaped movement of the dispensing nozzle of the first dispensing mechanism and a second locus of the arc-shaped movement of the dispensing nozzle of the second dispensing mechanism intersect the circumference of the incubator where the reaction vessels are arranged, while the first locus and the second locus do not intersect, the first dispensing mechanism is used in a first inspection having a first reaction period, and the second dispensing mechanism is used in a second inspection having a second reaction period longer than the first reaction period. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196692 | MODULAR TRANSPORT PLANE AND LABORATORY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a modular transport plane with a plurality of transport module units, each transport module unit comprising an actuator assembly with a back iron, and with an infrastructure system arranged below the transport module units and supporting the transport module units on a floor, characterized in that the transport module units are floatingly connected to the infrastructure system to allow a relative horizontal movement between the transport module units and the infrastructure system, wherein neighboring transport module units are connected via the back irons for a horizontal force transmission between neighboring transport module units in response to a relative horizontal movement between neighboring transport module units. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196693 | CHIP AND FLUID-MERGING METHOD - Provided is a chip that does not require high-accuracy discharge amount control for a liquid delivery pump and can suppress the entrainment of air bubbles. A chip | 2022-06-23 |
20220196694 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING THE FLUID PATH IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT ENCLOSURE - A controlled environment enclosure comprises a robotic arm manipulation system used to protect and unprotect a fluid path and a swab within the controlled environment enclosure. The apparatus allows the fluid path to be protected against dangerous decontamination vapors and chemicals before the controlled environment enclosure is decontaminated. The apparatus allows the fluid path to be unprotected without the use of gloves or other means that degrade the integrity of the controlled environment enclosure when decontamination is completed. The apparatus and method allow for the protecting, unprotecting and decontaminating sequences to be automated. In some embodiments the fluid path comprises a fill needle that can removably and aseptically be sealed with a disposable monolithic injection moulded polymeric fill needle sheath. The apparatus and method further allow for the use of a swab disposed in a swab holder that is aseptically and removably sealable to a swab cap to protect the swab against decontamination vapors. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196695 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer includes a flow cell detector, a nozzle that is connected to the flow cell detector by a flow path and aspirates or discharges liquid, a reservoir that is provided with a table and a table driving mechanism that rotates or moves the table up and down, and a cleaning tank that is disposed on the table. A position of the nozzle is fixed, and a cleaning water discharge port discharges cleaning water used for cleaning the nozzle at an angle φ with respect to a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the nozzle. An upper part of a side wall of the cleaning tank is continuous with an upper discharge unit at a side facing a discharge outlet provided in the reservoir and a spatula-shaped part projects outward of the cleaning tank at a side facing the upper discharge unit. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196696 | ITERATIVE LIQUID ASPIRATION - A method for aspirating a first liquid medium of two liquid media of different density from a sample container comprises: lowering a pipette of the laboratory automation device into the sample container until a pipette tip of the pipette has passed a lowering distance from the surface of the first liquid medium in the sample container, wherein the lowering distance is chosen, such that the pipette tip passes at least an aspiration volume in the sample container; aspirating liquid from the sample container during the lowering of the pipette by generating an underpressure in the pipette, wherein the first liquid medium is aspirated, and after the interface and the pipette tip pass each other, the second liquid medium of the two liquid media is aspirated; measuring a pressure in the pipette during the lowering of the pipette and detecting a position of the interface, when a slope of the pressure changes; when the lowering distance has been passed and no interface is detected, aspirating the aspiration volume from the first liquid medium and dispensing the aspiration volume of the first liquid medium into a further sample container. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196697 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING AND/OR EXCHANGING MEDICAL DEVICES - Methods and apparatus are provided for cleaning or exchanging medical devices. Certain embodiments may include a cassette comprising a plurality of medical devices, where the orientation of the cassette can be changed while the cassette is coupled to a processing instrument. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196698 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING VIBRATIONS GENERATED BY A DEVICE - In a method for determining vibrations generated by a device, first vibration measurements are received from a first accelerometer coupled to the device, the first vibration measurements comprising a first device vibration contribution and a first environmental vibration contribution, wherein the device is located within an environment comprising a plurality of devices capable of generating vibrations. Second vibration measurements are received from a second accelerometer located within the environment and not connected to the device, the second vibration measurements comprising a second device vibration contribution and a second environmental vibration contribution. The first vibration measurements and the second vibration measurements are compared. Based on the comparing, the first device vibration contribution is estimated. An operational condition of the device is determined based on the estimating, wherein the operational condition is indicative of device performance that may be impacted by device vibration contributions. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196699 | ACCELEROMETER WITH TRANSLATIONAL MOTION OF MASSES - A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer is provided, comprising a substrate disposed in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; a first proof mass and a second proof mass coupled to the substrate and configured to translate in opposite directions of each other along a third axis perpendicular to the first and second axes; and at least one lever coupling the first proof mass to the second proof mass, wherein, the MEMS accelerometer is configured to detect acceleration along the third axis via detection of translation of the first and second proof masses along the third axis; and the MEMS accelerometer exhibits symmetry about the first and second axes. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196700 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY AND MICROSCOPICALLY MEASURING VAPOR CELL COATING FILM ENERGY TRANSFER AND RELAXATION CHARACTERISTICS AT NANOMETER SCALES - A system for simultaneously and microscopically measuring vapor cell coating film energy transfer and relaxation characteristics at nanometer scales includes a space relaxation characteristic detection unit which includes a laser, an optical isolator, a spatial light filter, a reflector, a Glan-Taylor polarizer, a first quarter-wave plate, a spatial light modulator, a focusing lens, a second quarter-wave plate, a polarizing film, a PD detection unit, an I/V amplification unit, a data acquisition unit, a spectroscope and an optical chopper, an atomic force microscope detection unit for energy transfer micro-areas, a shielding cylinder, a coated alkali metal atomic vapor cell, a data processing unit and a magnetic field controlled coil. The energy transfer micro-area detection unit includes coated samples, a probe, an oscillator, a laser, a four-quadrant photoelectric detection unit, a band-pass filter unit, an automatic gain controller, an adder, a piezoelectric scanning cylinder, a sample table and a PI controller. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196701 | TEST AND MEASUREMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH AUGMENTED REALITY - A test and measurement system can include a data store configured to store augmentation settings for dynamically augmenting a physical testing environment and a computing device coupled to the data store. The computing device can be configured to receive an input feed from the physical testing environment, create an augmentation image based on the augmentation settings and the input feed, and output the augmented image to be overlaid on the physical testing environment to augment a user's view of the physical testing environment. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196702 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BYPASS DEVICE - An electrical testing device includes a housing having a base and a cover. The base and the cover define a cavity. The electrical testing device includes an input connector and a plurality of output connectors in electrical communication with the input connector. A fuse is in electrical communication with the input connector and the plurality of output connectors. The input connector and each output connector of the plurality of output connectors is adapted to connect to an interchangeable test lead. The input connector and each output connector of the plurality of output connectors is in electrical communication with an activation mechanism. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196703 | LIQUID ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SENSOR UNIT - The present invention reduces a running cost in a liquid analysis device and reduces electromagnetic noise superimposed on an analog signal. The present invention includes a sensor portion configured to contact a liquid and output an analog signal corresponding to a predetermined measurement target item, a conversion portion configured to convert the analog signal obtained by the sensor portion into a digital signal, and a device body to which the conversion portion is connected by a wire or wirelessly, the device body being configured to acquire the digital signal from the conversion portion. The sensor portion and the conversion portion are attachable to and detachable from each other, the sensor portion includes a connection plug that electrically connects to the conversion portion, and a metal shield is provided at a connection portion between the connection plug and a wire of the sensor portion. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196704 | MEASUREMENT UNIT - A measurement unit includes: a ground portion forming a part of a line configured to provide continuity for grounding electric potential, the ground portion including a surface forming a plane at one end of the ground portion; a signal portion forming a part of a line configured to provide continuity for a signal for measurement, the signal portion including an end portion configured to come out in a plane that is same as the plane of the ground portion; an insulative dielectric portion provided between the ground portion and the signal portion; an electrically conductive first contact probe configured to expand and contract along a longitudinal axis, the first contact probe coming into contact with the signal portion; and an electrically conductive second contact probe configured to expand and contract along a longitudinal axis, the second contact probe coming into contact with the ground portion. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196705 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An inspection apparatus for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate and an electrode located on the substrate. The inspection apparatus includes a support to support the electronic device, a probe to be brought into contact with a surface of the electrode, a temperature adjusting device configured to adjust at least one of a temperature of the surface of the electrode and a temperature of the probe such that the temperature of the surface of the electrode and the temperature of the probe are different from each other, and a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature of the surface of the electrode. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196706 | PROBE CARD ASSEMBLY - A probe card assembly includes a circuit board, a substrate, and at least one passive component. The substrate is disposed opposite and connected to the circuit board. The circuit board has a first opening facing the substrate and/or the substrate has a second opening facing the circuit board. The at least one passive component is disposed between the circuit board and the substrate and is at least partially accommodated in at least one of the first opening and the second opening. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196707 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING ULTRAHIGH-FREQUENCY SPRING PROBE TEST ASSEMBLY - A method for assembling an ultrahigh-frequency spring probe test assembly includes: drilling signal cavities, power supply cavities, and grounding cavities, assembling an upper mold core and a lower mold core and performing curing, mounting an upper shaft sleeve and a lower shaft sleeve, inserting a signal probe, a power supply probe and a grounding probe, and mounting an upper base to complete assembling the probe test assembly. The signal probe becomes coaxial with the signal cavity by mounting the insulating ring, achieving small signal loss; the insulating mold core is inserted into the power supply cavity after drilling and is bonded to the power supply cavity via adhesive to form a dual-layer insulating structure between the power supply probe and the base, having high insulation performance and low power loss; the grounding probe is in direct contact with the metal base, achieving high conductivity. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196708 | Leakage Current Management Systems, Devices, and Methods - A sensor/transducer for use in reducing leakage current from a patient fluidly connected to a medical device by tubing filled with a conductive fluid (e.g., blood or dialysate (a “fluid line”)) includes a magnetically conductive core with 1) a centrally located support for a coil of fluid line, and 2) coiled electrical conductors located at positions that are spaced from the centrally located support, on opposite sides of the centrally located support. The sensor/transducer can be used to measure leakage current carried by the conductive fluid in the fluid line, or it can be used to induce current in the fluid line in a manner that reduces the leakage current. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196709 | OVERCURRENT DETECTION USING DISSIMILAR BIASING OF DIODE NETWORKS - Apparatus and associated methods relate to detection of an overcurrent condition by determining if a voltage across a current-sense resistor exceeds a predetermined voltage threshold. The voltage at each side of the current-sense resistor is sensed indirectly, through a diode network. The diode networks through which the voltages on each side of the current-sense resistor are biased differently from one another. Such differently-biased diode networks translate the voltages at each side of the current-sense resistor by different amounts, the biasing of these diode networks is such that a voltage difference between the second terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a first polarity during normal current conditions, and the voltage difference between the second terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a second polarity during overcurrent conditions. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196710 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH DETECTING ANOMALOUS CONDITIONS - Systems and methods for improving identification of issues associated with detecting anomalous conditions (e.g., electrical transient voltages) in electrical systems are disclosed herein. The anomalous conditions may be difficult to discern, for example, due to metering constraints of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) responsible for identifying the anomalous conditions in the electrical systems. In one aspect of this disclosure, a method to automatically identify metering constraints of one or more IEDs in an electrical system includes capturing at least one energy-related waveform using at least one of the IEDs in the electrical system, and processing electrical measurement data from, or derived from, the at least one energy-related waveform to identify anomalous characteristics in the electrical system. The anomalous characteristics may be indicative of an anomalous condition in the electrical system, for example. In response to identifying anomalous characteristics in the electrical measurement data, an event constraint model is built based on or by using the identified anomalous characteristics. Once built, the event constraint model is analyzed to determine if the at least one energy-related waveform is being adequately captured by the at least one of the IEDs. In response to determining the at least one energy-related waveform is not adequately captured, one or more actions may be taken to address the capturing inadequacy. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196711 | Centralized Electrical Protection Methods, Devices and Systems for Microgrids - A method for training a machine learning classifier system for an electrical fault detection system includes:
