Patents Issued in August 1, 2017
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Patent number: 9719779Abstract: A form measuring machine includes: a scanning probe including a stylus with a tip ball and a probe body attached with the stylus; a movable slider supporting the scanning probe; a scale detecting a slider displacement of the slider; a tip ball displacement detector detecting a tip ball displacement of the tip ball; and an arithmetic unit calculating a measurement value based on the slider displacement, the tip ball displacement and a correction filter and comprising a correction filter setting section that: calculates a correction matrix diagonal component from the slider displacement and the tip ball displacement detected by calibration of the scanning probe; and calculates a correction factor of the correction filter from the correction matrix diagonal component to set the correction filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhiro Ishikawa, Hideyuki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 9719780Abstract: The invention describes an observation device, having two tubular observation parts, wherein the longitudinal axes of the observation parts in the region of the ocular sides are spaced apart by a distance of at least 54 mm. At least one observation part has a flared portion on an external side, wherein the flared portion is located inside a subsection of between 20% and 80% of an overall length of the observation part. The flared portion lies in an annulus section having a normal distance to the optical axis of the objective of between 130% and 250% of the radius the objective lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Swarovski-Optik KG.Inventors: Ludwig Pernstich, Konrad A. Roider, Andreas Zimmermann, Gavin Lancaster
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Patent number: 9719781Abstract: The invention provides a measuring method for performing monitoring measurement on two or more objects. The method includes a step of scanning a predetermined range so as to include two or more objects to be measured, a step of acquiring digital images at a predetermined time interval so that there are two or more images which include the same object to be measured while scanning, a step of detecting an image of the object to be measured in the digital image and of setting up a minimal rectangle surrounding the image of the object to be measured, and a step of overlapping the minimal rectangles obtained in two or more digital images and of carrying out integrated processing to obtain positions of the objects to be measured in the image. The composite directional angle of each object to be measured is obtained based on the results of the integrated processing.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventor: Nobuyuki Nishita
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Patent number: 9719782Abstract: An avionics system comprises one or more attitude sources, each configured to produce a respective calculated attitude solution; at least one magnetometer configured to measure magnetic field; and at least one attitude monitor configured to use the respective calculated attitude solution from one of the attitude sources to project the measured magnetic field estimate or an Earth Magnetic Field Model (EMFM) estimate such that the measured magnetic field estimate and the EMFM estimate are in a common shared frame. The at least one attitude monitor is further configured to determine a difference between the measured magnetic field estimate and the EMFM estimate in the common shared frame. The at least one attitude monitor is further configured to output an alert, which indicates that the respective calculated attitude solution used to project the measured magnetic field estimate or the EMFM estimate is in error, if the difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: John R. Morrison, Douglas Mark Weed, Mark Hickey
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Patent number: 9719783Abstract: A level sensor (20) for a motor vehicle that comprises a housing (1), a rotor (2) that is rotatably mounted on the housing (1), a circuit board (3) that is enclosed by the housing (1) and contains at least a single stator as well as a connector (4). The level sensor (20) should be improved in such a way that the rotor (2) is easy to mount on the housing (1) and that there is practically no play so that a relative position of the stator as compared to a rotor structure (9) is largely maintained. Overall, the sensor should also be inexpensive to manufacture. This is achieved by the circumstance that the housing (1) exhibits a cylinder (6) with a circular cross-section that is mounted on the outside, that the rotor (2) is made of plastic with the exception of the rotor structure (9) and that the rotor (2) is guided within the cylinder (6) and interlocks with the latter.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.Inventors: Manfred Bartscht, Thomas Elpermann, Eckart Wirries
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Patent number: 9719784Abstract: A micro-gyroscope for determining a rate of rotation about a Z-axis includes a substrate and two sensor devices each of which comprises at least one drive mass, at least one anchor, drive elements, at least one sensor mass and sensor elements. The drive mass is mounted linearly displaceably in the direction of an X-axis, and can be driven in an oscillatory manner with respect to the X-axis. The sensor mass is coupled to the drive mass by means of springs. The sensor mass is displaceable in the Y-direction, and sensor elements detects a deflection of the sensor mass in the Y-axis. The two sensor devices are disposed parallel to each other and one above the other in the direction of the Z-axis, and the drive mass in these two sensor devices are coupled to each other by means of a coupling spring.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Hanking Electronics, Ltd.Inventor: Martin Heller
