47th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150330735 | FIRING PREVENTING AND STOPPAGE APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY OPERATED AUTOMATIC WEAPON - Firing preventing and stoppage apparatus for remotely operated automatic weapon such as installable in RCWS (Remotely Controlled Weapon Station), that comprises a barrier component and an actuator connected to the barrier component, wherein the barrier component is suited to movement through a cartridges ejection port from an automatic weapon, to a movement path of the breech block of the weapon, for preventing in advance or stoppage of runaway firing from it, and outwards from it in a manner that enables firing, an RCWS equipped with such apparatus and a method for preventing and stopping runaway firing of automatic weapons that are mountable in an RCWS and comprises a breech block and a cartridges ejection port that is implemented in such apparatus. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330736 | SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL - The present invention is directed to semiautomatic pistols with partially internalized recoil. In an aspect of the invention, the semiautomatic pistol allows for the shooter's grip to be aligned closer to the center-axis of the barrel so that the recoil force is substantially in line with the shooter's grip, thereby reducing and/or preventing muzzle flip. In another aspect of the invention, the semiautomatic pistol is configured to translate the linear recoil movement into rotational movement, which allows internalized recoil. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330737 | TOY LAUNCH APPARATUS WITH MOMENTUM FEATURE - A toy launch apparatus for discharging soft foam darts, the launch apparatus having a cylinder, a piston, a launch spring and a dart tube. An air chamber with variable volume is formed between the cylinder and the piston and is divided into two or more sections, a first section where there is little or no resistance to relative movement between the cylinder and the piston so that there is a momentum gain, and a second section where there is rapid compression and increasing pressure to cause a loaded dart to be discharged. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330738 | DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING BBs EMANATING FROM AN AIRSOFT GUN AND METHOD THEREFOR - A device for illuminating BBs emanating from an airsoft gun has a lighting element positioned proximate a breech area of the airsoft gun to illuminate the breech area, A switching device is coupled to the lighting element. A power source is coupled to the switching device and the lighting element. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330739 | TOY GUN WITH BUILT-IN HAND-TOOL ASSEMBLY - A toy gun with a built-in hand-tool assembly includes a gun housing and a hand-tool assembly; the gun housing has a concave slot and an inner wall formed inside the concave slot; the inner wall has a stopping portion formed thereon; the hand-tool assembly is detachably attached onto the concave slot; the hand-tool assembly includes a tool housing and a hand-tool; the hand-tool is received in the tool housing and has one end exposed out of the tool hosing; the tool hosing is configured to be fitted onto the concave slot; the hand-tool is configured to be blocked and positioned by the stopping portion. Therefore, with such structure, the toy gun includes the hand-tool built therein in order to facilitate the detachment, assembly or piercing of the air bottle in the toy gun by the user such that the convenience of use of the toy gun is increased. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330740 | TOY GUN WITH BUILT-IN HAND TOOL - A toy gun with a built-in hand tool includes a gun housing, a cover housing and a hand tool. The gun housing has a gun handle. The gun handle has a locking portion and a receiving slot formed thereon. The cover housing is configured to cover onto the gun handle correspondingly and covers the receiving slot. The cover housing has an attachment portion. The attachment portion is locked onto the locking portion correspondingly. The hand tool is connected to the cover housing and concealed inside the receiving slot. Therefore, with such structure, the toy gun includes the hand tool built therein in order to facilitate the detachment, assembly or piercing of the air bottle by the user such that the convenience of use of the toy gun is increased. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330741 | A.M. FULL AUTOMATIC REVOLVER - This design relates generally to firearms and more particularly is a hammerless revolver with ejector system, to replace the hand ejecting system in usual revolvers. External shape of this revolver designed according to ergonomic facts. Internal components and mechanisms are totally new and specially designed for this revolver. Simplify in internal parts plus new kind of safety systems and a manual safety lever make this revolver, durable, safe and easy to repair. To decrease the manufacturing costs there is not screw in the parts of this revolver and most of spiral springs are common. Disassemble and reassemble of this revolver is possible without tools or wrenches. This is next generation of revolver guns. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330742 | RANGEFINDER FOR TARGETING DEVICE AND METHOD OF ALIGNING RANGEFINDER TO TARGETING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present concept are directed to a rangefinder that can be aligned to a fixed sight on a shooting device so that a range can be accurately taken that corresponds to a fixed sight that is used to align the shooting device to a target. Other embodiments of this concept provide methods of aligning the rangefinder to the fixed sight of the shooting device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330743 | Sight mechanism with integrated range finder - The disclosed subject matter relates to a sight device can include an integrated range finder and/or a camera with an associated display device. The display device can present a field of view associated with the target and an aiming element such as a dot or crosshairs. Data associated with a distance to a target can be employed to update a presentation by the display device such that the aiming element accurately represents a location at the distance to the target a projectile is expected to hit upon discharge. Updates to the presentation can relate to, e.g., a zoom factor or a vertical-axis offset determined based on the distance to the target. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330744 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING THE COORDINATES OF A TRIGGER POINT OF A PROJECTILE AND FIRE-CONTROL SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for acquiring the coordinates of a trigger point of a projectile above a field part on which a target is located, including: emission of at least one laser pulse having a pre-determined duration and directed towards the target; reception of the images reflected with a receiver equipped for the synchronous visualization of the laser pulses originating from a piece of observation of the field part; recovery of the coordinates of a desired trigger point when the operator has chosen a location after the piece of observation was moved. The invention also relates to a fire-control system using such a method. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330745 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE - Described is a protecting device comprising a first internal resistant layer ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150330746 | Hoverball Archery Training And Entertainment Shooting Gallery And Kit - In one illustrative form a shooting gallery kit is disclosed that includes a shooting gallery. The shooting gallery comprises an inflatable structure having a base that includes an upper floor; at least one air vent located in said upper floor operable to generate an air stream; at least one target configured to be placed in said air stream such that said target hovers in said air stream; and a blower operable to inflate said inflatable structure and cause said air stream to be emitted from said at least one air vent. A bow and a non-lethal arrow are also included in the kit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330747 | Target Holder - The present disclosure provides a target holder | 2015-11-19 |
