Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to controlling machines using operator control units and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). In an exemplary embodiment, a machine control system includes a machine, a programmable logic controller coupled to the machine, and an operator control unit. The operator control unit includes a user interface configured to receive one or more commands from an operator for controlling the machine, and a wireless interface configured to transmit a message based on the one or more commands received via the user interface. The programmable logic controller is configured to, in response to receiving the message transmitted by the operator control unit, transmit one or more control signals to the machine to control operation of the machine. The system does not include any machine control unit (MCU) separate from the operator control unit and the programmable logic controller.

Abstract: A control system that distributes information from a control device to a reception device includes a read request transmission unit that transmits a read request for information to the control device, an information generation unit that generates information in response to the read request, an information transmission unit that transmits the generated information to the reception device, and a distribution cycle computation unit that computes a distribution cycle based on a generation interval of the read request. The information transmission unit transmits the information in accordance with the distribution cycle computed by the distribution cycle computation unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a configuration which enables an improvement in the workability of wiring of a sensor in a servo system. An encoder detects the operation of a motor driven by a servo driver, and generates a feedback signal indicating the detected operation. Further, the encoder receives detected signals output from sensors for detecting an object driven by the motor via sensor cables. The encoder outputs the feedback signal and the input detected signals to the outside.

Abstract: A localization device using a magnetic field for positioning a moving object is provided. The localization device includes a magnetic landmark, a set of at least four tri-axes magnetic sensors mounted on the moving object, and a logic operation processing unit. The set of at least four tri-axes magnetic sensors forms four non-coplanar points in a three-dimension coordinate system. The logic operation processing unit is connected to the set of at least four tri-axes magnetic sensors. The set of at least four tri-axes magnetic sensors senses the magnetic field of the magnetic landmark and generates at least four magnetic signals transmitted to the logic operation processing unit.

Abstract: A fluid jet cutting system includes a control unit configured to control the motion of a fluid jet cutting head of the fluid jet cutting system relative a workpiece to be cut. The control unit is coupled to a fluid jet cutting head drive configured to incline the fluid jet cutting head relative a vertical line. The control unit is configured to operate the motion of the fluid jet cutting head from a predetermined inclination angle value and other operational data. The control unit is configured to automatically adapt the speed of the fluid jet cutting head in accordance with the predetermined inclination angle value. A method controls the motion of the fluid jet cutting head of the fluid jet cutting system, in which the control unit is configured to operate the motion of the fluid jet cutting head from a predetermined inclination angle value.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mapping timer channels to protection groups. One embodiment of the method can be implemented in a microcontroller unit (MCU) that comprises a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to a plurality of timer channels and a plurality of programmable group output disable (PTGOD) circuits. The CPU can select a first group of the timer channels to respond to an assertion of a first output disable signal from a first of the PTGOD circuits. Each timer channel of the first group can disable an output signal in response to receiving the assertion of the first output disable signal.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus comprises a motor including a rotor that is rotatable and has a magnet whose outer peripheral surface divided in a circumferential direction is magnetized in multiple poles with alternating different polarities, and a position detecting unit having a first detecting element, a second detecting element, a third detecting element and a fourth detecting element, each of which detects a magnet pole, a driving unit that drives the motor on the basis of signals output from the first to fourth detecting elements, and a controlling unit that obtains a rotational quantity of the motor on the basis of signals output from the first and second detecting elements and that outputs a control signal of the motor to the driving unit on the basis of the rotational quantity of the motor.

