Abstract: Provided are service providing apparatus and method for supporting creation of a route, and more particularly, to service providing apparatus and method for supporting creation of a route which supports creation of a personal route for only a user by selecting a transportation up to a destination and positions for getting on and off. According to the present invention, it is possible to ensure expandability of route provision by supporting an optimal route which is known by a user to be directly created by the user when there is no user's desired route among recommended routes, providing the created personalized route together with the recommended route to support the personalized route to be guided as the optimal route, and simultaneously, providing various routes using the public transportation.

Abstract: A method of providing navigation instructions in a locked mode of a device is disclosed. The method, while the display screen of the device is turned off, determines that the device is near a navigation point. The method turns on the display screen and provides navigation instructions. In some embodiments, the method identifies the ambient light level around the device and turns on the display at brightness level determined by the identified ambient light level. The method turns off the display after the navigation point is passed.

Abstract: An estimated route presentation apparatus including a control device is provided. The control device executes an image acquisition function to acquire a captured image captured by a camera provided on the vehicle, an estimated route calculation function to: detect an end part of a diagram displayed on a road surface from an image of the road surface included in the captured image; obtain a center of gyration of the vehicle traveling, on the basis of changes in the direction and distance of the movement of the end part as the vehicle travels; and calculate an estimated route of the vehicle with reference to the center of gyration, and a presentation control function to present the calculated estimated route.

Abstract: Because in a server for navigation that causes a navigation device mounted in a moving object to provide guidance on a moving route and display map data on the basis of the map data and the position of the moving object, from a recognition result of a user's utterance and position information, evaluation information about a point or is acquired automatically, an evaluation about the point can be left automatically and safely without requiring the user's special operation. Further, by adding the evaluation information to map data and displaying this map data at the time of use, the navigation system enables the user to revisit a point through which the user desires to pass once again, bypass a point through which the user desires to never pass again, and so on without requiring the user's work of consciously memorizing the impression about each point and so on.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and related technologies are provided for enhanced navigation instruction. In one implementation, a likelihood of non-compliance by a user with the navigation instruction can be determined with respect to a navigation instruction, based on the likelihood of non-compliance by the user with the navigation instruction. One or more interfaces at which to provide a notification that corresponds to the navigation instruction can be selected. The notification can be provided via the selected interface(s). Various other technologies are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of providing navigation directions to a driver of a motor vehicle includes identifying a landmark along a planned route of the vehicle. The landmark is not a single street, a stop sign or a traffic light. The driver is told where to turn with reference to the landmark.

Abstract: In a magnet assembly, and an angle detection system embodying such a magnet assembly, for detecting a rotational angle of a rotating shaft, first and second magnet portions are mounted on the shaft, and have geometrical shapes and respective magnetizations with various symmetry features.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to magnetic field sensors, such as magnetic field angle sensors with generally on-axis arrangements of sensor elements relative to a rotation axis of a magnet or shaft. The shaft comprises or is coupled to an end portion that comprises a soft magnetic material, in embodiments, with the end portion having an end surface proximate the sensor that is rotationally asymmetric with respect to the rotation axis running through the length of the shaft. The sensor comprises at least three magnetic field sensing elements arranged in a plane generally perpendicular to the shaft and rotation axis. Circuitry forming part of or coupled to the sensor is configured to estimate a rotational position of the shaft by combining the signals of the at least three magnetic field sensing elements.

Abstract: Provided are an electromagnetic-induction-type position detector which can be small sized and in which interference errors do not occur, and a detection method. The present invention has: a stator having first and second main patterns and first and second sub-patterns; and a rotor having a main pattern part and a sub-pattern part, in which adjacent comb-shaped electrodes of the main pattern part and the sub-pattern part are connected to form a single loop; and when an excitation electric current is supplied to the first and second main patterns, an excitation voltage excited in the main pattern part is detected in the first and second sub-patterns via the sub-pattern part, and when an excitation electric current is supplied to the first and second sub-patterns, the excitation voltage excited in the sub-pattern part is detected in the first and second main patterns via the main pattern part.

