| 38th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
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| 20220299893 | LITHOGRAPHIC PATTERNING DEVICE MULTICHANNEL POSITION AND LEVEL GAUGE - A patterning device alignment system including a multipath sensory array including a first collimating light path and one or more other light paths, a first detector positioned at a first end of the first collimating light path, and a second detector positioned at a first end of the one or more other light paths, the first detector configured to receive a reflected illumination beam from an illuminated patterning device and calculate a tilt parameter of the patterning device, and the second detector configured to receive a second reflected illumination beam from a beam splitter and calculate an X-Y planar location position and a rotation position of the patterning device. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299894 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER - A method for producing a toner for electrostatic charge image development includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; terminating growth of the aggregated particles by adding an alkaline aqueous solution to a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to increase a pH of the dispersion containing the aggregated particles; and fusing and coalescing the aggregated particles into toner particles by heating the dispersion containing the aggregated particles. Terminating the growth of the aggregated particles includes, while stirring the dispersion containing the aggregated particles, stepwise or continuously reducing a stirring power per unit volume. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299895 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER - A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: mixing at least one flocculant into a liquid dispersion containing binder-resin particles by adding the flocculant into the liquid dispersion containing binder-resin particles while circulating the liquid dispersion containing binder-resin particles between a stirring vessel and a disperser that applies a mechanical shear force; forming aggregated particles by heating the liquid dispersion with the flocculant therein after reducing the viscosity of the liquid dispersion; and forming toner particles by heating the liquid dispersion containing the aggregated particles and thereby making the aggregated particles fuse and coalesce. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299896 | PREPARING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER - A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to form toner particles, in which the coalescing includes heating the dispersion containing the aggregated particles to 80° C. or higher so that a temperature of the dispersion containing the aggregated particles reaches 80° C., and then adding an acid and a surfactant to the dispersion containing the aggregated particles. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299897 | PREPARING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, AND ELECTOSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER - A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to form toner particles, The aggregating includes stirring the dispersion in the aggregating at a required stirring power of 1.0 kW/m | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299898 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, AND TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE - A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: performing first aggregation that involves aggregating at least resin particles and releasing agent particles contained in a dispersion to prepare a dispersion A containing first aggregated particles; performing second aggregation that involves adding a dispersion B containing shell resin particles to the dispersion A and aggregating the shell resin particles to form second aggregated particles; and heating and fusing the second aggregated particles to form fused particles. A total of 40 mmol or more and 190 mmol or less of a basic compound is added, per kilogram of toner particles to be obtained, from a time aggregation starts to terminate in the second aggregation to a time a temperature is elevated to a fusion temperature in the heating and fusing. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299899 | PREPARING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER - A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes:
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| 20220299900 | PREPARING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - A preparing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: aggregating at least binder resin particles and release agent particles contained in a dispersion to form aggregated particles; heating and coalescing the aggregated particles to form coalesced particles; and filtering and cleaning the coalesced particles to obtain toner particles, in which before the aggregating or during the aggregating, a polymer dispersant is added to the dispersion in an amount of 0.01% by weight or more and 1.3% by weight or less with respect to a total weight of the obtained toner particles. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299901 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the binder resin comprises a first resin and a second resin, the first resin is a crystalline resin, the second resin is an amorphous resin, in an observation of a cross section of the toner particle with a transmission electron microscope, a matrix-domain structure composed of a matrix comprising the first resin and domains comprising the second resin is present, an area ratio occupied by the matrix in a total area of the matrix and the domains is from 35 area % to 70 area %, a [hydrocarbon group index (Ge)]/[hydrocarbon group index (DIA)] after washing the toner with hexane is 1.10 or more. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299902 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a release agent, wherein the binder resin comprises a first resin and a second resin; the first resin is a crystalline resin having a melting point Tp of 50° C. to 90° C.; the second resin is an amorphous resin; in a cross section of the toner particle observed by a transmission electron microscope, the cross section of the toner particle has a matrix-domain structure composed of a matrix comprising the first resin and domains comprising the second resin; an area ratio of the matrix comprising the first resin in a total area of the cross section of the toner particle is 35 to 70 area %; and where a longest direction of each of the domains is taken as a longitudinal direction, a standard deviation of an angle of the longitudinal direction of the domains is 25° or less. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299903 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT TONER - The present invention relates to a toner for development of electrostatic images which contains a colorant, a resin composition (P) and an ester composition (C), in which the resin composition (P) is a resin composition formed by subjecting an acid group-containing amorphous polyester-based resin (A) and an amine compound to condensation reaction, and the ester composition (C) is at least one composition selected from the group consisting of the following ester composition (CI) and ester composition (CII); and a process for producing the toner. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299904 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, AND TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE - A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: performing first aggregation by aggregating at least resin particles and releasing agent particles contained in a dispersion so as to prepare a dispersion A containing first aggregated particles; performing second aggregation by adding a dispersion B containing shell resin particles to the dispersion A and aggregating the shell resin particles to form second aggregated particles; and heating and fusing the second aggregated particles so as to form fused particles. Here, pH(A) and pH(B) satisfy pH(A)| 2022-09-22 | |
| 20220299905 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing carrier contains a magnetic particle and a resin coating layer coating the magnetic particle, in which the resin coating layer contains inorganic particles, a ratio B/A of a surface area B of the carrier to a plan view area A of the carrier that are obtained by three-dimensional analysis of a surface of the carrier is 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less, a volume average particle diameter of the magnetic particle is 25 μm or more and 34 μm or less, and a fluidity of the magnetic particle is 28 s/50 g or more and 36 s/50 g or less. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299906 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing carrier, containing: a magnetic particle; and a resin coating layer that coats the magnetic particle and contains inorganic particles, and the electrostatic charge image developing carrier has a surface of a surface roughness satisfying a ratio B/A of a surface area B to a plan view area A of 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less, the plan view area A and the surface area B being obtained by three-dimensional analysis of the surface, and the magnetic particle has a surface roughness satisfying 0.5 μm≤Sm≤2.5 μm and 0.3 μm≤Ra≤1.2 μm, and Sm represents an average ruggedness interval and Ra represents an arithmetic average surface roughness. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299907 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes: a charging roller to charge a surface of the image carrier by rotating in contact with the image carrier; a cleaning roller to clean a surface of the charging roller by rotating in contact with the charging roller; a bearing to hold the charging roller and the cleaning roller so that a distance between an axis of the charging roller and an axis of the cleaning roller is constant; and a biaser to apply biasing force to the bearing in a direction to bring the charging roller into press contact with the image carrier, wherein the bearing has a first bearing to support the axis of the cleaning roller and a second bearing to support the axis of the charging roller, the first bearing is disposed inward from the second bearing in a roller axial direction of the cleaning roller and the charging roller. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299908 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first process unit, a second process unit, a first toner cartridge, and a second toner cartridge. The first toner cartridge includes a cartridge housing and a first shutter movable between a first closed position and a first open position. The cartridge housing includes one end portion and the other end portion. The cartridge housing is rotatable between a first position at which the first shutter is positioned at the first closed position and a second position at which the first shutter is positioned at the first open position. When the cartridge housing moves from the second position to the first position, the one end portion of the cartridge housing comes close to the second toner cartridge and the other end portion of the cartridge housing goes away from the second toner cartridge. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299909 | POWDER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE POWDER CONVEYING DEVICE - A powder conveying device includes an inflow portion, a discharge portion, and a conveying screw. Powder flows into the inflow portion from outside of the powder conveying device. The powder flows out from the discharge portion to the outside of the powder conveying device. The conveying screw includes a shaft and conveys the powder from the inflow portion to the discharge portion in a conveying direction. A surface portion of the shaft at at least one of an upstream end or a downstream end of the shaft in the conveying direction, in at least one of the inflow portion or the discharge portion has a lower friction with the powder than another surface portion of the shaft at a position other than the at least one of the upstream end or the downstream end. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299910 | REUSABLE MEDIA PACKAGING FOR IMAGING DEVICE - A reusable media shell has a frame to hold sheets of media in an interior. A removable cap connects to the frame and its manipulation unveils the media for picking by an imaging device. The cap resides on a terminal end of the frame so the frame covers a majority of the media. A lift plate in the interior forces upward the sheets for picking. Two magnets on the frame magnetically secure the frame to magnets in a base of the imaging device and position the sheets in the base. Upstanding walls, a lid and bottom define the interior of the frame. Inserts attached to the walls allow adjustment to accommodate various sizes of the media. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299911 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH HEATING DEVICE, HEATING DEVICE WITH FIXING BELT, AND HEATING CONTROL METHOD FOR HEATING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a fixing belt configured to be rotated and a pressure roller configured to abut against the fixing belt and be driven to cause the fixing belt to rotate. A heater is configured to heat the fixing belt. A motor is configured to drive the pressure roller to rotate. A current sensor is configured to measure a driving current of the motor. A controller is configured to stop the heater based on the measured driving current. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299912 | HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating apparatus includes a tubular film, a heater, a first support member including a first regulation surface, and configured to rotatably support a first end of the film, a second support member including a second regulation surface, and configured to rotatably support a second end of the film, and a holding unit configured to hold the heater and determine a position of the heater in the longitudinal direction. Either one of the first support member and the second support member includes a positioning portion configured to determine a position of the holding unit in the longitudinal direction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299913 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus according to one or more embodiments may include: an apparatus main body that includes an image formation section configured to form an image on a medium; a fixation device that includes a fixation member configured to heat the medium and is attachable to the apparatus main body in a first direction; and a temperature detector including a lens, provided in the apparatus main body, and configured to detect a temperature of the fixation member through the lens. An optical axis of the lens is inclined with respect to the first direction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299914 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a tubular film, a pressure roller, and a heater including a heating element. The apparatus further includes a control unit configured to calculate an accumulated electrical energy supplied to a portion of the heating element. The portion of the heating element is located in an area corresponding to a second area of the nip portion. The second area is an area of the nip portion through which the recording material conveyed to the nip portion is not passed. The control unit is configured to determine an operation of heat leveling, which is performed for leveling a heat distribution in the nip portion after the recording material had passed the nip portion, based on the calculated accumulated electrical energy. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299915 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixation belt that catches and conveys a sheet of paper, a heat source that heats the fixation belt, a temperature controlling section that decides an instruction to the heat source for each control cycle for controlling the temperature of the fixation belt, a temperature sensor that converts the temperature of the fixation belt into a digital value to detect the temperature of the fixation member as temperature data, a communications section that communicates with the temperature sensor according to the control cycle to acquire the temperature data, and a temperature calculating section that calculates the temperature to be acquired, based on the temperature data. The communications section performs a restoration process if a communication fault has occurred. The temperature calculating section performs a complementary process for complementing the temperature to be acquired. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299916 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to at least one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a heater and a controller. The heater is configured to generate heat. The controller is configured to control AC power to the heater so that a part of the AC power which exceeds a threshold voltage is not applied to the heater. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299917 | HEATER AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - A heater for use in an image heating apparatus includes a substrate, first and second conductors provided on the substrate, and heating elements. The heating elements are arranged between, and electrically connected in parallel to, the first and second conductors. When n denotes a number of heating elements, connected to one second conductor, in one row of the heating elements, a width L denotes a sum (n×Wh) of widths, as seen in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, of shortest current paths of all respective heating elements connected to the one second conductor plus a sum of widths, as seen in the longitudinal direction, of respective gaps between adjacent shortest current paths, and a ratio R denotes a ratio of the sum (n×Wh) of widths to the width L, the heating elements are configured so as to satisfy 0.54≤the ratio R<1. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299918 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND HEATER FOR USE THEREIN - The present invention relates to an image heating apparatus that includes a heater including a plurality of independently controllable heating blocks in a longitudinal direction thereof, each including a first conductor, a second conductor, and a heating element. At least one of electrodes corresponding to the respective heating blocks is disposed in an area where the heating element is located in the longitudinal direction on a second surface of the heater that is opposite to a first surface that comes into contact with an endless belt. An electrical contact is arranged so as to face the second surface of the heater. An overheating occurring in a no-media passage portion when an image formed on a recording material having a small size is heated is suppressed or reduced. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299919 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A fixing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form. The rotator includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is disposed inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator is to slide. The slide surface has a smaller surface roughness in a sliding direction of the rotator than a surface roughness of the sliding surface in the sliding direction of the rotator. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is provided between the rotator and the secured member. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299920 | PRESSING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form. The rotator includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is disposed inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator slides. The slide surface has a larger hardness than a hardness of the sliding surface of the rotator. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is provided between the rotator and the secured member. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299921 | FIXING DEVICE INCLUDING INSULATING MEMBER WITH SLIT FORMED WITH PROJECTION PROJECTING FROM ONE END SURFACE TOWARD THE OTHER OF SLIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, a first bearing, a second bearing, and an annular insulating member. The insulating member is interposed at least one of between the first bearing and a shaft of the fixing roller and between the second bearing and a shaft of the pressure roller. The insulating member has a slit formed in at least one circumferential location thereon and creating a circumferential discontinuity in the insulating member, and includes a projection projecting from one of circumferentially opposed end surfaces of the slit toward the other of the circumferentially opposed end surfaces. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299922 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a timing selected for re-forming an image and re-forms the image determined to be defective based on information about the image formed on a first conveyance medium, on a second conveyance medium at the selected timing. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299923 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INSPECTION DEVICE, AND INSPECTION METHOD - An image processing system includes an image forming device, a sensor, and processing circuitry. The image forming device forms an image on a first conveyance medium. The sensor acquires information about the image formed on the first conveyance medium by the image forming device. The processing circuitry performs ejection control to eject a second conveyance medium according to predetermined setting information in a case where the image formed on the first conveyance medium is a defective image, based on the information acquired by the sensor. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299924 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first detector detecting an operation sound based on a sound wave received by a receiver; a second detector detecting basis weight of recording material based on an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a transmitter and received by the receiver; a switching unit that switches destination of a reception signal from the receiver between a first path to the first detector and a second path to the second detector; and a controller that controls the switching unit such that the reception signal is output to the first path at a first timing and to the second path at a second timing. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller controls the switching unit such that the reception signal is output to the second path at the first timing or to the first path at the second timing. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299925 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF FORMING TONER IMAGE WITH DESIRED AMOUNT OF TONER, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that is capable of properly grasping a load that is imposed on the image forming apparatus by performing high-chroma printing. The image forming apparatus includes a printer engine that causes a heating rotary body to support and convey a sheet with a toner image formed thereon and performs an image formation on the sheet. The printer engine is controlled to perform the image formation on sheets in a first mode in which a toner image based on a piece of image data is formed with a first amount of toner, or a second mode in which a toner image based on the piece of image data is formed with a second amount of toner larger than the first amount of toner. A count function for counting the number of times of the image formation performed in the second mode, rather than the first mode, is performed. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299926 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. A sheet feed unit supplies the sheet to the image forming unit. A sheet tray is provided in the sheet feed unit. The sheet is placed on the sheet tray. An elevating plate is arranged on the sheet tray. The elevating plate can be ascended and descended between a descended position where the sheet is set and an ascending position higher than the descended position. A moving member can move between a first position in which the elevating plate is arranged in the descended position and a second position in which the elevating plate can move to the ascending position. A shielding member is interlocked with the ascending and descending operation of the elevating plate. The shielding member shields the moving member when the elevating plate is located at the descended position. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299927 | SHEET PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device can selectively execute a first conveyance process of conveying sheets on a first tray and discharging the sheets onto a second tray, a second conveyance process of conveying the sheets on the first tray and discharging the sheets onto a third tray, or a third conveyance process of conveying the sheets on the third tray and discharging the sheets onto the second tray. A control device records conveyance history information indicating by which conveyance processes each of the sheets on the first tray has been conveyed in a storage device. Furthermore, the control device causes the sheet conveying device to sequentially select the first conveyance process or the third conveyance process for each of the sheets based on the conveyance history information and execute the selected process. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299928 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer portion, first and second correcting portions including first and second roller pairs and first and second detectors, respectively. The first and second correcting portions correct a sheet position in a widthwise direction. A controller, in a case the sheet is fed to the transfer portion via the first correcting portion from the second correcting portion, causes the first correcting portion to correct the sheet position to a first position to be aligned with the image transferred in the transfer position and causes the second correcting portion to correct the sheet position to a second position. When the sheet has been moved to a reference position by the second roller pair, the second position is a position offset from the reference position toward an opposite side to a direction where the sheet position detected by the first detector is shifted from the first position. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299929 | TONER CONVEYING DEVICE - A toner conveying device for conveying toner, comprising: a first conveying portion; and a second conveying portion conveying the toner conveyed from the first conveying portion. The first conveying portion further includes: a first screw which includes a first rotation shaft and a first blade portion, the first screw including an engaging portion and a first protruded portion on a first end portion; and a first conveying passage forming member having a first inner wall face which forms a first conveying passage. The second conveying portion includes: a second screw which includes a second rotation shaft and a second blade portion, the second screw including an engaged portion and a second protruded portion on a second end portion; and a second conveying passage forming member having a second inner wall face which forms a second conveying passage, and which is connected with the first conveying passage forming member. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299930 | PRINTER - A printer includes a case including an input port for rolled paper, a cover provided to be rotatable between a closed position of the input port and an open position of the input port, a holding portion that holds the rolled paper, a biasing member that biases the holding portion in a first direction, a stopper mechanism that stops rotation of the holding portion in the first direction, and a linkage mechanism that rotates the holding portion in conjunction with the rotation of the cover. When the cover is in the closed position, the holding portion rotates in the first direction in accordance with an outer diameter of the rolled paper by a biasing force of the biasing member. When the cover rotates from the closed position to the open position, the holding portion rotates together with the cover against the biasing force of the biasing member. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299931 | SEAL BEARING AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A seal bearing includes: a bearing part configured to bear and hold a shaft such that the shaft is rotatable; and a seal part made of elastomer and combined with the bearing part. The seal part is joined to an end surface among two end surfaces of the bearing part. The two end surfaces are adjacent to a bearing surface of the bearing part in an axial direction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299932 | RESIN SLIDING BEARING AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A resin sliding bearing includes: a bearing surface for slidingly bearing a shaft; and a hollow that communicates with the bearing surface through to a different surface of the bearing. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299933 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a fixing device and an image forming apparatus. Fixing device includes a device main body, including a heater, where the device main body includes a driving end connected to a power outputting part of the image forming apparatus and a non-driving end opposite to the driving end; a locking element, disposed on the non-driving end of the device main body; and a chip, including a contact part. When the device main body is installed on the image forming apparatus, the locking element is connected to the image forming apparatus, and the contact part of the chip is electrically connected to the image forming apparatus; and a projection of the contact part of the chip in an axial direction of the heater intersects a projection of the locking element in the axial direction of the heater. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299934 | Processing Cartridge - Provided is a processing cartridge, which is detachably installed in an imaging device provided with a separation mechanism; the processing cartridge includes: a first unit and a second unit connected with each other in a movable manner; a separating force receiving mechanism, which is arranged at a first end in a length direction of the processing cartridge; an abutment portion, which is located in the second unit; a sliding groove, which is located at the first end of the processing cartridge; the separating force receiving mechanism includes: a separating force receiving member, which is movably installed on the sliding groove, including a force receiving portion, a force transmitting portion and a restricting portion; an elastic member having elastic force on the separating force receiving member; under an action of a force of the imaging device, at least a part of the separating force receiving member is able to retract into the processing cartridge. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299935 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive drum, a developing roller, a humidity sensor configured to detect a humidity, and a controller configured to execute a single-side printing, a first-double-side printing and a second double-side printing. The controller is configured to execute the first double-side printing in which images are printed at a first developing-bias voltage on both the first surface and the second surface of the sheet when the humidity detected by the humidity sensor is greater than a threshold value. The controller is configured to execute the second double-side printing in which an image is printed at a second developing-bias voltage, which is less than the first developing-bias voltage, on the second surface of the sheet when the humidity detected by the humidity sensor is equal to or less than the threshold value. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299936 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrical apparatus includes a housing, a blower, and a duct. The housing covers a plurality of electrical components. The blower blows air. The duct guides the air that has cooled one of the plurality of electrical components to another one of the plurality of electrical components. The duct includes a fire wall. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299937 | COMPLEX LIGHT MODULATOR, HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF GENERATING HOLOGRAM PATTERN - Provided is a complex light modulator including a phase modulator, and an amplitude modulator, wherein the phase modulator and the amplitude modulator are configured to generate a first complex pixel having first complex light modulation characteristics and a second complex pixel having second complex light modulation characteristics, wherein the first complex pixel includes first sub-complex pixels that are provided in a 3×3 format and are configured to implement the first complex light modulation characteristics, wherein the second complex pixel includes second sub-complex pixels that are provided in a 3×3 format and are configured to implement the second complex light modulation characteristics, and wherein the first complex pixel and the second complex pixel respectively include a first overlapping pixel that is included in the first sub-complex pixels and the second sub-complex pixels. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299938 | SPATIALLY VARYING DYNAMIC RANGE IN HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS - Methods of recording a volume Bragg grating are provided. A recording medium is formed from a matrix polymer precursor, an inimer comprising a polymerizable functional group and a controlled radical reactive group, a first photoinitiator system that is more reactive with the polymerizable functional group than the controlled radical reactive group in the presence of an excitation source, and a photoredox catalyst. The medium is cured thereby forming a support matrix. The medium is exposed to light causing the first photoinitiator system to react with the polymerizable functional group and to polymerize the inimer within the support matrix thus forming a latent grating image of the volume Bragg grating within the medium. The latent grating image comprises a plurality of bright fringes and a plurality of dark fringes. A concentration of polymerized inimer is higher in the plurality of bright fringes than in the plurality of dark fringes. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299939 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HOLOGRAM BY COMPENSATING FOR ABERRATION OF HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are holographic display systems and methods for generating a hologram by compensating for aberrations of a holographic display device. The holographic display system may include a holographic display device and a hologram generating device. The hologram generating device may generate a hologram by propagating hologram segments, using kernels generated by modeling each aberration corresponding to each of hologram plane segments to compensate for aberrations. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299940 | Image Projection - A display engine arranged to generate patterns for display by a display device. The display engine is arranged to generate a pattern comprising a first pattern area comprising a first hologram of a first image for projection onto a first image plane and a first lens area of a first lens function having first optical power. The pattern further comprises a second pattern area comprising a second hologram of a second image for projection onto a second image plane and a first lens area of a second lens function having second optical power. The first optical power and the second optical power are different, such that the first image and second image are projected different distances from the pattern when the pattern is illuminated. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299941 | Timepiece Part and Timepiece - Provided is a timepiece part that reduces axial runout of a flat member when the rotating axle thereof turns. A escape wheel and pinion | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299942 | DEVICE FOR SELECTING TIMEPIECE FUNCTIONS | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299943 | CASE AND TIMEPIECE - A case includes a main case body and an exterior member. The exterior member is welded to the main case body with laser light. The laser light is irradiated onto a welding part of the main case body and the exterior member and reflected at an irradiation surface, and a reflected-light receiving part is formed at a position where the reflected laser light is irradiated according to an incidence angle of the laser light to the irradiation surface. The exterior member includes a flange part which is disposed on an upper side of the main case body and which protrudes toward an inner side of the main case body. A lower surface of the flange part includes a module receiving surface which receives a module to be disposed inside the main case body, and the reflected-light receiving part is formed at a part of the module receiving surface. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299944 | FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE - An input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. In various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. The processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299945 | ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT, IN PARTICULAR CHRONOGRAPH MECHANISM COMPRISING SUCH AN ACTUATING MECHANISM - An “all or nothing” actuating mechanism for a timepiece movement is described, which includes: an actuating lever that is able to move between an inactive position and an active position; a movable control lever for moving the actuating lever between its inactive and active positions; a return member for returning the control lever to its initial position; and a control member capable of pivoting between a first state in which it locks the actuating lever in its inactive position, and a second state, in which it releases the actuating lever to allow it to move to its active position. The control lever is arranged to be able to act on the control member, and move it from its first state to its second state, the actuating mechanism including a jumper tending to return the control member to its first state. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299946 | POWER TOOL INCLUDING A MACHINE LEARNING BLOCK FOR CONTROLLING A SEATING OF A FASTENER - A power tool is provided including a housing a motor supported by the housing, a sensor supported by the housing, and an electronic controller. The sensor is configured to generate sensor data indicative of an operational parameter of the power tool. The electronic controller includes an electronic processor, and a memory. The memory includes a machine learning control program for execution by the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive the sensor data, and process the sensor data, using the machine learning control program. The electronic processor is further configured to generate, using the machine learning control program, an output based on the sensor data, the output indicating a seating value associated with a fastening operation of the power tool. The electronic processor is further configured to control the motor based on the generated output. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299947 | FUNCTIONAL LIMITS FOR TORQUE REQUEST BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTING - A method for calculating at least one functional limit for a requested assist torque in a steering system. The method includes receiving at least one input and communicating the at least one input to an artificial neural network, wherein the artificial neural network is configured to calculate an assist torque limit corresponding to the requested assist torque. The method also includes receiving, from the artificial neural network, the assist torque limit corresponding to the requested assist torque and controlling at least one aspect of the steering system using the requested assist torque and the assist torque limit. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299948 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR BRAIN-INSPIRED ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF RESOLVING BIAS-VARIANCE TRADEOFF, AND METHOD THEREOF - Various embodiments relate to an electronic device for brain-inspired adaptive control of resolving the bias-variance tradeoff and a method thereof. The method may include estimating a prediction error baseline for an environment, based on a first prediction error of a low-variance intelligent system for the environment and a second prediction error of a low-bias intelligent system for the environment; and implementing an adaptive control system by combining the low-variance intelligent system and the low-bias intelligent system based on the estimated prediction error baseline. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299949 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The information processing device | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299950 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A controller includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire process data for an actually used controlled object; and a calculation unit configured to, based on at least one of a target set value and parameters for the actually used controlled object, convert the process data acquired by the acquisition unit, and calculate a manipulated variable for the actually used controlled object by use of the converted process data and a trained model. Upon receiving input of process data for a specific controlled object, the trained model outputs a manipulated variable for approximating process data for the specific controlled object to a specific target set value. The parameters include parameters for specifying the relation between manipulated variables for the actually used controlled object and process data obtained by use of the manipulated variables. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299951 | COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTY ESTIMATION MODELS RELATING TO PROCESSES AND RELATED METHODS - Methods for building models that estimate compositional properties of a process may include (a) receiving data relating to a process; (b) cleaning the data by identifying and removing outlying data points from the data; and conditioning the data; (c) identifying inferential model parameters comprising a parameter selected from the group consisting of: a compositional property of the process as a model output that is not part of the data, operational constraints of the process, interactions between process variables of the chemical process, and any combination thereof; (d) building one or more inferential models based on the cleaned data and the inferential model parameters; and (e) outputting the one or more models and the corresponding validation metric. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299952 | CONTROL SYSTEM WITH OPTIMIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORK PREDICTOR - A predictive control system includes controllable equipment and a controller. The controller is configured to use a neural network model to predict values of controlled variables predicted to result from operating the controllable equipment in accordance with corresponding values of manipulated variables, use the values of the controlled variables predicted by the neural network model to evaluate an objective function that defines a control objective as a function of at least the controlled variables, perform a predictive optimization process to generate optimal values of the manipulated variables for a plurality of time steps in an optimization period using the neural network model and the objective function, and operate the controllable equipment by providing the controllable equipment with control signals based on the optimal values of the manipulated variables generated by performing the predictive optimization process. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299953 | SMART BUILDING APPLICATION TO PREPARE FOR EMPLOYEE ARRIVAL AND HEALTH RISKS - A controller for making initiating actions in a building management system (BMS) is shown. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to receive location data relating to the building occupant located at a first location outside of a building. The processing circuit is configured to, in response to determining the first location is within a first distance range of the building, provide control signals to a first subsystem of the BMS. The processing circuit is configured to receive location data relating to the building occupant located at a second location outside of the building. The processing circuit is configured to, in response to determining that the second location is within a second distance range of the building, provide control signals to a second subsystem of the BMS. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299954 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING OCCUPANCY OF A SPACE - A system for controlling one or more components servicing a space of a building based on an occupancy status of the space. The system may comprise a motion sensor, a person sensor for detecting each person passing through an access to the space, and a controller operatively coupled to the motion sensor and the person sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor the motion sensor for detected motion in the space, monitor the person sensor and maintain a people count of people currently in the space. The controller may use the detection of motion and/or the people count to determine if the space is occupied or unoccupied. The controller may then control one or more of the components servicing the space in a first control mode when the space is determined to be occupied and in a second control mode when the space is determined to be unoccupied. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299955 | HEALTHY BUILDING DASHBOARD FACILITATED BY HIERARCHICAL MODEL OF BUILDING CONTROL ASSETS - A spatial hierarchical model provides spatial context to a plurality of building control assets disposed within a plurality of hierarchical levels of the spatial hierarchical model. A method includes identifying non-compliance events detected by building control assets disposed at and below a particular hierarchical level of the spatial hierarchical model. The non-compliance events detected by building control assets disposed at and below the particular hierarchical level of the spatial hierarchical model over a period of time are aggregated and a healthy building dashboard that includes a representation of the aggregated non-compliance events for each of at least some of the one or more of the healthy building criteria detected by building control assets disposed at and below the particular hierarchical level of the spatial hierarchical model is generated and is displayed on a display. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299956 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A control apparatus according to an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors. The processors acquire, for each of elements, pieces of input data representing first physical field of a corresponding one of the elements at a first time point. The elements are obtained by discretization of an object to be controlled. The processors calculate, for each element, second physical field of a corresponding element at a second time point after the first time point. The second physical field is calculated based on a value of an energy functional representing energy of the corresponding element. The value of the energy functional is obtained by inputting the pieces of input data into an estimation model. The processors control the object such that control quantity based on the second physical field becomes a target value. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299957 | CONSTRUCTING A 3D PHANTOM WITH LIQUID HYDROGEL - A hydrogel phantom is herein described. The hydrogel phantom includes a plurality of adjacently disposed hydrogel elements. A first one of the hydrogel elements has a first electrical impedance and a second one of the hydrogel elements has a second impedance. The first impedance is different from the second impedance. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299958 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: processing circuitry configured to select, for a first element of a plurality of elements in first information including the elements and including a first relationship between the elements, relationship setting information being information for setting a second relationship between the first element and at least one second element of the elements; set the second relationship between the first element and the at least one second element, based on the relationship setting information; and determine attribute information on the first element, based on the second relationship and the first information. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299959 | SOLAR POWER MONITORING AND OPTIMISATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus to monitor and optimise power output by one or more solar panels to which the apparatus is coupled comprises a processor configured to generate a periodic wave and apply the periodic wave to an output of the one or more solar panels. Analogue-to-digital voltage and current converters receive voltage and current signals respectively from the one or more solar panels and provide digital voltage and current signals to the processor. The processor is configured to: calculate a voltage amplitude and a direct current offset of the periodic wave applied to the output of the one or more solar panels; calculate a differential of a power and a voltage of the one or more solar panels based on the voltage amplitude and the direct current offset; and modify the voltage of the one or more solar panels such that the differential of the power and the voltage of the one or more solar panels is zero, or substantially zero. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299960 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A selection unit configured to select, when receiving a first request in which a first power amount requested to be supplied and a timing when the first power amount is needed are specified, a group with a supply characteristic that enables power supply at the timing, among a plurality of groups into which a plurality of power supply sources are classified in accordance with power supply characteristics, and a request unit configured to transmit, to each of one or more of the power supply sources classified into the group selected by the selection unit or a device that controls power supply of the power supply source, a second request in which a second power amount to be supplied by the power supply source and the timing are specified. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299961 | MODULAR CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE PROCESS CONTROL OF A PLANT IN A MACHINE-TO-MACHINE NETWORK - Proposed is system and method for modular control system providing a dynamically adaptive process control of a process line of a plant in a Machine-to-Machine network. The process line of the plant comprises a plurality of distributed machine control system with one or more elements interlocked to one or more operational unit of the process line. The operation of an operational unit performing a physical function within the process line is controlled by an associated machine control system by means of the elements interlocked to the operational units. The interlocked elements at least comprise IO-interfaces and actor control devices. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299962 | System Comprising a Field Device and a Control Device and Method for Operating Such a System - A system includes a field device and a control device. The field device includes a field device controller and a field device transmitter. The control device includes a control device controller and a control device transmitter. The field device transmitter and the control device transmitter have a transmission path between them. The field device controller and the control device controller are adapted for bidirectional transmission of messages between one another according to a communication protocol via the field device transmitter, the transmission path, and the control device transmitter. The communication protocol implements the transmission of messages with a master role and a slave role. The field device controller implements the master role and the control device controller implements the slave role. A related method is also disclosed. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING EQUIPMENT ENERGY WASTE - A building management system (BMS) includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including using the operating data to evaluate one or more fault detection rules to determine whether at least one of the plurality of building devices is experiencing a fault condition, in response to determining that at least one of the plurality of building devices is experiencing the fault condition, determining an amount of carbon emissions generated due to the fault condition based on a fault emissions model associated with the fault condition and initiating an automated response based on the amount of carbon emissions associated with the fault condition. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299964 | ADAPTERS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN POWER TOOLS - Methods and systems are provided for a power tool in control of a vacuum. In response to activation input, the power tool controls a motor for driving power tool operation and wirelessly transmits a control signal to a vacuum. In response to receiving the control signal, the vacuum controls a motor for driving operation of the vacuum. The power tool, the vacuum, or both include a wireless communication pairing butting for paring the power tool and the vacuum. The power tool and/or the vacuum may be cordless and powered by a battery pack. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299965 | CENTRAL PLANT OPTIMIZATION PLANNING TOOL WITH ADVANCED USER INTERFACE - A system for operating or designing building equipment is configured to provide a user interface comprising a workspace with selectable symbols representing multiple devices of building equipment, evaluate a user input defining a connection between at least two of the selectable symbols on the workspace according to a set of rules to determine whether the connection is valid or invalid, prevent the user from making the connection in response to determining that the connection is invalid, generate a valid model of a system comprising the multiple devices of building equipment in response to determining that the connection is valid, execute a model-based control process or simulation using the valid model to generate control decisions or design decisions for the multiple devices of building equipment, and operate or design the multiple devices of building equipment in accordance with the control decisions or the design decisions. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299966 | SUPERVISED CONTROL LOGIC AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A controller for controlling operation of a heater transfer system is supervised by a supervisory control logic. Supervisory control logic monitors a state-of-health of system control logic, e.g., by monitoring an output from the system control logic that is indicative of its state-of-health. In a working embodiment, supervisory control logic monitors an output signal, e.g., a strobe signal, emitted by the system control logic. Response to a detected change in the control logic's health (e.g., a deterioration in performance), the supervisory control logic can issue a command or signal, or otherwise cause the system control logic to perform a selected one or more other operations selected from a plurality of operations. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299967 | QUEUE BLOCKS FOR FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION ENGINEERING PROGRAMS - A system for exchanging data in an automation environment is provided. The system includes at least one programmable logic controller (PLC A) containing program instructions executable by the at least one programmable logic controller and a queue block ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299968 | CONTROL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A control system for controlling a control target includes a database that holds one or more tables, a control apparatus that accesses the database, and an information processing apparatus that supports development of a user program executed in the control apparatus. The information processing apparatus acquires a column name and a data type of each column of a table, the table being selected from among the one or more tables, determines a data type of each member in correspondence with the acquired data type of each column, the data type being available in the user program, and displays a screen including the column name and the data type of each column, and the data type of each member brought into correspondence with the data type of each column. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299969 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MACHINE DEVICE - Communication system and machine device. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299970 | PROCESSING APPARATUS - A control unit of processing apparatus includes a processing condition storing section that stores processing condition data of the processing apparatus and a display control section that causes a display part to display a processing condition screen relating to the processing condition data. The display control section causes the processing condition screen to display function objects that allow identification of functions to be executed on the basis of the processing condition data by the processing apparatus. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299971 | SMART CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER ACCESSORIES APPLIED POWER DIAGNOSTICS - A smart accessory device is designed to be used with a circuit breaker so as to be able to actuate an operating mechanism of the circuit breaker in order to either open or close the separable contacts of the circuit breaker. The accessory device can be one of a shunt trip, spring release, or under voltage release device. The accessory device continually executes diagnostics to determine whether the power being supplied by an external power source is sufficient to enable the accessory device to actuate the operating mechanism of the associated circuit breaker. If the accessory device determines that the power being supplied by the external source is insufficient, the device triggers an alarm in order to notify a user that the power source is not meeting the power requirements of the device. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299972 | LEVEL SENSOR FOR CONTINUOUS LEVEL DETECTION AND INTEGRATION INTO PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - The disclosed techniques enable the installation of a level sensor capable of continuously detecting a level of fluid in a vessel or tank and capable of being integrated in a larger control system. Advantageously, sensor head of the disclosed level sensor can be installed on existing installations with an existing displacer or float and an existing member or rod. The disclosed techniques thus enable process plants to easily and affordably replace pneumatic level sensors with a more environmentally friendly option. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299973 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM THROUGHPUT BOTTLENECK INDICATOR ANALYSIS - A method identifies bottlenecks in a manufacturing system. The method includes: creating a flow diagram showing how parts travel through the manufacturing system, wherein the manufacturing system comprises stations and buffers; identifying work zones in the flow diagram that will be analyzed; identifying predecessors and successors for each of the work zones in the flow diagram; receiving a buffer use and station block/starve data of the manufacturing system; gathering the buffer use and station block/starve data for the predecessors and the successors previously identified by the controller; calculating a block ratio (BR) of the predecessors and the successors previously identified by the controller; calculating bottleneck indicator (BI) values for the work zones using the BR of the predecessors and the successors; making a list of the BI values from the highest to the lowest to identify a top bottleneck work zone of the work zones. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299974 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF PRIMARY MANUFACTURING PROCESS FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF PRODUCT - The invention relates to method and system for automatic identification of a primary manufacturing process (PMP) from a three-dimensional (3D) model of a product. The method includes generating a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of views of the product based on the 3D model of the product; determining a plurality of confidence score vectors, based on the plurality of images, using a first Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model; determining an aggregate confidence score vector, representing a pre-defined PMP category with maximum frequency, based on the plurality of confidence score vectors; extracting a set of manufacturing parameters associated with the product, based on the 3D model of the product; and identifying the PMP based on the aggregate confidence score vector and the set of manufacturing parameters, using a second ANN model. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299975 | COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING USING DATA ANALYTICS - A method of manufacturing a composite structure includes accessing design data for the composite structure that is manufactured according to a process including forming a layup of plies of fibers using a machine tool. The method includes applying the design data to an ANN classifier to classify a localized inconsistency of a type of inconsistency on the composite structure, the localized inconsistency spatially referenced to a location on the composite structure. The method includes performing a root cause analysis to identify one or more of process parameters as a potential cause of the type of inconsistency, and modifying one or more of the geometric model, the layup design, or values of the one or more of the process parameters to address the potential cause. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299976 | Generating an Assembly Plan and a Three-Dimensional Assembly Model - Various embodiments of the teachings herein include methods for generating an assembly plan including manufacturing instructions to configure a manufacturing machine for manufacturing an industrial assembly with a plurality of objects. The method may include: receiving a three-dimensional assembly model of an industrial assembly with feature information; detecting relevant features in a provided manufacturing bill of material containing the components required to manufacture the industrial assembly; linking assembly manufacturing operations stored in an assembly manufacturing operation library provided by the manufacturing machine; identifying assembly manufacturing tools associated with the manufacturing machine from an assembly manufacturing tools library provided by the manufacturing machine on the basis of the assembly manufacturing operations; and generating the assembly plan by automatically assigning the feature information from the three-dimensional assembly model to the identified assembly manufacturing tools for processing the assembly manufacturing operations. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299977 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CNC MATERIAL CUTTING - An apparatus, system, method or process for converting an original or source image into a computer image file that uses guide curves to provide for a cutting of that image onto the surface of a material. The present disclosure relates to a process of converting an image into a computer image file, such as by pixelating or rasterizing the image. The process then controls the CNC knife to cut the surface of the material at different locations, different angles, different depths, and different range of motion, based on the processing of the computer image file, thereby creating the original image, or a very close replica, on the surface of the material. By deviating the cut lines from each other, the intensity of the image can be varied. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299978 | PROCESSING PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE AND PROCESSING PROGRAM CREATION METHOD - A topology database generates topology data of a plurality of parts. The topology database acquires processing information including a tool name of a use tool and a processing order from a bending processing program of each part, and stores the processing information in association with the topology data. A processing information acquisition unit searches for a similar part with the same topology data as topology data of a processing target part, and acquires the processing information of the similar part. A tool determination unit calculates a range of a tool length which is able to bend each bending line using a tool with a tool name included in the processing information and which does not interfere with the part, and determines the tool with the tool name and a tool length within a range of the tool length as the use tool. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299979 | PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT METHOD - A preventive maintenance support system | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299980 | TEACHING METHOD FOR TRANSFER DEVICE, AND TRANSFER SYSTEM - A teaching method for a transfer device provided with a pick configured to hold a substrate and a mapping sensor, includes detecting a position of an edge of the substrate arranged in a teaching target module by the mapping sensor and setting a teaching position in one horizontal direction, transferring the substrate from the teaching target module to a stage of an alignment device by the pick based on the set teaching position, rotating the stage by a predetermined angle and detecting a locus of the position of the edge of the substrate, and estimating an eccentricity amount between the stage and the substrate based on the detected locus of the position of the edge of the substrate. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299981 | NOTIFICATIONS FROM AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports collaborative tools that allow multiple designers and programmers to remotely submit design input to the same automation system project in parallel while maintaining project consistency. The industrial IDE also permits localized development of system projects, and provides an infrastructure for intelligently brokering between conflicting edits submitted to common portions of the system project. To facilitate effective collaboration via efficient communication between developers, the IDE system can be configured to send push notifications to personal client devices in response to relevant events originating within the development environment relating to development of an automation system project. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299982 | SYSTEM MODEL SMART OBJECT CONFIGURATION - An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) provides a development framework for designing, programming, and configuring multiple aspects of an industrial automation system using a common design environment and data model. Projects creating using embodiments of the IDE system can be built on an object-based model rather than, or in addition to, a tag-based architecture. To this end, the IDE system can support the use of automation objects that serve as building blocks for this object-based development structure. Project data models defining collections of automation objects and their functional relationships can be stored in a model library for selective inclusion in system projects. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299983 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE COMPONENT ROUTING DESIGN - A method, system and apparatus for flexible component routing design, wherein a flexible component includes a first end and a second end, includes moving the second end relative to the first end to simulate an operational motion state of the flexible component, scanning the flexible component to obtain a first set of routing data for the flexible component, changing position of the second end from a first position to a second position, moving the second end relative to the first end to simulate an operational motion state of the flexible component, scanning the flexible component to obtain a second set of routing data for the flexible component, and comparing the first set of routing data with the second set of routing data to determine a routing design for the flexible component. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299984 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PRODUCTION PLANT TO MANUFACTURE A PRODUCT - A machine learning module is provided which is trained to generate from a design data record specifying a design variant of a product, a first performance signal quantifying a predictive performance of the design variant and a predictive uncertainty of the predictive performance. A variety of design data records each specifying a design variant of the product is generated. For a respective design data record, the following steps are performed: a first performance signal and a corresponding predictive uncertainty are generated, depending on the predictive uncertainty, a simulation yielding a second performance signal quantifying a simulated performance of the corresponding design variant is either run or skipped, and a performance value is derived from the second performance signal if the simulation is run or, otherwise, from the first performance signal. Depending on the derived performance values, a performance-optimizing design data record is determined and output to control the production plant. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299985 | ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR DETECTION BY AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CORRELATED SENSORS - Multi-metric artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models for detection of anomalous behavior of a machine/system are disclosed. The multi-metric AI/ML models are configured to detect anomalous behavior of systems having multiple sensors that measure correlated sensor metrics such as coolant distribution units (CDUs). The multi-metric AI/ML models perform the anomalous system behavior detection in a manner that enables both a reduction in the amount of sensor instrumentation needed to monitor the system's operational behavior as well as a corresponding reduction in the complexity of the firmware that controls the sensor instrumentation. As such, AI-enabled systems and corresponding methods for anomalous behavior detection disclosed herein offer a technical solution to the technical problem of increased failure rates of existing multi-sensor systems, which is caused by the presence of redundant sensor instrumentation that necessitates complex firmware for controlling the sensor instrumentation. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299986 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A diagnostic apparatus includes circuitry that acquires a detection result of a time-varying physical quantity generated by a machine that performs a plurality of processes; generates a determination result of the processing based on the detection result; and outputs, to the machine, batch determination information in units of a plurality of same type processes performed by the machine. The batch determination information indicates whether at least one of the plurality of same type processes is determined as abnormal. Based on the batch determination information, the machine performs an action. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299987 | METHOD FOR LEARNING AND DETECTING ABNORMAL PART OF DEVICE THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A method for learning and detecting an abnormal part of a device through artificial intelligence comprises: an information collection step for collecting a current waveform of a current value that changes over time in a driving state of at least one device and collecting information about a faulty part of the device, together with current waveform information before a fault occurs in the device; a model setting step for learning, by a control unit, information collected in the information collection step and setting a reference model of a current waveform for each faulty part of the device; and a detection step for, when an abnormal symptom of the device is detected in a real-time driving state, comparing, by the control unit, a real-time current waveform of the device and the reference model, and detecting and providing an abnormal part regarding the abnormal symptom of the device. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299988 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONDITION BASED MANAGEMENT OF ONE OR MORE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS - Systems, devices, and methods of condition-based management of electro-mechanical systems are disclosed. The method includes generating a stress profile for the electro-mechanical system based on operating or simulating operation of the electro-mechanical system in accordance with a load profile, wherein the load profile indicative of operation duration and load capacity of the electro-mechanical system. The method further includes receiving condition data associated with the electro-mechanical system in operation from a plurality of sensing units and predicting a failure instance of the electro-mechanical system using an accelerated degradation model based on at least one of the stress profile and the condition data. The accelerated degradation model is generated when the electro-mechanical system is operated above a rated stress. The method further includes comparing the predicted failure instance with an actual failure instance upon failure of the electro-mechanical system, for tuning the accelerated degradation model. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299989 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND OPERATING A THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Provided is a method for configuring a thermal energy storage system including the following steps: | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299990 | Remote Control Car-Shaped Suitcase Apparatus - A remote control car-shaped suitcase apparatus for stylish and convenient transportation of luggage includes an electric motor housed in a motor compartment of a base plate. A battery, a CPU, and a transceiver are coupled within the motor compartment and are in operational communication with the electric motor. A pair of front wheels and a pair of back wheels are coupled to the base plate. Each of the pair of back wheels is in operational communication with the electric motor. A handle is slidably engaged within a handle aperture of the base plate. A suitcase body is coupled to the base plate and represents a car. The suitcase body has a suitcase top side defining a suitcase main cavity with the base plate. The suitcase top side is hingingly coupled to a suitcase right side and has a first zipper to seal and alternatively unseal the suitcase main cavity. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS WORK MACHINE APPROVAL - A mobile device includes a processor and memory, coupled to the processor, which memory contains instructions that when executed cause the processor to provide an autonomy management application. The autonomy management application includes an autonomy approval function. The autonomy approval function provides a user interface configured to display at least one aspect of an autonomy job to a user and receive user acceptance of the autonomy job. The autonomy approval function is configured to instruct the user to move within a pre-determined distance from an autonomous work machine that will execute the autonomy job and provide a machine-verified indication of user proximity within the pre-determined distance. The autonomy approval function includes a begin mission user interface element displayable after verification that a user has moved within the pre-determined distance of the autonomous work machine, which begin mission user interface element, when selected, causes the autonomy approval function to initiate motion. A computer-implemented method is also provided. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220299992 | METHOD FOR THE AT LEAST ASSISTED CROSSING OF A JUNCTION BY A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for the at least assisted crossing of a junction by a motor vehicle. The method includes: receiving signals from the surroundings, which represent surroundings of the motor vehicle that at least partially include a junction, generating remote control signals for remotely controlling a lateral guidance and/or longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle based on the signals from the surroundings in such a way that when remotely controlling the lateral guidance and/or longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle based on the remote control signals, the motor vehicle crosses the junction in an at least assisted manner, outputting the generated remote control signals. A device, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium, are also described. | 2022-09-22 |
