Patents Examined by Drexel Alejandro Venero
  • Patent number: 11959901
    Abstract: Provided are method and system for rapidly predicting foaming tendency of edible frying oil, including: heating the oil; immersing a polar component content detection probe into the oil to measure an initial polar component content of the oil; at a frying state, removing the detection probe from the oil, placing frying food into the oil and frying the same taking out the frying food from the oil after frying, and measuring the largest frying oil foam height and recording the same as an initial foam height; at an air introduction state, immersing the detection probe and introducing air into the oil, and continuing to introduce air and heat thereinto until the polar component content in the oil is 10%; repeating the frying state; and fitting measurements and parameters into a formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Gangcheng Wu, Hui Zhang, Xu Li, Xingguo Wang, Qingzhe Jin, Linglu Meng, Linya Shao, Zhengmei Zhao, Yanting Lu
  • Patent number: 11933813
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wind measuring system including a first flow sensor and plural second flow sensors. The first flow sensor and the plural second flow sensors each include a microheater including a board, an insulating film, and a heater. The board includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface. The board has defined therein an opening portion passing through the board along a direction from the first principal surface toward the second principal surface. The insulating film includes a peripheral portion disposed on the first principal surface, a central portion having the heater disposed thereon, and a connection portion extending from the central portion to be connected to the peripheral portion to support the central portion over the opening portion. The first flow sensor and the plural second flow sensors each output a signal that varies according to a change in electrical resistance value of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Akasaka
  • Patent number: 11914043
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for generating synthetic bathymetry using one or more fractal techniques. In some embodiments, real terrain data generated from sensor-based measurement of terrain associated with but outside a water body are received. This data may include, for example, real terrain data generated from sensor-based measurement (e.g., LiDAR) of at least a portion of an area proximate the water body. One or more fractal dimensions is/are extracted from the real terrain data, and synthetic bathymetry of the water body is generated based on the one or more fractal dimensions using one or more fractal terrain generation techniques. In some embodiments, one or more simulated geological processes is/are applied to the synthetic bathymetry. For example, a simulated sedimentation process and/or a simulated erosion process may be applied to soften the synthetic bathymetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eli Michael Dow, Michael E Henderson, Campbell D Watson, Guillaume A. R. Auger
  • Patent number: 11898893
    Abstract: A transducer for non-invasive measurement includes: at least one first piezoelectric element; a second piezoelectric element; and a base material mountable to a wall of a vessel that contains a liquid. The base material has a planar portion and an angular shaped portion. The angular shaped portion has a plurality of outer faces, a first face of the plurality of outer faces of the angular shaped portion being connected to (or part of) a first face of the planar portion, a second face of the planar portion opposite to the first face of the planar portion being mountable to the wall of the vessel, at least one second face of the plurality of outer faces of the angular shaped portion being angled to the first face of the angular shaped portion at an angle less than an angle of 90 degrees internal to the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Miklos Lenner, Frank Kassubek, Christof Bernhard, Detlef Pape
  • Patent number: 11852520
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for determining a reflective surface of a steering gear and a focusing steering gear of an external level gauge. The method includes: obtaining a focal length and a specific reflection angle (101); determining an 0th step reflective surface (102) of the reflective surface of the steering gear based on the focal length and the specific reflection angle; determining an adjacent step reflective surface (103) by a geometric method based on the 0th step reflective surface; and if a number of steps of the reflective surface of the steering gear reaches a preset value, determining the reflective surface (104) of the steering gear based on the 0th step reflective surface and the adjacent step reflective surface. According to the present disclosure, a liquid level can be measured at an outer side of a side wall of a vertical liquid storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN DINGHUA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dinghua Wang, Rui Wang, Pu Wang