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20220196712 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT IN A VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT - A method of determining a high voltage value without measuring the high voltage value directly, in varying possible temperatures. An apparatus includes two voltage divider circuits ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196713 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INERTIA OF POWER SYSTEM BASED ON MULTI-INNOVATION IDENTIFICATION - A method and device for estimating spatial distribution of power system inertia based on multi-innovation identification. The method includes: (S1) acquiring time-series data including each node frequency of a power system and a transmission power of a transmission line; decomposing a frequency signal in a series of different spaces to identify a disturbance occurring moment; (S2) analyzing a relationship among node inertia, node frequency and node injection power; constructing an OEMA model to describe an active power-frequency dynamic process of the node after the disturbance occurs; analyzing a coupling relationship between an unknown parameter of the model and the node inertia; (S3) solving the OEMA model based on multi-innovation identification to identity the unknown parameter; and (S4) according to the relationship between a vector of the parameter and the node inertia, calculating each node inertia to estimate the spatial distribution of the power system inertia. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196714 | TRANSFORMER AREA IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A transformer area identification method determines a corresponding electric meter mounting relationship by identifying a power jump characteristic based on a power statistic of each node in a power supply network of a transformer area, thereby eliminating the influence of line loss power and increasing identification accuracy. In addition, the identification is performed based on change characteristics of unidentified total power and power of an electric meter in a to-be-identified domain, to reduce interference of a power fluctuation of an identified electric meter to the identification and increase the identification accuracy. Moreover, iterative identification is used, so that the to-be-identified domain is smaller and a convergence speed is faster. The transformer area identification method uses a power jump algorithm to identify the transformer area, thereby eliminating the influence of the line loss power and increasing the identification accuracy. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196715 | ELECTRIC ENERGY METER WITH ON-BOARD POWER QUALITY ANALYTICS - An electric energy meter includes a plurality of first terminals for receiving a measure of current of each of one or more phases of power and a plurality of second terminals for receiving a measure of voltage of each of one or more phases of power. A controller is configured to analyze the measure of current and the measure of voltage of each of the one or more phases of power in order to detect power quality issues in one or more of the one or more phases of power. For each of the detected power quality issues, the controller is configured to determine whether the detected power quality issue is caused by a utility generating the power or a consumer consuming the power and to communicate a message indicating the detected power quality issues via a communications port operably coupled to the controller. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196716 | ATOM-BASED CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING - A method for atom-based closed-loop control includes exciting atoms of a gas into one or more Rydberg states, applying one or more signal processing functions to the one or more Rydberg states, and regulating a characteristic of the applied one or more signal processing functions based on, at least in part, a response of the one or more Rydberg states to the one or more signal processing functions. A system for internal quantum-state-space interferometry includes an atomic receiver, an interferometric pathway, and a detector. The interferometer includes an atomic vapor with first atomic states and second atomic states. The interferometric pathway from RF phases between the first and second atomic states is closed by a quantum-state-space. The detector is configured to detect a readout of an interferometric signal. Embodiments include atom-based automatic level control, baseband processors, phase-locked loops, voltage transducers, raster RF imagers and waveform analyzers. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196717 | OVER THE AIR MEASUREMENTS MEETING A GAIN FLATNESS CRITERION - A method for measuring performance of at least one DUT in a reverberation chamber over a frequency band, the method including, iteratively: generating a fading scenario by the reverberation chamber; identifying at least one measurement sub-band included in the frequency band, wherein the at least one measurement sub-band complies with a gain flatness criterion; measuring performance of the at least one DUT in the at least one identified measurement sub-band, thereby generating at least one performance measurement result; accumulating the at least one performance measurement result; and determining measurement coverage and terminating the performance measurement in case the measurement coverage meets a coverage criterion. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196718 | ELECTROMETER WITH RYDBERG FREQUENCY TUNING - One embodiment includes an electrometer system. The system includes a sensor cell comprising alkali metal atoms within, and an optical beam system configured to provide at least one optical beam through the sensor cell to provide a first Rydberg energy state of the alkali metal atoms, the at least one optical beam exiting the sensor cell as a detection beam. The system also includes a tuning signal generator configured to generate a tuning signal having a predetermined tuning frequency to adjust an energy difference between the first Rydberg energy state and a second Rydberg energy state of the alkali metal atoms. The system further includes a detection system configured to monitor the detection beam to detect an external signal having a frequency that is approximately equal to the energy difference between the first Rydberg energy state and the second Rydberg energy state based on monitoring the detection beam. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196719 | ELECTROMETER SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM - One embodiment includes an electrometer system. The system includes a sensor cell comprising alkali metal atoms within, and a probe laser configured to generate a probe beam, the probe beam being provided through the sensor cell. The system also includes a coupling laser configured to generate a coupling beam. The coupling beam can be provided through the sensor cell to combine with the probe beam provided through the sensor cell to provide a Rydberg energy state of the alkali metal atoms, the probe beam exiting the sensor cell as a detection beam. The system further includes a sensor control system configured to monitor the detection beam to detect an external signal based on monitoring a phase of the detection beam. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196720 | SINGLE-ENDED FAULT POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT TRANSMISSION LINE OF HYBRID NETWORK - The disclosure discloses a single-ended fault positioning method and system for a HVDC power transmission line based on a hybrid deep network. The method comprises the following: collecting rectification side bus output voltage and current signals of a HVDC power transmission system under different fault types, fault distances and transition resistances as an original data set; eliminating electromagnetic coupling of the bipolar direct-current line by using phase-mode transformation, extracting IMF components of fault voltage and current signals under different fault scenes by using variational mode decomposition, and calculating TEO of the IMF components to obtain a fault data set after feature engineering; normalizing the fault data set, and dividing the fault data set into a training set and a test set; and successively inputting the training set and the test set into a hybrid network of a convolutional neural network and a long short-term memory network for training and testing. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196721 | DEVICE FOR TESTING INSULATION PROPERTIES OF TRANSFORMER - The present disclosure relates to a device for testing insulation properties of a transformer, comprising: a low-voltage winding part and a high-voltage winding part that are arranged concentrically with each other; an iron core for testing combined with the low-voltage winding part and the high-voltage winding part and adjustable in height according to the height of low-voltage winding part and the high-voltage winding part; a low-voltage terminal part connected to both ends of the winding of the low-voltage winding part; a high-voltage terminal part connected to both ends of the winding of the high-voltage winding part. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196722 | RESIDENTIAL FAULT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL - A diagnostic device includes electrical connectors, load, power supply, switching circuitry, sensors, and processor. The connectors include first and second sets of terminals for connecting to the conductors of a branch circuit in an upstream and downstream direction, respectively, at an outlet location along the circuit. The switching circuitry can isolate the upstream and downstream sections of the circuit from the outlet location, and selectively connect or disconnect the power supply or the load to the upstream or downstream section. The sensors measure electrical characteristics on the conductors of the circuit to monitor load currents, such as on power, neutral and ground lines, of the upstream and downstream circuit sections. The processor controls the switching circuitry, and obtains diagnostic information corresponding to the monitored load currents on the upstream and downstream sections of the branch circuit, from the measurements performed by the sensors. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196723 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING DEFECT-BASED TEST COVERAGE GAPS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Automatically identifying defect-based test coverage gaps in semiconductor devices includes determining a plurality of apparent killer defects on one or more semiconductor devices with a plurality of semiconductor dies based on characterization measurements of the one or more semiconductor devices acquired by one or more semiconductor fabrication subsystems, determining at least one semiconductor die which passes at least one test based on test measurements acquired by one or more test tool subsystems, correlate the characterization measurements with the test measurements to determine at least one apparent killer defect on the at least one semiconductor die which passes the at least one test, and determining one or more gap areas on the one or more semiconductor devices for defect-based test coverage based on the at least one apparent killer defect on the at least one semiconductor die which passes the at least one test. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196724 | RF FUNCTIONAL PROBE - The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) functional probe for testing an RF device in a cryogenic environment. The RF functional probe includes a probe head configured to receive the RF device, a flange structure, an isolation structure coupled between the probe head and the flange structure, and an RF cable structure extending from the flange structure, through the isolation structure, and to the probe head. The isolation structure is configured to provide thermal and electrical isolation to reduce radiant heat leak from the RF cable structure to the RF device. Herein, the isolation structure includes multiple baffle structures, each of which includes cable guides. The cable guides of each baffle structure are configured to guide routing paths for the RF cable structure. The RF cable structure is configured to transmit signals to and from the RF device. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196725 | Electronic Component and System with Integrated Self-Test Functionality - The invention relates to an electronic component comprising a first integrated sub-circuit having a defined interface and a defined fixed-hardware functionality, a second, reconfigurable integrated sub-circuit being signal-connected via the interface to the first sub-circuit to exchange signals therewith, and optionally supply energy thereto, and one or more terminals for electrically connecting the electronic component to its periphery. The second sub-circuit is configured as an interface circuit between the one or more terminals and the first sub-circuit. The second sub-circuit is further configured as a reconfigurable integrated testing unit to test said hardware functionality of the first sub-circuit by applying one or more input signals to the first circuit and evaluating one or more output signals received via the interface from the first sub-circuit in response to the one or more input signals for conformance with one or more predetermined test criteria. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196726 | TESTING MACHINE AND TESTING METHOD - Embodiments of the present application provide a testing equipment and a testing method. The testing equipment includes: a plurality of pad groups and a plurality of source measure units. Each of the pad groups has a stress pad. The stress pad is configured to connect an element under test. The source measure unit is configured to send an input signal to the element under test through the stress pad and measure an output signal of the element under test to acquire performance parameters of the element under test. The stress pads of at least two of the pad groups are connected to the corresponding source measure units at the same time. The embodiments of the present application help improve the testing efficiency. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196727 | CONTACT AND SOCKET DEVICE FOR BURNING-IN AND TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR IC - A contact for burning-in and testing a semiconductor IC and a socket device including the contact are proposed. The contact includes: an upper terminal part ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196728 | MICRO-CHANNEL HEATSINK WITH EMBEDDED HEATER AND DIAMOND HEAT SPREADER - Disclosed herein is a high-performance thermal chuck for enhanced thermal management of high-power integrated circuit (IC) devices. The disclosed high-performance thermal chuck provides active heating and cooling for post-manufacture device testing. A high-performance heatsink comprises microfluidic channels in a high thermal conductivity silicon carbide (SiC) body for providing enhanced active cooling of an IC device. A refractory heating element is embedded between an integrated heat spreader comprising diamond and the heatsink for providing active heating. The integrated heat spreader is bonded to the heatsink. Closely matched coefficients of thermal expansion between the diamond heat spreader and the heatsink mitigate thermally-induced warpage. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196729 | MASSIVE TESTING OF MICRO INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A massive testing system of a micro integrated circuit includes: a first test area including a plurality of test pads and a plurality of reading pads, and disposed on scribe lines; a plurality of test controllers disposed on the scribe lines one by one; and a probe configured to contact the first test area to test a plurality of rows of integrated circuit chips; wherein each of the plurality of test controllers is configured to test a respective one of the plurality of rows of integrated circuit chips row by row; wherein the probe merely contacts the first test area once; wherein the plurality of reading pads are configured to read test results of each of the plurality of rows of integrated circuit chips row by row. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196730 | TEST METHOD FOR A SYSTEM ON CHIP AND A TEST SYSTEM FOR THE SYSTEM ON CHIP - A test method for a system on chip, the test method including: receiving a system on chip including a plurality of blocks; booting up the system on chip; storing input values that are input to each of the plurality of blocks, while booting up the system on chip; and performing a test on a first block among the plurality of blocks, wherein performing the test on the first block includes: disabling components of each of the plurality of blocks except the first block, and inputting a first input value to the first block to initialize the first block, wherein the first input value is one of the stored input values that was input to the first block while booting-up the system on chip. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196731 | TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is a testing method including: disposing a wafer on a working platform of a testing device; and moving a circuit board of the testing device relative to the working platform by a movement assembly of the testing device so as to allow at least two testing ports of the circuit board to test two chips of the wafer, respectively. Further, the two testing ports have different testing functions. Therefore, during the wafer testing process, a single testing device can perform multiple testing operations. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196732 | ACTIVE OPTICAL PLUG TO OPTICALLY OR ELECTRICALLY TEST A PHOTONICS PACKAGE - Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to active optical plugs used to cover optical connectors of a photonics package to protect the connectors. The active optical plugs may also be used to perform testing of the photonics package, including generating light to be sent to the photonics package and to detect light received from the photonics package as part of the test protocol. This allows testing the optical connection and the photonics package, without exposing the optical connections of the package to damage from dust or physical contact. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196733 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD TO CONCURRENTLY STORE MULTIPLE PMON COUNTS IN A SINGLE REGISTER - Techniques and mechanisms for providing performance monitoring information. In an embodiment, a performance monitor circuit receives a communication which indicates a format comprising multiple fields which are each to store a respective count of monitored events. A programming of the performance monitor circuit, based on the communication, designates first bits and second bits of the register to provide, respectively, a first first field and a second field according to the format. Performance monitoring subsequent to the programming successively tallies a first count of first events which occur during a first period of time, and a second count of second events which occur during a second period of time. In another embodiment, performance monitoring results in the register concurrently storing both the first count and the second count. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196734 | METHOD AND/OR SYSTEM FOR TESTING DEVICES IN NON-SECURED ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for implementing built-in self-test (BIST) to be performed by an untrusted party and/or in an unsecure testing environment. In an embodiment, a test access port (TAP) on a device may enable a party to initiate execution of one or more BIST procedures on the device. Additionally, such a TAP may enable loading of encrypted instructions to be executed by one or more processors formed on a device under test. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196735 | DEBUG TRACE MICROSECTORS - Systems and methods described herein may relate to data transactions involving a microsector architecture. Control circuitry may organize transactions to and from the microsector architecture to, for example, enable direct addressing transactions as well as batch transactions across multiple microsectors. A data path disposed between programmable logic circuitry of a column of microsectors and a column of row controllers may form a micro-network-on-chip used by a network-on-chip to interface with the programmable logic circuitry. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196736 | AT-SPEED TEST ACCESS PORT OPERATIONS - In some examples, an integrated circuit comprises: a TDI input, a TDO output, a TCK input and a TMS input; a TAP state machine (TSM) having an input coupled to the TCK input, an input coupled to the TMS input, an instruction register control output, a TSM data register control (DRC) output, and a TSM state output; an instruction register having an input coupled to the TDI input, an output coupled to the TDO output, and a control input coupled to the instruction register control output of the TAP state machine; router circuitry including a TSM DRC input coupled to the TSM DRC output, a control DRC input coupled to the TSM state output, and a router DRC output; and a data register having an input coupled to the TDI input, an output coupled to the TDO output, and a data register DRC input coupled to the router DRC output. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196737 | TEST ASSISTANCE DEVICE, TEST ASSISTANCE METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A test assistance device includes at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to; generate one or more of a test pattern in which a value of a parameter in test target-associated information is determined based on the test target-associated information indicating, so as to include the parameter, a requirement for a test defined in accordance with a test target, and generate a system requirement for a system satisfying the requirement for the test indicated by the test pattern. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196738 | TRANSISTION FAULT TESTING OF FUNTIONALLY ASYNCHRONOUS PATHS IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A circuit includes a test circuit in an integrated circuit to test signal timing of a logic circuit under test in the integrated circuit. The signal timing includes timing measurements to determine if an output of the logic circuit under test changes state in response to a clock signal. The test circuit includes a bit register that specifies which bits of the logic circuit under test are to be tested in response to the clock signal. A configuration register specifies a selected clock source setting from multiple clock source settings corresponding to a signal speed. The selected clock source is employed to perform the timing measurements of the specified bits of the bit register. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196739 | SIGNAL PATH MONITOR - A method for testing a signal path in a sensor, the signal path including a filter circuit and a comparator circuit, the method including: closing a first signal line that is arranged to bypass a first capacitor in the filter circuit; injecting a test signal into the signal path after the first signal line is closed; and detecting whether a signal that is output by the comparator circuit in response to the test signal satisfies a predetermined condition. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196740 | METHOD FOR CATEGORIZING PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRIC TRACTION MACHINE BEING A PERMANENT MAGNETIC SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A method for categorizing performance of a PMSM coupled to a drive shaft, and powered by a battery via an inverter. The method comprising: decoupling the PMSM from drive shaft; performing a first retardation test to measure the flux linkage of the permanent magnets, PM flux, in the PMSM; performing a second retardation test in which the inverter is disconnected, to measure the no-load power losses of the PMSM; correlating the PM flux with the no-load power losses in a health parameter of the PMSM, and comparing the health parameter with reference data of known health parameters of a population of PMSMs; categorizing the performance of the PMSM based on the compared health parameter. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196741 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A system for determining electrical characteristics of an electric load can comprise a signal modulation circuit that can include a first integral controller configured to control AC reference voltage based on a requested maximum AC current and an estimated maximum AC current, a second integral controller configured to control DC reference voltage based on a requested DC current and an estimated DC current, a signal demodulation circuit including an AC current estimation circuit configured to generate the estimated maximum AC current for the signal modulation circuit, a DC current estimation circuit configured to generate the estimated DC current for the signal modulation circuit, and a resistance and inductance (RL) estimation circuit configured to determine inductance of the electric load based on the estimated maximum AC current and phase shift, wherein the estimated maximum AC current is a value lower than a DC offset current value. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196742 | BATTERY SIMULATOR HAVING COMPENSATION IMPEDANCE - The invention relates to a device for testing, in particular high-frequency testing, a test item, for example an electrical machine or a converter, comprising: | 2022-06-23 |
20220196743 | METHOD FOR CHECKING A PROTECTION METHOD FOR PROTECTING A BATTERY DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for checking a protection method for protecting a battery device (100), in particular an electrode of the battery device (100), comprising the following steps: monitoring at least one electrical battery parameter (EBP) of the battery device (100); monitoring at least one operating parameter (BP) of an operating current (IB) of the battery device (100); monitoring at least one disturbance parameter (SP) of a disturbance current (IS) of the battery device (100); comparing the monitored disturbance parameter (SF), the monitored operating parameter (BP) and/or the monitored battery parameter (EBP) with at least one comparison parameter (VP) based on the battery parameter (EBP) and/or on the operating parameter (BP). | 2022-06-23 |
