48th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170343323 | Explosive Initiation Safety and Handling System for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots - A system with a spool base frame having an initiator, an interrupter, control electronics, and a proximity sensor connected thereto, wherein the spool base frame is configured to hold a shock tube spooling mechanism, the interrupter is configured to allow installation and spooling of a spool of shock tube disposed on the shock tube spooling mechanism, the interrupter is configured to cut spooled shock tube from the spool of shock tube, the control electronics are configured to send a signal directing the interrupter to cut the spooled shock tube from the spool, the interruptor is configured to physically redirect and splice the cut shock tube to a second shock tube connected to the initiator, and the interrupter is configured to discharge the cut shock tube after the shock tube is fired and spent. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A TARGET HANGER - A method and apparatus for supporting a post used to support a ballistic target. A post is supported in a vertical position by retention in a post stand. The post stand is assembled using a bottom plate, a top plate and two side plates. Once assembled, the post stand receives a post. Two types of posts are contemplated. One post type is made of wood. A second post type is made of steel and projects a low profile toward a shooter. A top hanger is then installed over the post and provides mounting holes so that a target can be suspended therefrom. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343325 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING EXO-ATMOSPHERIC MISSILE'S INTERCEPTION TRIAL - An inflatable dummy target comprising a chassis of inflatable ducts wrapped with a sheet. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343326 | Remote Detection of Gun Projectiles - A sensor system is provided for monitoring anti-personnel effectiveness of a gun that fires a projectile against a mannequin target. The system includes an instrumentation sensor, an aggregation controller and a base station. The instrumentation sensor is disposed on the target. The sensor transmits a status condition based on electrical integrity. The status condition is either intact as default or else disablement in response to impact from the projectile. The aggregation controller receives the status condition from the sensor and transmits the status information as aggregated information. The base station receives the aggregated information for analysis to determine the effectiveness in response to the gun firing at the target. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343327 | SYSTEM OF MISSILE CONTROL SURFACES AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SYSTEM - A system of missile control surfaces includes a control surface housing, a control surface shaft which is rotatably mounted in the control surface housing, a control surface secured on the control surface shaft, a control surface drive and a coupling unit. The coupling unit couples the control surface drive to the control surface shaft in such a way that a movement of the control surface drive produces a rotation of the control surface shaft. To enable high forces to be applied reliably to a guided missile control surface, it is proposed that the coupling unit has at least one flexible tension element, which is secured on the control surface drive and is rolled up onto the control surface shaft to a certain extent. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343328 | Very Low Power Actuation Devices - A munition including: a control surface actuation device including: an actuator comprising two or more pistons, each of the pistons being movable between an extended and retracted position, the retracted position resulting from an activation of each of the two or more pistons; and a rotatable plate having a pocket corresponding to each of the two or more pistons, each pocket being engageable with a corresponding portion of each of the two or more pistons, a distance between the pockets being different than a distance between the portions of the two or more pistons, such that activation of the portion into the corresponding pocket sequentially rotates the plate; and a control surface operatively connected to the plate such that rotation of the plate rotates the control surface. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343329 | WARHEAD FOR GENERATING A BLAST ON AN EXTENDED REGION OF A TARGET SURFACE - The present invention relates to warheads with blast wave conditioners and in particular to devices for quickly removing a door to permit entry through the doorway. It discloses a device and method of shaping the pressure wave pattern by the use of inert material. The inert material of the present invention is used to reduce localized directional effects occurring at the point of impact, instead generating a more diffuse pressure-wave pattern across the target surface. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343330 | Detonator System for Hand Grenades - The invention relates to a detonator system for hand grenades, having an ignition element ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343331 | DOUBLE SIDED MEASURING TAPE - A linear measuring device includes a tape housing and a semi-flexible measuring tape housed within the tape housing of a length L in a generally spiral configuration with an outer end extendable through a tape outlet opening and having a flange thereon. The tape having two sets of measurements, a first set displayed on a top side of the measuring tape with a first incremental measurement X, and second set displayed on a bottom side of the measuring tape with a first incremental measurement X+L. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343332 | CONTAINER WALL THICKNESS INSPECTION DEVICE - This invention relates to a container wall thickness inspection device | 2017-11-30 |
20170343333 | LENGTH METROLOGY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING PHASE NOISE-INDUCED DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ERRORS - Length metrology apparatuses and methods are disclosed for measuring both specular and non-specular surfaces with high accuracy and precision, and with suppressed phase induced distance errors. In one embodiment, a system includes a laser source exhibiting a first and second laser outputs with optical frequencies that are modulated linearly over large frequency ranges. The system further includes calibration and signal processing portions configured to determine a calibrated distance to at least one sample. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343334 | METHOD OF MEASURING CLEARANCE BETWEEN ROTATING AND STATIC COMPONENTS - A method of measuring the clearance between a rotating component and a static component in a rotating machine. The method comprises installing a rub pin on an interior surface of the static component, operating the rotating machine such that the rotating component impinges on the rub pin, securing the rotating machine, and inserting an optical device to visually ascertain the length of rub pin remaining. The method reduces the time and cost of clearance determinations by avoiding disassembly or the degree of disassembly of the rotating machine required to conduct a clearance determination. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343335 | DIMENSION MEASURING SYSTEM USING TRACK REFERENCE TARGETS TO DEFINE LEFT AND RIGHT TOP-OF-RAIL ELEVATIONS - A dimension measuring system includes a target positioning system mounted on a railroad track's parallel rails. The target positioning system includes two targets positioned at fixed positions in a first plane perpendicular to the rails, and another two targets positioned at fixed positions in a second plane perpendicular to the rails and spaced-apart from the first plane. A laser-based distance measuring device measures vector distances to the four targets. A processor, coupled to the laser-based distance measuring device, determines an elevation of each of the rails in the first plane and second plane using the vector distances and the fixed positions of the targets in the first and second planes. The elevation of each the rails in the first and second planes define a top-of-rail reference plane used by the processor when dimensions of an object above the top-of-rail reference plane are to be measured. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343336 | HANDHELD MEASURING AID WITH A 3-AXIS JOINT CONNECTION AND A SPHERICAL ENCODER - The invention relates to a handheld measuring aid for use in a system having a station for determining the position and orientation of the measuring aid, the handheld measuring aid for surveying an object surface. The measuring aid has a body and visual markings disposed in a defined spatial relationship, forming a pattern, on the body in a marking region. In addition, the measuring aid has a connection for receiving a measuring, inspection or processing tool, wherein the connection has a joint, such that the tool is pivotable or rotatable in at least one direction. Furthermore, the connection or tool has a position encoder for determining the rotational position of the joint or tool | 2017-11-30 |
20170343337 | SENSOR DEVICE FOR MEASURING A SURFACE - A sensor device ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343338 | CAPTURE DEVICE ASSEMBLY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND MOTION DETECTION DEVICE - An image capture device assembly includes: a light source | 2017-11-30 |
