Patents Issued in November 20, 2018
  • Patent number: 10132619
    Abstract: A spot shape detection apparatus for detecting the spot shape of a laser beam oscillated from a laser oscillator includes: a focusing leans for focusing the laser beam oscillated by the oscillator; a rotary body (mirror holder) in which a plurality of mirrors for reflecting the laser beam having passed through the focusing lens are disposed on concentric circles; a drive source (motor) for rotating the rotary body at a predetermined period; a beam splitter for branching return beams of the laser beam reflected by the plurality of mirrors of the rotary body; an imaging unit which is disposed in a direction in which the return beams are branched by the beam splitter and which images spot shapes of the return beams; and a display unit for displaying images obtained by imaging by the imaging unit, in relation with the plurality of mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Nomaru, Arata Osaki, Akimasa Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 10132620
    Abstract: A method for using structured light in a handheld projection device is provided that includes projecting a structured light pattern in at least one portion of a frame being projected by the handheld projection device, wherein the at least one portion of the frame is a subset of the frame, capturing an image of the projected frame, computing scene depth information based on the structured light pattern in the captured image, and using the scene depth information in processing of a subsequent frame of the video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Vivienne Sze, Goksel Dedeoglu, Vinay Sharma
  • Patent number: 10132621
    Abstract: An instrument, for measuring and setting the angle between two work-pieces, that is placed on one of the work-pieces so that it projects two laser spots onto the second work-piece at which time a measurement is made of the distance along each of these laser axes which, combined with a known angle between the two axes allows the instrument to determine then display the angle between the two work-pieces allowing the user to read the angle and adjust the angle if needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Lan Elliot Brooks
  • Patent number: 10132622
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a part with a contact probe mounted on a coordinate positioning machine. The method includes measuring a plurality of points on the part when both the part and contact probe are moving continuously between different positions within the coordinate positioning machine. The probe moves, relative to the part, along a scan path such that substantially coincident points that are closely located together along a curve or surface being measured are measured at relatively far apart positions in the machine and at relatively far apart positions along the scan path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventor: John Ould
  • Patent number: 10132623
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for measuring a slant wall thickness of a hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD
    Inventor: Haiyi Wang
  • Patent number: 10132624
    Abstract: A normal detection method for measuring the distance to a measurement subject using one or a plurality of distance detectors, and obtaining a normal vector on the measured surface of the measurement subject from the obtained measurement result, wherein: within a three-dimensional space, the straight line linking a first measurement point measured at a first measurement position using a distance detector and a second measurement point measured at a second measurement position different from the first measurement position is set as a first vector; the straight line linking the first measurement point and a third measurement point measured at a third measurement position different from the first measurement position and the second measurement position as a second vector; and a normal vector on the measured surface is obtained by determining the vector product of the first vector and the second vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Fujita, Mikio Nakamura, Hirofumi Ienaga
  • Patent number: 10132625
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of irrigation and water conservancy, and discloses a method for acquiring anisotropic basin surface roughness and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Shaohui Zhang, Di Xu, Yinong Li, Meijian Bai, Fuxiang Li
  • Patent number: 10132626
    Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide adaptive distance estimation for imaging devices and systems. Distance estimation may be based on phase delays in reflected light. Reference phases used to determine phase delay values may be changed for subsequent frame events. Multiple frame events may be selected for some distance calculations based on whether object movement is detected within a predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christoph Steiner, Johannes Gruenwald, Michael Mark
  • Patent number: 10132627
    Abstract: An electronic device has a storage unit that stores unit information relating to movement with respect to each of an elevating state and a horizontal movement state and an altitude measurement unit that measures a series of altitudes. An altitude change determination unit determines whether the movement is the elevating state or not using a first determination section having a first altitude range based on a first set of altitudes within the measured series of altitudes, and determines whether the movement is the horizontal movement state or not using a second determination section having a second altitude range smaller than the first altitude range and based on a second set of altitudes within the measured series of altitudes. A movement distance calculator reads from the storage unit the unit information corresponding to the state determined by the determination unit and calculates a movement distance based on the read unit information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Tsubata, Kazuo Kato, Tomohiro Ihashi, Takanori Hasegawa, Hisao Nakamura, Katsuya Mugishima, Akira Takakura
