Patents Issued in October 31, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240361749
    Abstract: A message-oriented method that includes receiving a first message that includes first sensor data obtained by a first sensor, wherein the first message is associated with a first publishing identifier such that the first sensor is configured to obtain the first sensor data. The method further includes one or more computer systems that are subscribed to the first publishing identifier and providing the first message that includes the first sensor data to a first computer system of the one or more computer systems and the first computer system is disposed at a first fluid handling site, the first computer system being configured to provide control of at least one fluid handling component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Phillips, David Bateman, Josh Cobb
  • Publication number: 20240361750
    Abstract: A control method for a smart home system, and the smart home system, to solve the problem that existing smart home systems cannot match clothing and recommend a washing and care procedure. The control method includes: acquiring, by a household device, a current clothing image; sending the current clothing image to a server; acquiring, by the server, an ID account number of the household device which sends the current clothing image; determining, by the server, an identity of the household device which sends the current clothing image, according to the ID account number; determining a target requirement according to the identity; and selectively recommending a washing and care procedure or a clothing matching scheme on the basis of the target requirement and according to the current clothing image. Thus, a desired washing and care procedure can be recommended, and a reasonable clothing matching scheme can also be recommended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicants: CHONGQING HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daixing SHI, Beibei SUN, Sheng XU, Zhenxing HUANG
  • Publication number: 20240361751
    Abstract: A method for providing control data for a laser of a processing apparatus, wherein the method includes the following steps performed by at least one control device: outputting control data to a processing apparatus, wherein the control data effect that laser pulses are sequentially output onto positions of impingement into a processing area to be processed along an incision path by the laser of the processing apparatus. The method further includes following steps: ascertaining an effective diameter of a local effective area generated by the respective laser pulse, in the respective position of impingement, ascertaining a unit area to be formed by a pulse distance and a row distance depending on the effective diameter and an energy dose to be provided in the processing area, ascertaining the pulse distance and row distance according to a preset ascertaining method, generating the control data for controlling the processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Samuel ARBA MOSQUERA
  • Publication number: 20240361752
    Abstract: A networked system architecture including hardware and software elements permits data transmission between underwater systems. The network architecture includes data transmission between underwater computers, instruments, robotic vehicles, human-occupied underwater habitats, and/or worn sensor devices. Data is transmitted over wired communication channels, wireless communication channels, or a combination thereof. The network is established independent of surface connectivity (e.g., a topside connection) and creates a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN) specific to an underwater environment. A system administrator, such as a diver, operates an underwater and waterproof computer to control and operate an underwater and waterproof device (e.g., a robotic vehicle) over the LAN/WAN. The underwater device may be a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), a drifting sensor, a moored sensor, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Winslow Burleson, Michael Lombardi
  • Publication number: 20240361753
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of a system that interacts with an environment includes obtaining, by a plurality of sequential behavioral nodes, a plurality of plans for controlling the system, each plan comprising a sequence of activities to be performed by the system; selecting one of the respective plans for execution based on relative priorities of the sequential behavioral nodes; and executing the selected plan. Related subsumption-based controllers are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Ricardo Ribeiro Gudwin, Klaus Raizer, Swarup Kumar Mohalik, Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan, Wandemberg Santana Pharaoh Gibaut
  • Publication number: 20240361754
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for controlling a finite set of components which are fluidly connected to a common compressed air distribution system includes iteratively repeating the steps of: —receiving prediction data for said compressed air distribution system; —receiving characterising data for each component of said set of components; —determining one or more sets of continuously differentiable functions, wherein each of said sets of functions represents a unique sequence of operation of the components in said set of components; —selecting an optimal set of functions from said one or more sets of continuously differentiable functions; wherein the unique sequence of operation represented by said optimal set meets said prediction data; —deriving configuration data for said set of components from said optimal set of functions; —configuring each component of said set of components based on said configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap
    Inventor: Wim VAN ROY
  • Publication number: 20240361755
    Abstract: A system for pool monitoring comprises a plurality of sensors, each sensor being configured to monitor a parameter of a pool; a control unit operatively connected to the plurality of sensors, the control unit being configured to determine a status of water in the pool based on a signal received one or more of the sensors, and a cloud computer operatively connected to the control unit, the cloud computer configured to adjust a plurality of settings of the control unit; and an end node computer operatively connected to the cloud computer, the cloud computer being configured to transmit information received from each sensor and the status determined by the control unit to the end node computer for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Mehdi Pahlavan
  • Publication number: 20240361756
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide methods, systems, and/or the like for: (1) receiving first imaging data from a first imaging device, the first imaging data comprising infrared imaging data for at least a first portion of an article of manufacture during a manufacturing process; (2) deriving moisture profile data from the infrared imaging data the infrared imaging data; and (3) providing the moisture profile data to a quality control system for use in cross-direction and machine-direction control. In some aspects, the first imaging device may be placed in any suitable location along a papermaking or other manufacturing process to provide real-time, full-width moisture profiles of a paper web at any location in the process. They system may be utilized at papermaking startup and implemented to optimize paper machine dewatering on a component-by-component basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Video Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Slawek Frackowiak, Leszek Frackowiak
  • Publication number: 20240361757
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes an anomaly detection system determining, for a batch generated in an industrial process, a T2-statistic metric and a Q-statistic metric of the batch in a principal component analysis (PCA) model associated with the industrial process, determining an anomaly metric of the batch based on the T2-statistic metric and the Q-statistic metric of the batch in the PCA model, determining that the batch is anomalous based on the anomaly metric of the batch, and performing an operation in response to determining that the batch is anomalous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Dennis J. Luo, Justice Darko, Meiling He, Jay W. Schiele, Fatime Ly Seymour, Francisco P. Maturana
  • Publication number: 20240361758
    Abstract: A sensor analysis system for monitoring operation of a turbine engine of a power plant, the sensor analysis system including a turbine control system configured to monitor a plurality of sensors, a sensor device configured to monitor operation of the turbine engine and transmit a first analog signal, and a sensor analysis device coupled to the sensor device. The sensor analysis device is configured to receive the first analog signal, capture a first plurality of samples from the first analog signal at a first rate defined by a device sampling period, determine a second rate defined by the device sampling period, capture a second plurality of samples from the first analog signal at the second rate, and detect one or more samples of the second plurality of samples that includes a transient signal above or below a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Jordan Peeples, Brian E. Lindholm
  • Publication number: 20240361759
    Abstract: A method for determining a source of an anomaly in manufacturing processes can include obtaining measurement data of features of each product in a set of products, upon detection of the anomaly in a target product, identifying processing apparatuses among the processing apparatuses that have been traversed by the target product as candidate processing apparatuses, determining, for each candidate processing apparatus, a measurement data index indicating a degree of likelihood of the candidate processing apparatus being the source of the anomaly in the target product based on the measurement data obtained for a subset of products among the set of products that have traversed the candidate processing apparatus and a reference set of the measurement data obtained for the remaining products among the set of products, and outputting an indication of candidate processing apparatuses as the source of the anomaly in the target product based on the measurement data index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Byeongchan Lee, Jiae Kim, Sol Kwon, Joonho Seo, Yongho Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240361760
    Abstract: A system is provided for providing self-diagnostic, remedy and redundancy of autonomic modules in a management mesh. The system defines a plurality of hierarchy clusters and a plurality of families in each hierarchy cluster. Each node of the system is configured as a master node of a corresponding hierarchy cluster or one of a plurality of management nodes of the corresponding hierarchy cluster. Specifically, each management node of the corresponding hierarchy cluster belongs to one family of the corresponding hierarchy cluster. In operation, the master node of the corresponding hierarchy cluster is configured to manage the management nodes of the corresponding hierarchy cluster and communicate with a management application of the system. The system allows automatic addition of new management nodes into a corresponding hierarchy cluster, and provides automation features to perform resource management, remedial actions and redundancy management of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Chitrak Gupta, Venkatesan Balakrishnan, Anurag Bhatia
