30th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220236055 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED GEOCODED REFERENCE DATA TO A 3D MAP REPRESENTATION - Described are a system ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236056 | METERING ADJUSTMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present invention discloses a metering adjustment method, apparatus and device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring brightness information of a current image frame and a previous image frame captured by a shooting apparatus of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); determining whether the brightness information of the current image frame changes relative to the brightness information of the previous image frame; if so, acquiring motion state information of the shooting apparatus; and adjusting a metering mode of the shooting apparatus according to the motion state information of the shooting apparatus. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236057 | Vibrator Device, Electronic Apparatus, And Vehicle - A vibrator device includes a vibrator element, and a support substrate configured to support the vibrator element. The vibrator element includes a drive arm provided with a drive signal electrode and a drive constant-potential electrode, and a detection arm provided with a detection signal electrode and a detection constant-potential electrode. The support substrate includes a base, and a drive signal interconnection electrically coupled to the drive signal electrode, a drive constant-potential interconnection electrically coupled to the drive constant-potential electrode, and a detection signal interconnection electrically coupled to the detection signal electrode all provided to the base, and the drive arm includes a first surface located at the support substrate side, and a second surface located at an opposite side to the first surface. Further, the drive constant-potential electrode is disposed on the first surface, and the drive signal electrode is disposed on the second surface. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236058 | Vibrator Device, Electronic Apparatus, And Vehicle - A vibrator device includes a vibrator element, and a support substrate disposed so as to be opposed to the vibrator element. The support substrate includes a base configured to support the vibrator element, a support configured to support the base, a plurality of beams configured to couple the base and the support to each other, and a drive signal interconnection, a drive constant-potential interconnection, a detection signal interconnection, and a detection constant-potential interconnection each laid around the base and the support passing the beams, and in predetermined one of the beams, at least one of the drive constant-potential interconnection and the detection constant-potential interconnection is disposed on a surface on the vibrator element side, and the detection signal interconnection is disposed on a surface on the opposite side. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236059 | AUTOMATICALLY RECONFIGURABLE INTERFACE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND SENSOR INCLUDING THE INTERFACE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND A MEMS TRANSDUCER - An interface electronic circuit couplable to a first transducer that generates a first analog signal indicative of a first quantity and to a microcontroller unit, the interface electronic circuit including: a first conversion stage, which generates a first digital signal as a function of the first analog signal; a DSP stage, which includes at least one DSP unit and generates a processed signal as a function of the first digital signal; an advanced-processing stage, which detects, by execution of a processing of the processed signal, the occurrence of an target condition regarding the first quantity; and a number of registers, which store values of configuration parameters. The advanced-processing stage writes at least one subset of the registers, after detecting the occurrence of the target condition, so as to vary the values of the configuration parameters stored in the subset of registers. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236060 | SHAKEN-LATTICE MATTER-WAVE GYRO - A matter-wave gyro with counter-propagating traps uses three-dimensional lattices formed of interference fringes from three pairs of interfering laser beams. Particles, such as neutral atoms, ion, or molecules are cooled to a ground state near absolute zero. The resulting ultra-cold particles are loaded into the lattices. The laser beams used to form the lattices are driven according to functions that cause the lattices to counter-propagate about a closed path (Sagnac loop) N times, where a desired tradeoff between spatial resolution and temporal resolution can be achieved by choosing an appropriate integer value of N. The lattices can be extinguished so that the particles can be imaged to identify an interference pattern. A shift in the interference pattern relative to an interference pattern that would occur with zero angular momentum can be used to measure angular momentum. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236061 | PROVIDING ADAPTED POSITIONING INFORMATION TOWARDS AT LEAST ONE CONSUMING APPLICATION REGARDING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS - Adapted positioning information is provided towards at least one consuming application regarding a plurality of objects. In a first step, the position of at least one specific object is detected using at least one sensor of a sensor layer or functionality, thereby generating at least one piece of preliminary positioning information. In a second step, subsequent to the first step, a positioning middleware functionality generates at least one piece of adapted positioning information, based on the at least one piece of preliminary positioning information, and based on a priori knowledge. In a third step, subsequent to the second step, the at least one piece of adapted positioning information is provided to the at least one consuming application. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236062 | POSITION SPACE IDENTICATION METHOD, POSITION SPACE IDENTIFIER IMPARTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention provides a method for imparting unique identifiers that do not overlap each other to individual position spaces in the case of latitude and longitude information or even in the case of height information also included in addition thereto. A longitude line passing through the coordinate origin is divided by the length of one side of a unit grid, and a latitude value inside unit grids is calculated. An accumulated error is calculated in a case where latitude values inside the unit grids are accumulated for one round in a longitude line direction of a celestial body, and an error per unit grid is calculated based on the calculated accumulated error. The number of unit grids included in one block in the longitude line direction is specified so that a reference error per block is equal to or smaller than one thousandth of the accumulated error, and thus a reference latitude is set. A reference longitude is set by the same calculation process for each latitude line that is determined based on the set reference latitude, reference points are specified sequentially from the coordinate origin based on the set reference latitude and reference longitude, and a unique identifier is imparted to each unit grid located in a block with the reference points set as its vertices. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236063 | VEHICLE POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND PARAMETER SET CREATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE POSITION DETECTION - It is possible to reduce inadvertent vehicle behavior during autonomous driving. A vehicle position detection device includes: a satellite positioning position calculation unit | 2022-07-28 |
20220236064 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, AND NAVIGATION METHOD - A navigation device includes an own vehicle position detecting unit configured to detect position information of own vehicle; a route setting unit configured to set a guidance route that guides the own vehicle to a destination on the basis of a first map including information of a traveling route and the position information of the own vehicle; a matching unit configured to match a position of the own vehicle as a first own position with the traveling route where the own vehicle travels on the first map on the basis of the position information of the own vehicle; a driving lane detecting unit configured to match the position of the own vehicle as a second own position with a driving lane where the own vehicle travels on a second map on the basis of the second map including information of the driving lane in the traveling route and the position information of the own vehicle; and a calculating unit configured to determine whether the second own position is included in the first own position. When the guidance route is set, the matching unit matches the first own position on the guidance route, and when the second own position is no longer included in the first own position thereafter, the matching unit matches the first own position on the first map on the basis of the position information. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236065 | MAP DATA FUSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - The present disclosure provides a map data fusion method and apparatus, an electronic device, a medium and a program product. The method includes: acquiring first map data and second map data; based on a first feature descriptor set and a second feature descriptor set included in the first map data and the second map data respectively, determining a set of matching point pairs between a first set of three-dimensional coordinate points and a second set of three-dimensional coordinate points included in the first map data and the second map data respectively; determining a pose transformation matrix between the first map data and the second map data based on the set of matching point pairs; and fusing the first map data and the second map data into third map data based on the pose transformation matrix. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236066 | TRAVEL TOOL FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES - Utilizing existing information of community transportation offerings, the present invention builds customized travel routes to enable independent mobility for individuals with cognitive disabilities. Visual, aural, and sensory prompts are provided based on the location of, and through, a mobile device. Concurrently with providing direction and reassurance to the traveler, the system monitors the location and progress of the traveler along the route. Upon recognition that the mobile device (traveler) is no longer on the initiated route, a caregiver, or the like, is notified to render assistance. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF A ROUTE SCORE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEETS - A system and method for evaluation of a route score for an electric vehicle are disclosed. The system includes a route path characteristic score computation subsystem configured to compute a route path characteristic score of one or more routes between two or more distant locations based on one or more topological parameters and one or more scheduled activity parameters, a traffic score computation subsystem configured to compute a traffic score in real-time, an environment score computation subsystem configured to compute an environment score in the real-time, an overall route score computation subsystem configured to compute an overall route score in the real-time, a vehicle-level route score computation subsystem configured to compute a vehicle-level route score for a particular electric vehicle, an overall fleet-level route score computation subsystem configured to compute an overall fleet-level route score after aggregating the vehicle-level route score. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236068 | AR NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND AR NAVIGATION - An augmented reality (AR) navigation system: includes an AR display device configured to provide a near-eye display function; and a mobile terminal communicatively connected with the AR display device, where the mobile terminal is configured to send a control instruction to the AR display device, so that the AR display device displays AR content corresponding to the control instruction. Through one or more embodiments disclosed in the present invention, display content of the AR display device may be controlled by the mobile terminal, so that there is no need to identify a target through a complex algorithm such as CV. The technical implementation cost is low and the user experience is high, which can meet the requirements of some specific navigation scenes. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTE NAVIGATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for a route navigation, which relate to the technical fields of computer vision, image processing, augmented reality and the like. An implementation solution is: performing an augmented reality navigation on a current route based on real-time acquired GPS information of a terminal; acquiring SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) coordinates of the terminal; converting, in response to determining that the GPS information meets a preset positioning difference condition, the SLAM coordinates into calculated geographic coordinates; and performing an augmented reality navigation on the current route based on the calculated geographic coordinates. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236070 | Proactive Re-Routing Of Vehicles Using Passive Monitoring Of Occupant Frustration Level - Aspects of the present disclosure include a navigation system and computer-implemented methods for proactively re-routing vehicles based on an analysis of input component data obtained from the navigation-enabled devices. The navigation system scores the input component data to obtain a measure of frustration (e.g., a feeling of being upset or annoyed) of the user of the navigation-enabled device. The navigation system may provide a detour suggestion for display on the navigation-enabled device to persuade the user of the device to direct their vehicle to depart from its current location or route in an effort to remove the vehicle from traffic, and thereby reduce the frustration level of the user. The detour suggestion may include an alternative route to the original destination, or an alternative destination. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236071 | ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL CALCULATING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND MOBILE MACHINE USING THE SAME - ETA (estimated time of arrival) calculation for a mobile machine is disclosed. The ETA of the mobile machine to a destination is calculated by obtaining a current pose of the mobile machine, obtaining a global path from the current pose of the mobile machine to the destination, obtaining a local path, calculating a dynamic ETA for each pair of the consecutive poses in the local path and summing the calculated dynamic ETAs, calculating a baseline ETA for each pair of consecutive poses from a pose in the global path that is closest to the last pose in the local path to the last pose in the global path and summing the calculated baseline ETAs, and obtaining a total ETA to the destination based on the dynamic ETA and the baseline ETA. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236072 | INDOOR POSITIONING AND TRACKING USING SPATIAL FEATURES - A system and method for indoor positioning and tracking that uses beacon signal data, sensor data, and/or wireless network fingerprinting to create a moving map of radiofrequency (RF) devices in an indoor location. The moving map is continuously repaired and updated. The system incorporates user data into the moving map to enhance customer service and customer experience. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236073 | METHOD FOR CREATING A UNIVERSALLY USEABLE FEATURE MAP - A method for creating digital maps with the aid of a control unit. Measured data of surroundings are received during a measuring run. A SLAM method is carried out for ascertaining a trajectory of the measuring run based on the received measured data. The received measured data are transformed into a coordinate system of the trajectory. The transformed measured data are used for the purpose of creating an intensity map. Features are extracted from the intensity map and are stored in a feature map. A method for carrying out a localization, a control unit, a computer program as well as a machine-readable memory medium are also described. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236074 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BUILDING ROAD MODEL - The invention relates to a method for building a road model. The method includes: building a lane line pool, the lane line pool including one or more historical lane lines; updating the lane line pool based on matching between a current lane line and the one or more historical lane lines in the lane line pool; and performing lane matching on all lane lines in the updated lane line pool, so as to build the road model. The invention further relates to a device for building a road model, a computer storage medium, and a vehicle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236075 | MAP CONSTRUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The embodiments of the present invention propose a map construction device and method thereof. According to the method, a three-dimensional map is obtained, the three-dimensional map is converted to an initial two-dimensional map, the occupancy probabilities of the grids on the initial two-dimensional map is determined by the training model, and a final two-dimensional map is generated according to the occupancy probabilities of the grid. The three-dimensional map is constructed based on the depth data generated the architectural space scanning. The initial two-dimensional map is divided into multiple grids. The occupancy probability of each grid is related to whether there is an object occupying thereon. The final two-dimensional map is divided according to the grids, and the grids on the final two-dimensional map are determined whether there are objects occupying thereon. Therefore, according to the map construction device and method of the disclosure, a high-precision two-dimensional map can be generated. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236076 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SENSOR DATA - A method for processing sensor data. The method including: providing surroundings data of a vehicle; assigning the surroundings data to corresponding locating data; and transferring the locally assigned surroundings data to a processing device, the transfer of the surroundings data between a sensor unit and a control unit and/or the transfer of the locally assigned surroundings data between the control unit and the processing device being carried out according to a defined data limiting criterion. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236077 | Supplementing Electronic Map Data from User Behavior - There is provided a method for identifying possible errors/inconsistencies within an electronic map representation of a network of navigable elements within a geographic area, the method comprising: obtaining at a server positional data relating to the movement over time of a plurality of devices travelling around the navigable network; processing the obtained positional data at the server with reference to the electronic map representing the navigable network in order to identify potential inconsistencies in the map in the form of one or more locations within the navigable network where an observed behaviour of devices travelling around the navigable network as indicated by the obtained positional data is not consistent with a behaviour that would be expected based on the electronic map. This information may then be relayed to navigation devices for supplementing the electronic map when generating navigation instructions. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236078 | SINGLE STAR-BASED ORIENTATION METHOD USING DUAL-AXIS LEVEL SENSOR - Disclosed is a single star-based orientation method using a dual-axis level sensor, which includes a calibration process and an actual calculation process. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236079 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED METROLOGY - An electric power meter comprising modules coupled to each other. The modules include a sealed measuring module, and a module different from the measuring module; and the modules configured to enable any module to be replaced independently of the measuring module. A method for an electric power meter including modules coupled to each other. The modules include a sealed measuring module, and a module different from the measuring module. The method includes configuring the modules to be replaced independently of the measuring module. A system for communications with multiple meters. The meters are coupled to a gateway via a network. Each of the meters communicates using one protocol. The network includes nodes coupled to the gateway. Each of the nodes corresponds to one of the protocols; and at least some of the meters is coupled to each of the nodes based on the protocol used by each of the meters. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236080 | Wireless energy and data transfer in a gas meter - An apparatus for energy and data transfer, can include a first inductor and a second inductor, wherein the first inductor can be magnetically coupled to the second inductor, and a gap configured between the first inductor and second inductor, wherein the first inductor and the second inductor can transfer energy and data between a white meter and an electronic index. The white meter may be implemented as a flow meter. The electronic index can include an electronic display unit that can be attached to the white meter. The electronic display can include one or more of a display unit, a communications unit, or a combination of a display unit and the communications unit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THROUGH WALL LOCATING - A transmitter unit is provided for transmitting a continuous waveform in a magnetic field, the continuous waveform being an unmodulated electromagnetic waveform. The transmitter unit typically comprises a transmitting solenoid for transmitting the continuous waveform, and an oscillator for generating the continuous waveform. A receiver unit is also provided, the receiver unit having receiving circuitry, such as a receiving solenoid, for receiving the continuous waveform. The receiver unit also provides an output for outputting an indication of proximity between the transmitter unit and the receiver unit, where a characteristic of the indication of proximity depends on the strength of the magnetic field generated by the transmitter unit at the location of the receiving solenoid. Also provided is a method for using a system having a transmitter unit and a receiver unit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236082 | ROTATION MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEM - A rotation monitoring assembly for an artificial lift system includes a sensor having a body configured to couple to one of a non-rotating component of a polish rod connection assembly or a rotating component of the polish rod connection assembly. The rotation monitoring assembly also includes a target configured to couple to the other of the non-rotating component of the polish rod connection assembly or the rotating component of the polish rod connection assembly. A property of the target varies substantially continuously along a circumferential extent of the target, and the sensor is configured to output a sensor signal indicative of the property of the target. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236083 | VIBRATION DETECTION USING PHASE RECOVERED FROM AN OPTICAL TRANSPONDER WITH COHERENT DETECTION - Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods. and structures for vibration detection using phase recovered from an optical transponder with coherent detection. Advantageously, our systems, methods, and structures leverage contemporary digital coherent receiver architecture in which various adaptive DSP operations performed to recover transmitted data track optical phase. The phase is extracted at low overhead cost, allowing a digital coherent transponder to perform vibration detection/monitoring as an auxiliary function to data transmission. Demonstration of vibration detection and localization based on the extraction of optical phase from payload-carrying telecommunications signal using a coherent receiver in a bidirectional WDM transmission system is shown and described. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236084 | ROTATING SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A sensor assembly includes a base, a sensor body mounted to the base and rotatable around an axis relative to the base, a sensor window fixed relative to the sensor body, a sensing apparatus inside the sensor body and having a field of view through the sensor window, a vapor chamber fixed relative to the sensor body, and a heat pipe extending from the sensor body to the vapor chamber. The vapor chamber is spaced radially outward from the sensor body relative to the axis and has a curved shape extending circumferentially around the axis. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236085 | ELECTRONIC SENSORS SUPPORTED ON A FLUID CONDUIT - This disclosure relates to a fluid conduit that incorporates electronic sensors printed on a flexible substrate that is attached to an exterior wall of the fluid conduit. The sensors are configured to sense an operating parameter of the fluid conduit and to provide output signals representing the sensed operating parameter. An electrical conductor is deposited on the exterior wall of the fluid conduit for communicating the output signals. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236086 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE USING MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA ANALYTICS - The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for remote sensing with data analytics. The methods and apparatus have many applications including monitoring the quality of grain during storage and/or transport. The present disclosure describes a way to collect temperature and other environmental data to describe and predict quality of stored grains, current and future, based on a myriad factors including fumigation, external temperature and humidity, in storage grain temperature and humidity. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236087 | Sensor Unit - Disclosed herein is a sensor unit that is positioned at a location in a conduit for measuring a property of a fluid flowing through the conduit, the sensor unit comprises: a sensor support; a body section including proximal and distal sides and a center having a chamber, the chamber having a lower part and a top part with the lower part providing an open path between the proximal and distal sides of the body section, providing a flow channel through the body section; a socket in the top part of the chamber, the socket configured to receive the sensor support; a gasket located on top of the sensor support; e) a clamp configured to compress and hold the gasket and sensor support in place in the socket; and at least one sensor configured to measure a property of the fluid; wherein the sensor support maintains the at least one sensor in position relative to the walls of the flow channel through the sensor unit and at a constant depth relative to the fluid flowing through the sensor unit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236088 | Optical Reading Device for a Pointer Instrument - An optical reading device for a pointer instrument which has a pointer and a scale face or dial with different degrees of reflectance in each case, includes an illumination device for illuminating the scale face or dial and a plurality of light sensor elements which are arranged in a circular arc about the rotational axis of the pointer in order to detect the light of the illumination device reflected back by the scale face or dial, wherein the illumination device is configured to uniformly illuminate the scale face or dial and each light sensor element is configured with an isosceles triangle outline, where each light sensor element is offset with respect to one another by half of the base width in the circumferential direction of the circular arc. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236089 | Flow Sensor Gauge - Flow sensors are provided that can monitor flow conditions. The flow sensor includes a gauge that provides a first level of information about flow through the sensor, and an indicator associated with the gauge that can provided a second level of information about flow through the sensor. The indicator might be in the form of a dial that can rotate about the gauge and might include a locked position for monitoring flow and an unlocked position to rotate the dial about the gauge to reposition the dial. Vanes in the flow sensor remove turbulence in the flow sensor to settle any noise that would otherwise register in the first level of information about flow through the sensor. The plunger with a rounded upstream face also helps to settle any such noise. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236090 | SIGNAL PROCESSING - The disclosure relates to determination of a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a conduit, whilst compensating for conduit-borne interference. Transducers are used to emit ultrasonic signals into the fluid and receive the signal after propagating through a section of the conduit. Waves that have propagated through the fluid are detected and noise from pipe-borne interference is removed via signal processing. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236091 | THERMAL MASS FLOWMETER - Proposed is a thermal mass flowmeter including: a heating unit configured to heat at least a portion of a medium in a tube from the outside of the tube; a first thermometer disposed at a first position that is a downstream side from the heating unit in a flow direction of the medium; a second thermometer disposed at a second position that is a downstream side further than the first thermometer from the heating unit; and a controller configured to calculate the flow rate of the medium flowing through the tube using a phase difference due to flow of the medium between first measurement data measured by the first thermometer and second measurement data measured by the second thermometer. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236092 | REPLACEABLE CORIOLIS FLOW SENSORS WITH BROAD OPERATING RANGE - A Coriolis flow sensor includes a metal flow tube and an enclosure. The enclosure encloses the flow tube and is constructed at least partially from a gamma transparent material. The metal flow tube may be constructed from stainless steel. The gamma transparent material and the flow tube are thin enough to permit sterilization of an interior of the flow tube by gamma irradiation of the flow tube through the gamma transparent material. The enclosure is also shaped to facilitate locking and unlocking the Coriolis flow sensor in place on a mounting structure. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236093 | LIQUID FEEDING PUMP, DISPENSING SYSTEM AND WASHING DEVICE - A liquid feeding pump is disclosed, including: a pump housing defining a hydraulic chamber, and a water inlet portion and a water outlet portion allowing a first liquid to enter or to be discharged from the hydraulic chamber; a pump chamber member defining a pump chamber isolated from the hydraulic chamber, the pump chamber member being movable between a first configuration in which the pump chamber has a first volume and a second configuration in which the pump chamber has a second volume; a liquid inlet portion and a liquid outlet portion allowing a second liquid to enter or to be discharged from the pump chamber; wherein, the liquid feeding pump is configured such that the first liquid entering the hydraulic chamber via the water inlet portion can urge the pump chamber member towards its second configuration, thereby pumping the second liquid out of the pump chamber. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236094 | Powder Supply Device - A powder supply device that continuously supply a fixed amount of powder, including a powder accommodation container including a powder delivery hole in an circular outer shape bottom plate, and a disk that continuously rotates and conveys the powder by a groove facing the powder delivery hole and provided on circumference, wherein the disk is disposed to be slidably rotatable with respect to the circular outer shape bottom plate in a state in which a part of a region where the groove is located is covered with the circular outer shape bottom plate of the powder accommodation container. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236095 | MEASURED FLUID DISPENSER - A measured fluid dispenser for dispensing fluid from a storage container includes a measurement chamber, a fluid flow passage fluidly connecting the measurement chamber with the storage container, and a valve that is movable between an open position in which the fluid flow passage is opened to permit fluid flow from the storage chamber to the measurement chamber, and a closed position in which the fluid flow passage is closed to prevent fluid flow between the measurement chamber and the storage chamber. The measurement chamber may be adjustable to vary a fillable volume of the measurement chamber to thereby preselect an amount of fluid to be dispensed. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236096 | Radar Fill Level Measurement Device with a Radar System-on-chip - A radar fill level measurement device includes an arrangement having at least one radar chip which has a plurality of transmitting channels and a plurality of receiving channels. In addition, the device includes an antenna arrangement having a plurality of transmitting elements and receiving elements. The device has more transmitting channels than transmitting elements and/or more receiving channels than receiving elements. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236097 | Method and Device for Measuring Fuel Tank, and Server - Provided is a method for measuring a fuel tank. The measurement method comprises: receiving a fuel quantity change parameter calibrated by a user at a smart terminal (S | 2022-07-28 |
20220236098 | Fluid Meter Testing and Profiling System - A platform configured for evaluating metering technologies and generating meter profiles using information derived from a plurality of meters retrieved from a plurality of environments. The platform may include a centralized data storage system in communication with a fluid meter test bench system. A computing device automatically controls fluid meter test bench system to measure the accuracy of fluid meters and transfers meter data to at least one of the centralized data storage system or a local data silo in communication with the centralized data storage system. Exemplary meter data includes meter type data, meter test data and meter environmental data. Meter environmental data may comprise meter install location and at least one of fluid quality data or fluid meter mounting position. The platform is configured to provide a meter profile for each meter tested based at least in part on the meter data and the test system data. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236099 | QUANTITATIVE DISPENSING SYSTEM - Provided is a quantitative dispensing system includes a supply device for supply a weighing object, and a weighing device including a holding unit to hold the weighing object supplied from the supply device, a load sensor unit to detect a load of the weighing object supplied to the holding unit, and an arithmetic processing unit to calculate a weighed value of the weighing object from a detection result on the load and control an operation of the supply device. The arithmetic processing unit performs control to stop the supply device when a current weighed value becomes not less than a supply stop weight value calculated by subtracting a stop weighed value deviation from a supply target weight value. The stop weighed value deviation is calculated in consideration of a flow rate and a supply pressure of the weighing object and a filter setting in the weighing device. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236100 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MINING AND/OR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A method for estimating a level of stress that a mine truck is subjected to. The mine truck includes a frame; a container for carrying payload supported by the frame; and at least one sensor, the at least one sensor delivering signals being dependent on a force acting on the mine truck. The method includes for at least a first position of the frame, estimating a level of stress that said at least a first position is subjected to in response to a force acting on the mine truck, wherein said at least a first position is a position being different from the position of said at least one sensor; and estimating said level of stress utilising a model representation of the level of stress for said at least a first position wherein said model representation output said estimated level of stress utilising sensor signals from said at least one sensor as input signals. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236101 | LOAD-SENSING CLOSURE PANEL - A vehicle includes a body, an aperture defined by the body, a closure panel, and a load sensor. The closure panel is movable between an open position and a closed position. The closure panel covers at least a portion of the aperture when the closure panel is in the closed position. The load sensor is coupled to the closure panel. The load sensor senses a load that is applied to the closure panel. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236102 | EMERGENCY READINESS VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATION - An emergency readiness verification system includes a housing, a secure weight-sensing mechanism, a vertically-actuated switch assembly, a vertically-adjustable calibration mechanism, and an alert device in communication with the vertically-actuated switch assembly. The vertically-adjustable calibration mechanism fixes a vertical position of the vertically-actuated switch assembly such that an engagement tab of the attachment extension engages an actuator of the vertically-actuated switch assembly when a weight of the fire extinguisher supported by an extinguisher attachment falls is within an alert threshold, and disengages the actuator when the weight of the fire extinguisher falls below the alert threshold or when the fire extinguisher is not supported by the extinguisher attachment. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236103 | REMOTE MONITORING OF LOAD OF MOVABLE CARRIER - A remote monitoring device is provided for monitoring a movable carrier when placed substantially stationary at a delivery location. The movable carrier is adapted for holding a plurality of physical items. The device comprises a wireless communication module, a motion sensor for transducing, into a signal, motion and/or vibrations of the movable carrier caused by exogenous factors in the external environment of the movable carrier, and a processor for determining a characteristic of a signal, and for transmitting the characteristic to a receiver. The signal characteristic includes an estimate of the number or mass of the physical items held by the movable carrier, and/or the signal characteristic provides sufficient information to the receiver such that the receiver can estimate the number or mass of physical items held by the movable carrier. Concepts of the remote monitoring device can be extended to a movable carrier, a system and a method. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236104 | A MACHINE TEST MECHANISM - The present invention relates to a test mechanism ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236105 | DETECTION OF STATIC WEIGHT ON AERIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL FIBERS USING DAS AMBIENT DATA - An advance in the art is made according to aspects of the present disclosure directed to the detection and localization of a substantially static weight situated on aerial telecommunications fiber optic cable through the effect of phase-distributed acoustic sensing (ϕ-DAS) and signal analysis of ambient data. In sharp contrast to the prior art, our inventive method does not require a special optical fiber arrangement or type of fiber nor is it susceptible to range limitations that plague the prior art. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236106 | Topside Distributed Acoustic Sensing Interrogation Of Subsea Wells With A Single Optical Waveguide - A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may comprise an interrogator and an umbilical line attached at one end to the interrogator, a downhole fiber attached to the umbilical line at the end opposite the interrogator. The interrogator may further include a proximal circulator, a distal circulator connected to the proximal circulator by a first fiber optic cable, and a second fiber optic cable connecting the proximal circulator and the distal circulator. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236107 | OPTICAL SENSOR CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING LIGHT FLICKER FREQUENCY AND SYNCHRONIZING THERETO - There is provided an optical sensor including a photodiode, a wave converter, a pixel array and a processor. The photodiode detects ambient light flicker to generate sine waves. The wave converter converts the sine waves to square waves. The processor uses a sampling frequency to count the square waves, and identifies whether the ambient light flicker is well detected according to a counting value of each square wave and a counting value variation of multiple square waves within a count period to accordingly determine whether to recognize a frequency of ambient light flicker and adjust an acquiring phase of the image frame. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236108 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION USING A PLURALITY OF SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTION MEANS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL - A device for single-photon detection comprising two superconducting detectors, a bias-current source, a filter element and a readout circuit. Each detector forms a detection area for absorption of incident photons and is connected in parallel; each detector being maintained below its critical temperature and provided with an electrical bias current situated close to and below its critical current so as to be maintained in a non-resistive superconducting state, and configured to transition, at photon absorption, from the non-resistive state to a resistive state due to an increase in current density within the detector above the critical current. The readout circuit senses a voltage change corresponding to the, allowing creation of an event signal for each absorption of an incident photon by a detector. The device includes a current-redistribution portion for redistributing current arising after absorption of incident photons so as to avoid increases in current density above the critical current. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING IN HIGHLY SCATTERING MEDIA BY THE SPECTRAL PHASOR APPROACH USING TWO FILTERS - An imaging system comprises an excitation light source, a directing element positioned to direct light from the excitation light source toward a sample, a detector configured to measure incoming light from the sample, a filter cavity positioned between the sample and the detector, a first filter configured to be inserted into the filter cavity, a sine filter configured to be inserted into the filter cavity, and a processing unit communicatively connected to the detector, configured to receive image data from the detector to form an image. Methods of constructing a hyperspectral image of a sample are also described. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236110 | DETERMINING AMBIENT LIGHT CHARACTERISTICS USING A SENSOR BEHIND A DISPLAY - The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus that can be used to determine various characteristics of ambient light when an ambient light sensor is located behind a display screen. The strategy of the disclosure relies, at least in part, on spectral decomposition of ambient light measurements into components (e.g., red, green, and blue components of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display screen and ambient light). Following the spectral decomposition technique, statistical analysis are performed on the measurement data to remove the OLED light components from the measurement. This technique enables determinations such as ambient lux and correlated color temperature independent of the content displayed on the screen. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236111 | OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical sensor includes a light receiver and a circuit portion electrically connected to the light receiver, and the circuit portion includes a substrate, an electronic component on the substrate, a resin covering the electronic component, and a metal pillar electrically connected to the electronic component and including a portion covered with the resin and a portion exposed from the resin, and the light receiver is located on the circuit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236112 | OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical sensor includes a light receiver, a circuit portion having an electronic component electrically connected to the light receiver, a metal cap covering an upper portion of the light receiver and includes a cavity facing the light receiver, an optical filter in the cavity of the metal cap, and a metal stem connected to the metal cap, and the circuit portion is on the metal stem. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236113 | Microcavity-Enhanced Optical Bolometer - Optical microcavity resonance measurements can have readout noise matching the fundamental limit set by thermal fluctuations in the cavity. Small-heat-capacity, wavelength-scale microcavities can be used as bolometers that bypass the limitations of other bolometer technologies. The microcavities can be implemented as photonic crystal cavities or micro-disks that are thermally coupled to strong mid-IR or LWIR absorbers, such as pyrolytic carbon columns. Each microcavity and the associated absorber(s) rest on hollow pillars that extend from a substrate and thermally isolate the cavity and the absorber(s) from the rest of the bolometer. This ensures that thermal transfer to the absorbers is predominantly from radiation as opposed to from conduction. As the absorbers absorb thermal radiation, they shift the resonance wavelength of the cavity. The cavity transduces this thermal change into an optical signal by reflecting or scattering more (or less) near-infrared (NIR) probe light as a function of the resonance wavelength shift. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236114 | MICROBOLOMETER HAVING REDUCED PIXEL PITCH - The present disclosure relates to a microbolometer comprising an array of pixels, each pixel comprising one or more detection cells, each detection cell comprising an absorption layer ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236115 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PIPELINE MONITORING - A pipeline monitoring system, utilizing RFID sensors. The pipeline monitoring system includes a pipeline having at least one RFID sensor for a wireless remote detection of any one or more of pipeline conditions including hydrocarbons presence, moisture presence, temperature and strain, and an RF interrogator or transceiver capable of interrogating said sensor. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236116 | DAISY CHAIN TWO-WIRE SENSOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A daisy chain two-wire sensor measurement system includes one or more slave modules, a master module and a daisy chain wire. The one or more slave modules are connected to one or more sensors, and configured to modulate a detected sensor signal into the corresponding current signal. The master module is successively cascaded to a first slave module, an upper-stage slave module, and a lower-stage slave module in the one or more slave modules through the daisy chain wire to form a daisy chain sensor network, and interconnected with an upper computer through a communication wire. The daisy chain wire is configured to supply power and transmit the current signal obtained by the slave module through modulation, such that the master module obtains and then decodes the current signal on the daisy chain wire to obtain the corresponding sensor data. A daisy chain two-wire sensor measurement method is further provided. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236117 | Thermal Diode Sensor Self-Correction - Temperature of a processor is monitored and managed by a control circuit. A thermal diode is positioned to indicate the temperature of the processor. A controller measures a voltage across the thermal diode and calculates a temperature of the thermal diode as a function of the voltage and a correction factor. The correction factor is a constant value that is determined based on 1) a negative correlation between the voltage and a reference temperature of the thermal diode, and 2) a positive correlation between a resistance of the thermal diode and the reference temperature. The controller causes the processor to alter an operation in response to the temperature being above a threshold. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236118 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF A WEB, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE STEPS OF THE MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE - The present invention relates to an arrangement ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220236119 | CALIBRATION AND TEMPERATURE SENSING ON INTEGRATED CHRCUIT CHIP - An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a first temperature sensor of a first type and a second temperature sensor of a second type that differs from the first type. A method implemented in the IC chip entails calibrating the second temperature sensor utilizing the first temperature sensor and following the calibrating operation, sensing a temperature of the IC chip utilizing the second temperature sensor. The first temperature sensor may be a bipolar junction transistor-based temperature sensor configured to undergo a voltage calibration. Alternatively, the first temperature sensor may be a thermal-diffusivity-based temperature sensor. The second temperature sensor may be a low power consumption sensor relative to the first temperature sensor, and the first temperature sensor may be powered off following calibration of the second temperature sensor. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236120 | Tactile Sensor and Method for Operating a Tactile Sensor - In an embodiment a tactile sensor includes a plurality of stress sensors and at least one contact body, wherein the stress sensors are configured to detect a load pattern applied on a detection surface of the contact body. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236121 | TACTILE SENSOR ELEMENT - A tactile sensor element including: a substrate of non-conductive material; an electrode layer ES1 applied onto an upper face of the substrate layer; an electrode layer ES2 applied onto the upper face of the substrate layer, the electrode layers consisting of conductive material, arranged on the upper face in a spaced manner, and having respective shapes such that sub-regions of electrode layer ES1 and sub-regions of electrode layer ES2 alternate in a region on the upper face along a direction R0; a spacer layer applied onto the substrate layer with the applied electrode layers, the spacer layer consisting of spaced sections running in a direction R1 and consisting of a substantially non-conductive material or a perforated grating made of this material with grating axes running parallel to the upper face, in the region; and a measurement layer applied onto the spacer layer and consisting of conductive, elastic, and stretchable material. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236122 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE SENSOR - A pressure sensitive sensor includes: a first conductive member formed into a long shape, the first conductive member having conductivity and elasticity; a second conductive member internally including a long space to arrange the first conductive member, the second conductive member having conductivity and elasticity; and an insulating member having an insulating property and elasticity, the insulating member holding the first conductive member to separate the first conductive member from the second conductive member, the insulating member being movable relative to one or both of the first conductive member and the second conductive member. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236123 | TRANSISTOR-BASED STRESS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A GRADIENT-COMPENSATED MECHANICAL STRESS COMPONENT - A stress sensor includes a semiconductor substrate with a first transistor arrangement and a second transistor arrangement. The first transistor arrangement includes a first transistor with a first source-drain channel region and a second transistor with a second source-drain channel region. The first transistor and the second transistor are aligned relative to each other such that the current flow directions in the first and the second source-drain channel regions are opposite to each other. The second transistor arrangement includes a third transistor with a third source-drain channel region and a fourth transistor with a fourth source-drain channel region. The third transistor and the fourth transistor are aligned relative to each other such that the current flow directions in the third and the fourth source-drain channel regions are opposite to each other. The stress sensor generates a gradient-compensated output signal used to determine a mechanical stress acting on the semiconductor substrate. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236124 | CIRCUITRY FABRICATED ON A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - Apparatuses and methods of operating apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a flexible substrate and circuitry fabricated on the flexible substrate to perform data processing. At least one strain detector generates a strain signal which is dependent on a flexing state of the strain detector on the flexible substrate. A strain history control unit samples the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector at a plurality of time points and records a strain snapshot at each time point comprising data dependent on the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector. The data processing performed by the circuitry is dependent on the plurality of strain snapshots recorded | 2022-07-28 |
20220236125 | TORQUE SENSOR AND STRAIN BEAM STRUCTURE OF THE SAME - A torque-sensor strain beam structure and a torque sensor are provided. The torque-sensor strain beam structure comprises an external ring, a connecting hub and at least two strain beams. The external ring has a first joint. The connecting hub is located in the external ring and arranged coaxially with the external ring. The connecting hub has a second joint. A first end of each of the at least two strain beams is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the external ring and a second end of each of the at least two strain beams is fixedly connected to the connecting hub. A strain grid is provided on each of the at least two strain beams. A load inputting point is located at the first joint or the second joint. Arrangement of the torque-sensor strain beam structure allows the torque sensor to have smaller volume while having higher measurement sensitivity. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236126 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AXIAL FORCES APPLIED TO A CONTAINER - Devices and methods for detecting axial forces applied to a container are provided. The devices can include a device housing, a container section, a force measurement sensor, and a processing section. The device housing can extend between a first housing end and a second housing end along a longitudinal axis. The container section can be mounted to the housing proximate the first housing end. The container section can have an open first section end and a closed second section end spaced apart along the longitudinal axis and at least one sidewall extending therebetween. The container section can define a cavity bounded by the first section end, the second section end and the at least one sidewall. The force measurement sensor can be positioned to generate the force measurement data in response to an axial force applied at the first section end. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236127 | PRESSURE SENSING DEVICE AND BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS USING SAME - A pressure sensing device includes a case provided on a liquid flow path through a liquid, a diaphragm that is provided so as to divide a space in the case into a first space with the liquid flowing therethrough and a second space filled with a gas, a pressure sensor to measure pressure of the gas, and a diaphragm initial position adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting an initial position of the diaphragm to a desired position. The diaphragm initial position adjustment mechanism includes a reciprocating pump that includes a cylinder in communication with the second space, a plunger provided so as to be able to advance and retract within the cylinder, and a plunger driving part to advance and retract the plunger, and adjusts a filling amount of the gas filling the second space by advancing and retreating the plunger in the cylinder by the plunger driving part. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236128 | PRESSURE SENSOR COMPONENTS HAVING MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS - Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing pressure sensing components for apparatuses are disclosed herein. An example pressure sensing component may comprise: a pressure sensing element defining a microfluidic channel containing a pressure transfer fluid configured to absorb a pressure of a media applied to the pressure sensing element, wherein at least one dimension of the microfluidic channel is in a micrometer range; and a pressure measuring element in electronic communication with the pressure sensing element, wherein the pressure measuring element is configured to convert a pressure of a media absorbed by the pressure sensing element into a measurable electrical signal. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236129 | HIGH-SENSITIVITY AIR PRESSURE SENSOR BASED ON SUSPENDED-CORE FIBER AND SIDE-HOLE FIBER - An air pressure sensor based on a suspended-core fiber and a side-hole fiber is provided and includes a broadband light source, an optical fiber circulator, a sensing head and a spectrometer; the optical fiber circulator is connected with the broadband light source, the sensing head and the spectrometer; the sensing head includes a single mode fiber, a multimode fiber, the suspended-core fiber and the side-hole fiber; the single mode fiber is connected with the suspended-core fiber through the multimode fiber; and the multimode fiber is connected with the side-hole fiber through the suspended-core fiber. The sensor uses a fabrication method of fiber fusion, and the operation is simple; the sensor has advantages of small volume, compact structure and convenient use; the sensor has good stability without adhesive; additionally, parallel connection of double cavities could produce vernier effects, so the sensor has good contrast of interference spectrum and high sensitivity. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236130 | Pressure Sensor - A pressure sensor having a housing with a control and evaluation unit, wherein a plurality of pressure ports are arranged at the housing of the pressure sensor, wherein a pressure measuring cell is associated with every pressure port, wherein the pressure measurement cells are connected to the control and evaluation unit, wherein the pressure sensor has at least one digital output interface, and wherein at least one pressure port is a port for inserting a pressure line, with the pressure line being installable without tools and with the pressure line being surrounded by a seal of the pressure port and being secured against being pulled out. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236131 | SEATING SYSTEM WITH USER MONITORING CAPABILITIES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING USER - A method for adjusting the pressure of one or more cushions in a human transport system is disclosed. The one or more cushions include a plurality of inflatable chambers and a plurality of pressure sensors associated with the cushions. The pressure sensors may be surface pressure sensors or chamber pressure sensors. A processor associated with the human transport system obtains pressure measurements from the plurality of pressure sensors. Based on the pressure measurements, the processor identifies one or more of the plurality of inflatable chambers whose pressure requirements adjustment. The processor then sends commands that cause the human transport system to adjust the pressure in the one or more inflatable chambers. Systems including cushions and processors are also disclosed. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236132 | PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND HOUSING THEREFOR - The outer housing for a pressure monitoring system includes a sidewall shell comprising an annular inner sidewall projection extending from a top end thereof; a cap mounted to the sidewall shell, the cap defining an inner cap surface, an outer cap surface, a cap bottom end, and an annular cap recess extending into the cap bottom end between the outer cap surface and the inner cap surface, wherein the annular inner sidewall projection is configured to engage the annular cap recess; and an antenna assembly directly mounted to the inner cap surface, the antenna assembly comprising an antenna. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236133 | GAS LEAKAGE PREVENTION COOLING BOX FOR PIPE FLANGE CONNECTION AND GAS LEAKAGE SENSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a gas leakage prevention cooling box for a pipe flange connection, which includes: a main body casing having an inner chamber in which connection flanges of a first pipe and a second pipe are located at a center portion of the main body casing, a pipe mounting hole in which the pipes connected around the flange are located on front and rear sides of the inner chamber, and a first half main body and a second half main body coupled to face to each other with the connection flanges of the first and second pipes therebetween and supported by the connection between the first pipe and the second pipe; and a cooling fan installed in the first half main body of the main body casing and configured to supply external air to the inner chamber. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236134 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF A STRUCTURE CARRYING A FLUID - A method and apparatus are for maintaining a structure for carrying a fluid. In addition, a method, apparatus and system are for detecting leakage from a structure carrying a fluid. The methods include: providing a jacket covering at least a portion of a structure carrying a fluid, the jacket forming a pocket between the jacket and the structure, the pocket having an inlet and an outlet; injecting a drive fluid into the pocket in a flow through the inlet; and moving a potentially harmful fluid in the pocket with the flow of injected drive fluid out of the pocket through the outlet. The method may further include detecting the potentially harmful fluid by use of a detector downstream of the pocket. The described apparatuses and/or the system may be for performing one or more of the methods. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236135 | Detecting Damage Using an Odor Sensor - A method for detecting damage to one or more components of a fluid-conducting device such as a pump assembly, valve or the like uses at least one odor sensor to detect an odor produced by one of the components and transmit an odor profile to an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit compares the odor profile with one or more characteristic odor profiles to determine whether an odor indicative of a degraded component is present. If the detected odor profile matches a characteristic odor profile match, an output signal is generated in an output unit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236136 | FUEL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND POWER CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of systems and methods for supplying fuel, enabling communications, and conveying electric power associated with operation of a hydraulic fracturing unit of a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units are disclosed and may include a fuel line connection assembly configured to be connected to the first hydraulic fracturing unit and to supply fuel from a fuel source to a gas turbine engine connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit. A system also may include a communications cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to enable data communications between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a data center or another hydraulic fracturing unit. A system further may include a power cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to convey electric power between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a remote electrical power source or the plurality of hydraulic fracturing units. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236137 | PLUMBING STACK LEAK TEST CELL - Semi-automated testing devices for a plumbing stack are disclosed. A semi-automated testing device in accordance with the present disclosure may comprise a transfer pump configured to automatically fill the plumbing stack; at least one automated gripping element configured to grip a supplemental pipe coupled to a pipe of the plumbing stack via a connection; at least one automated sealing element configured to seal the connection; and at least one sensor configured to measure a water level of the supplemental piping. A method of testing the plumbing stack with the semi-automated testing device is also disclosed. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236138 | Comprehensive performance test platform for acoustic liner - The present disclosure relates to the technical field of aerodynamic and acoustic measurement, in particular to a comprehensive performance test platform for acoustic liner. Based on this comprehensive performance test platform for acoustic liner, the stress of the measured acoustic liner under high sound intensity can be measured by using strain gauges arranged on the measured acoustic liner, the aerodynamic drag of the measured acoustic liner can be measured by using the drag balance, and the acoustic performance parameters of the measured acoustic liner can be calculated based on the sound pressure data obtained by the microphone array. With this test platform, the stress, the aerodynamic drag and the acoustic performance parameters of the measured acoustic liner can be measured simultaneously, which overcomes the problem of inaccurate experimental data obtained in inconsistent experimental conditions caused by conventional separate acoustic liner tests. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236139 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING THE SURFACE SHAPE OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - Methods for characterizing the surface shapes of optical elements include the following steps: carrying out, in an interferometric test arrangement, at least a first interferogram measurement on the optical element by superimposing a test wave, which has been generated by diffraction of electromagnetic radiation on a diffractive element and has been reflected at the optical element, carrying out at least one additional interferogram measurement on in each case one calibrating mirror for determining calibration corrections, and determining the deviation from the target shape of the optical element based on the first interferogram measurement carried out on the optical element and the determined calibration corrections. At least two interferogram measurements are carried out for the at least one calibrating mirror, which differ from one another with regard to the polarization state of the electromagnetic radiation. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236140 | ESTIMATING NONLINEAR PHASE SHIFT IN A MULTI-SPAN FIBER-OPTIC LINK USING A COHERENT RECEIVER - A transmitter generates a first electrical signal comprising a first low-frequency signal, an empty period, and a pump pulse having a first frequency; and a second electrical signal comprising a second low-frequency signal and at least two probe pulses, each probe pulse having a second frequency that differs from the first frequency. The transmitter modulates first and second optical subcarriers having different polarizations using the first and second electrical signals, respectively. The transmitter generates an optical signal from the first and second optical subcarriers, wherein the first and second low-frequency signals overlap in time, wherein the empty period overlaps in time with one of the probe pulses, and wherein the pump pulse overlaps in time with another one of the probe pulses. The optical signal is detected at a receiver over an optical link, and the receiver uses the optical signal to estimate nonlinear phase shift in the optical link. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236141 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION PATH INSPECTING SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION PATH INSPECTING DEVICE - An inspecting device has an optical switch selectively coupling a light source unit with each of light input/output ports; a first light detecting unit detecting a first intensity of test light input from an inspecting device on a counterpart side and passing through the optical switch; a second light detecting unit detecting a second intensity of the test light directed from the light source unit toward the optical switch; a third light detecting unit optically coupled to another end of a test optical fiber having one end connected to each of the plurality of light input/output ports, and detecting a third intensity of the test light received from the light source unit via the test optical fiber; and an internal loss recording unit recording a loss of an optical path inside the device obtained on a basis of a difference between the third intensity and the second intensity. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236142 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TOOTHING - A method having the steps of measuring a geometry of a toothing using an optical measuring system, wherein a numerical aperture of the optical measuring system is adjustable and the numerical aperture of the optical measuring system is adapted depending on at least one geometric parameter of the toothing to be measured and/or is enlarged or reduced. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236143 | METHOD OF DETERMINING ACCELERATION OF A CRANKSHAFT - A method of determining the instantaneous acceleration of an internal combustion engine comprising one or more cylinders, with respect to a combustion event, n, comprising: a) providing a signal indicative of crankshaft speed, said signal comprising a series of minima and maxima with respect to each successive combustion event; b) determining the accelerations based on: the initial speed value of the minima, Min(n) just before the combustion event, n, and the subsequent speed value of the maximum immediately subsequent to the combustion event, Max (n), as well as the speed of the minima for the subsequent combustion event, Min (n+1). | 2022-07-28 |
20220236144 | APPARATUS FOR EQUIPMENT MONITORING - An apparatus for equipment monitoring includes an input unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. The input unit is configured to provide the processing unit with batches of temporal sensor data for an item of equipment. Each batch of temporal sensor data includes temporal sensor values as a function of time. The processing unit is configured to process the batches of temporal sensor data to determine batches of spectral sensor data. Each batch of spectral sensor data includes spectral sensor values as a function of frequency. The processing unit is configured to implement at least one statistical process algorithm to process the spectral sensor values for the batches of spectral sensor data to determine index values. For each batch of spectral sensor data there is an index value determined by each of the statistical process algorithms. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTAINMENT OF AEROSOL PARTICLES - An embodiment of a system is described that, comprises a containment assembly comprising a receptacle configured to hold a substrate, wherein the containment assembly is configured to extend the receptacle from a housing and retract receptacle into the housing; and an aerosol collector comprising a sample chamber, wherein the aerosol collector is configured to operatively couple to the containment assembly and receive the extended receptacle with the substrate in the sample compartment. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236146 | Particle Sampling Systems and Methods for Robotic Controlled Manufacturing Barrier Systems - Provided herein are systems and methods allowing for automated sampling and/or analysis of controlled environments, for example, to determine the presence, quantity, size, concentration, viability, species or characteristics of particles within the environment. The described systems and methods may utilize robotics or automation or remove some or all of the collection or analysis steps that are traditionally performed by human operators. The methods and systems described herein are versatile and may be used with known particle sampling and analysis techniques and particle detection devices including, for example, optical particle counters, impingers and impactors. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236147 | RESPIRATORY DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING HIGH FLOWRATE AEROSOL CAPTURE FOR RAPID ON-SITE ANALYSIS - Disclosed are methods and systems for analyzing exhaled breath aerosol particles present in the ambient environment using high flowrate aerosol collector systems and sensitive and specific nucleic acid analysis systems to determine if active spreaders of a respiratory disease are present in an indoor space. The disclosed systems and methods provide for a diagnostic test result in less than about 30 minutes. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRAOPERATIVE CELL STORAGE, PROCESSING, AND IMAGING - The present invention provides a system and method for collection, storage and processing of tissues and cells. The system includes a collection container with chambers for storing and processing tissues, which are controllably separated and maintain a physiologic environment for the tissues. The system also includes a fluidic device for isolating target cells of interest. The method includes receiving the tissue into a collection chamber, transferring the tissue to a processing chamber, dissociating the tissue into single cells, and passing the single cells to a device for isolating one or more target cells. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236149 | COMPRESSED OPEN FLOW ASSAY AND USE - The present invention relates to the methods, devices, and systems that make bio/chemical sensing (including, not limited to, immunoassay, nucleic assay, electrolyte analysis, etc.) faster, more sensitive, less steps, easy to perform, smaller amount of samples required, less or reduced (or no) needs for professional assistance, and/or lower cost, than many current sensing methods and devices. The present invention also allows a test performed by a smartphone. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236150 | ANALYTIC SUBSTRATE COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for producing a coated analytic substrate using a compact and portable automated instrument located in the laboratory setting at the point of use which can consistently produce one or a plurality of coated analytic substrates “on demand” for using the analytic substrate immediately after coating, preferably without a step of rinsing the coated analytic substrate before use. The apparatus preferably uses applicator cartridges having a reservoir containing the coating compositions used to form the coatings. Preferably the cartridges are removable and interchangeable to facilitate the production of individual analytic substrates having different coatings or different coating patterns. These coated analytic substrates have superior specimen adhesion characteristics due to the improved quality of the coatings applied by the coating apparatus and due to the quickness with which the coated analytic substrates can be used in the lab after production. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236151 | EXTRACTION OF MYCOTOXINS - A method for extracting a mycotoxin, when present, from a sample. Compositions and methods include the use of high ionic strength compositions including compositions that include many amine and/or carboxyl groups such as protein based, amino acid based and polyethylene glycol based composition. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236152 | IMAGING SAMPLE FOR MASS SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided are: a biological tissue thin slice sample for imaging which is prepared for a mass spectrometer which can eliminate physical and chemical influences and can adhesively support a thin frozen slice of a hard tissue or a large biological tissue even at low temperatures; and a method for producing the sample. The present invention relates to a biological tissue thin slice sample having a biological tissue adhering to a conductive adhesive film. The electrical resistance value between two points spaced apart by 75 mm or more on the surface of the conductive adhesive film to which the biological tissue adheres is 1.0×10 | 2022-07-28 |
20220236153 | ANALYTE CONCENTRATOR SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - Systems and methods for concentrating an analyte preparatory to analysis thereof include processing the effluent of an analyte concentrator to produce an eluent for eluting an analyte retained in the same or separate concentrator, and systems implementing the same. The analyte concentrator system connects the effluent outlet of an analyte concentrator column to an eluent generation module such that the substantially analyte-free effluent discharged from the analyte concentrator column passes fluidly into the eluent generation module. Eluent generated from the substantially analyte-free effluent in the eluent generation module is likewise substantially free of the analyte. The systems and methods can minimize and/or (substantially) eliminate background signal during analysis of the concentrated analyte. | 2022-07-28 |
20220236154 | PDMS GRANULAR COATED VIAL - The present invention is a system and method for improving extraction of analytes from a solution by disposing a plurality of polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) particles in a thin layer on an inner wall of an extraction vial, by increasing a surface area and volume of particles disposed to extract analytes from the solution and thereby increasing extraction capacity and speed for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. | 2022-07-28 |