  • Patent number: 10132628
    Abstract: An aerial refueling boom elevation estimation (“ARBEE”) system for estimating an elevation angle of an aerial refueling boom on an aerial refueling aircraft is described. The ARBEE system may include a data collector, storage unit, optimizer, and comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Golob, Justin Cleve Hatcher, Jung Soon Jang, Kimberly Ann Hinson, Jeffrey L. Musgrave
  • Patent number: 10132629
    Abstract: A carpenter's level attachment system for hanging pictures is described and claimed. The attachment comprises a bridge portion and a marker portion. The bridge portion includes a first leg, a span, and a second leg. These legs and span are adapted to fit over the respective top, sides and bottom of a typical carpenter's level. A markers portion is affixed to the bridge portion and has means for leaving a mark on the wall on which the pictures are to be hung. Two or more attachments can be clamped to the carpenter's level so that, when the respective marker portions are actuated, two or more marks are left on the wall, and those marks arc horizontally aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Zurek
  • Patent number: 10132630
    Abstract: A multi-axis integrated MEMS inertial sensor device. The device can include an integrated 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer on a single chip, creating a 6-axis inertial sensor device. The structure is spatially configured with efficient use of the design area of the chip by adding the accelerometer device to the center of the gyroscope device. The design architecture can be a rectangular or square shape in geometry, which makes use of the whole chip area and maximizes the sensor size in a defined area. The MEMS is centered in the package, which is beneficial to the sensor's temperature performance. Furthermore, the electrical bonding pads of the integrated multi-axis inertial sensor device can be configured in the four corners of the rectangular chip layout. This configuration guarantees design symmetry and efficient use of the chip area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: mCube Inc.
    Inventors: Terrence Lee, Wenhua Zhang, Sudheer Sridharamurthy, Shingo Yoneoka
  • Patent number: 10132631
    Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a first substrate having first and second surfaces, a vibrating member disposed on the first substrate and including a drive piece capable of vibrating along the first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first surface side, a first drive piece control electrode, a first drive piece auxiliary electrode, and a first drive piece control circuit applying a voltage to the first drive piece auxiliary electrode. The first drive piece control circuit adjusts, based on the capacitance generated between the first drive piece control electrode and the first drive piece auxiliary electrode, the voltage to be applied to the first drive piece auxiliary electrode to maintain a constant distance between the first drive piece control electrode and the first drive piece auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minekazu Sakai, Naoki Yoshida, Kiyomasa Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10132632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micromachined hemispherical resonance gyroscope, which includes a resonant layer, wherein the resonant layer comprises a hemispherical shell whose top point of the hemispherical shell is its anchor point; several silicon hemispherical electrodes are arranged around the hemispherical shell, the silicon hemispherical electrodes include driving electrodes, equilibrium electrodes, shielded electrodes and signal detection electrodes or quadrature correction electrodes, the hemispherical shell and the several silicon spherical electrodes which surround the hemispherical shell constitute several capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SUZHOU WENZHIXIN MICRO SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Shuwen Guo
  • Patent number: 10132633
    Abstract: The technology causes disappearance of a real object in a field of view of a see-through, mixed reality display device system based on user disappearance criteria. Image data is tracked to the real object in the field of view of the see-through display for implementing an alteration technique on the real object causing its disappearance from the display. A real object may satisfy user disappearance criteria by being associated with subject matter that the user does not wish to see or by not satisfying relevance criteria for a current subject matter of interest to the user. In some embodiments, based on a 3D model of a location of the display device system, an alteration technique may be selected for a real object based on a visibility level associated with the position within the location. Image data for alteration may be prefetched based on a location of the display device system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Liu, Stephen G. Latta, Benjamin I. Vaught, Christopher M. Novak, Darren Bennett
  • Patent number: 10132634
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved Inertial Navigation System (INS), which comprises: (a) an INS unit which comprises (a.1) an IMU which in turn comprises a set of at least three gyros and at least three accelerometers, all mounted on a rotatable stage; and (a.2) an INS algorithm for measuring the behavior of said gyros and said accelerometers during a mission, and calculating a navigation solution based on said measurements; and (b) a north finding determination unit, which comprises: (b.1) one or more from said IMU gyros and one or more from said IMU accelerometers; and (b.2) a north finding algorithm which utilizes measurements from said one or more north finding gyros and one or more north finding accelerometers during an initial conditions stationary state in which the stage is positioned in at least two separate stationary orientations, said north finding algorithm determines a north finding solution which is provided to the INS unit for initializing its said INS algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Kadosh, Michael Naroditsky, Hector Rotstein