  • Publication number: 20240361761
    Abstract: Systems for vehicles are provided. A system includes a brain-computer interface, an artificial intelligence system, and a vehicle control system. The brain-computer interface is configured to interact with the vehicle, to interact with a rider of the vehicle, and to generate output data. The artificial intelligence system is configured to receive the output data and to analyze an emotional state of the rider based on the output data. The vehicle control system is configured to optimize at least one operating parameter of the vehicle based on the emotional state of the rider as analyzed by the artificial intelligence system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Publication number: 20240361762
    Abstract: An autonomous earth moving system can determine a desired state for a portion of the EMV including at least one control surface. Then the EMV selects a set of control signals for moving the portion of the EMV from the current state to the desired state using a machine learning model trained to generate control signals for moving the portion of the EMV to the desired state based on the current state. After the EMV executes the selected set of control signals, the system measures an updated state of the portion of the EMV. In some cases, this updated state of the EMV is used to iteratively update the machine learning model using an online learning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Gaurav Jitendra Kikani, Noah Austen Ready-Campbell, Andrew Xiao Liang, Joonhyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240361763
    Abstract: A watercraft auto-docking system basically includes a user interface and a digital controller. The user interface includes a display monitor. The digital controller includes a processor, a computer memory and an I/O interface. The user interface is connected to the I/O interface. The digital controller is configured to select a target dock for docking a watercraft in an auto-docking mode. The digital controller is configured to generate a docking path including a single waypoint from a current location of the watercraft to a target location of the target dock. The digital controller is configured to autonomously navigate the watercraft using an autopilot system along the docking path until the watercraft reaches the target location of the target dock such that the watercraft turns at the single waypoint to align with a target orientation of the watercraft at the target location of the target dock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Juan Pablo AFMAN, Thomas GURRIET
  • Publication number: 20240361764
    Abstract: A system can have a database that stores a plurality of behaviors for various operational phases of an autonomous truck. The stored behaviors can include predetermined maneuvers for the autonomous truck, sensing behaviors, and logic behaviors. An operator can select one or more of the stored behaviors via a user interface. A controller can control the autonomous truck to perform the selected behaviors, for example, by assembling the selected behaviors together into an operation script. In some embodiments, performance of the selected behaviors can be used to load the autonomous truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel LACAZE, Karl Nicholas MURPHY
  • Publication number: 20240361765
    Abstract: Techniques are directed to controlling a mower. Such techniques involve initiating an automated mowing task that directs the mower to operate in a geographic area defined by a virtual boundary. Such techniques further involve electronically detecting presence of a device within the geographic area defined by the virtual boundary. Such techniques further involve suspending the automated mowing task in response to detecting the presence of the device within the geographic area defined by the virtual boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Brian David Wanta
  • Publication number: 20240361766
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of robots, in particularly relates to a robot control method, a device, a computer-readable storage medium and a robot. The method includes selecting each candidate navigation point from a map of the robot; determining a target navigation point from each candidate navigation point according to the relative positional relationship between each candidate navigation point and the robot; and controlling the robot to move to the target navigation point. Through the above method, the best target navigation point can be determined according to the relative positional relationship between each candidate navigation point and the robot, which realizes the regular selection of the target navigation point, improves the efficiency of robot exploration and has strong practicability and ease of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingwei WU, Juanjuan REN, Qi LUO, Lirong YE
  • Publication number: 20240361767
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the motion of an autonomous are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices on-board an autonomous vehicle, data associated with one or more objects that are proximate to the autonomous vehicle. The data includes a predicted path of each respective object. The method includes identifying at least one object as an object of interest based at least in part on the data associated with the object of interest. The method includes generating cost data associated with the object of interest. The method includes determining a motion plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the cost data associated with the object of interest. The method includes providing data indicative of the motion plan to one or more vehicle control systems to implement the motion plan for the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Albert Costa, Michael L. Phillips, Michael Bode