20170343339 | OPTOELECTRONIC MEASURING DEVICE HAVING MAGNETIC COMPASS AND COMPENSATION FUNCTIONALITY - Disclosed is an optoelectronic measuring device having an electronic magnetic compass for determining an azimuthal alignment of the measuring device and a compensation unit, which is associated with the magnetic compass, for compensating for device-fixed interference fields, wherein the measuring device assumes at least two defined, repeatable operating states, has a different device-fixed interference field in each of the operating states, and the compensation unit carries out an initial compensation of the electronic magnetic compass in a first operating state of the measuring device, wherein the compensation unit has a detection unit for detecting a present operating state, a memory unit for storing a magnetic offset resulting from the different device-fixed interference fields between the first and a second operating state of the measuring device, and a computer unit for computing the azimuthal alignment of the measuring device depending on an ascertained operating state and based on the magnetic offset. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343340 | Height Measurement Device and Charged Particle Beam Device - The objective of the present invention is to provide a height measurement device capable of highly accurate measurement in the depth direction of a structure on a sample. To achieve this objective, proposed are a charged particle beam device and a height measurement device that is provided with a calculation device for determining the size of a structure on a sample on the basis of a detection signal obtained by irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam, wherein the calculation device calculates the distance from a first charged particle beam irradiation mark formed at a first height on the sample and a second charged particle beam irradiation mark formed at a second height on the sample and on the basis of this distance and the charged particle beam irradiation angle when the first charged particle beam irradiation mark and second charged particle beam irradiation mark were formed, calculates the distance between the first height and the second height. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FINGERPRINT SENSOR PROTECTION LAYER THICKNESS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of fingerprint sensor detection, and in particular, relate to a method and system for detecting a thickness of a protection layer of a fingerprint sensor. The method includes the following steps: step a: collecting fingerprint data via a fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor comprising a plurality of chip sensing units, arranged in an array; step b: calculating a derivative of the fingerprint data, normalizing the derivative of the fingerprint data, and calculating an integration according to the normalized derivative of the fingerprint data; and step c: acquiring a thickness of a protection layer of the fingerprint sensor according to the integration result. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343342 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMALLY MONITORING PROCESS FOR FORMING PLASTIC BLOW-MOLDED CONTAINERS - The present invention provides a method of measuring the placement of material forming a blow-molded plastic container after the container is released from a mold of a blow molder having a plurality of molds, wherein each plastic container comprises a continuous sidewall and a base, the method comprising the steps of: detecting with an infrared camera infrared light emitted from the container after the container is released from a mold; converting the detected infrared light into corresponding electrical signals; transmitting the electrical signals to a microprocessor; comparing in the microprocessor the electrical signals with stored data regarding desired material distribution forming the plastic container; and producing output information regarding the placement of material forming the container. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343343 | Positional Variance Based Distance Sensing Apparatus - A positional variance based distance sensing apparatus has a physical marker that changes its position (either rotational or linear) in accordance to the distance of an object from the sensor. This positional change can be used to sense the distance using touch by humans. This positional variance can also be used to control triggers like switches, leavers, and steering based controllers. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343344 | MEASUREMENT OF MATERIAL DIMENSIONS - The invention relates to a method for determining material dimensions of a longitudinal profiled section ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343345 | ARRANGEMENT FOR, AND METHOD OF, DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO A TARGET TO BE READ BY IMAGE CAPTURE OVER A RANGE OF WORKING DISTANCES - A distance to a target to be read by image capture over a range of working distances is determined by directing an aiming light spot along an aiming axis to the target, and by capturing a first image of the target containing the aiming light spot, and by capturing a second image of the target without the aiming light spot. Each image is captured in a frame over a field of view having an imaging axis offset from the aiming axis. An image pre-processor compares first image data from the first image with second image data from the second image over a common fractional region of both frames to obtain a position of the aiming light spot in the first image, and determines the distance to the target based on the position of the aiming light spot in the first image. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343346 | ULTRASONIC TILT SENSOR AND RELATED METHODS - A device may include a surface at least partially defining an enclosed region, a plurality of fluids within the enclosed region, the plurality of fluids comprising at least a first fluid having a first acoustic impedance and a second fluid having a second acoustic impedance different from the first acoustic impedance, a first piezoelectric transducer disposed on the surface, the first piezoelectric transducer being configured to generate a first wave reception signal based, at least in part, on an ultrasonic return wave received through at least one of the plurality of fluids, and a processor coupled to the first piezoelectric transducer and configured to determine a measurement of a tilt of the device based, at least in part, on the first wave reception signal. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343347 | EASY ASSEMBLY LEVEL - An easy assembly level includes a body, a fixing assembly, and a bubble level vial. The body defines a compartment. The fixing assembly includes a first retainer and a second retainer. The first and second retainers are releasably joinable to each other and are releasably mountable on the body. The first retainer defines a channel and the bubble level vial is received in the channel. The first retainer is inserted in the compartment and is mounted on the body. The second retainer is inserted in the compartment and is mounted on the body. The first and second retainers are releasably joined together and encapsulate the bubble level vial. The first retainer defines a first window and the second retainer defines a second window respectively. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343348 | Laser Alignment Guide - A laser alignment guide. The laser alignment guide includes a housing having at least one sidewall and a base defining an interior volume therein. A cap is removably securable to an upper end of the housing. The cap further includes at least one light source that can emit a visible laser disposed thereon. A mounting bracket that can magnetically secure to a surface is disposed on a second end of the housing. In some embodiments, at least one light source is disposed on a sidewall of the housing. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343349 | EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER BASED AUTONOMOUS MAGNETOMETER CALIBRATION - Systems and methods may provide for obtaining first sensor data associated with a gyroscope and obtaining second sensor data associated with a magnetometer. Additionally, the first sensor data, the second sensor data and an extended Kalman filter may be used to calibrate the magnetometer. In one example, a sampling rate of the magnetometer is increased before obtaining the second sensor data and the sampling rate of the magnetometer is decreased after calibration of the magnetometer. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343350 | ANGULAR RATE SENSOR - A MEMS sensor for measuring rotational motion about a first axis includes a frame, a base structure under the frame, a drive mass mounted in the frame for rotational movement about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a first drive paddle in the drive mass. A first link includes a first end coupled to a first spring that movably couples the first drive paddle to the drive mass and a second end coupled to a second spring that movably couples the first link to the frame. A drive system includes an electrode aligned to exert electromotive force to pivot the first drive paddle and move the drive mass about the second axis. Deflection of the drive mass is greater than deflection of the first drive paddle when the drive system is operating. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343351 | CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF DRIVE AMPLITUDE IN VIBRATING MICROELECTROMECHANICAL GYROSCOPES - The disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical gyroscope comprising at least one mass element, a drive actuator and sense electrodes. The at least one mass element is configured to be driven by the drive actuator into oscillating movement with a drive oscillation frequency ω | 2017-11-30 |
