241 |
Physical quantity measuring apparatus and signal processing method thereof |
US15064837 |
2016-03-09 |
US10288642B2 |
2019-05-14 |
Dong Ho Kim; Sang Kyung Kim |
According to one embodiment, a physical quantity measuring apparatus includes a signal measurer configured to include sensors configured to measure component values of two axes from among component values of three axes including an X(Hx), a Y(Hy) and a Z(Hz) measured component value of a physical quantity to be measured, a sensor controller configured to select one from among the sensors to be controlled to output a measured value from the selected sensor, an A/D transformer configured to transform an outputted signal selected by the sensor control unit into a digital signal, and a signal processor configured to receive the digital signal from the A/D transformer and to combine the received digital signal with other received digital signals to calculate X, Y and Z component values of the physical quantity. |
242 |
Smoke screen generator |
US15759934 |
2016-10-04 |
US10145658B2 |
2018-12-04 |
Atsushi Mimura; Yuji Higuchi; Takao Kuroda; Katsuhiro Nakahashi |
The present invention provides a smoke screen generator with a high diffusion rate of a smoke screen.Openings at both ends of a cylindrical housing are closed by a first closure 20 including an igniter and a second closure 30 having a smoke screen source discharge port 38 respectively. A porous cylindrical body 50 is arranged between the first closure 20 and the second closure 30. When an igniter 5 is actuated, a smoke screen generating agent 56 in a smoke screen generating agent-accommodating chamber 55 is ignited and burned, and a smoke screen source is generated. The smoke screen source moves and passes through the porous cylindrical body 50 and, after passing through a smoke screen source discharge port 38, the smoke screen source is discharged to the outside to generate a smoke screen. |
243 |
Steering assembly |
US15044532 |
2016-02-16 |
US10029724B2 |
2018-07-24 |
Frank P. Lubischer; Richard K. Riefe |
A steering assembly includes a steering wheel having a convenience feature, an environmental detection system, and a controller in communication with an autonomous vehicle. The steering wheel is selectively coupled to a steering shaft and is movable between a deployed position and a retracted position. The environmental detection system is configured to provide a cabin environmental signal. The controller is programmed to move the steering wheel towards the retracted position and operatively decouple the steering wheel from the steering shaft, while the steering wheel is in the deployed position and in response to a request to activate an advanced driver assist system and the cabin environmental signal indicating a clear path of travel of the steering wheel. |
244 |
Remote parking control system and control method thereof |
US15098260 |
2016-04-13 |
US09896090B2 |
2018-02-20 |
Tae Bong Noh |
A remote parking control system capable of displaying an operating state of a vehicle received from a vehicle controller to a smart device when a second authentication is completed through a pairing of the smart device in which a first authentication is completed through a pairing of the smart device and a smart key, and the vehicle controller, and a control method thereof are provided. |
245 |
DEVICE INTEGRATION PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS |
US15634337 |
2017-06-27 |
US20180004550A1 |
2018-01-04 |
Jarl NILSSON |
This disclosure relates to a platform for integrating a variety of devices. The platform may provide a plurality of contact points configured to couple with one or more interfaces on a device and/or termination points of various connectors. Embodiments of the disclosed platform may facilitate construction and/or prototyping of chemical and/or biological analysis and/or diagnostic systems that include multiple devices. Further embodiments, allow for the management of various interconnected devices in accordance with one or more articulated policies. |
246 |
Car side video assist system activated by light signal |
US13823637 |
2011-09-08 |
US09807351B2 |
2017-10-31 |
I-Chieh Shih |
A car side video assist system activated by light signals is revealed. The system includes at least two cameras respectively disposed on the left, right or rear side of a car for capturing images at corresponding sides and forming image signal sources. By using different light signals including left/right turn, warning or reversing signals as the activation signal sources, at least one camera is selected and activated and the images capture form at least one image/picture on a screen. The video signal source switch processor further includes a light signal interpretation processor that starts interpretation after a preset critical time such as 8 milliseconds when a light signal is activated and input. The interpretation continues for a preset period of time such as 300 milliseconds to output the result for preventing misinterpretation and interpreting the light signal is a single left/right turn signal or a warning signal accurately. |
247 |
Power controller |
US14460308 |
2014-08-14 |
US09702910B2 |
2017-07-11 |
Wayne Baldridge |
A power controller includes an input power terminal, an output power terminal, a power switching circuit connected between the input power terminal and the output power terminal, a detection circuit connected to the power switching circuit, one or more data interfaces, and a control device connected to the detection circuit and the one or more data interfaces. The detection circuit measures a load current and a current squared time (I2t) value between the input power terminal and the output power terminal. The control device automatically turns the power switching circuit “OFF” whenever the load current exceeds a first value or the current squared time value exceeds a second value or an “OFF” signal is received from the one or more data interfaces, and automatically turns the power switching circuit “ON” whenever an “ON” signal is received from the one or more data interfaces. |
248 |
Method for controlling a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle |
US14130537 |
2012-06-14 |
US09533678B2 |
