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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120041297 | REAL-TIME MAGNETIC DIPOLE DETECTION AND TRACKING A system for detecting a position and/or orientation of a magnetic dipole includes a first detector and a second detector, separate and spaced apart from the first detector. Each of the detectors includes three or more magnetic field sensors to detect a magnetic field g... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041709 | CONCEPT FOR MAKING GOAL DECISIONS BY MEANS OF MAGNETIC FIELDS A method for deciding whether a movable object has been brought through a goal having a goal area defined by the goal, an internal magnetic field being measurable, within the goal area or in parallel with the goal area, which is larger than an external magnetic field pr... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038347 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT The disclosure relates to a method for analysis of magnetic fields or signals used for the determination of the position of an object, wherein two temporally to each other shifted magnetic signals or fields are generated by two conductors arranged at least in part or co... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120019234 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY A sensor assembly includes a magnetic track having a plurality of magnetic poles separated by a plurality of pole junctions. The sensor assembly also includes a first magnetic sensor disposed proximate a high-resolution portion of the magnetic track and a second magneti... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110316528 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL POSITION MEASURING APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD A position detection device includes a magnet and a magnetic detector. The magnet includes a first pole, a second pole, a third pole and a fourth pole. The first pole and the second pole are arranged spaced apart from each other and have a same magnetic polarity. The th... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316527 | ENCODER READHEAD A readhead is provided for reading an absolute scale, optionally a passive magnetic scale, that encodes a series of data bits. The readhead includes a plurality of sensors, such as an array of Hall sensors, for producing a plurality of sensor signals. A plurality of sig... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110291646 | ORIGIN POSITION SIGNAL DETECTOR An origin position signal detector comprising: a rotary or linear scale (1) which includes an incremental track (3) magnetized at equal intervals and an origin position detection track (4) for detecting an origin position, and a magnetic sensor (... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285385 | TELEVISION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a first component and a second component, a cylindrical or columnar magnet, a magnetic sensor, and an engagement mechanism. The first component and the second component are connected to be relatively rotatable... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110267043 | MAGNETIC ENCODER APPARATUS A magnetic scale includes a scale member having a plurality of grooves. The scale member defines a passive magnetic scale track. The plurality of grooves include grooves of at least a first groove type and a second groove type, the magnetic properties of the scale membe... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267042 | MOTOR FUNCTION ANALYZING APPARATUS It is an object of the present invention to provide a motor function analyzing apparatus which simplifies a calibration measurement necessary before measuring a finger tapping motion, and which is capable of evaluating a motor function highly precisely. The present inve... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110260715 | VALVE POSITION SENSOR A valve position sensor of a sliding sleeve of a flow control valve comprising a sleeve displacement converting means for converting a sleeve displacement into a radial displacement, and a measuring means for detecting the radial displacement and correlating the radial ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254543 | MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR WITH FIELD DIRECTION MEASUREMENT AND FLUX COLLECTOR The present disclosure relates to a magnetic position sensor with field direction measurement and a flux collector. The disclosure proposes to measure two magnetic induction components at one and the same point, harmonizing the amplitude of the two magnetic induction co... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251814 | DISTORTION-IMMUNE POSITION TRACKING USING REDUNDANT MEASUREMENTS A method for tracking a position of an object includes using a field sensor associated with the object to measure field strengths of magnetic fields generated by two or more field generators, wherein a measurement of at least one of the field strengths is subject to a d... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110248706 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION USING MAGNETIC DIPOLES A method of navigation includes receiving a magnetic field signal from a magnetic field transducer, the magnetic field signal proportional to sensed magnetic fields associated with magnetic field sources, in a processor, processing the magnetic field signal to determine... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241656 | Determining Heading Using Magnetometer Data and Angular Rate Data A device coupled with a magnetometer and an angular rate sensor can determine a heading of the device using magnetometer data. When the device receives a notification that the magnetometer data may be inaccurate, the device can determine the heading of the device using ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110227561 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND/OR CHANGE IN POSITION OF A MEASUREMENT OBJECT A sensor arrangement for determining the position and/or change in position of a measurement object relative to a sensor, wherein a magnet (7) is assigned to the measurement object, is configured, with respect to the design of an operationally reliable sensor wit... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110215796 | MEASUREMENT OF A CYCLIC MOTION OF A FERROMAGNETIC PART A system for measuring a cyclic motion of a ferromagnetic part in an environment made noisy by at least one electric source with an A.C. component, comprising: at least one first magnetometer sensitive to the moving part; | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110204880 | SCANNER SYSTEM FOR GARAGE EQUIPMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE GARAGES The present invention concerns a scanner system for scanning the surface of an object, especially a vehicle wheel, the system comprises a mobile scanner including at least one sensor adapted to sense at least one position on the surface of the object and a reference sys... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204895 | TRACKING POSITIONS OF PERSONNEL, VEHICLES, AND INANIMATE OBJECTS A device rotates at least one static magnetic field about an axis, producing a rotating magnetic dipole field, and is movable in relation to the surface of the ground. The field is periodically sensed using a receiver to produce a receiver output responsive to the field... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110187353 | PROXIMITY SENSOR A proximity sensor includes a circuit board provided with a processing circuit, a light emitting device mounted on the surface of the circuit board, and a light-transmitting cylindrical light guide surrounding the portion of the circuit board having the light emitting d... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187352 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL TESTING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON THE BASIS OF A MONODIRECTIONAL PROBE In a method and a machine for testing an electronic device, in which the magnetic field emitted is measured by a monodirectional measurement probe, a first value of the component Bz of the magnetic field along axis ZZ′ is measured by the probe and recorded. The probe ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181273 | POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD To provide a position detecting system including a detected object disposed in a detection space and an external device disposed outside the detection space. The detected object includes a resonant circuit that generates a resonant magnetic field according to a driving ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169482 | Inductive Position Sensor, Measuring System Equipped Therewith and Method for Operating a Position Sensor An inductive position sensor includes an electronic circuit, which is configured such that initially three digital signals are able to be generated from the signals detected by three receiver printed conductors. At least two position values are ascertainable by combinin... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110148398 | Gear position detection device The present invention discloses a gear position detection device, comprising: a gear lever capable of being shifted into different gear positions; a shaft connected to and driven by the gear lever; a first detector and a second detector symmetrically arranged at both si... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110148401 | DEVICE FOR LOCATING WHETHER A WHEEL-TIRE ASSEMBLY IS POSITIONED ON THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT OF A VEHICLE A self-contained device intended to be carried by a wheel-tire assembly in order to locate whether the assembly is positioned on the right side or on the left side of a vehicle is described. The device includes two magnetic sensors with axes of maximum sensitivity, the ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110148400 | POSITION SENSOR FOR MRT DETECTION Allows the specificity of an automatic MRT detection to be increased in a simple manner. This is achieved using an automatically calibrating position sensor, so that the user does not have to perform additional calibration of this sensor. Incorrect sensor calibrations a... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110148399 | ENCODER USING MAGNET DROP OUT FEATURE FOR THEFT DETECTION An encoder to be mounted to a shaft extending from a piston meter configured to compute a volume of distributed fluid includes a magnet affixed to the shaft via a floating magnet holder, a magnetic sensor configured to sense the flux density and direction of a magnetic ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110133726 | Precision alignment system The present invention provides a precision alignment system operable to provide alignment of a first and second apparatus. The precision alignment system makes use of inductive coupling between loop antennas in the first and second apparatus. The mechanism for alignment... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110127994 | MAGNETIC SENSOR MODULES THAT COUPLE TOGETHER FOR EXTENDED DISTANCE POSITION SENSING A magnetoresistive (MR) sensor module includes a MR sensor array including a plurality of MR sensors/bridge circuits. A first group of bridge circuits has an output coupled to a first signal conditioning circuit and a second group of bridge circuits has an output couple... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110120300 | Linear Actuator and Position Sensing Apparatus Therefor A linear actuator such as a hydraulic cylinder has linear position sensing apparatus. At least one magnet is provided in a recess in outer surface of the piston for generating a magnetic field that passes through the wall of the cylinder housing. A magnetic sensor arran... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110101964 | Magnetic Encoder Element for Position Measurement A magnetic encoder element for use in a position measurement system including a magnetic field sensor for measuring position along a first direction is disclosed. The encoder element includes at least one first track that includes a material providing a magnetic pattern... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110101965 | MAGNETIC DETECTION DEVICE A magnetic detection device includes a signal processing circuit that detects a moving position and a moving direction of a magnetic mobile object using an output of a comparing circuit configured to output a signal by comparing an output signal of a magneto-electric tr... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110068776 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE A position detecting device is disclosed, which detects a position indicated by a human body. The position detecting device includes: a sensor substrate including a detection area, in which a plurality of detection electrodes are formed, and a wiring area, in which wiri... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110067256 | Position display device providing digital displacement signal A position display device providing a digital displacement signal is disclosed. The position display device includes an analogical signal input port electrically connected to a position probe of a magnetic scale, a position display module, a display unit, an analog/digi... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110062948 | System and Method for Measuring Movement of a Component from Rings Magnetized in a Magnetically Hard Layer A position-sensing system includes a first component (e.g., a cylinder) and a second component (e.g., a piston rod) movably coupled to the first component for movement with respect thereto. A magnetically hard layer on the second component provides a recording medium. R... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062947 | Method and system for locating a person, recording medium for this method This method for localizing a person in surroundings equipped with fixed electrical appliances comprises: the measuring of an electromagnetic field radiated by one or more of these fixed electrical appliances by means of a magnetometer carri... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110043194 | VARIABLE RELUCTANCE POSITION SENSOR A variable reluctance analog position device designed to determine the position variation of a target made from a ferromagnetic material. The device includes at least one magnet, the target and the magnet defining a gap therebetween. A magnetosensitive element detects i... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043195 | MAGNETIC DISPLACEMENT SENSOR A magnetic displacement sensor, where, in order to achieve an improved measurement behavior, magnets are formed in a direction of an x-axis such that a z-component (Bz) of the flux density has an essentially linear characteristic curve in a region of travel a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110031962 | MAGNETIC POLE POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD A magnetic pole position detecting device that can correctly acquire a magnetic pole position even if two magnetic sensors are arranged at an arbitrary interval receives sensor outputs “a” and “b” of two magnetic sensors arranged at a predetermined interval L al... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110025308 | RANGE DETECTION DEVICE In a range detection device, a movable member has a magnetized portion and can move with a manual valve of a control device. A supporting member includes a plate portion having a surface opposed to the magnetized portion and a recess formed in an opposite surface of the... | 02/03/2011 |
