Patents Issued in June 25, 2019
  • Patent number: 10330489
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for resolving erroneous movement signals and for providing navigation instructions. One of the methods includes receiving data from two or more sensors, synchronizing the received data, determining a first subset of the synchronized data from the camera for a particular period of time and a second subset of the synchronized data from the other sensor for the particular period of time, comparing the first subset with the second subset to determine whether the first subset and the second subset indicate an erroneous movement signal, based on determining that the first subset and the second subset indicate an erroneous movement signal, selecting data for one of the sensors based on a sensor priority scheme for the sensors, and resolving the erroneous movement signal based on the selected data for the one of the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eve Astrid Andersson, Casey John Burkhardt, John Ove Peter Nilsson Lundblad, David Tseng, Charles L. Chen, Ying Zheng, Tiruvilwamalai Venkatram Raman
  • Patent number: 10330490
    Abstract: An electronic device can provide an interactive map with non-visual output, thereby making the map accessible to visually impaired users. The map can be based on a starting location defined based on a current location of the electronic device or on a location entered by the user. Nearby paths, nearby points of interest, or directions from the starting location to an ending location can be identified via audio output. Users can touch a screen of the electronic device in order to virtually explore a neighborhood. A user can be alerted when he is moving along or straying from a path, approaching an intersection or point of interest, or changing terrains. Thus, the user can familiarize himself with city-level spatial relationships without needing to physically explore unfamiliar surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher B. Fleizach, Reginald D. Hudson, Michael M. Pedersen, Samuel C. White, Joel Lopes Da Silva
  • Patent number: 10330491
    Abstract: A system (10) for pedestrian use includes an accelerometer (110) having multiple electronic sensors; an electronic circuit (100) operable to generate a signal stream representing magnitude of overall acceleration sensed by the accelerometer (110), and to electronically correlate a sliding window (520) of the signal stream with itself to produce peaks at least some of which represent walking steps, and further operable to electronically execute a periodicity check (540) to compare different step periods for similarity, and if sufficiently similar then to update (560) a portion of the circuit substantially representing a walking-step count; and an electronic display (190) responsive to the electronic circuit (100) to display information at least in part based on the step count. Other systems, electronic circuits and processes are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jayawardan Janardhanan, Sandeep Rao, Goutam Dutta
  • Patent number: 10330492
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy consumption measuring method and an energy consumption measuring system. According to the energy consumption measuring method and energy consumption measuring system provided by the present invention, by processing motion data of a user to acquire a corresponding motion feature vector of the user within a time period and comparing the acquired motion feature vector with a standard motion feature vector in a database, the energy consumption within this time period is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiang Wei
  • Patent number: 10330493
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying position sensitive datalink messages on avionics displays are provided. In one embodiment, a flight deck instrument display system for an aircraft comprises: a flight plan display screen that displays a graphical representation of at least a part of an aircraft's planned flight path together with symbology representing a position of the aircraft with respect to the aircraft's planned flight path; wherein the flight plan display screen further displays at least one symbol positioned along the graphical representation of at least a part of the aircraft's planned flight path that indicates a point of applicability for a received uplink datalink message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Raghu Shamasundar, Prasad Rao Piradi, Thomas D. Judd, David Pepitone, Abhishek Gupta, Adib Bouanani, Prashanth Ramanna
  • Patent number: 10330494
    Abstract: A wearable fall-detection device has a variety of sensors, including a pressure sensor, that provide signals for sampling environmental conditions acting on the device. An average of pressure data samples is used to determine a resultant that may indicate an amount of noise in a pressure data signal, and statistical analysis of the noise and the pressure signal average may be used to determine a confidence estimate value that indicates a level of confidence in the amount of noise that a pressure signal is subject to, or includes. The confidence estimate and known fall data, such as change in pressure between a person standing and lying, can create a threshold function that may adapt according to sampled data thus providing a customizable (either statically or dynamically) threshold function for comparing sensor data against rather than comparing data with just a linear threshold function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: James Ronald Barfield, Stephen Christopher Welch