  • Patent number: 10132635
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining the misalignment between a device and a pedestrian, wherein the pedestrian can carry, hold, or use the device in different orientations in a constrained or unconstrained manner, and wherein the device includes an optical sensor or camera. The optical sensors have a corresponding frame for the optical sensors' axes. The misalignment between the device and the pedestrian means the misalignment between the frame of the optical sensor assembly or camera in the device and the frame of the pedestrian. The present method and apparatus can work whether in the presence or in the absence of absolute navigational information updates (such as, for example, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or WiFi positioning).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Bashir Kazemipur, Zainab Syed, Jacques Georgy, Naser El-Sheimy
  • Patent number: 10132636
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for contactless determination of the position and orientation of a first mobile object (M) relative to a reference mark (RP) carried by a second fixed or mobile object (P), in a disturbed electromagnetic environment comprising a transmitting antenna (E) with ferromagnetic cores (E-1) having magnetic permeability higher than 10, incorporating sensors (E-3) for measuring the magnetic field Xu actually emitted by the axes of the ferromagnetic cores. A means (4-4) for extracting the signal correlated with the ambient noise XBR (Tk?KbTe)—from the sensors (Sb) fixed in the platform (P), forms, with measurement Xu of the emitted magnetic induction, a complete model of the measured fields, making it possible to extract, without errors, the six parameters relative to the field model without disturbances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TDM
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Lescourret
  • Patent number: 10132637
    Abstract: A vehicular information provision system for providing information to at least one of the inside and outside of a traveling vehicle includes a server configured to associate output data outputted from the vehicle with event identification information for identifying a predetermined event depending on a position on a map and hold the associated output data and event identification information, an on-board unit which is to be mounted on the vehicle and configured to specify a vehicle position based on positioning information acquired by a satellite-positioning system and pre-acquired map information and output the event identification information correlating with the specified vehicle position, and an information provision apparatus which is to be mounted on the vehicle and configured to acquire the output data correlating with the event identification information acquired from the on-board unit from the server and cause the output data to be outputted from an output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoko Oshima, Ryota Hiura, Masaaki Sato, Kazunori Sugiura
  • Patent number: 10132638
    Abstract: Route search systems, methods, and programs search for a recommended route for transfer with switching between a plurality of transportation modes. The systems, methods, and programs acquire link information for specifying a link for transfer by each of the plurality of transportation modes and connection information related to connection between links for transfer by different transportation modes, and set a condition for switching from a first transportation mode to a second transportation mode, which is different from the first transportation mode, on the basis of a combination of the first transportation mode and the second transportation mode. The systems, methods, and programs search for the recommended route for transfer with switching between the plurality of transportation modes on the basis of the link information, the connection information, and the set condition, the recommended route connecting links for transfer by different transportation modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kato, Daisuke Tanizaki, Toyoji Hiyokawa, Motohiro Nakamura, Kazunori Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tomoko Arita
  • Patent number: 10132639
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor, a display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to provide directions to a destination on the display, repetitively receive location information that pertains to a location of a second device traveling to the destination, and provide updates on the location of the second device on the display with the directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler, Russell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese
  • Patent number: 10132640
    Abstract: This invention concerns a method of determining a route using map data comprising a plurality of navigable paths, the map data divided into a plurality of regions. The method comprises using at least one processing apparatus to: receive an origin and a destination on the map data and a travel time, determine a route from the origin to the destination using the map data and minimum cost data that identifies minimum cost paths between regions of the map data. The minimum cost data identifies more than one minimum cost path between a pair of the regions if different minimum cost paths exist between the pair of regions at different times and determining a route comprises identifying from the minimum cost paths for the pair of regions comprising the origin and destination, the minimum cost path having a lowest cost at the travel time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V.
