Patents Issued in December 24, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200400436
    Abstract: [Problem] To enable implementation of flexible and highly accurate function control according to the properties of each of a plurality of sensors. [Solution] An information processing device is provided which includes an evaluation unit that, based on sensor information coming from a plurality of inertial sensors, performs relative evaluation of the sensor properties of the inertial sensors; and a control unit that, based on evaluation information generated by the evaluating unit, performs dynamic control related to the input-output of the sensor information. Moreover, an information processing method is provided that is implemented in a processor and that includes performing relative evaluation of the sensor properties of a plurality of inertial sensors based on sensor information coming from the inertial sensors; and performing dynamic control related to the input-output of the sensor information based on evaluation information that is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: MASATO KIMISHIMA, YOSHITAKA SUGA
  • Publication number: 20200400437
    Abstract: A system and method to transport one or more persons or objects. The system includes pods that each have an interior space to house the one or more persons or objects, and vehicles that are each configured to individually connect to one or more of the pods and to transport the pods from a first location to a second location. A server is located remotely from the pods and the vehicles. The server is configured to receive data from the pods and the vehicles through a wireless communication network to monitor a usage and location of the pods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: John William Glatfelter, Brian Dale Laughlin
  • Publication number: 20200400438
    Abstract: An on-board device includes a sensor device that detects at least one sensor detection value. Sensor information includes the at least one sensor detection value and a detection time. A mobile terminal receives the sensor information and positioning information from the on-board device. The mobile terminal includes an information synchronizer that synchronizes positioning information with the sensor information when a time difference between a time at which the positioning information is obtained and the detection time is equal to or less than a predetermined value. The positioning information includes a position obtained by a positioning information obtaining unit and the time at which the position is obtained. A movable-object position estimation unit estimates a position of a movable object based on the positioning information and the sensor information synchronized with each other by the information synchronizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi FUJII, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20200400439
    Abstract: An approach is provided for identifying a map error. The approach, for example, involves determining a first road curvature for a map location based on a road geometry represented in digital map data. The approach also involves determining a second road curvature for the map location based on location trace data collected from one or more location sensors of a plurality of vehicles. The approach further involves flagging the road geometry represented in the digital map data based on determining that a difference between the first road curvature and the second road curvature exceeds a threshold. The approach then involves providing the flagged road geometry as an output for identifying the map error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua THOMPSON, Gavril GIURGIU
  • Publication number: 20200400440
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for generating updated map data are provided. The method comprises obtaining first sensor data associated with a plurality of first road signs within a geographic region, obtaining second sensor data associated with the geographic region, and determining a sign matching efficiency for the geographic region, based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data. The method further comprises generating the updated map data, based on the determined sign matching efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Leon STENNETH, Ram MARAPPAN, Danny SAVLA, Deekshant SAXENA, Pranil PANDIT
  • Publication number: 20200400441
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine map information defining a map, wherein the map comprises a plurality of regions. A quality level is assigned to each region of the plurality of regions based on map information available for that region. The quality level is associated with at least one of: a resolution metric, a volume metric, a recency metric, a verification metric, or an elegance metric associated with the map information available for that region. A first region of the plurality of regions is identified that is at risk of being downgraded to a lower quality level. Instructions are issued to one or more vehicles that cause the one or more vehicles to traverse the first region and capture sensor data within the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventor: Kris Richard Efland
  • Publication number: 20200400442
    Abstract: A method includes acquiring with a scanning device a scan frame comprising a point cloud comprising a first plurality of points, attributing each of the first plurality of points with a selected metric, filtering an existing map comprised of a second plurality of points based, at least in part, on the selected metric and localizing each of the first plurality of points to the filtered second plurality of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Huber, Ethan Abramson, Ji Zhang, Calvin Wade Sheen, Kevin Joseph Dowling, Brian Boyle
  • Publication number: 20200400443
