Resonance, Frequency, Or Amplitude Study Patents (Class 73/579)
  • Patent number: 12203240
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a lower traveling body; and a control apparatus configured to determine a traveling vibration of the construction machine at each predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahito Indoh
  • Patent number: 12196900
    Abstract: In some example, a hub receives a notification of activity from a particular sensor node of a plurality of sensor nodes that are monitoring an area. The notification includes sensor data including: a difference in decibels between a first volume of a first filtered audio and a second volume of a second filtered audio and at least a portion of the second filtered audio. The hub performs an analysis of the sensor data using an artificial intelligence algorithm. The hub determines, based on the analysis, a presence of one or more tunneling activities and sends, by a communications interface of the hub, a message indicating the presence of the one or more tunneling activities to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Katcher LLC
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, Roger S. Hollander, John Trevor Morrison, Shivshanker S. Naimpally
  • Patent number: 12196706
    Abstract: A probed-solution disturbance controller includes an interface for receiving a solution sample signal from a probe in communication with a probed solution and an ion state detector that determines an ion state relative to a tip of the probe disposed for sampling the solution. The ion state is determined based on at least one of a measure of ion buildup or an estimate of ion buildup relative to the tip of the probe. A processor for the probed-solution disturbance controller is configured to cause disturbance of the probed solution responsive to the solution sample signal from the probe. The processor is adapted to control when the disturbance of the solution is activated relative to a next sample event. The processor controls at least one of following: disturbance duration; disturbance amplitude; disturbance start time; or disturbance stop time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventors: Jacob Lacourse, Frederick Sonnichsen
  • Patent number: 12172239
    Abstract: An embodiment hammer device includes a driver, an upper body configured to move in a direction set by power generated from the driver, an elastic body provided on the upper body, a hammer provided in the elastic body, a force sensor provided in the hammer, and a support configured to support the elastic body and the hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: ByeongMoo Kim, Junho Jeon, Injoo Kwon, Tae-Hwi Lee
  • Patent number: 12147610
    Abstract: A voice-controlled electronic device that includes a device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include one or more microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the one or more microphones and first transducer and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Craig M. Stanley, Simon K. Porter, John H. Sheerin, Glenn K. Trainer, Ethan L. Huwe, Sean T. McIntosh, Jason C. Della Rosa, Christopher J. Stringer, Molly J. Anderson, Erik L. Wang
  • Patent number: 12135543
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that support automated failure mode detection for rotating machinery based on vibration analysis. To illustrate, a computing device may receive vibration data from one or more sensors configured to measure vibrations of a rotating machine, such as an engine. The computing device may generate a frequency spectrum based on the vibration data (or receive the frequency spectrum) and compare the frequency spectrum to one or more predetermined frequency models to determine one or more similarity metrics. The one or more predetermined frequency models may each be associated with a respective failure mode of the rotating machine. The computing device may identify a failure mode associated with a predetermined frequency model that corresponds to a similarity metric that satisfies a threshold, and the computing device may output an indication of the identified failure mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Jesus Gabaldon, Robert Gimeno Feu, Jaime Rodríguez Lagunas, Jose Francisco Velasco Cerpa, Paula Romero Lopes
  • Patent number: 12130206
    Abstract: A system includes a controller for monitoring a fill level of a container. The controller is configured to receive first vibrational response data relating to a vibrational response of the container in a first state, receive second vibrational response data relating to a vibrational response of the container in a second state, and use the first vibrational response data and the second vibrational response data to identify a change in fill level of the container between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Arash Agan, Nicholas DiFilippo, Steven Inabinet, Zachary L. Magnone
  • Patent number: 12061172
    Abstract: A non-destructive process of inspecting an object can include positioning a first and second ultrasonic element relative to the body of the object and offsetting the first and second ultrasonic elements in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the body. A further process of inspecting an object can include creating a map of the body of the object including at least one anomaly and providing a quality value associated with the body based on evaluation of one or more criteria selected from the group consisting of the type, number, size, shape, position, orientation, edge sharpness, and any combination thereof of the at least one anomaly. An ultrasonic system can include a first and second ultrasonic element and a processing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Damien Bolore, Betiglu Jimma, Mickael Boinet, Thibault Champion, Brian Beauvais, Remi J. Goulet, Darren Rogers
