Components and methods for forming a layer of chromia on a substrate thereof are provided. The methods include forming a mixture that includes at least one chromia promoter, applying the mixture to a surface of a substrate formed of a nickel-based alloy having between 1 wt. % and 30 wt. % chromium, and forming a layer of chromia (Cr2O3) on the surface of the substrate by performing a heat treatment on the surface with the mixture thereon, wherein during the heat treatment oxygen diffuses from the at least one chromia promotor and reacts with the chromium in the substrate to form the layer of chromia on the surface.
C23C 18/12 - Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coatingContact plating by thermal decomposition characterised by the deposition of inorganic material other than metallic material
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS SENSOR COMMUNICATION
While in a walk-test mode, a battery powered wireless sensor transmits a plurality of wireless communication signals each at a different transmit power level, and for each of the plurality of wireless communication signals, listens for a corresponding wireless acknowledgement signal. A security panel listens for the plurality of wireless communication signals transmitted by the battery powered wireless sensor, attenuates the plurality of wireless communication signals by a predetermined margin, and transmits a wireless acknowledgement signal to the battery powered wireless sensor for those attenuated wireless communication signals that are received and recognized by the security panel. The battery powered wireless sensor determines a minimum transmit power level based at least in part upon the wireless acknowledgement signals from the security panel.
G08B 29/20 - Calibration, including self-calibrating arrangements
H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
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MODIFIED WAX THAT CAN IMPROVE THE ADHESION BETWEEN POLYPROPYLENE AND A METAL SUBSTRATE
Provided are adhesive compositions comprising a maleated (maleic anhydride modified) polypropylene wax that is combined with a thermoplastic binder polymer, as well as multilayer cap constructions that utilize said adhesive compositions to bond non-toxic polymer liners to the interior surfaces of metal caps. The adhesives have a relatively high melting point and can be used in consumable product packaging applications that are subjected to industry standard, high temperature sterilization procedures.
C09J 167/00 - Adhesives based on polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chainAdhesives based on derivatives of such polymers
A vehicle communication system including at least one receiver/transmitter, and communication unit and a router is provided. The at least one receiver/transmitter receives and transmits data communication messages to at least a remote first ground facility and a remote second ground facility. The communication unit is configured to automatically copy at least portions of select types of data communication messages that are at least one of received from and transmitted to the first ground facility. The router is configured to route the copy of the at least portions of the select types of data communication messages between the communication unit and one receiver/transmitter of the at one receiver/transmitter. The copy of the data communication messages transmitted to the second ground facility is provided so the second ground facility is aware of the data communication messages communicated between a vehicle that includes the vehicle communication system and the first ground facility.
Systems and methods are provided for management of an active flight plan during operation of an aircraft. The systems include a flight management system, a communications system configured to receive flight mission data from external sources, a display device, and a controller. The controller is configured to, by a processor: receive the flight mission data that includes recommended updates to the active flight plan, generate an inactive flight plan including the active flight plan modified based on the recommended updates, access the inactive flight plan to determine an impact of the recommended updates on the active flight plan, render a graphical image on the display device that presents a contextual preview of the recommended updates and the impact thereof, and in response to acceptance of the recommended updates, modify the active flight plan based on the recommended updates or replace the active flight plan with the inactive flight plan.
Embodiments are directed to improving blended GNSS/inertial navigation system tolerance to external GNSS interference. A plurality of RF nulling circuits is coupled to at least two antennas and to the inputs of dual GNSS-receivers. The RF nulling circuits provide phase shift configuration data from RF signals input from the antennas to a virtual antenna position estimator. The virtual antenna position estimator determines virtual antenna positions based on the physical antenna position and the phase shift configuration data from each RF nulling circuit. The virtual antenna position estimator then provides the virtual antenna positions to a navigation system for determining at least one navigation parameter of the vehicle.
G01S 19/37 - Hardware or software details of the signal processing chain
G01S 19/47 - Determining position by combining measurements of signals from the satellite radio beacon positioning system with a supplementary measurement the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial
A method for operating a security system of a facility includes receiving a video from a video camera of the security system of the facility. An event of interest occurring in the video is identified via video analytics, and the event of interest is classified into one of plurality of event severity levels. An alert is automatically generated and sent to an operator of the security system when the event of interest is classified as having a first event severity level of the plurality of event severity levels. An alert is automatically generated and sent to a first responder when the event of interest is classified as having a second event severity level of the plurality of event severity levels.
Vehicle systems and methods are provided for assisting operation by providing indication of remaining control margin with respect to actuation of a user input device to adjust an inertial rate of a vehicle. An exemplary method involves identifying one or more effector limits for one or more effectors associated with an aircraft based at least in part on current aircraft state information and current actuation state information for the one or more effectors using a flight dynamics model associated with the aircraft, determining a range of potential effective input commands for a user input device associated with the one or more effectors to adjust one or more inertial rates of the aircraft based on the one or more effector limits, the current aircraft state information and the current actuation state information, and providing a user indication of the range of potential effective input commands.
Activities in a monitored space are monitored using a plurality of Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) video cameras each having a Field Of View (FOV). The method includes receiving a video stream from a first PTZ video camera, identifying one or more objects in the FOV of the first PTZ video camera, and classifying each of the identified objects into one or more of a plurality of object classes. The method includes determining when one or more objects, classified in a first object class of the plurality of object classes, obstructs a designated region of the monitored space in the FOV of the first PTZ video camera for at least a threshold period of time, and when so, causing a second PTZ video camera to adjust its pan, tilt and/or zoom settings to capture the designated region of the monitored space.
H04N 23/61 - Control of cameras or camera modules based on recognised objects
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 20/40 - ScenesScene-specific elements in video content
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
H04N 23/69 - Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
H04N 23/695 - Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
H04N 23/90 - Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELESTIAL NAVIGATION USING REGION OF INTEREST SUBSAMPLING
Techniques are disclosed for improving daylight performance of a star tracker. A region of interest (ROI) within a field of view of sky is obtained. The region of interest is divided into sub-ROIs. Sub-ROIs including a candidate celestial object are identified. An angular velocity of each candidate celestial object is determined. The known celestial object is a candidate celestial object identified as having a angular velocity, during a time period, that is within a range of angular velocities about a known angular velocity associated with the known celestial object.
A microgrid has a microgrid controller that controls power delivery from two or more energy sources to one or more microgrid loads. A prediction is made as to when a main power grid may lose power. The microgrid controller operates in a prepare for islanding mode when a future loss of power is predicted, during which power received from the main power grid source, a solar power source and/or a wind power source are prioritized over energy costs and CO2 emissions to charge the battery power source to a prepare for islanding charge level. The microgrid controller operates in an islanding mode when the main power grid source loses power, during which power received from the solar power source, the wind power source, the battery power source and/or a diesel generator power source are prioritized to maximize a time that the microgrid can remain powered.
