Patents Examined by Terence E Stifter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10747198
    Abstract: A feedback information generation method for a solder inspection apparatus includes: receiving an input of information on the number of buffers which are disposed between the solder inspection apparatus and a screen printer for printing solder on printed circuit boards and are configured to support the printed circuit boards to be introduced into the solder inspection apparatus so as to put the printed circuit boards on standby; generating feedback information by using the input information and an inspection result of the printed circuit boards by the solder inspection apparatus; and transmitting the feedback information to the screen printer. Feedback information may be generated in consideration of the number of buffers, thereby preventing the feedback information from being excessively generated as well as ensuring the accuracy of the feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Jeong Yeob Kim, Sa Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 10732043
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus suitable for quickly and accurately measuring 13C levels and supporting data in an aqueous fluid reservoir. Interpreting the resulting data to indicate key factors regarding a reservoir and completion methods, including reservoir constraint, gas producibility, and completion success. A sensor and to a sensing method that evaluates the level of hydrologic constraint in aquifers occurring in unconventional reservoirs, such as shales and coals is disclosed. Specifically, Raman spectroscopy is disclosed as a sensor and a sensing method that measures the level of naturally-occurring 13C in an aqueous reservoir and compares the level of 13C to the levels typical for highly constrained and highly unconstrained reservoirs. The disclosed sensor and sensing method also monitors the level of naturally-occurring 13C in a reservoir. Also disclosed is a method of using ?13CDic to evaluate geographic areas of coal bed reservoir water having biologic methanogenic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: GAS SENSING TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: John Pope, Daniel Buttry
  • Patent number: 10732314
    Abstract: Apparatus and method of characterizing a subterranean formation including observing a formation using nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, calculating an answer product by computing an integral transform on the indications in measurement-domain, and using answer products to estimate a property of the formation. Apparatus and a method for characterizing a subterranean formation including collecting NMR data of a formation, calculating an answer product comprising the data, wherein the calculating comprises a formula K ? ( x ) ? ? 0 ? ? k ? ( t ) ? e - t / x ? dt . and estimating a property of the formation using the answer product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Lalitha Venkataramanan, Tarek M. Habashy, Fred K. Gruber, Denise E. Freed
  • Patent number: 10725111
    Abstract: A battery state detection device detects a battery state and includes: a first permissible current calculating unit configured to calculate a first permissible current of a battery based on a voltage of the battery detected by a voltage detecting unit; a second permissible current calculating unit configured to calculate a second permissible current of the battery without using the voltage of the battery; and a correction unit configured to compare the first permissible current and the second permissible current and to perform a predetermined correction process on the basis of the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Youhei Kawahara, Masahiro Yonemoto, Keiichiro Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 10704922
    Abstract: In order to avoid erroneous count of the number of steps in a case where a user is using a traveling means other than walking, a step counting section (13) switches between acceleration value change period ranges for counting the number of steps, depending on whether a traveling means determining section (11) determines that the user is walking or that the user is using a traveling means other than walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 10693573
    Abstract: A method for locating a terrestrial transmitting source of an unknown signal that is transmitted via satellite to a terrestrial receiver, wherein the method includes comparing a power fluctuation of the unknown signal with a power fluctuation of at least one known signal allocated to a terrestrial transmitting source and determining a degree of similarity between the power fluctuation of the unknown signal and the power fluctuation of the at least one known signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ATOS CONVERGENCE CREATORS GMBH
    Inventor: Christian Hausleitner
  • Patent number: 10667757
    Abstract: A feature extraction apparatus configured to perform biometric information detection includes a bio-signal obtainer configured to acquire a bio-signal; and a processor configured to decompose a waveform of the acquired bio-signal into component pulses and extract a feature for the biometric information detection based on characteristic points of the component pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon, Young Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10656210
