Patents Issued in January 9, 2024
  • Patent number: 11867828
    Abstract: A radar system operated in a variable power mode includes transmitters, receivers, and a controller. The transmitters transmit digitally modulated signals. The receivers receive radio signals that include transmitted radio signals from the transmitter and reflected from objects in the environment. In addition, an interfering radar signal from a different radar system is received that has been linearly frequency modulated. Each receiver includes a linear frequency modulation canceler that includes a FIR filter, and is configured as a 1-step linear predictor with least mean squares adaptation to attempt to cancel the interfering signal. The prediction is subtracted from the FIR input signal that drives the adaptation and also comprises the canceler output. The controller is configured to control the adaptation on a first receiver. The controller delays the adaptation such that transients at the start of each receive pulse are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Uhnder, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Behrens, Fred Harris, Frederick Rush, Monier Maher, Curtis Davis, Murtaza Ali
  • Patent number: 11867829
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to generating continuous visualizations of beam steering vehicle radar scans by acquiring data for a beam steering radar scan, generating a Range Doppler Map (“RDM”) corresponding to the acquired radar data, displaying a visualization of the RDM showing a plurality of identified objects, shifting each identified object by its velocity to generate a shifted RDM, and updating the visualization at a display rate that is higher than a radar scan rate to display continuous movement. The display may be part of an augmented reality system presented to a driver on a windshield or dashboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Metawave Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew Paul Harrison
  • Patent number: 11867830
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a beam steering vehicle radar for object identification. The radar includes a radar module having at least one beam steering transmit antenna to radiate one or more radio frequency (“RF”) beams in a plurality of directions, at least one beam steering receive antenna to receive one or more RF return signals, and a transceiver to generate radar data capturing a surrounding environment from the one or more received RF return signals. The radar also includes a perception module configured to detect and identify an object in the surrounding environment from the radar data. At least one of the beam steering transmit antenna has a side lobe reduction mechanism formed within a substrate to reduce side lobes in the radiated one or more RF beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Metawave Corporation
    Inventor: Taha Shahvirdi Dizaj Yekan
  • Patent number: 11867831
    Abstract: A generator for generating two- or multi-dimensional frequency representations of synthetic radar signals from a set of radar signals measured by a physical radar sensor. The generator includes a random number generator and a first AI module, which, as input, receives vectors or tensors of random values from the random number generator and uses an internal processing chain to map each such vector, respectively each such tensor, onto a two- or multi-dimensional frequency representation of a synthetic radar signal. The internal processing chain of the first AI module is parameterized by a multiplicity of parameters which are set in such a way that the two- or multi-dimensional frequency representation of the radar signal and/or at least one characteristic derived therefrom have the same distribution for the synthetic radar signals as for the measured radar signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jasmin Ebert, Michael Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11867832
    Abstract: A miniature radar target simulator (MRTS) and a system comprising a plurality of MRTS's are described. The MRTS and system are useful for emulating echo signals for a radar DUT with reduced interference. Illustrative radar test systems desirably generate the intended (emulated) radar targets and reduce unwanted (“ghost”) signals, which can result in “ghost targets,” and errant/ambient electromagnetic radiation that reduces the performance and reliability of known re-illuminators and systems including same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Douglas Vanwiggeren, Todd Steven Marshall, Gregory S. Lee, Natalie Killeen, Christian Bourde
  • Patent number: 11867833
    Abstract: A classification method comprises positioning an object and a radar unit in proximity to each other; receiving by the radar unit radar signals reflected from the object; and classifying the object, wherein the classifying is based on the radar signals and/or at least one feature extracted from the radar signals, and the classifying of the object comprises determining classification data for the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hui Shyong Yeo, Aaron Quigley, Gergely Flamich, Patrick Schrempf, David Harris-Birtill
  • Patent number: 11867834