    Inventors: Heiko Schilling, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Ewgenij Gawrilow, Moritz Hilger, Andreas Profous, Jürgen Werber
  • Patent number: 10132641
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to selecting a path for navigation based on a node signature and a device signature. The node signature is directly related to node attribute data. The device signature is directly related to device data. A route is selected based on a match or near match of the node and device signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Carter, John C. Hartley, Puthukode Ramachandran, John C. Sanchez, Zhennan Wang
  • Patent number: 10132642
    Abstract: A unit setting apparatus sets a unit of distance used in a vehicle. A unit is set, which is indicated by map unit information, as a unit to be used, when a map unit acquisition section has acquired the map unit information. A unit is set, which is indicated by operation unit information, as a unit to be used, when the map unit acquisition section has not acquired the map unit information, and an operation unit acquisition section has acquired operation unit information. A unit is set, which is indicated by sign unit information, as a unit to be used, when the map unit acquisition section has not acquired the map unit information, the operation unit acquisition section has not acquired the operation unit information, and a sign unit acquisition section has acquired the sign unit information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Yoshitomi, Jian Hu, Shota Satomura, Yusuke Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10132643
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing navigation services including illumination data. A request for a route is received with one or more preferences related to illumination for the route. One or more road segments that have illumination road attributes that correspond to the one or more preferences are selected. The illumination road attributes are calculated as a function of high beam frequency for the one or more road segments. The route is generated including the one or more road segments. The route is provided with the illumination road attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Joshua Thompson, Yunjie Zhao
  • Patent number: 10132644
    Abstract: A system for determining a road frustration index value includes a vehicle and a user computing device within the vehicle and a remote computing system, where a telematics system associated with the vehicle senses a speed of the vehicle. The computing device calculates, in near real-time and based on vehicle speed information and the road class of one or more route segments of a travel route, a first frustration level value associated with the driver of the vehicle and identify, based on whether the first frustration level value meets a criterion, an alternate route segment having second frustration level value predicted to be less than the first frustration level value. The remote computing system receives information associated with the first route segment and the alternate route segment and calculates insurance cost based on the road frustration index values associated with a route traveled in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventor: Sunil Chintakindi
  • Patent number: 10132645
    Abstract: An activity monitoring device accumulates a count of steps taken as an individual bearing the activity monitoring device travels by foot along a route, and wirelessly acquires positioning data from a discrete global-positioning device corresponding to a sequence of locations along the route. The activity monitoring device iteratively revises an estimated stride length of the individual based on the positioning data and the step count and iteratively updates a travel distance on a display of the activity monitoring device according to the step count and the estimated stride length as the individual proceeds from one location in the sequence to the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Timothy M. Roberts, Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Barry Christopher Burton
  • Patent number: 10132646
    Abstract: Disclosed is a measuring device for ambulation data including a bending sensor installed in a bottom of a shoe to sense a bending signal transmitted by bending of the bottom of the shoe and generate a voltage signal while a user is walking, a control unit electrically connected to the bending sensor to derive an ambulation parameter by processing the outputted voltage signal, and a terminal to output the ambulation parameter transmitted from the control unit, wherein the bending sensor is placed between a part that touches a forefoot and a part that touches a heel in the bottom of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Youngsu Cha, Doik Kim, Junku Yuh
  • Patent number: 10132647
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for maintaining gyroscopic sensor accuracy over time and across changing environmental conditions. In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides arrangements and methods for calibrating a gyroscope while it is positioned on a robotic platform. In particular, the gyroscope may positioned on a sensor platform that is moved through a series of known or measured rotations and then the gyroscope signals are compared to reference data and the sensor's gain and offset calculated. In other aspects, the present disclosure provides arrangements and methods for utilizing measurements from multiple gyroscopes that measure the same axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MTD Products Inc
