43rd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210333728 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer, a toner image forming unit, an intermediate transfer member, a primary transfer member, a secondary transfer member, a switching unit, and control circuitry. The toner image forming unit forms toner images on the latent image bearer. The primary transfer member transfers the toner images on the latent image bearer onto the intermediate transfer member. The secondary transfer member transfers the toner images on the intermediate transfer member onto recording materials. The switching unit switches a position of one of the secondary transfer member and the intermediate transfer member between a first and a second position. The control circuitry controls at least one of a first and a second operation. The control circuitry changes at least one of the first and the second operation when the toner images satisfy a specified abnormal image reduction condition at a first and a second timing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333729 | BELT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A belt device includes a first stretching member and a detector. The first stretching member stretches an endless belt capable of rotational movement. The detector detects a base of the belt and/or a density of a toner image on the belt. The first stretching member includes a first parallel area that is parallel to an axial direction, which is a direction of a rotation axis of the belt, and a first inclined area that is connected to an outer side of the first parallel area with respect to the axial direction and is inclined in a direction closer to the rotation axis. The detector detects a location corresponding to a first boundary between the first parallel area and the first inclined area or a location corresponding to a predetermined first adjacent area that is adjacent to and on an inner side of the first boundary. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333730 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet separation device, a first sheet feeder, a second sheet feeder, an image forming device, a heat source, and a circuitry. The sheet separation device is configured to separate a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at one end as a bonding portion of the two-ply sheet. The first sheet feeder is configured to feed the two-ply sheet. The second sheet feeder is configured to feed an inner sheet to be inserted between the two sheets. The image forming device is configured to form an image on the inner sheet fed from the second sheet feeder. The heat source is disposed upstream from the sheet separation device in the sheet conveyance direction. The circuitry is configured to cause the two-ply sheet fed from the first sheet feeder, to detour the heat source to the sheet separation device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333731 | HEATER AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE MOUNTED WITH HEATER - A heater of the present invention includes jointed heat generating resistors having a positive temperature characteristic of resistance and provided between a first conductive element and a second conductive element on a substrate in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and a plurality of heating blocks provided in the longitudinal direction, each of which is a set of the first conductive element, the second conductive element, and the heat generating resistor, and power supplied to at least one of the plurality of heating blocks can be controlled independent of other heating blocks. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333732 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF HEAT GENERATING ELEMENTS - An image forming apparatus is operable in a first small-sheet printing in which power is supplied to the first heat generating element and the second heat generating element and in a second small-sheet printing in which power is supplied to the first heat generating element and the third heat generating element. A first power ratio, which is a proportion of power supplied to the first heat generating element to power supplied to the second heat generating element in the first small-sheet printing, is higher than a second power ratio, which is a proportion of power supplied to the first heat generating element to power supplied to the third heat generating element in the second small-sheet printing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333733 | HEATER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF HEAT GENERATION MEMBERS, FIXING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The heater including a substrate, a first heat generation member, a second heat generation member having a length substantially a same in a longitudinal direction as a length of the first heat generation member, a third heat generation member having a length shorter than lengths of the first heat generation member and the second heat generation member in the longitudinal direction, and a fourth heat generation member having a length shorter than length of the third heat generation member in the longitudinal direction, wherein the first heat generation member, the second heat generation member, the third heat generation member and the fourth heat generation member are arranged on the substrate. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333734 | FIXING DEVICE COMPRISING NIP PLATE TREATED WITH ELECTRON BEAM INJECTED FLUORINATED RESINS - A fixing device includes a pressing member including a nip plate, and an electron beam-irradiated fluorinated resin film is to be on an outer surface of the nip plate facing toward the backup member. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333735 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member to form a nip portion which sandwiches a recording material between the first rotating member and the second rotating member, a heater unit provided inside the first rotating member and having a heater for heating an image on the recording material at the nip portion, and a sheet member provided to overlap a part of the heater and electrically connected to the heater. The sheet member includes a first sheet member connected to one end of the heater in a longitudinal direction of the heater and a second sheet member connected to the other end of the heater, the first sheet member extends from the one end of the heater in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction, and the second sheet member extends from the other end of the heater in the longitudinal direction. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333736 | OPTICAL DENSITY ADJUSTMENT - In one example of the disclosure, a first voltage is provided to an electrode of a development assembly during a first printing operation. The developer assembly includes a current-resistant coating and is to develop print fluid with conductive particles. Contemporaneous with the providing of the first voltage to the electrode, a second voltage is provided to a squeegee roller of the developer assembly. Data indicative of a measurement of optical density of a first image printed utilizing the developer assembly is received. During a second printing operation, if the measured optical density is outside a target optical density, contemporaneously the first voltage is provided to the electrode and a third voltage to the squeegee roller to adjust image optical density. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333737 | SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A sheet discharge device includes: a sheet discharge portion; a sheet stacking portion having a sheet stacking surface for stacking a sheet discharged from the sheet discharge portion; and a stopper in the sheet stacking portion against which, for alignment, the leading end of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharge portion is thrust. The stopper has a support portion, a restricting portion, and an urging mechanism. The restricting portion is supported pivotally on a pivot shaft on the support portion, and is arranged either in a retracted position to lie flat substantially horizontally along the sheet stacking surface or in a restricting position to stand upright substantially vertically to the sheet stacking surface. The urging mechanism urges the restricting portion, when in retracted position, in a direction from restricting position to retracted position and, when in restricting position, in a direction from retracted position to restricting position. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333738 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An assembly for an image forming device includes an electrical connector movable relative to a frame of the image forming device between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position the electrical connector is disengaged from a first corresponding electrical connector of a first replaceable unit and a second corresponding electrical connector of a second replaceable unit when the first and second replaceable units are installed in the image forming device. In the extended position the electrical connector is engaged with the first corresponding electrical connector of the first replaceable unit and the second corresponding electrical connector of the second replaceable unit when the first and second replaceable units are installed in the image forming device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333739 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An assembly for an image forming device includes an access door movable between an open position permitting replacement of a replaceable unit and a closed position. An electrical connector in the image forming device is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position the electrical connector is disengaged from a corresponding electrical connector of the replaceable unit when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device. In the extended position the electrical connector is engaged with the corresponding electrical connector of the replaceable unit. The electrical connector is operatively connected to the access door such that movement of the access door from the closed to the open position moves the electrical connector from the extended to the retracted position and movement of the access door from the open to the closed position moves the electrical connector from the retracted to the extended position. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333740 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SCANNER MOUNTED ON UPPER COVER THEREOF - An example image forming apparatus includes a printing unit including a fixing device to form an image on a print medium, a housing in which the printing unit is located, and a scanner, to read image information from a document, located above the printing unit in a vertical projected area of the housing with respect to a discharge direction of the print medium discharged from the printing unit so as not to overlap with a heater of the fixing device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333741 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A skeleton frame has a pair of corner columns facing each other. An image forming apparatus includes a pair of support shafts protruding inward from respective inner side surfaces in the pair of corner columns, and an opening/closing member rotatably supported on a lower end portion by the pair of support shafts. A specific member moves horizontally from an outer side of the skeleton frame through between the pair of corner columns and is attached inside the skeleton frame. At least one of the pair of support shafts is also used as a guide portion that guides the specific member when the specific member is inserted into the skeleton frame through between the pair of corner columns. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333742 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive member, a developing cartridge that has a developing member, a developing frame, an end member attached to the developing frame, and a restricting portion restricting a swing movement of the end member, and an apparatus body to which the developing cartridge is attachable. The apparatus body includes a movement unit moving the developing cartridge from a first position to a second position, a positioning portion engaging with the end member when the developing cartridge is located at the second position, and a restriction releasing portion acting on the restricting portion with a movement of the developing cartridge from the first position to the second position and releasing restriction of the swing movement of the end member, the restriction releasing portion being provided at a part of the apparatus main body excluding the movement unit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333743 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - There are provided a rotatable developer accommodating portion accommodating a developer, a discharge end portion provided at a bottom side with a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, an engaging portion | 2021-10-28 |
20210333744 | TONER CARTRIDGE HAVING POSITIONING FEATURES - A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for holding toner. A first latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a first longitudinal end of the housing and a second latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a second longitudinal end of the housing. Contact surfaces on top portions of the first and second latch-receiving shelves are positioned to contact corresponding first and second latches in an image forming device. The contact surface of the first latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than a first rotational axis of a first drive coupler of the toner cartridge and higher than a second drive coupler of the toner cartridge. The contact surface of the second latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than at least a portion of a first electrical contact of the toner cartridge and higher than at least a portion of a second electrical contact of the toner cartridge. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333745 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An assembly for an image forming device includes an electrical connector that is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position an electrical contact of the electrical connector is disengaged from a corresponding electrical contact of a replaceable unit when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device. In the extended position the electrical contact of the electrical connector is engaged with the corresponding electrical contact of the replaceable unit. A camming member is operative to move the electrical connector between the extended position and the retracted position. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333746 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A system for an image forming device includes a first replaceable unit including a first electrical connector and a second replaceable unit including a second electrical connector. An electrical connector in the image forming device is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. In the disengaged position the electrical connector in the image forming device is disengaged from the first electrical connector of the first replaceable unit and the second electrical connector of the second replaceable unit when the first and second replaceable units are installed in the image forming device. In the engaged position the electrical connector in the image forming device is engaged with the first electrical connector of the first replaceable unit and the second electrical connector of the second replaceable unit when the first and second replaceable units are installed in the image forming device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333747 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing part that fixes the formed image on the recording medium; a reverse transport path that conveys to the image forming part the recording medium with a front and a back surface of the recording medium being reversed; a non-reverse transport path that conveys to the image forming part the recording medium without reversing the front and back surface of the recording medium; and a hardware processor that, when a second image is overlapped and formed on a first image by the image forming part on the front or back surface of the recording medium, performs control of switching whether the recording medium passes through the reverse transport path and the non-reverse transport path before the second image is formed after the first image is formed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333748 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a process cartridge, a scanner unit, and a toner cartridge. The process cartridge is detachably mounted on the apparatus main body. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum configured to rotate about a rotational axis extending in a first direction; and a development unit configured to supply toner to the photosensitive drum. The toner cartridge is configured to store toner. At least part of the photosensitive drum, at least part of the scanner unit, and at least part of the toner cartridge are aligned in a second direction in this order. The second direction is perpendicular to both the first direction and to a vertical direction. The at least part of the photosensitive drum, the at least part of the scanner unit, and the at least part of the toner cartridge overlap one another as viewed from the second direction. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333749 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Disclosed is a process cartridge detachably mounted to an image forming device having a tray ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210333750 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge comprises a photosensitive drum and a developing roller. A coupling member is provided adjacent to one axial end of the developing roller. The coupling member includes a driven portion, and an intermediary portion configured and positioned to engage with the driven portion. The intermediary portion is also configured to be movable relative to the driven portion in a direction crossing the axis of the developing roller while maintaining engagement with the driven portion. The coupling member further includes a driving portion configured and positioned to receive a driving force for rotating the developing roller. The driving portion is also configured to engage with the intermediary portion, and to be movable relative to the intermediary portion in a direction crossing the axis of the developing roller while maintaining engagement with the intermediary portion. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333751 | CONSUMABLE COMPONENT IDENTIFIERS - An example print device may comprise a consumable component comprising a human-indiscernible hardware-based identifier. The example print device may also comprise a sensor to read the human-indiscernible hardware-based identifier. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to, when humidity detected by a humidity sensor is equal to or above a preset value with paper sheets stacked in a paper sheet holder being fed to an image forming unit, perform control to set a separation operation time used to separate in a separation operation a single paper sheet from multiple paper sheets stacked in the paper sheet holder to be longer than the separation operation time used when the detected humidity is lower than the preset value. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333753 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing apparatus, a driving device, an airflow space portion, a duct, and, a drawing fan. A driving-force transmission member, the driving device and the airflow space portion are disposed on a side on which a developer container faces the image bearing member. The driving-force transmission member, the driving device, the duct and the drawing fan are disposed on one end side of a developing rotary member in a rotation-axis direction of the developing rotary member. The duct is disposed underneath the developer container, formed from the side on which the developer container faces the image bearing member to a side opposite to the side on which the developer container faces the image bearing member. The drawing fan is disposed on the side opposite to the side on which the developer container faces the image bearing member. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333754 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first frame member, a second frame member opposing the first frame member, a cartridge, a cartridge holding member, an air blowing portion, a first opening, a second opening opposing the first opening, an air discharge passage member, and an outer casing member provided so as to cover an outside of the second frame member and permitting discharge of the air to an outside of the image forming apparatus through the air discharge passage member. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333755 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF GROWING VIRTUAL PLANT - A device, a system and a method of growing a virtual plant are provided. The device includes an acquisition module, configured to acquire control information; and a holographic image display module, configured to project and display a holographic image, and change a currently displayed holographic image according to the acquired control information, wherein the currently displayed holographic image includes a holographic image of a plant in a current growth stage when a user performs a planting operation including at least one of sowing the plant or maintaining the plant. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333756 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A holographic image display system comprising a processor receiving image data at an input and producing output hologram data based on the image data. The image data comprises three-dimensional image data that is separable into a plurality of two-dimensional image layers at different image planes. The processor is configured to: a) perform a space-frequency transform on each image layer to provide a transformed image layer, b) apply a focus factor to each transformed image layer, c) apply a pseudo-random phase factor to each transformed image layer, and d) sum the transformed image layers to form a holographic sub-frame, e) repeat steps (c) and (d) for a plurality of iterations, applying a different pseudo-random phase factor to the transformed image layers in each iteration to form a plurality of holographic sub-frames; and f) drive a spatial light modulator with the holographic sub-frames in rapid temporal succession to generate a holographic image. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333757 | SWITCH DEVICE AND TIMEPIECE - A switch device including a base member provided with a stem insertion hole, an operation member which has an engaging groove provided in an outer circumferential surface thereof, and is slidably and rotatably inserted into the stem insertion hole of the base member, a stopper member having an engaging portion which is arranged in the engaging groove of the operation member and moved along with sliding of the operation member, and a release member which releases the engaging portion from the engaging groove, in which the release member includes a pressing portion which is operated from one surface side of the base member so as to release the engaging portion from the engaging groove. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333758 | ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM OF A TIMEPIECE - An escapement mechanism of a timepiece, including: a first escapement wheel, a second escapement wheel called an impulse pinion and a drive pinion; the impulse pinion, the drive pinion and the first escapement wheel being mounted on the same axis; an intermediate wheel meshing with the drive pinion; a balance plate carrying a plate peg and a direct impulse pallet stone arranged to cooperate with the first escapement wheel; pallets including a pallet entry cooperating with the plate peg, an impulse pallet stone arranged to cooperate with the impulse pinion, and first and second support pallet stones arranged to cooperate with the first escapement wheel. The first escapement wheel, the drive pinion and the impulse pinion are mounted in this order. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333759 | SPLIT ARCHITECTURE FOR A WRISTBAND SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - The disclosed system may include a watch band, a watch body comprising at least one image sensor configured to capture a wide-angle image, a coupling mechanism configured to detachably couple the watch body to the watch band, and at least one biometric sensor on at least one of the watch band or the watch body. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333760 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CARBON-CARBON TIMEPIECE COMPONENT - The manufacturing method comprises at least one processing step for a carbon-carbon composite part ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210333761 | QUANTUM NV-DIAMOND ATOMIC CLOCK - The invention is related to a novel atomic clock developed by taking into basis Quantum mechanics and the spin-spin status of the electrodes that have been trapped. The disadvantages such as radioactivity perceived in atomic clocks, half life and shelf life are prevented by means of the invention. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333762 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING OPERATIONS OF AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM BASED ON MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES - An industrial automation component may receive a first set of data associated with the industrial automation component, such that the industrial automation component is associated with a first industrial automation system. The industrial automation component may then receive a second set of data associated with one or more other industrial automation components, such that the one or more other industrial automation components are associated with one or more other industrial automation systems. The industrial automation component may then identify one or more similar patterns in the first set of data and the second set of data and adjust one or more operations of the industrial automation component based on the similar patterns. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333763 | AI APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an artificial intelligence (AI) apparatus comprising: a short-range communication module configured for sensing a plurality of laundry treatment apparatuses positioned around the AI apparatus; and a processor configured for: acquiring laundry information about laundry and characteristic information of each of the detected laundry treatment apparatuses; determining a laundry group corresponding to the laundry, based on the acquired laundry information; comparing characteristic information of the determined laundry group and characteristic information of each of the plurality of laundry treatment apparatuses with each other; and determining a laundry treatment apparatus for washing the laundry among the plurality of laundry treatment apparatuses based on the comparison result. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333764 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND NEURAL NETWORK UPDATE SYSTEM - An electronic control device is an electronic control device that stores a neural network including plural neurons and a connection information group including plural pieces of connection information that associate the neurons with each other. The neural network is a neural network including a third connection information group created through deletion, by a pruning section, of at least one piece of connection information from a first connection information group for deciding an output value when an input value is given on the basis of the first connection information group and a second connection information group that is plural pieces of connection information having the degree of influence on predetermined data given as the input value, the degree of influence exceeding a predetermined value. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333765 | ENVIRONMENT FACTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAINING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program includes instructions to perform following steps for data processing when the computer program is executed by one or more processors, the steps including: recognizing at least one continuous section from each raw data subset; determining at least one serialization point, based on a start point and an end point of each of the at least one continuous section for each of the raw data subset; and generating a training data set by generating serialized training data, based on the at least one serialization point. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333766 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A TECHNICAL SYSTEM - Provided is a state data of the technical system are captured and fed into a controller, which is configurable by control parameters, in order to control the technical system on the basis of the state data. Furthermore, complexity data quantifying a present computation complexity for the controller are captured and transmitted to a control planner. The control planner takes the complexity data as a basis for ascertaining an updated control parameter that renders the control currently more performant, according to a predefined performance measure, than as a result of the previous control parameter. The controller is then reconfigured by the updated control parameter. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333767 | Method to Prepare a Power Converter or Other Apparatus For Configuration - An order may be received for an apparatus such as a power converter or other power device, where the apparatus may be housed in a packing box. A configuration device may be programmed with information responsive to details of the order and an ID associated with the apparatus. A label or other identifying object may be created or configured (e.g., printed) and attached to the apparatus or may otherwise accompany the apparatus prior to dispatch of the packing box. The label may provide details of operating parameters of the apparatus responsive to the details of the order. Upon receipt and unpacking of the packing box, the configuration device may be connected to the apparatus, thereby to causing the apparatus to become configured. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333768 | CONTROL SUPPORT APPARATUS, CONTROL SUPPORT METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM WITH CONTROL SUPPORT PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is a control support apparatus, comprising: an equipment abnormality estimation section for estimating an abnormality of equipment based on measurement data by measuring the equipment; a simulation section for simulating a future state of the equipment when controlling the equipment by each of a plurality of candidate control methods according to an abnormality estimation result of the equipment; and a simulation abnormality estimation section for estimating a future abnormality of the equipment based on a future state of the equipment for each of the plurality of candidate control methods. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333769 | INTERACTIVE HOME SYSTEM INCLUDING WIRELESS DEVICES - A home system can include a central control unit, which can be paired with a plurality of accessory devices including a client device. The client device can receive an instruction signal from a contactless card. An application of the client device can process the instruction signal and generate an event signal. The client device can transmit the event signal to the central control unit and the central control unit can transmit a device signal to one or more of the accessory devices. The device signal can instruct the one or more accessory devices to perform one or more tasks. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333770 | MULTI-SITE BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Methods and systems for controlling a building. An illustrative method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the building, using the received sensor data to control one or more building management components to control one or more environmental conditions within the building, normalizing the sensor data and storing the normalized sensor data, comparing the normalized sensor data with normalized sensor data from one or more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated the building, and providing a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333771 | AUTOMATION MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - A system and method for controlling automation includes a machine performing at least one operation and including a sensor for generating data in response to a performance of the operation by the machine. Data generated by the sensor is stored for retrieval by a server in data memory storage. The server includes at least one display template for displaying the data, and the server generates a data display by populating the at least one display template with the data. The data template can be populated with data in real time, to display the data display immediate to the generation of the data. The display template includes a data feature which is differentiated for displaying the data feature in a mode determined by the data populating the data display. The data display can be displayed in real time by a user device in communication with the server. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333772 | USER IDENTITY IN HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES - A system of household appliances is configured to provide services according to user identity. The system includes a first appliance, a server or other network device, and a second appliance. The first appliance is configured to collect sensor data associated with an identity of a user. The server or other network device is configured to receive the sensor data from the first appliance and analyze the sensor data to determine the identity of the user. The second appliance is configured to provide a device function to the user based on the identity determined from the sensor data collected by the first appliance. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333773 | Method and System for Providing Data for at least one Data Receiver - The invention relates to a method for providing data for at least one data receiver, the data being generated by at least one function of a data provision device, which at least one function can be configured on the basis of at least one configuration parameter, the method comprising the following steps: creating a configuration for the at least one function by specifying the at least one configuration parameter by a configuration device of a backend server, transmitting the created configuration to the data provision device by an interface of the backend server, receiving the configuration by an interface of the data provision device, configuring the at least one function on the basis of the received configuration, delivering the data generated by the configured at least one function via the interface of the data provision device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333774 | GENERIC TYPE ROTARY ENCODER AND SERVO MOTOR USING THE SAME - Uses a generic sensor to provide a rotary encoder with high accuracy, excellent environmental resistance, and low cost that is equivalent to having a precision sensor. A generic type rotary encoder comprising a generic sensor, a rotation angle detector that outputs information on the rotation angle of the rotary shaft of the motor based on an output signal from the generic sensor, and an encoder control unit, wherein the encoder control unit comprises a function for driving an initial setting motor, an initial setting data acquisition function for acquiring initial setting data unique to the generic sensor, a normal operation data acquisition function that acquires and generates data for normal operation used when the motor to be controlled to which the generic type rotary encoder is mounted is normally operated, and an EEPROM recorded calibration data to calibrate the initial setting data unique to the generic sensor, wherein the calibration data is obtained, by using a standard sensor that guarantees high accuracy of 2 digits or 3 digits higher than the generic sensor, and by simultaneously connecting the generic sensor and the standard sensor to the initial setting motor and driving the initial setting motor at least one forward and reverse rotation, and the calibration data is data for calibration relating to the rotation angle of the rotary shaft. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333775 | Generation of Measurement Strategy for Measuring a Measurement Object - A method for determining a measurement strategy for measuring a measurement object includes determining a test element of the measurement object. There is an automated test for the test element as to whether there is an applicable measurement rule in a measurement rule set of measurement rules defined in advance. An applicable measurement rule is added to a new measurement strategy or the test element-specific measurement rule of an existing measurement strategy is altered based on an applicable measurement rule. The measurement rules of the measurement rule set are determined by virtue of a measurement rule and at least one test criterion in respect of the applicability thereof being set for a test element by a user or in (partly) automated fashion. The measurement rule defines at least one parameter for measuring the test element. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333776 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL - A control device for a machine tool, the control device being provided with an individual database that stores voice data and image data for the face for each of a plurality of persons in association with the respective person's ID, an input command database that stores commands that can be inputted into a machine tool, an imaging device that images the face of a person, a microphone that inputs a voice, and a microprocessor that processes the image data for the face imaged by the imaging device and the voice data inputted from the microphone. The microprocessor performs facial authentication on the basis of the image data of the face, and performs voice authentication on the basis of voice data inputted from the microphone. If the voice is a voice produced by a facially authenticated person, the microprocessor analyzes voice data, searches the input command database on the basis of the analysis result, and inputs a command corresponding to the voice data into the machine tool. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333777 | SECTION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method is provided for defining a cross section having an arbitrary shape. The method includes creating a vector graphic of the cross section. The method includes disassembling the vector graphic of the cross section into paths that represent an outline of the arbitrary shape of the cross section, each path a straight path or a curved path having respective endpoints including a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The method includes arranging the paths in an order in which the paths are connected in the vector graphic to form the outline of the arbitrary shape of the cross section, and generating an array of elements for the paths, including elements for successive pairs of adjacent straight paths in the order in which the paths are arranged. And the method incudes defining and thereby producing a definition of the cross section from the array of elements. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333778 | ACCELERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR LOAD ON POWERED BACKPACK BASED ON DISTURBANCE OBSERVER - The disclosure belongs to the technical field of powered drive devices, and discloses an acceleration control method for a load on a powered backpack based on a disturbance observer. The method includes: S1 setting the desired acceleration of the load on the powered backpack, presetting the initial motor drive current that regulates the movement of the load according to the desired acceleration, measuring the actual acceleration of the load; S2 establishing the disturbance observer for controlling acceleration the load on the powered backpack, using the disturbance observer to calculate the motor drive current that makes the actual acceleration of the load equal to the desired acceleration, so as to realize the acceleration control of the load on the powered backpack. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333779 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a control apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement value measured regarding control target equipment, a first control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value by at least one of feedback control or feed-forward control, a second control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value using a model learnt by using learning data, and a switching unit configured to perform switching between the first control unit and the second control unit by which the control target equipment is controlled. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333780 | USER INPUT MODULE FOR AN AUTOMATION ENGINEERING FIELD DEVICE, AND SAME FIELD DEVICE - A user input module for an automation engineering field device comprising: at least one user input element without haptic feedback; an electronic unit configured to detect instances of operation of the user input elements, to prompt a first feedback for a user when an instance of operation of one of the user input elements is detected, which instance of operation lasts in particular for longer than a first prescribed period, and to prompt a second feedback for the user when an instance of operation of one of the user input elements is detected, which instance of operation lasts for longer than a second prescribed period, wherein the second period is longer than the first period, and an automation engineering field device that has the user input module according to the invention. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333781 | FREEZING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC MOBILE DEVICE REPAIR - A system utilized for freezing parts of electronic mobile devices comprises a freezing machine incorporating internet communication hardware and software, molds and vacuum bags and a central computer server hosting and operating a web-centric and/or mobile app software application which connects to, updates and operates the freezing machine via the Internet. The freezing machine comprises a housing, an engine with cylindrical cooling head, an adjustable cooling head ring fixture and metal plate attached to the adjustable cooling head ring fixture. The freezing machine further comprises an encapsulation chamber, a lid, a power inlet, a LCD/OLED display and a PCB with processor capable of operating the freezing machine. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333782 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - An information processing apparatus for controlling display on a user interface includes an acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires information including an operated state indicating a state regarding an operation performed on each of a plurality of apparatuses, and an operating state indicating a state regarding an operating status of each of the plurality of apparatuses. The display control unit controls display of the information regarding an apparatus identified from among the plurality of apparatuses on the user interface, based on the information including the operated state and the operating state acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333783 | PRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A production control system includes a terminal server and a manufacturing execution server. The terminal server is configured to transmit a control message. The manufacturing execution server is configured to receive the control message through a first communications protocol and a second communications protocol and to execute a first application module and a second application module according to the control message. The terminal server judges whether a quantity of the control message is greater than a predetermined value; if the quantity of the control message is judged to be greater than the predetermined value, then the terminal server transmits the control message through the first communications protocol; and if the quantity of the control message is judged to be less than or equal to the predetermined value, then the terminal server transmits the control message through the second communications protocol. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333784 | INSPECTION METHOD FOR INSPECTING DISPLAY PANEL AND INSPECTION APPARATUS - The present application provides a method for inspecting a display panel and an inspection apparatus. Wherein the method for inspecting the display panel including the following steps: setting substrate random sampling parameters in a manufacturing process by a manufacturing execution module, and transmitting the random sampling parameters to a production line control module; receiving and storing the random sampling parameters by the production line control module; generating a random sampling control signal and transmitting to a detector according to the random sampling parameters by the production line control module; and performing a random sampling to a substrate by the detector in accordance with the random sampling control signal. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333785 | DETERMINING A CORRECTION TO A PROCESS - A method for configuring a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method including: obtaining a first value of a first parameter based on measurements associated with a first operation of a process step in the semiconductor manufacturing process and a first sampling scheme; using a recurrent neural network to determine a predicted value of the first parameter based on the first value; and using the predicted value of the first parameter in configuring a subsequent operation of the process step in the semiconductor manufacturing process. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333786 | Apparatus and Method for Immersive Computer Interaction - Methods and an arrangement for immersive human computer interaction with a virtual mechanical operator of an industrial automation arrangement in virtual reality, wherein input information is transmitted to a component of the arrangement through the interaction with the virtual operator modelled in a simulation device for a rigid-body simulation, where the virtual operator is replicated in the virtual reality, an interaction with the represented virtual operator is detected by the virtual reality environment, second parameters calculated from first parameters of the detected virtual interaction are transmitted to the simulation device and used via the modelled virtual operator to simulate movement of a part of the operator, whether a switching state change of the virtual operator is produced by the simulated movement is decided, and where the switching state or the switching state change is reported as the input information to the component at least when a switching state change occurs. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333787 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MODEL LEARNING METHOD, AND MODEL LEARNING PROGRAM - A device management system includes a learning unit | 2021-10-28 |
20210333788 | MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, CONSUMABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A machine learning method according to a viewpoint of the present disclosure is a machine learning method for creating a learning model configured to estimate the life of a consumable of a laser apparatus, the method including acquiring first life-related information containing data on a parameter relating to the life of the consumable, the data recorded in correspondence with different numbers of oscillation pulses during a period from the start of use of the consumable to replacement thereof, dividing the first life-related information into a plurality of levels each representing the degree of degradation of the consumable in accordance with the numbers of oscillation pulses to create training data, creating the learning model by performing machine learning using the created training data, and saving the created learning model. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OPERATOR SUPPORT IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - A method includes obtaining measurements associated with a plurality of controlled variables (CVs) and a plurality of manipulated variables (MVs). The method also includes detecting an irregular operating condition of a CV or an MV. The method also includes analyzing case specific operating conditions based on the irregular operating condition. The method further includes removing the irregular operating condition based on analyzing the case specific operating conditions. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333790 | USING GENERATED MARKINGS FOR VEHICLE CONTROL AND OBJECT AVOIDANCE - A work machine has a backup camera that captures images of an area of a worksite behind the work machine. A controller identifies pre-defined markings in the worksite and localizes the pre-defined markings to the work machine, based on the images. A control signal generator generates control signals to automatically control the work machine based upon the localized markings. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333791 | TERMINAL, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A terminal includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire designated work information, indicating details of work performed by a movable body, input from a user; an output unit configured to output the designated work information to an external device; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the external device, set work information indicating the details of the work performed by the movable body generated based on the designated work information; and a display control unit configured to display the set work information on a display unit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333792 | MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION-BASED AIRCRAFT DATA STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An aircraft comprising a first power supply such as a battery, avionics including a plurality of sensors that provide aircraft parameter information, a transceiver and a gateway. The gateway includes a processing system and is coupled to the first power supply, avionics and transceiver. The gateway is configured to operate in a first mode to receive from the transceiver a remote wake request initiated by a user of a remote communication device, power on at least portions of the avionics in response to the received remote wake request by causing the first power supply to be coupled to the at least portions of the avionics, receive aircraft parameter information from the powered on portions of the avionics, and provide the received aircraft parameter information to the transceiver for transmission from the aircraft, optionally to the user of the remote communication device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333793 | Indoor Monocular Navigation Method Based on Cross-Sensor Transfer Learning and System Thereof - The present invention relates to an indoor monocular navigation method based on cross-sensor transfer learning and a system thereof. Determining an preliminary autonomous navigation model according to simulated laser radar data; acquiring actual single-line laser radar data and monocular camera data of the mobile robot simultaneously in an actual environment; determining the heading angle of the mobile robot according to the actual laser radar data; determining a laser radar monocular vision navigation model, according to the generated heading angle of the mobile robot and the monocular camera data at a the same moment and by using a Resnet18 network and a pre-trained YOLO v3 network; determining a heading angle of the mobile robot at the current moment, according to the acquired monocular camera data and by using the laser radar monocular vision navigation model; performing navigation of the mobile robot. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333794 | AERIAL OPERATION SUPPORT AND REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT - A method for supporting aerial operation over a surface includes obtaining a representation of the surface that comprises a plurality of flight sections, and identifying a flight path based on the representation of the surface. The flight path allows an aircraft, when following the flight path, to conduct an operation over the flight sections. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333795 | Coverage Path Planning - A method of planning a coverage path to cover an area. The method includes a computing arrangement iteratively receiving, generating and displaying. The computing arrangement is configured to receive a range acceptable user-inputs. The receiving includes receiving user-input within the range of acceptable user-inputs. The generating includes generating a feasible coverage path based on the user-input. The displaying includes displaying at least some detail of the feasible coverage path. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333796 | WHEELCHAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A wheelchair system may include vehicles including docking systems for a wheelchair. The wheelchair and the docking system may be coupled to controllers in communication with one another via a secure communication channel. A user may use a computing device to send signals to and receive signals from the controllers and a data processing system to select the docking system to which the wheelchair may be secured. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333797 | MARKER-COMBINED SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING NAVIGATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Provided are a marker-combined simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) navigation method, device and system. The method includes: providing an initialization area for a located object, where at least one of the initialization area for a located object, a travelling path of a located object, and a docking device of the located object is provided with an marker including at least one of pose information, identification information and non-identification graphic information; controlling the located object to perform at least one of following operations: starting from the initialization area for a located object, and based on the marker, determining an initial pose of the located object; when the marker is passed on the travelling path, updating a current pose of the located object based on the marker; and when docking with the docking device, adjusting a relative pose between the located object and the docking device based on the marker. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333798 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Each of three floors is adjacent to the other two floor robots so that a position at which three vertices selected each from the three floor robots face each other is set as a central point, and an information processing apparatus includes a floor robot guidance unit to specify an advancing direction and a walking speed of a walking person based on pressures detected by the floor robots when the walking person walks, to move the three floor robots at the specified walking speed in an opposite direction to the specified advancing direction, to specify, as a target vertex, a vertex that can be determined to lie in the specified advancing direction, other than the three vertices, and rotate at least one of the three floor robots so that the position of the target vertex is set as a new central point. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333799 | CELESTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A navigation control system for an autonomous vehicle comprises a transmitter and an autonomous vehicle. The transmitter comprises an emitter for emitting at least one signal, a power source for powering the emitter, a device for capturing wireless energy to charge the power source, and a printed circuit board for converting the captured wireless energy to a form for charging the power source. The autonomous vehicle operates within a working area and comprises a receiver for detecting the at least one signal emitted by the emitter, and a processor for determining a relative location of the autonomous vehicle within the working area based on the signal emitted by the emitter. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333800 | CELESTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A navigation control system for an autonomous vehicle comprises a transmitter and an autonomous vehicle. The transmitter comprises an emitter for emitting at least one signal, a power source for powering the emitter, a device for capturing wireless energy to charge the power source, and a printed circuit board for converting the captured wireless energy to a form for charging the power source. The autonomous vehicle operates within a working area and comprises a receiver for detecting the at least one signal emitted by the emitter, and a processor for determining a relative location of the autonomous vehicle within the working area based on the signal emitted by the emitter. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333801 | SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A vehicle management system can include self-driving vehicles. Before entering a self-driving vehicle, a rider can use a remote computing device to select a pick-up location at which a self-driving vehicle will later pick up the rider. Detecting that the remote computing device is unable to communicate with the vehicle management system can trigger several responses configured to minimize the risk of a self-driving vehicle failing to pick up the rider. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333802 | SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING CONTROL OF MULTIPLE WORK VEHICLES - A control system includes a controller configured to determine a target speed between a first target position of a haul vehicle relative to a harvester and a second target position of the haul vehicle relative to the harvester based on a flow rate of agricultural product through a conveyor of the harvester. The haul vehicle is coupled to a storage compartment, an outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a first unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the first target position, and the outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a second unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the second target position. Furthermore, the controller is configured to output a control signal indicative of instructions to direct the haul vehicle from the first target position to the second target position at the target speed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333803 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A controller obtains a first horizontal distance and a first vertical distance which are respectively a component in a horizontal direction and a component in a vertical direction among distances from an unmanned aerial vehicle to a surface of a particular place where elevation gradually increases or decreases along the horizontal direction, decides, based on a ratio of the first horizontal distance to the first vertical distance, a movement amount by which the unmanned aerial vehicle is to be moved simultaneously in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and moves the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the movement amount. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333804 | Perception and Fitting for a Stair Tracker - A method for perception and fitting for a stair tracker includes receiving sensor data for a robot adjacent to a staircase. For each stair of the staircase, the method includes detecting, at a first time step, an edge of a respective stair of the staircase based on the sensor data. The method also includes determining whether the detected edge is a most likely step edge candidate by comparing the detected edge from the first time step to an alternative detected edge at a second time step, the second time step occurring after the first time step. When the detected edge is the most likely step edge candidate, the method includes defining, by the data processing hardware, a height of the respective stair based on sensor data height about the detected edge. The method also includes generating a staircase model including stairs with respective edges at the respective defined heights. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333805 | Flight Control Method and Device of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - A flight control method and device of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and a UAV, the method includes that: a flight track of the UAV is determined ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210333806 | FLIGHT GUIDANCE CONTROLLER INTERFACE - Methods and systems are provided including a flight guidance controller interface. The flight guidance controller interface includes a rotatable knob including a rotatable element disposed around a periphery of a touch control display. A graphical presentation is output on the touch control display including a plurality of sections. The plurality of sections includes an indication of respective functions of an automatic flight control system. A touch input is received to one of the plurality of sections, thereby activating control of a corresponding one of the respective functions of the automatic flight control system. A rotation input to the rotatable element is received, thereby providing information about a value for the corresponding one of the respective functions of the automatic flight control system. The information about the value is output to the automatic flight control system so that the automatic flight control system can responsively control aircraft trajectory while maintaining/honoring selected target references and values. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333807 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of aircrafts and provide an aircraft control method and a flight control system. The method is applicable to an aircraft and includes: connecting a remote control to a master terminal; connecting the master terminal to at least one slave terminal, so that each of the at least one slave terminal is connected to the master terminal; determining that the remote control has been connected to the aircraft; and controlling, by the remote control, the aircraft according to control instructions transmitted by the master terminal and/or the at least one slave terminal. By means of the method, providing each terminal with a remote control can be avoided, thereby reducing the burden of holding remote controls and reducing costs. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333808 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT FOR ASSESSING OPERATIONAL RISK - A method of operating an aircraft (AC), in particular UAV, for assessing operational risk at a given position in space, including: dissimilarly acquiring (S | 2021-10-28 |
20210333809 | FLOW RATE MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED RECOVERY - Embodiments for controlling flow rates within a well system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a first flow control configuration is determined including determining flow profiles for a plurality of zones each including at least one flow control device. Contaminant intake classifications associated with one or more of the zones are generated based on the first flow control configuration and a first contaminant level detected for a combined flow comprising inflow from the zones. A second flow control configuration for the zones is generated based on the contaminant intake classifications. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333810 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR COOLANT CONTROL VALVE - A coolant control valve includes an actuator, at least one valve body, an outer housing, and a temperature sensor having a first flow state and a second flow state. The first and second flow states can be achieved by first and second axial positions of the temperature sensor. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333811 | MODULATING JITTER FREQUENCY AS SWITCHING FREQUENCY APPROACHES JITTER FREQUENCY - A method for providing a jitter signal for modulating a switching frequency of a power switch for a power converter. The method comprising receiving a drive signal representative of the switching frequency of the power switch, detecting the switching frequency from the drive signal, determining if the switching frequency is less than a first threshold frequency, and modulating a frequency of the jitter signal in response to determining if the switching frequency is less than the first threshold frequency. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333812 | PARALLEL LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR - A low dropout regulator includes a first stage that generate a first output voltage and a second stage that generates a second output voltage different from the first output voltage. The first stage and the second stage are coupled in parallel to a node, the stages are selectively controlled respective first and second output signals based on different conditions. One condition may be operation of a load in one or more predetermined modes. Another condition may be transition between modes. Selective control of the first stage during a mode transition may reduce voltage undershoot or voltage overshoot in the load. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333813 | VOLTAGE REGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A voltage regulation system includes a voltage regulator configured to receive a first reference voltage and output a regulated voltage; a bias voltage generator comprising a diode-connect transistor configured to receive a bias current and output a reference gate voltage; and a plurality of switch-load circuits, each of said plurality of switch-load circuits comprising a common-drain transistor configured to receive power from the regulated voltage and control from the reference gate voltage via a switch controlled by a logical signal and output a supply voltage to load with a decoupling capacitor, wherein a size of the common-drain transistor is scaled from a size of the diode-connect transistor in accordance with a ratio between a current of the load and the bias current. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333814 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUITRY - The present disclosure relates to voltage regulator circuitry. The voltage regulator circuitry comprises an output device configured to provide a regulated output voltage and a controllable shunt device configured to provide a current path from the output device for a shunt current. The shunt current is variable according to a control signal supplied to the controllable shunt device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333815 | FLIPPED GATE VOLTAGE REFERENCE AND METHOD OF USING - A voltage reference includes a first current source and a flipped gate transistor coupled in series between an operating voltage node and a negative supply voltage node, a first transistor and a second current source coupled in series between the operating voltage node and the negative supply voltage node, and an output node between the first transistor and the second current source. A gate of the first transistor is coupled to a gate of the flipped gate transistor, the output node is configured to output a reference voltage, the first current source is configured to provide a first current to the flipped gate transistor, the second current source is configured to provide a second current to the first transistor, the second current being less than the first current, and the first transistor has a size greater than a size of the flipped gate transistor. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333816 | CONFIGURABLE OFFSET COMPENSATION DEVICE - An offset compensation device includes a first bias module and a second bias module. The first bias module includes a plurality of first current control circuits and a plurality of second current control circuits coupled in parallel. Each of the first current control circuits generates a first reference current, and each of the second current control circuits generates a second reference current. The second bias module includes a plurality of third current control circuits and a plurality of fourth current control circuits coupled in parallel. Each of the third current control circuits generates a third reference current, and each of the fourth current control circuits generates a fourth reference current. The second reference current is greater than the first reference current, and the fourth reference current is greater than the third reference current. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333817 | Single Axis Joystick - A joystick with a first casing that has a piece of a sensor/effector pair. A second section is attached to the first casing, where at least one of the first and second casings form a void within the first and second casings. A puck with a cylindrical shape is disposed within the void, where the puck has a piece of the sensor/effector pair. A shaft is connected to the puck, with a distal end free to move, thereby rotating the puck. The shaft passes through a void between the first and second casings, and as the shaft is moved and the puck rotates, an interaction between the pieces of the sensor/effector pair produces a signal indicating a degree of movement of the shaft. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333818 | PHOTONICS PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE - Photonic processors are described. The photonic processors described herein are configured to perform matrix multiplications (e.g., matrix vector multiplications). Matrix multiplications are broken down in scalar multiplications and scalar additions. Some embodiments relate to devices for performing scalar additions in the optical domain. One optical adder, for example, includes an interferometer having a plurality of phase shifters and a coherent detector. Leveraging the high-speed characteristics of these optical adders, some processors are sufficiently fast to support clocks in the tens of gigahertz of frequency, which represent a significant improvement over conventional electronic processors. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333819 | MODULAR INTERLEAVING TECHNIQUES FOR SCALABLE POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTER - A power management integrated circuit comprises a modular interleaved clock generator comprising a plurality of interconnected modular elements, each element constructed to generate and output a clock signal, and each one comprising: a phase port high input; a phase port low input; a clock input; and a bypass switch coupled between the phase port high input and the phase port low input, wherein in response to the bypass switch of at least one of the plurality of elements in a closed state, the phase port high inputs or the phase port low inputs of the remaining elements absent the at least one interleaving controller having the bypass switch in the closed state each receives a voltage that interleaves the clock signals output from the remaining active elements to have an interleaving arrangement that includes equal phase delays. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333820 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD TO SET DELAY BETWEEN TWO PERIODIC SIGNALS WITH UNKNOWN PHASE RELATIONSHIP - A circuit and method are provided for setting a phase relationship between a first signal and a second signal having a known frequency relationship to a master signal but having an unknown phase relationship to each other. One or more phase signals is generated based on the master signal, the phase signals having different phases from each other. One of these phase signals is selected based on the phase of the first signal and a target phase delay between the first signal and second signal. The second signal is generated based on the phase and frequency of the selected phase signal. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333821 | APPARATUS HAVING ANGLED SPRINGS - In some examples, an apparatus can include an arm, a cam connected to the arm, a first spring located around a first strut, where the first spring is oriented at a first angle relative to a base of the apparatus and the first strut is connected to the cam, a second spring located around a second strut, where the second spring is oriented at a second angle relative to the base of the apparatus and the second strut is connected to the cam, where the first spring and the second spring linearly compress in response to rotation of the arm from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation relative to the base of the apparatus. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333822 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a controlling method thereof. The display apparatus includes a communicator including a circuitry; a display; a motor configured to rotate the display; a memory storing at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: control the communicator to communicatively connect to an external device based on information related to the display apparatus that is received by the external device from a remote controller to which the external device is tagged, obtain direction information of at least one of the external device and of an image content displayed on the external device, determine, based on the direction information, whether to control the motor to rotate the display, and control the display to display the image content that is received from the external device through the communicator. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333823 | Electronic Devices with Antennas and Optical Components - A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The housing may include a frame with left and right openings that receive respective left and right optical modules that present images to a user's eyes. Each optical module may have a lens and display that presents an image through the lens. Camera support members may be coupled to respective left and right peripheral portions of the frame. Each camera support member may have openings configured to receive cameras. Antennas may be formed on a camera support member. The antennas may have metal traces on a surface of the camera support member, may have conductive structures embedded within the camera support member, and/or may have patterned metal traces on printed circuits attached to or embedded in the camera support member. The cameras may operate through portions of a display cover layer that covers an outwardly-facing display on the head-mounted housing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333824 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A structure suitable for a portable information terminal or a wearable device is provided. In addition, an electronic device having a novel structure that can have various forms is provided. It is preferable that a buffer layer which absorbs a difference in the amount of change in form be provided between adjacent film substrates which overlap with each other. As the buffer layer, a gelled resin material, a rubber resin material, a liquid material, an air layer, or the like can be used. Furthermore, an optical film such as a polarizing film or a color filter may be used as the buffer layer. A plurality of buffer layers may be provided in an electronic device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333825 | MERCHANT/CUSTOMER POS INTERACTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing merchant/customer interaction include determining that a tablet computer is in a merchant orientation, retrieving merchant product information according to a received instruction and merchant orientation information, and displaying a merchant screen on the tablet computer that includes the merchant product information according to the merchant orientation information. A change in the orientation of the tablet computer enclosure/stand is then detected from the merchant orientation to a customer orientation. In response, the merchant screen is transitioned on the tablet computer display to a customer screen as the tablet computer enclosure/stand changes orientations by moving the merchant screen and the customer screen linearly while in a stacked orientation. The customer screen includes the merchant product information displayed according to customer orientation information such that the merchant product information is displayed differently on the customer screen relative to the merchant screen. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333826 | FRONT LIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A front light module includes a light source having a light emitting surface and a light guide plate having a microstructure region. The microstructure region includes a first microstructure and a second microstructure. The first microstructure is located between the light emitting surface of the light source and the second microstructure. A surface of the first microstructure close to the light source and a direction of an optical axis have a first angle. A surface of the first microstructure away from the light source and the direction of the optical axis have a second angle. A surface of the second microstructure away from the light source and the direction of the optical axis have a third angle. The first angle and the second angle are respectively in a range of 30 degrees to 50 degrees and a range of 60 degrees to 90 degrees. | 2021-10-28 |
20210333827 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCE OF UNINTENDED USER INPUT AND OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - In an electronic device and a method of operating an electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device may include: a foldable housing, including a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge, including a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, the second housing configured to be foldable with respect to the first housing about the hinge, wherein the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state of the electronic device; a display extending from the first surface to the third surface to provide the first surface and the third surface and including a touch controller configured to control a receiving function of an input on the display; a processor disposed inside the first or second housing and operatively coupled to the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: detect the occurrence of changing an angle between the first housing and the second housing; receive a touch interrupt produced based on an input on the display; identify characteristics of the input in response to detecting the change in the angle; and determine whether to cancel the touch event corresponding to the input based on the characteristics of the input. | 2021-10-28 |