  • Publication number: 20240361768
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method of performing an operation using a complex-valued attention network includes: extracting a complex-valued attention weight from complex-valued input data; and determining complex-valued attention data by applying the extracted complex-valued attention weight to the complex-valued input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong CHO, Woosuk KIM, Jong-Sok KIM
  • Publication number: 20240361769
    Abstract: A method for matching on-ground locations between positional reference models. The method may include receiving a first location parameter corresponding to a first positional reference model, where the first location parameter is associated with a position of a data type. In addition, the apparatus may include determining a first translational offset and a second translational offset, where the first translational offset and the second translational offset are associated with a second positional reference model. The apparatus may include applying the first translational offset and the second translational offset to the first location parameter. Moreover, the apparatus may include setting a second location parameter with the first translational offset and the second translational offset applied to the first location parameter, where the second location parameter corresponds to the second positional reference model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Hundley
  • Publication number: 20240361770
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology relate to exception handling for a vehicle. For instance, a current trajectory for the vehicle and sensor data corresponding to one or more objects may be received. Based on the received sensor data, projected trajectories of the one or more objects may be determined. Potential collisions with the one or more objects may be determined based on the projected trajectories and the current trajectory. One of the potential collisions that is earliest in time may be identified. Based on the one of the potential collisions, a safety-time-horizon (STH) may be identified. When a runtime exception occurs, before performing a precautionary maneuver to avoid a collision, waiting no longer than the STH for the runtime exception to resolve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Li, Matthew McNaughton, Shir Yehoshua, Aida Khosroshahi, Ioan-Alexandru Sucan
  • Publication number: 20240361771
    Abstract: The technology relates to determining general weather conditions affecting the roadway around a vehicle, and how such conditions may impact driving and route planning for the vehicle when operating in an autonomous mode. For instance, the on-board sensor system may detect whether the road is generally icy as opposed to a small ice patch on a specific portion of the road surface. The system may also evaluate specific driving actions taken by the vehicle and/or other nearby vehicles. Based on such information, the vehicle's control system is able to use the resultant information to select an appropriate braking level or braking strategy. As a result, the system can detect and respond to different levels of adverse weather conditions. The on-board computer system may share road condition information with nearby vehicles and with remote assistance, so that it may be employed with broader fleet planning operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: David Harrison Silver, Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann, Michael James
  • Publication number: 20240361772
    Abstract: In an approach to ameliorating risk to an unmanned aerial vehicle, a computer retrieves valuation data corresponding to one or more components of an unmanned aerial vehicle. A computer detects a flight failure scenario of the unmanned aerial vehicle. A computer prioritizes a flight remediation pattern of the unmanned aerial vehicle. A computer identifies a feasibility of flight recovery. Based on the feasibility of the flight recovery, a computer determines flight capacity is lost. A computer retrieves risk calculation data. A computer calculates a damage risk for each of the one or more components using the risk calculation data. Based on the retrieved valuation data and the calculated damage risk, a computer ranks the damage risk for each of the one or more components. Based on the ranking, a computer modifies one or more movement factors of the unmanned aerial vehicle to alleviate damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Melanie Dauber, Jeremy R. Fox, Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Logan Bailey
  • Publication number: 20240361773
    Abstract: In a control system comprising, a control unit configured to issue a control instruction to at least one autonomous movable apparatus, and a conversion information holding unit configured to convert spatial information including information on a type of an object that is present in a space defined by latitude, longitude, and height and information on time into a format in association with a first unique identifier and hold the spatial information are provided, and the first unique identifier is stored so that information on a second unique identifier that is different from the first unique identifier and is associated with the first unique identifier can be referred to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Masatoshi OTSUBO, Chiyako NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240361774