  • Patent number: 10330495
    Abstract: A device for measuring rotational speed includes a housing comprising a base including vertical first and second end walls, and a cover including a window; a lower drive mechanism including a shaft including a gear adjacent to an inner surface of the first end wall, and gear elements rotatable around the shaft in a suspended manner, each gear element including first teeth and second teeth alternated with the first teeth; and an upper counter assembly including a reset shaft including a wing handle and a groove; a gear member rotatable around the reset shaft in a suspended manner and meshed with the gear, the gear member including a projection; and a first number wheel and second number wheels arranged from the gear member to the second end wall sequentially on the reset shaft. Each of the first and second number wheels is a ratchet type device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventor: Ching-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 10330496
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement is configured to detect rotational angles on a rotating component in a vehicle. The rotating component is coupled to at least one measurement transmitter which generates at least one piece of angle information in connection with at least one measurement sensor in order to determine the rotational angle of the rotating component. A first measurement transmitter and a first measurement sensor form a first angle sensor which generates first angle information that is dependent on the rotational movement of the rotating component, and a second measurement transmitter and a second measurement sensor form a second angle sensor which generates second angle information that is dependent on the rotational movement of the rotating component. A current rotational angle of the rotating component is ascertained from the first angle information and the second angle information. The first angle sensor and the second angle sensor are designed as inductive sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Frese
  • Patent number: 10330497
    Abstract: A modified eddy current (MEC) probe includes a probe body having a bore formed therein. A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly includes a circuit board defining a plane, has a plurality of electronic components mounted thereon, and is configured for mounting within the bore of the probe body. A coil board assembly is electrically connected to the PCB assembly, defines a plane, and includes a first coil board layer, a second coil board layer bonded to the first coil board layer, a transmitter coil formed on an outside surface of the first coil board layer, a Faraday shield formed on an outside surface of the second coil board layer, and a sensor coil formed on one of an inside surface of the first coil board layer and the second coil board layer, such that the sensor coil is positioned between the first coil board layer and the second coil board layer. The plane of the coil board assembly is arranged orthogonally to the plane of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Centrus Energy Corp.
    Inventors: James A. Moore, Michael S. Emery, Marc L. Simpson, Mike Hileman, Terry White
  • Patent number: 10330498
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a sensor arrangement for the contactless sensing of angles of rotation on a rotating part includes a disk-shaped target, a coil arrangement, and an evaluation and control unit. The disc-shaped target is coupled to the rotating part and includes at least two metal surfaces that influence the inductances in the flat detection coils due to eddy current effects as a function of the degree of overlap. The disc-shaped target can generate at least one piece of information for ascertaining the instantaneous angle of rotation of the rotating part, in connection with the coil arrangement. The coil arrangement has three flat detection coils uniformly distributed on the circumference of a circle. The evaluation and control unit can generate essentially sinusoidal evaluation signals which represent the changes in inductance of the detection coils and can evaluate them for calculating the angle of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Leidich, Ralf Ameling
  • Patent number: 10330499
    Abstract: An inductive sensor includes a sensor package and a coupler package. The sensor package includes a signal processor, an integrated capacitor, a ferrite layer, a transmitter coil, a two part receiving coil, and a plurality of discrete components. The coupler package includes an integrated capacitor, a ferrite layer, and a coupler coil. The transmitter coil in the sensor package is energized by an external power source which in turn energizes the coupler coil in the coupler package. The sensor then measures the rotational position of the coupler package relative to the sensor package by detecting and measuring, with the two part receiving coil, the signal returned by the coupler coil. The signal processor calculates the position of the coupler package relative to the sensor package by comparing the coupling factors between the coupler package and the sensor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KSR IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan W. Elliott, Lingmin Shao
  • Patent number: 10330500
