Honeywell Patente

Embodiments of the disclosure provide generative AI-based techniques for improving efficiency vehicle operator support. In the context of a method, the method includes obtaining model data from a remote computing environment, wherein: the remote computing environment is external to a vehicle and configured to maintain a large language model (LLM); and the model data is associated with a configuration of the LLM; updating a small language model (SLM) aboard the vehicle based at least in part on the model data; obtaining at least one query for downlink (DL) from a computing device aboard the vehicle; and generating, via the updated SLM, a predictive output based on the at least one query, wherein the predictive output comprises a response to the at least one query.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods relate generally to multi-constellation satellite communication terminal antennas, particularly to antenna arrays for vehicles. Such antenna arrays may be configured to support multi-band, multi-constellation operations in one terminal. For example, an antenna array may comprise a receive antenna and a transmit antenna, where both antennas are configured to communicate via a first frequency band and a second frequency band. Example embodiments provide for antenna arrays configured to support interelement spacing, interlaced elements, transmit/receive isolation, and/or simultaneous transmission and reception operations.

Techniques are provided for symmetrically positioning lines of sights of a pair of emitting optics and receiving optics on and/or in a surface of a body of a vehicle. Such symmetrical positioning aides in determining whether at least one measured free stream air velocity is in error. Upon determining that at least one measured free stream air velocity is in error, then a velocity correction factor for each measured free stream air velocity determined to be in error is determined and/or an alert about each error is transmitted to an operator of the vehicle and/or to at least one other system.

An onboard computing system of an ownship vehicle comprising processing circuitry configured to: determine a presence of an obstacle in a planned route for the ownship vehicle; determine a avoidance route for the obstacle; transmit the avoidance route to an external computing system; determine whether the onboard computing system is in communication with the external computing system; in response to a determination that the onboard computing system is in communication with the external computing system, cause the ownship vehicle to avoid the obstacle based on information received via the communications circuitry from the external computing system; and in response to a determination that the onboard computing system is not in communication with the external computing system, cause the ownship vehicle to proceed along the avoidance route, the avoidance route comprising a change to a vertical component of the planned route.

The present disclosure provides a photonic resonator chip comprising a substrate, a thermal silicon oxide layer disposed on the substrate, and a silicon nitride waveguide disposed on the thermal silicon oxide layer. The silicon nitride waveguide comprises a curved bus waveguide and a ring resonator adjacent to the curved bus waveguide, wherein the curved bus waveguide and ring resonator are arranged off-centric relative to each other. The photonic resonator chip further comprises a polysilicon shield disposed above the silicon nitride waveguide. The curved bus waveguide defines a first end corresponding to an input portion and a second end corresponding to an output portion, wherein the first and second ends are arranged at ninety degree orientation relative to each other. The photonic resonator chip may be incorporated into chip resonator gas cells and photonic resonator chip spectroscopy gas sensing devices for gas analysis applications.

The present disclosure provides a method for determining an effective path length of a gas cell in dual frequency comb spectroscopy. The method comprises introducing a tracer gas of known concentration and absorption spectrum into the gas cell, emitting laser light from a dual frequency comb into the gas cell, receiving the laser light, determining a signal corresponding to absorption by the tracer gas, and determining the effective path length using the signal and known tracer gas concentration. The tracer gas may be selected such that its absorption spectrum does not interfere with target gases. The method enables accurate gas concentration determination by accounting for effective path length changes due to misalignment, dust, or other factors degrading gas cell performance.

A magnetic rotating electric device that includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is received within a central passage of the stator. An airgap is formed between the inner surface of the stator and an outer surface of the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of spaced rotor magnets that are received within magnet pockets. Each magnet pocket includes a first open section and a second open section when a rotor magnet is received within the magnet pocket. The rotor includes an outer pocket forming portion for each magnet pocket that extends from the outer surface of the rotor to a first pocket side of an associated magnet pocket. The thickness of the outer pocket forming portion proximate first and second magnet ends of a magnet in a first open section and a second open section of an associated pocket is equal to a distance of the airgap.

Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for enhancing accuracy in image processing and analytics are provided. For example, an example method includes receiving an image data object and a target object maximum pixel size parameter associated with a target object; generating a plurality of pixel chunks based at least in part on the image data object and the target object maximum pixel size parameter; generating a plurality of predicted individual target object counts based at least in part on parallel processing of the plurality of pixel chunks; and generating a predicted total target object count associated with the target object based at least in part on the plurality of predicted individual target object counts.

