41st week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210318049 | ICE FORMATION - A frozen substance maker may include a heat pump, a cold plate, a mold base, a mold top, and an agitator. The cold plate may be in thermal communication with the heat pump. The mold base may be positioned on the cold plate. The mold base and the cold plate may define a seed crystal chamber. The mold top may be positioned on the mold base. The mold base and the mold top may define a mold cavity in fluid communication with the seed crystal chamber. The mold top may define an overflow reservoir in fluid communication with the mold chamber. The agitator may be located at least partially within the overflow reservoir. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318050 | REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE ICE MAKING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM - A refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food compartment, an ice storage compartment within the fresh food compartment and insulated from the fresh food compartment, a sealed system configured to circulate a refrigerant through a refrigerant conduit; an ice maker positioned in the fresh food compartment and being in direct thermal communication with the sealed system, and an insulated door configured to open and close the ice storage compartment to selectively allow ice from the icemaker to enter the ice storage compartment. Methods of using the refrigerator appliance are also provided. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318051 | ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY FOR RECEIVING INTERCHANGEABLE MOLD ASSEMBLIES - An ice maker for a refrigerator appliance includes an ice making assembly defining a receiving chamber in fluid communication with an air duct and a mold assembly removably mounted to the ice making assembly. The mold assembly includes a frame configured for receipt within the receiving chamber of the ice making assembly, a heat exchanger mounted to the frame and defining a mold support surface, and a flexible mold positioned on the mold support surface that is supported by the heat exchanger such that the flexible mold is in thermal communication with the heat exchanger and defines a mold cavity configured to receive a liquid. The mold assembly is replaceable with alternate mold assemblies. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318052 | HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATION APPARATUS WITH AN HOUSING OF AN ICE MAKER AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A HOUSING OF AN ICE MAKER - A household refrigeration apparatus includes an interior container with a first wall and a second wall angled thereto. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food. An ice maker has a housing formed by wall areas of the first and second walls in certain areas. The housing bounds a receiving space of the ice maker. The housing has a wall unit separate from the interior container. The interior container has a rear wall having a base plate and a step integrally formed with the base plate. The wall unit has a wall element separate from the interior container. The wall element has an L-shape in cross-section, and the wall element has first and second wall plates together forming the L-shape. The first wall plate has a rear web resting on the step. A method for assembling an ice maker housing is also provided. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ICE-MAKING AND ICE-SEPARATING OF ICE MAKER - A system and method for controlling ice-making and ice-separating of an ice maker is proposed. In the ice maker that is configured to change an ice-separating time so that ice is cleanly separated in accordance with a changed required icing when the required icing time is changed, the system and method count a consumed ice-making time when ice-making is performed, set a target ice-separating time longer than a predetermined reference ice-separating time when the consumed ice-making time is out of a reference time range, and control the ice maker to perform ice-separating for the set target ice-separating time by means of the controller. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318054 | ICE MAKER FOR A REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING AN IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ICE MAKING CYCLE AND AN IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEFROST CYCLE OF AN EVAPORATOR IN A REFRIGERATOR - An ice maker and method of operation for a refrigeration appliance, the ice maker including an ice maker frame having an air inlet provided at a first end thereof. An ice tray is rotatably secured to the ice maker frame and configured to form ice pieces therein. An air handler includes an outlet diffuser having a central body defined by a first wall-and a radially spaced apart second wall, wherein a plurality of radially extending fins are disposed between the first and second walls. Each of the fins is spaced apart, one from the other, along an outer peripheral surface of the first wall. In an installed position, the outlet diffuser is disposed directly adjacent the air inlet at the first end of the ice maker frame. A method is provided for synchronizing an ice making cycle of an ice making unit and a defrost cycle of an evaporator. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318055 | COOLING SYSTEM WITH DEFROST AND TEMPERATURE RISE INDICATOR - A defrost or thaw measuring device has a dumbbell or hourglass-shaped rotatable compartment with a cavity, the cavity being partly filled with at least two phase change materials having different melting points. The measuring device may determine the time period of thawing at two or more temperature intervals in the refrigeration space. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318056 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator including a main body including a storeroom, a door body arranged to open or close the storeroom, a decoration panel coupled to a front side of the door body, and a holder mounted on the front side of the door body to be coupled to the decoration panel. The door body includes a rear case defining a rear side of the door body, and a main case defining front and sides of the door body. The main case includes a front part defining the front side of the door body and having an installation groove in which to install the holder, side parts defining sides of the door body, and a rear coupler coupled to the rear case. The main case is formed by bending a single metal board. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318057 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator including a main body including a storeroom, a door body arranged to open or close the storeroom, a decoration panel coupled to a front side of the door body, and a holder mounted on the front side of the door body to be coupled to the decoration panel. The door body includes a rear case defining a rear side of the door body, and a main case defining front and sides of the door body. The main case includes a front part defining the front side of the door body and having an installation groove in which to install the holder, side parts defining sides of the door body, and a rear coupler coupled to the rear case. The main case is formed by bending a single metal board. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318058 | HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A household refrigeration apparatus includes an interior container with a first wall and with a second wall angled relative to the first wall. The interior container bounds a first receiving space of the household refrigeration apparatus for food. An ice maker includes a housing formed by a wall area of the first wall of the interior container and a wall area of the second wall of the interior container in certain areas. The housing bounds a receiving space of the ice maker. The household refrigeration apparatus has a depth direction. The interior container includes a rear wall with a base plate. A drain gutter for condensation water, which forms in the ice maker, is integrated in the rear wall and the drain gutter is disposed offset rearwardly relative to the base plate of the rear wall in the depth direction. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318059 | HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATION APPARATUS HAVING AN ICE MAKER WITH A SPECIFIC SEAL - A household refrigeration apparatus includes an interior container having a first wall, a second wall, and a rear wall angled to each other. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food. An ice maker has a housing, and the housing is formed by a wall area of the first wall of the interior container and a wall area of the second wall of the interior container in certain areas. The housing bounds a receiving space of the ice maker. The housing has a wall unit with a wall element being a component separate from the interior container and having an L-shape in cross-section. The wall element has a first wall plate and a second wall plate, which together form the L-shape. An elongated seal with a hollow portion is disposed on an edge of the wall element and seals the wall element to the interior container. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318060 | Shelf assembly and holding strut therefor - A shelf assembly, in particular for a domestic cooling device, includes a receiving plate having a front plate edge, a rear plate edge and two lateral plate edges, and a holding strut on at least one of the lateral plate edges for supporting the receiving plate. The holding strut has in the region of a rear strut end at least one hook structure for fitting the holding strut into a mounting opening of a carrying structure. At a distance beneath the hook structure, the holding strut forms a first support structure for support on a front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure. The holding strut, in the region of the rear strut end, at a distance above the first support structure, provides a resiliently deflectable second support structure for support on the front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318061 | REFRIGERATOR - The refrigerator includes a door including a door body and a front panel coupled to a front surface of the door so to cover a front surface of the door body. The front panel includes a display including a screen on which an image is displayed, and a glass panel provided in front of the display. The glass panel includes a glass member and a decorative layer formed in an area other than an area corresponding to the screen of the display among an entire area of the glass member. The front panel includes a support plate coupled to the glass panel and including a display mounting portion on which the display is mounted. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318062 | WARNING SYSTEM FOR WATER-COOLING HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A water-cooling heat dissipation device includes a water tank, a water source, a pump, a pressure detector and a circulation pipe. The water tank includes an outlet/inlet through which water flows. The pressure detector is connected to the outlet/inlet and seals the outlet/inlet. The pressure detector detects the volume of the liquid in the water tank and generates a pressure signal. A warning device includes a temperature detection unit, a volume detection unit, a receiving unit, a processing unit, a display unit and a buzzer. The temperature detection unit detecting the temperature of the liquid in the circulation pipe to generate a temperature signal. The volume detection unit detects the speed of the liquid in the circulation pipe to generate a volume signal. The temperature signal, the volume signal and the pressure signal are monitored to protect water-cooling heat dissipation device by high temperature. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318063 | BATTERY PLATE GRID DRYER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for drying a battery plate grid is disclosed. The system includes a pair of heated rollers disposed adjacent to one another, and a conveyor belt arranged to transfer the battery plate grids toward the heated rollers, such that the battery plate grid passes between, and comes in contact with, each of the heated rollers. The system includes a convection oven arranged to circulate convection heat around the battery plate grid when the battery plate grid completes transfer through the heated rollers. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318064 | FACILITY FOR FORMING WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE WITH MICROWAVE AND DEGASSING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a facility for forming a wood plastic composite by mixing and extruding wood powder and a polymer resin. According to a facility of the present disclosure, in a process of forming a wood plastic composite, gas and water vapor contained in wood powder and polymer resin are efficiently removed, and thus, a coupling force between wood powder and polymer resin increases, and also, wood powder is uniformly dispersed inside polymer resin, and thus, physical properties of a wood plastic composite to be formed is not degraded, and in addition, since there is no stagnant section while molten liquid of wood powder and polymer resin passes through each apparatus in the facility, wood powder is prevented from carbonizing or polymer resin is prevented from solidifying, and thus, physical properties of the wood plastic composite to be formed are maintained constant. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318065 | Waterless Portable Precision Heating Device - A waterless portable precision heating device includes an ingredient container to contain a food-related, a health-related, or a crafting-related ingredient; a thin heating element configured to surround and contact the ingredient container; an insulation layer configured to surround and contact the heating element; an outer shell surrounding the insulation layer; a lid that encloses the product container and fluidly seals it from the environment; at least one sensor configured to detect the temperature of the device; and a circuit board with a controller that controls the heating of the heating in response to signals received from the at least one sensor indicating whether the product container has reached a threshold temperature. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318066 | HEATING FURNACE - A heating furnace includes: a heating furnace main body that includes an accommodation chamber capable of accommodating a heating target object; a heat source capable of heating an inside of the accommodation chamber to an annealing point; a gas supply source that is arranged outside the heating furnace main body; and a pipeline that includes a pipeline main body that is arranged inside the accommodation chamber, and that is heated by the heat source, the pipeline main body being configured to retain a gas supplied from the gas supply source and heat the gas to the annealing point, and a discharge outlet that is formed on an end portion of the pipeline main body, and that is opened inside the accommodation chamber, the discharge outlet being configured to discharge the gas that is heated to the annealing point, to the inside of the accommodation chamber. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318067 | ROLLER HEARTH FURNACE - A roller hearth furnace, in particular a tunnel furnace of a thin-slabbing plant, including multiple cooled furnace rollers arranged in a mutually spaced manner in the transport direction in order to transport a strip or a slab have a number of support rings on a rotatably mounted axle and are formed with an insulation in the axial region between two adjacent support rings and adjacently to the respective outer support rings. The insulation is a highly insulating fiber material. Scale funnels are arranged below the furnace rollers. Scale barriers that extend transversely to the transport direction in the manner of the furnace rollers are provided in the free areas between each two successive furnace rollers in the transport direction. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318068 | Flameless Impingement Oven - A flameless combustion oven arranges gas and air jets to directly impinge on product, being heated to substantially promote transfer of heat to the product by impingement transfer rather than by conventional radiation and thermally induced convection. In one embodiment, a set of spaced air and gas nozzles are uniformly distributed on a wall of the oven opposite the product to provide substantially uniform impingement over a surface of the product. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318069 | DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING A TAP HOLE OF AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE - A tap hole cleaning apparatus ( | 2021-10-14 |