20170343352 | Method for Determining a Position of a Single-Track Vehicle and Device for Carrying out the Method - A method is described for determining a position of a two-wheeled vehicle. The single-track vehicle has a vehicle path yaw rate when driving along curves and a yaw rate according to the inclined orientation which differs from the vehicle path yaw rate. An inclined orientation of the single-track vehicle and a speed of the single-track vehicle are measured. The vehicle path yaw rate of the single-track vehicle is determined from the measured inclined orientation and the measured speed. A device for carrying out the method is also described. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343353 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATH-BASED POINT OF SALE ORDERING - Anchor points associated with point of sale information may be ordered by segmenting a trajectory derived from sensor data defined by adjacent turns to generate candidate links for each segment from which possible paths for the trajectory are derived. Each derived possible path may be scored with a multi-objective function using a global optimization algorithm to select a solution path from the derived possible paths that may be used to order a plurality of anchor points. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343354 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEARABLE SMART DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - A wearable smart device includes an outer casing wearable by a user and defining at least one cavity and having a neck portion, a first end portion designed to rest on a first shoulder of the user, and a second end portion designed to rest on a second shoulder of the user. The wearable smart device also includes a wireless communication port at least partially positioned within the cavity and designed to communicate with a remote device. The wireless communication port includes a dedicated short range communication (DSRC) port, a near field communication (NFC) port, an infrared communication port and/or an ultrasound communication port. A processor is positioned within the cavity, coupled to the wireless communication port and designed to transmit one or more signals to the remote device and/or receive one or more signals from the remote device via the wireless communication port. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343355 | Method And System For Estimating Relative Angle Between Headings - The present invention relates to a method for estimating a relative angle (θ) between heading (X | 2017-11-30 |
20170343356 | RESOURCE-AWARE LARGE-SCALE COOPERATIVE 3D MAPPING USING MULTIPLE MOBILE DEVICES - A method includes: receiving, with a computing platform, respective trajectory data and map data independently generated by each of a plurality of vision-aided inertial navigation devices (VINS devices) traversing an environment, wherein the trajectory data specifies poses along a path through the environment for the respective VINS device and the map data specifies positions of observed features within the environment as determined by an estimator executed by the respective VINS device; determining, with the computing platform and based on the respective trajectory data and map data from each of the VINS devices, estimates for relative poses within the environment by determining transformations that geometrically relate the trajectory data and the map data between one or more pairs of the VINS devices; and generating, with the computing platform and based on the transformations, a composite map specifying positions within the environment for the features observed by the VINS devices. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343357 | FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF SECURING OPEN WORLD DATA USING SUCH A SYSTEM - A flight management system for an aircraft and method of securing open world data using such a system. The flight management system includes at least two flight management computers including one computer termed active forming part of an active guidance subsystem configured to supply data for guiding the aircraft. Another computer is termed inactive at the current time. The flight management system includes a validation subsystem that includes the inactive flight management computer and a validation unit connected to the flight management computers. The validation subsystem is independent of the active guidance subsystem and configured to validate open world data and to transmit at least to the active flight management computer data that is validated during the validation. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343358 | INTERACTIVE REMOTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR SEABORNE VESSELS - Techniques for providing instructions to an operator of a sea vessel via a computing device are described. The computing device can request, from another computing device, instructions regarding one or more of an intended course and action plan for the sea vessel, which can include at least one navigational instruction and/or deployment instruction. The computing device can send data to a display device to cause a prompt to be displayed. The prompt can include options regarding the at least one instruction. The computing device can send state information of the sea vessel to the other computing device. The state information can include the received input and location information of the sea vessel. Additionally, data can be received by the computing device from a shore based operator and data can be sent to one or more clients on shore. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343359 | NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR CROSSING A BOUNDARY LINE - A navigation device is disclosed that provides navigational guidance to boats needing to cross a boundary line at a milestone event time. Port and starboard laylines and guidelines may be displayed with the boundary line using wind direction data. The port and starboard layline angles may change with the wind direction, while their lengths may represent a distance traversed by the boat tacking at the port and starboard layline angles for a target time period at a target speed. A predictor line may be displayed extending from the boat in the direction in which the boat is traveling and may have a length indicating a distance traversed by the boat at its current speed until the milestone event time. The predictor line length and color may provide feedback regarding whether the boat will cross the boundary too early or too late given its current speed and direction. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING NAVIGATION AND TRACKING OF, FOR AND BY PORTABLE AND WEARABLE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention relate to route navigation and tracking systems, and methods thereof, and more particularly, to method and system for managing adaptive, dynamic, domain and platform-agnostic navigation and tracking of portable computing and communications devices, thereby facilitating generation of at least one of contextual, configurable notifications, and combinations thereof, for instance at least one of adaptively and dynamically configurable contextual notifications as well as alerts. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343361 | Correcting Compass View Using Map Data - Systems, methods, devices and computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for correcting a compass view using map data. In an implementation, a method comprises: receiving, by one or more sensors of a mobile device, sensor data; determining, by a processor of the mobile device, compass offset data for a compass view based on the sensor data and map data; determining, by the processor, a corrected compass view based on the compass offset data; and presenting, by the processor, the corrected compass view. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343362 | Method And Apparatus For Generating High Precision Map - The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for generating a high precision map. According to an embodiment, the method comprises: acquiring three-dimensional (3D) laser point cloud data and information related to a grid map for generating the high precision map; determining position information of each piece of the 3D laser point data of the 3D laser point cloud data in the grid map; rendering each pixel point in the grid map, by using the reflection value of corresponding 3D laser point data of the 3D laser point cloud data, in order to generate each of grid images in the grid map; identifying, by using a machine learning algorithm, traffic information of each of the grid images in the grid map; clustering the traffic information of each of the grid images in the grid map to obtain the traffic information of the grid map; and loading the traffic information of the grid map into the grid map to generate the high precision map. The embodiment implements the generating of a high precision map with a high precision and a plurality of dimensions. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343363 | ROUTE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT - A route navigation method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a route navigation circuit configured to provide a navigation route for a user including navigation instructions, a route querying circuit configured to send queries to the user for a response from the user regarding information of the route, and a route query managing circuit configured to manage a delivery state of the queries sent to the user and to manage the user response such that the delivery state is modified so as to change a cognitive state of the user. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343364 | ROUTE SEARCH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Route search systems, methods, and programs acquire movement paths of a plurality of users, and classify, on the basis of a plurality of characteristics of the movement paths of the plurality of users, the movement paths of each of the users into a plurality of types such that movement paths with a plurality of similar characteristics belong to a same type. The systems, methods, and programs set a cost for each of the types and each attribute of a road on the basis of the plurality of movement paths of each of the types, classify, on the basis of a plurality of characteristics of a movement path of a route searcher, the route searcher into one of the types, and search for a route on the basis of the cost which is set for the type of the route searcher. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343365 | METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CREATION OF CUSTOMIZED TOUR GUIDES - The invention is a method and system of creating and delivering dynamic and customized tour guides to a user through an electronic device. The system takes into account factors including the speed, direction of movement, and geographical location of a user's electronic device along with a user's preferences, and calculating a timeframe in which a user will be in proximity to a point of interest to create and deliver a customized and tailored tour guide experience. The system and method is scalable and allows a multitude of individual users simultaneously have individually tailored tour guides delivered to them covering a broad range of topics including architecture, history, surrounding nature, and current events of points of interest along a user's pre-defined or predicted user route. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343366 | VEHICLE SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION PATH SELECTING METHOD OF THE SAME - A vehicle system includes: a battery; an input; and a processor configured to receive a user input setting a navigation destination through the input, to retrieve one or more first paths from a current location to the navigation destination, to retrieve charging stations which are able to arrive with a current drivable distance when the current drivable distance is smaller than a driving distance up to the navigation destination, to retrieve one or more second paths passing through the charging stations, to calculate a time taken to arrive at the navigation destination for each of the one or more second paths, and to select one path of the one or more second paths based on the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343367 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANTICIPATING AND FACILITATING VEHICLE OCCUPANT'S METABOLIC ACTIVITY - An apparatus for anticipating and facilitating metabolic activity of an occupant in a vehicle includes a measurement part measuring a volume of a bladder using a sensor mounted in the vehicle; a rest area information calculator calculating information on a rest area including a distance to the rest area which may be reached within a predetermined time or an expected time of arrival to the rest area which may be reached, according to rest area location information and vehicle speed information; and a guidance part providing indication information including the volume of the bladder or the information on the rest area. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343368 | MACHINE LEARNING TRAVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH WEARABLE DEVICE INTEGRATION - A machine learning travel management system is operable to provide end-to-end travel solutions and bookings based on machine-learning-assisted choice and selection of travel destinations. Travel solutions may include travel destination choices, which in many instances is one of the most difficult decisions made by travelers. Additionally, the system may interact with active bands, which comprise wearable RFID devices. The wearable RFID devices may provide for identification and location determination to provide location-based services. Also, the system may include a mobile application that provides mapping of travel routes and waypoints, which can interact with location information determined based on the active bands. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343369 | Determining speed information - A method is presented, which comprises:
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20170343370 | Determining speed information - A method is presented, which comprises:
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20170343371 | Determining speed information - A method is presented, which comprises:
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20170343372 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH VISION AUGMENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a user orientation for representing a system user; capturing an external image based on the user orientation; determining with a control circuit a sign-content estimate from the external image based on the user orientation; and communicating an augmented output for representing a physical sign captured in the external image. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343373 | MAP DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATING FEEL AROUSED BY MAP SCROLLING - In a map display apparatus, a display processor causes a display to display a map based on map information. A priority object setting unit determines a priority object having higher priority than other objects contained in the map. A scroll processor scrolls the map displayed on the display in step with a scroll operation performed by a user. In a case where the priority object is located outside the map displayed on the display, the operating feel controller adds directivity to an operating feel imparted to the scroll operation in such a manner that a scroll operation for scrolling the map toward the priority object and a scroll operation for scrolling the map in any other direction arouse different operating feels. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343374 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present application discloses a vehicle navigation method and apparatus. In some embodiments, the method includes: collecting a road condition image; deciding whether a lane currently traveled by a vehicle is a navigation lane; determining a lane object in the road condition image on which a guiding track object is to be superimposed and displayed, the guiding track object adapted to instruct the vehicle to travel along the lane currently traveled by the vehicle, or to instruct the vehicle to turn to the navigation lane; and superimposing and displaying the guiding track object on the determined lane object. According to the current vehicle position and the navigation route, by superimposing and displaying the guiding track object on the lane traveled by the vehicle, the driver is intuitively guided to drive the vehicle in the lane where the vehicle should be driven, thus navigating the vehicle more accurately. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343375 | SYSTEMS TO DYNAMICALLY GUIDE A USER TO AN AUTONOMOUS-DRIVING VEHICLE PICK-UP LOCATION BY AUGMENTED-REALITY WALKING DIRECTIONS - A system, implemented at a mobile or portable user device having a display to present augmented-reality walking directions from a present user location to an autonomous-vehicle pickup location. The system includes an augmented-reality walking-directions module that, when executed, dynamically generates or obtains walking-direction artifacts for presentation, by a portable user device display, with real-time camera images to show a recommended walking path from the present user location toward the autonomous-vehicle pickup location, yielding real-time augmented-reality walking directions changing as the user moves with a portable user device. The system also includes an augmented-reality directions-presentation module that, when executed, initiates displaying the real-time augmented-reality walking directions from the present user location toward the vehicle pickup location. The system may also include or be in communication with an autonomous-vehicle-service application to allow the user to reserve an autonomous-vehicle ride, to be met by the user at the pickup location. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343376 | Mapping Application with Transit Mode - Some embodiments provide a mapping application that provides a first map browsing mode for displaying a map that emphasizes a first set of features in a map region. The mapping application also provides a second map browsing mode for displaying a map that de-emphasizes the first set of features while emphasizing a second set of transit-related features in the map region. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343377 | Determining Location Information Using a Location Data Point Provided by a Computing Device - A system and method for determining location information using a location data point provided by a computing device is described. A location data point is received by a system from a client computing device. The system determines whether the location data point is within a predefined region from a plurality of predefined regions configured by a user of the system. If the location data point is within a predefined region, location information corresponding to the predefined region is transmitted to the client device. If the location data point is not within a predefined region, one or more third-party reverse geocoding services can be used that translates the location data point to a street address. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343378 | STEP COUNTER DEVICES AND STEP COUNTING METHODS - According to various embodiments, a step counter device may be provided. The step counter device may include an accelerometer configured to determine an acceleration in each axis of a plurality of axes; a dominant axis determination circuit configured to determine one axis of the plurality of axis as a dominant axis based on determining, for each axis of the plurality of axis, a plurality of criteria for the respective axis; a step number determination circuit configured to determine a number of steps based on determining the plurality of criteria for the dominant axis; wherein the criteria for a respective axis may include a criterion indicating whether a frequency of acceleration in the respective axis is within a first pre-determined range, a criterion indicating whether a variation in the frequency of acceleration in the respective axis between various cycles is within a second pre-determined range; a criterion indicating whether a variation in the amplitude of acceleration in the respective axis between various cycles is within a third pre-determined range; and a criterion indicating whether the acceleration in the respective axis is higher than a pre-determined threshold. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343379 | INTRUSION DETECTING SENSORS AND METHOD - A sensor unit comprising; a magnetic sensor adapted to detect a magnetic field; a light source adapted to transmit a radiation having a signature; a reflecting member for reflecting radiation emitted by the light source; a radiation sensor adapted to detect radiation reflected by the reflecting member; a controller adapted to generate a signal indicative of a security breach when the magnetic field is detected by the magnetic sensor and the signature is not identified in the radiation received by the radiation sensor. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343380 | ABSOLUTE ROTARY ENCODER - A rotary encoder for measuring absolute rotation around an axis of the rotary encoder, comprising: a magnetised element comprising first and second surfaces at an angle to one another; a first magnetic track provided on the first surface and a second magnetic track provided on the second surface, wherein the first and second magnetic tracks subtend an angle θ around the axis of the rotary encoder, wherein each magnetic track comprises a number of magnetic pole pairs, a magnetic pole pair being formed of two poles defining regions of opposite magnetic polarization, wherein the number of magnetic pole pairs in each track are different and have a greatest common factor of one; and first and second magnetic sensor arrangements, the first magnetic sensor arrangement arranged to detect a magnetic field of the first magnetic track and the second magnetic sensor arrangement arranged to detect a magnetic field of the second magnetic track, wherein the magnetic sensor arrangements are rotatably coupled to the magnetised element around the axis of the rotary encoder. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343381 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION UNIT USING SAME - A rotation angle detection device of the present disclosure includes, a rotating body having a cylinder and configured to rotate with rotation of a rotating shaft coupled to an inside of the cylinder, an engagement protrusion provided inside of the cylinder of the rotating body and protruding in a first direction serving as a direction in which the rotating shaft extends, an elastic member mounted to the engagement protrusion and having an elastic holding part, a case having a rotation supporting part that rotatably supports the rotating body, and a rotation angle detector configured to detect a rotation angle of the rotating body. A predetermined gap is provided between the rotation supporting part of the case and an outer periphery of the cylinder of the rotating body. A fitting part protruding in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is formed on an outer periphery of the engagement protrusion. The elastic member is mounted to the engagement protrusion so that the elastic holding part can be elastically deformed in a rotating direction of the fitting part. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343382 | POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD AND POSITION CONTROL DEVICE - A method of position estimation including: a signal detection step in which N (where N is an integer of 3 or more) sensors each detect a magnetic field which is in accordance with a position of a mover and output a detection signal as an electrical signal, the detection signals being displaced in phase by an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by N; a crossing detection step in which a crossing detection section sequentially detects a crossing at which each detection signal having been output through the signal detection step crosses another; a subdivision detection step in which a subdivision detection section detects a portion of the detection signal that connects from a crossing to another crossing which is adjacent to that crossing, as one or more subdivision signals; and a line segment joining step in which a line segment joining section sequentially joins the subdivision signals and estimates the position of the mover based on the plural subdivision signals having been joined, to generate an estimated position value signal. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343383 | Magnetic Rotation Detection Apparatus - A magnetic rotation detection apparatus which is capable of suppressing occurrence of assembly failure of components. A gear position sensor | 2017-11-30 |
20170343384 | RESOLVER DEVICE - An n-th-harmonic error estimation unit that estimates the error component of an n-th harmonic included in a resolver angle 8 and a subtraction unit that subtracts an n-th-harmonic estimated angle error from θ to output the corrected angle θ′ are included. The n-th-harmonic error estimation unit includes an n-th-harmonic error phase detection unit that obtains a phase difference u such that the integral, for a 1/ | 2017-11-30 |
20170343385 | MAGNETIC ABSOLUTE POSITION SENSOR - Position sensor for determining the number of repeating courses of movement of an object and of the precise posture of the object in relation to a reference posture, wherein the position sensor has the following: a Wiegand module, which is composed of a Wiegand wire having a coil that surrounds the Wiegand wire; a magnetic temporary storage, which is in addition to the Wiegand module; a first sensor element and a second sensor element; a processing electronic circuit, which is configured to evaluate or to determine an output signal that is output by the sensor elements and an information that is stored in the magnetic temporary storage; and a permanent magnet arrangement, which is movable relatively to the Wiegand module in one direction as well as in a direction that is opposite to said one direction, wherein the permanent magnet arrangement is configured to be arranged at the object such that the permanent magnet arrangement performs the repeating courses of movement together with the object; wherein: upon movement of the permanent magnet arrangement in said one direction, the coil of the Wiegand module produces a voltage impulse, if a north pole or a south pole of the permanent magnet arrangement is located at a first position, and, upon movement of the permanent magnet arrangement in said opposite direction, the coil of the Wiegand module produces the voltage impulse, if the north pole or the south pole of the permanent magnet arrangement is located at a second position that is different from the first position; upon movement of the permanent magnet arrangement, the magnetic poles of the permanent magnet arrangement come to pass the magnetic temporary storage such that the magnetic temporary storage stores the information, which indicates, whether the north pole or the south pole of the permanent magnet arrangement has lastly come to pass the magnetic temporary storage; in an autonomous mode, in which the position sensor is not supplied with outside energy, the processing electronic circuit is supplied with energy, which is provided by the Wiegand module; the processing electronic circuit is configured to, after the determining of the voltage impulse, which is output from the Wiegand module, to determine a value, which corresponds to a number of repeating courses of movement of the permanent magnet arrangement, namely by the evaluation of the output signal of the first sensor element; in a non-autonomous mode, in which the position sensor is supplied with outside energy, the processing electronic circuit is further configured to continuously receive posture information about the precise posture of the permanent magnet arrangement in relation to the reference posture, to combine the posture information with the determined value, and to output the combined information, namely by the evaluation of the output signal of at least the second sensor element; and, if the outside energy supply is re-established again after a discontinuation, the combining of the posture information with the determined value is effected by taking into consideration the information, which is stored in the magnetic temporary storage. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343386 | TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A touch sensing circuit operable to sense a conductor approaching a sensor capacitance by measuring a response signal obtained from the sensor capacitance according to an applied detection signal includes an A/D converter and a Fourier transform device. The A/D converter samples the response signal with a predetermined cycle, followed by conversion to a digital value and outputs as time-series response data. The Fourier transform device calculates, from the time-series response data, a result of transformation at a detection frequency representing the reciprocal of a cycle of the detection signal and outputs it. The touch sensing circuit converts the response signal to the frequency domain, calculates only components (harmonics or others as needed) of a frequency equal to that of the detection signal required for touch sensing, and supplies them for a touch coordinate calculation process in a subsequent stage. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343387 | COUNTING SENSOR HAVING A CORRECTION FUNCTION - The invention relates to a counting sensor for counting the number of rotations or of linear displacements of an object, wherein the counting sensor comprises:
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20170343388 | LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT, LIGHT-EMITTING AND LIGHT-RECEIVING UNIT AND PHOTOELECTRIC ENCODER - A light-emitting unit includes: a light source; and a reflector having reflection faces of first and second partial paraboloids, the first and second partial paraboloids being spaced from each other in an optical axis direction of the light source, the first and second partial paraboloids having a focal point on the light source, wherein: the second partial paraboloid is between the light source and the first partial paraboloid in the optical axis direction; the second partial paraboloid has a coefficient different from that of the first partial paraboloid; and the second partial paraboloid is positioned on a reflection direction side of a light from the light source reflected by the first partial paraboloid, with respect to a plane that is obtained on a presumption that the first partial paraboloid is extended to the light source side in accordance with the coefficient of the first partial paraboloid. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343389 | RANGE EXTENSION FOR OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEMS - An optical fiber sensing system includes a sensing optical fiber and one or more optical amplifiers in series with the sensing fiber and arranged to increase the power of sensing pulses travelling along the fiber to thereby increase the range of the sensing system. The optical fiber sensing system is one selected from the group including an optical fiber distributed acoustic sensor (DAS), an optical fiber distributed temperature sensor (DTS), or an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) system. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343390 | ENCODER, POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An encoder includes an optical component and an enclosing device having a first surface portion and a second surface portion. The first surface portion is arranged to receive from an ambient environment a first radiation beam. The second surface portion is arranged to receive from the ambient environment a second radiation beam. The optical component is arranged to combine the first and second radiation beams. The enclosing device is arranged to propagate the first radiation beam along a first path. The first path is between the first surface portion and the optical component. The enclosing device is arranged to propagate the second radiation beam along a second path. The second path is between the second surface portion and the optical component. The enclosing device is arranged to enclose a space, so as to isolate the first path and the second path from the ambient environment. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343391 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Position information of a movable body within an XY plane is measured with high accuracy by an encoder system whose measurement values have favorable short-term stability, without being affected by air fluctuations, and also position information of the movable body in a Z-axis direction orthogonal to the XY plane is measured with high accuracy by a surface position measuring system, without being affected by air fluctuations. In this case, since both of the encoder system and the surface position measuring system directly measure the upper surface of the movable body, simple and direct position control of the movable body can be performed. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343392 | SENSOR HUB BATCH PACKING - A sensor hub includes a bit packer that receives sensor data from a plurality of sensors and bit packs the sensor data so that the sensor ID, time stamp and each axis of the measured data is stored contiguously. The bit packer may compress the sensor data by removing the sensor ID and/or the time stamp in the sensor data. The bit packed sensor data is stored in batching memory. A bit unpacker receives the sensor data from the batching memory and unpacks the sensor data, e.g., so that the sensor ID, time stamp and each axis of the measured data is stored in its own word. Additionally, the bit unpacker may decompress the bit packed sensor data by reinserting the sensor ID and/or time stamp in the sensor data. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343393 | GEARED MOTOR AND POINTER TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - The geared motor and pointer display device are provided with a stopper mechanism which restricts the range of movement of the trailing-side gear when the trailing-side gear rotates in a counter-clockwise direction. Of the stopper touching part and the part touched by the stopper that together constitute the stopper mechanism, the stopper touching part comprises the end of a gear-side protrusion which is integrally formed with the middle part at the outer peripheral surface of the middle part of the trailing-side gear. As a consequence, the stopper touching part comes into contact with the part touched by the stopper at a position close to the central axis of rotation of the trailing side gear. Therefore, when the stopper mechanism is activated, the collision energy to which the trailing side cog is subjected is minimal, which makes it possible to suppress the rebound of the trailing side gear. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343394 | COVER STRUCTURE OF TACTILE SENSOR AND TACTILE SENSOR - The present invention aims at providing a cover structure of a tactile sensor and a tactile sensor that can secure sufficient adhesion between a sensor body and a covering layer without providing an adhesive layer and have no possibility of causing a sensor to make detection error due to the covering layer formed thereon. A cover structure of a tactile sensor according to the present invention includes a sensor body | 2017-11-30 |
20170343395 | SENSOR DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR USE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a sensor device ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343396 | METHOD FOR DEFECT DETECTION FOR THE SIGNAL LINE BETWEEN AN ELECTRODE AND A MEASURING- AND/OR EVALUATION UNIT OF A MAGNETO- INDUCTIVE FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - A method for defect detection for a signal line between an electrode and a measuring- and/or evaluation unit of a magneto-inductive flow measuring device having at least one measuring- and/or evaluation unit, as well as a measuring tube with at least two measuring electrodes and a third electrode, comprising steps as follows:
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20170343397 | ULTRASONIC METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING FLUID FLOW - A method of measuring a flow rate of a fluid flowing in a space between an outer conduit and an inner element in the outer conduit is provided. Ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received through the space between multiple pairs of ultrasonic transducers along multiple propagation paths, respectively. A mean line velocity of the fluid is calculated based on data from each pair of ultrasonic transducers. As such, multiple mean line velocities across the space are obtained. The flow rate of the fluid is calculated based on the multiple mean line velocities. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343398 | FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A flow rate measurement device includes a turbulence reduction component having opening portions and disposed between a measurement channel and a pair of hole portions across which a pair of ultrasonic transceivers are disposed from the measurement channel. The pair of opening portions of the turbulence reduction component each have frame pieces which are substantially identical in width. This makes it possible to reduce, with small attenuation of ultrasound, the occurrence of turbulence that is attributable to entrained flows in the pair of hole portions and is a cause of measurement error, thereby ensuring measurement accuracy. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING FLOW VELOCITY - A system and method for calculation of flow rate comprising at least two ultrasonic sensors, ultrasonic transmit receive device, and signal processing device. At least two ultrasonic sensors are installed on the pipe where the fluid is flowing through, and at least two ultrasonic sensors contain different ultrasonic beam paths, further, the ultrasonic beam paths of at least two ultrasonic sensors contain the overlap area. The ultrasonic transmit and receive device is used to actuate at least two ultrasonic sensors, and is used to transmit one or multiple ultrasonic signals to pipes via one or multiple of at least two ultrasonic sensors, further, to receive ultrasonic signal via at least two ultrasonic sensors. The signal processing device is used to process the ultrasonic signal received, further, to calculate the flow rate of the fluid precisely. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343400 | THERMAL-TYPE AIRFLOW METER - There is provided a thermal-type airflow meter that reduces the number of output signals of the sensor circuit and that can suppress the accuracy of flow rate detection from being deteriorated because due to a nonlinear sensor output characteristic and a response delay in the output signal, the output signal shifts toward the positive side or the negative side. A thermal-type airflow meter outputs one or both of a positive-side comparison signal that is at the positive side of a comparison threshold value and a negative-side comparison signal that is at the negative side of the comparison threshold value, outputs a coefficient multiplication signal obtained by multiplying an average signal acquired by averaging the comparison signal by an adjustment coefficient, and outputs, as a flow rate signal, a value obtained by applying the coefficient multiplication signal to increase correction or decrease correction of the amplitude increase signal. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343401 | Thermal, Flow Measuring Device with Diagnostic Function - Thermal flow measuring device ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343402 | FLOW RATE CONTROL DEVICE - An operator is able to easily perform down-tuning while still achieving superior responsiveness and, in some cases, obtain an equivalent responsiveness as that obtained from the flow rate control device currently being used. In a flow rate control device that performs feedback control of a fluid control valve such that a measured flow rate closely approximates a target flow rate, there are provided a response lag input section that inputs a response lag set value, which is a value showing a response lag that an operator wishes to set, and a response lag generating section that generates response lags used in the feedback control in accordance with the response lag set values. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343403 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC FLOWMETER AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC FLOWMETER - A method for operating a nuclear-magnetic flowmeter in which, when determining a velocity of the medium through a measuring tube, the dependency on properties or the state of a medium is at least reduced. The method exciting a first volume of the magnetized medium flowing at a first velocity within a first measuring section to nuclear-magnetic resonances and a first signal sequence is formed characterizing the nuclear-magnetic resonances of the medium in the first volume, and then, exciting a second volume of the magnetized medium flowing at a second velocity within the first measuring section is excited to nuclear-magnetic resonances and a second signal sequence is formed characterizing the nuclear-magnetic resonances of the medium in the second volume. A quotient sequence is determined from each of the first and second signal sequences, and the first velocity and/or the second velocity is/are determined using the quotient sequence. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343404 | Measuring Transducer of Vibration-Type - A measuring transducer for registering and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a flowable medium guided in a pipeline, which at least includes: a housing module, which is mechanically coupled with the pipeline via an inlet end and an outlet end, and a sensor module having at least one measuring tube held oscillatably at least partially in the housing module and caused, at least at times, to oscillate. The at least one component of the housing module and/or of the sensor module is manufactured by means of a generative method and method for manufacturing at least one component of a measuring transducer, which method includes manufacturing the at least one component by means of a primary forming process, especially by means of a layered applying and/or melting-on of a powder, especially a metal powder, based on a digital data set, which gives at least the shape and/or the material and/or the structure of the at least one component. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343405 | FLOW METERS, FLOW METER CARTRIDGES, AND RELATED METHODS - A flow meter for measuring a flow rate of a fluid may include a cartridge containing certain components such as a flow sensor. The cartridge is removable from the flow meter such that it may be replaced with a new cartridge, allowing calibration of the flow meter while enabling the flow meter to continue to be operated with another cartridge in the place of the removed cartridge. The flow meter may be configured to direct fluid flow away from selected components of the flow meter. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343406 | SENSOR FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF A FLUID MEDIUM FLOWING THROUGH A MEASURING CHANNEL - A sensor for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium flowing through a measuring channel, in particular an intake air mass flow of an internal combustion engine. The sensor includes a sensor housing, in particular a plug-in sensor which is inserted or is insertable into a flow tube, in which a channel structure is formed, which includes the measuring channel, and at least one sensor chip situated in the measuring channel for determining the parameter of the fluid medium. The sensor housing includes an inlet into the channel structure, which is oriented away from a main flow direction of the fluid medium, and at least one outlet from the channel structure. The channel structure is delimited by wall sections. The wall sections have at least partially electrically insulating properties. Areas of the sensor housing adjoining the wall sections have electrically conductive properties. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343407 | PROBE UNIT - A probe unit having a coaxial structure and including a probe electrode, a guard electrode and a contacting module arranged on a section of the probe electrode, which contacting module including an insulating sleeve, a flexible circuit board with a first conduction path for the electrical contacting of the probe electrode and a second conduction path for the electrical contacting of the guard electrode, and a module housing, wherein a first contact plate is provided that electrically contacts the first conduction path, the module housing including a second contact plate that electrically contacts the second conduction path, wherein the module housing has a pot-shaped geometry with a cylindrical wall, which wall substantially surrounds, protects and/or electromagnetically shields at least the probe electrode in the region in which the contacting module is arranged, at least a part of the insulating sleeve, and at least sections of the circuit board. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343408 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION DEVICE - A liquid level detection device is provided with a fixed body and a rotating body, and includes a float floating and an arm. The arm has an insertion section to be inserted into the rotating body and an extending section extending linearly and bent with respect to the insertion section. The rotating body has an insertion hole in which the insertion section of the arm is inserted in an insertion direction and a holding section having a receiving opening which receives the extending section and holding the extending section received by the receiving opening. The fixed body has a guide section covering the extending portion in a part of a region between a portion held by the holding section and a portion connected to the float within a rotatable angular range of the arm. The guide section is provided with a passing section used to dispose the part of the extending section inside the guide section. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343409 | Travel Facilitation System - A system for facilitating travel includes a handheld device for weighing luggage that is electronically linked with an application server via a smart device. The device includes electronics disposed within a housing configured to conform to a luggage handle. Lifting the luggage with the device disposed against its handle causes the luggage weight to impart a force onto the housing. This force is sensed by the electronics and converted into a weight measurement that is displayed on the smart device and sent to the application server. Weight measurements stored on the application server can be integrated with airline flight information, such as baggage restrictions, to provide certain advantages. For instance, weight measurements can be retrieved by a traveler to ensure baggage compliance. Additionally, historical luggage data can reviewed by an airline on a flight-based level to prepare for atypical cargo loads or on a traveler-basis to incentivize light baggage travel. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING HIGH-FREQUENCY VIBRATIONS ON SPORTING EQUIPMENT - This invention provides a highly-sensitive, high-frequency, soft-polymer vibrations sensor that is integrated with the artwork and logo's currently utilized in equipment to make the sensor(s) unobtrusive. Low-power electronics with the ability to capture and analyze specific signals of concern are utilized as to increase the operational lifetime of the system and decrease the number of re-charge or battery changes per match. High-frequency vibration data is captured and stored locally on the equipment where user-defined code can analyze data and pick specific parameters of concern to send via the wireless communications link to a receiver. The receiver is able to capture the data and re-construct events of interest. This architecture reduces the power and bandwidth requirements of the device while maintaining functionality and the ability to transmit and report parameters and incidents of interest. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343411 | LASER WAVELENGTH DETECTORS - A laser wavelength detector includes first and second sensors having a common field of view. A filter having two or more monochromatic attenuation coefficients optically couples the second sensor to the field of view. The filter attenuates incident monochromatic laser illumination detected by the second sensor more heavily than incident monochromatic laser illumination detected by the first sensor such that wavelength of incident laser illumination can be identified according to a ratio of first and second sensor intensities. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343412 | OPTICAL FILTRATION SYSTEM FOR DIAMOND MATERIAL WITH NITROGEN VACANCY CENTERS - A system provides light received from NV diamond material to an optical collector. The provision of light received from NV diamond material to an optical collector impacts the efficiency by which light is directed to the optical collector. The system may be employed to efficiently direct light from the NV diamond material to the optical collector. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343413 | PATTERNING APERTURE SLIT DEVICE AND MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR SPECTROMETRY - A device for improving the removal of stray light interference in a spectrometer using an aperture slit with a predefined grid pattern incorporated into it and a mounting assembly for proper alignment to the spectrometer's 2D detector to create periodic shadowing allowing the identification of the desired signal and removal of stray light is disclosed. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343414 | OPTICAL EMISSION SYSTEM INCLUDING DICHROIC BEAM COMBINER - An optical emission spectrometer system includes a light source and a dichroic beam combiner. The light source emits first light in a first direction and second light in a second direction different from the first direction. The dichroic beam combiner receives the first light via a first light path and the second light via a second light path, reflects a portion the first light into an entrance aperture of a light detection and measurement apparatus, and transmits a portion of the second light into the entrance aperture, enabling analysis and measurement of both first and second light characteristics simultaneously. The portion of the first light reflected into the entrance aperture predominately has wavelengths in a first range of wavelengths and the portion of the second light transmitted into the entrance aperture predominately has wavelengths in a second range of wavelengths, different from the first range of wavelengths. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343415 | INTERFEROMETER WITH AN OSCILLATING REFLECTOR PROVIDED BY AN OUTER SURFACE OF A SONOTRODE AND FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER - The present invention is directed to an Interferometer ( | 2017-11-30 |
20170343416 | Detector Assembly for Analysis of Elemental Composition of a Sample Using Optical Emission Spectroscopy - According to an example embodiment, a detector assembly for use in analysis of elemental composition of a sample by using optical emission spectroscopy is provided, the detector assembly including a rotatable element that is rotatable about an axis and that has attached thereto a laser source for generating laser pulses for invoking optical emission on a surface of the sample, the laser source arranged to generate laser pulses focused at a predefined distance from said axis at a predefined distance from a front end of the detector assembly, and a detector element for capturing optical emission invoked by said laser pulses. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343417 | CONTROL DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a control device including: a determination unit configured to determine a mounted state of a detection device on the basis of a plurality of detection values, the detection unit including a light source and a plurality of light receiving elements and detecting a pulse wave, the plurality of detection values corresponding to signals output in response to light beams received from the plurality of light receiving elements, respectively, distances between the light source and the respective plurality of light receiving elements being different from each other; and an operation control unit configured to control an operation related to detection of the pulse wave performed by the detection device on the basis of a determination result of the mounted state. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343418 | THERMAL CAMERA CALIBRATION PALETTE - An apparatus including a palette body, a plurality of heat distribution plates mounted on the body and positioned adjacent each other, a plurality of insulators positioned intermediate the adjacently positioned heat distribution plates, and a plurality of thermal camera calibration reference swatches including a near-ideal blackbody reference swatch, a diffuse reflective reference swatch, and a first material of the device under testing reference swatch, each reference swatch being mounted on a corresponding one of the heat distribution plates and thermally insulated from other reference swatches by the insulators. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343419 | CHEMICAL SENSOR - We disclose a chemical sensing device for detecting a fluid. The sensing device comprises: at least one substrate region comprising at least one etched portion; a dielectric region formed on the at least one substrate region, the dielectric region comprising at least one dielectric membrane region adjacent to the at least one etched portion; an optical source for emitting an infra-red (IR) signal; an optical detector for detecting the IR signal emitted from the optical source; one or more further substrates formed on or under the dielectric region, said one or more further substrates defining an optical path for the IR signal to propagate from the optical source to the optical detector. At least one of the optical source and optical detector is formed in or on the dielectric membrane region. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343420 | PASSIVE DETECTORS FOR IMAGING SYSTEMS - Passive detector structures for imaging systems are provided which implement unpowered, passive front-end detector structures with direct-to-digital measurement data output for detecting incident photonic radiation in various portions (e.g., thermal (IR), near IR, UV and visible light) of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343421 | TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE MEASURING APPARATUS - A temperature difference measuring apparatus includes: a bottomed tubular package in which a top face side is opened; a MEMS device disposed on an inner bottom face of the package, the MEMS device comprising at least one thermopile that measures a temperature difference, which is generated in the MEMS device by inflow heat through a bottom of the package; and a heat quantity increasing unit configured to increase a heat quantity flowing out from the MEMS device onto the top face side of the bottomed tubular package. | 2017-11-30 |
20170343422 | INTERNAL TEMPERATURE MEASURING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE MEASURING MODULE - An internal temperature measuring apparatus includes a base and a MEMS device disposed on the base. The MEMS device includes a top face and a support. The top face includes a first thermopile configured to measure a first temperature difference used to calculate an internal temperature and a second thermopile configured to measure a second temperature difference used to calculate the internal temperature together with the first temperature difference. An orientation in which a cold junction of each thermocouple constituting the first thermopile is viewed from a hot junction coincides with an orientation in which a cold junction of each thermocouple constituting the second thermopile is viewed from a hot junction. | 2017-11-30 |