20150330748 | MODULAR AND PORTABLE TARGET SHOOTING SYSTEM - The modular target shooting system employs tubular members and fittings made from durable materials such as EMT. The members are easily secured together and broken back down by the use of simple thumb screws threaded into weld nuts. The system is based on standard target module that includes a stanchion made from a single vertical support member and a single support base. The base has at least three feet that are deployed to provide stability, but can also pivot upwardly from the deployed position to aid in portability. The module typically has at least one horizontal support member that is used to support at least one steel target rotatably coupled to the horizontal member. The standard target module also typically has a zone target that usually includes a paper depiction of an animal or a person, or a circular target. The system can then be easily expanded horizontally by adding as many target modules as desired, and coupling them together with tubular single and double T connectors to horizontal members commonly coupled between the target modules for even greater stability. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330749 | Target impact sensor transmitter receiver system - A system for sensing the impact of a bullet on a target and remotely reporting the successful impact to the shooter by means of a signal transmitted from a sensor transmitter to a receiver incorporated with headphones, ear buds or an I-phone with Bluetooth capability. The sensor includes a wireless transmitter and a impact/vibration sensor such as a piezoelectric sensor. The target impact sensors can be used with various stationary targets such as metallic or paper targets, but can also be used on movable targets such as body armor worn by players in paint ball competition. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330750 | Plasma Gap Detonator with Novel Initiation Scheme - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for use in initiating explosives used in application including well perforating systems. The initiator uses an air gap separating an electrically triggered semiconductor bridge plasma energy creator and a reactive foil abutting an explosive. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330751 | Fragmenting Projectile - Embodiments of a fragmenting projectile are disclosed herein. According to various embodiments, a fragmenting projectile includes a substantially solid core of a material, and two or more petals attached to the core. The two or more petals can be formed from the same material used to form the core and can include a trocar tip. A cavity can be bound by the core and inner surfaces of the plurality of petals. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330752 | SPECIAL CARTRIDGE (VARIANTS) - The invention relates to a weapon intended for fighting games, mainly for paintball, namely to special cartridges containing painting liquid. The special cartridge contains a cartridge case | 2015-11-19 |
20150330753 | LEAD-FREE, CORROSION-RESISTANT PROJECTILES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - To produce lead-free projectiles, iron and copper are melted at a predetermined ratio and rapidly quenched to yield a fine-grained microstructure with uniformly distributed copper and iron phases. The iron-copper alloy may be made into a powder through atomization, with the iron-copper molten metal being dispersed using a rapidly moving gas, liquid stream, or via mechanical dispersion. The step of forming the bullet may include solid-state sintering of the atomized powder, including heating at a temperature below 1083° C., the melting point of copper. Alternatively, the step of shaping the mixture into a bullet-shaped form may include casting and/or unixially pressing the mixture into a mold. A ceramic powder may be added to the copper-iron mixture prior to forming to produce a frangible projectile. Chromium, including chromium from recycled stainless steel, may be added to increase corrosion resistance and/or reduce manufacturing cost. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330754 | PROJECTILE - A non-discarding sabot projectile consists of a projectile core; a lower core casing for insertion into a bore of a muzzleloader firearm; and an upper core cap fastly engaged with the lower core casing. Such an engagement between the upper core cap and the lower core casing defines a jacket so that, upon assembly of the lower core casing and upper core cap, the projectile core is encapsulated within the jacket. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330755 | GUN LAUNCHED MUNITION WITH STRAKES - A projectile that includes strakes mounted about the perimeter of the midsection of the projectile and a pusher plate assembly mounted about the aft of the projectile so that a sub-caliber projectile may be fired from a larger caliber gun. The pusher plate assembly forms a seal with the bore at the aft end of the projectile. The strakes maintain the center line position of the projectile within the bore. The pusher plate assembly further designed to fragment upon exiting the bore while the strakes remain with the projectile to enhance aerodynamic qualities of the projectile in flight. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330756 | ENAMEL COATED BULLET, METHOD OF MAKING AN ENAMEL COATED BULLET - A method for manufacturing an enamel-coated bullet is described. The method starts with casting a bullet from a metal material and quenching the cast bullet. After the bullet cools, applying a lubricant to the bullet and sizing the bullet to the appropriate caliber and rinsing the bullets in a solvent. Thereafter, applying an enamel coating to the bullets. The coating uses about 1 part by volume lacquer thinner, about 1.5 parts by volume hardener, and about 2.5 parts by volume epoxy paint. The process continues by contacting the bullets with a moving fluid for a sufficient time that they become dry and heating the bullets in an oven at a temperature of between 150 and 250° F. for a time between 20 and 45 minutes. Finally, the process involves applying a lubricant to the coated bullet and resizing the bullet to the appropriate caliber. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330757 | VENTED-AT-TEMPERATURE IGNITER - A vented pyrotechnic device is provided that hermetically seals the pyrotechnic material contained therein under ambient storage conditions, but vents upon exposure to elevated-temperature conditions at or below the outgassing temperature for the pyrotechnic material. The vent passage communicating the chamber containing the pyrotechnic material with the exterior of the device is initially sealed at ambient storage conditions by a temperature-sensitive material. When exposed to a predetermined temperature condition, the temperature-sensitive material undergoes a physical change unblocking the passage and permitting venting of off gases produced by the pyrotechnic material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330758 | FIREWORKS SAFETY IGNITER - A firework safety igniting device includes a housing having a hollow interior and an open end, the open end sized to receive a firework fuse therethrough; A first electrode is mounted within the hollow interior on an interior surface of the housing. A second electrode is also mounted within the hollow interior on the interior surface in a spaced apart relationship with the first electrode. A source is provided to generate and supply, through wires, an electric charge to the first and second electrodes, whereby the first electrode is being negatively charged and the second electrode is being positively charged. The firework fuse, being inserted into the hollow interior through the open end, is positioned in a contact with the first and second electrodes, the contact transferring the electric charge to the firework fuse causing an ignition thereof. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330759 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING DEFORMATIONS ON SURFACES - There is described a device for measuring deformations ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150330760 | LOCATION DETERMINATION APPARATUS WITH AN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT - Some embodiments of the invention relate to a location determination apparatus for determining a location of two components relative to one another. The apparatus may comprise at least one location encoder having a read head in cooperation with a code for generating first position determination data at a first measurement frequency. According to some embodiments of the invention, at least one inertial measurement unit is arranged for additionally determining translational and/or rotational accelerations of at least one of the two components and, moreover, for generating second position determination data with respect to the location at a second measurement rate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330761 | METROLOGY DEVICE AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH PORTABLE DEVICES - A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology instrument and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to establish longer range communications modules, to change or establish settings and parameters or control the metrology device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330762 | METROLOGY DEVICE AND METHOD OF INITIATING COMMUNICATION - A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology instrument and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to establish longer range communications modules, to change or establish settings and parameters or control the metrology device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330763 | METROLOGY DEVICE AND METHOD OF SERVICING - A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology instrument and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to determine the configuration of and to configure the metrology instrument. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330764 | METROLOGY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AN INSPECTION - A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology instrument and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to retrieve data stored on a circuit associated with an object to be inspected and use the data to perform an inspection on the object using the metrology device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330765 | ARTICULATED ARM COORDINATE MEASUREMENT MACHINE HAVING A ROTARY SWITCH - A rotary switch device such as that used on the probe end of an articulated arm coordinate measurement machine is provided. The rotary switch having a housing with an axis of rotation. A first actuator is coupled to the housing. A first switch is coupled to the first actuator, the first actuator being configured to selectively close the first switch. A first electrical circuit is provided. A first antenna circuit is electrically coupled the first switch to the first electrical circuit, wherein the first electrical circuit and first antenna circuit cooperate to modulate an operating field when the first switch is closed. A reader circuit is arranged fixed relative to the axis of rotation, the reader circuit including a transmitter configured to emit the operating field and a receiver configured to detect the modulated operating field. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330766 | METROLOGY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING OPERATING SYSTEM - A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology device and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to establish to change or establish settings and parameters or to replace at least a portion of the operating system used to control the metrology device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330767 | METHOD OF OPERATING A CAPACITIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR AND CAPACITIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR - During operation of a capacitive proximity sensor that is provided with at least two measuring electrodes, a first capacitance measurement variable and a second capacitance measurement variable are detected. The first capacitance measurement variable is correlated with the capacitance of at least one of the measuring electrodes to earth, while the second capacitance measurement variable is correlated with the capacitance between at least one of the measuring electrodes and at least one further measuring electrode. A change in the first capacitance measurement variable is evaluated together with a synchronous signal profile of the second capacitance measurement variable in order to distinguish a proximity of a conductor coupled electrically to earth from the proximity of dielectric matter. In this manner, a body part passing into the detection space of the proximity sensor can be distinguished effectively from other substances and objects, particularly water. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330768 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR DEVICE WITH ASSOCIATED EVALUATION CIRCUIT - A capacitive sensor device includes a sensor electrode coupled to a first switch and coupleable either to a sensor operating voltage or to an evaluation circuit, configured as a power source circuit. A first current path is coupleable to the sensor electrode at an input end and to ground via a collector and emitter of a first transistor by an auxiliary resistor. A second current path is coupled to a reference potential at one end. A capacitor is coupled between the reference potential and a second transistor. A second auxiliary resistor is arranged in the second current path. The first transistor's base and collector are coupled to the base of the second transistor. A compensation capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the first current path and a second terminal couplable to a compensation voltage, to ground, or in a floating manner via a second switch. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330769 | OCT APPARATUS, SS-OCT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING SS-OCT IMAGE - The OCT apparatus includes a first light source unit changing an optical wavelength, a second light source unit changing an optical wavelength over a wavelength range different from and partially overlapping with that of the first light source unit, a signal generating unit receiving light from the light source units to generate signals at an equal wave number interval, an interference optical system splitting the light from the first and second light source units into illumination light illuminating an object and reference light, to generate first and second interference light, a light detecting unit receiving interference light, and an information acquiring unit acquiring a tomographic image of the object by linking temporal waveforms of intensities of the first and second interference light. The information acquiring unit links the temporal waveforms of the intensities of the first and second interference light based on the signal generated from the signal generating unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330770 | LIBRARY EXPANSION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR METROLOGY - A library expansion system, method, and computer program product for metrology are provided. In use, processing within a first multi-dimensional library is performed by a metrology system. During the processing within the first multi-dimensional library, a second multi-dimensional library is identified. The processing is then transitioned to the second multi-dimensional library. Further, processing within the second multi-dimensional library is performed by the metrology system. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330771 | DIGITAL MEASUREMENT UNIT FOR FISH TAPE DEVICE OR DUCT RODDING DEVICE - An assembly includes a fish tape device or a duct rodding device having digital measurement unit attached thereto. A tape is housed in the fish tape device or a duct rodding device and is paid out of the device. The digital measurement unit includes an optical sensor which is positioned proximate to the tape. As the tape is passed by the optical sensor, the optical sensor uses digital image correlation to take successive images of the tape to determine a length measurement of tape that has passed by the optical sensor. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330772 | Proximity Sensor Having a Daughterboard-Mounted Light Detector - A proximity sensor comprising a light emitter and light detector each encapsulated by a molded light transmissive component. The light transmissive components can be separated by a molded light blocking component, and the light detector can be mounted on a daughterboard, such that the light blocking component and daughterboard can inhibit the transmission of light between the light emitter and light detector to limit crosstalk. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330773 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE TREAD DEPTH OF A TIRE - A device for measuring the tread depth of a tire includes measuring modules situated transversely with respect to the running direction of the tire and connected to a shared evaluation device. Each measuring module includes (i) an illumination device which is configured and situated in such a way that during operation it projects at least one light line onto the tread to be measured, and (ii) at least one image recording device recording at least one image of at least one area of the tread to be measured. The at least one illumination device and the at least one image recording device are configured and situated in such a way that the illumination direction of the illumination device and the image recording direction of the image recording device are oriented neither in parallel to one another nor orthogonally with respect to the tread. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330774 | OBJECT DETECTION BY WHIRLING SYSTEM - A method for detecting objects in a scene using a synchronized illuminating and sensing process is provided herein. The method includes the following steps: illuminating a light beam along an illumination line within a scene; sensing reflections of said light, wherein said reflections come from objects located within a specified depth of field within said scene, along a sensing line; generating a tempo spatial synchronization between the illumination line and the sensing line, wherein said synchronization determines said depth of field; relatively shifting at least one of: the illuminating line, and the sensing line, based on said tempo spatial synchronization; and accumulating said reflections, thereby detecting said objects. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330775 | SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE VIEW SURFACE GEOMETRY ACQUISITION USING STRUCTURED LIGHT AND MIRRORS - A method of generating surface geometry information of an object within an imaged region using an imaging system comprising a camera and a source of structured light, the source of structured light comprising a source of a plurality of rays of light. The method comprising obtaining first image data comprising a plurality of pixels, the first image data comprising image data representing the object and first structured light incident on the object, the first structured light comprising a periodic pattern comprising a plurality of pattern elements and having a first spatial frequency projected from said source of structured light and obtaining second image data comprising a plurality of pixels, the second image data comprising image data representing the object and providing information associating each of the plurality of image pixels of the second image data with a ray of said source of structured light. The first image data is processed based upon the second image data to determine a relationship between each of the plurality of image pixels of the first image data and a pattern element of said pattern of the first structured light projected from said source of structured light and the surface geometry information of the object is generated based upon the determined relationship and position data indicating relative spatial positions of said camera and said source of structured light. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330776 | IMAGE OBTAINING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MEASURING AN INCLINATION OF A SLIDE - To provide an image obtaining apparatus and a method of measuring an inclination of a slide, capable of measuring an inclination of a slide glass in a short time. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330777 | METHOD FOR MEASURING A LITHOGRAPHY MASK OR A MASK BLANK - A method for measuring a substrate in the form of a lithography mask or a mask blank for producing a lithography mask comprises the alignment of a substrate coordinate system (SKS), predetermined by a first marker structure, relative to a position measurement system, a measurement of actual position data (IST) of a second marker structure with predetermined intended position data (POS) in the substrate coordinate system (SKS), and an establishment of a transformation (T) of the substrate coordinate system (SKS) into a transformed substrate coordinate system (tSKS), wherein the transformation (T) is established in such a way that deviations between the actual position data (IST) and the intended position data (POS) of the second marker structure are reduced. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330778 | TRACKING DYNAMIC ON-STAGE OBJECTS - Methods and systems for dynamic tracking of on-stage objects using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) presented herein do not require illumination to track a randomly moving object and are easily configurable for various stage sizes and for stages movable relative to the ground. In some instances, a tracking method includes determining an initial state of an MEMS motion tracker carried on a dynamic object, such as a performer. Acceleration and orientation information gathered by the motion tracker is monitored. A change of state in response to the monitored acceleration and orientation information is then determined. An instant state is calculated using the change of state and the initial state. Actuation signals based on the calculated instant state are generated for actuating a gimbal. The gimbal faces a device supported thereby toward the dynamic object. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330779 | LAN-BASED BAROMETRIC ALTIMETRY - Methods and systems are presented for providing a combined barometric value. In some embodiments, the method includes obtaining, at the serving fixed local transceiver, barometric values of a plurality of client fixed local transceivers, and determining a combined barometric correction value. The method further includes initiating a barometric correction value of the serving fixed local transceiver to the combined barometric correction value, and sending an indication of the barometric correction value to the plurality of client fixed local transceivers. The method further includes receiving a request for the serving fixed local transceiver barometric correction value from a target client fixed local transceiver, and sending the barometric correction value from the serving fixed local transceiver to the target client fixed local transceiver. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330780 | LOCATION DETERMINATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A location determination processing device includes: an accepting section as defined herein; an atmospheric pressure information accepting section as defined herein; a computation result accepting section as defined herein; an identification result accepting section as defined herein; a detection result accepting section as defined herein; a determination result accepting section as defined herein; a correcting section as defined herein; and an outputting section as defined herein. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330781 | UNIVERSAL EATING UTENSIL HAVING SURVIVAL ACCESSORIES - A multi-function tool includes a utensil, a handle pivotally attached to the utensil, and a compass magnet mounted on the handle or utensil. The multi-function tool has a center of gravity, in at least one configuration, aligned with a convex side of the utensil to balance the multi-function tool. A sundial may be mounted on the multi-function tool. Geographical direction is determined by configuring the multi-function into a folded configuration in which the handle and utensil extend in generally the same direction from a hinge, balancing the multi-function tool upon the convex side of the eating utensil thereby permitting the compass magnet to cause a rotational orientation of the multi-function tool; and determining a geographical direction from the rotational orientation of the multi-function tool. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330782 | MASS-LOADED CORIOLIS VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE - A mass-loaded resonator for use in a vibratory sensor is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the mass-loaded resonator includes a common base having a top face, a bottom face and a plurality of sides. Furthermore, a plurality of flexures are attached to the common base and project substantially perpendicular from the normal of the top face of the common base when the mass-loaded resonator is at rest. Moreover, the plurality of flexures have a thickness that is substantially less than the thickness of the common base. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMS GYROSCOPE SHOCK ROBUSTNESS - Various embodiments of the invention allow for increased shock robustness in gyroscopes. In certain embodiments, immunity against undesired forces that corrupt signal output is provided by a chessboard-pattern architecture of proof masses that provides a second layer of differential signals not present in existing designs. Masses are aligned parallel to each other in a two-by-two configuration with two orthogonal symmetry axes. The masses are driven to oscillate in such a way that each mass moves anti-parallel to an adjacent proof mass. In some embodiments of the invention, a mechanical joint system interconnects proof masses to suppress displacements due to mechanical disturbances, while permitting displacements due to Coriolis forces to prevented erroneous sensor signals. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330784 | SHOCK-ROBUST INTEGRATED MULTI-AXIS MEMS GYROSCOPE - Various embodiments of the invention integrate multiple shock-robust single-axis MEMS gyroscopes into a single silicon substrate while avoiding the complexities typically associated with designing a multi-drive control system for shock immune gyroscopes. In certain embodiments of the invention, a shock immune tri-axial MEMS gyroscope is based on a driving scheme that employs rotary joints to distribute driving forces generated by two sets of driving masses to individual sensors, thereby, simplifying the control of the gyroscope. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330785 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - One or more vibration plate layers of a diaphragm part are formed by a thin film forming technique. When a resonance frequency in a resonance vibration mode calculated from dimensions of a structure of an angular velocity sensor and an elastic parameter of a material thereof is defined as f kilohertz, a mass of a weight part is defined as M milligrams, a circumference of the diaphragm part is defined as r meters, a stress applied to a piezoelectric layer is defined as σ | 2015-11-19 |