    Abstract: A method for building a coherent radar cross-section (RCS) model database for real-time dynamic simulation of range-Doppler radars is disclosed. The database may be used with radar sensors that employ different waveforms. A pre-processing operation before the dynamic simulation performs fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs) to interpolate the target frequency responses from the database to match the frequency samplings of the radar used in the dynamic simulation. The method determines the frequency responses of the targets to a reference chirp in a coherent processing interval (CPI) and the radial velocities of the targets relative to the radar at the time of the reference chirp. The method extrapolates, using FFTs, the frequency responses of the targets to the reference chirp across the velocity dimension based on the relative radial velocities to determine the frequency responses of the targets to the other chirps across the CPI, reducing the computational burden for the simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Robert A. Kipp
  • Patent number: 11867835
    Abstract: A system for classifying pulses from a sensor configured to detect one or more objects includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory has a pulse classification module having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain a signal having a pulse and classify the pulse as one of: (1) a single object pulse indicating that the one or more objects represented by the pulse is a single object and (2) a plurality of objects pulse indicating that the one or more objects represented by the pulse are multiple objects. The classification of the pulse may utilize one or more of the following: a pulse width of the pulse, a rising slope of the pulse during a rising period, a falling slope of the pulse during a falling period, and a saturating width of the pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Tsubasa Okuya
  • Patent number: 11867836
    Abstract: A method of determining a temporal position of a received signal within a sample series is disclosed. The method includes sampling a sensor at a sampling frequency to generate the sample series. A matched filter set of matched filters is applied to the sample series to generate a matched filter correlation set of matched filter correlations, wherein impulse responses of respective matched filters correspond to a template signal at the sampling frequency of the sensor shifted by a sub-interval shift. The matched filter correlations are evaluated to determine a received signal sub-interval shift. The temporal position of the received signal within the sample series is determined based on at least the received signal sub-interval shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Paul Meissner, Thomas Gigl
  • Patent number: 11867837
    Abstract: This application discloses a LiDAR and a device. The LiDAR includes: a casing, demarcating an emission chamber and a receiving chamber; a laser emission device, arranged in the emission chamber and configured to emit a laser beam to the first target region; and a plurality of laser receiving devices, arranged in the receiving chamber, where the plurality of laser receiving devices are configured to receive a laser beam reflected from the second target region, and the first target region and the second target region are at least partially overlapped. The second target region includes a plurality of detection subregions, each detection subregion is smaller than the first target region and is at least partially overlapped with the first target region, and each laser receiving device receives, in a one-to-one correspondence manner, a laser beam reflected from each detection subregion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Kaipeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11867839
    Abstract: A heater is provided to heat an optical window. The inner face of the optical window is partitioned by the shield plate into a first part for the phototransmitter and a second part for the photoreceiver, the first part for the phototransmitter being arranged to face the first space, the second part for the photoreceiver being arranged to face the second space. The heater includes a first film, a second film, two phototransmitter electrodes, and two photoreceiver electrodes. The first film is a transparent conductive film arranged to cover the first part for the phototransmitter. The second film is a transparent conductive film arranged to cover the second part for the photoreceiver. The two phototransmitter electrodes are configured to energize the first film. The two photoreceiver electrodes are configured to energize the second film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11867840
    Abstract: The inventive Device is comprising a laser rangefinder for determining the distance along a laser axis between the device and a target object. The laser rangefinder is comprising a pumping laser and a thulium and/or holmium doped fiber laser with a thulium and/or holmium doped fiber section and two Bragg gratings arranged on both sides of the thulium and/or holmium doped fiber section of the thulium and/or holmium doped fiber laser wherein the thulium and/or holmium doped fiber laser is pumped by the pumping laser and configured to emit laser light with a wavelength in the range of 1900 nm to 2150 nm. The inventive device has an improved applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN VECTRONIX AG
    Inventor: Christian Ban
  • Patent number: 11867841
    Abstract: One example device comprises a plurality of emitters including at least a first emitter and a second emitter. The first emitter emits light that illuminates a first portion of a field-of-view (FOV) of the device. The second emitter emits light that illuminates a second portion of the FOV. The device also comprises a controller that obtains a scan of the FOV. The controller causes each emitter of the plurality of emitters to emit a respective light pulse during an emission time period associated with the scan. The controller causes the first emitter to emit a first-emitter light pulse at a first-emitter time offset from a start time of the emission time period. The controller causes the second emitter to emit a second-emitter light pulse at a second-emitter time offset from the start time of the emission time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Michael Marx, Pierre-Yves Droz
