Pavement macrotexture determination using multi-view smartphone images

    公开(公告)号:US12067737B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US18143524

    申请日:2023-05-04

    Abstract: A method of determining macrotexture of an object is disclosed which includes obtaining a plurality of stereo images from an object by an imaging device, generating a coordinate system for each image of the plurality of stereo images, detecting one or more keypoints each having a coordinate in each image of the plurality of stereo images, wherein the coordinate system is based on a plurality of ground control points (GCPs) with apriori position knowledge of each of the plurality of GCPs, generating a sparse point cloud based on the one or more keypoints, reconstructing a 3D dense point cloud of the object based on the generated sparse point cloud and based on neighboring pixels of each of the one or more keypoints and calculating the coordinates of each pixel of the 3D dense point cloud, and obtaining the macrotexture based on the reconstructed 3D dense point cloud of the object.

    Instrument and method for accurate measurement of surface viscosity of viscous liquid

    公开(公告)号:US12061141B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17345839

    申请日:2021-06-11

    CPC classification number: G01N13/02 G01N2013/0241 G01N2013/0275

    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the surface viscosity of a liquid in which a thread is formed from a drop of the liquid. The thread is lengthened and its minimum radius h0 is determined at multiple times between the thread formation and thread pinch-off. The minimum radius and associated time values are used to determine a linear relationship of minimum radius and time, with the coefficient of the linear relationship, or the slope X of the line in the linear relationship, corresponding to the surface viscosity μs of the liquid according to one of the following equations:








    x
    =



    0
    .
    0


    7

    0

    9


    1
    +

    5


    B


    s0
    /
    3



    h
    0







    ,




    (
    1
    )







    where Bs0=μs/μR in which h0 is defined as above, R is the dimension of the feature on which the drop is provided and μ is the bulk viscosity of the liquid, or









    x
    =



    0
    .
    0


    3

    0

    4


    Oh

    (

    1
    +

    5


    b


    s0
    /
    3



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    0





    )



    ,




    (
    2
    )







    in which Oh=μ/√{square root over (ρRσ)}, where μ and R are as defined above, ρ is the density of the liquid, and σ is the surface tension of the liquid without surfactants.

    THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF UREA INCLUSION FRACTIONATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240233884A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18328467

    申请日:2023-06-02

    CPC classification number: G16C60/00 G06F30/28 G16C20/30 G16C20/70

    Abstract: A method for predicting yield and composition changes during urea inclusion fractionation to select a fatty acid methyl ester source for biofuel. The method can include heating a solid urea inclusion compound to a decomposition temperature, allowing the solid urea inclusion compound to decompose, heating again to a melting temperature, allowing the solid urea to melt, cooling to the decomposition temperature, and cooling again to a temperature below the decomposition temperature. Each heating, cooling, decomposing, and melting step can have its change in enthalpy and entropy recorded. A thermodynamic model can be calculated using the recorded changes in enthalpy and entropy. The thermodynamic model can predict a yield and composition of the solid urea inclusion compound and can be used to select a fatty acid methyl ester source using the predicted yield and composition.

    GRAIN MOISTURE METER NETWORKED TO SMARTPHONES

    公开(公告)号:US20240230573A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18547166

    申请日:2022-02-22

    CPC classification number: G01N27/223 G01N33/10

    Abstract: An assembly (decoupled grain sampler and moisture content reader) for measuring grain moisture and sharing the grain moisture information with a database, other framers, and merchants, including a grain receiving chamber, at least one plate capacitor operationally connected to the grain receiving chamber, a capacitance to digital converter (or similar device) operationally connected to the at least one plate capacitor, a microprocessor operationally connected to the oscillator, a user interface operationally connected to the microprocessor, a smartphone app in operational communication with the microprocessor, and a transceiver operationally connected to the microprocessor and the smartphone app.

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