  • Patent number: 12038453
    Abstract: A meter electronics (20) for using a density measurement of a fluid to verify a vapor pressure is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes a processing system (200) communicatively coupled to a meter assembly (10) having the fluid, the processing system (200) is configured to determine a vapor pressure of the fluid by detecting a phase change of the fluid in the meter assembly (10), measure a density of the fluid based on a resonant frequency of the meter assembly (10), derive a vapor pressure from the measured density, and compare the determined vapor pressure with the derived vapor pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Weinstein, David Martinez Morett
  • Patent number: 12036001
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting changes in dental tissue by detecting a spectral change of dental tissue by comparing Acoustic Phonon Mediated Optical Scattering (APMOS) spectroscopic data to a baseline signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MSTATT LLC
    Inventors: Brecken Blackburn, Matthew McPheeters
  • Patent number: 12038334
    Abstract: An internal temperature measurement device includes a sound wave sensor that transmits a sound wave to a subject and receives a reflected sound wave reflected by the subject, a time measurement device that measures an elapsed time elapsed between transmission of the sound wave from the sound wave sensor and reception of the reflected sound wave, a sound velocity calculator that calculates a sound velocity in the subject according to the elapsed time measured by the time measurement device, and an internal temperature derivation device that determines an internal temperature of the subject according to the sound velocity calculated by the sound velocity calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yujiro Tanaka, Daichi Matsunaga, Michiko Seyama
  • Patent number: 12025515
    Abstract: A method of measurement of the acting forces and/or the temperature in at least one region of a structure. The method includes an addition step in which at least one element is added to the structure, the addition generating a local vibration mode of the assembly formed by the structure and the added elements in each measurement region. The method also includes a step of analysis of the assembly, an excitation step of the assembly and a measurement step in which the variations produced in the resonance frequency of the assembly associated with the local vibration mode of each measurement region are measured. The method also includes a calculation step in which the acting forces and/or the temperature of the structure in the measurement region is determined based on the measured variation produced in the resonance frequency associated with the local vibration mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: PROMOCION Y DESARROLLO DE SISTEMAS AUTOMATICOS S.L.U.
    Inventor: Aitzol Iturrospe Iregui
  • Patent number: 12003215
    Abstract: A method for arc detection in a system including a photovoltaic panel and a load connectible to the photovoltaic panel with a DC power line. The method measures power delivered to the load thereby producing a first measurement result of the power delivered to the load. Power produced by the photovoltaic panel is also measured, thereby producing a second measurement result of power produced by the photovoltaic panel. The first measurement result is compared with the second measurement result thereby producing a differential power measurement result. Upon the differential power measurement result being more than a threshold value, an alarm condition may also be set. The second measurement result may be modulated and transmitted over the DC power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilan Yoscovich, Guy Sella, Meir Gazit, Yoav Galin, David Braginsky, Lior Handelsman, Meir Adest
  • Patent number: 11961240
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting motion with respect an object includes providing a processor and at least one video sensor; synchronizing the at least one video sensor to a dynamic event associated with the object; recording, by the at least one video sensor, a plurality of data sets including the object, each data set of the plurality of data sets being synchronized with respect to the dynamic event associated with the object; averaging, by the processor, the plurality of data sets to provide an averaged synchronized data set; and calculating, by the processor, a motion with respect to the object based on the averaged synchronized data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Timothy Shields
  • Patent number: 11953468
    Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: controlling one or more electroacoustic transducers of a device to create a standing wave having a displacement antinode at an expected location of a component of the device; receiving a signal representing sound generated by vibration of the component driven by the standing wave; causing analysis of the signal to determine whether there is a defect based on whether the signal represents a sound that would be expected to result from vibration of the component driven by the standing wave in the absence of a defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Christopher Wright, Phil Catton, Wai Lau
  • Patent number: 11946898
