50th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
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20210389113 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING CAPACITANCE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING THICKNESS OF SUBSTRATE - A method comprising: measuring a plurality of measurement capacitances using a capacitance measurement device; calculating a plurality of deposition coefficients for the deposition parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of the measurement capacitances, a plurality of exposure coefficients for the exposure parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of the measurement capacitances, and a plurality of etching coefficients for the etching parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of the measurement capacitances; calculating a corrected deposition coefficient for the plurality of the deposition coefficients, a corrected exposure coefficient for the plurality of the exposure coefficients, and a corrected etching coefficient for the plurality of the etching coefficients; and calculating the capacitance based on a capacitance calculation equation including the deposition parameter, the corrected deposition coefficient, the exposure parameter, the corrected exposure coefficient, the etching parameter, and the corrected etching coefficient. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389114 | METHOD OF COLLIMATING ATOMIC BEAM, APPARATUS FOR COLLIMATING ATOMIC BEAM, ATOMIC INTERFEROMETER, AND ATOMIC GYROSCOPE - An atomic beam is irradiated with a first laser beam, a second laser beam, and a third laser beam. The first laser beam and the third laser beam each have a wavelength corresponding to a transition between a ground state and a first excited state. The second laser beam has a wavelength corresponding to a transition between the ground state and a second excited state. First, atoms each having a smaller velocity component than a predetermined velocity in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the atomic beam are changed from the ground state to the first excited state by the first laser beam. Subsequently, a momentum is provided for individual atoms in the ground state by the second laser beam, which removes the atoms from the atomic beam. Finally, atoms in the first excited state are returned from the first excited state to the ground state by the third laser beam. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389115 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - Disclosed is an OCT system, in particular a mid-IR OCT system, comprising:
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20210389116 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGING PROGRAM - An optical coherence tomography apparatus includes a branching and merging device that branches a light beam emitted from a wavelength sweeping laser light source into an object light beam and a reference light beam, a balanced photodetector that generates information about a change in an intensity ratio of interference light beams, which are generated by the interference between the object light beam and the reference light beam, wherein the object light beam is scattered from the measurement object after being transmitted through the transparent substrate including a structure that changes a thickness, and a control unit that acquires structural data of the measurement object in a depth direction based on the information about the change in the intensity ratio of the interference light beams and connects the structural data while moving an irradiation position of the object light beam with a position of the above structure as a reference. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389117 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSIVE SENSING - An apparatus is provided that includes a detector configured to detect, cumulatively during an exposure period, spatially modulated light. The apparatus also includes modulation means for applying multiple different effective spatial modulations to received light, during the exposure period. A different effective spatial modulation is applied to received light in dependence upon a time during the exposure period of the detector and a frequency of the light, to produce spatially modulated light for detection by the detector. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389118 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF A TWO OR THREE DIMENSIONAL TRANSLATION OF AN OBJECT - Translations of an object in a plurality of different spatial directions are measured using a plurality of interferometers to detect interference with light that has been reflected from a diffusively reflective surface, preferably using diffuse reflection from the same planar surface to measure in each of the different spatial directions. At least the interferometers that measure translation in directions that are not perpendicular to the surface each comprises a single mode fiber and a collimator configured to transmit the outgoing light to the object successively through the single mode fiber and the collimator, and to collect reflection into the single mode fiber with the collimator both along a same beam direction. It has been found that, when reflection of a beam with a beam direction at an oblique angle to a diffusively reflective surface is used, the interference resulting from translation of the object is due substantially only to translation in the beam direction. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389119 | CONFIGURATION OF A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING DEVICE - A method for configuring a device for non-destructive testing of a mechanical part, the device including an optical motion-tracking system, a non-destructive testing probe fixedly linked to a first rigid body, and a pointing device, includes steps of: learning of an origin and of axes of an examination area of the surface of the mechanical part using the pointing device, in a coordinate system linked to the optical motion-tracking system, so as to define a coordinate system linked to the examination area, learning of an origin and of axes of an emitter and receiver surface, called active surface, of the probe using the pointing device, in a coordinate system linked to the first rigid body of the probe, and determination of the position and of the orientation of the active surface of the probe, in the coordinate system linked to the examination area. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389120 | Measurement System - A system and method for measuring. The system has at least one rail with a downstream end and an upstream end. There is a deflector at a downstream end which is used in conjunction with a measurement laser which is coupled to a shuttle. The shuttle is moveable relative to the rail. The shuttle also has a sight for zeroing in on the item to be measured. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389121 | HIGH RESOLUTION DISTRIBUTED SENSOR UTILIZING OFFSET CORE OPTICAL FIBER - An extended length of optical fiber having an offset core with an inscribed Bragg grating is used a distributed sensor in combination with an optical frequency domain reflectometer (OFDR) to enable measurement small-scale (e.g., sub-millimeter) contortions and forces as applied to the fiber. The offset core may be disposed in a spiral configuration around the central axis of the optical fiber to improve the spatial resolution of the measurement. A reference surface exhibit a predetermined texture (in the form of a series of corrugations, for example, that may be periodic or aperiodic, as long as known a priori) is disposed adjacent to a longitudinal portion of the sensor fiber. The application of a force to the combination of the plate and the fiber creates a local strain in the grating formed along the offset core of the fiber that results in a shift in the Bragg wavelength of the grating. Using ODFR measurement techniques, an analysis of the Bragg wavelength shift allows for a high resolution force measurement to be obtained. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389122 | CALCULATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A calculation method includes acquiring point groups of a target at each time point, that are measured using a plurality of sensors, executing a process of, based on a first point group and a second point group, calculating a distance value between a center of the first point group and a center of the second point group, and calculating an error value that indicating a degree of deviation between a surface of a sphere and the first point group and the second point group, specifying an exclusion target point group indicating a point group to be excluded, from the point groups of the target, based on the distance value and the error value calculated for each time point, and calculating first information indicating a positional relationship between the plurality of sensors by using a target point group which obtained by excluding the exclusion target point group from the point groups. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389123 | METHOD OF DETECTING A DISTORTION OF A LIGHT PATTERN DEFINING A CODE WORD, AND LIGHT PATTERN - A method for detecting a distortion of a light pattern defining a code word includes projecting a light pattern onto an object via a light source and detecting the projected light pattern and comparing the detected light pattern with a reference light pattern. The reference light pattern has individual, spaced-apart light pattern elements arranged in a plurality of successive columns in the direction of a first extension axis and the number and/or position of the at least one light pattern element in each column of the reference light pattern is an encoding feature that defines at least one code word. The distortion of the detected light pattern with respect to the reference light pattern is determined by comparing distances between the light pattern elements of the detected light pattern with distances between the light pattern elements of the reference light pattern. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389124 | METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS IN OPTICALLY DISTORTING MEDIA - Provided is a method for measuring surface characteristics of at least a portion of an object, including providing a light source; generating a first interference pattern on the at least a portion of the object; capturing an image of the first interference pattern; shifting the phase of the light source to generate a second interference pattern; capturing an image of the second interference pattern; filtering distortion from the interference patterns; extracting a wrapped phase of the at least a portion of the object based on the images; unwrapping the wrapped phase of the at least a portion of the object to generate an unwrapped phase; identifying a computed depth map distance to the at least a portion of the object; and fitting an ideal part to the computed depth map of the at least a portion of the object to measure the surface characteristics. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389125 | Metrology System and Method for Measuring Diagonal Diffraction-Based Overlay Targets - A metrology system is disclosed, in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. The metrology system includes a stage configured to secure a sample, one or more diffraction-based overlay (DBO) metrology targets disposed on the sample. The metrology system includes a light source and one or more sensors. The metrology system includes a set of optics configured to direct illumination light from the light source to the one or more DBO metrology targets of the sample, the set of optics including a half-wave plate, the half-wave plate selectively insertable into an optical path such that the half-wave plate selectively passes both illumination light from an illumination channel and collection light from a collection channel, the half-wave plate being configured to selectively align an orientation of linearly polarized illumination light from the light source to an orientation of a grating of the one or more DBO metrology targets. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389126 | Surface Profile Mapping for Evaluating III-N Device Performance and Yield - An improved method for evaluating GaN wafers. RMS analysis of wafer heights obtained by optical interferometric profilometry is combined with an extreme Studentized deviate (ESD) analysis to obtain a map of the wafer surface that more accurately identifies areas on the surface of a GaN wafer having defects that making those areas unsuitable for fabrication of a vertical electronic device thereon such as bumps and/or pits that can lower the breakdown voltage, increase the on-resistance, and increase the ideality factor. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389127 | MULTI-AXIS ATOM INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a multi-axis atom interferometer system, including a source of cold atoms, a laser source generating a first light pulse configured in such a way as to spatially split the source of cold atoms into a first cloud of atoms propagating along a first trajectory along a first axis and a second cloud of atoms propagating along a second trajectory along a second axis, a second light pulse adapted to spatially deflect the first trajectory along the second axis and simultaneously the second trajectory along the first axis towards a first point and a last light pulse adapted to recombine the at least one part of the first cloud of atoms and the at least one part of the second cloud of atoms at the first point, and a detection system measuring an interferometric phase-shift accumulated between the first light pulse and the last light pulse. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389128 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE DIFFERENTIAL HARMONICS OF RESONANCE TRACKING MODULATION IN A RESONANT FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE - Systems and methods are provided to reduce at least one differential harmonics of a resonance tracking modulation in a resonant fiber optic gyroscope (RFOG). The fundamental frequency of the resonance tracking modulation of each of the clockwise and counter clockwise optical signals is substantially identical; however, the amplitude and phase of the Nth harmonic of a clockwise (CW) resonance tracking modulation and the Nth harmonic of a clockwise (CCW) resonance tracking modulation may differ due to non-linearities in the RFOG. Embodiments of the invention diminish, e.g., reduce to zero such vectoral difference. Differential harmonics may be generated at one or more harmonics. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389129 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EVALUATING A CONSTELLATION SPARE STRATEGY BASED ON A STOCHASTIC TIME PETRI NET - Provided is a method and system of evaluating a constellation spare strategy based on a stochastic time Petri net, which is applied in the technical field of constellation operation management. The method comprises: constructing a single satellite STPN model and an orbital plane STPN model, and establishing a navigation constellation STPN model that includes multiple spare strategies according to the single satellite STPN model and the orbital plane STPN model; establishing an availability model according to the number of malfunctioning satellites and the constellation value (CV) in the navigation constellation STPN model, and establishing a cost model according to operating costs of the navigation constellation STPN model; and evaluating the navigation constellation STPN model using the availability model and the cost model, and determining a target spare strategy from the multiple spare strategies according to an evaluation result. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389130 | PHYSICAL EVENT TRIGGERING OF VIRTUAL EVENTS - A method, system and computer program tie physical events to virtual events by analyzing motion information from a detecting device or analyzing contextual information, initiating a virtual event with a display device in response to detecting an impending change in center of mass motion of a user from analyzing the motion information or contextual information, and associating a virtual event with subsequent motion information from the detecting device. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389131 | METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY OF INFORMATION ON A SCREEN BANNER EQUIPPING A BOAT WHEELHOUSE - Disclosed is a method for driving the display of information on a screen banner equipping a boat wheelhouse control post, the control post including at least one image sensor oriented towards the bow of the boat. The method includes: —a step of acquiring, by means of each image sensor, an image representing the environment ahead of the boat, —a step of processing the image so as to detect each noteworthy zone of this image, and —a step of driving the screen banner so that its displays the image and, superimposed with this image, at least one graphic element distinguishing the noteworthy zone. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389132 | LOCATION ESTIMATING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LOCATION ESTIMATION AND LOCATION ESTIMATING METHOD - A location estimating device has a processor that is configured to calculate a first estimated location of a vehicle using positional information representing the location of a vehicle and first map data overlapping with a first section of a vehicle traveling route, to calculate a second estimated location of the vehicle using positional information and second map data that overlaps with a second section of the traveling route, the first section and the second section having an overlapping section, and to assess whether or not the precision of the second estimated location satisfies a predetermined assessment criterion when the vehicle is traveling in the overlapping section from the first section toward the second section. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389133 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DERIVING PATH-PRIOR DATA USING COLLECTED TRAJECTORIES - Examples disclosed herein may involve a computing system that is configured to (i) identify a set of trajectories traveled through a path within an area, (ii) for each of two or more sampling positions along the path, (a) determine a respective set of intersection points between the identified set of trajectories and the sampling position and (b) generate a respective aggregation of the respective set of intersection points, and (iii) based on the generated aggregations for the two or more sampling positions along the path, derive a path-prior dataset for the path. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389134 | Method, Apparatus, System and Computer Program for Updating a Map - A method, apparatus, system and computer program for updating a map. Certain examples provide a method ( | 2021-12-16 |
