161 |
QUICK MOUNT ADAPTER |
US15766053 |
2016-08-15 |
US20180283599A1 |
2018-10-04 |
Pavel Stanislavovich YANCHELIK; Alexandr Anatolyevich AGAFONOV |
A quick mount adapter for mounting and fixing mountable devices, such as surveying equipment, on a support apparatus, such as a tripod or pole. The quick mount adapter allows a mountable device to be quickly and easily mounted on a support apparatus without the need for screwing the mountable device onto the support apparatus with a threaded joint. |
162 |
Indicating-needle type meter device |
US15058782 |
2016-03-02 |
US10041821B2 |
2018-08-07 |
Yoshihisa Yamada |
In an indicating-needle type meter device, when starting excitation of a stepping motor, a controller sets the phase of an excitation signal to a predetermined excitation start position and returns the phase of the excitation signal by a predetermined reversal angle such that an indicating-needle rotates in the backward direction, thereby positioning the indicating-needle at a stopper position. Subsequently, the controller advances the phase of the excitation signal by an origin return angle to rotate the indicating-needle in the forward direction to an origin position apart from the stopper position by a predetermined angle, thereby positioning the indicating-needle at the origin position. Here, the origin return angle is an angle obtained by adding a backlash angle, a predetermined positive pre-offset angle, and a positive placing error correction angle set based on a placing error of the indicating-needle with respect to the stopper. |
163 |
Device to position and align a rotationally-symmetrical body |
US14703914 |
2015-05-05 |
US09976943B2 |
2018-05-22 |
Werner Volz; Henry Thiele; Paul Boos |
The invention relates to a device to position and align a rotationally-symmetrical body (28) with respect to a measuring device (19) for the implementation of a measurement on the rotationally-symmetrical body (28), having a basic element (24) which has a contact surface (22) on a pin (23) or is allocated to a contact surface (22) on which the rotationally-symmetrical body (28) is supported for the implementation of the measurement, wherein a positioning element (41) which can be moved relative to the contact surface (22) is provided on the basic element (24), said positioning element (41) comprising a prismatic receiver (64), wherein the contact surface (22) is positioned within the prismatic receiver (64) or abuts on this and a movement path of the positioning element (41) towards the basic element (22) corresponds at least to the height of the prismatic receiver (64). |
164 |
Table device and conveyance device |
US14901377 |
2013-12-18 |
US09877576B2 |
2018-01-30 |
Toshinori Satou |
A table device including a first member; a second member; a first guide device guiding the second member such that the second member is moved in a direction parallel to a first axis by movement of the first member; a table supported by the second member; a third member connected to at least a part of the table; a bearing member forming a gas bearing between the bearing member and the third member with a gas supplied between the bearing member and the third member, and movably supporting the third member in the direction parallel to the first axis; and a support device including a parallel pin that is arranged such that the parallel pin becomes parallel to the first axis, and connects the second member and the table, and supporting the table. The table is supported by the second member through the support device. |
165 |
OBTAINING CALIBRATION DATA OF A CAMERA |
US15152276 |
2016-05-11 |
US20170330326A1 |
2017-11-16 |
Mikko Vaahteranoksa; Jean-Luc Olives; Petteri Valve; Euan Barron |
According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor. The at least one memory stores program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine based on at least one indicator that a camera connected to the apparatus is in a dark environment, initiate a calibration sequence of the camera in response to determining based on the at least one indicator that the camera connected to the apparatus is in a dark environment, capture, during the calibration sequence, multiple images with the camera with different sets of shooting parameters, cause analysis of the captured images to obtain camera calibration data, and store the camera calibration data in a memory of the apparatus. |
166 |
ILLUMINATED POINTER INSTRUMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE |
US15325340 |
2015-07-07 |
US20170178754A1 |
2017-06-22 |
Matthias WUNDERLICH; Lutz DIEDERICHS |
A pointer needle for an indication device of a motor vehicle has a transparent optical waveguide that receives light propagating along a direction of propagation at a light-entry side, and emits the light in an emission direction at a light-exit side. The optical waveguide has a scattering side opposite to the light-exit side, the scattering side having steps arranged offset to one another across the propagation direction. When the steps are irradiated by light, the pointer needle provided in the indication device can clearly be perceived in the dark. |
167 |
VISUAL INDICATOR AND FLUID DISPENSER |
US14872183 |
2015-10-01 |
US20170162277A9 |
2017-06-08 |
Lucien VOUILLAMOZ |