    Abstract: A self-vibrating pH probe comprise a housing containing an electronic assembly to which is coupled a vibration source element so that at least a portion of vibrations caused by the vibration source element propagate to the electronic assembly, the vibration source element being controllable for at least on/off operation. The self-vibrating pH probe further comprising a pH probe member having a probe tip at a first end, the probe member extending from the housing and mechanically and electrically coupled by a second end to the electronic assembly so that at least a portion of vibrations propagating to the electronic assembly further propagate to the probe tip; and further including a processor coupled to the electronic assembly for coordinating operation of the vibration source element and operation of the pH probe member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Onset Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob Lacourse, Frederick Sonnichsen
  • Patent number: 11934152
    Abstract: A device for illuminating luminescent watch displays containing luminophore material, including a case arranged to receive at least one receptacle for receiving at least one watch, the device including a illuminating device arranged to light up the displays of each said watch. The illuminating device include a control device and a time base, and at least one light source capable of exciting said luminophore material for a pre-determined charge time, or corresponding to a wearing duration chosen by the user via a control device included in the device, and watch self-winding device, including at least one such illumination device, and universal device for winding and setting the hands of a watch, including such a watch self-winding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jérôme Favre, Cedric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 11841229
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope operating based on the Coriolis effect is provided. The driving circuit supplies drive signals to a mobile mass of the MEMS gyroscope to cause a driving movement of the mobile mass to oscillate at an oscillation frequency. The driving circuit includes an input stage, which receives at least one electrical quantity representing the driving movement and generates a drive signal based on the electrical quantity; a measurement stage, which measures an oscillation amplitude of the driving movement based on the drive signal; and a control stage, which generates the drive signals based on a feedback control of the oscillation amplitude. The measurement stage performs a measurement of a time interval during which the drive signal has a given relationship with an amplitude threshold, and measures the oscillation amplitude as a function of the time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Stefano Facchinetti
  • Patent number: 11828668
    Abstract: An acoustic wave pressure sensor device configured to measure a pressure, comprising a substrate configured to bend when pressure is applied to the substrate such that an area of a first kind of strain and an area of a second kind of strain are formed in the substrate; an interdigitated transducer formed over the substrate; a first Bragg mirror formed over the substrate and arranged on one side of the interdigitated transducer; a second Bragg mirror formed over the substrate and arranged on another side of the interdigitated transducer; a first resonance cavity formed between the interdigitated transducer and the first Bragg mirror; a second resonance cavity formed between the interdigitated transducer and the second Bragg mirror; and wherein the first resonance cavity is formed over the area of the first kind of strain and the second resonance cavity is formed over the area of the second kind of strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FREC'N'SYS
    Inventors: Sylvain Ballandras, Emilie Courjon, Florent Bernard, Thierry LaRoche, Julien Garcia
  • Patent number: 11818982
    Abstract: A grain tailings elevator for a combine harvester includes a an elevator housing having an interior containing a conveyor arrangement configured to transport grain tailings through the elevator housing to a discharge outlet. The elevator housing has a side wall with a window to the interior of the elevator housing. A camera having a camera housing containing an image sensor is mounted to the side wall of the elevator housing over the window with the image sensor in registration with the window. The image sensor is trained on the conveyor arrangement and configured to image the grain tailings transported by the conveyor arrangement through the elevator housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen R. Corban, Scott Miller, William D. Todd, Herman Herman, Zachary Pezzementi, Trenton Tabor, Jonathan Chang
  • Patent number: 11781967
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for determining whether a laminate is bonded or debonded from its substrate. The device and method provide simple, accurate, rapid, cost-effective, and reliable means for assessing the bonding state of a laminated substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James McDonnell, Lisa Weiser, Jaime Santiago, Colin Ratcliffe
  • Patent number: 11767764
    Abstract: A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil having pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 0.83-0.93 inch (21.1-23.6 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 0.80-0.90 inch (20.4-22.9 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency is 3135±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency is 6634±10% Hz, a third mode with a frequency is 13260±10% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency is 16838±10% Hz and a fifth mode with a frequency is 17980±10% Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haiyun Li, Eliannah Hunderfund, Sean Nolan
  • Patent number: 11726067
