Patents Issued in February 6, 2024
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Patent number: 11892794Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device including a fixing device frame, a chute rotatable between a path forming position and a path opening position, an optical sensor including a light-emitting element, and an actuator. The actuator has a shaft, a first lever configured to contact an anti-pivot rib, and a second lever configured to shield light emitted from the light-emitting element. The actuator is movable to a position where the first lever contacts the anti-pivot rib when the chute is at the path forming position, a position where the first lever and the anti-pivot rib are separated from each other when the chute is at the path forming position, and a position where the first lever and the anti-pivot rib are separated from each other when the chute is at the path opening position. The actuator and the optical sensor are supported by the fixing device frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ayaka Ohira, Tomonori Watanabe
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Patent number: 11892795Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes: a housing having an opening; a top cover configured to cover the opening; a short-range wireless communication circuit board attached to the top cover; a relay circuit board attached to the top cover; and a first wiring connecting the short-range wireless communication circuit board and the relay circuit board to each other. The short-range wireless communication circuit board includes: an antenna configured to transmit/receive radio waves; and a circuit electrically connected to the antenna. At least a part of the circuit and at least a part of the relay circuit board are overlapped with each other in an up-down direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi Yokoi, Yohei Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11892796Abstract: A drum cleaner cleans a circumferential surface of a photosensitive drum. A toner pipe allows passage of toner that is recovered from the drum cleaner to a toner container. The toner pipe has a discharge port configured to discharge toner in the toner pipe. The toner container includes a toner discharge port, a toner reception port, and a toner conveyor. The toner discharge port discharges toner in the toner container. The toner reception port receives toner discharged from the discharge port of the toner pipe. The toner conveyor conveys toner from the toner reception port toward the toner discharge port. A development housing includes a development reception port and a development discharge port. The development reception port receives toner discharged from the toner discharge port. The development discharge port discharges, to the toner pipe, toner that is retuned from the development housing to the toner container.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shougo Sato
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Patent number: 11892797Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a main housing, a first photosensitive drum, a second photosensitive drum, a first developing device to supply toner to the first photosensitive drum, a second developing device to supply toner to the second photosensitive drum, a first reloading device to reload the first developing device with the toner, and a second reloading device to reload the second developing device with the toner, is provided. The first reloading device has a first reloading port, which accepts the toner for reloading the first developing device. The first reloading port is openable to an outside of the main housing. The second reloading device has a second reloading port, which accepts the toner for reloading the second developing device. The second reloading port is openable to the outside of the main housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasutada Kato, Shunsuke Ishii, Masatoshi Shiraki, Shougo Sato
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Patent number: 11892798Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; drum cartridge attachable to the housing; a toner cartridge attachable to the drum cartridge at an attachment position; and a contacting portion positioned at a side wall of the housing positioned at one end thereof in a first direction. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a drum frame. The toner cartridge includes a toner casing, a toner memory, a memory holder holding the toner memory, and a memory holder cover movably holding the memory holder. The memory holder cover has a protrusion protruding in a direction crossing the first direction. In a case where the drum cartridge is to be attached to the housing while the toner cartridge is lifted up from the drum frame than the attachment position, the protrusion is configured to contact the contacting portion to move the toner cartridge to the attachment position from the lifted-up position.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuji Noda, Keita Shimizu
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Patent number: 11892799Abstract: Provided is a method of operating an image forming apparatus. The method includes: calculating a remaining lifespan of at least one component consumed through an image forming job in the image forming apparatus; determining whether to proceed with a refill operation to refill a toner in a cartridge of the image forming apparatus, based on the remaining lifespan of the at least one component; and displaying guide information to guide the refill operation based on a result of the determining.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jongwon Hong, Haneol Yoon, Mok-Hwa Lim, Jang-Geun Kim, Hyeonseung Lee