20210318070 | HEAT TRANSFER PLATE - A heat transfer plate comprises a first distribution area having a first distribution pattern, a second distribution area having a second distribution pattern, and a heat transfer area having a heat transfer pattern differing from the first and second distribution patterns. The first and second distribution patterns comprise distribution ridges and distribution valleys. Distribution ridges and distribution valleys of the first and second distribution patterns closest to the heat transfer area form end ridges and end valleys. The top portion of at least plural of the end ridges, along at least part of its longitudinal extension, has a second width exceeding a first width of the top portion of the remaining distribution ridges, and the bottom portion of at least plural of the end valleys, along at least part of its longitudinal extension, has a fourth width exceeding a third width of the bottom portion of the remaining distribution valleys. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318071 | Aircraft Heat Exchanger Panel Attachment - A heat exchanger for providing thermal energy transfer between a first flow along a first flowpath and a second flow along a second flowpath has at least one plate bank having a plurality of plates, each plate having: a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a leading edge along the second flowpath and a trailing edge along the second flowpath; a proximal edge having at least one inlet port along the first flowpath and at least one outlet port along the first flowpath; and at least one passageway along the first flowpath. An inlet manifold has a first face to which the plurality of plates are mounted along their respective proximal edges. An inlet plenum has at least one inlet port and at least one outlet port. An outlet plenum has at least one outlet port and at least one inlet port. The first flowpath passes from the at least one inlet port of the inlet plenum, through the at least one passageway of each of the plurality of plates, and through the at least one outlet port of the outlet plenum. For each plate, the manifold first face has a respective associated slot capturing a portion of the plate along the proximal edge thereof to prevent extraction of the plate normal to the face. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318072 | COOLING DEVICE WITH SUPERIMPOSED FIN GROUPS - A cooling device includes a heat-radiating fin group having a plurality of heat-radiating fins that are arranged parallel to each other in a first direction; first heat pipes, one end of each first heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a first heat-generating element, another end of each first heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group; and second heat pipes, one end of each second heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a second heat-generating element, another end of each second heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group, wherein respective inserted another ends of the first and second heat pipes are disposed on a plane parallel to the first direction and defined in the heat-radiating fin group and have portions parallel to the first direction. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318073 | GRAVITY HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a gravity high-efficiency heat dissipation apparatus comprising an evaporator and a condenser. The evaporator comprises a housing, an evaporation chamber arranged at the housing, and a skived structure arranged inside the evaporation chamber. The condenser comprises an upper circulating main pipe, a lower circulating main pipe and one or a plurality of condensation pipes having an upper opening and a lower opening fluidly connected to the upper circulating main pipe and the lower circulating main pipe respectively. The upper circulating main pipe is fluidly connected to an upper side of the evaporator via a first connecting pipe and is fluidly connected to an upper side of the evaporation chamber. The lower circulating main pipe is fluidly connected to one side of the evaporator via a second connecting pipe and is fluidly connected to the evaporation chamber. A circumferential side of each of the condensation pipes has one or a plurality of heat dissipation fins formed thereon. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318074 | HEAT TRANSFER ASSEMBLIES WITH COMPLIANT HEAT PIPES - A panel assembly for use with a spacecraft includes a payload, a radiator panel and a heat pipe. The payload is configured to generate waste heat during operation. The radiator panel is spaced apart from the payload and is configured to dissipate waste heat. The heat pipe is coupled to the payload and the radiator panel. The heat pipe includes a compliant portion to permit the radiator panel to move relative to the payload. Further the heat pipe is configured to transfer waste heat from the payload to the radiator panel. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318075 | HEAT PIPE STRUCTURE, HEAT SINK, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HEAT PIPE STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HEAT SINK - A base block has a longitudinal direction and a width direction and includes a recessed part in which a heat receiving tubular portion is accommodated, and a container part of a heat pipe is caulked and fixed in a recessed part and a first metal part containing first metal having a melting point equal to or higher than 130° C. and equal to or lower than 400° C. and/or a first metal alloy having a melting point equal to or higher than 130° C. and equal to or lower than 400° C. is formed between the recessed part and an outer surface of the container part. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318076 | COOLING SYSTEM WITH THERMAL STORAGE - Disclosed are systems and methods of flexibly cooling thermal loads by providing a thermal energy storage cooling system for burst mode cooling and a vapor compression system for additional and ancillary cooling to efficiently maintain and cool a thermal load such as from a directed energy weapon system. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318077 | PIERCED THERMAL INTERFACE CONSTRUCTIONS - Pierced thermal interface constructions including a thermal interface material (TIM) structure comprising: a TIM sheet comprising a plurality of piercings, where each of the plurality of piercings comprises a cavity and displaced material, and where the displaced material from each of the plurality of piercings protrudes away from the TIM sheet. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318078 | HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE INTERLEAVING AT ACUTE ANGLES - IN THE MANNER OF A PITCHED ROOF - The invention relates to a heat exchanger plate with a triangular profile, wherein the triangles connect each plate together with a base line and the triangles of the two adjacent plates point towards each other with their tips and stand on the base line of the other plate. In a second profile shape, the triangles are replaced by a profile shape that resembles a house with a pitched roof. The profile elements which protrude into the area of the “condensate tray” can be shortened by A h in the area where the condensate forms to improve condensate drainage. This reduces the adhesion forces, as a result of which the condensate can drain away better. The profiles can also have a zigzag shape (seen in the direction of flow). | 2021-10-14 |
20210318079 | HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE FOR A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH A PARTICULAR HEAT EXCHANGE AREA - A heat exchange area ( | 2021-10-14 |
20210318080 | GASKET FOR A PLATE-TYPE GASKETED HEAT EXCHANGER - A gasket for a plate-type gasketed heat exchanger has on its surface at least one protrusion ( | 2021-10-14 |
20210318081 | RADIATIVE COOLING STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED SELECTIVE INFRARED EMISSION - The present invention provides a radiative cooling structure that can be fabricated using solution-based processes and offer great IR-selectivity referring to low absorptivity within solar spectrum and high emissivity within the atmosphere transmission window (8-13 microns) for daytime radiative cooling. This structure includes a reflective layer, a ceramic IR-selectively emissive layer and a ceramic emission boosting layer, and the ceramic emission boosting layer is able to boost the overall emissivity of the radiative cooling structure within the atmosphere transmission windows and avoid infrared emission outside the atmosphere transmission window. The IR-selectivity contributes to larger temperature reduction, especially in high humidity area. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318082 | APPARATUS FOR COOLING LIQUID AND COLLECTION ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A liquid collection assembly positionable between a fill material and a fan of a cooling tower for collecting liquid gravitating through the fill material while allowing air to pass up to the fill material. The liquid collection assembly includes that includes a plurality of trough assemblies supported in a spaced apart, vertically overlapping relationship to provide a uniform path for rising air, to capture the down flowing liquid, to provide a barrier between the liquid distribution system and the fan, and to carry the liquid into the at least one gutter. The trough assemblies are supported by a first end plate and a second end plate through which trough assemblies extend. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318083 | APPARATUS FOR COOLING LIQUID AND COLLECTION ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A liquid collection assembly positionable between a fill material and a fan of a cooling tower for collecting liquid gravitating through the fill material while allowing air to pass up to the fill material. The liquid collection assembly includes that includes a plurality of trough assemblies supported in a spaced apart, vertically overlapping relationship to provide a uniform path for rising air, to capture the down flowing liquid, to provide a barrier between the liquid distribution system and the fan, and to carry the liquid into the at least one gutter. The trough assemblies are supported by a first end plate and a second end plate through which trough assemblies extend. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318084 | GRENADE LAUNCHER - Disclosed is a grenade launcher that can be loaded and unloaded from both sides, prevents sag during these loading/unloading, fully covers the ammunition so that shooters are safe while shooting and avoids potential drop of ammunition when loading. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318085 | Breech Device with Integrated Linearly Movable Firing Pin Pulse Generator - A firearm breech device ( | 2021-10-14 |
