27th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150185008 | Surveying Instrument - The invention provides a surveying instrument capable of performing a non-prism measurement comprising a laser pointer for projecting a laser pointer beam, a measuring unit for emitting a distance measuring light via a telescope unit, for performing distance measurement on a measuring point by receiving a reflected light and for measuring an angle of the measuring point, an image pickup unit for acquiring an image including a target via the telescope unit, a tracking unit for emitting a tracking light via the telescope unit and for tracking the target by receiving a reflection light from the target, a driving unit for rotating the telescope unit in horizontal direction and in vertical direction and a control device for controlling the driving unit so that the reflection light of the tracking light from the target will be positioned at a predetermined position on an image pickup element of the image pickup unit, wherein an optical axis of the distance measuring light and an optical axis of the tracking light are in a known relationship and an optical axis of the laser pointer beam is offset from an optical axis of the tracking light by a predetermined angle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185009 | DYNAMIC ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT METHOD OF STAR SENSOR BASED ON GYRO'S PRECISE ANGULAR CORRELATION - The disclosure discloses a dynamic attitude measurement method of a star sensor based on gyro's precise angular correlation. On the basis that a dynamic compensation is performed on each of the measurement exposure frames of the star sensor and a fixed star matching vector matrix having dynamic error and noise influence is obtained in a prior art, a transform matrix between every two adjacent measurement frames of the star sensor is precisely measured by a unit including three gyros fixedly coupled with the star sensor. The transform matrix correlates the matched vector matrixes of the adjacent measurement frames of the star sensor. Finally, a correlated measurement equation is established with a series of correlated measurement frames, which is corresponding to processing a series of measurement frames as a single measurement frame. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185010 | ACCELERATION SENSOR - Embodiments of the invention provide an acceleration sensor including a mass body, flexible beams coupled to the mass body, a supporting part having the flexible beams connected thereto and supporting the mass body so as to be floatable, and a lower cover coupled to the supporting part to cover the mass body, wherein the lower cover is provided with a buffering beam part so as to be opposite to the mass body. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185011 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM DRIVE-MODE OSCILLATOR MODULE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A drive-mode oscillator module for use within a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device is described. The drive-mode oscillator module is arranged to receive a proof-mass measurement signal from a proof-mass of the MEMS device and to output a proof-mass actuation signal to the proof-mass of the MEMS device. The drive-mode oscillator module comprises a first, higher gain accuracy drive-mode component for generating an actuation signal to be output by the drive-mode oscillator module during an active mode of the MEMS device, and a second, lower power consumption drive-mode component for generating an actuation signal to be output by the drive-mode oscillator module during a standby mode of the MEMS device. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185012 | MEMS PROOF MASS WITH SPLIT Z-AXIS PORTIONS - This document discusses among other things apparatus and methods for a proof mass including split z-axis portions. An example proof mass can include a center portion configured to anchor the proof-mass to an adjacent layer, a first z-axis portion configure to rotate about a first axis using a first hinge, the first axis parallel to an x-y plane orthogonal to a z-axis, a second z-axis portion configure to rotate about a second axis using a second hinge, the second axis parallel to the x-y plane, wherein the first z-axis portion is configured to rotate independent of the second z-axis portion. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185013 | ESTIMATION APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF ONE OBJECT COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE OTHER OBJECT - A state estimation apparatus has a three-axis angular velocity sensor and a state estimation unit. The three-axis angular velocity sensor obtains a value of an angular velocity around a predetermined axis in a tennis racket when a tennis ball and the tennis racket come into contact. The state estimation unit estimates a contact position of the tennis ball on the tennis racket based on the obtained value of the angular velocity. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185014 | Fiber Optic Gyroscope Sensing Coil and Method of Fabricating the Same - A fiber optic gyroscope sensing coil, with which winding process of optical fiber may be simplified, crosstalk due to winding deficiencies may be reduced, and temperature sensitivity of gyroscope may be reduced. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185015 | AGILE ACQUISITION OF LOCATION SERVICES IN A DEVICE - Aspects of the disclosure permit agile acquisition of a location service in a device. In one aspect of such acquisition, the device can rely on location signals available globally in order to determine a region associated with the device, and in response to determination of the region, the device can acquire service information representative or otherwise indicative of the location service based at least on the region. In another aspect, the device can be configured to consume the location service. The agility of such acquisition can stem from the absence of (i) scanning for location services associated with the area in which the device is present and/or (ii) a predefined pool of location services established in production of the device. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185016 | PREDICTIVE TRANSIT CALCULATIONS - A computing device is described that determines an exit location at which a user of a computing device exited a stop associated with a transportation service. The computing device determines a predicted duration of travel by the user from a current location of the computing device to the exit location at which the user exited the stop associated with the transportation service. The computing device outputs, for display, a notification based at least in part on the predicted duration. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185017 | Image-based geo-hunt - During a communication technique, an image and information specifying a location of an electronic device when the image was captured are received. Then, a reference image, associated with a second location (which is at least proximate to the location), in a predefined set of one or more reference images is accessed. These predefined set of one or more reference images are associated with a set of one or more locations along a geographic route that includes the second location. Moreover, the image is compared to the reference image. If the comparison indicates a match between the image and the reference image, a message is provided indicating that a milestone in navigating the geographic route has been achieved. Otherwise, a second message is provided indicating that the milestone in navigating the geographic route has not been achieved. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185018 | Methods and Systems for Determining Estimation of Motion of a Device - Methods and systems for determining estimation of motion of a device are provided. An example method includes receiving data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) of a device and receiving images from a camera of the device for a sliding time window. The method also includes determining an IMU estimation of motion of the device based on the data from the IMU, and a camera estimation of motion of the device based on feature tracking in the images. The method includes, based on the IMU estimation and the camera estimation having a difference more than a threshold amount, determining one or more of a position or a velocity of the device for the sliding time window, and determining an overall estimation of motion of the device as supported by the data from the IMU and the position or velocity of the device. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185019 | COMPATIBILITY BASED RESOURCE MATCHING - According to embodiments of the invention, methods and a computer system for compatibility based resource matching are disclosed. The method may include receiving route requirements from a plurality of users determining whether the route requirements for a first of the plurality of users are trip compatible with a second of the plurality of users; and determining a ridesharing route for the first and second users in response to determining the route requirements are trip compatible. The trip compatibility may be determined based on route requirements such as a starting point, a destination point, a driver or rider preference, an arrival window, a destination window, and fee rate. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185020 | COMPATIBILITY BASED RESOURCE MATCHING - According to embodiments of the invention, methods and a computer system for compatibility based resource matching are disclosed. The method may include receiving route requirements from a plurality of users determining whether the route requirements for a first of the plurality of users are trip compatible with a second of the plurality of users; and determining a ridesharing route for the first and second users in response to determining the route requirements are trip compatible. The trip compatibility may be determined based on route requirements such as a starting point, a destination point, a driver or rider preference, an arrival window, a destination window, and fee rate. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185021 | METHOD FOR MEASURING POSITION OF VEHICLE USING CLOUD COMPUTING - A method of measuring a position of a vehicle using a cloud computing includes obtaining surrounding information according to a driving of the vehicle and driving information of the vehicle. The obtained surrounding information and the driving information of the vehicle are transmitted to a server which is remotely located from the vehicle and equipped with map data. A position of the vehicle is calculated through the surrounding information and the driving information of the vehicle by the server. The calculated position of the vehicle is transmitted to the vehicle. The calculated position of the vehicle is outputted. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185022 | STEREOSCOPIC INDOOR ROUTE PROVIDING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided are an apparatus, system, and method for providing a stereoscopic indoor route, which can effectively guide a route in consideration of various features and structures of the indoor space unlike an existing navigation performed on only the outdoor space, in order to provide a navigation service performed on the indoor space. For stereoscopic movement, such as going upstairs or downstairs in inter-floor movement, which is characteristic of the indoor space, it is also possible to effectively and efficiently provide route guidance to a user by indicating up and down directions with a special arrow or icon and visualizing a route with icons for facilities, such as a general door, a revolving door, an escalator, and an elevator, which are specialized in the indoor space. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185023 | TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING FEEDFORWARD LOCATION ESTIMATION - A turn-by-turn internal navigation system for use with a mobile electronic device includes three receives for using a trilateration navigational algorithm using first receiver for receiving a cellular tower radio frequency (RF) signal, a second receiver for receiving a WiFi RF signal; and a third receiver for receiving at least one Bluetooth RF signal based upon a BLE tag network. A processor works to execute an algorithm using feed-forward estimation such that no feedback is needed for distance error correction. The algorithm uses dead reckoning navigation in combination with information from the first receiver, second receiver and third receiver to generate positional information such that in-building navigation instructions are displayed on the mobile electronic device. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185024 | MACHINE POSITIONING SYSTEM UTILIZING RELATIVE POSE INFORMATION - A system and method for estimating a position of a machine is disclosed. The method may include determining a first position estimate and a first uncertainty measure of the first machine. The method may further include receiving, from a second machine, relative pose information determined by the second machine and a second uncertainty measure of the second machine. The method may further include determining that the first uncertainty measure is higher than the second uncertainty measure. The method may further include, in response to determining that the first uncertainty measure is higher than the second uncertainty measure, determining a second position estimate of the first machine based on the first position estimate and the relative pose information. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185025 | System and Method for Urban Mapping and Positioning - UMAPS is a multifaceted system that can be robot-mounted, human-worn, or canine carried. UMAPS produces real-time, 3D mapping and localization for the user as they move throughout a GPS-denied environment (e.g. buildings, caves, or tunnels). An Operator Control Unit (OCU) displays information collected by UMAPS; 2D floorplans; 3D textured-enriched surfaces of the structure's interior; and the location of the users within that structure. UMAPS has an open architecture that allows it to function with any OCU. UMAPS has three distinct subsystems: obstacle maps for robot mobility, mapping, and positioning | 2015-07-02 |
20150185026 | GENERATING A SEQUENCE OF LANE-SPECIFIC DRIVING DIRECTIONS - Lane-specific driving directions are generated using route data that describes a route between an origin and a destination as a sequence of route segments, and lane data for at least several route segments included in the sequence of route segments. The sequence of route segments includes a pair of adjacent multi-lane route segments that includes a first multi-lane route segment more proximate to the destination and a second multi-lane route segment more proximate to the origin, connected at a road junction. To determine a recommended lane connection at the road junction, a lane in the first multi-lane route segment is selected, and a lane in the second multi-lane route segment is selected based on the lane selected in the first multi-lane segment. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185027 | GROUND TRUTH ESTIMATION FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION - A system and method for ground truth estimation of an autonomous navigation system is described. The method includes calibrating a ground truth estimation system for the navigator, by determining a calibration pose of the navigator as disposed in relation to each of a plurality of landmarks during a calibration period. The method also includes directing the navigator to travel to a sequence of waypoints, the waypoints including a selected sequence of the landmarks. The method further includes determining the ground truth estimation based on an accuracy pose of the navigator as disposed in relation to the sequence of landmarks, and the calibration poses for the sequence of landmarks. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185028 | RECOMMENDED-DRIVE-PATTERN GENERATION DEVICE AND RECOMMENDED-DRIVE-PATTERN GENERATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a recommended-drive-pattern generation device that generates a recommended drive pattern with low energy consumption in consideration of actual drive of the user. A recommended-drive-pattern generation device of the present invention includes: a reference drive pattern generating unit that generates as a reference drive pattern a drive pattern in a past drive route from a drive history of a moving body; a speed limit point setting unit that sets a speed limit point within the drive route based on at least one of the reference drive pattern and road information of the drive route; and a recommended-drive-pattern generating unit that generates a recommended drive pattern for the drive route in which the speed limit point is passed at a speed not higher than a speed limit defined by the speed limit point. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185029 | MAP VERSION SYNCHRONIZATION PATH SEARCH METHOD - A map version synchronization route searching method includes transmitting, by a terminal disposed in a vehicle, destination route searching request information and map version information of the terminal to a center server. The center server searches a map having a same version as indicated by the map version information transmitted by the terminal. A route corresponding to the destination route searching request information transmitted by the terminal is searched for using the map having the same version as indicated by the map version information. The route which is searched for by the center server is transmitted to the terminal. The terminal performs a route guidance. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185030 | VEHICLE INFORMATION/ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle information management system for use in a motor vehicle. The system incorporates a radio system which has a display system, and a remotely located processor-based inference engine. The inference engine automatically, wirelessly receives information inputs from the radio system in real time pertaining to at least one of a real time location of the vehicle and at least one of a destination of travel of the vehicle or a status of operation of the vehicle. The inference engine may analyzes the information inputs and determines new information, in real time, that is useful to the vehicle operator, and automatically transmits the new information wirelessly to the radio system for use by the user. The display system automatically displays the new information to the vehicle operator. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185031 | CALCULATING SPEED AND TRAVEL TIMES WITH TRAVEL DELAYS - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for forecasting travel delays corresponding to streets, street segments, geographic areas, geofenced areas, and/or user-specified criteria. And from the forecasted travel delays, speed and travel times that take into account such travel delays can be determined. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185032 | POINT-OF-INTEREST LATENCY PREDICTION USING MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION HISTORY - A latency analysis system determines a latency period, such as a wait time, at a user destination. To determine the latency period, the latency analysis system receives location history from multiple user devices. With the location histories, the latency analysis system identifies points-of-interest that users have visited and determines the amount of time the user devices were at a point-of-interest. For example, the latency analysis system determines when a user device entered and exited a point-of-interest. Based on the elapsed time between entry and exit, the latency analysis system determines how long the user device was inside the point-of-interest. By averaging elapsed times for multiple user devices, the latency analysis system determines a latency period for the point-of-interest. The latency analysis system then uses the latency period to provide latency-based recommendations to a user. For example, the latency analysis system may determine a shopping route for a user. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185033 | ROUTE PLANNING - Methods and apparatus for determining a route for a vehicle ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150185034 | DRIVERLESS VEHICLE COMMERCE NETWORK AND COMMUNITY - A method, device, and system of a driverless automobile commerce network and community is disclosed. Disclosed are methods and a system of associating a unique identifier associated with a driverless vehicle (DV) with an automobile sharing server, periodically analyzing a location of the DV based on a geospatial data associated with the location of the DV, and declaring a non-transitory location of the DV based on a predictable behavior algorithm. An owner of the DV is permitted to list the DV on an automobile sharing network. The methods and system comprise processing a payment of a renter of the DV in a threshold radial distance from the DV when the DV is at the non-transitory location for a predictably available period of time and crediting a financial account of the owner of the DV with the payment of the renter in the threshold radial distance from the DV when the DV is at the non-transitory location for the predictably available period of time. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185035 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides an electronic device and operating method of the electronic device reflecting real traffic situation more precisely, by navigating a path in consideration of both real-time traffic information and statistical traffic information. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185036 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING A SOURCE OF DANGER ON ATRAVEL ROUTE - A method is provided for ascertaining a source of danger on a travel route, during the travel of a vehicle along the travel route, a vehicle parameter being measured and compared to a vehicle parameter threshold value; as a function of the comparison, danger data including the measured vehicle parameter and a vehicle location assigned to the measurement being formed for the information that a danger source has been formed at the vehicle location assigned to the measurement. A corresponding device as well as a corresponding computer program are also provided. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185037 | COMPUTATION OF TRAVEL ROUTES, DURATIONS, AND PLANS OVER MULTIPLE CONTEXTS - A route planning system comprises a receiver component that receives a request for directions between a beginning point and a destination point. An analysis component analyzes a traffic system representation that varies as context varies and outputs expected amounts of travel time between the beginning point and the destination point for multiple contexts based at least in part upon the analysis. A method is described herein that includes techniques for searching over routes and trip start times simultaneously so as to identity start times and routes associated with maximal expected value, or equivalently minimum expected cost, given preferences encoded about one or more of the leaving time, the travel time, and the arrival time. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185038 | Natural Navigational Guidance - Natural navigational guidance provides enhanced guidance instructions that take advantage of unique geographic features along a navigated route to specify maneuver points. Guidance points are clearly visible, unambiguous, and locally unique features in the geography of the maneuver area that can be used to aid the user in discovering the place where the maneuver point is. Within a guidance point selection area, a specific guidance point type has a more strict area within which it can be used. A natural guidance point selection area for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is determined, and a unique geographic feature within the determined natural guidance point selection area is selected as a natural guidance point for navigation of the upcoming maneuver. A turn-type natural guidance point for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is generated when the user device is within the natural guidance point selection area. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185039 | Contact-Analogue Display, in Particular of a Lane Change - A method is disclosed for the contact-analogue display of a navigation instruction for a driving maneuver, particularly a lane change, of a vehicle, wherein the driving maneuver can be carried out at any point of a cohesive driving route of a road. The method includes: contact-analogue stationary displaying of the instruction at the beginning of the driving route for a first distance traveled by the vehicle; adapting the contact-analogue display of the instruction to the change of position of the vehicle, so that the instruction changes its position corresponding to the change of position of the vehicle, for a second distance traveled by the vehicle; and contact-analogue stationary displaying of the instruction at the end of the driving route, for a third distance traveled by the vehicle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185040 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR PROVIDING LOCATIONS OF POWER STORAGE DEVICE COLLECTION, CHARGING AND DISTRIBUTION MACHINES - A network of collection, charging and distribution machines collect, charge and distribute portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). Locations of collection, charging and distribution machines having available charged portable electrical energy storage devices are communicated to or acquired by a mobile device of a user or a navigation system of a user's vehicle. The locations are indicated on a graphical user interface on a map relative to the user's current location. The user may select particular locations on the map to reserve an available portable electrical energy storage device at a particular collection, charging and distribution machine location. The collection, charging and distribution machine locations displayed may also be based on a physical distance or driving time from the current location of the user mobile device or vehicle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185041 | DETERMINING LOCATION INFORMATION USING A LOCATION DATA POINT PROVIDED BY A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method for determining location information using a location data point provided by a computing device is described. A location data point is received by a system from a client computing device. The system determines whether the location data point is within a predefined region from a plurality of predefined regions configured by a user of the system. If the location data point is within a predefined region, location information corresponding to the predefined region is transmitted to the client device. If the location data point is not within a predefined region, one or more third-party reverse geocoding services can be used that translates the location data point to a street address. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185042 | DYNAMIC COMPUTATION OF DISTANCE OF TRAVEL ON WEARABLE DEVICES - Techniques for dynamic computation of distance of travel on wearable devices are described. Disclosed are techniques for receiving motion data over context windows from one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device, determining a number of motion units of each context window, determining a motion unit length of each context window as a function of the number of motion units of each context window and a duration of each context window, determining a distance of travel of each context window, and determining a total distance of travel over all context windows. The motion unit length of each context window is variable from the motion unit length of another context window. In some embodiments, the total distance of travel is presented on an interface coupled to the wearable device. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185043 | SHOE-BASED SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING STEP LENGTH OF A USER - A method and apparatus for determining a step length of a user are disclosed. The method comprises transmitting, by a first sensor embedded in a first shoe, a signal to a second sensor embedded in a second shoe of the user, wherein the first sensor transmits the signal on being activated upon hitting a ground for a predetermined time period. The method further comprises measuring, at the second sensor, a signal strength of the received signal. Finally, the method determines, at the second sensor, the step length based on a transmission power of the first sensor and on the measured signal strength. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185044 | STEP COUNTING METHOD AND A PEDOMETER BASED ON A 3-AXIS ACCELEROMETER - The present invention provides a step counting method and a pedometer based on 3-axis accelerometer. The method of the present invention comprises: collecting a 3-axis acceleration; calculating sum of squares for the 3-axis acceleration to generate a standard acceleration; smoothing the standard acceleration to generate a processed acceleration; acquiring maximum and minimum of all processed acceleration during a period, calculating the difference between the maximum and the minimum, and setting a current time window according to the difference; determining whether there are at least three serial processed accelerations decrease progressively; if yes, confirming the collected time for the first processed acceleration of the at least three serial processed accelerations to be a current step starting time; determining whether a time difference between the two serial current step starting time falls within the current time window, if yes, adding step counting. The present invention can enhance the preciseness of step counting. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185045 | DYNAMIC CALIBRATION OF RELATIONSHIPS OF MOTION UNITS - Techniques for dynamic computation of distance of travel on wearable devices are described. Disclosed are techniques for determining a number of motion units over a distance for one or more samples, determining a motion unit length of each sample, and creating a model determining a motion unit length as a function of a number of motion units and a duration of the motion units. Further disclosed are techniques for receiving motion data of a user from one or more sensors coupled to the wearable device, accessing the model to determine a motion unit length of the user, and determining a distance of travel of the user, and initiating execution of an operation of the wearable device based on the distance of travel of the user. In one embodiment, the model may be adjusted or calibrated. In another embodiment, the determination of the distance of travel may be verified or corrected. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING OVER POWER LINES - The disclosure relates to a server, system and method for communicating with a meter at a remote premise through power transmission lines. The system comprises a head end with a server for collecting and analyzing data from meters; a power transmission network connected to the meters and to the head end; and a gateway. The network provides both power to the remote location and data communications; the network includes a first network providing a first voltage and a second network connected to the first network. The server comprises a processor and a memory module storing instructions for execution on the processor. The gateway is a bridge between the first and second networks. Network communications may follow Internet Protocol (IP) communication standards. Based on the load index, each meter can generate and send its response to the server and the server will be able to process its response. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185047 | POSITION SENSING APPARATUS - Each of a first yoke and a second yoke has an intermediate portion between one end portion and the other end portion of the yoke. When the first and second yokes are viewed in an opposing direction, a width of the intermediate portion of each yoke, which is measured in a direction perpendicular to a rotational direction, is smaller than a width of the one end portion and a width of the other end portion of the yoke and is constant along an entire extent of the intermediate portion in the rotational direction. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185048 | INDUCTIVE TOUCH-CONTROL DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, INDUCTIVE TOUCH-CONTROL SCREEN AND TOUCH-CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention discloses an in-cell inductive touch-control display substrate, an inductive touch-control screen and a touch-control display device. The in-cell inductive touch-control display substrate includes: a first electrode layer; a second electrode layer insulated from the first electrode layer to form an electric field; first electromagnetic inductive coils extending in the row direction and forming loops and second electromagnetic inductive coils extending in the column direction and forming loops, disposed in the same layer as the first electrode layer. The first electromagnetic inductive coils or the second electromagnetic inductive coils are broken into a plurality of electromagnetic inductive segments at the crossings of the first and second electromagnetic inductive coils. Bridge wires disposed in the same layer as the second electrode layer electrically connect the electromagnetic inductive segments of the first electromagnetic inductive coils or the second electromagnetic inductive coils. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185049 | DISPLACEMENT MEASURING DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING - A dial indicator for accurately measuring displacement of a part along a measurement axis. The dial indicator includes scale electrodes of a given pitch and reader stationary scale electrodes of a given pitch. A reader carries a plurality of reader bars having a pitch of one half that of the scale electrodes. A set of drive signals of a given frequency are applied in different ways to the scale bar electrodes to achieve coarse and fine positions of the reader relative to the scale. One operating mode involves determining the position of the reader | 2015-07-02 |
20150185050 | PROXIMITY SENSOR MONITOR - The present invention generally relates to proximity sensor monitors and proximity monitor systems incorporating proximity sensor monitors. A proximity sensor monitor measures the impedance or other electrical characteristics of a proximity sensor component to determine the presence of a target. The proximity sensor monitor performs this measurement independently of a separate proximity sensor. The proximity sensor monitor is configured to compensate for differences between the measurement frequency of the proximity sensor monitor and the driving frequency of the proximity sensor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185051 | ANGLE DETECTION CIRCUIT OF ELECTROSTATIC MEMS SCANNING MIRROR - An angle detection circuit of an electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror is provided. The angle detection circuit includes a capacitance sensing unit, a low-pass filter amplifier unit and an angle determination unit. The capacitance sensing unit is coupled to a mirror electrode of the electrostatic MEMS scanning minor for sensing an equivalent capacitance of the electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror and providing a capacitance sensing signal. The low-pass filter amplifier unit is coupled to the capacitance sensing unit for receiving the capacitance sensing signal and providing a position signal. The angle determination unit is coupled to the low-pass filter amplifier unit for receiving the position signal, and determines a rotation angle of the mirror electrode of the electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror to provide an angle signal. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185052 | OPTICAL MONITORING SYSTEM - An optical monitoring system comprising first and second sensor arrays interrogated via first and second optical connections from an interrogator location. The system is configured such that no wavelength is carried bi-directionally in the first and second optical connections. In typical systems the optical connections comprise trunk cables from the sensor arrays to the interrogator location. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185053 | Encoder and Encoding Method for Slip Ring - Disclosed is an encoder and encoding method for slip ring. The encoder includes: an encoding belt that is fixed to a slip ring and has a plurality of holes regularly arranged on the encoding belt; at least one pair of first sensors provided on one side of the encoding belt, wherein the first sensors of each pair generate a first sense signal and a first redundant sense signal respectively based on light emitted from the other side of the encoding belt and passing through the plurality of holes, when the encoding belt rotates with the slip ring; and at least one signal combiner connected to the at least one pair of the first sensors, and configured to combine the first sense signal and the first redundant sense signal to obtain a combined sense signal as a first encoded signal. With embodiments of the present invention, a redundant signal is provided by using a redundant sensor, and it is possible to avoid interference of foreign substance, improve stability of encoded signals and ensure normal operation of equipment. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185054 | Methods and Systems for Synchronizing Data Received from Multiple Sensors of a Device - Example methods and systems for synchronizing data received from multiple sensors of a device are provided. A method may be performed by a device having an application processor configured to function based on an operating system and a co-processor configured to receive data from sensors of the device. The method may comprise determining an interrupt by a sensor of the device, and providing, by the co-processor, a timestamp of the interrupt that is indicative of a time that the sensor has data for output. The method also comprises receiving the data for output from the sensor, associating the timestamp of the interrupt by the sensor with the received data, associating together data received from multiple sensors into data structures based on timestamps of the data, and providing the data structures to the application processor in sequence based on the timestamps of the data. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185055 | CONCEALED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - An electronic device with a rigid housing includes multiple apertures which each define a portion of a symbol used to identify the device. Conducting inserts may be positioned within the apertures to provide externally-accessible electrical connectors. The electrical connector may be used as a portion of a sensor or a charging circuit. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185056 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXCITATION ENERGY IN A COIL ARRANGEMENT OF A FLOW MEASURING DEVICE EMBODIED AS A TWO-CONDUCTOR FIELD DEVICE - A method for controlling excitation energy in a coil arrangement of a flow measuring device having an energy buffer system for storing energy and embodied as a two-conductor field device is provided for producing a magnetic field B passing through a medium as a function of the excitation energy. The wherein the flow measuring device has a plurality of operating states, between which it transfers and which describe an excitation current pulsed in a time interval. At least a first operating state is operated with a first power, in which the coil arrangement in a first period is excited with an excitation current with a first maximum electrical current level, wherein the period additionally has a first pulse pause, wherein the method is characterized by steps as follows: storing a fed-in excess power, which is beyond a minimum power for operating the device, for operating the coil arrangement during a period as a function of the supplied power in an energy buffer system; wherein an at least partial charging of the energy buffer system occurs in the first pulse pause and an at least partial discharging of the energy buffer system occurs during the excitation of the electrical current level; and changing into a second operating state, in which the coil arrangement is excited in a second period with an excitation current, wherein the second period has a second pulse pause, which is shorter than the first pulse pause. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185057 | WAFER STYLE INSERTABLE MAGNETIC FLOWMETER - A magnetic flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid includes a meter body having an opening formed therein. The meter body is configured to be inserted in-line between process piping which carries the process fluid. A moveable extension is coupled to the meter body and configured to extend into the process piping. A coil of wire is carried by the extension and configured to generate a magnetic field. A pair of electrodes sense an EMF in the process fluid generated as a function of the applied magnetic field and flow of the process fluid. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185058 | Thermal Flow Meter - The present invention is to improve measurement accuracy of a thermal flow meter. In a thermal flow meter of the invention, a circuit package | 2015-07-02 |