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Patent number: 9719785Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for presenting forecast information pertaining to a planned route of travel, such as a flight plan. One exemplary method involves obtaining a plurality of forecast data sets associated with a plurality of different forecast time periods and subdividing a route into a plurality of forecast regions encompassing respective portions of the route based on the times associated with the navigational reference points defining the route. Each forecast region of the plurality of forecast regions is associated with a respective forecast time period. For each forecast region, a graphical representation of a subset of the forecast data set associated with that forecast region's associated forecast time period that corresponds to the geographic area of that forecast region is displayed on a display device concurrently to displaying a graphical representation of the route.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Jiri Vasek, Zdenek Eichler, Petr Tieftrunk, David Bajger
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Patent number: 9719786Abstract: An automobile has a system for navigating using a vehicle speed sensor reading rotation data from a wheel and a gyroscopic sensor. For each of a plurality of error parameter values, a distance traveled for each of a plurality of directions of travel. The system also includes selecting the error parameter value that maximizes the distance traveled in one or more of the directions of travel, applying the selected error parameter value to data from the gyroscopic sensor, and navigating using dead reckoning based on data from the vehicle speed sensor and data from the gyroscopic sensor with the applied error parameter value.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Sandeep Rao, Deric Wayne Waters
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Patent number: 9719787Abstract: The navigation solution of a device may be enhanced by perforating multiple pass smoothing. Forward and backward processing of the input data may be performed to derive interim navigation solutions. One or more quantities of the interim navigation solutions may be combined to smooth the quantities. At least one additional pass of forward and backward processing may then be performed using quantities of the navigation solution that were combined to enhance the interim navigation solutions. Next, at least one uncombined quantity of the navigation solution from the enhanced interim navigation solution is combined to provide an enhanced smoothed navigation solution. Additional passes may be performed to combine other quantities of the navigation solution as desired.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: Jacques Georgy, You Li, Medhat Omr, Christopher Goodall, Hsui-Wen Chang
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Patent number: 9719788Abstract: A method for determining a spatial orientation of a body, including receiving, by receiving equipment located with the body, at least three electromagnetic signal sets, each of the received signal sets having been transmitted by a different one of at least three separate transmitters at different locations, detecting, for each one of the received signal sets, information that partially defines a direction from the body to the transmitter from which the signal set was received, the detected information including one of two angles that fully define an arrival direction from which the body received the signal set in relation to a body frame, the detected information not including a second of the two angles, and determining the spatial orientation of the body, including yaw, pitch, and roll angles relative to a navigation frame, using the detected information for each one of the received signal sets.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Robert J. Wellington
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Patent number: 9719789Abstract: An approach is provided for acquiring access rights for one or more restricted access areas. The approach involves determining that at least one potential route for at least one user includes at least one location with one or more access restrictions. The approach also involves initiating at least one query to determine whether the at least one user has at least one access right to the at least one location. The approach further involves generating at least one request to acquire the at least one access right for the at least one user based, at least in part, on one or more results of the at least one query prior to travel in the at least one location, a commencement of the at least one potential route, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: HERE GLBOAL B.V.Inventor: Jerome Beaurepaire
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Patent number: 9719790Abstract: A geohash based cover for a geometry whose uncertainty is described as a circle with center point and a radius is disclosed. In one example, a geohash cover is computed that does not require any expensive geodesic calculations, providing roughly an order of magnitude improvement in speed up of cover calculation. In another example, distance computations are exact compared to a conventional process. In another example, the geohashes returned by the technique can vary between 4 to 9—with a median 6 (a certain conventional process would always return 9 hashes (all the 8 neighbors and the self geohash)). In another example, results are accurate, while still avoiding expensive geodesic computations.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dakshi Agrawal, Raghu K. Ganti, Mudhakar Srivatsa
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Patent number: 9719791Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing travel information and/or content to users. According to certain embodiments, an area of interest is calculated based on a determined location of a user traveling along a route and a relative distance of travel. The area of interest is associated with coordinates on a map and includes at least a triangular area or a radial area. At least one database is searched to identify travel information and/or content within the area of interest. The travel information and/or content is stored in the database and associated with coordinates on the map. Instructions are provided at a first point in time to electronically display the identified travel information and/or content on a device of the user. Further identified travel information and/or content is displayed to the user at subsequent points in time as the user travels along the route.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Mapquest, Inc.Inventors: Sue Anne Hall, Kacy Nikole Beitel