2017-01-03 |
Jakob Scholz; Tobias Zollner; Holger Bacher |
A method of controlling a hybrid drive-train of a vehicle having a combustion engine with a driveshaft, a transmission with an input shaft and an output shaft that drives a transfer box. An electric machine has a rotor that is connected to the transmission input shaft. A separator clutch is arranged between the engine driveshaft and the transmission input shaft. For coupling of the engine, the engine is first accelerated, with a rotational speed regulation, toward a target speed until a reference speed is reached or exceeded while the clutch remains disengaged, then, with continuous speed regulation, the engine is adjusted to a corrected target speed while the clutch is engaged until a target torque is obtained, then, with torque control, the engine is adjusted to the target torque while the clutch, with differential rotational speed regulation, is regulated to a target speed difference, and finally the clutch is engaged. |
249 |
Tracking and following people with a mobile robotic device |
US13531401 |
2012-06-22 |
US09321173B2 |
2016-04-26 |
Harshavardhana Narayana Kikkeri; Michael F. Koenig |
Tracking and following technique embodiments are presented that are generally employed to track and follow a person using a mobile robotic device having a color video camera and a depth video camera. A computer associated with the mobile robotic device is used to perform various actions. Namely, in a tracking mode, a face detection method and the output from the color video camera is used to detect potential persons in an environment. In addition, a motion detection method and the output from the depth video camera is also used to detect potential persons in the environment. Detection results obtained using the face and motion detection methods are then fused and used to determine the location of one or more persons in the environment. Then, in a following mode, a mobile robotic device following method is used to follow a person whose location was determined in the tracking mode. |
250 |
System for providing assist torque based on a vehicle state |
US13795303 |
2013-03-12 |
US08903610B2 |
2014-12-02 |
Ashok Chandy |
A control system for providing an assist torque is provided. The control system includes a control algorithm module and a comfort limit module. The control algorithm module calculates a corrective steering torque based on a target vehicle state and an estimated vehicle state. The comfort limit module receives a handwheel torque. The comfort limit module calculates a limited corrective steering torque based on the corrective steering torque and the handwheel torque. The limited steering torque represents an allowable amount of the assist torque provided by the control system. |
251 |
METHOD FOR ACTUATING VALVES FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW PATH AND MACHINES, ESPECIALLY MEDICAL TREATMENT MACHINES |
US14157322 |
2014-01-16 |
US20140200720A1 |
2014-07-17 |
Frank L. HEDMANN; Stephan KLATTE |
A method is provided for the control of valves for flow path control, in particular in a medical treatment machine, having a plurality of processes for the manufacture of flow paths by control of a group of valves, with each process claiming a group of valves suitable for its carrying out for itself so that other processes cannot change the switching state of these valves and with each process itself making a decision on the release of the valves claimed by it. In addition, a method is provided for monitoring the then current and/or scheduled state of a plurality of valves in the flow path control, determining the connections resulting from the switching state of the valves, and comparing the resulting connections with a predetermined number of non-permitted connections. |
252 |
Method of operating a compression ignition engine |
US12727411 |
2010-03-19 |
US08706380B2 |
2014-04-22 |
Robert Womersley |
A method of operating a compression ignition engine, which includes at least one combustion chamber containing a piston, and a mechanically operated fuel injection pump apparatus. The method includes sensing the engine operating temperature with a first sensor, and providing input to a controller. The controller operates the fuel injection pump apparatus to deliver fuel to each of the combustion chambers according to a first timing regime when the engine operating temperature is above a threshold temperature, and according to a second, advanced timing, regime when the engine operating temperature is below the threshold temperature. The method further includes sensing the pressure in the combustion chambers with a second sensor. When the controller is operating the fuel injection pump apparatus according to the second timing regime and the combustion chamber pressure exceeds a desired pressure, the method includes changing operation from the second timing regime to the first timing regime. |
253 |
Uego sensor air-fuel ratio determination system and method |
US13039658 |
2011-03-03 |
US08670920B2 |
2014-03-11 |
Bruce A. Bowling; Albert C. Grippo |
A method of determining an air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine in real-time includes: calibrating sensitivity of a universal exhaust gas oxygen sensor to a plurality of gases; inputting to a universal exhaust gas oxygen sensor controller a molecular composition of Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen which comprise a combustion fuel in use in the internal combustion engine; calculating with the universal exhaust gas oxygen sensor controller an air-to-fuel ratio by performing a chemical balance equation calculation based on the universal exhaust gas oxygen sensor sensitivity calibration and the input combustion fuel molecular composition; and transmitting the calculated air-to-fuel ratio to an engine control unit in real-time. |
254 |
Altered token sandboxing |
US12201967 |
2008-08-29 |
US08429741B2 |
2013-04-23 |
Carlos E. Pizano; Nicolas Sylvain; Jose Ricardo Vargas Puentes; Finnur Breki Thorarinsson; Mark Alan Larson |
