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| 20120125077 | DOWNHOLE INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION DURING FORMATION SURVEY A downhole sensor calibration apparatus includes a rotational or gimbaling mechanism for guiding a sensing axis of an orientation responsive sensor through a three-dimensional orbit about three orthogonal axes. A method includes using measurements taken over the three-d... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127453 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION METHOD A controller measures positional information of a stage within an XY plane using three encoders which at least include one each of an X encoder and a Y encoder of an encoder system, and the stage is driven in the XY plane, based on measurement results of the positional ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120079869 | Sort Gap Control A sortation conveyor includes a method of calibrating the control system to provide a calibration value indicative of the spacial correlation between the sort induct sensor and the first shoe sensor.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120067106 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING THE ACTUAL LIMIT VALUE OF A SENSOR A controlling unit and a method of correcting an actual limit value of a sensor signal is described, wherein above or below the limit value a specific state of the sensor is recognized, the method comprises the steps of determining a new limit value of the sensor, deter... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120000269 | Position measuring system and method for assembly A method for mounting a substrate of a measurement graduation and a scanning head of a position measuring system on a first machine part and a second machine part. The method including fastening a substrate of a measurement graduation and a scanning head on first and se... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110277534 | Method of error compensation in a coordinate measuring machine A method of calibrating an articulating probe head comprising the steps of measuring an artefact of known dimensions with the workpiece sensing probe mounted on the articulating probe head, in which the articulating probe head is unlocked. An error functional map is gen... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271736 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SETPOINT ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSITION OF A PEDAL IN AN AUTOMOBILE A system for determining a setpoint associated with a position of a pedal in an automobile of type that includes two sensors each measuring a value associated with the pedal position. The system includes a mechanism capable of switching between a first and second state ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110247391 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING TWO INTERACTING WORKING ROLLERS IN A ROLLING STAND The invention relates to a method for calibrating a rolling stand (3), wherein in order to determine the relative pivot position of the roller set for setting a symmetrical roll gap and/or for determining the extension of the rolling stand (3) before the a... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110204197 | Apparatus and Method for Calibrating an Aerial Movement System An aerial movement system and method for calibrating same includes, generally, registration points and wireless position transceivers proximate the registration points and the object that communicate with a computer and allow for the computer to determine the appropriat... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110179851 | MOUTH GUARD FORMATION METHODS A method for producing a mouth guard having an encapsulated sensor module. The method includes vacuum forming a first sheet of thermoplastic material using a mold to produce a first mouth guard layer, attaching a sensor module to the first mouth guard layer with a hot m... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110174051 | CALIBRATION OF A SENSOR FOR PROCESSING VALUE DOCUMENTS The invention relates to a method for calibrating a sensor which is configured for checking value documents. The sensor senses measurement signals of a calibration medium which is transported past the sensor. From the sensed measurement signals there are determined refe... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110174050 | Support device for probe Support device (1) for probe (2) to measure the physical characteristics of air in contact with an aerodynamic surface (3) comprises: a rod (9) affixed to a probe (2) to distance probe (2) from an aerodynamic surface (3) ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110146371 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A TRANSDUCER ARRAY An iterative method for calibrating a transducer array characterized by calibration parameters, based on time delay measurements between transducer pairs, comprising the steps of: creating a distance data set that includes pairwise distances between estimated positions ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110132066 | System and Method for Calibrating an Automated Materials Handling System A method of calibrating positions within a materials handling system, wherein the materials handling system includes multiple stations for carrying out tasks and a carrier that is movable between the multiple stations, includes the steps of: providing calibration points... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132065 | System and Method for Calibrating an Automated Materials Handling System A method of calibrating positions within a materials handling system, wherein the materials handling system includes multiple stations for carrying out tasks and a carrier that is movable between the multiple stations, includes the steps of: providing calibration points... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110125441 | OPTICAL DISTORTION CALIBRATION FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS Optical distortion calibration for an Electro-Optical sensor in a chamber eliminates calibration of the mirror controller and allows for calibration while the target is in motion across the FOV thus providing a more efficient and accurate calibration. A target pattern i... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110110392 | Method of Calibrating a Position Sensor in a Motor Vehicle Gear A method of calibrating a position sensor in an automotive transmission having a transmission housing having mounted therein a casing (10) for the position sensor which includes a pressure member (14) movably supported in the casing (10), and an ele... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110088448 | INSTRUMENT FOR CALIBRATING AN ALTIMETRIC DEVICE Calibration instrument for an altimetric device delivering an indication of the altitude of the location where it is located on the basis of an atmospheric pressure measurement, characterized in that it includes means for transmitting a signal carrying data representati... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110083489 | DEVICE FOR PLACING A STOPPER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CHECKING THAT THE STOPPER IS CORRECTLY POSITIONED A device places a plug and simultaneously checks a correct position alignment of the plug with a holding element for fixing a hollow body. The device has at least one first and one second opening and a plug placement mechanism with which the plug is be inserted into the... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110077890 | METHOD FOR THERMALLY COMPENSATING A GAGING DEVICE AND THERMALLY COMPENSATED GAGING STATION Thermal drifts compensation method in a gaging device (1) with a transducer; the compensation method includes the steps of: determining and storing, in the course of a calibration operation, values of a thermal compensation coefficient (K) upon variation of a tem... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110061441 | GANTRY STAGE ORTHOGONALITY ERROR MEASUREMENT METHOD AND ERROR COMPENSATION METHOD FOR POSITION PROCESSING A gantry stage orthogonality error measurement method and error compensation method for homing processing includes: decoding and storing an encoder value of a current position of the Gantry stage that structurally matches an orthogonality; monitoring at least one of (a)... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110066393 | Calibration Of A Manipulator A measuring apparatus (1; 1′) for measuring a manipulator (10), with a measuring body (2; 2′) having at least one measurement point (3; 3′) that is fixed in relation to the measuring body for determining a position (TTCP,3; T... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110048103 | Method and System for Motion Tracking A method and a system for motion tracking, capable of tracking a trajectory of a movable object by an architecture having at least three accelerometers arranged in a predefined structure. The trajectory, displacement and rotational angle of the movable object are determ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048102 | Circuits and Methods for Calibration of a Motion Detector A circuit to detect a movement of an object has a calibration time period that ends when peak detectors in the circuit stop updating for a predetermined amount of time. A method associated with the circuit is also described.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048104 | TEST APPARATUS A test sample is provided for testing performance of measuring and monitoring equipment for production lines, for example for foodstuffs or pharmaceuticals, and in particular, contamination monitoring equipment employing X-rays and/or metal detectors to spot foreign bod... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110041585 | Rotary Encoder Comprising Internal Error Control And Method Therefor The invention relates to a rotary encoder comprising internal error control with a monitoring unit comprising at least a computing module, a verification means, a memory unit and an alarm unit. The invention also relates to a method for checking a rotary encoder when sa... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110000277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROBE TIP DIAMETER CALIBRATION A method for determining probe tip diameters with improved accuracy and reliability that includes performing a routine for determining probe tip diameter multiple times with the arm of the coordinate measurement machine in different machine positions. Diameter values as... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100319207 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE MEASURED VALUES OF A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE, AND COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE A coordinate measuring machine has a probe head, a calibrating body and an apparatus for recording and correcting measured values obtained by the probe head. A mechanical flexibility at predetermined points on the surface of the calibrating body is determined. The mecha... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318307 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OR CALIBRATING A VEHICLE SURROUNDING SENSOR, AND A VEHICLE SURROUNDING SENSOR ADJUSTMENT OR CALIBRATION SYSTEM A method according to the invention for adjusting or calibrating a vehicle surroundings sensor (15) comprises the steps of: attaching at least one target pair (20, 22) to the rear wheels (12, 14) of the motor vehicle (7); recording the target... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100235127 | CALIBRATION OF A POSITION MEASURING DEVICE OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE A method for calibrating a position measuring device of an optical device, including a measurement step in which a movable unit of the optical device is moved according to a predefinable scheme in at least one degree of freedom and a position of the movable unit is dete... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100206671 | BRAKE WEAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD A brake measurement system comprising a measurement mechanism for measuring brake wear operatively coupled to a moveable member of a brake assembly is provided. The system further includes a displacement sensor and a visual indicator. The displacement sensor is operativ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100206040 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING PARAMETER OF ARTICULATED COORDINATE MEASURING APPARATUS In a parameter calibration method of an articulated coordinate measuring apparatus of the present invention, a standard unit (20A) having two small balls (22) is first placed in an operation space of a measuring arm (2), the measuring arm (2)... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100154508 | Apparatus For Measuring Volumetric Or Mass Fluid Flow Apparatus and method are provided for accurately measuring the volumetric or mass fluid flow, especially when fluid flows in a non-continuous manner using a float. A preferred embodiment comprises a tube for accumulating liquid that is periodically drained and a float c... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100134779 | POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, POSITION CONTROL METHOD, MEASUREMENT METHOD, LOADING METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD A part of a plate of a predetermined shape detachably mounted on a moving body is detected by an alignment system while the position of the moving body is measured by a measurement unit that sets a movement coordinate system of the movement body, and based on the detect... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100107598 | SELF-CALIBRATION METHOD FOR THE ELECTRIC JACKS OF A TURBOJET NACELLE The invention relates to a method for the self-calibration of electric jacks (6a, 6b) capable of actuating a mobile member (2) of a turbojet nacelle (1) and connected to at least one position measuring member, characterised in t... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100079158 | CURRENT LOCALIZATION TRACKER A method includes positioning body-electrodes in galvanic contact with a body of a patient and positioning a mapping-tool, having a mapping-electrode, in a plurality of regions in the body. The method further includes tracking the mapping-tool at different positions in ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100077830 | ELECTRONIC SELF-CALIBRATION FOR SENSOR CLEARANCE Self-calibration of a multiple channel clearance sensor system, which in one embodiment includes at least one sensor for measuring at least one clearance parameter signal between a stationary object and a rotating object of a rotating machine. The sensor output is proce... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100064767 | Atom-Interferometric, Stepped Gravity Gradient Measuring System A full-tensor, gravity gradient measuring system is disclosed that is based on atom interferometry. Each axis in the three-axis measuring system is served by a different gravity gradiometer, where each gradiometer comprises three pairs of atom interferometric (AI) accel... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100058830 | Fault Detection for a Resistive Position Sensor Circuits for detecting faults in variable resistive position feedback sensors common in the use of motion control systems, provide a filter coupled to an output signal of the variable resistive position sensor for processing the signal to detect noise indicative of inte... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100031523 | BRAKE PAD MEASURING TOOL AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME A brake pad measuring device is designed to be small enough to fit through various suspension components or many vehicles' wheel aperture and still maintain the ability to move in three-dimensions. The device is compact enough so that it may take an accurate reading of ... | 02/11/2010 |
