Patents Issued in June 21, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180172442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dimensional measurement probe unit (100) for attachment to a probe head (200) of a localizer (300), comprising: a measurement probe (150) for dimensional measurement of an object (400); a revolute joint (170) integrated into the measurement probe (150); and a probe unit interface (120) for repeated dismountable connection to a probe head (200) wherein the probe unit interface (120) is revolutely connected to the measurement probe (150) by the revolute joint (170).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NIKON METROLOGY NV
    Inventor: Frank Thys
  • Publication number: 20180172443
    Abstract: A level with a removable end cap is provided. The level includes a hollow level body. The end cap includes an outer member and locking member received within the outer member. The locking member is inserted into the outer member pushing a moveable portion of the outer member into a frictional engagement that holds the end cap assembly in place relative to the level body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Doyle, Fraizier Reiland, Lauren Weigel
  • Publication number: 20180172444
    Abstract: A system and method of measuring and analyzing an object within a rotating shell is provided. The system can include a receptacle defining an interior storage chamber; at least one sensor, the at least one sensor being contained within the interior storage chamber, the at least one sensor having a fixed spatial relationship to the receptacle; and at least one processor configured for processing the measurement data. The at least one sensor can include a gyroscope for measuring angular velocity of the receptacle over a duration of time and generating measurement data indicative of the angular velocity over the duration of time. In some embodiments, the method involves determining a position of the receptacle within the rotating shell. In some embodiments, the receptacle includes heat resistant material capable of shielding electronics contained within the interior storage chamber from temperatures that exceed a maximum temperature rating of the electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Roua M. Razak
  • Publication number: 20180172445
    Abstract: Micromachined inertial devices are presented having multiple linearly-moving masses coupled together by couplers that move in a linear fashion when the coupled masses exhibit anti-phase motion. The couplers move in opposite directions of each other, such that one coupler on one side of the movable masses moves in a first linear direction and another coupler on the opposite side of the movable masses moves in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction. The couplers ensure proper anti-phase motion of the masses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor P. Prikhodko, John A. Geen, Jeffrey A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20180172446
    Abstract: Micromachined inertial devices are presented having multiple linearly-moving masses coupled together by couplers that move in a linear fashion when the coupled masses exhibit linear anti-phase motion. Some of the described couplers are flexural and provide two degrees of freedom of motion of the coupled masses. Some such couplers are positioned between the coupled masses. Using multiple couplers which are arranged to move in linearly opposite directions during linear anti-phase motion of the coupled masses provides momentum-balanced operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor P. Prikhodko, Jeffrey A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20180172447
    Abstract: Micromachined inertial devices are presented having multiple linearly-moving masses coupled together by couplers that move in a linear fashion when the coupled masses exhibit anti-phase motion. The couplers move in opposite directions of each other, such that one coupler on one side of the movable masses moves in a first linear direction and another coupler on the opposite side of the movable masses moves in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction. The couplers ensure proper anti-phase motion of the masses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor P. Prikhodko, John A. Geen, Jeffrey A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20180172448
    Abstract: A route extraction apparatus includes a processor, a position measurement unit that measures a position, and a storage unit. The processor executes storage processing of storing, in the storage unit, a moving history, from a starting position to a current position, measured by the position measurement unit, and route extraction processing of extracting, based on the moving history stored in the storage unit, an actually passed shortest route among a plurality of routes from the current position to the starting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao SAMBONGI
  • Publication number: 20180172449
    Abstract: Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image, or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Gregory N. Christie, Robert E. Borchers, Imran A. Chaudhri
  • Publication number: 20180172450
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to roadmaps for robotic devices are provided. A computing device can receive a roadmap representing a plurality of paths through an environment. The computing device can discretize the roadmap to obtain a discrete planning graph having a plurality of states corresponding to discretized segments of the plurality of paths of the roadmap such that states corresponding to adjacent discretized path segments are connected in the discrete planning graph. The computing device can determine a Boolean equation representing at least a portion of the discrete planning graph. The computing device can determine a sequence of states from the plurality of states of the discrete planning graph such that the determined sequence of states satisfies the Boolean equation. The computing device can provide a route through the environment for a robotic device based on the determined sequence of states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Geoffrey Lalonde, Peter Anderson-Sprecher
