Patents Issued in January 25, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180024505
    Abstract: There is disclosed a watch type terminal including a frame in which electronic components are mounted, a case configured to cover a lateral area of the frame, a display unit located in a front side of the case, a metal ring arranged in an edge area of a front side of the display unit, a window provided in a front side of the metal ring and configured to cover the display unit, a clock hand installed between the window and the display unit, a driving unit provided in a back side of the display unit, connected to one end of the clock hand through the display unit, and configured to vary the position of the clock hand, and a controller implemented to control the display unit, so that the user may see and tells the time even in case the display unit is turned off and the external design is improved. Even when the display unit is deactivated, the user may be provided with time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Heeyong KWON
  • Publication number: 20180024506
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a computerised system, in particular control system is provided, which is configured, from an input vector (In) which represents a discrete number of input variables and from a state vector (Zn) which represents a discrete number of state variables, to determine a new state vector (Zn+1) whose state variables are updated, as well as an output vector (On) which represents a discrete number of output variables, wherein the output variables are provided for controlling at least one appliance and/or for outputting information. The system comprises a plurality of computation units which in parallel determine the new state vector and the output vector from the input vector and the state vector. According to the invention, the system is configured such that at least all news state vectors are exchanged between the computation units after each cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Anton GUNZINGER, Martin DORIGATTI, David BEYELER, Philipp STADELMANN, Richard HUBER
  • Publication number: 20180024507
    Abstract: The present application relates to a system for determining an orientation of a first device relative to a user. The system comprises a first device including a first orientation measuring unit arranged to measure an orientation of the first device relative to the earth, a second device arranged to be worn by the user on a body part, the second device including a second orientation measuring unit arranged to measure an orientation of the second device relative to the earth. The system also comprises a processing unit arranged to calculate an orientation of the first device relative to the second device by comparing the measured orientation of the first device relative to the earth with the measured orientation of the second device relative to the earth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: ROBERT GODLIEB
  • Publication number: 20180024508
    Abstract: A method for controlling an operation of a system that includes a disturbance rejection model that is configured for modeling the operation of the system so to generate a predicted value for a system output at a future time. The disturbance rejection model may include a neural network for mapping system inputs to the system output. The method may include the steps of: calculating a probabilistic distribution for the predicted value of the system output at the future time, where the calculating of the probabilistic distribution includes a Bayesian evidence framework without sampling; and controlling the operation of the system per the calculated probabilistic distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen William Piche, Fred Francis Pickard
  • Publication number: 20180024509
    Abstract: A method for modeling an operation of a system that may include a disturbance rejection model that is configured to generate a predicted value for a system output at a future time. The disturbance rejection model may include a neural network for mapping system inputs to the system output. The method may include the steps of: training the disturbance rejection model per a training dataset; and calculating a confidence metric for the disturbance rejection model. The confidence metric is configured to indicate a probability that a predicted sign of a gain in the system output at the future time made by the disturbance rejection model is correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen William Piche, Fred Francis Pickard
  • Publication number: 20180024510
    Abstract: Various neural network models are constructed flexibly on a. learning circuit. A machine learning model construction device includes a learning circuit (80) capable of constructed a neural network model according to a setting value, and a control means (11) capable of adjusting the setting value so as to become a value for constructing a predetermined neural network model in the learning circuit (80).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiko MATSUSHIMA, Yoshito MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180024511
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a model generating method and apparatus, for realizing automatic creation of a system model. A model generating method of an embodiment includes: collecting configuration information of a system; extracting semantic description information from the configuration information; generating a model of the system according to the semantic description information, the model of the system including a relationship between model nodes and the model nodes corresponding to a device in the system or data produced by a device in the system. By extracting semantic description information from configuration information to generate a system model, a method for realizing automatic creation of a system model is provided, giving higher precision than manual creation of a system model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Qi WANG, Yong YUAN, Ming YU