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein involve localization of a device. In one implementation, a discrepancy flag associated with a particular geographic location is received from a device operating in a geographic region over a network. The discrepancy flag is generated based on a comparison of a local localization map of the device with scan data for a field of view of at least one sensor of the device. The scan data is received from the device over the network. A segment of a global localization map corresponding to the discrepancy flag is updated using the scan data. A plurality of vehicles operating in the geographic region is identified. The segment of the global localization map is selectively pushed to the plurality of devices based on a network connectivity of each of the plurality of devices and a location of each of the plurality of devices within the geographic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Joel PAZHAYAMPALLIL, Sameep Tandon
  • Publication number: 20200400444
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include determining that one or more personal mobility vehicles would provide more benefit to the dynamic transportation network if the personal mobility vehicles were relocated and creating a dynamically generated tour for at least one user that ends with a personal mobility vehicle deposited by the requestor at a more beneficial location. In some embodiments, the dynamically generated tour may include one or more geographic points of interest that are expected to be relevant to the user. In some examples, the dynamically generated tour may be generated with various constraints such as time, distance, and battery usage. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: David Louis Bergman Quaid, Daniel Alan Gohike, Joshua Paul Roberts, Collin O'Neil Waldoch, Carter Robert Ren-Deh Wang
  • Publication number: 20200400445
    Abstract: Techniques for providing target coverage using mobile assets are described, including techniques for dynamically adjusting routing of mobile assets to cover targets when a disruption occurs in the original routing and target coverage plans. Mobile assets are assigned routes to cover target areas and adherence to the routes is monitored. If a first mobile asset experiences a route interruption, other mobile assets are automatically re-routed to cover the target areas originally covered by the route of the first mobile asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Guzik
  • Publication number: 20200400446
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing an isoline map of a time to park at a destination. A routing platform computes the time to park at a destination of a navigation route, wherein the time to park represents an estimated time that is needed for a vehicle to park within a geographic area surrounding the destination. The routing platform further determines an isoline that delineates a boundary of the geographic area, wherein the isoline indicates an extent of the geographic area in which the time to park applies. The routing platform further provide data to generate a user interface depicting a representation of the isoline in the time to park isoline map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jerome BEAUREPAIRE, Jens UNGER
  • Publication number: 20200400447
    Abstract: A system for automatic scheduling of vehicles includes a network access device configured to receive scheduling information corresponding to at least one travel request and including a user-selected starting location and a user-selected destination location. The system further includes a memory configured to store map information including road information and preselected vehicle stops. The system further includes a processor coupled to the network access device and the memory. The processor is designed to identify available vehicles to transport passengers. The processor is further designed to determine routes for the available vehicles to travel, the routes including vehicle stops and being determined based on the scheduling information, the road information, and the preselected vehicle stops. The processor is further designed to control the network access device to transmit the identified routes to the available vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Shalini Keshavamurthy
  • Publication number: 20200400448
    Abstract: A ride-sharing management device includes an operation plan generating part configured to generate an operation plan for one or more shared vehicles on the basis of a ride request from a user, and an acquisition part configured to acquire from a first user impression information regarding a second user who has boarded the shared vehicle together with the first user, and the operation plan generating part determines a user who boards the shared vehicle together with the first user on the basis of the impression information acquired by the acquisition part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Megumi Yanaga
  • Publication number: 20200400449
    Abstract: A system receives locations of a plurality of electricity-generating units in an area, and it divides the area into a plurality of sectors. The system traverses through the sectors and forms a set of sectors. The set of sectors includes a set of electricity-generating units. The set of electricity-generating units does not exceed an aggregate voltage threshold. The system forms a circuit with the set of electricity-generating units by determining a shortest path to connect the set of electricity-generating units. The system adjusts this shortest path to incorporate environmental and physical constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Jackson, Raafe Karim Khan, Joseph Robert Bethke
  • Publication number: 20200400450
    Abstract: A method for recommending a route includes obtaining a first start point and a first end point relating to a road network. The method also includes obtaining a route recommendation model. The method further includes determining a recommendation route from the first start point to the first end point based on the route recommendation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui PAN, Zheng WANG
  • Publication number: 20200400451