20210318086 | MOONCLIPS FOR USE IN BRAKE ACTION WEAPONS/FIREARMS - An ammunition holder and loader device for shotshells for a shotgun has two adjacent chambers separated by a selected spacing and has a planar body. The body has a pair of cartridge receptacles, each having a resilient retainer element configured to removably retain a rear portion of a shotshell against limited extraction force and to enable removal of the shotshell in response to deliberate force greater than the limited force. The receptacles have opening facing opposite directions. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318087 | FIREARM HAVING A DELAY MECHANISM - A number of embodiments of a firearm are disclosed where the firearm includes a magazine configured to hold the bolt in an open position when the magazine is empty. In one embodiment, the firearm includes a bolt stop mechanism that moves between a first position where it allows the bolt to cycle between an open position and a closed position and a second position where it holds the bolt in the open position. The magazine is configured to actuate the bolt stop mechanism to the first position when the magazine is empty. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318088 | Light Trigger with Conventional Switch - A firearm has a trigger shield configured as a protective loop surrounding a trigger of the firearm and the trigger actuates the function of the firearm when activated by a finger and the trigger is a lever a user presses with his/her finger that starts the firing process. The firearm further has an emitter mounted on the trigger shield that propagates a light beam to a receiver mounted on an opposite side of the trigger shield, wherein when a finger depresses the trigger, his/her finger is blocking the light beam and the firearm will not activate and when the finger is moved away from the light beam, the firearm discharges. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318089 | Light Trigger - A firearm has a trigger shield configured as a protective loop surrounding a first and second switch of the firearm. Each switch actuates the function of the firearm when activated by a finger to start the firing process. The first switch is on a first side of the protective loop and the second switch is on a second side of the protective loop. Further, the firearm has an emitter mounted on the trigger shield that propagates a light beam to a receiver mounted on an opposite side of the trigger shield. When a finger depresses one of the switches, his/her finger is blocking the light beam and the firearm will not activate and when the finger is moved away from the light beam, the firearm discharges. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318090 | Light Trigger - A firearm has a trigger shield that is a protective loop surrounding a switch of the firearm and the switch actuates the function of the firearm when activated by a finger to start the firing process. The firearm has an emitter mounted on the trigger shield that propagates a light beam to a first receiver mounted on an opposite side of the trigger shield and a trigger dip configured as a part of the shield, the trigger dip providing an inclined resting surface for the finger. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318091 | Light Trigger - A firearm has a trigger shield that is a protective loop surrounding a first and second switch of the firearm and the switches actuate the function of the firearm when activated by a finger to start the firing process. The first switch is on a first side of the protective loop and the second switch is on a second side of the protective loop. The protective loop is vertically aligned having the first and second switches on respective shorter sides of the protective loop. The firearm further has a first emitter mounted on the trigger shield that propagates a first light beam to a first receiver mounted on an opposite side of the trigger shield and a second emitter mounted on the trigger shield that propagates a second light beam to a second receiver mounted on an opposite side of the trigger shield. When a finger depresses one of the switches, his/her finger is blocking the light beam and the firearm will not activate and when the finger is moved away from the light beam, the firearm discharges. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318092 | MONOLITHIC CLAMP BODY FOR FITTING MOUNTING RAIL TO AIR RIFLE - A mounting rail can be added to an air rifle by clamping a clamp to the air cylinder of the air rifle. The clamp has a monolithic clamp body that includes the mounting rail, a base, a left jaw and a right jaw. The left and right jaws are attached to the base. A clamp actuator can draw the jaws together to clamp onto the air cylinder. The base can include a mounting rail such as a Picatinny rail. As such, clamping the monolithic clamp body onto the air cylinder adds a mounting rail to the air rifle. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318093 | Shooting Device with Stabilizing Foregrip - In some embodiments, a crossbow comprises a stock, a bow portion, a latch, a trigger and a foregrip. In some embodiments, the foregrip is supported by the stock and arranged to move with respect to the stock between a first position and a second position. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318094 | ARCHERY RELEASE AID - A back tension archery release aid including a rotatable safety release lever. The safety release lever is engaged and operated by the outer fingers of an archer. Once an archer achieves full draw, the release lever is operated by the archer's outer fingers to lock a portion of a release head assembly in place. Further rotation of the release releases the bowstring and fires an arrow. Certain back tension release aid embodiments include magnets which assist in holding a sear and bridge together within the release head assembly prior to releasing an arrow and assist in resetting the release after an arrow is released. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318095 | MULTI-SHOT AIRGUN - An airgun for use with a projectile supply is described. A cam surface of the airgun and a bolt positioner of the airgun are configured so that rotation from a firing position to a reloading position causes a cam surface of the airgun to drive the bolt positioner through a passageway of the projectile supply to drive a projectile in the passageway to a position where pressurized gas in the firing location will thrust the projectile through the bore. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318096 | HANDGUN SUPPORTING FACILITY - A handgun supporting facility ( | 2021-10-14 |
20210318097 | ACCESSORY MOUNT FOR RIFLE ACCESSORY RAIL, COMMUNICATION, AND POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT - The present invention is related to weapons systems. In particular, the present invention is directed to accessory attachment systems for rifles and small arms weapons that enable attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user and/or other devices. The present invention embodies firearm systems comprising at least one mounting rail comprising at least one power connection, at least one power source, at least one rail accessory comprising a rail grabber or mount, wherein the at least one rail accessory receives electrical power from the power source. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318098 | REFLECTIVE SIGHT FOR A FIREARM - A reflective sight for use with a firearm includes a rear sight including a light source; and a front sight including a reflective surface directly opposing the light source, where light emitted from the light source is reflected by the reflective surface toward the rear sight. The rear sight can include a plurality of light sources and at least two of the plurality of light sources emit different colors of light. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318099 | Firearm Optical Sight Adapter - A firearm optical sight adapter is disclosed. The optical sight adapter can include an adapter plate with first and second opposing mounting surfaces, and a registration pin extending orthogonally from the first mounting surface. The optical sight adapter may further include a socket having a recess extending from the second mounting surface to a bottom wall intermediate between the first and mounting surfaces and an aperture extending from the bottom wall of the recess through the first mounting surface along a first longitudinal axis. A removable mounting post can be configured to engage in the socket. The optical sight adapter may include a recoil buffer extending upright from the first surface. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318100 | QUICK AIM RETICLE - A rifle scope having an eyepiece and a reticle, and wherein the reticle when viewed through the eyepiece displays. A horizontal center line is at the vertical center of the display, and below the horizontal center line there is a set aiming lines, each marked by a first indicium on a first horizontal side of the aiming line, indicating an angle measured in minutes of angle, from the horizontal center line. Finally, a subset of the aiming lines are marked with a second indicium, on a second horizontal side, opposed to the first horizontal side, of the aiming line, and wherein each the second indicium indicates distance in inches from the brisket to the top of the shoulders of a type of deer. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318101 | Target Analysis and Recommendation - An electronic device determines target information about a target and recommends a target based on the target information. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318102 | BLAST-RESISTANT ESCAPE WINDOW - A blast-resistant escape window for an armored combat ground vehicle has a cassette which fits within, and closes, a though-opening in a frame of a windscreen. Two releasable lever-operated locking mechanisms for releasably locking the cassette in the through-opening are mounted on the windscreen at opposite sides of the through-opening. The cassette can to be pushed out of the through-opening when the locking mechanisms have been operated to release the cassette from being locked to the windscreen, thereby providing an alternative exit for personnel in the vehicle. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318103 | ARMOR MOUNTING SYSTEM AND ARMOR INCORPORATING THE SAME - A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318104 | SPARK IGNITION FLAMETHROWER - The Spark Ignition Flamethrower may include a plastic or composite housing, a heat shield, fuel manifold, fuel pump, fuel nozzle, electrode, high voltage coil, and control module. The Spark Ignition Flamethrower ignites a fuel using a spark generated by the electrodes without the need for an initial flame. The electrodes may be supplied with high enough voltage to generate a plasma which results in an increased conductive area that increases the efficiency of lighting the fuel. The Spark Ignition Flamethrower may also be oriented in multiple configurations due to the adaptable fuel manifold which is capable of receiving fuel from various fuel sources. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318105 | HIGH PERFORMANCE FOAM DART HAVING RIDGES - A toy dart having an elongate dart body of a foam material in a substantially cylindrical shape extending from a head end to a tail end in a first, longitudinal direction, an outer surface of the substantially cylindrical shape having a first ridge proximate the head end; a second ridge proximate the tail end; and one or more recessed areas disposed between the first ridge and the second ridge, where the elongate dart body has a first outer diameter at the first ridge and the second ridge that is larger than a second outer diameter at the one or more recessed areas; and a deformable dart cap affixed to the head end of the elongate dart body. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318106 | MID BODY MARKING PROJECTILE - A cartridge incorporating a projectile assembly, the projectile assembly having a base, mid body component housing a marking powder and metallic nose cap. The projectile's mid-body component houses liquids in a cylindrical compartment, where set-back and rotation induce chemical mixing, and in flight allowing for a chemical reaction, and at impact the projectile undergoes wall failure in the mid body, resulting from shear and residual rotational momentum, the actions in combination releasing and expelling marking materials, the ejection suspended signature producing materials, including liquid, powdered metals or fine particles released into the atmosphere emit and reflect light, the signature materials producing an observable signature at the projectile's impact location. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318107 | BIDIRECTIONAL WIRELESS DETONATOR SYSTEM - A blasting system which includes control equipment and a plurality of detonators which are located in respective boreholes, wherein signals from the detonators are transmitted to the control equipment via different paths between successive detonators, and wherein a signal from the control equipment can be simultaneously transmitted to all of the detonators. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318108 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A BLASTING SYSTEM - A blasting system which is established using an autonomously controlled vehicle to traverse a blast site, moving from blast hole to blast hole and at each blast hole using robotic means to prepare each blast hole for detonation. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318109 | ASSEMBLY FOR POSITION MEASUREMENT - An assembly comprises a support including a plurality of individual sections. A scale is disposed on the support. The scale extends in a longitudinal direction and has a measuring graduation for position measurement at least in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of fastening devices are configured to fasten the scale to the support. The fastening devices are disposed on the individual sections of the support. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318110 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A GAP SENSOR OF A MACHINE TOOL - An apparatus for calibrating an air gap sensor of a machine tool can include a gauge block and a plurality of magnets. The gauge block can have a plurality of gauge grooves. Each of the gauge grooves can have a unique gauge depth that corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of predetermined calibration values for the air gap sensor. Each of the magnets can be embedded in the gauge block. A method of using the apparatus for calibrating an air gap sensor can include attaching the apparatus to a machine tool using only magnetic force to keep the apparatus in place. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318111 | ACTIVE QUADRATURE DEMODULATION FOR SUBSAMPLED/CIRCULAR RANGING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A method including: scanning a sample over a period of time using an electro-magnetic radiation source, the period of time including a first time period and a second time period, a sample portion of the electro-magnetic radiation source being directed to the sample in a sample arm of an optical interferometric system, and a reference portion of the electro-magnetic radiation source being directed to a reference arm of the optical interferometric system; applying, using a phase modulator, a phase shift comprising a first phase shift and a second phase shift to at least one of the reference portion or the sample portion of the electro-magnetic radiation source, the first phase shift being applied during the first time period and the second phase shift being applied during the second time period, the second phase shift having a difference of 90 degrees from the first phase shift; acquiring in-phase data based on a first interference between first backscattered electro-magnetic radiation during the first time period and the at least one of the reference portion or the sample portion subjected to the first phase shift; acquiring quadrature data based on a second interference between second backscattered electro-magnetic radiation during the second time period and the at least one of the reference portion or the sample portion subjected to the second phase shift; and determining a complex interference signal based on the in-phase data and the quadrature data. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318112 | Pose Measurement in a Positioning Apparatus - A positioning apparatus with a pose measurement function includes a first and second kinematic links, a first measuring link attached to the second kinematic link, a joint connecting the first and second kinematic links, and a sensor capturing a measurement device. Either the measurement device or the sensor is arranged at the first measuring link and is movable jointly with the second kinematic link. The other one is arranged at the first kinematic link and is movable jointly with the first kinematic link. An attachment location of the first measuring link lies closer to an end of the second kinematic link that is remote from the joint than to the joint. The positioning apparatus is configured to ascertain, based on data captured by the sensor, a first relative pose value corresponding to the degree of freedom of the joint and a further relative pose value for another degree of freedom. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318113 | Method for wall surface calibration, method for edge calibration, calibration apparatus, and computer program product - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for wall surface calibration, a method for edge calibration, a calibration apparatus, and a computer program product. The method for wall surface calibration comprises: acquiring a first rotation parameter and a second rotation parameter when a center of a projection picture of the calibration apparatus directly faces two boundary points on a top edge of the wall surface respectively; acquiring a third rotation parameter and a fourth rotation parameter when the center of the projection picture of the calibration apparatus directly faces two boundary points on a bottom edge of the wall surface respectively; and determining a surface calibration parameter of the wall surface relative to the calibration apparatus according to the first edge calibration parameter, the second edge calibration parameter, the first rotation parameter, the second rotation parameter, the third rotation parameter and the fourth rotation parameter. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318114 | OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT SENSOR - An optical displacement sensor includes: a splitting unit that splits the light radiated from the light source into a first light ray and a second light ray; a reflection unit including a first reflection part and a second reflection part provided at a predetermined angle with respect to the first reflection part; and a fold-back reflection unit that folds-back and reflects the light that has gone through the reflection unit to the reflection unit. The optical displacement sensor is characterized in that the reflection unit reflects the first light ray and the second light ray that are split by the splitting unit and have gone through the diffraction unit from the first reflection part to the second reflection part, and reflects the first light ray and the second light ray that are reflected by the fold-back reflection unit from the second reflection part to the first reflection part. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318115 | OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT SENSOR - Provided is an optical displacement sensor that allows a housing serving as a head to be downsized. A relay cable extending from the head is integrated with a body. The head is primarily responsible for projecting and receiving light to and from a to-be-detected object, while the body is made up of a power supply circuit, a display, and an operation part. The head includes a green laser light source and emits the green laser light to form a spot on a surface of the to-be-detected object. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318116 | RETROGRAPHIC SENSORS WITH COMPACT ILLUMINATION - A retrographic sensor includes a transparent structure, a transparent elastomeric pad, and an at least partially reflective layer. One or more light sources emit light into a side surface of the transparent structure. The light undergoes internal reflection in the transparent structure and is reflected toward a camera oriented toward the transparent structure. The at least partially reflective layer may be semi-specular in some embodiments. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318117 | System and Method For Verifying ADAS Calibration Target Selection - A vehicle service system including a set of cameras and a processing system configured to access a database of vehicle-specific information, which includes data identifying vehicle-specific targets and/or service fixtures. The processing system is configured with a user interface to convey instructions to an operator, including the identification of vehicle-specific targets and/or service fixtures required to carry out a selected vehicle service. The processing system subsequently evaluates images acquired from the set of cameras to identify features present within the images, including placed vehicle-specific targets, from which identification of, and verification of correctly selected, vehicle-specific targets is made. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318118 | Devices, Systems, And Methods For Sensing The Cross-Sectional Area Of Stalks - Disclosed herein are various devices, systems, and methods for use in agricultural, particularly for use in harvesting agricultural crop such as corn. Various implementations relate to methods and devices for measuring plant stalk cross-sectional area during harvest and providing additional methods of predicting and displaying yield on a row-by-row level in real time. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318119 | TARGET SPHERE AND TARGET DEVICE - A surveying target sphere for use in a three-dimensional measurement has a spherical surface having a constant radius from a center and includes a north pole, a south pole, and a central axis passing through the center of the surveying target sphere and linking the north pole and the south pole, and a level is mounted at the north pole. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318120 | Compact Star Tracker Using Off‐Axis Parabolic Mirror - A compact celestial tracker includes a platform, a rotation stage that rotatably coupled to the platform to rotate a plane of the platform about a rotation axis and that supports the platform on a substrate, an off-axis parabolic mirror mounted to one side of the platform and having a focal plane directed at an acute angle that is between the rotation axis and the plane of the platform to reflect and focus the beam at a point above another side of the platform, and a detector coupled to the other side of the platform to receive and detect the reflected and focused beam. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318121 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC MAP AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR - A method, system and apparatus for processing separate data streams comprising, for example, a camera data stream, a Lidar data stream and a GPS data stream is designed to facilitate its use in a variety of exemplary applications. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318122 | POSITIONING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF MEASURING POSITION OF MOVING BODY USING IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A first calculator calculates a relative position and a relative attitude of a vehicle based on a plurality of images captured by an image capturing apparatus mounted on the vehicle. A second calculator extracts one marker from an image captured by the image capturing apparatus, and calculates an absolute position and an absolute attitude of the vehicle based on a position and an attitude of the one extracted marker. A corrector corrects the relative position and the relative attitude based on the absolute position and the absolute attitude to generate a corrected position and a corrected attitude of the vehicle. The corrector determines whether or not the vehicle is turning, and generates the corrected attitude not using the absolute attitude calculated during a period in which the vehicle is turning, but using only the absolute attitude calculated during a period in which the vehicle is not turning. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING MAP - Provided herein is a system that comprises one or more sensors that capture data, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform functions that include identifying one or more locations within a distance of the vehicle, capturing current data of the identified one or more locations, determining one or more changes that exceed respective threshold amounts between the current data and historical data of the identified one or more locations, and updating the historical data of the identified one or more locations based on the determined one or more changes. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318124 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE - An electronic device for a commercial vehicle includes a power supply configured to supply power, an interface configured to receive high-definition (HD) map data of a specified region from a HD map provision server through a communication device and to receive information on a section having numerous requests for a ride from a management server through a communication device, and a processor configured to continuously generate electronic horizon data about the section having numerous requests for a ride based on the HD map data in a state in which the power is received. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318125 | MILLIMETER-WAVE RADAR-BASED AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A method for autonomous navigating along a given path includes storing at an autonomous navigation system locations associated with a given path; determining a current location of a user; calculating plural positions adjacent to the current location of the user; selecting one position of the plural positions that has a smallest error when compared to the locations associated with the given path; and instructing the user to move to the selected position. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318126 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THEREOF - A driver assistance apparatus according to the disclosed embodiment receives building map information, determines whether a parking space exists from the building map information, and generates a travel route to the parking space based on the existence of the parking space, and a controller is configured to detect a front object located in front of the vehicle and a side object located on the side of the vehicle in response to processing the image data, the front detection data, and the side detection data, and output a signal to at least one of a driving device, a braking device, and a steering device of the vehicle to travel the travel route based on a detected result. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318127 | NAVIGATING DRIVERS TO DYNAMICALLY SELECTED DROP-OFF LOCATIONS FOR SHARED RIDES - A method includes transmitting, to a driver computing device associated with a driver, navigational data to direct the driver to a first pick-up location and to direct the driver from the first pick-up location to a first drop-off location along a first route to fulfill a first transportation request associated with a first user. The method further includes determining that the first route is to be modified, identifying a drop-off area associated with the first drop-off location, and selecting a second drop-off location and a second route for the first user. The first drop-off location and the second drop-off location are located within the drop-off area. The method further includes transmitting, to the driver computing device, updated navigational data to direct the driver to the second drop-off location along the second route to fulfill the first transportation request. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318128 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An electronic device for a vehicle includes a power supply configured to supply power, an interface configured to receive high-definition (HD) map data of a specified region and event occurrence information on a travel lane from a server through a communication device, and a processor configured to continuously generate electronic horizon data of the specified region based on the HD map data in a state in which the power is received, and to change the electronic horizon data based on the event occurrence information. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318129 | Machine Learning Platform for Dynamic Device and Sensor Quality Evaluation - Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing platforms that utilize improved machine learning techniques for dynamic device quality evaluation. A computing platform may receive driving data from a mobile device. Using the driving data, the computing platform may compute a plurality of driving metrics, which may include: a geopoint expectation rate score, a trips per day rank score, a consecutive geopoint time difference score, a global positioning system (GPS) accuracy rating score, and a distance between consecutive trips score. By applying a machine learning model to the plurality of driving metrics, the computing platform may compute a device evaluation score, indicating a quality of the driving data received from the mobile device. Based on the device evaluation score, the computing platform may set flags, which may be accessible by a driver score generation platform, causing the driver score generation platform to perform an action with regard to the mobile device. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318130 | USER BEHAVIOR INFLUENCE IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods described receive a request for a transportation plan for a user, wherein the request comprises a starting point and an ending point for a route. Systems and methods then generate a set of potential transportation plans for the route, determine an impact of a subset of plans in the set of potential transportation plans and estimate a likelihood of acceptance of the subset of plans in the set of potential transportation plans based on a personal preference model for the user. Systems and methods also select an influence strategy of the user based on a user model and generate a message recommending a selected plan from the subset of plans for the user, wherein the message is generated based on the selected influence strategy. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318131 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOBILE MAPPING SERVICES INCLUDING TRIP PREDICTION AND ROUTE RECOMMENDATION - Computer implemented methods are disclosed for providing geographical information to a user. One method includes observing, via location information generated or obtained through a user's mobile electronic device, a user traverse a preferred user route from the start location to the destination, and saving the preferred user route in relation to the user. The method may predict, based on past behavioral information for the user, a predicted start time of a future trip to the destination and may identify one or more routes from the start location to the destination. In addition, the method may compare, at a time relative to the predicted start time of the future trip, a duration or distance associated with traversing the preferred user route to a duration or distance associated with traversing the fastest route or the shortest route from the start location to the destination. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318132 | Multi-Dimension Classification Object Matrices to Estimate Multi-Dimensional Representations with Multi Function Device - Various implementations directed to price time priority queue routing for a optimized multi-dimension map matrix tile data exchange linked database are provided. Implementations of various computer methods to organize a multi-dimension map tile data exchange linked database with associated social networking elements and multi dimension coordinate object optimization and price time priority queues and securitization to organize the data and create a fluid system for trading value within the system for the data over a plurality of devices and network members. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318133 | POLICY BASED NAVIGATION CONTROL - The described technology is generally directed towards policy based navigation control. Map inputs including, e.g., information about blocked routes or other map information, can be collected from mobile devices. Policies can be applied to the map inputs in order to generate navigation advisories that synthesize information from multiple map inputs. For example, a size and shape of a route blockage zone can be determined from multiple discrete map inputs. In some embodiments, the techniques disclosed herein can be applied in connection with shared overlay maps to support automated, real-time, cross-platform sharing of map information, including navigation advisories, among digital navigational map users, including but not limited to unmanned ground vehicles. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318134 | RESILIENT VEHICLE ROUTE SYSTEM - A delivery system in which the vehicles themselves coordinate their movements. Vehicles are assigned to groups based on proximity. Each vehicle communicates its location and route information to the other vehicles in the group. The vehicles in the group then know the positions and routes of the other vehicles in the group. When a delivery is requested, the vehicles in the group use this information to determine which vehicle should be assigned to make that delivery. As the vehicles move around, their proximity to each other changes. When a vehicle has moved away from a group, that vehicle may be removed from the group and assigned to a different group. In this manner, the vehicle coordination mechanism is a distributed task performed by all the vehicles. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY IN A VEHICLE - Systems and methods are provided herein for presenting information in a vehicle. In one example, a method includes determining a route from a source location to a destination location, obtaining one or more features of the route, augmenting a map of the route with the one or more features to generate an augmented map, and displaying the augmented map on a windshield of the vehicle. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318136 | LANDMARK BASED ROUTING - The subject disclosure relates to ways to resolve autonomous vehicle (AV) routes based on verbal descriptions of landmark features. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving speech instructions, wherein the speech instructions indicate an autonomous vehicle (AV) destination, analyzing the speech instructions to identify one or more landmarks associated with the AV destination, and determining location information corresponding with the one or more landmarks. In some aspects, the process further includes calculating a route based on the location information corresponding with the one or more landmarks. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318137 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATED SHOPPING - Systems and methods to provide a navigated-shopping service are discussed. In an example, a method for navigated-shopping can include receiving a destination location, accessing a route to the destination, displaying the route with indications of a plurality of items for purchase, receiving selection of a selected item, and purchasing the selected item. The plurality of items for purchase can be within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route. The selection of the selected item can include selection of a retail location of a plurality of retail locations along the route. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318138 | MAP DATA GENERATION DEVICE, IN-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT, AND MAP DATA GENERATION METHOD - A map data generation device includes a start section setting unit configured to set a start section in a first lane, an end section setting unit configured to set an end section in a second lane, a first storage control unit configured to cause crossing travel track data from the start section to the end section to be stored in a crossing travel track data storage unit, a travelable range data generating unit configured to generate travelable range data indicating a travelable range when a vehicle travels using an automated driving function or a driving assist function using the crossing travel track data, and a second storage control unit configured to cause the travelable range data to be stored in a travelable range data storage unit. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318139 | POSITIONING DATA VERIFICATION SYSTEM - A system and method examine positional data signals onboard a vehicle to identify one or more variations in positioning data of the positional data signals. The system and method identify inaccurate positioning data in the positional data signals based on the one or more variations in the positioning data that are identified. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318140 | INCREMENTAL MAP BUILDING USING LEARNABLE FEATURES AND DESCRIPTORS - A method for localization performed by an agent includes receiving a query image of a current environment of the agent captured by a sensor integrated with the agent. The method also includes receiving a target image comprising a first set of keypoints matching a second set of keypoints of the query image. The first set of keypoints may be generated based on a task specified for the agent. The method still further includes determining a current location based on the target image. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318141 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF RATE GYROSCOPE SENSITIVITY - Devices, systems and methods for automatic calibration of rate gyroscope sensitivity are described. One exemplary method includes receiving a first plurality of measurements from a gyroscope and a second plurality of measurements from at least another sensor including at least one accelerometer, generating an orientation estimate of the device and a plurality of orientation corrections based on the first and second plurality of measurements, generating an estimate of a sensitivity of the gyroscope based on the orientation estimate, the plurality of orientation corrections and the first plurality of measurements, and calibrating at least the gyroscope based on the estimate of the sensitivity. In an example, the at least another sensor may include an accelerometer and/or a magnetometer. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318142 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR GYROSCOPE SCALE CALIBRATION - Methods, apparatus, and systems for estimating and calibrating a gyroscope's scale using a magnetometer mounted on the same device by rotating the device about an axis multiple times; and, during the first rotation, storing the magnetometer magnetic field reading and a heading (from integration of the gyroscope readings) at each of a plurality of angular reference points; then, during each subsequent rotation, determining magnetometer/gyroscope-heading output pairs for which the magnetometer output matches the magnetometer reading corresponding to one of the reference points, thereby indicating that the device has reached the same heading as the matching reference point; then, for each matching output sample pair, using that magnetometer/gyroscope-heading output sample pair to update the gyroscope scale factor for the corresponding angular reference point; and averaging those scale estimates to generate a final gyroscope scale factor estimate. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318143 | DUAL-MOUNT FOR SPRING-LOADED GEAR-DRIVEN RESOLVERS - A resolver assembly for a ducted-rotor aircraft is configured to detect and measure rotation of a spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly includes first and second gear-driven resolvers. The first and second resolvers are coupled about a shared pivot axis and are independently pivotable about the pivot axis to maintain engagement of the first and second resolvers with the spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly is configured such that the first and second resolvers are biased toward the spindle. The input shafts of the first and second resolvers are spaced from the pivot axis through respective first and second distances that extend outward from the pivot axis along respective first and second radial directions. The first distance is equal to the second distance and the first radial direction is not coincident with the second radial direction. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318144 | SINCOS ENCODER INTERFACE - In an example, a circuit includes a first comparator, a second comparator, a pulse counter, a processor, a first ADC, and a second ADC. The first comparator has a first input coupled to a first node, a second input, and an output. The second comparator has a first input coupled to a second node, a second input, and an output. A first DAC is coupled to the second input of the first comparator. A second DAC is coupled to the second input of the second comparator. The pulse counter has a first input coupled to the output of the first comparator and a second input coupled to the output of the second comparator. The first ADC has an input coupled to the first node and an output coupled to the processor. The second ADC has an input coupled to the second node and an output coupled to the processor. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318145 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS - This invention provides a position detection apparatus that improves the position detection accuracy. A position detection apparatus includes an absolute track in which when N is an integer of not less than 2, a recording binary sequence created based on a position detection binary sequence in which identical sequences do not exist no matter which N continuous terms are extracted is recorded, and an absolute sensor unit that reads the recording binary sequence from the absolute track, wherein a plurality of terms included in the recording binary sequence consist of two binary values, and when the two binary values are assumed to be 1 and 0, the recording binary sequence is a sequence obtained by replacing one of two values included in the position detection binary sequence with 10 and the other value in the position detection binary sequence with 01. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318146 | INTERPOLATION CIRCUIT OF OPTICAL ENCODER - There is provided an interpolation circuit of an optical encoder including a phase shifter circuit, two multiplexers, two digital circuits and four comparators. The phase shifter circuit receives signals sequentially have a 90 degrees phase shift and outputs multiple phase shifted signals. Each of the two multiplexers receives a half of the multiple phase shifted signals and outputs two pairs of phase shifted signals, each pair having 180 degrees phase difference, respectively to two comparators connected thereto. Each of the two digital circuits controls the corresponding multiplexer to select the two pairs of phase shifted signals from the half of the multiple phase shifted signals. | 2021-10-14 |
20210318147 | OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT METHOD - An optical fiber characteristic measurement apparatus ( | 2021-10-14 |
20210318148 | Protective Device for a Measuring Apparatus - A protective device for a measuring apparatus which can be arranged on a tripod includes a housing having a threaded hole and a threaded pin, where the threaded hole is disposed in a housing lower side of the housing and the threaded pin is disposed in a housing upper side of the housing. The protective device further includes an airbag and a filling device having at least one gas-filled gas container, a control device, and an energy source. A connecting line connects the airbag and the filling device for gas exchange. The airbag surrounds a cylindrical interior space in an inflated state. | 2021-10-14 |