  • Publication number: 20180172451
    Abstract: A method and a system for a mobile robot to self-establish a map indoors are provided, and the method comprises: forming an initialized map (101); marking a coordinate origin in the initialized map (102); causing the robot to travel throughout indoor accessible regions to record path information and environment information (103); causing the robot to calculate and mark a CV value of each grid in the map (104); and establishing the map according to the path information and the CV value (105), the path information and the CV value being obtained through calculation by using a mathematic algorithm. By adopting a grid map to perform modeling, real-time adjustment and correspondence of an indoor environment and grid information are realized and effectiveness of a map model is ensured; further, the grid map is easy to be maintained and is convenient for quick access of map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaogang WANG, Wei WANG, Yuliang WANG, Lin XUE
  • Publication number: 20180172452
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assisting a user at an event and venue are described. A user is guided or navigated to different points of interest at a venue. The points of interest include seat locations or surrounding services and facilities, such as restaurants, shops, and restrooms. Advertisements and promotions associated with surrounding services may be displayed to the user. The user may be notified of the presence of friends and family at the same venue, and be provided with real-time information about the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Dong Xu, Frédéric Tu, Meijie Xia
  • Publication number: 20180172453
    Abstract: A system for detecting inaccuracies in a global network satellite system receiver or a global positioning system receiver within a vehicle includes a global network satellite system receiver or a global positioning system receiver, an average position and standard deviation determination unit, an inaccuracy determination unit, and a vehicle controller. The global network satellite system receiver or global positioning system receiver receives a signal indicating a current position of a vehicle. The average position and standard deviation determination unit determines an average position and a standard deviation for a position of the vehicle. The inaccuracy determination unit determines whether the standard deviation for the position is greater than a standard deviation threshold. The vehicle controller adjusts safety applications of one of the vehicle or a remote vehicle if the standard deviation for the position is greater than the standard deviation threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Aaron D. WEINFIELD
  • Publication number: 20180172454
    Abstract: A method for localization and mapping, including recording an image at a camera mounted to a vehicle, the vehicle associated with a global system location; identifying a landmark depicted in the image with a landmark identification module of a computing system associated with the vehicle, the identified landmark having a landmark geographic location and a known parameter; extracting a set of landmark parameters from the image with a feature extraction module of the computing system; determining, at the computing system, a relative position between the vehicle and the landmark geographic location based on a comparison between the extracted set of landmark parameters and the known parameter; and updating, at the computing system, the global system location based on the relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Vaibhav Ghadiok, Michael Gleeson-May
  • Publication number: 20180172455
    Abstract: An own position estimation device detects a landmark position of a landmark existing around a mobile body, detects a movement amount of the mobile body, and accumulates, as pieces of landmark position data, landmark positions each obtained by moving the detected landmark position by the movement amount. The device then acquires map information including landmark positions of landmarks existing on a map by the controller, matches the pieces of landmark position data in a certain range with the landmark positions included in the map information, and estimates the own position of the mobile body, the certain range being set based on movement records of the mobile body traveling to a current position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Ichiro Yamaguchi, Hirotoshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180172456
    Abstract: In a map matching apparatus, a processor executes, by the program stored in a storage unit, position measurement processing of measuring a current position, matching processing of performing, based on the current position measured in the position measurement processing, matching with a corresponding road position in the road map data stored in the map storage unit, determination processing of determining whether a candidate of a road position to be matched in the matching processing is correct or not, and matching control processing of setting, based on a determination result of the determination processing, the candidate of the road position to be matched in the matching processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao SAMBONGI
  • Publication number: 20180172457
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for determining a navigation route. A route is requested by a navigation device between a starting location and a destination location. The route request is received by an external processor for analysis. A navigation route is determined by the external processor and its associated map version. The determined navigation route is then encoded with geographic data for each path segment along the route. The encoded navigation route is transmitted to the navigation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Mirko Maischberger, Daniel Rolf