    Inventor: Edward John Blanchard
  • Patent number: 10132648
    Abstract: A wheel, in particular a counting wheel for a meter, includes a bearing bush and a wheel rim. The bearing bush and the wheel rim are produced from different materials. The bearing bush and the wheel rim can move relative to one another in the rotational direction through a guide having complementarily corresponding guide elements on the bearing bush and the wheel rim extending continuously in the circumferential direction of the counting wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: GWF MESSSYSTEME AG
    Inventors: Andreas Imfeld, Martin Einsiedler, Thomas Frey, Samuel Hubacher, Jörg Wyss, Ralph Kayser
  • Patent number: 10132649
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for contactlessly detecting the absolute position of an element which can move relative to magnetosensitive sensors and has a magnetic field source fastened on the movable element, wherein two magnetosensitive sensors in a plane which are spatially offset in the direction of movement are arranged at a distance from the magnetic field source. Provision is made for the apparatus to be redundant such that said apparatus has two sensor elements, wherein two such magnetosensitive sensors are arranged in each sensor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: IDT Europe GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Janisch
  • Patent number: 10132650
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter may include a transmit coil configured to generate a wireless power signal for wireless power transfer, at least one secondary sensing coil configured to generate a signal responsive to a magnetic flux field generated during the wireless power transfer, and control logic configured to detect at least one condition of a wireless power transfer system responsive to detecting distortion in the magnetic flux field from the at least one signal received from the secondary sensing coil. A related method may include generating with a wireless power transmitter a wireless power signal, generating with a plurality of secondary sensing coils one or more signals responsive to a magnetic flux field generated during the wireless power transfer, and detecting at least one condition of a wireless power transfer system responsive to the one or more signals generated by the plurality of secondary sensing coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustavo J. Mehas, David F. Wilson, Nicholaus W. Smith
  • Patent number: 10132651
    Abstract: A capacitance measurement circuit for determining a sense current of a capacitive sensor which includes at least one electrically conductive sense electrode and at least one electrically conductive guard electrode. The measurement circuit includes at least one switch member that is remotely controllable by a switch remote control unit, wherein the at least one switch member in at least one closed state is configured to provide an additional electrical path between the at least one guard electrode and a reference potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Urig, Christoph Wendt
  • Patent number: 10132652
    Abstract: An electrostatic sensor includes: a decoration portion formed of a metal-based material, which is provided in an attachment target member; and a plurality of electrodes that are arranged in a back portion of the decoration portion and that individually detect a detection target which comes into contact with or approaches the decoration portion, wherein the decoration portion is configured of a plurality of decoration pieces divided according to arrangement of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takehiko Sugiura
  • Patent number: 10132653
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a capacitive linear encoder for determining positions comprising a scale and a read head for capacitively scanning the scale, wherein scale and read head are movable relative to one another. The scale has at least one, preferably capacitive, position reference marker. On the basis of the position references provided by the capacitive position reference marker, the positions are locatable in absolute terms and verifiable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Marcel Rohner, Ingo Bednarek, Rainer Wohlgenannt, Lukas Baumann
  • Patent number: 10132654
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for determining sine or cosine correction values for an error compensation in an angle sensor. At least three pairs of values for at least three rotation angle values of an angle sensor are detected. Each pair of values includes a rotation angle value and an associated measurement signal value. The associated measurement signal value includes a sine component and a cosine component. The sine correction value for an offset error of the sine components of the measurement signal values is determined by adding the sine components of two detected measurement signal values. The cosine correction value for an offset error of the cosine components of the measurement signal values is determined by adding the cosine components of two detected measurement signal values. The sine correction value for the offset error of the sine components or the cosine correction value for the offset error of the cosine components is provided for error compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Georg Scheibenzuber
  • Patent number: 10132655
