37th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220291223 | CHEMILUMINESCENT COMPOUNDS FOR MULTIPLEXING - Disclosed herein are compounds, conjugates, and methods that may be used to detect the presence of an analyte in a sample, such as a biological sample. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291224 | COLORIMETRIC BIOSENSOR, DISCOLORATION KIT, AND SENSING METHOD USING SAME - A colorimetric biosensor according to an embodiment includes a transition metal, a solvent and an additive. The colorimetric biosensor further includes M13 bacteriophage. The colorimetric biosensor is for sensing glucose, lactate or pyruvate. A colorimetric biokit according to an embodiment, includes a plurality of arrays, each having a colorimetric biosensor including a transition metal, a solvent, and an additive. Colors of the arrays change depending on the presence or absence of an analyte. The analyte is glucose, lactate, or pyruvate. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291225 | METHOD OF EVALUATING FUNCTION OF ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANTATION, PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING FUNCTION OF ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANTATION, AND APPARATUS THAT EVALUATES FUNCTION OF ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANTATION - A method of evaluating a function of an organ for transplantation harvested from a living body, the method includes preparing data representing change over time in content of marker substances in accordance with a perfusion, taking a first tissue sample from the organ for transplantation at first timing in a reperfusion of the organ for transplantation, taking a second tissue sample from the organ for transplantation at second timing after the first timing in the reperfusion, measuring contents of the marker substances in the first tissue sample, measuring contents of the marker substances in the second tissue sample, calculating change in content at the second timing as compared with the first timing for each of the marker substances, and calculating an indicator relating to evaluation of the function of the organ for transplantation using the calculated change in content and the data. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291226 | SINGLE MOLECULE PEPTIDE SEQUENCING METHODS - The invention, in part, includes methods of single molecule protein sequencing that include using weak binding spectra in the amino acid identification. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291227 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN DETECTION - The invention relates generally to peptide biomarkers with specific ionization characteristics to directly quantify one or more target HPPD proteins in biological samples, including crop plant samples, by liquid chromatography coupled tandem mass spectrometry multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). The peptide biomarkers in combination with MRM-based methods may be used to quantify a single target protein or multiple target proteins within a crop plant, such as maize, utilizing selected peptide biomarkers either alone or in combination. The present disclosure allows for broad based, reliable quantitation in different biological matrices, including plant matrices. Also provided are different peptide biomarker combinations that can be used to perform the methods of the invention. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291228 | C PEPTIDE DETECTION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY - Methods are described for measuring the amount of C peptide in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying C peptide in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometric techniques. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291229 | INTACT MASS RECONSTRUCTION FROM PEPTIDE LEVEL DATA AND FACILITATED COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENTAL INTACT OBSERVATION - Methods and apparatuses for the identification and/or characterization of properties of a macromolecule based on mass spectrometry data. Specifically, described herein are methods and apparatuses for converting peptide-level data into a pseudo-intact mass spectra. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for converting peptide-level data into a pseudo-electropherogram. The methods may be well suited for analyzing proteins and protein complexes, including estimating properties of post-translational modifications of the proteins and protein complexes. Methods may include generating a theoretical graph or spectrum based on peptide-level mass spectrometry data. In some embodiments, the theoretical graph may be a theoretical intact mass spectrum or a theoretical charge distribution spectrum. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291230 | Method for Identifying Human Growth Hormone Proteoform (hGHP) Pattern Biomarker - The present disclosure provides a method for identifying a human growth hormone proteoform (hGHP) pattern biomarker. The method includes: collecting an hGH-secreting pituitary adenoma tissue sample and a normal pituitary tissue sample, and extracting tissue proteins, separately; conducting two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE), western blotting, and Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) staining, and scanning visualized polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes and 2D gels to obtain digital images; subjecting a corresponding protein in 2D gel spot to protein digestion with trypsin and purification, and conducting mass spectrometry identification and bioinformatics analysis to identify a GHP biomarker profile; and in combination with bioinformatics, using quantitative phosphoproteomics, quantitative ubiquitinomics, and quantitative acetylomics to identify post-translational modifications (PTMs) and splicing variations in GHP. The present disclosure can identify a change pattern of GHP between a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma tissue and a normal pituitary tissue. In total, 46 GHPs are identified in the GH-secreting pituitary adenoma tissue, and only 35 GHPs are identified in the normal pituitary tissue. Therefore, 11 GHPs are only present in the GH-secreting pituitary adenoma tissue. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291231 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LUNG FUNCTION DECLINE IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS - Provided are methods for generating prognostic signatures for subject diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) with respect to decline in lung Forced Vital Capacity (FVC). The methods can include determining first expression levels for one or more genes as set forth herein in a first biological sample obtained from a subject diagnosed with IPF, determining a second expression level for the same one or more genes in a second biological sample obtained from the subject, and comparing the first and second expression levels for the one or more genes to provide a prognostic signature. The first and second biological samples can include peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and/or nucleic acids extracted from PBMCs. Also provided are methods for classifying subjects with IPF as being at risk for FVC decline, for identifying and treating at risk subjects, and for monitoring the progress of treatments. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291232 | ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING PLASMA KALLIKREIN SYSTEM BIOMARKERS - Methods and assays for determining the activation level of the plasma kallikrein (pKal) system and the uses thereof for assessing the activity of pKal modulators on the pKal system. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291233 | MUCIN ISOFORMS IN DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY BARRIER DYSFUNCTION - The present invention relates to the field of mucin isoforms, more in particular for use in the diagnosis, monitoring, prevention and/or treatment of a disease characterized by barrier dysfunction, such as but not limited to a gastrointestinal disorder (e.g. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), cancer, gastro-intestinal infections, obesitas, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)), neurodegenerative disorders, respiratory infections, . . . In a specific embodiment, said mucin isoform is selected from the list comprising: MUC1 isoforms and MUC13 isoforms. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291234 | A METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING OR MONITORING KIDNEY FUNCTION OR DIAGNOSING KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS - (a) diagnosing or monitoring kidney function in a subject or (b) diagnosing kidney dysfunction in a subject or (c) predicting or monitoring the risk of an adverse event in a diseased subject, wherein said adverse event is selected from the group comprising worsening of kidney function including kidney failure, loss of kidney function and end-stage kidney disease or death due to kidney dysfunction including kidney failure, loss of kidney function and end-stage kidney disease or (d) predicting or monitoring the success of a therapy or intervention:
