Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision
Sensing, machine vision and the control architecture that makes an installation behave as one machine.
Category CAT-000000238
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- OT-2026-000000614
Determination and alleviation of root causes for the emission of pollutants from vehicles includes receiving emission data associated with emission of a set of pollutants by the vehicle. The emission data is received from at least one of the vehicle or a set of data sources. A machine learning (ML) model is applied to
- OT-2026-000000607
To efficiently adjust a control parameter of a servo control device. The parameter adjustment method includes the following procedure. That is, acquiring sensor data that is time-series data of a position deviation that is a difference between a target position and an actual position of a driver and is detected using a
- OT-2026-000000604
An electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus comprises: a first connector ( 40 ), a data detection module ( 10 ), a data selector ( 20 ), and a first wireless receiving device ( 30 ). The data detection module ( 10 ) is electrically connected to a first output end ( 41 ) of the first connector ( 40 ) and a control
- OT-2026-000000602
A pressure sensor includes an electromechanical element, which is configured to change its shape depending on a pressure applied to the pressure sensor and to output an electromagnetic characteristic that is based on the shape change. The pressure sensor also includes frame element with a surface, against which the ele
- OT-2026-000000599
An example method includes selecting treatment assignments for operation of a system in an environment based on a causal model mapped to a probability distribution over possible treatment assignments, where the causal model measures causal relationships between the treatment assignments and a performance metric associa
- OT-2026-000000595
A control apparatus, a control method, and a method for manufacturing mobile bodies capable of preventing a traffic jam from occurring in traveling in platooning are provided. A control system is a control system for controlling operations performed by a plurality of vehicles traveling in platooning, and includes a tim
- OT-2026-000000589
A method for controlling an image-processing stage for image data captured by a downward-looking surveillance camera with a field of view greater than 180° includes obtaining image data comprising (i) a first set of pixels depicting a central scene portion below the horizon and (ii) a second set of pixels depicting a p
- OT-2026-000000587
A method comprises monitoring, by a processor, using a sensor of a first vehicle, data associated with a retroreflective feature near a road being driven by the first vehicle; vectorizing, by the processor, the data associated with the retroreflective feature; generating, by the processor, a digital map including vecto
- OT-2026-000000579
The invention provides a method to determine an absolute position of an object using an interferometer system, comprising the steps of: providing a light beam; splitting the light beam in a measurement beam and a reference beam; guiding the measurement beam along a measurement path towards a reflective measurement surf
- OT-2026-000000577
The invention relates to a system comprising: a harness for a weaving loom and a device for monitoring the manufacture of a preform woven by the loom, the monitoring device comprising: a plurality of sensors, each sensor of the plurality of sensors being connected to one of the plurality of strings and being configured
- OT-2026-000000572
Provided herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for monitoring utility enclosures. In one embodiment, a sensing device comprises a sensor—such as a visual or infrared camera—and a processing module configured to receive sensor output, process the data using stored algorithms to assess environmental co
- OT-2026-000000571
Provided is a method for adaptive mowing control of a mowing robot, the method relates to the technical field of the mowing robot. The method includes: performing block segmentation on a real-time operation environment image into a near-field environment image portion and a far-field environment image portion based on
- OT-2026-000000568
There are provided systems and methods for production of security screens. Each security screen may include an infill sheet and panel assemblies engaging the infill sheet to form a panel. At least one panel assembly may include an outer sash comprising two sidewalls defining a channel therebetween, and an inner member
- OT-2026-000000566
A method and system for autonomous robot exploration based on frontier region learning are provided. The learning-based autonomous robot exploration system includes a frontier region detector configured to detect a frontier region corresponding to a real-time grid map by inputting the real-time grid map of a region in
- OT-2026-000000559
A shape profile measurement device includes a light source configured to generate and emit a light signal, a relay optical system configured to receive the light signal from the light source, perform axial chromatic aberration on the light signal, emit a chromatically dispersed light signal over a plurality of waveleng
- OT-2026-000000557
Systems and methods for health and energy co-optimization in building monitoring are disclosed herein, including methods and systems for monitoring a building and automatically identifying opportunities to realize energy savings without comprising the health, comfort, and productivity of building occupants. According t