  • Patent number: 11867842
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a pulse generator that is used in a ToF camera system especially adopting the indirect system and can be ready for various settings of a frequency or a phase with a simple configuration. [Solving means] There is provided a pulse generator that includes a first counter that determines a phase of a pulse to be outputted and used for distance measurement to a distance measurement target using an input signal, and a second counter that determines a frequency of the pulse using the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yohtaro Yasu, Yuichi Kato
  • Patent number: 11867843
    Abstract: A single photon counting sensor array includes one or more emitters configured to emit a plurality of pulses of energy, and a detector array comprising a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes one or more detectors, a plurality of which are configured to receive reflected pulses of energy that were emitted by the one or more emitters. A mask material is positioned to cover some but not all of the detectors of the plurality of pixels to yield blocked pixels and unblocked pixels so that each blocked pixel is prevented from detecting the reflected pulses of energy and therefore only detects intrinsic noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: John Hostetler, Yahla Tachwali
  • Patent number: 11867844
    Abstract: A Lidar system and method of detecting an object is disclosed. The Lidar system includes a photodetector, a spectrum analyzer and a processor. The photodetector generates an electrical signal in response to a reflected light beam received at the photodetector, the reflected light beam being a reflection of a chirp signal from the object. The electrical signal has a bandwidth the same as a bandwidth of the chirp signal. The spectrum analyzer includes a power divider that partitions the electrical signal into a plurality of channels, an analog-to-digital converter that converts the electrical signal within a selected channel from an analog signal to a digital signal, and a comb filter that provides output from the selected channel from the power divider to the analog-to-digital converter. The processor determines a parameter of the object from the digital signal in the selected channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Talty, Michael Mulqueen, James Chingwei Li
  • Patent number: 11867845
    Abstract: A LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) apparatus for a vehicle including a light emitting unit configured to emit laser light; an angle adjusting unit configured to adjust an emission angle of the laser light emitted from the light emitting unit by reflecting the laser light; a window cover unit installed to discharge the laser light emitted through the angle adjusting unit to the outside of the vehicle; a light receiving unit configured to receive reflected light introduced into the vehicle through the window cover unit; and a moisture removing unit configured to emit far-infrared light using a far-infrared light source to heat the window cover unit through the angle adjusting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Shin Kim, Won Gyum Kim, Kyung Rin Kim, Sung Eun Jo
  • Patent number: 11867846
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of radar detection, in particular to a method for radiation calibration of airborne hyperspectral imaging LiDAR system. The method comprises the following steps: S1. A monochromator in a spectrum calibration system emits optical signals of different spectrum values to scan the radar system, thus to obtain the bandwidth and central wavelength of each channel in the radar system; S2. According to the return signal power PR (?, z) in the hyperspectral LiDAR equation and the optical power PRef (?) received by the target surface of the detector in the radar system under experimental conditions, a white diffuse reflection board is taken as the ground object target, and a ranging channel is used to measure the flying height of the radar system, thus to obtain the parameters in the return signal power PR (?, z) and the reflection spectrum ?G (?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HEFEI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Dong Liu, Liyong Qian, Decheng Wu, Xiaojun Zhou, Liujun Zhong, Wei Wei, Wenju Wang, Yingjian Wang
  • Patent number: 11867847
    Abstract: Power supplies for electronic devices (e.g. medical imaging devices) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a switched mode power supply is minimized in size and weight while maintaining efficiency and an artifact-free image using power supply design techniques tailored to increasing the power conversion frequency to be above the desired receive band of an ultrasound imaging system. In another embodiment, a switched mode power supply is minimized in size and weight while maintaining efficiency and an artifact-free image using power supply design techniques tailored to increasing the power conversion frequency to be just below the desired receive band of an ultrasound imaging system causing the third harmonic and possibly the second harmonic to fall just above the desired receive band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Everett Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Clinton Siedenburg