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (7) for operating a resolver (1), which has at least one receiver winding (3, 4) or at least one excitation winding (2), which are/can be associated with a rotatably mounted shaft (5), in particular a rotor shaft of an electric motor, said apparatus also having a device (9) which determines an angular position of the shaft (5) as a function of an induced voltage detected by the excitation winding (2) by means of a desired excitation signal (SES) with a predeterminable frequency and amplitude and by the receiver winding (3, 4). According to the invention, means (10) for limiting an electrical voltage on the excitation winding (2) are associated with the excitation winding (2), wherein the means (10) limit the voltage only above a maximum normal voltage in only one current direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Edwin Eberlein, Manfred Kirschner
  • Patent number: 10330501
    Abstract: The invention relates to a counting sensor for counting the number of rotations or of linear displacements of an object, wherein the counting sensor comprises: one single Wiegand module; at least one sensor element; a processing electronic circuit, which is connected to the sensor element; and a permanent magnet arrangement, which is movable relatively to the Wiegand module; wherein the processing electronic circuit is configured to obtain direction information, whether the permanent magnet arrangement moves in said one direction or in an opposite direction, and (ii) to obtain magnetic pole information; and a data storage for storing a value, which indicates the number of the rotations or of the linear displacements; wherein: the processing electronic circuit is configured (i) to determine, on the basis of the direction information and the magnetic pole information, the number of the rotations or of the linear displacements of the object and to store the corresponding value in the data storage, (ii) to per
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Walter Mehnert, Thomas Theil
  • Patent number: 10330502
    Abstract: A communication apparatus for a fiber-optic communication system for an aircraft that includes: an optical coupler; an input port optically coupled to the optical coupler via a first waveguide, the input port arranged to receive light; a modulator optically coupled to the optical coupler via a second waveguide, the modulator having a logic input and a fiber having a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) receiving light from the input port via the optical coupler, the modulator operable to vary a strain force applied to the fiber according to a logic signal received at the logic input to modulate a wavelength of a modulated light signal reflected by the FBG back to the optical coupler; and an output port optically coupled to the optical coupler via a third waveguide to receive the modulated light signal therefrom, the output port being operable to output the modulated light signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Alessio Cipullo, Christopher J. Wood, Kayvon Barad
  • Patent number: 10330503
    Abstract: A measurement device can be attached to an outer wall of a movable object or of a stationary object arranged in a flow of air in order to measure physical quantities. The measurement device includes a mounting which has recesses having an opening leading to the outside in which sensors are provided. All of said openings of said recesses are covered by a single film. The film thus makes it possible to offer a surface which is as smooth as possible, having very low roughness with no unevenness. It also makes it possible to ensure the tightness of the sensors as well as the air insulation between all the sensors of the mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Nicolas Dupe, Olivier Sornique, Gilles Studer
  • Patent number: 10330504
    Abstract: Actuator bracket having a sensor is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a bracket to couple to a controller at a first location and to couple to an actuator at a second location different than the first location. The bracket includes cavities defined by ribs of a first side. The apparatus also includes a first sensor coupled to the bracket adjacent the first location. The first sensor is to measure a characteristic of a portion of the bracket adjacent the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Shannon Eugene Jelken, Mark Allen Rachuy, Benjamin Uriah Good
  • Patent number: 10330505
    Abstract: An interchangeable face gauge structure for automobile gauges comprises a gauge body, a face gauge, a retainer ring and an outer cover. The gauge body and outer cover are combined by means of assembling, which causes the outer cover to be dismountable from and re-mountable on the gauge body. The face gauge is additionally mounted on the surface of the light directing panel on the gauge body, which allows the face gauge to be replaceable with one of the type to the liking of the user after the outer cover is dismounted from the gauge body, improving the variability and visual effect of the gauge body. Further, with the convenience of the outer cover being easily mountable on the gauge body, the user is allowed to replace and mount parts by themselves, adding to the practicality of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventors: Enrique J. Baiz, Osvaldo Izquierdo, Cheng Jie Wu
  • Patent number: 10330506