Abstract: An operating device for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of proximity sensors for detecting contactless actuation. The operating device extends in a first plane and the sensors are disposed in that plane, separated from one another and oriented with their detection regions in the same spatial direction. A control and evaluation device is coupled to the sensors for detection of signals from each of the sensors. The sensors are covered with at least one electrically insulating plastic cover and, thus, separated from the detection region. At least one electrically conductive separating device is disposed between the sensors and oriented toward the side facing the detection regions, and directly adjacent to the plastic cover.

Abstract: A fiber optic sensor for use in environments containing darkening agents, e.g., hydrogen. The sensor includes a multicore fiber or a fiber optic cable containing a number of optical signal paths. Each path includes a sensing core segment and one or more transmission core segments. The sensing core segment is configured to (i) produce optical perturbation signals (e.g., Raman or Rayleigh) at one or more locations along the segment, the perturbation signals corresponding to environmental conditions (e.g., temperature) sensed by the segment at a corresponding location, and (ii) allow the perturbation signals to be detected by measurement equipment coupled to the sensor when light signals from a given source excite the path. The transmission core segments in a selected path subject the perturbation signals to little if any further attenuation relative to the attenuation induced in the sensing core segments in reaction to the darkening agents.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotary scale to be fixed to a rotating shaft of a rotating member includes a first step of forming, on a scale substrate, a scale pattern and a mark indicating an outer shape of the rotating shaft positioned such that a center axis of the rotating shaft coincides with a center axis of the scale pattern, a second step of cutting a first area of the scale substrate including the mark and having a first width, and a third step of cutting a second area including the mark that remains after the cutting of the first area, having a length in a circumferential direction of the scale substrate shorter than that in the first area and having a second width narrower than the first width.

Abstract: An opto-electronic sensor module (e.g., an optical proximity sensor module) includes a substrate, a light emitter mounted on a first surface of the substrate, the light emitter being operable to emit light at a first wavelength, and a light detector mounted on the first surface of the substrate, the light detector being operable to detect light at the first wavelength. The module includes an optics member disposed substantially parallel to the substrate, and a separation member disposed between the substrate and the optics member. The separation member may surround the light emitter and the light detector, and may include a wall portion that extends from the substrate to the optics member and that separates the light emitter and the light detector from one another.

Abstract: Appurtenances added to a pipe mitigate the effects of upstream valves, sluice gates or pipe elbows to condition the pipe flow for accurate flow rate detection by a reverse propeller meter. Further appurtenances allow the reverse propeller meter to be used in extreme debris situations such as weeds, vines and moss present in many canal systems. The system provides an electronic signal that indicates flow rate and accumulated flow volume, or the signal can be transmit to a central headquarters for remote gate control or canal automation.

Abstract: A system for withdrawing samples of fluids comprises a pitot tube assembly, a flow sensor to measure a flow rate of the sample, and a pump connected to the pitot tube assembly to withdraw a sample, wherein the system is configured to match a sample flow velocity to the flow velocity sensed by a flow sensor on a pitot wand. The pitot tube assembly comprises a housing with a sample outlet and a return sample inlet, an extendable/retractable pitot wand within the housing, wherein the pitot wand includes a passage extending the length thereof to transfer a sample from a pitot tube end to a sealed compartment in the housing connected to the sample outlet; wherein the return sample inlet is connected to a passage in the housing leading to an outlet from the housing, and a flow sensor on an end of the pitot wand.

Abstract: A fluid flow meter estimates the velocity of water or another fluid flowing through pipe by comparing measurements of the water velocity to one or more pre-determined templates. The fluid flow meter may collect measurement signals from one or more flow sensors, estimate the fluid velocity or flow rate by comparing the measurement signals to the template, and either store the comparison results in local memory, transmit the results to a remote memory or server, or both. In some embodiments, the fluid flow meter transmits the results to a server via a wireless interface. The transducers and processing system can be powered by a battery, a power line, or, for manifolds installed outdoors, a solar cell. Example transducers and processing systems may also have a passive wake-up feature for power reduction; that is, they may only draw power when water or another fluid flows through the pipe.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine airflow conditions at an inlet of an engine are disclosed herein. An example method disclosed herein includes providing a frame having an inner surface and an opening therethrough to define a passageway; and mounting laser sensors to the inner surface of the frame, the laser sensors to measure a characteristic of a fluid that is to flow through the passageway of the frame.