Abstract: A method and associated system are provided for producing a perforation line between adjacent lottery tickets in an automated production line wherein a substrate having lottery tickets printed thereon is conveyed through a perforation station in the production line. A perforation machine in the line is controlled to define a perforation line between the adjacent lottery tickets. The controlling process includes inputting control variables into a controller associated with the perforation machine, the control variables relating to conditions that determine a desired perforation profile of the perforation line. The controller programs the perforation machine with a specific perforation profile for the perforation line that is generated based on the entered control variables, and changes the perforation profile upon inputting of different values for the control variables.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit, a receiving unit, a selecting unit, and a height-information setting unit. The display control unit displays image data on a display unit. The receiving unit receives specification of an arbitrary point on the displayed image data and specification of a color range in a three-dimensional color space that is based on the arbitrary point. The selecting unit selects a region having color included in the specified color range on the image data. The height-information setting unit sets height information to the selected region.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a printing layer trimming method and an electronic device using the same. The printing layer trimming method is suitable for the electronic device and includes steps as follows. An original layer is converted into a first printing layer. At least one data region of the first printing layer is identified to identify at least one blank region of the first printing layer. Then, the blank region of the first printing layer is trimmed off The trimmed first printing layer is further converted into a print head signal data and provided to a printing device to print a corresponding three-dimensional structure. The disclosure also provides another printing layer trimming method and an electronic device using the same for trimming a second printing layer generated according to a print head signal data and providing the second printing layer to a printing device to print a corresponding three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for reducing or eliminating curl and wrap in additive manufacturing include, in at least one aspect, obtaining a three dimensional (3D) model of a 3D object to be additively manufactured using a thermoplastic material delivery apparatus; generating a variable width brim for at least a first layer of the 3D model, wherein a width of the brim varies from a maximum value to a minimum value at different locations adjacent at least the first layer of the 3D model, and the generating comprises varying the width of the brim in accordance with an amount of convexity of the 3D model in regions corresponding to the different locations; and outputting the variable width brim for use in preventing warping during the additive manufacturing of the object from the 3D model using the thermoplastic material delivery apparatus.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, mediums, and systems for associating information, including critical-to-quality (CTQ) information such as minimum or maximum part dimensions, with parts in a three-dimensional model of a product. The information may be identified by performing a failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) against the model. The information is stored with the model data (e.g., in the form of an annotation applied to a model feature corresponding to the part in question). The model data may be consulted by product lifecycle management (PLM) applications during various phases of the product's lifecycle. Among other possibilities, the information may be used to automatically generate regulatory compliance documentation, to ensure product quality standards are met during a manufacturing process, or to perform postproduction quality monitoring of the product.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a technique for rendering a pre-visualization image representative of a 3D object to be printed by a 3D printer. The technique accesses a geometric digital model of the 3D object and receives one or more printer characteristics of the 3D printer. The one or more printer characteristics are associated with settlement of added material to the 3D object by the 3D printer. The technique further receives one or more material parameters of a volume of the added material that forms the 3D object. The technique further generates a digital aggregate build-up model of the 3D object using the geometric digital model, the one or more printer characteristics, and the one or more environmental parameters. Then the technique renders a pre-visualization image representative of the 3D object as the 3D object would be printed by the 3D printer based on the generated digital aggregate build-up model.

Abstract: A motor drive system includes a motor drive processor, a motor drive memory component, a server, and a display that displays a machine readable code, wherein the motor drive forms a secure wireless connection with a smart device once the smart device has scanned the machine readable code.

Abstract: A microcontroller system which employs an intermediate approach in hybrid FRAM-SRAM that involves memory mapping of program sections to retain the reliability benefits provided by FRAM while performing almost as efficiently as an SRAM-based system. They system utilizes an energy-aware memory mapping method which maps different program sections to the hybrid FRAM-SRAM MCU such that energy consumption is minimized without sacrificing reliability. The method comprises a memory initialization map, which performs a one-time characterization to find the optimal memory map for the functions that constitute a program. The method further comprises an energy alignment, a hardware/software method that aligns the system's powered-on time intervals to function execution boundaries, which results in further improvements in energy efficiency and performance.

Abstract: A device for controlling a user input device to prevent inadvertent activation of the user input device includes a user input device for receiving user commands and an activation trigger associated with the input device. The activation trigger includes a mechanism that prevents incidental actuation. When the activation trigger is actuated, the input device is enabled to receive user commands for an amount of time dictated by a timer, and disabled when the timer has exhausted the amount of time.

Abstract: This work region estimation device, which estimates a region in which a worker performs work, is provided with: a first operation acquisition unit that acquires worker operation information; an orientation acquisition unit that acquires worker orientation information; and a work region calculation unit that, on the basis of the operation information, the orientation information, and a worker body model, calculates a region in which a worker operation is forecast.