- OT-2026-000000556
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for improved control of articulating boom assemblies are disclosed herein. Automated functions, such as auto ground and auto stow functions, may be provided to automatically move an articulating boom assembly to the desired position. When an automated function is requested,
- OT-2026-000000550
A display method according to an embodiment is a method of displaying, on a screen of a terminal device, data related to equipment supplying components to a workpiece. The display method includes displaying a first user interface configured to accept a selection of an equipment and a selection of a period. The display
- OT-2026-000000547
A method for controlling a mechatronic system, based on a model for predicting the behaviour of the mechatronic system and a cost function ensuring compliance with constraints by the mechatronic system, with a view to following path instructions to a prediction horizon, the method including reformulating the constraint
- OT-2026-000000546
A pressure sensor includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged parallel to the first substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and in contact with the first substrate, a second electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and in cont
- OT-2026-000000545
The present invention relates to a 360-degree real-time video streaming and environmental analysis system and method. The system includes a 360-degree camera configured to obtain a 360-degree video of a work site, an environmental sensor module configured to measure environmental data including at least one of gas conc
- OT-2026-000000529
Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for centralized control of autonomous vehicles. In some embodiments, a system and method allow an autonomous control system on-board an autonomous vehicle to pass control of the autonomous vehicle to an offboard panel of experts upon encountering an anomaly. In some embodiment
- OT-2026-000000528
A method for performing predictive maintenance that comprises installing a plurality of sound sensors at a plurality of sound monitoring points for monitoring a plurality of machines; measuring, using the plurality of sound sensors, sound pressure data from the plurality of machines at a first time period; deriving, by
- OT-2026-000000525
A system for determining an orientation of a device is provided that includes a diffraction grating arranged on a surface of the device. By impinging a collimated light beam onto the diffraction grating an m-th order light beam and an n-th order light beam are generated. By monitoring the positions on sensor surface at
- OT-2026-000000520
Provided are a path planning method and apparatus for a tomato inspection robot. The method includes updating a weight of a heuristic function under a previous iteration ordinal number based on a cost of a positive node under a current iteration ordinal number. A positive heuristic function value set and a negative heu
- OT-2026-000000514
A mobile robot including at least one sensor; a display; a driver configured to adjust an angle of the display relative to a user; memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, c
- OT-2026-000000511
A rheometer shaft system includes an output shaft including an axial thrust disk, an upper air bearing surrounding the output shaft located above the axial thrust disk, and a lower air bearing surrounding the output shaft located below the axial thrust disk. An upper gap separates the axial thrust disk of the output sh
- OT-2026-000000506
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for robotic process automation (RPA) and machine learning (ML) for dynamic network monitoring and packet validation in electronic environments. The present disclosure is configured to extract data from network data packets received from at least one o
- OT-2026-000000505
A method includes determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a position of an autoloader device for the UAV; based on the determined position of the autoloader device, causing the UAV to follow a descent trajectory in which the UAV moves from a starting position to a first nudged position in order to deploy a te
- OT-2026-000000500
A measuring device and an error calibration method for a machine tool. The measuring device includes a housing, a movable component, a calibration ball and a sensing switch. The housing has an inner space. The movable component is movably disposed in the inner space. The calibration ball is disposed on an end of the mo
- OT-2026-000000498
Provided is a determination system for making a determination regarding work performed by a worker at each of a plurality of work positions. In this determination system, a position acquisition unit acquires information on a position of the worker, an image capture unit captures a video of the work performed by the wor
- OT-2026-000000496
A control system composed of a server computer and an edge computer(s) hasa model at least at one computer among the server computer and the edge computer and a pseudo-model corresponding to the model at the other computer. The one computer generates first data to be used for specified processing at the other computer
- OT-2026-000000494
A shape profile measurement device includes a light source emitting an optical pulse stream, a relay optical system configured to receive the optical pulse stream, generate an electrical pulse stream from a first portion of the optical pulse stream, generate a chromatically dispersed light over a plurality of wavelengt
- OT-2026-000000493