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20220291235 | ACOUSTO-THERMAL SHIFT ASSAY FOR LABEL-FREE PROTEIN ANALYSIS - Thermal shift assays (TSAs) have been extensively used to study thermodynamics of proteins and provide an efficient means to assess protein-ligand binding or protein-protein interaction. However, existing TSAs have limitations such as time consuming, labor intensive, or low sensitivity. Here, an acousto-thermal shift assay (A-TSA) is disclosed and is believed to be the first ultrasound enabled TSA which can provide a real-time analysis of protein thermodynamic stability. A-TSA couples unique acoustic mechanisms to achieve protein unfolding, concentration, and measurement on a single microfluidic chip within minutes. Compared to conventional TSA methods, A-TSA provides an ultra-fast (at least 30 times faster), highly sensitive (7-34 folds higher), and label -free monitoring of protein-ligand interactions and protein stability finding applications for protein analysis in biology, medicine and fast diagnosis. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291236 | DETECTION OF DYSTROGLYCAN - Provided are methods of determining an amount of alpha-dystroglycan (αDG) in a sample, determining an amount of the glycosylated form of αDG in the sample, and determining a ratio of the amount of the glycosylated form of αDG to the amount of αDG in the sample. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291237 | Gene Expression Inflammatory Age and Its Uses - The compounds and methods described herein can improve iAge (Inflammatory Age) of patients with a specific immunotype. For example, a patients iAge can be moved into a responders cohort from a non-responders cohort for an immunotherapy. The compounds and methods described herein can also improve cardiovascular patient outcomes using cAge to stratify CVD patients into risk cohorts for therapy and monitoring. Higher risk CVD patients can be converted to lower risk patients by treating the patients with molecules that reduce their cAge. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291238 | Methods for Predicting Treatment Response in Ulcerative Colitis - Biomarkers that can be used for the detection or diagnosis of disease states, preferably inflammatory bowel disease states, the identification of a treatment regimen for inflammatory bowel disease, and/or to indicate the responsiveness to the treatment regimen for inflammatory bowel disease in a subject are described. Also described are probes capable of detecting the biomarkers and related methods and kits for determining inflammatory bowel disease states and/or identification of treatment regimens for the inflammatory bowel disease states. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291239 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE SEVERITY AND PROGNOSIS OF RSV INFECTION - An in vitro method is provided for determining the severity and/or prognosis of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in a subject, based on the expression of one or more mucin genes in respiratory epithelial cells. The respiratory epithelial cells can be isolated from a biological sample of a subject, or they can be cultured in vitro and exposed to a biological sample of the subject. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291240 | BIOMARKERS FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - The invention relates to methods for diagnosis, monitoring progression, and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. In particular, biomarkers for diagnosis, monitoring progression, and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders are provided. In some embodiments, methods for diagnosis, monitoring progression, and treatment of synucleinopathies and related disorders are provided. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291241 | ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN SEEDING ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SYNUCLEINOPATHIES - Methods are disclosed for determining whether a subject has a synucleinopathy. Methods are also disclosed for detecting misfolded alpha synuclein (αSyn) in a biological sample or fraction thereof. These methods include the use of an αSyn seeding assay. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291242 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING WITH DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, BIOMARKER, REAGENT KIT, AND DEVICE - A method for assisting the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, comprising: measuring an amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin, or the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin and an amount of extracellular vesicles having tetraspanin, in a biological specimen derived from a subject; and determining that the subject has Alzheimer's disease using the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin, or a ratio of the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin to the amount of extracellular vesicles having tetraspanin as an indicator. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291243 | ANALYZING HORMONE PANELS FOR THE PREDICTION OF SPONTANEOUS PRETERM DELIVERY - Disclosed are methods for analyzing hormone profiles in a pregnant female to determine the pregnant females susceptibilty to spontaneous preterm delivery. In particular, disclosed are methods for identifying a pregnant female who is susceptible to spontaneous preterm delivery based on a formula including ratios of steroids in samples obtained from the pregnant female. Further, the methods can include treating the pregnant female identified susceptible to spontaneous preterm delivery. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291244 | KAWASAKI DISEASE DETERMINATION KIT AND KAWASAKI DISEASE DETERMINATION METHOD - A biomarker for determining Kawasaki disease is identified by lipidomic analysis and mass spectrometry. With the use of the biomarker, we develop and provide a kit and a method capable of directly and objectively determining whether the subject suspected of having Kawasaki disease suffers from Kawasaki disease. A kit for determining Kawasaki disease, the kit including LOX-1 protein and/or part thereof having LAB-binding ability, the protein or part thereof being immobilized on a surface of a base material, is provided. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291245 | SPECIFIC THC DETECTION DEVICE - A portable detection kit for identifying the presence of cannabinoids is provided and includes a colorimetric dye, a catalytic reagent, a solvent, a surfactant, and a delivery device containing a solvent or solvent mixture including the solvent. The delivery device is configured to deliver a portion of the solvent or solvent mixture to a target residue to form a sample residue. The colorimetric dye is configured to undergo a chemical reaction when the sample residue contains a cannabinoid. The chemical reaction is configured to produce a visible color change that corresponds to a predetermined cannabinoid of a plurality of cannabinoids. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291246 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MICROFLUIDIC CARTRIDGE THEREFOR - Biological sample processing system comprising an imaging unit ( | 2022-09-15 |
20220291247 | WALK-AWAY TIME VISUALIZATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A status visualization method of a diagnostic laboratory system. The status visualization method includes receiving, at a system controller, computer-readable data comprising analyzers included within the diagnostic laboratory system, and test demand for types of tests and number of the tests to be performed on samples by the analyzers, wherein the analyzers each include consumable items and maintenance items. The method further includes determining, via a walk-away time estimation module executing on the system controller, an estimated walk-away time for the analyzers based upon the test demand and status of the consumable items and maintenance items. Diagnostic laboratory systems with walk-away time estimation are disclosed, as are other aspects. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291248 | OPTIMIZING LAB SPECIMEN FROM COLLECTION TO UTILIZATION - A system includes sample containers and a computing system. The sample containers include one or more data storage media configured to store sample information relating to the respective sample contained in each sample container. The sample information include data indicating a sample type, an intended use of the sample contained within the respective sample container, and a sample collection time. The computing system is configured to receive the sample information from the sample containers and determine, based on the sample information, an action for increasing a likelihood that one or more applicable samples of the plurality of samples will be viable for the intended uses of the applicable samples. The computing system is further configured to perform the action. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291249 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzing apparatus includes a piercer, a detector unit, and a sample dispensing probe. The piercer pierces a lid that seals an opening of a sample container containing a sample. The detector unit detects the piercer penetrating through the lid. The sample dispensing probe passes through an inside of the piercer that has penetrated through the lid, enters the sample container, and aspirates the sample. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291250 | MULTI-VALVE FLUID CARTRIDGE - An apparatus includes a fluidic circuit, a bypass fluidic circuit, a first set of fluid wells, a second set of fluid wells, a first valve, and a second valve. The first valve operatively associated with the first set of fluid wells such that the first selectively fluidly connects any one of the first set of fluid wells to a first valve outlet. The second valve operatively associated with the fluidic circuit, the bypass fluidic circuit, the first valve outlet, and the second set of fluid wells such that the second valve selectively fluidly connects any one of the second set of fluid wells and the first valve outlet to the fluidic circuit or the first valve outlet to the bypass fluidic circuit. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291251 | Inertia Measurement Device, Vehicle, And Electronic Device - An inertia measurement device, which is used in combination with a satellite positioning receiver that outputs a positioning result at every T seconds in a positioning system equipped on a vehicle, when a Z-axis angular velocity sensor, a position error P[m] based on the detection signal of the Z-axis angular velocity sensor while the vehicle moves at a moving speed V[m/sec] for T seconds satisfies Pp≥P=(V/Bz)×(1−cos(Bz×T)) (where, a bias error of the Z-axis angular velocity sensor is Bz[deg/sec] and a predetermined allowable maximum position error during movement for T seconds is Pp[m]), and a bias error Bx and By of the Y-axis angular velocity sensor satisfies Bz2022-09-15 | |