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Patent number: 9719792Abstract: A system and method provides a route and turn-by-turn directions based on estimates of current and future traffic along the route. A client device may request turn-by-turn directions between an initial and a final location. A server may identify a plurality of routes between the locations. Each route of the plurality of routes may be divided into route segments. For each route segment of a particular route, the server may estimate a travel time. The travel time may be based on estimated vehicle volume data generated from information received from other users vehicle Based on the estimated travel time for each route segment of a particular route, the server may estimate a total travel time for the particular route. The server may repeat this estimate for each of the plurality of routes between the locations and select the route with the lowest estimated travel time. Based on the selected route, the server may generate turn-by-turn directions and transmit the directions to the client device for display.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: David M. Barth
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Patent number: 9719793Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of synthetic vision systems for a vehicle, said vehicle having a particular navigation direction. The system in accordance with the invention includes at least: a cartographic database representative of the terrain travelled over by the vehicle, means for geolocation of said vehicle, electronic means for computing a representation of the principal parameters of said vehicle; graphic generator means for generating a three-dimensional synthetic representation of said terrain; and a display device displaying said three-dimensional synthetic representation in a particular field of view (FOV) and in a particular display direction, means for modifying the display direction to a direction different from the particular navigation direction of the vehicle, said modification means being manual or automatic, the display direction then being a function of a piloting or navigation parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: ThalesInventors: Xavier Servantie, Didier Poisson
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Patent number: 9719794Abstract: A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus comprises: acquiring starting point information indicating a starting point and destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route information includes a plurality of passing points; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database which stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; and displaying the extracted captured images in association with a map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Yuko Yamamoto, Masahiro Ito, Kimio Minami, Kazuo Okamura
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Patent number: 9719795Abstract: A navigation device includes a travel road specification portion acquiring a current location of a vehicle and specifying a travel road actually traveled by the vehicle, a continuity determination portion determining an existence of a continuity between the travel road and a first road connected to an end point of the travel road, and an extension road designation portion. The end point of the travel road is defined as a reference end point, the travel road is defined as a reference road, and the first road is defined as a determination target road. The extension road designation portion designates the first road as a first extension road when the continuity determination portion determines that the continuity exists between the first road and the travel road.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Noriko Kato
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Patent number: 9719796Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intersection guidance method, a navigation server, a navigation terminal, and a navigation system including the same using point-of-interest (POI) information specialized for a user in order to provide enhanced intersection turn guidance. In one form, the method includes: tracing a route to a destination designated by a user and performing route guidance along the route; when an intersection on the route is detected, determining a representative point-of-interest (POI) from among one or more POIs corresponding to the intersection on the basis of profile information of the user; and performing turn guidance at the intersection using the representative POI.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Hyun Min Kim
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Patent number: 9719797Abstract: Various examples are directed to an electronic device capable of touch input through a touch-sensitive surface and/or voice input through a microphone. In some examples, the electronic device may be used in an automobile. For example, some or all of the electronic device may be mounted in a dashboard for use while driving. The electronic device may provide informational content, entertainment content, navigation, and communication features in such a manner that user interaction may be minimized, thus providing a safe driving experience. This can be accomplished by performing tasks and presenting content automatically, without the need for user input, and by allowing user input through voice controls, touch screen controls, and/or physical controls mounted on the dashboard or steering wheel, among other possibilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jorge S. Fino, Imran Chaudhri, Scott M. Herz, Justin E. Santamaria, Donald W. Pitschel
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Patent number: 9719798Abstract: A navigational aid including an intelligent display mode and a communication system communicates with a vehicle's sensor system and/or historical- or time-based information to reduce the number of businesses that are displayed on the map by filtering out unneeded or less preferred services. When the vehicle's fuel level sensor detects that the fuel tank is almost empty, a message can be sent from the sensor system to the navigational aid such that the navigational aid can then begin showing a visual indication (e.g., text or graphical information such as an icon) of the location of fuel stations on the screen. Additionally, the location receiver indicates to the filter when the navigational aid is close to the programmed destination. At that point, the filter can be informed that it should start showing garages or areas where the vehicle can be parked without having cluttered the screen with parking garages that were not close to the destination. Similarly, when in need of other services (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Inspired Possibilities, LLCInventor: Mark Gottlieb