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling electrical devices has a local central processor with memory for storing an operating and control systems for controlling analog or digital sensors, instruments, and devices. A web browser interfaces with a communications system to exchange data with the local central processor. External hardware couples to the local central processor via an inter integrated circuit interconnection system. Plural sensors and instruments couple to the local central processor, and are controlled over the internet. Electrical devices include any combination of temperature sensors, potentiometric sensors, oceanographic sensors and instruments, industrial sensors and instruments, voltammetric sensors, light sensors, atmospheric sensors and instruments, water sensors, pH sensors, and amperometric sensors and instruments. Sensor data is stored in a removable data storage arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Analytical Instrument Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Bernard Nuzzio
  • Patent number: 10330507
    Abstract: A meter register is disclosed herein, the meter register having a register body and a face cap secured to a cup forming an internal cavity, the face cap is sealed to the register body, a microprocessor and an antenna to transmit radio waves that is electrically coupled to the microprocessor are both contained within the internal cavity. A self-contained power source is coupled to the antenna, and a sensor is coupled to the microprocessor and adapted to sense movement of water through a meter. The microprocessor, power source, and sensor are contained within the internal cavity, and the internal cavity is at a different pressure than atmospheric pressure, and environmentally separated from the external atmosphere such that the antenna transmits from the antenna meter volume measurements. A utility meter having the aforementioned meter register is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Arad Measuring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Dan Winter
  • Patent number: 10330508
    Abstract: A method of ultrasound flow metering includes applying a first and second pulse train to an ultrasound transducer pair (T1, T2) positioned for coupling ultrasonic waves therebetween. Responsive to the first pulse train applied to T1, T1 transmits an ultrasonic wave received as received ultrasonic wave (R12) by T2 after propagating through fluid in a pipe. Responsive to the second pulse train applied to T2, T2 transmits an ultrasonic wave received as received ultrasonic wave by (R21) T1 after propagating through the fluid. During the pulse trains, R12 and R21 build up in amplitude to provide excitation portions. The pulse trains are terminated, so that R12 and R21 decay as a damped free oscillation. Windowing is applied to R12 and R21 to generate windowed portions. A signal delay between t12 and t21 (?TOF) is calculated using only windowed portions, and a fluid flow is calculated from the ?TOF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Amardeep Sathyanarayana, Anand Dabak, David Patrick Magee
  • Patent number: 10330509
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for an ultrasound clamp-on flow measurement according to the transit-time method. The problem addressed by the invention is to provide a measurement arrangement for clamp-on flow measurement, which enables measurement using only two pairs of acoustic transducers in both reflection configuration and in X configuration, without requiring the acoustic transducer position to be changed when switching between configurations. For the method according to the invention, at least four acoustic transducers are arranged on a measurement pipe, which are controlled in such a way that the flow measurement is performed consecutively in an alternating manner in the X configuration and in the reflection configuration. For this purpose, two acoustic transducers are connected for each transmission-receiving pair for a flow measurement in X configuration, and/or two acoustic transducers are connected for each transmission-receiving pair for two reflection configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Flexim Flexible Industriemesstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Funck
  • Patent number: 10330510
    Abstract: A flow metering apparatus comprising a temperature sensing system for use to measure temperature of fluid includes temperature measurement components and temperature sensing components in close proximity to one another and to the flow of fluid. The components can include a temperature measurement member close-coupled to a processor member, each disposed on a circuitized substrate. This configuration exposes a temperature sensor element to the same dynamic temperature conditions as the processor member, thus reducing measurement error that might manifest in response to different temperature gradients proximate the respective components. A storage memory may be used to permit the temperature sensing system to store and/or retain data that relates to calibration as a dynamic system over the entire operating range of the sensor element. The calibration data may then be accessed from the storage memory to improve accuracy and operation of the flow metering apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Natural Gas Solutions North America, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Thomas Martin, Andrew Logan Perkins
  • Patent number: 10330511
