Abstract: A pitch data processing system of a horizontal directional drilling system can include a sonde, an offset and range calibration unit, a pitch speed limiter, and a low pass filter. The sonde can include an accelerometer configured to measure and output a raw pitch signal. The offset and range calibration unit can receive and process the raw pitch signal and output a calibrated pitch signal. The pitch speed limiter can receive the calibrated pitch signal. The pitch speed limiter is configured to set upper and lower pitch change speed limits. The pitch speed limiter can yield a speed-change limited pitch signal. The low pass filter can receive the speed-change limited pitch signal and attenuate the received speed-change limited pitch signal above a selected cutoff frequency of the low pass filter, the low pass filter configured to output an adjusted pitch signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring slide drilling operations and providing advisory information includes a Bayesian network having a slide drilling dysfunction output node and six input nodes including: a downhole mechanical specific energy (MSE) trend node; a downhole bit aggressiveness trend node; a differential pressure trend node; a minimum buckling load node; a downhole weight on bit (DWOB) vs surface weight on bit (SWOB) ratio node, and a toolface efficiency index node. When one or more dysfunctions are detected based on the information provided to one or more nodes, the system sends out one or more alerts and provides one or more corrective actions to return to efficient drilling.

Abstract: A method for preparing the automated production of an electronic component by 3D printing, in which at least one of an SMD component and a conductor track are arranged on a substrate. Structural information describing the structure of the electronic component is used to determine first production information including a first machine-readable control command set for a production device for 3D printing.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of fiber winding control, and provides a tension control method of a multi-bundle winding equipment combined driving system, which solves the problem that the tension fluctuates greatly and cannot be output constantly in the fiber winding process.

Abstract: An integrated energy optimizer having an edge side and a cloud side. The edge side may incorporate an energy optimizer, a building management system connected to the energy optimizer, a controller connected to the building management system, and equipment connected to the controller. The cloud side may have a cloud connected to the energy optimizer and to the building management system, and a user interface connected to the cloud. Data from the field sensor may go to the optimizer and the building management system. The data may be processed at the optimizer and the building management system for proper settings at the building management system.

Abstract: A framework for offline learning from a set of diverse and suboptimal demonstrations operates by selectively imitating local sequences from the dataset. At least one embodiment recovers performant policies from large manipulation datasets by decomposing the problem into a goal-conditioned imitation and a high-level goal selection mechanism.

Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided an injection molding system configured to operate in a plurality of cycles. The system comprises, amongst other things, a controller that is configured for performing a comparison of a variable pressure setpoint with a target pressure value. The controller is configured to, when the target pressure value is less than the variable pressure setpoint by at least a predetermined lower bound, (i) decrease the variable pressure setpoint to a reduced variable pressure setpoint and (ii) not further decrease the variable pressure setpoint from the reduced variable pressure setpoint until the pump assembly operates for a plurality of stabilizing cycles at the reduced variable pressure setpoint.

Abstract: An information takeover system includes: a first board that includes a first control unit and a first storage unit storing first information about an air conditioning apparatus; and a second board that includes a second control unit and is connectable to the first board in an information exchangeable manner. The first control unit is configured to perform first control to transmit the first information to the second board with the first board and the second board connected to each other in the information exchangeable manner.

Abstract: A method of constructing a patient-specific orthopedic implant comprising: (a) comparing a patient-specific abnormal bone model, derived from an actual anatomy of a patient's abnormal bone, with a reconstructed patient-specific bone model, also derived from the anatomy of the patient's bone, where the reconstructed patient-specific bone model reflects a normalized anatomy of the patient's bone, and where the patient-specific abnormal bone model reflects an actual anatomy of the patient's bone including at least one of a partial bone, a deformed bone, and a shattered bone, wherein the patient-specific abnormal bone model comprises at least one of a patient-specific abnormal point cloud and a patient-specific abnormal bone surface model, and wherein the reconstructed patient-specific bone model comprises at least one of a reconstructed patient-specific point cloud and a reconstructed patient-specific bone surface model; (b) optimizing one or more parameters for a patient-specific orthopedic implant to be mounte

Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting system and a method for controlling the lifting system, as well as a control system for a lifting system of this type in which an evaluation signal and a control signal are transmitted in order to actuate the lifting devices.

Abstract: A computing system for building a virtual factory includes database and a virtual factory building module. The database stores modeling data. The virtual factory building module builds the virtual factory in which a progress situation of a work performed from a first portion to a second portion is displayed, based on the modeling data and a time difference between an output time of a first signal and an output time of a second signal, which is calculated based on the first signal output when a product is at a first portion on one or more facilities monitored from a first location present in an outside of the one or more facilities used in a real factory and the second signal output when the product is at a second portion on the one or more facilities monitored from a second location present in the outside of the one or more facilities. The first location is spaced from the second location, and the first portion is spaced from the second portion.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining the shape of a surgical linking device that is to be attached to a bony body structure such as the spinal column based on digitized locations of a plurality of attachment elements engaged to the bony structure. The method is implemented by a computer system through a GUI to generate an initial bend curve to mate with the plurality of attachment elements. The initial bend curve may be simplified based on user input to the GUI to reduce the number of bends necessary to produce a well-fitting linking device and may be altered to help obtain the goals of surgery.