Method and/or systems for controlling transmission and reception of control signals associated with lock devices of a door lock system. The method comprises receiving, from a server, operational data corresponding to the door lock system. Further, the method comprises obtaining, by a master lock device, real-time information and real-time environmental condition information associated with the door lock system. The method also comprises determining, by the master lock device, a peak time duration and an off-peak time duration corresponding to the door lock system based on the received operational data and obtained real-time information. Moreover, the method comprises controlling, by the master lock device, the transmission and reception of the control signals associated with at least one slave lock device among the plurality of lock devices based on the determined peak time duration and the determined off-peak time duration.
Devices, systems, and methods for providing an optical chamber base for smoke detection with integrated reflective surfaces for optical particle detection are described herein. One unitary reflective component insert includes a unitary reflective component insert body having a non-reflective portion and a reflective portion and wherein the reflective portion forms two emitter mirrors and a receiver mirror, wherein the emitter mirrors are shaped to direct light emitted from emitters positioned below the emitter mirrors toward a scattering zone of the optical chamber.
Devices, methods, and systems for an event sensing device are described herein. One device includes a variable airflow device and a controller configured to activate the variable airflow device to increase airflow into the event sensing device responsive to the event sensing device or a neighboring event sensing device detecting an unconfirmed fire, detect whether a fire is occurring using the increased airflow responsive to activating the variable airflow device, and report a confirmed fire responsive to detecting a fire occurring.
System for control and optimization of a coated secondary battery electrode drying process includes a closed-loop process control module that is configured to process manufacturing data derived from a sheet production apparatus for coating a metal sheet with electrode material. The electrode production system includes: a continuous source of a sheet of metal substrate; a coater that is configured to apply electrode material to form a coated moving sheet; an oven that equipped with a heat source to remove solvent from the coat to form a dried coated moving sheet; means for determining the residual solvent content in the dried coated moving sheet and generating representative signals; and controller means for controlling the intensity of the heat source in response to the signals to maintain the residual solvent content at a desired level.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Computers, diagnostic apparatus, sensors, and software for
use in the context of the production of fuels and chemicals
generated from hydrogen, more specifically for designing,
displaying, diagnosing, recommending, analyzing, optimizing,
storing, controlling and predicting real time data relating
to operations and overall status of plant operations and
equipment used in manufacturing green hydrogen and fuels and
chemicals generated from hydrogen.
Techniques for optimized aggregation of a data source are described. A server device receives a request from a data source for aggregating thereof and compares each of a set of hardware metrics corresponding to hardware configuration of the server device with a corresponding threshold hardware metric. The server device is classified as a small-configuration device or a high-configuration device and complete aggregation of the data source or partial aggregation of the data source is allowed based on the classification. A set of utilized hardware metrics of the server device that corresponds to hardware resources of the server device that is being utilized is determined. One or more operations corresponding to the transmission of data of the data source that is to be performed by the server device is blocked if at least one of the set of utilized hardware metrics is higher than a corresponding threshold operational soft limit.
Various embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for managing emissions in a facility. In this regard, a set point at which each asset of a plurality of assets is operating in the facility is determined. An emission level associated with each asset of the plurality of assets is determined as well. The emission level associated with each of the plurality of assets is correlated to determine if the correlated emission level exceeds a predefined threshold. If the correlated emission level exceeds the predefined threshold, one or more corrective actions for at least one asset is identified. Also, the one or more corrective actions are rendered on a display. An input is received from an operator that corresponds to a selection of one of a corrective action. Based on the corrective action, the at least one asset is operated at a first set point different from the set point.
In some examples, a brake assembly includes a torque tube supporting at least one spline configured to receive a torque from one or more stator discs. The spline includes a central member configured to couple to the torque tube and a load member configured to receive the torque. The load member is configured to move relative to the central member from an unloaded position to a loaded position when the load member receives the torque. In examples, the spline includes a flex member biased to return the load member from the loaded position to the unloaded position.
B60T 1/06 - Arrangements of braking elements, i.e. of those parts where braking effect occurs acting by retarding wheels acting otherwise than on tread, e.g. employing rim, drum, disc, or transmission
F16D 55/36 - Brakes with a plurality of rotating discs all lying side by side
A system for performing facial recognition includes a memory for storing a plurality of enrolled facial recognition templates for a plurality of enrolled users, a camera for capturing a current facial image of a person, and a controller that is operatively coupled to the memory and the camera. The controller is configured to determine whether the current facial image of the person matches one of the plurality of enrolled facial recognition templates. When the current facial image of the person matches one of the plurality of enrolled facial recognition templates, the controller is configured to identify the enrolled user of the plurality of enrolled users that matches the current facial image of the person, and to update the enrolled facial recognition template for the matching enrolled user based on the current facial image of the person.
G06V 40/16 - Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 40/50 - Maintenance of biometric data or enrolment thereof
G07C 9/37 - Individual registration on entry or exit not involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
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MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENERGIZING A LOW-VOLTAGE MOTOR FROM A HIGH-VOLTAGE SOURCE
A motor control system includes a voltage source, a multi-phase motor, and a motor control circuit. The voltage source supplies a voltage at a maximum voltage magnitude. The multi-phase motor has a motor voltage rating that is less than the maximum voltage magnitude. The motor control circuit is coupled to the voltage source and to the multi-phase stator and is configured to energize each phase of the multi-phase stator with a voltage having a peak magnitude at or below the motor voltage rating voltage. The motor control circuit includes a multi-phase inverter, a multi-phase output filter circuit, and a duty-cycle control circuit. The duty-cycle control signal supplied by the duty-cycle control circuit and the multiphase output filter ensure that the peak magnitude of the voltage supplied to each phase of the multi-phase stator is at or below the motor voltage rating.
H02P 27/08 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using DC to AC converters or inverters with pulse width modulation
B60L 15/08 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performanceAdaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train characterised by the form of the current used in the control circuit using pulses
H02P 6/08 - Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor
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DIFFUSION BONDED TUNGSTEN CONTAINING TARGET TO TITANIUM OR TITANIUM ALLOY BACKING PLATE
A sputtering target assembly comprises a tungsten containing sputtering target, a titanium containing backing plate attached to the tungsten containing sputtering target and an interlayer positioned between and diffusion bonding the tungsten containing sputtering target and the titanium containing backing plate. The interlayer includes a nickel layer immediately adjacent to the tungsten containing sputtering target and a copper layer immediately adjacent to the nickel layer.
