Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision
Sensing, machine vision and the control architecture that makes an installation behave as one machine.
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- OT-2026-000000271
Tracing forged parts over their production process includes: capturing process parameters of a forging process; marking a workpiece with a first identifier; storing the captured process parameters and the first identifier in a database; reading the identifier from the workpiece produced in the previous process step; ca
- OT-2026-000000269
Implementations are described herein for inspecting industrial facilities using remote sensor packages and wireless access points (WAPs) carried by mobile robots. In various implementations, aspect(s) of an industrial process facility may be monitored using sensor package(s). The sensor package(s) may generate one or m
- OT-2026-000000268
A coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for determining at least one spatial coordinate of a measurement point on an object, the CMM comprising a structure comprising a base and a plurality of frame elements, wherein a probe head is attached to one of the frame elements and movable relative to the base, wherein the CMM co
- OT-2026-000000267
A ranging method includes determining a first distance of the object to be measured relative to the self-mobile robot, where content in the first image comprises at least the object and a surface on which the object is located; selecting a point located on the object from the first image as a 5 reference point; determi
- OT-2026-000000262
A thin film thickness measuring apparatus includes: an ultrasonic retroreflector that is provided under a test object formed in the shape of a thin film and retroreflects an ultrasonic wave incident through the test object; an ultrasonic wave input portion that is provided on one side of the test object and inputting a
- OT-2026-000000256
A numerical control apparatus 3 comprises: a pulse generation unit 34 that moves a plurality of machine elements of a machine tool 2 along a plurality of control axes on the basis of a movement pulse for the machine tool 2 ; an interference checking unit 36 that performs interference checking calculation for a pluralit
- OT-2026-000000255
Assembly-level properties defined by a manufactured product's assembly tree analyzed as trigger predicates to assist identification (i.e., selection and/or preparation) of inspection requirements for the manufactured product. Particular emphasis is placed on hierarchical relationships—assembly identification, effec
- OT-2026-000000251
A force sensor includes an array substrate having a first surface provided with a plurality of array electrodes, a counter substrate having an opposite surface facing the first surface, a guard electrode disposed on the first surface and extending between the array electrodes, a sensor layer made of a conductive elasto
- OT-2026-000000248
An aerial vehicle includes a body, a flight controller, and an adapter apparatus. The adapter apparatus includes a first communication interface through which the adapter apparatus is communicatively connected to the flight controller, a second communication interface through which the adapter apparatus is communicativ
- OT-2026-000000247
First and second movers can make communication with each other by means of a communication system in which a signal-receiving unit of the first mover receives from a satellite a signal indicative of a position coordinate of itself, a control unit of the first mover makes a pattern indicative of a position coordinate of
- OT-2026-000000244
The disclosure allows technicians to remove contaminants during the installation and maintenance process, preventing refrigerant loss and contamination entry into the HVAC system. Ingenious and practical this unprecedented device is uniquely designed with durable, high-quality materials to ensure long-term sustainabili
- OT-2026-000000242
An automated maintenance, monitoring and diagnostics infrastructure can include small, portable sensor devices, which can be attached to industrial machines and physical equipment. The sensor devices include wireless communication facilities and an accelerometer, capable of measuring vibration signals. Based on receive
- OT-2026-000000233
Work efficiency and quality are improved. The invention includes: a sensor information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a sensor configured to detect a state of a worker, sensor information indicating a detection result; a work check data holding unit configured to hold in advance, as work check data, an ac
- OT-2026-000000225
A control device is configured to generate a control command for controlling a movable body, using three-dimensional point cloud data about the movable body that is measured using a distance measurement device, the control device including: a range specification unit configured to specify a use range that is a range in
- OT-2026-000000223
A coupling structure for an electrode pad is configured to electrically couple the electrode pad, to which a gauge lead is coupled, to a tab of a strain gauge disposed on an elastic body and including a gauge grid and the tab. The coupling structure has an insert structure in which one of the tab and the electrode pad
- OT-2026-000000215
An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles. In a combined state in which the plurality of transport vehicles are combined in such a manner as to be adjacent to each other, the plurality of transport vehicles constitute a transport route in which a plurality of transfer sections cooperate t
- OT-2026-000000202
