45th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210349445 | EXOSUIT ACTIVITY TRANSITION CONTROL - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an exosuit activity transition control structure. In some implementations, sensor data for a powered exosuit is received. The sensor data is classified depending on whether the sensor data is indicative of a transition between different types of activities of a wearer of the powered exosuit. The classification is provided to a control system for the powered exosuit. The powered exosuit is controlled based on the classification. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349446 | CONTROL DEVICE, SUPPORT DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An objective of the present invention is to facilitate settings to be performed for a relay device. A control device, configured to be able to communicate with other devices via a relay device, is provided with: a storage unit that stores a user program including at least one of instructions for performing communication settings that are settings related to communication with the other devices; and a communication setting unit that performs the communication settings. The communication setting unit performs transmission and reception of commands together with the relay device on the basis of fulfillment of conditions of executing the instruction and performs the communication settings indicated by the instruction. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349447 | A METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA TRANSFER IN A MANUFACTURING PLANT AND A SYSTEM THEREOF - In an embodiment, the present disclosure discloses a method and a module for controlling data transfer in a manufacturing plant. The IoT module is configured to receive a request for a plurality of parameters from a second application from one or more applications. The request is made by a first application from the one or more applications. The IoT module determines status of the requested parameters. The status indicates if the requested parameters are authorized for sharing. Further, the IoT module transfers only the authorized parameters to the first module based on the status. Thus, the present disclosure provides a method and a IoT module for sharing data securely within the manufacturing plant. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349448 | ADAPTING DATA MODELS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION TO EXTERNAL PLATFORMS - An adapter of a common gateway platform associated with an industrial automation system is described for communicating data acquired from various devices using a data model of the common gateway platform with external components using various data models. The computing device may determine a relationship between datasets of the native data model and datasets of an external component based on obtaining an application programming interface (API) and/or software development kit (SDK) of the external component. Accordingly, the adapter may enable the common gateway platform to interact with the external component by providing functionalities of the external component as native functions of the computing device. That is, the adapter may provide functions to connect, create, read, write, update, delete, run commands and queries, and disconnect from the external component using native commands and actions of the common gateway platform. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349449 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for controlling a manufacturing process in a manner that protects sensitive information from misuse by different entities involved in the manufacturing process. According to the present disclosure, a blueprint providing information regarding subcomponents of a product to be manufactured may be provided to a synthesizer device. The synthesizer device may engage in two-party computation with IP providers to generate a set of machine commands, which may be encrypted, and then provide a message including the set of machine commands to a manufacturer device. The manufacturer device may obtain authorization from the IP provider(s) based on the message, where the authorization may enable the manufacturer device to configure a manufacturing process in accordance with the set of machine commands to manufacture the subcomponents of the product. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349450 | HIERARCHICAL ASSESSMENT OF PROCESSES FOR IMPLEMENTING ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION - Systems and methods for performing a hierarchical assessment of a process for implementing robotic process automation (RPA) for automating the process are provided. An initial assessment of a suitability and a readiness of implementing RPA to automate the process is performed. In response to a determination to continue the hierarchical assessment based on results of the initial assessment, a detailed assessment of an estimated benefit and an estimated ease of implementing RPA to automate the process is performed. In response to a determination to continue the hierarchical assessment based on results of the detailed assessment, a cost benefit assessment is performed to determine a number of RPA robots to deploy to perform the process. The process is performed using the number of the RPA robots. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349451 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A transport system is provided. The transport system includes a stocker configured to store an assigned wafer carrier and having a gate port. The transport system also includes a semiconductor apparatus configured to transmit a request signal including a processed time according to a processing wafer carrier loaded on the semiconductor apparatus. The transport system further includes a vehicle configured to transport the assigned wafer carrier from the gate port to the semiconductor apparatus and a control system configured to control the vehicle. When the control system receives the request signal, the control system controls the stocker to transport the assigned wafer carrier inside of the stocker to the gate port at a start time, which is earlier than the processed time, and the control system controls the vehicle to transport the assigned wafer carrier from the gate port to the semiconductor apparatus. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349452 | System and method for manufacturing a product having predetermined specifications - A system for manufacturing a product having predetermined specifications includes a working station for manufacturing the product, which has a plurality of working operating parameters; first sensors for detecting first data regarding the working environment; second sensors for detecting second data regarding the plant where the system is installed; and a first control device operatively connectable to the working station and to the first and the second sensors, which has a storage unit containing a plurality of optimal operating parameters. During operation of the working station, the control device detects the first and the second data and compares the working operating parameters with the corresponding optimal operating parameters so as to detect deviations. A second device determines the optimal operating parameters during operation of the working station. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349453 | MODULARIZED MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL FOR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS - A method for generating a dynamic model of an industrial plant having: a plurality of physical processes that are dependent such that an outcome of at least one first process is fed into at least one second process; a plurality of low-level controllers, each controller acting upon at least one physical process such that at least one process variable of the at least one physical process is controlled to match a set-point of the low-level controller; and a plurality of sensors, each sensor measuring at least one process variable of one of the physical processes, and/or of the plant as a whole, the set-points of the low-level controllers and current values of the process variables measured by the sensors being the inputs of the model, and predicted future values of the process variables that are likely to result from applying the set-points to the low-level controllers being the outputs. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349454 | AUTOMATED CREATION OF MODULAR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS - A computer-implemented method for generating a construction plan for a modular plant that is to execute a given industrial process includes: providing a flow chart of the industrial process, the flow chart including a sequence of actions, each action having at least one input for an educt to be processed by the action and at least one output for a product produced by the action, at least one product of one action being an educt for another action; providing at least one catalogue of module descriptions, each module description characterizing at least the educt inputs and the product outputs of at least one physical process module, and physical actions performed within the physical process module; and decomposing the flow chart into functional units with at least one educt input, at least one product output, and one or more actions leading from the one or more educts. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MANUFACTURING - A system for monitoring manufacturing includes one or more sensors and a controller in communication with the one or more sensors. The controller may include one or more processors that determine a quality metric represented by machine data collected from one or more machine data sensors and identify a correlation value between the machine data and environmental data collected from one or more environmental data sensors. The controller may further include determine if the correlation value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and if the correlation value exceeds the predetermined threshold value, report at least one of the correlation value and the quality metric. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349456 | AUTOMATIC UAV LANDING PAD - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation system includes a portable, ground-based landing pad comprising having a first antenna configured to transmit a data packet; a UAV comprising a second antenna configured to receive the data packet; and second processing circuitry configured to determine a signal strength between the first antenna and the second antenna; determine, based on the signal strength, an orientation of the vehicle relative to the landing pad; and determine, based on a time of flight of the data packet, a distance between the vehicle and the landing pad. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349457 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING VEHICLE, VEHICLE DISPATCHING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE DISPATCHING METHOD - A vehicle controller of the automated driving vehicle capable of driverless transportation is connected with a user terminal via a communication network. The user terminal includes a terminal camera which a user who is at a desired dispatch location possesses. The automated driving vehicle includes an in-vehicle camera to capture a surrounding situation. The vehicle controller receives, from the user terminal via the communication network, a terminal camera image captured by the terminal camera from the desired dispatch location. Then, the vehicle controller identifies an image area that matches the terminal camera image from an in-vehicle camera image captured by the in-vehicle camera, and determines a pickup position capable of stopping based on positional coordinates information of the image area. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349458 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Tracking and Control - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for tracking and/or controlling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as tracking UAV controllers (UACs) within a cellular network. A UAV/UAC may provide a cellular network with tracking information such as speed, orientation, altitude, C2 communication quality, C2 communication mode change request, measurement report, RRC status, cell ID, TAC ID, current location of the UAV, and destination of the UAV. The network may forward this information to an unmanned aerial system (UAS) traffic management system (UTM). The UTM may determine, based in part on the tracking information, whether to transfer control of the UAV from the UAC to the UTM. In some embodiments, the UAV/UAC may trigger the UTM to transfer control of the UAV form the UAC to the UTM. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349459 | REMOTE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE USING VIRTUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A VEHICLE STATE - In various examples, at least partial control of a vehicle may be transferred to a control system remote from the vehicle. Sensor data may be received from a sensor(s) of the vehicle and the sensor data may be encoded to generate encoded sensor data. The encoded sensor data may be transmitted to the control system for display on a virtual reality headset of the control system. Control data may be received by the vehicle and from the control system that may be representative of a control input(s) from the control system, and actuation by an actuation component(s) of the vehicle may be caused based on the control input. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349460 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TRAINING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONS - In various examples, at least partial control of a vehicle may be transferred to a control system remote from the vehicle. Sensor data may be received from a sensor(s) of the vehicle and the sensor data may be encoded to generate encoded sensor data. The encoded sensor data may be transmitted to the control system for display on a virtual reality headset of the control system. Control data may be received by the vehicle and from the control system that may be representative of a control input(s) from the control system, and actuation by an actuation component(s) of the vehicle may be caused based on the control input. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349461 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An unmanned aerial vehicle, a method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle, a control apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: detecting whether a preset trigger event for determining impending interference between a lens and an obstacle near the lens occurs; and if no, controlling the lens to be in an extended state; or if yes, controlling the lens to be in a retracted state, to avoid interference between extension of the lens and the obstacle. In the method for controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present disclosure, a size of the lens may be reduced while optical zoom performance is achieved through extension and retraction of the lens and a photographing requirement is satisfied. In this way, a size of the unmanned aerial vehicle is reduced, and portability of the unmanned aerial vehicle is greatly improved. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349462 | ULTRAVIOLET END EFFECTOR - A cleaning robot may include a chassis, a camera, a control unit, a mobility apparatus, and a movable lighting element. The control unit may execute computer programming instructions in a manner depending on information received from the camera. The mobility apparatus may be capable of causing the cleaning robot to move through a physical space. The movable lighting element may include one or more light sources selectively emitting ultraviolet light | 2021-11-11 |
20210349463 | Traveling Trajectory Correction Method, Traveling Control Method, and Traveling Trajectory Correction Device - A method for correcting a travelling trajectory of a vehicle which is executed by a processor includes: generating a subject vehicle travelling route that a subject vehicle travels based on map information stored in a database; calculating a travelling trajectory of the subject vehicle to be a target trajectory when the subject vehicle travels on the subject vehicle travelling route; detecting a position of another vehicle travelling on a lane located in a width direction of the subject vehicle by a sensor provided for the subject vehicle; calculating an offset of a position of the other vehicle in another vehicle lane that the other vehicle travels based on the position of the other vehicle; and correcting the travelling trajectory of the subject vehicle in accordance with the offset. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349464 | Outdoor Robotic Work Tool Comprising an Environmental Detection System - The present disclosure relates to an outdoor robotic work tool ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210349465 | AUTONOMOUS SCOOTER - Respectively a rider of the autonomous scooter may select a manual drive mode to drive without any assistance, or the rider may control the autonomous scooter remotely by a smartphone when riding or not aboard via a smartphone APP whereby the rider may engage a user interface system providing virtual driving control settings linked with an autonomous drive system to control the autonomous scooter, or the rider can manually control the autonomous scooter. Primarily elements of the autonomous scooter may comprise a platform defined by a front end and a rear end, a deck section to place the rider's feet thereon, and having a base supporting a steering column. Accordingly the steering column is rotatably connected by a motorized wheel adapter configured to turn a suspension fork arrangement containing at least one motorized wheel thus steering and balance control of the autonomous scooter, or the steering column is connected to a truck arrangement containing two motorized wheels, whereby the two motorized wheels provide balance and differential propulsion for steering the autonomous scooter. The motorized wheel adapter and the motorized wheels are systematically controlled by an autonomous drive system adapted to control the autonomous scooter during autonomous drive mode setting. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349466 | MOBILE WORK MACHINE STATE DETECTION AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A mobile work machine includes an operator compartment having an operator interface mechanism configured to receive operator input, a control system configured to generate a control signal to control the mobile work machine in an unmanned operation mode, a machine state detection system configured to detect a machine state of the mobile work machine in the unmanned operation mode, and a visualization system configured to control a visual indicator mechanism in the operator compartment to generate a visual indication of the detected machine state. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349467 | CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a control device, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of planning a correct route as a movement route of a mobile object. A control device on one aspect of the present technology is a device that generates a map representing a position occupied by an object on the basis of a detection result by an optical sensor, estimates a position of a mirror-surface object that is an object having a mirror surface, and plans, in a case where presence of the mirror-surface object is estimated in a dividing section where an arrangement of predetermined objects is divided, a route that does not pass through the dividing section as a movement route of the mobile object on the basis of the map. The present technology can be applied to a mobile object such as a robot that moves autonomously. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349468 | IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS IN AN ENVIRONMENT - An example method of detecting an element using an autonomous vehicle includes the following operations: using a sensor on the autonomous vehicle to capture image data in a region of interest containing the element, where the image data represents components of the element; filtering the image data to produce filtered data having less of an amount of data than the image data; identifying the components of the element by analyzing the filtered data using a deterministic process; and detecting the element based on the components. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349469 | MAPPING AN ENVIRONMENT USING A STATE OF A ROBOTIC DEVICE - Certain examples described herein enable a robotic device to accurate map a surrounding environment. The robotic device uses an image capture device and at least one of the image capture device and the robotic device move within the environment. Measurements associated with movement of at least one of the image capture device and the robotic device are used to determine a state of the robotic device. The state of the robotic device models the image capture device and the robotic device with respect to a model of the environment that is constructed by a mapping engine. By comparing the state of the robotic device with a measured change in the robotic device, an accurate representation of the state of the robotic device may be constructed. This state is used by the mapping engine to update the model of the environment. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349470 | DYNAMICALLY REFINING MARKERS IN AN AUTONOMOUS WORLD MODEL - A system for performing autonomous operations in an operating environment comprising a plurality of objects includes a server computer. The server computer comprises a nontransitory computer readable medium storing detailed representations of the objects in the operating environment. Each detailed representation of an object comprises one or more markers providing knowledge information related to the object. The autonomous device comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a world model that comprises sparse representations of the objects in the operating environment, a processor configured to use the world model to execute tasks requiring use of at least one of the objects, and a networking card for connecting to the server computer. When execution of a new task requires use of a particular object in the operating environment, the autonomous device updates the world model to include the detailed representation of the particular object. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349471 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE AND MAPPING OF ROBOTS USING MODULAR DEVICES - Systems and methods for enhancing task performance and computer readable maps produced by robots using modular sensors is disclosed herein. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, robots may perform a first set of tasks, wherein coupling one or more modular sensors to the robots may configure a robot to perform a second set of tasks, the second set of tasks includes the first set of tasks and at least one additional task. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349472 | CONTROL METHOD, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In a control method, a controller obtains equipment specifying information that specifies an equipment to which a transportable object is to be delivered, and a transport carriage obtains carriage position information indicating the position of the transport carriage. Any one of the transport carriage, a specific communication device, and the controller calculates the distance between the transport carriage and the specific communication device based on delivery position information indicating the position of a specific equipment and the carriage position information, and determines whether the distance is not more than a predetermined distance. When the distance is not more than the predetermined distance, one of the transport carriage and the specific communication device transmits, wirelessly to the surroundings, a trigger signal to start wireless communication between the transport carriage and the specific equipment, and performs wireless communication to deliver the transportable object between the transport carriage and the specific equipment. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349473 | ENHANCED ROBOT FLEET NAVIGATION AND CONTROL - This document describes a simulation system that simulates robots and other actors performing tasks in an area. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a graph representing a physical area. The graph includes area nodes that represent regions of the area that are traversed by a set of actors that perform tasks in the area and terminal nodes that represent regions of the facility where the actors perform the tasks. A set of agents that each include a model corresponding to an actor is identified. At least a portion of the agents includes models for robots that perform tasks in the area. The model of an agent represents durations of time for traversing area nodes and performing tasks are terminal nodes during simulations. A sequence of tasks being performed in the area is simulated using the graph and the set of agents. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349474 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GLIDE VEHICLE AND FLYING BODY - A glide control device includes a communications device configured to communicate with an attitude control device of a glide vehicle; and a processor configured to control the attitude control device. The processor is configured to control the attitude control device to generate a downward lift force when a velocity of the glide vehicle is higher than or equal to a first astronomical velocity. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349475 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPOSING PHYSICAL ACTIONS, BY ENDPOINTS, BASED ON ACTIVITIES BY USERS - Systems and methods are provided for imposing physical actions, by endpoints, based on activities by users. One such method includes imposing a physical actions via a drone, by an endpoint associated with the drone, based on an activity undertaken by a user. The method includes receiving, by a computing device, an activity message including data indicative of an activity of a user and retrieving at least on rule from a data structure based on the data indicative of the activity where the at least one rule includes a physical action for said activity of the user. The method then includes identifying, by the computing device, the physical action from the at least one rule and transmitting, by the computing device, an order for the physical action to an endpoint, whereby the endpoint commands a drone to perform the physical action. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CRUISE OF UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE BASED ON PREFABRICATED CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM - A method and an apparatus for controlling cruise of an unmanned air vehicle based on a prefabricated construction platform, a terminal device, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The control method comprises: acquiring personnel information at the construction site; adjusting a cruise cycle of the unmanned air vehicle based on the personnel information; transmitting the imagery data of the construction site collected by the unmanned air vehicle to the prefabricated construction platform; and completing three-dimensional modeling on the prefabricated construction platform based on the imagery data, and displaying a resulting model. In this way, the technical problem that the existing cruise method of the unmanned air vehicle has a low level of intelligence is solved. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349477 | MULTI-BODY FORMATION RECONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR UNMANNED DEVICE CLUSTER CONTROL - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of unmanned device cluster control. Disclosed is a multi-body formation reconstruction method for an unmanned device cluster control. The method can solve the problem of being difficult to deal with the interference operating condition at present. The present invention comprises: step 1: reading a preset target formation; step 2: establishing a probability density function associated with the target formation; step 3: obtaining the current formation of all the controlled objects in the unmanned device cluster, and establishing a probability density function associated with the current formation; step 4: decreasing a cross entropy by adjusting the position of the controlled objects in the unmanned device cluster, and repeating executing the step 3 and the step 4 until the formation composed by the controlled objects in the unmanned device cluster is consistent with the target formation. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349478 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING MANAGING OF PATHS FOR UNMANNED VEHICLES - Disclosed herein is a device for facilitating managing of paths for unmanned vehicles. Further, the device is configured to be communicatively coupled with the unmanned vehicles. Further, the device comprises a communication device configured for receiving heterogeneous information from sensors and transmitting commands to unmanned vehicles. Further, the device comprises a processing device communicatively coupled with the communication device. Further, the processing device is configured for integrating the heterogeneous information, generating integrated information based on the integrating, analyzing the integrated information based on paths assigned to the unmanned vehicles for performing a mission, determining an adjustment required to be made in the paths by the plurality of unmanned vehicles, and generating the commands for the unmanned vehicles. Further, the device comprises a storage device communicatively coupled with the processing device. Further, the storage device is configured for storing the paths. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349479 | FOLLOWING MOBILE PLATFORM AND METHOD THEREOF - A following mobile platform includes a scanning module, a judging module, a following command generation module and a controlling module. The scanning module, having a scanning area with a target-locked area, is used for generating first and second scan information by scanning the target-locked area and the scanning area, respectively. The judging module is used for judging the first and second scan information and for defining a user to be the followed target upon when the user facing or facing away from the following mobile platform is determined to be within the target-locked area. The following command generation module is used for generating a following command to follow the followed target moving within the scanning area. The controlling module is used for evaluating the following command to generate a control signal for controlling the following mobile platform to move with the followed target according to the following command. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349480 | OPERABLE WALL ASSEMBLY CONTROL USING VOICE COMMANDS - Systems and methods for controlling an operable wall configured to move between a deployed condition and a stacked condition. The method includes receiving a voice command from a user via a microphone and initiating a wall movement of the operable wall based on the received voice command. In response to detecting an object with at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors, the wall movement is stopped and an alert is provided to the user that the wall movement has stopped. When the detected object is no longer detected by the at least one sensor, the wall movement is automatically resumed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING WATER USAGE BY CATEGORY - A system is provided for tracking, in a distributed water infrastructure, water usage by category. The system may comprise at least one processor configured to receive from at least one sensor associated with the distributed water infrastructure signals indicative of water usage in the distributed water infrastructure. The system may, based on the signals indicative of water usage, construct a plurality of profiles. The system may assign each profile to one of a plurality of water usage categories. The system may collect, from the at least one sensor, signals indicative of water usage for substantially all water delivered through the distributed water infrastructure in a time period. The system may construct a plurality of water usage profiles in the aggregate, encompassing substantially all water delivered through the distributed water infrastructure in the time period. The system may assign each constructed water usage profile to one of the plurality of water usage categories. The system may output, for display, water usage for the time period for each of the plurality of water usage categories. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349482 | SENSING AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE WASH COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A vehicle wash component at a vehicle wash location includes a processor for controlling an operational status of the vehicle wash component, an actuator communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to operate the vehicle wash component, and a power source electrically coupled to the processor and the actuator. The processor receives a signal from a car wash controller located at the vehicle wash location, the signal for commanding control of the vehicle wash component, and upon receipt of the signal, the processor interprets the signal, generates a separate signal, and transmits the generated signal to the actuator. The actuator receives the signal from the processor for controlling the operational status of the vehicle wash component based thereon. The power source provides power to the actuator for operating the vehicle wash component based on the operational status of the vehicle wash component. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349483 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR LOW FLOW WATER MONITORING IN AGRICULTURE - A system and process for low flow water monitoring in agriculture that measures water consumption at an individual bird/animal/plant level by weighing water in a controlled sealed environment. The system and process include a pressure regulation device fluidly connected to one or more reservoir tanks filled with water. The pressure regulation device is adjustable allowing for different output pressures suitable for many different agriculture applications. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349484 | Determination Of The Mixing Ratio In Particular Of A Water/Glycol Mixture By Means Of Ultrasound And A Heat Flow Measurement Based Thereon - Various embodiments include a method for determining the mixing ratio R of a fluid comprising a mixture of at least two different fluids for a technical process in a device comprising: irradiating an ultrasonic signal with a transmission level along a measuring distance running inside a measuring section; measuring a receiving level of the ultrasonic signal at one end of the measuring distance; determining an ultrasonic attenuation of the ultrasonic signal attenuated by the fluid based at least on the transmission and receiving levels of the ultrasonic signal; measuring a temperature of the fluid flowing through the measuring section; and determining a mixing ratio of the at least two different fluids from the determined ultrasonic attenuation and from the measured fluid temperature. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349485 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR AN ELECTRONIC THERMOSTAT - Electronic thermostats are expanding to a higher integration of services that includes, for example, the integration of a home Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway, local rule control, local machine learning capability, and higher resolution thin-film transistor (TFT) display. However, the required incorporation of higher processing power control units and/or large display typically results in a higher heat dissipation of electronic components, thus increasing the temperature around the components of an electronic thermostat. The system heat dissipation consequently degrades the accuracy of the on-board temperature sensors. An aspect of the embodiments provides a compensation for the temperature rise effect on the printed circuit board (PCB) of the electronic thermostat to obtain better precision and performance. Once the measurements from the temperature sensors have stabilized, the compensated ambient temperature may be used by an associated system (for example, a HVAC system). | 2021-11-11 |
20210349486 | POWER COMBINER AND BALANCER - A power combining technique includes receiving a first voltage at a first input and a second voltage at a second input. The power combining technique further includes combining, with at least two power converters, power received from the first and second inputs into a single power rail. A power balancing technique further includes controlling the at least two power converters such that a first one of the power converters outputs an amount of current to the single power rail that is proportional to and/or equal to the amount of current output by another of the power converters. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349487 | VOLTAGE GENERATING DEVICE - A voltage generating device including a control circuit, a first capacitor, a processing circuit, and a second capacitor is provided. The control circuit includes an output terminal and a feedback terminal. The output terminal is coupled to an output node. The feedback terminal receives a feedback signal. The first capacitor is coupled to the output node. The processing circuit processes the voltage of the output node to generate the feedback signal. The second capacitor is coupled between the output terminal and the feedback terminal. The control circuit decodes the feedback signal to generate an output signal and provides the output signal to the output terminal. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349488 | DIGITALLY PROGRAMMABLE, FULLY DIFFERENTIAL ERROR AMPLIFIER - An error amplifier circuit receives first and second input signals and provides an error amplifier output signal indicative of the difference between the first and second input signals. The error amplifier circuit implements a proportional-integrator-differentiator (PID) circuit having a differential input signal path and including a proportional amplifier circuit, an integrator amplifier circuit, and a differentiator amplifier circuit. The differentiator amplifier circuit receives an AC coupled input signal. The error amplifier circuit sums the output from the proportional amplifier circuit, the integrator amplifier circuit and the differentiator amplifier circuit to provide the error amplifier output signal where the error amplifier output signal is referenced to a first bias voltage. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349489 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A BANDGAP REFERENCE - An apparatus includes a current mirror coupled to an output of an amplifier through control switches, a plurality of capacitors, each of which is coupled to a common node of a leg of the current mirror and a corresponding control switch, a first dipole coupled to a first input of an amplifier, a second dipole coupled to a second input of the amplifier, a third dipole coupled to an output of the apparatus configured to generate the bandgap reference voltage, and groups of switches coupled between the current mirror and the dipoles. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349490 | BANDGAP REFERENCE WITH INPUT AMPLIFIER FOR NOISE REDUCTION - A bandgap reference circuit includes first through fourth bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). The base and collector of the first BJT are shorted together. The second BJT is coupled to the first BJT via a first resistor. The base of the third BJT is coupled to the base of the first BJT. The base and collector of the fourth BJT are coupled together and also are coupled to the base of the second BJT. A second resistor is coupled to the fourth emitter of the fourth BJT. A third resistor is coupled to the second resistor and to the emitter of the second BJT. An operational amplifier has a first input coupled to the first resistor and the collector of the second BJT, a second input coupled to the emitter of the third BJT and the collector of the fourth BJT, and an output coupled to the collectors of the first and third BJTs. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349491 | BANDGAP REFERENCE CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND METHOD - A bandgap circuit includes a supply node as well as a first and second bipolar transistors having jointly coupled base terminal at a bandgap node providing a bandgap voltage. First and second current generators are coupled to the supply node and supply mirrored first and second currents, respectively, to first and second circuit nodes. A third circuit node is coupled to the first bipolar transistor via a first resistor and coupled to ground via a second resistor, respectively. The third circuit node is also coupled to the second bipolar transistor so that the second resistor is traversed by a current which is the sum of the currents through the bipolar transistors. A decoupling stage intermediate the current generators and the bipolar transistors includes first and second cascode decoupling transistors having jointly coupled control terminals receiving a bias voltage sensitive to the bandgap voltage. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349492 | RESIN PEDAL ARM - Provided is a resin pedal arm of which strength is further improved. A resin pedal arm | 2021-11-11 |