Abstract: A system includes wireless access points operable to communicate with a communication network and electronic tracking devices that each include an electronic-ink display. The electronic tracking devices are operable to communicate wirelessly with the wireless access points. The system also includes manufacturing system operator computer systems operable to communicate with the communication network. The system further includes a server operable to execute instructions to update at least one entry in a manufacturing system database based on receiving an operation notification from one of the manufacturing system operator computer systems. The server can transmit a display update for the electronic-ink display of an identified electronic tracking device through at least one of the wireless access points based on determining that the operation notification includes a transition from a current manufacturing process step to a next manufacturing process step.

Abstract: A work management device includes an operator information memory section, a work item memory section, an operator detection sections, and a work instruction section. The operator detection sections are installed at a plurality of spots of the electronic component mounting line and detect the operators near the spots. In a case in which the operator detection section detects the operator, when operator information regarding the operator is identical to operator information in the operator information memory section and the work item group of the work item memory section includes one work item or a plurality of work items which are able to be performed by the operator detected by the operator detection section, the work instruction section instructs the operator detected by the operator detection section in one work item or a plurality of work items selected from the one work item or the plurality of work items.

Abstract: A safety intervention system comprising a control system in communication with one or more pieces of equipment on a rig or wellsite via an equipment sensor coupled to each piece of equipment or one or more rig sensors located on the rig or wellsite, and a personnel sensor coupled to a person configured to provide position information of the person to the control system, wherein the control system is configured to determine the person's position relative to each piece of equipment.

Abstract: The embodiments include a handheld mobile device (HMD) operable to cause a subsystem of a vehicle to perform a vehicular operation associated with an existing capability of the subsystem. The HMD includes a processor, a port operable to communicatively couple the HMD to an existing on-board computer of a vehicle via an existing data link connector of the vehicle, and a wireless interface operable to communicatively couple the HMD to at least one of the vehicle or a remote service. The HMD further includes a memory storing a software application that, when executed by the processor, causes the HMD to communicate a command to the on-board computer via the data link connector to perform the vehicular operation associated with the existing capability of the subsystem.

Abstract: A system, an apparatus or a process may be configured to implement an application that applies artificial intelligence and/or machine-learning techniques to predict an optimal course of action (or a subset of courses of action) for an autonomous vehicle system (e.g., one or more of a planner of an autonomous vehicle, a simulator, or a teleoperator) to undertake based on suboptimal autonomous vehicle performance and/or changes in detected sensor data (e.g., new buildings, landmarks, potholes, etc.). The application may determine a subset of trajectories based on a number of decisions and interactions when resolving an anomaly due to an event or condition. The application may use aggregated sensor data from multiple autonomous vehicles to assist in identifying events or conditions that might affect travel (e.g., using semantic scene classification). An optimal subset of trajectories may be formed based on recommendations responsive to semantic changes (e.g., road construction).

Abstract: A drone formation control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drones included in a drone formation includes: an input unit which receives a drone control command which is a command for controlling the plurality of drones together; a movement command generating unit which generates a drone movement command which is a command to move the plurality of drones to a specific destination, based on the drone control command; and a movement command transmitting unit which transmits the drone movement command to at least one drone of the plurality of drones.

Abstract: Methods and systems for remote support of autonomous operation of vehicles have been disclosed. State indicators are generated by a first state display based on state data from a portion of vehicles assigned to a respective first level control station. A second state display is generated for a second control station and displays state indicators for the state data of the vehicles. A remote support interface including the first state display and image data received from a first vehicle of the vehicles is generated. Instruction data to the first vehicle is transmitted using the remote support interface and based on an indication that the first vehicle needs remote support, the instruction data modifying the autonomous operation of the first vehicle. A workload between the first level control stations is allocated by assigning the vehicles using the state indicators of the second state display.

Abstract: A method for transmitting, receiving and processing data values, including detecting first data values, which represent at least one first transition from an automated operation of at least one first automated vehicle to a manual operation of the at least one first automated vehicle. The method also includes transmitting the first data values, receiving the first data values and a step of processing the first data values, and a transmission device and a receiving device for carrying out the method for transmitting, receiving and processing data values.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle. Control signals are generated at a high-level controller based on one or more sources of input data, comprising at least one of: sensors that provide sensor output information, map data and goals. The high-level controller comprises first controller modules comprising: an input processing module, a projection module, a memories module, a world model module, and a decision processing module that comprises a control model executor module. The control signals are processed at a low-level controller to generate commands that control a plurality of vehicle actuators of the vehicle in accordance with the control signals to execute one or more scheduled actions to be performed to automate driving tasks.