  • Publication number: 20180172458
    Abstract: To make a travel plan in which a visiting place of a traveler's interest is incorporated, provided is a travel planning system including: a storage unit configured to store at least one interested travel object, each of the at least one interested travel object being information about an interested visiting place of a user and including position information of the interested visiting place; a travel planning unit configured to generate a travel plan including a travel route, by using the position information of the interested visiting place, which is indicated by the at least one interested travel object, the travel route including at least one interested visiting place and being travelable within a specified time frame that is specified by the user; and an operation reception unit configured to output the generated travel plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Hideyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180172459
    Abstract: A system for and a method of determining that a detoured trip is to be presented to a potential passenger. The method comprises receiving a rideshare request; generating a rideshare request parameter; and accessing, from a database, trip filtering parameters associated with trips. The method further comprises determining that at least one of the trips is a candidate for which a detour route is to be computed based on an analysis of the rideshare request parameter and a corresponding trip filtering parameter associated with the at least one of the trips; causing to compute, for the at least one of the trips determined as being the candidate for which the detour route is to be computed, a detoured trip; and determining that the detoured trip is to be presented to the potential passenger by analysing the deviation value of the detoured trip and the deviation threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Gabriel MAZZELLA, Francis Gerard NAPPEZ, Mathieu Mehdi LOUAFI, Nicolas Georges Erwin SCHWARTZ
  • Publication number: 20180172460
    Abstract: To facilitate determination of start of an operation of a new transportation that can cope with the travel demand in an area where multiple transportations and travel routes are present. A transportation demand and supply matching system 10 includes a storage device 2011 that stores information on travel demand and transportation supply capability in a predetermined area, and an arithmetic device 2041 that estimates a congested transportation and a congested route in the area based on the information on the travel demand and the transportation supply capability, estimates an avoidance route for avoiding the congested route, and a provisional transportation which is not operated but has to be operated on the avoidance route in the area by a predetermined algorithm, and outputs information on each of the avoidance route and the provisional transportation to a predetermined device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Kojin YANO
  • Publication number: 20180172461
    Abstract: An apparatus executes a process A-1 for measuring movement of a user, executes a process A-2 for determining a walking condition indicating a walking status of the user from the movement measured by the process A-1, executes a process A-3 for setting the information on the walking condition of the user to a search condition including a departure location and a destination, executes a process A-4 for transmitting a search request including the search condition, to a route search server searching a route candidate including the departure location and the destination indicated by the search condition, and searching the route candidate including a transfer section that satisfies the walking condition if necessary, executes a process A-5 for receiving a search result including the route candidate that satisfies the search condition, from the route search server, and executes a process A-6 for displaying the route candidate of the search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Asako KATAYAMA, Kyoko Ohashi, Naoki HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180172462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining a route (ITI) minimizing the energy consumption of a vehicle, based on the use of a dynamic model (MOD) of the vehicle depending on the vehicle speed and acceleration, the construction of a line graph (GA) and a shortest path algorithm (ALG) suited for negative energies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Giovanni DE NUNZIO, Laurent THIBAULT, Antonio SCIARRETTA
  • Publication number: 20180172463
    Abstract: A system and method that includes a user management device, a server, and executable instructions that provide geo-tracking routing from point to point in a geographical location and to geo-tracking of a user's progress by tracking user location via storing of waypoints along a route and developing a “return home” path for the user. The systems and methods described herein can be employed in a mapping system that may include various geo-tracking services, social networking services, and geo-tracking capabilities, and the determination of return paths, and utilizes Artificial Intelligence to map location, time, and user preferences. The method employs analysis of user trends and will recommend locations that the user will identify as useful. The user's interactive input will be age-agnostic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Osvaldo Morales
  • Publication number: 20180172464
