40th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170285022 | Test Strip Assembly - There is provided a test strip assembly for detecting the possible presence of at least one analyte in a sample, a device for detecting the possible presence of at least one analyte in a sample comprising the test strip assembly and methods of detecting the possible presence of at least one analyte in a sample using the device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285023 | Portable Devices for Detection of Antibodies Against Therapeutic Drugs - Portable devices for anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) testing are provided. These devices can be used in various applications, including but not restricted to the following: uniform testing of patients for ADAs; selection of therapeutic drug for patient treatment; evaluation of the need to change therapeutic drug or to apply tolerance regimens; selection of patients for clinical trials; comparison of therapeutic drugs marketed for a given disease and also gene therapy; scientific guidance for discovering therapeutic drugs; therapeutic drug development; postmarketing surveillance of therapeutic drugs. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285024 | COMPLIMENT FACTOR I BIOASSAY - The present invention relates to a CFI bioactivity assay designed to quantitatively measure (a) CFI bioactivity of plasma or other body fluids; and (b) bioactivity of CFI in plasma or other body fluids of a human patient afflicted by a disease that involves amyloid deposition in tissues, in particular Alzheimer disease, AMD, glaucoma, or beta-amyloid cataract formation. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285025 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS TO DETECT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS NUCLEIC ACIDS - The disclosed invention is related to methods, compositions, kits and isolated nucleic acid sequences for targeting Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) nucleic acid (e.g., HSV-1 and/or HSV-2 nucleic acid). Compositions include amplification oligomers, detection probe oligomers and/or target capture oligomers. Kits and methods comprise at least one of these oligomers. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285026 | SYSTEM FOR CHEMILUMINESCENCE-BASED DETECTION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS - The present disclosure comprises a device and accompanying method for determining the presence or absence of Methicillin-resistant | 2017-10-05 |
20170285027 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - This invention is directed to methods and compositions for diagnosis, prognosis and for determining methods of treatment. The physiological status of a cell present in a sample (e.g. clinical sample) can be used in diagnosis or prognosis of a condition (e.g. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia), in patient selection for therapy, to monitor treatment and to modify or optimize therapeutic regimens. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285028 | METHOD AND KIT FOR THE DETECTION OF HEPATITIS-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES - Provided is an improved method for detecting antibodies to a hepatitis virus in a tissue sample from individuals, which can reliably detect antibodies in recently infected individuals and which provides much lower false positive results in individuals that have cleared their hepatitis infections. Further provided is an improved method and kit which utilizes an activator of (i) hepatitis virus-primed lymphocytes, (ii) memory cells specific for said hepatitis virus, (iii) hepatitis virus-specific antibody production, or (iv) a combination thereof in a tissue sample to stimulate the production of antibodies from newly primed B cells, if present. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285029 | IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY SCORING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods for determining the eligibility of a subject having a malignancy for treatment with an anti-PD therapeutic agent. In certain embodiments, the method includes determining, by immunohistochemistry, the number of PD-L1 positive malignant cells in a tumor tissue section as well as the number of infiltrating non-malignant cells and/or non-malignant cells of the stromal interface area. The infiltrating non-malignant cells and/or non-malignant cells of the stromal interface area are positive for a marker selected from PD-L1, CD8, CD68, and any combination thereof. Compositions and kits or performing the disclosed methods are also provided. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285030 | METHODS OF DIAGNOSING PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing and/or prognosing proliferative disorders, especially brain cancers (e.g. gliomas). In particular, the present invention provides a means to conveniently detect malignant tumours merely by assaying or analysing blood (particularly blood serum). Cytokines and/or angiogenesis factors in blood serum have been found to be surprisingly powerful at indicating the presence of brain cancers in a subject. Moreover, spectroscopic analysis, especially ATR-FTIR analysis, of a blood sample has been demonstrated to be surprisingly effective at producing a signature that can be correlated with the presence, extent, severity, or aggressiveness of malignant tumours in a subject. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285031 | Microplate and In Vitro Diagnostic Kit for HPV 16/E7 Oncoprotein Detection and Preparation Method Thereof - The invention relates to a microplate, an in vitro diagnostic kit for HPV type 16 E7 oncoprotein detection and a preparation method thereof The in vitro diagnostic kit is comprised of a microplate pre-coated with an HPV type 16 E7 antibody and an HRP-labeled HPV type 16 E7 antibody with concentration of 0.05-0.4 μg/ml, wherein the amount of the antibody in each microwell of the microplate is 0.05-0.5 μg. The in vitro diagnostic kit is used for directly detecting the expression of high-risk HPV-associated oncoprotein and the expression level, and thus has a clear judgment on the infection degree of high-risk HPV, and facilitates subsequent treatment. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285032 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF COLORECTAL CANCER - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and compositions related to the detection of colorectal cancer based upon the identification of biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers that indicate the present of colorectal cancer. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for detecting colorectal cancer in a subject by obtaining a biological sample from the subject; detecting one or more biomarkers present in the sample; and comparing the concentrations and/or expression levels of the one or more biomarkers within the biological sample with the concentrations and/or expression levels of the one or more biomarkers in a normal control sample. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285033 | METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF PRESENCE OF OR RISK OF COLON TUMORS - The disclosed methods are used to predict or assess colon tumor status in a patient. They can be used to determine nature of tumor, recurrence, or patient response to treatments. Some embodiments of the methods include generating a report for clinical management. The methodology provided herein is intended to detect technical variations and to allow for data normalization and enhance signal detection and build predictive proteins profiles of disease status and response. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285034 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING MAMMALS HAVING LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA CHARACTERIZED BY NEUROENDOCRINE DIFFERENTIATION - This document provides methods and materials involved in identifying mammals having lung adenocarcinoma characterized by neuroendocrine differentiation as well as methods and materials involved in treating mammals having lung adenocarcinoma characterized by neuroendocrine differentiation. For example, methods and materials for using ASCL1 and RET expression levels to identify lung cancer patients having lung adenocarcinoma characterized by neuroendocrine differentiation are provided. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285035 | CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL DIAGNOSTICS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF RESISTANCE TO ANDROGEN RECEPTOR TARGETED THERAPIES - The disclosure provides a method of predicting de novo resistance to androgen receptor (AR) targeted therapy in a tumor of a prostate cancer patient comprising (a) performing a direct analysis comprising immunofluorescent staining and morphological characteristization of nucleated cells in a blood sample obtained from the patient to generate circulating tumor cell (CTC) data, wherein the analysis comprises determining a measurable feature of a panel of traditional and non-traditional CTC biomarkers for de novo resistance to androgen receptor (AR) targeted therapy, and (b) evaluating the CTC data to determine the probability of de novo resistance to the AR targeted therapy in the tumor of the prostate cancer patient. Further disclosed are the panel of traditional and non-traditional CTC biomarkers for the methods. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285036 | METHODS FOR DETECTING OVARIAN CANCER - The present description is related to the field of ovarian cancer diagnostics. It introduces novel biomarkers that can be used to detect presence of ovarian cancer and to provide a prognosis of the disease. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285037 | SCORING METHODS FOR ANTI-PD THERAPY ELIGIBILITY AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PERFORMING SAME - Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods for determining the eligibility of a subject having a malignancy for treatment with an anti-PD therapeutic agent based on a Combined Positive Score (CPS) for a tumor tissue sample from the subject. Compositions and kits or performing the disclosed methods are also provided. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285038 | FLUORESCENCE ASSAY FOR INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY - The present disclosure relates to a method for quantifying sugar appearing in a biological fluid of a subject, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a biological sample from a subject, who has ingested one or more sugars, over a period of 0 to 24 hours after the ingesting; and (b) measuring the amount of the one or more sugars in the biological sample with an organoborane compound coupled to a fluorophore. Disclosed are also assays and kits for performing the above methods. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285039 | ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBING POLYMERIC DYES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Water soluble light harvesting multichromophores that have an ultraviolet absorption maximum are provided. In some embodiments, the multichromophores include a conjugated segment including a fused 6-5-6 tricyclic co-monomer and a UV absorbance-modifying co-monomer. The multichromophores may include an acceptor chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. In some embodiments, a specific binding member is covalently linked to the multichromophore. Also provided are methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule using compositions including the light harvesting multichromophores. Kits and systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285040 | CA IX - NIR DYES AND THEIR USES - The present disclosure relates to compounds that are useful as near-infrared fluorescence probes, wherein the compounds include i) a ligand that binds to the active site of carbonic anhydrase, ii) a dye molecule, and iii) a linker molecule that comprises an amino acid, amide, ureido, or polyethylene glycol derivative thereof. The disclosure further describes methods and compositions for making and using the compounds, methods incorporating the compounds, and kits incorporating the compounds. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285041 | Method for determining risk of pre-eclampsia - The present description relates to a method for determining the risk of a pregnant woman with chronic hypertension developing early or late onset pre-eclampsia. The present description provides methods useful for determining risk that a pregnant individual with chronic hypertension will develop an early pre-eclampsia or late pre-eclampsia. Useful combination of biochemical markers including PlGF and sP-Selectin and related clinical population studies are described herein. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285042 | Gas-Phase Purification for Accurate Isobaric Tag-Based Quantification - Described herein are mass spectrometry systems and methods which improve the accuracy of isobaric tag-based quantification by alleviating the pervasive problem of precursor interference and co-isolation of impurities through gas-phase purification. During the gas-phase purification, the mass-to-charge ratios of precursor ions within at least a selected range are selectively changed allowing ions having similar unmodified mass-to-charge ratios to be separated before further isolation, fragmentation or analysis. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285043 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING MODULATORS OF SESTRIN-GATOR-2 INTERACTION AND USE OF SAME TO MODULATE mTORC1 - The present invention provides methods of identifying modulators of mTORC1 based upon their effect on GATOR2-Sestrin binding or Sestrin-leucine binding; and the use of such modulators to alter mTORC1 activity in a cell and to treat disease and conditions that are effected by mTORC1 activity. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285044 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND IMPROVING THE SURVIVAL OF GASTRIC CANCER PATIENTS - The present invention provides assays and methods for predicting the post-operative survival of a subject having an early stage gastric cancer after tumor surgery. The present invention also provides methods for treating a subject having an early stage gastric cancer by administering a combination therapy tailored to the signal transduction biomarkers that are activated in the cancer. In particular embodiments, the methods of the invention rely on the detection of the activation state or level of a specific combination of signal transducer analytes in a cancer cell obtained from the subject. Thus, the methods of the invention are particularly useful for predicting the survival or prognosis of a subject having an early stage gastric cancer and for guiding both pre- and post-operative treatment decisions by identifying subjects who would benefit from combination therapy as opposed to monotherapy. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285045 | FLUORESCENT PROBE - Provided herein is a fluorescent probe compound of formula (I): | 2017-10-05 |
20170285046 | REAGENT FOR PROTHROMBIN TIME MEASUREMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF PROTHROMBIN TIME - Disclosed is a reagent for prothrombin time measurement, wherein the reagent contains a liposome composition containing a first liposome having a phospholipid layer, a second liposome having a phospholipid layer of a different composition from that of the first liposome, and tissue factor, wherein the tissue factor is associated with the phospholipid layer of at least one of the first liposome and the second liposome; the first liposome contains a phosphatidylcholine compound, a phosphatidylethanolamine compound, and a phosphatidylserine compound; and the second liposome contains at least one phospholipid selected from the group consisting of a phosphatidylcholine compound and a phosphatidylethanolamine compound. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285047 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION - Provided is a method, device and system for an in-situ preparation of a sample, for example, for use in detecting the presence of, and/or quantifying, clottable fibrinogen in such a sample. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285048 | METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF PEPTIDIC DEGRADATION PRODUCTS OF A PROTEOLYTIC CASCADE IN BLOOD SAMPLES - The invention discloses a method for measurement of peptidic degradation products of a proteolytic cascade in biological samples, especially blood samples, wherein the sample is incubated until a steady state equilibrium is reached for at least one peptidic degradation product involved in said proteolytic cascade and wherein said at least one peptidic degradation product in steady state equilibrium of the proteolytic cascade is quantified in the sample. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285049 | Means and Methods for Diagnosing Heart Failure in a Subject - The present invention relates to the field of diagnostic methods. Specifically, the present invention contemplates a method for diagnosing heart failure in a subject based on determining the amounts of at least three biomarkers. The invention also relates to tools for carrying out the aforementioned methods, such as diagnostic devices. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285050 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND/OR ANALYZING BIO-CHIP - In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a biochip detecting device that comprises a first shell ( | 2017-10-05 |