  • Patent number: 11867848
    Abstract: An ultrasonic-based person detection method. The method comprising the steps of: (a) emitting, from an emitter, an ultrasonic signal, the ultrasonic signal including a component at a first frequency; (b) receiving reflections of the ultrasonic signal, the received signal including components at frequencies greater than and less than the first frequency; (c) determining a difference between an upper portion of the received signal containing a frequency higher than the first frequency, and a lower portion of the received signal containing a frequency lower than the first frequency; and (d) determining, based on the difference between the upper portion and the lower portion, whether a person is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Neatframe Limited
    Inventor: Øystein Birkenes
  • Patent number: 11867849
    Abstract: A sonar display comprises a processing element and a display. The processing element is configured to receive a first sonar electronic signal from a first sonar transducer, receive a second sonar electronic signal from a second sonar transducer, generate data for a first underwater image stream from the first sonar electronic signal and a second underwater image stream from the second sonar electronic signal. The display is configured to show at least one of the first underwater image stream having a first view derived from reflections of a first sonar beam, the second underwater image stream having a second view derived from reflections of a second sonar beam, and an indication of a position of the first sonar beam relative to the second sonar beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Garmin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Brown, Nathan R. Memmott, Aaron R. Coleman, Gregory M. Groener
  • Patent number: 11867850
    Abstract: A radiation detector assembly is described comprising: a scintillator; a photodetector; a hermetic enclosure surrounding and defining an enclosure volume that contains the scintillator and the photodetector; wherein the enclosure comprises a wall of plastics material coated with a metal layer. A method of assembly of a radiation detector assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KROMEK LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward Marsden, John Atkins
  • Patent number: 11867851
    Abstract: A device for measuring large-area radioactive surface contamination can simultaneously obtain a plurality of detection values. The measurement device includes a frame body having a plurality of holes; a mover that is connected to, and moves, the frame body; and a plurality of radiation detectors that rest in the plurality of holes. The detectors detect one or more of: alpha rays, beta rays, or gamma rays. The location and level of radioactive contamination are accurately identified according to a comparison of the detection values of the plurality of radiation detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon Hyung Cho, Yu Ho Weon, Hyeongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11867852
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe an atomic sensor that includes a photonic die that outputs optical signals on a top surface. These optical signals can be directed and shaped as needed to satisfy a particular type of atomic sensor. In one embodiment, an atomic source (e.g., rubidium or cesium) is disposed on the photonic chip to emit atoms when heated. A collimator can then direct the emitted atoms along a path that intersects with the optical signals. This intersection can be used to detect motion (e.g., rotation and acceleration) of the atomic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vector Atomic, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Todd Cashen, Martin Machai Boyd, Christopher Scott Corder
  • Patent number: 11867853
    Abstract: A neutron detector having high sensitivity of detection for low energy neutrons is provided. The neutron detector 10 includes a detecting element including a Si semiconductor layer 2, a first electrode 1 formed on one main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2 and a second electrode 4 formed on the other main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2, in which the Si semiconductor layer 2 includes a P-type impurity region 2a in contact with the second electrode 4 and an N-type impurity region 2b in contact with the first electrode 1; and a radiator 8 arranged to face the first electrode 1. In addition, a personal dosemeter and a neutron fluence monitor including the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TAKASHI NAKAMURA
    Inventors: Kei Aoyama, Yohei Abe, Tomoya Nunomiya, Masataka Narita, Takashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11867854
    Abstract: A handle structure is detachably coupled to a radiation detecting device. The handle structure includes: a body to be gripped by a user; first and second latch shafts each having one end protruding from the body to be inserted into and coupled to a coupling groove formed on the radiation detecting device; a connecting shaft connecting the other ends of the first and second latch shafts to each other; first and second push shafts brought into contact with the radiation detecting device and vertically moving upwards; a first connecting portion connecting the first push shaft to the first latch shaft; a second connecting portion connecting the second push shaft to the second latch shaft; and a button moved by manipulation of a user to release a coupling state of the first and second latch shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BIOSENSTECH INC.