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting points of interest (POIs) to include in navigation maneuvers presented by a navigation application of an electronic device. Navigation directions, including several maneuvers, are generated by a server device. Candidate POIs near locations corresponding to each of the maneuvers are identified and the server device receives requests from third parties that own each of the candidate POIs. The server device selects one of the candidate POIs for each maneuver based on the requests from the third parties. The server device provides the navigation directions, including an indication of the selected POI for a corresponding maneuver, to the client device of the user who requested the navigation directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Merav Greenberg, Yigal Petreanu, Nir Doron, Karin Elazari
  • Publication number: 20200400452
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a display of a navigation map. The system may comprise a historical data source device having, for example, a historical data source computer and a database storing historical data associated with one or more of vehicle accident data, traffic data, vehicle volume data, vehicle density data, road characteristic data, or weather data. The system may comprise a map data processing device having a map data processing computer and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the map data processing computer, cause the map data processing device to, for example, determine, based on a location determining device, a location of a vehicle. The map data processing system may determine one or more historical factors based on the location of the vehicle. The map data processing system may receive, from the historical data source device and for the location, historical data associated with the one or more historical factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Sunil Chintakindi, Howard Hayes
  • Publication number: 20200400453
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing method. The image processing method includes receiving images acquired from a plurality of vehicles positioned on a road; storing the received images according to acquisition information of the received images; determining a reference image and a target image based on images having the same acquisition information among the stored images; performing an image registration using a plurality of feature points extracted from each of the determined reference image and target image; performing a transparency process for each of the reference image and the target image which are image-registered; extracting static objects from the transparency-processed image; and comparing the extracted static objects with objects on map data which is previously stored and updating the map data when the objects on the map data which is previously stored and the extracted static objects are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ki Wook Lee, Hye Kyung Byun, Tae Kyu Han, Shin Hyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20200400454
    Abstract: A device is provided to extract scan lines data from images of a route, said scan line data comprising only a portion of the an image that extends along a scan line, and to store this data in memory together with respective positional data pertaining to the position of the device traveling along the route in a navigable network. This scan line and positional data can be obtained from a plurality of devices in a network and transmitted to computing apparatus, for example, for use in a production of a realistic view of a digital map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Henk van der Molen, Jeroen Trum, Jan Willem van den Brand
  • Publication number: 20200400455
    Abstract: A display control device for controlling a display device displaying a driver support image to have an overlap with a view from a driver seat in a vehicle or a live-action video in front of the vehicle, the display control device includes: a video signal generation unit generating a video signal for displaying a driver support image to have an overlap with the travelable traffic lane, and a video signal output unit. The driver support image having the overlap with the travelable traffic lane has a width in a width direction of the traffic lane and extends in a direction in which the traffic lane extends. The driver support image having the overlap with the region other than the travelable traffic lane is an image in which the travelable traffic lane can be distinguished according to a width and a length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko WAKAYANAGI, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI
  • Publication number: 20200400456
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for adjusting a transparency of a map overlay. A mapping application generates for display the map overlay at a first level of transparency depicting at least a portion of a route. The mapping application receives an indication of a current location on the route and based on the current location, detects an upcoming directional change on the route. In response to detecting the upcoming directional change, the mapping application adjusts the transparency of the map overlay to a second level of transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Susanto Sen, Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Sriram Ponnusamy
  • Publication number: 20200400457
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, by a computing device, directional information for a waypoint along a route of travel of a personal mobility vehicle, determining, by the computing device and based on the directional information, a bearing of the waypoint from a current location of the personal mobility vehicle, and displaying, by a display device included in the personal mobility vehicle and configured to display navigational information within an illumination pattern, an indication of the bearing within the illumination pattern for navigating the personal mobility vehicle along the route of travel to the waypoint. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michel LAMBERT, Roy Evans WILLIAMS, III, Mario GOMEZ-HALL
  • Publication number: 20200400458
    Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time mapping using geohashing are described. In an example implementation, a method includes receiving current location data from a first computing device in real-time, mapping the current location data in a map that includes collected location data from a second computing device, generating a heat map based on the current location data and the collected location data, determining a line using the generated heat map, and providing a route suggestion based on the determined line to the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Taymour Semnani
  • Publication number: 20200400459
    Abstract: A system for determining a road frustration index value includes a vehicle and a user computing device within the vehicle and a remote computing system, where a telematics system associated with the vehicle senses a speed of the vehicle. The computing device calculates, in near real-time and based on vehicle speed information and the road class of one or more route segments of a travel route, a first frustration level value associated with the driver of the vehicle and identify, based on whether the first frustration level value meets a criterion, an alternate route segment having second frustration level value predicted to be less than the first frustration level value. The remote computing system receives information associated with the first route segment and the alternate route segment and calculates insurance cost based on the road frustration index values associated with a route traveled in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Sunil Chintakindi
  • Publication number: 20200400460
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for determining a corrected measured value of an environmental parameter. The method may include obtaining a relationship between a deviation of a measured value of an environmental parameter of a first sensing device and at least one measurement condition of a heat generating device. The first sensing device may be located near the heat generating device. The method may further include obtaining at least one current value of the at least one measurement condition and a current measured value of the environmental parameter, and determining a current deviation based at least in part on the at least one current value of the at least one measurement condition of the heat generating device and the relationship. The method may further include determining a corrected measured value of the environmental parameter based on the current measured value of the environmental parameter and the current deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: METIS IP (SUZHOU) LLC
    Inventors: Junjun FAN, Kan LI, Shan GUAN
  • Publication number: 20200400461
    Abstract: A method of capturing usage data of a usage area, which includes an automatic meter reading (AMR) device that broadcasts the usage data over a sequence of radio-frequency (RF) channels via a frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) signal. The method includes the steps of providing an RF receiver for the usage area, determining the sequence of RF channels, and receiving the usage data by tuning the RF receiver to an RF channel based on the sequence of RF channels. The sequence of RF channels includes an array of RF channels assigned to and ordered based on a channel position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Insight Energy Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Manuel Malagon, Matthew P. Tilchen
  • Publication number: 20200400462
    Abstract: By a relative movement between an arrangement of at least three magnetic field sensors and a magnetic field generator, different discrete positional relationships can be produced between the same. A first signal is calculated as a first linear combination using at least two of three sensor signals. It is checked whether the first signal uniquely indicates one of the different discrete positional relationships. If yes, it is determined that the arrangement is located in the one discrete positional relationship. If no, a second signal is calculated as a second linear combination using at least two of the three sensor signals, at least one of which differs from the sensor signals used in the calculation of the first signal, and at least the second signal is used to determine in which of the different discrete positional relationships the arrangement is located relative to the magnetic field generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Dirk HAMMERSCHMIDT, Robert HERMANN
  • Publication number: 20200400463
    Abstract: A rotation angle sensor includes first and second magnetic detection elements disposed at positions where a first disposition angle relative to a magnet center is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees and configured to acquire magnetic field in a first direction varying by a rotation of a magnet; third and fourth magnetic detection elements configured to acquire the magnetic field in a second direction; a calculation signal generator configured to output a first magnetic field calculation signal, based on outputs of the first and second magnetic detection elements, and configured to output a second magnetic field calculation signal, based on outputs of the third and fourth magnetic detection elements; and an angle signal generator configured to generate and output an angle signal indicative of a rotation angle of the magnet, based on the first and second magnetic field calculation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI MICRODEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta SOGO, Takeo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200400464
    Abstract: Actuators for rotating an optical-path-folding-element with two, first and second, degrees of freedom in an extended rotation range around two respective rotation axes, folded cameras including such actuators and dual-cameras including a folded camera as above together with an upright camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Itay Yedid, Ephraim Goldenberg, Gil Bachar, Gal Barak, Yiftah Kowal
  • Publication number: 20200400465