    Abstract: A detection system (100) and a method for identifying structural change (300) with a substrate (200) includes a sensor (101) configured to resonate at variable frequencies, the resonant frequency of the sensor changing in response to structural change in the substrate, a detector (102) located in proximity to the sensor for detecting the resonant frequency of the sensor, and a receiving device (103) in communication with the detector for receiving information output by the detector, an analyzing device (108) in communication with the receiving device for and interpreting information output by the receiving device. The sensor includes an engagement surface for engaging the substrate. The detector is located on the sensor and away from the engagement surface in such a way that the sensor and the detector are arranged to form a laminated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Chun Hung Cheng, Ho Lam, Ka Leung Lau
  • Patent number: 11693487
    Abstract: A voice-controlled electronic device that includes an axisymmetric device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include a plurality of microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the plurality of microphones and first and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Craig M. Stanley, Simon K. Porter, John H. Sheerin, Glenn K. Trainer, Ethan L Huwe, Sean T. McIntosh, Jason C. Della Rosa, Christopher J. Stringer, Molly J. Anderson, Erik L. Wang
  • Patent number: 11692905
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a condition of a dynamic system includes installing a vibration signal acquisition device at a predetermined location of the dynamic system, acquiring vibration signals by the vibration signal acquisition device, analyzing the vibration signals in a frequency domain, and predicting a change in the condition of the dynamic system based on the vibration signals in the frequency domain. A system is also provided, and a condition of the dynamic system includes clogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Mohammad Nosrati, Fatemeh Nosrati, Jacob Lindley, John Lilleland, Sanhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11686627
    Abstract: An active mechanical waveguide including an ultrasonically-transmissive material and a plurality of reflection points defined along a length of the waveguide may be driven at multiple resonant frequencies to sense environmental conditions, e.g., using tracking of a phase derivative. In addition, frequency-dependent reflectors may be incorporated into an active mechanical waveguide, and a drive frequency may be selected to render the frequency-dependent reflectors substantially transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ETEGENT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Richard A. Roth, II, Stuart J. Shelley, Kevin Sigmund, Oleg Lobkis
  • Patent number: 11680848
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for identifying a modal frequency of a beam bridge by considering influence of environmental temperature. The method includes the following steps: installing a sensor on a newly-built beam bridge without damage, measuring a dynamic response of the beam bridge cinder ambient excitation, recording temperature data, processing by a modal parameter identification method to obtain a modal frequency value at the temperature, and starting from a modal frequency corresponding to the temperature, carrying out iterative calculation to obtain the modal frequency at any temperature. The modal frequency value at any temperature is obtained by arranging a small number of sensors and carrying out a small number of tests, so that the influence of the temperature on the modal frequency is quantified, furthermore, the part of environmental influence is eliminated in future damage evaluation of the beam bridge, which allows for a more accurate damage evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hefei University of Technology
    Inventors: Wenyu He, Lei Zhou, Zuocai Wang, Weixin Ren
  • Patent number: 11678837
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hardness meter which estimates hardness in a stable manner regardless of a compression strength. A hardness meter includes: a movable portion which is continuously pressed against an object to be measured; a sensor which outputs an output signal reflecting a reaction force at a part of the object to be measured; a motive force mechanism that causes the movable portion to perform a piston motion; a hardness estimating portion which estimates the hardness of the object on the basis of an alternating current component of the output signal, generated by the piston motion; a position estimating portion which estimates a measurement position information by shooting with a camera; and a hardness map display portion which maps and displays the hardness on a schematic diagram of the surface of a living body based on the measurement position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Sano, Akihiko Kandori, Mitsuo Okimoto, Shigemitsu Ando, Mitsunobu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11668627
    Abstract: A vehicle inspection apparatus includes: an exciter roller (3) configured to apply vibration to a vehicle (6); a control device 5 configured to control the exciter roller (3); and a vibration setting unit (the control device (5)) configured to set a vibration that is input to a wheel (7) of the vehicle (6) when abnormal noise generated in the vehicle (6) is detected. The control device (5) provides a range of vibrations including the vibration set by the vibration setting unit and applies the range of vibrations to the vehicle (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinori Inagawa, Susumu Akutsu
  • Patent number: 11644478