    Inventors: Bo Chan Kim, Han Bin Jang
  • Patent number: 11867855
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and products for acoustic detection in a borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Jung, Thomas Kruspe, Gunnar Tackmann, Dominik Hoheisel, Lennert Rabe, Jonathan Leong
  • Patent number: 11867856
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include obtaining seismic data acquired in a time-domain for a subterranean region of interest. The method may further include obtaining a property model for the subterranean region of interest. The method may further include determining one or more time shifts using a segment dynamic image warping function based on the seismic data and the property model. The method may further include determining an adjoint source operator using the derived time shift and one-way wave equation. The method may further include updating the property model using a gradient solver in a data-domain reflection traveltime inversion. The method may further include outputting the updated property model for the subterranean region of interest. The method may further include generating a seismic image for the subterranean region of interest using the updated property model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Lu Liu, Yubing Li, Weiguang He
  • Patent number: 11867857
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for updating a seismic velocity model of a subterranean region of interest. The method includes receiving an observed seismic dataset and a seismic velocity model, and generating a simulated seismic dataset based on the seismic velocity model and the geometry of the observed seismic dataset, wherein each dataset is composed of a plurality of seismic traces. The method further includes determining a transformed observed seismic dataset and a transformed simulated seismic dataset by determining the instantaneous frequency of at least one member of the plurality of observed seismic traces; and at least one member of the plurality of simulated seismic traces. The method still further includes forming an objective function based on the transformed observed seismic dataset and the transformed simulated seismic dataset and determining an updated seismic velocity model based on an extremum of the objective function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Weiguang He, Yubing Li, Yi Luo
  • Patent number: 11867858
    Abstract: A seismic observation device includes: a waveform acquisition unit that acquires waveform data for a predetermined period including an observation start time of a P wave; a delay time specifying unit that inputs the waveform data to a trained model and acquires, from the trained model, a delay time from the observation start time of the P wave to an observation start time of an S wave; and an observation time estimation unit that estimates the observation start time of the S wave based on the observation start time of the P wave and the delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Kuwamori
  • Patent number: 11867859
    Abstract: A method for configuring a multi-source and a hexa-source for acquiring first and second seismic datasets of a subsurface. The method includes selecting a number n of source arrays to create the multi-source; selecting a number m of sub-arrays for each source array, each sub-array having a plurality of source elements; imposing a distance D between any two adjacent source arrays of the multi-source; calculating a distance d between any two adjacent sub-arrays of a same source array so that bins associated with the first and second seismic datasets are interleaved; selecting source elements from at least six different sub-arrays of the n source arrays to create the hexa-source; and firing the multi-source to acquire the first dataset, and firing the hexa-source to acquire the second dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SERCEL
    Inventor: Thomas Elboth
  • Patent number: 11867860
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods to perform or facilitate operation of a seismic survey. The system can include a seismic data acquisition unit. The seismic data acquisition unit can include a cap free subsea connector. The connector can be formed of a snap ring, pin interconnect and socket insert. The snap ring can contact the pin interconnect. The pin interconnect can contact the socket insert. The socket insert can be in contact with isolation electronics within the seismic data acquisition unit. The snap ring can lock or keep the pin interconnect in contact with the socket insert. The pin interconnect can be removable and replaceable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Magseis FF LLC
    Inventors: Michael Morris, Sam Hand
  • Patent number: 11867861
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing log quality control on well data of non-key wells is provided. A method of identifying elastic facies in non-key wells as part of Log Quality Control (LQC) includes selecting one or more key wells, building a reference model of elastic facies using the well log data of the selected one or more key wells, propagating the reference model to well data of one or more non-key wells, benchmarking the well data of the non-key wells with the reference model, and calibrating the well data of the non-key wells with the reference model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Muhammad Ashfaq
  • Patent number: 11867862
    Abstract: A method is claimed that includes obtaining a measured present-day value of at least one parameter for each member of a set of unvalidated geological layers arranged in order of increasing depth and iteratively selecting a member of the set as a current layer. For each current layer in turn, the method further determines an estimated archaic value of at least one parameter of the current layer based on its measured present-day value by applying an alternating cycle of decompaction followed by geomechnical modeling to predict a present-day value of the parameter of the current layer based on its estimated archaic value. The method still further determines a validated archaic value of at least one parameter of each current layer based on a difference between the predicted and the measured present-day values. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for validating the archaic value for each layer is claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Yaser Abdullah Alzayer, Nikolaos A. Michael
  • Patent number: 11867863
    Abstract: A device for measuring disruptions in a controlled magnetic field and generated by the device itself surrounding a sole conductive element, antenna or electrode and comprising, at least: a controlled magnetic field sensor comprising, in turn, an oscillator circuit connected to at least one electrode, a digital module; and a processor connected to the digital module. The applications of the device that is the object of the invention are all those requiring the detection of an object prior to it resulting in the violation of the restricted space. Amongst these applications we can highlight the following: the localisation of people, industrial security applications, robotics, domestic security applications, military applications and vehicle security applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ONTECH SECURITY, S.L.