    Abstract: An apparatus, a system and a method for detecting position of a movable object in a device and using the same for controlling the device. A distance and/or an intensity of emitted light may be measured by using a sensor to emit light and detect light to determine the location of the movable object. The movable element absorbs emitted light from the sensor. The sensor determines and/or measures an intensity of the emitted light from the sensor which is not absorbed by the movable object. The intensity of emitted light is related to the position of the movable object in the device. A microprocessor may determine the position of the movable object based on the intensity of emitted light detected by the sensor. The position of a rotating object on a crankshaft in an engine may be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PHAEDRUS, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley W. Engstrand
  • Patent number: 10132656
    Abstract: There is provided an encoder device to measure a relative moving amount between a first and second members. The encoder device includes: a reflective-type diffraction grating on the first member; a light source unit to radiate a measuring light; a first optical member on the second member; a first and second reflecting units on the second member that cause first and third diffracted lights generated via diffraction of the measuring light and having orders different from each other to come into the diffraction grating respectively, and cause second and fourth diffracted lights generated via diffraction of the first and third diffracted lights respectively to come into the first optical member; photo-detectors configured to detect interference lights between two diffracted lights and other light beam respectively; and a measuring unit to obtain the relative moving amount by using detection signals from the photo-detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zhigiang Liu
  • Patent number: 10132657
    Abstract: A position encoder apparatus, including a scale having a series of position features; and a readhead configured to read the series of position features via a snapshot capture process. The snapshot capture process is adaptable so as to compensate for the relative speed between the scale and readhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Iain R. Gordon-Ingram, Andrew P. Gribble
  • Patent number: 10132658
    Abstract: Position information of a movable body within an XY plane is measured with high accuracy by an encoder system whose measurement values have favorable short-term stability, without being affected by air fluctuations, and also position information of the movable body in a Z-axis direction orthogonal to the XY plane is measured with high accuracy by a surface position measuring system, without being affected by air fluctuations. In this case, since both of the encoder system and the surface position measuring system directly measure the upper surface of the movable body, simple and direct position control of the movable body can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Shibazaki
  • Patent number: 10132659
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for processing measurement data and/or measurement parameter data which are read from a calibratable tool. The invention is characterized in that said system comprises a data conversion device (11) or protocol conversion device which, on the one hand, can be connected to a tool (10) via an interface in order to read the measurement data from the tool (10), and which, on the other hand, can be connected to a data processing device (12) via the same interface or an additional interface, wherein the data conversion device (11) performs a protocol conversion and/or a check of the measurement values so that measurement data from the different tools (10b, 10c, 10d) can be read with the aid of different interfaces and/or protocols by the data conversion device (11), the system thus allowing the use of tools with different protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: EDUARD WILLE GMBH & CO. KT
    Inventors: Klaus Pape, David Waind, Horst Butanowitz, Michael Backhaus
  • Patent number: 10132660
    Abstract: A sensor assembly is provided for a fingerboard latch assembly that comprises: a latch bracket; bolts for mounting the latch bracket to a fingerboard; a latch; and a bracket pin rotatably supporting the latch on the latch bracket to allow rotation of the latch between an open position and a closed position. The sensor assembly has a mounting arrangement that mounts to the bolts, holding a closed-position proximity sensor probe facing downwardly for sensing proximity of a crank portion of the latch and/or the piston head in the closed position, and also holding an open-position proximity sensor probe facing forwardly for sensing proximity of an arm of the latch in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Salunda Limited
    Inventors: John Mark Newton, Alan Patrick John Finlay
  • Patent number: 10132661
    Abstract: Embodiments include a dither system comprising a support member to support a sensor housing having a common line-of-sight (LOS). A first metal bellows is coupled to the support member and being concentric to the sensor housing to constrain rotational motion of the sensor housing and allow angular motion. An eccentric cam comprising: an outer circumference having an axis coaxial with an axis of the first bellows and an inner circumference including an axis laterally offset from the axis of the first bellow. The eccentric cam drives tilt motion of the sensor housing and LOS. A second metal bellows is coaxial to the inner circumference of the eccentric cam and being concentric to the sensor housing. A position measurement system coupled to the sensor housing tracks the tilt motion of the sensor housing with respect to the angular motion of the eccentric cam. A system and method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: David J. Falabella
