36th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190271467 | CASING FOR LIGHTER AND LIGHTER COMPRISING THE CASING - A casing for lighters comprises a first housing ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271468 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF GLOW PLUG WITH COMBUSTION PRESSURE SENSOR AND GLOW PLUG WITH COMBUSTION PRESSURE SENSOR - On an inner wall surface of a plug hole, an internal thread portion and a seat portion are formed. The seat portion has a tapered seat surface. A glow plug with a combustion pressure sensor includes a housing, a glow heater, a load transfer member, and a pressure detector. The housing has an external thread and a seat facing portion. The seat facing portion has a tapered contact surface in surface contact with the tapered seat surface. A recessed portion recessed to be in non-contact with the seat portion is formed annularly about a central axis of the housing. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271469 | COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH DEFLECTOR - The present subject matter provides a combustion system which comprising: a cowl; a deflector configurated to include a ring body, a plurality of swirlers integrated on the ring body and a plurality of arms integrally extending outward from the ring body; an annular inner liner attached with the cowl; and an annular outer liner attached with the cowl. The deflector is positioned between the inner liner and the outer liner; the deflector, the inner liner and the outer line define a combustion chamber thereamong. The deflector is attached to the cowl via the plurality of arms, but the arms are rigid enough to work together to fix the deflector with the cowl while allowing for thermal expansion flexibility therebetween at the same time. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271470 | Fuel Injector Assembly for Gas Turbine Engine - The present disclosure is directed to a fuel injector including a centerbody defining an air inlet opening defined substantially radially through the centerbody; an outer sleeve surrounding the centerbody, and an end wall coupled to the centerbody and the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve defines a radially oriented first air inlet port defined radially outward of the air inlet opening at the centerbody. A mixing passage is defined between the outer sleeve and the centerbody. A first fuel injection port is defined substantially axially through the end wall to the mixing passage. The first fuel injection port defines a first fuel injection opening at the mixing passage between the first air inlet port at the outer sleeve and the air inlet opening at the centerbody. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271471 | COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY WITH STRUCTURAL COWL AND DECOUPLED CHAMBER - A combustor includes an outer liner, an inner liner, an annular cowl joining upstream ends of the outer and inner liners, and an annular deflector configured to shield the cowl from hot combustion gases in a combustion chamber defined between the outer liner, the inner liner and the deflector. The cowl has at least one opening for introduction of fuel and compressed air. The deflector includes at least one swirler. The cowl defines at least one axial cowl hole, and the deflector defines at least one corresponding axial deflector hole, wherein the corresponding deflector hole and cowl hole are configured to receive a fastener for fastening together the cowl and the deflector. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271472 | DIRECT VENT FIREPLACE ASSEMBLY - A fireplace assembly including a direct-vent combustion system which includes an air inlet, an air outlet each sealed from the other. It includes a pre-combustion chamber for entry of a primary fuel and air mixture, a burner unit, the burner unit comprising a burner, a base plate with metered holes or slots configured to allow control of the placement, volume and flow of air flowing from the air inlet into a mixing combustion chamber from the burner unit, and an ember bed located around the burner configured to create the mixing combustion chamber in the burner unit to enhance desired flame presentation by controlling mixing of incoming air with the primary fuel and air mixture. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271473 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR OVEN OR OTHER APPLIANCE - An appliance hinge includes a control link subassembly operably connected between a base and a door mounting arm. The control link subassembly includes a control link with a first end pivotally connected to the door mounting arm and a second end spaced from the first end. The control link subassembly also includes a spring-arm including an outer end pivotally connected to the second end of the control link and an inner end engaged with the base and adapted for both pivoting and sliding movement relative to the base. The control link subassembly also includes a spring engaged with the spring-arm and exerting a biasing force on the spring-arm that urges said spring-arm toward its extended position. The spring-arm selectively moveable toward a retracted position. The hinge assembly further includes a link controller connected to the base. The spring biases the control link into abutment with the link controller. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271474 | COOKING APPLIANCE COMPRISING A DOOR OPENING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATICALLY MOVING A DOOR INTO AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION, AND METHOD FOR OPENING A DOOR OF A COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance includes a housing having a stowage compartment, a door for closing a cooking chamber, and a door opening mechanism constructed to automatically move the door at least in a section of an entire movement path between a closed position and an open position of the door, in which open position the door is retractable into the stowage compartment of the housing. The door opening mechanism includes an actuation unit which is configured to automatically tilt the door from the closed position into an intermediate position located such that any further movement of the door from the intermediate position into the open position is implemented automatically under the force of gravity of the door. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271475 | OVEN EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATICALLY ASCENDING/DESCENDING TRAY - An oven includes a rear panel that is located at a rear side of a cavity of the oven, a first tray frame configured to support an oven tray located in the cavity, a guide part that is located at a front surface of the rear panel at lateral sides of the rear panel, a moving rack comprising guide connection parts configured to engage with the guide part and a first frame connecting part configured to connect to the first tray frame, the moving rack being configured to move up and down along the guide part, and a rear cover that is located between the oven tray and the rear panel and that covers a first space accommodating the guide part from a second space accommodating the oven tray. At least a portion of the first frame connecting part is exposed outside of the rear cover. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271476 | PACKAGED TERMINAL AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WITH AN INLET CONDUIT HOOKED AROUND AN OUTLET CONDUIT - A packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes an inlet conduit coupled to a compressor at an accumulator of the compressor. An outlet conduit is coupled to the compressor at a discharge of the compressor. The discharge of the compressor is positioned at a top portion of the compressor. The outlet conduit extends upwardly along a vertical direction from the discharge of the compressor between a pair of angled segments of the inlet conduit. The pair of angled segments of the inlet conduit is positioned above the compressor along the vertical direction. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271477 | OUTDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing forming an outer shell, a terminal block disposed in the casing, a terminal block support element configured to support the terminal block, and an earth grounding plate sandwiched between the terminal block and the terminal block support element. An engaging portion to be engaged with the terminal block support element is provided in the earth grounding plate. A fixing element is provided to fasten the terminal block and the earth grounding plate engaged with the terminal block support element by the engaging portion together to the terminal block support element. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271478 | AIR CONDITIONER WITH A FOUR-WAY REHEAT VALVE - An air conditioner unit includes a compressor, an exterior coil, a main interior coil, a main expansion device, a reheat interior coil and a reheat expansion device. The reheat interior coil is positioned adjacent the main interior coil. The main expansion device is connected in series between the exterior coil and the main interior coil, and the reheat expansion device is connected in series between the main expansion device and the reheat interior coil. A reheat valve is operable to selectively adjust a flow direction through the reheat interior coil. The reheat valve is a four-way valve, and one port of the four-way valve is blocked. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE - A method for processing information regarding a climate-control device is provided. The method includes the steps of generating a virtual asset tag of the climate-control device; processing the virtual asset tag; and extracting information about the claim-control device from the virtual asset tag. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN OPERATIONAL MODE OF A BUILDING CONTROL COMPONENT - This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and devices for detecting an operational mode of a building component of an environmental control system. In some instances, the apparatus may include a sensor for outputting a signal related to a measure of power drawn by the building component. The sensor may be a current sensor associated with a power cord of an air conditioning unit. The signal output by the sensor may be received by a signal conditioning circuit for conditioning the signal received from the sensor such as, for example, by amplifying and/or filtering. A comparator may be configured to compare the conditioned signal to a specified threshold associated with an ON condition and/or an OFF condition of the building component. The apparatus may include a wireless interface configured to wirelessly transmit a determination of whether the building component is ON or OFF based on the result determined by the comparator. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271481 | SENSOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR HVAC SYSTEMS - A controller for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is configured to receive a first feedback from a first sensor of the HVAC system and receive a second feedback from a second sensor of the HVAC system. The controller is configured to determine a saturated parameter corresponding to a working fluid based on the second feedback. Additionally, the controller is configured to transmit an indication in response to determining that the saturated parameter has a threshold correlation to the first feedback. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271482 | LOCKOUT DISPLAY METHOD FOR A PACKAGED TERMINAL AIR CONDITIONER UNIT - A method for operating a packaged terminal air conditioner includes scrolling through a sequence of characters on a display of the user interface in response to an input at a user interface of the packaged terminal air conditioner. The user interface is locked when the sequence of characters scrolls on the display of the user interface. The display of the user interface includes a pair of segment displays. Each segment display of the pair of segment displays includes no less than seven segments. The sequence of characters includes the letters L, O, and C. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271483 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROL THEREOF - An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a display, a storage configured to store power consumption information and time information which are required to increase or decrease an indoor temperature by a unit temperature according to an outdoor temperature, a sensor, and a processor configured to predict, based on a desired temperature being input, at least one of a power consumption or a required time for the indoor temperature to reach the desired temperature by the sensor based on information stored in the storage, and provide at least one of the predicted power consumption or the required time through the display. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271484 | WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF A DUAL-AIR DUAL-WATER EVAPORATIVE COOLING APPARATUS - An apparatus ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271485 | FLUSH MOUNT REGISTER WITH A REMOVABLE DAMPER BOX MECHANISM - A flush mount register for use within a vent opening in a flooring, the flush mount register comprising: a subfloor frame secured to a subfloor, wherein the subfloor supports flooring; a damper box mechanism supported by the subfloor frame; a floor substrate frame and a floor substrate tray secured and nested within the floor substrate frame and having a gap defined between the floor substrate frame and the floor substrate tray, and wherein the floor substrate frame is supported by the damper box mechanism; and wherein the floor substrate tray receives a flooring substrate, and wherein the floor substrate frame and the floor substrate tray are removable to permit access to the damper box mechanism. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271486 | APPLIANCE MOUNT FOR EXPANDABLE SHELTER - A wall mountable assembly including a mount and an insert. The mount may include an interior frame, an exterior frame, and an opening extending between the interior frame and the exterior frame. Channels may be coupled to the exterior frame and/or the interior frame. The insert may operably engage with the mount and transition between a stowed position and a deployed position. The insert may include a cover having a face plate, a top, a bottom, and tapered sidewalls extending between the top of the cover and the bottom of the cover. Slides of the cover may be configured to operably engage with the channels. In the stowed position the tapered sidewalls of the insert may be separated from the interior frame while in the deployed position the tapered sidewalls may be substantially flush with the interior frame. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271487 | Devices For Ohmically Heating A Fluid - An ohmic heater for heating a conductive fluid has a plurality of electrodes mounted to a structure with spaces between the electrodes. The electrodes ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271488 | CONDENSING BOILER EMPLOYING EVAPORATION DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a condensing boiler employing an eco-friendly evaporation device, in which condensed water generated in a latent heat exchanger is removed by using the evaporation device, so that the condensing boiler can be installed in a site without a processing facility for discharging condensed water and contribute to energy saving. For implementation thereof, the present invention comprises: a blower ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271489 | COMPRESSOR CHILLER SYSTEMS INCLUDING THERMOELECTRIC MODULES, AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL METHODS - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of chiller systems including thermoelectric modules, and corresponding control methods. In an exemplary embodiment, a compressor chiller system generally includes a refrigerant loop having a refrigerant fluid, a compressor connected in the refrigerant loop to compress the refrigerant fluid, and a condenser connected in the refrigerant loop to receive the compressed refrigerant fluid from the compressor and to condense the compressed refrigerant fluid. The system also includes a heat transfer component connected in the refrigerant loop to receive the condensed refrigerant fluid from the condenser, and a coolant loop having a coolant fluid. The heat transfer component is connected in the coolant loop to transfer heat from the coolant fluid to the condensed refrigerant fluid. The system further includes a thermoelectric module connected in the coolant loop. The thermoelectric module is adapted to transfer heat into and/or out of the coolant fluid. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271490 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONDITIONS IN ENCLOSED SPACE - Systems and methods for controlling temperature in an enclosed space can include an air-to-air heat exchanger (AAHX) and a direct evaporative cooler (DEC). The DEC can be located in a scavenger or outdoor air stream such that the DEC cools the outdoor air, which is then used to cool or reject heat from a process air stream passing through the AAHX. In an example, the AAHX can be a sensible wheel. In another example, the AAHX can be a counter-flow flat plate. The system can operate in various modes, including an economizer mode and an evaporation mode, depending, in part, on the outdoor air conditions and a load on the system. In some examples, the system can include a DX coil to provide additional cooling to the process air in another operating mode. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271491 | Vapor Compression System with Refrigerant-Lubricated Compressor - A vapor compression system ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271492 | LOW REFRIGERANT CHARGE MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided including a first manifold, a second manifold separated from the first manifold, and a plurality of heat exchanger tubes arranged in spaced parallel relationship fluidly coupling the first and second manifolds. A first end of each heat exchange tube extends partially into an inner volume of the first manifold and has an inlet formed therein. A distributor is positioned within the inner volume of the first manifold. At least a portion of the distributor is arranged within the inlet formed in the first end of one or more of the plurality of heat exchange tubes. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271493 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH MULTIPLE CIRCUITS - A heat exchanger system that includes a heat exchanger that includes a plurality of circuits wherein the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant and a working fluid. The heat exchanger system also includes a valve configured to fluidly couple a circuit of the plurality of circuits to a flow path of the refrigerant. Further, the heat exchanger system includes a controller that is configured to receive feedback indicative of an operating parameter of the heat exchanger system and actuate the valve based on the operating parameter. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271494 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, a high-side pressure sensor, an outside air temperature sensor, an outdoor fan, a fan driving unit, and a controller. The controller includes a pressure prediction unit that predicts, based on a high-side pressure detected by the high-side pressure sensor, a predicted value of high-side pressure at the elapse of a set time, a fan rotation speed control unit that, during cooling operation in which an indoor heat exchanger acts as an evaporator, adjusts the rotation speed of the fan driving unit based on the outside air temperature detected by the outside air temperature sensor and the operating capacity of an indoor unit, and an intermittent fan control unit that, if the fan driving unit is running at a set lower limit rotation speed, and if the high-side pressure is below a target value, controls the fan driving unit to perform intermittent operation, the intermittent operation being performed by setting an ON time and an OFF time such that the predicted value predicted by the pressure prediction unit approaches the target value. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271495 | AIR CONDITIONER, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING COLD AIR DURING HEATING OF AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner, and a device and method for preventing cold air during heating of the air conditioner are provided, including: detecting an indoor ambient temperature and an outdoor ambient temperature respectively; determining whether an evaporator inner-tube temperature satisfies an evaporator inner-tube temperature condition, or whether a duration reaches an operating duration, or whether a current intensity continuously reaches a first preset current intensity threshold for a predetermined duration; when if so, starting an inner blower fan at a first preset wind speed; determining whether the evaporator inner-tube temperature satisfies the evaporator inner-tube temperature condition, or whether the current intensity continuously reaches a second preset current intensity threshold for a predetermined duration, or whether a duration, for which the inner blower fan operates at the first preset wind speed, reaches a first preset duration; and if so, switching the inner blower fan to operate at a second preset wind speed. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271496 | HYBRID TWIST TRAY ICE MAKER - An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271497 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator, provided with: a storage compartment, at least divided into a refrigerating compartment ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271498 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator provides visual information indicating a map of the refrigerator and technical operations of the corresponding regions. The refrigerator includes a voice recognition function using a proximity sensor. The refrigerator has input/output (I/O) management functions for foods stored therein. The refrigerator communicates with a peripheral device over a network. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271499 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a structure of a receptacle apparatus, which enables efficient utilization of a space for storing an object to be refrigerated or an object to be frozen, and a door or a cover which is for opening or closing the receptacle apparatus. Provided is a refrigerator, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a first storage chamber provided above a cabinet; a second storage chamber positioned below the first storage chamber; a partition wall which is for partitioning the first storage chamber and second storage chamber vertically and of which the upper surface maintains a level position; an accommodation unit recessed downward from the upper side of the partition wall, forming a receptacle space and having an input port, into which an object to be stored is input, formed on the upper part thereof; an accommodation unit door provided so as to be movable in the direction parallel to the upper side of the partition wall and for selectively opening or closing the input port; and a position fixing unit provided on the rear of the accommodation unit door and for restraining the movement of the door when the accommodation unit door moves backward and opens the input port. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271500 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes: a cabinet for; a door; an out plate that defines an outer appearance of the door and a plate opening; a door liner that defines a rear surface of the door and a liner opening; a transparent display assembly that is located between the door liner and the out plate and that allows the storage space to be seen therethrough and a screen to be outputted; a PCB provided on the inner side of the door and connected to the transparent display assembly; a display PCB provided at the cabinet and configured to control the transparent display assembly; a cable connecting the transparent display assembly and the PCB and having a flat shape that extends along a circumference of the transparent display assembly; and a connection cable connecting the PCB and the display PCB and having a wire shape that penetrates the door. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271501 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING DOWN A CRYOGENIC HEAT EXCHANGER - The present invention relates to a method for cooling down a liquefaction system for liquefying a hydrocarbon-containing gas stream. The method for cooling down the liquefaction system comprises: a) performing a pre-cool-down procedure to cool down the pre-cooling stage, b) performing a cryogenic cool-down procedure to cool down the main cooling stage. B) comprises forming a main cool-down stream ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271502 | SPLIT REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR FOR THE LIQUEFACTION OF NATURAL GAS - A compressor system is disclosed, including a first compressor unit having: at least a first gas inlet at a first gas pressure level; a second gas inlet at a second gas pressure level; and a gas discharge; a second compressor unit having: at least a third gas inlet at a third gas pressure level; a fourth gas inlet at a fourth gas pressure level; and a gas delivery. The gas discharge of the first compressor unit is fluidly coupled to one of the third gas inlet and fourth gas inlet of the second compressor unit. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271503 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING PROPANE AND AN ADJUSTABLE AMOUNT OF ETHANE FROM NATURAL GAS - A process for simultaneously producing treated natural gas and a propane-rich stream from a feed gas comprising methane, ethane and hydrocarbons having more than three carbon atoms. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271504 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING ARTICLES - A method and apparatus for drying a wet textile article with a radio frequency (RF) applicator and a controller, the method includes energizing the RF applicator to generate a field of electromagnetic radiation (e-field), determining a dynamic drying cycle of operation in the controller, and controlling the energization of the RF applicator according to the determination of the dynamic drying cycle of operation, wherein the wet article is dried. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271505 | PORTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN-SITU DRYING OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IN WOOD-FRAME CONSTRUCTION - A portable electromagnetic wave drying apparatus is provided for the in-situ reduction of moisture in structural members within a wood frame construction. The apparatus comprises at least one electromagnetic wave generation assembly and an electromagnetic wave applicator. Also provided is an electromagnetic wave treatment method for the in-situ reduction of moisture content in a structural member within a wood frame construction. The method comprises contacting a portion of the structural member with electromagnetic waves for a period of not more than 30 minutes and then allowing the structural member to rest for a period of not more than 90 minutes. The apparatus and method are useful in the remediation of wood frame structures that have been exposed to flood waters. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271506 | MODULAR OAST FLOOR PANELS AND OAST DRYING SYSTEM - A modular oast floor panel and an oast drying system is disclosed, particularly for use in drying agricultural crops such as herbs, hops and the like. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271507 | ROTATIONAL SPINNING APPARATUS HAVING A PIVOTALLY-LEVERAGED DRIVE - A rotational spinning apparatus including an open container; a pivotally-leveraged drive with a manually-operable handle on its top and pivotable between down and extended positions and a rotating drive at its bottom and drivably connected to the handle; and a rotating member formed to sit rotatably within the container and drivably connect to the rotating drive. The rotating member defines an axis of rotation when in the container that runs centrally through the top and bottom of the container. When the pivotally-leveraged drive is placed over the container and the rotating drive is connected to the rotating member, the handle is pivotable along a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation; and when so arranged and the handle is in the down position, both ends of the handle are intersected by a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271508 | Outboard Marine Propulsion System With Closed Loop Lower Unit Heat Exchanger - An outboard marine propulsion system with a closed loop lower unit heat exchanger is described. The closed loop lower unit heat exchanger provides improved cooling to outboard marine propulsion units and increases engine life compared with traditional open loop cooling systems, particularly in harsh environments such as salt water, brackish water, swamp, shallow or sediment and debris rich water. The closed loop lower unit heat exchanger also provides improved performance to the outboard marine propulsion system when mounted to an appropriate portion of the lower unit of the outboard marine engine such as the anti-cavitation plate. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271509 | CONTROL PLATE FOR COOLING CIRCUIT - Provided is a temperature management medium distributor for an internal combustion engine. The temperature management medium distributor comprises first connection openings for at least one engine temperature management circuit for temperature management of the internal combustion engine, at least one lubrication temperature management circuit for temperature management of a lubricant of the internal combustion engine, and at least one further medium circuit for removing from or supplying thermal energy to the internal combustion engine. The temperature management medium distributor also comprises second connection openings for heat exchangers. Using the heat exchangers, heat can be exchanged in a pairwise manner between each of the at least one engine temperature management circuit, the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit and the at least one further medium circuit. Also, channel sections are provided to produce fluid connections between the first connection openings and the second connection openings. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271510 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VAPOR CHAMBER - A vapor chamber structure includes a main body formed of a metal plate and a ceramic plate. The metal plate and the ceramic plate are closed to each other to define a chamber therebetween; and the chamber is internally provided with a wick structure, a support structure, and a working fluid. The metal plate and the ceramic plate are connected to each other via welding or a direct bonding copper process, and the support structure is connected to between the metal plate and the ceramic plate also via welding or the direct bonding copper process. By contacting the ceramic plate of the vapor chamber with a heat source packaged in a ceramic material to transfer heat, the problem of crack at an interface between the vapor chamber and the heat source due to thermal fatigue can be overcome. A manufacturing method of the above-described vapor chamber is also disclosed. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271511 | VAPOR CHAMBER - A vapor chamber includes a housing including first and second sheets that face each other and that include respective outer edge portions joined to each other, supports that support the first and second sheets from inside and that are disposed therebetween, and a hydraulic fluid enclosed in the housing. The first and second sheets do not include an angled portion having an angle of about 90° or less between a joint and a support nearest to the joint. The expression 0.02≤b/a≤0.3 is satisfied, where a is a distance from an outer edge of the outermost support to an inner edge of the joint between the first and second sheets, and b is a distance between the first and second sheets at the outer edge of the outermost support. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271512 | HEAT EXCHANGER, OUTDOOR UNIT, REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE, AND HEAT EXCHANGER MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a heat exchanger which includes: multiple heat transfer pipes in which refrigerant flows; and a corrugated fin joined to the heat transfer pipes; and multiple plate-shaped fins. The plate-shaped fins are joined to at least one of each heat transfer pipe or the corrugated fin, and are arranged on a windward side in an air blowing direction with respect to the corrugated fin such that a plate width direction of each plate-shaped fin is substantially coincident with a plate width direction of the corrugated fin. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271513 | MULTI-LAYERED COUNTERFLOW EXPANDING MICROCHANNEL COOLING ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - Devices that have integrated cooling structures for counterflow, two-phase cooling and systems thereof are provided. In one example, a first structure can comprise a first cooling channel. The first cooling channel can have a first value of width that increases as the first cooling channel extends from a first side of a heat transfer area towards a second side of the heat transfer area. Also, a second structure can comprise a second cooing channel. The second cooling channel can have a second value of width that increases as the second cooling channel extends from the second side of the heat transfer area towards the first side of the heat transfer area. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271514 | Hydraulic Cooler Assembly for a Header of an Agricultural Harvester - A header for an agricultural harvester is disclosed. The header comprises a frame, a cooler assembly support by the frame for cooling a hydraulic system of the header, and a hydraulic system. The cooler assembly includes an air pre-cleaner for receiving air and outputting a flow of air, a rotary fan downstream the air pre-cleaner, and a heat exchanger downstream and in fluid communication with a first air output of the rotary fan. The rotary fan includes an air intake in fluid communication with the air pre-cleaner for receiving the flow of air, a first air output in fluid communication with the air intake, and a second air output in fluid communication with the air intake and spaced from the first air output. The hydraulic system is downstream the heat exchanger and receives an output flow of air from the cooler assembly. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271515 | CONFIGURABLE BLOWBACK BOLT SYSTEM - A configurable blowback bolt system is provided. Embodiments include a two-part configurable bolt assembly having a bolt carrier and a configurable bolt that allows for use with various calibers of ammunition, both rifle and pistol. The configurable bolt may also eject cartridges to the right or left side of the rifle by moving the extractor to one or the other side of the bolt. A buffer may be included as part of the configurable blowback bolt to shorten the stroke based on the caliber of ammunition being fired with the configurable blowback bolt system. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271516 | Firearm Discharge Prevention System and Method - A firearm is prevented from firing when a human being detection system detects a person is within the range of the firearm by maintaining a trigger mechanism and/or projectile loading mechanism in an inoperable state. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271517 | DEVICE FOR COUNTING LIVE SHOTS, BLANK SHOTS AND DRY SHOTS - The invention relates to a device for detecting and counting live bullet shots, blank shots and dry-firing actuation of the striker for all types of semi-automatic or automatic weapons, said device being able to discriminate between said three events and comprising: an electronic circuit; a first sensor for detecting a movement of a part of the weapon preceding a potential live bullet shot or blank shot; and a second sensor for measuring recoil acceleration when the live bullet shot or blank shot has been fired. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271518 | TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR A FIREARM - A trigger mechanism for a firearm includes a hammer element pivotable between a ready position and a fired position, and a trigger element pivotable between a first position that retains the hammer element in the ready position, and a second position that releases the hammer element. The hammer element may include a hammer sear or a trigger sear having an initial sear surface and a terminal sear surface. The trigger element may include a trigger sear that at least partially engages a portion of the hammer sear when the hammer element is in the ready position. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271519 | RIFLED AMMUNITION SYSTEM - Gun and ammunition solutions which permit the use of High Explosive (HE) rounds and Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) rounds in one weapon. A first system has a gun barrel chamber sized to receive the outer cases of both APFSDS and HE rounds. The chamber has a smooth rear section which abuts a front section having internal helical rifling. A HE round has an outer case with a length that is the same as the length of the smooth rear section of the barrel. A projectile held by the case has a rotating band on a rear end configured to engage the internal helical rifling in the chamber. A second system has a conventional smooth barrel and utilizes a HE round with an outer case having internal rifling in a forward section. A projectile held by the outer case has a circular band mounted to rotate about a rear end thereof to engage the internal rifling. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271520 | SUPPRESSOR COVER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A firearm suppressor cover assembly and method of protecting a user while firing a weapon are disclosed. The cover assembly has an insulating cover assembly, a one or more clamps or other firearm suppressor attachment means, one or more standoffs per clamp, and an optional heat shield. The standoffs are coupled to the one or more clamps and in contact with the insulating cover assembly thereby forming an air gap between the suppressor and the insulating cover assembly. The heat shield may be arranged within the air gap. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271521 | BARREL SYSTEM FOR A FIREARM - A barrel assembly for use in a semiautomatic firearm, including a barrel and a takedown lever. A rear portion of the barrel includes a follower lug and a rear lug extending from an underside of the rear portion. A pin of the takedown lever includes a notch with a vertical face configured to contact a vertical face of the follower notch when the firearm is in the locked position. The rear lug is configured to be supported by a portion of a locking block of the firearm prior to firing and during a portion of the recoil period. A fitting pad extending downward from a rear lug of the barrel can be adjusted to provide a customized fit of the barrel to a frame of the firearm. The modifications to the barrel assembly result in increased dwell time and accuracy of the firearm. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271522 | Rifle rest - According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rifle rest comprising a base, a support protruding from the base, a lever which is coupled to the support via a joint, a support element which is connected to the lever, a rifle holder which is coupled to the lever and comprises a pad, and wherein the pad is configured to be moved by changing a position of the support element. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271523 | CROSSBOW COCKING SYSTEM - A crossbow cocking system may include a sled having first and second arms, an elongated cocking cable, a first handle, a second handle, a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first and second engagement features may be used to engage the first handle to the first arm and the second handle to the second arm, respectively. Each engagement feature may include at least one cavity and at least one protrusion that is received in the cavity for engagement. The handles may be disengaged to permit a user to cock the crossbow. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271524 | Crossbow with a Release Mechanism - A trigger mechanism for use in a crossbow comprises a housing having a first slot formed in a first side and a second slot formed in a second side opposite the first side. A trigger lever, a bowstring catch and a disarm mechanism are all moveably mounted in the housing. The catch has a first end configured to engage the trigger lever and a second end configured to retain the bowstring in a cocked position. The disarm mechanism is partially positioned in the second slot and is moveable between a fixed first position proximate the housing second slot toward a second disarm position toward the housing first slot. As the disarm mechanism moves from the first position into the second position, it engages the trigger lever causing it to move out of engagement with the catch first end allowing the user to release the bowstring using the bowstring cocking device from the trigger mechanism without having to engage the trigger. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271525 | RECOIL SPRING GUIDE MOUNTED TARGET MARKER - In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a target marker for a firearm may comprise a module having a first portion, and a second portion electrically connected and coupled to the first portion. A light source may be disposed within and electrically connected to the second portion. An optical component may be coupled to the first portion at a first fixed distance from the light source. A circuit board may be electrically connected to the light source via at least one lead, wherein the lead may permit relative movement between the circuit board and the light source and may maintain a second fixed distance between the circuit board and the light source. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271526 | ENERGY INSERTION INTO SEEKER - A system and method for improved detection of lasers for use in laser guidance systems. By providing background illumination via one or more radiation sources the accuracy of the laser detection system can be improved. A closed loop system detects the background current on the detector and provides additional illumination when the back ground level is below a threshold current value thus providing for a faster detector response. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271527 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICE - A multifunctional personal safety device includes a main body having an ergonomic gripping surface, and a finger trigger for selectively activating a non-contact deterrent unit and an active deterrent unit. The non-contact deterrent unit including a controller, memory, wireless communication unit, a siren, a light, a laser, and a camera. The information captured by the camera is stored in one or both of a removable media card and the onboard memory. The active deterrent unit includes an aerosol canister containing one or both of a chemical irritant or an inflammatory agent. A safety switch transitions between a locked and unlocked position wherein the finger trigger is selectively blocked and allowed to engage the aerosol canister, respectively. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271528 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICE - A multifunctional personal safety device includes a main body having an ergonomic gripping surface, and a finger trigger for selectively activating a non-contact deterrent unit and an active deterrent unit. The non-contact deterrent unit including a controller, memory, wireless communication unit, a siren, a light, a laser, and a camera. The information captured by the camera is stored in one or both of a removable media card and the onboard memory. The active deterrent unit includes an aerosol canister containing one or both of a chemical irritant or an inflammatory agent. A safety switch transitions between a locked and unlocked position wherein the finger trigger is selectively blocked and allowed to engage the aerosol canister, respectively. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271529 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR INCREASING A THROUGHPUT IN WORKPIECE MEASUREMENT - A method and an arrangement for increasing the throughput in a workpiece measurement with a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is provided. The CMM measures a workpiece, and the measurement is described by at least one measurement parameter, a value of which is variable. The method includes setting an initial value of the at least one measurement parameter, the initial value being a predetermined value of the at least one measurement parameter valid for measuring the workpiece, measuring the workpiece with the initial value, determining a value of at least one predetermined test characteristic based on results of the measuring of the workpiece, determining whether the at least one predetermined test characteristic satisfies a predetermined iteration criterion; and changing the initial value of the at least one measurement parameter and repeating the prior steps upon determining that the at least one test characteristic satisfies the predetermined iteration criterion. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271530 | PROBE AND CAP THEREFOR - Probes are provided with caps, the caps comprise rolling bearing elements so that the probes can be slid along a surface to be measured, without damaging the surface or wearing away the tip of the probe or a sacrificial cap. The rolling bearing elements can be arranged in a ring around the probe tip, with the plane of the foremost edges of the rolling bearing elements a predetermined distance from the probe tip. The caps can comprise a housing with a grip, to encourage users to grip the cap, which comprises the rolling bearing elements, rather than the probe. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271531 | LOCALIZATION AND TRACKING OF AN OBJECT - This disclosure relates to localization and tracking of an object. As one example, measurement data can be stored in memory to represent measured electrical signals at each of a plurality of known measurement locations in a given coordinate system in response to an applied signal at an unknown location in the given coordinate system. A dipole model cost function has parameters representing a dipole location and moment corresponding to the applied signal. A boundary condition can be imposed on the dipole model cost function. The unknown location in the given coordinate system, corresponding to the dipole location, can then be determined based on the stored measurement data and the dipole model cost function with the boundary condition imposed thereon. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271532 | METHOD FOR MEASURING A SPHERICAL-ASTIGMATIC OPTICAL SURFACE - Method for measuring a spherical-astigmatic optical surface ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271533 | CALIBRATION OF AN INTERFEROMETER - In a method for calibrating an interferometer ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190271534 | LENSLESS IMAGING WITH REDUCED APERTURE - An image of an object can be synthesized either from the Fourier components of the electric field or from the Fourier components of the intensity distribution. Imaging with a lens is equivalent to assembling the Fourier components of the electric field in the image plane. This invention provides a method and a means for lensless imaging by assembling the Fourier components of the intensity distribution and combining them to form the image with the use of amplitude splitting interferometer. The angular spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation consists of wavefronts propagating at different angles. The amplitude of each wavefront is split and interfered with itself to create sinusoidal fringe patterns having different spatial frequencies. The sinusoidal fringe patterns are combined to form an image of the object. This method applies to coherent and incoherent light. A method of measuring the angular spectrum I(θ | 2019-09-05 |