The present disclosure provides a method for conversion of a mixture of high-boiling fluorinated components comprising 1,1,3,3-tetrachloro-1-fluoropropane (HCFC-241fa), 1,3,3-trichloro-1,1-difluoropropane (HCFC-242sfa), 1,1,3-trichloro-1,3-difluoropropane (HCFC-242fb), 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane (HCFC-243fa), 1,3-dichloro-1,1,3-trifluoropropane (HCFC-243fb), 3-chloro-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244fa), their isomers, and combinations thereof, to 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd). Heavy impurities, such as oligomers and other high boiling impurities, that are present may be purged during the process to prevent yield loss and reduction of catalyst efficacy.
A sputtering target assembly comprises a tungsten containing sputtering target, a titanium containing backing plate attached to the tungsten containing sputtering target and an interlayer positioned between and diffusion bonding the tungsten containing sputtering target and the titanium containing backing plate. The interlayer includes a nickel layer immediately adjacent to the tungsten containing sputtering target and a copper layer immediately adjacent to the nickel layer.
An aircraft lighting system includes a light source and a processing system. The light source is rotationally mounted on an external surface of an aircraft to rotate at least 360-degrees about a rotational axis. The light source is configured, upon being electrically energized, to emit light. The processing system is in operable communication with the light source and is coupled to receive an anti-bird mode activation signal and one or more sensor signals representative of a position and flight path of birds. The processing system is configured, upon receipt of the anti-bird mode activation signal, to process the one or more sensor signals to determine the position and flight path of the birds, electrically energize the light source to emit light, and command the light source to rotate in one or more directions so that the emitted light is directed toward birds.
Systems and methods include a heat transfer body with opposing major surfaces formed from a thermally conductive substrate in intimate thermal interaction with an alumina exterior surface that extends across the major surfaces of the body. In an illustrative example, the heat source may be a substantially planar, silicone-based heater source (P-SBHS). The heat transfer body may be configured to thermally interact, for example, heat from a heat source proximate a first of the major surfaces to a second of the major surfaces. A temperature sensor module may be located, for example, proximate to the first major surface such that a temperature sensor thermally interacts with the first major surface. The temperature sensor module may, for example, insulate the temperature sensor from the P-SBHS.
A Modbus gateway includes a processor, an application memory, and a data acquisition module for receiving field data from an industrial process run in a plant including processing equipment having associated field devices. The data acquisition module is coupled to provide the field data to a data broker having at least one memory that stores the field data according to data registers associated with the field devices. The data broker is coupled to the application memory containing at least one data map organized according to an application context requested by a subscribed client device for an application executing at the client device. The data broker is coupled to associate the data registers into a grouping of field data according to the data map, wherein the processor causes the grouping of field data to be sent to the client device subscribed to the data map.
H04L 12/66 - Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
H04L 67/00 - Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
Devices, systems, and methods for generating an emergency event spatial analysis are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a controller comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a visual input from a first sensor and a spatial input from a second sensor, where the first sensor and the second sensor are located on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), generate, based on the visual input and the spatial input, an emergency event spatial analysis, and display, via a user interface, the emergency event spatial analysis.
A fuel nozzle and a method of operating the fuel nozzle, can include a group of chambers located in the fuel nozzle, wherein the chambers can include an inner mixing chamber and an outer mixing chamber. The inner mixing chamber and the outer mixing chamber each can accept air and fuel separately and combine the air and the fuel to form a mixture of the air and the fuel. A first hole pattern and a second hole pattern can be configured in the fuel nozzle, wherein the fuel enters the inner mixing chamber through the first hole pattern and enters the outer mixing chamber through the second hole pattern. Furthermore, an angled discharge can be included with the inner mixing chamber, wherein the angled discharge slows an exit velocity of the mixture of the air and the fuel prior to exiting the fuel nozzle through a discharge end of the fuel nozzle. The group of chambers together with the first hole pattern and the second hole pattern and the angled discharge can facilitate stabilization of a flame at two distinct points downstream of the fuel nozzle depending on the rate of flow of the fuel and the air.
Devices, systems, and methods for predicting fire spread in a facility are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a computing device comprising a processor and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an indication of a fire detected by an event device of a plurality of event devices installed in a facility, sort the plurality of event devices into a plurality of priority levels based on a determined likelihood of fire spread to each of the plurality of event devices, receive data collected by the plurality of event devices during the fire, and provide, via an interface, graphical information descriptive of a spread of the fire based on the received data.
A satellite spoofing signal detection system with at least one primary antenna installed on a top side of a vehicle body, at least one secondary antenna installed on a bottom side of the vehicle body, and a spoofing controller is provided. The spoofing controller is configured to determine if a spoofing signal is present by comparing primary satellite signals received by the at least one primary antenna and secondary satellite signals received by the at least one secondary antenna. The spoofing controller determines if a spoofing signal is present by comparing a number of satellites used in position computations along with protection limits determined by the primary satellite signals and the secondary satellite signals. Other information from the primary and secondary antennas, such as visible satellites, receiver autonomous integrity monitoring, dilution of precision, and satellite almanac information may be used to determine if a spoofing signal is present.
B60W 30/00 - Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
G01S 19/20 - Integrity monitoring, fault detection or fault isolation of space segment
An antenna coupler can include an RF coupler comprising an RF coupler top portion and an RF coupler base portion, wherein an internal antenna can be connected to an electronic printed circuit board for RF signal output and the internal antenna can be partially potted with respect to the electronic printed circuit board for environmental protection of electronics. The antenna coupler can further include a housing that includes a top cover housing. The RF coupler top portion can reside on the top cover housing. In addition, the RF coupler top portion can include a flex-rigid printed circuit board.
Various embodiments described herein relate to management of industrial process optimization related to batch operations. In this regard, an optimization request to optimize an industrial process that produces an industrial process product is received. Thereafter, a first time period and an optimization time period are determined to produce the industrial process product and to update industrial process product characteristics. In addition, blending component characteristics indicative of availability of one or more blending components are updated for the batch process. Furthermore, in response to completing the production of the industrial process product, product spent characteristics associated are determined to update demand data for the one or more feed products utilized for blending the one or more blending products based on the product spent characteristics. Finally, a control signal is transmitted to control the flow of the feed component.
G05B 19/416 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control of velocity, acceleration or deceleration
Techniques for asset safety data management are described. In one example implementation, the present subject matter facilitates in managing updates in configuration data of the asset in the industrial environment. In an example, managing updates in the configuration data includes retrieving safety related data of the processing facility from the user in a preset format and generating the configuration data file based on the retrieved safety related data.
Systems and methods for GNSS interference monitoring are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes at least one GNSS receiver configured to receive a plurality of signals from a plurality of satellites and provide measurements from the plurality of satellites; and a processor coupled to the at least one GNSS receiver. Further, the processor is configured to calculate a detection parameter that comprises at least one of a composite detection parameter based on a short-term average and a long-term average of carrier-to-noise measurements for the plurality of signals; and a transient detection parameter based on an average difference for the plurality of satellites between the short-term average and long-term average of the carrier-to-noise measurements for each satellite in the plurality of satellites. The processor is also configured to determine a state of the plurality of signals based on a comparison of the composite detection parameter against a comparison threshold.