A system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory includes instructions that cause the processor to determine, based on images of an off-road trail captured by an aerial drone in communication with a vehicle, whether the off-road trail has a positive condition indicating that th
- OT-2026-000000201
A control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a traveling environment in which a movable body that can travel by unmanned driving travels, and a control unit that controls the movable body so as to lengthen or shorten a traveling time in the traveling environment in accordance with a degree of an influenc
- OT-2026-000000197
The present disclosure relates to relates to a system and method for measuring a real-time three dimensional shape using a diagonal fringe pattern. Particularly, in the deflectometry applied to real-time three dimensional shape measurement of freeform surfaces, a system for acquiring a real-time three dimensional phase
- OT-2026-000000196
Methods and systems for guiding movement of an agricultural system within a field including sensor data indicative of an environment of the agricultural system used to identify a material profile along which the agricultural system shall be guided, one or more properties of the material profile determined from the sens
- OT-2026-000000193
A method for monitoring at least one machine including causing at least a first sensor to acquire at least a first non-stationary signal from at least one machine operating in a non-stationary manner during at least one operational time frame, the first sensor(s) providing at least a first non-stationary output, causin
- OT-2026-000000192
A server device includes an area setting unit that sets a first area in which a first lawnmower executes first lawn-mowing work in a work area and a second area in which a second lawnmower executes second lawn-mowing work in the work area, a time calculation unit that obtains a first time necessary for the first lawnmo
- OT-2026-000000185
A wired vehicle fleet having a first vehicle connected with a supply unit by a first bendable connection element and a second vehicle connected with the supply unit by a second bendable connection element is controlled by a control unit to avoid a collision between the first and the second bendable connection elements.
- OT-2026-000000184
Managing sound levels at an IHS, including determining, for each time duration over a first time period, multiple instantaneous sound levels of the time duration of an environment of the IHS; calculating, for each time duration over first time period, an average sound level of the time duration based on the multiple in
- OT-2026-000000181
The present disclosure relates to a building management system (BMS) comprising one or more field equipment controllers, and at least one containerized engine configured within a server to control the one or more field equipment controllers.
- OT-2026-000000180
Techniques are described for controlling an autonomous vehicle (AV) using objective-based inputs. The underlying functionality of an autonomous navigation system can be is exposed via an application programming interface (API) or similar methodology allowing the UAV to be controlled through specifying a behavioral obje
- OT-2026-000000178
This invention provides a station for opening trailer swing doors that uses a sled with a manipulator arm and associated end effector/tool to perform the unlocking of the trailer lock rod, swinging open of the door, holding the door in the opened position and applying an resilient/flexible/springy retention clip theret
- OT-2026-000000176
A smart mower includes a camera for collecting image data of the environment around the smart mower; an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for detecting pose data of the smart mower; a memory at least used for storing an application program for controlling the smart mower to work or travel; and a processor for calling the
- OT-2026-000000175
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring properties of a web during a roll-to-roll manufacturing process. The methods may include moving the web past a first roller such that the web contacts the first roller, wherein the first roller includes a first contact strip formed of an electrically conductive material a
- OT-2026-000000172
A system for remote operation of an unmanned vehicle (UV) includes a control station having a communication link to the UV and executing a web browser for (1) receiving web pages of a UV control web application, (2) rendering the web pages on the control station, (3) receiving control input from an operator via rendere
- OT-2026-000000170
An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) is designed to execute on a cloud-platform or a web-based platform. The IDE includes a library of device profiles that render graphical device configuration interfaces for reading and writing values of device parameters. To allow device profiles that were designed
- OT-2026-000000167
A low coherence interferometer imaging system includes an imaging engine generating a reference beam and an object beam, a first beam splitting element, reference ends, a sample end, and optical imaging modules arranged at the sample end. The first beam splitting element is disposed on an optical path of the reference
- OT-2026-000000163
A scheduling method using a knowledge graph (KG) performs following steps by a processor: obtaining an initial scheduling solution of the production system; converting the initial scheduling solution into triples to form the KG, each triples includes two entities and a relationship of the production system, the two ent