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Patent number: 11892800Abstract: A method for producing a toner for electrostatic charge image development includes: aggregating binder resin particles in a dispersion containing the binder resin particles to form aggregated particles; terminating growth of the aggregated particles by adding an alkaline aqueous solution to a dispersion containing the aggregated particles to increase a pH of the dispersion containing the aggregated particles; and fusing and coalescing the aggregated particles into toner particles by heating the dispersion containing the aggregated particles. Terminating the growth of the aggregated particles includes, while stirring the dispersion containing the aggregated particles, stepwise or continuously reducing a stirring power per unit volume.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujihara, Daisuke Noguchi, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Hiroshi Nakazawa, Yuji Isshiki
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Patent number: 11892801Abstract: Systems and methods for simultaneous multi-channel off-axis holography are described. Multi-channel imaging systems can include a light system including a plurality of light sources configured to generate illumination and reference beams at a plurality of wavelengths, an illumination system configured to illuminate a target object with the illumination beams, an optical assembly configured to receive a reflected target beam and condition the target beam for recording at an optical imaging system, and a reference system configured to propagate the reference beams to the optical imaging system. The reference beams are interfered with the target beam at the optical imaging system to create interference patterns, which can be recorded in a collective image having a plurality of side lobes. Holographic information in the side lobes can be combined to generate 3D images having a substantially reduced signal to noise ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: KBR Wyle Services, LLCInventor: James A Georges, III
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Patent number: 11892802Abstract: A lensless holographic imaging system having a holographic optical element includes: a coherent light source for outputting a first light beam and a second light beam, wherein the first light beam irradiates a first inspection plane to form first object-diffracted light; a light modulator for modulating the second light beam into reading light having a specific wavefront; a multiplexed holographic optical element, wherein the first object-diffracted light passes through the multiplexed holographic optical element, and the reading light is input into the multiplexed holographic optical element to generate a diffracted light beam as system reference light; and an image capture device for reading at least one interference signal generated by interference between the first object-diffracted light and the system reference light. The lensless holographic imaging system has a relatively small volume and relatively high diffraction efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Yeh-Wei Yu, Ching-Cherng Sun
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Patent number: 11892803Abstract: A holographic image display system comprising a processor receiving image data at an input and producing output hologram data based on the image data. The image data comprises three-dimensional image data that is separable into a plurality of two-dimensional image layers at different image planes. The processor is configured to: a) perform a space-frequency transform on each image layer to provide a transformed image layer, b) apply a focus factor to each transformed image layer, c) apply a pseudo-random phase factor to each transformed image layer, and d) sum the transformed image layers to form a holographic sub-frame, e) repeat steps (c) and (d) for a plurality of iterations, applying a different pseudo-random phase factor to the transformed image layers in each iteration to form a plurality of holographic sub-frames; and f) drive a spatial light modulator with the holographic sub-frames in rapid temporal succession to generate a holographic image.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: VividQ LimitedInventor: Andrzej Kaczorowski
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Patent number: 11892804Abstract: Disclosed is a timepiece mechanism which has a mobile including a tooth of a first type and a tooth of a second type, and a pawl that is intended to move the mobile by at least one step on each actuation and has a travel that is liable to move the mobile by two steps on each actuation. This timepiece mechanism has a correction mobile designed to define different paths of the pawl, depending on the state thereof, the pawl and the correction mobile being designed such that, on each actuation of the pawl: the pawl moves the mobile by one step; and the pawl moves the mobile by an additional step only when the correction mobile is in a predefined state and the tooth of the second type is situated along the travel of the pawl.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MANUFACTURE D'HORLOGERIE AUDEMARS PIGUET SAInventor: Giulio Papi
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Patent number: 11892806Abstract: An oscillating weight (I) with variable geometry for a timepiece mechanism has a first and a second part (10; 20), and an axis of rotation (40) shared by the first and the second part (10; 20). At least one part (10; 20) is arranged in order to oscillate about the axis of rotation. A differential mechanism (30) is connected to the first and to the second part (10; 20) so as to vary the position of one part relative to the other through a rotational movement of at least one of the parts about the axis of rotation (40). Owing to the presence of the differential mechanism (30), the user of the watch can vary the geometry of the oscillating weight (I) directly and therefore the position of its centre of gravity, and thus adapt it to their lifestyle (for example, sport mode, normal mode).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Guenat Sa Montres ValgineInventors: Pedro De Oliveira, Frédéric Crettex