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for flow measurements by alternating magnetic fields are provided. An example alternating magnetic field flowmeter includes a magnetic token movable within a conduit for guiding a fluid flow (conductive or non-conductive) along a flow path, a magnetic field generator configured to generate alternating magnetic fields within the conduit to move the magnetic token along the flow path with a first flow velocity and opposite to the flow path with a second flow velocity, a detector configured to measure respective first and second electrical signals responsive to the alternating magnetic fields, the first and second electrical signals associated with the first and second flow velocities, and a processor configured to determine a flow rate of the fluid based on the first and second electrical signals. The alternating magnetic field flowmeter can include a calibrator configured to manually or automatically calibrate the flow rate with a correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Fouad M. Alkhabbaz, Maatoug Al-Maatoug, Luay H. Al-Awami
  • Patent number: 10330512
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a flow rate through a vessel, such as a conduit or pipeline. The method comprises providing a reference parameter, measuring a first parameter at a first position at the vessel and determining a difference between the first parameter and the reference parameter. The flow rate through the vessel is determined based on the difference between the first parameter and the reference parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: RALUGNIS AS
    Inventor: Paal Even Gaarder
  • Patent number: 10330513
    Abstract: A sensing system that produces a multi-dynamic range output is provided. In an illustrative embodiment, a first channel and a second channel receive an analog output signal from a sensing element. The first channel provides a first digital output signal that has a first dynamic range, and the second channel provides a second digital output signal that has a second narrower dynamic range. In some cases, the second narrower dynamic range falls within the first dynamic range, and the first digital output signal may provide a first resolution and the second digital output signal may provide a second greater resolution. The dynamic range and/or resolution of one or more of the first channel and second channel may be dynamically reconfigurable, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Lamar Floyd Ricks, Ian Bentley, Paul Prehn Bey
  • Patent number: 10330514
    Abstract: Apparatus for monitoring a predetermined fill level of a medium in a container, including a mechanically oscillatable unit, a driving/receiving unit for exciting the mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and for receiving the oscillations of the mechanically oscillatable unit, and an electronics unit for producing an electrical exciter signal and for evaluating an electrical, received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
    Inventors: Sergej Lopatin, Sascha D'Angelico, Volker Dreyer, Alexander Muller
  • Patent number: 10330515
    Abstract: A measuring device that measures the level of fluid in a tank, for example a level of an aqueous urea solution in a tank for catalytic converters of combustion engines. The measuring means include: at least one sensor including a capacitive element electrically coupled to an oscillator configured to deliver a signal Si whose frequency FiPAD is a function of the capacitance of the capacitive element; at least one sensor being intended to be disposed outside of the tank, so that the capacitance of the capacitive element varies based on the level n of the fluid, when the level is comprised between a first threshold hi-min and a second threshold hi-max; a processing module, coupled to at least one sensor, and configured to determine the level n of fluid in the tank based on the frequency of the signal Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: AKWEL SA
    Inventor: Regis Munoz
  • Patent number: 10330516
    Abstract: A probe holder for a fill level measuring device operating with the radar principle has a holder housing, a signal conductor for guiding emitted and/or received signals and a spacer. The signal conductor is led out of the interior space of the holder housing through an opening of the holder housing into a process side exterior space of the holder housing. The spacer is arranged in the opening of the holder housing and keeps the signal conductor spaced from the holder housing in the opening. The probe holder realizes a seal relative to the process area in a simple, but effective manner in that the spacer is held in the holder housing by a shrink-fit so that a sealed closure is created between the holder housing and the spacer in the shrunken-in state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KROHNE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Vincent Pichot, Laurent Peigat
  • Patent number: 10330517
    Abstract: A method for operating a contactless ultrasound or radar fill level measuring device having at least one open distribution transmitter, at least one receiver and at least one evaluation unit having the following steps: emitting a transmitter signal by the transmitter, receiving a reflection signal reflected on a reflector by the receiver, evaluating the transmitter signal and/or the reflection signal with the evaluation unit which identifies a frequency shift between the transmitter signal and the reflection signal. By evaluating the determined frequency shift or a variable derived from the determined frequency shift, a filling event is detected, in which a filling stream at least partially passes through the transmitter signal. Furthermore, a contactless ultrasound or radar fill level measuring device which performs this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KROHNE MESSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Gerding
  • Patent number: 10330518