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Patent number: 9719799Abstract: An electronic flight bag for an aircraft includes a display device and a processing system. The display device is operable to render various images. The processing system is in operable communication with the display. The processing system is configured to receive various types of data from various aircraft systems and is operable, upon receipt of the data, to supply display commands to the display device that cause the display device to automatically render various images. These images may include, among other things, flight manual pages, checklists, approach charts, maintenance data, and various navigation displays. The electronic flight bag may also implement the functions of various other aircraft systems and devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Anil Kumar Pandit, Srikanth Rao, Nayyar Azam Khan Rao, Nagaraj Sham Bhat
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Patent number: 9719800Abstract: A method and system for enhancing situational awareness in a rotary wing aircraft, includes receiving signals indicative of environmental information for the aircraft during a hover; determining signals indicative of a heading, course, and speed for the aircraft in response to the receiving of the environmental information; and displaying a composite symbology for heading, course, and speed on tactical display.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventor: Greg Boria
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Patent number: 9719801Abstract: Example methods and systems for calibrating sensors using road map data are provided. An autonomous vehicle may use various vehicle sensors to assist in navigation. Within examples, the autonomous vehicle may calibrate vehicle sensors through performing a comparison or analysis between information about the environment received by sensors with similar information provided by map data (e.g., a road map). The autonomous vehicle may compare object locations as provided by the sensors and as shown by map data. Based on the comparison, the autonomous vehicle may adjust various sensors to accurately reflect the information as provided by the road map. In some instances, the autonomous vehicle may adjust the position, height, orientation, direction-of-focus, scaling, or other parameters of a sensor based on the information provided by a road map.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Dave Ferguson, Dorel Ionut Iordache
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Patent number: 9719802Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transmitter and a monitoring system using this transmitter, the transmitter includes: a multi-to-one multiplexing switch configured to receive a plurality of sensor signals of a plurality of channels through a plurality of input terminals, select one sensor signal from the plurality of sensor signals, and output the selected sensor signal through a output terminal; a first variable gain amplifier configured to receive the selected sensor signal, amplify the selected sensor signal with a gain within a first gain range, and output the amplified sensor signal; a control parameter input terminal configured to receive an input control parameter from outside of the transmitter; and an operating and switching selector configured to perform operations according to the input control parameter, so as to control the multi-to-one multiplexing switch to select the one sensor signal and control the gain of the first variable gain amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTDInventors: Ziyu Zhu, Dazhong Zhai
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Patent number: 9719803Abstract: A system including a transceiver that is in a first device and receives wirelessly or over a powerline and from a second device, (i) a voltage value of a voltage detected between bus bars of a power source, where the power source supplies power to a load, and where the load is distinct from the first and second devices, or (ii) a current value of a current detected by a current sensor and drawn from the power source by the load. A sensing module one of (i) if the transceiver receives the current, detects the voltage and timestamps the voltage value with a first timestamp, and (ii) if the transceiver receives the voltage, determines the current and timestamps the current value with a second timestamp. A parameter module determines a parameter of the load based on the voltage, the current, and the first and second timestamps.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Liebert CorporationInventor: Gregory W. Ratcliff
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Patent number: 9719804Abstract: A position sensor comprises a magneto-resistive element. The magneto-resistive element comprises a stack of layers including at least a conductive layer in between two magnetic layers. The layers have a longitudinal extension along a longitudinal axis and a lateral extension along a transverse axis. A magnet is provided comprising a magnetic dipole with a dipole axis orthogonal to a plane defined by the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis. The electrical resistance of the conductive layer depends on a position of the magnet along the longitudinal axis. The position sensor provides for nano-scale sensing.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Walter E. M. Haeberle, Angeliki Pantazi, Abu Sebastian, Tomas Tuma
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Patent number: 9719805Abstract: A highly accurate position detection is performed by the use of a magneto-resistance effect element such as a TMR element. At least two magnetic detecting elements 21-1 and 21-2 are provided to detect leakage magnetism from a scale 11 having a magnetic signal magnetically recorded thereon, and to output a recording signal of a position where the leakage magnetism is detected. The at least two magnetic detecting elements 21-1 and 21-2 are disposed side by side in a direction y perpendicular to a direction x of scanning the scale 11 and also disposed at positions approximately equidistant from a magnetic signal recording surface of the scale 11.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DMG MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Kusumi, Yusuke Takei, Shigeru Ishimoto