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Patent number: 11892807Abstract: A method for measuring the medium frequency of a digital signal derived from a reference periodic signal generated by an electronic oscillator (quartz oscillator) forming a timepiece (2) which includes an analogue time display device and a continuous rotation electromechanical transducer (generator or continuous rotation motor) which is kinematically linked to this display device and wherein the medium rotational speed is regulated by a regulation device. The medium frequency of the digital signal is determined by a measurement device (70) without galvanic contact with the movement of the timepiece. The measurement method makes it possible to determine the rate of the timepiece and the precision of the electronic oscillator based on regulation impulses detected by a magnetic sensor (72) and over a measurement period limited to the duration of an inhibition cycle of periods of the reference periodic signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Jean-Jacques Born, Laurent Nagy
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Patent number: 11892808Abstract: A method for managing the electrical consumption of a watch including a step of identifying a need to charge an accumulator of the watch, and a step of charging the accumulator through guided actuation of a control member of an electrical energy generation mechanism of the watch, if a need to charge is identified.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Tissot SAInventors: Edoardo Franzi, Alain-Serge Porret
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Controlling operation of an electrical grid using reinforcement learning and multi-particle modeling
Patent number: 11892809Abstract: Techniques are described for implementing an automated control system to control operations of a target physical system, such as production of electrical power in an electrical grid. The techniques may include determining how much electrical power for each of multiple producers to supply for each of a series of time periods, such as to satisfy projected demand for that time period while maximizing one or more indicated goals, and initiating corresponding control actions. The techniques may further include repeatedly performing automated modifications to the control system's ongoing operations to improve the target system's functionality, by using reinforcement learning to iteratively optimize particles generated for a time period that represent different state information within the target system, to learn one or more possible solutions for satisfying projected electrical power load during that time period while best meeting the one or more defined goals.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Veritone, Inc.Inventors: Wolf Kohn, Chad Edward Steelberg, Andrew Elvin Badgett, Leslie Gene Engelbrecht -
Patent number: 11892810Abstract: A first input associated with an audio input from within a physical environment and an indication that a manual input device has been moved to a first operative position of the manual input device is received. The first input is mapped to a building automation control context. A controlled subsystem is caused to be operated in a manner associated with the first operative position and the building automation control context.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Josh.ai, Inc.Inventors: Alex Nathan Capecelatro, Brian Hulme, Timothy Earl Gill
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Patent number: 11892811Abstract: An apparatus for aggregation of water condition at household appliances comprises a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface is configured to send a reporting message indicative of data collected by at least one appliance to a central server. The controller is configured to receive an analysis message from the central server. The analysis message indicates a condition of water from the at least one appliance or a condition of water in a geographic area associated with the at least one appliance. The controller is configured to provide an alert in response to the analysis message.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Rafael Rexach, Nona Beining, Alyssa Wilterdink, Shawn Booth, Thomas E. Lilly, Doug Diemel, Jr., Leslie Petch
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Patent number: 11892812Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gimbal adjustment method. The method includes obtaining a reference image frame sequence and a reference shooting trajectory formed by a movement of a mobile platform when shooting the reference image frame sequence, the reference image frame sequence including two or more reference image frames, the mobile platform including a gimbal and an imaging assembly; estimating a shooting angle based on the reference shooting trajectory, and adjusting the gimbal based on an estimated shooting angle during an image re-shooting; obtaining a current image frame; and determining an amount of adjustment control of the gimbal based on the current image frame and the reference image frame sequence, and adjusting the gimbal based on the amount of adjustment control.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: You Zhou, Jie Liu, Changchun Ye
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Patent number: 11892813Abstract: Provided is a control device capable of automatically determining whether or not an inertia estimation function needs to be activated. The control device 10 is for an electric motor and comprises: a first inertia estimation unit 11 that estimates whether or not there has been a change in the inertia of an object to be driven, on the basis of at least one among first information pertaining to an operation program or operation settings for a device comprising the electric motor, second information obtained from a detection device for detecting the shape of the object to be driven by the electric motor, and third information indicating the operation state of the electric motor; and a second inertia estimation unit 12 that estimates the inertia of the object to be driven if the first inertia estimation unit 11 has estimated that there has been a change in the inertia of the object to be driven.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Murakami, Satoshi Ikai, Tsutomu Nakamura