Abstract: A method for implementing a digital twin for a physical component of an industrial system includes assigning a unique identifier to the physical component, associating the unique identifier with a digital twin representative of the physical component, placing the digital twin of the physical component on a distributed network. The physical component sends the unique identifier to a known resource, which retrieves the network address of the physical twin associated with the unique identifier and provides the network address to the physical component. A secure communication connection is established between the physical component and the corresponding digital twin via the distributed network. The unique identifier may be a quick read (QR) code displayed on the physical component or a bar code displayed on the physical component. Engineering and simulation software for the digital twin may be supplied on the distributed network.

Abstract: A device for generating a qubit control signal includes: a first signal envelope generator circuit including a first multiple of signal sources, in which an output of each signal source of the first multiple of signal sources is combined to provide a first cumulative output; and a first mixer circuit coupled to the first signal envelope generator circuit, in which the first cumulative output is coupled to a first input of the first mixer circuit, and an output of the first mixer circuit includes a first qubit control signal.

Abstract: A system for detecting the passage of users in a ski resort, the ski resort comprising a plurality of ski runs and a plurality of ski lifts; the system for detecting the passage of users comprising: an image sensor and a processing unit, which are connected in communication with each other; wherein the image sensor is configured to capture images, such as a video, of a portion of the ski run, and send them to the processing unit; the processing unit being configured to analyse said images, such as the video, and detect moving objects, such as moving in a given direction, and count said detected moving objects; such as the image sensor is a video camera.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes an energy recovery wheel, a first exhaust fan configured to draw a first air flow across the energy recovery wheel and discharge the first air flow from the HVAC unit, a second exhaust fan configured to draw a second air flow across the energy recovery wheel and discharge the second air flow from the HVAC unit, and a controller configured to operate the first exhaust fan and the second exhaust fan in an economizer mode and configured to operate the first exhaust fan and suspend operation of the second exhaust fan in an energy recovery mode.

Abstract: A method of disinfecting a beverage dispenser employs the following steps: disinfecting at least one beverage preparation device of the beverage dispenser as a preceding disinfection step; outputting the beverage by the beverage dispenser, wherein the beverage passes the at least one beverage preparation device; determining the set point of time of the next disinfection step since the preceding disinfection step depending on at least one of the following: volume of beverage output by the beverage dispenser; temperature of beverage output by the beverage dispenser; carbonization of beverage output by the beverage dispenser; further comprising the following steps: mineralizing the beverage with a plurality of ions; dispensing the beverage with a first temperature and mineralizing the beverage with a first concentration of hydrogen carbonate ions; and dispensing the beverage with a second temperature and mineralizing the beverage with a second concentration of hydrogen carbonate ions, wherein the first temperatu

Abstract: Artificial intelligence and machine learning models are used to make concrete-related predictions. Many permutations of concrete mixtures are generated. Machine learning algorithms are used to evaluate and recommend a generated concrete mixture based on a set of specifications. The generated concrete mixture can be sent to a plant for production. The actual concrete mixture that was used to manufacture the concrete product can be received from the manufacturer. An amount of emission reductions and/or cost savings can be determined from the actual as-batched concrete mixture and an associated reference concrete mixture. The real-world data are used to train the machine learning models.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling rate of heat delivery in a hydronic system, which includes receiving, by a control unit, at least a first temperature, a second temperature from two spatially separated points in the hydronic system and a flow rate. The two spatially separated points correspond to inlet of heat transfer device and outlet of heat transfer device. The method also includes calculating at predefined interval, by the control unit, an actual rate of heat delivery to the heat transfer device based on flow rate and temperature difference between the two spatially separated points. The control unit determines heat delivery rate difference between actual rate of heat delivery and target rate of heat delivery. The control unit adapts flow rate of fluid into inlet of heat transfer device based on heat delivery rate difference to maintain target rate of heat delivery in heat transfer device.

Abstract: A ventilation control device (2) includes a total exhaust air volume reader (16), an exhaust device specification reader (17), an exhaust air volume distributor (18), and an exhaust air volume instructor (19). The total exhaust air volume reader (16) reads the total exhaust air volume set to a building. The exhaust device specification reader (17) reads a maximum exhaust air volume of each of exhaust devices (3) as a specification of the exhaust device (3). The exhaust air volume distributor (18) sets the exhaust air volume of each exhaust device (3) by distributing the exhaust air volume read by the total exhaust air volume reader (16) according to the maximum exhaust air volume of the exhaust device (3) read by the exhaust device specification reader (17). The exhaust air volume instructor (19) instructs, to each exhaust device (3), the exhaust air volume set by the exhaust air volume distributor (18).