Patents Issued in May 14, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200149896
    Abstract: A method for autonomous vehicle map construction includes automatically capturing location data, movement data, and perception data from a vehicle that has traveled down a road, wherein the perception data includes data that identifies the location of lane edges and lane markers for the road, the location of traffic signs associated with the road, and the location of traffic signaling devices for the road. The method further includes pre-processing to associate the captured perception data with the captured location data, captured movement data, and navigation map data; determining, from the pre-processed data, lane boundary data, traffic device and sign location data, and lane level intersection data that connects the intersecting and adjoining lanes identified through the lane boundary data; and storing the lane boundary data, traffic device and sign location data, and lane level intersection data in a map file configured for use by an autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Bush, Michael A. Losh, Brent N. Bacchus, Aravindhan Mani
  • Publication number: 20200149897
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for collecting data. The method can include: receiving a map data collection instruction for a target road segment; dividing the target road segment to obtain at least one sub-road segment; and sending information of the at least one sub-road segment to at least one collection vehicle, to cause the at least one collection vehicle to collect map data of the at least one sub-road segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Wei XIONG, Xuning CAI
  • Publication number: 20200149898
    Abstract: In an autonomous vehicle system, data received from one or more autonomous vehicles (AVs) can be aggregated to generate aggregated data. From this aggregated data, a vector-field map can be generated that includes a plurality of cells. Each of the cells can include a corresponding vector. The vector field map can be analyzed to identify one or more vectors of the plurality of cells that exceed one or more predetermined threshold values. The analysis can include a magnitude analysis and/or a frequency analysis. Based on the analysis, traffic and/or road conditions can be determined, which can provide prior knowledge about the driving behavior of other vehicles. Advantageously, aspects of the disclosure improve predictive motion models and enhance navigation algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Javier Felip Leon, Ignacio J. Alvarez, Maria Soledad Elli, David I. Gonzalez Aguirre, Javier Turek
  • Publication number: 20200149899
    Abstract: Aspects described herein provide a computer-implemented method and system of generating circular routes that start and end at the same geographical position, the route passing through a number of intermediate points along the way. The circular routes are generated in dependence on one or more route criterion, which may be pre-defined or input by the user. The route criterion may relate to a number of different route properties, for example, the length of time it takes to complete the route, the distance or area covered by the route, the direction the route takes, the type of terrain experienced during the route, whether the route passes through certain points more than once and/or whether the route passes any points of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Radburn
  • Publication number: 20200149900
    Abstract: A device receives re-routing event data identifying a deviation from a proposed route at a particular location. The device determines, based on the re-routing event data, whether the deviation from the proposed route is a problem deviation or a planned deviation, and associates, based on determining that the deviation from the proposed route is a problem deviation, the particular location with an problematic location tag. The device determines that a route, corresponding to a request for routing information received from a navigation device, includes the particular location, and determines, based on a user profile and the problematic location tag, a particular alert level, of a plurality of alert levels, to associate with the particular location. The device detects a proximity of the navigation device to the particular location, and causes a particular alert corresponding to the particular alert level to be provided via the navigation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: John Chipouras, Joshua D. Eno, Daniel Austin Kopyc
  • Publication number: 20200149901
    Abstract: A course proposal device includes a visit proposal place extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of places present within a predetermined distance from a travel route to a destination as visit proposal places, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a degree of interest of a user in the visit proposal place, a degree-of-interest change decision unit configured to decide whether or not a degree of interest has changed with a change in an environment, and a course proposal unit configured to determine a course to be proposed to the user based on the degree of interest, and the course proposal unit determines a course to be newly proposed to the user based on the changed degree of interest when the degree-of-interest change decision unit decides that the degree of interest has changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun ENDO
  • Publication number: 20200149902
    Abstract: A vehicle information providing device (300) includes an acquisition unit (320) that acquires a destination input by a user and a plan setting unit (330) that sets a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, and the plan setting unit (330) sets a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route and sets a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user in a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user also rides in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Naotoshi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20200149903