Abstract: A system for controlling a motion of a vehicle from an initial state to a target state includes a path planner to determine a discontinuous curvature path connecting the initial state with the target state by a sequential composition of driving patterns. The discontinuous curvature path is collision-free within a tolerance envelope centered on the discontinuous curvature path. The system further includes a path transformer to locate and replace at least one treatable primitive in the discontinuous curvature path with a corresponding continuous curvature segment to form a modified path remaining within the tolerance envelope. Each treatable primitive is a predetermined pattern of elementary paths. The system further includes a controller to control the motion of the vehicle according to the modified path.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to arranging a pickup between a driverless vehicle and a passenger. For instance, dispatch instructions dispatching the vehicle to a predetermined pickup area in order to pick up the passenger are received by the vehicle which begins maneuvering to the predetermined pickup area. While doing so, the vehicle receives from the passenger's client computing device the device's location. An indication that the passenger is interested in a fly-by pickup is identified. The fly-by pickup allows the passenger to safely enter the vehicle at a location outside of the predetermined pickup area and prior to the one or more processors have maneuvered the vehicle to the predetermined pickup area. The vehicle determines that the fly-by pickup is appropriate based on at least the location of the client computing device and the indication, and based on the determination, maneuvers itself in order to attempt the fly-by pickup.

Abstract: A work machine management apparatus includes: a switchback point setting unit configured to set a plurality of switchback points of a work machine in a work place of a mine; a work point setting unit configured to set at least one work point of the work machine in the work place; a travel track generating unit configured to generate a plurality of target travel tracks along which the work machine travels in the work place based on a position of the at least one work point and a position of each of the plurality of switchback points; and a travel track selecting unit configured to select, among the plurality of target travel tracks, a target travel track along which the work machine travels in the work place.

Abstract: Fixed segmented lattice planning for a mobile automation apparatus is provided. A mobile automation apparatus is provisioned with a plurality of segments for a plurality of paths through an environment, each of the plurality of segments being fixed in a reference frame, the plurality of segments arranged in a lattice configuration, with adjacent segments defining fixed nodes in the lattice configuration. The apparatus navigates through the environment on a segment-by-segment basis, storing control inputs and error signals for each segment and then later, when again navigating a segment using stored control inputs and error signals to generate current control inputs, along with current error signals, and storing the current control inputs and the current error signals. Indeed, each time the apparatus navigates a segment in the lattice configuration, the control inputs and the error signals are updated to refine navigation through the environment at each navigation through a segment.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to detecting and avoiding blind spots of other vehicles when maneuvering an autonomous vehicle. Blind spots may include both areas adjacent to another vehicle in which the driver of that vehicle would be unable to identify another object as well as areas that a second driver in a second vehicle may be uncomfortable driving. In one example, a computer of the autonomous vehicle may identify objects that may be relevant for blind spot detecting and may determine the blind spots for these other vehicles. The computer may predict the future locations of the autonomous vehicle and the identified vehicles to determine whether the autonomous vehicle would drive in any of the determined blind spots. If so, the autonomous driving system may adjust its speed to avoid or limit the autonomous vehicle's time in any of the blind spots.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are related to a method, apparatus and system for joint motion planning and trajectory estimation, comprising: determining a cost function to describe system kinematics comprising trajectories, speeds, and accelerations of a host vehicle and of one or more other vehicles for each possible intention of the host vehicle and of the other vehicles, wherein the trajectories are described with spline functions; and determining jointly the trajectories of the host vehicle and of the other vehicles.

Abstract: A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.

Abstract: Arrangements related to operating an autonomous vehicle in view-obstructed environments are described. At least a portion of an external environment of the autonomous vehicle can be sensed to detect one or more objects located therein. An occupant viewable area of the external environment can be determined. It can be determined whether one or more of the detected one or more objects is located outside of the determined occupant viewable area. Responsive to determining that a detected object is located outside of the determined occupant viewable area, one or more actions can be taken. For instance, the action can include presenting an alert within the autonomous vehicle. Alternatively or in addition, the action can include causing a current driving action of the autonomous vehicle to be modified.