    Abstract: A liquid-surface detection device includes terminals and an electronic component that has a body portion and a lead portion projecting from the body portion and being connected to the terminals. A method for manufacturing the liquid-surface detection device includes arranging the electronic component in a casing that has a mounting surface and covers the terminals, and connecting the lead portion and the terminals. The mounting surface has a base surface with a planar shape, an island projecting from the base surface and a hole recessed from the base surface. The lead portion is placed in a positioning groove of the island. A curved surface of the body portion is supported by an edge of the hole. Accordingly, a yield can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Terada
  • Patent number: 10330519
    Abstract: In order to reduce a flow rate error over the entire range of a sensor output value even when the relationship between the sensor output value and a flow rate value is poor in linearity, a flow rate sensor correction device includes: a sensitivity setting part adapted to set a sensitivity coefficient on the basis of an initial value and a sensitivity correction value and adjust the sensitivity of the flow rate sensor; a function calculation part adapted to calculate a corrected flow rate characteristic function on the basis of a function correction value, which is determined on the basis of the flow rate value, and a standard flow rate characteristic function; and a function modification part adapted to make a function storage part store, as a flow rate characteristic function, a final flow rate characteristic function based on the corrected flow rate characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, CO., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Okano
  • Patent number: 10330520
    Abstract: A system for automatically initializing a weighing process of one or more loads at a concrete plant or an asphalt plant. The system includes a plant, a staging area, a truck and a fleet of trucks. Each truck contains one output device which contains a unique output device ID identifier, an output device reader or readers, a batch non-transitory storage media, a dispatch non-transitory storage media, a reader non-transitory storage media and a material load verification non-transitory storage media, a third party or cloud non-transitory storage media and a master truck file containing a truck file for each truck and a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventors: Brent Robert Pommerening, Patrick Alan Dunbar
  • Patent number: 10330521
    Abstract: This device is a universal weighing and bodily information device that calculates the weight and bodily information of a subject(s) in food preparation, storage and consumption areas. The device is made to be used with any food related areas but not limited to those areas. The device can vary in size and shape, flat to flexible, varying in depth and height depending on application, with a display capable of placement inside refrigerator, cabinet, pantry or any other desired area. The base can be placed in desired areas with or without the use of filler panels. The base can be covered, at the user's option, with various materials that allow functionality. The information can be transmitted to a display, another device, or memory; any, either, or all, depending on user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventor: Vincent Beneduce
  • Patent number: 10330522
    Abstract: A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, recliner, chair, stretcher, or the like, includes a frame, a support surface, a plurality of load cells, and first and second channels dimensioned to receive noses of at least one of the load cells. The first channel constrains a first one of the load cells in a first direction but not a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The second channel constrains the second load cell in the second direction but not the first direction. The person support apparatus may also include a plurality of load cell brackets that are each adapted to support an end of one of the load cells. When included, the load cell brackets are constructed such that no forces from the support surface, other than weight forces, are applied to the load cells after the support surface is coupled to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Anish Paul, Joseph Adam Upchurch
  • Patent number: 10330523
    Abstract: A method of operating an apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine having a part rotating with a speed of rotation, includes receiving a first digital signal dependent on mechanical vibrations emanating from rotation of the part, analyzing the first digital signal so as to detect peak amplitude values during a finite time period, the finite time period corresponding to a certain amount of revolution of the part, the certain amount of revolution corresponding to more than one revolution of the monitored rotatable part, defining amplitude ranges, sorting the detected peak amplitude values into corresponding amplitude ranges so as to reflect occurrence of detected peak amplitude values within the plurality of amplitude ranges, and estimating a representative peak amplitude value in dependence on the sorted peak amplitude values and the certain amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: S.P.M. Instrument AB
    Inventor: Lars-Olov Hedin
  • Patent number: 10330524
