Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision
Sensing, machine vision and the control architecture that makes an installation behave as one machine.
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- OT-2026-000000436
There is provided a computer-implemented system for measuring a bulb diameter of an installed one-sided fastener in a structure. The system includes the structure and the installed one-sided fastener installed in the structure. The installed one-sided fastener has a fastener bulb with the bulb diameter. The system incl
- OT-2026-000000435
A stretchable panel includes a stretchable substrate, and a strain sensor on the stretchable substrate, wherein the strain sensor includes a first gate electrode, a first polymer semiconductor layer overlapped with the first gate electrode along a thickness direction of the stretchable substrate and including polymer c
- OT-2026-000000429
A transport vehicle system includes a plurality of transport vehicles, a plurality of stations, and a controller. The controller executes exchange determination determining whether in an upstream side of a first transport vehicle assigned with a transport instruction that designates a first station as a movement destin
- OT-2026-000000425
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to asset monitoring. A plurality of model operations associated with a plurality of assets may be identified. A plurality of model dependency graphs may be generated by applying the plurality of model operations to a graph machine learning model. One or more asset clusters m
- OT-2026-000000424
An apparatus comprising: an input unit to receive production-related data of the production system; a mapping engine to map the production-related data to instance data of a first knowledge graph according to a given mapping definition; a first validation unit to validate a consistency and/or an integrity of the instan
- OT-2026-000000423
The invention describes a novel optical coherence tomography probe allowing polarization control of the beam impinging and polarization analysis of the beam reflected from the sample, allowing polarization characterization of the reflectance of the measured sample.
- OT-2026-000000422
Recommendation system and method for cutter and coating combination based on workpiece parameters are provided. The system comprises: an experiment module, configured for collecting machining performance data including cutter characteristic data and cutting performance data of workpiece; a prediction-model-establishmen
- OT-2026-000000421
A robotic lawn mower includes a drive assembly including a blade and a driving electric motor for driving the blade; a traveling assembly including traveling wheels and a traveling electric motor for driving the traveling wheels; a camera assembly configured to collect a two-dimensional image around the robotic lawn mo
- OT-2026-000000419
An overhead transport vehicle includes a traveling cart configured to move in a first direction by traveling on a pair of first rails adjacent to each other in a second direction, and move in the second direction by traveling on a pair of second rails adjacent to each other in the first direction, a body configured to
- OT-2026-000000416
A computer-implemented method for generating at least one weighted training example for training a behavior planner for an at least partially automatically driving vehicle or a robot, wherein each training example is a tuple of a state and a corresponding specified target behavior. The method includes: extracting a sta
- OT-2026-000000414
In an automatic traveling system, a travel processing unit causes automatic traveling of a work vehicle including a tractor and a work machine swingably connected to the tractor. The travel processing unit causes the work vehicle to automatically travel based on positioning information measured by a work machine antenn
- OT-2026-000000405
A control device includes a controller that controls traveling of a first mobile body in a travel mode according to formation information, the travel mode including a convoy mode and a rotation mode. The convoy mode is a travel mode in which mobile bodies travel in a formation. The rotation mode is a travel mode that p
- OT-2026-000000400
A leading vehicle controls a following vehicle during a fill operation to change the positions of the two vehicles relative to one another. A control system generates a communication signal indicating that a position change operation that changes the position of the vehicles relative to one another is about to be execu
- OT-2026-000000399
A 3D scanner system includes a scanning device capable of recording first and second data sets of a surface of an object when operating in a first configuration and a second configuration, respectively. A measurement unit is configured for measuring a distance from the scanning device to the surface. A control controls
- OT-2026-000000398
A semiconductor-graphene heterojunction quad-detector pairs a semiconductor material with curved graphene strips in a quad-cell design. Graphene has been shown to have exceptional electrical properties that enhance the operation of semiconductor photodetectors. These properties address limitations of current semiconduc
- OT-2026-000000392
A navigation device and method based on multimodal information are provided. The navigation device includes a storage device configured to store a plurality of waypoint images and a plurality of first movement reference instructions previously generated by using a database, a memory and a processor. The navigation meth
- OT-2026-000000388