20210349493 | TOASTER OVEN WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK CONTROL - Embodiments of a heating appliance with control features such as knobs can provide tactile feedback to the user during knob operation. Tactile feedback through the knob, e.g., during rotation in one or more directions, can improve control precision. Beneficial control accuracy features, such as can be utilized during appliance operation and setting of parameters of the heating appliance. A user's desired setting, such as various cooking modes or an off position can therefore be input into the heating appliance with tactile control aspects. A user's desired setting can therefore be accurately set, including with the benefit of tactile control aspects. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349494 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING CLOCK GENERATION - An electronic device includes a latch clock generation circuit, a command decoder, and a latency shifting circuit. The latch clock generation circuit generates a latch clock based on a chip selection signal. The command decoder generates an internal operation signal from an internal chip selection signal and an internal command generated based on the latch clock. The latency shifting circuit generates an end signal by shifting the internal operation signal in synchronization with a shifting clock by a period corresponding to a latency while an internal operation is performed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349495 | VIRTUAL REALITY VIEWER AND INPUT MECHANISM - The present invention concerns virtual reality viewers for use with touchscreen enabled mobile devices. The virtual reality viewer comprises: a housing configured to receive a mobile electronic device within an interior of the housing; and an input mechanism that is accessible from an exterior of the housing and that is movable within the interior between a first position and an extended position, wherein a surface of the input mechanism is configured to contact the touch-screen of the mobile electronic device when in the extended position. The disclosed systems and methods facilitate receiving user inputs on the exterior of the housing and providing the user inputs to the touchscreen within the housing using the electro-mechanical input mechanism. Accordingly, the viewer can be used with a variety of smartphones without requiring magnetic switches or a wireless/cable connection between the input device and the smartphone. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349496 | STAND DEVICE - A stand device includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover and the second cover are pivotably connected to each other at their opposing side portions thereof. The first cover includes a first plate portion which support a rear surface of an electronic apparatus, a second plate portion coupled to the first plate portion, a third plate portion coupled to the second plate portion and a fourth plate portion | 2021-11-11 |
20210349497 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel disposed in a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region located between the first and second non-folding regions. The display device further includes first and second buffer members disposed on one surface of the display panel in the first and second non-folding regions, respectively, and a metal layer disposed in the first non-folding region, the second non-folding region, and the folding region on one surface of the first buffer member and one surface of the second buffer member. The display device further includes a fingerprint sensor disposed on the metal layer. The first and second buffer members are separated with the folding region therebetween. The metal layer includes first, second, and third metal portions located in the first non-folding region, the second non-folding region, and the folding region, respectively. The fingerprint sensor is attached to the third metal portion. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349498 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER - A notebook computer is provided. The notebook computer includes a first body, a second body, and a pivotally connection structure. The first body includes a first surface, and the first surface includes a wireless signal transmitting element. The second body includes a second surface, and the second surface includes a wireless signal receiving element. The pivotally connection structure connects with the first body and the second body. When the second body rotates relative to the first body through the pivotally connection structure, the second surface moves toward the first surface, so that the wireless signal receiving element is aligned with the wireless signal transmitting element. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349499 | FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A foldable display device includes a flexible substrate; a display layer disposed on the flexible substrate; a first display region, a second display region, and a foldable region disposed between the first display region and the second display region; a biometric sensing structure overlapping the flexible substrate from a top view and having a biometric sensing region; and a supporting film disposed under the flexible substrate and including a recess portion in the foldable region. A total area of the biometric sensing region is less than or equal to a total area of the flexible substrate | 2021-11-11 |
20210349500 | DISPLAY SCREEN WITH IRREGULAR SHAPE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display screen with an irregular shape is provided. The display screen with the irregular shape includes: an irregular-shaped display area including an irregular-shaped boundary and a pixel area, and the irregular-shaped boundary is located at a periphery of the pixel area; a packaging area provided at a periphery of the irregular-shaped boundary, the packaging is used to package the irregular-shaped display area; a number of connecting lines located between the irregular-shaped boundary and the packaging area, and the connecting lines are arranged along a direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area. During arranging the connecting lines, along the direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area, the connecting lines are bent, such that the plurality of connecting lines are compactly arranged. A display device is also provided. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349501 | DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display module and a display device are provided. A first electromagnetic member is disposed on a middle frame, a second electromagnetic member is disposed under a backplate, and an actuation member controls the first electromagnetic member and the second electromagnetic member to work, generating an electromagnetic force generated between the first electromagnetic member and the second electromagnetic member, thereby subjecting the display module to an electromagnetic force opposite to an impact force. Therefore, the display module remains undamaged by an impact and can continue normal operation. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349502 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a switching mechanism, a spring and a sliding mechanism. The first body includes a base and an input module slidably disposed on the base. The second body is pivoted to the base of the first body. The switching mechanism is disposed at the input module and is configured to switch an engaging relationship between the input module and the base. The spring is disposed at the base and abuts against the input module. The sliding mechanism includes a rack and a gear set engaged with the rack, wherein the rack is mounted to the input module and the gear set is slidably disposed at the base. The input module is pushed by the spring to slide relative to the base, and the rack slides relative to the base synchronously with the input module. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349503 | MULTI-BOARD MID-PLANE PROVIDING SUPERIOR THERMAL PERFORMANCE, ENHANCED CONNECTOR PLACEMENT, AND ENHANCED ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TRACE ROUTING CHANNELS - A multi-board mid-plane includes a disk backplane board (DBB) having a front side and a rear side. Venting holes are provided within the DBB extending between the front side of the DBB and the rear side of the DBB. The multi-board mid-plane also includes a controller backplane board (CBB) having a front side and a rear side. The front side of the CBB includes venting holes provided within the CBB extending between the front side of the CBB and the rear side of the CBB. A top fabric plane board (TFPB) and a bottom fabric plane board (BFPB) are provided for connecting the DBB with the CBB. A combination of the DBB and the CBB has a venting ratio that is equal to a lower of the venting ratio of the DBB and the venting ratio of the CBB. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349504 | Double-Sided And Tool-Less M.2 Module Design - An M.2 fastening system has an M.2 riser card with two module-receiving sides and a plurality of adjustment positions. The M.2 fastening system further has a pair of M.2 fasteners mounted respectively on the module-receiving sides. Each M.2 fastener has a main body defined by a top surface and a bottom surface; a module attachment extending from the top surface; and a hook extending from the bottom surface along a lateral side of the main body. The hook of one of the M.2 fasteners is received through an attachment aperture of an adjustment position. The hook is pressed-fit over the top surface of the main body of another M.2 fastener. The hook secures the M.2 riser card between the pair of M.2 fasteners in a tool-less manner. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349505 | Multi-Battery Support for Wearables - The technology relates generally to a distributed battery cell charging circuit that allows for battery cells to be positioned in different locations. The distributed battery charging circuit may include a first charging circuit including at least one battery cell, a second charging circuit including at least one battery cell, and a controller configured to control the charging of the at least one battery cell in the first charging circuit independently of controlling the charging of the at least one battery cell in the second charging circuit. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349506 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A first lead wiring line and a second lead wiring line intersecting a bending portion of a frame region overlap each other and are electrically connected to each other, and in a first resin layer interposed between the first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line, a plurality of tapered holes are formed and overlap the first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349507 | FLOATING HEAT SPREADER FOR PROCESSING ASSEMBLY - An example automated driving system computer can include a board, one or more processors coupled to the board, a first layer of a first thermal interface material applied on the one or more processors, a heat spreader having a first side and a second side, the first side in contact with the first layer of the first thermal interface material, a second layer of a second thermal interface material applied on the second side of the heat spreader, and a cold plate in contact with the second layer of the second thermal interface material. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349508 | ADJUSTABLE AIR BAFFLE FOR DIRECTING AIR FLOW IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - An air baffle insertable between a chassis wall and a computer component such as a GPU and heat sink mounted on a GPU tray to divert air flow to the computer component is disclosed. The air baffle includes a single sheet having a bottom panel, a top panel, and a pair of parallel side walls. Each of the parallel side walls are connected to the bottom and top panels. A first end wall is joined to the side walls and the top and bottom panel. The first end wall directs air flow toward the computer component. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349509 | THERMAL COOLING SYSTEM - Particular embodiments described herein provide for a device that can include at least one heat source and a vapor chamber, where the vapor chamber is bigger than the at least one heat source and a portion of the vapor chamber is in direct contact with the at least one heat source, where the portion of the vapor chamber in direct contact with the at least one heat source does not include a stiffener. In an example, the device can include a first air mover on a first side of the at least one heat source and a second air mover on an opposite side of the at least one heat source. Exhaust from the first air mover can pass through a vented foot and exhaust from the second air mover can pass through a second vented foot. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349510 | LED DISPLAY DRIVEN BY DUAL-NEGATIVE-VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY - An LED display driven by a dual-negative-voltage power supply is provided. The LED display includes a power supply interface and a display module. The power supply interface includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The display module includes a substrate, the substrate is provided with a connection terminal having a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first electrode is coupled with the first port via a first wiring harness. The second electrode is coupled with the second port via a second wiring harness. The third electrode is coupled with the third port via a third wiring harness. A potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode provides a first voltage. A potential difference between the first electrode and the third electrode provides a second voltage. The display module is configured to be powered with the first and second voltages. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349511 | POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A power receiving apparatus includes a power receiving unit and a control unit. The power receiving unit receives a first power from a power supply apparatus via a connection unit. The control unit determines whether or not authentication information including identification information of the power supply apparatus is authentic, and determines whether or not the power supply apparatus has passed a compliance test based on the identification information. The power receiving unit is allowed to receive a second power greater than the first power, in a case where the authentication information is authentic and the power supply apparatus has passed the compliance test. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349512 | System, Apparatus And Methods For Power Communications According To A CXL Power Protocol - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an interface to couple a plurality of devices of a system, the interface to enable communication according to a Compute Express Link (CXL) protocol, and a power management circuit coupled to the interface. The power management circuit may: receive, from a first device of the plurality of devices, a request according to the CXL protocol for updated power credits; identify at least one other device of the plurality of devices to provide at least some of the updated power credits; and communicate with the first device and the at least one other device to enable the first device to increase power consumption according to the at least some of the updated power credits. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A PERIPHERAL DEVICE EXPANSION CARD WITHOUT SIDEBAND CABLE CONNECTION - An information handling system includes a system board configured to serialize sideband signals from a sideband cable resulting in serialized sideband signals, and a peripheral device expansion card that has a power management embedded controller. If the sideband cable is connected to the peripheral device expansion card, then the controller may transmit the sideband signals to a card controller. If the sideband cable is not connected to the peripheral device expansion card, then the controller may decode and parallelize the serialized sideband signals resulting in parallelized sideband signals, and transmit the parallelized sideband signals to the controller. The controller determines a power state of the information handling system based on the sideband signals from the sideband cable or the parallelized sideband signals. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349514 | POWER SWITCH DEVICE - A power switch device includes a switch, a control unit, and a communication interface. The switch includes a power input terminal, which is configured to receive an external power; and a power output terminal, which is configured to output the external power. The switch normally remains open. The control unit is turned on when receiving the external power via the power input terminal, and transmits a start request via the communication interface. The control unit determines whether the communication interface receives a busy message within a delay time period. If the busy message is not received within the delay time period, the control unit controls the switch to be closed, and sets a start process time period. Within the start process time period, if the communication interface receives another start request, the control unit generates another busy message to respond to the another start request via the communication interface. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349515 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING REAL-TIME WORKLOAD POWER SUPPLY UNITS AND ENHANCED REDUNDANCY REPORTING - An information handling system may include a power system comprising a plurality of power supply units and a management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of power supply units. The management controller may be configured to monitor real-time direct current (DC) power consumption by components of the information handling system, determine an effective output capacity of each of the plurality of power supply units, and based on the real-time DC power consumption and effective output capacity of each of the plurality of power supply units, determine a real-time power supply unit workload attribute that indicates a number of the plurality of power supply units required to provide the real-time DC power consumption. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349516 | ENERGY SAVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAVING ENERGY IN DATA CENTER - An energy saving method for a data center includes obtaining the operating conditions of a plurality of servers; determining whether the servers are in a first state according to the reading of conditions, and controlling the server in the first state to go into a second state. The disclosure also provides an energy saving device for a data center together with the method. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349517 | PLATFORM POWER MANAGER FOR RACK LEVEL POWER AND THERMAL CONSTRAINTS - Platform power management includes boosting performance in a platform power boost mode or restricting performance to keep a power or temperature under a desired threshold in a platform power cap mode. Platform power management exploits the mutually exclusive nature of activities and the associated headroom created in a temperature and/or power budget of a server platform to boost performance of a particular component while also keeping temperature and/or power below a threshold or budget. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349518 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUBSYSTEM PROCESSOR BASED POWER SHIFTING FOR PERIPHERAL DEVICES - A computing device and method controls power consumption of a graphics processing unit in the computing device by the GPU determining an allocated power for the USB device connected through a USB port, such as a USB-C port. The GPU issues allocated power information for the external USB device to cause the allocated power to be provided to the USB device and includes issuing allocated power information to a power delivery (PD) controller that is connected to a USB port. In some implementations, the GPU shifts at least a portion of the allocated power from the USB device back to the GPU in response to a usage change event associated with the USB device for improving GPU performance. The usage change event can be a disconnect event of the USB device, a power renegotiation event between the USB device and the GPU, or any other suitable usage change event. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349519 | INTELLIGENT PREDICTION OF PROCESSOR IDLE TIME APPARATUS AND METHOD - A machine-learning (ML) scheme running a software driver stack to learn user habits of entry into low power states, such as Modern Connect Standby (ModCS), and duration depending on time of day, and/or system telemetry. The ML creates a High Water Mark (HWM) number of dirty cache lines (DL) as a hint to a power agent. A power agent algorithm uses these hints and actual system's number of DL to inform the low power state entry decision (such as S0i4 vs. S0i3 entry decision) for a computing system. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349520 | SENSOR DEVICE WITH SENSING ARRAY HAVING SENSING PIXELS AND SELF-POWERED PIXELS - A sensor device includes an image sensing array, a frame buffer, a first read line, a second read line and an energy accumulator. The image sensing array is configured to sense reflected light from a working surface and includes a plurality of sensing pixels and a plurality of self-powered pixels. The sensing pixels respectively output image data according to the sensed reflected light. The self-powered pixels respectively output photocurrent according to the sensed reflected light. The first read line is coupled between the sensing pixels and the frame buffer. The second read line is coupled between the self-powered pixels and the frame buffer. The energy accumulator stores electrical energy of the photocurrent via a charge path between the self-powered pixels and the energy accumulator. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349521 | PHOTODYNAMIC ENERGY ELECTRONIC LABEL, WORKING METHOD THEREOF, MANAGING METHOD AND MANAGING APPARATUS THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a photodynamic energy electronic label, a working method thereof, a managing method and a managing apparatus thereof. The photodynamic energy electronic label includes a photodynamic energy converter configured to convert light energy into electric energy, and a triggering circuit connected with the photodynamic energy converter and configured to send out a triggering signal to enable the photodynamic energy electronic label to be in a working state when an output of the photodynamic energy converter reaches a set condition. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349522 | Processor Having Accelerated User Responsiveness In Constrained Environment - In one embodiment, a processor includes at least one core to execute instructions and a power controller coupled to the at least one core. The power controller may include a first logic to cause the at least one core to exit an idle state and enter into a maximum performance state for a first time duration, thereafter enter into an intermediate power state for a second time duration, and thereafter enter into a sustained performance state. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349523 | REMOTE REACTION CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for informing a user about the emotional response of the user to a presentation. Facial expressions of the user are monitored while the user is presented with the presentation. The facial expressions are analyzed to determine an emotion displayed at one or more specific times of the presentation. The user is provided with information about the emotion conveyed by the facial expressions of the user. The user is further provided with an opportunity to take a selected action that corresponds to the emotion conveyed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349524 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING VIRTUAL LABORATORY AND EXPLORATORY EXPERIMENTS - The invention refers to a virtual laboratory and research experiment system, which includes: a virtual space object parameter setting module corresponding to real-world objects, made with the ability to set the parameters of virtual space objects. The technical result achieved by the proposed invention lies in increasing the efficiency of virtual laboratory and research experiments. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349525 | INTELLIGENT INTERFACE BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY - An interaction method implemented by a terminal apparatus includes: obtaining an interface underlayer of a space that has direction information and distance information; establishing a mapping relationship between an external device and an identification corresponding to the external device marked on the interface underlayer, the identification indicating a physical location of the external device; receiving, from the external device, property information of the external device; obtaining an image of a real scene in the space; determining that a target object is depicted in the image of the real scene; determining target presentation information of the target object according to the property information of the external device; and displaying the image of the real scene together with the target presentation information, the target presentation information being added to the image as an augmented reality (AR) mark at an image location corresponding to the target object. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349526 | HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION CONTROLLING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of the present application discloses a human-computer interaction controlling method, an apparatus and a system, an electronic device, and a storage medium, and relate to the technical field of human-computer interaction. A specific implementation solution is: acquiring an environment recognition result around a human-computer interaction interface; determining, according to the environment recognition result, an operation mode of a digital human displayed on the human-computer interaction interface, where the operation mode includes at least one of the following: a self-display mode, an active interaction mode, and a wake-up interaction mode; controlling the digital human to output operation corresponding to the operation mode through the human-computer interaction interface. By determining the operation mode of the digital human according to the environment recognition result, the problem of a single interaction mode caused by simply waking up the digital human through a wake-up word in the prior art is avoided. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349527 | VIEWING ANGLES INFLUENCED BY HEAD AND BODY MOVEMENTS - Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology to improve user experience when viewing simulated 3D objects on a display. Head and upper-body movements may be tracked and recognized as gestures to alter the displayed viewing angle. The technology provides for a very natural way to look around, under, or over objects. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGION OF INTEREST ESTIMATION FOR VIRTUAL REALITY - Systems and methods are described for estimating a direction of interest of a user. In some embodiments, a method of estimating a direction of interest of a user includes tracking a head orientation of the user, detecting a shift in the head orientation, determining a head rotation rate during the shift in the head orientation, and estimating the direction of interest of the user based at least in part on the head rotation rate. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349529 | AVATAR TRACKING AND RENDERING IN VIRTUAL REALITY - Virtual Reality systems may be used in healthcare and therapy, e.g., focusing on physical and neurorehabilitation. For instance, victims of brain injury may seek treatment to improve, e.g., range of motion, balance, coordination, joint mobility, flexibility, posture, endurance, and strength. VR systems can be used to entertain and instruct patients in their movements while recreating practical exercises to further therapeutic goals. Patient movement data during physical therapy sessions may be valuable to patients and healthcare practitioners. The system may comprise a plurality of body sensors, a VR headset, and a supervisor tablet. The disclosed system may facilitate translation between real world coordinates and virtual world coordinates, assigning sensors to body parts, measuring range of motion of joints and limbs, correcting sensor orientation, recording and presenting therapy data, and generating and animating a 3-D virtual reality avatar in a virtual world to perform activities, among other benefits. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349530 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN VIEWING ANGLE AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method and a device for controlling a screen viewing angle, and a flexible display device. The control method comprises: capturing one or more observers whose sight lines fall within a display area of a flexible screen; determining one or more viewing angles of the one or more observers relative to the display area; determining a curling angle based on the one or more viewing angles; and controlling the flexible screen to be curled according to the curling angle. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349531 | COLLECTING OF POINTS OF INTEREST ON WEB-PAGES BY EYE-TRACKING - Systems and methods for collecting visual attention information are described. The methods comprise the steps of displaying a browser window on a display ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210349532 | DEVICE TRACKING GAZE AND METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed herein a device tracking gaze and method therefor. The device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to obtain an eyeball image; a pupil detection unit configured to detect a center of pupil by using the eyeball image; a virtual corneal reflection light position generator configured to process the eyeball image so that a virtual corneal reflection light is located at a predetermined point in the eyeball image; and a PCVR vector generator configured to generate a pupil center virtual reflection vector (PCVR vector) based on a position of the pupil center and a position of the virtual corneal reflection light. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349533 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Usability in interactive character control is improved. An information processing device executed by one or more processors in an information processing device, the information processing method comprising: acquiring at least an electrooculogram signal from another device mounted on a head of a user; detecting at least movement of eyes of a user, based on the electrooculogram signal; display-controlling a character superimposed on an image that is being displayed on a screen; and controlling motion of the character, based on a result of detecting the movement of eyes. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349534 | EYE-TRACKING SYSTEM FOR ENTERING COMMANDS - In certain embodiments, an eye-tracking system for entering commands includes a computer, a pair of three-dimensional glasses, and a display. The computer generates a three-dimensional graphical user interface with graphical elements, where each graphical element corresponds to a command. The pair of three-dimensional glasses directs the three-dimensional graphical user interface towards a pair of eyes of a user. The display displays the graphical elements to the user. The display includes light-emitting diodes configured to illuminate the pair of eyes and a camera configured to track movement of the pair of eyes relative to the three-dimensional graphical user interface to yield a pair of tracked eyes. The computer interprets a movement of the pair of tracked eyes relative to the three-dimensional graphical user interface as an interaction with a selected graphical element, and initiates the command corresponding to the selected graphical element. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349535 | EYE GLINT IMAGING IN SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Disclosure herein concerns a method that includes illuminating a user's eye with an illumination source in a head-worn display, capturing an image of the user's eye with an eye camera in the head-worn display, wherein the image includes an eye glint produced by light from the illumination source that is reflected from a surface of the user's eye, determining a size of an eye glint in the captured image, and identifying a change in focus distance for the user's eye in correspondence with a change in the size of the eye glint. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349536 | BIOFEEDBACK METHOD OF MODULATING DIGITAL CONTENT TO INVOKE GREATER PUPIL RADIUS RESPONSE - One exemplary implementation displays a visual characteristic associated with an object on a display of a device and utilizes a sensor of the device to obtain physiological data associated with a pupillary response of a user to the visual characteristic. The device adjusts the visual characteristic based on the obtained physiological data to enhance pupillary responses of the user to the object and displays the adjusted visual characteristic to the user. For example, the adjusted visual characteristic may be selected based on previously identified pupillary responses of the user to particular visual characteristics. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349537 | REMOTE CONTROL OF A DEVICE VIA A VIRTUAL INTERFACE - A technique for controlling a target device via a virtual interface, the method including receiving a control input from a virtual interface, determining a control signal based on the control input for an operation to be performed by a first device that is configured to be controlled wirelessly, and transmitting the control signal to the first device to cause the first device to perform the operation. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349538 | TACTILE PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND TACTILE PRESENTATION CONTROL METHOD - The present technology relates to a tactile presentation apparatus and a tactile presentation control method with which the types of tactile sensations which can be presented by means of vibration can be increased. The tactile presentation apparatus includes a first member and a second member which can vibrate individually and a first bending portion that bends between the first member and the second member and that changes the relative direction between the first member and the second member. The present technology can be applied to devices that a user operates while holding the device in a hand, for example in a theatrical performance, a movie, or an attraction. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A system is provided for generating variable haptic feedback. The system comprises a first haptic feedback device configured to generate haptic feedback according to a received output signal, an input device configured to receive instructions from a remote source, the instructions comprising a haptic feedback output identifier, and a memory device for storing a plurality of haptic feedback profiles, the haptic feedback profiles defining unique haptic feedback patterns characterized at least by a duration and intensity of feedback to be generated by the first haptic feedback device, and said haptic feedback profiles being associated with a haptic feedback output identifier. The system also includes a processor configured to generate and transmit an output signal to the first haptic feedback device according to a haptic feedback profile associated with a received haptic feedback output identifier, said output signal comprising a haptic feedback pattern defined by said haptic feedback profile. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349540 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDED KEY ACTIONS AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK AND OPTIMIZED KEY LAYOUT FOR A SOLID-STATE KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD - A haptic keyboard of an information handling system may comprise a coversheet to identify an extended action key of the haptic keyboard, a support layer, a contact foil, and piezoelectric elements placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at the extended action key and generate an electric actuation signal. A controller may receive the electric actuation signal from a piezoelectric element placed under the mechanical stress, via the contact foil, and determine the level of mechanical stress applied to the piezoelectric element from the electric actuation signal to select an alphanumeric character from a plurality of alphanumeric characters based on the mechanical stress level applied to the extended action key and provide a response haptic feedback control signal to cause the piezoelectric element to generate haptic feedback. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349541 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY TRACKED THREE-DIMENSIONAL AIR MOUSE - A handheld electronic device is described for controlling three-dimensional content displayed in a user interface of a computing device. The handheld electronic device may include an electromagnetic sensing system for detecting a pose of the handheld electronic device in three-dimensional space and at least one communication module to trigger transmission of the commands to manipulate three-dimensional content displayed in the computing device based on detected changes in the pose of the handheld electronic device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349542 | TARGET SELECTION BASED ON HUMAN GESTURES - Systems and methods for selecting a target are provided. In some embodiments, a system may include a wearable device having one or more sensors. The sensors may be configured to detect physiological data and wrist location data. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to determine: (i) a vector intended by a user based on at least the wrist location data, and (ii) a gesture indicating an intention to make a selection based on at least the physiological data. The system may be configured to select a target indicated by the directional vector as determined when the gesture indicating the intention to make a selection is detected. | 2021-11-11 |
20210349543 | DATA AND USER INTERACTION BASED ON DEVICE PROXIMITY - Architecture that enables the detection of a user by a user device and interaction with content of the user device by the user before the user physically contacts the device. The detection capability can utilize one or more sensors of the device to identify the user and the proximity (distance) of the user to the device. Based on the user identity and the proximity, the device operates/functions in a certain way. Moreover, ongoing interaction can be enabled by recognition of a natural user interface (NUI) gestures, alone or in combination with other recognition techniques (e.g., speech recognition). Device activity can include causing the device to operate in predetermined ways such as power modes, application launching and manipulation to cause control of hardware and other software (local and/or remote) and, obtaining and presenting specific types of content (e.g., advertisements, notifications, messages, reminders, news, incoming communications, etc.). | 2021-11-11 |
20210349544 | KEYBOARD WITH LIGHT EMITTING FUNCTION AND TOUCH FUNCTION - A keyboard with light-emitting and touch functions includes a keyswitch, a backlight module having a light source and a light guide plate, a membrane, a capacitive touch sensing sheet disposed on the membrane and the light guide plate, and a board. The keyswitch includes a cap and a support mechanism movably connected to the cap. Light of the light source is incident into the light guide plate and is emitted toward the cap. The membrane has a switch and is selectively disposed on or under the backlight module. The board is disposed under the backlight module and the membrane and has first and second connection members. The first and second connection members pass through the membrane, the light guide plate and the capacitive touch sensing sheet to be movably connected to the support mechanism, so as to make the cap movable downward relative to the board for triggering the switch. | 2021-11-11 |