Approaches for estimating emission intensity based on a proposed production plan are described. In an example, the emission intensity may be determined based on a weighted distribution of greenhouse gas emissions corresponding to an emission source. Emission source may further include a contributing category, with the contributing category further comprising a source level category. In an example, the weighted distribution may correspond to each of the contributing category and the source level category. In such a case, a first weighted distribution corresponding to a source level category indicates the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions by the source level category to the contributing category. In a similar manner, a second weighted distribution corresponding to the contributing category may depict the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions to the emission source.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
40.
CALIBRATION OF A HEATING ELEMENT IN A FIRE SENSING DEVICE
Devices, methods, and systems for calibration of a heating element in a fire sensing device are described herein. One device includes a heating element, a reservoir comprising liquid or wax, a variable airflow generator, and a controller configured to receive a characteristic of the heating element and apply a calibrated electrical heating input to the heating element based on the characteristic of the heating element. The heating element is configured to heat the liquid or wax to generate a particular amount of aerosol or gas responsive to the calibrated electrical heating input and the variable airflow generator is configured to move the particular amount of aerosol or gas through the fire sensing device and return the fire sensing device to a state prior to generating the particular amount of aerosol or gas.
Events may be identified in a video stream using a first video analytics algorithm and the identified events may be validated using a second video analytics algorithm that is more comprehensive than the first video analytics algorithm. The event as identified by the first video analytics algorithm may be reported when the identified event is validated by the second video analytics algorithm.
A method of operating a resonator optical gyroscope includes generating optical signals having broadband frequency range; coupling optical signals into optical resonator (OR) to propagate in first direction and out of OR after optical signals pass through OR in first direction; applying phase modulation to optical signals coupled out of OR to generate phase-modulated optical signals; filtering first portion of phase-modulated optical signals to generate filtered, phase-modulated optical signals; generating first electrical signals indicative of power level of the filtered, phase-modulated optical signals and RIN; coupling second portion of phase-modulated optical signals into OR to propagate in second direction and out of OR after phase-modulated optical signals pass through the OR in second direction; generating second electrical signals indicative of power level of phase-modulated optical signals after passing through OR in second direction; and determining a rotation rate based on the first electrical signals and the second electrical signals.
G01C 19/72 - Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams with counter-rotating light beams in a passive ring, e.g. fibre laser gyrometers
G02B 6/293 - Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
Processes and apparatuses for heating a process fluid with a heater having a burner. Fuel is passed to the burner and combusts to product heat. An inert gas stream is provided to the burner, either upstream or downstream or both, of the burner. The flow of the inert gas stream is controlled based on a composition of the fuel, with more inert gas being passed downstream of the burner to when the amount of hydrogen in the fuel is increased.
F24H 1/00 - Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters
C01B 3/36 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents using oxygen or mixtures containing oxygen as gasifying agents
F23C 1/00 - Combustion apparatus specially adapted for combustion of two or more kinds of fuel simultaneously or alternately, at least one kind of fuel being either a fluid fuel or a solid fuel suspended in air
F23L 7/00 - Supplying non-combustible liquids or gases, other than air, to the fire, e.g. oxygen, steam
F23N 1/08 - Regulating fuel supply conjointly with another medium, e.g. boiler water
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MANAGING PERFORMANCE OF ASSETS IN INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
Examples techniques to manage performance of assets installed in an industrial facility are described. Operating parameters of a component from amongst one or more components of an asset are monitored. A range of values indicative of normal operational behavior of the asset is predefined for each operating parameter of the component. One or more operating parameters of the component are identified to deviate from corresponding predefined range of values. Deviation in an operating parameter is a symptom of a fault. A severity index is assigned to each symptom of a fault based on an amount of the deviation in the respective operating parameter from corresponding predefined range of values. Further, a fault severity indicator is assigned for the fault associated with the component based on severity indexes of each symptom of the fault. A corrective action is caused when the fault severity indicator is above a predetermined threshold.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING A RISK OF SPREAD OF DISEASE AMONG PEOPLE IN A SPACE
Methods and systems for location tracking or maintaining a count of people in a building or space. An illustrative method may include storing a background image of a field of view of a video camera and receiving a video stream from the video camera. Background subtraction may be performed to identify one or more blobs in the field of view of the video camera. The size of the one or more blobs may be compared to an expected size of the blob at a similar distance from the camera. When the size of the blob is greater than the expected size of a person at the determined distance of the corresponding blob by more than a predetermined threshold the blob may be counted as two or more people.
G16H 50/80 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
G06V 20/40 - ScenesScene-specific elements in video content
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G06V 40/20 - Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
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System for electric machine associated with gas turbine engine
A system for an electric machine associated with a gas turbine engine of a vehicle includes a shield to be coupled to the electric machine. The shield includes a first wall opposite a second wall with a passage defined between the first wall and the second wall. The first wall defines an inlet port at a first end opposite an outlet port defined between the first wall and the second wall at a second end. The inlet port and the outlet port are in communication with the passage. The system includes an airfoil coupled to the shield proximate the second end to extend from the shield. The airfoil defines an airfoil inlet at a leading edge that is in communication with an interior of the airfoil. The interior of the airfoil is in communication with the inlet port and is to couple the electric machine to the gas turbine engine.
In examples, a method for forming a high temperature coating includes applying a barrier coat formulation on a substrate. The barrier coat formulation includes mono-aluminum phosphate; at least one of a group four, a group five, or a group six metal or metal compound; boron carbide; water; and surfactant. The method further includes heat treating the barrier coat formulation to form an oxidation-resistant coating layer, wherein a melting point of the oxidation-resistant coating layer is greater than about 800 degrees Celsius (° C.).
A method for providing assurance of data association comprises formulating a track permutation matrix of measurement statistics based on sensor measurement returns; receiving a first set of correlated tracks from a correlator module (set a), identified as originating from a target; selecting a second set of correlated tracks from the track permutation matrix (set b), based on branching and bounding techniques; reframing verification of a data association framework into a linear inequality, with a first portion of the linear inequality based on set a, and a second portion of the linear inequality based on set b; and performing a formal methods-based verification procedure to determine whether properties of set a are bounded by properties of set b. If properties of the correlated tracks within set a are bounded by, or are less than or equal to, properties of the correlated tracks within set b, then the correlated tracks are verified.
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided herein. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving a cybersecurity log from a computing device. In some embodiments, the cybersecurity log is in a first format. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method may include decoding, at least in part by applying the cybersecurity log to a decoding model, cybersecurity data. In some embodiments, the cybersecurity data is in a second format. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method may include generating, based at least in part by applying the cybersecurity data to a cybersecurity threat rules model, a cybersecurity threat assessment of the cybersecurity log. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method may include a cybersecurity threat interface to be displayed, wherein the cybersecurity threat interface is based at least in part on the cybersecurity threat assessment.