    Abstract: A method for defining a measurement range, called the useful span, of the inductive position sensor with emission of a cosine and sine signal by at least one first receiver winding and at least one second receiver winding, respectively. The cosine signal emitted by the one or more second receiver windings is taken as reference signal between the two sine and cosine signals for an adjustment of at least one parameter of the sine signal depending on a corresponding parameter of the cosine signal, at least one of the dimension and positioning parameters of the one or more first receiver windings being configured to generate a sine signal having the at least one parameter of the sine signal adjusted with respect to the cosine signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Alain FONTANET
  • Publication number: 20200400466
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a rotor antenna, a radio frequency (RF) sensor, a stator antenna, and one or more processors. The rotor antenna and the RF sensor are configured to be disposed on a shaft of a rotor assembly and are conductively connected to each other. The RF sensor generates measurement signals. The stator antenna is mounted to a stator member of the rotor assembly and positioned radially outward from the rotor antenna. The stator antenna is wirelessly connected to the rotor antenna across an air gap. The one or more processors are communicatively connected to the stator antenna and are configured to monitor one or more electrical characteristics of the measurement signals that are received by the stator antenna from the rotor antenna over time as the shaft rotates and to determine rotational speed of the shaft based on recurrent variations in the one or more electrical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Alfred Iannotti
  • Publication number: 20200400467
    Abstract: A subsea housing assembly has a subsea housing with a first and a second housing portion. The first and second housing portions have first and second electrical connections for data communication. A wall separates the first and second housing portions. The assembly has an inductive coupler with first and second coupling sections disposed in the first and second housing portions. The inductive coupler provides inductive coupling across the wall for data communication between the first and second electrical connections. The inductive coupler has inner and outer coils wherein the outer coil at least partly surrounds the inner coil and at least part of the wall extends between the inner and outer coil. Soft magnetic material is arranged around the outer coil and/or inside the inner coil such that the magnetic flux is collected and guided from the outer to the inner coil and/or from the inner to the outer coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Götz, Stefan Hain, Klaus Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20200400468
    Abstract: A direction selective unidirectional clutch assembly for a fluid meter counter module assembly is characterized by a drive selector mechanism to couple a direction selection drive shaft to a unidirectional clutch to select one of a first flow direction and a second flow direction of flow of the fluid to drive a counter module. The direction selection draft is coupled to a rotating member (e.g. impeller) driven by flow of the fluid and rotates in a direction that is responsive to the direction of rotation of the rotating member. A pair of gears are mounted to slide along the direction selection draft between a first position and a second position. A direction changing gear is mounted at the second position. Further provided is a flow meter with a direction selective unidirectional clutch assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: ANDREW SMICH
  • Publication number: 20200400469
    Abstract: A valve with permanent magnet(s) and electro-magnet coils magnetically coupled to the permanent magnet(s). The valve is positioned below an inlet for receiving media. The amount of media flow may be regulated by controlling the current to the coils for partial or full flow. With no power applied to the electro-magnet coils, the media flow is inhibited. Application of a current to the electro-magnet coils will block the flux in the pole pieces rendering the working gap free of magnetic flux and thus allowing media to freely flow. As it is used, the media may become magnetized, altering the flow properties and causing magnetized media to bridge across the working gap. A magnetic sensor detects the amount of flux in the working gap to provide a signal to a control system. The signal allows closed loop control of the coils as media becomes magnetized, allowing consistent flow properties during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jack M. Champaigne, Mark A. Ingram
  • Publication number: 20200400470
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for delivering a gas at a predetermined rate includes providing a gas flow control apparatus comprising a gas flow path extending from a gas inlet to a gas outlet, a proportional valve coupled to the gas flow path, an on/off valve coupled to the gas flow path, a volume being defined between the proportional valve and the on/off valve, and a flow restrictor having a flow impedance located downstream of the proportional valve. The volume is pressurized with the gas to a target set point by opening the proportional valve while the on/off valve is in an off state. Finally, the on/off valve is moved to the on state, delivering gas to the gas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel T. Mudd, Patti J. Mudd
  • Publication number: 20200400471
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetoinductive flowmeter. In order to detect gas bubbles in a measuring tube, and thus an incompletely filled measuring tube, the control signal with which the magnetic field generating device is actuated is designed as an alternating rectangular pulse with time delays. A first pulse time delay is provided after a positive rectangular pulse and a second pulse time delay is provided after a negative rectangular pulse during one period, wherein no magnetic fields are provided during the pulse time delays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Alain BARILLET
  • Publication number: 20200400472