    Abstract: A remote control system includes: a moving object including command accepting and first communication units, the command accepting unit being switchable between valid and invalid states, the valid state accepts a remote control command supplied from outside the moving object, the invalid state rejects the remote control command, the first communication unit transmits at least one information of first and second information, the first information indicating a sign that the operating state will switch to the valid state, the second information indicating that the operating state has switched to the valid state; and a controller including second communication and judging units, the second communication unit receives the at least one information, the judging unit permits switching of the operating state to the valid state when the judging unit judges that the second communication unit has received the at least one information and a predetermined permission condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kento IWAHORI, Shogo YASUYAMA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240361775
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle inspection route generating apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus generates a plurality of inspection points corresponding to a target object to be inspected, and each of the inspection points corresponds to a spatial coordinate. The apparatus calculates a plurality of flight segments based on a three-dimensional model corresponding to the target object to be inspected and the spatial coordinates corresponding to the inspection points, and each of the flight segments corresponds to two of the inspection points. The apparatus calculates a risk value corresponding to each of the flight segments. The apparatus generates an inspection route corresponding to the target object to be inspected based on the risk values and the flight segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng LEE, Tzu-Yang LIN
  • Publication number: 20240361776
    Abstract: According to the embodiments described herein, system and methods for determining relative pose of materials handling vehicles in an industrial environment may include utilizing ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna array systems respectively mounted on the materials handling vehicles to send mutually received information to determine the relative pose between the vehicles, determining one or more fields of each materials handling vehicle, and determining one or more overlapping fields between the materials handling vehicles based on the determined one or more fields and the relative pose. A vehicle control may be implemented based on the determined relative pose and the overlapping fields as a field enforcement, such as a control action to avoid collision between the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Estep, Justin Bennett, Mike Etienne Ciholas, Ben Morelli, Chad Lefeld, Trisha Marie Luthman
  • Publication number: 20240361777
    Abstract: A gyro unit mounted on a steered object for performing steering based on a steering signal received from the outside comprises a gyro sensor, a calculation portion and a controller. The calculation portion is configured to perform calculations for posture control of the steered object based on the steering signal and a detection signal of the gyro sensor. The controller is configured to perform control such that a control direction of the posture control switches when the steered object moves forward and backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro TANAKA, Yuhei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240361778
    Abstract: A method of associating at least one asset with a bounded region in a yard is presented, the method including determining a virtual map of the yard including one or more bounded regions, bounded regions of the one or more bounded regions being regions in the yard where the at least one asset may be placed; determining a correspondence between points on the virtual map and coordinates in the yard; receiving an image from an image sensor positioned in the yard, the image including one or more assets; based on a pose of the image sensor, the correspondence, and positions of the one or more bounded regions, determining, the positions of the one or more bounded regions in the image; updating the virtual map to indicate that at least one asset is present within the first bounded region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Ripudaman Singh Arora, Theodore Raymond Moke, Robert Daniel Leary, Ning Wang, Le Yu
  • Publication number: 20240361779
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for outputting light and/or audio using one or more light and/or audio sources of a robot. The light sources may be located on one or more legs of the robot, a bottom portion of the robot, and/or a top portion of the robot. The audio sources may include a speaker and/or an audio resonator. A system can obtain sensor data associated with an environment of the robot. Based on the sensor data, the system can identify an alert. For example, the system can identify an entity based on the sensor data and identify an alert for the entity. The system can instruct an output of light and/or audio indicative of the alert using the one or more light and/or audio sources. The system can adjust parameters of the output based on the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Todd Dellon, Federico Vicentini, John Frederick Needleman, Leland Hepler, Mario Bollini, David Yann Robert
  • Publication number: 20240361780
    Abstract: A mobile printing robot prints layouts or other construction information on a construction surface. A line printing pathway optimization method performs at least one optimization of a listing of lines to be printed. In some examples, the line printing pathway optimization includes at least one of line sorting, line orientation, line cropping, and line splitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Josef Herget, Nickolas Rossi