20210389135 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND MAPPING SYSTEM USING PERSONAL CONTACTS - A navigation apparatus and method which uses personal contact-based route guidance. A route guidance generator receives information about personal contacts including a location, a description and a rating value for route guidance and generates route guidance suitable for navigation applications. The personal contacts based guidance can be combined with normal street and maneuver based guidance. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389136 | DOMESTIC DESTINATOR - A domestic destinator having an entry means is provided that is portable and may have a charging means, cable, wireless capabilities and or is an application suitable to run on computing devices and can include a monitor with a screen having a mounting accessory comprised of a base with a connecting means to a surface and a shaft. A domestic destinator capable of receiving destination entry to organize a list of locations in various visiting scenarios to display routing and navigation maps. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389137 | Systems and Methods for Integrating Autonomous Vehicles and Light Electric Vehicles - Systems and methods for coordinating multimodal transportation services are provided. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining a service request for a vehicle service indicating an origin location and a destination location. The method includes determining a route from the origin location to the destination location. The method includes segmenting the route into a plurality of route segments, each of which comprise a first route segment that is traversable by an autonomous vehicle and a second route segment that is traversable by a light electric vehicle. The method includes determining an autonomous vehicle to provide the vehicle service along the first route segment. The method includes determining a light electric vehicle to provide the vehicle service along the second route segment and to accompany the autonomous vehicle along at least a portion of the first route segment. The method includes outputting data associated with the service request for the autonomous vehicle. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389138 | Vehicle Communication System for Optimizing Traffic Flow - To modify a route based on a user's schedule, a first device associated with a first vehicle generates a set of navigation directions for traversing from a starting location to a destination location via a first route. The first device transmits a request for a second device associated with a second vehicle to modify a second route of the second vehicle in exchange for a reward. The modified second route of the second vehicle reduces an amount of time for the first vehicle to traverse the first route to the destination location. Then the first device provides the reward to be provided to the second device in response to determining that the second vehicle performed a maneuver in accordance with the modified second route. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389139 | Re-Routing Autonomous Vehicles Using Dynamic Routing and Memory Management for Border Security Purposes - The invention relates to a system and method for navigating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) that utilizes an-onboard computer and/or one or more ADV control system nodes in an ADV network platform. The on-board computer receives physiological and ADV occupant identification sensor data concerning one or more occupants occupying an ADV, sensor data concerning the items being transported within the ADV, and information concerning the ADV itself to aid border security agencies in protecting their respective borders and territories (e.g., international borders, security zone borders, geographical borders, etc.). The relevant border agency can receive certain information over a network concerning one or more ADVs and make a determination if a heightened security screening should be requested. In response to a request, the on-board computer automatically initiates a dynamic routing algorithm that utilizes artificial intelligence to re-route the ADV to a predetermined destination, for example a border security facility. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389140 | LOCAL CONTROLLER FOR OPERATIONAL MODE TRANSITIONS OF DUAL-MODE VEHICLES - A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a navigational request for a dual-mode vehicle having two modes of operation, where the two modes of operation comprise a surface mode of operation and an aerial mode of operation, where the navigational request includes a requested transition between the two modes of operation, where the requested transition includes a requested location, and where the navigational request includes an intended destination. The processing system may next determine at least one condition of the requested location associated with the requested transition, determine based upon the at least one condition that the requested transition is not permitted at the requested location, and identify an alternate location at which the requested transition is permitted. The processing system may then transmit a response indicating that the requested transition is permitted at the alternate location. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389141 | BOARDING/DEBOARDING POINT PROVIDING SYSTEM, DATA SERVER, AND BOARDING/DEBOARDING POINT PROVIDING METHOD - A boarding/deboarding point providing system includes a probe vehicle group, a data server, and an on-board unit or a mobile terminal. When vehicle data transmitted from the probe vehicle group are input, the data server extracts a boarding/deboarding point suitable for boarding a vehicle or deboarding a vehicle from the vehicle data, and stores the point while updating the boarding/deboarding point information database. When a request for boarding/deboarding point information is received from the on-board unit or the mobile terminal, the boarding/deboarding point information stored in the boarding/deboarding point information database is searched for a boarding/deboarding point that meets the request conditions, and the search result that includes the boarding/deboarding point is transmitted to the on-board unit or the mobile terminal. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389142 | USER INTERFACES FOR CUSTOMIZED NAVIGATION ROUTES - In some embodiments, an electronic device displays suggested routes based on the characteristics of respective vehicles. In some embodiments, an electronic device receives data for respective vehicles from a source external to the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device anonymizes a vehicle identifier and determines customized suggested routes using the anonymized vehicle identifier. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389143 | USER INTERFACES FOR CUSTOMIZED NAVIGATION ROUTES - In some embodiments, an electronic device displays suggested routes based on the characteristics of respective vehicles. In some embodiments, an electronic device receives data for respective vehicles from a source external to the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device anonymizes a vehicle identifier and determines customized suggested routes using the anonymized vehicle identifier. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389144 | USER INTERFACES FOR CUSTOMIZED NAVIGATION ROUTES - In some embodiments, an electronic device displays suggested routes based on the characteristics of respective vehicles. In some embodiments, an electronic device receives data for respective vehicles from a source external to the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device anonymizes a vehicle identifier and determines customized suggested routes using the anonymized vehicle identifier. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389145 | Method and Device for Electric Vehicle Navigation Based on Battery Profile and Route Characteristics - Embodiments include methods, for a wireless device, to determine one or more preferred routes for an electric vehicle powered by a battery. Such methods include determining multiple candidate routes from a starting point to a destination. Each candidate route includes one or more segments, each segment associated with a slope and a distance. Such methods include, for each candidate route, estimating a route battery discharge amount and a route duration of travel based on a discharge profile for the battery and the slopes and distances associated with the segments of the candidate route. Such methods include selecting one or more preferred routes, from the candidate routes, based on a current state of charge for the battery, the route battery discharge amounts, and the route durations of travel. Other embodiments include wireless devices configured to perform such methods, and electric vehicles operably coupled to such wireless devices. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUGGESTION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND SUGGESTION METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a recipe of a dish to be suggested to a driver based on driving information on the driver of the vehicle received with the communication unit. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389147 | VEHICLE ROUTE GUIDING SYSTEM USING PERSONAL MOBILITY AND ROUTE GUIDING METHOD USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a route guiding system using personal mobility. The system includes a communication device for communicating with an interface terminal of a user of a vehicle, and a route guiding server that provides guidance a personal mobility-linked route based on information on traffic along a travel route from a current location to a final destination, a time required for travel based on the traffic information, and a personal mobility rental probability when information about the current location and the final destination of the vehicle is received from the interface terminal. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389148 | CROSS-REGIONAL TRAVEL RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cross-regional travel recommendation method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, which relates to the fields of intelligent transportation and deep learning. A specific implementation solution is: acquiring a travel request of a user, the travel request comprising a start point and an end point which are located in different regions; extracting user features according to the travel request of the user; and recommending at least one travel plan to the user according to the user features and a pre-trained cross-regional travel recommendation model. The technical solutions can make up for the deficiency of the existing technology, provide a cross-regional travel plan recommendation under a large-space scale and a multimodal environment through a pre-trained cross-regional travel recommendation model and user features extracted based on a travel request of a user, and can satisfy a cross-regional travel request of the user, and is highly practical. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389149 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ROAD NETWORK MAP, APPARATUS AND MEDIUM - The present application discloses a method and device for drawing a three-dimensional road network map, an apparatus and a storage medium, relating to the navigation technology and the autonomous driving technology. Wherein the method includes: determining a set of associated roads with a covering relationship; wherein the covering relationship is used to represent that there exists a projecting intersection point of roads in the set of associated roads, on a two-dimensional road network map; determining a reference road on a ground surface in the set of associated roads, according to actual heights of the respective roads in the set of associated roads; drawing the roads in the set of associated roads on the three-dimensional road network map, according to the reference road and differences between the actual height of the reference road and the actual heights of other roads in the set of associated roads. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389150 | PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a vibration detecting unit configured to detect a vibration of a vehicle, an orientation detecting unit configured to detect an orientation of the vehicle, a storing unit configured to store information indicating the orientation of the vehicle, a processing unit configured to set an orientation of a vehicle on a map of a navigation system based on the information indicating the orientation of the vehicle, and a power supply controlling unit configured to control power supplied to the orientation detecting unit and the storing unit based on a detection result of the vibration detecting unit and in response to an accessory power of the vehicle turned OFF. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389151 | MICROMOBILITY NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED RESPONSIVENESS TO USER DEMOGRAPHIC DATA - A micro-mobility navigation system with integrated responsiveness to user demographic data. The system includes a central processing unit, a plurality of memory units, input and output devices and a GPS receiver. The navigation route and various content is delivered to the user during navigation of the route based on a user profile. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389152 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING AUGMENTED REALITY NAVIGATION CUES ON USER-SELECTED SURFACES - An approach is provided for providing an AR overlay using pre-selected surfaces. The approach involves, for example, determining an input specifying pre-selection of a surface on which to present an augmented reality overlay. The augmented reality overlay includes navigation guidance information. The approach also involves processing image data to identify one or more surface candidates. The one or more surface candidates are one or more instances of the surface depicted in the image data. The approach further involves providing data for rendering the augmented reality overlay on at least one of the one or more surface candidates in a user interface displaying the image data, thereby presenting the navigation guidance information in accordance with the pre-selection of the surface. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389153 | TRAFFIC LANE LINE FITTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are a road feature point extraction method and system. The road feature point extraction method comprises: acquiring map information for the current position of a vehicle, wherein the map information comprises the attributes of the current road and the attributes of the next road section; comparing the attributes of the current road with the attributes of the next road section to determine the road type of the next road section; and extracting, in conjunction with the road type of the next road section and the map information corresponding to the next road section, a road feature point representing a road scene on the next road section, and outputting the name of the extracted road feature point and information of the relative distance between the road feature point and the vehicle. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING MAP AREA, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for recommending a map area, apparatus, device and storage medium, relating to intelligent search field. The method for recommending a map area includes: obtaining an operation instruction for a map application; obtaining a current user feature and scene information corresponding to the operation instruction according to the operation instruction; determining an object to be recommended according to the current user feature and the scene information, and displaying a recommended map area corresponding to the object to be recommended on an interface of the map application, so that the map area can be recommended according to the real-time behavior of the user, and the real-time behavior of the user can be quickly reflected on the interface as the final recommended map area, realizing real-time recommendation of the map area, with high timeliness and improving the quality of the map area recommendation. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389155 | OPTIMIZATION OF NETWORK SERVICE BASED ON AN EXISTING SERVICE - A network system can receive, from a user device of a requesting user, a query related to a first service. If the network system determines that a first service provider is in progress of providing a second service for the requesting user, the network system can identify, based on a service location of the second service, a plurality of entities that provide items available for selection in association with the first service. The network system can further determine whether to select the first service provider to fulfill the request for the first service based on an estimated first service duration associated with the first service and an estimated duration remaining for the second service. The first service duration can be estimated based on respective timing information associated one or more items selected by the requesting user. The network system can update a route for the first service provider. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389156 | MAP RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a map rendering method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The specific implementation scheme includes: acquiring reference road network data comprising a plurality of reference roads and trajectory point data comprising a plurality of trajectory points; determining, according to projection data of each of trajectory point elements in a trajectory point neighborhood set of each of the plurality of trajectory points onto at least one of the plurality of reference roads, a target road of the each of the plurality of trajectory points, respectively; and performing map rendering according to the target road of each of the plurality of trajectory points. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389157 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING MAP-GENERATING DATA - An apparatus for collecting map-generating data includes a processor configured to count, for each of road sections, the number of pieces of map-generating data received in a first period from one of at least one vehicle, identify one of the road sections for which the number of pieces of map-generating data received in the first period does not reach a target number for the one of the road sections, and predict, for the identified road section, the number of pieces of map-generating data to be received in a second period ahead after the first period, based on history of traffic volume under each environmental condition or history of the number of pieces of map-generating data previously received for the road section. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389158 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING TRAVEL DISTANCE AND A VEHICLE UTILIZING THE SAME - A vehicle may include a cluster and an engine control unit (ECU), where the cluster may generate a travel distance signal that indicates a travel distance detected by a vehicle speed sensor, and the ECU may be configured to set a travel distance at the time of an immediately previous key-OFF as a current travel distance when the travel distance signal indicates the initial value at the time of an ignition-ON, and to set the temporary previous travel distance and the temporary current travel distance as a previous travel distance and the current travel distance, respectively, when a temporary previous travel distance prior to a current time point by a predetermined period and a temporary current travel distance at the current time point are greater than or equal to the set current travel distance. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389159 | MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - An apparatus and method determine movement information for a user that carries an accelerometer whilst moving. The apparatus receives acceleration data from the accelerometer defined relative to a frame of reference of the accelerometer. A transformation is determined and applied to the acceleration data or to data derived from the acceleration data to determine acceleration data is a user frame of reference that includes a user direction of travel and a side to side direction transverse to the user direction of travel. The acceleration data or data derived from the acceleration data is analyzed to determine a time period corresponding either to a user stride period or to a step period as the user is walking or running; and information about accelerations in the side to side direction are used to disambiguate whether the determined time period corresponds to the user stride period or to the user step period. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389160 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT - A sensor arrangement for controlling a function in a motor vehicle comprises an electric coil for providing a magnetic field; a magnetic field sensor; and a magnetic flux element for conducting the magnetic field between the coil and the magnetic field sensor. The magnetic flux element may be supported such that it can move, and shaped such that the magnetic field in the range of the magnetic field sensor is dependent on a position of the flux element. Furthermore, there may be a processor for determining the position of the flux element based on the magnetic field determined by means of the magnetic field sensor. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389161 | PROXIMITY SENSOR AND METHOD OF USE - A method of measuring target proximity comprising the steps of transmitting a magnetic field signal by a controller of a proximity sensor at a target, measuring impedance of an inductor of a proximity sensor, calculating a relative position of the target in relation to a sensor face, and providing a near/far output status of the target at a predetermined rate. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389162 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ANGULAR POSITION IN ROTATING MACHINES - Systems and methods for determining angular position in rotating machines. A repeating sequence of segments are arranged in a track disposed at a diameter around a shaft of a rotor that rotates about an axis. A sensor is positioned to face the track and is fixed relative to the stator. The track and the sensor face to each other, which may be in directions that are parallel to the axis. The sensor generates an output that is decoupled from the diameter of the track and is related to the repeating sequence of segments. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389163 | System and method for coupling distributed sensors information to fiber optic embedded in an optical cable using acoustic vibrations | 2021-12-16 |
20210389164 | LASER LOWERING DEVICE - A laser lowering device for mounting a laser, which in one embodiment includes: at least one laser support for mounting the laser; a mount having a line receiving portion, the mount being connected to the at least one laser support; an elongated member having a first end and a second end, the first end being removably connected to a pole and the second end being pivotally connected to the mount; and a mount control line connected to the line receiving portion and extending towards the elongated member. The mount control line is manipulable to cause the mount to pivot relative to the elongated member. The laser lowering device allows a laser to be remotely lowered into a non-traditional manhole and inserted into pipes. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389165 | CORIOLIS MEASURING TRANSDUCER, AND CORIOLIS MEASURING DEVICE - The invention relates to a Coriolis measuring transducer ( | 2021-12-16 |
20210389166 | Dosing Cap with Adjustable Volume - The present disclosure provides a dosing cap. In an embodiment, the dosing cap includes (A) a collar member having an annular skirt depending from a base. An inner surface of the annular skirt has a securing member for securing the collar member to a neck of a container. The base includes (i) at least one opening with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a first direction, and (ii) an air channel with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a second direction. The dosing cap includes (B) a cap member having an annular sidewall extending from a dispensing element. An inner surface of the annular sidewall has an attachment member adjustably attached to a reciprocal attachment member on an outer surface of the first sidewall. The dosing cap includes (C) a metering chamber formed by an enclosed volume between the cap member and the base. The dosing cap includes (D) the dispensing element permitting flow of a fluid from the metering chamber. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389167 | VERTICAL TANK OIL-GAS-WATER SEPARATION WITH CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A multiphase flow calibration semi-closed loop system includes an oil-gas-water separation unit, a multiphase flow calibration unit, a single phase flow calibration section, a gas flow section, a flow data acquisition unit, and a programmable logic controller (PLC). The system is designed to have a two-step calibration process. In a first step, single phase water flow meters and single phase oil flow meters of the system are calibrated independently. In a second step, multiphase flow meters or multiphase water cut meters are calibrated using the pre-calibrated water flow meter, pre-calibrated oil flow meter, and the pre-calibrated gas flow meter. In doing so, the oil-gas-water separation unit, the multiphase flow calibration unit, the single phase flow calibration section, and the gas flow section communicate with the flow data acquisition unit providing real time data. Thus, the PLC connected to the flow data acquisition unit can perform the required calibration processes. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389168 | Method for Calibrating an Apparatus for Measuring a Process Value of at Least One Substance, Method for Measuring a Process Value of at Least One Substance by an Apparatus, and System - A method for calibrating an apparatus includes, in the case of a known process value, measuring a detector value of a first type only based on captured gamma rays that are not scattered or are scattered little; calculating a calibration assignment based on a process model; in the case of at least one unknown process value, measuring a detector value of the first type and measuring a detector value of a second type at least based on captured gamma rays that are scattered; determining the unknown process value by using the calculated calibration assignment based on the measured detector value of the first type; and modifying the calibration assignment by assigning the measured detector value of the second type to the determined process value. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389169 | COMBINATION WEIGHING DEVICE - A combination weighing device is provided that discharges, from a hopper, an article oversupplied into and received by the hopper and that collects the article using the collection container. The combination weighing device includes an oversupplied article retainer disposed at a position on a discharge path for the article to be discharged from the hopper and collected by the collection container. The oversupplied article retainer has a collection chute and a blocking shutters and temporarily retains the article guided to flow downward using the collection chute and the blocking shutter. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389170 | COMBINATION WEIGHING DEVICE - In a horizontal combination weighing device in which weighing units are arranged next to each other, a horizontally long base is equipped with the weighing units each including a weighing hopper and is supportably mounted to a support frame in a manner that the base is pivotable around a fulcrum vertically extending at lateral one end of the base. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389171 | WIRELESS SCALE AND RELEASE SYSTEM FOR SECURED CONTENT - The present disclosure pertains to a wireless scale, interface and release system for recreational and commercial weighing of items of any kind in a uniform and secure manner, furthermore designed for use on any form of bodies of water, tributaries, ocean, vehicle or land. The present disclosure comprises, scale inside of a waterproof housing, and a user interface to prompt the user through the weighing and release of the item or animal. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389172 | CLASSIFYING VIBRATIONS - It is provided a method for classifying vibrations detected in a structure of a building. The method is performed in a vibration classifier and comprising the steps of: determining a measurement period of a vibration signal; splitting the measurement period in a plurality of sequential sub-periods; calculating, for each one of the sub-periods, a variation indicator of at least one component of the vibration signal; and classifying a source of the vibration signal based on the variation indicators. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389173 | WELLBORE STIMULATION CONTROL USING FIBER OPTIC DATA - A well system includes a fiber-optic cable positionable downhole along a length of a wellbore. The well system further includes an opto-electrical interface to communicatively couple to the fiber-optic cable to monitor acoustic vibrations within the wellbore. Additionally, the well system includes a processing device and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device to cause the processing device to perform operations. The operations include receiving data representing the acoustic vibrations from the opto-electrical interface. Further, the operations include identifying deficiencies of a hydraulic fracturing operation using the data representing the acoustic vibrations. Additionally, the operations include generating a modified fracturing plan using the deficiencies of the hydraulic fracturing operation. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389174 | PIEZO-ELECTRIC SENSOR RESET - In described examples, each node between adjacent capacitive elements of a stack of series-coupled capacitive elements is biased during a reset mode, where each of the capacitive elements includes piezoelectric material. A strain-induced voltage is generated across each of the capacitive elements. Each of the strain-induced voltages is combined to generate a piezoelectric-responsive output signal during a sensing mode at a time different from the time of the reset mode. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389175 | SYSTEM AND DEVICES FOR MEASURING LIGHT SOURCES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention provides a system and related equipment for the precise measurement of the output characteristic of a light source, e.g., a dental light curing unit (LCU) or light for photodynamic therapy, using a light collector, a light detector, and a computer programmed to deliver the value of the output characteristic of the light source to the user. The systems allow for the determination of a proper | 2021-12-16 |