Abstract: A deposition rate measuring apparatus, including a crystal sensor facing a specific deposition source among a plurality of deposition sources in a deposition apparatus; a deposition-preventing bracket in a front portion of the crystal sensor, the deposition-preventing bracket having an opening that assists inflow of a specific deposition material, the deposition-preventing bracket extending from the opening, and the deposition-preventing bracket surrounding the crystal sensor to prevent interference due to at least one deposition material from at least one adjacent deposition source adjacent to the specific deposition source; and one or more cover portions spaced apart from the opening inward of the deposition-preventing bracket by a predetermined length.

Abstract: A flow sensor arrangement for determining the flow of a fluid comprises a substrate. A heater is arranged in or on the substrate as well as at least one first thermocouple for generating a first signal proportional to a temperature difference between a location downstream from the heater and a first reference location, and at least one second thermocouple for generating a second signal proportional to a temperature difference between a location upstream from the heater and a second reference location which second reference location is different from the first reference location. In addition, at least one third thermocouple is arranged in or on the substrate for generating a third signal proportional to a temperature difference between the first reference location and the second reference location.

Abstract: A measuring tube for a flow measuring device, wherein the measuring tube has a measuring tube axis A and a measuring tube wall. The measuring tube has a branch with a branch axis B and a wall of the branch, wherein the wall of the branch is arranged on the measuring tube wall, and the wall of the branch is connected with the measuring tube wall by a welded joint. In the transitional region between the wall of the branch and the measuring tube wall there is a specially embodied thickening of the material, which is either part of the wall of the branch or part of the measuring tube wall.

Abstract: The apparatus for monitoring the delivery of fuel oil through a fuel oil delivery pipe including a flow meter and property sensor associated with the oil delivery pipe for measuring the flow rate, temperature, viscosity, density and dielectric constant of the fuel oil as it moves through the delivery pipe. The digital output signals from the flow meter and property sensor are used to generate data signals which are a function of the measured parameters. A memory records the data signals. The actual total quantity of fuel oil delivered through the pipe is calculated based upon the data signals. A clock circuit generates a timing signal reflecting the date and time the measurements were taken. A transmission signal formed of the calculated actual total quantity of fuel oil delivered and time signal may be sent to a remote location by a WiFi transmitter or through the internet using a modem.

Abstract: A material storage bin has an upright wall supporting a plurality of vertically spaced indicators providing a person with visual information regarding the level of the material in the bin. The indicators have contrasting visual colors as bright yellow and dark black surfaces that are selectively displayed to provide a person with information of the level of material in the bin. An actuator located in the bin cooperates with a motion transmission apparatus to move visual members to an ON position displaying the bright color when the material engages the actuator and to an OFF position when the actuator is free of material in the bin.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a tank comprising an ultrasonic sensor, a first cylindrical reflector, and a second cylindrical reflector. The ultrasonic sensor may be disposed on the floor of the tank for measuring the signal propagation time through a liquid located in the tank and comprise a transmitter/receiver.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tank for a motor vehicle for storing a liquid additive with a calibrated sensor for determining at least one parameter of the liquid additive in the tank. In a step a) the sensor is installed in the tank. In a step b) the tank is at least partially filled with a predefined quantity of a test liquid. In a step c) a signal of the sensor is determined, and in a step d) the sensor is calibrated with the signal.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a sensor system of a medial system, in particular a manually operable, gravimetric system for continuous ambulant peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for detection of a treatment status, in particular for detection of a phase segment and/or a phase transition in peritoneal dialysis.

Abstract: A light imaging system for an acoustic imaging system uses polarized light to illuminate a birefringent detector through a partially transparent mirror, a lens through which light reflected from the detector passes and a light imager views the mirror through a linear polarizer with the position of the light imager being adjusted to image the full detector and to minimize effects due to the non-linear behavior of the detector.