  • Publication number: 20240361781
    Abstract: A work vehicle capable of autonomously moving in a work area, the work vehicle including a control unit, wherein the control unit starts an alignment in response to a request for the alignment from a manned forklift acquired via a communication unit, determines whether or not a positional relation between the work vehicle and the manned forklift is in a state before starting the alignment, and notifies the manned forklift that a movement direction of the work vehicle and a movement direction of the manned forklift are not orthogonal to each other via the communication unit, when the positional relation between the work vehicle and the manned forklift is not in the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA
  • Publication number: 20240361782
    Abstract: In a mobile robot, a control unit performs movement control for moving toward a target direction while remaining in a movable region representing a communicable region without a collision between an own robot and another robot. A movable region calculation unit calculates, from a state of the own robot and a state of the other robot, a first region where the own robot and the other robot do not collide, a second region where the own robot and the other robot are capable of communicating, and the movable region in which the first region and the second region overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Manao MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240361783
    Abstract: A controller in a vehicle control system includes a communication state determiner that determines a communication state between a facility communicator and a vehicle communicator in each vehicle, and a recorder. When the communication state determiner determines that the communication state between the facility communicator and the vehicle communicator in any vehicle has a communication failure, the controller obtains vehicle state information indicating a state of a target vehicle being the vehicle having the communication failure at at least one data obtaining point in a target period including at least one of a failure-occurrence point or a failure-recovery point of the communication failure, and records the vehicle state information in the recorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao
  • Publication number: 20240361784
    Abstract: The water hammer effect mitigation controlling device of solenoid valve for fluid of the present invention includes a controller and a solenoid valve. The controller generates and transmits a control signal to the solenoid valve when receiving a closing command. The control signal includes alternatively arranged multiple closing and open signal intervals. The time duration of the closing signal interval is shorter than the closing reaction time of the solenoid valve, the closing distance of the valve body during each closing signal interval is larger than an opening distance during each open signal interval, and the valve body is switched to a closed state during the control signal. The opened-closed switching time is prolonged by multiple closing and open signal intervals, and the water hammer effect caused by suddenly closing the valve body is reduced with no extra hardware, giving the present invention the advantage of lowered cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Lee-Fei Chen
  • Publication number: 20240361785
    Abstract: Methods may include dispensing an additive from a secondary feeder to a primary feeder: dispensing the additive from the primary feeder to a mixing device: obtaining a primary measurement: obtaining a secondary measurement from the secondary feeder that feeds the primary feeder: comparing the primary measurement and the secondary measurement; and continuing (i-a) dispensing the additive from the primary feeder to the mixing device or (i-b) dispensing the additive from the secondary feeder to the primary feeder: or (ii) when the difference between the primary measurement and the secondary measurement is greater than the selected threshold, halting (ii-a) dispensing the additive from the primary feeder to the mixing device or (ii-b) dispensing the additive from the secondary feeder to the primary feeder, and further recalibrating at least one of the primary feeder or the secondary feeder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Bobi A. SIMONSEN-GINESTRA, Richard P. CUTTING, James T. WILLIAMS, Nathan B. GUY
  • Publication number: 20240361786
    Abstract: One embodiment of a media handling system (5) is disclosed for mixing and or entraining grinding media (15) with a liquid media (10) for supply to a selected destination (D). In one form, the system (5) comprises a first media transfer module (30) configured operable for providing a flow of liquid media (10) having a respective flow condition to a first inlet (11) by way of which liquid media is receivable by the system (5). The system (5) comprises a second media transfer module (25) arranged in fluid communication with and downstream of both of the first inlet (11) and a second inlet (16) by way of which grinding media (15) is receivable by the system (5). The second media transfer module (25) is configured operable for supplying to the selected destination (D) a mixed flow of liquid and grinding media having a respective flow condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: GLOBAL MET TECH PTY LTD
    Inventors: Graeme DEAN, Simon BAILEY, Glyn JONES, Ben AMOS-REED
  • Publication number: 20240361787