20150330786 | ATOMIC SENSOR SYSTEM - One embodiment includes an atomic sensor system. The system includes a vapor cell that is sealed to enclose an alkali metal that is spin-polarized by an optical beam. The vapor cell includes a mirror at a distal end. The system also includes an optical system including a photodetector system and a laser that generates the optical beam. The optical beam is provided into a proximal end of the vapor cell and is reflected back to the photodetector system via the mirror as a reflected optical beam to generate at least one intensity signal. The optical system further includes a control system that modulates a wavelength of the optical beam between an on-resonance wavelength and an off-resonance wavelength with respect to the alkali metal. The system also includes a processor that calculates a measurable parameter associated with the atomic sensor system based on the at least one intensity signal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330787 | Systems, Methods and Software for Redirecting Blind Travelers Using Dynamic Wayfinding Orientation and Wayfinding Data - A wayfinding system includes a server configured to deliver navigational information associated with a route to user devices which output the navigational information to blind or low vision users in their preferred output format. That navigation information can be augmented by additional navigation information that is delivered in real time to the blind or low vision users as a result of receiving signals from proximity beacons associated with the wayfinding system. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ON WHICH FLOOR OF A PARKING STRUCTURE AREA A VEHICLE IS POSITIONED - A method performed by a floor determining device of a vehicle is provided for determining on which floor of a parking area the vehicle is positioned. The floor determining unit determines by means of a match determining unit that the vehicle at a current position has driven a travelled distance from a previous position of the vehicle, which horizontally coincides with the current position. The floor determining device determines by means of a floor change determining unit that the current position is situated on a higher floor above a previous floor of the previous position if the vehicle is determined to have driven the travelled distance more upwards than downwards from the previous position to the current position, and that the current position is situated on a lower floor beneath the previous floor if the vehicle is determined to have driven the travelled distance more downwards than upwards. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330789 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION - An apparatus and system for use in determining location of a celestial body are presented. The apparatus comprises: a polarizer comprising an array of polarized light filter cells and a light sensor array. The array of polarized light filter cells comprises at least a first polarization direction and a second polarization direction different from said first polarization direction. And the polarizer thereby produces polarized light of at least first and second different polarizations. The light sensor array is configured to receive the polarized light from the polarizer and produce data indicative of a pattern of at least one of light polarization intensity and direction. The pattern is indicative of at least one of azimuth and elevation of the celestial body to be located. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING AMBIENT GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION FROM A MOVING THREE-AXIS ACCELEROMETER DATA - A method based on separating ambient gravitational acceleration from a moving three-axis accelerometer data for determining a driving pattern is presented. A server may receive telematics data originating from a client computing device and combine the telematics data. The server may estimate a gravitational constant to the combined telematics data and generate a function for pitch and a roll angle from the combined telematics data. The server may further determine a driving pattern using at least the pitch and the roll angle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330791 | INERTIAL DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An inertial device is disclosed that includes an inertial sensor unit configured to generate an output representing motion of a target holding the inertial device; a storage unit configured to store factors which are associated with different outputs to be generated by the inertial sensor unit, respectively; a generation unit configured to generate a waveform which represents variation of velocity of the inertial device in a predetermined period by using one of the factors corresponding to the output generated by the inertial sensor unit; a combination unit configured to combine the waveform with one or more previous waveforms which have been generated by the generation unit; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a position where the inertial device is currently located using a velocity obtained from the combined waveform. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330792 | DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING A MEASUREMENT SIGNAL INDICATING A PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT VARIABLE - A device for outputting a measurement signal indicating a physical measurement variable in a vehicle, the device—a first processor that is designed to determine, on the basis of a first sensor signal a first comparison signal for the physical measurement variable, a second processor that is designed to determine, on the basis of a second sensor signal, a second comparison signal for the physical measurement variable and—a filter device that is designed to determine an error between the two comparison signals and to output this error to the first processor,—wherein the first processor is designed to determine the measurement signal on the basis of a correction of the first comparison signal taking into account the error. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330793 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING INITIAL DATA FOR DETERMINING POSITION DATA OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining initial data for determining position data of a vehicle based on driving dynamics data, the method including: assigning a determined environment status at a determined position of the vehicle to the determined position of the vehicle; detecting an environment status; and—using the determined position as initial data if a contrast of the detected environment status and the determined environmental status satisfies a predetermined condition. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASCERTAINING AT LEAST ONE ROAD-RELATED INFORMATION ITEM - A method is provided for ascertaining at least one road-related information item, including the following steps:
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20150330795 | Method to Dynamically Adjust Assistance Data for Improved Indoor Positioning Performance - Methods and systems are presented for updating assistance data in an indoor navigation system. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving ranging measurements from a reference positioning terminal, computing an estimated location of the reference positioning terminal based on the received ranging measurements, receiving information associated with a high-confidence location of the reference positioning terminal, determining that a difference between the estimated location and the high-confidence location of the reference positioning terminal is greater than a predetermined threshold, and sending an assistance data update to a server associated with the indoor navigation system, the assistance data update including an update to assistance data based on the received ranging measurements of the reference positioning terminal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VOICE BASED PERSONALIZED INTERACTIVE EVACUATION GUIDANCE - Systems and methods of voice based personalized interactive evacuation guidance are provided. Some methods include receiving a notification about an occurrence of a predetermined event in a monitored region, responsive to receiving the notification, pairing with a fixed device in the monitored region, responsive to pairing with the fixed device, transmitting location identifying information to a remote wireless system, and receiving, from the remote wireless system, information identifying an optimal route from a current location. Some methods include receiving user input requesting an optimal route from location A to location B in a monitored region, transmitting the user input to the remote wireless system, and receiving, from the remote wireless system, information identifying the optimal route. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330797 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GATE PATH INFORMATION TO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AN AIRCRAFT UPON AN AIRCRAFT TAXI GATE SELECTION - A system and method for providing gate path information to passengers on board an aircraft upon an aircraft taxi gate selection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication link is established between an aircraft computing system and a ground station system via a communication network provided by the ground station system. Further, a pilot is allowed to select an aircraft taxi gate for taxiing the aircraft upon establishing the communication link. Furthermore, the passengers on board the aircraft are notified of availability of the gate path information and requested to input associated connecting flight information upon the aircraft taxi gate selection. In addition, one or more of the passengers are allowed to input associated connecting flight information upon notification. Also, the gate path information is provided to the one or more passengers based on the input. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330798 | GRID-BASED ARRIVAL TIME PREDICTION - Described herein is a framework for predicting arrival time of moving objects based on grid modeling of location data. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, location data of a moving object is received and positions of the moving object may be identified based on a grid model by mapping the location data to the grid model. The grid model may be segmented into cells where a cell transition time of the moving object from a current cell to another cell may be determined. The arrival time of the moving object may then be predicted based on the cell transition time of the moving object. The arrival time of the moving object may further be presented to one or more user devices. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330799 | DETERMINING A TRAVEL ROUTE - An approach for determining a route is provided. A rule is retrieved, which indicates a number of recommended routes passing through a constrained area is not permitted to exceed a threshold. After a receipt of N requests from N respective users for N routes, N recommended routes passing through the constrained area are determined and presented to the N users. After determining the N recommended routes and based on a receipt of a request from an (N+1)-th user for an (N+1)-th route, the (N+1)-th route, which passes through the constrained area, is determined. Based on the retrieved rule and the (N+1)-th route passing through the constrained area, N+1 is determined to not exceed the second number. Responsive to determining N+1 does not exceed the threshold, the (N+1)-th route is designated as an (N+1)-th recommended route. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330800 | Systems and Methods for Personalized Multi-Destination Trip Planning - Systems and methods for personalized multi-destination trip planning are provided. One example system includes one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving a routing request associated with a user. The routing request includes a list identifying a plurality of desired destinations. At least one of the plurality of desired destinations is a generalized location identifier. The operations include determining a plurality of specific destinations that satisfy the generalized location identifier. The operations include selecting, from the plurality of specific destinations, a recommended one of the specific destinations based at least in part on one or more attributes associated with the user. The operations include providing a personalized recommended route for display to the user. The personalized recommended route navigates among the plurality of desired destinations and the recommended specific destination. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330801 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING A ROUTE - A method and apparatus for recommending a route. The route recommending method includes obtaining user's current body information; obtaining geographic information from a current position to a destination; and determining a recommended route to the destination on the basis of the body information and the geographic information. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330802 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, ROUTE GUIDANCE CONTROL METHOD IN NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A navigation device mounted in a vehicle travelling in any driving mode out of an automatic driving mode for travelling irrespective of a driver's driving operations and a normal driving mode for travelling according to the driver's driving operations includes a driving mode determination unit for determining whether a driving mode of the vehicle is the automatic driving mode or the normal driving mode, and a route guidance stop control unit for, when the driving mode determination unit determines that a driving mode of the vehicle is the automatic driving mode, stopping route guidance made while the vehicle is travelling in the normal driving mode. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330803 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An information display device is provided. The information display device includes a memory configured to store information along with its position, a display unit configured to display the information, and a controller configured to control the display unit. The controller controls the display unit to simultaneously display first and horizontal plot sections. In the perspective plot section, part of the information is displayed such that its display position in vertical directions becomes higher as a distance from the information display device or a movable body to which the device is mounted, to the position becomes longer. In the horizontal plot section, other part of the information is displayed such that its display position is changed in lateral directions according to an azimuth of the position with respect to the information display device or the movable body, and the display position is fixed in the vertical directions regardless of the distance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330804 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An information display device is provided. The information display device includes a memory configured to store information along with a position, a display unit configured to display the information, and a controller configured to control the display unit. The controller controls the display unit to simultaneously display a first display section and a second display section. The information is displayed within the first display section when the position is within a first target section and a first display condition is satisfied. The information is displayed within the second display section when the position is within a second target section and a second display condition is satisfied. Each of the first and second display conditions is specifiable by a user. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330805 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INFORMATION AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE PERSONALIZED INFORMATION - A system and method for providing location-based personalized information by using user location history information, whereby battery consumption of a computing device is reduced. The computing device includes: a location finder configured to obtain user location information of a user of the computing device; a display configured to display information indicating a route of the user of the computing device; and a controller configured to track a location of the user by controlling the location finder as the controller senses a change in the location of the user based on the obtained user location information, obtain information corresponding to an initial route of the user based on the tracked location of the user, detect a predicted route of the user from user location history information based on the information corresponding to the initial route of the user, and display on the display unit the predicted route. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATED SHOPPING - Systems and methods to provide a navigated-shopping service are discussed. In an example, a method for navigated-shopping can include receiving a destination location, accessing a route to the destination, displaying the route with indications of a plurality of items for purchase, receiving selection of a selected item, and purchasing the selected item. The plurality of items for purchase can be within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route. The selection of the selected item can include selection of a retail location of a plurality of retail locations along the route. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330807 | POOR VISIBILITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND POOR VISIBILITY ESTIMATION METHOD - Provided are a poor visibility estimation system and a poor visibility estimation method that can estimate poor visibility using a simpler configuration. A center has a change amount calculation unit for calculating the change amounts of operation elements of vehicles. A visibility estimation unit estimates poor visibility on the basis of the change amounts calculated by the change amount calculation unit. The center also has a distribution unit for distributing the estimation results of the visibility estimation unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330808 | Method for checking a total distance which is travelled by a motor vehicle and is displayed therein - A method for checking a total distance travelled by a motor vehicle and displaying the total distance in the motor vehicle includes: detecting a change in a component of a control device of the motor vehicle, change in the component being irreversible and taking place over a time period; assigning the magnitude and/or type of the change in the component to a comparison distance, related to the time period, travelled by the motor vehicle; comparing a distance detected by an odometer of the motor vehicle during the time period with the comparison distance; and an operator of the motor vehicle retrieving a result of the comparison or the operator receiving an automatic transmission of the result of the comparison. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330809 | SERVICE METHOD OF GAS APPLIANCES - A service method of gas appliances includes: Detecting the gas appliances at the client ends to generate detecting signals. Transmitting the detecting signals to a service end. Identifying which client end the detecting signals come from. Examining the detecting signals to find whether the gas appliance has an abnormal condition; and informing the client end when the abnormal condition is found. After all, the service end may monitor the gas appliances at the client end, and inform the client for repair when the gas appliance has detected an abnormal signal or has damaged parts. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330810 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ANGULAR TRAVEL OF A VEHICLE CONTROL MEMBER - The invention relates to a device for detecting angular movement of a control member of a vehicle, the device comprising at least one driving portion ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150330811 | ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE AND SERVO APPARATUS USING SAME - An angle detecting device includes a rotatably supported magnet, and a magnetic sensor disposed opposite to the magnet. An output of the magnetic sensor is changed based on a magnetic flux change due to a rotation of the magnet. The magnet is disposed such that a distance between the magnetic sensor and the magnet is changed by the rotation of the magnet. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330812 | POSITION-DETECTING UNIT HAVING REDUCED OFFSET VOLTAGE, AND METHOD USING SUCH A UNIT - To eliminate measurement errors, such as “offset voltages” in sensors of the inductive type by modifying the architecture of the assembly of elements used for signal processing, the architecture of the apparatuses processing the signal from the secondary windings is modified as follows:
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20150330813 | POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - A position-measuring device includes a scale and a scanning unit movable relative to the scale in a measurement direction. The scale has an incremental measuring graduation and reference marks spaced apart from each other. The scale has a first marking track containing a first marking associated a reference mark and a second marking spaced apart from the first marking. The scanning unit has a first and a second detector spaced apart from each other. A distance between the detectors is greater than a length of the first marking and less than a length of the second marking. The scanning unit is configured to produce a reference pulse based on only the first detector of the two detectors generating a scanning signal, and to produce a switching signal when both the first detector and the second detector generate a scanning signal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330814 | DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL CHEMICAL SENSOR - The invention relates to a sensor system comprising a waveguide, which waveguide comprises a grating in at least a part of the waveguide, which waveguide further comprises a coating, the coating comprising a polymer, which polymer comprises a chain, in which chain are present an aromatic group and a chemical group selected from the group of sulfonyl groups, carbonyl groups, carbonate groups, fluorocarbon groups, siloxane groups, pyridine groups and amide groups. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330815 | PROXIMITY SENSOR COVER - In a proximity-based water valve system having a housing and a proximity sensor, a sensor cover includes a planar main body formed of a translucent and/or opaque material, and an extension handle connected to the main body, which can be adhered to the housing and/or proximity sensor via an adhesive area on a rear side of the main body, such that the main body covers the proximity sensor with the extension handle being angled away from the proximity sensor. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330816 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Power Management in Data Communication Systems - A blood glucose meter having a compact housing, a display unit disposed on the housing, the display unit including a display light source to illuminate the display unit, an input unit disposed on the housing, the input unit configured to provide input functions for the blood glucose meter, and a power source provided within the housing for providing power to the blood glucose meter, where the housing includes a port integrated on said housing configured to receive a blood glucose test strip, and corresponding methods of measuring blood glucose meter is provided. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330817 | Method and Device for Environmental and Health Monitoring - The present invention is related to an environmental monitoring and analyzing device. The device contains a plurality of sensors, a control unit and a display unit. The different types of sensor obtain values of different environmental parameters. The control unit receives the obtained values of the environmental parameters and compares the obtained values against predetermined standards and criteria which define parameter ranges of the different environmental parameters. A display unit displays a real-time air quality report comprising a user-friendly interpretation of the obtained values and recommendations in response to the obtained values. The present invention record and analyze the cause and consequence on the changed of level of different environmental parameters at different time duration, it also provide a tool to record and analyze the cause of some possible disease of the occupants. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330818 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FLUID FLOW MEASUREMENT - A fluid flow meter estimates the velocity of water or another fluid flowing through pipe by comparing measurements of the water velocity to one or more pre-determined templates. The fluid flow meter may collect measurement signals from one or more flow sensors, estimate the fluid velocity or flow rate by comparing the measurement signals to the template, and either store the comparison results in local memory, transmit the results to a remote memory or server, or both. In some embodiments, the fluid flow meter transmits the results to a server via a wireless interface. The transducers and processing system can be powered by a battery, a power line, or, for manifolds installed outdoors, a solar cell. Example transducers and processing systems may also have a passive wake-up feature for power reduction; that is, they may only draw power when water or another fluid flows through the pipe. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330819 | MEASURING DEVICE, ESPECIALLY FLOW MEASURING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MEASURING TUBE FOR A MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device, especially a flow measuring device, including a measuring tube. The measuring tube includes at least one nozzle formed from the measuring tube by hot forming and serving for mounting a measuring transducer, especially an ultrasonic transducer, a measurement signal reflector, especially an ultrasonic reflector, and/or a measurement transmitter, and a method for manufacturing a measuring tube for a measuring device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330820 | Physical Quantity Sensor - A thermal type sensor molded from a mold resin having an opening has a problem in that the residual stress of the mold resin in the opening causes peeling at the interface having poor adhesion. A physical quantity sensor has a construction having a semiconductor chip having a detector unit | 2015-11-19 |