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a host vehicle user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a current location and a destination of the host vehicle, a transmission unit configured to transmit a first signal indicating the host vehicle user, the current location, and the destination to an external device outside the host vehicle, a reception unit configured to receive a second signal indicating a traveling route from the current location to the destination from the external device, the traveling route being searched using i) a first feeling map and ii) a second feeling map in the external device, and a presentation unit configured to present the traveling route indicated by the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo SEKIZAWA, Shinichiro OHTSUKA, Daisuke IDO, Makoto OKABE, Takanori KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20180172465
    Abstract: A user guidance system includes a departure point acquisition unit that acquires departure point information, a destination acquisition unit that acquires destination information, a candidate route generation unit that generates a plurality of candidate routes, a point resource acquisition unit that acquires point resource information, a desire information acquisition unit that acquires desire information indicating a via point desired by the attraction desirer, a non-desire information acquisition unit that acquires non-desire information indicating a via point not desired by the attraction desirer, a point calculation unit that calculates a point that is imparted to the candidate route, or a via route or the via point included in the candidate route, and a point providing unit that provides point information indicating the point that is imparted to the candidate route or the via point included in the candidate route to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA Connected Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20180172466
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for creating a route are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises identifying a start location and a destination for a user; identifying defined needs of the user; obtaining satellite imagery of a specified area between the start location and the destination. The satellite imagery is analyzed to identify defined local features affecting the defined needs of the user in the specified area; and a route is selected for the user, from the start location to the destination, based on the defined local features in the specified area. In embodiments, selecting the route includes identifying a plurality of candidate routes from the start location to the destination; generating a score for each of the candidate routes using the defined local features, and selecting one of the candidate routes based on the generated scores for the candidate routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Fabrizio Nascimento Caldas, Argemiro José de Lima, Joaquim Siqueira de Mattos, Leonardo José da Costa Gonzales, Guilherme Segantin Viteri
  • Publication number: 20180172467
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for controlling at least one feature of a vehicle based on a destination predicted when a driver of the vehicle does not input a specific destination to a navigation system of the vehicle. A driving pattern is determined using driving information of a vehicle. A driving model corresponding to the driving pattern among pre-stored driving models is determined. A destination of the determined driving model is identified as a prediction destination. Control signal corresponding to the prediction destination for controlling at least one feature of the vehicle is generated for performing a vehicle operation according to the vehicle control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bogeun KIM, Sung Hoon BANG
  • Publication number: 20180172468
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for correcting position error in a navigation system by utilizing user input received via a human-machine interface, where the user input indicates the location of a user as perceived by the user. The navigation system includes a positioning module, navigation sensors, a map database and a human-machine interface that are employed to calculate and display the current position to the user. The method and apparatus are advantageously used in situations with intermittent or unavailable GPS signal, cumulative navigational sensor errors, and cases where map database information is incorrect. The positioning module receives and processes user input from the human-machine interface and analyzes the user input against the result of a map-matching algorithm to correct positioning errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Jason Sagall
  • Publication number: 20180172469
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for outputting a manoeuvre instruction by a route guidance device, the method including: determining a route for a movable object; determining a current position of the object on the route; determining a manoeuvre position arranged on the route where the object is to execute a manoeuvre to follow the route and, depending on a number of paths (n) of paths, which are arranged between the position of the object and the manoeuvre position alongside the route, and/or a traffic density (d) on the route between the position of the object and the manoeuvre position; determining an output position which is arranged between the position of the object and the manoeuvre position on the route; generating a manoeuvre instruction attributed to the output position; outputting a manoeuvre instruction to a user of the route guidance device when the object reaches the output position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Preh Car Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas OBENAUS, Torsten TRENTZSCH, Benno SENGER
  • Publication number: 20180172470