    Abstract: A method of calculating a time difference is disclosed. The method includes sampling a first ultrasonic signal (r21) to produce a first sampled signal (y1(i)) and sampling a second ultrasonic signal (r12) to produce a second sampled signal (y2(i)). A first time (LEAD_LAG) is determined between a time the first sampled signal crosses a threshold (?1) and a time the second sampled signal crosses the threshold. The first sampled signal is cross correlated with the second sampled signal to produce a second time (SAMP_OFFSET). The time difference is calculated in response to the first and second times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Anand Dabak, Venkata Ramanan
  • Publication number: 20200400473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid flow meter comprising a measuring section for a flow indicator with different measuring methods for flow velocity and fluid flow rate, comprising a housing with an inlet channel, an outlet channel and at least one flow indicator located therein, a housing interior space forming a shape which is complementary to the geometry of the flow indicator, and comprising two bottoms at least partially defining the interior space, and a curved part having a geometry that ensures the formation of a flow, at least one ultrasonic flow indicator being arranged such that the measuring section thereof runs through an inner part of the other flow indicator with another operating mode, and the fluid flow meter comprises an adaptor unit for adapting different diameters of an outlet of the flow indicator and the outlet channel thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: STETSENKO Andrii, Iurii GLOVA, Sergii NEDZELSKYI
  • Publication number: 20200400474
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting characteristics of a mixed fluid containing different types of substances with different thermal properties within a prescribed range, includes: one or a plurality of heaters for heating the mixed fluid; a plurality of temperature detectors for detecting the temperature of the mixed fluid heated; a flow rate calculation unit for calculating the flow rate of the mixed fluid using the output from at least a portion of the plurality of temperature detectors; a correspondence relation storage unit that stores the correspondence relation between the output from the temperature detectors for a prescribed flow rate and the mixture ratio of the substances in the mixed fluid; and a mixture ratio calculation unit for calculating the mixture ratio of the substances in the mixed fluid on the basis of the output from the temperature detectors and the correspondence relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki YAMAMOTO, Naotsugu UEDA, Yoshiteru KONO
  • Publication number: 20200400475
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for measuring the flow rate of a liquid flowing in a flow duct, from upstream to downstream, in which: a shutter member (4) is able to close/open said flow duct (3), a deformable membrane (5) obstructs an opening (6) made through the wall of said flow duct and situated upstream of said shutter member, and an electronic device (100) comprises a detection means (101) that detects deformations of said deformable membrane (5) and is able to deliver deformation signals, a means (112) that controls said shutter member (4), a means (112) that takes readings of the values of at least two deformation signals that are separated by a predetermined time period, established when the solenoid valve (4) is closed, and a calculation means that calculates a liquid volume depending on the read deformation signals and in order to calculate a flow rate depending on said calculated volume and the predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Cyril PICARD, Elisabeth CHARLAIX, Preeti SHARMA
  • Publication number: 20200400476
    Abstract: A metering device includes a storage tank, a funnel, a feeder, at least one measuring container, a first driver, and a second driver. Liquid and string-shaped foods are sent from the storage tank to the funnel by the feeder. The measuring container is provided under the funnel in a measuring position, and volumetrically meters the string-shaped foods sent from the funnel while ejecting the liquid. The first driver moves the funnel or the measuring container to insert the funnel into the measuring container at a time of metering, and moves the funnel or the measuring container to separate the funnel from the measuring container after metering is completed. The second driver moves the measuring container from the measuring position to an ejecting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi OKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200400477
    Abstract: Heat resistant sensors equipped with any of a variety of transducers for measuring any of a variety of properties of fluids are constructed with components comprising materials that can withstand very high temperatures. Some embodiments of the sensors include a first pressure sensitive element and a second pressure sensitive element with respective first and second membranes positioned in juxtaposed relation to each other to form a capacitor. Some embodiments include a pusher that extends from the membrane toward a first electrode. Some embodiments have a housing comprising a ceramic substrate with a sensor element mounted on an inside surface of the substrate. Other embodiments have direction sensing capabilities including a heater positioned in a core material and at least three temperature sensors located at or near the peripheral surface of the core material and spaced apart angularly in relation to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Harsh, Jon Lubbers, Evan Pilant, Alex Brand, Laura Ferlin, Samuel Hotaling, Steve Sheeran, Jakob Oreskovich, Eric Schneider, Thomas Schahrer, Lewis Wright
  • Publication number: 20200400478