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed which monitors factors in order to prevent impending component failure within a mechanical system, such as an aircraft. The monitoring system monitors the health and condition of system components, and utilizes proprietary algorithms to predict impending failures in monitored components before failure occurs. The system can shut down a component, send an alert, or adjust component thresholds as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Inflight Warning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Barclay, Brian Kirby
  • Patent number: 10330525
    Abstract: A vibration measurement system and relative method to monitor multiphase flows in extraction wells or conduits, by analysis of backscattered multimode fiber light comprising: • a sensing multimode optical fiber; • an optical source, containing a high coherence laser that emits optical pulses to be sent in said sensing fiber; • a photonic lantern with 3 or more single-mode optical fiber ports and one multimode fiber port that is connected to the sensing multimode fiber; • an optical receiver, comprising a number of photodetectors equal to the number of the single-mode optical fiber ports of said photonic lantern minus 1, wherein each photodetector is connected to each of said single-mode ports; • a system for processing output signals from the optical receiver, the optical source being connected to one of the single-mode optical fiber ports and the other single-mode fibers being connected to the optical receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Eni S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Galtarossa, Luca Palmieri, Massimo Zampato
  • Patent number: 10330526
    Abstract: A variable-frequency light source is configured to emit a light beam and modulate a frequency of the light beam. A fiber optic cable is attached to the variable frequency light source. The fiber optic cable is configured to receive the light beam at an inlet and pass the light beam to an exit. Multiple optical detectors are attached to the fiber optic cable. Each of the optical detectors is configured to detect a specified frequency of light that is backscattered through the fiber optic cable. An actuation mechanism is attached to the fiber optic cable. The actuation mechanism is configured to deform the fiber optic cable in response to a stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Howard K. Schmidt, Jesus Manuel Felix Servin, Frode Hveding, Daniele Colombo
  • Patent number: 10330527
    Abstract: A light converter for a light source is disclosed, having a substrate and a light converting layer disposed thereon for receiving laser radiation and converting the same into visible light. A sensor is functionally integrated with the light converting layer for purposes of detecting the condition of the light converting layer and modifying an operation of the laser radiation source in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Fiederling, Daniel Weissenberger, Thomas Tessnow
  • Patent number: 10330528
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an optical assembly position adjustment device. An embodiment of the optical assembly position adjustment device includes a base and at least one housing. The base includes an upper side and a lateral side. The upper side allows the setting of at least one optoelectronic device, and the lateral includes a first position adjustment structure. The at least one housing includes an interior side including a second position adjustment structure. The second position adjustment structure matches the first position adjustment structure for combination. In addition, the at least one housing includes an optical input/output window for optical transmission. The distance between the optical input/output window and the upper side can be adjusted by the increase or decrease of a contact area between the first and second position adjustment structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: NIEN-YI INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tung-Lou Lin, Hsin-Ni Lee
  • Patent number: 10330529
    Abstract: System and methods for simultaneous characterization of tracer light output and velocity by arranging a plurality of photodetectors along the flight path of the tracer and transmitting the detected light output over large distances using an array of analog/digital converter units arranged to correspond to each photodetector. The system can be scaled and configured to operate and control the photodetectors from a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Jay C. Poret
  • Patent number: 10330530
    Abstract: A reference light source device for calibration of a spectral radiance meter includes an integrating sphere having a radiance reference plane, which is an opening; and a plurality of first optical ports, which are formed apart from each other in an outer wall of the integrating sphere to allow light rays with equivalent wavelength characteristics to enter an interior of the integrating sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Shiraiwa, Hiroyuki Sano
  • Patent number: 10330531
    Abstract: A spectrometer system may be used to determine one or more spectra of an object, and the one or more spectra may be associated with one or more attributes of the object that are relevant to the user. While the spectrometer system can take many forms, in many instances the system comprises a spectrometer and a processing device in communication with the spectrometer and with a remote server, wherein the spectrometer is physically integrated with an apparatus. The apparatus may have a function different than that of the spectrometer, such as a consumer appliance or device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: VERIFOOD, LTD.