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Patent number: 11892814Abstract: A diagnostic device is a device for estimating the tension of a belt of an industrial machine for transmitting power, and is provided with a control unit configured to control a diagnostic operation in which the belt is driven, a data acquisition unit configured to acquire at least feedback data at the time of the diagnostic operation, a preprocessing unit configured to analyze frequency-gain characteristics of the feedback data and create, as input data, a range including a resonant frequency and an anti-resonant frequency in the characteristics, and a machine learning device configured to perform processing related to machine learning, based on the data created by the preprocessing unit. The diagnostic device supports inference or abnormality detection of the value of the belt tension.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Liancheng Hu, Kazuhiro Satou, Hiroyasu Asaoka
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Patent number: 11892815Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a diagnostic operation for driving a belt, a first tension calculation unit configured to perform, based on data obtained from the diagnostic operation, a calculation to estimate a first belt tension value that is a tension value of the belt when the belt is not worn, a second tension calculation unit configured to calculate a second belt tension value in a case where a tension reduction factor of the belt and a wear factor of the belt are included, and a third tension calculation unit configured to calculate the degree of wear of the belt based on the first belt tension value and the second belt tension value. Accordingly, the diagnostic apparatus can support estimation of the degree of wear of a belt or abnormality diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyasu Asaoka, Atsushi Horiuchi, Kenjirou Shimizu
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Patent number: 11892816Abstract: A method of operating a testing system comprising a plurality of testing slots. The method comprising: testing the testing slots; obtaining a current testing data from the testing slots; determining whether one of the testing slots is abnormal by comparing the current testing data with a former testing data; shutting down the one of the testing slots and sending a repairing notification if the one of the testing slots is determined to be abnormal; performing a confirmation procedure to determine whether the one of the testing slots is repaired to be normal; and restarting the one of the testing slots if the one of the testing slots passes the confirmation procedure.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Cheng-Sung Lai
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Patent number: 11892817Abstract: A method of enabling expedited manufacture of one or more instantiations of a structure modeled as a 3D computer model, the method implemented on one or more computer devices including displaying one or more user selectable expedited manufacturing reservation options for a plurality of requests for manufacture, generating a prompt to select a user selectable expedited manufacturing reservation option, receiving an expedited manufacturing, storing the expedited manufacturing reservation, receiving a request for manufacture of one or more instantiations of a structure modeled in an associated 3D computer model from a user, compare one or more of the requests for manufacture and one or more aspects of the associated 3D computer model with the expedited manufacturing reservation, determining an applicability of the expedited manufacturing reservation to the request for manufacture, calculating a total time to complete the request for manufacture, and presenting the total time to complete the request for manufactuType: GrantFiled: July 31, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Inventors: James L. Jacobs, II, Steven M. Lynch
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Patent number: 11892818Abstract: A system and method are provided for automated engaging of a truck trailer at a loading dock. Sensors measure a distance and an angle of alignment between the incoming trailer and a wall of the loading dock. An outside lighting system guides a truck driver backing the trailer toward the dock door. A vehicle restraint system fixates the trailer within the loading dock in response to signals from the sensors. An overhead dock door opens once the trailer is successfully fixated by the vehicle restraint system. A dock leveler deploys after the overhead dock door opens. An inside dock light indicates to dock personnel that the trailer is ready to be serviced. Once servicing of the trailer is finished, an automated release of the trailer from the loading dock may be initiated by PLC communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Luis Ramos, Alex Sigala, Ken Cooper, Sergio Falcon, Ken Cooper, IV
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Patent number: 11892819Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a control device, control system, control method, and computer-readable storage medium, for enabling verification of the reliability of operation machine control. Provided is a control device comprising: a control part comprising a controller for outputting output data with regard to input data, said control part serving to control an operation machine using the controller; an acquisition part for acquiring attribute information including statistics of previously obtained input data and output data; and an evaluation part for, on the basis of a comparison of the attribute information with new input data being newly inputted into the controller and/or new output data being newly outputted from the controller with regard to the new input data, evaluating to what extent the new input data and/or the new output data deviate from the statistics.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yuki Ueyama, Takashi Fujii, Yasuaki Abe, Kazuhiko Imatake, Nobuyuki Sakatani