20150185059 | Flowmeter for Installation Under Pressure, Equipment for Installing the Flowmeter, and Installation Method - A flowmeter of the thermal type, having a heated flow-sensing element and a temperature-sensing reference element, the elements constructed and arranged to be installed in a pressurized pipe. The flowmeter has one probe with the heated element and a separate second probe with the reference element. The probes are constructed and arranged to pass through the pipe wall in separate through-holes. There is a mounting structure such as a split ring that is adapted to be mounted to the pipe. Two valves operatively coupled to separate locations of the mounting structure, where one probe passes through each valve and into the pipe. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185060 | Thermal Flow Meter - The present invention provides a thermal flow meter which can suppress a degradation of measurement accuracy caused by deformation of a diaphragm and a stained rear surface thereof even in a case where a gap is provided in order to form the diaphragm in an air flow sensing element. The present invention relates to a thermal flow meter | 2015-07-02 |
20150185061 | FLOW SENSOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a flow sensor, an upstream heating element and a downstream heating element are disposed, respectively, upstream and downstream in a flow direction of a fluid so as to undergo mutual thermal interference. By controlling heating currents flown through the respective heating elements, an average temperature control portion maintains an average temperature of the two heating elements at a temperature predetermined degrees higher than a temperature of the fluid detected by a fluid temperature detection portion while a voltage ratio control portion performs control so that a temperature difference or a ratio of applied voltages between the two heating elements takes a predetermined value. A detection signal corresponding to a flow direction of the fluid is obtained from a state of the control on the heating currents and whether a flow direction of the fluid is forward or backward is determined. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185062 | ONLINE MULTI-PHASE FLOW METER SYSTEM - An online multi-phase flow meter for continuously and accurately measuring the volumetric quantities of gas, oil, and water flowing concurrently in a conventional feed pipeline, such as an oil well pipeline or a transport pipeline. The online multi-phase flow meter includes: an inlet pipe; an exit pipe; a cylindrical gas separation unit that is connected to the inlet pipe; a gas measuring system; an oil and water measuring system; a slurry collection system; a maintenance system; an electronic controller and solenoid valve for maintaining a minimum liquid level in the cylindrical gas separation unit; and a data acquisition system comprising a microprocessor. Also, a method for continuously and accurately measuring the volumetric quantities of a multi-phase mixture containing gas, oil, and water with the online multi-phase flow meter. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DISTANCE TO EMPTY OF VEHICLE - A method for displaying a distance to empty (DTE) of a vehicle include calculating an indicated distance to empty based on a learned fuel efficiency which is learned before starting. A target distance to empty is calculated based on an updated learned fuel efficiency which is updated until a present time. A driving mode is determined according to a difference between the indicated distance to empty and the target distance to empty. A final distance to empty is calculated according to the driving mode, and the final distance to empty is displayed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185064 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM OF A GAS-LIQUID MIXTURE DURING FILTRATION EXPERIMENTS - A gas phase and a liquid phase with a specified volumetric ratio of phases in a flow and with specified flow rates are injected into a multiphase separator. During the injection gas and liquid phase volumes in the separator are determined and accumulation rates of each phase in the separator are calculated. A thermodynamic equilibrium is estimated based on a discrepancy between the phase injection rates and the calculated phase accumulation rates. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185065 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LIQUID LEVEL USING SAME - The liquid container according to the present invention includes: a container main body | 2015-07-02 |
20150185066 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION DEVICE - A liquid level detection device is configured so as to reduce or eliminate the contact between electrical cords led out of a detection section. A liquid level detection device is provided with: a detection section which detects the position of a liquid surface on the basis of the rotation of a rotation section rotating as a float is displaced; a plate-like mounting plate section, one surface of which is a mounting surface to which the detection section is mounted; a flange section which is mounted to a tank for containing liquid; and first and second electrical cords which are led out of the detection section toward the flange section. A branch section which comprises a through-hole is provided in the mounting plate section. The second electrical cord passes through the branch section and is routed around from the mounting surface side of the mounting plate section to the back surface side thereof. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185067 | COVER FOR LOAD DETECTION SENSOR AND LOAD DETECTION DEVICE - A cover for a load detection sensor removably attached to the load detection sensor includes a sheet-shaped strain member, a load input member, a strain detection element, at least one fixing member fixing the strain member to a housing, a cover portion, a side portion being integrally formed with the cover portion, and a clamping portion extending from the side portion and covering a clearance provided between the load input member and the fixing member, the clamping portion cooperating with the cover portion so that the clamping portion and the cover portion sandwich the load detection sensor therebetween. The cover portion includes an opening portion being formed to correspond to the load input member, a cutout portion being formed to correspond to the fixing member, a projection portion protruding from a rim portion of the opening portion and being in contact with a portion of the load detection sensor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185068 | INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, devices, products, media and other implementations, including a system that includes a weight measure device with a suspension member, a wireless communication module, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause measuring a combined weight of one or more items suspended from the suspension member at a first time instance, with each of the one or more items including a respective traceable object coupled to a respective wireless identification device, and obtaining information transmitted to the wireless communication module by the respective wireless identification devices representative of an identification associated with the respective wireless identification device and the respective traceable object. The controller is also configured to cause obtaining from a database individual weights for each of the items, and determining whether the combined weight matches a sum of the individual weights obtained from the database for the one or more items. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A FREQUENCY LINE PATTERN WITHIN AT LEAST ONE AMPLITUDE SPECTRUM - The invention relates to a method for determining a frequency line pattern within at least one amplitude spectrum generated from acoustic signals that are emitted from at least one detected vehicle and received by means of a sonar installation. First, a predetermined number of frequency lines is selected in the (or each) amplitude spectrum, and by sorting them on their amplitude size and on the basis of a threshold value which ensures that the pre-determined, appropriate number is not exceeded. After several threshold values are set, a comparison of frequency lines with each other takes place for those that have been selected taking into account at least one threshold value. The preliminary frequency line set with associated fundamental frequency, evaluated because of its recognizable structures, is then determined, by comparing the line pairs formed. Using a process of elimination, final frequency line sets are formed, under consideration of an assessment which depends on the sequence, number, density, and amplitude of the fundamental frequency of the frequency lines. Then strong individual lines can be found, which are possibly contained in the spectrum. A target-related frequency line pattern is assigned to each detected vehicle, based on which the classification of the vehicle becomes possible. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185070 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTING MODULE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SAME - A photoelectric converting module includes a circuit board and an optical coupling member. The circuit board includes a substrate defining a plurality of heat-conducting through holes and a hot-curable adhesive layer covering the heat-conducting through holes. The optical coupling member is fixed to the substrate via the hot-curable adhesive layer. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185071 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTING MODULE - A photoelectric converting module includes a circuit board, at least one light emitting/receiving unit and an optical coupler both mounted on the circuit board. Each light emitting/receiving unit includes a light emitter and a light receiver, the light emitter and the light receiver each include at least one positioning projection. The optical coupler includes positioning parts to engage with the positioning projections for aligning the optical coupler with the light emitting/receiving unit precisely. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185072 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CONNECTION BETWEEN DEVICES - An identifying system includes a master device having a lighting member for emitting light and an optical sensor for sensing light, and a slave device having a light guiding member with a light entering portion and a light sensing portion. The light entering portion receives the light from the lighting member, and the light sensing portion is located in a working range of the optical sensor. When the slave device is connected to the master device, the light of the lighting member enters the light guiding member via the light entering portion, and is guided to the light sensing portion. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY SWEEPING A TUNABLE LASER - The invention provides a dynamically swept tunable laser system and method for measuring sensor characteristics obtained from an array of optical sensors comprising means for dividing the total wavelength sweep of the laser into different regions in any particular order where each region contains single or multiple contiguous sweep segments and where each sweep segment is referenced by a start and a stop reference and can have different lengths compared to the other sweep segments. The sensor characteristics are determined from each region swept by the tunable laser. The invention provides for the tunable laser to be adapted to operate in a quasi-continuous mode to select segments in any order. The relative sweep rates of regions can be changed such that some regions can be swept more times than other regions. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185074 | OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a wavelength variable interference filter that selects light of a predetermined wavelength from incident light, and can change the wavelength of emitted light; a global shutter imaging element that accumulates electric charges while being exposed to the emitted light, and outputs a detection signal in response to the accumulated electric charges; an imaging element controller for setting a photodetection period during which the electric charges are accumulated in the imaging element, and a standby period during which the electric charges accumulated in the imaging elements are reset; and a spectroscopic controller for controlling the wavelength change driving of the emitted light. The imaging element controller sets the duration of the standby period to a minimum drive time for changing the wavelength or greater. The spectroscopic controller starts the wavelength change driving at the start of the standby period. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185075 | Gas cell for the optical analysis of gases - A measuring cell for a gas analysis spectrometer has an inner chamber ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150185076 | RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC DETECTION METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a Raman spectroscopic inspection method, comprising the steps of: measuring a Raman spectrum of an object to be inspected successively to collect a plurality of Raman spectroscopic signals; superposing the plurality of Raman spectroscopic signals to form a superposition signal; filtering out a florescence interfering signal from the superposition signal; and identifying the object to be inspected on basis of the superposition signal from which the florescence interfering signal has been filtered out. By means of the above method, a desired Raman spectroscopic signal may be acquired by removing the interference caused by a florescence signal from a Raman spectroscopic inspection signal of the object. It may inspect correctly the characteristics of the Raman spectrum of the object so as to identify the object effectively. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185077 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNING COHERENT RADIATION - A tunable coherent radiation source comprises a pump laser which outputs a pump beam and a non-linear optical medium having a tuning pattern to provide tuning across a wavelength range. A translation system is arranged such that the pump beam is translated across the tuning pattern. The scanning pattern is formed such that translation of the pump beam across the tuning pattern provides one or more discontinuities in tuning across the wavelength range. A spectroscopic system and a hyperspectral imaging system comprising such a tunable coherent radiation source are described, as is a non-linear optical medium adapted for use in such a source. A method of providing coherent radiation tuned over a wavelength range is also described. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185078 | WAVELENGTH REFERENCING BY MONITORING A VOLTAGE ACROSS A LASER DIODE - A lasing wavelength of a laser diode is determined by applying a forward current to the p-n junction of the laser diode and measuring a voltage across the p-n junction. The lasing wavelength can be determined by performing a simple wavelength calibration of the laser diode. This allows one to stabilize the lasing wavelength, and also to use the laser diode as a reference wavelength source. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185079 | Hyper-Spectral and Hyper-Spatial Search, Track and Recognition Sensor - A hyper-spectral and hyper-spatial sensor system is disclosed. A micro-channel plate array imaging sensor is provided for imaging a scene of interest and cooperates with a passive imaging system which may comprise a system having a responsivity to the visible electromagnetic spectrum. Image data from the dual-sensor systems is received and processed at high processing speeds using a massively parallel image processing architecture for the detection of salient scene features in the scene. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185080 | OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING OPTICAL MODULE - A spectrometry apparatus includes a wavelength variable interference filter emitting light of various predetermined wavelengths; a roll shutter imaging element having pixels accumulating electric charges when exposed to light, and forming one frame by photodetection for each pixel block including pixels with a predetermined time delay for each pixel block, in which the imaging element accumulates electric charges in a photodetection period, and outputs a detection signal in response to the accumulated electric charges in a non-photodetection period; and a spectroscopic controller controlling the wavelength change driving of the emitted light of the wavelength variable interference filter. For the one frame, the spectroscopic controller starts the wavelength change driving at an end timing of the photodetection period of a final pixel block for which the photodetection process is performed at the end. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185081 | SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM, SPECTROSCOPIC MODULE, AND POSITIONAL DEVIATION DETECTION METHOD - A spectrometry system includes an imaging apparatus that includes an imaging element which captures an image, and a spectroscopic module that includes a wavelength variable interference filter and an attachment unit which holds the wavelength variable interference filter, is provided to be attachable to and detachable from the imaging apparatus, and can dispose the wavelength variable interference filter on an optical path of incident light to the imaging element during attachment to the imaging apparatus. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185082 | Digital Temperature Sensor with Integrated Timer and Burst Mode - An integrated temperature sensor device has a temperature sensor providing an analog signal corresponding to an ambient temperature, an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the sensor conditioning circuit and receiving the analog temperature signal, and a timer and control circuit which is operable to be configured to control the temperature sensor device to perform a sequence of temperature measurements and shut-down time periods, wherein multiple temperature measurements are taken during the measurement period, wherein the timer and control circuit is further operable to be programmed to set the number of temperature measurements and the length of the shut-down period. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185083 | Digital Temperature Sensor with Integrated Digital Temperature Filter - An integrated temperature sensor device has a temperature sensor configured to provide an analog signal corresponding to an ambient temperature, an analog-to-digital converter receiving the analog signal and a programmable digital filter coupled to the analog-to-digital converter. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185084 | MOVABLE CONTACT SENSOR ASSEMBLY HAVING SEALED CONSTRUCTION - A sensor assembly includes a tubular housing having an inner surface defining an axial chamber and a temperature sensor disposed in the axial chamber and moveable along an axial direction of the tubular housing. The sensor assembly further includes a seal carrier movable with the temperature sensor, and a sealing member disposed around the seal carrier. The sealing member is in sliding contact with the inner surface of the tubular housing and hermetically seals an interface between the sealing member and the inner surface of the tubular housing. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185085 | NON-INTRUSIVE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY - A temperature sensor assembly for use with a process vessel wall includes a base structure, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a processor. The base structure forms a contact area with an external surface of the process vessel wall. The first temperature sensor extends through the base structure to measure a temperature of the external surface of the process vessel wall. The second temperature sensor is at a second surface spaced from the first surface to measure a temperature of the second surface of the base structure. The processor is connected to the first and second temperature sensors, and adapted to determine an internal process vessel wall temperature value as a function of the measured temperature of the external surface of the process vessel wall, the measured temperature of the second surface of the base structure, base structure parameters, and process vessel wall parameters. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185086 | THERMOMETER USING DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS - The thermometer using differential temperature measurements utilizes a pair of adjacent temperature sensors in order to measure the temperature of a common surface over a pre-selected period of time. The thermometer includes a housing and first and second thermistors mounted adjacent one another on the housing. The first and second thermistors are positioned against the surface, which can be a body part (for oral, rectal or axial body temperature measurements) or can be any other desired surface for which a spot check temperature reading is desired. A programmable current source pre-heats the second thermistor to a pre-selected temperature, while the first thermistor is initially at room temperature. A controller inside the housing causes both the first and second thermistors to take instantaneous temperature measurements of the surface at two successive times. The controller linearizes the measurements to predict the temperature of the surface, which is then displayed to the user. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185087 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE DETECTING ELEMENT - In an electronic device, a heat generation part pattern is connected to a heat generating element to heat from the heat generating element. A temperature detecting element is disposed adjacent to a first surface of a substrate. A direct under layer pattern is disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the temperature detecting element in an area including a portion corresponding to the temperature detecting element. An interlayer connection pillar connects between the heat generation part pattern and the direct under layer pattern to conduct heat. The heat generated from the heat generating element is effectively conducted to the temperature detecting element through the heat generation part pattern, the interlayer connection pillar, and the direct under layer pattern, and thus the temperature detecting element accurately detects the temperature of the heat generating element. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185088 | Microwave Radiometry Using Two Antennas - A microwave thermometer for accurate and non-invasive measurement of subsurface temperature is described. The microwave radiometer measures the brightness temperature of the specimen. In one example, the system is calibrated using an antenna aimed at the air with another antenna aimed at a subject. This approach dynamically compensates for variable drift of hardware components. An accuracy of 2° F. in 61% of cases may be achieved testing the device on phantoms. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185089 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER IN SYSTEM FOR GAS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT IN GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An apparatus for controlling operation of a gas turbine engine including at least one acoustic transmitter/receiver device located on a flow path boundary structure. The acoustic transmitter/receiver device includes an elongated sound passage defined by a surface of revolution having opposing first and second ends and a central axis extending between the first and second ends, an acoustic sound source located at the first end, and an acoustic receiver located within the sound passage between the first and second ends. The boundary structure includes an opening extending from outside the boundary structure to the flow path, and the second end of the surface of revolution is affixed to the boundary structure at the opening for passage of acoustic signals between the sound passage and the flow path. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185090 | Integrated Rail Efficiency and Safety Support System - Embodiments of an integrated rail efficiency and safety support system and method are shown comprising a server operable to receive a plurality of sets of collected information, each of the sets of collected information comprising a consist physical location and weather conditions and rail temperatures in an area of the respective consist and to process a predictive rail temperature algorithm for predicting a rail temperature and/or a trend in rail temperature for a selected section of track; and wherein the predictive rail temperature algorithm factors the information provided to it and provides a predicted rail temperature and/or trend in rail temperature for the selected section of track. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185091 | POWER DAMPER, LASER POWER METER, LASER POWER MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND LASER POWER MONITORING SYSTEM - A laser power meter according to the invention is configured to have a power damper including a laser receiving body that receives a laser beam on an inner surface thereof and converts laser power into heat, a case that forms a channel between the case and an outer surface of the laser receiving body, a heat insulation member between the laser receiving body and the case, and temperature measurement means for measuring a heat quantity absorbed by the laser receiving body; and conversion means for converting a signal of the temperature measurement means into an output value for a laser beam. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185092 | HEAT-FLUX MEASURING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND HEAT-FLUX MEASURING MEMBER - In a heat-flux measuring method for measuring an ion flux of plasma generated in a substrate processing chamber using a heat flux, a heat-flux measuring member is exposed to the plasma and irradiatated with a low coherent light. The heat-flux measuring member has a three-layered structure in which a first length and a second length of optical paths of the low-coherent light in the first layer and the third layer are measured using optical interference of reflected lights from the heat-flux measuring member. Current temperatures of the first layer and the third layer are obtained based on the measured first length, the measured second length, and data representing thermal-optical path length relationship. A heat flux flowing through the heat-flux measuring member is calculated based on the obtained temperatures, and a thickness and a thermal conductivity of the second layer. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185093 | SPRING-LOADED TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor includes a temperature probe, an adapter, a resilient device, and a visual indicator. The temperature probe includes a temperature sensing device disposed at a temperature probe tip. The adapter surrounds a portion of the temperature probe such that the temperature probe is movable within the adapter in a lengthwise direction. The adapter includes a physical reference. The resilient device is adapted to produce a force between the adapter and the temperature probe. The force being variable based on a position of the temperature probe within the adapter. The visual indicator is disposed on a surface of the temperature probe. Alignment of the visual indicator with the physical reference corresponds to a desired force produced by the resilient device. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185094 | MEASURING ELEMENT, MEASURING BODY AND MEASURING ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING A FORCE, AND USE OF SUCH A MEASURING BODY - A measuring element formed of a piezoelectric crystal of symmetry class 32 for measuring a force Fz, which acts perpendicularly on the plane x-y and causes a charge accumulation on surfaces of the plane x-y, Applications are measurements in which the transverse forces Fxy orthogonal to the force Fz, which generate an error signal at the measuring element, are expected on the measuring body. The measuring element includes at least four identical measuring element segments having straight edges. In the x-y plane the segments are arranged side by side and spaced apart by narrow gaps at the edges. Together, the segments form the shape of a disc or perforated disc for reducing the interference signals caused by the transverse forces Fxy on the measuring element. The crystal orientations in the x-y plane of all segments are oriented in the same direction or orthogonal to each other. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185095 | METHODS OF TORQUE ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - At least one example embodiment discloses a method including measuring phase currents associated with one or more stator windings of the machine, estimating terminal voltage values based on the measured phase currents representations of the machine and based on at least one of a duty cycle and a dead time ratio of the machine, transforming the terminal voltage values to derive direct and quadrature voltage representations consistent with the measured phase currents, determining a terminal power of one or more terminals of the machine, the terminal power directly based on one of the estimated terminal voltage values and direct and quadrature voltage representations of the machine and current command values and determining an estimated shaft torque of the machine based on the terminal power in accordance with at least one efficiency value based on machine parameters from a characterization of the machine. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185096 | SWITCHING TYPE SIX-AXIS FORCE-TORQUE SENSOR AND SIX-AXIS FORCE-TORQUE MEASURING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A switching type six-axis force-torque sensor is provided which includes: a sensor substrate attached to a structural body to be measured. A first measuring unit is installed at one side in respect to a central portion of the sensor substrate and measures strain and a second measuring unit is installed on the sensor substrate at a position that faces the first measuring unit in respect to the central portion and measures strain. Further, a third measuring unit is installed at a position that is orthogonal to a connecting line, which connects the first measuring unit and the second measuring unit, and measures strain and a fourth measuring unit is installed at a position that faces the third measuring unit in respect to the central portion and measures strain. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185097 | DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGE - A diaphragm pressure gauge includes a base, an inner cover, a diaphragm, a movement assembly, a pointer assembly, a dial plate, and an outer cover. The movement assembly is disposed within the inner cover. The diaphragm is disposed at a bottom end of the inner cover. The pointer assembly is disposed above the inner cover and connected with the movement assembly. A pressing worm shaft connected to the movement assembly is disposed at a central portion of the diaphragm. The base includes a connecting portion defining therein a pressure chamber in which a piston is disposed. The base defines a piston hole for engaging with the piston. One end of the piston extends through the piston hole and presses against the pressing worm shaft. The diaphragm pressure gauge can effectively prevent corrosion and damage of components inside the pressure gauge and detect a pressure as high as 1000 kg/cm | 2015-07-02 |
20150185098 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MEASURING PRESSURE - System for remotely measuring pressure for pressures exerted by a fluid conveyed by a pipe, the system comprising a measuring tube with a first end connected to the pipe and a second end to a pressure sensing element. The measuring tube completely filled with a liquid and comprising watertight membranes that respectively close its both ends retaining the liquid inside it, a first membrane in contact with the fluid and closing its first end, and a second membrane in contact with the pressure sensing element and closing its second end. The first membrane being sensitive to fluid pressure oscillations and the second membrane o liquid pressure oscillations for propagating the pressure exerted by the fluid to the pressure sensing element for its measure. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185099 | Method and System for Monitoring Gas Pressure for Reference Cavity of Capacitance Diaphragm Gauge - A system and method detect the presence of an unacceptable quantity of gas molecules in the reference vacuum cavity of a capacitance diaphragm gauge (CDG). An independent pressure transducer has an active portion exposed to the reference vacuum cavity. The transducer includes a ring anode, a cylindrical inner wall surface that forms at least one cathode, and a magnet positioned with respect to the ring anode such that the magnetic flux of the magnet is generally aligned with the central axis of the ring anode. A high voltage source applies a voltage between the ring anode and the cathode. A current sensor senses a magnitude of any current flowing between the ring anode and the cathode via ionized gas molecules. A monitoring unit monitors the magnitude of the current sensed by the current sensor and activates an alarm when the magnitude of the current exceeds an acceptable magnitude. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185100 | Method and Apparatus for Damping Diaphragm Vibration in Capacitance Diaphragm Gauges - A system and method mitigate the effects of these external vibrations on a capacitance diaphragm gauge by sensing the motion of the diaphragm at the first natural frequency of the diaphragm of the CDG. The presence of the natural frequency signals superimposed on the pressure signal is determined by sensing variations in the output of a sensor at or near the known natural frequency of the diaphragm and filtering that known low frequency from the output. The filtered signal is used in a feedback circuit to impose electrostatic forces on the diaphragm. The imposed electrostatic forces oppose the motion created by the external vibration to suppress the effects of the vibration on the pressure measured by the CDG. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185101 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE PRESSURE OF A GAS IN A POLLUTION CONTROL OR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A device for measuring a pressure of a gas in a pollution control or energy storage system, including: a housing including an inlet and an outlet; a compound disposed inside the housing and configured to absorb at least one portion of gas entering the housing through the inlet, the non-absorbed portion of gas exiting the housing via the outlet; at least one sensor configured to measure a temperature of the compound; a processing unit configured to determine the pressure of the gas by using the temperature measurement from the sensor and a predefined pressure/temperature ratio. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185102 | LEADLESS OIL FILLED PRESSURE TRANSDUCER - An oil-filled pressure transducer having reduced back pressure, comprising an alignment plate having a sensor accommodating aperture, a sensor module inserted into the sensor accommodating aperture, a header surrounding the alignment plate, the header having a protruding top surface, and a diaphragm disposed on the protruding top surface to create a relatively small oil accommodating region between the diaphragm and the sensor. This configuration reduces the oil volume required for operation, which ultimately reduces the back pressure applied against the diaphragm. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185103 | HIGH TEMPERATURE PRESSURE SENSOR - A pressure sensor assembly includes a pressure sensor having a pressure sensing transducer connected to a plurality of electrode pins via a plurality of electrode pads disposed on the transducer, an inner casing configured to hold the pressure sensing transducer including a plurality of inner casing electrode pin channels having the electrode pins disposed therein. The pressure sensor further includes an outer casing holding the inner casing therein having a capsule header with a plurality of capsule header electrode pin channels defined therein which can include a ceramic seal disposed therein such that the capsule header electrode pin channels engage the electrode pins in an insulating sealed relationship. The outer casing further includes an isolator plate including an isolator plate fluid port defined therein and a pressure isolator disposed on the isolator plate and configured to deflect in response to a change in ambient pressure. The pressure sensor includes a pressure transmitting fluid disposed in the fluid volume. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185104 | System for Calibrating a Tribometer Test Foot - A system for the calibration of a tribometer test foot utilizes a uniquely designed sanding pad with a hard-back sandpaper surface, and a separate, independent sander member which has a top section with a test foot mounting element in the form of a piston having a threaded connection for securing the test foot. The sander member, with test foot attached, is configured to mate with the sanding pad to allow the test foot to be sanded to the required calibration. Calibration of the test foot is accomplished by pressing the sander member onto the sanding pad such that the test foot is compelled against the sandpaper surface of the sanding pad and rotating the sander member for the requisite sanding and thus accurate calibration of the test foot. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185105 | Apparatus and Method for Automatic Detection of Diaphragm Coating or Surface Contamination for Capacitance Diaphragm Gauges - A system and a method detect contamination of a diaphragm in a capacitance diaphragm gauge wherein a contaminated diaphragm deflects less in the presence of pressure than an uncontaminated diaphragm. The system and method measure a base pressure. A DC voltage is applied between the diaphragm and a fixed electrode to cause the diaphragm to deflect to simulate an effective pressure. The system and method measure a combined pressure caused by the base pressure and the effective pressure. The system and method subtract the base pressure to determine the effective pressure caused by the static diaphragm deflection. If the measured effective pressure is less than an acceptable effective pressure, the system and method determine that the diaphragm is contaminated. | 2015-07-02 |
20150185106 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR BALANCING THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE - A machine ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150185107 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BALANCING CT GANTRY - A method and a device for balancing a CT gantry device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a fluctuation chain of pulses generated in one revolution of the CT gantry and obtained when the CT gantry collects data; obtaining an eccentric angle of a center of mass according to the fluctuation chain, and calculating a magnitude of imbalance; and adjusting weight at a weight counterbalancing position according to the eccentric angle and the magnitude of imbalance, to locate the center of mass at the rotation center. The device includes a data collection unit for collecting a fluctuation chain, and a processor for obtaining an eccentric angle of a center of mass, and calculating a magnitude of imbalance; and the processor adjusts weight at the weight counterbalancing position according to the eccentric angle and the magnitude of imbalance, to locate the center of mass at the rotation center. | 2015-07-02 |