Abstract: A vibrational sensor device and method for detecting an energized transformer is disclosed. The device may sense when a liquid-filled transformer is excited either fully or partially. The device may sense when a liquid-filled transformer is operating with or without a load current on a secondary winding of the transformer. The device may annunciate a full excitation state, a partial excitation state, a no excitation state, an OK power supply state and a low battery state. The device may detect magneto restriction vibrations at twice a line frequency such as at 120 Hz for a 60 Hz transformer. The device may be installed on a new or a retro-fit liquid-filled transformer.

Abstract: Remote control systems that can distinguish predetermined light sources from stray light sources, e.g., environmental light sources and/or reflections are provided. The predetermined light sources can be disposed in asymmetric substantially linear or two-dimensional patterns. The predetermined light sources also can output waveforms modulated in accordance with one or more signature modulation characteristics. The predetermined light sources also can output light at different signature wavelengths.

Abstract: An example embodiment may include a hyperspectral analyzation subassembly configured to obtain information for a sample. The hyperspectral analyzation subassembly may include one or more transmitters configured to generate electromagnetic radiation electromagnetically coupled to the sample, one or more sensors configured to detect electromagnetic radiation electromagnetically coupled to the sample, and an electromagnetically transmissive window. At least one of the sensors may be configured to detect electromagnetic radiation from the sample via the window. The hyperspectral analyzation subassembly may include an analyzation actuation subassembly configured to actuate at least a portion of the hyperspectral analyzation subassembly in one or more directions of movement with respect to the sample.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for optical emission spectroscopy. The apparatus for the optical emission spectroscopy includes a light collection unit configured to collect light within a plasma process chamber in which plasma is generated to process a substrate, a light transmission unit configured to transmit the collected light, and an analysis unit configured to analyze the light provided through the light transmission unit, thereby analyzing a plasma state. The light collection unit includes a light collection part configured to concentrate the light generated in the plasma process chamber and provide the concentrated light to the light transmission unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to colour sampling and in particular a system, method and apparatus for sampling the colour of a surface and electronically determining the colour of the surface. Colour sampling is a process by which the colour of a surface is matched to a known digital quantity.

Abstract: A method for the optical measurement of a variation in temperature of an object (O) includes: an emission step (S1) consisting of emitting, in the direction of the object (O), a first incident electromagnetic wave (W1_inc) of the terahertz type, and a measurement step (S2) including the measurement (S2_3), by a sensor sensitive to terahertz radiation (20), of a variation in amplitude of the electromagnetic radiation of a second electromagnetic wave (W2_ref, W2_tra) in order to determine the variation in temperature of the object (O).

Abstract: An infrared sensor includes a Fresnel lens, a rear casing, a reflecting mirror, a pyroelectric infrared sensor, a sensor circuit board, and a front casing. Therein, the rear casing is combined to the rear side of the front casing to form a sensor casing. The Fresnel lens is engaged on the upper surface of the front casing. The sensor circuit board is internally disposed in the sensor casing, with the pyroelectric infrared sensor installed on the sensor circuit board. The reflecting mirror is disposed on the upper part of the pyroelectric infrared sensor and beneath the Fresnel lens. Therefore, the present invention enlarges the sensing angle from 110 degrees to 220 degrees, such that the sensing scope is enlarged, the blind area is decreased, and the overall utility is enhanced.

Abstract: An infrared ray detecting element includes: a substrate having a cavity; an infrared ray detecting portion including, sequentially stacked, a lower electrode layer, a detection layer, and an upper electrode layer; first and second support portions which support the infrared ray detecting portion above the cavity; and first and second external lead portions for leading electrical signals outputted from the infrared ray detecting portion, to the outside. The first support portion includes, sequentially stacked, a first upper wiring pattern, a first insulating layer, and a first lower wiring pattern. The upper electrode layer is connected to the first external lead portion via the first upper wiring pattern. The second support portion includes, sequentially stacked, a second upper wiring pattern, a second insulating layer, and a second lower wiring pattern. The lower electrode layer is connected to the second external lead portion via the second lower wiring pattern.

