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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8078425 | Device for detecting the angular position of a rotor of a polyphase rotary electrical machine and rotary electrical machine containing such a device A device for detecting the angular position of a rotor of a polyphase rotary electrical machine contains a stator and a plurality of magnetic field sensors (200) delivering first signals (2001-2003) representing a magnetic field. The device incl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8041535 | Low-cost integration of inertial sensor with angle encoder on a swivel mount to accurately track angle changes from a reference bearing The present invention is a targeting system for tracking angle changes from a reference azimuth. The system includes a mount. The mount may be configured for supporting a sighting scope. The system further includes an angle encoder which is integrated within the mou... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032325 | Device for sensing a radial position spread over more than 90 degrees The invention produces contactless radial position sensors having an equivalent angular aperture greater than 90°, and substantially eliminates the spurious microvibrations due to the imperfections of the current sensors. For this, the invention uses at least four ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8005642 | Predictive angular sensor readout A sensor readout includes a selector circuit, a predictor circuit, and a select controller. The selector circuit receives a plurality of actual sensor inputs. Each actual sensor input is provided to the selector circuit along a corresponding channel. The selector ci... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7991575 | Method and system for measuring angles based on 360 degree images A system for measuring angles includes a housing and an imaging device disposed in the housing. The system also includes a first optical element disposed in the housing and configured to receive light propagating from a first target along a first optical path and di... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7957930 | Angle sensing device and angle sensing system An angle sensing system for sensing a rotating angle of a steering wheel includes a sensing unit, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The sensing unit detects the rotating angle of a steering column connected to the steering wheel and outputting a sensing signal ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945421 | Method of detecting a reference zone arranged on the periphery of a toothed disk fastened to a rotary component, with a view to determining the angular position of said rotary component A method of detecting a reference zone formed on the periphery of a toothed disk integral with a rotary part, for determining the angular position of the rotary part. According to this detection method, when a reference zone is expected and at the time of the detect... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7908113 | Method and device for determination of roll angle The invention relates to a method and device for the determination of the roll angle φ of a rotating body, such as a shell, utilizing sensors for the detection of rotation signals in a body-fixed coordinate system. According to the invention, a new filter device is... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908114 | System and method for aligning a railroad signaling system A system is provided for aligning a railroad signal. The system includes at least one tilt device and at least one directional device to measure the respective tilt and direction of the railroad signal, and at least one controller coupled to the tilt device and the ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7890289 | Portable terminal for measuring reference tilt and method of measuring reference tilt using the same The present invention discloses a portable terminal that measures a reference tilt and a method of measuring the reference tilt using the same. The portable terminal includes a movement sensor for measuring a tilt of the portable terminal using a gravitational accel... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885785 | Rotor position sensing apparatus and method using piezoelectric sensor and hall-effect sensor A position observer for control-based torque ripple mitigation in permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs). Rotor position is determined using data from two sources: a piezoelectric sensor for initial position and low-speed detection, and a single Hall-effect s... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7873493 | Method and device for determining angular position A method for determining angular position, which removes a systematic error in the angular position determination and requires a low calculating effort, by determining a first factor and a second factor as a function of an angular position, forming a first product f... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869976 | Generator system with intelligent processing of position signal An electric power generator system is provided with improved power efficiency due to a reduced sensitivity to errors in the sensing of angular rotor position. The system includes a power generator with a rotor, and a position encoder connected to sense angular posit... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860681 | Dynamic analyzer of a mechanical motion transmission system Combination is disclosed for deriving and displaying the full complement of nine dynamic parameters associated with a mechanical motion transmission system; the parameters comprise: (1) angular displacement, (2) angular velocity, (3) angular acceleration, (4) moment... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844415 | Dynamic motion compensation for orientation instrumentation The instant invention discloses a method for an orientation measuring instrument to isolate and separate gravitational and non-gravitational components of acceleration from accelerometer measurements by using an ambient magnetic field, typically the earth's magnetic... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840372 | Self-calibration method and apparatus for on-axis rotary encoders A self-calibration method and apparatus for on-axis rotary encoders comprising the steps of: receiving output signals from a detector during a spindle-free response period, the signals including a plurality of data sets wherein each data set comprises the periods be... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840371 | Non-contact scanning system A non-contact scanning system for three dimensional non-contact scanning of a work piece is disclosed for use in various applications including reverse engineering, metrology, dimensional verification and inspection The scanning system includes a scanner carried by ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835884 | Device and method for estimating a side-slip angle of an aircraft A device and method for estimating a side-slip angle (βe) of an aircraft moving in the air includes a receiving unit which receives a measured side-slip angle (βl) presented locally by the air relative to the aircraft, and a determining unit ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822575 | Tilt-angle detecting method and apparatus for a motorcycle A vehicular tilt-angle detecting apparatus includes a steering-angle sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, a lateral-G sensor, a turning-radius calculation unit, a base tilt-angle calculation unit, a transient tilt-angle calculation unit, and a transient tilt angle calcul... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7778796 | Miter saw for displaying angle of cutter blade cutting workpiece A digital miter saw for cutting a workpiece includes a base, a member supported on the base and moveable relative to the base, and a cutting member moveable with the member. A detector is provided for detecting at least one of a miter angle and a bevel angle between... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7765084 | Position control arrangement, especially for a surveying instrument, and a surveying instrument In a position control arrangement for controlling the rotational position of a movable unit, especially for a surveying instrument, an electric motor is arranged to rotate the movable unit around an axis of rotation, and there are controllers for enabling the motor ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756670 | Method and a system for determining the roughness of a tyre rolling surface A method for determining the roughness of a tyre rolling surface by the steps of providing a first signal representative of the motion of at least one point of the tyre during rolling of the surface and processing the first signal for providing an output indicative ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7729880 | Wireless vehicle service systems using addressable devices A wireless vehicle service system using addressable devices to avoid interference from similar devices within communications distance. The system includes a host and a plurality of devices that communicate with the host wirelessly. Each of the devices has a unique a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7698095 | Apparatus, system, and method for detecting fan rotation direction in electronic devices An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining fan rotation direction. A first temperature detection module detects a first temperature at a first location between a fan and a heat generating device. The fan provides cooling for the heat generating d... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698096 | Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and methodology for calculating an output value based on a tilt angle of an input device A game apparatus stores, when an output value is equal to a boundary value of a predetermined range, boundary angle data representing a boundary angle corresponding to a tilt angle of an input device. The game apparatus obtains, from an input device, data including ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689380 | Device and method for sensing a position of a drive unit The invention relates to a device and a method for sensing a position of a drive unit, in which the position can be sensed by an incremental signal transmitter having a first degree of accuracy which is described by a first travel increment or angle increment, and c... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689381 | Sensing system A sensing system is adapted to sense a pointer and calculate a location of the pointer. The sensing system includes a panel, a reflective element, an image sensor and a processor connected to the image sensor. The panel has a first plane and a first area located at ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7660696 | Apparatus for auto focusing a workpiece using two or more focus parameters Provided is an apparatus for auto focusing a workpiece for optical metrology measurements using an optical metrology system. The auto focusing subsystem includes a focus detector having a tilt angle, a capture range, and a plurality of sensors. A processor coupled t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7636644 | Absolute angle calculation apparatus The absolute angle calculation apparatus includes a calculation circuit calculating an absolute angular position based on a spatially modulated component in a photoelectrically-converted signal string. The calculation circuit includes a photoelectrically-converted s... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634381 | Position control arrangement, especially for a surveying instrument, and a surveying instrument In a position control arrangement for controlling the rotational position of a movable unit, especially for a surveying instrument, an electric motor is arranged to rotate the movable unit around an axis of rotation, and there are controllers for enabling the motor ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7603250 | Abnormality judging apparatus An abnormality judging apparatus of a rotation angle detecting apparatus generating a sine wave signal and a cosine wave signal according to the rotation angle of a rotor is provided with an interface which receives the sine wave signal, an interface which receives ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7577545 | Method and system for estimating rotor angular position and rotor angular velocity at low speeds or standstill A method and system for estimating an angular position and an angular velocity of a rotor in a dynamoelectric machine measures an AC current and a potential for each of a plurality of windings coupled to a stator of the dynamoelectric machine, transforms the measure... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7571072 | Energy based position and speed self-sensing method and apparatus for synchronous machine An envelope of a voltage may be extracted using an operator to calculate a position and speed of a rotor. A position and speed sensing method may include supplying voltage to a stator, coupling the voltage into a rotor, extracting an envelope of the voltage using an... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7571073 | Acquisition system for detecting the angular position of a gas twist grip in a motorcycle A system for acquiring the angular position of a gas twist grip in a motorcycle; the acquisition system is provided with a fixed supporting body; a rotating shaft turnable mounted in the supporting body; a transmission device mechanically connected to the gas twist ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565260 | Apparatus and method for setting a gyroscope zero point Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for computing a position of a moving entity, and an apparatus and method for setting a gyroscope zero point or a gyroscope zero point reference value. In the apparatus for setting the gyroscope zero point, a gyroscope outputs ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555402 | Method for determining the angular position of the steering wheel of an automobile vehicle electric power-assisted steering system The method consists in: determining in which actually sector the booster motor is located, a sector of the booster motor being defied by two successive poles; determining a relative angle position of the steering wheel in relation to the booster motor; identifying a... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546217 | Method for determining the orientation of an antenna array The aim of the invention is to limit the number of possible phase ambiguity resolutions when taking measurements by means of satellite-aided positioning systems. Said aim is achieved by a method which allows the search sector to be better restricted. To this avail, ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7529640 | Method of calculating an angle of inclination and apparatus with a three-axis acceleration sensor A sensor apparatus for calculating an angle of inclination includes a three-axis acceleration sensors used for sensing acceleration and resolving the acceleration into a first acceleration component in a first axis direction, a second acceleration component in a sec... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526402 | Miniaturized inertial measurement unit and associated methods A self-contained, integrated micro-cube-sized inertial measurement unit is provided wherein accuracy is achieved through the use of specifically oriented sensors, the orientation serving to substantially cancel noise and other first-order effects, and the use of a n... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7512516 | Collision avoidance and warning system and method A collision avoidance and warning system and method are provided. The system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor senses an object in a field of view, wherein the sensor determines a direct range measurement between the sensor and the object and an angle m... | 03/31/2009 |