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Patent number: 9719806Abstract: A magnetic field sensor operates as a motion detector for sensing a movement of a ferromagnetic target object having features. The magnetic field sensor has a plurality of magnetoresistance elements to generate, in a first channel, a feature signal indicative of a proximity of a feature of a ferromagnetic target object and, in a second channel, an edge signal indicative of a proximity of an edge of a feature of a ferromagnetic target object.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Andrea Foletto, Jeffrey Eagen, Paul A. David
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Patent number: 9719807Abstract: In a method of determining a current position of an output element connected to an electric stepper motor, a current position of a rotor of the stepper motor is determined by a rotor position sensor. The determination of the current position of the rotor is refined as a function of information about a currently active phase of the stepper motor, and the current position of the output element is calculated in response to the refined determination of the current position of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Jan Oberthür
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Patent number: 9719808Abstract: A signal processing apparatus receiving a first input signal and the first input signal being directly used as a first output signal. The signal processing apparatus comprising: a first gain-adjustable amplifier receiving the first input signal and generating a gain-adjusted first input signal according to a gain; a first adder for subtracting the gain-adjusted first input signal from the second input signal, thereby generating a second output signal; and a weighting correlator receiving the first output signal and the second output signal, and generating the first integrated signal to control the gain.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: RDC SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Chou Yen
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Patent number: 9719809Abstract: An optical unit includes: a first diffraction grating where light from a light source enters; a second diffraction grating that generates interference light as a result of diffracted light rays emitted from the first diffraction grating entering the second diffraction grating; and an optical member including a pair of reflective surfaces that are parallel and opposite to each other, the optical member being configured such that the pair of reflective surfaces respectively reflect ±mth-order diffracted light rays that are diffracted light rays of a specific order among a plurality of orders of the diffracted light rays emitted from the first diffraction grating so as to guide the ±mth-order diffracted light rays to the second diffraction grating, where m is a natural number.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Oyama, Fuyuki Miyazawa, Yasuhito Hagiwara, Takaki Hamamoto, Isao Matsuda
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Patent number: 9719810Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an optical detecting device; a movable unit including a rotatable member having a first light-blocking surface and a second light-blocking surface; and a control unit. The movable unit rotates with rotation of the rotatable member so that the second light-blocking surface is movable to a first position where the optical detecting device is light-blocked and a second position where the optical detecting device is not light-blocked, and includes a locking member for locking the second light-blocking surface in the second position. When the first and second light-blocking surfaces pass through a detecting portion of the optical detecting device, the control unit discriminates a state of the movable unit on the basis of a detection result of the optical detecting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinichi Ueda
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Patent number: 9719811Abstract: A photoelectric encoder according to the present invention comprises a light-receiving unit including: a first and second light-receiving element column; and a light-blocking layer configured from a light-blocking portion and a light-transmitting portion, the first and second light-receiving element columns being disposed staggered in a second direction such that an arrangement pattern of light-receiving elements in the first and second light-receiving element columns has a pitch which is the same in a first direction and a phase which differs in the first direction, and the light-transmitting portion on the light-receiving surface of the light-receiving element in the first light-receiving element column and the light-transmitting portion on the light-receiving surface of the light-receiving element in the second light-receiving element column being formed so as not to overlap each other when staggered in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Tahara
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Patent number: 9719812Abstract: A housing for a gas sensor module is described herein. The housing can include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can include at least one wall forming a cavity having a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion. The first portion can also include an inlet tube coupling feature and a distribution channel disposed adjacent to the first cavity portion. The first portion can further include an outlet tube coupling feature and a receiving channel disposed adjacent to the second cavity portion. The second portion can include a tuning fork coupling feature disposed adjacent to the second cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Abhijeet Vikram Kshirsagar, Chinmaya Rajiv Dandekar, Amit Barjatya
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Patent number: 9719813Abstract: A connector mechanism for safely and quickly attaching or detaching a sensor. The connector mechanism includes a sensor head assembly comprising a detector body with an internal channel, an open distal end, and a sensor head attachment connector (HAC) located within the channel. The HAC includes a first electrical connection having at least a first contact member and a first key component located in a fixed location relative to the first contact member. The connector mechanism includes a sensor cartridge comprising a cartridge housing with a probe component, a second electrical connection having at least a second contact member configured to mate with the first contact member, and a second key component that is located in a fixed location relative to the second contact member. The first and second key components engage one another before the first and second contact members engage one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Scott Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Lynn Landis
