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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130674 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM A diagnostic system and method for an electric power steering system are provided. The diagnostic system includes a first microprocessor that determines a first relative position value indicating the relative rotational position of the rotatable shaft at the first time ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120053890 | INTERPRETING ANGULAR ORIENTATION DATA The invention relates to method and a system of interpreting angular orientation data. It is determined, whether the angular deviation of a current angular orientation (C) of a sensor device (12) from a last extreme angular orientation (L) currently decreases aft... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053853 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR USE WITH A VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL SYSTEM (VDCS) A diagnostic method for improving the reliability, accuracy, efficiency and/or robustness of a vehicle dynamic control system (VDCS) by providing analytical redundancy for one or more sensor readings. Sensor readings such as wheel speed, yaw rate, lateral acceleration, ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046907 | TRAINING AID A training method and apparatus for improving a physical technique, action, move or routine includes a portable electronic device which may be unobtrusively worn by the user. The portable electronic device includes motion sensor such as an accelerometer and/or gyroscope... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041711 | Enhanced Rotation Measurement An apparatus is provided comprising a detector, a memory, and a logic component. The detector is configured to receive a rotary motion input signal and a counter signal and to send a plurality of time values based on the input signal and the counter signal. The memory s... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041712 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE (CMM) AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING ERRORS IN A CMM The present invention relates to a coordinate measuring machine comprising a stationary base, a probe head, at least one linear drive mechanism for moving in a first direction, the linear drive mechanism having a linear guide and a movable member being supported for mov... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120022828 | MONITORING A MICROGENERATOR CIRCUIT OF A ROTARY ENCODER DEVICE A rotary encoder device for scanning a rotatable shaft includes a microgenerator circuit, which converts the kinetic energy of the shaft into an electrical voltage, and a monitoring circuit, which is designed to output an error signal that indicates a malfunction of the... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120010848 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ROTATION SPEED OF A SUPERCHARGER IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A method for determining the rotation speed of at least one supercharger in an internal combustion engine; the method includes detecting, by means of a microphone, the intensity of a sound signal generated by the rotation of the supercharger and determining the evolutio... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010849 | RESOLVER SIGNAL CONVERTER AND RESOLVER SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD A resolver signal converter and a resolver signal conversion method amplify and perform analogue-digital conversion on a sine wave output from a resolver; thereafter, among frequency components of the sine wave output, pass and thereby extract a predetermined bandwidth ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110301913 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTOR A rotation angle detector is provided with a frame-shaped yoke which includes a first wall and a second wall in parallel. A rotation axis of a detection subject extends inside of the frame-shaped yoke. A magnetic flux vector is uniformed in a direction orthogonal to the... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110288816 | Method and Apparatus for Dimensional Measurement A non-contacting, out-of-plane measurement apparatus for measuring distances, angles and related geometric quantities, and for computing other quantities based on the measurements, is provided. The measurement apparatus can measure distances to target points of interest... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288817 | Method of Servicing Wind Power Plant Using Azimuth Angle The invention concerns a method for the determination of an azimuth angle for servicing purposes (αw) of a wind power plant with a machinery housing that is rotatable on a tower through an azimuth angle (α) and a rotor that is rotatable on a machinery housi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288720 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING THE POSITION OF A WHEEL OF A VEHICLE A method of identifying a position of a wheel of a vehicle includes: providing, in at least one wheel of the vehicle, a device with at least one magnetic sensor with a maximum sensitivity axis; starting up the vehicle; measuring at terminals of each magnetic sensor a si... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110278067 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELL POSITIONING USING PHASE RELATIONS BETWEEN TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS OF A TRANSVERSE ROTATING MAGNETIC SOURCE Systems and methods for well-drilling operations involving magnetic ranging with a rotating magnetic source are provided. In one embodiment, a system for determining a relative location of a magnetic source includes a three-axis magnetometer and data processing circuitr... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110264405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ANGLES BASED ON 360 DEGREE IMAGES A surveying apparatus includes a support structure and a reflective surface mechanically coupled to the support structure. The reflective surface is configured to receive panoramic data over a 360° field of view. The surveying apparatus also includes an optical system ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110257931 | REVOLUTION COUNTER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF REVOLUTIONS OF A SHAFT A revolution counter for determining the number of revolutions of a shaft, the revolution counter including sensors, with which position values that define an angular position of a shaft are generated, and a determination unit that receives the position values from the ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110246117 | CALIBRATING SENSOR MEASUREMENTS ON MOBILE DEVICES Sensor measurements are used to detect when a device incorporating the sensor is stationary. While the device is stationary, sensor measurements at a current device temperature are used to estimate model parameters. The model parameters can be used in a state estimator ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246128 | FILTERING METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE DATA QUALITY OF GEOMETRIC TIRE MEASUREMENTS A tire measurement system includes a computer with various memory/media elements for storing raw and transformed tire measurement data (e.g., a data set of measured radial or lateral run-out values) as well as software in the form of computer-executable instructions, wh... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243388 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM An image display apparatus may include a display section for presenting an image. The apparatus may also include a viewing angle calculation section for determining a viewing angle of a user relative to the display section. Additionally, the apparatus may include an ima... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246133 | ROTATOR SENSOR A rotation sensor includes: a magnetism generator; a sensor chip having a magneto-resistance element region and a Hall element region; and a detection circuit for detecting a relative rotation angle with reference to the magnetism generator according to output signals f... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238367 | ROTATIONAL ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE A rotational angle detecting device includes a magnetic member, a magnetic sensor and a processing unit. The magnetic sensor includes a sensor element disposed to rotate relative to the magnetic member in accordance with a rotation of a rotating object and outputting si... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231171 | ROTATING BLADE ANALYSIS Methods are provided for: (i) measuring the position of the blade stagger angle axis for one or more blades of a row of blades attached to a rotor, (ii) measuring the blade tip stagger angle for one or more such blades, and (iii) measuring the blade tip axial displaceme... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218761 | ABSOLUTE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE An absolute angle coding that includes a first cyclically continued code sequence that cyclically continues a first code sequence a multiple number of times, wherein the first code sequence is disposed within 360° and includes a first succession of code elements that d... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110208475 | ABSOLUTE ANGLE CODING AND ANGLE MEASURING DEVICE An absolute angle coding that includes a first code sequence disposed within 360°, wherein the first code sequence has a first length and is disposed NA times in succession. The absolute angle coding includes a second code sequence disposed within 360°, whe... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202308 | ENCODER SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATION AND OUTPUT DEVICE An encoder system includes: a first single-rotation absolute encoder that outputs a first signal corresponding to an angular position of a first rotatable shaft; a power transmission device that transmits the power of the first shaft to a second rotatable shaft with a p... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202289 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE SENSING AND WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER ON CONDUCTIVE BODY A system is provided for monitoring one or more parameters of a structure. The system includes a first sensor, a second sensor and a processing portion. The first sensor can detect the parameter of a first portion of the structure at a first location and can wirelessly ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196648 | Multiturn Rotary Encoder A multiturn rotary encoder includes a singleturn code disk which is joined in rotatably fixed manner to a shaft and which has a code track that is scannable by a singleturn scanning unit to ascertain the absolute position within one revolution of the shaft, a multiturn ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110184691 | ABSOLUTE HIGH RESOLUTION SEGMENT OR REVOLUTION COUNTER An absolute high resolution linear segment or revolution counter as a one-chip-solution with self sustained, economical intermediate solutions, preferably as absolute magnetic multi turn, having a Wiegand element for counting the revolutions or segments, respectively an... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178707 | APPARATUS AND METHODOLOGY FOR CALIBRATION OF A GYROSCOPE AND A COMPASS INCLUDED IN A HANDHELD DEVICE Novel techniques for estimating compass and gyroscope biases for handheld devices are disclosed. The handheld devices can include wireless phones, navigational devices and video gaming systems. The compass bias can be determined by causing a small movement of the handhe... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110156957 | PRECISE POSITIONING USING A DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORK A method for determining the location and orientation of a transmitter object by measuring a set of complex electromagnetic field magnitude and phase strengths within a space using one or more receivers is provided. The method includes modeling a set of expected complex... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153268 | OBJECT SENSOR A method for determining an object angle, especially for a driver assistance system in a motor vehicle, includes the steps of determining directional angles of the object with respect to two sensors, determining the object angle based on the directional angles, determin... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110137609 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTING UNIT The object is to make it possible to stably supply use voltage after writing initial calibration parameters into magnetic sensor, while stably supporting a circuit board and keeping the size of a rotation angle detecting sensor to a minimum. A shaft (3) and rolli... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110125457 | TRAILER ARTICULATION ANGLE ESTIMATION A method for operating a vehicle includes acquiring position information including an azimuth angle between a non-contacting sensor and a wheeled axle of an attached trailer, determining a trailer tongue length correlated to the position information, determining a track... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110106489 | ROTATION MEASURING MECHANISM, SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A rotation measuring mechanism capable of measuring a rotation amount and a displacement amount of a rotary member in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis is provided. An exemplary combination of the rotation measuring mechanism includes a detection target rot... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110093236 | PROCESSING POSITION-RELATED INPUT DATA FROM A ROTATIONAL MACHINE WHOSE ANGULAR SPEED IS VARIABLE A data processor and method for processing position-related input data from a rotational machine whose angular speed is variable and providing output data at an output data rate. The processor comprises a time-based over-sampler for over-sampling the input data at an ov... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110087456 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM Bridge circuits have half bridges formed of sensor elements, which vary respective impedances in accordance with a rotating magnetic field generated by a rotary object. A control unit acquires output signals produced from intermediate points of the half bridges, and cal... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110077902 | SERVO CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING ANALYTES VIA NANOPARTICLE-LABELED SUBSTANCES WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC READ-WRITE HEADS A circuit for controlling an electromagnetic head module to detect antigens on a biosample track comprising a processor for receiving position-error-servo signal from the PES read sensor, a write head for magnetizing nanoparticles attached to antigens, and a read sensor... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077903 | Apparatus and method sensing motion Provided is a motion sensing apparatus that measures a first angle using at least one first rotational angle sensor, estimates a second angle using at least one second rotational angle sensor and at least one 2-axis angular velocity sensor that is different from the at ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110067479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A ROTARY ABSOLUTE POSITION SENSOR A system includes a rotary device, a rotary absolute position (RAP) sensor generating encoded pairs of voltage signals describing positional data of the rotary device, a host machine, and an algorithm. The algorithm calculates calibration parameters usable to determine ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071787 | STABILIZED SOLID-STATE GYROLASER Solid-state gyrolaser having a device for stabilizing the intensities making it possible to maintain equilibrium of the two counter-propagating modes having at least a means for calculating a rotation measurement (Ω, IΩ) of the gyrolaser on the basis of the counter-pr... | 03/24/2011 |