20220196744 | BATTERY PROBE SET - The present disclosure relates to a battery probe set configured to plug into a battery tester and impinge upon one or more terminals of a battery. The battery probe set includes first and second probe assemblies, each including a housing with gripping portions and conductive ports, probe stems of varying lengths that attach to the housing, and probe tips that couple to the probe stems. The housing, probe stem, and probe tips are electrically coupled via conductive paths. The first and second probe assemblies are electrically coupled via a transverse connector, permitting the location of probe plugs onto one of the probe assemblies that is configured to be pluggable into the battery tester. The probe tips are interchangeable and include a light source. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196745 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LITHIUM BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE ESTIMATION BASED ON SECOND-ORDER DIFFERENCE PARTICLE FILTERING - A method and a system of lithium battery state of charge (SOC) estimation based on second-order difference particle filtering belonging to the technical field of battery management are provided. The method includes the following steps: building a second-order RC battery model of a lithium battery; performing model parameterization by using a least squares algorithm with a forgetting factor; and generating an importance density function through a second-order central difference Kalman filtering (SCDKF) algorithm, improving a particle filtering algorithm to obtain a second-order difference particle filtering (SCDPF) algorithm, and performing SOC estimation on a lithium battery by using the SCDPF. The estimation method provided by the disclosure is accurate and has greater estimation accuracy than an unscented particle filtering algorithm (UPF), an unscented Kalman filtering algorithm (UKF), and an extended Kalman filtering algorithm (EKF). An SOC value of the lithium battery may thus be accurately estimated. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196746 | RUNTIME REMAINING ALGORITHM - An apparatus for providing an accurate estimate of remaining runtime of a battery is described. The apparatus comprises a fuel gauge and processing circuitry coupled to the fuel gauge. The processing circuitry can receive an indicator of remaining battery capacity from the fuel gauge. The processing circuitry can calculate remaining battery energy based on the remaining battery capacity and further based on an amount of power expected to be used by a battery load during an expected alarm time. The processing circuitry can calculate remaining runtime based on the remaining battery energy. A method and system are also described. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196747 | UPDATING BATTERY CAPACITY AFTER CLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION - A method for battery management, the method including determining an amount of charge Q | 2022-06-23 |
20220196748 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR DETECTING INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT FAULT OF BATTERY CELL - The application provides a method, apparatus, device and medium for detecting an internal short-circuit fault of a battery cell. The method includes obtaining electrical signal values for each of m battery cells of a battery pack, when it is in a preset condition including that a current detection is an n | 2022-06-23 |
20220196749 | A Computer-Implemented Method for Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and a Measurement Device for the Same - A computer-implemented method for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of an electrochemical cell. The method comprises: applying a periodic perturbation with a predetermined carrier wave form on the potential or the current; simultaneously measuring an influence of the periodic perturbation on the other one of the potential or the current and a displacement or a stress of a working electrode of the electrochemical cell; extracting, using lock-in amplifiers, from the other one of the potential or the current an electrical parameter signal with the predetermined carrier wave form and from the displacement or a stress measurement signal a mechanical parameter signal with the predetermined carrier wave form. This enables measuring a response in two different physical parameters from applying a single periodic perturbation to yet another physical parameter. By analysing the extracted signal components, information on coupling effects between the electrochemical behaviour and the mechanical behaviour of the electrochemical cell are uncovered. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196750 | BATTERY STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS - A battery state estimation apparatus calculates a measured DC resistance value of a DC resistance based on a current change amount and a voltage change amount, which are calculated in a predetermined period using measured current value and voltage value. The battery state estimation apparatus further calculates (i) a non-temperature dependent constant and (ii) a constant of a temperature dependent function based on (i) an estimated DC resistance value and (ii) the measured DC resistance value. The estimated DC resistance value is an estimated value of the measured DC resistance value; the estimated DC resistance value is represented as a sum of (i) the non-temperature dependent constant Ra, which indicates a temperature independent component of the DC resistance of the secondary battery, and (ii) the temperature dependent function Rb, which indicates a temperature dependent component of the DC resistance of the secondary battery. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196751 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A BATTERY DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for protecting a battery device ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196752 | BATTERY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, BATTERY DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A battery diagnosis apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a voltage measurer for measuring a cell voltage of each of first to n | 2022-06-23 |
20220196753 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A system, a method, and a computer program product for providing heterogeneous unifying battery storage. A state-of-health value of a battery is determined. The state-of-health value of the battery is less than an original capacity value of the battery. The battery is connected to an electrical power source for re-conditioning. A target state-of-health value for the battery and a number of cycles required to achieve the target state-of-health value of the battery are determined. Each cycle in the number of cycles includes at least one of: a charging the battery and a discharging the battery. The battery is re-conditioned by cycling the battery using the determined number of cycles. Cycling includes drawing electrical power from the electrical power source. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196754 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL BATTERY CELL - A method for detecting an abnormal battery cell includes periodically generating a voltage value and a current value for each of battery cells, updating, in real time by using an adaptive filter, a G parameter value and an H parameter value of each of battery cells, based on the voltage value and the current value, calculating a representative G parameter value and a representative H parameter value, and determining whether each of the battery cells is an abnormally deteriorated cell based on the G parameter value and the H parameter value of each of the battery cells, the representative G parameter value, and the representative H parameter value. The G parameter indicates sensitivity of voltage with respect to a change in current of the battery cell, and the H parameter indicates an effective potential determined by a local equilibrium potential distribution and a resistance distribution in the battery cell. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196755 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AVOIDING ABNORMAL SIGNAL OSCILLATION IN UVLO TEST - A method and device for avoiding abnormal signal oscillation in UVLO test, applied to a power supply module, includes: a voltage detection module ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196756 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR EARLY DETECTION OF A BATTERY CELL INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT - A battery management system (BMS) for early detection of a battery cell internal short-circuit is disclosed. The BMS comprises a memory, one or more processing units, and a machine-readable medium on the memory. The machine-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing units, cause the BMS to perform numerous operations of a method for early detection of the battery cell internal short-circuit. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196757 | INVERTER SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DETECTING OUTPUT GROUND FAULT AND OUTPUT GROUND FAULT DETECTION METHOD USING SAME - The present disclosure relates to an inverter system capable of detecting an output ground fault and an output ground fault detection method using same and, particularly, to an inverter for detecting an output ground fault by detecting the current of a leg-shunt resistor, and an inverter output ground detection fault method using same. The present disclosure compares absolute peak values of 3-phase current AD raw values detected from a shunt resistor, and thus may reliably detect the output ground fault of an inverter. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196758 | ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION COMPRISING A MONITORING MODULE - Electrical installation comprising a monitoring module positioned between a sensor connected to a measurement cable and first and second power supply cables for the sensor. The monitoring module comprises a first transistor comprising a first and a second power electrode and a control electrode, the first and the second power electrodes of the first transistor being electrically connected to the second power supply cable and to the measurement cable, respectively, so that, when the first transistor is in the closed state thereof, a first fault value is generated on the measurement cable. The control electrode of the first transistor is connected to the first power supply cable so that the loss of first potential on the first power supply cable, caused by the interruption thereof, automatically triggers the switching of the first transistor to the closed state thereof. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TRANSFORMER HOT-SPOT TEMPERATURE - The present disclosure provides a system and a method for measuring hot-spot temperature of a transformer, wherein the measurement system comprises a processor, an oscilloscope and a plurality of ultrasonic sensors, wherein the ultrasonic sensors are oppositely arranged on an outer wall of a transformer oil tank and electrically connected with the oscilloscope, and the oscilloscope is electrically connected with the processor; the ultrasonic sensors receive signals transmitted by the oppositely arranged ultrasonic sensors and transmit them to the oscilloscope. The method, by applying an ultrasonic wave to measure the hot-spot temperature of a transformer in real time, solves the problems that methods in the prior art are susceptible to the external environment, have short service life and cannot correctly measure the internal temperature of the transformer. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196760 | TRANSFORMER FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM USING INDUCED ORDERED WEIGHTED EVIDENCE REASONING - A transformer fault diagnosis method and system using induced ordered weighted evidence reasoning is provided. The method includes the following steps. A typical data sample of transformer sweep frequency response analysis is loaded and a diagnostic label is set as an identification framework. Test data of a device to be diagnosed is loaded. Basic probability assignment is calculated and a reliability decision matrix is constructed. An induced ordered weighted averaging operator and its induction vector are calculated according to a sample source of the data. An index weight vector is calculated. All evidence is fused by the induced ordered weighted evidence theory and reliability of comprehensive evaluation is calculated, so as to determine a diagnosis result. The disclosure realizes fault identification, fault type distinction and fault position of power equipment by interpreting detection waveforms. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING DEFECTS IN ELECTRONIC ITEMS USING MAGNETIC FIELD DETECTION - An electronic circuit triage device diagnoses functionality of various electronic circuits of an electronic device. The electronic circuit triage device detects whether an electronic circuit is functioning properly by measuring a magnetic field pattern associated with the electronic circuit and comparing the magnetic field pattern to an expected magnetic field pattern. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196762 | MAGNETIC SENSOR - The sensitivity of a magnetic sensor using a sensitive element sensing a magnetic field by the magnetic impedance effect is increased. The magnetic sensor includes: a sensitive element sensing a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect; and a focusing member provided to face the sensitive element, configured with a soft magnetic material, and focusing magnetic force lines from outside onto the sensitive element. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC SENSOR PRODUCING A CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELD - Methods and apparatus for detecting a magnetic field include a semiconductor substrate, a coil configured to provide a changing magnetic field in response to a changing current in the coil; and a magnetic field sensing element supported by the substrate. The coil receives the changing current and, in response, generates a changing magnetic field. The magnetic field sensing element detects the presence of a magnetic target by detecting changes to the magnetic field caused by the target and comparing them to an expected value. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196764 | MAGNETIC ELEMENT HAVING AN IMPROVED MEASUREMENT RANGE - Magnetic element including a first ferromagnetic layer having a first magnetization including a stable magnetization vortex configuration having a vortex core. The first ferromagnetic layer includes an indentation configured such that the vortex core nucleates substantially at the indentation. Upon application of an external magnetic field in a first field direction, the vortex core moves along a first path and the first magnetization rotates around the vortex core in a counterclockwise direction. Upon application of the external magnetic field in a second field direction opposed to the first field direction, the vortex core moves along a second path and the first magnetization rotates around the vortex core in a clockwise direction. Both the first and second field path are substantially identical and move the vortex core away from the indentation. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196765 | MAGNETIC FIELD PROBE, PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MAGNETIC FIELD PROBE - A magnetic field probe ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196766 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPH AND METHOD FOR RAPID SWITCHOVER FROM TX TO RX - A magnetic resonance tomograph and a method for operating a magnetic resonance tomograph. In a transmitting state of the magnetic resonance tomograph nuclear spins are excited in an object under examination with an excitation pulse by a high-frequency unit of the magnetic resonance tomograph via a transmitting antenna. The magnetic resonance tomograph is switched over from the transmitting state to a receiving state in a period of less than 40 microseconds. In a further step, in the receiving state, a magnetic resonance signal is received with a receiving antenna. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196767 | MR SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED PROTECTION AGAINST CARDIOSTIMULATION - A method for operating an MR system with a gradient pulse amplifier unit that has an end stage connected to a gradient coil with switching elements is provided. The gradient pulse amplifier unit includes a modulator for actuating the switching elements, and lockout switches interconnected in signal paths from the modulator to the switching elements. The gradient pulse amplifier unit includes feeder circuit breakers interconnected in at least some signal paths from the modulator to the switching elements. The circuit breakers are connected in the associated signal paths downstream of the lockout switches. A gradstop unit configured to receive at least one shut-off signal and actuate the lockout switches and the feeder circuit breakers. When the gradstop unit receives a shut-off signal, the gradstop unit actuates the lockout switches to lock out and the feeder circuit breakers to output an actuation signal to the switching elements. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196768 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMAGING CORTICAL AND TRABECULAR BONE - Devices, systems and methods for imaging cortical and trabecular bone are described. An example method for imaging cortical and trabecular bone is provided to include applying one or more adiabatic inversion recoveiy pulses to a cortical and trabecular bone, wherein the one or more adiabatic inversion recoveiy pulses are provided with multiple spokes in a three dimensional adiabatic ultrashort TE cones sequence (3D UTE-Cones sequence) that has a TR/TI combination, TR and TI corresponding to repetition time and inversion time, respectively; and performing data acquisition, by using the multiple spokes, on a target signal obtained after the applying of the one or more adiabatic inversion recoveiy pulses. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196769 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF WATER-FAT SWAPS IN DIXON MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - Disclosed herein is a medical system ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196770 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION ON A MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE - In a method for executing at least one application on a magnetic resonance (MR) device, the at least one application is stored on a separately implemented memory, a communication and/or data exchange is performed with the at least one application using an interface of the MR device, at least one item of hardware information relating to the MR device is communicated to the at least one application using an information channel of the interface, at least one parameter of the at least one application is matched to the at least one item of hardware information of the MR device, and at least one item of control information is provided using a control channel of the interface, by the at least one application of the magnetic resonance device, to execute the at least one application. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196771 | ACCELERATED MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERMOMETRY - Systems and methods provide accelerated MR thermometry utilizing prior knowledge about the images to be reconstructed from incomplete k-space data, thereby facilitating accurate reconstruction. In various embodiments, missing data is computationally estimated using a machine learning algorithm such as a neural network, and an image is generated based on iteratively updated estimated missing information. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196772 | MRI WITH MATCHING STATES OF VIBRATION - The invention relates to a magnetic resonance system ( | 2022-06-23 |
20220196773 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may include cause, based on a pulse sequence, a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner to perform a scan on an object. The pulse sequence may include a steady-state sequence and an acquisition sequence that is different from the steady-state sequence. The steady-state sequence may correspond to a steady-state phase of the scan in which no MR data is acquired. The acquisition sequence may correspond to an acquisition phase of the scan in which MR data of the object is acquired. The method may also include generating one or more images of the object based on the MR data. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196774 | T1-WEIGHTED TURBO-SPIN-ECHO MRI SEQUENCE FOR PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY DARK BLOOD IMAGES AT HIGH HEART RATES - A T1-weighted turbo-spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging system configured to capture data associated with a subject's heart during a time period and produce MR images has a dark-blood preparation module, a data capture module, and an image reconstruction module. The dark-blood preparation module performs dark-blood preparation through double inversion during some, but not all of the heartbeats within the time period. The data capture module configured performs data readouts to capture imaging data of an imaging slice during every heartbeat in which dark-blood preparation is performed. The data capture module also performs a steady state maintenance step during every heartbeat in which dark-blood preparation is not performed in order to maintain maximum T1-weighting. The image reconstruction module configured to reconstruct a T1-weighted image based on the imaging data. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196775 | EPR SPECTROMETER WITH AT LEAST ONE POLE PIECE MADE AT LEAST PARTIALLY OF A FUNCTION MATERIAL - An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer includes a magnet system comprising at least one magnet and at least one pole piece for producing a magnetic field along a pole axis in a field of view in front of the at least one pole piece. A probe head comprising a microwave resonator and at least one modulation coil or rapid scan coil produces an additional, time-varying magnetic field aligned along the pole axis. The probe head is arranged in the field of view, and a respective modulation coil or rapid scan coil is arranged between the microwave resonator and a respective pole piece. For each pole piece, at least a part of said pole piece is made of a function material having an electric conductivity σ | 2022-06-23 |
20220196776 | AUTOMATED CALIBRATION IN ELECTROMAGNETIC SCANNERS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with automated calibration in electromagnetic scanners are described. In one embodiment, a method includes: detecting one or more peak frequency bands in electromagnetic signals collected by the electromagnetic scanner at a geographic location; comparing the one or more peak frequency bands to broadcast frequencies assigned to local radio stations of the geographic location; and indicating that the electromagnetic scanner is calibrated by finding at least one match between one peak frequency band of the peak frequency bands and one of the broadcast frequencies. An electromagnetic scanner may be recalibrated based on comparing the one or more peak frequency bands to broadcast frequencies. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196777 | MULTI-METER ENERGY ALLOCATION SYSTEM WITH NO BACK FEED - A power generation allocation and measurement device has an inverter assignment matrix fed by one or more inverter load controllers, the controllers connected to respective inverters. The device includes multiple unit controllers associated with respective metered distribution panels of a multi-unit or multi-panel power installation. A group controller is in communication with each unit controller and the inverter assignment matrix. The device is fed by a power generator such as a photovoltaic panel. The device allocates power to the metered distribution panels via the group controller, based on feedback from the discrete unit controllers. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196778 | Radio Station for Client Localization in Multipath Indoor Environment - A radio station, in particular an access point, for client localization in a multipath indoor environment is disclosed. The radio station comprises: a circular antenna array comprising uniform circularly arranged antenna elements; and a processor configured to: transform first input data from the circular antenna array into second input data using a transform that transforms the first steering vector of the circular antenna array into a second steering vector of a virtual linear antenna array; and transform the second input data into third input data by using a transform that transforms the second steering vector of the virtual linear antenna array into a third steering vector of a second virtual linear antenna array, comprising a larger number of antenna elements than the virtual linear antenna array; and determine an angle of arrival based on the third input data. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196779 | OFF AXIS GUIDER WITH ONE OR MORE MECHANICALLY CONTROLLED PRISMS FOR ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES, METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE FOR TELESCOPES - An Off Axis Guider specifically designed with internal mechanically controlled placement of one or more prisms which allow the user to select stars in the telescope's field of view without obscuring the primary cameras' image capturing ability. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196780 | Provision of Positioning Reference Signals - Some embodiments advantageously provide methods, wireless devices and network nodes for adapting PRS transmission to hide the local clock information of base stations. According to one aspect, an exemplary process includes a network node for transmitting PRS. The process includes delaying or advancing the transmission of at least one positioning reference signal in accordance with received offset information wherein delaying or advancing the transmission according to the offset information shifts the transmission of the at least one positioning reference signal away from a scheduled transmission time for the one positioning reference signal transmission. | 2022-06-23 |
20220196781 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR THE GENERATION OF DYNAMIC REFERENCE POINTS - The embodiments herein relate to method performed by a radio network node, a network node, a method performed by a UE, a UE, a method performed by a location server and a location server. The method performed by the network node includes: transmitting at least one signal to other network nodes; detecting signals transmitted from said other network nodes; measuring the signal strength of each received signal; transforming said measured signal strengths into a reference point or into measurement data; and transferring or transmitting the reference point or the measurement data to a location entity or a location node or a location server in the network. | 2022-06-23 |