20220291252 | MAGNETOMETERLESS DETECTION OF INCORRECT ATTACHMENT AND CALIBRATION OF MOTION TRACKING SYSTEM - A method for adjusting operation of a motion tracking system includes a computing apparatus and sensors, each sensor having a gyroscope and an accelerometer. The method includes the steps of aligning the sensors; providing, each sensor to the computing apparatus, a first orientation when the sensors are aligned, the first orientation having a first heading; placing the sensors on a person; and providing, each sensor to the computing apparatus, a second orientation when the sensors are placed on the person, the second orientation having a second heading. The method further includes digitally determining, the computing apparatus, whether the sensors are placed on the person according to a predetermined sensor arrangement based on both the first and second headings of each sensor; and adjusting, the computing apparatus, the operation of the motion tracking system based on the determination. Also, a system for tracking motion of a person. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291253 | ACCELERATION DETECTION DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND ACCELERATION DETECTION METHOD - An aspect of the present disclosure provides an acceleration detection device, including: a first acceleration acquisition unit configured to acquire a first acceleration from a mechanical acceleration sensor; a second acceleration acquisition unit configured to acquire a second acceleration from a non-mechanical acceleration sensor; and a correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a correction value for correcting the first acceleration using the second acceleration. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291254 | POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD, POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A posture estimation method includes calculating a posture change amount of an object based on an output of an angular velocity sensor, predicting posture information of the object by using the posture change amount, limiting a bias error in a manner of limiting a bias error component of an angular velocity around a reference vector in error information, and correcting the predicted posture information of the object based on the error information, the reference vector, and an output of a reference observation sensor. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291255 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXTENDING A TIME PERIOD UNTIL CHANGING A MEASURING TIP OF A SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE - The present invention relates to methods and devices for extending a time period until changing a measuring tip of a scanning probe microscope. In particular, the invention relates to a method for hardening a measuring tip for a scanning probe microscope, comprising the step of: Processing the measuring tip with a beam of an energy beam source, the energy beam source being part of a scanning electron microscope. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291256 | TESTING APPARATUS AND ITS ELEMENT PICKUP MODULE - A testing apparatus includes a testing stage and an element pickup module. The test loader includes a testing area and a plurality of terminals arranged within the testing area. The element pickup module includes a mobile arm movable towards the testing stage, an air passage set disposed within the mobile arm and respectively connected to the vacuum pump equipment and the mobile arm, and a pressure-buffering portion. The pressure-buffering portion includes an elastic pad and a plurality of penetrating openings. The elastic pad is disposed on the bottom portion of the mobile arm, and provided with a flat surface for contacting a semiconductor element. The penetrating openings are distributed on the flat surface to connect to the air passage set so that the semiconductor element is fixedly sucked on the flat surface by the vacuum pump equipment through the penetrating openings. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291257 | TOOL FOR ELECTRONICS TESTING AND DIAGNOSTICS - A tool is presented herein capable of performing several electrical measurements and generating several electrical outputs. The tool can be configured to perform measurements and provide outputs most commonly utilized when developing and diagnosing failures of a hardware platform based around a microcontroller. The tool can have a form factor and a header configuration compatible for mating with an external microcontroller or minicomputer developer board such as Arduino, UDOO, Raspberry Pi, TI LaunchPad, STM Nucleo, BeagleBone, etc. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291258 | ROGOWSKI CURRENT TRANSDUCER - A current transducer including a Rogowski cable extending between a free end and a signal output connection end, a signal output cable connected to the signal output connection end of the Rogowski cable, and a connector comprising an electrically conductive magnetic core having a first cable end lodging cavity receiving the signal output connection end of the Rogowski cable therein, and a second cable end lodging cavity receiving the free end of the Rogowski cable therein, the Rogowski cable comprising an outer shielding layer connected to a conductor of the signal output cable configured for a ground connection. The current transducer further comprises a conductive grounding connection establishing an electrical contact between the magnetic core and the shielding conductor of the Rogowski cable. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291259 | LOW-VOLTAGE POWER SWITCH AND ARC FAULT DETECTION UNIT - A Rogowski coil is used for determining the magnitude of the electrical current of a conductor of a low-voltage AC circuit, which outputs an analogue voltage which is equivalent to the magnitude of the electrical current of the conductor. The Rogowski coil is connected to an analogue integrator, which is followed by an analogue-digital converter, which converts the integrated analogue voltage into a digital signal which is further processed by a microprocessor in such a way that the phase shift generated by the Rogowski coil and the components connected downstream of the Rogowski coil is compensated such that there are in-phase current values for the detection of error situations in order to protect the low-voltage AC circuit, in particular for a low-voltage power switch or an arc fault detection unit. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291260 | OPTICAL VOLTAGE PROVE - An optical voltage prove includes: an optical modulator | 2022-09-15 |
20220291261 | Power tool, detection circuit and detection method of load state of power tool - The disclosure provides a power tool, a detection circuit and a detection method of a load state thereof. The detection circuit of the power tool includes: a main control unit, a sampling resistor, a voltage sampling unit and an alarm display unit. The sampling resistor is arranged on a driving loop of a motor. The voltage sampling unit is used to sample a voltage across the sampling resistor. The alarm display unit is connected with the main control unit. The main control unit is configured to control the alarm display unit to execute a preset display state according to a voltage signal across the sampling resistor sampled by the voltage sampling unit. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291262 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEM, OPTICAL FIBER SENSING EQUIPMENT, AND POWER OUTAGE DETECTION METHOD - An optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes an optical fiber ( | 2022-09-15 |