    Abstract: Problem: To accurately detect the state of charge of a secondary battery regardless of the state of the same. Resolution Means: A secondary battery state detection device 1 for detecting the state of a secondary battery 14 has a measurement unit (voltage sensor 11) for measuring or estimating the open-circuit voltage of the secondary battery, a determination unit (control unit 10) for determining a state of charge by applying the open-circuit voltage measured or estimated by the measurement unit to a correlation equation expressing the relationship between the open-circuit voltage and state of charge, a calculation unit (control unit 10) for calculating a state of charge on the basis of the internal resistance of the secondary battery, and a correction unit (control unit 10) for correcting the correlation equation of the determination unit if the values of the state of charge determined by the determination unit and the state of charge calculated by the calculation unit differ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Takashima, Noriyasu Iwane
  • Patent number: 10656294
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for generating a velocity model for a subsurface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Constantinos Tsingas, Wooden Jeong, Young Seo Kim
  • Patent number: 10653338
    Abstract: A sensing device including a sensor, a triggering mechanism is provided. The sensing device is attachable to a covering positioned in contact with a body such that the triggering mechanism extends between first and second segments of the body. Movement of at least one of the first and second segments activates the triggering mechanism to provide an input to the sensor, actuating the sensor to generate an output defining at least one measurement of the movement. The measurement may be one or more of rotation, translation, velocity, acceleration, and joint angle. An intermediate mechanism may be interposed between the triggering mechanism and the sensor. The sensing device may include a means to process or record measurements corresponding to movement. A system and method of measuring the movement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas J. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 10641830
    Abstract: A battery's state of charge estimation apparatus will be provided. The battery's state of charge estimation apparatus includes: a charge and discharge current detection unit; a terminal voltage detection unit; an open circuit voltage method state of charge estimation unit for estimating an open circuit voltage of the battery and an open circuit voltage method state of charge; a current integration method state of charge estimation unit for obtaining a current integration method state of charge as a state variable; and an error correction value calculation unit for calculating an error correction value for correcting the current integration method state of charge. The current integration method state of charge estimation unit corrects the current integration method state of charge by using the error correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Keio University
    Inventors: Atsushi Baba, Shuichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10620036
    Abstract: An attachment monitoring system according to an embodiment includes a working machine, attachments, a measurement unit, a terminal device, and a server device. The working machine includes a working arm. Each of the attachments is attached to a leading end part of the working arm so as to be driven by a fluid pressure. The measurement unit is provided to measure at least one of a vibration and the fluid pressure when each of the attachments identified on the basis of individual identifying information is driven. The terminal device is provided in the working machine to acquire measured results of the measurement unit. The server device collects the measured results of the respective attachments from the terminal device, and analyzes operation states of the respective attachments on the basis of the collected measured results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOKU PNEUMATIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamada, Yasuo Hirokawa, Shunichi Sakamoto, Junji Takai, Masayuki Obata
  • Patent number: 10620172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing liquid chromatography purification of one or more target molecules from a sample comprising: providing an eluent flow having one or more target molecules, measuring an output parameter indicative of the content of the one or more target molecules in the eluent flow, storing output parameter data, and dividing the eluent flow into consecutive eluent fractions, dividing the output parameter data into corresponding data fractions, in each data fraction obtaining a value indicative of characteristic behavior of the measured output parameter, identifying trends in the measured output parameter based upon the obtained value in consecutive data fractions, and identifying peak(s) in the measured output parameter correlated to eluent fractions based upon the identified trends, whereby information of identified peak(s) and correlated eluent fraction(s) can be presented and purified sample(s) from the eluent may be collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
    Inventors: Lena Nyholm, Lotta Hedkvist, Johan Arthursson, Eva Cecilia Olsson, Henrik Larsson
  • Patent number: 10614299
    Abstract: This invention introduces an indoor person identification system that utilizes the capture and analysis of footstep induced structural vibrations. The system senses floor vibration and detects the signal induced by footsteps. Then the system then extracts features from the signal that represent characteristics of each person's unique gait pattern. With these extracted features, the system conducts hierarchical classification at an individual step level and at a collection of consecutive steps level, achieving high degree of accuracy in the identification of individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Pei Zhang, Hae Young Noh, Shijia Pan, Ningning Wang, Amelie Bonde, Mostafa Mirshekari