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a dynamic virtual connection through a shared vehicle. A routing platform determines a dynamic location of a shared vehicle. The dynamic location is updated. The routing platform further creates a dynamic virtual connection between two or more fixed transportation stations. The dynamic virtual connection provides a route that connects the two or more fixed transportation stations with a route segment using the shared vehicle, and the dynamic virtual connection is updated as the dynamic location of the shared vehicle is updated. The routing platform further provides data for presenting a representation of the dynamic virtual connection in a mapping user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jerome BEAUREPAIRE, Sven KROME
  • Publication number: 20200149904
    Abstract: A computer-implementable method and system for identifying the preferred commuting route to be used for a given route requirement subject to travel and personal preference criteria. The method and system uses computerized mapping software programs that match stored travel and user preferences to a given route by matching end points and waypoints along the given route and providing user-enabled filtering among multiple users. The method and system also serve well in finding people whose origin and destination are along the drive route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Tom Lewinson, Sharon Lewinson
  • Publication number: 20200149905
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reserving a carpooling service are provided. A method may include: obtaining, from a first passenger terminal, a first service request including a first start location and a first destination; determining at least one first recommended time based on the first start location and the first destination; obtaining a first start time from the first passenger terminal, the first start time is selected from the at least one first recommended time by the first passenger terminal; obtaining, from a second passenger terminal, a second service request including a second start location and a second destination after the obtaining of the first service request; and determining a second recommended time for the second passenger terminal based on the first start location, the second start location, and the first start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Baotong YANG
  • Publication number: 20200149906
    Abstract: A path planning method, system, and device for autonomous driving are provided, where the method includes: acquiring environment perception information and vehicle positioning and navigation information, where the environment perception information includes obstacle information, roadside information, and lane line information, and the vehicle positioning and navigation information includes a vehicle pose and a target route; generating sub-paths according to the environment perception information and the vehicle positioning and navigation information, to obtain candidate sub-paths meeting vehicle constraints; performing a collision detection on the candidate sub-paths meeting the vehicle constraints, to obtain collision-free candidate sub-paths; performing a sub-path search on the collision-free candidate sub-paths by using an A* search algorithm; and obtaining, according to a result of the sub-path search, a local path of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Qiang Tu, Jianming Lai, Peng Li, Shengjun Chen, Zhiguang Xiao
  • Publication number: 20200149907
    Abstract: Vehicular apparatus, systems, and methods for detecting, identifying, imaging, and mapping ambient noise sources. One such generalized method includes detecting, using a microphone of a first vehicle, ambient noise while the first vehicle is parked and/or navigated along a first route. Using a control unit of the first vehicle, an anomalous characteristic exhibited by the detected ambient noise is identified. A camera of the first vehicle captures an image of a source of the identified anomalous characteristic of the detected ambient noise. A global positioning system of the first vehicle identifies a location along the first route at which the detected ambient noise exhibited the anomalous characteristic. Data relating to the identified anomalous characteristic, the identified location, and/or the captured image is communicated to a central server. The identified anomalous characteristic, the identified location, and/or the captured image may be mapped onto a noise map stored on the central server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Shintaro Iwaasa
  • Publication number: 20200149908
    Abstract: The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may determine a destination route. The computing device may receive current travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route and determine past travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route. The computing device may calculate, in response to determining that past travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route exists, a reliability degree of the current travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route based on the past travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route. The computing device may transmit a signal to a user device, the signal providing an instruction to display features according to an abstraction level of points of interest on the destination route based on the reliability degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Sanehiro Furuichi, Yasutaka Nishimura, Kenichi Takasaki, Shoichiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200149909
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining and presenting a spatial-temporal mobility pattern of a vehicle with respect to a user based on user appointments. A routing platform identifies a user of a vehicle, one or more appointments of the user, or a combination thereof. The routing platform determines a spatial-temporal mobility pattern of the vehicle with respect to the user based on one or more locations, one or more scheduling times, and one or more context, or a combination thereof of the one or more appointments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jerome BEAUREPAIRE, Sven KROME
  • Publication number: 20200149910