20220291263 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENT TIME-GATED RESIDUAL SPUR CHARACTERIZATION AND CORRECTION IN SIGNAL ANALYZERS - Methods, devices, and systems for coherent time-gated residual spur characterization and correction in signal analyzers. In some cases, the method includes: displaying a signal on the display of the signal analyzer that is present without an input signal being provided to an input of the signal analyzer; establishing a predetermined amplitude threshold above which energy spikes in the signal being displayed on the display of the signal analyzer are considered spurious; automatically identifying one or more spurious energy spikes in the signal being displayed on the display of the signal analyzer based on the predetermined amplitude threshold; and automatically reducing or removing the one or more spurious energy spikes from the signal being displayed on the display of the signal analyzer. The method can be performed using one or more processors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or other circuitry on any suitable signal analyzer. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291264 | PHASE-LOSS DETECTION APPARATUS OF THREE-PHASE AC POWER SOURCE AND METHOD OF DETECTING PHASE LOSS - A method of detecting phase loss of a three-phase AC power source includes steps of: acquiring any two line voltages of the AC power source with a first cycle period, acquiring a first digital signal and a second digital signal, performing an exclusive OR operation between the first digital signal and the second digital signal to generate a level signal, accumulating a high-level time count value, or accumulating a low-level time count value, resetting the low-level time count value when the high-level time count value is accumulated, or resetting the high-level time count value when the low-level time count value is accumulated, and determining that the AC power source occurs a phase-loss abnormality when the high-level time count value is greater than or equal to ⅓ of the first cycle period or the low-level time count value is greater than or equal to ⅙ of the first cycle period. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291265 | SELF-CALIBRATING TRANSMISSION LINE RESONATOR OSCILLATING DRIVER APPARATUS - A self-calibrating transmission line resonator oscillating driver apparatus, including: a first output driver module configured to transmit a first forward signal along a transmission line; a second output driver module configured to transmit a second forward signal along the transmission line; a first reflection detection module configured to detect a first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along the transmission line; and a second reflection detection module configured to detect a second return signal of the second forward signal reflected along the transmission line; wherein, when the first reflection detection module detects the first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line, providing a signal to i) change a power state of the first output driver module to an off-power state and to ii) change a power state of the second output driver module to an on-power state. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291266 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION OF COMPONENTS - A method performed by a control unit for detecting performance deterioration of components comprised in a coupling chain connecting a power grid to a vehicle, wherein the coupling chain at least comprises a supply unit configured to charge the vehicle, the method comprising measuring amplitude of a first voltage at a first point of the coupling chain, measuring amplitude of a second voltage at a second point of the coupling chain, measuring a first current flowing through the coupling chain, estimating an impedance using the measured amplitude of the first voltage, the amplitude of the second voltage and the first current, detecting that performance deterioration of components comprised in the coupling chain has occurred by comparing the estimated impedance to a reference impedance, wherein the deterioration of components is detected if the estimated impedance is equal to or greater than the reference impedance. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291267 | ACTIVE MEASUREMENT CORRECTION OF RESISTIVE SENSORS - In an embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a plurality of resistors arranged as a reverse bridge and configured to convert an input voltage to a scaled output voltage. The scaled output voltage is scaled to a target format based at least in part on a range of the input voltage and a fixed value of the plurality of resistors. The input voltage is generated based at least in part on at least one signal generated by a sensor based at least in part on a measurement of a property of a measurement target. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291268 | WIDEBAND TUNABLE RYDBERG MICROWAVE DETECTOR - An electromagnetic field detector including a vapor cell, an excitation system, and a frequency tuner is described. The vapor cell has a plurality of quantum particles therein. The excitation system excites the quantum particles to a first Rydberg state. The first Rydberg state has a transition to a second Rydberg state at a first frequency. The frequency tuner generates a tunable field in a portion of the vapor cell. The tunable field shifts the first Rydberg state and/or the second Rydberg state such that the transition to the second Rydberg state is at a second frequency different from the first frequency. The detection frequency range for the electromagnetic field detector is continuous and includes the first frequency and the second frequency. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291269 | PROBE FOR NON-INTRUSIVELY DETECTING IMPERFECTIONS IN A TEST OBJECT - A probe for non-intrusively detecting imperfections in a test object made from metallic, non-conductive, and/or composite materials. The probe may include a capacitive measuring apparatus that includes at least two coplanar electrodes, an adjustment device to adjust a spatial separation between the electrodes, and a separation device. The separation device may maintain a substantially constant distance between the at least two coplanar electrodes and the test object during test measurements. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291270 | ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRER AND REFLECTION CHAMBER - An electromagnetic stirrer including: a shaft body extending in a first direction; and a plurality of stirring blades disposed on the shaft body, in which the plurality of stirring blades include a first stirring blade and a second stirring blade, the first stirring blade and the second stirring blade are aligned from a reference position of the shaft body in the first direction in order of the first stirring blade and the second stirring blade, a shape of the first stirring blade and a shape of the second stirring blade are similar to each other, and a size of the first stirring blade is different from a size of the second stirring blade. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291271 | DETERMINING PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR A DEVICE UNDER TEST USING NEARFIELD MEASUREMENT RESULTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing tests on a device under test (DUT) based on training data derived from a set of training DUTs using nearfield measurement data. Nearfield measurement data can be mapped to performance metrics that approximate performance metrics derived from the far-field measurement data. Nearfield measurements can then be performed on a DUT to generate second nearfield measurement data, and performance metrics of the DUT are generated using the second nearfield measurement data and the mapped performance metrics derived from the training DUTs. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291272 | EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIPPING PROPERTIES OF HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE IN SMOLDERING ATMOSPHERE - An experimental device for tripping properties of a high-voltage transmission line in a smoldering atmosphere, including a central information processor, a biomass fuel (BMF) property characterization module, a smoldering generation module, a smoldering smoke field property test module, a power frequency supply module and a tripping property test module. The experimental device and method for tripping properties of a high-voltage transmission line in a smoldering atmosphere, the present disclosure can explore the development conditions, processes, modes, properties and mechanisms of discharge in the smoldering atmosphere, and fully characterize the BMF such as forest vegetations from multiple aspects, to reproduce properties of forest vegetations in corridor areas of the high-voltage transmission line in multiple working conditions and reflect influences of properties of ground forest vegetations on the tripping properties of the high-voltage transmission lines. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291273 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATIONAL STATUS OF AN ELECTRICAL LOAD OF A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE - A control method for determining an operational status of an electrical load of a heavy-duty vehicle includes measuring a global current consumption of the electrical network when the electrical load is not activated, detecting an activation of the electrical load, measuring the global current consumption of the electrical network after the electrical load has been activated, determining an electrical current consumption of the electrical load, determining a reference current consumption of the electrical load, if the difference between the determined electrical current consumption of the electrical load and the determined reference current consumption is higher than a first predetermined threshold and lower than a second predetermined threshold, the second predetermined threshold being higher than the first predetermined threshold, set the operational status of the electrical load to a first status called “nominal operation”. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291274 | TEST DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL LINES - The invention relates to a test device ( | 2022-09-15 |