  • Publication number: 20180024512
    Abstract: A method for training a disturbance rejection model that is configured to model an operation of a system so to calculate a predicted value for a system output at a future time. The disturbance rejection model may include a network for mapping system inputs to the system output, the network including a weight vector and a feedback coefficient. The method may include: obtaining a training dataset, and training the disturbance rejection model pursuant to the training dataset. The training may include calculating updated values for each of the weight vector and the feedback coefficient of the network by minimizing an error function that include a first hyperparameter and a second hyperparameter. The first hyperparameter may include a vector for penalizing the weight vector and the second hyperparameter may include a scalar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Stephen William Piche
  • Publication number: 20180024513
    Abstract: In a data management system, a host is configured to send a data access request to a target measurement device among a plurality of measurement devices using a USB dongle. When the USB dongle is unable to receive data from the target measurement device within a predetermined period of time, the host determines that a connection interruption has occurred and releases the connection resource of the USB dongle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hao-Chun Tung, Chen-Chen Tsai, Chien-Sen Weng, Yung-Ti Wang
  • Publication number: 20180024514
    Abstract: An optimization and management system using a global linearization approach and mixed integer linear programming to perform the dispatch and to schedule a river system for ten days forward while subject to real world, hourly physical, biological, environmental, and recreational constraints. The optimizer system uses a combination of slack variables and stitching methods to approximate a highly nonlinear optimization problem, thereby generating realtime generation schedules to promote to the management authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: The Energy Authority, Inc.
    Inventors: Zengjian Hu, John Putz, Sean J. Mackey, Yuen Y. Chan, Yohan Sutjandra, Jonah C. Tsui
  • Publication number: 20180024515
    Abstract: A system and method for selectively removing tire material from the bead portions of a cured tire to reduce one or more harmonics of at least one uniformity parameter are disclosed. According to aspects of the present disclosure, tire material is selectively removed using a plurality of direct address commands. The direct address commands specify ablation parameters for discrete ablation segments at specific angular locations around the bead of the tire. The direct address commands are generated by analyzing the desired ablation pattern for the bead of the tire. The ablation device can then be controlled to selectively remove tire material in discrete ablation segments at identified addresses pursuant to the direct address commands to achieve the desired ablation pattern on one or more tracks along the bead portion of the tire using a single pass of the ablation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Verner Steve Nicholson, James Edward Stone
  • Publication number: 20180024516
    Abstract: Example implementations may relate to a haptic hand-holdable controller configured with throttle functionality. An example device may take the form of a haptic controller, which senses tactile information and provides force feedback. The haptic hand-holdable controller may implement a throttle where a motor varies feedback to the hand-holdable controller to simulate a throttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Jeffrey Linnell
  • Publication number: 20180024517
    Abstract: Methods of nesting parts for 3D printing and of modularly managing the 3D printing as well as corresponding modules are provided. Methods split received part models into model batches, and repeatedly, set consecutive model batches into printing space(s) that are being gradually filled, by defining, for each part model in the model batch, a roadmap with respect to the occupied space and a set of positioning rules, and independently from the other part models in the model batch, and optimizing, in parallel for the part models in the model batch, a part positioning scheme for the model batch parts. The methods may further manage the allocation of printing spaces with respect to incoming printing requests to incorporate the respective parameters into the parameters of the nesting process. The methods exhibit a high level of process parallelization, at all levels of space and parts' allocation and nesting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Dan HALPERIN
  • Publication number: 20180024518
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, equipment and apparatuses for a highly flexible assembly system. The system may include at least one item of mobile equipment, at least one mobile container and at least one manufacturing management system (MMS). Because it is so flexible, the system may allow for efficient simultaneous processing of multiple dissimilar products. The system may also accommodate manufacturing processes requiring hybrid methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Yong Jin
  • Publication number: 20180024519
    Abstract: Techniques for assessing and presenting differences between the current commissioning data of a set of process control devices within a process plant and the respective baseline or defined commissioning parameters of the set of process control devices. According to embodiments, systems and methods may obtain the current commissioning data from the set of process control devices and access baseline parameters corresponding to the commissioning data. The systems and methods may compare the current commissioning data to the baseline parameters to determine a set of differences, and present, via a user interface, the set of differences for review by an administrator. In reviewing the set of differences, the administrator may facilitate different functionalities including rebaselining or reconfiguring process control devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Marcos A.V. Peluso, Scott N. Hokeness, Qian Xiao, Charles H. Pille, Paul Hurt, Nghy Hong