Abstract: The present application generally relates communications and hazard avoidance within a monitored driving environment. More specifically, the application teaches a system for improved target object detection in a vehicle equipped with a laser detection and ranging LIDAR system by simultaneously transmitting multiple lasers in an array and resolving angular ambiguities using angle sensitive detection techniques.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for determining sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle. Determining sensor degradation may include obtaining sensor readings from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle, and determining baseline state information from the obtained sensor readings. A movement characteristic of the autonomous vehicle, such as speed or position, may then be changed. The sensor may then obtain additional sensor readings, and second state information may be determined from these additional sensor readings. Expected state information may be determined from the baseline state information and the change in the movement characteristic of the autonomous vehicle. A comparison of the expected state information and the second state information may then be performed. Based on this comparison, a determination may be made as to whether the sensor has degraded.

Abstract: A cleaner for performing autonomous driving comprising: a cleaner body; a driving unit configured to move the cleaner body; a sensor configured to detect 3D coordinates information; and a controller configured to sample a part of detected 3D coordinates information based on at least one preset height, and configured to control the driving unit based on the sampled coordinates information.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system determines a number of boundary areas having predetermined dimensions centered around each of a number of control points of a first reference line. The system selects a number of two-dimensional polynomials each representing a segment of an optimal reference line between adjacent control points. The system defines a set of constraints to the two-dimensional polynomials to at least ensure the two-dimensional polynomials passes through each of the boundary areas. The system performs a quadratic programming (QP) optimization on a target function such that a total cost of the target function reaches minimum while the set of constraints are satisfied. The system generates a second reference line representing the optimal reference line based on the QP optimization to control the ADV autonomously according to the second reference line.

Abstract: A smart mobile detection platform for a greenhouse comprises a frame, a front suspension assembly, a rear suspension assembly, a power assembly and a drive assembly for driving a mobile platform to move, a steering system for controlling the mobile platform to steer, an automatic-cruising pose-detection sensor module needed for automatic mobile platform cruising, a greenhouse environment and crop detection image sensor module (29), a signal collection module (30) for collecting a sensor signal, a central control system for controlling the mobile platform to move, an information transmission module, and a power module for supplying power to the whole mobile platform. By means of a central control system, a mobile platform completes automatic inspection of the greenhouse environment and crop growth information, and an automatic charging device provides supplemental electric energy to the mobile platform, thereby improving detection efficiency and accuracy.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an image capturer configured to image surroundings of a vehicle; a road partition line recognizer configured to recognize a position of a road partition line on the basis of an image; a driving controller configured to control at least steering of the vehicle on the basis of the position of the road partition line; and an object detector configured to detect objects in the vicinity of the vehicle by emitting radiowaves and detecting reflected waves generated due to the radiowaves coming into contact with the objects, wherein, in a case in which the position of the road partition line is unrecognizable using the road partition line recognizer, the driving controller is configured to control at least steering of the vehicle on the basis of the position of an object, of which the reflectivity is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A navigation system for a host vehicle is provided. The system may comprise at least one processing device programmed to receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify a navigational state associated with the host vehicle; determine a first predefined navigational constraint and a second predefined navigational constraint implicated by the navigational state; determine, based on the identified navigational state, a first navigational action for the host vehicle where both the first predefined navigational constraint and the second predefined navigational constraint can be satisfied; determine, based on the identified navigational state, a second navigational action for the host vehicle where the first predefined navigational constraint and the second predefined navigational constraint cannot both be satisfied; and cause at least one adjustment of a navigational actuator of the host vehicle.

Abstract: An automatic traveling control apparatus includes an automatic traveling control unit, a function determining unit, a first notifying unit, an abnormality detecting unit, and a second notifying unit. The automatic traveling control unit makes an own vehicle automatically travel along a route to a destination. The function determining unit determines whether or not the state of a function used for automatic traveling is normal. The first notifying unit gives notification of the state of the function determined by the function determining unit. The abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality in the notification of the state of the function by the first notifying unit. The second notifying unit gives a characteristic notification set in advance, when the abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality in the notification of the state of the function by the first notifying unit and the function determining unit determines that the state of the function is normal.