  • Patent number: 10607868
    Abstract: A manufacturing cell includes an allowable range setting unit configured to set an allowable range for physical quantity data or statistical processing data, and data output unit configured to output, in a case where the physical quantity data or the statistical processing data deviates from the allowable range, output information. The manufacturing cell further includes an abnormality information determination unit configured to compare the physical quantity data or the statistical processing data of a manufacturing cell as an abnormality source, with the retained physical quantity data or the retained statistical processing data of the manufacturing cell, to determine whether or not the abnormality is inherent to the manufacturing cell as the abnormality source, and a determination result notification unit for notifying a determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 10578327
    Abstract: A testing platform tests an electrical and mechanical system such as an HVAC unit according to an algorithm that reduces the total testing time of the components of the system, while ensuring the safety of the system during system-wide testing. The platform uses constraints that are checked both before and during the testing to ensure that HVAC operating conditions are acceptable for starting and maintaining component tests. Preferably, the platform uses finite-state machines for each device to organize the component tests, allowing for monitoring of constraints and starting, pausing, and stopping component tests. Preferably, total test execution time is reduced by running component tests in parallel, running component tests based on loads of the components, or combinations of both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER
    Inventors: Bruce Christopher Wootton, Rory Joseph Timar, Colin Patrick Murphy, Francesco Borrelli, Allan Daly
  • Patent number: 10578762
    Abstract: Born Scattering Inversion (BSI) systems and methods are disclosed. A BSI system may be incorporated in a well system for accessing natural gas, oil and geothermal reserves in a geologic formation beneath the surface of the Earth. The BSI system may be used to generate a three-dimensional image of a proppant-filled hydraulically-induced fracture in the geologic formation. The BSI system may include computing equipment and sensors for measuring electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of the fracture before and after the fracture is generated, adjusting the parameters of a first Born approximation model of a scattered component of the surface electromagnetic fields using the measured electromagnetic fields, and generating the image of the proppant-filled fracture using the adjusted parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: CARBO CERAMICS, INC., National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: David F. Aldridge, Lewis Bartel
  • Patent number: 10580570
    Abstract: The distributor module serves for distributing electrical power to at least two connected measuring devices (S1, S2) and for forwarding to at least one superordinated electronic data processing unit (NLU) information concerning at least one physical, measured variable transmitted from the connected at least two measuring devices. For this, the distributor module comprises a module housing (100) as well as an electronics module placed within the module housing (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Pechstein, Sven-Matthias Scheibe
  • Patent number: 10557954
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for modeling angle domain common image gathers (ADCIG) from reverse time migration (RTM). One computer-implemented method includes calculating seismic source and receiver wavefields based on seismic data, calculating characteristic source and receiver wavefields from the seismic source and receiver wavefields, calculating propagation angles for the characteristic source and receiver wavefields, applying a wavefield decomposition algorithm on the characteristic source and receiver wavefields to obtain corresponding directional source and receiver wavefields, the wavefield decomposition algorithm decomposing wavefield amplitude of a wavefield in an angle interval centered on a propagation angle of the wavefield, and forming ADCIG by applying an image condition to the obtained directional source and receiver wavefields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Thierry-Laurent Dominique Tonellot, Vincent Etienne
  • Patent number: 10534086
    Abstract: Systems, and methods for controlling a modular system for improved real-time yield monitoring and sensor fusion of crops in an orchard are disclosed. According to some embodiments of the invention, a modular system for improved real-time yield monitoring and sensor fusion may include a collection vehicle, a modular processing unit, a volume measurement module, a three-dimensional point-cloud scanning module, an inertial navigation system, and a post-processing server. As the collection vehicle travels through an orchard, the volume measurement module calculates volume measurements of the windrow, the three-dimensional point-cloud scanning module assembles point-clouds of each plant in the orchard, and the inertial navigation system calculates geodetic positions of the collection vehicle. The modular processing unit may fuse the collected data together and transmit the fused data set to a post-processing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: AGERPOINT, INC.
    Inventor: K. Thomas McPeek