  • Publication number: 20180024520
    Abstract: A building management system (BMS) including a controller having an adaptive interaction manager and an agent manager. The system further includes one or more input-output (I/O) devices, in communication with the adaptive interaction manager. The controller further including a number of BMS field devices. The I/O devices are configured to receive an input from a user, and further configured to communicate the input to the adaptive interaction manager. The agent manager is configured to determine if one or more existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action, and to automatically transmit the existing software agents to one or more of the BMS field devices based on the agent manager determining the existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action. The software agents are configured to automatically be installed in a processing circuit of the BMS field device to perform the required action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Sudhi Sinha, Daniel M. Curtis, Donald Albinger, Youngchoon Park, Joseph Mueller, Karl Reichenberger
  • Publication number: 20180024521
    Abstract: A control device includes: a control portion and a receiving portion, in which the control portion is capable of allowing a robot to perform two or more works selected from first work of performing calibration between a coordinate system of a first imaging portion having an imaging function and a coordinate system of a robot, second work of performing calibration between a coordinate system of a second imaging portion having an imaging function and a coordinate system of the robot, third work of calculating a posture of a virtual standard surface that corresponds to a work surface on which the robot works, fourth work of calculating a distance between the first imaging portion and a standard point of the robot, and fifth work of calculating a distance between an end-effector and the standard point, based on one input command received by the receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUURA, Ko SO
  • Publication number: 20180024522
    Abstract: A system and a method for safety relevant input to a control system, the control system including a PLC which includes a non-safety control module for controlling non-safety processes, and a safety control module for controlling functional safety of processes, the system further including an operator panel for user selection of safety-related object input, wherein the system includes two communication paths between the operator panel and the safety control module, that each of the communication paths uses a different communication protocol, that each communication path goes through the non-safety control module to and from the safety control module, that the first communication path transfers object code and the second communication path transfers masked object code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yauheni Veryha, Heinrich Neupaertl, Thomas Ewald
  • Publication number: 20180024523
    Abstract: Mailpiece manufacturing, distribution and communication system comprising at least one production centre, a production software/server for generating and sending production orders to at least one processing equipment over a network for printing documents and assembling the printed documents in a mailpiece, a distribution centre for delivering the mailpiece to a customer and a domain server for interactive customer communication, the mailpiece comprising a single barcode containing a web page link for accessing the domain server and comprising processing equipment control codes or a mailpiece identifier for controlling the at least one processing equipment and for interactive customer communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Peter Ashworth
  • Publication number: 20180024524
    Abstract: An example method for controlling a carriage of a printing device is described. In one implementation, a target velocity value that satisfies a sharpness threshold is filtered by a processor resource of the printing device, a feed forward term is generated using a continuous model applied to the filtered velocity input using a plurality of electromechanical parameters, a feedback term is generated based on a difference between an expected pulse-width modulation (PWM) profile and an actual PWM profile, and a voltage to be provided to a motor of the carriage is adjusted based on the feed forward term and the feedback term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Michael Ewe
  • Publication number: 20180024525
    Abstract: A numerical controller capable of reducing labor of an operator's operation in measuring a workpiece controls a machine tool equipped with an imaging device capable of outputting three-dimensional coordinates of a designated position in a captured image and a measuring instrument measuring physical quantity concerning a shape of the installed workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180024526
    Abstract: The positioning control apparatus that controls driving of a motor while displaying an operation screen of a motion control program includes a software development support unit to create and output a probe list for control signals or devices used in the motion control program included in the software development support unit; and a sampling display unit to output the probe list to the controller and to display data sampled in the controller. The software development support unit creates the probe list for at least one control signal or at least one device in accordance with an operation performed on the operation screen of the motion control program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo MORITA, Hidehito KATO, Keiji SUEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180024527