20210389176 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS USING AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES WITH DIFFERENT SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel and a counter circuit. The pixel includes a first avalanche photodiode and a second avalanche photodiode having different sensitivity to light. The counter circuit is configured to count a first signal based on charges generated in the first avalanche photodiode, and a second signal based on charges generated in the second avalanche photodiode. Processing on the count value is different between a case where a count value output from the counter circuit is larger than a threshold value and a case where the count value output from the counter circuit is smaller than the threshold value. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389177 | FILTER ARRAY, SPECTRAL DETECTOR INCLUDING THE FILTER ARRAY AND SPECTROMETER EMPLOYING THE SPECTRAL DETECTOR - Provided are a filter array, a spectral detector including the filter array, and a spectrometer employing the spectral detector. The filter array may have a multi-array structure including a plurality of filter arrays. The filter array may include a first filter array having a first structure in which a plurality of first filters with different transmittance spectrums are arranged, and a second filter array having a second structure in which a plurality of second filters with different transmittance spectrums are arranged, the second filter array being arranged to at least partially overlap the first filter array at a first position relative to the first filter array so that the multi-arrangement type filter array has a first set of absorbance characteristics. The second filter array may be configurable to be arranged to at least partially overlap the first filter array at a second position relative to the first filter array so that the multi-arrangement type filter array has a second set of absorbance characteristics different from the first set of absorbance characteristics. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389178 | SPECTROSCOPIC UNIT AND SPECTROSCOPIC MODULE - A spectroscopic unit includes a housing, a light incident portion provided in the housing, a Fabry-Perot interference filter arranged in the housing and having a first mirror and a second mirror, a distance between the first mirror and the second mirror being variable. The light incident portion includes an aperture portion in which an aperture is formed and a band pass filter arranged between the aperture and the Fabry-Perot interference filter. The aperture portion is configured so that a value obtained by dividing a length of the aperture in a facing direction of the first mirror and the second mirror by a width of the aperture in a direction perpendicular to the facing direction is equal to or more than 0.5 and the entirety of light passing through the aperture is incident on the band pass filter. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389179 | MEASUREMENTS USING SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE SPECTROMETERS - An example system includes a first spectrometer, a second spectrometer, and an electronic control device communicatively coupled to the first spectrometer and the second spectrometer. The first spectrometer is operable to emit first light using a first light source towards a sample region between the first spectrometer and the second spectrometer. The first spectrometer is also operable to measure first reflected light reflected using a first photodetector from an object in the sample region. The second spectrometer is operable to measure first transmitted light transmitted through the object using a second photodetector. The electronic control device is operable to determine, based on at least one of the measured first reflected light or the measured first transmitted light, a spectral distribution of light corresponding to the object. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389180 | RAMAN SPECTROMETER - There are disclosed methods and apparatus ( | 2021-12-16 |
20210389181 | PHOTOSENSORS FOR COLOR MEASUREMENT - A sensor package includes a semiconductor sensor chip having multiple light sensitive regions each of which defines a respective light sensitive channel. An optical filter structure is disposed over the sensor chip and includes filters defining respective spectral functions for different ones of the light sensitive channels. In particular, the optical filter structure includes at least three optical filters defining spectral functions for tristimulus detection by a first subset of the light sensitive channels, and at least one additional optical filter defining a spectral function for spectral detection by a second subset of the light sensitive channels encompassing a wavelength range that differs from that of the first subset of light sensitive channels. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE COLOR OF TEETH AND ATTACHMENT FOR USE IN THE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system and a method for determining the color of teeth or tooth surfaces, wherein the system comprises a 2D or 3D camera and an attachment on said camera, which sets a geometry of a captured image in such a way that, compared to capturing an image without the attachment, the distance, spatial angle and orientation of tooth surfaces relative to the camera are restricted. The attachment according to the invention can in particular be fitted to the camera in a simple manner. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389183 | HIGH-SPEED ULTRATHIN SILICON-ON-INSULATOR INFRARED BOLOMETERS AND IMAGERS - In one aspect, the invention provides a nanobolometer cell including a base layer, a dielectric spacer layer above and adjacent to the base layer, an ultrathin silicon film above and adjacent to the spacer layer, and at least one plasmonic optical antenna resonator above and adjacent to the silicon film. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389184 | LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE - A light receiving device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion element units | 2021-12-16 |
20210389185 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREING DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD - A temperature measuring device and a temperature measuring method are provided. The temperature measuring device includes a processing module, a first image capturing module and a second image capturing module. The processing module calculates a second reference area, a third temperature measuring area and a fourth temperature measuring area of a second image information according to a first reference area, a first temperature measuring area and a second temperature measuring area of a first image information, respectively. The processing module obtains a first detected temperature value of a test subject in the third temperature measuring area. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389186 | Process for Producing an Infrared Detector and Associated Infrared Detector - A method of manufacturing an infrared detector includes the steps of: hybrid bonding of a detection chip to a second chip; said hybrid bonding step being carried out by adhesion of contacts and of insulator layers of the two chips; removal of a substrate of said detection chip to reach a deep oxide layer; forming of conductive pads through said deep oxide layer to reach transistors present in a semiconductor layer; and forming of microbolometers suspended over said deep oxide layer and electrically connected to the conductive pads. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389187 | SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A sensor apparatus includes a photosensitive sensor, a cover, and a moving mechanism. The photosensitive sensor includes a first lens and a second lens which focus on a photosensitive element. The cover includes a first slit arranged on an optical axis of the first lens and a second slit arranged on an optical axis of the second lens. The moving mechanism is configured to move the photosensitive sensor and the cover relative to each other so that the second slit is arranged on the optical axis of the first lens. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389188 | THERMOCOUPLE STRUCTURE - A thermocouple sensing structure for measurement of a temperature distribution inside of a vessel ( | 2021-12-16 |
