Patents Examined by Janet L Suglo
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Patent number: 11169133Abstract: A measuring device includes: a number n of sensors, a respective sensor of the number n of sensors being embodied to generate associated sensor data such that, overall, a number n of sensor data is generated by the number n of sensors; a learning unit embodied to calculate values of a number d of parameters of a hypothesis function on the basis of training data; a first measured quantity calculation unit to calculate a number m of first measured quantity values depending on the number n of sensor data on the basis of the hypothesis function and the calculated values of the number d of parameters of the hypothesis function; a second measured quantity calculation unit to calculate a number m? of second measured quantity values depending on the number n of sensor data on the basis of a model function; and a status unit which checks the calculation of the first measured quantity values on the basis of the second measured quantity values.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Berthold Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Joerg Baeuerle, Steffen Mueller
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Patent number: 11085793Abstract: A an inertial measurement unit determines performance degradation of a linear axis and includes: an accelerometer that, when disposed on a motion member of the linear axis including the motion member and a base member: measures acceleration of the motion member; and provides a displacement of the motion member in response to movement of the motion member; and a rate gyroscope that: measures an angular rate of movement of the motion member; and provides a yield angle for the motion member in response to movement of the motion member, wherein the displacement and yield angle determine performance degradation of the linear axis based on an error in linear movement of the motion member along the base member.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCEInventor: Gregory Vogl
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Patent number: 11076785Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.Inventors: Gary Alan Hayter, Geoffrey V. McGarraugh, Kenneth J. Doniger
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Patent number: 11068859Abstract: Disclosed are a condition based preventive maintenance apparatus and method for a large operation system. The condition based preventive maintenance apparatus for a large operation system comprises: a collection part for collecting sensor data from a plurality of sensors installed in a system; a feature extraction part for wavelet-transforming the collected sensor data and extracting an energy spectrum as a feature value; a calculation part for calculating a slope and an intercept of the extracted feature value; and a monitoring part for monitoring whether the system is broken or not using the calculated slope and intercept.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UniversityInventor: Suk Joo Bae
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Patent number: 11060396Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for estimating a transit time of an element circulating in a borehole during the drilling of the borehole. The transit time is representative of a time period for the element to move from the bottom of the borehole to its exit at the surface. The method comprises measuring a plurality of drilling parameters, computing a first signal of a first indicator based on a first set of measured drilling parameters and a second signal of a second indicator based on a second set of measured drilling parameters versus time. The first indicator is representative of a first type of events happening at the bottom of the borehole and the second indicator is representative of a second type of events happening at the exit of the borehole linked to the first type of events. The method also comprises characterizing a correlation between the first and second signals and determining a shift between the first and second signals. An estimated transit time is then determined from the shift.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Sophie Androvandi, Maurice Ringer
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Patent number: 11041913Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery aging state calculation method and device, and more particularly, to a battery aging state calculation method and device for calculating a (i.e., State of Health (SOH)) according to each execution operation and calculating a final battery SOH based on charge/discharge execution counts to improve the accuracy of the battery SOH.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventors: Hae In Choi, Jong Bum Lee
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Patent number: 11006690Abstract: A system for analyzing athletic activity is usable with an article of footwear including a sensor system with a plurality of force sensors configured to sense force exerted by a user's foot, an electronic module contained within the article of footwear, and a plurality of sensor leads connecting the sensors to the electronic module, wherein the electronic module collects data based on force input from the sensors and transmits the data. The system also includes an electronic device in communication with the electronic module. The electronic device includes a processor that receives the data from the electronic module, compares the data to a footstrike template corresponding to a desired footstrike pattern to determine whether a deviation from the footstrike template exists, and generates an indication to the user when the deviation from the desired footstrike pattern is determined to exist, which may also include a degree of such deviation.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Anna Antonia Giedwoyn, Lee Peyton
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Patent number: 10996364Abstract: A method for determining water-filled porosity and water salinity in a well includes obtaining complex dielectric permittivity of earth formations, either from dielectric measurements representative of well cores, or from dielectric well logs; selecting a dielectric mixing law for the index number m; plotting a m-th root of complex dielectric permittivity at a specified frequency in the complex domain, wherein m is an index number; determining a matrix permittivity, a water salinity, and a water-filled porosity based on the complex dielectric permittivity and the dielectric mixing law; and displaying the water salinity and the water-filled porosity.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Haijing Wang, Hanming Wang, Emmanuel Toumelin
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Patent number: 10976157Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus and related methods of measuring breast cup size for garments that support breasts.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Inventor: Ron Redenius
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Patent number: 10952647Abstract: The sensor device includes a sensor unit that detects information of an object, an attachment portion detachably attached to one or more attachment positions on the object, and an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating the attachment position to which the attachment portion is attached.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Sho Murakoshi