    Abstract: An operation management system configured to acquire measured values of a workpiece from a numerical controller which controls a machine tool to measure the workpiece is provided with a measurement macro receiving unit configured to read a measurement macro for controlling the measurement from the numerical controller, a measurement macro analysis unit configured to analyze the measurement macro to identify the name of a measurement result variable loaded with the measured values, and a measurement result read-out unit configured to read out the value of the measurement result variable from the numerical controller. The operation management system easily acquires the result of the workpiece measurement from the numerical controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shogo INOUE, Takashi HOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20180024528
    Abstract: A system for controlling a remotely controlled equipment. The system includes an operator station with a main operating device which is operated by an operator to provide a main operating device signal, an operator station controller, and a confirmation operating device which is operated by the operator to provide a confirmation operating device signal. An equipment controller is connected to the operator station controller. A first gate is connected to the equipment controller. The first gate enables an operation of the remotely controlled equipment. A critical action controller receives the confirmation operating device signal. A second gate is connected to the critical action controller. The second gate enables the operation of the remotely controlled equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: MHWIRTH AS
    Inventor: JENS HODNE
  • Publication number: 20180024529
    Abstract: A virtual manual handle is displayed on a screen of a display device of a numerical controller to simultaneously specify an operation amount and set a magnification of an axial movement amount with respect to this operation amount based on an operator's operation on the displayed manual handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: TOORU ISHII
  • Publication number: 20180024530
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a dental device, the method comprising: obtaining a set of clinical options for the dental device from a health care provider; creating a first data set from the set of clinical options; communicating the data set to a computer aided design (CAD) software; preparing a digital design for the dental device using the CAD software; communicating the digital design to an automated milling apparatus; and automatedly milling a block of polymer to obtain the dental device. Also disclosed are dental devices manufactured by the above method. Further disclosed are methods of treating or ameliorating apnea jaw-related disorder in a patient, the method comprising obtaining a dental device manufactured by the above method and positioning the dental device over the dentition prior to sleep, whereby the mandible is advanced forward relative to the maxilla, thereby ameliorating the symptoms of sleep apnea or the jaw-related disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: PROSOMNUS SLEEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sung KIM, David W. KUHNS, Leonard A. LIPTAK
  • Publication number: 20180024531
    Abstract: Methods and devices for computer-assisted milling of a pocket region of a workpiece by computing a blend arc radius, where the blend arc radius is based on a maximal variation of a Tool Engagement Angle (TEA), and smoothing at least one offset, where the smoothing is based on the computed blend arc radius and/or a prior computed blend arc radius with a stepover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Jianping SONG
  • Publication number: 20180024532
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a fitting condition of two or more adjacent surfaces includes scanning, with a scanner, a first surface, scanning, with the scanner, a second surface adjacent to the first surface, extrapolating, using one or more processors communicatively coupled to the scanner, a first extrapolated curvature of the first surface, extrapolating, using the one or more processors communicatively coupled to the scanner, a second extrapolated curvature of the second surface, determining a curvature continuity value by comparing the first extrapolated curvature with the second extrapolated curvature, wherein the curvature continuity value represents a degree of parallelism between the first extrapolated curvature and the second extrapolated curvature, and determining a fitting condition comprising at least comparing the curvature continuity value to a predetermined curvature continuity threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Burton
  • Publication number: 20180024533
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a numerical control system and a numerical control machine tool. The NCS includes a storage and a MCU capable of reading data from and writing data into the storage. The MCU includes a data buffer, the storage includes an internal memory and a flash memory, the internal memory is configured to store data and programs which are needed when the MCU is in operation. The flash memory includes at least one of SD card memory and eMMC memory, and a built-in NAND-Flash memory. The NAND-Flash memory is configured to store system files of the NCS, and the SD card memory and the eMMC memory both are configured to store the system files and user data of the NCS, which enables the NCS to be workable in the absence of external SD card memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SHENZHEN A&E INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu ZHOU, Shusheng YANG
  • Publication number: 20180024534
