40th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150276890 | Power Monitoring Systems and Methods - The present disclosure is a system for monitoring power that has a unified polyphase distribution transformer monitoring (PDTM) device that interfaces with at least three electrical conductors electrically connected to a transformer. In addition, the PDTM device measures a current and a voltage of each of the three electrical conductors. Additionally, the system has logic that calculates values indicative of power corresponding to the transformer based upon the currents and the voltages measured and transmit data indicative of the calculated values. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276891 | SENSOR DEVICE - The sensor device includes: a physical quantity voltage conversion element; a differential amplifier; a first capacitor that includes one terminal connected to a first output terminal of the differential amplifier; a comparator; a low pass filter circuit arranged at the first output terminal of the differential amplifier; a control circuit configured to on/off control the physical quantity voltage conversion element, the differential amplifier, the comparator, and the low pass filter circuit; and a logic circuit configured to output a result of operation processing performed on an output signal of the comparator. The logic circuit is configured to: successively verify, in a case where there is a change between a previous logic output and a first logic output, the logic outputs a plurality of times; and output a control signal to the control circuit so that the low pass filter circuit is turned on in a second signal processing period and thereafter. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276892 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A HALL-EFFECT SENSOR WITHOUT AN APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD - A method for verifying an operation of a Hall-effect sensor without an applied magnetic field. The method can include providing a bias signal to a first pair of terminals of a Hall-effect element, applying a Hall current signal to a second pair of terminals of the Hall-effect element, measuring a Hall output voltage across the second pair of terminals and comparing the measured Hall output voltage to an expected Hall output voltage that would be provided by a corresponding applied magnetic field. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276893 | SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device for suppressing a magnetic stray field, having a semiconductor body, a first pixel cell and a second pixel cell integrated into a surface of the semiconductor body together with a circuit arrangement. Each pixel cell has a first magnetic field sensor and a second magnetic field sensor to detect a magnetic field in the x-direction and a magnetic field in the y-direction. The first pixel cell is spaced apart from the second pixel cell along a connecting line, and the substrate and the semiconductor body are disposed in the same IC package. A magnet is provided that has a planar main extension surface in the direction of an x-y plane and has a magnetization with four magnetic poles in the direction of the x-y plane. The IC package is spaced apart from the main extension surface of the magnet in the z-direction and at least partially within a ring magnet. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276894 | HALL-EFFECT-BASED MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR HAVING AN IMPROVED OUTPUT BANDWIDTH - A magnetic field sensor formed by a Hall cell having a first, second, third and fourth conduction nodes electrically coupled together by resistive paths. Flowing between the first and second conduction nodes is a control current. In the presence of a magnetic field, a difference of potential due to the Hall effect is generated between the third and fourth conduction nodes. An operational amplifier has an inverting input terminal coupled to the fourth conduction node, a non-inverting input terminal biased at the voltage at the third conduction node, and an output terminal coupled in feedback mode to the inverting input by a feedback resistor. The current generated in feedback through the feedback resistor generates a voltage indicating unbalancing, due to the Hall effect, between the third and fourth conductive nodes, and consequently indicates the intensity of the magnetic field that acts upon the Hall cell. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276895 | Devices and Methods for Determining a Magnetic Field Distribution of a Magnet Along A Main Surface of Said Magnet - A device for determining a magnetic field distribution of a magnet along a main surface of said magnet, the device comprising: an arrangement of at least two independent magnetic field camera modules being arranged in a fixed relative position with respect to each other, each magnetic field camera module being adapted for measuring a magnetic field distribution to which it is exposed by means of a respective detection surface; a means for providing a predetermined relative movement between the main surface and the arrangement to thereby scan the magnetic field distribution of the magnet along the main surface; and associated method. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276896 | GRADIENT MAGNETIC-FIELD COIL AND MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A gradient magnetic-field coil according to an embodiment includes multiple units of coil members and a connecting member. In each of the coil members, a coil pattern is formed with a first nonmagnetic metal. The connecting member connects the coil members with each other. Moreover, at least a part of the connecting member is formed with a second nonmagnetic metal that is different from the first nonmagnetic metal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276897 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) BIRDCAGE COIL WITH SEPARATELY CONTROLLED RING MEMBERS AND RUNGS FOR USE IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) IMAGING SYSTEM - A radio frequency (RF) antenna device ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150276898 | Z-SEGMENTED RADIO FREQUENCY ANTENNA DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - The present invention provides a radio frequency (RF) antenna device ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150276899 | Receiver of Magnetic Resonance System and Magnetic Resonance System - A receiver of a magnetic resonance imaging system and a magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. The receiver includes a receiving end for receiving an analog magnetic resonance signal from a local coil of the magnetic resonance imaging system, a sending end for sending a digital magnetic resonance signal to an image reconstruction apparatus of the magnetic resonance imaging system, at least two digital processing channels connected to the sending end for digitizing the analog magnetic resonance signal to the digital magnetic resonance signal, and a channel selection unit connected between the digital processing channels and the receiving end for selecting a corresponding digital processing channel from the digital processing channels according to type information about the local coil. The embodiments may be compatible with many types of local coils without re-designing the local coils, which significantly reduces the cost of the system. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276900 | Transmitting Antenna Device and Magnetic Resonance Imaging System - A transmission antenna apparatus is provided to emit transmission magnetic fields in magnetic resonance imaging scanners. The transmission antenna apparatus includes at least a first flat antenna and a second flat antenna. The first flat antenna is arranged in relation to the second flat antenna in such a way that first areas, formed in the planar extent of partial structures of the first flat antenna in each case situated in the same plane, are opposite to second areas, formed in the planar extent of partial structures of the second flat antenna in each case situated in the same plane, in a manner mirrored in a mirror plane. The first flat antenna and the second flat antenna, as part of the structure thereof, share a first path, situated on the mirror plane, over the full length of the path. The magnetic resonance imaging scanner has such a transmission antenna apparatus. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276901 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A GRADIENT CORRECTION VALUE, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM OPERABLE WITH THE CORRECTED GRADIENT VOLUME - In a method for ascertaining a gradient correction value for magnetic resonance (MR) examinations with an MR apparatus, a measurement slice is selected, with the center of the measurement slice being located outside of the isocenter of the MR scanner of the MR apparatus. A radio-frequency pulse is applied simultaneously with a slice gradient. The radio-frequency pulse is switched off and a reslice gradient is applied. A measurement signal is acquired. A phase shift is determined from the measurement signal, and a gradient correction time or a gradient correction amplitude is calculated using the phase shift. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276902 | System And Apparatus For Combined Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Magnetic Spectroscopy of Brownian Motion And/Or Magnetic Nanoparticle Imaging - A system for measuring responses of magnetic nanoparticles has static magnetic bias field along first axis, and AC driving coils providing AC magnetic field along second axis perpendicular to the first axis, both fields passing through an imaging zone. Sensing coils are oriented to sense fields parallel to the first axis, but not parallel to the second axis. A processor determines responses of nanoparticles in the imaging zone to the AC field. Another system has DC bias on first axis and AC driving coils providing an AC magnetic field along a second axes, magnetic gradient oriented along the first and/or second axis, and the second axis is rotated mechanically or electronically. The signal processor provides a voxel-based model of magnetic nanoparticle distribution in imaging zone. In some embodiments, the static magnet is a main magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging system. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276903 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A quantitative image (resonance frequency map) of a resonance frequency difference is obtained using a high-speed phase compensated pulse sequence of a gradient echo (GE) system. A signal function of the pulse sequence used when obtaining the resonance frequency map is generated by a numerical simulation. The high-speed phase compensated pulse sequence uses a BASG sequence, for example. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276904 | FREQUENCY MONITORING OF GRADIENT PULSES DURING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - Machine control parameters of a magnetic resonance apparatus are selected that influence the timing sequence of gradient pulses of the system's gradient system when a magnetic resonance measurement sequence is executed. The machine control parameters are compared with reference control parameters that indicate an increased mechanical force flow in the gradient system when the MR measurement sequence is being executed. As a function of the comparison, the MR measurement sequence is executed selectively with the selected machine control parameters. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276905 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - In order to eliminate a global phase change caused by static magnetic field inhomogeneity included in a nuclear magnetic resonance signal, focusing on that phase components generated in a nuclear magnetic resonance signal caused by the static magnetic field inhomogeneity is in a predetermined frequency band (low-frequency band), phase components in the frequency band caused by the static magnetic field inhomogeneity is eliminated from an image generated from the nuclear magnetic resonance signal in main imaging. The predetermined frequency band of the phase components caused by the static magnetic field inhomogeneity is calculated from the nuclear magnetic resonance signal obtained in preliminary imaging. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE BONE DEPICTION - Systems and methods of classifying component tissues of magnetic resonance images, where the method includes performing a proton density weighted, short echo-time magnetic resonance imaging measurement over a first volume field-of-view region of interest (ROI), repeating a series refining the first volume field-of-view ROI into a plurality of subsequent smaller ROI volumes having respective smaller resolutions, reconstructing a complex image from the plurality of magnetic resonance imaging measurements, performing a bias correction on at least one of the plurality of subsequent smaller ROI volumes, and classifying the ROI volumes by tissue type based on the bias-corrected image signal, wherein at least one tissue type is bone. A non-transitory medium containing processor instructions and a system are disclosed. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276907 | PSEUDO-CONTINUOUS ASYMMETRIC SIGNAL TARGETING ALTERNATING RADIO FREQUENCY (pASTAR) FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, method and/or computer readable medium is configured to effect MR imaging based upon arterial spin labeling (ASL) using a tagging image and a control image. The tagging image is based upon applying a tagging pulse train including a plurality of saturation pulses to a tagging area followed by applying a first imaging pulse train to an imaging area; and the control image is based upon applying a control pulse train to a control area followed by applying a second imaging pulse train to the imaging area. The tagging area, the control area, and the imaging area are located at respectively different positions in relation to the object being imaged. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276908 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a collector, a transformation module, an unfolding module and an inverse transformation module. The collector collects time-series k-space data of a plurality of channels while spatially changing a sampling position. The transformation module obtains transformed space data of the respective channels by applying, to the time-series k-space data of the respect channels, Fourier transform on a spatial axis and certain transformation on a temporal axis. The unfolding module eliminates a signal point on a basis of a certain criterion and performs unfolding using the transformed space data on the respective channels and sensitivity distribution information on the respective channels; and the inverse transformation module applies inverse transformation of the certain transformation on the temporal axis to an unfolded data on which the signal point has been eliminated and the unfolding has been performed. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276909 | MRI METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE VISUALIZATION OF ANY SUBSET OF AN ENLARGED TEMPORAL WINDOW - A method and apparatus for MRI retrospective reconstruction determines a period of minimal coronary artery motion within the acquired temporal window with a rotation angle optimized for a K-space four-dimensional (4D) volume by a segmented 4D radial stack-of-stars (SOS) acquisition during a temporal acquisition window (taw). Radial stacks of the image of an object are acquired by performing the radial (SOS) acquisition to determine a plurality of k | 2015-10-01 |
20150276910 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a static field magnet, a gradient coil, at least one radio frequency coil, a receiver and processing circuitry. The static field magnet, the gradient coil, the at least one radio frequency coil and the receiver are configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals from an object. The processing circuitry is configured to generate magnetic resonance image data based on the magnetic resonance signals. The receiver is configured to convert analog magnetic resonance signals received by the at least one radio frequency coil into digital magnetic resonance signals without a downconversion; separate the digital magnetic resonance signals into in-phase signals and quadrature-phase signals; and perform filter processing for removing noises of the in-phase signals and the quadrature-phase signals. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276911 | Shimming method for correcting inhomogeinity of a static magnetic field generated by a magnet of a nuclear magnetic resonance machine - A shimming method for correcting inhomogeneity of a static magnetic field generated by a magnet of a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging machine includes: measuring the magnetic field at a plurality of points over a reference surface; generating a polynomial that solves Laplace's equation with boundary conditions given on the reference surface, the polynomial representing the magnetic field on the reference surface and having a plurality of harmonic terms, each associated with a coefficient; determining the coefficients from the field sampling values; defining a grid for positioning a plurality of correction elements and relating it to the field structure; and calculating the position and magnitude parameters of the correction elements, such that the correction elements affect the coefficients of the magnetic field to obtain the desired field characteristics, wherein the reference surface is a superquadric surface, such that the magnetic field is corrected in a volume delimited by the superquadric surface. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276912 | LARGE-CALIBER TELESCOPE NON-LINEAR INTERFERENCE DETECTING AND FILTERING METHOD - A large-caliber telescope non-linear interference detecting and filtering method is provided. The measure of the oil pad interference is accomplished with one of the following two methods, accelerometer and encoder, or using both of the said methods simultaneously. The filtering of the oil pad interference: set a NOTCH frequency as the main interfering frequency by using NOTCH filter to filter the interference and distinctly improve the telescope performance. The telescope and method is specific to a large-caliber telescope with an oil pad, by using an acceleration sensor and an encoder to precisely measure the non-linear interfering frequency of the telescope oil pad system, by using a NOTCH digital filter to accurately filter the interference due to the oil pad system, and through adjusting parameters of the digital filter to change the filter frequency band on the basis of the change of the oil pad interfering frequency. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276913 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT - A sensor arrangement comprises at least a first, a second, and a third light sensor. A three-dimensional framework comprises at least a first, a second, and a third connection means which are connected to the at least first, second, and third light sensor, respectively. The first, the second, and the third connection means are configured to align the at least first, second, and third light sensor along a first, second, and third face of a polyhedron-like volume, respectively, such that the sensor arrangement encloses the polyhedron-like volume. The invention also relates to a method for operating the sensor arrangement. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276914 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes an acceleration sensor and a processor. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration. The processor estimates a direction of a speaker utilizing a phase difference of voices input to microphones, and initializes data associated with estimation of the direction of the speaker, based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276915 | POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING SYSTEM, POSITIONING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented devices, systems, and methods that determine a position of a terminal device within a communications environment. In one embodiment, a positioning device may include a memory and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to change a variable to be transmitted to a user device, to store the changed variable in the memory, and to output a first signal indicating that the user device is present in a predetermined area, based on a first variable received from the user device and the changed variable stored in the memory. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276916 | DETERMINING A POSITION OF A SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLE WITHIN A BODY OF WATER - Methods and apparatus determining a position of a submersible vehicle within a body of water are provided. A method comprises determining an initial position of the vehicle while the vehicle is at or near a water surface. The method further comprises coupling the vehicle and a base node to a weight and determining a position of the base node once the base node and vehicle have reached the floor of the body of water using acoustic modems of the vehicle and a surface vessel to aid in calculating the position as they descend, and acoustically transferring the at rest position on the seafloor from the vehicle to the node. The method further comprises decoupling the vehicle from the node and weight and determining a position of the vehicle based on the position of the base node and acoustic signals exchanged between acoustic modems of the vehicle and the base node. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276917 | RADAR IMAGING SYSTEM - Some embodiments are directed to a radar imaging system that includes a radar transmitter configured to transmit radar at a target; an aperture including an array of physically independent airborne carriers, each of the carriers configured to receive radar echoes from the target; and a base station, which may be located at ground level, in communication with each of the airborne carriers to receive the radar echoes and determine an image of the target from the received radar echoes. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276918 | SYNCHRONIZATION IN FMCW RADAR SYSTEMS - The disclosure provides a radar apparatus for estimating a position and a velocity of the plurality of obstacles. The radar apparatus includes a local oscillator that generates a first signal. A first transmit unit receives the first signal from the local oscillator and generates a first transmit signal. A frequency shifter receives the first signal from the local oscillator and generates a second signal. A second transmit unit receives the second signal and generates a second transmit signal. The frequency shifter provides a frequency offset to the first signal based on a routing delay mismatch to generate the second signal such that the first transmit signal is phase coherent with the second transmit signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276919 | PHASED-ARRAY TRANSMITTER, TRANSCEIVER, AND RADAR APPARATUS - A phased-array transmitter includes a first PLL for transmission, a control circuit, a plurality of transmission units, a delay circuit, and a second PLL for self-test. The first PLL is configured to generate a reference transmission signal, and the control circuit is configured to control the first PLL. The transmission units are configured to receive the reference transmission signal, and perform amplification and phase control to output unit transmission waves, respectively. The delay circuit is configured to delay a signal based on the reference transmission signal, and the second PLL is configured to receive an output signal of the delay circuit, and generate a self-test signal for performing self-test. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276920 | DETECTION OF CONCEALED OBJECT ON A BODY USING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNATURES ON FREQUENCIES AND POLARIZATIONS - A method for detecting a concealed object in a target comprising a body and the concealed object, the method including emitting, by an emitter, radio frequency (RF) energy toward a direction of the target, receiving, by a receiver, a scattered RF energy reflected from the target, generating, by the receiver, a signal corresponding to the received scattered RF energy, comparing, by a processor, the signal with a plurality of stored RF scattering signatures, each of the RF scattering signatures being associated with an object of interest, and detecting, by the processor, the concealed object when the signal matches one of plurality of RF scattering signatures. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276921 | NON-SATURATING RECEIVER DESIGN AND CLAMPING STRUCTURE FOR HIGH POWER LASER BASED RANGEFINDING INSTRUMENTS - A non-saturating receiver design and clamping structure for high power laser rangefinders of especial utility with respect to pumped, monoblock lasers. The receiver comprises a photodiode and a transimpedance amplifier having at least first and second stages. The first stage comprises a field effect transistor and the second stage comprises a non-saturating, non-inverting amplification stage including a differential pair of bipolar transistors having a feedback path coupling the second stage to the input of the first stage. A clamping structure for the receiver comprises a resistor coupling a cathode of the photodiode to a first voltage input and a clamping diode also coupling the cathode to a second lower voltage input. A capacitor having a capacitance C | 2015-10-01 |
20150276922 | DISTANCE SENSOR AND DISTANCE IMAGE SENSOR - A distance sensor includes: a light receiving area including a first longer side and a second longer side; a photo gate electrode arranged on the light receiving area; a plurality of signal charge collection regions along the first longer side; a plurality of signal charge collection regions along the second longer side; a plurality of transfer electrodes along the first longer side provided with charge transfer signals having mutually-differing phases; a plurality of transfer electrodes along the second longer side provided with the charge transfer signals having mutually-differing phases; and a potential adjusting means positioned between the first and second longer sides and raises potential of an area extending in a direction in which the first and second longer sides extend to be higher than potential of side areas of the first and second longer sides. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OF AND COMPENSATING FOR MISALIGNMENT OF A SENSOR - Methods and systems for determining a misalignment angle for a sensor in a vehicle are provided. The method, for example, may include, but is not limited to determining, by a processor, when an object detected in sensor data acquired by the sensor is a stationary object, and calculating, by the processor, the misalignment angle of the sensor based upon sensor data associated with the stationary object. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276924 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - A distance measuring apparatus and a distance measuring method are provided. The distance measuring apparatus includes a GPS module, an ultrasound transceiver module and a control module. The GPS module is configured to generate a pulse signal. The ultrasound transceiver module is configured to generate and transmit a first ultrasound signal and receive a second ultrasound signal transmitted from an object. When the control module receives the pulse signal, the control module controls the ultrasound transceiver module to generate and transmit the first ultrasound signal, and determines whether the ultrasound transceiver module receives the second ultrasound signal within a first interval. When the ultrasound transceiver module receives the second ultrasound signal within the first interval, the control module determines a distance between the distance measuring apparatus and the object according to a time difference. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276925 | APPLICATION AGNOSTIC SENSOR, CONTROL COMPUTER AND METHODS FOR OPERATING - A multi-application-transceiver device, control computer, computer implemented method and computer program product for operating the multi-application-transceiver device is disclosed. At least one signal transceiver receives a reflected signal in response to an original signal sent by the at least one signal transceiver. The reflected signal is reflected from at least one target object. A signal conversion unit converts the reflected signal into digital format. A digital signal processor component pre-processes the converted reflected signal using an alterable rule engine with a received rule set to discriminate a state inn change of the at least one target object against an earlier state of the at least one target object in the context of a particular monitoring application. A middleware component communicates with at least one remote computing device wherein communicate includes to send the pre-processed signal to the remote computing device, and to receive from the at least one remote computing device the rule set for the alterable rule engine. The received rule set defines an application specific setting for the at least one signal transceiver and for the digital signal processor component to enable the particular monitoring application. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276926 | SURFACE SCATTERING ANTENNA ARRAY - An array of scattering and/or reflector antennas are configured to produce a series of beam patterns, where in some embodiments the scattering antenna and/or the reflector antenna includes complementary metamaterial elements. In some embodiments control circuitry is operably connected to the array to produce an image of an object in the beam pattern. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276927 | ENHANCED IMAGING SYSTEM - One embodiment describes an imaging system. The system includes a first imaging system configured to provide first signals to a target area and to receive first response signals. The system also includes a second imaging system configured to provide second signals to the target area and to receive second response signals. The first and second signals can have separate frequency bands. The system further includes a processor configured to correct the first response signals based on the second response signals, and to generate an image based on the corrected first response signals. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276928 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SURFACE SCATTERING ANTENNA ARRAY - An array of scattering and/or reflector antennas are configured to produce a series of beam patterns, where in some embodiments the scattering antenna and/or the reflector antenna includes complementary metamaterial elements. In some embodiments circuitry may be configured to set a series of conditions corresponding to the array to produce the series of beam patterns, and to produce an image of an object that is illuminated by the series of beam patterns. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276929 | Signal Processing Method and Device for Frequency-Modulated Continuous Waveform Radar System - A signal processing method for a frequency-modulated continuous waveform (FMCW) radar system includes receiving a plurality of feedback signals from a plurality of targets and performing analog to digital conversion on the plurality of feedback signals to obtain a digital receiving signal corresponding to the plurality of feedback signals, performing a window function on the digital receiving signal to obtain a window transformation signal corresponding to the digital receiving signal, performing time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal to obtain a spectrum signal of the window transformation signal, performing two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal, and determining distances and speeds of the plurality of targets in comparison to the FMCW radar system according to results of the two beat frequency detections. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276930 | SONAR TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY - A sonar transducer assembly configured for imaging of an underwater environment is provided herein. The sonar transducer assembly includes at least one transmit-only transducer element positioned within a housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one transmit-only transducer element is configured to transmit sonar pulses to insonify a first volume. The sonar transducer assembly further includes at least one receive-only transducer element positioned within the housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one receive-only transducer element is configured to receive sonar returns from the sonar pulses within a second volume. The second volume is smaller than the first volume and aimed so as to be wholly contained within the first volume. The housing is mountable to the water craft so as to enable rotation of the transducer elements with respect to the water craft. Corresponding systems and methods are also provided. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276931 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A GENERATOR AIR-GAP - A method of inspecting an air-gap of an electrical machine, which method including the steps of directing at least one laser beam (L) into the air-gap; detecting the laser beam (L) after reflection; determining the distance (d | 2015-10-01 |
20150276932 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF MOBILE OBJECT - An apparatus and method for determining the location of a mobile object are disclosed. The apparatus includes a GPS module unit, a mobile communication module unit, a USN module unit, and a control module unit. The GPS module unit receives a GPS signal including the coordinate information of the current location of a mobile object. The mobile communication module unit is operated when the GPS module unit has received the GPS signal, and transmits the coordinate information of the current location of the mobile object and the ID of the mobile object to a location estimation apparatus. The USN module unit is operated when the GPS module unit fails to receive the GPS signal, and broadcasts a beacon signal carrying the ID of the mobile object. The control module unit operates any one of the mobile communication module unit and the USN module unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276933 | Satellite-based Position Determination - Method and apparatuses involving satellite position signals are disclosed. Based on data indicating a usage environment, parameters, for example acquisition parameters or calculation parameters, are adapted. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276934 | CORRELATED GPS PSEUDORANGE ERROR ESTIMATION METHOD - A method involves predicting a GPS pseudorange error according to the equation (δρ | 2015-10-01 |
20150276935 | Method And System For Repurposing Of A Global Navigation Satellite System Receiver For Receiving Low-Earth Orbit Communication Satellite Signals - Methods and systems for repurposing of a global navigation satellite system receiver for receiving low-earth orbit (LEO) communication satellite timing signals may comprise receiving a medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite signal and/or a LEO signal in a receiver of the communication device. The MEO or LEO signal may be down-converted, and a position of the communication device may be calculated utilizing the down-converted signal. The signal may be down-converted utilizing a local oscillator signal generated by a phase locked loop (PLL), which may be delta-sigma modulated via a fractional-N divider. A clock signal may be communicated to the PLL utilizing a temperature-compensated crystal oscillator. The signal may be down-converted to an intermediate frequency or down-converted directly to baseband frequencies. The signal may be processed utilizing surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters. In-phase and quadrature signals may be processed in the RF path utilizing a two-stage polyphase filter. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276936 | CASCADED COUPLED POSITIONING SYSTEM - A cascaded coupled positioning system is provided for acquiring a position of a vehicle. In the current disclosure, a global navigation satellite system is coupled with a first inertial measurement unit. The global navigation satellite system is coupled with the first inertial measurement unit by using a first signal processing unit configured to provide a tightly coupled positioning solution. The tightly coupled positioning solution of the first signal processing unit is integrated with a second inertial measurement unit. The integration is performed using a second signal processing unit configured to provide a loosely coupled positioning solution. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTIO OF GAMMA RADIATION FROM A RADIOACTIVE ANALYTE - A system and method for the measurement of radiation emitted from an in-vivo administered radioactive analyte. Gamma radiation sensors may be used to determine the proper or improper administration of a radioactive analyte in some cases, the system employs a sensor having a scintillation material to convert gamma radiation to visible light, which enables embodiments of the sensor to be ex vivo. A light detector converts the visible light to an electrical signal. This signal is amplified and is processed to measure the captured radiation. Temperature of the sensor may be recorded along with this radiation measurement for temperature compensation of ex vivo embodiments. The sensor enables collection of sufficient data to support separate application to predictive models, background comparisons, or change analysis. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276938 | CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus which receives a radiation image from a radiation imaging apparatus determines, at the time of activation, whether any unreceived radiation image to be received from the radiation imaging apparatus exists. Upon determining that an unreceived radiation image exists, the control apparatus requests the radiation imaging apparatus to transmit the radiation image. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276939 | IMAGING DETECTOR - A detector array ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150276940 | RADIATION DETECTING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR RADIATION DETECTING DEVICE - A radiation detecting device of the present invention includes a scintillator that converts radiation into light, a substrate that supports the scintillator and includes plural sensor portions that generate charges according to the light converted by the scintillator, a thermoplastic resin layer provided on the scintillator, a first organic layer provided on the thermoplastic resin layer, and an inorganic reflection layer provided on the first organic layer. The melting start temperature of the thermoplastic resin layer is lower than the melting start temperature of the first organic layer, the scintillator includes a projection portion on a surface on the side provided with the thermoplastic resin layer, and a leading end of the projection portion penetrates the thermoplastic resin layer and makes contact with the first organic layer. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276941 | X-RAY DETECTOR PANEL - An X-ray detector panel includes a plurality of photodetector wafers are arranged in a photodetector array. Each photodetector wafer comprises a sensing surface, a contact surface disposed opposite the sensing surface, and an electrical contact coupled to the contact surface. A substrate is coupled to the photodetector array such that the photodetector array is substantially surrounded by the substrate and a face surface of the substrate is substantially coplanar with the sensing surface. A scintillator is coupled to the face surface of the substrate and substantially covers the sensing surfaces of the photodetector array. A scintillator cover is substantially sealingly coupled to the face surface. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276942 | LOW POWER STANDBY MODE IN WIRELESS IMAGERS - This invention describes a novel solution to conserve battery and to overcome cold-start artifacts by maintaining the pixel charge traps at a stable value at all times. The design of NIP photodiode and TFT combination requires very low current (in order of hundreds of μA) to stay biased at all times. This allows the pixel charge traps to be easily maintained at a stable value with low power consumption. Power consumption is kept at a minimum by keeping all panel electronics off and only the pixels biased. In addition, keeping the pixels biased helps to overcome the cold-start artifact in the very first image. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276943 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AN X-RAY DETECTION DEVICE AND A COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a thermal management system, an X-ray detection device and a CT apparatus. The thermal management system comprises a heater, an air mixing portion and a fan. The heater is provided at an air inlet of the air mixing portion. The air mixing portion provides an air mixing space for mixing exterior air that enters the air mixing portion with interior air of the air mixing portion. The fan is provided at an air outlet of the air mixing portion, and supplies the mixed air in the air mixing portion to a target object to be thermally managed. Therefore, a response time of the thermal management system to operate for an external temperature change may be lengthened, thus occurrence of abrupt change in a temperature of the target object as the external temperature changes abruptly may be avoided, improving a reliability of the thermal management system. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276944 | ELECTRONIC CASSETTE - An electronic cassette is provided with a sensor panel, a housing, operation buttons, a head-bottom setting section, lamps and a memory. The sensor panel has a quadrangle imaging area, and detects an X-ray image of a patient. The housing houses the sensor panel. The operation buttons are disposed on the housing. When either one of the operation buttons is pushed down, the head-bottom setting section sets either one of adjoining two sides of the imaging area to be the head of the radiographic image in the display orientation. The display section is disposed on the housing, and displays which side is set by the head-bottom setting section to be the head of the radiographic image. The memory stores head-bottom setting information and the radiographic image in association with each other. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276945 | SEMICONDUCTOR BUMP-BONDED X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE - A high pixel density intraoral x-ray imaging sensor includes a direct conversion, fully depleted silicon detector bump bonded to a readout CMOS substrate by capillary bump bonds. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276946 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An apparatus including a scintillator panel which absorbs X-rays radiated from an X-ray generator and converts the X-rays into visible light; an image detector including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix array and charging the plurality of pixels with electric charges proportional to intensity of the visible light converted by the scintillator panel; a gate driver which selects a line in the image detector and applies a drive signal to pixels in the selected line; an automatic exposure request signal generator which generates an automatic exposure request signal as a trigger signal informing of X-ray radiation through detection of X-rays radiated from the X-ray generator; and a controller which controls a time point of performing an exposure operation depending on a state of the drive signal applied to the pixels of the selected line in response to the automatic exposure request signal is disclosed. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276947 | SUBNANOSECOND SCINTILLATION DETECTOR - A scintillation detector, including a scintillator that emits scintillation; a semiconductor photodetector having a surface area for receiving the scintillation, wherein the surface area has a passivation layer configured to provide a peak quantum efficiency greater than 40% for a first component of the scintillation, and the semiconductor photodetector has built in gain through avalanche multiplication; a coating on the surface area, wherein the coating acts as a bandpass filter that transmits light within a range of wavelengths corresponding to the first component of the scintillation and suppresses transmission of light with wavelengths outside said range of wavelengths; and wherein the surface area, the passivation layer, and the coating are controlled to increase the temporal resolution of the semiconductor photodetector. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276948 | X-Ray Position Detector and Implementation in a Mirror Pointing Servo System - An X-ray beam position and stability detector is provided having a first metal blade collinear with a second metal blade, where an edge of the first metal blade is opposite an edge of the second metal blade, where the first metal blade edge and the second metal blade edge are disposed along a centerline with respect to each other, where the metal blades are capable of photoelectron emission when exposed to an x-ray beam, a metal coating on the metal blades that is capable of enhancing the photoelectron emission, or suppressing energy-resonant contaminants, or enhancing the photoelectron emission and suppressing energy-resonant contaminants, a background shielding element having an electrode capable of suppressing photoelectron emission from spurious x-rays not contained in an x-ray beam of interest, and a photoelectron emission detector having an amplifier capable of detecting the photoelectron emission as a current signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276949 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OVERCOMING OBSTRUCTIONS USING INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE DETECTORS - Imaging systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided. Image detectors are installed in a gantry to detect image information related to a subject. If obstructions are detected related to the field of view of an image detector, a system matrix can be updated accordingly. Thus, upon image reconstruction, artifacts related to obstructions can be minimized or altogether eliminated. This system can be a Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging system to acquire Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276950 | COMPACT SOLID-STATE NEUTRON DETECTOR - The structure and methods of fabricating a high efficiency compact solid state neutron detector based on III-Nitride semiconductor structures deposited on a substrate. The operation of the device is based on absorption of neutrons, which results in generation of free carriers. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276951 | X-RAY DETECTOR FOR A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An x-ray detector is disclosed, for a computed tomography system. In an embodiment, the x-ray detector includes a base plate and a number of detector modules, each including at least one detector field with a detector surface facing counter to an r-direction on a front face and each including a module support, fastened to the base plate. In at least one embodiment, the module support includes a bearing surface facing the base plate, perpendicular to the detector surface, for fastening purposes. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276952 | RADIATION DETECTOR ASSEMBLY AND SAMPLE ANALYZER - Disclosed is a radiation detector assembly which can easily make a decision as to whether an energy calibration is needed. The radiation detector assembly detects radiations, creates pulse signals having pulse heights corresponding to the energies of the radiations, converts the pulse heights of the pulse signals into energies, and creates a radiation spectrum. The radiation detector assembly includes a qualitative analysis portion for assigning peaks appearing in the radiation spectrum, a conversion value calculating portion for calculating energy conversion values for converting the pulse heights into the radiation energies based on the assigned peaks, and an energy calibration decision portion for making a decision as to whether an energy calibration is needed, based on the calculated energy conversion values. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276953 | CALIBRATION OF MONOLITHIC CRYSTAL-BASED DETECTORS - A calibration method for calibrating at least one gamma radiation detector includes a monolithic scintillation crystal. The calibration method comprises obtaining event data for a plurality of scintillation events. The event data for each scintillation event includes a plurality of location sensitive signals observed by the at least one gamma radiation detector to be calibrated, applying an unsupervised learning algorithm to embed the event data on a low-dimensional manifold, and obtaining calibration data considering the low-dimensional manifold embedding. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276954 | TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A device has a storage and an information processor. The storage stores presentation information received from a server apparatus. The information processor reads the presentation information from the storage, and controls screen display on a notifier, based on the read presentation information. The screen display on the notifier includes map information of a predetermined region, information about at least one unit representing an occupied part in a unit ownership building that exists in the predetermined region or a building that exists in the predetermined region and that is a building other than a unit ownership building, and shaking-intensity information for each unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276955 | Method and System for Extending Spatial Wavenumber Spectrum Of Seismic Wavefields On Land Or Water Bottom Using Rotational Motion - The present invention provides extensions to the sampled spatial wavenumber spectrum of a seismic wavefield on the free surface of the earth or at the bottom of a body of water to wavenumbers higher than the Nyquist limit for the physical layout spacing of the seismic sensor units. The seismic sensor units are comprised of linear sensing elements for at least linear vertical particle motion; and rotational sensing elements for rotational motion around at least one, or more, horizontal axes. Stress and wavefield conditions known on the land surface of the earth or on a water bottom allow the rotational sensing element to yield the transverse horizontal gradient of the vertical particle motion wavefield. This horizontal gradient and the linear vertical particle motion data are utilized in techniques of sample reconstruction to yield an improved horizontal spatial sampling of the linear vertical particle motion wavefield. These reconstructed seismic wavefield samples represent spatial wavenumbers beyond the basic spatial Nyquist limit when using only linear sensors for the seismic sensor unit spacing employed. The method has a wide range of application in seismic surveys for oil and gas exploration and production, and for other purposes. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276956 | WAVE-EQUATION BASED PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF IMAGED SEISMIC DATA - A device, medium and method for processing seismic data associated with a subsurface of the earth. The method includes a step of receiving seismic data (d) recorded with one or more seismic receivers; a step of processing the seismic data (d) with a first processing algorithm to obtain imaged seismic data (D); a step of constructing wave-fields (W) corresponding to the imaged seismic data (D) by solving a given wave equation, wherein the wave-fields (W) have an added axis (τ) which maps back spectral properties of the imaged seismic data to its pre-imaging state; and a step of processing the wave-fields (W) along the axis (τ) with a second processing algorithm. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276957 | DEGHOSTING AFTER IMAGING - A technique includes determining an image of a subsurface geologic region of interest, where the image represents at least in part ghost energy that is attributable to reflections caused by a reflecting interface. The technique includes deghosting the image, which includes processing data representing the image in a processor-based machine to determine at least one impulse response of a modeling and migration of at least one point scatterer for the region and use the impulse response(s) to attenuate the ghost energy. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276958 | HYBRID DEBLENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Methods and devices for seismic data processing deblend seismic data gathered using simultaneous source acquisition by applying two different deblending techniques. The second deblending technique is applied to residual data obtained after applying the first deblending technique. At least one of these first and second deblending techniques uses a signal-to-noise map. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276959 | ACOUSTIC MODEM-BASED GUIDING METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE FOR MARINE SEISMIC SURVEYS - An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) records seismic signals during a marine seismic survey. The AUV includes a communication device configured to acoustically receive location information from plural transducers of a vessel, wherein each transducer of the vessel transmits its own geographical location; a navigation system configured to receive the location information from the communication device and to calculate current and target positions of the AUV; a propulsion system configured to drive the AUV from the current position to the target position; and a seismic sensor for recording seismic data after reaching a final target position. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276960 | FORMATION MEASUREMENTS USING FLEXURAL MODES OF GUIDED WAVES - An embodiment of a method of estimating a property of an earth formation includes: disposing an acoustic tool in a borehole in an earth formation, the acoustic tool including an acoustic source and an acoustic receiver, the borehole having an axial direction; transmitting an acoustic signal into the borehole by the acoustic source, the acoustic signal having a selected frequency and transmitted at a propagation angle relative to the axial direction, the propagation angle selected to excite a desired guided flexural wave mode that propagates along a surface of the borehole; detecting an received acoustic signal by the acoustic receiver; calculating, by a processor, an incident angle of the received acoustic signal, the incident angle relative to the axial direction; measuring a shift of the propagation angle based on the incident angle; and estimating a property of the formation based on the shift of the propagation angle. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276961 | TERMINAL FOR DETECTING AN OPTICALLY INVISIBLE NETWORK, INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH A DETECTION TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OPTICALLY INVISIBLE NETWORK - This detection terminal ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150276962 | Measurement While Drilling Spontaneous Potential Indicator Using Differential Magnetometers - A drilling system, method and drilling apparatus for determining a parameter of a formation at a downhole location is disclosed. A member having a longitudinal axis is disposed in a borehole at the downhole location. A first magnetometer and a second magnetometer are disposed at an axial location of the member as separate azimuthal locations around the member and oriented tangential to a circumference of circle in a plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the member. Magnetic fields resulting from a current flowing longitudinally through the member due to a spontaneous potential in the formation are measured to determine the spontaneous potential. The parameter of the formation is determined from the determined spontaneous potential. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276963 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AN OBJECT AND/OR OF AN INDIVIDUAL - Disclosed is a capacitive sensor ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150276964 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A METAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND METAL DETECTION SYSTEM - A balanced coil system ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150276965 | METAL FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a detection system for detecting electrically conductive foreign objects (F) in the area ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150276966 | Multiaxial Well Logging Instrument Response in Dipping and Crossbedded Formations - A method for determining resistivity of subsurface formations includes generating an initial model of the formations from multiaxial electromagnetic transimpedance measurements, the model comprising values of vertical resistivity, horizontal resistivity, crossbed dip, crossbed azimuth, and bedding dip and azimuth. Expected measurements generated from the initial model measurements are decomposed into ordinary and extraordinary components. The actual tool measurements are compared to the summation of the expected decomposed measurement components. The initial model is adjusted, the expected decomposed components are recalculated and the foregoing are repeated until the difference between the actual tool measurements and the summation of the expected decomposed components falls below a selected threshold. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276967 | Compensated Tri-Axial Propagation Measurements - A method for obtaining fully gain compensated propagation measurements includes rotating an electromagnetic logging while drilling tool in a subterranean wellbore. The tool includes first and second transmitters and first and second receivers axially spaced apart from one another in which each of the transmitters and each of the receivers include an axial antenna and collocated first and second transverse antennas. The first and second transverse antennas in the first receiver are rotationally offset by a predefined angle from the first and second transverse antennas in the first transmitter. A plurality of electromagnetic voltage measurements are acquired at the first and second receivers while rotating and processed to compute harmonic coefficients. The harmonic coefficients are mathematically rotated through at least the predefined angle to obtain rotated coefficients. Ratios of selected ones of the rotated coefficients are processed to compute fully gain compensated measurement quantities. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276968 | Deep Reading Electromagnetic Logging While Drilling Tool - A deep reading electromagnetic logging while drilling tool includes first and second logging while drilling subs, the first of which includes a first transmitter and a first receiver axially spaced apart from one another and the second of which includes a second transmitter and a second receiver axially spaced apart from one another. Each of the first and second transmitters and first and second receivers includes an axial antenna and collocated first and second transverse antennas. The first and second transverse antennas in the first receiver are rotationally offset by a predefined angle from the first and second transverse antennas in the first transmitter. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276969 | FRACTURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fracture sensing system and method is disclosed herein. The method may include positioning a transmitter and a receiver in a borehole and magnetizing a casing disposed within the borehole to magnetically saturate the casing. The transmitter and receiver may be located inside or outside of the casing. The method may also include inducing with the transmitter an electromagnetic field in a formation surrounding the borehole. The method may also comprise receiving the induced electromagnetic field at the receiver. The induced electromagnetic field may identify a fracture within the formation based, at least in part, on a contrast agent within the fracture. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276970 | REDUCING CONDUCTIVE CASING EFFECT IN TRANSIENT CASED-HOLE RESISTIVITY LOGGING - A first broadband magnetic field is induced at a first transmitter position in a well bore drilled through a formation. A first formation magnetic field induced by the first broadband magnetic field is detected at a first receiver position. A second formation magnetic field induced by the first broadband magnetic field is detected at a second receiver position. A second broadband magnetic field is induced at a second transmitter position in the well bore. A third formation magnetic field induced by the second broadband magnetic field is detected at the first receiver position. A fourth formation magnetic field induced by the second broadband magnetic field is detected at the second receiver position. A formation property is computed using a function of the first, second, third, and fourth formation magnetic fields, wherein the function reduces the effect of a casing on the computation of the formation property. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276971 | Gain Compensated Directional Propagation Measurements - A method for obtaining gain compensated propagation measurements includes rotating an electromagnetic logging while drilling tool having at least one axial transmitter antenna, at least one transverse transmitter antenna, at least one axial receiver antenna and at least one transverse receiver antenna in a subterranean wellbore. Electromagnetic voltage measurements are acquired from the axial and transverse receiver antennas while rotating. The acquired voltage measurements are processed to compute harmonic voltage coefficients. Ratios of selected ones of the harmonic voltage coefficients are in turn processed to compute at least one gain compensated quantity including an axial cross term. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276972 | Gain Compensated Directional Propagation Measurements - A method for obtaining gain compensated electromagnetic logging while drilling propagation measurements includes rotating an electromagnetic logging while drilling tool in a subterranean wellbore. The tool includes a plurality of transmitter antennas and a plurality of receiver antennas symmetrically spaced along a logging while drilling tool body with the transmitter antennas including at least one axial transmitter antenna and at least one transverse transmitter antenna and the receiver antennas including at least one axial receiver antenna and at least one transverse receiver antenna. Electromagnetic voltage measurements are acquired from the receiver antennas while rotating. The acquired voltage measurements are processed to compute harmonic voltage coefficients. Ratios of selected ones of the harmonic voltage coefficients are in turn processed to compute gain compensated quantities including symmetrized and anti-symmetrized quantities. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276973 | Gain Compensated Directional Propagation Measurements - A method for obtaining gain compensated electromagnetic logging while drilling propagation measurements includes rotating an electromagnetic logging while drilling tool having first and second transverse transmitter antennas whose moments are orthogonal to one another and first and second transverse receiver antennas whose moments are orthogonal to one another in a subterranean wellbore. Electromagnetic voltage measurements are acquired from the first and second transverse receiver antennas while rotating. The acquired voltage measurements are processed to compute harmonic voltage coefficients. Ratios of selected ones of the harmonic voltage coefficients are in turn processed to compute a gain compensated quantity including a transverse term. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276974 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING EPITHERMAL AND THERMAL NEUTRONS - A system includes a tool for measuring properties of a formation. The tool includes a tool body, a neutron source to emit neutrons disposed within the tool body, a neutron detector disposed within the tool body spaced apart from the neutron source, and a neutron shield arranged in operational relationship to the neutron detector, the neutron shield defines an exterior surface and an interior volume, the neutron shield to prevent neutrons having an energy below a first predetermined threshold from traveling from the exterior surface to the interior volume. The neutron shield is movably coupled to the tool body, wherein the neutron shield defines a non-occluded position relative to the neutron detector such that the neutron detector is at least partially outside the interior volume, and the neutron shield defines an occluded position relative to the neutron detector such that the neutron detector is disposed within the interior volume. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276975 | ABSOLUTE VECTOR GRAVIMETER AND METHODS OF MEASURING AN ABSOLUTE GRAVITY VECTOR - An absolute vector gravimeter and method of use is provided. The absolute vector gravimeter includes one or more single axis accelerometers, each capable of pointing in at least two directions and calculating an estimated gravity component. Further embodiments provide for estimating a bias in the single axis accelerometer, as well as measuring non-ballistic accelerations along multiple axes and calculating estimated gravity components for each. A resultant non-ballistic acceleration vector can be calculated. Examples for reducing the RMS error in the estimated gravity components are also provided. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276976 | Proximity Sensors with Optical and Electrical Sensing Capabilities - An electronic device may be provided with a touch screen display that is controlled based on information from a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor may have a light source that emits infrared light and a light detector that detects reflected infrared light. When the electronic device is in the vicinity of a user's head, the proximity sensor may produce data indicative of the presence of the user's head. Variations in proximity sensor output due to user hair color and smudges on the proximity sensor can be accommodated by using an electrical sensing mechanism in addition to the light sensing mechanism. The proximity sensor may include a pair of capacitive electrodes for generating an electric field in the vicinity of the device. The presence of a user's head can sufficiently disturb the electric field so as to produce data indicative of the presence of the user's head. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276977 | PHOTOELECTRIC PEOPLE COUNTING DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention may include a low-power people-counting system and related methods. Such a system may include a pair of uncollimated light sources operating at a relatively low duty cycle. Light from the sources may be detected using devices adapted to discriminate between light based on the source from which it was omitted. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276978 | System, Method and Computer Program Product For Determining Placement of Perforation Intervals Using Facies, Fluid Boundaries, Geobodies and Dynamic Fluid Properties - A system and method utilizing one or more perforation filters to determine the location of perforation intervals along a well trace within a reservoir model. The filters may define the location of the perforation intervals based upon, for example, rock property, facies, fluid boundary, geobody, or dynamic fluid property. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276979 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING FRACTURE NETWORKS IN RESERVOIR VOLUMES FROM MICROSEISMIC EVENTS - A system and method for receiving data associated with a set of microseismic events and a fracture network, the data associated with each microseismic event including a location where, and a time when, the microseismic event was recorded by one or more sensors. Each microseismic event in the set may be added to a fracture network in chronological order of the time when the microseismic event was recorded. Each microseismic event may be added by connecting the event to the fracture network by a fracture according to a connection criterion. A stimulated rock volume may be generated that is defined by an iso-surface of points having a constant distance to the fracture network, wherein the fracture network includes a plurality of microseismic events in the set and a plurality of fractures connecting the plurality of microseismic events according to the connection criterion. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESOURCE MICRO-FORECASTS FOR SOLAR GENERATION SOURCES AND UTILITIES - The present invention is an apparatus and method of forecasting solar energy irradiance potential and subsequent photovoltaic output in a region. The apparatus and method includes collecting meteorological data for a given region and then estimating irradiance levels using parameters collected from the meteorological data. Solar energy production is then simulated using the collected meteorological data, estimated irradiance levels, and physical characteristics of a solar generating system in the given region at a predetermined time. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTNING FORECAST - The present invention proposes a lightning forecast method, comprising: identifying a Targeted Weather of SDA carrier (TWLC) based on radar reflectivity data; forecasting a future TWLC state based on the identified TWLC; building or updating an SDA model based on SDA observation data and detected TWLC state-related data; and calculating the probability of producing SDA in the forecasted future TWLC according to the SDA model. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276982 | ILLUMINATION FOR THE DETECTION OF RAINDROPS ON A WINDOW BY MEANS OF A CAMERA - A device for detecting rain includes a camera and a lighting source for emitting visible light onto a window. The camera and the lighting source are configured and arranged in such a way that the camera can detect a signal of the visible light which the lighting source emits onto the window. The signal which is detected by the camera correlates with visible light of the lighting source, which visible light is reflected or scattered at the inner face of the window or outer face of the window and/or at the raindrop. The visible light passes through a shutter device which causes the light to be blocked or highly attenuated in a predefined direction perpendicular to the illumination direction of structures of the shutter device. In contrast, the light in the direction perpendicular to the predefined direction and to the illumination direction can propagate virtually unimpeded through the shutter device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276983 | EFFICIENT WHITE LIGHT SCATTERING PHOTONIC BANDGAP CRYSTAL - A photonic bandgap crystal or photonic bandgap crystal material comprising a self-assembled crystalline colloidal array (CCA) of monodisperse spherical particles having a face-centered-cubic (fcc) or a body-centered-cubic (bcc) lattice dispersed in a medium. The photonic bandgap crystal or photonic bandgap crystal material has a photonic bandgap for light in the visible and near-IR or a photonic bandgap for light in the visible range of wavelengths less than about 700 nm. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276984 | OPTICAL MATERIAL, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND HYBRID OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical material is composed of a resin material and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the resin material. The inorganic fine particles contain at least gallium phosphate fine particles. An optical element is formed of the above-described optical material. A hybrid optical element includes a first optical element and a second optical element disposed on an optical surface of the first optical element. The second optical element is the above-described optical element. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276985 | OPTICAL MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND HYBRID OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical material and a method for producing the optical material, an optical element, and a hybrid optical element are provided. The optical material is composed of a resin material and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the resin material. The inorganic fine particles are fine particles formed of SiO | 2015-10-01 |
20150276986 | PLASTIC POLARIZED LENS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A plastic polarized lens of the present invention, comprising: a polarized film containing thermoplastic polyester, a coat layer containing a urethane-based resin comprised of a structural unit derived from compound having hydroxyl group and a structural unit derived from aromatic diisocyanate, which is formed over at least one surface of the polarized film and a substrate layer containing a thiourethane-based resin, which is formed over at least the coat layer of the coat layer-attached polarized film. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276987 | EYEWEAR LENS PRODUCTION BY MULTI-LAYER ADDITIVE TECHNIQUES - An additive processing method is used to produce a customized eyewear lens by selectively building layers of radiation-polymerized material onto a lens substrate that has optical power properties discernibly different from the optical properties of the customized eyewear lens. The method involves obtaining the lens substrate, calculating the modifications needed to convert the lens substrate's properties to the desired set of properties of the customized lens, generating an additive layer design to achieve the calculated modifications, and identifying at least one control point for confirmation or revision of the additive layer design. The method further involves applying liquid layers of radiation-polymerizable material to the lens substrate and irradiating the liquid layers in selected areas with controlled radiation such that the material is only polymerized and the additive layer is only formed in the select areas irradiated, according to the additive layer design. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276988 | HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO IMPRINTED STRUCTURE - A high-aspect-ratio imprinted structure includes a first layer of cured layer material having a plurality of micro-channels imprinted in the first layer. Each micro-channel has micro-channel walls and a micro-channel bottom, the micro-channel bottom having distinct first and second portions. Deposited material is located on the micro-channel walls and not on the second portion of the micro-channel bottom. | 2015-10-01 |
20150276989 | LOW TEMPERATURE-CURABLE ANTIREFLECTIVE COATINGS HAVING TUNABLE PROPERTIES INCLUDING OPTICAL, HYDROPHOBICITY AND ABRASION RESISTANCE - Disclosed herein is an inventive low-temperature curable antireflective (AR) coating produced by a single layer sol gel deposition process comprising a low-temperature curing step, whereby temperatures well below 100° C. for under 8 hours result in highly robust AR coatings having excellent transmittance and abrasion resistance. Optical, mechanical and chemical properties may be tuned by adjustment of the formulation of the wet coating solution. In this way, the inventive AR coating is able to provide enhanced mechanical and moisture resistance, as well as superior optical performance that can be optimized to suit a particular environment. The invention advantageously enables applying AR coatings to substrates installed in the field, allowing passive heating of the substrate by sun exposure to provide the heat for curing the inventive coatings outdoors. | 2015-10-01 |