    Inventor: Juan Aponte Luis
  • Patent number: 11867864
    Abstract: A continuous wave system continuous wave system for detecting metal objects, comprising a transmitter assembly comprising transmitter coils (Tx1, . . . , Txm) and a first clock, a receiver assembly comprising receiver coils (Rx1, . . . , Rxn) housed in a second separate column and a second clock, a detector configured to detect an instant of zero crossing of all the electrical signals of the transmitter assembly and the receiver assembly, a signal generator configured to generate a phase realignment signal synchronized to said zero-crossing instant and a wireless communication interface configured to transmit the phase realignment signal so as to realign the phase of the first clock and the second clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Alessandro Manneschi
  • Patent number: 11867865
    Abstract: Omnidirectional electromagnetic signal inducer (omni-inducer) devices are disclosed. The omni-inducer device may include a housing, which may include a conductive base for coupling signals to ground, and an omnidirectional antenna node including a plurality of antenna coil assemblies, where the node may be disposed on or within the housing. The omni-inducer device may further include one or more transmitter modules for generating ones of a plurality of output signals, which may be generated at ones of a plurality of different frequencies, and one or more control circuits configured to control the transmitters and/or other circuits to selectively switch the ones of the plurality of output signals between ones of the plurality of antenna coil assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SeeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Ray Merewether, Jan Soukup, Michael J. Martin
  • Patent number: 11867866
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for detecting fissionable materials. In one embodiment the system may incorporate a neutron pulse generator configured to generate multiple short pulses of neutrons, or a single pulse of sufficient intensity, in a vicinity of an object of interest. The source pulse of neutrons includes neutrons which each have a full width half maximum time duration of less than about 100 ns and a peak energy level no greater than about 20 MeV. A fast response detector is used which is able to detect single neutron events indicative of fission neutrons having been produced by the source pulse of neutrons interacting with fissionable material associated with the object of interest, and which arrive at the fast response detector within a predetermined time window immediately before arrival of the source neutron pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Podpaly, James M. Hall, Alexander Peter Povilus, Andrea Schmidt, Dustin Yang
  • Patent number: 11867867
    Abstract: This invention relates to an insect detection device comprising a sensing device. The sensing device comprises an optical source configured to emit an optical beam; a first lens group configured to collimate the optical beam to form a beam width of a first predetermined range and a beam height of a second predetermined range; a second lens group configured to collect the optical beam from the first lens group and arranged apart from the first lens group defining a sensing zone; an optical detector configured to receive the beam from the second lens group and translate the beam to electrical signals; and a processing unit configured to switch on the optical source and receive the electrical signals from the optical detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: ORINNO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD., NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
    Inventors: Yu Du, Lu Deng
  • Patent number: 11867868
    Abstract: The plurality of emitters and the plurality of detectors form a light curtain that is patterned about the beam, and are positioned to surround the beam. The plurality of emitters each have a centerline and each have a divergence angle centered on the centerline. The placement and orientation of the plurality of emitters about the acceptance centerline of the beam receiver are configured to align the centerlines of the plurality of emitters substantially parallel to the incoming beam. The detection of one or more of the plurality of emitters by one or more of the plurality of detectors depends on the divergence angles of each of the plurality of emitters and the tilt of the beam receiver relative to the beam centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LaserMotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Sayles, Thomas W. Bashford, David J. Bashford, Thomas J. Nugent, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11867869
    Abstract: A process of constructing a micromodel for a multiple porosity system includes: drilling a well; coring the well for acquiring core plugs from the well; producing thin section images of the core plugs for acquiring a first feature of the core plugs; and transforming the thin section images to binary images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Amer Alanazi, Abdulkareem Alsofi, Ammar Alshehri
  • Patent number: 11867870
    Abstract: A point data acquisition unit acquires point data indicating a reflection point obtained by an optical sensor that receives reflected light of an emitted light beam reflected at the reflection point. An image data acquisition unit acquires image data of an area around the reflection point indicated by the point data. A luminance calculation unit calculates smoothness of luminance of the image data. A fog determination unit determines the density of fog based on a distance, which is determined from the point data, from the optical sensor to the reflection point and the smoothness of the luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimihiko Hiroi
  • Patent number: 11867871
