Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for transitioning vehicle control between autonomous operation and manual operation. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle and its operation. During autonomous vehicle operation, the system gauges the level of responsiveness of a vehicle operator through challenges and corresponding responses. The system determines when to present a challenge to the vehicle operator based on internal and external factors. If necessary, the system will transition from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a drive device that improves the precision of injection quantities by stabilizing the behavior of a valve body 214 under the condition that a valve body reaches a height position lower than a maximum height position and making the injection pulse width and the injection quantity gradient small.
Abstract: The subject disclosure presents systems and computer-implemented methods for automatic immune cell detection that is of assistance in clinical immune profile studies. The automatic immune cell detection method involves retrieving a plurality of image channels from a multi-channel image such as an RGB image or biologically meaningful unmixed image. A cell detector is trained to identify the immune cells by a convolutional neural network in one or multiple image channels. Further, the automatic immune cell detection algorithm involves utilizing a non-maximum suppression algorithm to obtain the immune cell coordinates from a probability map of immune cell presence possibility generated from the convolutional neural network classifier.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned helicopter. The unmanned helicopter comprises a fuselage. Two arms are respectively disposed on each of two sides of the fuselage. One end of each arm is connected to the fuselage, and the other end of each arm is provided with a rotor having a motor. The unmanned helicopter is characterized in that: the four arms are grouped into a front group and a rear group, two arms in each group are disposed symmetrically along the axis of the fuselage, the fuselage is movably connected to each arm, an angle between a length direction of any one of the two arms in each group and a corresponding rotation axis is an angle r, an angle between the rotation axis and a horizontal surface of the fuselage is an angle a, and an angle between a projection line of the rotation axis on the horizontal surface of the fuselage and the axis direction that extends outward the fuselage is an angle b.
Abstract: A wire harness that includes a plurality of electrical wires; a relay connector provided with a common single tube having conductivity and through which the plurality of electrical wires are inserted; a plurality of braids respectively covering the plurality of electrical wires; and a coupler that couples the plurality of braids to the common single tube, in a state where ends of the plurality of braids are stacked in a layered manner around an entire circumference of the common single tube in a circumferential direction, wherein insertion holes that guide the plurality of electrical wires inside all of the braids are formed in the ends of the braids, and the plurality of electrical wires are electrically connected inside the relay connector.
Abstract: The disclosure provides a pole-piece structure for a magnetic gear, comprising a plurality of laminate plates, wherein each plate comprises one or more apertures and an aperture in each plate aligns with an aperture in an adjacent plate to form one or more channels extending from a first end of the laminate plates to a second, opposite end of the laminate plates, wherein a resin cast is provided within each channel to hold the plurality of laminate plates together.
Abstract: A screw compressor includes: a male rotor 2 and a female rotor 3 including a rotor tooth section 21, 31 that has multiple helical teeth, the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 rotating in engagement with each other; a casing 4 including a main casing 41 with a bore 45 formed to accommodate the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3, and a discharge-side casing 43 closing a discharge side of the bore 45; and a discharge passage 60 including a discharge port 61 that opens in a rotational axis direction of the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 on a bore side surface of the discharge-side casing 43, compressed gas flowing from the discharge port 61 circulating in the discharge passage 60. The male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 are configured such that a discharge-side end surface 21a, 31a of the rotor tooth section 21, 31 serves as a discharge-side distal end of the male rotor 2 or the female rotor 3 in the rotational axis direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
Abstract: The present invention proposes a transmission control device capable of shortening a switching time between forward control and reverse control of a transmission. The present invention relates to a transmission control device that controls a transmission, including: a forward power transmission mechanism configured to move a vehicle forward; and a reverse power transmission mechanism configured to reverse the vehicle. Each of the forward power transmission mechanism and the reverse power transmission mechanism includes a driving-side connector and a driven-side connector.
Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire is composed of an aluminum alloy. The aluminum alloy contains equal to or more than 0.005 mass % and equal to or less than 2.2 mass % of Fe, and a remainder of Al and an inevitable impurity. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a surface-layer crystallization measurement region in a shape of a rectangle having a short side length of 50 ?m and a long side length of 75 ?m is defined within a surface layer region extending from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire by 50 ?m in a depth direction, and an average area of crystallized materials in the surface-layer crystallization measurement region is equal to or more than 0.05 ?m2 and equal to or less than 3 ?m2.