    Abstract: An atomic force microscope is provided having a controller configured to store one or more positional parameters output by a sensor assembly when a light spot is located at a first preset position on the surface of the cantilever. The controller is further configured to operate an actuator assembly so as to induce movement of the spot away from the first preset position, to detect said movement of the first spot based on a change in the one or more positional parameters output by the sensor assembly, and to operate an optical assembly in response to the detected movement of the first spot to return the first spot to the first preset position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Bemis, David Aue, Aleksander Labuda
  • Patent number: 11624687
    Abstract: This application relates to an apparatus and method for detecting a microcrack using orthogonality analysis of a mode shape vector and a principal plane in a resonance point. The apparatus may include a measurement unit comprising multiple sensors and configured to measure whether a crack exists at a measurement target, and an analysis unit configured to determine whether a crack exists, on the basis of measurement values of the respective sensors. The measurement unit includes a fixing jig configured to fix the measurement target, an excitation means configured to apply a predetermined impact to the measurement target, and multiple acceleration sensors attached at predetermined locations on the measurement target. The analysis unit may further calculate frequency responses of the measurement target to the impact applied by the excitation means, and determine whether a crack exists by analyzing the number of resonance points and independence of the resonance points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Pukyong National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Chan-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 11598754
    Abstract: There is provided a method for determining material properties in an active acoustic spectroscopy system, the method comprising: acquiring a multidimensional acoustic spectrum from a material in a container using acoustic spectroscopy; reducing the dimensionality of the acoustic spectrum using a mathematical dimensionality reduction method, thereby forming a reduced acoustic spectrum describing a material state; and determining if the material state belongs to a predetermined material state cluster. There is also provided a system for performing the described method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ACOSENSE AB
    Inventors: Johannes Kocher, Luís Reina
  • Patent number: 11580829
    Abstract: A haptic system is described. The haptic system includes a linear resonant actuator (LRA), a receiver, and a transmitter. The LRA has a characteristic frequency and provides a vibration in response to an input signal. The receiver is configured to sense received vibration from the LRA. The transmitter is configured to provide the input signal to the LRA. The receiver is coupled with the transmitter and provides vibrational feedback based on the received vibration. The input signal incorporates the vibrational feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Yenyu Hsieh, Mo-Hsi Edwin Su, Herbert Huang
  • Patent number: 11549915
    Abstract: Described is a method for estimating a material property of an object by means of a laser ultrasonic (LUS) measurement equipment comprising a generation laser, a detection laser and a detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY AB
    Inventor: Mikael Malmström
  • Patent number: 11551532
    Abstract: A haptic system is described. The haptic system includes a linear resonant actuator (LRA), a receiver, and a transmitter. The LRA has a characteristic frequency and provides a vibration in response to an input signal. The receiver is configured to sense received vibration from the LRA. The transmitter is configured to provide the input signal to the LRA. The receiver is coupled with the transmitter and provides vibrational feedback based on the received vibration. The input signal incorporates the vibrational feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Yenyu Hsieh, Mo-Hsi Edwin Su, Herbert Huang
  • Patent number: 11536949
    Abstract: A laser projection device, including at least one reflector unit having at least one reflector element that is configured to deflect at least one laser beam to be projected, and having at least one drive unit that is configured to excite at least the reflector element into resonant vibration. The laser projection device includes at least one temperature compensation unit, which is configured to acquire a vibrational frequency of at least the reflector element and to ascertain the temperature of the reflector unit from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Ehlert, Daniel Kreye, Hendrik Specht
  • Patent number: 11539317
    Abstract: A method for preventing damage in a bearing of a generator includes monitoring, via a controller, one or more electrical signals of the power conversion assembly. The method also includes converting the electricals signal(s) to a frequency domain. Further, the method includes extracting one or more spectral components in frequency bands of the frequency domain around one or more known characteristic frequencies of the bearing. Moreover, the method includes determining at least one characteristic of the spectral component(s) in the frequency bands. In addition, the method includes comparing the characteristic(s) of the spectral component(s) in the frequency bands to at least one baseline value. The method further includes generating a fault signal or a baseline signal for the bearing based on the comparison. In response to the fault signal being generated, the method includes implementing a control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Rupam Mukherjee, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Shahid Ali
  • Patent number: 11530908