A directional coupler with reduced phase deviation is provided. The directional coupler includes a first coupler waveguide and second coupler waveguide. At least one of a spaced distance between the first coupler waveguide and the second coupler waveguide and a length of the first coupler waveguide and the second coupler waveguide selected to achieve an acceptable phase deviation and a set coupling ratio. The phase deviation is caused by a difference in loss coefficients between a first optical mode in the first coupler waveguide and a second optical mode in the second coupler waveguide.
G01C 19/72 - Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams with counter-rotating light beams in a passive ring, e.g. fibre laser gyrometers
A system and method for providing a blended taxi display for an aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a camera mounted on the aircraft that provides a real time image feed and sensors that provide data display images related to a taxi trajectory for the aircraft. A cockpit display device blends the real time image feed from the camera with the data display images from the sensors to generate an augmented display image for assisting a pilot during taxi operations.
Techniques for risk management in a supply chain are described. In one aspect, to determine an overall impact of a fault associated with an equipment operating in a facility, multiple operational parameters of the equipment are monitored to detect an anomaly, based on which a fault in the equipment is identified. On identifying the fault, a first impact factor corresponding to an energy impact, a second impact factor corresponding to an emission impact, and a third impact factor corresponding to an economic impact are derived based on the multiple operational parameters. Further, an integrated risk indicator is computed from the impact factors to determine a current overall impact of the fault on the equipment. Accordingly, a risk profile including one or more remedial strategies is generated based on the integrated risk indicator and is issued to personnel of the facility for risk management.
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided herein. For example, the method includes identifying production data representative of an object process and an object. In some embodiments, the object process comprises a plurality of subsidiary object processes. In some embodiments, the method includes generating an object process state representation template using the production data. In some embodiments, the method includes, from at least one of the plurality of processing systems, operational data. In some embodiments, the method includes the operational data to determine an object process state. In some embodiments, processing the operational data comprises applying the operational data to an object process state model. In some embodiments, the method includes generating an object process state representation in response to determining the object process state. In some embodiments, the method includes initiating performance of one or more object related actions based on the object process state representation.
Compositions comprising multi-fluorinated olefins and HFC-32 are disclosed. Such compositions are useful particularly for in stationary refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
Various embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for providing actionable recommendations in a facility. In this regard, a first service case is generated in response to identification of a first event associated with a first asset in a facility. The first service case comprises at least one of: a first recommendation to resolve the first event and a first root cause to diagnose the first event. Further, the first service case is based on heuristic recommendations and heuristic knowledge for resolution of a plurality of service cases associated with at least one asset in the facility. A first input indicative of a resolution of the first service case is received. The first input has tagged information indicative of a modification to at least one of: the first recommendation and the first root cause. In response to receipt of the first input, a knowledge graph is updated based on the tagged information. The knowledge graph corresponds to a data model constructed for resolution of the plurality of service cases associated with the at least one asset in the facility. An occurrence of a second event associated with a second asset in the facility is identified. In this regard, the second event is related to the first event. A second service case is generated in response to identification of the second event. The second service case is generated based on the modification to at least one of: the first recommendation and the first root cause derived from the knowledge graph.
F24F 11/49 - Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or configuration checks
F24F 11/62 - Control or safety arrangements characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
Techniques for lane edge detection on an electrode sheet of a battery are described. In one aspect, scan data corresponding to a coating thickness of a plurality of bins distributed into a number of rows and columns across the electrode sheet is obtained. A first average coating thickness is computed for each column of the electrode sheet based on a number of bins identified in the column, based on which, a second average coating thickness is calculated for a first set of columns of the electrode sheet. A difference between the second average coating thickness and a standard deviation value is identified to compute an average minimum edge coating thickness, which is then compared with the first average coating thickness for each column to detect an edge transition of coated to uncoated region of the electrode sheet. Accordingly, a lane edge is determined for the column.
G01B 21/08 - Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant for measuring length, width, or thickness for measuring thickness
In examples, a method for forming a high temperature coating includes applying a barrier coat formulation on a substrate. The barrier coat formulation includes mono-aluminum phosphate; boron carbide; and tungsten. The method further includes heat treating the barrier coat formulation to form an oxidation-resistant coating layer, wherein a melting point of the oxidation-resistant coating layer is greater than about 800 degrees Celsius (° C.).
B05D 1/02 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
B05D 1/28 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by transfer from the surfaces of elements carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. brushes, pads, rollers
B05D 3/02 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
C09D 1/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on inorganic substances
In examples, a method for forming a high temperature coating includes applying a barrier coat formulation on a substrate. The barrier coat formulation includes mono-aluminum phosphate; boron carbide; and molybdenum or a molybdenum compound. The method further includes heat treating the barrier coat formulation to form an oxidation-resistant coating layer, wherein a melting point of the oxidation-resistant coating layer is greater than about 800 degrees Celsius (° C.).
In examples, a method for forming a high temperature coating includes applying a barrier coat formulation on a substrate. The barrier coat formulation includes mono-aluminum phosphate; boron carbide; and chromium or a chromium compound. The method further includes heat treating the barrier coat formulation to form an oxidation-resistant coating layer, wherein a melting point of the oxidation-resistant coating layer is greater than about 800 degrees Celsius (° C.).
B05D 1/02 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
B05D 1/28 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by transfer from the surfaces of elements carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. brushes, pads, rollers
B05D 3/02 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
C09D 1/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on inorganic substances
C09D 5/38 - Paints containing free metal not provided for in groups
An example apparatus, method, and computer program product for detecting a change (e.g., deformation) in a surface using optical fibers are provided. The example apparatus may include an optical fiber having a first end and a second end, wherein the optical fiber is positioned in a two-dimensional pattern on a surface. An illumination source is positioned at a first end of the optical fiber and is configured to emit a light output into the first end of the optical fiber. A first optical receiver is also positioned at the first end of the optical fiber, configured to receive reflected light. The apparatus may include a second optical receiver configured to receive transmitted light at the second end of the optical fiber. A change in the surface is detected based at least in part on the reflected light and the transmitted light.
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor includes detector(s), attenuator(s), and processor(s). The detector(s) receive backscattered light backscattered from at least one measurement location; and determine a current intensity of the backscattered light. The attenuator(s) is positioned between the at least one measurement location and the at least one detector. The processor(s) is configured to: select at least one of (1) a particular attenuator or (2) an attenuation level to use based on the current intensity of the backscattered light. The particular attenuator is configured to: selectively attenuate the backscattered light based on at least one of: (1) characteristics of the particular attenuator or (2) the attenuation level to use as selected by the at least one processor for the current intensity of the backscattered light.
