05th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140032091 | TREND BASED PREDICTIVE TRAFFIC - A method for predicting traffic is disclosed. The method is a trend based extrapolation method that uses real time traffic data and historic traffic data to generate a predictive traffic product. The predictive traffic product provides expected traffic speeds for the short term future, for example, between two to twelve hours into the future. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032092 | ESTIMATION OF PROPELLANT REMAINING IN A SATELLITE - An amount of propellant remaining in an orbiting satellite can be estimated in a more accurate manner than is possible with conventional approached. Pressure and temperature telemetry data received from the satellite can be analyzed using a maximum likelihood estimation approach that reconstructs a predicted tank pressure signal using the temperature data and determines a pressurant volume necessary to make the reconstructed pressure signal match the received pressure signal. Drift of the pressure data received from pressure transducers in the satellite can also be addressed using the current subject matter, as can issues including but not limited to inaccessible propellant due to satellite spin, tank expansion under pressure, and the like. Independent determinations of the amounts of propellant remaining can be made using moment of inertia calculations in situations in which an axis of spin of the satellite is known a priori. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032093 | COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM WITH A PLAUSIBIITY MODULE - A collision detection system for a vehicle includes a sensor and a camera. The sensor measures a first data set of an object relative to the vehicle. The camera measures a second data set of the object relative to the vehicle and separately measures an image-based time-to-collision with the object based on scalable differences of captured images. A fusion module matches data from the sensor and the camera and estimates a collision threat based on the matched data. A plausibility module generates a signal if the measured image-based time-to-collision is less than a calculated steering-based time-to-collision and a braking-based time-to-collision with the object. A countermeasure module actuates a countermeasure device, such as an autonomous braking system, if the collision threat exceeds an actuation threshold and the signal from the plausibility module is received, thereby statistically reducing the rate of false actuations of the countermeasure device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032094 | Method for Detecting Critical Driving Situations of Lorries or Passenger Vehicles and Method for Avoiding Collisions - A method for detecting critical driving situations of motor vehicles, in particular for preventing collisions with an object in front of an own vehicle, has the following steps: detection of a current vehicle acceleration and a current vehicle velocity of an own vehicle; specification of an acceleration profile depending on driving variables of the own vehicle; assumption of a time progression of a foreseeable acceleration of the own vehicle based on its current acceleration; determination of a path profile of the own vehicle from the time progression of the foreseeable acceleration; acquisition of a current distance and a current relative velocity of an object in front of the own vehicle; calculation of the current absolute velocity of the object as well as of the absolute current acceleration of the object; assumption of a time progression of a foreseeable acceleration of the object based on its current acceleration; determination of a path profile of the object from the time progression of the foreseeable acceleration; comparison of the path profile of the own vehicle with the path profile of the object; and if the two path profiles intersect, determination of a probable collision time of the own vehicle with the object; establishment of a time before the probable collision time comparison of this time with the probable collision time determined; and if the probable collision time lies before the established time, issue of a warning to the driver of the own vehicle. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032095 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT BY STATE VECTOR - A method for constructing a flight trajectory of an aircraft, comprises a step of computing a sequence of state vectors (E | 2014-01-30 |
20140032096 | Historical Data Based Navigational Routing - Navigational routing is generated incorporating an estimation of future traffic conditions. The future traffic conditions are estimated based on historical traffic data, e.g., obtained over a recent period of time. The system provides navigational routing based on historical traffic data incorporated into a calculated route of travel. The historical data is used to calculate a probability that given roads along the route will be problematic at a certain time of the day, i.e., at the time, day of week, and place that you would be expected to be traveling on that certain road. Accordingly, historical traffic data is used to help determine a best route based on the probability of certain roads being problematic at a certain time of day. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032097 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SUITABILITY OF FUTURE WAYPOINT LOCATIONS - A method for illustrating an aircraft flight plan comprising at least one waypoint on a flight display of a flight deck of an aircraft, where the method may include displaying on the flight display of the flight deck some type of display indicia that indicates the suitability of locations for future waypoints. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032098 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GUIDING HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLES - A navigation device comprises a display, a data storage element, a passenger sensor, and a processor. The display may communicate routing data to a driver of a vehicle. The data storage element may store cartographic data including high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane data. The passenger sensor may sense a number of passengers in the vehicle. The processor may be coupled with the display and the data storage element and may be configured to receive the number of sensed passengers in the vehicle, determine if the vehicle is eligible to travel through one or more HOV lanes based on the number of sensed passengers and HOV lane data, determine a route that includes the one or more HOV lanes if the vehicle is eligible to travel in the one or more HOV lanes, and provide a visual indication of the route to be shown on the display. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032099 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION - The present invention relates to a navigation device. The navigation device is arranged to dynamically generate multi-dimensional (multidimensional) video signals based on location and directional information of the navigation device by processing at least one source video signal. The navigation device is further arranged to superimpose navigation directions and/or environment information about surrounding objects onto the generated multidimensional video feed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032100 | GPS CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING IMAGE RECOGNITION INFORMATION - Provided is a GPS correction system and method which corrects position information obtained from a low-precision GPS device using image recognition information. The GPS correction system using image recognition system includes: a GPS module; an image recognition device having a line recognition function; a road map storage unit configured to store road map information including line characteristic information or a road map receiving unit configured to receive the road map information; and an information processing device configured to compare the line recognition information acquired through the image recognition device to the line characteristic information, correct a current position measured by the GPS module, and calculate traveling lane information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032101 | Method and Apparatus for Point of Interest Evaluation - A system includes a navigation device and a processor in communication with the navigation device and an output. The processor is configured to receive a plurality of POIs. The processor is also configured to search for at least a first of the POIs in first proximity to a route in the navigation device. Further, the processor is configured to,subsequent to the search for a first POI in first proximity, for each instance of the first POI in first proximity to the route, search for at least a second of the POIs in second proximity to the first POI. The processor is also configured to output any instances wherein each of the POIs are found to be in second proximity to at least one of the other POIs of the plurality of POIs. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032102 | Navigation Device and Cruising Range Display System - A navigation device includes: a degradation coefficient determination unit that determines a degradation coefficient representing a degradation level of a battery that supplies a vehicle with electric power; a current location calculation unit that calculates a current location of the vehicle; a vicinity map display unit that displays a vicinity map of the current location of the vehicle on a display screen; a cruising range calculation unit that calculates a first cruising range of the vehicle based on a remaining amount of the battery and a full charge amount of the battery contained in charging information received from the battery; a second cruising range calculation unit that calculates a second cruising range, which is smaller than the first cruising range, based on the degradation coefficient and the first cruising range; and a cruising range display unit that performs a display representing the second cruising range on the vicinity map. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032103 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A FLIGHT PLAN - A method of displaying a flight plan on a flight display of a flight deck of an aircraft, where the method includes displaying at least a portion of the flight plan on the display and determining an unsuitability of at least a portion of the flight plan based on at least one suitability criteria. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032104 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH RANGE BASED NOTIFICATION ENHANCEMENT DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: setting a delivery range for establishing a boundary; detecting a current location relative to the delivery range to a destination with the current location for locating a device; generating a travel route from the current location to the destination; selecting a delivery mode based on whether the current location is within the delivery range; and generating a local notification based on activating the delivery mode for displaying on the device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032105 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A FLIGHT PLAN - A method for displaying a flight plan having at least one waypoint on a flight display of a flight deck of an aircraft having known flight constraints, including receiving a user input for a user-inputted waypoint and generating an alternative waypoint when the user-inputted waypoint is not suitable and displaying same. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032106 | FLIGHT PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SEARCH - A system and method for flight planning determines an optimal route by setting an initial departure weight or range of such weights for an aircraft traveling from a departure airport to a destination airport, defining a network of nodes for potentially legal routes, labeling each node with a graph of fuel needed to reach that node either as a function of flight duration or as a function of flight duration and departure weight, selecting or discarding routes when conditions at a node of that route are favorable or violated, selecting a preferred route, departure weight and duration for the desired payload and minimizing fuel for the desired route and payload. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032107 | Unknown - A method for processing a flight plan, implemented in a flight management system, consisting of at least one segment, comprises a step of determining the positions of the start point and of the end point of each of said segments constituting said flight plan by searching for at least two characteristic points of said segment, said characteristic points being explicit, fixed and non-floating, said positions being respectively characterized by a latitude, a longitude and an altitude. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032108 | ANCHOR LANE SELECTION METHOD USING NAVIGATION INPUT IN ROAD CHANGE SCENARIOS - A method for selecting an anchor lane for tracking in a vehicle lane tracking system. Digital map data and leading vehicle trajectory data are used to predict lane information ahead of a vehicle. Left and right lane boundary markers are also detected, where available, using a vision system. The lane marker data from the vision system is combined with the lane information from the digital map data and the leading vehicle trajectory data in a lane curvature fusion calculation. The left and right lane marker data from the vision system are also evaluated for conditions such as parallelism and sudden jumps in offsets, while considering the presence of entrance or exit lanes as indicated by the map data. An anchor lane for tracking is selected based on the evaluation of the vision system data, using either the fused curvature calculation or the digital map and leading vehicle trajectory data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032109 | ROUTE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A route recommendation system is provided. The system has: a data querying apparatus configured to generate query information according to a location; and a data analyzing apparatus, connected to the data querying apparatus, having: a database configured to store at least one candidate data, wherein each candidate data has a candidate location, at least one recommended location corresponding to the candidate location, and a recommended staying time of each recommended location; a data receiving unit configured to receive the query information; and a processing unit configured to generate at least one recommended route according to the query information and the candidate data, and transmit the at least one recommended route to the data querying apparatus, wherein the recommended route comprises a path from the location to the at least one recommended location, and the recommended staying time corresponding to each recommended location. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING AND DISPLAYING DIRECTIONALLY BASED TEXTUAL WAYFINDING CONTENT - Disclosed are systems and methods related to managing and programming directional wayfinding content associated with a map. Embodiments include a system for programming directionally based textual instructions describing navigating to and from map locations along path segments between the locations. The textual instructions can then be arranged as output to a user in an order corresponding to a travel route to provide customizable textual instructions to a remote location that vary depending on the direction of the paths traversed in the route. Also disclosed are various methods and devices for delivering the textual instructions to an end user. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032111 | ELECTRONIC MAP SYSTEM - An electronic map may be output based on map data including information related to a current configuration of each of a plurality of map objects and historical attributes of at least a portion of the plurality of map objects. The historical attribute associated with a map object may include information related to a historical configuration of the respective map object in the past. A time selection input may be received at a user interface. The map data may be processed to identify a map object having a current configuration different from a historical configuration at a time in the past which is determined based on the time selection input. An optical output device may be controlled to output a graphical representation of the identified map object that is dependent on both the current configuration and the historical configuration of the identified map object. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032112 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION - A navigation system of a vehicle includes a first display arranged behind a first mirror surface of a right outside mirror of the vehicle, a second display arranged behind a second mirror surface of a left outside mirror of the vehicle, and a control unit connected to the first display and the second display to control an output of graphic information on the first display and the second display. The control unit is configured to determine a current maneuver instruction based on a route and a current position of the vehicle, and the control unit is configured to control the output of different graphic information on the first display and the second display, based on the current maneuver instruction and/or the current position. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032113 | AUTOMATED ROUTE DETERMINATION - A preferred route may be determined from an origin location to a destination location. The determination is made by processing directed links (e.g., one-way edges) in a graph that includes one or more links and two or more nodes. The determination of a preferred route may include an estimate of the time required at one or more intersections along alternative. Individual routing preferences, such as a preference of a rural over an urban route, also may be considered. Techniques are described that may help reduce the time required to identify a preferred route, including the identification and removal of no outlet routes before processing the directed links and techniques using particular data formats. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032114 | Navigation Redirect Using CMAS Emergency Alerts - A navigation system integrated with knowledge of active emergency alerting system alert data and up to date Doppler weather radar data, to provide a visual representation of an alert area and/or current weather patterns on a map, and to automatically navigate a subscriber device away from an affected area, e.g., an alert area, an area under severe weather. The inventive navigation system displays NEXRAD Doppler weather radar data on a map by integrating a NEXRAD feed into the map and allowing a user to enable/disable the NEXRAD feed as a map overlay. The inventive navigation system also automatically routes or reroutes a subscriber device to avoid areas under severe weather. The navigation system is also integrated with a conventional CMSP gateway in an emergency alerting system to provide: a visual representation of an alert area on a map and to automatically route/reroute a subscriber device around an alert area. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032115 | Systems and Methods for Determining the Moments and Forces of Two Concentric Pipes Within a Wellbore - Systems and methods for determining the bending moment and shear force of tubing and casing when the tubing buckles and contacts the casing. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032116 | MULTICOMPONENT BOREHOLE RADAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed herein are multicomponent borehole radar tools and methods. At least some tool embodiments employ at least two antennas that receive reflections of electromagnetic pulses transmitted from the tool. A processor processes the receive signals to identify reflection signals and to determine a direction and/or distance to the sources of the reflection signals. Possible sources include formation boundaries, fluid boundaries, cased wells, and other features that cause contrasts in electromagnetic properties. In addition to reflection signals, the measured responses may include direct signal measurements that are useful for determining formation resistivity and permittivity. Each of the antennas may transmit and receive, and they may be collocated to reduce tool size and reduce processing complexity. Disclosed logging tool examples employ both electric and magnetic dipole antennas. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032117 | SP Curve Drift Correction - A method and apparatus for removing drift from a curve of raw data acquired from a wellbore that intersects a subterranean formation. The raw data curve is filtered to remove DC components, integrating the filtered curve generates a new baseline curve. Adding the new base line curve to the filtered curve yields a corrected curve that is used to extract drift from the raw data curve. The corrected curve is filtered and then subtracted from the raw data curve to produce a drift curve. A data curve, absent any drift, is generated by filtering the drift curve, and subtracting the filtered data curve from the raw data curve. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032118 | STRATIGRAPHIC MODELING USING PRODUCTION DATA DENSITY PROFILES - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for performing stratigraphic modeling using production data density profiles. At least some illustrative embodiments include a production logging tool data processing method that includes measuring one or more characteristics of a formation within a borehole, of fluids within the formation or of fluids within the borehole, calculating a density profile of each of the one or more characteristics, and defining a boundary between two reservoir simulation cells based at least in part upon the density profile. The method further includes performing a simulation of a production field including the borehole using said simulation cells and presenting the simulation results to a user. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032119 | METHOD OF ANALYZING SEISMIC DATA - Post-migration common image gathers (CIGs) are generated in a dip angle domain from measured seismic data. From a CIG, a hybrid Radon model is determined, including a reflection model related to concave features in the CIG and a diffraction model related to linear features in the CIG. The reflection model is transformed with a reflection Radon operator applied along inversion trajectories restricted around apices of the concave features to obtain reflection data. The diffraction model is transformed with a diffraction Radon operator to obtain diffraction data. The reflection and diffraction data at different horizontal positions can then be combined and summed to generate a migrated image of the subsurface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032120 | Managing Flow/Volume Loop Information - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods of extracting optimal information from a flow/volume loop concerning the patient's respiratory condition by examining the overall shape of the space under the flow/volume loop's expiration portion. In some embodiments, this is done with reference to the center of mass of that space. In some embodiments, this is done with reference to the area of that space. Some embodiments are significantly less affected by random/statistical variations and/or noise within the measurement system than existing methods. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032121 | INTAKE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed are an intake analysis system and a method thereof comprising an intake sensing device and a cloud computing device. The intake sensing device may be installed in a container containing an ingesta, providing for analyzing a component of the ingesta to generate a detecting signal, and sensing a weight variation of the container having the ingesta therein to generate a weight sensing signal; the cloud computing device receives the detecting signal and weight sensing signal transmitted and calculates a calorie value and an intake value to generate substance ingested information, and compares the calorie value and the intake value. When the calorie value or intake value is greater than a predetermined value respectively, the cloud computing device generates a noticing signal, and transmits the substance ingested information and noticing signal to the intake sensing device, and the intake sensing device displays the substance ingested information and noticing information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032122 | GENE-WIDE SIGNIFICANCE (GWIS) TEST: NOVEL GENE-BASED METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC ASSOCIATIONS HAVING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT EFFECTS - A novel set of methods for gene-based tests of association are provided. By gathering multiple independent effects into a single test, GWiS has greater power than conventional tests to identify genes with multiple causal variants. GWiS also retains power for low-frequency minor alleles that are increasingly important for personal genetics, a feature not shared by other multi-SNP tests. The methods of the present invention can be combined with conventional computing platforms to provide a new analytical tool for analyzing genes which are linked to multiple traits. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032123 | SYSTEM FOR MAKING AVAILABLE INDIVIDUAL OR POOLED, ALSO ANONYMOUS PATIENT DATA ON THE BASIS OF MOLECULAR GENOME, TRANSCRIPTOME, PROTEOME, EPIGENOME, OR METABOLOME DATA - The invention relates to a system for automatically, rapidly, and dynamically funding biological cells for transplantion, treatment, or research purposes between collection centers or banks (storage places) and hospitals, transplant centers, or research facilities, monitoring and assisting with processes from the transmission of requests, the delivery of cell preparation suitable for allogeneic transplantation, and the use of the found preparations to the monitoring of the result in the patient, and making said data available for statistical and other purposes, wherein samples are taken before and after the transplantation to analyze genomes, proteomes, transcriptomes, epigenomes, and/or metbolomes. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032124 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING ORIENTATION OF A BODY OF A MAMMAL - Apparatus is disclosed for providing classification of body orientation of a mammal. The apparatus includes means ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140032125 | Environment and Method for Rapid Analysis of Genomic Sequence Data - In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a method that may include receiving an indication of selection of a first diagnostic algorithm of two or more of diagnostic algorithms for analyzing genetic sequence data, where the indication is associated with an identifier. The method may further include retrieving, from a storage medium, first genetic sequencing data associated with the identifier and analyzing, by one or more processors, the first genetic sequencing data using the first diagnostic algorithm to obtain at least one diagnostic result. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032126 | MULTI-STAGE, REGRESSION-BASED PCR ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for analyzing data to determine properties of a PCR processor other process exhibiting amplification or growth. Data representing an amplification can be distinguished from data representing a jump or other error. A modified sigmoid function containing a drift term may be used in determining the properties. A multi-stage functional fit of the amplification data can provide increased accuracy and consistency of one or more of the properties. A baseline of the amplification data can be determined by analyzing an integrated area of a first derivative function of the data. A reference quantitation value can also be determined from locations of maxima of different derivative functions of the amplification data, e.g., a weighted average of the maxima locations for the second and third derivatives may be used. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032127 | SPECTROSCOPIC FINGER-PRINTING OF RAW MATERIALS - The invention provides a method for the selection of cultivation component batches to be used in the cultivation of a mammalian cell expressing a protein of interest wherein at least two different components are employed in the cultivation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBER - Disclosed herein is a system and method for increasing the fidelity of measured genetic data, for making allele calls, and for determining the state of aneuploidy, in one or a small set of cells, or from fragmentary DNA, where a limited quantity of genetic data is available. Poorly or incorrectly measured base pairs, missing alleles and missing regions are reconstructed using expected similarities between the target genome and the genome of genetically related individuals. In accordance with one embodiment, incomplete genetic data from an embryonic cell are reconstructed at a plurality of loci using the more complete genetic data from a larger sample of diploid cells from one or both parents, with or without haploid genetic data from one or both parents. In another embodiment, the chromosome copy number can be determined from the measured genetic data, with or without genetic information from one or both parents. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032129 | Methods for gas leak detection and localization in populated areas using multi-point analysis - Improved gas leak detection from moving platforms is provided. Automatic horizontal spatial scale analysis can be performed in order to distinguish a leak from background levels of the measured gas. Source identification can be provided by using isotopic ratios and/or chemical tracers to distinguish gas leaks from other sources of the measured gas. Multi-point measurements combined with spatial analysis of the multi-point measurement results can provide leak source distance estimates. These methods can be practiced individually or in any combination. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032130 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE CARBON DIOXIDE MONITORING - A telematics device coupled to vehicle onboard computer system calculates carbon dioxide output of the vehicle. The device uses inputs from existing vehicle performance and parameter sensors, such as speed, fuel efficiency, mass air flow and oxygen present in the vehicle's exhaust, to calculate carbon dioxide output. Speed divided by fuel efficiency results in gallons per hour. An emission factor, EF, multiplied by the gallons per hour results in weight of carbon dioxide produced by the vehicle per hour. Dividing EF by the efficiency results in pounds per mile. Using input from the mass air flow and oxygen sensors, with an approximation of gasoline molecular weight may produce more accurate results without using EF. If the sensors do not provide values in the units needed, a calibration curve for the mass air flow sensor and oxygen sensor may be used. The telematics device can display the results or upload them. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032131 | Automated EDS Standards Calibration - This invention relates to a method and system for determining the composition of an unknown sample. The present invention comprises a method of calibrating an x-ray spectrometer that does not require measuring all possible elements under the operating conditions used to measure the unknown sample to be analyzed. According to a preferred embodiment, the local instrument can be calibrated from an x-ray spectrum of a single elemental standard. The instrument will have a stored library containing high quality spectra for all elements being analyzed. The analysis of the single element is compared to the library spectra for that element to define a transformation that is used to create a calibrated spectra library that includes a calibrated spectrum for each spectrum in the original library. As a result, the spectra generated by the local instrument can be compared to the calibrated library spectra to determine the elements in an unknown mineral. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032132 | System and Method for Operating a Machine - A system for automated control of a machine within a work area having a crest includes a first data map and a second data map. At least one sensor system generates operating data indicative of a change in terrain and a controller compares the operating data to the first data map while the machine is within a zone adjacent the crest. If the change in terrain exceeds a threshold, the controller generates an alert command signal. A method is also provided. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032133 | METHOD OF DETERMINING MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF A STRUCTURE - A method for determining a mechanical performance parameter of a structure in which damage has caused a wall of the structure to change from an initial shape to a damaged shape. The method comprising for geometrically characterizing an external surface of the damaged shape; modeling a test body comprising a surface substantially identical to the external surface of the damaged shape; modeling a test wall having a portion of a shape substantially identical to the initial shape; calculating a deformed test wall and a stress state related to the deformation, the deformation of the test wall being caused by a relative displacement of the test body and the test wall, the relative displacement being configured to give the deformed test wall an external surface substantially identical to the external surface of the damaged shape; and evaluating mechanical performance of the deformed test wall. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032134 | Method and Assembly for Determining and/or Producing a Drive or Parts for a Drive and Interface and Method for Determining an Operational Reliability Factor SB - An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor S | 2014-01-30 |