    Abstract: A portable field maintenance tool system for performing a plurality of different functional tasks on one or more equipment assets in a plant includes a handheld base and a plurality of functional modules for attachment to the handheld base. Each functional module, when operatively attached to the handheld base, interacts with computer circuits on the handheld base to perform a pre-defined one or more of the functional tasks. A portable handheld field maintenance tool for performing one or more pre-selected ones of the functional tasks on an equipment asset in a plant is formed by operatively mounting any one of the functional modules to the handheld base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Alden C. Russell, III, Alan R. Dewey, Brad Mathiowetz, Todd M. Toepke, Stephen Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20180024535
    Abstract: An illustrative example system for monitoring a plurality of events in a manufacturing facility includes a plurality of monitoring devices. Each of the monitoring devices obtains data regarding a selected one of the events. A reporting device receives the data obtained by the monitoring devices and provides a report regarding the monitored events. The report includes information regarding at least one characteristic of each of the monitored events. The information in the report is dynamically updated to provide a real time indication of the characteristics of the monitored events. The real time indications are presented in respective cells of the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Paul HOGENDOORN, Sophear NET
  • Publication number: 20180024536
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a data collection controller and an operation part. The data collection controller is configured to hold monitoring item list information and component management information. Each of the monitoring item list information and the component management information holds; monitoring item information indicative of a monitoring item for monitoring a maintenance component selected as a monitoring target; setting information for setting a threshold value of the maintenance component; monitoring data of the maintenance component; and monitoring information including a number of times of resetting by which the maintenance component is initialized, wherein the component management information is configured to hold the monitoring information for each unit including the maintenance component according to the monitoring item. The operation part provides the data collection controller with the monitoring data from device data collected from the unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventor: Akihiko YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20180024537
    Abstract: Embodiments of a software defined automation system that provides a reference architecture for designing, managing and maintaining a highly available, scalable and flexible automation system. In some embodiments, an SDA system can include a localized subsystem including a system controller node and multiple compute nodes. The multiple compute nodes can be communicatively coupled to the system controller node via a first communication network. The system controller node can manage the multiple compute nodes and virtualization of a control system on a compute node via the first communication network. The virtualized control system includes virtualized control system elements connected to a virtual network that is connected to a second communication network to enable the virtualized control system elements to control a physical control system element via the second communication network connected to the virtual network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Antonio Chauvet, Philippe Wilhelm, Merrill Harriman, Eric Alfano, Alen Mehmedagic, Andrew Lee David Kling, David Doggett, Vijay Vallala, Philippe Nappey
  • Publication number: 20180024538
    Abstract: A portable field maintenance tool may perform one or more tasks, such as communicating with a field device, powering a field device, diagnosing a field device, or diagnosing a communication link in a plant environment to which a field device is connected. The portable field maintenance tool may interact with field devices configured according to a number of different communication protocols, such as the HART protocol and the Fieldbus protocol. The portable field maintenance tool may be energy limited and fault tolerant, and may operate in compliance with Intrinsic Safety standards, enabling use of the portable field maintenance tool in hazardous areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Roger Benson, Anthony D. Ferguson, Todd M. Toepke
  • Publication number: 20180024539
    Abstract: After selecting a robot for carrying out a welding operation at a given welding spot, the cross-section of a welding gun with which that robot is provided and the cross-section of a workpiece at the welding spot are compared. Furthermore, a determination is made as to whether or not welding is possible without the welding gun and the workpiece coming into contact. When it is determined to be impossible, a substitute robot for carrying out the welding of the welding spot is selected. With the present invention, the automatic selection of the robot for carrying out the welding operation for the welding spot becomes possible. Therefore, the number of steps for robot selection can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20180024540
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards enabling users to customize data collection and analysis. A collection computer may automatically detect and dynamically update each of a plurality of sensors that may be currently providing real-time data regarding at least one characteristic of a machine. At least one sensor may be selected for local storage of its corresponding real-time data at the collection computer. And at least one sensor may be selected for remote storage of its corresponding real-time data by a server computer. A template may be employed to remotely display at least one characteristic of the machine based on current real-time data provided by at least one of the sensors identified by the template. In response to the user selecting at least one sensor for remote display, the template may be modified to include the remote display of the at least one sensor's corresponding current real-time data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Monroe Livesay, Michael Thomas Larson