A corrosion and wear-resistant brake disc is disclosed. The brake disc comprises a brake body having at least one braking surface, and a corrosion and wear-resistant coating electrodeposited on the braking surface. The corrosion and wear-resistant coating comprises a precipitation-hardened cobalt-phosphorus (CoP) alloy and exhibits a Vickers hardness of from about 900 to about 1050 HV. A method of preparing the brake disc is also disclosed, and comprises electrodepositing a cobalt-phosphorus (CoP) alloy onto at least one braking surface of a disc body to a thickness of at least about 150 μm to give a coated disc body. The method also comprises heat treating the coated disc body to precipitation harden the CoP alloy and give the corrosion and wear-resistant coating on the braking surface.
A distributed aircraft cabin pressure control system (CPCS), and techniques for interfacing the distributed CPCS to avionics. The CPCS-specific equipment of this disclosure is used in a variety of different type aircraft with no hardware or software change for each aircraft type. In this manner, CPCS-specific equipment is used in different type aircraft without the need for formal re-certification of the CPCS-specific equipment. The CPCS-specific equipment may operate with limited, and fixed, functionality and control algorithms in its hardware and software that would not change from airplane application to application, but it would instead use “gain terms” transmitted from the avionics. The distributed CPCS processes in the various avionics modules may send information to the CPCS-specific equipment that customizes the operation of the CPCS-specific equipment to that specific aircraft type.
A method and system for providing playback of air traffic control (ATC) communications for a pilot of an aircraft has been developed. First, an audio communication is received from the ATC for the pilot of the aircraft. The audio communication is segmented into three separate audio channels including: a raw channel of the audio communication as received, an enhanced channel of a filtered version of the audio communication, and a synthesized channel of a speech synthesized version of the audio communication. An identification function identifies segments of each audio communication with reference to identifying data for the aircraft. The separate audio channels are then stored in an electronic memory for later retrieval by the pilot of the aircraft.
A method comprises capturing, with a vehicle vision sensor, a color image of a landing site including landing surface markers; converting the color image to a gray scale image; and performing multi-scale-binarization to detect multiple edges of the gray scale image and produce binary images. The method determines contours of edges of the binary images having closed shapes, detects closed shapes of contours of edges having four corners, and verifies whether four-sided candidate contours are valid as potential landing surface markers. If more than one contour is associated with a valid ID within a surface marker library, then the contour within the smallest window size is selected. If multiple contours with the same window size can be associated with a valid ID, then a mean of corresponding corners of multiple contours is computed. The method then performs corner refinement of valid four-sided candidate contours identified as potential landing surface markers.
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
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COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING EXTERNAL LIGHTING SYSTEMS
Vehicle systems and methods are provided for visually alerting a vehicle operator to a potential obstacle in the vicinity of a vehicle using an external lighting system associated with the vehicle. An exemplary method involves identifying an analysis portion of image data captured for a region external to the vehicle based at least in part on current status information associated with the vehicle, identifying an obstacle within the analysis portion of the image data based at least in part on ranging data for the analysis portion, and in response to identifying the obstacle, automatically adjusting an illumination axis associated with a lighting system to illuminate the obstacle, determining a current value for a contrast ratio associated with the obstacle relative to the analysis portion of the image data, and automatically adjusting one or more characteristics of the lighting system based at least in part on the current value.
B64D 47/04 - Arrangements or adaptations of signal or lighting devices the lighting devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
G06V 10/60 - Extraction of image or video features relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestriansRecognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONDITIONAL ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIMES
Aircraft systems and methods are provided for assisting sequencing of aircraft by providing conditional estimated arrival times for short arrivals or early clearances. One method involves identifying a geographic location associated with a merge point for an approach to an airport associated with a flight plan for an aircraft, determining an alternative lateral trajectory for the aircraft from a second geographic location along a sequencing route between arrival and the merge point, determining a conditional estimated arrival time for the aircraft at the merge point based at least in part on the alternative lateral trajectory, and transmitting a message including the conditional estimated arrival time for the aircraft to an external computing system.
Devices, systems, and methods for system gateway analysis are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a mobile device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to scan a building system gateway of a control system, generate gateway data about the building system gateway from the scan, transmit the gateway data to a remote computing device, receive, from the remote computing device, supplemented gateway information for the building system gateway, and generate, based on the supplemented gateway information, a system gateway analysis.
Various embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for assessing a condition of a package in a facility. In this regard, first data from one or more first sensors is received once a worker picks the package at a first location in the facility. Further, based on the first data it is determined if the worker is holding the package. If the worker holds the package, second data is received from one or more second sensors such that the one or more second sensors are different from the one or more first sensors. Based on the second data, a package handling pattern for the package is determined. One or more notifications are provided to a mobile device associated with the worker if it is determined that the package handling pattern causes damage to the package.
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided herein. For example, a computer-implemented method may include identifying a first plurality of anomaly detection computing programs. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method may include transforming the first plurality of anomaly detection computing programs into a second plurality of anomaly detection computing programs. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method may include monitoring one or more computing applications using the second plurality of anomaly detection computing programs. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method may include detecting that a first computing application of the one or more computing applications is affected by an anomaly. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method may include generating an anomaly characteristics data set for the anomaly based at least in part on the anomaly.
A method and system to integrate information in a coordinated mission of a group of user vehicles is provided. The method comprises storing a call sign in a database for each user vehicle, among the group of user vehicles, in the coordinated mission; and identifying a speaker vehicle among the user vehicles by comparing a call sign from parts of speech (POS) with the stored call signs. The method further comprises highlighting the identified speaker vehicle in a common display of each user vehicle; and determining whether the POS from the speaker vehicle contains a reference to a point of interest (POI). The method generates a graphical symbol for the POI when the POS from the speaker vehicle contains a reference to the POI, and tags the graphical symbol at a location of the POI in the common display of each user vehicle.
An interferometric resonator optical gyroscope includes an optical frequency comb generator configured to generate an optical frequency comb. Optical signals representative of the optical frequency comb pass through an optical resonator in different directions, and a rotation rate is determined based on the extent of interference between the optical signals. Parameters of the optical frequency comb generator can be controlled by a control servo based on an intensity of the optical signals after propagating in the optical resonator. Utilizing an optical frequency comb generator reduces the bias error during gyroscope operation.
G01C 19/72 - Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams with counter-rotating light beams in a passive ring, e.g. fibre laser gyrometers
A method includes forming an article from a silicon-rich refractory mixture. The silicon-rich refractory mixture includes a silicon-rich silicon carbide preceramic polymer and a silicon carbide powder. The method includes heating the preform to pyrolyze the silicon-rich silicon carbide preceramic polymer and form a silicon-rich refractory material. The silicon-rich refractory material includes the silicon carbide powder and excess silicon in a silicon carbide matrix. The method further includes heating the silicon-rich refractory material to oxidize at least a portion of the excess silicon and form a reinforced refractory material. The reinforced refractory material includes a silicon dioxide phase at grain boundaries of the silicon carbide powder.