- OT-2026-000000162
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores an information processing program for causing a computer to execute a process including: obtaining video obtained by imaging an inside of a store; analyzing the obtained video to specify, from the video, a first area that includes a product arranged in the stor
- OT-2026-000000161
A 2D area array camera-line laser 3D sensor joint calibration method, comprising: establishing a 3D coordinate system of the line laser 3D sensor, and obtaining 3D coordinates of a light bar point on the 2D area array camera; placing a target at a common measurement position, and allowing the 2D area array camera to ac
- OT-2026-000000156
A construction method of an abnormality diagnosis model for diagnosing an abnormality of a process, the construction method includes: creating a first regression model that sets a regression coefficient regarding an explanatory variable with a small influence on a response variable to zero by using all operational data
- OT-2026-000000155
A system for inline measurement of gap width and flush depth of adjacent surfaces of a vehicle continuously moving longitudinally relative to the system comprises at least one laser source, at least one image sensor, and a processor configured to perform measurements within a predetermined cycle time. The processor con
- OT-2026-000000151
A hand-held fishing reel drag set device includes a strain gauge configured to convert applied strain to a voltage output, a microprocessor configured to receive strain gauge voltage output and convert it to a calibrated digital value, a display configured to present real-time visual feedback of the calibrated digital
- OT-2026-000000150
A drift device, including a cylindrical main body having a hollow inner cavity, a front portion including a channel configured to receive a bumper, the cross bar including a central indentation, and a rear portion. The rear portion may include a plurality of openings or selectively removable panels. The cylindrical mai
- OT-2026-000000149
A notification sensor arrangement includes a drift pressure sensor measuring a drift signal indicative of a drift of a differential pressure sensor. The drift pressure sensor has a drift sensing unit formed on or in a symmetrical diaphragm, which has an upper side in fluid communication with a first fluid having a firs
- OT-2026-000000148
A circuit system includes a processing circuit, an accelerator circuit, and a buffer circuit that stores packets of data and that is coupled to the processing circuit and to the accelerator circuit. The buffer circuit functions as a crossbar circuit by allowing each of the accelerator circuit and the processing circuit
- OT-2026-000000144
There is provided a measuring tool attachment cover that combines ease of holding and performance (for example, heat insulation). An attachment cover includes a front face layer 110 , a rear face layer 120 and an intermediate layer 130 . The front face layer 110 and the rear face layer 120 are compact layers with low p
- OT-2026-000000143
Provided is a display device and a computer program with which it is possible to easily confirm the surface roughness of a workpiece during a turning process. The display device comprises: a surface roughness calculation unit for calculating data pertaining to the surface roughness of a workpiece during a turning proce
- OT-2026-000000137
An embodiment for altering a machine based on a predicted problem in a multi-machine environment is provided. The embodiment may include receiving data relating to an activity and functionalities of a primary machine in a multi-machine environment. The embodiment may also include executing a digital twin simulation of
- OT-2026-000000136
Various aspects of methods, systems, and use cases include techniques for robotic relocalization. A robot may be configured to perform relocalization using operations to determine a cause of a loss of pose; use a nearest neighbor process to select a set of milestones from a roadmap when the cause of the loss of pose is
- OT-2026-000000135
A method to control a flow rate in a fluid flow network is disclosed. The method includes setting the outlet port of an upstream pressure regulator in a flow control device to have a first constant pressure that is below a minimum upstream pressure delivered from a upstream portion to the inlet port of the upstream pre
- OT-2026-000000134
A high-dispersion retroreflector includes filter glass transparent at least in near infra-red (NIR) wavelengths and configured to cause differential dispersion of incident broadband low-coherent light in the at least NIR wavelengths.
- OT-2026-000000129
A wide field-of-view sensor or projector includes a transparent substrate with one or more apertures on one side, and one or more chip stacks joined to the opposite side. Each chip stack includes a flat optics layer (e.g., metasurface), at least one spacer layer, an optional filter layer, and either an image sensor or
- OT-2026-000000126
A detector device for ceramic tiles or slabs that includes a resting plane provided with a longitudinal direction and a laser emitter arranged to emit a flat laser beam on the resting plane so as to illuminate a detection line on the resting plane. The laser beam lies on a plane having a first inclination with respect
- OT-2026-000000120
An in-oil autonomous operation detection robot of a storage tank bottom plate and an autonomous operation detection method are provided. The in-oil autonomous operation detection robot of the storage tank bottom plate includes a motion module, a positioning and attitude recognition module, an obstacle avoidance module,