    Abstract: A sensor includes a body member, a volume change body, and a detection member. The body member has a flat plate-like shape, a first end in a first direction being supported, and a storage space opening at at least one of both end faces in a thickness direction. The volume change body, whose volume changes depending on an amount of a target, is supported by the body member so that at least a part of the volume change body is stored in the storage space. The detection member is in contact with a second end in the first direction of the body member, and detects stress caused by the change in the volume of the volume change body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takahito Ono, Masaya Toda, Mai Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20200400479
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting assembly for use with a fluid level indicator assembly. The lighting assembly includes a plurality of lighting elements, at least one printed circuit board configured to control the lighting elements, at least one focusing lens, and a lens assembly. The lighting assembly can be comprised of multiple lighting sub-assemblies, which are stackable to one another to be mounted to level gauges dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ram Kumar Kushwaha, Partha Shinnasamy
  • Publication number: 20200400480
    Abstract: A radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver; a signal propagation arrangement coupled to the transceiver; power monitoring circuitry for determining a measure indicative of a presently available power for operation of the radar level gauge system; and processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver and to the power monitoring circuitry, and configured to: acquire the measure indicative of a presently available power for operation of the radar level gauge system from the power monitoring circuitry; perform a set of measurement operations dependent on the presently available power for operation of the radar level gauge system, each measurement operation including controlling the transceiver to generate and transmit an electromagnetic transmit signal, to receive an electromagnetic reflection signal, and to form a measurement signal indicative of a timing relation between the transmit signal and the reflection signal; and determine the filling level based on the measurement signal formed in each of the me
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Håkan Delin, Håkan Samor
  • Publication number: 20200400481
    Abstract: Various embodiments include determining a level of a surface of a fluid and/or for determining a quality of the fluid in a fluid container. An example apparatus comprises a sound transducer module having two sound transducers designed to receive and emit sound signals in such a manner that a superimposition sound signal results when the sound signals are superimposed, and a reference element arranged in the fluid at a predefined distance from the sound transducer module and is designed to reflect the superimposition sound signal. The sound transducer module is designed, by superimposing the at least two sound signals, to emit the superimposition sound signal both in a first direction to the surface of the fluid and in a second direction to the reference element, said second direction running at a predetermined sound signal angle with respect to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Philippe Grass, Stephan Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20200400482
    Abstract: A fluid tank system comprises a fluid container that includes a sensor opening in a fluid container wall defined by a rim, and a fluid level sensor comprising a radial flange on a proximate end of a longitudinally extending electronics stem that includes a distal end. The distal end of the electronic stem is inserted into the fluid container via the sensor opening and the radial flange seats on the rim. The distal end of the electronics stem is guided via a first radial support and a second radial support to a seat that is located coaxial with the sensor opening, where the first and second radial supports are longitudinally separated and radially spaced apart to allow the electronics stem to longitudinally pass between the first and second radial supports until the flange seats on the rim ensuring that the distal end of the electronic stem is longitudinally positioned adjacent to the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hung Duong, Wesley P. Long, Jonathan Zimmitti, David A. Stachowiak, Lakshminarayan S. Bettagere, Brian V. Abedon
  • Publication number: 20200400483
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for providing real-time alerts regarding the status of agricultural infrastructure resources, which may be stationary and/or mobile, such as water level, water temperature, trough, water pump, drone, and livestock that are equipped with sensors. The system adaptively aggregates and processes the sensed data from multiple resources and animals using low cost readily available wireless local network and sends an alert cost effectively using various messaging methods, such as SMS, MMS, PSTN, VoIP, HTTP, and HTTPS, over various wireless communications networks, such as cellular, satellite, or UHF, depending on availability, cost and quality of service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: James Madison Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Emil Habib Salib
  • Publication number: 20200400484
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for measuring a level of a liquid includes a measuring section through which a measuring current runs during operation of the sensor assembly and a temperature compensation section. The temperature compensation section compensates a temperature dependent variation of the measuring current within a predetermined operational temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Norge AS
    Inventor: Niklas Jansson
  • Publication number: 20200400485
    Abstract: Systems and methods of diagnosing performance of a level sensor of a fluid test chamber, including a data acquisition and processing unit configured to receive output signals of one or more level sensors that are installed to a fluid chamber, the data acquisition and processing unit being configured to connect to the one or more level sensors to record and process the output signals to test operation of the one or more level sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Alexander Hashem Hashemian