  • Publication number: 20180024541
    Abstract: A smart home system and a product thereof, comprising two types of smart home products and a method for building and operating a smart home system. One type of product is a central control unit serving as the core of the smart home system, and the other type is a human-computer interaction product. The smart home system is composed of a central control unit, human-computer interaction products and other various home products. The central control unit serves as a monitor with respect to various home products and monitors the running of the home products, and serves as a server with respect to the human-computer interaction products, the human-computer interaction products are clients with respect to the central control unit, and the control unit receives service requests of the human-computer interaction products and returns request results thereof, and can actively contact them to acquire various items of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Baodong ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180024542
    Abstract: A method is provided for comparing a master gold record with a live device in an industrial automation system. The method includes receiving a master golden record for a device of a plurality of devices in the industrial automation system. The master golden record includes one or more parameter values for the device for a mode of the industrial automation system. The method also includes identifying an active mode for the industrial automation system. The method also includes responsive to a triggering of a comparison, comparing current parameter values of the device with the one or more parameter values of the master golden record for the active mode. The method also includes generating a report comprising differences between the one or more parameters values of the master golden record and the current parameter values of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Susanta Kumar Naik, Kesavanand Chavali, Peter Overgaauw
  • Publication number: 20180024543
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a plant operation support-system server and a plant operation support system which can manage the current situation of overall resources that are required for performing jobs corresponding to a procedure manual, and can further achieve resource management with enough margin based on future prediction. Using a current procedure-manual location determination unit, a control unit of a plant operation support-system server determines a current location in procedure-manual data DM, based on a condition of the plant acquired through sensors by a plant data acquisition unit. When there is a change in the current location, the control unit causes a current-situation management determination unit to assign currently-required resources according to the current position and causes a predictive management determination unit to predict presence/absence of resource deficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Kitamura, Kenta Fukami
  • Publication number: 20180024544
    Abstract: According to the present invention, the work status at an actual site is represented using a combination of component statuses. A degree of damage that takes into account the manner of use at the actual site is predicted by associating test data collected in a component status test. The objective of the present invention is to estimate, with high accuracy, the degree of damage to a device operating in an actual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Munetoshi UNUMA, Yasuki KITA, Takashi SAEKI
  • Publication number: 20180024545
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a method and apparatus for controlling system energy saving in an unmanned vehicle. In some embodiments, the method comprises: determining, via a sensing device and a high-precision map, whether the unmanned vehicle is in a stop-and-wait state; positioning the unmanned vehicle system in a standby state if the unmanned vehicle is in the stop-and-wait state. Some embodiments lower wear and loss of the unmanned vehicle system, improve the continued travel capacity of the unmanned vehicle and make the design of the unmanned vehicle more green and environment-friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Kuo HUA
  • Publication number: 20180024546
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device for controlling a movement of an unmanned aerial vehicle, the electronic device comprising: a display that displays information associated with the movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle; a user interface disposed to be rotatable around the display and configured to detect an input; at least one processor configured to generate a control signal to control the movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on an input through at least one of the display and the user interface; and a communication interface that is configured to transmit the control signal to the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Tae-Eun HA, Chang-Sik KIM, Han-Bit KIM, In-Hyuk CHOI, Jae-Woo CHOI, Youn-Lea KIM, Ha-Sik MOON
  • Publication number: 20180024547
    Abstract: A method of operating a movable object using a user terminal includes configuring, through an interface, a plurality of tasks on the user terminal for parallel execution by the movable object, and transmitting the tasks from the user terminal to the movable object for operating the movable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Dhanushram BALACHANDRAN, Robert SCHLUB