20220291275 | SAMPLING MEASUREMENT METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a sampling measurement method and system, computer device and storage medium. The sampling measurement method includes: acquiring a preset measurement ratio of each process element in a process station; acquiring an actual measurement ratio of a process element associated with a lot of products to be measured that arrive at the measurement station in the process station; and, when the actual measurement ratio of the associated process element is less than the corresponding preset measurement ratio, controlling a measurement machine at the measurement station to measure the lot of products to be measured. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291276 | DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR OPEN, CLOSE AND SUSPENSION STATES OF HIGH AND LOW LEVEL EFFECTIVE SWITCH IN VEHICLE - A detection circuit for open, close and suspension states of a high and low level effective switch in a vehicle. The circuit includes an optocoupler circuit module, a low-level active path module, a high-level active path module, a filtering and debouncing module, a transient suppression module, and a wiring terminal. The optocoupler circuit module is connected to the low-level active path module, the high-level active path module and the low-level active path module are connected in parallel to the filtering and debouncing module, and the filtering and debouncing module is connected to the transient suppression module, and then connected to the external high-level active switch or low-level active switch through the wiring terminal. Whether it is a high-level active switch or a low-level active switch, the detection circuit can distinguish whether the switch is in the closed or suspended state, and the strong and weak voltages are isolated. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291277 | CRACK DETECTION INTEGRITY CHECK - A method of testing an integrated circuit die (IC) for cracks includes performing an assembly process on a wafer including multiple ICs including: lowering a tip of a first manipulator arm to contact and pick up a given IC, flipping the given IC such that a surface of the IC facing the wafer faces a different direction, and transferring the IC to a tip of a second manipulator arm, applying pressure from the second manipulator arm to the given IC such that pogo pins extending from the tip of the first manipulator arm make electrical contact with conductive areas of the IC for connection to a crack detector on the IC, and performing a conductivity test on the crack detector using the pogo pins. If the conductivity test indicates a lack of presence of a crack, then the second manipulator arm is used to continue processing of the given IC. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291278 | UNIFIED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A DEVICE UNDER TEST - A test and measurement system includes a power device having an interface to allow connection to one or more devices under test (DUTs), and one or more processors configured to execute code that, when executed, causes the one or more processors to receive a selection between static and dynamic characterization, and to configure the power device to perform the selected one of static or dynamic characterization of the one or more DUTs, a measurement device, having a user interface, one or more processors configured to execute code that, when executed, causes the one or more processors to: receive user inputs through the user interface, the user inputs including at least the selection between static and dynamic characterization, and send the selected one of static or dynamic characterization to the power device, and a connector to connect the power device to the measurement device. A method of operating a combined static and dynamic device characterization platform includes receiving, through a user interface on a measurement device, a user input selecting between static and dynamic characterization of one or more devices under test (DUTs), sending the user input through a connection between the measurement device and a power device, receiving the user input at a power device, controlling signals to the one or more DUTs in the power device to perform one of static or dynamic characterization of the one or more DUTs, and sending output data resulting from the characterization to the measurement device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291279 | SEMICONDUCTOR TESTING APPARATUS FOR WAFER PROBING TESTING AND FINAL PACKAGED IC TESTING - During the semiconductor testing process, in order to decrease a temperature difference between a predetermined temperature and a measured temperature, the present disclosure provides a wafer probing testing apparatus and a final testing apparatus for semiconductor testing. The wafer probing testing apparatus comprises a printed circuit board, a probe head, a heater, a thermal sensor and a thermal controller. The final testing apparatus comprises a printed circuit board, a socket, a heater, a thermal sensor and a thermal controller. Due to the arrangement of the thermal sensor, the heater and the thermal controller, the temperature difference of the predetermined temperature may be decreased, and the cost during the semiconductor testing can also be reduced. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291280 | HEAT SPREADERS FOR USE IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING, SUCH AS BURN-IN TESTING - Heat spreaders for use in semiconductor device testing, such as burn-in testing, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a heat spreader is configured to be coupled to a burn-in testing board including a plurality of sockets. The heat spreader includes (i) a frame having a plurality of apertures, and (ii) a plurality of heat sinks movably positioned within corresponding ones of the apertures. When the heat spreader is coupled to the burn-in testing board, the heat sinks are configured to extend into corresponding ones of the sockets to thermally contact semiconductor devices positioned within the sockets. The heat spreader can promote a uniform temperature gradient across the burn-in board during testing of the semiconductor devices. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291281 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH PRECISION OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CARRIER TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING - A precise optical technique for measuring electronic transport properties in semiconductors is disclosed. The sensitivity of the technique to electronic transport properties follows from a simple analytic expression for the Z dependence of a photo-modulated reflectance signal in terms of the (complex) carrier diffusion length. The sensitivity of the technique to electronic transport properties also enables a trained neural network to predict electronic transport properties directly from Z-scan photo-modulated reflectance data. Synthetic data and/or physical constraints may be derived from the analytical expression and incorporated into a machine learning algorithm. Moreover, electronic transport properties as determined or predicted may be used to enable machine learning based control of semiconductor process tools and/or manufacturing processes, including via advanced reinforcement learning algorithms. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECISE SIGNAL INJECTION INTO MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES - In an optical carrier injection method, a pulsed optical beam having pulse duration of 900 fs or lower is applied on a backside of a substrate of an integrated circuit (IC) wafer or chip, and is focused at a focal point in an active layer on a frontside of the substrate. Photons of the optical beam are absorbed at the focal point by nonlinear optical interaction(s) to inject carriers. The pulsed optical beam may be applied using a fiber laser in which the fiber is doped with Yb and/or Er. An output signal may be measured, comprising an electrical signal or a light output signal produced by the IC wafer or chip in response to the injected carriers. By repeating the applying, focusing, and measuring over a grid of focal points in the active layer, an image of the IC wafer or chip may be generated. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291283 | AUTOMATIC CHIP TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure provides an automatic chip testing system and method. The automatic chip testing system includes: a client, which is used to send a test instruction regarding the chip; a server, which includes a main board and a chip connected to it. The main board is used to receive the test instruction, convert the test instruction into a test file, and transmit the test file to the chip; the chip is used to trigger test items related to the test file after receiving the test file, the function test result of the chip is generated, and the function test result of the chip is shared to the client through the main board. The disclosure improves the reliability of the chip test result, and saves the test time. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291284 | MEMORY DEVICE TEST METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a memory device test method, apparatus, and system, a medium, and an electronic device. The memory device test method includes: determining an operation path according to position coordinates of a target test platform and current position coordinates of a memory device; setting a movable apparatus according to the operation path, such that the movable apparatus moves the memory device into the target test platform according to the operation path; controlling the target test platform to test the memory device according to a target test program; and monitoring a test result of the memory device in real time, and storing the test result of the memory device into a database. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291285 | ENHANCED ELECTRICAL SIGNATURE ANALYSIS FOR FAULT DETECTION - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for enhanced electrical signature analysis (ESA) for fault detection in electrical machines. The enhanced ESA uses an algorithm that is able to adaptively learn the behavior of a particular electrical machine and automatically establish fault thresholds for the electrical machine without requiring manual inputs from an operator. The particular algorithm described herein to accomplish this may use machine learning that may be used to model the behavior of the electrical machine in real-time and based on any properties specific to the electrical machine. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291286 | CORRECTION METHOD FOR ESTIMATED STATE-OF-CHARGE VALUE OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, AND ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS - A correction method for an estimated state-of-charge (SOC) value of a battery cell | 2022-09-15 |
