| 52nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
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| 20210405573 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a drawer movable between an inner position and an outer position and supporting a first cartridge including a first photosensitive drum and a first discharge part and a second cartridge including a second photosensitive drum and a second discharge part; and a waste toner box including a first coupling part coupled with the first discharge part and a second coupling part coupled with the second discharge part, in a state where the first cartridge and the second cartridge are supported by the drawer at an inner position and the waste toner box is mounted to the apparatus main body, the waste toner box being movable between a first/second position where the first coupling part and the first discharge part are coupled/decoupled and the second coupling part and the second discharge part are coupled/decoupled. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405574 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405575 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner container, a support member, a lock member, a lock removing portion, and a moving mechanism. The toner container is attachable to an attachment position in an apparatus main body. The support member supports the toner container which is moved between the attachment position and a detachment position located toward a surface of the apparatus main body. The lock member is provided on the support member, is movable in a first direction along the surface, and is displaced between a lock position where the toner container is locked to the attachment position and a removal position. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the lock removing portion moves the lock member to the removal position to remove a lock of the toner container. The moving mechanism moves the toner container toward the detachment position when the lock removing portion removes the lock. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405576 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Image forming apparatus includes a transfer nip control member being movable to a pressing position where a pressing force for positioning a transfer roller in a transfer nip releasing position is applied to a transfer unit in a closed position and to a releasing position where application of the pressing force is released; a fixing nip control mechanism for changing a relative position between a fixing roller and an opposing member to a fixing position where a fixing nip is formed and to a fixing nip releasing position; and an interlocking mechanism for moving the transfer nip control member in the releasing position to the pressing position in conjunction with a fixing nip releasing operation by the fixing nip control mechanism. The transfer nip control member in the pressing position is moved to the releasing position when the transfer unit is moved from the closed position to an open position. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405577 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium, a first frame and a second frame configured to support the image forming unit, the first frame and the second frame being provided to sandwich the image forming unit, an outer casing member extending along a surface of the first frame configured to cover the first frame, and an electronic circuit substrate that is provided on a side opposite to the image forming unit via the surface of the first frame, and is provided between the first frame and the outer casing member, wherein the electronic circuit substrate extends in a direction crossing a surface of the outer casing member. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405579 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - One of two walls apart from each other in a first direction has an opening. A drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum rotatable about a drum axis extending in the first direction when the drum cartridge is attached to a housing. The drum cartridge is movable through the opening between a first position at which an entirety of the drum cartridge is located inside the housing and a second position at which at least part of the drum cartridge is located outside the housing. The development cartridge includes a development roller rotatable about an axis extending in the first direction. The development cartridge is unattachable to and undetachable from the drum cartridge in a state where the drum cartridge is located at the first position. The development cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the drum cartridge in a state where the drum cartridge is located at the second position. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405580 | Developing Cartridge Provided with Cover - A process cartridge including: a photosensitive member cartridge including a photosensitive member; and a developing cartridge including a developer carrier. The developing cartridge further includes: an inputting portion; a first cover; and a second cover. The first cover has a first engagement portion configured to move the developer carrier away from the photosensitive member. The first engagement portion is positioned between an axis of the developer carrier extending in an axial direction and an axis of the inputting portion extending in the axial direction, when projected in the axial direction. The second cover has a second engagement portion configured to move the developer carrier away from the photosensitive member. The second engagement portion is positioned between the axis of the developer carrier and the axis of the inputting portion, when projected in the axial direction. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405581 | Developing Cartridge Provided with Cover - A process cartridge including: a photosensitive member cartridge including a photosensitive member; and a developing cartridge including a developer carrier. The developing cartridge further includes: an inputting portion; a first cover; and a second cover. The first cover has a first engagement portion configured to move the developer carrier away from the photosensitive member. The first engagement portion is positioned between an axis of the developer carrier extending in an axial direction and an axis of the inputting portion extending in the axial direction, when projected in the axial direction. The second cover has a second engagement portion configured to move the developer carrier away from the photosensitive member. The second engagement portion is positioned between the axis of the developer carrier and the axis of the inputting portion, when projected in the axial direction. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405582 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DEVELOPING DEVICE WHICH HAS DEVELOPING CASING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, AND TONER CARTRIDGE WHICH SUPPLIES TONER TO DEVELOPING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes comprising a main body casing, a drum cartridge, and a toner cartridge. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a developing device, a developing casing, and a developing shutter. The developing device includes a developing roller, a developing casing, and a developing shutter. The toner cartridge includes a toner casing, a toner shutter, and a cushion member. The cushion member is positioned between the toner casing and the toner shutter. The cushion member is configured to allow the toner shutter, while the toner shutter is engaged with the developing casing, to move relative to the toner casing when the developing casing moves relative to the photosensitive drum in a state where the drum cartridge and the toner cartridge are attached in the main body casing, the developing shutter is in a developing open position, and the toner shutter is in a toner open position. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion for mounting a process cartridge, the process cartridge including a first unit having an image bearing drum, and a second unit having a developing roller, the second unit being movable between a contact position in which the roller contacts the drum and a spaced position in which they are mutually spaced; an engageable member engageable with a force receiving portion provided on the second unit; wherein the engageable member is movable between a first position for maintaining the second unit in the spaced position by engaging with the force receiving portion, a second position for permitting movement of the second unit from the spaced position to the contact position; and a third position for permitting the process cartridge to be mounted, by being pressed by the process cartridge to retract, when the process cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405584 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a duct that recovers scattered toner and ozone generated in an image former, wherein the duct is partitioned into two parts, one of the partitioned parts is a scattered toner recovery path that recovers the scattered toner, and the other of the partitioned parts is an ozone recovery path that recovers the ozone. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING HOLOGRAM IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus for processing hologram image data capable of optimizing image quality of a hologram image are provided. The image processing method includes receiving input image data, reading a header included at a predetermined location in the input image data, and generating hologram data configured to display a hologram image by performing a Fourier calculation and pixel encoding on the input image data based on at least one parameter recorded in the header, wherein the at least one parameter recorded in the header includes at least one of depth information, scale information, and gamma information. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405586 | Watch Dial And Watch - A watch dial includes a substrate, a protruding portion formed on the substrate by laser machining, and a coating layer provided around the protruding portion. At least a portion of an upper surface of the protruding portion is exposed from the coating layer. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405587 | ROTARY WHEEL SET SYSTEM OF A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT - A rotary wheel set system of a horological movement with a rotary wheel set, a first and a second bearing, for a first and a second pivot of the arbor of the rotary wheel set, the wheel set including a mass center in a position of its arbor, the first bearing including an endstone including a main body equipped with a pyramidal cavity configured to receive the first pivot of the arbor of the rotary wheel set, the cavity having at least three faces giving its pyramidal shape, the first pivot being capable of cooperating with the cavity of the endstone to rotate in the cavity, at least one contact zone between the first pivot and a face being generated, the normal at the contact zone or zones forming a contact angle (α | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405588 | ROTARY WHEEL SET SYSTEM OF A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT - A rotary wheel set system of a horological movement with a rotary wheel set a first and a second bearing for a first and a second pivot of the arbor of the rotary wheel set, the wheel set including a mass center in a position of its arbor, the first bearing including an endstone including a main body equipped with a conical cavity configured to receive the first pivot of the arbor of the rotary wheel set, the first pivot being capable of cooperating with the cavity of the endstone to rotate in the cavity, at least one contact zone between the first pivot and the cavity being generated, the normals of the contact zone forming a minimum contact angle relating to the plane perpendicular to the arbor of the pivot, the minimum contact angle being less than or equal to 30°, preferably less than or equal to arctan (½) | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405589 | STEM-CROWN OF A WATER-RESISTANT WATCH CASE, AND WATCH CASE COMPRISING SAME - The stem-crown of a water-resistant watch case includes a tubular stem inserted into a tubular opening of a middle part of the watch case, and a crown including a first portion connected in part to the stem and a second handling portion. The first portion includes an annular contact surface inclined at less than 90° with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the stem-crown starting from the first portion towards the outside of the second portion. In a rest position, the first portion is in contact against an annular receiving surface of the middle part of complementary shape to one end of the tubular opening towards the outside. The crown further includes a washer under a bearing part of the first portion and contacting the stem, being configured to bear in an annular slot of the middle part between the tubular opening and the annular receiving surface. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405590 | User Interface Visualizations In A Hybrid Smart Watch - Aspects of the disclosure provide a hybrid smartwatch that incorporates digital technology with an analog timepiece in a wristwatch form factor. A digital display layer of a non-emissive material is configured to present notices, data, content and other information. An analog display layer includes one or more hands of the timepiece, and overlies the digital display layer. The hands may be controlled by a processor through micro-stepper motors or other actuators. Physical motion of the hands is simultaneously coupled with arrangement of content or other elements on the display layer, which results in numerous types of hybrid visualizations. This includes temporal presentations using hourly, daily, monthly or other time scales. Shape-shifting of the watch hands between 2D and 1D arrangements can linearly focus on certain information. And various content-aware layouts can highlight, bracket, occlude or otherwise emphasize or deemphasize displayed information. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405591 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An information terminal device of the present invention is a wristwatch type information terminal device provided with a storage tube on one side portion of a body, and is provided with a mechanism or the like that stores a film-shaped input/output portion in the storage tube in a wound up state, allows the input/output portion to be drawn out and extended through a slit, and reels in the input/output portion as appropriate. The input/output portion is lined with, or is enclosed in a frame of, a shape-memory alloy, thereby holding the input/output portion in an extended state (so as not to curl) when the input/output portion is drawn out from the body. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405592 | WEARABLE DEVICE - A wearable device is disclosed. The wearable device includes: a wearable assembly and a display device detachably mounted on the wearable assembly, and the display device includes: a first body having a connecting end; a second body, which is rotatably connected to the connecting end of the first body, and can be folded inwardly toward the first body to overlap with the first body, or folded outwards away from the first body to unfold relative to each other; and, a flexible display device, which is covered on the first body and the second body, and can be folded inward or unfolded outward correspondingly with mutual rotation between the first body and the second body. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405593 | PUSH BUTTON DEVICE AND TIMEPIECE - A push button device including a supporting member which is provided with a through hole and in which a recess section is provided outside the through hole, an operation member which includes a shaft section that is slidably inserted into the through hole, and a head section that is provided on an outer end of the shaft section and slidably fitted into the recess section, a first filter which is provided in the recess section and arranged at a position surrounded by an annular first groove section into which an outer circumferential convex section of the head section is fitted and the outer circumferential convex section, and a second filter which is provided in the head section and arranged at a position surrounded by an annular second groove section into which an inner circumferential convex section of the recess section is fitted and the inner circumferential convex section. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405594 | Coherent Mixing Interference Based Sensors for Characterizing Movement of a Watch Crown - An electronic watch includes a housing, a user-operable watch crown mounted to the housing, an electromagnetic radiation source emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation toward a watch crown surface, and a sensor. The beam of electromagnetic radiation depends on a coherent mixing of electromagnetic radiation within a resonant cavity of the electromagnetic radiation source. The coherent mixing includes a mixing of a first amount of electromagnetic radiation generated by the electromagnetic radiation source and a second amount of electromagnetic radiation redirected into the resonant cavity by the watch crown surface. The sensor measures a first parameter of the beam of electromagnetic radiation and determines, using the measurement of the first parameter, a value of a second parameter characterizing movement of the watch crown. The second parameter may include a direction of rotation or speed of rotation of the watch crown, or other parameters. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405595 | DATA INTERACTION PLATFORMS UTILIZING DYNAMIC RELATIONAL AWARENESS - There is a need for more effective and efficient data modeling and/or data visualization solutions. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing data modeling and/or data visualization in an effective and efficient manner. In one example, solutions for generating a data model with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. In another example, solutions for processing data retrieval queries using data models with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. In yet another example, solutions for generating data visualizations using data models with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. In a further example, solutions for integrating external data objects into data models with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405596 | DATA INTERACTION PLATFORMS UTILIZING DYNAMIC RELATIONAL AWARENESS - There is a need for more effective and efficient data modeling and/or data visualization solutions. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing data modeling and/or data visualization in an effective and efficient manner. In one example, solutions for generating a data model with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. In another example, solutions for processing data retrieval queries using data models with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. In yet another example, solutions for generating data visualizations using data models with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. In a further example, solutions for integrating external data objects into data models with dynamic relational awareness are disclosed. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405597 | ENGINEERING DEVICE, ENGINEERING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An engineering device, which is configured to set a higher-level control device capable of controlling a control device for one or more industrial machines, the engineering device including circuitry configured to: receive specification of a register number of the higher-level control device; determine, based on the specified register number, a register range to be used for control of the control device by the higher-level control device; and allocate the determined register range among registers of the higher-level control device, for the control of the control device. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405598 | FOODSTUFF SENSING APPLIANCE - An appliance includes a temperature control system, a light source, and a spectrometer. The spectrometer works in conjunction with the light source to obtain a measured value of a foodstuff. The measured value is at least one of an absorbance value, a transmittance value, and a reflectance value. The measured value from the foodstuff is compared to a reference value for the foodstuff. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405599 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND USING EQUIPMENT DEFINITIONS - Systems and methods for creating and using equipment definitions are provided. An archetypal device used to identify one or more data points associated with the archetypal device. A point definition is generated for each identified data point associated with the archetypal device. Each point definition includes an abstraction of a text string extracted from the corresponding data point that is applicable to multiple different devices of the same type of building equipment. The generated point definitions are used to create an equipment definition for a type of building equipment. The equipment definition can be used to identify data points associated with other devices of the same type of building equipment and to automatically create equipment objects representing such devices. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405600 | SWITCH CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, SMART SWITCH AND CONTROL SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a switch circuit and a control method thereof, a smart switch and a control system. The switch circuit includes a wireless communication module, a switch module coupled to a load, a switch-on power obtaining circuit, an energy storage circuit coupled with the wireless communication module and a switch-off power obtaining circuit. The load is coupled with a neutral wire. The switch-on power obtaining circuit is configured to output a first current to the energy storage circuit in response to the switch module being switched on. The switch-off power obtaining circuit is configured to output a second current to the energy storage circuit via the second power supply terminal in response to the switch module being switched off. The second current is less than the first current. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405601 | REMOTE RESETTING TO FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS; A METHOD AND A DEVICE - A method, implemented in a device, for remote resetting of the device to factory default settings, the device comprising an electric circuit adapted to carry out the factory default reset and a secure processing and storage environment, SPSE, the method comprising: receiving, at the SPSE, a request to reset the device to factory default settings and a challenge associated with the request, wherein the request and the challenge are received via a network; initiating, by the SPSE, a reset to factory default settings of the device by communicating with the electric circuit via a communication channel; and sending, by the SPSE, a confirmation via the network, wherein the confirmation includes a response to the challenge as produced by the SPSE and an attestation report, the attestation report being a declaration by the SPSE that the reset to factory default settings is initiated or carried out. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405602 | CONTROLLED DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A controlled dispensing system includes a dispensing fixture and a server system coupled to the dispensing fixture and a mobile device via a communication network. The server system receives from the mobile device identification data of a user of the mobile device and verifies an identity or age of the user. In accordance with the verifying of the identity or age of the user, the server system transmits to the mobile device dispense approval data including an indication that the identity or age of the user is verified. The dispensing fixture obtains via an input peripheral a dispense code provided by the mobile device, the dispense code corresponding to the dispense approval data, and in accordance with the dispense code, causes a dispensing mechanism to dispense the controlled product. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405603 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RCORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an apparatus for generating a operation plan of a hydrogen production system comprising a hydrogen production apparatus, comprising: a demand predicting unit for generating a predicted demand amount for each of a plurality of types of hydrogen with a different environmental load of production over a target period of the operation plan; and an operation planning unit for generating the operation plan, which is for generating a plurality of types of hydrogen with a different environmental load of production by the hydrogen production apparatus, based on a predicted hydrogen demand amount of each of the plurality of types of hydrogen. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405604 | EFFICIENT CONTROLLER DATA GENERATION AND EXTRACTION - Disclosed herein are techniques for efficiently providing controller data as part of a maintenance or update process. Techniques include receiving, from a first remote computing device, a message associated with at least one controller; extracting, based on the received message, an image of software associated with the at least one controller; accessing, based on the extracted image, a delta file; and transmitting the accessed delta file to a second remote computing device. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405605 | AUTOMATION OBJECTS FOR INTEGRATED DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS - The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for facilitating object-based cross-domain industrial automation control. An object library comprising a plurality of objects may be maintained. One or more of the objects may represent physical counterparts for use in an industrial automation process. Each object of the plurality of objects in the object library may have at least one property that an automated control device operation can be programmed to act on. Each object of the plurality of objects may also have at least one property that a human machine interface component can utilize in generating display elements corresponding to the objects for display on the human machine interface. When modifications to objects in the object library are received, those modifications may be automatically deployed and incorporated in controller logic and HMI graphics and control. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405606 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM, HOST CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A production system includes a control device that controls one or more industrial devices, and a host control device that communicably connects to the control device and controls the control device. The host control device includes a register memory allocated for control of the control device and including a command area, and transmission circuitry that transmits multiple command data sets stored in the command area of the control device to the control device, and the control device includes a communication memory in which the multiple command data sets received from the host control device are stored, and processing circuitry that executes a process instructed by the host control device based on the multiple command data sets stored in the communication memory. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405607 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL COMPUTERIZED NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD OF PERFORMING THE SAME - A computer numerical control (CNC) machining apparatus and method are disclosed which comprise: a first base; a second base vertically perpendicular to the first base; a tool head support assembly having a tool head, connected to and move a tool head in an omni-directional; and a plurality of rotatable clamps configured to independently hold, release, and move a workpiece along the first base and independently rotate a workpiece 360° around itself. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405608 | THERMAL DISPLACEMENT CORRECTION METHOD FOR MACHINE TOOL - Provided is a thermal displacement correction method using a machine learning method but making it possible to, on a user side, calculate a thermal displacement amount appropriate to a machine tool of the user and correct the thermal displacement. In a machine tool on a target user side, a thermal displacement amount between workpiece and tool corresponding to a temperature at a preset measurement point is calculated based on a parameter defining a relation between the temperature and the thermal displacement amount, and a positioning position for workpiece and tool is corrected in accordance with the calculated thermal displacement amount. On a manufacturer side, operational status information of the machine tool on the target user side is obtained, an operational status identical to the obtained operational status on the target user side is reproduced with a machine tool of a same type as the machine tool on the target user side based on the obtained operational status information, a temperature at a measurement point identical to the measurement point on the machine tool on the target user side and a thermal displacement amount between workpiece and tool are measured during reproduction, and the parameter is calculated by machine learning based on the measured temperature and thermal displacement amount. The parameter in the machine tool on the target user side is updated with the calculated parameter. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405609 | HYBRID INTERNET OF THINGS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK - Various examples are disclosed for hybrid alert and action solution in Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks. A multi-edge alert definition specifies a plurality of IoT devices that communicate through edge devices. The multi-edge alert definition is decomposed decompose into individual edge alert sub-definitions. Each of the individual edge alert sub-definitions is evaluated using data from individual ones of the edge devices. An alert is triggered based on one of the individual edge alert sub-definitions being met. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405610 | Maintenance Recommendation System and Maintenance Recommendation Method - The present invention provides maintenance recommendation system and method that improve the accuracy of estimating a failure mode of equipment and thereby reduce frequency of replacement operations, shorten a time of examination, and decrease a recovery time of equipment from a failure. A maintenance recommendation system of the present invention identifies a failure mode of a machine and comprises an information input element to input one or more inspection results required to identify a failure mode, a temporary storage unit to store the inspection results, a failure mode probability calculating unit to estimate probabilities of failure modes from results of inspection performed one or more times, and an estimation-accuracy determining unit to calculate uncertainty of the probabilities of the failure modes. The system presents inspection items based on the uncertainty of the probabilities of the failure modes. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405611 | Virtual computerized numerical control machine system and method - A virtual computer numerical control (CNC) machining system includes: a virtual CNC design server, including a work-holding library and workpiece library; a virtual CNC manufacturing server, including a CNC Machine library and a machining tool library; a virtual CNC manufacturing device; a virtual CNC machine job, including a logical workpiece, a design model, a logical work-holding device, a logical machining tool, a logical CNC machine, and a logical machine job; a plurality of physical CNC machine systems, each including a physical CNC machine, and physical work-holding devices, machining tools, and work pieces. Also disclosed is a virtual CNC machining method, including installing CNC machine systems; creating, editing, validating, translating, and calculating cost of a logical machine job; and manufacturing. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405612 | PATTERNS OF VARIABLE OPACITY IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - In an example, a method includes receiving, by at least one processor, object model data, the object model data describing at least part of an object to be generated in additive manufacturing. Pattern data is also received, wherein the pattern data describes a pattern of variable opacity intended to be formed internally to the object. Object generation instructions for generating an intermediate layer of the object comprising the pattern of variable opacity may be determined by at least one processor. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405613 | PREDICTING SYSTEM IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS BY MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS - It is disclosed a method and a predicting system for automatic prediction of porosity appearance generated during Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF), performed by an additive manufacturing system from at least one material. The method comprises steps for training a neural network comprising: generating labels of pore in every pixel using a porosity simulator; pre-training, comprising a first sub-step and a second sub-step, the second sub-step comprises using the data set created from the first sub-step to generate a pre-trained ML model; and training, comprising a first sub-step and a second sub-step, the second sub-step comprises using the data set created from the first sub-step to train the pre-trained ML model to generate a trained ML model. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405614 | COMMAND GENERATION DEVICE AND COMMAND GENERATION METHOD TO CONTROL MOTOR - A command generation device to control a motor includes command input circuitry configured to receive a first command, first intermediate data calculation circuitry configured to calculate first intermediate data based on the first command, delay time setting circuitry configured to determine a delay time based on the first command, second intermediate data calculation circuitry configured to calculate second intermediate data by smoothing the first intermediate data based on the delay time, and command output circuitry configured to calculate, based on the second intermediate data, a second command according to which the motor is controlled. A first time period during which positioning the motor based on the first command is completed when the first intermediate data is smoothed is longer by the delay time than a second time period during which positioning the motor based on the first command is completed when the first intermediate data is not smoothed. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405615 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TREAT VERTICAL EXTERNAL SURFACE OF STRUCTURE - A frame body may be parallel to and proximate with an external surface of a structure and extend substantially horizontally from a first side to a second side. A connecting portion may be provided to be attached to a cable to provide for vertical movement of the frame body. A robotic arm may be affixed proximate to a bottom of the frame body and be able to move horizontally during treatment of the external surface. Moreover, the robotic arm may extend to an end proximate with the external surface, and a cleaning portion may be attached to the robotic arm near the end proximate with the external surface. The robotic arm may rotate, vertically moving the cleaning portion during treatment of the external surface. In addition, the cleaning portion may be separately rotated to remain substantially parallel to and proximate with the external surface during rotation of the robotic arm. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405616 | SCENARIO PROVIDING SYSTEM, SCENARIO PROVIDING DEVICE, SCENARIO EXECUTION TERMINAL, SCENARIO PROVIDING METHOD, SCENARIO EXECUTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A scenario providing device stores a scenario file, a customization file for stating a setting value of a variable used for executing a process constituting a scenario, and a menu for selecting the scenario. A menu providing unit of the scenario providing device causes a scenario execution terminal to display the menu and decides the scenario in accordance with an option selected in the scenario execution terminal from options included in the displayed menu. The scenario providing unit of the scenario providing device transmits the scenario file of the decided scenario and the customization file. A scenario execution unit of the scenario execution terminal substitutes, in the scenario indicated by the scenario file, the setting value of the variable stated in the customization file by a user and executes the scenario. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405617 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM, PRODUCTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A production system, including an engineering device configured to set a higher-level control device capable of controlling a control device configured to control one or more industrial machines, wherein the engineering device is configured to: display a name of each of a plurality of variables stored in the higher-level control device; receive specification of a variable to be subjected to at least one of collection or rewriting from among the plurality of variables; and perform setting of the at least one of the collection or rewriting of the specified variable. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405618 | Communication System And Method For Industrial Automation - Disclosed is a method for transmitting sensor measurements from a sensor device to an industrial automation device via a first wireless connection, a wired connection, and a second wireless connection. The sensor device measures operational information associated with an industrial asset, and transmits the operational information to a first gateway device via the first wireless connection. The first gateway device receives the operational information via the first wireless connection, and transmits the operational information to a second gateway device via the wired connection. The second gateway device receives the operational information via the wired connection, and transmits the operational information to the industrial automation device via the second wireless connection. The industrial automation device receives the operational information via the second wireless connection. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405619 | Construction Machine, in Particular a Crane, and Method for the Control Thereof - A construction machine, in particular in the form of a crane such as a revolving tower crane, having a control apparatus for controlling at least one piece of work equipment of the construction machine using a structure data model that includes digital information on a structure to be erected and/or to be worked. A method of controlling such a construction machine with the aid of digital data from such a structure data model. The construction machine has a data exchange module connectable to the master construction site computer for the exchange of digital data with a master construction site computer, with the data exchange module having reading and/or writing means for reading and/or writing access to the master construction site computer. The construction machine carries out at least individual work steps such as the traveling of a construction element in automated manner using digital data from the master construction site computer. A control module that can be positioned at the load suspension means and/or at the construction element to be traveled and that can be configured as a wearable, in particular in the form of gloves having integrated movement control sensors is provided for the fine positioning. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405620 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PART TRACKING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES - Systems and methods for part tracking using machine learning techniques are described. In some examples a part tracking system analyzes feature characteristics related to one or more welds to identify, determine characteristics of, and/or label one or more parts repeatedly assembled by the welds. Identifying parts assembled from the welds may make it possible to do part based analytics (e.g., related to part quality, cost, production efficiency, etc.), as opposed to just weld based analytics, on past welding data. Additionally, identifying a part assembled from several welds results in an ordering of those several welds used to create the part, which can make it easier to compare/contrast similar welds across parts. Further, determining the characteristics of the parts can assist in configuring certain part tracking systems, thereby reducing the expertise, time, and personnel required. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405621 | ELECTRONIC WORKPIECE MANAGEMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium that receives a set of requirements that are associated with a workpiece to be completed. A specification can be generated that specifies a set of components that are required to complete the workpiece. A particular subset of the component sources can be selected to source the set of components that are required to complete the workpiece using one or more machine learning-trained models. The set of sourced components can be obtained from component sources. A particular validation source can be selected to validate at least a portion of the sourced components of the set. At least a portion of the sourced components of the set can be validated. The completed workpiece can be generated using the set of sourced components including the validated portion of the sourced components and provided for output. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405622 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND HEADER STRUCTURES FOR TOOLING FIXTURE AND POST-CURE FIXTURE CALIBRATION - Systems and methods provide for the determination and correction of tooling deviation by comparing two different three-dimensional surface scans of a composite panel after curing. Such methods and systems may allow for less accurate post-cure fixturing (e.g., holding the panel in a less constrained state, as compared to prior art techniques), while still maintaining a sufficient amount of precision for predictive shimming and shimless techniques. Methods include performing a first three-dimensional surface scan, performing a second three-dimensional surface scan, and comparing the two to determine a deformation function corresponding to tooling deviation. In some systems, a header structure is used to hold the composite panel in a nominal configuration for the second three-dimensional surface scan. In some systems, scanning devices perform mirrored scanning on either side of the composite panel, using a common reference frame. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405623 | Analysis Of Event Based Behaviour Of End-Points In An Industrial System - A mechanisms for analyzing event based behavior of end-points of a network in an industrial system and a method performed by a control node, the method includes collecting, from the end-points, timestamped event log entries as created by the end-points within a time window. Each respective timestamped event log entry pertains to a respective event performed by one of the end-points. The method includes identifying tuples of correlated events by comparing the timestamped event log entries to each other, thereby providing a mapping between the events and those end-points where the events of each tuple of correlated events are performed. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405624 | A METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING A DATA MODEL FOR AUTOMATION PURPOSES INTO A TARGET ONTOLOGY - Providing data generally involves a transformation of an OPC UA data model into an ontology. Such an ontology readily provides desired capabilities for validation, querying, and analytics of the OPC UA data model using sophisticated standard tools adapted to the ontology. A method for transforming a semantically enriched and graph-based data model into a target ontology is suggested. By a first act, identifications of nodes are retrieved of the data model. Subsequently or concurrently, semantic descriptions of one or more references interconnecting one or more nodes are retrieved. These semantic descriptions are expressed by at least one or more predicates and one or more concepts (e.g., classes) in the target ontology to be produced. Eventually, the target ontology is structured by a semantic ontology language and output to a triple store. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405625 | SCHEDULING SUBSTRATE ROUTING AND PROCESSING - A method includes identifying a bottleneck operation of a plurality of operations in a sequence recipe. The plurality of operations are associated with transporting and processing a plurality of substrates in a substrate processing system. The method further includes determining, based on the bottleneck operation, a takt time for the plurality of substrates. The takt time is an amount of time between a first substrate entering the substrate processing system and a second substrate entering the substrate processing system. The method further includes determining a plurality of queue times. Each of the plurality of queue times corresponds to a respective operation of the plurality of operations. The method further includes causing, based on the takt time and the plurality of queue times, the plurality of substrates to be processed by the substrate processing system. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405626 | SEQUENCER TIME LEAPING EXECUTION - A method includes receiving a plurality of operations in a sequence recipe. The plurality of operations are associated with processing a plurality of substrates in a substrate processing system. The method further includes identifying a plurality of completion times corresponding to the plurality of operations. Each completion time of the plurality of completion times corresponds to completion of a respective operation of the plurality of operations. The method further includes simulating the plurality of operations by setting a virtual time axis to each of the plurality of completion times to generate a schedule for the sequence recipe. The method further includes causing, based on the schedule, the plurality of substrates to be processed or performance of a corrective action. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405627 | PRODUCTION PLANNING SYSTEM - A production planning system includes: an influence degree calculation unit that calculates a degree of influence which is applied on a probability distribution of a workload in a predetermined production process of a product by determining an undetermined design specification item of the product; and a display control unit that causes the design specification item and the degree of influence to be displayed in association with each other. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405628 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING AN ITEM - A method for controlling a process of manufacturing an item includes making available an electronic control device (ECD) operatively associated with a processing apparatus and a central processing unit (CPU) connected to the ECD by a telecommunications network, transmitting, by the CPU, an encrypted message representative of a digital model of the item to be manufactured to the ECD, decrypting, by the ECD, the encrypted message to store the clear text digital model of the item, sending, by the ECD, an item processing start message with the digital model of the item to the processing apparatus, sending a message indicative of a status of advancement of processing of the item to the CPU, and, following reception of an item processing end message, sending to the ECD a message for deleting the clear text digital model of the item stored in the ECD. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATION OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM COMPONENT WITH MULTIPLE INFORMATION SOURCES - A computer system for interoperable data exchange between a plurality of information systems via a digital representation service associated with a digital representation of a physical device with each information system being at least one of an information source and an information consumer regarding data associated with the physical device, the digital representation being a virtual entity replicating data of the physical device and data associated with the device life cycle, includes: at least one digital representation service for the physical device, the at least one digital representation service having: an interface for receiving a request for device related data; a management module for generating and updating the digital representation of the device, the digital representation storing a plurality of data models with each stored data model being associated with a particular information system; and a semantic relations library storing semantic relations between model element types from stored data models. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405630 | MONITORING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD AND MONITORING PROGRAM - There is provided a monitoring device including: an input unit that receives input of process data related to a plant; a model generation unit that generates a model representing a relationship between the process data based on the input process data; a determination unit that determines an operation state of the plant in a first determination mode using the model generated based on a forecast value of the process data input by a person or in a second determination mode using the model generated based on an actually measured value of the process data; and a display unit that displays a determination result by the determination unit. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405631 | Machine Learning Based Direct Method of Determining Status of Facility Control Loop Components - A trained machine learning algorithm processes time series production data. The time series production data are representative of a control process within a facility control loop. The machine learning training algorithm is trained using positive training data that are representative of a normal operation of components within the facility control loop and negative training data that are representative of an abnormal operation of components within the facility control loop. Output of the trained machine learning algorithm identifies abnormalities in the facility control loop. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405632 | TECHNOLOGY TO CLUSTER MULTIPLE SENSORS TOWARDS A SELF-MODERATING AND SELF-HEALING PERFORMANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS - Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that groups sensor data into a plurality of clusters based on feature similarity, conducts an artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of the plurality of clusters, and detects a data defect based on the AI analysis. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405633 | USER-DEFINED STIMULATION PATTERNS FOR JUVENILE PRODUCTS - Systems and methods define a stimulation pattern for a juvenile product utilizing a mobile device that executes a mobile application that is linked to the juvenile product. The method comprises the step of recognizing, by the mobile device when executing the mobile app, the user-defined stimulation pattern for the juvenile product. The stimulation pattern can be a vibration pattern or a motion pattern, and can be detected in a number of different ways by the mobile device. The method further comprises the step of determining control signals for the actuator(s) of the juvenile product based on the user-defined stimulation pattern that is recognized by the mobile device. The method further comprises the step of, in response to receiving a command to execute the user-defined stimulation pattern, controlling the actuator(s) of the juvenile product based on the stored control signals for the user-defined stimulation pattern. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405634 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR REDUNDANCY CONTROL - A method includes establishing a first wireless connection between a movable object and a first remote control device, and establishing a second wireless connection between the movable object and at least one second remote control device. The method also includes selecting, based on a determination that the first wireless connection is normal, a first control signal received from the first remote control device to control the movable object. The method further includes selecting, based on a determination that the first wireless connection is abnormal and that the second wireless connection is normal, a second control signal received from the at least one second remote control device to control the movable object. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405635 | CONTROLLING DRIVING CONDITION COMPONENTS OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BASED ON A CURRENT DRIVING MODE AND CURRENT CONDITIONS - A method for controlling a driving condition component of a vehicle includes disabling automatic operation of the driving condition component based on enabling an autonomous operating mode of the vehicle. The method also includes determining, while the vehicle is operating in the autonomous mode, a current condition satisfies an unsafe driving condition for a manual operating mode of the vehicle. The method further includes enabling the driving condition component to mitigate based on predicting a human occupant will enable the manual operating mode during a time period associated with the current condition, the driving condition component being enabled prior to the human occupant switching from the autonomous operating mode to the manual operating mode. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405636 | VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM THAT LEARNS DIFFERENT DRIVING STYLES - A vehicular driving assist system includes an electronic control unit (ECU). When the equipped vehicle is driving in the autonomous mode, driving of the vehicle is controlled by the ECU without human intervention. When the vehicle is being driven in a non-autonomous mode, a particular driver at least partially drives the vehicle. The vehicular driving assist system learns a driving style of the particular driver and, when the vehicle is being driven in the non-autonomous mode by the particular driver, the system restricts learning of the driving style of the particular driver responsive to determination by the system that the particular driver is (i) driving the vehicle erratically and/or (ii) performing an illegal driving maneuver. When the vehicle is driving in the autonomous mode, and responsive to the particular driver being present in the vehicle, the vehicle drives in accordance with the learned driving style of the particular driver. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405637 | METHOD OF MULTI-DRONE CAMERA CONTROL - A method of camera control for a camera capturing images of a target includes a sequence of at least four steps. The first step determines in real time a location of a drone and a pose of a camera on the drone. The second step, which may occur before or after the first step, determines in real time a location of a reference object, the location of the reference object having a fixed relationship to a location of the target. The third step uses the determined locations to calculate a distance, characterized by magnitude and direction, between the target and the drone. The fourth step uses the calculated distance to control the pose of the camera such that an image captured by the camera includes the target. Controlling the pose of the camera does not require any analysis of the captured image. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405638 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR AUTOMATED DELIVERY APPARATUS - The present disclosure generally relates to a system of a delivery device for combining sensor data from various types of sensors to generate a map that enables the delivery device to navigate from a first location to a second location to deliver an item to the second location. The system obtains data from RGB, LIDAR, and depth sensors and combines this sensor data according to various algorithms to detect objects in an environment of the delivery device, generate point cloud and pose information associated with the detected objects, and generates object boundary data for the detected objects. The system further identifies object states for the detected object and generates the map for the environment based on the detected object, the generated object proposal data, the labeled point cloud data, and the object states. The generated map may be provided to other systems to navigate the delivery device. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405639 | Driver Assistance System for an Autonomously Driving Vehicle, and Method for Guiding an Autonomously Driving Vehicle - A driving assistance system for an autonomously driving vehicle includes environment sensors in the vehicle, which are configured to detect environment data of the vehicle; a computing unit, which is configured to determine the position of a target person in a surrounding area of the vehicle on the basis of the environment data; and a device for autonomous driving, which is configured to move the vehicle to a position which is located at a predetermined distance or less from the position of the target person and to stop the vehicle there. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405640 | USER TRANSPORTATION METHOD AND PERSONAL MOBILITY - Disclosed is a user transportation method including at least one server receiving a mobile service request signal of a personal mobility, the at least one server transmitting information about an expected exit point of a shared vehicle and a final destination to the personal mobility, and the at least one server transmitting a signal to the personal mobility such that the personal mobility moves to the expected exit point. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405641 | DETECTING POSITIONING OF A SENSOR SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE - Examples disclosed herein may involve a computing system that is operable to (i) identify, within a given period of operation of a vehicle having an associated sensor system for capturing sensor data, one or more times when the vehicle was driving in a lane having substantially-straight lane geometry, (ii) for each identified time, determine a respective measure of a lateral offset between the vehicle's associated sensor system and a lateral reference point of the vehicle, and (iii) based on the respective measure of the lateral offset that is determined for each of the one or more identified times, determine the lateral offset between the vehicle's associated sensor system and the lateral reference point of the vehicle. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405642 | INDEPENDENT TRAJECTORY VALIDATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A method includes receiving, by a computing system of a vehicle, a planned trajectory for the vehicle based on first sensor data associated with an external environment. The planned trajectory is generated by a primary computing system associated with a first sensor. The method further includes determining an environmental condition associated with the external environment. The environmental condition is included in second sensor data generated by a second sensor. The method further includes analyzing one or more parameters associated with the planned trajectory to determine whether the planned trajectory is based on the environmental condition, and, in response to determining that the primary computing system fails to base the planned trajectory upon the environmental condition, altering the one or more parameters associated with the planned trajectory to generate an altered planned trajectory. The method thus includes instructing the vehicle to execute the altered planned trajectory. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405643 | Floor Assignment | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING END-OF-ROW TURNS FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINES - A method for implementing end-of-row (EOR) turns within a field includes accessing a location of a work boundary outlining a work area of the field within which an agricultural machine is configured to perform an agricultural operation, and generating a boundary-based EOR turn path for the agricultural machine between an end point of a first path extending across the work area and a start point of a second path extending across the work area, with the boundary-based EOR turn path being defined relative to the work boundary such that the agricultural machine is maintained spaced apart from the boundary by at least a minimum buffer distance as the machine is traversed between the end point of the first path and the start point of the second path. In addition, the method includes automatically executing an EOR turn along the boundary-based EOR turn path and/or displaying the boundary-based EOR turn path. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405645 | ISG CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND ISG CONTROL METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - The present disclosure relates to an ISG control system and an ISG control method for a construction machine capable of controlling ISG even in a working state of a construction machine, the ISG control system including: a surrounding environment determinator configured to determine surrounding environment of the construction machine; and a vehicle controller configured to determine whether the construction machine is in a working state or a traveling state based on a determination result from the surrounding environment determinator, wherein the vehicle controller controls an engine based on a preset work ISG condition when it is determined that the construction machine is in the working state, and wherein the vehicle controller controls the engine based on a preset travel ISG condition when it is determined that the construction machine is in the traveling state. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405646 | MARKER, METHOD OF MOVING IN MARKER FOLLOWING MODE, AND CART-ROBOT IMPLEMENTING METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a marker, a method for moving a cart-robot in a marker following mode, and a cart-robot that implements such method, and according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cart-robot that moves in the marker following mode includes a camera sensor that photographs the marker disposed on a travelling surface of the cart-robot or a side surface or the travelling surface or the ceiling of the travelling surface and a controller that analyzes an image photographed by the camera sensor, calculates a moving direction or a moving speed of the cart-robot that moves along the marker or a path where a plurality of markers are disposed by analyzing the image photographed by the camera sensor and controls a mover to move the cart-robot into a space indicated by the marker. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROJECTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SURFACE TO A TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SURFACE FOR USE IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - Systems and methods for projecting a three-dimensional (3D) surface to a two-dimensional (2D) surface for use in autonomous driving are disclosed. In one aspect, a control system for an autonomous vehicle includes a processor and a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: receive a 3D map including a plurality of objects, determine a base point in the 3D map, shift the objects in the 3D map based on the base point, project the objects in the shifted 3D map to a 2D map, and output the 2D map. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405648 | DATA AUGMENTATION USING COMPUTER SIMULATED OBJECTS FOR AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEMS - A modeling system trains computer models for an autonomous control system using computer simulated models of objects. The objects may be vehicles, and the computer simulated models may be virtual models of vehicles simulated by computer software. Since the vehicle models are computer simulated, various characteristics of the vehicle can be easily obtained by the modeling system. The various types of data may include geometric information of the vehicle, views of the vehicle from different perspectives, and the like. The modeling system can easily generate and label a large amount of training data using the characteristics of the computer simulated vehicles. The modeling system can use the training data to train computer models for the autonomous control system. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405649 | METHOD OF LOCALIZATION BY SYNCHRONIZING MULTI SENSORS AND ROBOT IMPLEMENTING SAME - Disclosed herein are a method of localization by synchronizing multi sensors and a robot implementing the same. The robot according to an embodiment includes a controller that, when a first sensor acquires first type information, generates first type odometry information using the first type information, that, at a time point when the first type odometry information is generated, acquires second type information by controlling a second sensor and then generates second type odometry information using the second type information, and that the robot by combining the first type odometry information and the second type odometry information. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405650 | ROBOT GENERATING MAP AND CONFIGURING CORRELATION OF NODES BASED ON MULTI SENSORS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND MOVING BASED ON MAP, AND METHOD OF GENERATING MAP - Disclosed herein are a robot that generates a map and configures a correlation of nodes, based on multi sensors and artificial intelligence, and that moves based on the map, and a method of generating a map, and the robot according to an embodiment generates a pose graph comprised of LiDAR branch, visual branch, and backbone, and the LiDAR branch includes one or more of the LiDAR frames, the visual branch includes one or more of the visual frames, and the backbone includes two or more frame nodes registered with any one or more of the LiDAR frames or the visual frames, and to generate a correlation between nodes in the pose graph. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405651 | ADAPTIVE SENSOR CONTROL - A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes collecting data about a surrounding of the autonomous vehicle, the data including global information of where the autonomous vehicle is positioned; deriving, at least in part based on the collected data, a perceived environment based on localizing the global information; determining a driving condition of the autonomous vehicle based on the perceived environment; modifying, according to the determined driving condition, a first configuration parameter of a sensor to adjust an amount of output data from the sensor; and simultaneously adjusting, according to the determined driving condition, a second configuration parameter for processing the output data to allow consistent data capturing and processing of the output data. A control system can employ such a method, and an autonomous vehicle can utilize such a control system. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405652 | PLURALITY OF ROBOT CLEANER AND A CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile robot may include a traveling unit configured to move a main body; a memory configured to store trajectory information of a moving path corresponding to the movement of the main body; a communication unit configured to communicate with another mobile robot that emits a signal; and a controller configured to recognize the location of the another mobile robot based on the signal, and control the another mobile robot to follow a moving path corresponding to the stored trajectory information based on the recognized location. In addition, the controller may control the moving of the another mobile robot to remove at least part of the stored trajectory information, and allow the another mobile robot to follow a moving path corresponding to the remaining trajectory information in response to whether the moving path corresponding to next trajectory information to be followed by the another mobile robot satisfies a specified condition. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405653 | Autonomously Guidable Vehicle Train - An autonomously guidable vehicle train contains a self-driving first lead vehicle, and a first following vehicle, as well as a second following vehicle. The vehicle train contains a first coupling unit in order to couple the first following vehicle to the first lead vehicle, as well as a second coupling unit in order to couple the following vehicles to each other. The first following vehicle has a first drive system as well as a first control unit that is configured to control the first drive system so that the first following vehicle follows the first lead vehicle. The second following vehicle has a second drive system and a second control unit that is configured to automatically control the second drive system so that the second following vehicle follows the first following vehicle. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405654 | AUTONOMOUS TAKING OFF, POSITIONING AND LANDING OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV) ON A MOBILE PLATFORM - A method for autonomously tracking a landing surface by a UAV to enable repeated autonomous take off and landings without the need for GPS data or any other satellite positioning techniques. The landing surface may be on an autonomous and/or moving ground vehicle, and comprises two or more markers on the landing surface. The markers may be of different sizes. The drone comprises two or more downward looking cameras, with at least one camera having a different focal length to the other, to form a dual monocular system which captures images of the markers on the landing surface. The images are analysed to estimate the pose of the markers and thus determine the location of the UAV with respect to the landing surface, which is then provided to a flight controller of the UAV. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405655 | DRONE, DRONE STATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRONE TAKE-OFF USING DRONE STATION - Disclosed is a method for controlling drone take-off using a drone station. The method for controlling drone take-off using a drone station obtains, from the drone station, information on maximum speed and time at which an elevation guide portion provided in the drone station reaches a maximum rising speed while rising to guide a drone in a vertical direction. The drone can be controlled to take off after the time taken to reach the maximum speed has elapsed from the rising of the elevation guide portion. As a result, an initial RPM or battery consumption required in a drone take-off process may be minimized. One or more of a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a drone station, or a server may cooperate with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G service, and the like. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405656 | LONG LINE LOITER APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Physical and logical components of a long line loiter control system address control of a long line loiter maneuver conducted beneath a carrier, such as a fixed-wing aircraft. Control may comprise identifying, predicting, and reacting to estimated states and predicted states of the carrier, a suspended load control system, and a long line. Identifying, predicting, and reacting to estimated states and predicted states may comprise determining characteristics of state conditions over time as well as response time between state conditions. Reacting may comprise controlling a hoist of the carrier, controlling thrusters of the suspended load control system, and or controlling or issuing flight control instructions to the carrier so as not to increase the response time and or to avoid a hazard. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405657 | FLIGHT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND CONTROL DEVICE - A flight control method includes displaying a user interface configured to receive an operation instruction including coordinates of waypoints, generating route data of a route based on the coordinates of the waypoints, sending the route data to an aircraft to instruct the aircraft to execute the route, recording an interruption point during execution of the route by the aircraft, displaying a plurality of candidate starting points including at least one of the interruption point, a last waypoint of the route before the interruption point, a next waypoint of the route after the interruption point, or a user-designated waypoint, in response to a selection instruction, selecting a target starting point from the plurality of candidate starting points, and controlling the aircraft in an interrupted state to fly to the target starting point and resume the execution of the route from the target starting point. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405658 | LONGITUDINAL TRIM CONTROL MOVEMENT DURING TAKEOFF ROTATION - This technology will allow takeoffs with a single initial horizontal stabilizer or trim tab position while maintaining satisfactory rotation times thus allowing simpler aircraft operation and avoid the scenario in which the crew does not correctly trim the aircraft (mistrim takeoff scenario) which could reduce safety margins. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405659 | DEEP MODEL REFERENCE ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, at a slower time-scale, inner layer weights of an inner layer of a deep neural network; providing periodically to an outer layer of the deep neural network from the inner layer, a feature vector based upon the inner layer weights; and determining, at a faster time-scale, outer layer weights of the outer layer, wherein the outer layer weights are determined in accordance with a Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) update law that is based upon the feature vector from the inner layer, and wherein the outer layer weights are determined more frequently than the inner layer weights. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405660 | CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON MULTI-UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE COOPERATIVE STRATEGIC CONFRONTATION - The control system based on multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) cooperative strategic confrontation includes a management module, a UAV formation module, a situation assessment module, a decision-making module, and a cooperative mission assigning module of both sides in a confrontation. The management module is configured to store state information acquired by the UAV formation module. The UAV formation module is configured to acquire state information of UAVs and execute a control instruction. The situation assessment module is configured to acquire situation assessment information according to the state information. The decision-making module is configured to acquire a countermeasure based on the situation assessment information. The cooperative mission assigning module is configured to generate control instructions for the UAVs based on the countermeasure and in combination with a confrontation target and an optimal situation assessment value. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405661 | SYSTEM OF MULTI-SWARM DRONE CAPTURING - A system of multi-view imaging of an environment through which a target moves includes pluralities of drones, each drone having a drone camera. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405662 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Unmanned aerial vehicle includes a microphone which picks up a sound emitted by a target, an actuator which extends to change a position of the microphone, and a processor. The processor obtains positional relationship information which indicates at least one of a position of the target or a distance from the unmanned aerial vehicle to the target, causes the unmanned aerial vehicle to move to a first position at which the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target have a predetermined positional relationship based on the positional relationship information, and causes actuator to extend toward the target after unmanned aerial vehicle moves to the first position. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405663 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An information processing method performed by a computer includes: determining whether a target sound has been recognized; when it is determined that the target sound has been recognized, acquiring positions and sound recording directions of unmanned aerial vehicles; acquiring noise-related information regarding noise generated by at least one of the unmanned aerial vehicles; acquiring an estimated position of a sound recording target estimated from the target sound; determining at least one of target positions and target sound recording directions of the unmanned aerial vehicles based on the estimated position of the sound recording target, the positions and the sound recording directions of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the noise-related information; and outputting, to each of the unmanned aerial vehicles, at least one of a request for moving to the target position and a request for setting the sound recording direction to the target sound recording direction. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405664 | FLUID SENSOR AND MASS FLOW CONTROLLER - The present disclosure provides a fluid sensor and a mass flow controller. The fluid sensor comprises at least two measuring tubes whose diameters have a proportional relationship. The fluid sensor provided by the present disclosure can guarantee measurement accuracy in a whole measurement range and also can improve device reliability. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405665 | ETHERCAT LIQUID FLOW CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS - In a substrate processing system, such as a chemical mechanical system, updated controller configuration data is obtained for a plurality of liquid flow controllers of the substrate processing system. Each of a plurality of liquid flow controllers (LFCs) coupled to an Ethernet for Control Automation Technology (EtherCAT) bus automatically downloads a copy of the updated controller configuration data through the EtherCAT bus. Each of the plurality of liquid flow controllers controls fluid flow of a separate fluid line from a plurality of fluid lines in the substrate processing system, fluid flow through the plurality of fluid lines is controlled using the plurality of liquid flow controllers having the updated controller configuration data. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOODWATER REDISTRIBUTION - A system and method for floodwater redistribution is disclosed. The system being comprised of onshore and offshore pump stations and pipelines deployed along the Gulf Coast to redistribute floodwaters to reservoirs located in the western United States. The pump stations include a network of controllers which monitor input/output head pressures and pump speeds and submit the data to the system server to determine the pump settings needed to optimize water flow along the line. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405667 | MASS FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND VAPORIZER INCLUDING THE SYSTEM - In a mass flow control system which comprises a first apparatus that is a mass flow controller, an external sensor that is at least one detection means constituting a second apparatus that is an apparatus disposed outside said first apparatus and at least one control section prepared in either one or both of housings of said first apparatus and said second apparatus, and is configured so as to control a flow rate of fluid flowing through a channel, the control section is configured such that opening of a flow control valve can be controlled based on at least an external signal that is a detection signal output from the external sensor. Thereby, effects, such as quick purging, more accurate flow control, simple flow rate calibration, flow control based on pressure or temperature in a tank, or flow control based on concentration of a material in the fluid, etc., is attained without adding a separate control device, etc. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405668 | Adjustable Multistage Pressure Reducing Regulator - A multi-stage pressure regulation system, device and associated methodology for reducing the pressure of gas passing through a gas sample conditioning system. The device and method allow for automatic and/or manual configuration settings for regulating different types of gas having different profiles while still avoiding dew point dropout thereby ensuring accurate sample analysis at a downstream analyzer. The pressure regulating device includes a housing having a core, a vapor sample input port, a plurality of openings on an upper surface, a plurality of pressure regulating valves configured to reduce the pressure of a vapor sample, and an assembly having a base and substantially central stem orthogonal to the base and extending axially therefrom, the stem being disposed within the core. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405669 | PRESSURE SURGE AND WATER HAMMER MITIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD - Embodiments provide a surge suppression device, a surge suppression system, and methods for operating the same. The surge suppression device includes a valve body and a plug. The plug is rotatably positioned in a hollow space of the valve body. The plug includes two surge suppression openings defining a fluid flow directed to surge suppression. Each of the two surge suppression openings includes a circular plate having a plurality of orifices. The plurality of orifices allows reduction of surge pressure when the water passes the first fluid flow path. The circular plate has a concave or convex geometry. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405670 | METHOD OF DYNAMIC THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To dynamically manage a temperature of an electronic device, a local temperature is provided by measuring a temperature of a local spot in the electronic device and a reference temperature is provided by measuring a temperature of a reference spot in the electronic device where the reference spot and the local spot are thermally coupled. A target temperature corresponding to a limit value of the reference temperature is adjusted based on the local temperature and a power level of the electronic device is controlled based on the same target temperature. The target temperature may be set to a relatively high value to secure performance of the electronic device when the local temperature is relatively low. Alternatively, the target temperature may be set to a relatively low value to pursue stability of the electronic device when the local temperature is relatively high. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405671 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER - An electric switch-mode power converter comprises: a parameter predictor for predicting and updating at least one regulator parameter of a regulator controlling a switching device of the converter, a performance feedback signal generator for providing a performance feedback signal indicative of a performance of the conversion operation, wherein the parameter predictor is configured to predict an update of the regulator parameter based on the performance feedback signal and during update intervals, the intervals being during the power conversion operation and being separated by pauses without update. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210405672 | LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A low dropout regulator is disclosed. The low dropout regulator includes an amplifier, a transistor, and a selector. The transistor is coupled to the amplifier. The selector is coupled to the amplifier and the transistor. When a supply voltage value of the transistor is less than a supply voltage threshold value, a first path of the selector is selected and a first selector voltage value is transmitted by the selector to the transistor so as to fully conduct the transistor, and an output voltage value of the transistor is equal to the supply voltage value. | 2021-12-30 |