Abstract: Techniques for controlling movement of a mobile drive unit within a workspace are described. In an example, a system may access a map of the workspace. The map defines a policy for the movement of the mobile drive unit within the workspace based on a volume of the workspace associated with a fire shutter. The fire shutter is located within the workspace and is operable to manage a spread of a fire within the workspace. The system may generate at least a portion of a movement path for the mobile drive unit within the workspace based on the map and on an event for transporting material from a location in the workspace. The portion of the movement path is in compliance with the policy defined in the map. The system provides at least the portion of the movement path to the mobile drive unit over a data network.

Abstract: A check valve, including a valve and a valve support surface, to permit a fluid to move through the check valve in a first direction and resist a fluid flow through the valve in a second direction, the valve having a valve diaphragm and an isolating bridge, with a portion of the valve engaging against valve support surface to resist deformation or stretching of the valve when a backflow of fluid into the check valve occurs. The valve support surface having a first support surface and a second support surface, and the valve positioned with the valve diaphragm spaced apart from the first support surface, and the isolating bridge spaced apart from the second support surface.

Abstract: A fluidic device controls fluid flow in channel from a source to a drain. The fluidic device may be combined with other fluidic devices to form different types of logic devices g an inverter, OR gate, etc.). And the logic devices may be incorporated into an artificial reality system (e.g., as part of a haptic assembly). In some embodiments, a fluidic device includes a gate, a channel, and a wedge. The wedge controls a rate of fluid flow within the channel based on a fluid pressure in the gate. The wedge induces a first flow rate of fluid in the channel in accordance with a low pressure state of the gate, and a second flow rate of the fluid in the channel in accordance with a high pressure state of the gate, the second flow rate greater than the first flow rate.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for delivering a process gas to a processing chamber are provided. A mass flow controller includes a first flow line for introducing a process fluid and an inlet valve disposed along the first flow line for controlling a flow rate of the process fluid. The mass flow controller includes a second flow line for introducing a carrier fluid into the mass flow controller and a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) Coriolis sensor for providing a density signal and a mass flow rate signal for a mixture of the process fluid and the carrier fluid. The mass flow controller provided includes an outlet valve for controlling a mass flow rate of the mixture that is output by the mass flow controller as well as a controller for operating the inlet valve based on the density signal and for operating the outlet valve based on the mass flow rate signal.

Abstract: A substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a tank; a circulation line; a processing unit connected to the circulation line through a branch line and configured to perform a liquid processing on a substrate using a processing liquid flowing through the circulation line; a processing liquid producing mechanism configured to produce the processing liquid by mixing at least two kinds of raw material liquids supplied from respective raw material liquid sources at a controlled mixing ratio; a concentration measuring device configured to measure a concentration of the processing liquid flowing through the circulation line and a concentration of the processing liquid flowing through the processing liquid supply line; and a control device configured to control the processing liquid producing mechanism based on the measured concentrations of the processing liquid.

Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices that can be used in purging and loading applications. In some examples, a device configured to purge a sorbent tube until a desired water level is reached is provided. In other examples, a device configured to load a sorbent tube with a desired water level is provided. Systems and methods using the devices are also described.

Abstract: A motor system is disclosed comprising: an electrical conductor in the form of a coil or winding; an electrical insulator insulating the electrical conductor; a discharge sensor arranged and configured to measure a parameter indicative of an electrical current in the insulator; and a voltage controller for controlling a voltage signal applied to the electrical conductor based on a value of the parameter measured by the discharge sensor.

Abstract: A PMOS-output LDO with full spectrum PSR is disclosed. In one implementation, a LDO includes a pass transistor (MO) having a source coupled to an input voltage (Vin); a noise cancelling transistor (MD) having a source coupled to the Vin, a gate coupled to a drain and a gate of the pass transistor; a source follower transistor (MSF) having a source coupled to a drain of the pass transistor, a drain coupled to the drain and gate of the noise cancelling transistor; a current sink coupled between the drain of the source follower transistor and ground; and an error amplifier having an output to drive the gate of the source follower transistor.