20220291287 | Apparatus and Method for Managing Battery - A battery management apparatus includes an SOC calculation unit to calculate an SOC of a battery module by using at least one of voltage, current, or temperature measured for the battery module in which a plurality of battery cells are connected in parallel, an SOH calculation unit to calculate an SOH of the battery module based on at least one of the SOC calculated by the SOC calculation unit and the voltage, current, or temperature of the battery module, and a diagnosis unit to calculate a change rate of an SOH using the SOH, and diagnose a state of the battery module using the calculated SOH change rate. The state of the battery module is any one of a normal state, a state including a degenerate battery cell, or a state including a current interrupt device (CID) open battery cell. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291288 | ELECTRICAL BATTERY MONITORING DEVICE AND BATTERY - A battery and an electrical battery monitoring device are disclosed having a first group of sensing switches connected in series on a first monitoring circuit, the sensing switches, a second group of electrical sensing switches connected in series on a second monitoring circuit, an input unit to provide an input to the first and second monitoring circuits, a monitoring unit to receive an output from the first and second monitoring circuits, wherein the monitoring unit receives at least two outputs from two measuring points of the first monitoring circuit, the two measuring points being separated by at least one sensing switch. The location of a defective battery cell may be early detected and precisely located by the monitoring of the battery cells in rows and columns. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291289 | METHODS FOR ESTIMATING A NUMBER OF WORKFLOW CYCLES ABLE TO BE COMPLETED FROM A REMAINING BATTERY CAPACITY - Methods are provided for generating an estimated number of workflow cycles able to be executed with a remaining battery capacity of a battery in a device. A workflow cycle comprising a predefined series of tasks of a work application executed during a defined timeframe is defined. Beginning battery capacity is determined at start of work application execution. End battery capacity at completion of work application execution is determined. Battery usage estimate associated with work application is calculated from difference between beginning battery capacity and end battery capacity. The estimated number of workflow cycles able to be executed is based on the remaining battery capacity and the battery usage estimate. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291290 | MEASUREMENT APPRATUS OF POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement apparatus of a power storage device supplies constant current to the power storage device, measures voltage of the power storage device, and computes an internal state of the power storage device on the basis of voltage change in the power storage device subjected to the measurement. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291291 | INTEGRATED MONITORING CAPACITY OF A POWER BANK BATTERY AND DEVICES CHARGED THEREWITH - A portable power bank including a rechargeable battery and/or a remote server may detect loss of capacity in the power bank battery. The power bank and/or remote server determines a nominal capacity of the power bank, and an actual capacity of the power bank, the actual capacity being less than the nominal capacity. The power bank and/or remote server compares the actual capacity to the nominal capacity to determine a health value of the power bank battery. When the power bank battery health value is at or below a threshold value, the power bank and/or remote server transmits an indication of the health value. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291292 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE AGEING OF A VEHICLE BATTERY - A method for estimating the aging of a battery of a motor vehicle with a combustion engine, the vehicle including an electric starter, a temperature sensor for the temperature of the coolant, a speed sensor for the speed of the combustion engine and a computer for managing the drive system of the vehicle. The method includes, each time the combustion engine is started, the steps of the computer determining the value of the speed of the combustion engine and the value of the temperature, if the determined value of the speed is higher than a speed threshold, incrementing a first counter, if the determined value of the speed is lower than the speed threshold, incrementing a second counter, detecting the aging of the battery when the value of the second counter is higher than a predetermined alert threshold. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291293 | POWER SYSTEM COMPONENT TESTING USING A POWER SYSTEM EMULATOR-BASED TESTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for testing components for use in a power system includes at least one power amplifier circuit configured to be coupled to the component and a control circuit configured to operate the power amplifier circuit responsive to at least one state of a component emulator for the component included in a system emulator for the power system. The component emulator may include at least one power electronics converter circuit and the control circuit may be configured to control at least one of a voltage and a current of the at least one power amplifier circuit responsive to at least one of a voltage and a current of the at least one power electronics converter circuit. The control circuit may be further configured to control the component emulator responsive to at least one state of the at least one power amplifier circuit. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291294 | INSULATION RESISTANCE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND INSULATION RESISTANCE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - An insulation resistance detection system for an electric vehicle is used to detect a positive insulation resistance between a positive electrode of a battery of the electric vehicle and an equipment grounding point, and detect a negative insulation resistance between a negative electrode of the battery and the equipment grounding point. The insulation resistance detection system includes a negative detection circuit, a positive detection circuit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the negative detection circuit to be charged to generate a first capacitor voltage, and controls the positive detection circuit to be charged to generate a second capacitor voltage. The control unit determines whether the negative insulation resistance is abnormal according to the first capacitor voltage and a battery voltage of the battery, and determines whether the positive insulation resistance is abnormal according to the second capacitor voltage and the battery voltage. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291295 | HIGH VOLTAGE INTERLOCK DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - The application provides a high voltage interlock circuit and a detection method thereof, the high voltage interlock circuit comprises: a signal isolation conversion module, and a fault detection module. The high voltage interlock device and the detection method thereof provided by the embodiments of the application can avoid the damage to the fault detection module caused by large external voltage, and improve the safety of the high voltage interlock device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291296 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE INDUCTIVE OPERATING MEANS - The invention relates to a method and to a system ( | 2022-09-15 |