In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, a sensor is provided that comprises a substrate having first and second opposing major sides; a cover affixed to the first major side of the substrate to define a chamber, the cover defining an opening to the chamber on a side of the cover opposite the f
- OT-2026-000000387
In accordance with some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for training a neural network using simulated data so that the neural network can determine correspondence between a projection pattern and an image of the projection pattern shone onto the surface of an object. The trained neural network can be used
- OT-2026-000000385
A method can include, in a runtime environment of compiled multi-domain code for multiple different domains that describe physical operations performed using equipment, responsive to input, issuing a call to a planning domain definition language planner, responsive to the call, receiving a plan that includes at least o
- OT-2026-000000378
An FBG curvature sensing test device and a test method thereof are provided. The test device includes a test platform, an FBG demodulator, and a computer. The test platform includes an optical plate and two constraint components, test pieces are connected between two constraint components, where the constraint componen
- OT-2026-000000373
The disclosure provides a communication delay compensation method and a communication delay compensation system based on an autonomous robot, where the method includes the following steps: establishing a state equation based on a system model of an the AUV positioning system; acquiring an included angle between a direc
- OT-2026-000000363
In some aspects, a computing system may use machine learning to determine whether a control is faulty or generate recommendations to make a modification to a control. may identify a portion of problematic computer code that implements the faulty control through the use of machine learning. A computing system may use ma
- OT-2026-000000362
A torque detection device includes a first yoke and a first magnetic guide member. A first opposing portion of the first magnetic guide member overlaps with a first-yoke ring of the first yoke when the first-yoke ring is projected onto the first opposing portion in an axial direction. Furthermore, the first opposing po
- OT-2026-000000354Prompt engineering for artificial intelligence assisted industrial automation device troubleshooting
The present technology relates to artificial intelligence assisted device troubleshooting. In an implementation, an interface service of a human machine interface application trains a machine learning model on the content of an embeddings database. The interface service then receives an input comprising a context of an
- OT-2026-000000352
Aspects of the disclosure provide for generating distributions for hypothetical or potentially occluded objects. For instance, a location for which to generate one or more distributions may be identified. Observations of road users by perception systems of a plurality of autonomous vehicles may be accessed. Each of the
- OT-2026-000000347
A surveillance system with a function of automatically generating text summaries and a text summary generation method are provided. The surveillance system includes a portable electronic device, an image capturing device, a computing device and a signal transmission device. The image capturing device captures an image
- OT-2026-000000343
A method for indoor operation monitoring of a cleaning device is provided, which is executed by a server of a system for indoor operation monitoring of a cleaning device. The method includes generating a work region map; forming a monitoring map based on location fingerprints taken from a work region in the work region
- OT-2026-000000337
Processing of robotics log data may be performed onboard the robotics itself and log data may be converted to a form that is more suitable for parallel processing. In one aspect, robotics log data may include multiple channels. These channels are received and are used to generate data packages referred to as shards. Ea
- OT-2026-000000335
In a torque sensor of a torque detection system, in a state where a torque is not generated, a first magnetic detector overlaps with one (e.g., N-pole) of a plurality of magnetic poles of a magnet when the one of the plurality of magnetic poles of the magnet is radially projected onto the first magnetic detector. A sec
- OT-2026-000000327
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for an adaptive engine with a bifurcated nonlinear model partially represented by a mapping function. The adaptive engine uses a nonlinear model able to produce a possible control signal via a mapping function. The model also has estimation portion using a time-
- OT-2026-000000326
The teachings of the present disclosure enable rosette strain gages that can be cost-effectively produced in high volume with substantially uniform performance. Rosette strain gages in accordance with the present disclosure comprise a plurality of semiconductor strain gages that are sculpted from a device layer of a se
- OT-2026-000000324
In a vehicle-oriented system ( 1 ) for providing information to a vehicle ( 5 ) side by using an information providing area ( 11 ) provided on a plane where a vehicle ( 5 ) moves, a magnetic distribution indicating the information by a plurality of N-pole magnetic markers ( 10 N) is formed in the information providing
- OT-2026-000000321
A monitoring system for monitoring wear and usage along a portion of a wear surface for earth moving equipment includes a monitoring assembly to detect a characteristic pertaining to wear or usage in a wear part for excavating equipment and transmit the detected characteristic as information, wherein the monitoring ass