20170285051 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATED ANALYZER - The disclosure concerns a method for operating an automated analyzer, including transporting a liquid containing a plurality of particles into a chamber, such as a reactor chamber and/or measuring cell chamber of the analyzer, introducing a gas or gas mixture, for example, air into the chamber, such as through the liquid present in the chamber so that the particles in the liquid are stirred up, and subsequently draining at least part of the liquid from the chamber through a fluid line ending in the chamber and an open valve arranged in the fluid line. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285052 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD - A sample analysis system includes one or more sets. Each of the one or more sets include includes a measurement block including measurement units configured to test a sample contained in a sample container, and a transport unit disposed corresponding to the measurement block. The transport unit includes a first transport path along which a sample rack is transported from an upstream side to a downstream side and a second transport path along which the sample rack received from the first transport path is transported to the measurement units in the measurement block. The second transport path is configured to move the sample rack back and forth between the measurement units to distribute the sample containers held on the sample rack to the measurement units. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285053 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, RACK EXPORT-IMPORT UNIT, AND METHOD OF EXPORTING AND IMPORTING RACKS - A measurement system according to one or more embodiments may include a measurement unit that measures a sample contained in a sample container; a transport unit including a first transporter that transports a rack holding sample containers in a longitudinal direction of the rack to the measurement unit, and a second transporter that transports the rack from the measurement unit; and a rack export-import unit that sets racks thereon, that is capable of transferring each of the set racks in a lateral direction of the rack, that exports the rack to the first transporter from one end side of the rack export-import unit, and that imports the rack transported by the second transporter from another end side of the rack export-import unit. The rack export-import unit includes a transfer prevention section that prevents the rack imported from the other end side from being transferred from the one end side. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285054 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an automatic analyzer for determining a parameter of a sample fluid, including a dosing device comprising at least one dosing chamber, a first fluid flow path connecting a sample receiving vessel to the dosing chamber via a first pump, a tank containing a dilution medium, a second fluid flow path connecting the tank to the dosing chamber via a second pump, a measuring cell in communication with the dosing chamber via a third fluid flow path via a third pump, and a measuring and control system connected to and configured to control the pumps, wherein the first, second, and third fluid flow paths can selectively be blocked or unblocked by at least one valve unit and the measuring and control system is configured to control the at least one valve unit to block or unblock the first, second, and third flow paths. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285055 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DOSING DEVICE - The present application relates to a method for operating a dosing device with a control unit and a dosing unit. The dosing unit has a cannula with a first volume and a tip, and also a sampling container fluidically connected to the cannula. In a first step, the dosing unit is moved linearly at a predetermined speed in a first direction along an axis, such that the cannula is moved into a vessel containing at least one liquid. At the same time, fluid is aspirated constantly through the cannula with a predetermined volumetric flow by a pump device. At least one optical parameter of the aspirated fluid is measured by at least one optical sensor, which is arranged between the cannula and the sampling container. When a change of the at least one optical parameter is detected, a first position of the dosing unit on the axis is stored by the control unit and the movement of the dosing unit is interrupted. The control unit then calculates a second position of the dosing unit on the axis, at which second position the tip of the cannula has penetrated a first phase boundary, in particular upon immersion into the liquid. The calculation is performed on the basis of the first position, the predetermined speed, the first volume and the predetermined volumetric flow. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285056 | ONE-TOUCH DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FLUID - The present invention relates to a device for collecting body fluids including (a) a fluid receiving part including a fluid receiving space in which an internal low pressure less than an external atmospheric pressure is formed; (b) a fluid collection part including a hollow microstructure connected to form an open system with the fluid receiving space of the fluid receiving part; and (c) a microstructure hollow barrier for blocking the hollow of the microstructure to maintain the internal low pressure formed in the fluid receiving means. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285057 | LIQUID ANALYSER - A liquid analyzer comprises a liquid sample intake for immersion in a liquid sample; at least one measurement zone; and a first pump module operable to effect liquid flow from sample intake towards the at least one measurement zone. A first pressure monitor is provided to measure pressure between the sample intake and the at least one measurement zone and the operation of the first pump module to regulate the liquid flow in the liquid conduits is regulated in dependence thereon. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285058 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFACT ELIMINATION - Disclosed are apparatus and methods that provide the ability to electrical stimulate a physical system, and actively eliminate interference with signal acquisition (artifacts) that arises from the stimulation. The technique implemented in the circuits and methods for eliminating interference connects a discharge path to a physical interface to the system to remove charge that is built-up during stimulation. By placing the discharge path in a feedback loop that includes a recording preamplifier and AC-coupling circuitry, the physical interface is brought back to its pre-stimulation offset voltage. The disclosed apparatus and methods may be used with piezoelectric transducers, ultrasound devices, optical diodes, and polarizable and non-polarizable electrodes. The disclosed apparatus can be employed in implantable devices, in vitro or in vivo setups with vertebrate and invertebrate neural tissue, muscle fibers, pancreatic islet cells, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, bacteria, algae, fungi, protists, and plants. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285059 | DOSIMETERS INCLUDING LENSLESS IMAGING SYSTEMS - Among other things, a method comprises imaging a sample displaced between a sensor surface and a surface of a microscopy sample chamber to produce an image of at least a part of the sample. The image is produced using lensless optical microscopy, and the sample contains at least blood from a subject. The method also comprises automatically differentiating cells of different types in the image, generating a count of one or more cell types based on the automatic differentiation, and deriving a radiation dose the subject has absorbed based on the count. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEAD-BASED ASSAYS IN FERROFLUIDS - Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for separating, directing, and/or extracting a target molecule from a mix of molecules and may comprise a plurality of non-magnetic beads suspended in a ferro fluid, where the non-magnetic beads may be functionalized with at least one predetermined first molecule configured to bind with a target particle. A microfluidic device may be included which may comprise at least one microfluidic channel, the device configured to dynamically and/or statically receive an amount of the mix. Magnetic field means may be included and may be configured to apply a magnetic field to at least a portion of the at least one channel to exert an indirect force on the non-magnetic heads in the ferro fluid mix, and separate the non-magnetic beads from the ferrofluid. The beads may then be directed to at least one receptor region. At least one outlet may be provided which is arranged to be in communication with the at least one microfluidic channel, the at least one outlet may be configured to receive and extract the separated non-magnetic beads from the ferrofluid. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285061 | ACCELEROMETRIC SENSOR IN MEMS TECHNOLOGY HAVING HIGH ACCURACY AND LOW SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE AND AGEING - The accelerometric sensor has a suspended region, mobile with respect to a supporting structure, and a sensing assembly coupled to the suspended region and configured to detect a movement of the suspended region with respect to the supporting structure. The suspended region has a geometry variable between at least two configurations associated with respective centroids, different from each other. The suspended region is formed by a first region rotatably anchored to the supporting structure and by a second region coupled to the first region through elastic connection elements configured to allow a relative movement of the second region with respect to the first region. A driving assembly is coupled to the second region so as to control the relative movement of the latter with respect to the first region. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285062 | ELECTRIC OIL PUMP CONTROL METHOD FOR OPERATING TRANSMISSION OF HYBRID VEHICLE - An electric oil pump control method for operating a transmission of a hybrid vehicle which is driven by a first motor, a second motor, and an engine is provided. The method includes determining a number of revolutions of a low-pressure pump of an electric oil pump based on lubrication flow amount of the first motor, lubrication flow amount of the second motor, cooling flow amount of the first motor, and cooling flow amount of the second motor and determining a number of revolutions of a high-pressure pump of the electric oil pump based on control flow amount of a clutch of the transmission and lubrication flow amount of a rotation driver included in the transmission. A maximum value is determined of the determined number of revolutions of the low-pressure pump and the determined number of revolutions of the high-pressure pump as a number of revolutions of the electric oil pump. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285063 | METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION OF THREE DEGREES OF VIBRATIONAL FREEDOM USING SINGLE HETERODYNE BEAM - A laboratory system has demonstrated the measurement of three degrees of vibrational freedom simultaneously using a single beam through heterodyne speckle imaging. The random interference pattern generated by the illumination of a rough surface with coherent light can be exploited to extract information about the surface motion. The optical speckle pattern is heterodyne mixed with a coherent reference. The recorded optical data is then processed to extract three dimensions of surface motion. Axial velocity is measured by demodulating the received time-varying intensity of high amplitude pixels. Tilt, a gradient of surface velocity, is calculated by measuring speckle translation following reconstruction of the speckle pattern from the mixed signal. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285064 | MEMS ACCELEROMETRIC SENSOR HAVING HIGH ACCURACY AND LOW SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE AND AGING - A MEMS accelerometric sensor includes a bearing structure and a suspended region that is made of semiconductor material, mobile with respect to the bearing structure. At least one modulation electrode is fixed to the bearing structure and is biased with an electrical modulation signal including at least one periodic component having a first frequency. At least one variable capacitor is formed by the suspended region and by the modulation electrode in such a way that the suspended region is subjected to an electrostatic force that depends upon the electrical modulation signal. A sensing assembly generates, when the accelerometric sensor is subjected to an acceleration, an electrical sensing signal indicating the position of the suspended region with respect to the bearing structure and includes a frequency-modulated component that is a function of the acceleration and of the first frequency. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285065 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A PARAMETER - The present disclosure provides a sensor system for measuring a parameter of a body. The sensor system includes a housing mountable to a rotating part of the body. The housing includes a first dual-axis accelerometer having a first measurement axis and a second measurement axis, the first dual-axis accelerometer arranged to measure a first acceleration along the first measurement axis and a second acceleration along the second measurement axis and a second dual-axis accelerometer having a third measurement axis and a fourth measurement axis, the second dual-axis accelerometer arranged to measure a third acceleration along the third measurement axis and a fourth acceleration along the fourth measurement axis. The sensor system also includes a processor configured to receive the first, second, third and fourth measured accelerations and determine from the first, second, third and fourth measured accelerations the parameter. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285066 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMING A WIND DIRECTION MEASUREMENT - Provided is a method for performing a wind direction measurement for a wind turbine, the method including: measuring plural sample pairs, each pair including a measured relative wind direction and an associated performance quantity, the measured relative wind direction representing a measurement result of measuring a difference angle between a real wind direction and an orientation of a measurement equipment, in particular a direction orthogonal to a rotor blade plane, the performance quantity indicating a performance of the wind turbine; evaluating a degree of asymmetry of the performance quantity with respect to a measured relative wind direction equal to zero; measuring a further relative wind direction; and correcting the further measured relative wind direction based on the degree of asymmetry. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285067 | SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE AND PROBE CONTACT DETECTION METHOD - According to this invention, a scanning probe microscope for scanning a surface of a sample with a probe by bringing the probe into contact with the surface of the sample, comprises a cantilever having the probe at its tip; a displacement detection unit to detect both a bending amount and a torsion amount of the cantilever; and a contact determination unit to determine a primary contact of the probe with the surface of the sample, based on the bending amount and the torsion amount detected by the displacement detection unit in all directions from an undeformed condition of the cantilever. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285068 | REPAIRABLE RIGID TEST PROBE CARD ASSEMBLY - A repairable rigid test probe system includes an annular gimbal supported by an annular gimbal bearing of a probe card assembly, a test substrate seated and aligned within the annular gimbal, a rigid die including thick periphery and a thin center containing an array of through holes that is aligned above the test substrate, and an array of rigid probes inserted into each of the array of through holes, where each rigid probe includes: a tail end that contacts a connection on a facing surface of the test substrate, a collar limiting a distance of insertion, and a tip that contacts a corresponding contact on a facing surface of a device under test. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285069 | PROBE CARD WITH STRESS RELIEVING FEATURE - A probe card assembly is disclosed. The probe card assembly includes a probe card plate, a probe core, and an expansion gap defined in the probe card plate. The probe core includes a bonding portion for fixing the probe core to the probe plate. The expansion gap surrounds the probe core. Another probe card assembly is disclosed. The another probe card assembly includes a probe card plate, a tube, and a probe core. The tube is configured to be inserted into an opening of the probe card plate and configured to be securely fixed to the probe card plate. The probe core includes a bonding portion for fixing the probe core to the tube. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285070 | REJECTION OF MECHANICAL VIBRATION INDUCED NOISE IN ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS - An electronic test measurement system can include a device under test (DUT) and an electronic test instrument that includes a signal input configured to receive an electrical signal from the DUT, a cooling mechanism, and a processor. The processor can be configured to determine a frequency at which the cooling mechanism should operate, cause the cooling mechanism to operate at the determined frequency, select a filter based on the determined frequency, and apply the filter to the electrical signal to reduce interference with the electrical signal resulting from mechanical vibrations of the cooling mechanism. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285071 | WAFER INSPECTION EQUIPMENT HAVING LASER CLEANING FUNCTION - A wafer test machine is disclosed. The wafer test machine comprises a main body having a chamber defined therein, wherein a probe card is disposed at an upper portion of the chamber; a chuck for fixing a wafer in the chamber; a moving unit for moving the chuck in the chamber, thus making a contact between the probe card and the wafer; and a laser cleaning apparatus for cleaning the probe card in the chamber using a laser beam, when the probe card does not contact the wafer. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285072 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING DATA ACQUIRED BY DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE, AND DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE - A method for accessing data acquired by a digital oscilloscope, consists of the following, steps: sampling signals based on a preset sampling frequency and converting into binary data by an ADC, continuously storing the data into a buffer based on preset rules: simultaneously, generating one trigger event based on preset timebase parameters and trigger conditions each time when acquired data meets the, trigger, conditions; reading a data segment from the buffer corresponding to the trigger event, and forming a waveform and then displaying. The procedure of storing, the acquired data into the buffer is independent of the procedure of generating the trigger event or reading the data segment or displaying the waveform. The implementation of the method and device for accessing data acquired by a digital oscilloscope as well as the digital oscilloscope brings the following advantages: seamless acquisition is achieved, the sampling rate is not restricted by timebase parameters, and the memory depth is not restricted by the waveform processing speed as traditional oscilloscope. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285073 | OIL ACTIVE PART DESIGN IN GAS - A method for insulating an RC voltage divider includes installing at least one part of an active part of the voltage divider within an inner housing and insulating the at least one part of the active part with an insulating oil within the inner housing, hermetically sealing the inner housing, enclosing the inner housing in an outer housing and filling a space between the inner housing and the outer housing with an insulating gas. A system for insulating an RC voltage divider is also provided. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285074 | Integrated Voltage Sensor - A resistor assembly can include a resistor having a first end and a second end, and a conductive member, where the conductive member is coupled to the first end of the resistor. The resistor assembly can also include a shield cup and a housing, where the housing includes at least one housing wall having at least one aperture, and where the housing encloses at least a portion of the resistor and at least a portion of the shield cup. A volume of space between the at least one housing wall of the housing and the resistor can be substantially filled with an insulating material and at least the outside of the housing is substantially covered with the insulating material. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285075 | CURRENT SENSOR - A current sensor includes a busbar carrying an electric current to be measured, a magnetic sensing element for detecting intensity of a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the busbar, and a pair of shield plates that include a magnetic material and are arranged to sandwich the busbar in a thickness direction of the busbar. The busbar includes a through-hole penetrating therethrough and current paths formed on both sides of the through-hole, the magnetic sensing element is arranged at a position overlapping the through-hole in the thickness direction of the busbar. The busbar is arranged in a space between the pair of shield plates such that the center in the thickness direction is located at a position offset from the center of the space in the thickness direction. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285076 | CURRENT SENSOR - A current sensor includes a busbar carrying an electric current to be measured, a magnetic sensing element for detecting intensity of a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the busbar, and a pair of shield plates that include magnetic materials and are arranged to sandwich the busbar in a thickness direction of the busbar. The shield plates include a conductive shield plate including a conductive magnetic material and a non-conductive shield plate including a non-conductive magnetic material. The conductive shield plate includes a slit penetrating therethrough. The magnetic sensing element is arranged at a position where the magnetic sensing element overlaps the slits in the thickness direction and does not overlap the conductive shield plate in the thickness direction. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285077 | CURRENT DIFFERENCE SENSORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments relate to current difference sensors, systems and methods. In an embodiment, a current difference sensor includes first and second conductors arranged relative to one another such that when a first current flows through the first conductor and a second current, equal to the first current, flows through the second conductor, a first magnetic field induced in the first conductor and a second magnetic field induced in the second conductor cancel each other at a first position and a second position; and first and second magnetic field sensing elements arranged at the first and second positions, respectively. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285078 | APPARATUS WITH DEVICE WITH FAULT DETECTION PROTECTION - A device such as a laser diode is provided with a monitoring arrangement. The monitoring arrangement has voltage to current convertors arranged to provide respectively currents which are proportional to the respective voltages on an anode and on a cathode of the laser diode. The monitoring arrangement provides a first output signal when the laser diode is on too long. That output signal is used to cause the laser diode to be switched off. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285079 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING STATISTICAL DYNAMIC METER DATA VALIDATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments are disclosed for validating measured meter data. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface is provided that facilitates configuration of a validation algorithm by a user. Historical usage data is accessed during a non-peak time to offload processing from a peak time. The non-peak time corresponds to a time span when the measured meter data is not being received and validated, and the peak time corresponds to a different time span when the measured meter data is being received and validated. Statistical data is generated from the historical usage data during the non-peak time and stored in a memory. The measured meter data is received and the statistical data is accessed during the peak time. The measured meter data is validated by applying the validation algorithm to the statistical data and the measured meter data during the peak time. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285080 | POWER GRID SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING POWER CONSUMPTION AT ONE OR MORE BUILDING CONNECTIONS IN A POWER GRID SYSTEM - Power grid system and method of determining power consumption at one or more building connections in a power grid system. The power grid system comprises a power grid comprising a mains grid portion; a plurality of building connections, each building connection comprising a first meter configured for metering power imported from the mains grid portion to the associated building and power exported from the associated building into the mains grid portion; for one or more of the building connections, at least one second meter disposed downstream from the first meter relative to the mains grid portion and configured for metering power exported to the associated building from an auxiliary generator; and a consolidation unit configured for determining power consumption at said one or more of the building connections based on readings from the associated first and second meters. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285081 | UNIVERSAL SMART ENERGY TRANSFORMER MODULE - A universal smart energy transformer module (USETM) that uses an array of sensors to monitor and measure characteristics of the electrical power delivered and utilized at a location, along with other conditions in the area surrounding the location. The invention then uses the data from these sensors to determine the condition and performance of the transformer (for example, its input and output, power quality etc.) and also to identify any anomalies detected within the local power system that could threaten reliable electric supply on the electric grid, or pose a danger to people. A notification of such condition may be distributed using the secure, uninterruptible communications system. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285082 | Electronic Device With Resistive Sensor Array - An array of resistive sensor circuits may be used to gather sensor data. Each resistive sensor circuit may have a resistive sensor and an associated switch. Row decoder circuitry may supply rows of the sensor circuits with control signals on row lines. Capacitors associated with respective columns of the array may be provided with an initialization voltage. The control signals on the row lines may be used to turn on the switches in a selected row of the resistive sensor circuits and thereby discharge the capacitors through the resistive sensors of that row. Comparators may have first inputs coupled to the capacitors and second inputs that receive a reference voltage. A column readout circuit may have memory and processing circuitry that receives count values from a counter and that stores the count values in response to toggling output signals from the comparators. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285083 | PROBE SYSTEMS, STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHODS FOR WAFER-LEVEL TESTING OVER EXTENDED TEMPERATURE RANGES - Probe systems, storage media, and methods for wafer-level testing over extended temperature ranges are disclosed herein. The methods are configured to test a plurality of devices under test (DUTs) present on a substrate. The probe systems are programmed to perform the methods. The storage media include computer-readable instructions that direct a probe system to perform the methods. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285084 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TESTING TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL UNIT - A wireless testing device includes a trailer connector portion including a plurality of inputs; a communication device; a plurality of loads each connected to one of the plurality of inputs; and a control device. The plurality of inputs is configured to connect to a plurality of circuits in a vehicle. The control device is configured to determine the operability of each of the plurality of circuits in the vehicle when the trailer connector portion is connected to the vehicle by applying each of the plurality of loads to one of the plurality of inputs. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285085 | SOLID STATE IMPEDANCE TUNERS - A solid state impedance tuner or impedance tuner system including a housing structure and at least two solid state tuner modules electrically combined and disposed in one package within the housing structure. Each tuner module includes at least one solid state control element. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285086 | ACTIVE SHAFT GROUNDING SYSTEM WITH DIAGNOSTIC WAVEFORM ANALYSIS - A system that applies a counteracting voltage or current to a rotating shaft to minimize a grounding voltage signal of the shaft, measures and analyzes the counteracting signal, and provides expert system logic that compares prior learned waveforms and models of baseline, fault, and degradation waveforms to operational waveforms to determine and predict faults and degradation events. Self-learning logic analyzes the operational waveforms to look for changes, and finds or predicts fault and degradation events in relation to archived characteristics of earlier waveforms. It then adds characteristics of predictive waveforms to the database of model waveforms, and updates rules and thresholds in the expert logic based on the found predictors. It may further calculate and continuously refine a counteracting signal waveform to minimize the shaft grounding waveform. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285087 | ELECTRIC LEAKAGE DETECTING DEVICE - One embodiment provides an electric leakage detecting device for shutting off an AC electric circuit. A digital comparator generates a detection signal by comparing an output signal corresponding to output signals of a zero-phase current transformer with positive and negative thresholds, a control signal generator generates a control signal based on the detection signal, and a judging device generates a judgment signal if an electric leakage state is judged. In addition, a delay counter generates a final control signal if the judgment signal has been received continuously more than a first prescribed time, a reset counter resets every time the control signal is received, and resets the judging device and the delay counter if the control signal is not received in a second prescribed time, and a switch driving circuit shuts off the AC electric circuit based on the final control signal. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285088 | Systems and Methods for Testing Electrical Leakage - A method of testing a self-contained device under test having at least a circuit under test and a power source is provided. The method may include at least temporarily enabling power from the power source to the circuit under test, determining a first voltage across the circuit under test, determining a second voltage across the circuit under test after a test duration, and calculating an average current of the circuit under test based at least partially on the first voltage, the second voltage and the test duration. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285089 | GROUND FAULT MONITORING SYSTEM - A ground fault monitoring system includes a ground fault interface device including a power interface and a data interface. The ground fault interface device is structured to output power via the power interface and to receive data via the data interface. The ground fault monitoring system also includes a plurality of ground fault devices structured to detect a ground fault on an associated circuit, to output data of the detected ground fault to the ground fault interface device, and to receive power to operate the ground fault devices via power lines. The plurality of ground fault devices are electrically connected in a series connection with the ground fault interface device by data lines and power lines. Each of the ground fault devices is configured to pass through received data and power. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285090 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BATTERY CONNECTION QUALITY - A system for evaluating battery connection quality in one or more battery modules of a battery assembly includes a battery testing unit having a housing including an upper surface and a lower surface. A plurality of testing modules are disposed on the lower surface of the housing to communicate with and electrically contact the one or more battery modules of the battery assembly. The plurality of testing modules each include at least one connector extending from a lower surface of the testing module and at least one contact disposed on one or more side surfaces of the testing module. A controller is in electrical communication with the at least one connector and at least one contacts to simultaneously evaluate voltage and resistance measurements of the one or more battery modules of the battery assembly. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285091 | SENSING CIRCUIT, SENSING DEVICE AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR POWER TRANSMISSION LINES - A sensing device for power transmission line includes an induction coil device, a sensing circuit device, and a housing. A plurality of iron cores and a plurality of windings defined in the induction coil device. The windings are wound around the iron cores. A hole for power transmission line is defined in the induction coil device. The sensing circuit device detects operation status of a power transmission line and environmental parameters. The sensing circuit device includes a cover and a bottom plate. Multiple circuit boards are mounted on the bottom plate. The induction coil device is mounted on one side of the cover. Each of two ends of the housing has a streamline shape. The housing is hollow for receiving the sensing circuit device. The iron cores of the induction coil device includes at least one first iron core and at least one second iron core. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285092 | DIRECTIONAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) LOCALIZATION OF POWER LINE ULTRAVIOLET CORONA USING POINT DETECTORS - Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable the detection and localization of power line corona discharges and/or electrical arcs by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including an array of ultraviolet (UV) point detectors. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285093 | OIL RESISTANCE TEST METHOD AND OIL RESISTANCE TEST APPARATUS - An oil resistance test method for an electronic device is provided. At least one type of resin material is provided on at least a portion of an outer surface of the electronic device. The oil resistance test method includes: setting a test temperature; and immersing the electronic device in a water-soluble cutting oil in an atmosphere of the set test temperature. This cutting oil contains a mineral oil and a surfactant, and exhibits a milky-white appearance when diluted with water. The oil resistance test method further includes: determining, based on an electrical characteristic of the electronic device, whether or not the electronic device has been degraded by the cutting oil; and estimating, based on a total immersion time of the electronic device in the cutting oil until degradation of the electronic device is detected, a life of oil resistance of the electronic device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285094 | OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RELIABILITY - A per-chip equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) circuit sensor resides in an integrated circuit. The per-chip EOT circuit sensor determines electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit. The measured electrical characteristics include leakage current. The determined electrical characteristics are used to determine physical attributes of the integrated circuit. The physical attributes, including EOT, are used in a reliability model to predict per-chip failure rate. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285095 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTIC - A method for measuring a current-voltage characteristic (Id-Vds characteristic) representing the relationship between the drain current Id (or collector current) and the drain-source voltage Vds (or collector-emitter voltage) of a transistor M | 2017-10-05 |