    Abstract: A method is provided to generate a route between an origin and a destination using historical travel times between segments of a road network map. Methods may include accessing a memory configured to store road network data segmented into tiles represented by quadkeys; determining a travel time between any two quadkeys of the stored road network data; receiving an origin and a destination within a road network corresponding to the road network data; calculating a route between the origin and the destination using the travel time between quadkeys that can be traversed from the origin to the destination; generating route guidance for the route between the origin and the destination; and providing the route guidance to a user indicating the route between the origin and the destination. The travel time between any two quadkeys may be determined based on historical travel times between the respective two quadkeys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: James FOWE, Filippo PELLOLIO
  • Publication number: 20200149911
    Abstract: For evaluating navigation information based on line-of-sight measurements, a method measures a line-of-sight measurement with an imager. The method further calculates an information metric based on the line-of-sight measurement. The information metric is a function of imager pixel measurement noise and a relative position vector for an imager frame aligned with a focal plane frame for the imager. The method evaluates navigation information using the information metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Ryan Lamoreaux
  • Publication number: 20200149912
    Abstract: The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete sampled location updates from various mobile devices for the purpose of providing a graphical representation of a mobile device's route along a known network path of map data. The embodiments also provide supplemental route metrics, such as traveled distance, elapsed time, etc., and the capability to assign destination points for the purpose of providing the ability to modify location update points in an application, such as a route planner, and/or to store the dynamically generated route based on various preferences for later retrieval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Sheha, Angie Sheha, Stephen Petilli, Arun Yarlagadda
  • Publication number: 20200149913
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed and include assigning a vehicle to a user. The method also includes obtaining contextual information associated with the vehicle-sharing request, and the contextual information includes at least one of location information associated with the vehicle-sharing request, route information associated with the vehicle-sharing request, and user information associated with a vehicle-sharing account corresponding to the user. The method also includes determining a cleanliness score based on the contextual information and determining whether the cleanliness score is less than a first threshold value. The method also includes transmitting, in response to (i) the cleanliness score being less than the first threshold value and (ii) a vehicle-sharing session corresponding to the vehicle-sharing request being complete, an alert that is configured to indicate that the vehicle needs to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Robert WUNSCHE, III, Mustafa MAHMOUD
  • Publication number: 20200149914
    Abstract: A method for utilizing a trip history of a vehicle during a trip from an original position to a destination includes: (a) determining the original position; (b) comparing the original position to a mapping database covering the trip; (c) determining a road segment of the mapping database associated to the original position; (d) determining a current position during the trip; (e) comparing the current position to the mapping database; (f) determining a road segment of the mapping database associated to the current position; (g) setting the road segment as a link of the trip; (h) repeating (e)-(g) until the destination is reached; (i) determining the destination; (j) comparing the destination to the mapping database; (k) determining a road segment of the mapping database associated to the destination; and (1) representing the trip as connected links between the original position and destination, each link corresponding to a road segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ghazaleh PANAHANDEH, Nasser MOHAMMADIHA, Joakim Lin SORSTEDT
  • Publication number: 20200149915
    Abstract: A navigation server includes a network interface controller through which identification information and movement line information of a mobile terminal are received from the mobile terminal, the movement line information including location information and a timestamp, a storage device in which movement line data of the mobile terminal and location data of different places are stored, and a processor configured to extract the movement line data from the movement line information and record the extracted movement line data in the storage device. The processor, in response to a search criteria received from the mobile terminal through the network interface controller, generates using the movement line data and the location data of the different places, a navigation map that shows a place that is located along a route defined by the movement line data and meets the search criteria, and transmits the navigation map to the mobile terminal for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Akitoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200149916
    Abstract: A system and method may generate a more realistic augmented reality (AR) overlay by generating a segmentation image and blending it with one or more other images. The system may generate a segmentation image based on an input image. The segmentation image may be blended with an AR path overlay image to generate an object-masked AR path overlay image. The object-masked AR path overlay image may be blended with the input image to generate an output image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Chen-Ping Yu, Xinyu Li, Aaditya Chandrasekhar
  • Publication number: 20200149917
    Abstract: A system for determining a direction of a vehicle relative to an exit gate of a parking structure includes a vehicle location detector, one or more processors, one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing one or more maps of one or more parking structures, machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory, and a communication unit configured to exchange one or more data streams over a network. The machine readable instructions performs at least (i) receiving location information of a target vehicle from the vehicle location detector, (ii) determining a current location of the target vehicle in the target parking structure, (iii) applying a predetermined set of rules to determine an optimal exit gate of the target parking structure, and (iv) outputting the optimal exit gate on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jaya Bharath R. GOLUGURI