Techniques are provided for reducing size, weight, power consumption, and cost of a resonant optical gyroscope in comparison to a resonant fiber optic gyroscope. At least some components of the resonant optical gyroscope are integrated in a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). The PIC includes a broadband optical signal source optical circuit configured to generate an amplified spontaneous emission, an optical divider/combiner, a first optical coupler or circulator optically coupled between the broadband optical signal source optical circuit and the broadband optical signal source optical circuit, a first optical phase modulator optically coupled to the optical divider/combiner, a second optical phase modulator optically coupled to the optical divider/combiner; and an optical resonator including a rotation axis and optically coupled to the first and the second optical phase modulators.

A system comprising a reactor tank configured to receive a liquid composition via a liquid flow path; a plurality of dual frequency comb spectroscopy (DFCS) configurations, wherein a DFCS configuration of the plurality of DFCS configurations comprises a laser emitter configured to emit laser light through at least a portion of the liquid flow path; and a photodetector configured to (i) receive transmitted light from the laser light passed through the portion of the liquid flow path and (ii) generate a signal output based on one or more absorption or wavelength characteristics of the transmitted light; and a system monitor communicatively coupled to the plurality of DFCS configurations, wherein the system monitor is configured to determine one or more substance concentrations at the portion of the liquid flow path based on the signal output.

The present disclosure provides a photonic gas sensor chip comprising a substrate, a silicon oxide layer disposed on the substrate, a heating element disposed on the silicon oxide layer, a silicon oxide base disposed on the heating element, and a silicon nitride waveguide disposed on the silicon oxide base. The silicon nitride waveguide comprises an extended resonant ring waveguide comprising spiral waveguide sections. The spiral sections increase optical path length while maintaining compact footprint. The heating element enables thermal tuning of resonant frequency to match dual frequency comb spectroscopy repetition frequencies.

The present disclosure provides a gas detection system (100) for detecting target gases having spectral absorption peaks. The system (100) comprises a light source (104), at least three spectral filters (108, SF1-SFn) with each filter having a filtering range corresponding to separate spectral absorption peaks of only one target gas, one or more photodetectors (116, PD1-PDn) to receive light from the light source, and processing circuitry (120). The processing circuitry determines absorption strength of each spectral filter output, compares the absorption strength to the spectral absorption peaks of the target gases, and based on the comparison, determines presence of target gases. The spectral filters may be formed on a substrate using integrated silicon photonics and may have filtering ranges less than 50 nanometers to provide selective detection of gas species.

The present disclosure provides a method comprising generating, by a dual frequency comb source, a first optical frequency comb having a first repetition rate and a second optical frequency comb having a second repetition rate that is different from the first repetition rate. The method includes directing, using one or more optical elements, one or more of the first optical frequency comb or the second optical frequency comb toward a material. The method includes detecting, using a diode photodetector, optical signals from the first optical frequency comb and the second optical frequency comb after interaction of one or more of the first optical frequency comb or the second optical frequency comb with the material. The method includes generating, using the diode photodetector, a radio frequency signal corresponding to the optical signals. The method includes determining a thickness of the material based on the radio frequency signal.

The present disclosure provides a compact multi-pass absorption gas cell comprising a rectangular housing defining a chamber for receiving a sample to be analyzed, a light inlet positioned at a first end of the rectangular housing for introducing light beam into the chamber, a light outlet position at a second end of the rectangular housing, a first mirror component positioned at the first end comprising a first flat mirror and a first concave mirror array, and a second mirror component positioned at the second end comprising a second flat mirror and a second concave mirror array, wherein the light beam reflects multiple times between the first mirror component and the second mirror component and is refocused by the first concave mirror array and the second concave mirror array to achieve an optical path length for low absorption gas detection.

The present disclosure provides a thermally compensated multi-pass spectroscopy gas cell comprising a cylindrical cell housing constructed from a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and defining an interior. The cell comprises first and second mirror assemblies, each comprising a mirror holder and mirror secured within the holder. The mirror assemblies are positioned at opposite ends of the cylindrical cell housing to create a multi-pass optical configuration. The mirror holders are constructed from a second material having a second CTE that is greater than the first CTE to provide thermal compensation for stable mirror separation across operating temperature range.

The present disclosure provides a multiband multi-pass absorption gas cell comprising a housing defining a chamber for receiving a gas sample to be analyzed. The cell comprises a first multiband mirror at a first end of the housing, defining inlet through-holes and comprising concentric dielectric coated zones corresponding to multiple wavelength bands. A second multiband mirror is positioned at the opposite end, comprising outlet through-holes and concentric dielectric coated zones corresponding to the wavelength bands. The cell includes inlet wedged windows positioned at the first end of the housing and outlet wedged windows positioned at the second end.