    Abstract: A measurement point determination method for determining the number or an arrangement of measurement points for a measurement apparatus that performs measurement processing of a measurement item at a plurality of measurement points, the method comprises the steps of acquiring a minimum value and a maximum value of the number of measurement points, acquiring a target value of uncertainty for the measurement item of the measurement apparatus, estimating uncertainties when the measurement item is measured by the measurement apparatus using two or more of the numbers of measurement points between the minimum value and the maximum value of the number of measurement points, and determining the number of measurement points of the measurement apparatus on the basis of the target value and the estimated uncertainties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hagino, Yuto Inoue, Masayuki Nara
  • Patent number: 11519848
    Abstract: A MEMS photoacoustic gas sensor includes a first membrane and a second membrane opposing the first membrane and spaced apart from the first membrane by a sensing volume. The MEMS photoacoustic gas sensor includes an electromagnetic source and communication with the sensing volume to deflect the first membrane and the second membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johannes Manz, Christoph Glacer, David Tumpold
  • Patent number: 11504272
    Abstract: The invention is generally directed to phacoemulsification systems and methods, and more particularly to systems and methods for providing transverse phacoemulsification. In accordance with one embodiment, a phacoemulsification system is provided having a handpiece with a needle, wherein the phacoemulsification system is configured to vibrate the distal end of the needle in both an effective transverse direction and an effective longitudinal direction when power, having a single effective operating frequency is applied to the handpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Steen, Rob Raney, John I. Muri, George Bromfield
  • Patent number: 11499889
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method analyzes periodic information in digital vibration data associated with a machine. The method involves generating a spectral periodic information plot (PIP) based on the digital vibration data, and locating amplitude peaks in the PIP at frequencies associated with fundamental frequencies of interest. Peaks occurring at fundamental fault frequencies and at related harmonic frequencies are removed from the PIP, while retaining energy values associated with the removed peaks. Remaining peaks in the PIP are classified as synchronous periodic peaks and non-synchronous periodic peaks. The remaining peaks in the PIP are graphically plotted along with the fault frequencies and related harmonic frequencies in different colors or different line styles on a display device to identify different groups of frequencies of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Computational Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stewart V. Bowers, III
  • Patent number: 11501644
    Abstract: The invention provides a signal redundancy control system. The system includes multiple first signal collecting devices, second signal collecting devices and a controller, wherein the multiple first signal collecting devices are configured to collect the dynamic information of default devices where the first signal collecting devices are located in real time; one second signal collecting device corresponding to each of the first signal collecting devices is disposed on each default device, and is configured to collect the dynamic information of the default device where the second signal collecting device is located in real time; the controller is configured to determine whether the first signal collecting devices include fault information or not, and positions each default device according to the dynamic information acquired by the first signal collecting devices or the second signal collecting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongtao Wang, Yun Chen, Jianbo Wu, Yue Fang, Peng He, Xianhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11480156
    Abstract: A method of evaluating quality of a wind turbine blade which has a hollow structure where an interior space of the wind turbine blade is surrounded by an outer skin which includes a laminated body includes: setting a scanning line on at least a part of an inner wall surface or an outer wall surface of the outer skin; and moving an ultrasound probe along the scanning line; generating a cross-sectional image corresponding to the scanning line, on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe or a reflection echo to detect an indication whose echo level is greater than a first threshold; obtaining an inclination of the indication with respect to a reference line as a first parameter; and evaluating the lifetime or the breakage risk of the wind turbine blade on the basis of the first parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Kuroiwa, Kouji Esaki, Kentaro Shindo, Masakazu Kamibayashi
  • Patent number: 11474078
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to the examination of gemstones including diamonds, both cut/polished and rough, using the technology of Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy. The resonant frequencies are obtained by mechanically causing the stone to vibrate using a swept sine oscillator, sensing the resonance vibrations, and displaying the spectrum to yield a pattern describing the stone. The resonance fingerprints can be used to both track an individual stone to verify its integrity or to grade a rough stone to establish potential value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Gemological Institute of America, Inc. (GIA)