20220291297 | DETECTION DEVICE - A magnetic detection module is provided so as to be selectively mountable in any of housings having a plurality of specifications having different shapes or sizes of mounting portions, and detects magnetic flux generated in the housing. The magnetic detection module includes one or more magnetic sensors that detect magnetic flux, a case in which the magnetic sensors are housed, and a cap that can be attached to an end of the case and is provided with a sealing member. The magnetic detection module can be attached to the housing of the first specification with the cap not attached to the case, and can be attached to the housing of the second specification through a sealing member with the cap attached to the case. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291298 | MAGNETIC SENSOR - A magnetic sensor includes a piezomagnetic component which includes a first piezomagnetic element and a second piezomagnetic element that are arranged opposite to each other, a magnetostrictive component which includes a first magnetostrictive element and a second magnetostrictive element arranged opposite to each other on the same side of the first piezomagnetic element and the second piezomagnetic element, respectively, and a piezoelectric component which includes a first piezoelectric element deposited underneath the first piezomagnetic element, a second piezoelectric element deposited underneath the second piezomagnetic element, a third piezoelectric element deposited underneath the first magnetostrictive element, and a fourth piezoelectric element deposited underneath the second magnetostrictive element. The first piezoelectric element and the second piezoelectric element are electrically connected to a power supply circuit, and produce first deformation, which is applied to the first piezomagnetic element and the second piezomagnetic element to produce an alternating magnetic field. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291299 | CASIMIR-ENABLED SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sensing system, and method of operating same, can act as a highly sensitive gradiometer. A first non-magnetic element, such as a sphere, is driven at a first resonance frequency along an axis. A magnet is attached to a second non-magnetic element, such as a plate, and driven at a second resonance frequency along the axis. The first non-magnetic element and the second non-magnetic element are coupled by a force along the axis, in resonance. The gradiometer is configured to determine a gradient magnetic field acting on one or more of the first non-magnetic element and magnet based on change in at least one resonance characteristic. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SECOND ORDER AND HIGHER GRADIENTS - A system and method of effectively measuring a change in a gradient of a magnetic field. The systems include a first magnet and a second magnet mechanically coupled together and aligned along a polarization axis. The first magnet and the second magnet are positioned such that a pair of like magnetic poles of the first magnet and the second magnet face in opposite directions. Further, the first magnet and the second magnet are configured to move along the polarization axis in response to a magnetic field. A sensing system is configured to measure a change in a gradient of the magnetic field based on the movement of the first magnet and second magnet along the polarization axis in response to the magnetic field. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291301 | SINGLE POINT GRADIOMETER - A gradiometer includes a at least one magnet attached to a beam. The magnet moves in response to a magnetic force. A sensing element is configured to measure movement or deflection of the beam or magnet. The gradiometer is configured to determine a gradient of a magnetic field acting on the first magnet based on movement of the magnet. The gradiometer can further measure higher order gradients. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291302 | MEASURING DEVICE FOR WEAK AND SLOWLY CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELDS, IN PARTICULAR FOR BIOMAGNETIC FIELDS - A magnetic field measuring device having a cantilevered, mechanically vibratable, rectangular substrate strip, at least one flat side of the substrate strip being coated with a magnetostrictive material system, further having drive means designed for the temporally periodic exertion of a force component directed perpendicular to the flat sides of the substrate strip on at least one part of a flat side of the substrate strip with a predetermined excitation frequency and having a detection device for detecting an electrical signal generated by the vibration of the substrate strip, wherein a. the substrate strip is formed from a material with a modulus of elasticity greater than 5 GPa and b. the excitation frequency is set up as a function of the dimensions of the substrate strip in such a way that the substrate strip oscillates in mechanical resonance and forms a U-mode, and c. the detection device has an induction coil which surrounds the substrate strip in a contactless manner and has a coil axis aligned along the substrate strip. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291303 | PROCESS FOR ESTIMATING THE RESIDUAL LIFE OF THE ELECTROMAGNET OF A VIBRATING FEEDER OF ARTICLES - A process for estimating the residual life of an electromagnet of a vibrating feeder of articles is described, controlled through a control circuit to make at least one element of the feeder vibrate in frequency, the process comprising the following phases: constantly monitoring the waveform of the absorbed current (I) and the operating voltage (V) to calculate an ohmic resistance value to be compared with a reference value; comparing the measurement of the density of a magnetic flux (Bm) with respect to a reference saturation limit value (Bsat), using an inductance value (L) based on the acquisition of the absorbed current (I) value; verifying an efficient operating situation of the vibrating feeder through the condition (ε1=B | 2022-09-15 |
20220291304 | HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS - Methods and apparatus for determining and transmitting speed and/or direction information for a rotating target by a magnetic field sensor. A reference channel signal is generated for a target from at least one magnetic field sensing element and a virtual channel signal in quadrature with the reference channel signal is generated. A tangent signal is generated. A slope of an arctangent of the tangent signal is determined, wherein the slope corresponds to rotational speed of the target. The speed and/or direction of the target can be transmitted by a sensor IC. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291305 | MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT AND MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT DEVICE - Provided is a magneto-resistance effect element formed by sequentially laminating a ferromagnetic fixing layer, a ferromagnetic free layer, and a protective layer, which is capable of efficiently detecting the magnetic field above the magneto-resistance effect element without deteriorating the function as the magnetic sensor. The GMR laminated film for the magneto-resistance effect element includes the ferromagnetic free layer, and the protective layer formed on the ferromagnetic free layer to be protected from oxidation. The protective layer is formed as an oxide antiferromagnetic substance, and has its film thickness of 10 nm or smaller. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291306 | MAGNET CONFIGURATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION COERCIVITY WEAK BITS IN MRAM CHIPS - Disclosed methods include placing a semiconductor wafer containing MRAM devices into a first magnetic field that has a magnitude sufficient to magnetically polarize MRAM bits and has a substantially uniform field strength and direction over the entire area of the wafer. The method further includes placing the wafer in a second magnetic field having an opposite field direction, a substantially uniform field strength and direction over the entire area of the wafer, and magnitude less than a design threshold for MRAM bit magnetization reversal. The method further includes determining a presence of malfunctioning MRAM bits by determining that such malfunctioning MRAM bits have a magnetic polarization that was reversed due to exposure to the second magnetic field. Malfunctioning MRAM bits may further be characterized by electrically reading data bits, or by using a chip probe to read one or more of voltage, current, resistances, etc., of the MRAM devices. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291307 | NMR MAGNET SYSTEM WITH STIRLING COOLER - An NMR magnet system uses a Stirling cooler having a cold head that extends into a housing of the system to cool a cold shield surrounding a cryogen vessel. The system may have a damper located between the cooler and the cold shield to reduce a transmission of vibration from the cooler to a magnet coil immersed in the cryogen. The damper may be passive, or may be part of an active damping system that uses an acceleration sensor to drive an active damper that compensates for cooler vibration. A compensation apparatus may use a stored characteristic of a signal distortion caused by the vibration and, in response to a trigger signal from the cooler, apply compensation to an excitation signal provided to a sample by an NMR probe in a bore of the magnet coil, or to an FID signal from the sample that is detected by the probe. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291308 | RADIO FREQUENCY HEAD COIL WITH RESPIRATORY MASK - Embodiments of the present application provide a radio frequency head coil ( | 2022-09-15 |