Abstract: A method for measuring the applied load on a towing hook/or a tow bar accessory of a towing hook arrangement for a vehicle, and a towing hook arrangement for a vehicle. The towing hook arrangement comprises a towing hook and/or a tow bar accessory arranged on a tow bar, the towing hook arrangement also comprises a sensor arrangement having at least one actuator and at least one sensor, the sensor arrangement is adapted to detect an imparted vibration on the tow bar and use the detected imparted vibration to determine the applied load on the towing hook and/or the tow bar accessory.
Abstract: A packet is received from a first link, and includes identification of a sender and a destination. An acknowledgement of receiving the packet is transmitted toward the sender, and the packet is forwarded, over a second link, toward the destination. A copy of the packet is stored in a queue. Upon detecting that the destination failed to receive the packet forwarded over the second link, the copy of the packet is retrieved from the queue and re-transmitted over the second link to the destination.
Abstract: The present application discloses an exhaust gas after-treatment mixing device including a first plate, a second plate and a mixer. The mixer includes a first space, a second space and a third space located between the first space and the second space. Top portions of the first space and the second space are in communication with the third space. The mixer includes a first raised portion protruding into the third space and a second raised portion located below the first raised portion. A fourth space is formed between the first raised portion and the second raised portion. As a result, the distance and time of urea evaporation is increased and the mixing uniformity is improved. Besides, a package with the exhaust gas after-treatment mixing device is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
TENNECO (SUZHOU) EMISSION SYSTEM CO., LTD.
Abstract: A method and apparatus for heat-dissipation utilizing a fin assembly including one or more fins organized on a wall or base surface. The fins can extend into a flow of fluid passing along the wall or base surface to convectively cool the fins, which can transfer heat from heat-producing components, such as electronics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems LLC
Inventors:
Michel Engelhardt, Christopher Mouris Astefanous
Abstract: The present system is directed in various embodiments to methods, devices and systems for rotational atherectomy procedures. More specifically, embodiments comprise a rotational driver with rotational drive shaft and abrasive element attached thereto, the rotational driver being controlled by the rotational controller to rotate at unsustained low rotational speeds and/or rotational direction.
Abstract: A system for monitoring the bed health of a molecular sieve bed within a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system includes an oxygen sensor coupled to an outlet of the PSA system. The oxygen sensor measures an oxygen concentration of an output air produced by the molecular sieve bed. A controller is in communication with the oxygen sensor and records a series of oxygen concentrations over time. The controller is configured to determine bed health based upon the series of recorded oxygen concentrations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
Cobham Mission Systems Davenport LSS Inc.
Abstract: Various implementations include a switch assembly that includes a housing and at least two printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are disposed within the housing and are axially arranged relative to each other. One or more force sensors are disposed on one of the PCBs, and, in some implementations, the one or more force sensors receive force input received by a touch overlay plate. Signals from the force sensors are processed to determine a magnitude, acceleration, and/or location of the force input, and a haptic feedback response is received by the touch overlay plate. The haptic feedback response is based on the force magnitude, acceleration, and/or location of input, according to some implementations. Axially arranging the PCBs reduces the footprint of the switch assembly and allows for the inclusion of more electrical components in the switch assembly, according to some implementations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 4, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS ACQUISITION LLC
Inventors:
Jason Lisseman, David Andrews, Daniel Alt, Nicholas Borgerding, Jason Peters, Erick Staszak, Prathap Chandra
Abstract: A system to collect and store in a special data structure arranged for rapid searching massive amounts of data. Performance metric data is one example. The performance metric data is recorded in time-series measurements, converted into unicode, and arranged into a special data structure having one directory for every day which stores all the metric data collected that day. The data structure at the server where analysis is done has a subdirectory for every resource type. Each subdirectory contains text files of performance metric data values measured for attributes in a group of attributes to which said text file is dedicated. Each attribute has its own section and the performance metric data values are recorded in time series as unicode hex numbers as a comma delimited list. Analysis of the performance metric data is done using regular expressions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
CUMULUS SYSTEMS INC.
Inventors:
Ajit Bhave, Arun Ramachandran, Sai Krishnam Raju Nadimpalli, Sandeep Bele
Abstract: A method of segmenting an MR organ volume includes performing regional mapping on the MR organ volume using a spatial prior probability map of a location of the organ to create a regionally mapped MR organ volume, and performing boundary refinement on the regionally mapped MR organ volume using a level set framework that employs the spatial prior probability map and a propagated shape constraint to generate a segmented MR organ volume.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
Abstract: ‘15734-1 GR’ is a new and distinct hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid with novel characteristics that include upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, reddish purple flowers that have a center eye that is between dark red and deep purplish red, a prolonged blooming season, and hastate, trilobed leaves.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System
Inventors:
Dariusz P. Malinowski, William E. Pinchak, R. Steve Brown