A computer system for handling a reference parameter from a controller. The reference parameter is associated with operation of a machine arranged to be controlled by the controller. The computer system comprising processing circuitry configured to receive the reference parameter from the controller, determine an outpu
- OT-2026-000000490
Methods, systems, and media for optimization of fabrication processes are provided. In some implementations, a method of automatically optimizing fabrication processes comprises: (a) providing a first set of process parameter values associated with a first experiment to a model representing a fabrication process; (b) c
- OT-2026-000000487
A method and system for the manufacturing of metal cards using a pre-singulated card-to-card tabbing structure that eliminates the need for a surrounding frame. The invention enables higher sheet utilization, reduced scrap material, and faster CNC milling by chemically or mechanically defining voids in a metal sheet th
- OT-2026-000000481
A robot system includes a robot having a sensor mounted thereon and a control unit, wherein the sensor acquires sensor data within at least one field of view, wherein the control unit defines or selects a volumetric safety zone located at a position relative to the robot; wherein the control unit controls the sensor to
- OT-2026-000000476
In an intelligent production method, external dependency relationships between different ME and internal dependency relationships within a same ME are determined. A composite DAG, a device model, a smart factory model are constructed. Then, the smart factory model is solved using a linear goal programming algorithm wit
- OT-2026-000000475
According to one or more embodiments, a method, computer system, and computer program product for optimizing extraction of lithium through reinforcement learning are provided. The method may include receiving measurement data from one or more sensors corresponding to a current set of operational parameters associated w
- OT-2026-000000474
The present disclosure is directed to an inspection apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: acquire a reference image in units of pages corresponding to a printed material, set an inspection setting of the pri
- OT-2026-000000469
A device and method for extracting digital data from field devices of a process control system connected to a controller on a first network supported by a first protocol for transmission of the digital data to a second network using a second protocol. A bridging device connected to the first network and to the second n
- OT-2026-000000465
A tape measure, including a tape measure blade having a cross-sectional profile to increase standout is provided. The profile has a curved shape that increases standout. The tape blade may have a flat width of 35 mm to 38 mm.
- OT-2026-000000459
Provided is a physical quantity detection device capable of reducing current consumption by controlling an energization method even during a ground contact period. A physical quantity detection device 2 according to the present invention extracts a step-in peak value 43 of strain occurring at a time Pa of step-in when
- OT-2026-000000457
A machine monitoring device, method and computer-readable medium are configured for wirelessly monitoring a health condition of a machine. The system includes a low power sensor configured to perform a machine status measurement of the machine at spaced intervals at a low power, a high accuracy sensor configured to sel
- OT-2026-000000453
Devices, methods, and systems for event detection device testing are described herein. One device includes a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to enable a filter-mode while the event detection device is simultaneously operating in a normal operational mode, cause a self-test module of
- OT-2026-000000452
An information processing method is executed by a processor to control display related to a target route to be traced by an autonomous towing device that tows a trailer by autonomously driving a tractor. The information processing method includes: receiving input of the target route between nodes as waypoints of the au
- OT-2026-000000448
An insertion tool for inspection includes a tube with a flexible section having at least two joints for articulating the flexible section into different shapes, the flexible section selectively configurable between an unrigidized state and at least a first rigid state having a first non-linear shape. The tool includes
- OT-2026-000000447Kingpin for a fifth-wheel coupling, fifth-wheel coupling with kingpin, and utility vehicle therewith
The invention relates to a kingpin ( 10 ) for a fifth-wheel coupling of a utility vehicle, with a journal shaft ( 3 ) which extends along a centre axis (M) and has a journal head ( 2 ) at its lower end, wherein the journal shaft ( 3 ) has a fastening flange ( 4 ) at its upper end remote from the journal head ( 2 ), and
- OT-2026-000000445
The present disclosure provides a tool edge parameter optimization method based on workpiece-tool performance parameters. The method includes: obtaining cutting and workpiece characteristic parameters under different tool edge parameter combinations; establishing a tool characteristic prediction model, inputting tool e
- OT-2026-000000442
A cable length measurement device, configured to: be connected a winding wheel and measure an extension or retraction length of a cable on the winding wheel, which includes a fixed shell, a rotating shell and a control panel. The rotating shell is rotatably connected to the fixed shell. The rotating shell is configured