The present disclosure provides a spectroscopic gas cell comprising a cylindrical body defining a chamber for receiving gas to be analyzed, an inlet and outlet for gas addition and removal, a first mirror adjacent to a first end of the cylindrical body, a second mirror adjacent to a second end, and piezoelectric actuators positioned to provide axial and off-axial position adjustment of the mirrors. The piezoelectric actuators enable real-time alignment correction during gas sensing operations and may be positioned to adjust both mirrors. The actuators are positioned within flexible circular holders and comprise piezoelectric stacks that adjust mirror orientation and axial position to maintain resonant cavity alignment for enhanced gas detection sensitivity.

The present disclosure provides a spectroscopic gas cell comprising a cylindrical body defining a chamber for receiving gas to be analyzed, an inlet for adding gas to the chamber, an outlet for removing gas from the chamber, an optical fiber input port closing a first end of the cylindrical body and adapted to connect to a first optical fiber ferrule to input laser light into the chamber, an optical fiber output port closing a second end of the cylindrical body and adapted to connect to a second optical fiber ferrule, a first off-axis ellipsoidal reflector positioned within the input port to reflect laser light from the first ferrule into the chamber, and a second off-axis ellipsoidal reflector positioned within the output port to reflect laser light from the chamber toward the second ferrule.

The present disclosure provides a system for mirror positioning comprising a mirror fixture secured to a first end of a body defining a longitudinal resonant spectroscopy cavity. The mirror fixture defines an opening to receive a first mirror, a through-hole, and has at least three clamps to selectively secure the first mirror after positioning. The system includes a mirror holder with an opening to temporarily receive the first mirror for positioning relative to the mirror fixture and body, and defining a through-hole. A translation stage moves the mirror holder and first mirror through multiple positions relative to the mirror fixture and body as laser light projects through the mirror holder through-hole, through the first mirror, through the mirror fixture through-hole, into the resonant spectroscopy cavity, and out to be reflected by a second mirror secured to the body's second end until resonance is detected.

Systems, apparatuses, methods and computer program products are provided herein. For example, a computer-implement method described herein includes generating, using dual frequency comb spectroscopy, measurement output comprising measured concentration of one or more gases associated with a heating operation comprising one or more burners. The method includes performing, based on the measurement output, one or more optimization operations comprising generating control data for the heating operation based on the measurement output. The method includes applying the control data to the heating operation, wherein applying the control data comprises automatically modifying one or more operating parameters of the heating operation based on the control data.

An antenna assembly includes an antenna that has an antenna base, and an adapter plate configured to couple the antenna to a moveable machine. The antenna base may include a plurality of pucks that extend through orifices of the adapter plate. The adapter plate may include a feature that converts an otherwise blunt impact load into a slicing impact load. The adapter plate may include a support wall that extends upward and is aft of the antenna.

A location of a vehicle is received from a geospatial sensor. Geographic locations of a plurality of external objects associated with the location of the vehicle are received from an external object source. Vehicle operator head position images are received from an operator monitoring system. A vehicle operator line of sight is identified based on the vehicle operator head position images. A subset of the plurality of external objects in the vehicle operator line of sight are identified. A projection angle is generated based on the vehicle operator line of sight and a location of a projection system. A command is issued to the projection system to display images of the subset of the plurality of external objects on a transparent retro-reflective display to align with the geographic locations of the subset of the plurality of external objects in accordance with the projection angle during operation of the vehicle.

An active lightning protection circuit includes a lightning sense circuit, an impedance control circuit connected to the lightning sense circuit, a transient current cut-off circuit, and a drive and monitor circuit. The lightning sense circuit is operable to sense a current level at a connector port of a device. The impedance control circuit is operable to, based on a first current level sensed by the lightning sense circuit indicative of normal conditions, turn ON to present a low impedance path for current flowing towards one or more protected components of the device. The drive and monitor circuit is operable to, based on a second current level sensed at the connector port indicative of a transient, turn OFF the impedance control circuit and turn ON the transient current cut-off circuit to present a high impedance path for the current flowing towards the one or more protected components.

Techniques for visualization of access events across a facility are described. In one aspect, event data associated with one or more users from multiple access detection units of the facility is obtained. This event data indicates interactions between users and access detection units of the facility. A layout representation of the facility, overlaid with the locations of the access detection units of the facility, is accessed. The event data is synthesized to determine paths traversed by users, where synthesizing includes transforming the event data into a visually dynamic format. A visual representation of the event data is then generated, indicating user movements within the facility in correspondence with the layout representation. Thereafter, this visual representation is provided to personnel.