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to application security. In an embodiment, a method for altered token sandboxing includes creating a process based on a naked token and suspending the process. The method further includes obtaining an impersonation token and resuming the process with the impersonation token. The method further includes acquiring resources needed for the process with the impersonation token. The method also includes replacing the impersonation token with the naked token. In a further embodiment, the method further includes executing the suspended process with the naked token and the acquired resources. In another embodiment, a system for user-mode, altered token sandboxing includes a security module, an acquisition module and a replacement module. In a further embodiment, the system may include an execution module. In another embodiment, the system may include a request module. |
255 |
Method and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft |
US12194776 |
2008-08-20 |
US08086362B2 |
2011-12-27 |
Alain Dupre; Nicolas Ferret; Philippe Foucault |
Method and device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft. The device (1) comprises means (4) for determining, using a roll instruction and measured current values of external characteristics and of flight characteristics of the aircraft, a predicted path which is a flight path having a constant roll angel, taking account of the effect of the wind. |
256 |
Information-processing system causing a plurality of processing execution apparatuses to execute a plurality of kinds of processing for one kind of data |
US11808095 |
2007-06-06 |
US07952741B2 |
2011-05-31 |
Toshihiro Maeda |
A PC has a data receiving portion to store data in the HDD, and a function ticket generating portion to store in the HDD a function ticket that defines the state of processing executed for the data. Each of a plurality of MFPs has a function ticket acquiring portion to acquire the function ticket, an object processing determining portion to determine executable object processing among processing defined by the function ticket, a data acquiring portion to acquire the data, an object processing executing portion to execute the object processing for the data, a data updating portion to update the data stored in the PC with data for which the object processing has been executed, and a function ticket updating portion to update the state of processing defined by the function ticket stored in the PC with an executed state. |
257 |
Dynamic CMG array and method |
US10681853 |
2003-10-06 |
US07561947B2 |
2009-07-14 |
J. Jeff Bonn; Mason A. Peck |
Methods and apparatus are provided for reorienting control moment gyros (CMGs) to compensate for CMG failure or change in spacecraft (S/C) mass properties or mission. An improved CMG comprises a drive means for rotating the CMG around an axis not parallel to the CMG gimbal axis. Releasable clamps lock the CMG to the spacecraft except during CMG array reorientation. CMGs arrays are combined with attitude sensors, a command module, memory for storing data and programs, CMG drivers and sensors (preferably for each CMG axis), and a controller coupling these elements. The method comprises determining whether a CMG has failed or the S/C properties or mission changed, identifying the working CMGs of the array, determining a new array reorientation for improved spacecraft control, unlocking, reorienting and relocking the CMGs in the array and updating the S/C control parameters for the new array orientation. |
258 |
Advanced set top terminal having a program pause feature with voice-to-text conversion |
US09609285 |
2000-06-30 |
US07293279B1 |
2007-11-06 |
Michael L. Asmussen |
A system for automatically pausing a video program in response to detection of the occurrence of a audio communications event or triggering event. In response to an incoming phone call, message, web page, or other communications information, the system pauses the video program and displays an indication of the occurrence of the audio communications event. The system also buffers the video programming while paused, permitting a user to replay missed portions of the video programming. Alternatively, the system waits for a triggering event, which includes the user's access to the audio communications event, in order to pause the video program. The audio (voice) portion of a phone call or voice mail message is converted to text for display to a recipient of the call. |
259 |
Method for determining vehicle velocity |
US10480747 |
2002-06-12 |
US07164973B2 |
2007-01-16 |
Dietmar Arndt; Dirk Foerstner; Markus Lutz; Jasim Ahmed |
A method and device for determining a vectorial vehicle velocity by estimating a mean value for the vehicle velocity by using a position-finding device to obtain a first value, and to then compare this first value with a second value estimated using inertial sensors. |
260 |
Apparatus and method for digitally controlling plant pot, and method for ordering plant pot delivering on-line |
US10275489 |
2001-04-30 |
US07110862B2 |
2006-09-19 |
Jung-Yeon Park |
Provided is an apparatus of digitally controlling a plant pot including a case coupled to the outer circumference of the pot, a moisture sensor drawn from the case, for detecting moisture in soil contained in the pot, a liquid crystal display (LCD) installed in the case, for displaying a text or icons, an audio output portion for outputting a voice message, a message storage portion for storing an orderer's message and controlling messages, a data input/output portion connected to a personal computer, for inputting/outputting message data, a key input portion for inputting key signals through a key pad such as a power key or a record key, a battery for supplying power to each circuit block, and a controller for performing a plant pot controlling program, reading a message stored in the message storage portion in response to the moisture sensor and a signal from the key input portion to output a voice to the audio output portion, displaying the name of a plant planted on the pot and information for controlling the plant on the LCD in the form of a text, displaying the current control state of the plant pot in the form of an icon, and downloading the message data from the personal computer through the data input/output portion or uploading the control state data to the personal computer. |