20150330821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A VIBRATORY METER - An apparatus ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150330822 | Dry Product Dosage Dispenser and Method for Producing Same - An internal capsule for receipt of dry product is suspended within a canister with a dispensing cap on its top end. The capsule is secured inside the canister so as to maintain an open space within the canister, which forms a chamber for the dispensing of the dry product. The dry product passes through an outlet at the bottom end of the capsule and, when the canister is flipped, through the open space within the canister and out the opening in the dispensing cap. The canister may comprise an adjustable volume compartment on its bottom end for dispensing variable amounts of dry product. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330823 | Dry Product Dosage Dispenser and Method for Producing Same - A dry product dosage dispenser has a container with a cavity between top and bottom ends, a cap on the top end, and an internal partition extending between the top and bottom ends of the body, forming two sub-cavities within the body. The internal partition forms a diverging funnel-like structure giving each sub-cavity a wide upper opening on one end and a narrow lower opening on the opposite end to help product freely flow from one end to the other. Product passes from one sub-cavity to the other through an opening in the internal partition. The dispenser is flipped from its upright position to dispense the product passed through the opening. An adjustable volume compartment can be used at the second end of the container to enlarge the volume of the dispenser and provide variable dosages. The internal partition may be removable or separate for use as an insert. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330824 | Dry Product Dosage Dispenser with Multiple Storage Compartments and Method for Producing Same - A container with an internal partition within its cavity has multiple compartments for dispensing multiple dry products. The partition comprises a first elongated portion, which forms a product-dispensing chute in the cavity, and an inclined portion slanting away from the chute. The inclined portion has a surrounding perimeter edge that meets with adjacent inner walls of the container except at a bottom perimeter edge, along which dry products pass from the top of the inclined portion. A second elongated portion extends from the top of the inclined portion and across its bottom perimeter edge, dividing the remaining cavity into first and second product storage areas. Additional elongated portions may form additional product storage areas. Flipping of the dispenser from its upright position dispenses products below the inclined portion through the chute. An adjustable bottom can be used to vary doses of the products. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330825 | PULSED LEVEL GAUGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a pulsed level gauge system comprising frequency control circuitry. If an acquired signal indicates that the time between the previous filling level determination and the present filling level determination is shorter than a predefined time, the frequency control circuitry controls at least one of a transmit signal generating circuitry and a reference signal generating circuitry comprised in the pulsed level gauge system using previous frequency control settings stored in memory. If the acquired signal indicates that the time between the previous filling level determination and the present filling level determination is longer than the predefined time, the frequency control circuitry iteratively regulates at least one of the transmit signal generating circuitry and the reference signal generating circuitry towards achieving a desired pulse repetition frequency difference between the pulse repetition frequency of the transmit signal and the pulse repetition frequency of the reference signal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330826 | PARABOLIC ANTENNA WITH AN INTEGRATED SUB REFLECTOR - A sensor for a fill level measuring device for determining the fill level in a container by determining the delay time of high-frequency signals, comprising a main reflector having an edge region and an inner region, a sub reflector, which is connected to the edge region of the main reflector via a radome, an inner space, which is encompassed by the radome and the main reflector, and a hollow waveguide which is connected to the main reflector and has a front end, which is oriented toward the sub reflector for coupling electromagnetic waves in and/or out, wherein the radome and the sub reflector are embodied as integral or unitary in formation. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330827 | LEVEL SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A level sensor assembly is provided. The level sensor assembly includes a first housing and a second housing. The first and second housings are coupled to define an internal chamber therewithin. The level sensor assembly includes an arm carrier assembly coupled to a first surface of the first housing. The level sensor assembly further includes a contact carrier assembly having a main body unit extending vertically within the internal chamber. The level sensor assembly includes a coupling mechanism provided at an interface of the arm carrier assembly and the contact carrier assembly. The contact carrier assembly also includes a resistor card element coupled to the second housing. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330828 | Wireless Fluid Sensor - A fuel-gauge system detects the angular position of a float-based fluid-level-detecting mechanism's magnet and determines the level of liquid fuel remaining within a cylinder. The system wirelessly transmits to an app or application running on a multipurpose, consumer computing device fuel-remaining information, either in terms of percentage of maximum fluid level or, preferably, in terms of actual fluid volume remaining. The system determines fluid temperature and compensates for variation in the fluid-level attributable to temperature fluctuation. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330829 | ADAPTIVE POINT-OF-SALE (POS) DEVICE - A Point-Of-Sale (POS) device detects vibrations produced from equipment in its operational environment. The vibrations are identified and one or more filters produced to remove the vibrations when the POS device is used to improve the accuracy of the POS device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330830 | OPTICAL-FIBER-COMPATIBLE SENSOR - A sensor is provided, with the sensor including a reflective element and an optical fiber positioned relative to the reflective element such that light emitted from the optical fiber is reflected by the reflective element and propagates in an optical cavity between the optical fiber and the reflective element. A first material is within the optical cavity and has a coefficient of thermal expansion and a thickness that compensate a refractive index change with temperature of a second material within the optical cavity. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330831 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE DEVICE SURFACE AND MATERIAL ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for determining properties of at least one of a surface or materials adjacent to a portable device. The method includes windowing a segment of the received signal to remove an edge transients, computing the FFT power spectral density of the signal, determining a peak in the spectral energy at a frequency, finding local peaks by determining the difference in the signal amplitude is relation to a pre-determined threshold, and computing harmonic energy according to the local peaks and the difference and determining at least one property of the surface or material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330832 | Method and Apparatus for Rapid Acquisition of Elasticity Data in Three Dimensions - Interpolation of ultrasound data at regular grid locations is provided by simultaneously optimizing interpolated data according to fidelity of interpolation of the voxel data to actual measured spatial data and according to a gradient of the interpolated data. This process is made amenable to real-time processing by limiting the range of interpolation to produce a sparse interpolated matrix that may be readily inverted. Artifacts and inefficiencies from successive stages of interpolation and data smoothing are thereby avoided. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330833 | MEASURING AND ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD ON UNIFORMITY OF LIGHT INTENSITY OF LIGHT SOURCE - A measuring and adjusting system and method on uniformity of light intensity of a light source. The measuring and adjusting system on uniformity of light intensity of a light source includes: a light intensity measuring plate; a light source, irradiating light to the light intensity measuring plate; an image acquisition module, acquiring color difference variation image on the light intensity measuring plate; a microprocessor, connected with the image acquisition module and connected with the light source through a control module, wherein the microprocessor compares the color difference variation image with colorimetric criterion internally stored, and obtains the light intensity distribution on the whole surface of the light intensity measuring plate, so as to judge the uniformity situation, and performs adjustment on the light intensity of the light source. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330834 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Optical devices ( | 2015-11-19 |