A system is disclosed that provides a navigational display for an aerial vehicle. The system includes: a display device for the aerial vehicle; and a controller configured to generate a navigational display window configured to assist with landing operations. The navigational display window is configured to display on the display device: a view of an environment in front of the aerial vehicle; a landing target symbol that represents an intended landing location at which the aerial vehicle is intended to achieve a full stop above the intended landing location; and a real time stop indicator that indicates a predicted aerial vehicle stopping point if a current deceleration rate is maintained.

Aircraft systems and methods are provided for displaying attributes on a forward-looking graphical user interface display. An exemplary method involves determining candidate display positions for an attribute associated with a displayed object based at least in part on the geographic location and the altitude associated with the object, selecting, from among the candidate display positions, a visible display position for the attribute based at least in part on relationship between the visible display position and a reference display position for the attribute, and rendering a graphical representation of the attribute at the visible display position on the forward-looking graphical user interface display.

A system including: avionics circuitry for an aircraft; one or more image sensors configured to acquire image data around the aircraft; and processing circuitry in communication with the avionics circuitry and the one or more image sensors, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: receive, from the avionics circuitry, operational data of the aircraft; identify, based on the image data, one or more runway features for a runway along which the aircraft is traveling; determine, based on the operational data and the image data, whether the aircraft is maintaining a correct heading; and control, based on the determination, the aircraft to prevent runway excursion.

A system and method for detecting the blood-alcohol content of a person includes detecting, using a millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar sensor, at least a heart rate of the person and supplying heart rate data indicative thereof. The heart rate data is supplied to a processing system. The heart rate data is processed, using a trained model implemented in the processing system, to determine the blood-alcohol content of the person.

Systems provide enhanced cooling of tip regions of turbine blades. A cooling system includes a turbine blade (150) with a root (164), a base (156), a tip (158), a leading edge (174), a trailing edge (176), an outer structure that includes a pressure side wall (170), a suction side wall (172) and a tip cap (178) at its tip. A core (228) in the blade defines a leading channel (202) that ejects cooling air through the leading edge (174). A primary tip flag channel (210) ejects cooling air through the tip and the trailing edge (174). A secondary tip flag channel (212) ejects cooling air through the trailing edge (176). The primary tip flag channel (210) and the secondary tip flag channel (212) promote cooling of the tip due to the locations in the tip area and their delivery of low temperature and high pressure cooling air thereto.

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and related devices and fabrication methods are provided for programmable memory devices configurable to support multiply-accumulate (MAC) operations. An exemplary microelectromechanical device includes readout electrodes, an intermediate electrode disposed on a deflectable structure of semiconductor material, a first set of individually programmable elements on a first portion of the deflectable structure to influence deflection of the first portion to influence a first variable capacitance between a first readout electrode and the intermediate electrode based on a programmed state of the programmable elements, and a second set of individually programmable elements on a second portion of the deflectable structure to influence deflection of the second portion to influence a second variable capacitance between a second readout electrode and the intermediate electrode based on a programmed state of the programmable elements.

Methods and systems are provided for autonomous vehicle operation for collision avoidance. One method involves identifying an autonomous operating mode and one or more settings associated with the autonomous operating mode prior to entering an autonomous collision avoidance mode in response to an output from a collision avoidance system, and after entering the autonomous collision avoidance mode, automatically restoring autonomous operation upon deactivation of the autonomous collision avoidance mode. For example, the autonomous operating mode may be automatically reinitiated based on the current vehicle status using the one or more settings in response to deactivation of the autonomous collision avoidance mode when it is determined that the autonomous operating mode is viable based on a relationship between a current vehicle status and the one or more settings associated with the autonomous operating mode.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide generative AI-based techniques for generating and adjusting travel pathways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) impact. In the context of a method, the method includes obtaining travel pathway data, the travel pathway data comprising environmental data in accordance with a travel pathway candidates for traversing between an origin and a destination; generating a travel pathway via a generative AI model and based on the travel pathway data and travel pathway candidates, wherein: a model reward function is based on a negative weighted summation of at least one greenhouse emission estimate and an estimated efficiency of the vehicle pursuant to a respective travel pathway candidate; and the travel pathway is configured to optimize GHG impact and efficiency of the vehicle as the vehicle traverses to the destination; and causing the vehicle to traverse from the origin to the destination in accordance with the travel pathway.