    Abstract: Pressure regulators with adjustable boost bodies are described herein. An example pressure regulator includes a valve body; a seat in the fluid passageway; an actuator casing coupled to the valve body; and a plug assembly including: a stem; a plug coupled to the stem; a stem guide disposed in the channel of the actuator casing; a boost body on the second side of the stem guide; and a tube extending through the boost body, the tube and the boost body forming a unitary structure to prevent movement of the tube relative to the boost body, the tube having a first end and a second end, the second end disposed in a downstream location relative to the seat, wherein the boost body is rotatable with respect to the stem guide to position the tube in at least one other orientation relative to the actuator casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Campbell Masteller, Keltan Travis Forrest, Justin Lane Masias, Andrew Da Costa, Ruben Longoria, Alexander John Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20240361788
    Abstract: Pressure regulators with adjustable boost bodies are described herein. An example pressure includes a valve body defining a fluid passageway and an actuator casing coupled to the valve body, the actuator casing defining a pressure sense chamber and a channel between the pressure sense chamber and the fluid passageway in the valve body. The pressure regulator includes a plug assembly including a stem, a plug, and a stem guide. The stem guide has a flange with a notch. The plug assembly includes a boost body and a tube extending through the boost body. A first end of the tube is aligned with the notch and a second end of the tube is disposed in a downstream location relative to the seat such that the pressure sense chamber is in fluid communication with the downstream location. The boost body is rotatable with respect to the stem guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Ruben Longoria, James C. Hawkins, Andrew Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20240361789
    Abstract: A circuit includes a supply circuit having an input and an output. The supply circuit includes: a capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the capacitor coupled to the output of the supply circuit; a switch having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, the first terminal of the switch coupled to the input of the supply circuit, the second terminal of the switch coupled to the output of the supply circuit; and a controller coupled to the control terminal of the switch. The controller is configured to: turn on the switch responsive to a first supply voltage level at the input of the supply circuit; and turn off the switch responsive to a second supply voltage level at the input of the supply circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Tarunvir SINGH, Shubham PANJRATH, Anant KAMATH
  • Publication number: 20240361790
    Abstract: A floating-rail reference generator and method of operating the same are provided. Generally, the generator includes a tracking current source coupled in series with a current scaling resistor between an input voltage (VBAT) and ground. The tracking current source is operable to receive a reference voltage and couple a tracking current through the resistor to produce a floating-rail reference voltage (VSSHV_REF) at an output between the tracking current source and scaling resistor, wherein: VSSHV_REF=((VBAT-VGS)/k)·1/R·k·R, where VGS is a desired constant potential difference between VBAT and VSSHV_REF, k is a voltage scaling ratio, and R is a resistance of the current scaling resistor. In some embodiments, the tracking current source includes a transistor coupled between VBAT and the output, and controlled by a differential amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Adrian Lin
  • Publication number: 20240361791
    Abstract: An electronic device includes multiple integrated circuits, each containing a power transistor connected between an input voltage node and a load node, as well as a regulation circuit generating at least one sense current representing the output current of the power transistor. The regulation circuits modulate the output currents of their power transistors based on a value derived from the sense currents generated by the regulation circuits of other integrated circuits. This derived value can be based on an average of the sense currents generated by the regulation circuits or on one of the sense currents. In particular, the integrated circuits can be arranged in a daisy-chained relationship, allowing each regulation circuit to compare its sense current with the one from the immediately preceding circuit, except for the first regulation circuit, which compares its sense current with the last circuit's sense current in the chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventors: Federico MUSARRA, Sandor PETENYI
  • Publication number: 20240361792
    Abstract: A regulator may include a bias current generation circuit including a first input terminal and a second input terminal and configured to generate a bias current in response to at least one of a voltage applied to the first input terminal and a voltage applied to the second input terminal, and a current source circuit including a plurality of current sources connected in parallel and configured to control a magnitude of the bias current. The regulator, the display device including the same, the electronic device including the same, and the method of driving the same according to embodiments of the disclosure may reduce power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: HYUN CHANG KIM, SE BYUNG CHAE
  • Publication number: 20240361793