  • Publication number: 20200149918
    Abstract: A system and method for improved routing that combines real-time and likelihood information. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a digital map/map information; a likelihood routing information; a route processor; wherein, when a request is received from a user/driver, or from another system, to receive a routing information, the system receives real-time information from a traffic-monitoring device or service providing real-time information; wherein the route processor adjusts the received real-time information based on the system's likelihood routing information; and wherein the routing information based on the combination of real-time and likelihood information can then be provided to the user/driver or other system in response to the original request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Gil Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20200149919
    Abstract: An environmental state estimation device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an environmental state estimation unit configured to estimate an environmental state of a prescribed area, based on information regarding a surrounding environmental state acquired by a plurality of vehicles in the prescribed area. A method for environmental state estimation according to another embodiment of the present disclosure includes an estimation step of an environmental state estimation device estimating an environmental state of a prescribed area, based on information regarding a surrounding environmental state acquired by a plurality of vehicles in the prescribed area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin SAKURADA
  • Publication number: 20200149920
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle configured to transport a passenger to a destination by autonomous traveling, the vehicle control device includes a vehicle controller configured to control operation of the vehicle, an image display configured to display an image of a periphery of the destination to the passenger via an output device, and a getting-off position detector configured to detect a desired getting-off position designated by the passenger via an input device. The image shows a region where stopping is prohibited, and the vehicle controller is configured to cause the vehicle to stop at the desired getting-off position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Yamashita, Koichi Ikemoto, Koji Taguchi, Shin Sakurada, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20200149921
    Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring systems include GPS data to enhance various features of the workout as well as the post-workout data analysis. Such features include using output from multiple sensors to determine the most accurate data available for providing distance measurements for individual segments of a route. The most accurate data for each route segment, from whatever source, then is used to provide the overall route distance and as the basis for making other calculations, such as pace, calorie burn, etc. Another feature relates to the ability to both input and output geographically tagged messages while moving along a route during an athletic performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Hoffman, Miles W. Brown, Aaron B. Weast, Matt Capozzi, Tomislav Lakovic, James Molyneux, Jamian R. Cobbett
  • Publication number: 20200149922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for aircraft navigation along a predetermined airway, including an on-board navigation system supplying a positioning integrity of the aircraft during flight relative to said airway respecting an expected position precision performance level, and at least one on-board radio receiver on the aircraft suitable for communicating with at least one land-based radio beacon suitable for supplying a distance of the aircraft relative to said radio beacon. The system includes a module configured to obtain, from a current position of the aircraft and stored data, a tuple of radio beacons to be used, a module configured to obtain a distance measurement of the aircraft relative to each of the N radio beacons of said tuple, a module configured to compute an integrity position from distance measurements obtained by a predetermined computing method, and a module configured to use the computed integrity position as current integrity position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Marc RIEDINGER, Jean-Pierre ARETHENS, Philippe CHAIX
  • Publication number: 20200149923
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for determining the depth of a trench opened by an agricultural planter. Sensors are provided for detecting the position of a ground-engaging element of the planter such as a gauge wheel or seed firmer of a row unit of the planter. Apparatus and methods are provided for installing such sensors onto a row unit of the planter. Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for controlling downpressure on a row unit based on the trench depth. Methods are provided for mapping trench depth measured by the depth sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Derek Sauder, Jason Stoller, Ian Radtke, Kent Levy
  • Publication number: 20200149924
    Abstract: A displacement sensor has a magnetic measuring transducer and at least two sensor units, which are arranged at different positions spaced from each other, the measuring transducer being slidably mounted relative to the sensor units. The measuring transducer is magnetized such that it has a magnetic field which rotates at least partially about an axis of rotation along the measuring transducer, and the axis of rotation of the magnetic field runs parallel to the sliding direction of the measuring transducer. The sensor units are designed to each sense two magnetic measured variables proportionally to the magnetic field strength, both measured variables being sensed by both sensor units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang WELSCH, Michael KLEINKNECHT, Mathias KIMMERLE, Sina FELLA