A visual indicator display device includes a bracelet, a transparent capillary chamber, and a displacement member. The transparent capillary chamber is matched to an indicia and has a primary length and a width less than the primary length. The displacement member is functionally disposed at one end of the capillary chamber and is responsive to a measureable input for moving a fluid contained therein a defined amount. |
168 |
Vehicular display apparatus |
US14294574 |
2014-06-03 |
US09522630B2 |
2016-12-20 |
Yasuhiro Kobayashi; Ryo Kunitachi; Shinji Kamon |
A vehicular display apparatus is provided with an ambient-light luminous region that surrounds an outer periphery of a display region. An ambient light source emits light, which is then guided by an ambient-light guide body into an acrylic cylindrical body. The guided light is then outputted from a light output end face of the acrylic cylindrical body towards a light output direction. The light output end face forms the ambient-light luminous region. The vehicular display apparatus includes a light collection structure that collects an output light, which is outputted from the light output end face, towards the light output direction. Collecting the output light towards the light output direction enables the reduction of a light leakage to a direction different from the light output direction, improving an outputted luminance of the ambient-light luminous region. |
169 |
VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE |
US14714840 |
2015-05-18 |
US20150328990A1 |
2015-11-19 |
Harutoshi NAKAJIMA; Akira MASUDA |
A vehicle display device includes a display showing surface configured to form a showing area and show driving information in image through a display; a non-display showing surface provided around the display showing surface and configured to form the showing area and switch between showing and non-showing of a notification symbol based on turning-on or turning-off of a back-side light source; and a front-side light source arranged on a side opposite to the back-side light source with the non-display showing surface interposed therebetween, and configured to irradiate the non-display showing surface with light to draw a decorative pattern, regardless of the showing or the non-showing of the notification symbol on the non-display showing surface. |
170 |
MOTORIZATION UNIT FOR MANUAL STAGE, AND MANUAL STAGE HAVING MOTORIZATION UNIT |
US14433790 |
2013-10-02 |
US20150263586A1 |
2015-09-17 |
Hiroaki Muramatsu |
By removably attaching a simplified mechanism to a prior-art stage for moving a sliding component by manual rotation of a control knob, an automatic mode and a manual mode can be made selectable and moreover, a motorization unit for a manual stage capable of fine adjustment by manual operation and a manual stage with the motorization unit is provided.A motorization unit for a manual stage is provided with a clamp for preventing co-rotation by sandwiching a sliding component or a fixed component of a manual stage, a coupling coupled to a control knob while holding substantial coaxiality with a control knob shaft, a coupling claw for gripping a knob portion, and a motor for rotating the coupling, either one of manual operation and automatic operation being selected by removal from/attachment to the manual stage, and constitutes a manual stage with the motorization unit by being equipped to the manual stage. |
171 |
DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY INSTRUMENT, DISPLAY METHOD, USE OF AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND VEHICLE |
US14413764 |
2013-07-09 |
US20150158423A1 |
2015-06-11 |
Stephan Schwantner |
A display element can be used to represent bars of variable length. The display instrument may have a plurality of light chambers which are disposed adjacent to one another and in each case have a light barrier to the respective adjacent light chamber. The light chambers each have an optical waveguide. The light barrier is formed from one side of the optical waveguide which is impermeable to light or only partially light-permeable. Moreover, a corresponding display instrument, vehicle and display method may use the optical waveguide and the display element. |
172 |
Fluid indicator |
US13391386 |
2010-08-20 |
US08995237B2 |
2015-03-31 |
Lucien Vouillamoz |
A visual indicator display device includes a bracelet, a transparent capillary chamber, and a displacement member. The transparent capillary chamber is matched to an indicia and has a primary length and a width less than the primary length. The displacement member is functionally disposed at one end of the capillary chamber and is responsive to a measureable input for moving a fluid contained therein a defined amount. |
173 |
Wireless charger installed with a two-dimensional moving mechanism |
US13333428 |
2011-12-21 |
US08907619B2 |
2014-12-09 |
Rei Shukuya; Takashi Yamanaka |
A wireless charger installed with a two-dimensional moving mechanism which is simply configured, inexpensive and can be easily miniaturized is provided wherein a table is freely moved in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. In the two dimensional moving mechanism, each pair of X axis pinions are arranged to simultaneously mesh with teeth near both ends of each rack arranged on an X axis slider and Y axis slider respectively. Each pair of pinions are driven by each motor and rotated in synchronization. |
174 |
VEHICULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS |
US14294574 |
2014-06-03 |
US20140355236A1 |
2014-12-04 |
Yasuhiro Kobayashi; Ryo Kunitachi; Shinji Kamon |