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Patent number: 11892820Abstract: An error compensation method includes outputting at least one of a plurality of calibration-master conditions including a type of a calibration master that includes targets, obtaining measurement values of positions of the targets by detecting the positions of the plurality of targets under the calibration-master condition using a sensor mounted to the main spindle, and calculating an error value using the measurement value and a calibration value of the position of the target. The error compensation method further includes approximating a relation between the measurement values and the error values by a curve and a straight line, calculating a compensation parameter of a positioning error of a translational axis based on an approximate curve in a partial range of a stroke of the translational axis, and calculating the compensation parameter of the positioning error based on an approximate straight line in another range of the stroke of the translational axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Okuma CorporationInventors: Takuya Kojima, Tetsuya Matsushita, Yasunori Kondo
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Patent number: 11892821Abstract: An electronic device manufacturing system that includes a process tool and a tool server coupled to the process tool and comprising a communication node and an evaluation system. The communication node is configured to obtain one or more attributes from an evaluation system and provide a monitoring device comprising a data collection plan that is based on the one or more attributes. The communication node is further configured to register the monitoring device with a process tool. The communication node is further configured to receive, from the process tool, data based on the data collection plan and send the received data to the evaluation system.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael Howells, Thorsten Kril, Hemanth Konanur Nagendra, Jatinder Sasan
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Patent number: 11892822Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a wearable device that provides an on-site maintenance worker with maintenance instruction information; a plurality of maintenance support terminals installed in a plurality of regions having time differences; and a maintenance management server connected to the wearable device and the maintenance support terminals. The maintenance management server includes a representative selection unit that selects a maintenance support terminal on the basis of representative level information, the standard work hours being fixed for each of the plurality of regions; and a translation unit that translates audio information transmitted and received between the wearable device and the maintenance support terminal selected by the representative selection unit on a basis of a language set on the wearable device and a language set on the maintenance support terminal selected by the representative selection unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hidematsu Hayashi, Naoya Terasawa, Takashi Saeki, Masaya Harakawa
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Patent number: 11892823Abstract: In an industrial automation system including a first and a second wireless communication device communicating with each other via a cellular network, the first wireless communication device obtains, while the first wireless communication device is attached to a first base station of the cellular network, knowledge about to which base station the second wireless communication device is attached and if the second wireless communication device is attached to a second allowable base station, the first wireless communication device detaches from the first base station and attaches to the second base station.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Gargi Bag, Krister Landernäs, Petri Hovila
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Patent number: 11892824Abstract: A method of detecting sensor malfunction in an automated guided vehicle, AGV, including for at least two different pairs of wheel units in a motion state of the AGV, calculating a motion value for at least one motion variable of a body of the AGV based on sensor data from a wheel sensors and/or a steering sensors; for at least one motion variable, calculating a difference between the motion values for at least two different pairs; and determining that there is a malfunction in one or more of the wheel sensors and the steering sensors if one of the at least one difference exceeds a threshold value associated with the respective motion variable.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Jonas Larsson, Aftab Ahmad, Pietro Falco
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Patent number: 11892825Abstract: A system includes an article supply location, wherein the article supply location includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container. And a control system. The control system is configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container and deposit the article by manipulation of the first transport vehicle from the first position to the second position for deposit of the selected article in the destination container.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: Tompkins Robotics, Inc., Zhejiang Libiao Robot Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, John C. Spain, Michael C. Futch, James M. Serstad, Richard C. Kaminska, III, Selden W. McKnight, Jr.
