| 38th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
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| 20220299293 | ADJUSTABLE GUNSTOCK - There is proposed an adjustable gunstock for a firearm, comprising, a base, a mount, at least one relocation member and at least one adjustment member. The base is fixedly connectable to a stock body of the firearm and the mount adjustably engageable with the base. The mount, or a part attachable thereto, forms a shooter's body engaging portion. The at least one relocation member is couplable to the base and configured to adjust the mount relative to the base in a first direction. The at least one adjustment member configured to engage the least one relocation member, and is couplable to the mount, to thereby adjust the mount relative to the base in a second direction, wherein the mount is movable both laterally of, and away from or towards, the stock body of the firearm. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299294 | Firearm With Integrated Levelers - A firearm having a butt stock portion and a front stock portion includes a monopod assembly movable in a first linear movement between a stowed configuration inside said butt stock and a deployed position substantially outside said butt stock portion and a second rotational movement designed to refine a length adjustment. The firearm includes a bipod assembly pivotally movable between a storage configuration adjacent and in-line with the front stock portion and a use or spayed configuration supporting the firearm framework. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299295 | Concealed Holster for Women - The present disclosure provides a concealed holster apparatus configured to be secured about the torso and to be anchored to an undergarment such as a bra. The holster comprises a molded plastic housing shaped to accommodate a belt strap which wraps around the torso, and which has a second strap affixed to an exterior surface allowing it to be wrapped around and under the strap or gore of an undergarment, securing it in place firmly. The housing is oriented such that the opening, and thus any firearm or other object held therein, is held horizontally, reducing the risk of it falling out or being difficult to remove. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299296 | DECOY SYSTEM - The invention provides an airborne passive decoy system for use in the radio waveband, the system comprising a controllable aerial propulsion unit and one or more retroreflectors, wherein the one or more retroreflectors are mounted on, contained within or otherwise borne by the controllable propulsion unit, and wherein the system is configured such that the one or more retroreflectors can be deployed as a decoy at a desired location and/or time. The system is an integral system which does not rely on tethers, cables or suchlike. Related methods and uses are also provided. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299297 | ARCHERY DART FRAME - Described herein are devices, systems and methods for creating an archery dart game using a dart frame affixed to an archery target of various shapes and configurations for use with a bow and arrow, throwing axes, or other thrown or shot implements to allow the users to enjoy the game of darts in a nontraditional manner in the outdoors or other venues. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299298 | Pyrotechnic Ignition Pill and Method for Manufacturing a Pyrotechnic Ignition Pill - A pyrotechnic ignition pill with a housing, an ignition pill charge housed in the housing, at least two terminal contacts connected to the ignition charge, wherein the terminal contacts are guided out of the housing through a glass bushing, characterized in that the terminal contacts in the region of the ignition charge have a round cross-sectional profile and that the terminal contacts outside the housing have an angular cross-sectional profile. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299299 | GUIDED MISSILE WITH AT LEAST ONE ENGINE FOR PRODUCING FORWARD THRUST - A guided missile with a sleeve-shaped missile body, at least one engine for producing forward thrust, at least one flight direction control device, and at least one aerodynamic extension. The least one flight direction control device is rotatably mounted to a top area and/or a bottom area of the sleeve-shaped missile body for adjusting a flight direction of the guided missile. The least one aerodynamic extension comprises an aerodynamic cross-sectional shape that is arranged on a left-hand side and/or a right-hand side of the sleeve-shaped missile body. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299300 | HIGH VELOCITY, RIMFIRE CARTRIDGE - A .22 caliber rimfire cartridge includes a generally cylindrical casing having a rearward rimfire end and an opposing mouth end, wherein the rearward rimfire end has an annular rim connecting to a cylindrical casing portion extending to a casing forward edge and a bullet is disposed in the forward mouth end. In embodiments, the bullet comprises copper and a polymer binder. In embodiments, the bullet has a forward tapering portion with a central cavity, a first cylindrical portion with a first diameter and a cylindrical surface directly rearward of the tapering portion, a cylindrical driving band directly rearward of the first cylindrical portion, the cylindrical driving band having a second diameter greater than the first diameter and having an outer second cylindrical surface, a third cylindrical portion directly rearward of the cylindrical driving band, the third cylindrical portion having a third cylindrical surface with a diameter equal to the first diameter. In embodiments, the bullet is positioned with the third cylindrical surface mostly or entirely within the casing. In embodiments, the casing has a circumferential crimp positioned at the third circumferential portion. In embodiments, the third circumferential surface having a circumferential indentation at the circumferential crimp. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299301 | PROGRESSIVE AMMUNITION PRESS SYSTEM - Progressive ammunition press system, components thereof, and associated methods. The press system may include a press control system integrated with the press. The press may include a case carriage including a case carrier supported by a bearing. Case retainer gates may be provided for retaining cases in the case carrier. A bullet feeding system can be arranged to permit bullet feeding and seating in a single station of the press. A primer feeder can be self-contained, gear-driven, and/or recirculating. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299302 | MASS REDUCING PROJECTILE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A mass reducing projectile is provided. The mass reducing projectile includes a shell, one or more weights, and a low melt fusible alloy. The one or more weights are disposed within the shell. The low melt fusible alloy is disposed within the shell so as to encase the one or more weights within the shell. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299303 | AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE - Ammunition cartridge comprising a rigid casing including a tubular sleeve and a base closing an end of the casing, a projectile mounted at another end of the casing, a propellant charge contained inside the casing, and an ignition device. The ignition device comprises an ignition charge arranged to ignite the propellant charge at a point of ignition distal from the base and proximal the projectile. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299304 | GROUND-FIXABLE ELECTRONIC DETONATION DEVICE FOR BLASTING SYSTEM AND BLASTING SYSTEM USING SAME - A ground-fixable electronic detonation device for a blasting system and a blasting system using same are proposed. The ground-fixable electronic detonation device includes: an electronic detonator; a wireless communication module; a wire part configured to connect the electronic detonator and the wireless communication module; and a module fixing pin part positioned in the wireless communication module and configured to move upward and downward to be driven into the ground. In the ground-fixable electronic detonation device, the module fixing pin part is driven into the ground to stably fix a position of the wireless communication module, so that stability in wireless communication is secured. Accordingly, blasting accuracy may be improved. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACE COATINGS - A method may comprise measuring at least one of the conductivity or resistance on a surface of a substrate comprising an antimicrobial system; comparing the measured conductivity or resistance to a reference value; and/or determining a presence or an absence of the antimicrobial system on the surface. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299306 | MAGNETIC ENCODER - A magnetic encoder is provided with a first member including a first wall part that has formed therein an insertion through-hole through which a rotary body is passed, and a second member including a second wall part. A permanent magnet and a magnetic sensor for detecting a change in the magnetic field formed by the permanent magnet are disposed between the first wall part and the second wall part. In this configuration, the first member and the second member are composed of a soft steel that contains at most 3.0 wt % of carbon. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299307 | DRAW WIRE SENSOR - A draw wire sensor which measures distance. The draw wire sensor comprising: a reel, shaft or axle; a wire wound up on the reel, shaft or axle; and a rotational sensor coupled to the reel, shaft or axle. A rotation angle of the sensor is transformed into an electrical signal and the rotational sensor utilizes the tunnel magnetoresistance effect. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299308 | OVERLAY METROLOGY USING SPECTROSCOPIC PHASE - An interferometric overlay tool may include an interferometer and a controller. The interferometer may include one or more beamsplitters to split illumination including one or more wavelengths into a probe beam along a probe path and a reference beam along a reference path, one or more illumination optics to illuminate a grating-over-grating structure with the probe beam, one or more collection optics to collect a measurement beam from the grating-over-grating structure, one or more beam combiners to combine the measurement beam and the reference beam as an interference beam, and a variable phase delay configured to vary an optical path difference (OPD) in the interferometer. The controller may receive one or more interference signals representative of interferometric phase data associated with a plurality of OPD values and the one or more wavelengths from a detector and determine an overlay error of the grating-over-grating structure based on the interferometric phase data. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299309 | STABILIZED FREQUENCY GENERATOR - A radio frequency generator has first and second lasers configured to emit first and second optical outputs; a reference module configured to receive at least part of the first and second optical outputs from the first and second lasers; a control module connected to the first and second lasers and to the reference module; and an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter configured to process optical signals, originating from the first and second single-frequency lasers, to provide a radio frequency output. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299310 | PRE-CONDITIONING INTERFEROMETER - Methods, apparatus and systems for testing an optical element are described. One example device for measuring a test optical component includes a pre-conditioning optical module positioned to receive an optical beam from a light source and to produce a beam having a non-collimated beam profile or a freeform wavefront. The device further includes a beam splitter positioned to receive the beam output from the pre-conditioning optical module and to direct a first portion of the beam to a reference arm configured to accommodate a reference optical component, and to direct a second portion of the beam to a test arm configured to accommodate the test optical component. The device also includes a beam combiner positioned to receive the beams from the reference arm and the test arm after reflection or refraction by the reference and the test optical components. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299311 | DETERMINATION OF A TUBE PRESSURE BY MEANS OF LASER INTERFEROMETRY AND APPARATUS HEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method of observing a changing surface by means of laser interferometry, in particular by means of laser speckle interferometry, wherein the changing surface is preferably a surface of a tube and the method is used to determine the pressure in the tube. A further aspect of the invention relates to a corresponding apparatus. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299312 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL PROBE LOCATION RELATIVE TO A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A system for determining optical probe location relative to a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is described. A diffractive optical element (DOE) disposed in the PIC, and has a focal point of absolute maximum reflection at location having coordinates in three-dimensions above the PIC. The system includes an optical waveguide probe, and an optical source adapted to provide light through the optical waveguide probe and incident on the DOE. The DOE reflects and focuses light back to the optical waveguide probe, and a power meter is adapted to receive at least a portion of the light reflected and focused at the focal point above the PIC. Based on the determination of a location of the absolute maximum reflection, consistent and reliable testing of PIC can be achieved. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING, MEASURING, COUNTING, AND AIDING IN THE HANDLING OF DRILL PIPES - Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for locating, measuring, counting or aiding in the handling of drill pipes | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299314 | DEPTH IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The specification provides a depth imaging method and device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: controlling an emission module comprising a light emitting device to emit at least two speckle patterns that change temporally to a target object; controlling an acquisition module comprising a light sensor to acquire reflected speckle patterns of the at least two speckle patterns reflected by the target object; and performing spatial-temporal stereo matching by using the reflected speckle patterns and the at least two reference speckle patterns, to calculate offsets of pixel points between speckles of the at least two reference speckle patterns and speckles of the reflected speckle patterns, and calculating depth values of the pixel points according to the offsets. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299315 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CD USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - A method of measuring a critical dimension (CD) includes forming a plurality of patterns in a substrate, creating first to n-th images, where n is a natural number greater than 1, for first to n-th areas in the substrate, respectively, where the first to n-th areas do not overlap with each other, where each of the first to n-th areas comprising at least some of the plurality of patterns, creating a merged image for the first to n-th images, and measuring a CD for a measurement object from the plurality of patterns using the merged image. The merged image has a higher resolution than each of the first to n-th images. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299316 | ELECTRONIC TERMINAL, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A terminal such as a folding-screen smartphone includes a first body and a second body; a rotating shaft coupled to the first body and the second body, and configured to change an angle between the first body and the second body through rotation of the rotating shaft. The terminal also includes a first camera in the first body configured to photograph a target object and obtain a first image in response to a photographing instruction and a second camera in the second body configured to photograph the target object and obtain a second image in response to the photographing instruction. A processing component coupled to the first body and the second body is configured to determine the angle between the first body and the second body and obtain a target image by splicing the first image and the second image according to the angle. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299317 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING SUBSTRATE - A method for adjusting a position of a substrate, includes: acquiring primary positional data indicating the positions of the edge portions (S | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299318 | SURVEYING SYSTEM, SURVEYING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SURVEYING PROGRAM - A surveying system includes an information processing device and a surveying device and further includes a scanner unit configured to perform a measurement to acquire three-dimensional point cloud data on the surveying device, a measurement position specifying unit configured to specify a measurement position for which three-dimensional point cloud data needs to be acquired, a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a self-position of the surveying device, and a measurement computing unit configured to perform a computation to measure the measurement position from the self-position. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299319 | Laser Emitter with a Modular Storage Unit - Various aspects of a laser level interfacing with a modular storage system are shown. The laser level couples to a storage unit and/or a stand that itself couples to the storage unit. The stand extends past the front of the storage unit and permits the laser level to emit line in the downward direction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299320 | DIFFUSION BLOCK FOR AN EVACUATED INSTRUMENT SYSTEM - One example includes an instrument system. The system includes instrument components at least partially disposed in an evacuated chamber within an instrument housing. The system also includes a barrier that is configured to seal the evacuated chamber. The barrier includes a plurality of instrument electrodes that are electrically coupled to the instrument components and extending through the barrier. The system further includes a diffusion block formed of a non-diffusive material and coupled to the instrument housing to seal an evacuated cavity within the instrument housing between the barrier and the diffusion block. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299321 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC OPTICAL FLOW SENSOR CALIBRATION BY IMU IN PLANAR ROBOT SYSTEMS - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for calibrating an optical flow (OF) sensor by using an inertial measurement unit (IMU) measurements in a planar robot system. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299322 | VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS - A vehicle position estimation apparatus including a detection device that detects an external situation around a subject vehicle, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The memory is configured to store a map information including an information on a landmark, and the microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing the landmark around the subject vehicle, based on an information on the external situation detected by the detection device, determining whether the landmark recognized is a variable landmark, a mode of the variable landmark changing in accordance with a time zone, controlling the memory so as to store the information on the landmark recognized, in accordance with a determination result, and estimating a position of the subject vehicle, based on the map information stored in the memory. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299323 | Systems and Methods for Classifying Vehicle Trips - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention can obtain and use a variety of telematics data to classify trips taken by a vehicle. Trip models can be generated based on telematics data captured during the operation of a vehicle. A variety of features of the trip model, such as the timing and/or location of stops made by the vehicle during one or more trips, can be used to classify the trip as a business trip or a personal trip. In several embodiments, machine classifiers are trained to classify features within the trip models based on historical trips that have been classified as business trips or personal trips. A number of trip models can be combined with other driver attributes to classify a particular vehicle and/or driver as engaged with a transportation network company. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299324 | ACCIDENT FAULT DETECTION BASED ON MULTIPLE SENSOR DEVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting vehicular accidents based on sensor data, such as data from a mobile device in a vehicle or data from the vehicle's sensors. If an accident is detected, the system may determine whether to collect sensor data from additional sources, such as additional vehicle sensors or additional mobile devices (e.g., a pedestrian's mobile device or a mobile device within a vehicle). The system may also determine whether to collect data from traffic devices or from contextual data sources. The data may be used by the system to determine which party is at fault in the accident. The data may also be used to generate a visualization of the accident. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299325 | METHOD FOR HANDLING TRAFFIC SITUATIONS WITH RESTRICTED PASSAGE GEOMETRY AND TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE - A method of a transportation vehicle for environment detection in traffic situations with restricted passage geometry. The method includes identifying a restricted passage geometry from at least one detected sensor value relating to the vehicle surroundings; taking the sensor value as a basis for determining an extent of the restricted passage geometry and a position of the restricted passage geometry; transmitting a message to at least one further transportation vehicle, a server and/or a roadside unit; and generating the message based on the determined extent and position of the restricted passage geometry. A further method of a transportation vehicle for vehicle control in traffic situations with restricted passage geometry includes receiving the message and generating a report and output, which report is based on a comparison of the extent of the restricted passage geometry with dimensions of the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is a transportation vehicle to carry out the methods. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299326 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL RISK MAPS - Systems including one or more sensors, coupled to a vehicle, may detect sensor information and provide the sensor information to another computing device for processing. The processing may include analyzing the sensor information to identify one or more risk objects, such as animals, pedestrians, potholes, etc. The processing may further include generating a three-dimensional (3D) risk map, which may be displayed to a passenger in the vehicle. The 3D risk map may illustrate the one or more risk objects as one or more point clouds, respectively, within a virtual world representation of the vehicle's surroundings. Such a display may be used to alert drivers to possible risks while driving. In case of an accident, the 3D risk map may also be leveraged by insurance providers to process insurance claims and to notify customers that an insurance claim has been established. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT MOBILITY USING MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Systems and methods for energy efficient mobility are provided. The method may include identifying a vehicle moving on a road, calculating a first energy required to complete a trip, determining a size of an air pocket zone of the vehicle, calculating a second energy required to transition to the air pocket zone of the vehicle and to complete the trip in the air pocket zone of the vehicle, and transitioning to the air pocket zone of the vehicle if the second energy is more energy efficient than the first energy. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299328 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT TRACK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The proposed invention relates to methods for controlling energy consumption by a motor vehicle and can be used in transportation industry. The technical problem to be solved by the claimed invention is to provide a method, a device and a system that do not possess the drawbacks of the prior art and thus make it possible to generate an accurate energy-efficient track for a motor vehicle that allows to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle on the specific portion of the route. The objective of the claimed invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and thus to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle on the specific portion of the route. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299329 | USER TRAINED MAP FOR VALET PARKING FEATURE - A user trained map for providing driver assistance in a vehicle is obtained by entering a training mode, acquiring and at least temporarily storing vehicle sensor data related to the vehicle's position during training mode while the vehicle is operating in training mode, generating and storing a trained digital map of a parking route at least partially based on the acquired vehicle sensor data, acquiring and storing position information related to a drop-off location and to a pickup location, the drop-off location and the pickup location being part of the parking route, and exiting the training mode. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299330 | USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION MOBILE APPLICATION - A method is performed at an electronic device with a display. The method includes receiving a request from a user to display information about electric vehicle charging stations near a geographic location. The method further includes, in response to the request to display information about electric vehicle charging stations near the geographic location, for a respective charging station near the geographic location: identifying a commercial enterprise co-located with the respective electric vehicle charging station, and displaying, on the display, an indication of the respective electric vehicle charging station. The indication of the respective electric vehicle charging station includes a representation of the co-located commercial enterprise. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299331 | COMPUTER-AIDED ROUTE SELECTION - In one embodiment, a method of selecting a route for a user is disclosed. The method includes a routing computer presenting a map on a display operably coupled to the routing computer. The routing computer receives a start location and distance criteria via user input, and a plurality of routing criteria. The routing computer determines a plurality of routes that start and end at the start location based on the distance criteria and the routing criteria, and displays at least one of the plurality of routes on the map. Further, the routing computer receives route editing instructions via user input, and modifies at least one of the plurality of routes based on the editing instructions to create one or more modified routes. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299332 | INFORMATION PRESENTING DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PRESENTING PROGRAM - An information presentation device includes: a communication unit that receives the degree of congestion at each position on each of a plurality of routes from each of human flow sensors installed at predetermined intervals on each of the plurality of routes to a specific point; a calculation unit that calculates the required time for each time series of the route on the basis of the degree of congestion at each position in each of the routes; a prediction unit that inputs the time-series required time calculated for each of the routes to a predetermined device for predicting The required time of each of the routes learned in advance, and predicts the timing when the required time approaches the threshold for each of the routes as an output of the predetermined device; and an information management unit that identifies a route that requires inducement from the timing predicted for each of the routes, selects an incentive for prompting a change in the identified route and an inducement time for the incentive, and instructs the information presentation terminal installed at least at a starting point of the identified route to present information corresponding to the selected incentive and inducement time. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299333 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF MAP DETAIL LEVELS - Route guidance using less client device power and bandwidth is enabled by automatically selecting portions of a map to display with higher and lower levels of detail. An origin location and destination location are displayed at a higher level of detail, while portions between origin and destination are displayed at a lower level of detail. A user of a transportation service may request a ride, specifying her pickup location and destination locations using a map rendered at a higher level of detail. While waiting for pickup, and while in route to the destination location, the user may consult a map that is rendered at a lower level of detail. When multiple users participate as riders in a transportation service, sharing a common driver but each having different pickup and drop off locations, portions of a map may be rendered differently for each user. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299334 | RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - Provided are a recommendation information providing method and a recommendation information providing system. The recommendation information providing method provides a user of a vehicle with an activity experienceable after transportation by the vehicle, by using an information providing apparatus connected to an in-vehicle machine and house equipment via a network, and includes: acquiring first information transmitted from the in-vehicle machine mounted in the vehicle and second information transmitted from the house equipment provided in a house where the user resides; selecting, based on the first information and the second information, information on the activity experienceable after transportation by the vehicle, from among activities in an activity information database in which a plurality of pieces of information on the activity is registered; and providing equipment possessed by the user with the selected information on the activity as recommendation information. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299335 | CONTENT-AWARE NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS - To provide content-aware audio navigation instructions, a client device executing a mapping application obtains one or more audio navigation directions for traversing from a starting location to a destination location along a route. The client device also identifies electronic media content playing from a source different from the mapping application which is executing at the client device or in proximity to the client device. The client device determines characteristics of the electronic media content and adjusts the audio navigation directions in accordance with the characteristics of the electronic media content. Then the client device presents the adjusted audio navigation directions to a user. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299336 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle control system includes a controller that may receive location data points indicative of locations of a vehicle as measured by a location sensor. This controller may determine a distribution of the location data points and identify one or more of a route or a lane of a route in which the vehicle is disposed by comparing the distribution of the location data points to one or more characteristics of the one or more of the route or the lane of the route. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299337 | BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND/OR HYBRID VEHICLES - An apparatus, including a vehicle computer located at a vehicle which is an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle; battery recharging equipment which includes a plug-in recharging system, an electric road inductive charging system, or an electric road electrified contact charging system, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The vehicle computer processes information and determines a battery charge level or a battery charge state for a battery of the vehicle, processes information to identify a battery recharging facility, and provides navigation instructions to the battery recharging facility. The RFID reader obtains information from a battery recharging system located at the battery recharging facility. The vehicle computer receives an activity report regarding the recharging of the battery by the battery recharging facility and displays information contained in the activity report. The activity report or information contained in the activity report is stored in a distributed ledger and blockchain technology system. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299338 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION OF AREA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - This present disclosure provides a method for generating diagrammatic representation of an area. The method includes obtaining, by an electronic device ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299339 | DRIVING PROFILE ESTIMATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT MODEL - A method for creating a road model for planning a trajectory of an ego vehicle, includes capturing a vehicle environment with at least one environment capturing sensor. Objects are detected in the vehicle environment. The method includes producing a grid map with a plurality of grid cells and entering the detections into the grid map wherein the detections are enlarged prior to being entered. The method also includes determining at least one path through the grid map which consists only of vacant grid cells. The at least one path is gradually scanned, wherein detections are determined orthogonally to a scanning direction of the path on both sides. The method further includes assigning the detections along the at least one path to road boundaries and creating the road model based on the previously determined information. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299340 | MAP INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS - A map information generation apparatus including a detection device detecting an external situation around a subject vehicle and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing a landmark around the subject vehicle, based on an information on the external situation detected by the detection device in a first time zone, and determining whether the landmark recognized in the first time zone is recognized in a second time zone different from the first time zone, based on the information on the external situation detected by the detection device in the second time zone. The memory is configured to store the information on the landmark recognized in the first time zone, in accordance with a determination result of whether the landmark recognized in the first time zone is recognized in the second time zone. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299341 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ROUTE-IDENTIFICATION FOR UNORDERED LINE DATA - An approach is provided for route-identification from unordered line data. The approach, for example, involves receiving line data comprising a plurality of location data points representing a line or a portion of the line associated with a road link. The approach also involves calculating a heading probability and a distance probability for one or more location data points of the plurality of location data points. The heading probability is based on a deviation of a travel direction of the one or more location data points from a map link heading of a map representation of the road link, and the distance probability is based on a distance from the one or more location data points to the map representation of the road link. The approach further involves determining a map route traversed by the line data based on the heading probability and the distance probability. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299342 | WAVEGUIDE FOR PROPAGATION VELOCITY COMPENSATED POSITION MEASUREMENT MAGNETIC SENSOR - Provided are waveguide sensors and position sensing systems. In some embodiments, a position sensing system may include a waveguide configured to receive and transmit a pulse, and a magnet moveable relative to the waveguide. The waveguide may include a first core layer and a second core layer, a magnetic layer between the first and second core layers, and a conductive winding around the first core layer, the second core layer, and the magnetic layer. The position sensing system may further include a first substrate layer above the conductive winding and a second substrate layer below the conductive winding. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299343 | POSITION/DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER APPARATUS, AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A position/displacement transducer apparatus includes encoders arranged along a measurement path along which a position/displacement encoding periodic array is arranged, having contiguous elements with alternate dual characteristics. There is at least one transition region of discontinuity in periodicity of the periodic array and/or unreadable, the periodic array subject to a mutual motion with respect to encoders along the measurement path, defining the ends of a reading window having a greater length than the estimated maximum size of the transition region so they are not simultaneously involved by the transition region during mutual motion. A controller emits a transduced position/displacement on the basis of signals from encoders and switches from use of one encoder to use of the other to manage the presence of the transition region. The controller switches from default use temporarily to use of the upstream encoder while the downstream encoder is at the transition region. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299344 | SENSOR HOUSING - A sensor housing includes: a sensor body with at least one primary retainer arranged in the sensor body; a sensor cover with at least one secondary retainer, the sensor cover configured for arrangement on the sensor body such that the primary retainer and the secondary retainer are enclosed in the sensor body; and a locking unit including at least one locking element configured for releasably connecting the primary retainer and the secondary retainer, wherein the locking element includes a magnetizable material or a magnetic material and is mounted movably between a locking position, in which the locking element locks the primary retainer with the secondary retainer, and an opposing release position, such that the locking element can be moved between the locking position and the release position by an applied magnetic field. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299345 | SENSOR UNIT WITH FASTENING ELEMENT FOR FASTENING TO A STRUCTURE - A fastening element for a sensor is disclosed, which fastening element can be fastened to a structure by means of a light-curing adhesive. The light-curing adhesive is cured within the cavities provided for receiving the light-curing adhesive by direct and/or indirect illumination. Furthermore, a sensor unit having a sensor and a fastening element, an arrangement having a sensor unit and a structure, and a method for providing an arrangement is disclosed. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299346 | Real-Time Onboard Standalone Sensor Thermal Compensation (RToB SSTC) Techniques and Tools for Induced Error Reduction - A method for reducing thermal induced error in real-time for a sensor in a region of interest. The method includes receiving at least one data point from a temperature sensor, the temperature sensor configured to determine temperature for the sensor of interest. The method includes receiving at least one data point from the sensor, the sensor having thermal sensitivity and offset shift for a given temperature range. The method includes determining at least three percentage change coefficients for thermal sensitivity. The method includes determining at least three percentage change coefficients for thermal zero offset. The method includes calculating real-time thermal error reduction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299347 | MAGNETIC-INDUCTIVE FLOW METER - A magnetic-inductive flow meter includes: a measuring tube for guiding a flowable medium in a longitudinal direction; a measuring electrode arrangement for detecting a measurement voltage dependent on the flow velocity, induced in the medium, two measuring electrode groups opposite one another on the measuring tube; and a magnetic field generating device for generating a magnetic field which passes through the measuring tube and including at least two coil core groups, each having at least two coil cores, wherein a first and a second part of the measuring tube each include at least one coil core group, wherein two radii, which intersect the coil cores of a coil core group that lie externally in a cross-sectional plane of the measuring tube, enclose a centre angle β by which 80°≤β≤105°. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299348 | MULTIPHASE FLOWMETER - A multiphase flow measurement apparatus includes a tubular, a first microwave resonator, a second microwave resonator, and a coplanar waveguide resonator. The tubular includes a wall formed to define an inner bore configured to flow a multiphase fluid. The first microwave resonator has a first helical shape with a first longitudinal length and is configured to generate a first electric field that rotates. The second microwave resonator has a second helical shape with a second longitudinal length different from the first longitudinal length of the first microwave resonator and is configured to generate a second electric field that rotates. The first and second microwave resonators are mutually orthogonal to each other and cooperatively configured to measure a salinity of the multiphase fluid flowing through the inner bore. The coplanar waveguide resonator is configured to generate a third electric field to measure a flow rate of the multiphase fluid. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299349 | Ultrasonic Mass Fuel Flow Meter - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a sensor that includes a first axial sensor housing portion having a first cross-sectional area, a second axial sensor housing portion arranged adjacent to the first axial sensor housing portion along the sensor axis and having a second cross-sectional area larger than the first cross-sectional area, and a face extending from the interior surface of the first axial sensor housing portion to the interior surface of the second axial sensor housing portion, a first buffer rod within the first axial sensor housing portion and having a first axial end and a second axial end, a second buffer rod within the second axial sensor housing portion and abutting the face, and having a third axial end and a fourth axial end, and an acoustic transceiver element acoustically mated to the second axial end and the third axial end. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299350 | STABILIZED MODE SPLITTING FIN SENSOR - An embodiment of a fin sensor is disclosed. The embodiment of the fin sensor has a base, the base coupled to a first fin and a second fin, the fin sensor further having at least two transducers coupled to the fins, the first fin being coupled to the second fin by at least one fin coupler. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299351 | MEASURING MECHANISM, AND FIXED-QUANTITY DISPENSING CONTAINER AND FIXED-QUANTITY APPLICATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a measuring mechanism for measuring a predetermined fixed amount or an arbitrary amount of a liquid composition and discharging it, and a quantitative dispensing container and a quantitative applicator including such a mechanism. A measuring mechanism is provided that includes a base and a head defining a measurement space between the base and itself, the base and the head configured to be capable of changing the volume of the measurement space in response to a predetermined operation of the head including a measurement operation for increasing the volume of the measurement space and a discharge operation for reducing the volume of the measurement space. The base includes a first passageway for allowing the composition to flow from the outside into the measurement space, and a first check valve located on the first passageway. The first check valve of the base increases its sealability if there is a positive pressure in the measurement space. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299352 | MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT WITH ENCAPSULATION, COMMUNICATION AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND RADAR LEVEL GAUGE SYSTEM - A microwave transmission arrangement, comprising a microwave circuit board including a patch; microwave transceiver circuitry coupled to the patch; an electrically conductive hollow waveguide arranged to guide microwave signals between a first end and a second end; and a separator sheet sandwiched between the microwave circuit board and the first end of the hollow waveguide, the separator sheet being configured to allow passage of microwaves between the patch and the hollow waveguide through the separator sheet. The separator sheet is included in an encapsulation separating an encapsulated interior of the microwave transmission arrangement from an exterior outside the encapsulation, the patch, and the microwave transceiver circuitry being in the encapsulated interior, and the hollow waveguide being in the exterior outside the encapsulation. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299353 | LEVEL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus for determining the identity, location or level of one or more material phases or the location of an interface between two material phases within a vessel, the apparatus having a transmitter for transmitting an electromagnetic transmission signal, a receiver for receiving an electromagnetic return signal, and an enclosure configured to be at least partially submerged within the one or more material phases in the vessel, the enclosure comprising a wall defining an interior and an exterior of the apparatus to seal the apparatus from ingress of the one or more material phases into the apparatus when submerged within the one or more material phases in the vessel, the enclosure wall being non-transparent to the electromagnetic transmission signal. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299354 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FILL LEVEL OF A CONTAINER - A method of configuring a container model is described, the container model defining a relationship, for a particular type of container and/or contents, between characteristics of an acoustic response and an associated fill level. The method comprises the steps of detecting an acoustic response of a plurality of containers to an acoustic stimulus at a plurality of different times, for each container, obtaining a usage start time, determining a likely fill level for each acoustic response using the usage start time, and associating that acoustic response with the determined likely fill level, to form a set of test data, and computing a relationship between characteristics of an acoustic response and an associated fill level using the test data to generate the container model. In this way, the container model can be trained without a requirement for reference level measurements (or with a reduced need for reference level measurements). | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299355 | CORIOLIS MEASURING SENSOR AND CORIOLIS MEASURING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a Coriolis measuring sensor of a Coriolis measuring device for measuring a density or a mass flow of a medium flowing through a pipeline, including: at least one measuring tube for conducting a medium; a support body for supporting the at least one measuring tube; at least one vibration generator for generating measuring tube vibrations; at least two vibration sensors for sensing measuring tube vibrations, wherein the vibration sensors each have at least one permanent magnet and at least one sensor coil, and wherein the vibration generator in each case has at least one permanent magnet and at least one exciter coil, characterized in that the Coriolis measuring sensor includes an amplitude sensor designed to sense a vibration amplitude of the measuring tube vibrations. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WEIGHING PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS NESTED IN A CARRIER - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for weighing pharmaceutical containers ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299357 | WEIGHING APPARATUS - A weighing apparatus includes: a transport unit capable of transporting an article; a weighing unit connected to the transport unit and configured to output an original signal related to a weight; and a weighing control unit configured to output a weighing value of the article by processing the original signal, wherein the weighing control unit is configured: to determine whether or not to adjust a zero point on the basis of a determination signal obtained by applying a first filter to the original signal; to generate an adjustment signal obtained by applying a second filter having more stages than the first filter to the original signal or the determination signal in a case where it is determined that the zero point is to be adjusted; and to perform adjustment of the zero point on the basis of the adjustment signal. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299358 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEM, MEASURING DEVICE, AND MEASURING METHOD - An optical fiber sensing system is acquired by adding an optical fiber sensing function to an optical communication cable system, and the optical fiber sensing is performed by an interrogator by sending probe light to an optical fiber, detecting backscattered light of the probe light, and performing sensing on environmental information around the optical fiber. A first sensing device installed at a remote place different from a terminal station of the optical communication cable system includes the interrogator, a power source unit configured to receive power via the optical communication cable system and supply power into the device, and a communication unit configured to communicate with a second sensing device. The interrogator generates sensing data at each point on the optical fiber by performing sensing on environmental information around the optical fiber being connected to the first sensing device. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299359 | HEAT-SOUND-VIBRATION THREE-PARAMETER INTEGRATED IN-SITU SENSOR AND SYSTEM OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE-RESISTANT AND HIGH-PRESSURE-RESISTANT STRUCTURE - The present disclosure relates to a thermal-acoustic-vibration three-parameter integrated in-situ sensor and system with a high-temperature-resistant and high-pressure-resistant structure, and specifically relates to the field of sensors. The provided thermal-acoustic-vibration three-parameter integrated in-situ sensor with a high-temperature-resistant and high-pressure-resistant structure comprises a heat detection device, a sound detection device and a vibration detection device; and the sound detection device and the vibration detection device are distributed on two sides of the heat detection device. When heat, sound and vibration need to be detected, only spectra of light signals emitted by the heat detection device, the sound detection device and the vibration detection device need to be obtained, and heat information, sound information and vibration information to be detected are obtained through the corresponding relation between the spectra of the optical signals emitted by the heat detection device, the sound detection device and the vibration detection device and heat information, sound information and vibration information to be detected. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299360 | WINDOW MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WINDOW MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A window member including a light transmissive resin plate having a partition groove provided in a thickness direction in at least part of an outer peripheral portion of a predetermined area; and a light blocking section embedded in the partition groove and fixed to the resin plate by having a welded section at part of an interface in the partition groove. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299361 | LIGHT SENSING MODULE - A light sensing module including a photodiode array substrate, a distance increasing layer, and a light converging element array is provided. The photodiode array substrate includes a plurality of light sensing units arranged in an array and a circuit region. The circuit region is disposed on the periphery of the light sensing units. Each of the light sensing units includes a plurality of adjacent photodiodes arranged in an array. The distance increasing layer is disposed on the photodiode array substrate. The light converging element array is disposed on the distance increasing layer, and includes a plurality of light converging units arranged in an array. Reflected light from an outside is converged by the light converging elements on the light sensing units, respectively. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299362 | REDUCING DARK CURRENT IN AN OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical light sensing device includes a detector operable to detect a light wave. The optical light sensing device also includes an integration circuit that includes an operational amplifier that is operable to reduce or cancel dark currents generated at the detector. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299363 | DISTRIBUTED INTEGRATE AND DUMP CIRCUIT - An analog pulse capture circuit is disclosed. The circuit may include one or more input sources configured to receive one or more optical signals and generate one or more electrical input signals. The circuit may include one or more distributed capacitors configured to store a target charge, the one or more distributed capacitors including one or more top plates and one or more bottom plates. The circuit may include one or more amplifiers coupled to the one or more distributed capacitors, the one or more amplifiers configured to generate one or more electrical output signals. The circuit may include one or more dump switches coupled to the one or more input sources, the one or more dump switches configured to release the stored target charge of the one or more distributed capacitors. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299364 | MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR A PRESSURE VESSEL IN A MOBILE INSTRUMENT - Disclosed is a mobile instrument assembly comprising: a housing for accommodating one or more components of an instrument; one or more wheels for mobility of the instrument assembly; and a mounting assembly comprising: a support plate that is moveable with respect to the housing between retracted position and one or more extracted positions and that comprises, in its distal end, a pair of protrusions projecting from a surface of the support plate, wherein in the retracted position the support plate is substantially unexposed from the housing, and in each of the one or more extracted positions the support plate extends from the housing to respective extent such that perimeter of the housing and the pair of protrusions define a circular area of respective predefined diameter to allow for mounting a pressure vessel of corresponding size on the support plate between the perimeter of the housing and the pair of protrusions. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299365 | WAVELENGTH SELECTION MODULE, ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METROLOGY SYSTEM - Disclosed is a wavelength selection module for a metrology apparatus. The wavelength selection module comprises one or more filter elements being operable to receive an input radiation beam comprising multiple wavelengths to provide selective control of a wavelength characteristic of a corresponding output radiation beam. At least one of said one or more filter elements comprises at least two linear variable filters. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299366 | COLOR MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A color measurement apparatus includes a substrate including an optical filter that processes light arriving from a measurement target, a reduction portion that reduces a quantity of light heading toward the optical filter from the measurement target, a frame that is a frame arranged to face the substrate and to which the substrate is fixed, and has a shape avoiding the optical filter and in which the reduction portion is positioned at a position facing the optical filter, and a positioning section that decides a relative position between the substrate and the frame in a direction intersecting with a center axis of the reduction portion. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299367 | RECONSTRUCTING LIGHT WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM WITH THIN-FILM DEVICE - A spectrometer device includes: a substrate including multiple light detector elements; a first filter layer on the substrate, in which the first filter layer includes multiple groups of filter stacks, each filter stack in the first filter layer including multiple dielectric films of alternating refractive index; and a second filter layer on the first filter layer, in which the second filter layer includes multiple groups of filter stacks, each filter stack in the second filter layer including multiple dielectric films of alternating refractive index, in which each filter stack in the second filter layer is aligned with both a corresponding filter stack in the first filter layer and a corresponding light detector element to define a respective photodetector channel, and in which each photodetector channel includes a different optical transmission spectrum. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299368 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL SENSOR, OPTICAL SENSOR AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a method for calibrating an optical sensor, an optical sensor and a related electronic device. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of spectral detection values of ambient light collected by the optical sensor; acquiring a plurality of first parameter detection values of the ambient light and the corresponding plurality of second parameter detection values according to the plurality of spectral detection values, a type of the first parameter detection values being different from a type of the second parameter detection values; determining at least one effective detection value from the plurality of first parameter detection values according to the plurality of second parameter detection values; and calibrating the optical sensor according to the at least one effective detection value. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299369 | System, Method and Apparatus for Wide Wavelength Range Imaging with Focus and Image Correction - A variable focus imaging lens assembly has different, calibrated settings for each of multiple different wavelength ranges. Images are captured for each wavelength range using the different settings, corrected and stacked to form an image data cube. Using multiple wavelength ranges allows a scene or object to be imaged by multispectral imagers, hyperspectral imagers and imaging spectrometers using an overall wide wavelength range. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299370 | A RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY INTEGRATED PERFUSION CELL CULTURE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND AUTO-CONTROLLING PERFUSION CELL CULTURE - A Raman spectroscopy integrated perfusion cell culture system for monitoring and auto-controlling perfusion cell culture, comprising: a bioreactor, comprising: (1) an interior chamber for receiving a cell culture, (2) a port for feeding nutrient materials from a feed reservoir into the interior chamber, (3) a port for auto-bleeding from the interior chamber, and (4) a port for continuously harvesting materials from the interior chamber with the help of a cell retention system; a Raman analyzer, comprising (i) one or more Raman probes which are immersed into the bioreactor and is configured to collect Raman spectrum in the bioreactor, and (ii) a host computer which is configured to receive the Raman spectrum collected and transferred by the Raman probe and turn it into values; and a controller in communication with the Raman analyzer, the feed reservoir and an auto-bleeding device, the controller being configured to receive the values from the Raman analyzer and compare them with preset parameters, based on results from comparing, the controller further being configured to control the feed reservoir for adjusting the feeding rate of nutrient materials into the bioreactor, and being configured to control the auto-bleeding device for auto-bleeding materials from the bioreactor. A process for monitoring and auto-controlling perfusion cell culture by using this system. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299371 | COLOR MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus internal unit disposed inside a casing includes a fixed unit coupled to an opening portion forming member, a movable unit that is a unit including an incident light processing portion and is configured to be displaced with respect to the fixed unit in a first direction along an optical axis, and at least one elastic member that holds a position of the movable unit in the first direction with respect to the fixed unit by elasticity. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299372 | SEQUENTIAL BEAM SPLITTING IN A RADIATION SENSING APPARATUS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing electromagnetic radiation sensing using sequential beam splitting. The apparatuses can include a micro-mirror chip having a plurality of light reflecting surfaces, an image sensor having an imaging surface, and a beamsplitter unit located between the micro-mirror chip and the image sensor. The beamsplitter unit includes a plurality of beamsplitters aligned along a horizontal axis that is parallel to the micro-mirror chip and the imaging surface. The beamsplitters implement the sequential beam splitting. Because of the structure of the beamsplitter unit, the height of the arrangement of the micro-mirror chip, the beamsplitter unit, and the image sensor is reduced such that the arrangement can fit within a mobile device. Within a mobile device, the apparatuses can be utilized for human detection, fire detection, gas detection, temperature measurements, environmental monitoring, energy saving, behavior analysis, surveillance, information gathering and for human-machine interfaces. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299373 | CALIBRATION PANEL - The disclosed MMW wave sensing camera calibration arrangement that generally includes a millimeter wave camera that uses an energy emission calibration panel as a calibration standard. The MMW camera is positioned opposite the calibration panel in the MMW camera's field-of-view. The calibration panel is held at a constant temperature to provide a standard emission of millimeter waves that is sensed by an MMW sensor to set or otherwise calibrate the MMW camera to a baseline emissivity value corresponding to the panel. The MMW camera is linked to a microprocessor and non-transient computer memory containing a calibration routine that is configured to reset the baseline only when nothing obstructs the calibration panel's field-of-view. A visual display is linked to the MMW camera and configured to display an MMW signature of a metal object that is disposed on a person's body when the person's body is in the field-of-view, the metal object concealed by clothing worn over the person's body. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299374 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING THREE-DOMAIN INFORMATION OF ULTRAFAST LIGHT FIELD - Disclosed are a method and a system for acquiring three-domain information of ultrafast light field. The method includes: acquiring time-domain information at positions of respective spatial points in a first signal to be measured; acquiring first frequency-domain information of continuous light portions at positions of respective spatial points in a second signal to be measured; acquiring second frequency-domain information of pulse light portions at positions of respective spatial points in a third signal to be measured; and fusing the time-domain information, the first frequency-domain information, and the second frequency-domain information, and determining three-domain information of an ultrafast light field signal according to information obtained by the fusion; wherein, the first signal to be measured, the second signal to be measured and the third signal to be measured are three signals obtained by splitting the ultrafast light field signal to be measured. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299375 | Wireless Energy-Harvesting Sensor Probe Utilizing Beam Steering for In-Oven Power Stealing - A system for measuring a temperature of a food in an oven includes an energy emitting antenna positioned in the oven proximate an oven cavity and a battery-free sensor probe configured to be inserted into the food in the oven cavity. The energy emitting antenna sends a plurality of first signals at a same frequency that are phase shifted relative to each other. The battery-free sensor probe has a sensor probe antenna harvesting energy transmitted from the energy emitting antenna and transmitting a plurality of second signals back to the energy emitting antenna. The first signals are steered by the phase shifting to ensure that the first signals are received by the sensor probe antenna. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299376 | PROTECTIVE SLEEVES FOR FIRE AND OVERHEAT DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS - Aircraft fire and overheat detection systems are described. The systems include a support bracket configured to secure the system to a component of an aircraft. A terminal assembly is fixedly connected to the support bracket and includes a connection assembly and a connection cable. A sensing element is electrically connected to the terminal assembly and arranged to detect at least one of fire and heat associated with the component of the aircraft. A protective sleeve is arranged about the connection assembly and connection cable. The sleeve has a lug portion at a first end with a sealing protrusion extending radially inward, a first wire portion, and a second wire portion, with progressively smaller diameters for each portion. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299377 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD - To provide a controller and a control method which can estimate a temperature of the temperature estimation with good accuracy without depending on detection information of other sensors other than the temperature sensor, even if the temperature sensor is attached to a position away from the temperature estimation point. A controller is provided with a sensor temperature detector that detects a sensor temperature based on an output signal of a temperature sensor attached to a temperature estimation object; and a temperature estimator that calculates an estimated temperature of the temperature estimation point, based on the current detection value of sensor temperature or the current correction value of sensor temperature, the detection value of sensor temperature before the step time or the correction value of sensor temperature before the step time, and a thermal time constant. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299378 | PIECEWISE LINEAR AND TRIMMABLE TEMPERATURE SENSOR - An integrated circuit includes a memory and peripheral circuits with a temperature sensor used to automatically adjust operating voltages. The temperature sensor includes a first circuit to generate a temperature-dependent voltage (TDV) that is dependent on an operating temperature of the integrated circuit, and a second circuit to generate a plurality of temperature reference voltages, based on or more codes. One or more comparator circuits compare individual ones of the plurality of reference voltages with the TDV, to generate one or more comparison signals that are indicative of the operating temperature of the integrated circuit. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299379 | FIBER OPTIC PROBE WITH DUAL SEALING AND COMPRESSION ELEMENT - Temperature sensing probes for sensing the temperature of a substrate based on fluorescence are disclosed. The temperature sensing probes include a fiber optic cable having at a cold end an optical interface and at a hot end a temperature sensing element for contacting a substrate. A sheath surrounds at least a portion of the hot end of the fiber optic cable. A retaining member securely and removably engages the sheath with a support member. The sheath forms a vacuum seal around the contact between the temperature sensing element and the substrate. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299380 | DEVICE FOR PERFORMING AN ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT ON A MEASURING LAYER - A device for performing or enabling an electrical measurement on a measurement layer includes: at least one measurement layer having a layer thickness, and electrical connections connected to and/or adjacent to and serving to determine the electrical resistance of the at least one measuring layer. At least some electrical connections are connected to or adjacent to different length portions of the at least one measuring layer, whereby a measurement for determining the electrical resistance of the at least one measuring layer in the direction of its layer thickness is carried out or made possible. At least some of the electrical connections are connected to or adjacent to different, preferably mutually opposite, surfaces of the at least one measuring layer, whereby a measurement for determining the electrical resistance of the at least one measuring layer is carried out or made possible in the direction transverse to its layer thickness. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299381 | STRESS ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A stress analysis system for performing analysis of a force exerted on a test object is provided, wherein the test object is defined to have a plurality of predetermined areas at different positions thereof. The stress analysis system includes: an analysis module, and at least two stress bearing modules separate from each other, each of which is located at one of the predetermined areas. Each of the stress bearing modules includes a supporting strip component and a feature sensor, wherein the supporting strip component is able to produce a stressed feature in at least one spatial dimension when being subjected to the force, and the feature sensor is able to sense a stress state of the corresponding predetermined area of the test object in at least one spatial dimension, such that the stress analysis system can accurately analyze the stress state of the test object. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299382 | STRAIN BODY AND FORCE SENSOR APPARATUS - A strain body includes a strain unit including a movable unit that deforms in response to a force or a moment in a predetermined axial direction and a non-movable unit that does not deform in response to the force or the moment, and an input transmission unit that is bonded to the non-movable unit and that does not deform in response to the force or the moment, wherein the movable unit includes a groove that is open on a side of the input transmission unit, and the input transmission unit includes a holder portion configured to contain a sensor chip configured to detect the force or the moment, a portion of the holder portion being located on an inner side of the groove. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299383 | SENSOR CHIP AND FORCE SENSOR APPARATUS - A sensor chip includes a plurality of detection blocks, wherein each of the plurality of detection blocks includes one or more T-shaped beam structures including strain detection elements, the one or more T-shaped beam structures include a first detection beam and a second detection beam extending from the first detection beam in a direction orthogonal to the first detection beam and connected to a force application point, the first detection beam is longer than the second detection beam, and a force or a moment in a predetermined axial direction is detected with respect to a plurality of axes, based on a change in an output of the strain detection elements in response to an input applied to the force application point. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299384 | STRAIN INDUCING BODY AND FORCE SENSOR DEVICE - A strain inducing body includes a strain inducing portion including a movable portion that deforms in response to force or moment in a predetermined axial direction and a non-movable portion that does not deform in response to the force or moment, and an input transmitter that is connected to the non-movable portion and does not deform in response to the force or moment, wherein the input transmitter includes, a first frame portion, a plurality of first beam structures each of which has one end thereof connected to the first frame portion and extends from the first frame portion to an inside of the first frame portion, a first coupling portion that connects other ends of the first beam structures, an accommodating portion that is provided inside the first coupling portion and that is capable of housing a sensor chip to detect the force or the moment. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299385 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR A PRESSURE SENSOR AND PRESSURE SENSOR - A composite structure for a pressure sensor, a pressure sensor, a method of pressure sensing using the pressure sensor, and a method of fabricating a composite structure for a pressure sensor. The method of fabricating a composite structure for a pressure sensor comprises the steps of forming an array of microstructures made from an elastomeric material; and forming a flexible conductive coating on the array of microstructures such that a surface morphology of microstructures is substantially maintained for the coated array of the microstructures; wherein the conductive coating exhibits a Young's modulus that is higher than that of the elastomeric material. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299386 | Sensor Apparatus - A sensor apparatus, such as a pressure gauge, comprises a sensor arranged to produce a sensor output signal that varies with a measured parameter such as pressure, and a plurality of output channels each arranged to receive the sensor output signal. The output channels are each optimized for a different range of the measured parameter. The apparatus further comprises an analog to digital converter (ADC) and control module arranged to select one of the output channels and connect it to the ADC so as to produce a digital channel output, and an output module configured to generate an output reading from the digital channel output of the selected channel. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299387 | INTELLIGENT OPTICAL FIBER TACTILE SOUNDING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An intelligent optical fiber tactile sounding system and a method thereof, and belongs to the field of intelligent optical fiber sensing. The system includes a flexible optical fiber tactile sensing array, a photoelectric detection system, an intelligent pressure analysis software and an acoustic emission system; a small-scale distributed tactile sensing array is constructed by embedding a fiber-core mismatched optical fiber interferometric sensor into a flexible substrate material and performing sensing region division for an asymmetrical structure with an optical fiber structure as a delimiting line ; a tactile sensor transmits tactile signals to the photoelectric detection system in the form of optical signals, the photoelectric detection system inputs these pressure signals into the intelligent pressure analysis software to determine a region and a size of a tactile source, and then sends an instruction to the acoustic emission system to enable the acoustic emission system to emit different sounds. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299388 | DYNAMIC TORQUE SENSING DEVICE OF THREAD-ON FREEWHEEL STRUCTURE - A dynamic torque sensing device of a thread-on freewheel structure includes a thread-on freewheel sensing body ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299389 | ANTI-OVERLOAD TORQUE SENSOR BASED ON THIN FILM SPUTTERING - The present disclosure discloses an anti-overload torque sensor based on thin film sputtering, which includes an output cable, a circuit board, a cushion column, a shell, an elastic body, strain beams and thin film strain gauges. The elastic body is an annular plate, which is sequentially divided into an inner edge section, a mounting ring section and an outer edge section from inside to outside, and the mounting ring section is provided with integrally formed rectangular protrusions as the strain beams. The shell is coaxially installed on the mounting ring section of the elastic body. The circuit board is located in an annular cavity of the shell and is installed on the mounting ring section of the elastic body through the cushion column. One end of the output cable is welded on the circuit board, and the other end is connected with an external electrical connector. Strain resistors of the two thin film strain gauges are sputtered on the strain beams of the elastic body by the sputtering coating technology. A sensitive film is prepared by a sputtering coating process and an anti-torsion limiting structure is provided, when the torque load exceeds a set threshold value, the anti-torsion limiting structure can play the anti-overload role to protect the elastic beams. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299390 | OPTOELECTRONIC COUPLING PLATFORMS AND SENSORS - A sensing platform comprises a semiconductor junction, in particular a SiC/Si heterojunction, with a pair of electrodes located on a surface of an upper layer of the semiconductor junction in a spaced apart relationship. The sensing platform comprises a light source above the surface of the upper layer to illuminate a part of the surface of the semiconductor junction comprising at least part of one of the electrodes to create a lateral potential gradient between the pair of electrodes through the photovoltaic effect in the semiconductor. Parameters, such as force and temperature, are detected based on measuring a change in electrical resistance of the semiconductor material due to the piezoresistive effect and/or the thermoresistive effect. An external potential difference can be applied between the pair of electrodes to create a tuning current to modulate the piezoresistive and thermoresistive effects in the semiconductor junction. The sensing platform is used for highly sensitive force sensors and highly sensitive temperature sensors. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299391 | SENSOR CHIP AND FORCE SENSOR APPARATUS - A sensor chip for detecting, with respect to multiple axes, a force or a moment in a predetermined axial direction, based on a change in outputs of strain detection elements includes a plurality of first support portions, wherein a plurality of amplifiers configured to amplify the outputs of the strain detection elements of respective axes are provided in the plurality of first support portions and integrally formed with the first support portion. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299392 | CALIBRATED LOAD CELL - A calibrated load cell includes a monolithic load beam having a first region, a second region on a distal end of the load beam from the first region for receiving a force from a load, and a third region arranged between the first and second regions, wherein the third region comprises a recess on one side of the load beam. A strain gauge is arranged in the recess for detecting a deformation of the third region from the load and for generating a strain gauge output signal proportional to the deformation of the third region. The load cell also includes a microcontroller arranged in the recess for receiving and processing the strain gauge output signal to produce a load cell output signal that represents the load on a load cell output cable. The microcontroller transforms the strain gauge output signal based on calibration parameters to produce the load cell output signal as a calibrated load cell output signal. | 2022-09-22 |