    Inventors: George Wyatt Rhodes, Sally Catherine Magana
  • Patent number: 11467131
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for detecting a resonant frequency of an optical beam-steering device. The method may include driving the optical beam-steering device with a driving signal oscillating at a plurality of frequencies. The method may also include detecting, by an acoustic detector, an acoustic signal caused by a movement of the optical beam-steering device. The method may further include analyzing a spectrum, by a controller, of the acoustic signal. The method may additionally include determining, by the controller, the resonant frequency of the optical beam-steering device based on the spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sergio Almeida, Youmin Wang
  • Patent number: 11467075
    Abstract: A method is provided for increasing accuracy in measuring complex Young's modulus and complex shear modulus of a material using a processing system. The material is tested to obtain an experimental frequency response transfer function of normal displacement to input force. A model panel is developed in the processing system as a modeled frequency response transfer function. The modeled transfer function is used at a range of fixed frequencies to calculate displacements of the model panel divided by the input force while varying material parameters. The modeled frequency response transfer function is compared with the experimental frequency response transfer function to compute error function values. These values indicate the most accurate material property values as those minimizing the computed error function values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew J Hull
  • Patent number: 11467134
    Abstract: A method for simulating an ultrasonic response of a metal part is carried out by an electronic simulating device. The method includes computing a first distribution of ultrasonic waves for the part without defect, in response to an ultrasonic excitation toward said part computing a second distribution of ultrasonic waves for a predefined zone (S3k) of the part, including a defect (20), in response to an ultrasonic excitation toward said zone (S3k), with the computation of elementary distributions, each corresponding to an ultrasonic response received by a receiver located at a border (F) of said zone; and determining a resultant distribution of ultrasonic waves for the part with defect, from the first and second computed distributions, the resultant distribution forming a simulation of an ultrasonic response received from the part including the defect (20), in response to an ultrasonic excitation toward said part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FRAMATOME
    Inventors: Florian Lyonnet, Marie-Françoise Cugnet, Didier Cassereau
  • Patent number: 11457836
    Abstract: Active auscultation may be used to determine organ (e.g., lung or heart) characteristics of users. An acoustic or piezo-electric signal (e.g., a pulse, a tone, and/or a broadband pulse) may be projected into an animal (typically human) body or thorax. The signal interacts with the body, or lungs, and in some cases may induce resonance within the body/lungs. A resultant signal may be emitted from the body which may be analyzed to determine, for example, a lung's resonant frequency or frequencies and/or how the sound is otherwise absorbed, reflected, or modified by the body. This information may be indicative of lung characteristics such as lung capacity, a volume of air trapped in the lungs, and/or the presence of COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: RESPIRA LABS, INC.
    Inventor: Maria Artunduaga
  • Patent number: 11462058
    Abstract: A system may include a device. The device may be configured to receive machine vibration data identifying a measure of vibration of a machine. The vibration, of the machine, may be caused by a combination of first vibration caused by a motion of components of an undercarriage of the machine and second vibration that is unrelated to the first vibration. The device may be configured to identify a segment, of the machine vibration data, corresponding to the first vibration; transform the segment, using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), into a signal in a frequency domain; and analyze the signal to identify a signature spectrum associated with the motion of components. The device may be configured to predict, based on the signature spectrum, an amount of wear of the components. The device may be configured to cause an action to be performed based on the amount of wear of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Yingbiao Xu
  • Patent number: 11456647
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine of the present invention evaluates a relative displacement of members and improves reliability further even when two or more members operate or move. A rotating electrical machine of the present invention comprises a stator and a rotor disposed on an inner side of the stator with a predetermined gap. The stator includes vibration measuring devices, each of the vibration measuring devices placed on each of at least two members included in the stator, the members having different displacements or phases with each other. The rotating electrical machine includes a device that acquires a relative displacement of one of the members included in the stator by evaluating a difference between displacements or phases measured by the vibration measuring devices and that evaluates a lifetime of the one of the members included in the stator based on the relative displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sekine, Keiji Suzuki, Keisuke Kumano, Tamami Kurihara, Yuichi Takahashi