    Abstract: A vehicle and method for controlling the same, enabling guidance indication, such as turn by turn information to be displayed in cooperation with an interface in the vehicle, such as a cluster are provided to minimize driver distraction and increase usability of phone connectivity to guarantee stability and convenience. The vehicle includes a communication unit that receives navigation data from an outside terminal and a vehicle interface that outputs the navigation data. A controller then recognizes at least one of a mark and a character based on the navigation data and operates the vehicle interface to output the at least one of the mark and the character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20180172471
    Abstract: An information communications system (100) for a vehicle includes an on-vehicle information device (10). The on-vehicle information device (10) includes: an information collection unit (11) which collects vehicle information from an on-vehicle device (41, 42, 43, 44), communication interfaces (14A, 14B) connected to mobile terminals (20) having a communication function and being brought inside the vehicle, and a control unit (12) which transfers the vehicle information collected by the information collection unit (11) to any one of the mobile terminals (20) via any one of the communication interfaces (14A, 14B). If one of the mobile terminals (20) currently selected as a destination of the vehicle information satisfies a predetermined condition, the control unit (12) switches the destination of the vehicle information to a different mobile terminal (20). The mobile terminal (20) which received the vehicle information transfers the vehicle information thus received to a center device (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji MATSUMOTO, Natsuko MIYADERA, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180172472
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to an explosion proof ultrasonic detector. The explosion proof ultrasonic detector comprises a metal enclosure configured to face ultrasound pressure waves, a sense element, wherein the sense element is attached to the metal enclosure via solder, a compression element configured to contact the sense element, and a printed circuit board configured to compress the compression element and to connect electrically to the sense element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Grant, Jeffrey Cutler, Rodney Royston Watts
  • Publication number: 20180172473
    Abstract: A measuring device (1) for measuring the position of a first body (2) to a second body (3) comprises a scale band (4) that can be attached to the first body (2) and that comprises a marker, wherein the measuring device (1) comprises two marker detection sensors (5, 6) that can be attached to the second body (3), wherein the marker is formed by a pattern out of marker stripes (7), which transitions (8) between a first position (9) of the scale band (4) and a second position (10) are respectively arranged predetermined inclined to the transversal direction (12) of the scale band (4) in such a respective inclination angle (13) that each of the inclination angles (13) has a value that differs from the values of the other inclination angles, and wherein the scale band (4) is divided into a first trace (17) and into a second trace (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Torsten Becker, Joern Hoyer
  • Publication number: 20180172474
    Abstract: A magnetic angle sensing system is suggested comprising a first magnetic sensing device, a second magnetic sensing device, a third magnetic sensing device, a substrate comprising the first magnetic sensing device, the second magnetic sensing device and the third magnetic sensing device, wherein the first magnetic sensing device, the second magnetic sensing device and the third magnetic sensing device are each arranged such to be responsive to a magnetic field component that is perpendicular to a main surface of the substrate, wherein each or the first magnetic sensing device, the second magnetic sensing device and the third magnetic sensing device comprises the same number of magnetic sensing elements, wherein the second magnetic sensing device is arranged on the semiconductor surface rotated by 120° in view of the first magnetic sensing device clockwise around a reference point, wherein the third magnetic sensing device is arranged on the semiconductor surface rotated by 120° in view of the first magnetic se
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Udo AUSSERLECHNER
  • Publication number: 20180172475
    Abstract: A drive device for making available a driving movement of a drive input element, which drive device includes a magnet arrangement, at least two magnetic field sensor elements which are spaced apart from one another and are designed to make available magnetic field measured values, and a detection apparatus which is designed to detect a position of the drive input element on the basis of one or more of the magnetic field measured values. The detection apparatus is designed to check the validity of the detection of position and to make available a validity signal as a function of the result of the check in accordance with at least two magnetic field measured values from at least two magnetic field sensor elements and/or in accordance with at least two position values based on the at least two magnetic field measured values and taking into account checking information which represents a reference relationship between magnetic field measured values and/or position values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jorg QUAAS, Manuel BRAUN, Franco TRAPASSO
  • Publication number: 20180172476
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement having: a housing, a movement sensor, the movement sensor, being mounted on a bearing element connected to the housing; a position sensor; and a position transducer, the position sensor and the position transducer being arranged relative to each other in such a way that the movement of the movement sensor can be measured. The bearing element protrudes from the housing, or the position sensor and the position transducer are eccentric relative to the bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: MARTIN HAVERKAMP, Manfred Goll, Heinrich Acker, Henrik Antoni, Jens Habig, Michael Schulmeister, Philipp Schröder