20220291309 | RADIO FREQUENCY COIL AND COIL ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coil device is provided. The device includes a first receiver coil portion, a second receiver coil portion, and a locking mechanism. The second receiver coil portion is configured to fit with the first receiver coil portion to provide a receiver coil assembly. The second receiver coil portion is moveable relative to the first receiver coil portion. The locking mechanism is configured to limit relative movement between the first receiver coil portion and the second receiver coil portion when the first receiver coil portion and the second receiver coil portion are fit together. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291310 | MR SYSTEM WITH PARTIAL SHIELDING CABIN AND METHOD FOR OPERATION - A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) unit includes a field magnet, a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna. The MRT unit also has a transmission interference suppression facility with a transmission interference suppression controller, a plurality of sensors, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression facility is configured to pick up, with the sensors, an excitation signal of the transmitter, determine, with the transmission interference suppression controller, a transmission interference suppression signal as a function of the excitation signal of the transmitter, and emit the signal via the transmission interference suppression antenna, so that at a predetermined location outside of the MRT unit, an electromagnetic alternating field of an excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitting antenna is attenuated. The sensors are arranged in a near field of the transmitting antenna, and the predetermined location of the attenuation is in a far field of the transmitting antenna. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291311 | APPARATUS FOR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE UTILIZING METAMATERIALS OR DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - An apparatus for increasing efficiency in the transmission phase and sensitivity in the reception phase, in specific regions of space, of magnetic resonance imaging technique by using at least one metamaterial or dielectric material is provided. Placing the metamaterial or dielectric material in a suitable geometry, in the space delimited by an RF coil and a sample, allows using the surface plasmonic resonances or equivalent dielectric resonances, induced in the metamaterial or dielectric material by the RF coil, to amplify the intensity of the magnetic field in the spatial region of the sample, improving the intensity of the signal transmission and/or the sensitivity of detection. The metamaterial or dielectric material is positioned outside the RF coil to maximize the amplification effect. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291312 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING A MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT WITH PERMANENT MAGNETS - A magnetic field device, with a first magnet, a first ferromagnetic element positioned adjacent to the first magnet, a second magnet, a second ferromagnetic element positioned adjacent to the second magnet and relative to the first ferromagnetic element to create a gap between the first ferromagnetic element and the second ferromagnetic element, and a third magnet positioned between the first ferromagnetic element and the second ferromagnetic element and within the gap. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291313 | Magnetic Resonance Device - A magnetic resonance device having a main magnet unit with a cylindrical patient aperture. A gradient connection plate for a gradient coil arrangement surrounds the patient aperture. A cladding arrangement with at least one cladding part outwardly delimits the main magnet unit. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAMPING DOWN MAGNETIC RESONANCE MAGNET - A magnetic resonance system may include a magnetic resonance magnet and a storage container configured to accommodate the magnetic resonance magnet. The storage container may also contain an endothermic liquid. The magnetic resonance system may further include a ramping-down device configured to trigger releasing electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet. The first ramping-down device may include an electric energy consumption device configured to consume at least a portion of the released electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291315 | QUALITY CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEMS - The invention relates to quality control devices and methods for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, more particularly for medical imaging applications. An example is stereotactic surgery where MRI images are combined with X-ray images to accurately locate a target in a subject. A test device ( | 2022-09-15 |
20220291316 | Actuation of a Magnetic Resonance Device with Specific Saturation - The present disclosure is directed to techniques for actuation of a magnetic resonance device for generating a high frequency pulse for specific saturation of nuclear spins in an examination region of an examination object. The techniques may include providing a frequency spectrum of the examination region, providing a B0 field map, establishing a first resonance frequency for a first tissue and a second resonance frequency for a second tissue taking account of the frequency spectrum, determining a saturation pulse by establishing a high frequency pulse configured for a spectrally selective excitation of the first tissue and the second tissue taking account of the first resonance frequency, the second resonance frequency and the B0 field map, and outputting the saturation pulse by means of the high frequency antenna unit. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291317 | Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging - A method of performing diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is provided. The method includes a step of: using a neural network to filter a diffusion-weighted image of an object acquired by a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, the neural network being programmed to produce an output image from the acquired image. The neural network improves the signal to noise ratio of the output image relative to the acquired image. The neural network, when applied to a synthetic knife-edge image to which Rician noise providing a signal-to-noise ratio of 13 or more is added, forms a curve of normalised values of modulation-transfer-function against frequency which has a higher area thereunder than the area under the corresponding curve of normalised values of modulation-transfer-function against frequency for a reference Gaussian smoothing filter, [Formula I should be inserted here] where f(x, y) is the noisy synthetic knife-edge image, g(x, y) is the filtered image, [Formula II should be inserted here] is the convolution parameter, and σ | 2022-09-15 |
20220291318 | PSEUDO-CT IMAGE GENERATION - Disclosed herein is a method for producing a calibrated pseudo-CT image of at least part of a patient for radiation treatment planning. The method comprises obtaining radiation intensity data indicative of attenuation properties of tissues within the patient and calibrating a first pseudo-CT image of at least part of the patient using the radiation intensity data to produce the calibrated pseudo-CT image. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIZATION-PREPARED THREE-DIMENSIONAL UNBALANCED STEADY-STATE FREE PRECESSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A method for generating magnetic resonance images of a subject includes performing, using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, a magnetization preparation module to control tissue contrast for a region of interest in the subject. The method further includes after a predetermined period of time, performing, using the MRI system, a three dimensional (3D) unbalanced steady-state free precession (uSSFP) pulse sequence to acquire MR data from the region of interest in the subject. The 3D uSSFP pulse sequence is configured to suppress blood signal in the region of interest. The method further includes generating an image with blood signal suppression based on the acquired MR data. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) UNBALANCED STEADY-STATE FREE PRECESSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A method for generating magnetic resonance images of a subject includes performing, using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, an interrupted three-dimensional (3D) single shot unbalanced steady-state free precession (uSSFP) pulse sequence to acquire MR data for each of a plurality of partitions associated with a region of interest of a subject. The interrupted 3D single shot uSSFP pulse sequence may be configured to suppress blood signal in the region of interest. The MR data for each partition is acquired as a single shot along an in-plane phase-encoding direction and the acquisition of MR data for each partition is synchronized to a phase of a cardiac cycle. The method further includes generating, using a processor, an image with blood suppression based on the acquired MR data. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291321 | CHARACTERIZING A MOTION OF AN OBJECT - According to a method for characterizing a motion of an object, a reference signal is emitted into a target region and two or more receiver coil signals are generated in response to the reference signal by two or more receiver coils. A motion signal characterizing a motion of the object is determined by a computing unit depending on temporal modulations of the two or more receiver coil signals. A correlation coefficient of the motion signal and a receiver coil signal is computed by the computing unit. A reference correlation coefficient is determined by the computing unit depending on a location of the receiver coil based on a predetermined reference correlation map. The motion signal is corrected by the computing unit depending on a correlation coefficient and the reference correlation coefficient. | 2022-09-15 |
20220291322 | OFFSET CALIBRATION AND DIAGNOSTICS FOR RESISTANCE-BASED BRIDGE CIRCUITS - Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing offset calibration and fault monitoring are disclosed herein. An example controller component may comprise: a resistance-based bridge circuit; a signal conditioning circuit configured to condition an output of the resistance-based bridge circuit; a first diagnostic circuit coupled to the signal conditioning circuit configured to monitor an output of a first branch of the resistance-based bridge circuit; and a second diagnostic circuit coupled to the signal conditioning circuit configured to monitor an output of a second branch of the resistance-based bridge circuit. | 2022-09-15 |