A discover method includes a collection phase and a subsequent discovery phase. The collection phase includes receiving an NBIRTH message for each node and receiving a DBIRTH message for each device. A group ID and a corresponding node ID are extracted and cached from each NBIRTH message and a group ID, a node ID and a device ID are extracted from each DBIRTH message. The discovery phase includes publishing a REBIRTH message for each node having a cached group ID and node ID. The REBIRTH message causes the corresponding node to publish an NBIRTH message for the corresponding node, as well as a DBIRTH message for each associated device. Nodes may be discovered based on the NBIRTH messages published during the discovery phase and devices may be discovered based on the DBIRTH messages published during the discovery phase.
Devices, methods, and systems for broadcasting a location of a fire are described herein. One device includes a controller configured to receive a report of a fire from a fire sensing device, determine a location of the fire based on the fire sensing device that reported the fire, and transmit a message including the location of the fire to a sounder device for broadcast by the sounder device.
G08B 3/10 - Audible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electric transmissionAudible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electromagnetic transmission
G08B 17/00 - Fire alarmsAlarms responsive to explosion
G10L 13/08 - Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination
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METHOD AND ASSEMBLY TO REDUCE EXTERNAL LASER LIGHT SCATTERING SOURCE IN RING LASER GYROSCOPE
A method of making a readout mirror for a ring laser gyroscope comprises forming an optical substrate component that includes a lower surface, a first upper surface portion substantially parallel to the lower surface, and a second upper surface portion angled with respect to the lower surface; performing a coarse polish of the second upper surface portion; forming an optical part having a first surface; performing a super polish of the first surface of the optical part; applying a first beam splitter layer to the super polished first surface of the optical part, to produce a beam splitter side of the optical part; and bonding the beam splitter side of the optical part, using an optical adhesive, to the coarse polished second upper surface portion of the substrate component, to produce a reflector member. The reflector member is configured to reduce external cavity light scattering in the ring laser gyroscope.
Fly-by-wire vehicle systems and related remote actuation systems and operating methods are provided for actuating a remote flight control component using an individual analog command signal communicated over an individual electrical cable or wire. An exemplary method involves logic, circuitry or other hardware at a remote actuation system receiving an analog input command signal, converting the analog input command signal to a rotational speed command in a commanded rotational direction based on a relationship between a current state of the signal characteristic and a reference state for the signal characteristic, converting the rotational speed command into a power conversion command based at least in part on the rotational speed command and the current state of the motor, and operating power conversion circuitry at the remote actuation system to provide power to the motor in accordance with the power conversion command to achieve the commanded rotation in the commanded rotational direction.
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
B64U 50/20 - Transmission of mechanical power to rotors or propellers
G05D 1/10 - Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions
H02P 27/08 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using DC to AC converters or inverters with pulse width modulation
80.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT REJECTION IN AIDED NAVIGATION
A system comprises a processor onboard a vehicle, an onboard aiding source, and onboard inertial sensors. The processor includes a prediction module that propagates navigation error states, and a residual computation module that computes a measurement residual and measurement residual variance based on aiding measurements and navigation error states. A measurement monitoring module comprises a measurement monitor selection switch that selects between a normalized measurement residual monitor, and a Chi squared measurement monitor. When selected, the normalized measurement residual monitor performs a first aiding measurement validation process that determines whether a normalized measurement residual is less than a first user selected threshold. If yes, then the aiding measurement is valid. When selected, the Chi squared measurement monitor performs a second aiding measurement validation process that determines whether a measurement residual error squared is less than a second user selected threshold. If yes, then the aiding measurement is valid.
G01S 19/47 - Determining position by combining measurements of signals from the satellite radio beacon positioning system with a supplementary measurement the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial
81.
FLAME TUBE FOR IMPROVED UNIFORMITY OF THE RADIANT TUBE TEMPERATURE
A radiant heating tube device with a fuel-heated burner and a flame tube located inside the radiant heating tube often shows an undesirable increase in temperature in the area of the closed end of the radiant tube. This temperature rise can be reduced by installing an additional tube or other flow body in the area of the end of the flame tube. This achieves a more uniform radiant tube surface temperature.
A method, system and apparatus for tank gauging involves calculating a first mass of a product in a tank using data indicative of a first condition and calculating a second mass of the product in the tank using data indicative of a second condition, wherein the data indicative of the first condition is collected independently of the data indicative of the second condition and reporting a tank mass of the product in the tank based on a comparison of the first mass to the second mass. In some embodiments, the first mass can be calculated based on data obtained from a Hybrid Inventory Measurement System (HIMS) and the second mass can be calculated based on data obtained from a level gauging system.
Methods, devices, and systems for airfield luminaire obstruction detection are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a controller for airfield luminaire obstruction detection, comprising a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a signal from a light sensor of an airfield luminaire, determine, based on the signal, whether a lens of the airfield luminaire is obstructed by debris, and activate, based on whether the lens is obstructed, at least one of a vibration mechanism of the airfield luminaire and a heating mechanism of the airfield luminaire based on a temperature of the airfield luminaire to aid in clearing the debris.
G08B 13/183 - Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelengthActuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using active radiation detection systems by interruption of a radiation beam or barrier
Techniques for optimizing flight safety operations for an aircraft are described. In operation, aircraft operational parameters corresponding to a plurality of flight operations are retrieved. The aircraft operational parameters are then analyzed using a first machine learning model to identify a first flight operation, where the first flight operation comprises at least one aircraft operational parameter with deviation beyond a threshold. At least one potential flight safety incident corresponding to the first flight operation is then identified using the at least one aircraft operational parameter. The at least one potential flight safety incident is then analyzed using a second machine learning model to identify a corrective action for the potential flight safety incident, where the second machine learning model is trained using flight safety artifacts comprising a plurality of flight safety incidents and corrective actions to be initiated in response to the plurality of flight safety incidents. The corrective action is then subjected to an avionics digital twin to ascertain that the corrective action mitigates the at least one potential flight safety incident. The corrective action is then recommended for the at least one potential flight safety incident.
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
A laser illumination device is provided. For example, a laser illumination device comprises a laser diode having an anode and a cathode, a photodiode having an anode and a cathode connected to the cathode of the laser diode, a laser diode driver having a voltage output connected to the anode of the laser diode and a feedback input connected to the anode of the photodiode, and a variable resistor with a selectable resistance value connected between the anode of the photodiode and ground. The selectable resistance value is selected to maintain a reference voltage on the anode of the photodiode to reverse bias the photodiode.