A vehicular display apparatus is provided with an ambient-light luminous region that surrounds an outer periphery of a display region. An ambient light source emits light, which is then guided by an ambient-light guide body into an acrylic cylindrical body. The guided light is then outputted from a light output end face of the acrylic cylindrical body towards a light output direction. The light output end face forms the ambient-light luminous region. The vehicular display apparatus includes a light collection structure that collects an output light, which is outputted from the light output end face, towards the light output direction. Collecting the output light towards the light output direction enables the reduction of a light leakage to a direction different from the light output direction, improving an outputted luminance of the ambient-light luminous region. |
175 |
Display device for increasing the readability of an instrument image |
US12056491 |
2008-03-27 |
US08817024B2 |
2014-08-26 |
Miki Katoh; Masahiro Kuno; Nagako Matsuno; Akira Kamiya |
A display device includes a display panel for displaying an instrument image including an index image constituting an index and a pointer image constituting a pointer for pointing the index of the index image and a controller for displaying the instrument image on the display panel. The controller varies at least one of a pointer display mode of the pointer image and an index display mode of the index image so as to increase a readability of the index indicated by the index image when positions associated with the pointer image and the index image coincide. |
176 |
Correlation standard for calibrating a scanning electron microscope |
US12750472 |
2010-03-30 |
US08596107B1 |
2013-12-03 |
Wipawan Wongdao; Yongyut Wongbunnak |
A correlation standard for calibrating a scanning electron microscope is provided. The correlation standard comprises a pellet and a metal stub. The pellet comprises a compressed mixture of carbon powder and alumina powder. The pellet is attached to the metal stub with a conductive adhesive. |
177 |
XYtheta PRECISION ALIGNMENT PLATFORM |
US13935562 |
2013-07-05 |
US20130291667A1 |
2013-11-07 |
MAU-HSIANG WU |
A xyθ precision alignment platform including three power units and three moving platforms is provided. Two of the power units can drive a third moving platform moving in X or Y direction. The other power unit has a worm which can drive an arcuate teeth arrange disposed between the second and third moving platforms to drive the third moving platform rotating. Whereby, since the worm is arranged to drive the arcuate teeth arrange laterally, the alignment platform is thin and the rotative movement of the third moving platform can be precisely controlled. Additionally, each power unit may be electrically connected to a controller for respectively driving and controlling each power unit. When only the rotation of the third moving platform is required, only one of the power units needs to be driven, thus simplifying the operation of the alignment platform and improving the work efficiency. |
178 |
XY ALL-DIRECTIONAL PRECISION ALIGNMENT PLATFORM |
US13584833 |
2012-08-14 |
US20130291666A1 |
2013-11-07 |
MAU-HSIANG WU |
The present invention provides an XY all-directional precision alignment platform comprising: an XY-axes moving platform comprising: X-axis moving platform and Y-axis moving platform; said X-axis and Y-axis moving platforms being stacked together; a θ-angle rotating platform; said θ-angle rotating platform stacked onto said carrier surface thereof; wherein said θ-angle rotating platform is driven to perform precise θangle rotation achieving 360° and is of a four-layered thickness only, achieving the goal of having a light and thin product. |
179 |
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING ANALOG CIRCUITRY IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT |
US13446555 |
2012-04-13 |
US20130275071A1 |
2013-10-17 |
Neville CARVALHO; Tim Tri HOANG; Sergey SHUMARAYEV |
The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for the calibration of analog circuitry on an integrated circuit. One embodiment relates to a method of calibrating analog circuitry within an integrated circuit. A microcontroller that is embedded in the integrated circuit is booted up. A reset control signal is sent to reset an analog circuit in the integrated circuit, and a response signal for the analog circuit is monitored by the microcontroller. Based on the response signal, a calibration parameter for the analog circuit is determined, and the analog circuit is configured using the calibration parameter. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. |
180 |
Speaker assembly with rotary fastening mechanism |
US12897804 |
2010-10-05 |
US08540199B2 |
2013-09-24 |
Ming-Shiang Ke |
A speaker fastening mechanism includes a first fastening component installed inside an audio device, a second fastening component installed inside the audio device and disposed on a side of the first fastening component, a speaker unit whereon a first fixing part and a second fixing part are formed, a first elastic component wedged in the first fixing part and fastened inside the first fastening component, and a second elastic component wedged in the second fixing part and fastened inside the second fastening component in a rotating manner after the first elastic component is fastened inside the first fastening component. |