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Patent number: 11892826Abstract: There are provided a device that collects operation data from equipment, and an information processing apparatus that detects an anomaly or an omen of an anomaly of the equipment on the basis of anomaly detection models constructed from the operation data, the information processing apparatus including means for collecting the operation data, means for learning anomaly detection models from the operation data, and means for calculating an anomaly score of respective operation data from the operation data and the anomaly detection models, the means for learning an anomaly detection model in which a dispersion of elements is small among the anomaly detection models.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tajima, Kazuya Monden
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Patent number: 11892827Abstract: The methods provide for detecting at least one operational parameter of a functional unit of the plant and calculating a current value of at least a first statistical function of the operational parameter in a current temporal window, the current value of the first statistical function defining a first coordinate of a point of current operation of the functional unit. A step is also provided of verifying whether the point of current operation is within a range of allowable values of the first statistical function, the values contained in the range of allowable values corresponding to a correct operation of the functional unit. In case the point of current operation is outside the range of allowable values, the position is determined of the point of current operation with respect to the range of allowable values and a statistical diagnosis is provided of the cause of the deviation of the current value from the range of allowable values based on the position.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Fosber S.p.A.Inventors: Mauro Adami, Marco Imposti, Gianluca Berrettini
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Patent number: 11892828Abstract: Personal dependency related to fault tree construction is reduced, and the reliability of an operating machine is improved by improving the accuracy of a fault diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yohei Tanno, Yuuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 11892829Abstract: According to one embodiment, a monitoring apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate second data including a prediction value of a second sensor correlated with a first sensor from first data including a measurement value of the first sensor of which a measurement value changes suddenly in a case where the control signal changes, detect an anomaly of the system or an anomaly of at least one sensor, and make it difficult to detect the anomaly in a case where the determination signal indicates that there is a change in the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOULTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Taguchi, Kouta Nakata, Susumu Naito, Yuichi Kato, Eiichi Ookuma, Toshio Aoki, Chikashi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11892830Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data-driven approach for determining and presenting a more intelligent measure of the probability of failure of a substation. The disclosed approach generally involves (i) deriving respective failure probabilities of the individual assets within the substation by taking into consideration certain operating, environmental, maintenance or other types of data related to the individual assets, (ii) determining the electrical configuration of the substation, (iii) determining a substation failure probability based on the respective failure probabilities of the individual assets within the substation and the electrical configuration of the substation, and then (iv) presenting the probability of substation failure and/or the respective failure probabilities for the individual assets to a user in various ways.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: UPTAKE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: David Fenstermacher, Victor R. Collazo
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Patent number: 11892831Abstract: Industrial technical plant controlled and monitored by a process control, wherein a visualization system requests a history of selected process datum for that display period from a process control system and outputs the associated profile as a graphic forming process data points, where the visualization system determines the particular process data point as the average or median of the values of the selected process datum in a collection period characteristic of the particular process data point and where, for the particular process data point, the visualization system also determines the minimum and/or the maximum values of the selected process datum during the collection period such that whenever the minimum is below a predefined minimum value and/or the maximum exceeds a predefined maximum value, the visualization system indicates, together with the particular process data point, a secondary alarm not set by the process control system, but set by the visualization system.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Benjamin Lutz