  • Publication number: 20180172477
    Abstract: A method for operating a rotation sensor comprising at least four magnetoresistive sensor elements is described. Each sensor element comprises a packet of a ferromagnetic reference layer and a sensitive ferromagnetic layer and a non-magnetic layer separating the reference layer from the sensitive layer. The layers are designed such that the orientation of the magnetization in the respective layer is possible in the longitudinal direction of the layer. The at least one sensor element is formed in a plane in a spiral form with at least one complete winding and the windings are implemented concentrically. The sensor element is bent into a winding in different segments. Adjacent segments enclose an angle between them and each complete winding comprises a predetermined number of segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Dietrich, Oliver Rink
  • Publication number: 20180172478
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator (1) includes sensor magnets (21a, 21b) disposed correspondingly to plungers (11a, 11b), respectively. The electromagnetic actuator (1) further includes a sensor core (22) made of a magnetic material and disposed in a position through which magnetic fluxes from the plurality of sensor magnets (21a, 21b) can flow, and a magnetic sensor (23) that is disposed in a part of the sensor core (22) through which the magnetic fluxes of the plurality of sensor magnets (21a, 21b) can flow in common, and that detects the magnetic flux, which varies in accordance with respective positions of the plurality of plungers (11a, 11b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi SUGAWARA, Toru OGAWA, Hideaki ARITA, Shoji ISHIKAWA, Hitoshi YOSHIZUMI, Satoshi TESEN
  • Publication number: 20180172479
    Abstract: In a resolver, a detecting stator core includes a first detection winding group, a second detection winding group, and a plurality of excitation windings. The first detection winding group includes a plurality of first windings as detection windings. The second detection winding group includes, as detection windings, a plurality of second windings different from the first windings in the phase of the detection voltage. The excitation windings are each wound around one of teeth of the detecting stator core. Each first winding and each second winding are wound around different teeth from each other without being wound around the same tooth. The detection winding and the excitation winding that are wound around the same tooth are arranged so as to be separated from each other in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shunta KASHIMA, Toshinori TANAKA, Morishige MINOBE, Satoru NAKADA, Ryuichi TAKIGUCHI, Takanori KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180172480
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing sensor information obtained from a coding wheel of a motor may detect defects in the sensor information caused by contamination or damage of any of the angular step markers, index marker, and/or blank space on the tracks of the coding wheel. A step counter counts toward an overflow value representing the number of angular step markers on the coding wheel. The step counter and the index are correlated: when the overflow value is reached, if the index marker is not detected an error is raised; coincidently, when the index marker is detected, if the step counter has not reached the overflow value an error is raised. The systems and methods may be applied to bidirectionally rotating motors and other devices by detecting a change in rotational direction and switching from incrementing the angular step counter to decrementing it, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Karl Courtel
  • Publication number: 20180172481
    Abstract: A correction apparatus for an angle sensor includes a correction processing unit, an indicator value generation unit, and a correction information determination unit. The correction processing unit performs correction processing on a plurality of detection signals to reduce an error of a detected angle value. The details of the correction processing are determined according to correction information. The indicator value generation unit generates, on the basis of the plurality of detection signals, an indicator value having a correspondence with the error of the detected angle value. The correction information determination unit generates an estimated indicator value using a function that takes one or more values each having a correspondence with the correction information as one or more variables, and determines the correction information by adaptive signal processing so as to reduce the difference between the indicator value and the estimated indicator value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichirou Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20180172482
    Abstract: A device comprises a fixed element, a mobile element, a physical measurement sensor secured to the mobile element and a link allowing a transmission of information between the sensor and the fixed element, the sensor generating a primary signal representative of the physical measurement. The device further comprises a converter of the primary signal into a light signal. The converter is secured to the mobile element. The link is an optical path. The light signal is propagated freely between the fixed element and the mobile element along the optical path. The sensor comprises a power supply module receiving energy from the fixed element without contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Fayçal NAMOUN
  • Publication number: 20180172483