    Abstract: A linear regulator includes a pass element, an error amplifier, and a miller compensation circuit. The error amplifier is configured to provide an error signal to the control terminal of the pass element in response to a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. The error amplifier includes a current mirror stage and a first stage. The current mirror stage is configured to receive the input voltage. The first stage is configured to provide a first current signal to a first terminal of the current mirror stage in response to the reference voltage, and provide a second current signal to a second terminal of the current mirror stage in response to the feedback voltage. The miller compensation circuit is coupled between the second terminal of the pass element and the error amplifier. The miller compensation circuit is configured to control the first current signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Hsien Huang, Bor-Tsang Hwang, Yu-Huei Lee
  • Publication number: 20240361794
    Abstract: In described examples, a voltage glitch detector includes a current source, a latch, and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth transistors. A source of the third transistor is coupled to a source of the second transistor, and a gate and drain of the third transistor is coupled to gates of the first and second transistors and a first terminal of the current source. A drain of the fourth transistor is coupled to a drain of the first transistor and an input of the latch. A source of the fifth transistor is coupled to a source of the fourth transistor and the second terminal of the current source. A gate and drain of the fifth transistor is coupled to a gate of the fourth transistor and a drain of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Venkatesh Kadlimatti, Aritra Chowdhury, Harikrishna P
  • Publication number: 20240361795
    Abstract: Voltage reference circuits are provided. A voltage reference circuit includes a transistor, a flipped-gate transistor, a first current mirror unit, a second current mirror unit, and an output note. A gate and a drain of the flipped-gate transistor are coupled to a gate and a drain of the transistor. A bulk and a source of the flipped-gate transistor are coupled to a ground. The first current mirror unit is configured to provide a first current to the flipped-gate transistor and a mirroring current in response to a bias current. The second current mirror unit is configured to drain a second current from the first transistor in response to the mirroring current. The output node is coupled to a source of the transistor and the second current mirror unit, and configured to output a reference voltage. Size of the flipped-gate transistor is less than that of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yen-Ting WANG, Alan ROTH, Eric SOENEN, Alexander KALNITSKY, Liang-Tai KUO, Hsin-Li CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240361796
    Abstract: A reference voltage generator circuit includes: a resistor circuit electrically connected between a first node and a second node and between the first node and a third node, the resistor circuit including a variable resistor whose resistance value varies according to a first control signal; a differential amplifier circuit in which one of a differential input pair is electrically connected to the second node and the other of the differential input pair is electrically connected to the third node, the differential amplifier circuit generating a reference voltage at an output node; a current source circuit electrically connected between the second node and a fourth node and between the third node and the fourth node; and an adjuster circuit configured to be electrically connected to the output node, the adjuster circuit configured to generate the first control signal by comparing at least two target voltages with the reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta IIDA, Kengo KOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20240361797
    Abstract: Special-purpose digital-compute hardware for fully-programmable look-up-tables is provided. In one aspect, a system for implementing a continuous function by piecewise linear approximation includes: at least one memory programmatically loaded with an indexed table of slope/intercept values of linear segments along a gradient of the continuous function approximating a plurality of contiguous ranges of the continuous function; at least one Bin ID logic having data registers programmatically loaded with bin-threshold values corresponding to the plurality of contiguous ranges defining a series of arbitrarily-spaced bins; and a Fused-Multiply-Add circuit configured to multiply an incoming data element by a slope value and add an intercept value from the indexed table of slope/intercept values selected based on the bin-threshold values. Comparators in the Bin ID logic can be configured to compare the incoming data-element with the bin-threshold values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Geoffrey Burr, Milos Stanisavljevic, Yasuteru Kohda
  • Publication number: 20240361798
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first circuit block and a second circuit block. The first circuit block is allocated in a first power domain, and includes a first clock counter and an updating circuit. The first clock counter is arranged to generate a first counter value according to a first reference clock. The updating circuit is arranged to receive a second counter value, and update the first counter value according to the second counter value. The second circuit block is allocated in a second power domain, and includes a second clock counter arranged to generate the second counter value according to a second reference clock. The first power domain and the second power domain are controlled independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Airoha Technology Corp.
    Inventors: I-Ping Huang, Ching-An Chung