An access control system and method for controlling access to facility regions includes storing access credentials for authorized users, with each access credential having access permissions and in some cases predefined expertise certifications. Access control readers receive access requests containing access credentials. In a non-lockdown mode of the facility, access is granted or denied based on the assigned access permissions. In a lockdown mode, access to lockdown regions is denied even with valid access permissions, unless the access credential is also associated with required expertise certifications. The lockdown mode can be classified into predefined lockdown types, each assigned specific expertise certifications. Lockdown type classification can occur manually through operator input or automatically based on LLM analysis of video streams and/or sensor outputs.

Methods for mapping camera locations and fields of view (FOV) for video surveillance cameras in a facility. A mounted location and FOV are identified for each camera, where the FOV is defined by the mounted location, horizontal direction, vertical tilt, and optical specifications. A camera graph may be generated representing the cameras, with nodes identifying distances and directions between neighboring cameras. The graph is distributed to the cameras, enabling autonomous identification of neighbors. When an object of interest moves toward a neighboring camera's FOV, a peer-to-peer command is sent to track the object. Camera locations can be identified using mobile devices through manual map selection or WiFi/Bluetooth beacons. Camera directions can be determined using mobile device alignment with camera lenses or using camera IMU outputs for image stabilization.

A device and system for detecting directional passage of wireless credentials includes a ground plane separating first and second antennas. The antennas detect wireless signals from credentials like Bluetooth beacons, phones, or smart watches carried by authorized users. The ground plane blocks signals to one antenna while allowing reception by the other, enabling a simple device that can accurately detect travel direction. A security system may use this travel detection to track facility ingress/egress, maintain occupancy counts, and automatically arm/disarm based on authorized user presence. The system can monitor door access events and issue alerts for unauthorized entries.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for sensor drift adjustment. A plurality of sensor measurements may be received from a gas sensor for at least a portion of a sampling period. Sampled sensor data may be generated from the plurality of sensor measurements. The sampled sensor data may comprise at least a subset of the plurality of sensor measurements that satisfy a set of operational conditions and a sample size threshold. Estimated drift data may be generated based on the sampled sensor data and one or more drift constraint. The estimated drift data may be stored. The gas sensor output may be adjusted by applying a drift adjustment model to the gas sensor output.

A video surveillance system and method for a facility includes multiple video cameras mounted at locations with corresponding coordinates. Each camera has a Field of View (FOV) extending to cover a FOV range defined by coordinates that define a FOV volume. A controller receives incident location coordinates and determines which cameras have FOV volumes that encompass the incident location. The system automatically displays video from cameras covering the incident while excluding video from cameras not covering the incident. In some cases, the system supports Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras with preset positions, automatically moving PTZ cameras to positions that cover an incident location. The system can handle incidents spanning location ranges and can identify blind spots not covered by any camera's FOV.

Power supply and monitoring in a ring network is described herein. An example apparatus includes a first power supply input/output (I/O) port, a second power supply I/O port, and a power control circuit configured to delay power from being supplied to the apparatus via the first power supply I/O port and the second power supply I/O port, and, upon a short circuit occurring on one of the first power supply I/O port and the second power supply I/O port during the delay, isolate the one of the first power supply I/O port and the second power supply I/O port on which the short circuit is occurring after the delay and supply power to the apparatus via the other one of the first power supply I/O port and the second power supply I/O port on which the short circuit is not occurring after the delay.

In some examples, a cabin pressure control system includes a valve system including a valve configured to fluidically couple an internal environment internal to an aircraft and external environment external to the aircraft. The valve system includes a primary controller, a secondary controller, a first valve control system, and a second valve control system. The primary controller is configured to control a first outflow valve and a second outflow valve. The secondary controller is configured to control the first outflow valve and the second outflow flow when the primary controller is unavailable or ineffective. The first valve control system is configured to control the first outflow valve and the second outflow flow when the secondary controller is unavailable or ineffective. The second valve control system is configured to control the first outflow valve and the second outflow flow when the first valve control system is unavailable or ineffective.

Methods and systems are provided for increasing situational awareness of alerts from a video monitoring system. Video analytics algorithms detect conditions in a video stream and generate alerts. For each alert, a video clip is extracted containing frames before and/or after the alert. A Generative AI video-to-text summarization model generates text summaries of the video frames, which are processed by a Large Language Model to generate context for each alert. Enhanced alerts are output containing both the alert type and generated context to provide increased situational awareness. The system can store alert history with timestamps for pattern analysis and prediction of future alerts. Additional features include multi-event correlation, root cause analysis, and detection of various conditions like intrusion, loitering, and crowd formation.