  • Publication number: 20200149925
    Abstract: A position sensor system for determining a position of a sensor device relative to a magnetic structure, the system comprising: said magnetic structure comprising a plurality of poles; said sensor device comprising a plurality of magnetic sensors; the magnetic structure being movable relative to the sensor device, or vice versa; wherein: a distance between centres of adjacent poles varies along the movement direction; the sensor device is adapted: for determining a first magnetic field component parallel to, and a second magnetic field component perpendicular to a movement direction, and for calculating a coarse signal based on these components; and for determining a first and second gradient of these signals along the movement direction, and for calculating a fine signal based on these gradients; and for determining said position based on the coarse signal and the fine signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Yves BIDAUX
  • Publication number: 20200149926
    Abstract: An encoder includes a main body and a toothed encoding unit. The main body is made of material with magnetic permeability. The toothed encoding unit is made of material with magnetic permeability, and includes a toothed encoding set and a position toothed encoding set that are disposed on the main body. The toothed encoding set includes a plurality of recesses that are disposed in a first direction. Each of the recesses of the toothed encoding set extends in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction. The position toothed encoding set includes a plurality of recesses that are disposed in the second direction. Each of the recesses of the position toothed encoding set extends in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Heng-Sheng Hsiao, Zhi-Hao Xu, Chih-Mao Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20200149927
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a new type of inductive displacement sensor, composed of a scale and a winding element. The scale is a conductor with two rows of parallel and uniform distribution of a grid. The scale and winding elements can be moved in the direction of the grid distribution. The winding element is spaced on opposing face of the scale; the winding elements include the first winding, the second winding, the third winding and the fourth winding. The first winding and the second winding cross wind to form the driving winding element, thereby forming the pattern, third winding fourth cross winding constitute two sensing winding elements, with the two sensing winding elements along the direction perpendicular to the grid distribution of each side of the element distribution in driving winding forming patterns. One end of the first winding is connected to one end of the second winding and form a common end which is connected with the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: YANCHEN ZHANG, MENG ZHANG, ZHONGYI YANG
  • Publication number: 20200149928
    Abstract: Magnetic field sensor devices, corresponding systems and corresponding methods are discussed where a plurality of magnetic field sensors senses a magnetic field. An evaluation circuit generates a first signal component associated with a periodicity of a magnetic field, and a second signal component at least for periods of the magnetic field exceeding a threshold period length, the second signal component having a resolution smaller than the first signal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Tobias WERTH, Dirk HAMMERSCHMIDT, Helmut KOECK, Andrea MONTERASTELLI
  • Publication number: 20200149929
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method for detecting a position of a rotating optical fiber is provided. The apparatus includes at least one rotating optical fiber that rotates about an axis of rotation and that emits light towards a surface and at least two stationary fibers for transmitting light reflected from a surface, each of the at least two stationary fibers having a known predetermined position relative to each other and to the axis of rotation of the at least one rotating optical fiber. At least one detector is configured to detect an intensity of light transmitted through each of the at least two stationary fibers within a given time interval and at least one calculator is configured to use the detected intensities and the known predetermined positions of each of the at least two stationary fibers to determine a relative angular position of the rotating optical fiber with respect to the at least two stationary fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Altshuler, Jacob Schieffelin Brauer, Anderson Thi Mach
  • Publication number: 20200149930
    Abstract: An encoder includes a code disc and a processor communicatively coupled with the code disc. The code disc is configured to rotate along with a rotating object and includes a plurality of fan teeth extending radially. Each of the fan teeth includes a first line segment, a second line segment, and an arc edge along a circumference of the code disc and connecting the first line segment and the second line segment. The first line segment edges of the fan teeth are arranged at the code disc with equal intervals. A length of the arc edge of one of the fan teeth is different from lengths of other ones of the fan teeth, and the lengths of the other ones of the fan teeth equal each other. The processor is configured to detect a rotation of the code disc to obtain a detection signal, and obtain a rotation parameter of the rotating object based on the detection signal. The rotation parameter includes at least one of a rotation direction, a rotation speed, or a mechanical zero position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Wanqi LIU, Qiu LAN, Changxing ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200149931