20190271535 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INNER DIAMETER MEASUREMENT OF TRANSPARENT TUBE - In a method and apparatus for measuring a property of a transparent tubular object, a laser beam scans the object, and laser light originating from the object is detected in a first detection direction parallel to the laser beam direction, or in the first and in a second detection direction at an angle thereto, in particular at 90°. The inner radius of the object may be calculated from the refractive index, scanning speed, outer diameter detected in the first detection direction, and, in the second detection direction, the time difference between laser light reflected from the outer surface of the object and laser light refracted into the object and reflected at the inner surface thereof. If the time of detecting laser light refracted into the object and reflected at the inner surface thereof in the first detection direction is known, the refractive index is not required. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271536 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE GEOMETRY OF THE INNER WALL OF BORES AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The invention relates to a device for measuring the geometry of the inner wall of bores, drill holes and passages, which are optionally countersunk, and in particular for threaded, pin, and rivet connections of workpieces, said device comprising at least one optical sensor measuring towards the inner wall and capable of being introduced into the drill hole and rotated via a feed/rotating unit, wherein an auxiliary object is provided with a passage and rests on the surface of the workpiece, through which passage said sensor is inserted into the countersink and/or bore. The device is characterized in that the inner wall of the auxiliary object is provided with a structure and that the sensor scans said structure(s) while passing through the auxiliary object. The invention also relates to a corresponding method. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271537 | Multiscale Deformation Measurements Leveraging Tailorable and Multispectral Speckle Patterns - Remote measurements using images are particularly useful in structural health monitoring cases in which the installation of contact sensors is difficult. Some limitations, though, associated with photogrammetry-type optical metrology involve the application of speckle patterns, which become even more important with variable working distance or when the required resolution and sensitivity are not a priori known. In this context, multispectral sensing combined with tailored speckle patterns can circumvent some of the challenges of acquiring data at different working distances. The present invention uses multispectral imaging combined controlled generation of speckle patterns to demonstrate an approach for remote sensing related to deformation measurements at the structural level. To demonstrate this approach, two speckle patterns were designed for measurements at specified working distances. The results show that the spectral specific reflectivity of the speckle patterns allow for spatial overlay without affecting imaging within either spectral range considered, which results in the extraction of multiscale deformation measurements. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271538 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A measurement system and method, which increases a degree of freedom for setting a measurement period and a transmission period of measurement values and has a high accuracy, are provided. The measurement system includes a control device and a measurement device that measures a measurement object in a first period and transmits measurement values obtained from the measurement device to the control device. The measurement device transmits the measurement values waiting to be transmitted and additional information including information of the number of the measurement values waiting to be transmitted to the control device using frames transmitted in a second period that is longer than the first period. The control device generates time series data in which the measurement values are arranged in time series using the additional information. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271539 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A method for checking a tyre for vehicle wheels in a checking station. The checking station includes a background with a support surface lying on a plane perpendicular to a reference axis, an image acquisition apparatus to acquire an image of the tyre arranged with a first outer lateral surface in contact with the support surface and a second outer lateral surface facing the image acquisition apparatus, an illumination system and a computer for generating a working image from the acquired image. The image acquisition apparatus, the illumination system and of the background are arranged to generate a contrast, in the working image, between the entire second outer lateral surface of the tyre and an area circumferentially surrounding the tyre. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271540 | ERROR CORRECTION METHOD FOR FRINGE PROJECTION PROFILOMETRY SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an error correction method for an FPP system. Implementation steps are as follows: first, collecting deformed fringes affected by an object using a camera; then, calculating the fringe modulation I″ by using the collected images, and normalizing the modulation; setting a segmentation threshold T, and for all pixels of which modulation I″2019-09-05 | |
20190271541 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus includes a filter changing a light amount of an irradiation light, a lens irradiating a surface of a material with the irradiation light, a stage changing a focus position of the irradiation light in a depth direction of the material, an interfering light extractor causing the irradiation light to interfere with reflected light from the material, a detector detecting an intensity of interfering light obtained by interference between the irradiation light and the reflected light, and a controller calculating a height of the surface of the material based on the detected intensity of interfering light while changing a relative focus position of the irradiation light with respect to the material at a given measurement point of the surface of the material. The controller controls the filter or light source based on the detected intensity of interfering light to change the light amount of the irradiation light. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271542 | Metrology and Control of Overlay and Edge Placement Errors - An overlay metrology system may include a controller to generate optical tool error adjustments for a hybrid overlay target including optically-resolvable features and device-scale features by measuring a difference between an optical overlay measurement based on the optically-resolvable features and a device-scale overlay measurement based on the device-scale features, generate target-to-device adjustments for the hybrid overlay target based on positions of features within the device area, determine device-relevant overlay measurements for one or more locations in the device area based on at least one of the optical overlay measurement, the optical tool error adjustments, or the target-to-device adjustments, and provide overlay correctables for the device area to a lithography tool to modify exposure conditions for at least one subsequent exposure based on the device-relevant overlay measurements. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEAN ANGLE ESTIMATION OF MOTORCYCLES - Example implementations described herein are directed to a system for lean angle estimation without requiring specialized calibration. In example implementations, the mobile device sensor data can be utilized without any additional specialized data or configuration to estimate the lean angle of a motorcycle. The lean angle is determined based on a determination of a base attitude of a mobile device and a measured attitude of the mobile device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271544 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, SENSOR ELEMENT, AND MULTI-AXIS ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR - An angular velocity sensor includes a piezoelectric body, a drive circuit, and a detection circuit. The piezoelectric body includes a pair of frames, a pair of drive arms, and a pair of detection arms. The pair of frames face each other in a y-axis direction in an orthogonal coordinate system xyz. The pair of drive arms are respectively laid bridging the pair of frames and face each other in an x-axis direction. The pair of detection arms extend from the pair of frames in the y-axis direction at positions between the pair of drive arms in the x-axis direction. The drive circuit applies voltages of mutually reverse phases to the pair of drive arms so that the drive arms vibrate bending to mutually reverse sides in the x-axis direction. The detection circuit detects signals generated due to the bending deformations of the pair of detection arms in a z-axis direction. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271545 | STACK OF MAPS - A system receives map data for a plurality of different locations and renders, using the received map data, multiple maps arranged in a stack, with each of the maps including a selectable portion. The system receives an indication of an updated current location of the user device. The system then displays, via a user interface, the multiple maps arranged in the stack, and updates each of the maps in view of the updated current location of the user device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271546 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication, a storage, a first determiner, and an indoor specifying unit. The storage stores therein, as registered identification information, identification information whose contents are changeable, the identification information being allocated to a first communication device with which the communication unit is capable of performing wireless communication. The first determiner determines whether received identification information agrees with the registered identification information, the received identification information being the identification information received by the communication unit from a second communication device and allocated to the second communication device. The indoor specifying unit performs indoor specification to specify that a user having the electronic apparatus is indoors, based on a first result of determination by the first determiner. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271547 | CROWD SOURCED MAPPING WITH ROBUST STRUCTURAL FEATURES - A location and mapping service is described that creates a global database of indoor navigation maps through crowd-sourcing and data fusion technologies. The navigation maps consist of a database of geo-referenced, uniquely described features in the multi-dimensional sensor space (e.g., including structural, RF, magnetic, image, acoustic, or other data) that are collected automatically as a tracked mobile device is moved through a building (e.g. a person with a mobile phone or a robot). The feature information can be used to create building models as one or more tracked devices traverse a building. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271548 | REVERSE RENDERING OF AN IMAGE BASED ON HIGH DEFINITION MAP DATA - The autonomous vehicle generates an overlapped image by overlaying HD map data over sensor data and rendering the overlaid images. The visualization process is repeated as the vehicle drives along the route. The visualization may be displayed on a screen within the vehicle or at a remote device. The system performs reverse rendering of a scene based on map data from a selected point. For each line of sight originating at the selected point, the system identifies the farthest object in the map data. Accordingly, the system eliminates objects obstructing the view of the farthest objects in the HD map as viewed from the selected point. The system further allows filtering of objects using filtering criteria based on semantic labels. The system generates a view from the selected point such that 3D objects matching the filtering criteria are eliminated from the view. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271549 | CAMERA BASED LOCALIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Camera based localization performed to determine a current pose of an autonomous vehicle without the aid of depth sensors such as LiDAR. The vehicle comprises an imaging system configured to capture image frames depicting portions of the surrounding area. Based on an initial pose of the vehicle, edgels corresponding to three-dimensional locations are loaded and mapped to corresponding edge pixels of the captured image frame. A pose of the vehicle is optimized based upon the determined correspondences by identifying a transformation that minimizes a distance between the edgels and their corresponding edge pixels. The determined transformation can be applied to the initial pose to determine an updated pose of the vehicle. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271550 | System and Method for Creating, Updating, and Using Maps Generated by Probe Vehicles - System and method for managing and using a map database includes creating the database using mapping vehicles and enabling access to the database by people and other vehicles to enable use of determined position of identified landmarks, data about roads on which the mapping vehicles were driven and the images and content thereof. The database is created by driving mapping vehicles on roads, obtaining images of an area on and around roads using at least one camera assembly on each mapping vehicle, identifying common landmarks in obtained images, determining position of each mapping vehicle using a satellite positioning system such that the position at which each image is obtained by the mapping vehicle is accurately known, and determining the position of each identified landmark in consideration of determined vehicle position when the image containing the landmark is obtained. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271551 | Method and System for Recording Landmarks in a Traffic Environment of a Mobile Unit - The invention relates to a method for recording landmarks in a traffic environment of a mobile unit, in which data sets are recorded by a laser scanner, wherein the data sets comprise data points. Data points from a certain number of data sets are saved as output data and, based on the output data, segments are determined by means of segmentation, wherein data points are assigned to each of the segments. For each of the determined segments, landmark parameters of the respective segment are determined by means of a principle component analysis and an object class is assigned to the segments based on the landmark parameters respectively determined for them. Landmark observations are determined, wherein landmark parameters and an object class are assigned to each landmark observation, and the landmark observations are output. The invention relates further to a system for recording landmarks in a traffic environment of a mobile unit. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271552 | ROUTE COORDINATION AND NAVIGATION BASED ON USER PROXIMITY TO POINTS OF INTEREST - A network computing system can receive transport requests from user computing devices of requesting users of an on-demand carpool service. The system can further receive sensor data from the user computing devices of each carpool passenger of a vehicle. Based on the sensor data, the system can determine a relative position of each carpool passenger within the vehicle, and based on the relative position of each carpool passenger within the vehicle, the system can transmit route data to a transport provider device of the vehicle to rendezvous with a next carpool passenger at an upcoming pick-up location such that an open seat within the vehicle is adjacent to the next carpool passenger. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271553 | NAVIGATION ROUTES AS COMMUNITY OBJECT VIRTUAL HUB SEQUENCES TO WHICH USERS MAY SUBSCRIBE - Implementations of various methods and systems to transform navigation routes with two waypoints or a destination waypoint or a series sequence of waypoints into objects which are communities to which user(s) may subscribe, friend, follow or be a member of the community. The present disclosed invention relates to combining the concepts of objected oriented programming and navigation systems and social networking and transportation as a fungible asset class or transportation as an open market. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271554 | SEMANTIC LABEL BASED FILTERING OF OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE GENERATED FROM HIGH DEFINITION MAP DATA - The autonomous vehicle generates an overlapped image by overlaying HD map data over sensor data and rendering the overlaid images. The visualization process is repeated as the vehicle drives along the route. The visualization may be displayed on a screen within the vehicle or at a remote device. The system performs reverse rendering of a scene based on map data from a selected point. For each line of sight originating at the selected point, the system identifies the farthest object in the map data. Accordingly, the system eliminates objects obstructing the view of the farthest objects in the HD map as viewed from the selected point. The system further allows filtering of objects using filtering criteria based on semantic labels. The system generates a view from the selected point such that 3D objects matching the filtering criteria are eliminated from the view. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271555 | Generating Turn-By-Turn Direction Previews - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating turn-by-turn direction previews. In one aspect, one or more computing devices, may receive a request for a turn-by-turn direction preview. The one or more computing devices may generate a set of directions from a first geographic location to a second geographic location. Each turn of the directions may be associated with a corresponding waypoint. The one or more computing devices may then identify street level images corresponding with the waypoints, and display a preview of their associated turns by displaying their street level images and a map in between. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTIVARIATE OPTIMIZATIONS BASED ON LOCATION DATA - An optimization and recommendation engine can receive user location data to programmatically generate customized recommendations regarding the user's operation as a potential service provider for a network service. The optimization and recommendation engine can determine potential service routes based on the user location data indicating a frequent route of the user and on service data associated with the network service. The optimization and recommendation engine can also perform multivariate optimizations to select one or more optimal service routes from the potential service routes. The recommendations can include the one or more optimal service routes as well as parameters associated with such routes. The recommendations can further include a comparison of the parameters against characteristics of the user's frequent route. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271557 | REAL SCENARIO NAVIGATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a real scenario navigation method and apparatus, a device and a computer readable storage medium. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is feasible to obtain the travel manner, the query starting point, the query finishing point and the destination provided by the user, and then perform navigation map-based first travel manner path planning, according to the travel manner, the query starting point and the query finishing point so that it is feasible to perform real-scenario image-based second travel manner path planning, according to the query finishing point and the destination, if the user reaches the query finishing point and a distance between the query finishing point and the destination is smaller than or equal to a preset distance threshold. Since the navigation operations are performed not completely depending on the query end points, namely, the query starting point and the query finishing point any more, and the navigation operations are performed in conjunction with the destination additionally provided by the user, the obtained navigation information can substantially satisfy the user's travel intention, namely, the user, after reaching the query finishing point, needs to further switch to another travel manner to go to the destination, thereby improving navigation efficiency and reliability. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271558 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING MAPS - The present disclosure provides systems and methods that perform actions including: receiving a user input selecting a current location within a map displayed on a screen of the terminal device; generating a request message indicating a request for a location relationship between the selected current location and a target location, the request message including an identifier of the current location, the target location being a location currently or previously displayed on the map; transmitting the request message to a map server configured to determine a geographical location of the current location and a geographical location of the target location; receiving, from the map server, a location relationship between the current location and the target location, wherein the location relationship is determined based on the geographical location of the current location and the geographical location of the target location; and displaying a graphical indicator representing the location relationship. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271559 | VISUALIZATION OF HIGH DEFINITION MAP DATA - The autonomous vehicle generates an overlapped image by overlaying HD map data over sensor data and rendering the overlaid images. The visualization process is repeated as the vehicle drives along the route. The visualization may be displayed on a screen within the vehicle or at a remote device. The system performs reverse rendering of a scene based on map data from a selected point. For each line of sight originating at the selected point, the system identifies the farthest object in the map data. Accordingly, the system eliminates objects obstructing the view of the farthest objects in the HD map as viewed from the selected point. The system further allows filtering of objects using filtering criteria based on semantic labels. The system generates a view from the selected point such that 3D objects matching the filtering criteria are eliminated from the view. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271560 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARAMETER ASSISTED MAP ITEM DISPLAY - A system includes a processor configured to load predefined point of interest (POI) parameters, defining when a POI should be displayed and associated with the POI, from a user profile associated with a known vehicle occupant. The processor is also configured to examine an upcoming navigation route and populate a navigation route display with POIs identified by the parameters, based on the parameters associated with a given POI being met by a present set of conditions. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271561 | METHOD, DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING EMBLEM IN NAVIGATION AND MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, apparatus and device for displaying an emblem in navigation and a medium, and relates to a field of navigation. The method includes: obtaining current information of a navigation terminal, in which, the current information at least includes a state of a location system, a driving speed and a driving location; and drawing an emblem with the driving speed drawn thereon when the state of the location system indicates an enabled state, and displaying the emblem at the driving location. The method, apparatus and device for displaying the emblem in navigation and the medium provided by the present disclosure may reduce a display area occupied by information and solve the problem that the display area of the driving speed overlays the map elements below it while displaying the same amount of information. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271562 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING RUNNING SPEED OF URBAN ROAD - A method, a device, and a storage medium for providing a running road of an urban road are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes: obtaining a weighed road length of a specified urban road according to user track data of the specified urban road and road network data of the specified urban road; obtaining an actual passing period of the specified urban road according to the road network data of the specified urban road and road condition data of the specified urban road; obtaining a running speed of the specified urban road according to the weighed road length of the specified urban road and the actual passing period of the specified urban road; and providing the running speed of the specified urban on digital map products. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271563 | MICROCLIMATE WIND FORECASTING - A wind forecasting system configured to generate forecasted wind conditions for a time interval based on wind data derived from flight log data collected from a plurality of aerial vehicles operating in a first area. The forecasted wind conditions can be used by an aerial route management system to generate a flight plan for an aerial vehicle from a start location to an end location in the first area during the time interval. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271564 | Stride Length Calibration Method and System, and Related Device - A stride length calibration method includes detecting, by a first device, that a user is walking or running, and collecting a quantity of movement steps of the user. The method further includes determining whether a stride length of the user in a preset database needs to be calibrated. The method further includes requesting to obtain, from a second device, an actual movement distance of the user when calibration is needed. The stride length of the user in the preset database is provided to the first device to calculate a movement distance of the user. The method further includes calculating, by the first device, an actual stride length of the user based on the actual movement distance of the user and the quantity of movement steps of the user. The method further includes updating the stride length of the user in the preset database by using the actual stride length obtained through calculation. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271565 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TRANSMISSION QUALITY BETWEEN A DATA COLLECTOR AND A PLURALITY OF AUTONOMOUS MEASURING UNITS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method improves the transmission quality between a data collector and a plurality of metering units. A first communication module is assigned to the data collector and a second communication module is assigned in each case to a metering unit. The second communication module transmits data via radio signals to the first communication module. The first communication module has a first frequency reference device and the second communication module has a second frequency reference device. The radio signals transmitted are dependent on the second frequency reference device. The measurement of a parameter of the radio signal is performed by the first communication module. An estimation of an error of the second frequency reference device on the basis of the parameter measured values is determined. An adjustment of the frequency of the first frequency reference device is performed such that the error is reduced. | 2019-09-05 |
20190271566 | METHOD OF DISAGGREGATING AN ENERGY USAGE SIGNAL OF A USAGE AREA - A method of disaggregating an energy usage signal of a usage area includes steps of providing a gateway device for an aggregate energy usage signal of a usage area, installing a user application on a user computing device to display information from the gateway device, receiving a plurality of inputs, and determining the energy usage of the individual electrically powered devices in the usage area based on the aggregate energy usage signal and based on the plurality of inputs. | 2019-09-05 |