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Patent number: 9719814Abstract: A needle type gauge includes: a needle that includes a main rotating portion that rotates around a rotation shaft, and an indicator which points out an index part; and an actuator. The main rotating portion includes a light emitting portion that emits strip-shaped light. The light emitting portion is located at the actuator side relative to the indicator, and emits the strip-shaped light to a nearby area to the indicator and located, relative the indicator, at one side in a rotation direction of the indicator. The needle includes a shield which extends in a direction of the actuator from the indicator, extends along the indicator, and blocks, among the strip-shaped light, light directed from the one side in the rotation direction of the indicator to the other side therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi Sato, Takashi Hori, Tetsuro Togawa, Ryo Kobe, Munehiro Yasuda, Shinji Kamon
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Patent number: 9719815Abstract: A lighted display assembly for an appliance includes interchangeable display screens. Multiple light sources flash, turn on and turn off to indicate a status of the appliance by illuminating a selected one of the display screens. A display grid extends continuously between the light sources and the selected display screen and defines light passages that are each uniquely associated with one or more corresponding light sources. Light emitted by each light source is confined to a discrete area of the display screen by the corresponding light passage. The discrete areas of the interchangeable display screens may include any of a variety of markings, for example, markings in a different language. The assemblies may be tailored to the needs of a particular customer by selecting an appropriate display screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Access Business Group International LLCInventors: Michael E. Miles, Terry L. Lautzenheiser, Karlis Vecziedins
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Patent number: 9719816Abstract: A fitting for positioning a probe in a hot gas path within a casing of a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The fitting includes a main body attachable to the casing opposite the hot gas path. The main body includes an internal bore and one or more cooling holes in communication with the internal bore. A compliant seal is positionable within the internal bore. In addition, a follower is positionable within the internal bore adjacent to the compliant seal. Moreover, the fitting includes a fastener configured to mate with the main body. In this manner, the follower deforms the compliant seal about the probe within the main body to secure and seal the probe within the main body.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Zachary John Snider
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Patent number: 9719817Abstract: A wheel fixing unit includes: a body; a plurality of wheel connectors protruding forward from the body and connected to a tool connection hole in a wheel of a vehicle; and a cable connector protruding rearward from the body and including a connection terminal formed on a protruding end side such that a cable is connectable thereto. A calibration device using the wheel fixing unit includes: wheel fixing units respectively coupled to left and right wheels of a vehicle; a target board installed spaced apart in a direction corresponding to a vehicle body and configured such that a transmission signal of a sensor mounted on a front or rear surface of the vehicle body is reflected by a reflector and is incident on the sensor; and an interval maintaining cable connected to one end of the wheel fixing unit and one of the both sides of the target board.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Hyung Suk Ham, Ji Hoon Cho
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Patent number: 9719818Abstract: A fluid intake system includes a fluid meter having a body with a hole extending the length of the body, the hole being configured to receive the fluid conduit therethrough, a sensor carried within the body and operably associated a computer, the sensor being configured to detect the flowrate of the fluid passing through the fluid conduit and relay a detected fluid flow to the computer, and a display operably associate with the computer, the display being configured to display a numerical value of the fluid flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Meredith E. Gill
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Patent number: 9719819Abstract: A vortex flow transducer for measuring the flow velocity of a fluid flowing in a measuring tube as well as to a vortex flow sensor for the vortex flow transducer. In such case, the vortex flow sensor includes a housing having a central axis and a connecting section, on which a shoulder is embodied, which has a bearing area. In a plane of the shoulder a membrane is arranged, whose edge is positioned over the bearing area and is axially spaced therefrom. The vortex flow sensor includes, furthermore, a flange shaped support system having a radial edge section and a cylindrical axial section, wherein the radial edge section lies with its surface against the shoulder of the platform and the cylindrical axial section extends parallel to the central axis, so that the membrane is supported against the support system upon application of a predetermined pressure on the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Andreas Strub, Natalie Witkowski, Dominique Wiederkehr, Sascha Kamber
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Patent number: 9719820Abstract: A pitot tube includes a substantially cylindrical body portion having an interior defining a flow passage and a tip portion extending along a pitot tube axis from the body portion. The tip portion includes a disk, a tip cover and a high thermal conductive insert disposed between the disk and the tip cover and in thermal contact with both.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: GOODRICH AEROSPACE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED, ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.Inventors: Robin Jacob, Guru Prasad Mahapatra, Paul Robert Johnson