  • Publication number: 20180024548
    Abstract: A method for operating a parking facility within which several base stations are disposed, a) a minimum data quantity of data needed by a vehicle for its journey in the parking facility being ascertained so that the vehicle, based on the data corresponding to the minimum data quantity, can leave a radio range of a first base station and drive into radio range of a second base station, b) the first base station transmitting the ascertained minimum data quantity of data to the vehicle located within radio range of the first base station so that the vehicle, based on the data, can leave the radio range of the first base station and drive into radio range of the second base station. The invention further relates to a corresponding apparatus, to a corresponding parking system, and to a computer readable medium having a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Mielenz, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20180024549
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling agriculture equipment which combines geographical coordinates, machine settings, machine position, path plans, user input, and equipment parameters to generate executable commands based of a variety of different in-field agricultural operation objectives for a vehicle equipped with an automatic or electronically controlled locomotion systems capable of reading and executing the commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Colin Josh Hurd
  • Publication number: 20180024550
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for modifying flight parameters of a remotely piloted aircraft. The remotely piloted aircraft includes a clock, at least one radio receiver and at least one radio transmitter for communicating with at least one radio transmitter of a ground station, via at least one radio communication network. The method includes analysing a communication between the remotely piloted aircraft and the ground station, such as calculating a communication quality. The method also includes modifying at least one flight parameter based on the calculated communication quality and pre-loaded instructions. The pre-loaded instructions comprise at least one threshold value of the communication quality and allowed flight parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Tero Heinonen, Atte Korhonen
  • Publication number: 20180024551
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an aerial collection system includes an image collection field vehicle that travels at street level and an image collection aerial vehicle that travels in the air above the street. The aerial vehicle collects image data including at least a portion of the field vehicle. The field vehicle includes a marker, which is identified from the collected image data. The marker is analyzed to determine an operating characteristic of the aerial vehicle. In one example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for a flight instruction for the aerial vehicle. In another example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for the three dimensional relationship between the vehicles. The three dimensional relationship is used to combine images collected from the air and images collected from the street level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Marco Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20180024552
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a first vehicle component at least partially controlling a vehicle action and a second vehicle component at least partially controlling the vehicle action. A coordination controller is programmed to coordinate control of the vehicle action. The coordination controller detects a first vehicle component failure, selects a vehicle mode, and allocates workloads of the first vehicle component and the second vehicle component according to the selected vehicle mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Eric She
  • Publication number: 20180024553
    Abstract: In one embodiment, motion planning and control data is received, indicating that an autonomous vehicle is to move from a first point to a second point of a path. The motion planning and control data describes a plurality of routes from the first point to the second point within the path. For each of the routes, a simulation of the route is performed in view of physical characteristics of the autonomous vehicle to generate a simulated route. A controlling error is calculated, the controlling error representing a discrepancy between the route and the simulated route. One of the routes is selected based on controlling errors between the routes and associated simulated routes. The autonomous vehicle is operated to move from the first point to the second point according to the selected route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: QI KONG, FAN ZHU, DONG LI, YIFEI JIANG, LI ZHUANG, GUANG YANG, JINGAO WANG
  • Publication number: 20180024554
    Abstract: Autonomous ground vehicles (“AGVs”) are utilized to retrieve items from transportation vehicles (e.g., delivery trucks) for delivery to specified locations (e.g., user residences, etc.). In various implementations, the AGVs may be owned by individual users and/or may service a group of users in a given area (e.g., in an apartment building, neighborhood, etc.). The AGVs may travel out (e.g., from a user's residence, apartment building, etc.) to meet a transportation vehicle (e.g., a delivery truck on the street) to receive items, and may be joined by other AGVs that have traveled out to meet the transportation vehicle, and may line up in a particular order (e.g., according to delivery addresses, etc.). After the items are received, the AGVs may travel back (e.g., to the user residences) to deliver the items, and may be equipped to open and close access barriers (e.g., front doors, garage doors, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Tye Michael Brady, Ethan Zane Evans