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Patent number: 10935001Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for monitoring wear on a gearbox of a wind turbine. A controller of the system is configured to determine a torque exerted on a rotor shaft of the wind turbine or a generator shaft of the wind turbine based on measurement signals received from a first sensor of the system. The controller is also configured to determine an accumulated wear value for the gearbox based on the torque.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Farong Zhu, Lawrence Keith Taliaferro, Jr., Priyangu Chunilal Patel, James Edward Cencula, Edward Lee McGrath
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Patent number: 10926133Abstract: A system for transitioning from a first footwear type to a second footwear type is usable with an article of footwear including a sensor system with a plurality of force sensors engaged with an article of footwear and configured to sense force exerted by a foot of a user and an electronic module configured to collect data based on force input from the sensors and to wirelessly transmit data generated by the sensor system. An electronic device includes a processor that receives the data from the electronic module, compares the data to a footstrike template corresponding to a desired footstrike pattern of a footwear transitional program, determines whether a deviation from the footstrike template exists, and generates an indication to the user when the deviation from the desired footstrike pattern is determined to exist. The desired footstrike pattern corresponds to a preferred footstrike of the second type of footwear.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Anna Antonia Giedwoyn, Lee Peyton, Christopher L. Andon
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Patent number: 10871587Abstract: Effects of time variability of water velocities in seismic surveys are addressed. Traveltime discontinuities in the input seismic data which are associated with the time-variable water velocities are determined. The input seismic data is transformed from a data space that contains the traveltime discontinuities into a model space which does not contain the traveltime discontinuities. Then the transformed seismic data is reverse transformed from the model space back into the data space.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: CGG SERVICES SASInventors: Ross Haacke, Robert Zietal
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Patent number: 10810790Abstract: A device may determine temporal ages of a first signal and a second signal provided in a graphical model generated in a technical computing environment, where the first signal is different than the second signal. The device may determine whether the temporal age of the first signal is equivalent to the temporal age of the second signal at a particular block of the graphical model. The device may either display an indication that the first signal is synchronized with the second signal when the temporal age of the first signal is equivalent to the temporal age of the second signal, or may display another indication that the first signal is not synchronized with the second signal when the temporal age of the first signal is not equivalent to the temporal age of the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TheMathWorks, Inc.Inventors: Pieter J. Mosterman, Justyna Zander
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Patent number: 10754379Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Benjamin Isaac Vaught, Paolo Malabuyo
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Patent number: 10739134Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of fingerprint sensor detection, and in particular, relate to a method and system for detecting a thickness of a protection layer of a fingerprint sensor. The method includes the following steps: step a: collecting fingerprint data via a fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor comprising a plurality of chip sensing units, arranged in an array; step b: calculating a derivative of the fingerprint data, normalizing the derivative of the fingerprint data, and calculating an integration according to the normalized derivative of the fingerprint data; and step c: acquiring a thickness of a protection layer of the fingerprint sensor according to the integration result.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shu Pang, Xiaochun Cai
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Patent number: 10663338Abstract: A method for determining system accuracy is provided. The method includes the steps of inputting hardware specifications related to a supply flowmeter into a computing device and inputting hardware specifications related to a return flowmeter into the computing device. Additionally, the method includes inputting system parameters into the computing device. System accuracy is calculated with system logic, wherein the system logic receives the inputs based on hardware specifications related to the supply flowmeter, the hardware specifications related to the return flowmeter, and the system parameters. The calculated system accuracy is stored in a computer-readable storage media, and the calculated system accuracy is output.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.Inventors: Patrick John Zimmer, Steven M Jones
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Patent number: 10656232Abstract: Described are embodiments to calibrate read sensors, which in turn may ensure that the equipment utilized to detect antigens is reliable and accurate. If it is determined that a read sensor is degraded a method of calibrating a read sensor of a read head may be used.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Berman, Dylan J. Boday, Icko E. T. Iben, Wayne I. Imaino, Stephen L. Schwartz, Anna W. Topol, Daniel J. Winarski
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Patent number: 10641625Abstract: In general, the invention relates to an algorithm and process for automated and/or continuous calibration of magnetic sensor, for example such as a sensor installed in a mobile positioning system handset. According to certain aspects, the calibration process can use the normal motion of the handset such that all measurement data from the three orthogonal axes of sensor when exposed to Earth's magnetic field is collected. According to still further aspects, the process includes fitting measurement data to an ellipsoid that characterizes the actual magnetic field measurements from a magnetic sensor, so that anomalies such as hard iron effect, soft iron effect and scale factors can be extracted and/or corrected by comparison to a sphere represented by magnetic field data from a model at the sensor's location.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: CSR Technology Holdings Inc.Inventors: Mahesh Chowdhary, Mahaveer Jain
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Patent number: 10641250Abstract: The present invention provides a method of operating a wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises at least one rotatable blade. The method comprises the steps of providing a load sensor configured to generate a load signal representing loading on the blade, generating a first load signal when the blade is in a first position, and generating a second load signal when the blade is in a second position. Additionally, the method comprises steps of detecting a rotational speed of the blade, calculating a weight force on the blade based on the first and the second load signal, and calculating a centrifugal force on the blade based on the first and the second load signal. Subsequently, the weight force is compared with a predetermined weight force, and the centrifugal force is compared with a predetermined centrifugal force at the detected rotational speed. Finally, a risk of ice throw is determined based on the comparisons of the weight force and the centrifugal force with the predetermined forces.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: Ib Svend Olesen, Avanindra Gupta