    Inventors: Damian Goldring, Dror Sharon, Sagee Rosen, Ittai Nir, Uri Kinrot, Omer Keilaf, Guy Brodetzki, Assaf Carmi, Oren Buskila
  • Patent number: 10330532
    Abstract: Examples of a method to use in an electronic device, an electronic device, and a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium are disclosed herein. An example of the machine-readable non-transitory storage medium includes instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device to generate a molecular signature tag based on molecular signature data representative of a determined molecular structure of an object scanned by a molecular detector of the electronic device and to embed the molecular signature tag in metadata of an image file based on a captured image of the object by a camera of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Greg Creager, Lawrence Snyders, Shaun Henry
  • Patent number: 10330533
    Abstract: An emission spectroscopy instrumentation is easily operated and includes a calculation element 154 that calculates a variation of the measurement values of every detector relative to a plurality of measurements of a standard; a determination element 155 that determines whether any an additional measurement is required when a variation relative to all detectors is within an acceptable value and an addition measurement is required when a variation relative to any one detector is out of an acceptable value; a notification element 156 that notifies to an operator a determination result according to the determination element 155, and a calculation-determination control element 153 that controls the calculation element 154 and the determination element 155 that calculates the variation and makes a determination at the timing when the measurement of the standard sample is executed at predetermined times, and calculates a variation and makes a determination at every one additional measurement when the additional meas
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Kaishatsu
  • Patent number: 10330534
    Abstract: A backing member (50a) is pressed in a perpendicular direction (D3) by a predetermined sheet conveyed to a colorimetric position (P), and is disposed behind the predetermined sheet at the colorimetric position (P) when viewed from a colorimetric unit (40). A supporter (90) supports the backing member (50a) in a manner that the backing member (50a) can move in the perpendicular direction (D3). Holders (23a, 23b, 23c) hold a color tile member (80a) disposed on the backing member (50a) in a state that the amount of movement of the backing member (50a) in the perpendicular direction (D3) by the color tile member (80a) being thicker than the predetermined sheet and disposed on the backing member (50a) is larger than the amount of movement of the backing member (50a) in the perpendicular direction (D3) by the predetermined sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagashima, Yuzuru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10330535
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide an RTP system for processing a substrate. An RTP chamber has a radiation source configured to deliver radiation to a substrate disposed within a processing volume. One or more pyrometers are coupled to the chamber body opposite the radiation source. In one example, the radiation source is disposed below the substrate and the pyrometers are disposed above the substrate. In another example, the radiation source is disposed above the substrate and the pyrometers are disposed below the substrate. The substrate may be supported in varying manners configured to reduce physical contact between the substrate support and the substrate. An edge ring and shield are disposed within the processing volume and are configured to reduce or eliminate background radiation from interfering with the pyrometers. Additionally, an absorbing surface may be coupled to the chamber body to further reduce background radiation interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Wolfgang R. Aderhold
  • Patent number: 10330536
    Abstract: A busbar (21) is provided for electrically connecting a temperature detecting member 40 to adjacent electrode terminals (12A, 12B) of unit cells (11). The busbar (21) is overlapped with the electrode terminals (12A, 12B) of the unit cells (11). The temperature detecting member (40) includes a plate-like heat transfer plate (42) that is overlapped in an area of the busbar (21) other than an area of the busbar (21) that is to be laser-welded to the electrode terminals (12A, 12B) and is attached to the busbar (21) by laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Osamu Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10330537
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thermometer probe includes: obtaining a hollow housing having an open end and a curved inner surface; obtaining a flexible detecting component having an adhesive layer; obtaining an insertion component; detachably attaching the flexible detecting component to the insertion component; inserting the insertion component, having the flexible detecting component attached thereto, through the open end of the hollow housing and into the hollow housing such that the adhesive layer is disposed between the insertion component and the inner surface; and adhering, via the adhesive layer, the flexible detecting component to the curved inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Sreenivasan K Koduri
  • Patent number: 10330538
    Abstract: A thermocouple temperature sensor has a thermocouple with first and second conductors connected at a junction and a resistance temperature device with first and second conductors. The first conductor of the resistance temperature device is connected to the first conductor of the thermocouple. A first external conductor is connected to the second conductor of the thermocouple, wherein the first external conductor is configured as a voltage sense conductor for the resistance temperature device and a voltage sense conductor for the thermocouple. A second external conductor is connected to the first conductors of the thermocouple and the resistance temperature device, wherein the second external conductor is configured as a current conductor for the resistance temperature device and a voltage sense conductor for the thermocouple. A third external conductor is connected to the second conductor of the resistance temperature device and is configured as a current conductor for the resistance temperature device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Jason Harold Rud, Allen John Kassen, Clarence Holmstadt