    Abstract: A method is provided for spatially modulating electromagnetic radiation at high frequency where the modulation is phase, polarization or direction of propagation comprises a substrate carrying an ordered array of optical elements in relative motion with respect to an incident beam of electromagnetic radiation to be modulated and measuring the relative motion. The array contains at least three optical elements and at least two different types of optical elements. At least some of the optical elements are formed from and integral to the substrate material. The optical elements may be fabricated on the substrate material by a subtractive process. The electromagnetic radiation to be modulated is incident on a region of the substrate termed the active region. As the substrate moves relative to the incident electromagnetic radiation, the active region also moves and the designation of individual optical elements changes also.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: David Allan Prystupa, John Stephen Pacak
  • Publication number: 20200149932
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) includes a component that remains powered when the remainder of the SOC is powered off. The component may include a sensor capture unit to capture data from various device sensors, and may filter the captured sensor data. Responsive to the filtering, the component may wake up the remainder of the SOC to permit the processing. The component may store programmable configuration data, matching the state at the time the SOC was most recently powered down, for the other components of the SOC, in order to reprogram them after wakeup. In some embodiments, the component may be configured to wake up the memory controller within the SOC and the path to the memory controller, in order to write the data to memory. The remainder of the SOC may remain powered down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Brijesh Tripathi, Shane J. Keil, Manu Gulati, Jung Wook Cho, Erik P. Machnicki, Gilbert H. Herbeck, Timothy J. Millet, Joshua P. de Cesare, Anand Dalal
  • Publication number: 20200149933
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including an aperture, a sensor fixed inside the chamber and having a field of view through a lens and the aperture, and an annular disc attached to the sensor concentrically around the lens and including a radially outer edge contactlessly exposed to the chamber. An annular slot is defined by the disc. The slot extends at least 180° around the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: MICHAEL ROBERTSON, JR., VENKATESH KRISHNAN, SUNIL PATIL, RASHAUN PHINISEE
  • Publication number: 20200149934
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a mounting member having fixation surfaces inside, and at least one electronic component directly or indirectly fixed to the fixation surfaces of the mounting member, and the mounting member constitutes a part of a casing for housing the electronic component. Further, the fixation surfaces are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Masayasu SAKUMA, Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI, Shojiro KITAMURA, Taketo CHINO
  • Publication number: 20200149935
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an auxiliary calibration device. The auxiliary calibration device may be configured to mount one or more calibration apparatuses. The auxiliary calibration device includes: a supporting frame; a guide rail, where the guide rail is mounted on the supporting frame; and a slider, where the slider is mounted on the guide rail, movable along the guide rail, and disposed to fasten a calibration apparatus used for calibration. The present invention may be applied to the field of auxiliary calibration devices of vehicles. By disposing a guide rail and a slider structure, the calibration apparatus required by calibration can be conveniently moved to a required position, thereby facilitating calibration for sensors of different types or sensors of a same type in different models of vehicles. Therefore, the auxiliary calibration device has a good commonality and is conveniently used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Xuelong QIU
  • Publication number: 20200149936
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for event logging. The method can include receiving a first sensor signal from a first sensor via a first sensor transmitter, wherein the sensor signal is associated with a flow of oil out of an oil storage tank. The method can include receiving a second sensor signal from a second sensor via a second sensor transmitter, wherein the second sensor signal is associated with an air pump that pumps air into the oil storage tank. The method can include determining whether a leak exists in the oil tank, based on a lag between a time when the second sensor senses operation of the air pump and a time when the flow meter detects a flow of oil out of the outlet pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Rongkai Xu, Jory Schwach, Matt Ball
  • Publication number: 20200149937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, containing a first sensor, designed and arranged for sensing a first measurement variable of a fluid, and a second sensor, designed and arranged for sensing a second measurement variable of the fluid, a first electrode assembly has a substrate and a first planar electrode overlying the substrate. A second electrode assembly has a second planar electrode. The first planar electrode and the second planar electrode are dielectrically spaced apart from each other. The first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly form a first capacitor as the first sensor such that a first capacitance, formed by the first planar electrode and the second planar electrode, can be varied under the influence of a fluid and in accordance with a flow velocity of the fluid as the first measurement variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: GROHE AG
    Inventor: Thilo RICHARD
  • Publication number: 20200149938
    Abstract: Flow rate measurement unit includes flow rate measurement section having straight-tube-shaped measurement flow passage provided with lead-in port and lead-out port for a fluid-to-be-measured, and shutoff valve having valve seat provided on lead-in port and valve body that is in contact with valve seat. Using flow rate measurement unit configured in this manner in a gas meter allows stable flow rate measurement regardless of a shape of the gas meter. Integrating flow rate measurement section with shutoff valve simplifies a structure of the gas meter and reduces a size of the gas meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: MASAKI SUGIYAMA, HIROAKI KATASE, NAOTO NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20200149939
