Estimation of gap between a proximity sensor and target

    公开(公告)号:US11539364B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US16428331

    申请日:2019-05-31

    IPC分类号: H03K17/95

    摘要: A method is provided for sensing proximity of a target. The method includes sensing inductance associated with a magnetic field, wherein the inductance is affected by the target when the target is proximate the magnetic field. The method further includes providing the sensed inductance for processing. The processing includes determining an inductance value from at least the sensed inductance and estimating a parameter of a gap between a location of sensing the inductance and the target as a function of the inductance value and application of a nonlinear model of a relationship between the gap and inductance.

    Fluid measurement interface systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11378438B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US16267035

    申请日:2019-02-04

    摘要: A fluid measurement system includes a signal processor and a processing system. The signal processor is configured and adapted to produce a serial word that is indicative of a fluid characteristic that is configured to be communicated externally of the signal processor. The processing system is operatively connected to the signal processor to read the serial word and decode the serial word. A method for transmitting a fluid characteristic between a sensor system and a processing system includes producing a serial word that is indicative of a fluid characteristic value with a signal processor. The method includes transmitting the serial word externally of the signal processor. The method includes reading and decoding the serial word with a processing system to determine the fluid characteristic value.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VIRAL COMPOUND

    公开(公告)号:US20210364419A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US17325806

    申请日:2021-05-20

    IPC分类号: G01N21/17 G01N33/569

    摘要: A method of identifying a viral compound, which includes modulating a narrow linewidth laser over a range of frequencies to provide a modulated optical signal that includes a single optical sideband, optically focusing the modulated optical signal with the single optical sideband at a viral sample to excite the viral sample and stimulate an emission of photons therefrom, and detecting amplification of the optical sideband emanating from the viral sample indicating an emission of photons at an acoustic resonance of the viral sample.

    ACTUATED STATIC MASKS FOR CODED APERTURE IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20210203822A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US16728198

    申请日:2019-12-27

    发明人: Jason Graham

    IPC分类号: H04N5/238 H04N5/265 F42B15/01

    摘要: A method includes forming a first image of a scene through a static coded aperture onto a sensor with the static coded aperture in a first position relative to the sensor, shifting the coded aperture to a second position relative to the sensor, and forming a second image of the scene through the static coded aperture onto the sensor with the static coded aperture in the second position. Two or more images can be formed in this way. The method includes forming a combined image by deconvolving the two or more images and combining data from the two or more images into the combined image. The combined image can be a more accurate representation of the scene than either of the first and second images.

    Rotorcraft tail boom health management system

    公开(公告)号:US10965342B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16043954

    申请日:2018-07-24

    摘要: A system for data transfer in a rotorcraft includes a power bus extending from a power source in a main fuselage of the rotorcraft to provide electrical power to electrical loads located in a tail boom section of the rotorcraft, a first power line communication node on the power bus in the tail boom section of the rotorcraft, a second power line communication node on the power bus in the main fuselage of the rotorcraft, and a digital sensor bus connected to the first power line communication node. Information from the digital sensor bus is transmitted to the first power line communication node and across the power bus to the second power line communication node.

    ESTIMATION OF GAP BETWEEN A PROXIMITY SENSOR AND TARGET

    公开(公告)号:US20200382119A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16428331

    申请日:2019-05-31

    IPC分类号: H03K17/95

    摘要: A method is provided for sensing proximity of a target. The method includes sensing inductance associated with a magnetic field, wherein the inductance is affected by the target when the target is proximate the magnetic field. The method further includes providing the sensed inductance for processing. The processing includes determining an inductance value from at least the sensed inductance and estimating a parameter of a gap between a location of sensing the inductance and the target as a function of the inductance value and application of a nonlinear model of a relationship between the gap and inductance,

    Interactive analysis of structural health data

    公开(公告)号:US10442548B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US15686646

    申请日:2017-08-25

    IPC分类号: B64D45/00

    摘要: A system and method includes a structural body, a plurality of structural health monitoring (SHM) sensors, and first and second computer systems. The structural body includes a plurality of structures. The SHM sensors are configured to sense structural health data for a plurality of zones of the structures. The first computer system is configured to collect the structural health data from the SHM sensors. The second computer system includes a display and is configured to receive the structural health data from the first computer system and groups the zones into a plurality of structural regions, and groups the plurality of structural regions into at least one structural area. The display is configured to provide a visual representation of a structural region health of a first one of the plurality of structural regions based on the structural data for respective ones of the zones within the first one of the plurality of structural regions.

    Rotational frequency estimation from sensed vibrations based on a supervised learning method

    公开(公告)号:US10082520B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-25

    申请号:US15074126

    申请日:2016-03-18

    摘要: Apparatus and associated methods relate to generating a frequency spectrum weighting function for use in estimating a rotational frequency of the rotating member. The estimation of the rotational frequency is based on vibrations sensed by an accelerometer remotely located from a rotating member. The frequency spectrum weighting function is generated by a supervised learning method. The method includes receiving a set of test vectors. The test vectors include a rotational frequency value of the rotating member and a vibrational frequency spectrum corresponding to vibrations propagated to the accelerometer. The vibrations include vibrations caused by the rotating member rotating at the rotational frequency. The method includes calculating a test weighting function, and then weighting the vibrational frequency spectra by the test weighting function. The method includes calculating a vector score indicative of whether the weighted vibrational frequency spectra promote the identification of the rotational frequency of the rotating member.