20170285096 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, CRACK PREDICTION DEVICE, AND CRACK PREDICTION METHOD - A printed wiring board includes: a laminated body that has a plurality of wiring layers laminated therein; a first through hole that electrically connects two or more wiring layers with each other; and a second through hole that has strength to expansion and contraction of the laminated body less than in the first through hole. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285097 | BURIED ELECTRICAL DEBUG ACCESS PORT - Embodiments are generally directed to a buried electrical debug access port. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a substrate or printed circuit board; one or more electronic components coupled with the substrate or printed circuit board; one or more electrical access ports coupled with the substrate or printed circuit board, each electrical access port including electrically conductive material; and an encapsulant material, the encapsulant material encapsulating the one or more access ports, wherein the one or more access ports are electrically connected to one or more circuits of the apparatus to provide debugging access to the apparatus. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285098 | TEST STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR JUDGING DE-EMBEDDING ACCURACY OF RF DEVICES BY USING AN INTRODUCED DEVICE - The present invention discloses a test structure and a method for judging the de-embedding accuracy of RF devices, which comprises testing the S parameters of a target device test structure, an introduced device test structure and an auxiliary test structure, respectively. Then calculating de-embedding S parameters of the target device test structure and the introduced device test structure according to the above-tested results, respectively. Finally, calculating performance parameters of the target device test structure according to the above-calculated de-embedding S parameters. So, the accuracy of the de-embedding method is determined by comparing the consistency of the performance parameters. The present invention can directly judge the de-embedding accuracy and the applicable frequency range of a given de-embedding method by analyzing the testing data. Further, the using of the parallel test structure and the cascade test structure together can increase the reliability of the judgment results. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285099 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING HIGH-TEMPERATURE OPERATING LIFE OF SRAM DEVICES - A method for predicting high-temperature operating life of an integrated circuit (IC) includes performing bias temperature instability tests and high-temperature operating life tests on a device of the IC, establishing a relationship between the device bias temperature instability and the IC's high-temperature operating life based on a result of the bias temperature instability tests and the high-temperature operating life tests. The method further includes providing a lot of subsequent integrated circuits (ICs), performing wafer-level bias temperature instability tests on a device of the ICs, and predicting high-temperature operating life of the ICs based on a result of the wafer-level bias temperature instability tests and based on the established relationship between the device's bias temperature instability and the IC's high-temperature operating life. The method can save significant effort and time over conventional approaches for accurate prediction of high-temperature operating life of an IC. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING EVENTS THAT ARE SPARSE IN TIME - Under one aspect, a method is provided for detecting events that are sparse in time. The method can include (a) receiving N analog input signals that are continuous and are independent from one another, wherein each one of the events causes a change in a corresponding one of the analog input signals, and N is 2 or greater. The method also can include (b) by a first analog circuit, for each of the N analog input signals, outputting products of that analog input signal and a plurality of gain factors. The method also can include (c) by a second analog circuit, outputting M sums of the products, wherein M is 2 or greater and is less than or equal to N. The method also can include (d) detecting a first one of the events based on the M sums of the products. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285101 | INTERPOSER INSTRUMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving interposers to include embedded monitoring instruments for real time monitoring digital signals, analog signals, voltage signals and temperature sensors located in the interposer. An embedded monitor trigger unit controls the starting and stopping of the real time monitoring operations. The embedded monitoring instruments are accessible via an 1149.1 TAP interface on the interposer. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285102 | IC TEST SITE VISION ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - A vision alignment system for a test handler system includes a transfer mechanism that transfers a device from an input side to a test side, a contactor array positioned at the test side, and a pick-and-place device that moves the device from the transfer mechanism to the contactor array. An engagement mechanism on the pick-and-place device engages with alignment devices on the transfer mechanism and contactor array. To avoid positioning the vision alignment system in the test side, a first vision mechanism is positioned away from the test socket and determines the position of the device in a common local coordinate system, a second vision mechanism is positioned at an output side and determines a position of the contactor array in the local coordinate system, and the correction mechanism corrects a position of the device based on an offset between the positions in the coordinate system. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285103 | SCAN TESTING USING SCAN FRAMES WITH EMBEDDED COMMANDS - Testing of integrated circuits is achieved by a test architecture utilizing a scan frame input shift register, a scan frame output shift register, a test controller, and a test interface comprising a scan input, a scan clock, a test enable, and a scan output. Scan frames input to the scan frame input shift register contain a test stimulus data section and a test command section. Scan frames output from the scan frame output shift register contain a test response data section and, optionally, a section for outputting other data. The command section of the input scan frame controls the test architecture to execute a desired test operation. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285104 | IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN SOURCES FOR LOGIC BUILT-IN SELF TEST IN VERIFICATION - A tool for determining unknown sources in a circuit design for exclusion from logic built-in self test (LBIST) verification for the circuit. Responsive to initializing each of one or more latches in one or more test channels of the circuit design being tested, the tool determines whether a latch of the one or more latches is corrupted by an unknown source. The tool gathers each of the one or more latches determined to be an unknown source after a capture clock phase. The tool performs a backward traverse of logic circuitry feeding each of the one or more latches determined to be an unknown source. The tool verifies that a fence on one or more unknown source nets associated with each of the one or more latches blocked the unknown source from contributing to a test signature. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285105 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a technique related to a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a communication method, and an integrated circuit that are capable of efficiently performing device-to-device communication. In a case where a terminal apparatus capable of direct communication between terminal apparatuses starts a timer corresponding to a group index that identifies short-range group communication, to which the terminal apparatus belongs, and the timer expires, switching is performed from a first radio resource allocation method, by which a radio resource to be used for the direct communication is requested to a base station apparatus, to a second radio resource allocation method by which the terminal apparatus selects a radio resource to be used for the direct communication. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285106 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided with: a first circuit; a plurality of pattern generators connected to the first circuit and each supplying a test pattern to the first circuit; a pattern-generator control circuit controlling each of the plurality of pattern generators; a pattern compressor compressing a result output from the first circuit in response to supply of the test patterns from the plurality of pattern generators; a pattern-compressor control circuit controlling the pattern compressor; and a self-diagnosis control circuit connected to the pattern-generator control circuit and the pattern-compressor control circuit, and controlling the pattern-generator control circuit such that stop timings of the test patterns differ from one another among the plurality of pattern generators. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285107 | BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE ESTIMATOR - A battery monitoring device includes a first coil positioned within a cell of a battery, a second coil positioned to be magnetically coupled to the first coil through active material that is contained within the cell, and a controller that is configured to apply an electrical current to one of the first and second coils, detect induced electrical current in the other of the first and second coils, and determine a state-of-charge (SOC) of the battery based on the induced electrical current. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285108 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD OF BATTERY PACK FOR ON-SITE ELECTRIC APPARATUS - One aspect of the present disclosure is an inspection apparatus of a battery pack for an on-site electric apparatus, which comprises a coupler, a discharger, a changer, a discharge performing device, a voltage value detector, and a calculator. The changer detects one of a nominal voltage value of the battery pack coupled to the coupler and a voltage value of a battery in the battery pack, and reduces a discharge time of the battery and/or a discharge current value of the battery as the detected value is larger. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285109 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, TRANSPORT DEVICE INCLUDING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, ESTIMATING METHOD OF ESTIMATING CORRELATION INFORMATION BETWEEN CHARGE RATE AND OPEN-END VOLTAGE OF ELECTRIC STORAGE SECTION, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ESTIMATING CORRELATION INFORMATION - A power supply apparatus has a first electric storage section, a second electric storage section having an excellent energy density and a poor output density compared with the first storage section, and a control section that acquires first data and second data before and after each time of transferring charge between the first and storage sections, the first data being a combination of an SOC and an OCV of the first storage section, the second data being a combination of an SOC and an OCV of the second storage section, estimates a first correlation between the SOC and the OCV of the first storage section from an aggregation of the first data including reference data, and estimates a second correlation between the SOC and the OCV of the second storage section based on a comparison between a plurality of stored data and an aggregation of the second data. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285110 | ESTIMATION DEVICE AND ESTIMATION METHOD - Provided is an estimation device for estimating an actual capacity of an energy storage device or a total reduction amount of the actual capacity. The estimation device includes a processor which is configured to calculate the actual capacity of the energy storage device or the total reduction amount of the actual capacity based on approximation data where a capacity change curve indicative of a transition of the actual capacity or a transition of the total reduction amount of the actual capacity with respect to an elapsed time is approximated by a plurality of straight lines. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285111 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ECONOMICAL OPTIMIZATION OF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING BATTERY DEGRADATION - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for economically optimal control of an electrical system. Some embodiments employ generalized multivariable constrained continuous optimization techniques to determine an optimal control sequence over a future time domain in the presence of any number of costs, savings opportunities (value streams), and constraints. Some embodiments also include control methods that enable infrequent recalculation of the optimal setpoints. Some embodiments may include a battery degradation model that, working in conjunction with the economic optimizer, enables the most economical use of any type of battery. Some embodiments include techniques for load and generation learning and prediction. Some embodiments include consideration of external data, such as weather. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285112 | Method and device for displaying SOC of battery, and electronic equipment thereof - A method and device for displaying SOC of a battery, and electronic equipment are provided. The method includes: an initial voltage and initial SOC of the battery are acquired; a current voltage and current SOC of the battery in a current state are acquired after charging or discharging the battery for a preset time; and if the ratio of the current voltage to the initial voltage meets a first preset condition and the ratio of the current SOC to the initial SOC meets a second preset condition, the current voltage and the current SOC are displayed. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285113 | WIRELESS BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A wireless battery management system manages at least one battery unit, and the system includes at least one battery tester and a wireless terminal apparatus. The at least one battery tester is electrically connected to the at least one battery unit. The wireless terminal apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, a display unit, and a user interface. The wireless communication unit provides a wireless communication protocol to be wirelessly connected to the battery tester. The user interface is displayed on the display unit and operates an application program of the wireless terminal apparatus. The application program is executed by the wireless terminal apparatus to provide a test and monitor function to control the battery tester testing and monitoring the battery unit correspondingly connected to the battery tester. Accordingly, readability of the battery test results and convenience of monitoring and sharing the battery test results are increased. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING WAVEFORMS IN POWER SYSTEMS - A method and system for analyzing waveform capture data is provided. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving, by a controller from an intelligent electronic device, waveform capture data indicative of an electrical event, extracting, from the waveform capture data, electrical event data, extracting, from memory associated with the controller, additional data, classifying the waveform capture data into a category of a plurality of categories using the electrical event data, comparing the electrical event data and the additional data to stored data, diagnosing the electrical event and a cause of the electrical event based on the comparison and providing an indication of the cause of the electrical event. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285115 | HIGH-QUALITY COIL - The problem addressed by the invention is that of providing a coil having advantageous properties for an oscillating circuit, in particular for a measuring device for electromagnetic signals. This problem is solved in that the coil comprises an electric conductor, the ends of which form the two terminals of the coil. Wound sections of the electric conductor are twisted together, that is to say wound helically around one another. The electric conductor is in principle surrounded by insulation, for example made of plastic or varnish. As a result of the twisting, increases in spacing between adjacent conductor sections within the windings are achieved. This results in an improved quality of the coil. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285116 | MAGNETIC SENSOR - A magnetic sensor disclosed according to the present application is provided, which includes at least two magnetic sensing elements forming at least one magnetic sensing element pair, and currents in the magnetic sensing elements in each of the at least one magnetic sensing element pair are reverse and the magnetic sensing elements are arranged symmetrically. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285117 | Magnetic Field Sensor and Electronic Circuit That Pass Amplifier Current Through a Magnetoresistance Element - Electronic circuits used in magnetic field sensors use transistors for passing a current through the transistors and also through a magnetoresistance element. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285118 | RF COIL UNIT COMPRISING DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - Provided are an RF coil unit and a magnetic resonance imaging system. The RF coil unit may include a base on which RF coil elements are formed and a dielectric structure on an inner side of the base. The dielectric structure may include a plurality of dielectric structure units. The dielectric structure units may be connected to each other by connection units. The dielectric structure may include an inner space for placing an object therein. The dielectric structure includes a high dielectric material. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING PEAK POWER REQUIREMENTS OF A MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE - A method of handling a peak power requirement of a medical imaging device | 2017-10-05 |
20170285120 | Optimization of Magnet Arrangement for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Well Logging Tools - A method to produce a magnet arrangement, the method having steps of selecting a depth of investigation to be achieved by a downhole tool, identifying a desired magnetic field strength at the depth of investigation, producing a set of magnets to be incorporated into the downhole tool, sorting the set of magnets based on a quality of each of the magnets and optimizing the set of magnets such that the quality of each of the magnets results, when arranged, in the desired magnetic field strength at the depth of investigation and wherein the optimizing minimizes a cost function of the set of magnets produced. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285121 | COMBINED SHIM AND BORE COOLING ASSEMBLY - An arrangement for shimming a background magnetic field of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having an outer vacuum chamber (OVC) bore tube ( | 2017-10-05 |