    Abstract: A method evaluates a frequency spectrum representative of at least one time-dependent signal, the at least one time dependent signal being derived from an output from a measuring device under predetermined measuring device operating conditions. The time-dependent signal, includes a portion being representative of a wanted signal, and a portion being representative of noise. The method includes the steps of determining, based on the frequency spectrum of the signal, a value representative of the noise floor, identifying, based on the frequency spectrum of the signal derived under the predetermined operating condition, a peak component, and if the peak component satisfies a relative peak criterion determined on the basis of the determined value representative of the noise floor, determining the wanted signal by applying a predetermined algorithm. The invention further relates to a method for determining flow of a measuring device, and a sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Ole Hartlev PEDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20200149940
    Abstract: This invention provides an insertion type ultrasonic flow meter, flow measuring system and method, which related to the field of flow measuring and metering. The insertion type ultrasonic flow meter includes a first insertion type sensor and a second insertion type sensor. The first insertion type sensor is equipped with a first ultrasonic transducer; the second insertion type sensor is equipped with a second ultrasonic transducer. The first insertion type sensor and the second insertion type sensor are installed at upstream and downstream of the pipeline respectively. The first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer are equipped face-to-face. Compared to current technology, the insertion type ultrasonic flow meter provided by this invention has better signal receiving capability and smaller channel noise, therefore lower power consumption that can be powered with battery. It can also conduct accurate measurement to low velocity and flow rate of water in pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Chang Shen
  • Publication number: 20200149941
    Abstract: Method and system for determining a specific mass flow rate of a highly viscous food product (1) having a viscosity of greater than 100 cP, which during processing in a continuous delivery flow is supplied to or removed from a buffer container (2) by means of a delivery pump (4), wherein a weighing device (7) is used to determine the change in the mass of the food product (1) in the buffer container (2) over a defined time period, which is in particular in the range of one or several minutes (?m/?t), wherein, in the same time period a pump parameter of the delivery pump (4) that is proportional to the expected delivery rate is registered, changes in the pump parameter over the time period are averaged to form an average pump parameter, wherein the current specific mass flow rate is calculated as a quotient from the change over time of the mass ?m/?t and the averaged pump parameter and is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: HOCHLAND SE
    Inventors: Robert HARTMANN, Matthias ROTHER
  • Publication number: 20200149942
    Abstract: A meter electronics (20) having a notch filter (26) configured to filter a sensor signal from a sensor assembly (10) in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes the notch filter (26) communicatively coupled to the sensor assembly (10). The meter electronics (20) is configured to receive the sensor signal from the sensor assembly (10), the sensor signal being comprised of a first component at a resonant frequency of the sensor assembly (10) and a second component at a non-resonant frequency and pass the first component and substantially attenuate the second component with the notch filter, wherein the first component is passed with substantially zero phase shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph RENSING, Timothy J. CUNNINGHAM
  • Publication number: 20200149943
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring and tracking the contents of a container. The invention integrates a container with a scale and other sensors and provides software to track properties of the container's contents. Measurements are recorded on the device and sent via software app to an associated computing device. The system provides a convenient way to monitor input and output from the container and observe consumption patterns. One purpose of the device is to enable users to monitor consumption of medicines. Another purpose of the device is to enable users to secure valuable items against unauthorized use. The invention further enables measurements in the field that might otherwise be impractical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Josh Lee
  • Publication number: 20200149944
    Abstract: A decontamination device removes particles from a gas flow and is usable in a gas metering device. The decontamination device may include an upper portion defining a plurality of openings and a lower portion attached to the upper portion. In an example, the lower portion includes a first curved ramp to redirect the gas flow and a plurality of fingers in a path of the redirected gas flow. First and second flow pipes receive incoming gas and bifurcate the gas flow, which is redirected at the first curved ramp. The fingers contact and remove particles in the redirected gas flow. A second curved ramp may include at least one hole to bifurcate the gas flow into a first gas flow passing through the at least one hole and a second gas flow redirected by the second curved ramp to pass through the plurality of openings defined in the upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Oskar Haag, Pierre Roesch, Tobias Kirsten
  • Publication number: 20200149945
    Abstract: A meter connector connecting a flow meter to a fluid line, including a meter bar with a spherical central void and fluid passages between the void and meter inlet and outlet ports and service inlet and outlet ports. A spherical valve is rotatable within the void to selectively block openings into the void and open openings into the void to selectively connect fluid passages via passages in the valve whereby rotation of the valve moves between a metering position, a bypass position, and a shutoff position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Sebastian Yaklin