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Patent number: 11892832Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium that generates lane path descriptors for use by autonomous vehicles. One of the methods includes receiving data that defines valid lane paths in a scene in an environment. Each valid lane path represents a path through the scene that can be traversed by a vehicle. User interface presentation data can be provided to a user device. The user interface can contain: (i) a first display area that displays a first visual representation of the sensor measurement; and (ii) a second display area that displays a second visual representation of the set of valid lane paths. User input modifying the second visual representation of the set of valid lane paths can be received; and in response to receiving the user input, the set of valid lane paths of the scene in the environment can be modified.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Jeffrey Sham, Homero Menchaca Hernández, Jeffrey Carlson, Yulai Shen, Ningshan Zhang
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Patent number: 11892833Abstract: An agricultural amphibious bait feeding boat includes a boat body. A bait feeding device is fixed to one end of the boat body, and a propulsion device is fixed to the other end of the boat body. The boat body includes two foam floating bodies, foam fixing carbon rods, a transverse carbon rod, tube ferrule fixing assemblies, and tee joints. The two foam floating bodies include a left foam floating body and a right foam floating body, the foam fixing carbon rods parallel to each other are respectively arranged above the two foam floating bodies, and the foam floating bodies and the foam fixing carbon rods are fixed through the tube ferrule fixing assemblies. The transverse carbon rod is connected to the foam fixing carbon rods through the tee joints, and the left foam floating body and the right foam floating body are fixedly connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITYInventors: Yue Shen, Lingfei Zhang, Zhixiang Shi, Minghui Liu, Jincheng Chu, Yayun Shen
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Patent number: 11892834Abstract: A transportation system, that optimizes at least one operating parameter of a vehicle based on a physiological state of an occupant of the vehicle, includes a sensor that senses a physiological condition of the occupant and that outputs data based on the sensed physiological condition. The transportation system further includes an artificial intelligence system that receives and processes the data to determine an emotional state of the occupant, and optimizes, for achieving a favorable emotional state of the occupant, the at least one operating parameter of the vehicle in response to detecting the emotional state of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Strong Force TP Portfolio 2022, LLCInventor: Charles Howard Cella
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Patent number: 11892835Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for controlling an autonomous vehicle. While the autonomous vehicle is travelling to a destination, the autonomous vehicle may encounter a situation preventing the autonomous vehicle from travelling to the destination. A control center may receive information from the autonomous device and use a graphical user interface to provide instructions with limited controls for the autonomous vehicle to navigate to an intermediate position. In such an intermediate position, the vehicle may make way for an emergency vehicle, obtain additional sensor data for continued autonomous planning, signal intent to other objects in the environment, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ZOOX, INC.Inventors: Ravi Gogna, Meredith James Goldman
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Patent number: 11892836Abstract: The present application comprises a system for controlling a plurality of autonomous vehicles on a mine site, the system comprising: a centralized platform configured to store an inventory list of vehicles travelling on the mine site and comprising a first communication interface configured to communicate missions to the vehicles; a plurality of autonomous vehicles, the autonomous vehicles comprising: a first communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with the centralized platform for receiving a predetermined mission, a trajectory control system configured to autonomously control the autonomous vehicle according to the predetermined mission; and at least one portable device, the portable device comprising a second communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a second communication interface of the plurality of vehicles from the mine site.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: LIEBHERR MINING EQUIPMENT NEWPORT NEWS CO.Inventors: James Whitfield, Jr., Bryan Harper
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Patent number: 11892837Abstract: A remote starting system and method are provided for self-propelled work vehicles having work attachments supported from a main frame thereof. Cameras are arranged with respective fields of vision proximate to the work vehicle, and a communications unit is configured to exchange messages with a user device via a communications network. A local or remote controller is configured to receive first user input comprising a remote startup request for the work vehicle from the user device, and to automatically detect parameters respectively associated with predetermined remote startup conditions, at least one of the parameters comprising images obtained from the cameras. The images are transmitted to the user device, responsive to which second user input is received comprising remote startup confirmation from the user device via the communications network. Responsive to at least the second user input, engine startup is automatically controlled for the work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Kirti Pandita, Lance R. Sherlock