Approaches for querying a telemetry dataset are described. The telemetry dataset may include telemetry data that may have been generated by a plurality of data endpoints of a physical asset within a facility. The querying of the telemetry dataset may be performed by initially using a semantic dataset. In an example, initially, the semantic dataset is queried by executing a first query comprising a query tag to identify a first data endpoint from amongst the plurality of data endpoints. Thereafter, a reference unique identifier which is linked with the first data endpoint is obtained to query the telemetry dataset by executing a subsequent query comprising the reference unique identifier. As a result of execution of the subsequent query, the telemetry data pertaining to the first data endpoint is retrieved.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Temperature sensors; Electric control panels; Thermostats; Electrical and electronic connectors; Electric valve actuators; Humidistats; Dehumidistats Dehumidifiers; Air filtering units; Air filters for furnaces; Ultraviolet lamps not for medical purposes; Humidifiers; Air filters for HVAC units; Dampers, namely, control devices used in air ducts to regulate the flow of air
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICING ORPHANED SENSORS IN A BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM
Each of a plurality of non-orphaned RF sensors may be assigned to a corresponding one of a plurality of communication slots. Emergency messages and non-emergency messages are received from each of the non-orphaned RF sensors. One or more emergency messages and non-emergency messages are sent to a remote device via a building control network. Each of the orphaned RF sensors are assigned to a corresponding one of a plurality of emergency communication slots. Emergency messages are received from each of the orphaned RF sensors that are assigned to one of the emergency communication slots, but not non-emergency messages. One or more emergency messages are sent to the remote device that are based at least in part on the emergency messages received from each of the one or more orphaned RF sensors that are assigned to one of the plurality of emergency communication slots.
A method and system for optimizing an aircraft heading for an intercept of a flight plan has been developed. The method includes activating a flight plan intercept advisory function on a flight management system (FMS) for the aircraft when an aircraft deviates from the active flight plan of the aircraft. The flight plan intercept advisory function identifies intercept points of the active flight plan that is based on an aircraft heading that is selected by a pilot of the aircraft. The advisory function calculates predicted compliance with flight performance and operational parameters of the aircraft at each intercept point. The predicted compliance of flight performance and operational parameters of the aircraft at each intercept point are then displayed to the pilot of the aircraft.
A system for optical communication and weather measurement is provided. The system includes a shared telescope used to collect and focus laser beams. The optical communication system includes an optical communication transceiver and optical communication beam steering optics. The optical communication beam steering optics are configured to steer generated transmit communication laser beams to a communication satellite. The optical communication beam steering optics further are configured to steer received communication laser beams from the shared telescope to the optical communication transceiver. The weather LiDAR system includes a LiDAR laser, LiDAR beam steering optics and LiDAR weather instruments. The LiDAR laser is used to generate transmit weather laser beams. The LiDAR beam steering optics is configured to direct the generated transmit weather laser beams. The LiDAR weather instruments are configured to process scattered laser light captured by the shared telescope to determine environmental information.
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for diagnosing misalignment in gas detecting devices are provided. An example method may include causing at least one detector component of a receiver element of the open path gas detecting device to generate a first light intensity indication corresponding to first infrared light; causing the at least one detector component to generate a second light intensity indication corresponding to second infrared light; and generating an alignment indication based at least in part on the first light intensity indication and the second light intensity indication.
G01N 21/3504 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing gases, e.g. multi-gas analysis
G01N 21/31 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
A wideband antenna apparatus can include a ground plane on a printed circuit board, and a plastic substrate that can support an antenna metal structure of an antenna. The antenna can be part of an antenna assembly that can connect to the printed circuit board. The wideband antenna apparatus may further include a metal radiating element mounted to the plastic substrate with heat staking, and a feeder leg electrically connected to an RF feeder port. The antenna can be connected directly to the RF feeder port and the plastic substrate can control variations in the radiation performance of the antenna due to, for example, manufacturing variations.
Examples techniques to communicate human field activities (HFA) requests to field operators are described. In an example, an HFA request corresponding to an operation to be performed by a field operator on an equipment in a facility is received. Based on the HFA request, an HFA command is generated using a pre-defined template. The HFA command specifies attributes of the equipment in a format compatible with a workflow management system that is implemented to manage standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the facility. The HFA command is transmitted to an application executing on a communication device of the field operator.
G05B 19/409 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panelNumerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters
G06Q 10/0631 - Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
One embodiment is a device, which comprises a cable attached at a first end to a radio module, the cable having a plurality of electro-magnetic interference (EMI) resistant elements connected at a plurality of positions, a radial board wherein the cable is attached thereto at a second end, and an antenna connected to the radial board, the antenna being configured to receive power from the radio module and to radiate.
A method for classifying assets in a facility includes receiving item point metadata and time series data associated with an asset, applying a machine learning neural network to the item point metadata and time series data to determine a similarity between metadata associated with the asset and metadata associated with a known asset type, and determining that the asset is of the asset type based on the similarity satisfying a predetermined threshold. The neural network comprises anchor-based learning trained on a plurality of mined triplets including an anchor input, a positive input, and a negative input. The neural network is configured to generate vector representations associated with each of the anchor input, the positive input, and the negative input. A loss function applied to the vector representations is configured to differentiate between the vector representation associated with the positive input and the vector representation associated with the negative input.
A mobile device determines a current location based at least in part on one or more characteristics of one or more signals received from a wireless access point. The wireless access point receives from the mobile device the current location of the mobile device and an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)-based identifier that is unique to the user's mobile device. The door is electrically unlocked when the current location of the user's mobile device is determined to be within a predetermined proximity to the door and the wirelessly received IMEI based identifier of the user's mobile device is associated with a user that has access rights to access through the door.
Techniques for commissioning of monitoring resources are disclosed. A transportable unit identifier (TUI) for each of a plurality of transportable units is determined. Each of the transportable units has a set of discrete transportable units associated therewith. A discrete unit identifier (DUI) linked with the set of discrete transportable units of each of the transportable units is then retrieved. A set of condition parameters, required to be monitored for the set of discrete transportable units, is determined for each DUI. One or more transportable units having the set of discrete transportable units requiring monitoring of analogous set of condition parameters are identified. Further, a cluster recommendation signal is generated to trigger rendering of a recommendation to cluster the one or more transportable units. A resource commissioning signal is also generated to trigger rendering of a recommendation to commission at least one monitoring resource for the one or more transportable units.
G06Q 10/063 - Operations research, analysis or management
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A video management system (VMS) may search for one or more objects and/or events in one or more video streams, and may receive time-stamped metadata that may identify one or more objects and/or events occurring in the corresponding video stream as well as an identifier that uniquely identifies the corresponding video stream. A user may enter a query into a video query engine, wherein the video query engine includes one or more cognitive models. The VMS may apply the search query to the time-stamped metadata via the video query engine to search for one or more objects and/or events in the one or more video streams that match the search query, and returning a search result to the user.
G06F 16/783 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