    Abstract: Optical encoding systems include a generalized cylindrical code scale having one or more regions with different light reflective properties. In an example process, a code scale can be created by coating an elongated generalized cylinder with one or more different layers of materials having different light reflective properties. Portions of these layers can be removed selectively in order to expose a particular overlying material and create a particular pattern of features having different optical characteristics (e.g., absorbing, specularly reflecting, diffusely reflecting).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jens GEIGER, Nicola SPRING, Robert LENART, Bassam HALLAL, Hakan KARPUZ
  • Publication number: 20180172484
    Abstract: A sensor controller for a sensor module includes at least one interface configured to obtain sensor information from the sensor module and to transmit a sensor signal to a sensor signal receiver. The sensor controller further includes a control module configured to control the interface. The sensor controller is further configured to obtain the sensor information from the sensor module. The sensor controller is further configured to generate the sensor signal based on the sensor information. The sensor controller is further configured to transmit the sensor signal to the sensor signal receiver. The sensor signal includes two signal edges indicating a pre-determined synchronization time interval. The sensor signal further includes at least one data signal portion located between the two signal edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Dirk HAMMERSCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20180172485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for testing the plausibility of signals of a rotary encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Lechner, Daniel Zirkel, Daniel Raichle, Michael Ungermann
  • Publication number: 20180172486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a double analysis of signals emitted by a rotational angle sensor. For this purpose, the signal emitted by the rotational angle sensor is processed in a first signal path with respect to a maximum angle quality of the angle signal to be calculated. A second signal path for processing the signal emitted by the rotational angle sensor is optimized to indicate a maximum diagnosability of errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Zirkel, Michael Ungermann, Benjamin Lechner, Daniel Raichle, Edwin Eberlein, Tim Bruckhaus
  • Publication number: 20180172487
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for checking the plausibility of an excitation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Lechner, Daniel Raichle, Daniel Zirkel, Michael Ungermann
  • Publication number: 20180172488
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one measurement uncertainty for at least one measured value of a field device, in which a set of calculation parameters is created that contains at least all standard parameters of a set of standard parameters in the form of a respectively corresponding calculation parameter, and the at least one measurement uncertainty and/or a measurement uncertainty budget is calculated and/or specified based upon at least one calculation parameter value of at least one calculation parameter. Each standard parameter of the set of standard parameters comprising at least one standard parameter represents an independent variable causing the measurement uncertainty. To each calculation parameter is assigned at least one calculation parameter value in the form of at least one standard parameter value, one device parameter value, and/or one application parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20180172489
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing a fiber optic sensor by properly clocking or rotationally orienting a window with a fiber optic focuser. This method may include shining light through the focuser into the window and receiving with a reflectometer a first reflection from a first surface of the window and a second reflection from a second surface of the window. Next, the method may include calculating a delta of intensities between the first and second reflections, and then rotating an orientation of the window to a next rotational orientation. The steps of rotating the orientation of the window, receiving reflections, and calculating their delta may be repeated any plurality of times to solve for a plurality of deltas. Then, the method may include the steps of determining which one of the deltas is the largest and fixing the window to the focuser at a rotational orientation associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: RYAND JEREMY FERGUSON TUCKER
  • Publication number: 20180172490
    Abstract: The invention provides a control circuit and a method for qualifying a fault for a synchronous machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Lechner, Daniel Raichle, Daniel Zirkel, Michael Ungermann
  • Publication number: 20180172491
    Abstract: A mass flow verifier (MFV) that is space-efficient and can verify flow rates for unknown fluids over a wide range of flow rates includes a chamber configured to receive a fluid, a critical flow nozzle connected to the chamber, and first and second pressure sensors that, respectively, detect fluid pressure in the chamber and upstream of the critical flow nozzle. A controller of the MFV is configured to verify flow rate of the fluid by, (i) at a first flow range, measuring a first flow rate based on a rate of rise in pressure of the fluid as detected by the first pressure sensor and determining a gas property function of the fluid based on pressures as detected by the first second pressure sensors, and (ii) at a second flow range, measuring a second flow rate based on pressure detected by the second pressure sensor and the determined gas property function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Junhua Ding, Michael L'Bassi, Wayne Cole