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Patent number: 11892838Abstract: According to one aspect, methods to validate an autonomy system in conjunction with a teleoperations system are provided. A computing device obtains simulation data of an autonomous driving system of a vehicle. The simulation data includes first environment data representing an environment in which the vehicle is driven using the autonomous driving system. The computing device obtains teleoperations driving data of a teleoperations driving system by which the vehicle is remotely controlled with an aid of a human. The teleoperations driving data includes second environment data representing the environment in which the vehicle is driven using the teleoperations driving system. The computing device determines whether the autonomous driving system in conjunction with the teleoperations driving system meets a minimum deployment standard based on the simulation data and the teleoperations driving data.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NURO, INC.Inventor: Sreeja Nag
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Patent number: 11892840Abstract: An automated method for influencing a gust load of an aircraft is provided. A torque at least of an electromotive thrust generating unit arranged on a wing of the aircraft is modified such that a root bending torque of the wing generated by the gust load is reduced. An associated apparatus, an aircraft, a computer program product, and a computer-readable medium for carrying out the method are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KGInventors: Philipp Schildt, Anton Dilcher, Pascal Kolem, Olaf Otto, Frederic Pflaum
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Patent number: 11892841Abstract: A set of sensor information may include first sensor information generated based on a first sensor of a first vehicle and second sensor information generated based on a second sensor of a second vehicle. Individual sensor information may characterize positions of objects in an environment of individual sensors. Relevant sensor information for a vehicle may be determined based on the set of sensor information and a position of the vehicle. The relevant sensor information may characterize positions of objects in a maneuver environment of the vehicle. A desired navigation of the vehicle in the maneuver environment of the vehicle may be determined based on the relevant sensor information. An instruction may be provided to the vehicle based on the desired navigation of the vehicle. The instruction may characterize one or more maneuvers to be performed by the vehicle to execute the desired navigation.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Pony AI Inc.Inventors: Jianan Wang, Nengxiu Deng, Xiang Yu, Tiancheng Lou, Jun Peng, Kai Chen, Hao Song
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Patent number: 11892842Abstract: Example implementations relate to vehicle occupancy confirmation. An example implementation involves receiving, at a computing system from a camera positioned inside a vehicle, an image representing an occupancy within the vehicle. The implementation further involves, responsive to receiving the image, displaying the image on a display interface, and receiving an operator input confirming the occupancy meets a desired occupancy. The implementation additionally includes transmitting an occupancy confirmation from the computing system to the vehicle. In some instances, in response to receiving the occupancy confirmation, the vehicle executes an autonomous driving operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventor: Joshua Herbach
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Patent number: 11892843Abstract: Technologies for steering sensors in a sensor carrier structure on an autonomous vehicle (AV) are described herein. In some examples, a sensor positioning platform on an AV can include an actuator system including a motor configured to move and reposition a sensor carrier structure having a plurality of sensors; a motor controller configured to receive instructions for controlling the motor to reposition the sensor carrier structure and, based on the instructions, send to the motor control signals configured to control the motor to reposition the sensor carrier structure; one or more hoses arranged within tubes mounted to a portion of the actuator system and configured to output sensor cleaning substances through a thru-bore on the actuator system; and one or more cleaning systems configured to receive the sensor cleaning substances and spray the sensor cleaning substances on one or more sensors on the sensor carrier structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Nathaniel Barrett Herse, Roger Lo
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Patent number: 11892844Abstract: In general, an indication is received through a user interface of an intention of a potential rider to use an autonomous vehicle. In response to the receipt of the indication, a hailing request is sent by a signaling mode to at least one autonomous vehicle that can receive the hailing request directly in accordance with the signaling mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Motional AD LLCInventors: Karl Iagnemma, Philipp Robbel
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Patent number: 11892845Abstract: A system and method for mission planning and flight automation for an unmanned aircraft comprising generating an aerial imagery map of a capture area; generating a flight plan based on criteria for capturing images used to create a model of a feature present in the images; comparing the generated aerial imagery map with the generated flight plan; determining whether there is a possible collision between an obstacle associated with the generated aerial imagery map and the unmanned aircraft along a flight path of the generated flight plan; and executing, based on the determination, the generated flight plan.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Insurance Services Office, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery D. Lewis, Jeffrey C. Taylor, Corey D. Reed, Troy Tomkinson