20210389189 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor and a method of controlling the temperature sensor are provided. The temperature sensor includes a voltage generator suitable for generating a temperature voltage that has a voltage level determined according to a temperature and a reference voltage that has a constant voltage level independent of a change in temperature, a code generator suitable for generating an initial code based on the temperature voltage and the reference voltage, and a code calibrator suitable for generating a calibrated code based on the initial code and a calibration factor. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389190 | THERMOCHROMIC INK INDICIA FOR ACTIVATABLE QUALITY LABELS - An activatable quality label operative to provide an indication of exceedance of a temperature threshold following activation thereof at a temperature less than or equal to an activation temperature, including a readable indicator located on the quality label and operative, following activation of the quality label at or below the activation temperature, to readably indicate exceedance of the temperature threshold, an actuator element operative to activate the quality label and indicia at least partially formed by thermochromic ink, the thermochromic ink having a first visual appearance at temperatures less than or equal to the activation temperature and a second visual appearance at temperatures above the activation temperature, such that a visual appearance of the indicia is indicative of whether the quality label is at a temperature less than or equal to the activation temperature and hence may be activated. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389191 | TIRE LOAD ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for estimating the load of a tire supporting a vehicle includes providing the tire, in which the tire includes a pair of sidewalls extending to a circumferential tread, and the tread includes a plurality of tread blocks. A length of the tire footprint is indicated with a first time interval, and a full rotation of the tire is indicated with a second time interval. The first time interval may be indicated by peaks of an amplitude of a tire-based magnetic sensor signal, and the second time interval may be indicated by peaks of the amplitude of the tire-based magnetic sensor signal or by a linear speed of the vehicle. The load on the tire is determined from a ratio of the first time interval to the second time interval at an inflation pressure of the tire. A tire load estimation system is also provided. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389192 | TACTILE SENSOR - A tactile sensor includes a base portion, a displacement portion, a displacement portion support body that supports the displacement portion in a displaceable manner in a first direction with respect to the base portion, a hair in a straight line arranged along a second direction, a hair fixing portion to which a base end of the hair is fixed, a hair fixing portion support body that turnably supports the hair fixing portion with respect to the displacement portion, a displacement detector that detects a displacement of the displacement portion with respect to the base portion, and a turn detector that detects a turn of the hair fixing portion with respect to the displacement portion. The sensations specific to the hairy skin, such as perception of a liquid surface and static electricity, can be detected from a shearing force and a moment acting on the hair. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389193 | Flexible Bridge Sensor Electronic Architecture and Method for Implementing Same - A sensor circuit architecture includes a Wheatstone bridge-type sensing element that includes a plurality of resistors and a plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of resistors includes one of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks includes at least one digital resistive compensation network configured to provide at least one of the following: variable resistance, digitally controlled variable resistance, digitally controlled resistance, and/or digitally set resistance. The sensor circuit architecture is configured with the at least one digital resistive compensation network to implement at least one of the following: a desired scale of output, a desired offset compensation, and/or a desired temperature compensation. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389194 | STRAIN-MEASURING STRUCTURE HAVING A STRUCTURED CARRIER - The invention relates to a strain-measuring structure, comprising a carrier, which is divided into regions along the predetermined breaking points only after being joined to the object to be measured. After the separation along the predetermined breaking points, the regions individually joined in the joining zones can be moved freely relative to one another in the event of strain of the object, without the strain-measuring structure applying significant forces to the object to be measured, which could distort the strain measurement. Measuring assemblies for measuring strain lie between the regions. Said measuring assemblies can be based on different principles, depending on the application. The invention further relates to a method for producing the strain-measuring structure, to a method for measuring the strain of objects, and to the use of the structure to measure strain. The invention further preferably relates to a system comprising the strain-measuring structure and a control device for reading out and preferably activating and joining the structure. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389195 | ULTRASONIC TEST DEVICE AND TEST METHOD FOR SERVICE STRESS OF A MOVING MECHANICAL COMPONENT - An ultrasonic test device and test method for service stress of a moving mechanical component, where the device comprises an ultrasonic probe, a coupling fluid, a pressure-maintaining cover and universal wheels. The cover is vertically arranged above an inspected position of an inspected component, an interior of the pressure-maintaining cover is filled with coupling fluid, a bottom of the cover is provided with a structure permeable to the coupling fluid to form a coupling fluid film between the inspected position and the bottom of the cover, and a top of the cover is equipped with the ultrasonic probe. A detection part at a lower part of the ultrasonic probe extends into the coupling fluid of the cover and is vertical to the bottom of the cover without contact. The distance between the ultrasonic probe and the inspected component is kept unchanged through the universal wheels. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389196 | Torque Sensing Device and Method - A torque sensor can be configured to detect the positions of rotor targets relative to the position of respective receiver structures. A torque sensor can include an oscillator circuit coupled to an excitation coil. The oscillator circuit can be configured to generate a periodic voltage signal and energize the excitation coil with the periodic voltage signal. The inductive torque sensor can include a stator circuit board including receivers with receiver structures that are periodically repeated. The inductive torque sensor can include rotor targets coupled to respective rotors, the rotor targets can be configured to affect the strength of the inductive coupling between the excitation coil and the respective receivers. The inductive torque sensor can include processing circuitry configured to provide signals associated with positions of the rotor targets relative to their respective receiver structures. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389197 | LOAD CELL SYSTEM FOR PUMPJACK AND METHOD OF INSTALLING LOAD CELL - A load cell system for measuring rod load in a pumpjack. The system includes a tension load cell operatively coupled to a bridle between first and second bridle cables at a location longitudinally spaced between a horsehead and a bridle plate of the pumpjack. The bridle plate is coupled to the first bridle cable at a first connection point and the tension load cell is coupled to the first bridle cable at a second connection point longitudinally spaced between the bridle plate and the horsehead. The load cell system defines a third connection point longitudinally spaced between the second connection point and the horsehead. The load cell system is configured to maintain substantially constant longitudinal distances between the second connection point and each of the first and third connection points during operation of the horsehead. The load cell system is further configured to maintain a substantially constant lateral distance between the first and second bridle cables at the third connection point during operation of the horsehead. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389198 | SHAPED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SHAPED ARTICLE - Shaped body, in particular for a pressure sensor, having a membrane and having a supporting section supporting the membrane, the membrane being produced at least in sections from a ceramic material by means of additive manufacturing, in particular 3D screen printing, and the greatest possible distance between two points lying on the outer circumference of the membrane ( | 2021-12-16 |