    Abstract: An optical connector including a ferrule, an outer housing, and a latch is disclosed. The ferrule holds an optical fiber at a front end of the optical connector. The outer housing is located closer to a rear end of the optical connector than the ferrule. The latch is connected to the outer housing and extends from a proximal end toward the front end of the optical connector. The latch includes an engaging part to engage with an external device at a distal end thereof. The latch is configured such that the engaging part is pushed down toward the ferrule. The engaging part includes an engaging main body and an engaging protrusion protruding outwardly from the engaging main body. The engaging protrusion includes an engaging surface to engage with the external device at a rear of the engaging protrusion, and an edge of the engaging surface is chamfered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Inaba, Yoshikyo Tamekuni, Yoshihiro Takeyama, Mitsumasa Seita
  • Patent number: 11867872
    Abstract: Devices, arrangements and methods for fixing telecommunications cables relative to a telecommunications closure. Features of the devices and arrangements can make more efficient use of an interior closure volume and enhance a closure's capabilities with respect to handling different types of telecommunications cables and optical fiber routing schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Coenegracht, Ward Declercq, Samory De Zitter
  • Patent number: 11867873
    Abstract: A multilayer optical film including: an A layer formed of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer resin; and a B layer disposed on at least one surface of the A layer to be in direct contact therewith, the B layer serving as a masking layer, wherein the B layer is a cured product of a material Y including a dispersion of a crosslinkable polymer (a) and solid particles (b), and the B layer has a thickness tB of 10 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less. A production method including the steps of applying the material Y onto a surface of the A layer, to form a layer of the material Y; and curing the layer of the material Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironari Sudeji
  • Patent number: 11867874
    Abstract: The invention is generally related to an insert for being embedded in a silicone hydrogel contact lens. The insert is made of a crosslinked materials which are rigid in dry state at room temperature (from about 22° C. to about 26° C.), have a high oxygen permeability and a high refractive index in fully hydrated state, and can become softer at a temperature great than 32° C. Such materials are useful for making inserts in embedded contact lenses for correcting corneal astigmatism, presbyopia, and color blindness lenses and for imparting photochromic characteristics to the lenses. The invention is also related to a method for making embedded silicone hydrogel contact lenses comprising an insert of the invention therein and to embedded silicone hydrogel contact lenses comprising an insert of the invention therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Cheng, Wei Liang, Steve Yun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11867875
    Abstract: Provided is a contact lens that can exhibit excellent breaking elongation and surface hydrophilicity even when produced using a hydrophobic mold made of polypropylene or the like without performing a surface hydrophilic treatment. Further provided are a monomer composition and a polymer that can be suitably used for obtaining the contact lens. This monomer composition contains (A) a siloxanyl group-containing itaconic acid diester monomer, (B) an amide group-containing monomer, (C) a hydroxy group-containing monomer, (D) a siloxanyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, and (E) a cross-linking agent in a specific ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuya Gotanda, Koh Kobayashi, Shu Takashima, Norio Iwakiri, Yosuke Matsuoka, Eiji Harata
  • Patent number: 11867876
    Abstract: An optical article includes a substrate with front and rear main faces, one main face coated with a columnar micro- or nano-structured coating. The substrate and optical article are transparent in at least a part of the visible region ranging from 380 to 780 nm, along at least one incidence angle. The columnar micro- or nano-structured coating includes an array of columns including each a core and an upper layer covering the core, the core and the upper layer being structurally and/or chemically different and have light absorbing properties with an extinction coefficient “k” ?10-2 in the spectrum 250-2500 nm and are able to cause a change in transmission or in reflection of incident light through the optical article as a function of the angle of incidence of light. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing an optical article including a columnar micro- or nano-structured coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Corporation de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Essilor International
    Inventors: William Trottier-Lapointe, Bruce Faure, Bill Baloukas, Richard Vernhes, Oleg Zabeida, Ludvik Martinu, Sasha Woodward, Nicolas Desjardins-Lecavalier, Julien Gagnon
  • Patent number: 11867877
    Abstract: An annular light trapping component includes an inner surface, an outer surface, an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The inner surface includes multiple L-shaped annular grooves. The annular light trapping component includes multiple stripe-shaped structures in the L-shaped annular grooves. The L-shaped annular grooves include an object-side L-shaped annular groove closest to the object-side surface and an image-side L-shaped annular groove closest to the image-side surface. A bottom diameter of the image-side L-shaped annular groove is larger than a bottom diameter of the object-side L-shaped annular groove. Each L-shaped annular groove includes a first side and a second side located between the object-side surface and the image-side surface. The stripe-shaped structures are disposed on the first side or the second side. A degree of inclination between the first side and the central axis is larger than a degree of inclination between the second side and the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Chou, Cheng-Feng Lin, Wei-Hung Weng
  • Patent number: 11867878
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens, a fifth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a sixth lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huang Yunbai