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Patent number: 9719821Abstract: A flow measurement device includes a first sensor device that responds to stimulus from fluid medium flowing through a measurement section by registering a measure representing a physical characteristic, a processor, and a data storage including a look-up table containing a first collection of values representing a first value of flow of a first fluid or a first value of flow of a second fluid, and a second look-up table containing a second collection of the values representing a second value of the flow of the first fluid or a second value of the flow of the second fluid, the processor receiving the measures registered during a measurement time interval and estimating a flow pattern of the fluid medium during the measurement interval where the flow pattern describes how the first and second fluids are distributed in the measurement section over the measurement time interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventors: Bohao Liao, Torbjorn Petterson
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Patent number: 9719822Abstract: A method of ultrasonic clamp-on flow measurement according to the transit time difference method and apparatus for the implementation of the method, wherein the electromechanical transducer element of at least one of the two acoustic transducers is comprised of at least two array elements and a correction factor is determined by comparing the transit times between the acoustic transducers while using different array elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FLEXIM Flexible Industriemesstechnik GmbHInventor: Bernhard Funck
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Patent number: 9719823Abstract: A gas meter is provided. The gas meter has a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a measuring section. A measuring device for thermal flow measurement can be arranged in the measuring section. A filtering device for removing particulate impurities is arranged downstream of the gas inlet. Gas diverted from the main gas flow is supplied to the filtering device for purifying the gas. After the purification, the purified gas is fed to the measuring device arranged downstream of the filtering device.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: HYDROMETER GMBHInventor: Hans-Michael Sonnenberg
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Patent number: 9719824Abstract: A thermal air flow sensor that offers high flow rate measurement accuracy is provided. The thermal air flow sensor includes a measuring element. The measuring element includes: a semiconductor substrate; a heating resistor and a temperature measuring resistor both formed as a result of thin films being stacked over the semiconductor substrate; an electronic insulator including a silicon oxide film; and a diaphragm portion formed after part of the semiconductor substrate is removed. The heating resistor and the temperature measuring resistor are formed over the diaphragm portion. In the thermal air flow sensor, a ratio of an area occupied by the thin films to an area of the measuring element ranges between 40% and 60%.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Norio Ishitsuka, Yasuo Onose, Noriyuki Sakuma, Hiroshi Nakano
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Patent number: 9719825Abstract: A flow measuring device includes a first sensor device that responds to one stimulus caused by a fluid medium flowing through a measurement section by registering a first measure representing a first type of physical characteristic of the fluid medium, and a second sensor device that responds to another stimulus caused by the fluid medium by registering a second measure representing a second type of physical characteristic of the fluid medium, the second measure being independent from the first measure, and the first and second measures both being dependent on the flow of the first fluid and on the flow of the second fluid in the fluid medium in the measurement section, the first measure and the second measure being sufficient to solve both a first function that defines the flow of the first fluid and a second function that defines the flow of the second fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DELAVAL HOLDING ABInventors: Bohao Liao, Torbjorn Petterson
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Patent number: 9719826Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for measuring mass flow comprises two tubes for transporting a material; two exciters wherein one of the two exciters is fixedly attached on each of the two tubes configured to induce a vibration in the two tubes; at least two sensors on each of the tubes; a test media flowing through the tube, wherein a phase difference in the tubes is indicative of a mass flow of the test media; and a comparer module operably connected to the at least two sensors on each of the tubes for determining a phase difference of the vibrations in the tubes and determining a mass flow according to the phase difference.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Xianyong Fan, Chuang Huang, Guokun Song
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Patent number: 9719827Abstract: A system is provided for calculating and displaying an estimated remaining runtime for a portable generator. The system may include fuel sender with capacitive sensors communicating with a control system to display the fuel level and/or remaining runtime that can be recalculated when step changes in system performance are detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Generac Power Systems, Inc.Inventor: Steven P. Pruzina
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Patent number: 9719828Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for estimating the individual water consumption of a plurality of devices supplied by the secondary fluid distribution network of a user. The system comprises a sleeve able to be fitted around the supply pipe of the secondary network and comprises an electromechanical sensor placed against the outside wall of the supply pipe, and a processor for analyzing the signals delivered by the electromechanical sensor with a view to extracting information characterizing the individual consumption of the devices supplied by the secondary network.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Oxena ConseilInventor: Jacques Le Floch