- OT-2026-000000317
A moving object movable by remote control comprises: a moving object communication unit for receiving a request for driving control from outside the moving object; a driving controller capable of implementing driving control over the moving object in response to the request for driving control during a course of manufa
- OT-2026-000000314
A cloud-based industrial safety system executes safety applications and interfaces with industrial assets on the plant floor using software encoded processing (SEP). The use of SEP ensures safety reliable execution of safety applications and data communication software by redundantly executing native code, thereby impl
- OT-2026-000000310
According to an example embodiment, an optical sensor apparatus ( 110 ) for determining at least one characteristic of a surface of an object ( 180 ) positioned within a measurement range is provided, the sensor apparatus ( 100 ) comprising: an illumination assembly ( 120 ) comprising one or more light sources ( 121, 1
- OT-2026-000000308
Systems and methods for smart power and fan speed control are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and an embedded controller (EC) coupled to the processor, where the EC is configured to control an operating aspect of a cooling fan based
- OT-2026-000000303
A method of calibrating an apparatus configured to perform optical coherence tomography to measure depth of an article of a prescribed type comprises (a) using an existing measurement system configured to measure depth, measuring a sample of the article to obtain reference depth measurements; b) using the optical coher
- OT-2026-000000302
A device and a method for capturing the surface of a rotation body for a printing press, being a cylinder, a roller, a sleeve for a cylinder or roller, or a sleeve for a cylinder or roller having a printing form, include a motor rotating the body around an axial axis, a light source illuminating an area of the surface
- OT-2026-000000299
A system and a method for synchronously detecting thickness and double-side surface profiles that belongs to the technical field of optical measurement. The system includes a light source system, a deflection reflection system, a camera acquisition system, and a processing system. The deflection reflection system inclu
- OT-2026-000000292
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of controllers with machine learning and systems including the same. In exemplary embodiments, a controller is configured to include or be operable for executing a machine learning process during which the controller learns normal level(s) of parameter(s) (e.g., system component(s) a
- OT-2026-000000290
A method includes training a first control model by utilizing a first set of input data as first input, resulting in a trained first control model; copying the trained first control model to a second control model, wherein, after copying, the second input layer and the plurality of second hidden layers is identical to
- OT-2026-000000289
The present invention relates to a manufacturing assistance system for an additive manufacturing system, an additive manufacturing system comprising such manufacturing assistance system, a method for operating such manufacturing assistance system and a computer program element for such manufacturing assistance system.
- OT-2026-000000286
Difference information between a first element of a vehicle estimated in accordance with measurement information acquired by a first sensor and a second element of the vehicle acquired simultaneously with the first element is acquired. The difference information is according to the same coordinate system as the first e
- OT-2026-000000285
Systems and methods related to operating a mobile platform using mesh networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a control station may have a user interface that displays nodes participating in a mesh network. The control station may provide the positions of the nodes using position information broadcasted from the nod
- OT-2026-000000283
An autonomous drone swarm system and method utilizing artificial intelligence for coordinated operations comprises command drones equipped with large language model processors and subordinate drones coordinated through a hierarchical Queen-Worker architecture. The system processes natural language commands, generates a
- OT-2026-000000279
Disclosed is a device that includes a housing attachable to a pressure gauge, and a pressure indicator manually pivotable within the housing to a set position. The housing is configured to enclose and retain the pressure indicator in the set position.
- OT-2026-000000278
The techniques disclosed herein mitigate stochasticity when controlling a mechanical system with artificial intelligence (AI) agents. In some configurations, AI agents are created using data generated by a machine learning model. Stochasticity is segmented temporally into near term and long term, and different strategi
- OT-2026-000000277
A split-type piezoelectric sensor includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The first circuit board includes a sub-board, a piezoelectric film, and a first connector. The sub-board and the first circuit board are located on the same plane, and the sub-board is located in a hollow area of the first circ
- OT-2026-000000275
A pipe alignment device includes a first pipe that has an outer wall and a second pipe that has an outer wall. Each of the first pipe and the second pipe is insertable into a fitting for joining the first pipe to the second pipe. An alignment jig is included which has a pair of planar alignment edges and a cutout exten