  • Patent number: 10132662
    Abstract: An instrument cluster for a motor vehicle includes a dial surface having a plurality of indicia located thereon. A pointer contacts the dial surface and is configured to rotate with respect to the dial surface. Piezoelectric material is disposed on one of the dial surface and the pointer. The piezoelectric material is configured to deform due to contact between the pointer and the dial surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Maria Cristina Gascon Rivera
  • Patent number: 10132663
    Abstract: A calibration system includes an excitation module that introduces an excitation signal to a primary coil of a differential transformer, a measurement module that measures, at a first phase shift, a positive value of an induced signal. The induced signal is caused by the excitation signal on a secondary coil of the differential transformer. The system further includes a calculation module that compares the positive value to a last positive value to form a compared positive value, and a calibration module that changes the first phase shift based on the compared positive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: GOODRICH CORPORATION, GOODRICH AEROSPACE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Eric Duane Ronning, Natraj Ninjuri, Kalluri Rao
  • Patent number: 10132664
    Abstract: A flow meter assembly having a longitudinal axis includes an upstream member including a first end, a second end, and a fluid passageway extending between the first and second ends, a downstream member including a first end and a second end, and a first throat member including a first end, a second end, and a fluid passageway extending between the first and second ends, wherein the fluid passageway of the first throat member has a minimum diameter that is less than a minimum diameter of the fluid passageway of the upstream member, wherein the first throat member is configured to releasably couple to the upstream member and the downstream member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc.
    Inventor: David Lelan Jones
  • Patent number: 10132665
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter has a transmitter module that generates a drive signal for driving a magnetic field in a flowing fluid. A flowtube module samples a voltage induced in the fluid by the magnetic field and generates a measurement signal. A single communication path carries the drive signal from the transmitter module to the flowtube module and the measurement signal from the flowtube module to the transmitter module. The flowtube module generates a digital measurement signal. The flowtube module can include a processor for bundling the measurement signal with other information such as calibration data for the flowtube. In addition, the processor can control the timing of flowtube module operations so that the flowtube module samples the induced voltage and transmits the measurement signal to the transmitter module at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Pizzuti, Antoine DeProost
  • Patent number: 10132666
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring interior temperature of a vehicle using a 3D thermal image may include: a pair of stereo infrared (IR) sensors arranged at the front of the vehicle interior so as to be spaced from each other, and configured to measure 2D thermal images for the vehicle interior including a passenger; a calculator configured to convert the 2D thermal images measured through the pair of stereo IR sensors into a 3D thermal image; and a controller configured to calibrate the 3D thermal image information acquired through the calculator, according to variables having an influence on the temperature of the vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jeong Hoon Lee, Yeong Kil Kim, Seung Cheol Song, Chang Hyun Baek, Young Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10132667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an element sensitive to at least one physical parameter of a flow of fluid, comprising a step consisting in a single cycle of immersing, in molten glass, a core of a preassembled sensitive element, said core comprising at least two longitudinal channels along which there pass longitudinally at least two conducting connecting wires which are connected to an at least two-wire winding, said winding being suited to forming a resistive or inductive circuit for detecting said physical parameter, said immersion allowing the connecting wires to be sealed into the channels, allowing said channels to be filled and allowing the outside of the core to be coated in a single immersion, the core, at the end of said single immersion cycle, being sealed and coated in such a way as to obtain an assembled sensitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AUXITROL S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Gras, Catherine Donat
  • Patent number: 10132668
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for dispensing feed. In one example embodiment, the system may include a feed cup configured to receive feed and a feed roll having helical flutes. In an example embodiment, the feed roll is configured to be disposed in different positions to adjust a size of an orifice within the feed cup, wherein a flow of dispensing feed is adjusted based on the positioning of the feed roll and an angle of the helical flutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: John Paul Jamison