20210389199 | SHAPED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SHAPED BODY - Shaped body, in particular for a pressure sensor, having a membrane and having a supporting section supporting the membrane, the supporting section being produced at least in sections from a ceramic material by means of additive manufacturing, in particular 3D screen printing, and wherein the supporting section has, along a longitudinal extension, portions with different inner circumferential shapes and/or inner circumferential dimensions, wherein a first portion of the supporting section forms the outer circumference of the membrane and a second portion with an inner circumferential shape and/or dimension differing from the first portion and is constant in the longitudinal extent forms at least 25% of the longitudinal extent of the supporting section. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389200 | PRESSURE SENSOR AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PRESSURE - A pressure sensor includes an input terminal configured to receive an electrical input signal and an output terminal configured to provide an electrical output signal in response to the electrical input signal. The pressure sensor also includes an acousto-mechanical diaphragm and an electrically conductive element formed on the acousto-mechanical diaphragm. The pressure sensor further includes a distributed element filter configured to capacitively couple the input terminal to the output terminal. The distributed element filter is spaced from the electrically conductive element by an air gap. The air gap changes in response to a deflection of the acousto-mechanical diaphragm caused by a change in pressure on the acousto-mechanical diaphragm. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389201 | PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE - A pressure sensor device for a pressure sensor, in particular a capacitive pressure sensor, having a pressure chamber bounded by a movable sensing membrane and a stationary counterelectrode of the pressure sensor device. The sensing membrane and the counterelectrode each run in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction of the pressure sensor device. The sensing membrane is directly or indirectly spring-mounted, in particular spring-mounted in two-dimensional fashion, in the pressure chamber relative to the counterelectrode by at least one micromechanical spring element, in particular a plurality of micromechanical spring elements. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389202 | MICROMECHANICAL PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE AND A CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION METHOD - A micromechanical pressure sensor device including a semiconductor base substrate of a first doping type on which an intermediate layer of the first doping type is situated, a cavity sealed by a sealing layer of a second doping type and including a reference pressure, a first grating of the second doping type, suspended inside the cavity on a buried connection region of the second doping type, the buried connection region laterally extending away from the cavity into the semiconductor base material, a second grating of the second doping type, situated on a side of the diaphragm region pointing to the cavity and suspended on the diaphragm region, the first grating and the second grating being electrically insulated from each other and forming a capacitance, a first connection electrically connected to the first grating via the buried connection region, and a second connection electrically connected to the second grating. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389203 | PRESSURE DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RESULTANT FORCE AND APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME - A method for determining a resultant force is provided including includes performing a standard calibration by evenly applying a force across a plurality of sensing areas of a sensor system, performing a non-standard calibration by non-evenly applying a force across the plurality of sensing areas of the sensor system, developing a machine learning algorithm based on data collected during the standard calibration and the non-standard calibration, detecting a field use force applied to a sensing area of the sensor system, and using the machine learning algorithm to correct a force measurement of the field use force applied to the sensing area of the sensor system. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389204 | Constraining Barometric Pressure Sensor Calibration with Sporadic Data Collection - Multiple calibration results for calibrating a barometric pressure sensor based on data received from a device containing the sensor are determined and stored in a table. The table is updated based on rules regarding a relationship between each calibration result and a current calibration value. The calibration results are weighted and combined to determine a combined calibration result. The calibration value for calibrating the sensor is selected from the calibration results, the combined calibration results, or the current calibration value based on a selection criteria. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389205 | LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM - A leakage detection system is provided and includes a substrate provided between a first element and a second element, and at least one sensing unit provided on the substrate to generate an electrical signal when coming into contact with a leakage liquid. As such, warnings can be provided when coming into contact with the leakage liquid to avoid significant loss of assets. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389206 | Device and Method for Leakage Testing of a Connection Between a Rubber Stopper and a Corresponding Drug Container - The invention concerns the field of container closure integrity (CCI) and the testing of CCI and relates to a device and a method for leakage testing of a connection between a rubber stopper and a corresponding drug container which can be used for storing drugs under sterile conditions and which is closed by said rubber stopper. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389207 | Non-Contact Dynamic Strain Field Measuring Method and System for Rotating Blade - The present invention discloses a non-contact dynamic strain field measuring method and system for a rotating blade. The method includes the following steps: establishing a three-dimensional finite element model of a to-be-measured rotating blade, and extracting modal parameters of the three-dimensional finite element model; determining the number and axial mounting positions of blade tip timing sensors; constructing a conversion matrix of finite measuring point displacement and an overall strain field; and acquiring blade tip finite position displacement of the rotating blade based on the blade tip timing sensors, and acquiring, by a dynamic strain, dynamic strains of the rotating blade at any moment, on any position and in any direction based on modal processing of the conversion matrix. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389208 | Dynamic Characteristic Measurement Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a dynamic characteristic measurement device capable of accurately measuring dynamic vibration characteristics of a rubber isolator and the like in a high-frequency vibration range. A dynamic characteristic measurement device according to the present invention includes a base, a support part that is placed above the base so as to be capable of floating via an air spring, an electrodynamic vibrator that is provided on the base side of an object under test mounted between the base and the support part and vibrates the object under test, and a load washer that is provided on the support part side of the object under test and measures a dynamic load applied to the object under test. Here, a crosshead of the support part is shaped such that a resonant frequency is at least 3 kHz. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389209 | AUTOMATIC LEVELING SYSTEM - An automatic leveling system includes a platform, a leveling device provided on the platform, a loading tray provided on the leveling device, three reflecting devices provided on the loading tray, an image acquisition device provided above the loading tray, a height positioning device provided on an end of the image acquisition device facing the loading tray, a light source configured to emit light, and a controller coupled to the image acquisition device. The height positioning device processes light emitted by the light source into three paths of light to the three reflecting devices. The three reflecting devices reflect the three paths of light. The image acquisition device acquires the three paths of reflected light into a light signal. The controller detects deflection values of the loading tray according to the light signal and controls the leveling device to level the loading tray. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389210 | ROOF-MOUNTED OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a method for imaging an optical signal received by a graded index (GRIN) optical element to account for known variations in a graded index distribution of the GRIN optical element. The method may involve using a plurality of optical detector elements to receive optical rays received by the GRIN optical element at a plane, where the plane forms a part of the GRIN optical element or is downstream of the GRIN optical element relative to a direction of propagation of the optical rays. The optical rays are then traced to a plurality of additional specific locations on the plane based on the known variations in the graded index distribution of the GRIN optical element. A processor may be used to determine information on both an intensity and an angle of the received optical rays at each one of the plurality of specific locations on the plane of the GRIN optical element. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389211 | TEST DEVICE FOR LENS MODULE - A test device for a lens module in respect of visible light and in respect of infrared light includes a test fixture and a display able to show both types of light in images captured. The test fixture supports the lens module. The display is configured to display pictures of test cards captured by the lens module. The display includes a display panel and a backlight module located on a side of the display panel. The backlight module includes a first light source and a second light source, the first light source emits visible light, and the second light source emits infrared light. | 2021-12-16 |
20210389212 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR SPEED VARIATOR - An inspection method for a speed variator including a first gear and a second gear includes obtaining a first position of the first gear based on a contact between a first gear tooth of the first gear and a third gear tooth of the second gear, driving the first gear to rotate in a first direction to bring a second gear tooth of the first gear into contact with the third gear tooth, obtaining a second position of the first gear based on a contact between the second gear tooth and the third gear tooth, and determining a condition of the speed variator based on the first position and the second position. Also, an inspection device is provided. | 2021-12-16 |