Abstract: An immersion device for disposable guiding tubes of a robotic immersion device includes a stack for the disposable guiding tubes, a feeding channel for feeding an optical fiber into the disposable guiding tube and for feeding the disposable guiding tube together with the optical fiber into a melt, and a transfer mechanism for transferring one disposable guiding tube from the stack into the channel.

Abstract: An immersion device for measuring the temperature of a melt with an optical fiber, preferably a metal coated optical fiber, in a metallurgical vessel includes a feeding channel, feeding means for feeding an optical fiber into a disposable guiding tube and for feeding the disposable guiding tube together with the optical fiber into the melt, and control means for monitoring the position of an end of the optical fiber relative to an end of the disposable guiding tube. The relative position determines the quality of a temperature measurement.

Abstract: A feeding device for feeding an optical fiber from a coil and for recoiling unused fiber for use in an apparatus for measuring the temperature of a melt is provided. The feeding device includes a support for a coil, a feeding mechanism for decoiling the optical fiber from the coil and recoiling the optical fiber, at least one motor for driving the feeding mechanism, and a load for the optical fiber which avoids a spring back effect of the optical fiber from the coil. Blockage is avoided when decoiling and recoiling the optical fiber from the coil.

Abstract: MEMS-based calorimeter including two microchambers supported in a thin film substrate formed on a polymeric layer is provided. The thin film substrate includes a thermoelectric sensor configured to measure temperature differential between the two microchambers, and also includes a thermally stable and high strength polymeric diaphragm. Methods for fabricating the MEMS-based calorimeter, as well as methods of using the calorimeter to measure thermal properties of materials, such as biomolecules, or thermodynamic properties of chemical reactions or physical interactions, are also provided.

Abstract: A force sensing compliant enclosure for an electronic device may include at least one deformable housing wall. At least one strain concentration portion may be located on the deformable housing wall where strain caused by application of a force that deforms the deformable housing wall is greater than at other portions of the deformable housing wall. The strain concentrating portion may have a second thickness that is thinner than other portions of the deformable housing wall. One or more sensors may be positioned in the strain concentration portion and may sense strain caused by the application of the force that deforms the deformable housing wall.

Abstract: A highly sensitive MEMS capacitive force sensor offering a wide force measurement range is disclosed. The force sensor utilizes a piston-tube electrode configuration that enables the use of a wide area of the electrodes. Therefore, a high sensitivity for force detection is achieved. The force sensor consists of a lower structure, an upper structure, and a force contact platform. The lower structure contains a plurality of fixed electrodes that are attached to the base and have a plurality of teeth (pistons). Those teeth form the fixed sensing electrodes of the force sensor. The upper structure comprises of a moving section that has a plurality of apertures. The moving section is attached to the substrate via restoring mechanical springs. A force contact platform is attached to the moving electrode and provides the foundation for the force to be applied. The force sensor is able to measure concentrated and distributed force (mechanical pressure).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an FBG sensor for measuring a maximum strain of an object being measured, a method for manufacturing the sensor, and a method of using the sensor. To this end, provided is the FBG sensor for measuring a maximum strain, comprising: an optical fiber (130) having an FBG sensor (150) therein; a first metallic foil (120) contacting the optical fiber (130) on one surface thereof; a second metallic foil (120) which comes into surface-contact with the one surface; an adhesive layer (140) provided between the first and second metallic foils (100, 120); a means for measuring a residual strain of the first and second metallic foils (100, 120) through the FBG sensor (150); and a means for calculating a maximum strain on the basis of the measured residual strain and a sensitivity coefficient (Csen) obtained through experimentation.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a force sensor apparatus is provided including a tube portion having a plurality of radial ribs and a strain gauge positioned over each of the plurality of radial ribs, a proximal end of the tube portion that operably couples to a shaft of a surgical instrument that operably couples to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, and a distal end of the tube portion that proximally couples to a wrist joint coupled to an end effector.

Abstract: A torque sensor unit includes two magnetic angle sensors capable of detecting absolute rotation angles of a shaft member which indicate a twist angle of the shaft member when the shaft member is twisted. The shaft member has two end portions exposed to outside so that the shaft member can be connected at the two end portions to shaft-forming parts of a device.

Abstract: A bicycle pedaling force detector is basically provided with that basically includes a first sensor circuit, a wireless communicator and a first electrical connection member, The first sensor circuit is coupled to a first housing that is configured to be mounted to a crank assembly. The wireless communicator is coupled to a second housing that is configured to be detachably mounted to a crank assembly. The second housing is a separate member from the first housing. The first electrical connection member is configured to electrically connect the wireless communicator and the first sensor circuit.

Abstract: An occupant sensing device includes: an adjustment value holding portion which holds an adjustment value of a seat load detected by a load sensor; an occupant sensing portion which senses a sitting state of an occupant in a seat provided with the load sensor based on the seat load after adjustment by the adjustment value held by the adjustment value holding portion; an identification information holding portion which holds identification information which is essential for a normal load sensor as held identification information; an identification information obtaining portion which obtains the identification information which is essential for the load sensor provided in the seat as target identification information; and a collation judgment portion which collates the held identification information held by the identification information holding portion and the target identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining portion.

Abstract: Method for analyzing blending mixer performance is provided, which includes providing an apparatus for blending solid particles with a liquid composition, a rotating slinger, and at least one accelerometer positioned adjacent a rotating component for producing a signal that is proportional to an acceleration of the rotating slinger over a frequency range. A recorder for receiving and storing over a time interval the signal is in communication with the accelerometer. The recorded signals are converted to numeric values indicative of a vibrational amplitude of the rotating slinger over the frequency range, and harmonics from the numerical values are identified and used to determine the condition of the rotating slinger.

Abstract: Improved gas leak detection from moving platforms is provided. Automatic horizontal spatial scale analysis can be performed in order to distinguish a leak from background levels of the measured gas. Source identification can be provided by using two or more tracer measurements of isotopic ratios and/or chemical tracers to distinguish gas leaks from other sources of the measured gas. Multi-point measurements combined with spatial analysis of the multi-point measurement results can provide leak source distance estimates. Qualitative source identification is provided. These methods can be practiced individually or in any combination.

Abstract: A bearing comprising a static component, a liner, a wear indicating sensor and a movable conductive component that will wear the liner, a) where the wear indicating sensor is first affixed to the static component, and said sensor is comprised of a first insulating layer in contact with the static component and a second conductive layer, configured such that the metallic layer and the static component are not in electrical contact, and b) where the liner is positioned between sensor and the moving component, where the liner comprises an insulating layer and a conductive layer, configured such that the insulating layer faces the moving metallic component, and the conductive layer faces the sensor, such that the conductive layer is in electrical contact with the conductive layer of the sensor.

Abstract: A device for the diagnosis of the operability of a particle filter for an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, the device comprising: an exhaust conduit having an outer wall, the outer wall of the exhaust conduit defining a virtual bounding tubular envelope, the virtual bounding tubular envelope being the smallest possible tubular envelope having a circular cross-section co-planar to the cross-section of the exhaust conduit and completely surrounding the outer wall of the exhaust conduit at any position along the exhaust conduit, an exhaust chamber having a detection filter, a temperature sensor arranged in the exhaust chamber, the temperature sensor being arranged for measuring the temperature of a portion of the exhaust gas stream having passed through at least a part of the detection filter, wherein at least a portion of the exhaust chamber is thermally connected to the environment exterior to the exhaust conduit, and wherein the exhaust chamber is at least partly arranged within the v

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a classification unit, a calculation unit, and a notification unit. The acquisition unit acquires history information and attribute information on plural apparatuses. The classification unit classifies the apparatuses into plural categories in accordance with the attribute information on the apparatuses. The calculation unit calculates degrees of occurrence of malfunctions for apparatuses of the categories in accordance with the acquired history information, the degrees of occurrence of malfunctions being calculated for the respective categories, into which classification has been performed. The notification unit notifies an apparatus of a possibility of occurrence of malfunctions, the apparatus belonging to a category for which the calculated degree of occurrence of malfunctions for an apparatus exceeds a threshold.