20140032135 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO ENSURE CORRECT OPERATION OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IN THE PRESENCE OF IONIZING RADIATION - Systems and methods to ensure correct operation of a semiconductor chip in the presence of ionizing radiation is disclosed. The system includes a semiconductor chip, a first radiation detection array incorporated in the semiconductor chip, and at least one additional radiation detection array incorporated in the semiconductor chip. a processor determines a region of the semiconductor chip affected by an incident radiation particle by analyzing a trajectory of the radiation particle determined from locations of sensors hit by the radiation particle in the first radiation detection array and the at least one additional radiation detection array. The processor determines whether corrective action is needed based on the region of the semiconductor chip affected by the incident radiation particle. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032136 | Method for Mechanical Sensing Utilizing Controlled Current - A method for sensing. The method includes the steps of transmitting mechanical forces to one or more printed mechanical sensing elements. There is the step of sending prompting signals associated with the mechanical forces to a computer in communication with one or more printed diodes and the one or more printed mechanical sensing elements. There is the step of reconstructing with the computer the mechanical forces that were applied to the one or more printed mechanical sensing elements. An apparatus for sensing. The apparatus includes a computer. The apparatus includes one or more printed electronic diodes and printed mechanical sensing elements connected to the computer, the one or more printed electronic diodes detect mechanical signals applied to the one or more mechanical-sensing elements and that provide corresponding values to the computer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032137 | HEATING SYSTEM STATE MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A non-invasive sensing system for determining the operating state of a heating, ventilation or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The sensing system, which includes at least one acoustic or mechanical vibration sensor, may be positioned on the HVAC system's housing to detect acoustic and/or mechanical vibration emissions in one or more specific ranges of frequencies that are characteristic of emissions resulting from the operation of the HVAC system. The sensing system can also incorporate a thermal sensor, which may be placed on the HVAC system's exhaust gas pipe. A sensing unit may communicate through a network with a server for computing system statuses and fuel consumption. The server may provide usage and efficiency information to subscriber devices and send out-of-range alerts to subscribers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUT-OF-STEP PROTECTION USING THE ANALYSIS OF TRAJECTORIES OF ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS IN STATE PLANE - Various embodiments are described herein for a device and method for predicting an out-of-step or transient instability condition in a power system due to a disturbance, such as a fault, where the power system comprises a power generator. The method comprises determining values for a state plane trajectory for the power generator during the disturbance based on using an internal voltage angle of the power generator or an equivalent power generator and a during fault rotor speed of the power generator or equivalent power generator as state variables, determining time scale values; determining values for a critical state plane trajectory for the power generator after clearing the fault, determining values for a state plane trajectory for the power generator after clearing the fault, determining a critical clearing angle and a critical clearing time, and predicting that the power generator will be stable or unstable by comparing the time to clear the fault with the critical clearing time. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032139 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - An electronic device comprises one or more functional units, each functional unit being clocked by a respective clock signal. The electronic device further comprises a monitoring unit for providing a real-time estimate of an electrical current consumed by the functional units. The monitoring unit provides the real-time estimate on the basis of characteristic signals. The characteristic signals may comprise one or more of said clock signals, or one or more clock generating signals used to generate said clock signals. The electronic device may further comprise a power regulator responsive to the real-time estimate. A method of estimating in real-time an electrical current consumed by one or more functional units is also described. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032140 | ENERGY CONSUMPTION DETERMINATION FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES IN A NETWORK OF SEVERAL DOMESTIC APPLIANCES WHICH FORM A SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system of domestic appliances, wherein the domestic appliances are operated from a branch of an, in particular public, supply system for electrical energy at a customary system frequency, wherein, in particular, the consumed energy which is supplied to the branch can be detected, and wherein a display and measurement unit is present, this allowing the energy consumed by an individual domestic appliance to be displayed and measured. In this case, the functioning thereof for determining the consumption of the individual domestic appliance is based on the analysis of a characteristic structure, which can be assigned to the individual domestic appliance, of current and/or voltage profiles within system period time intervals during operation of the individual domestic appliance, wherein, for individual domestic appliances of which the inherent characteristic structure is small, said characteristic structure can be formed or added to by a structure generator (ESM, ES | 2014-01-30 |
20140032141 | System and Method for Posteriori Adaptation of a State of Charge Model in a Battery - A method for estimating a state of charge in a battery includes identifying a first state of charge in the battery at a first time, identifying the first state of charge in the battery at a second time after operation of the battery, identifying an estimated state of charge at the second time with reference to a model having a plurality of model parameters, modifying at least one of the plurality of model parameters with reference to an error between the estimated state of charge and the first state of charge, and generating an output corresponding to an estimate of the state of charge of the battery using the model with the at least one modified parameter while operating the battery in the at least one operating mode after the second time. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032142 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING VASCULAR BODILY LUMEN INFORMATION AND GUIDING MEDICAL DEVICES - Methods and systems for determining information about a vascular bodily lumen are described. An exemplary method includes generating an electrical signal, delivering the electrical signal to a plurality of excitation elements in the vicinity of the vascular bodily lumen, measuring a responsive electrical signal from a plurality of sensing elements in response to the delivered electrical signal, and determining a lumen dimension. Specific embodiments include generating a multiple frequency electrical signal. Another embodiment includes measuring a plurality of responsive signals at a plurality of frequencies. Still other embodiments include using spatial diversity of the excitation elements. Yet other embodiments use method for calibration and de-embedding of such measurements to determine the lumen dimensions. Diagnostic devices incorporating the method are also disclosed, including guide wires, catheters and implants. The methods and systems described herein are advantageous as they do not include injecting a second fluid for the measurements. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032143 | SYSTEM FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT METHOD, SYNCHROPHASOR MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - Provided are a system frequency measurement method, synchrophasor measurement method and device. The synchrophasor measurement method comprises: sampling voltage and current signals based on an absolute time reference; removing out-of-band interference in the sampled voltage and current signals; first-resampling at least one of the voltage and current signals with the out-of-band interference being removed based on an estimated system frequency; calculating phasor for the signals obtained from the first resampling and updating the estimated system frequency; for a reporting timing, second-resampling the voltage and current signals with the out-of-band interference being removed based on the updated estimated system frequency; and calculating synchrophasor of the voltage and current signals obtained from the second resampling. The system frequency measurement method, synchrophasor measurement method and device are not only applicable to the stable operation of power systems but also to the dynamic operation thereof, and provide measurement result with high precision. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032144 | LOW-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for determining a topology information item on a low-voltage electrical distribution system. A group of at least two current measuring devices that are arranged at different points in the low-voltage distribution system is selected, and in each case the current is measured by the current measuring devices so as to form a current measurement value. The current measurement values are added so as to form a current sum taking into consideration the current flow direction. A topology information item is formed which specifies that the current measuring devices electrically isolate a load-free and source-free section of the low-voltage distribution system when the current sum, in terms of absolute value, falls below a predetermined threshold value. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032145 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING CAPACITANCE OF DC-LINK CAPACITOR IN INVERTER - Disclosed herein is a capacitance estimation apparatus of a DC-link capacitance in an inverter. The apparatus according to the present invention may estimate a DC-link voltage, and compare it with a ripple size of the measured DC-link voltage to estimate a DC-link capacitance. According to the present invention, the capacitance of the DC-link capacitance contained in the inverter may be estimated in real time to detect the fault status in real time. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032146 | Systems and methods for capacitive sensing of objects - Systems and methods for capacitive sensing of objects in a summation mode and a non-summation mode. A dual mode capacitive sensing system comprises a capacitive sensor and a processor. The capacitive sensor has a pair of adjacent conducting pads including a first conducting pad and a second conducting pad. The processor has a pair of input/output channels respectively coupled to the first and second conducting pads. The processor is configured to measure capacitance of the capacitive sensor in a summation mode and in a differential mode. A capacitive object sensing system comprises a capacitive sensor, a processor, and a plurality of objects each configured to have a unique capacitance. The processor is configured to identify one of the playing pieces based on the sensor capacitance measured when the one of the playing pieces is set on the capacitive sensor. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032147 | System and Method for Impedance Measurement Using Chirp Signal Injection - A method for impedance measurement using chirp signal injection is provided. The method includes injecting at least one chirp signal into the three-phase AC system, and collecting at least one response to the at least one chirp signal. The method further includes transferring the at least one response from abc coordinates to dq coordinates. At least one impedance is calculated based on the at least one response to the at least one chirp signal. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032148 | System and Method for Impedance Measurement Using Series and Shunt Injection - A method for impedance measurement in a three-phase AC system is provided. The method includes injecting a shunt perturbation signal into the three-phase AC system and collecting a response to the shunt perturbation signal, and injecting a series perturbation signal into the three-phase AC system and collecting a response to the series perturbation signal. The response to the shunt perturbation signal and the response to the series perturbation signal are then transferred from abc coordinate to dq coordinates. At least one impedance of the three-phase AC system is calculated based on the response to the shunt perturbation signal and the response to the series perturbation signal. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032149 | CROSS DOMAIN TRIGGERING IN A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - An apparatus and method for triggering an oscilloscope is disclosed. The oscilloscope is configured to process a first signal in a first domain and a second signal in a second domain. The method includes choosing a different domain for processing each of the first and second signals, respectively. A desired trigger type is selected for one of the chosen domains. The first and second signals are acquired in response to an occurrence of a trigger of the selected trigger type. The first and second signals are processed according to the selected different chosen domains. The method may also include displaying a result of said processing on a display screen. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032150 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PROBABILITY OF TRANSIENT EVENT DETECTION - A test and measurement instrument provides for increased transient event detection by adjusting data sampling periods. The test and measurement instrument includes a data sampler for acquiring first sampled data and a data processor structured to process the first sampled data. The data processor operates during a first data processing period. Also included in the instrument is a sample time adjustor structured to allow a user to select a time for the data sampler to acquire second sampled data. The time for the data sampler to acquire the second sampled data occurs during the first data processing period. The time for acquiring the second sampled data may be determined by generating a probability distribution function, then applying the distribution function to the available times during the first data processing period that the second sample data may be collected. Methods of use of the test and measurement instrument are also provided. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032151 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus for processing information on semiconductor treatment apparatus includes an abnormality information display device which displays information on an abormality in semiconductor treatment apparatus, a countermeasure information receiving device which receives countermeasure information on countermeasure, a countermeasure information storing device which stores the countermeasure information matched with abnormality identification information, an output device which outputs the countermeasure and abnormality identification information via communication device to outside, a countermeasure item display device which displays countermeasure item candidates, a countermeasure item storing device which stores countermeasure item selected from the candidates matched with the abnormality identification information, a countermeasure item transmitting device which transmits the countermeasure item and abnormality identification information via the communication device to outside, a countermeasure item statistic receiving device which receives statistic regarding the countermeasure item corresponding to the abnormality identification information from outside, and a countermeasure item statistic display device which displays the statistic. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032152 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE CATHETER - A calibration apparatus includes a fixture, which is coupled to accept a probe so that a distal tip of the probe presses against a point in the fixture and produces first measurements indicative of a deformation of the distal tip relative to a distal end of the probe, in response to pressure exerted on the distal tip. A sensing device is coupled to the fixture and is configured to produce second measurements of a mechanical force exerted by the distal tip against the point. A calibration processor is configured to receive the first measurements from the probe, to receive the second measurements from the sensing device and to compute, based on the first and second measurements, one or more calibration coefficients for assessing the pressure as a function of the first measurements. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032153 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for operating a portable electronic device comprising a chemical sensor, at least one reference reading is taken by the chemical sensor at least one predetermined point in time. At least one compensation value is determined based on at least one reference value wherein each reference value is derived from a result of a corresponding reference reading. A result of an operational reading of the chemical sensor is modified by the at least one compensation value. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032154 | Method for Correcting Orientation of Magnetometer - A method for correcting an orientation of a magnetometer includes obtaining current position information through a global positioning system. A geomagnetic inclination angle list is queried according to the current position information to acquire a geomagnetic inclination angle δ corresponding to a current position. A deviation Δψ of an orientation is calculated according to the geomagnetic inclination angle δ and correcting the orientation is corrected based on the deviation Δψ of the orientation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032155 | DYNAMICALLY SELF-ADJUSTING MAGNETOMETER - A dynamically self-adjusting magnetometer is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first sample module periodically generates an electronic signal related to at least one magnetic field characteristic of a monitored environment. A second sample module periodically generates an electronic signal related to at least one magnetic field characteristic of a monitored environment. A summing module sums the absolute value of the electronic signal from the first sample module and the electronic signal from the second sample module. A delta comparator module receives the electronic signals from each of the first sample module, the second sample module and the summing module and compares each of the electronic signals with a previously received set of electronic signals to establish a change, wherein an output is generated if the change is greater than or equal to a threshold. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032156 | LAYOUT-AWARE TEST PATTERN GENERATION AND FAULT DETECTION - Methods and apparatuses to generate test patterns for detecting faults in an integrated circuit (IC) are described. During operation, the system receives a netlist and a layout for the IC. The system then generates a set of faults associated with the netlist to model a set of defects associated with the IC. Next, the system determines a set of likelihoods of occurrence for the set of faults based at least on a portion of the layout associated with each fault in the set of faults. The system subsequently generates a set of test patterns to target the set of faults, wherein the set of test patterns are generated based at least on the set of likelihoods of occurrence associated with the set of faults. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032157 | PROGRAMMED TRIGGERING OF DIAGNOSTICS FOR A SPACE CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A method of performing method of performing a diagnostic testing procedure on a space-conditioning system, comprising running a triggering module. Running the triggering module includes reading a database of triggering rules in the triggering module of the space-conditioning system, checking the database to determine if any of the triggering rules are satisfied. Running the triggering module includes also includes setting an output state of the triggering module equal to true, if at least one of the triggering rules is satisfied, or, setting the output state of the triggering module equal to false, if none of the triggering rules are satisfied. Running the triggering module further includes communicating the output state to a diagnostic control module of the space-conditioning system. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032158 | AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEM - Systems and methods for automated testing of a distributed control system are provided. The automated test system includes a master station having a processing unit operably coupled to a user interface and a master wireless unit; and at least one remote station. Each remote station includes at least one output module to send outputs to a unit under test, at least one input module to receive inputs from the unit under test and a remote wireless unit operably coupled to the at least one output module and the at least one input module. The master station is configured to transmit outputs to the remote station by wireless communication and to receive inputs from the remote station by wireless communication. The received inputs are representative of a condition of the unit under test. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032159 | CAUSATION ISOLATION USING A CONFIGURATION ITEM METRIC IDENTIFIED BASED ON EVENT CLASSIFICATION - Based on an event classification for an event of a cross-domain computing environment, a metric of a configuration item is obtained and used to isolate a causation of the event. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032160 | Methods for gas leak detection and localization in populated areas using horizontal analysis - Improved gas leak detection from moving platforms is provided. Automatic horizontal spatial scale analysis can be performed in order to distinguish a leak from background levels of the measured gas. Source identification can be provided by using isotopic ratios and/or chemical tracers to distinguish gas leaks from other sources of the measured gas. Multi-point measurements combined with spatial analysis of the multi-point measurement results can provide leak source distance estimates. These methods can be practiced individually or in any combination. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032161 | MULTI-LEVEL LOCATION DISAMBIGUATION - A method of disambiguating a location of a mobile station within a structure includes: obtaining, at the mobile station, regional pressure indications and corresponding region indications indicating regions within a structure that are vertically displaced with respect to each other, each of the regional pressure indications indicating atmospheric pressure information associated with the corresponding region; determining mobile station pressure information associated with a present location of the mobile station; comparing the mobile station pressure information with the regional pressure indications; and based on the comparing, determining in which of the regions the mobile station presently resides. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032162 | MOTION CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS - Motion capture and analysis is described, including a motion sensor unit configured to capture data associated with movement of an object, to process the data to determine one or more values, to store the data and the one or more values, and to convert the data and the one or more values from an analog signal to a digital signal associated with a wireless transmission, and a display unit configured to receive the data from the motion sensor unit, the data being transmitted using through the wireless transmission, to process the data to determine one or more values, to store the data, and to graphically present the data and the one or more values. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032163 | CALIBRATION FREE DISTANCE SENSOR - One or more embodiments are directed to a magnet configured to be coupled to an object under test, an array of sensors configured to measure a magnetic field associated with the magnet, and a circuit configured to obtain voltage readings based on the measured magnetic field from the array of sensors and compute a distance between the array of sensors and the magnet based on the obtained voltage readings. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032164 | IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING PLURAL SIGNAL EMITTERS - A system includes plural emitters each associated with a stylus or other entity. Each emitter is independently displaceable over an area, and emits an electromagnetic signal modulated in accordance with a distinct pattern. A single sensor is configured to detect the plural emitters. Associated signal processing determines the identity and location of each emitter. Corresponding data is communicated to a computer for traversed pathway determination, recording, writing or character recognition, or other operations. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032165 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF SENSOR PLACEMENT - A location of a sensor is determined by: (1) receiving time series data including components in a plurality of dimensions, wherein the time series data correspond to measurements of the sensor that is applied to a subject; (2) determining a plurality of subsequences associated with the time series data, wherein each of the plurality of subsequences represents a characteristic pattern projected along one of the plurality of dimensions; (3) identifying a correlated subset of the plurality of subsequences as at least one instance of an activity of the subject; and (4) based on features of the correlated subset, determining the location of the sensor as applied to the subject. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032166 | CALIBRATION FREE DISTANCE SENSOR - One or more embodiments are directed to a magnet configured to be coupled to an object under test, an array of sensors configured to measure a magnetic field associated with the magnet, and a circuit configured to obtain voltage readings based on the measured magnetic field from the array of sensors and compute a distance between the array of sensors and the magnet based on the obtained voltage readings. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032167 | Multisensor Management and Data Fusion via Parallelized Multivariate Filters - A system with multiple sensors is managed to determine which sensors to utilize when forming an estimate of the system state. A list of active sensor subsets is formed from multiple sensors. The list of active sensor subsets is represented by a list of differing vectors with indices enumerating the sensors of each sensor subset. Noise is filtered from a measurement of each sensor. State and covariance for each sensor of the multiple sensors is estimated based on prior measurements. A quality of service (QoS) metric is calculated for each sensor subset based on the estimated sensor state. The QoS metric is recorded in a QoS vector and the list of active sensors subsets is updated with the sensor subsets that have a QoS metric above a QoS threshold. The state and covariance estimates are combined to form the estimates of the system state and covariance. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT - A apparatus and method for detecting electromagnetic changes in the environment using electronic sensors is disclosed. The apparatus and method may be utilized in various environments including for electronic entertainment devices with interactive controls, and for interior design, lighting and illumination. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CONTROL SYSTEM RELIABILITY - In one embodiment, a system includes system includes a data collection system configured to collect a data from a control system. The system further includes a configuration management system configured to manage a hardware configuration and a software configuration for the control system based on the data. The system additionally includes a rule engine configured to use the data as input and to output a health assessment by using a rule database configured to store at least one rule, and a report generator configured to provide a health assessment for the control system. The system also includes a rule editor configured to create the at least one rule, update the at least one rule, delete the at least one rule, or a combination thereof. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032170 | VISUALIZING JOBS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES - Visualization used to show resource usage over time by different entities or jobs allows a user to see the resource usage of entities over time. Entities or jobs may be shown as horizontal bundles, possibly expanding or contracting within the constraints of the capacity of the system. Bundles can expand or contract but maintain continuity in a direction, for example, a horizontal continuity. The visualization or layout in one embodiment is updated not only for new incoming events, but also retroactively for past events, thus achieving smooth horizontal bundles as much as possible. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032171 | METHOD FOR TESTING TAMPER PROTECTION OF A FIELD DEVICE AND FIELD DEVICE HAVING TAMPER PROTECTION - The invention relates to a method for testing tamper protection of a field device, comprising the following steps: arrangement of at least one test element in the material of a housing of the field device, first supply of the test element with a first test signal, first measurement of the first test signal for determining a physical fingerprint, storage of the physical fingerprint, second supply of the test element with a second test signal, second measurement of the second test signal, comparison of the second test signal with the physical fingerprint and, if the second test signal deviates from the physical fingerprint, output of a tamper signal. The invention also relates to a field device having tamper protection. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032172 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF A HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) DEVICE - A system includes a human machine interface (HMI) health advisor system including a health advisor suite having a processor. The processor of the health advisor suite is configured to receive operational data regarding a HMI device, wherein the operational data includes configuration data, log data, or a combination thereof. The processor is also configured to apply a plurality of rules to the operational data to proactively determine a HMI issue. The processor is also configured to identify a solution to the HMI issue from a plurality of known solutions to HMI issues. The processor is further configured to generate a configuration report for the HMI device based on the configuration data and to generate a health assessment report for the HMI device. Additionally, the health assessment report comprises the HMI issue and the solution to the HMI issue. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032173 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MONITORING METHOD - A time measurement unit measures a waiting time for information that is expected to be received from a target device connected via a network. Upon expiration of a time limit without receiving the expected information, a querying unit sends a query to a monitoring device monitoring the target device to request operational status information of the target device. Based on the operational status information received from the monitoring device, a determination unit determines whether the target device is faulty or there is a fault in the network between the computer and target device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032174 | TECHNIQUES FOR DISTRIBUTED TESTING - Techniques for distributed testing are provided. Resources are identified for performing tests over a network. The tests and policies are sent to the resources and a proxy. The proxy delivers data for the tests to the resources and enforces the policies during the tests. The proxy also gathers statistics and results from the resources, which are executing the tests, and the proxy reports the statistics and results to one or more third-party services for subsequent manipulation and analysis. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032175 | QUALITY OF INFORMATION ASSESSMENT IN DYNAMIC SENSOR NETWORKS - Quality of information (QoI) assessment in dynamic sensor networks that includes evaluating, by a computer, a first value reflective of available reports from sensors that are dynamically associated with the computer. A second value reflective of reports expected to have been available for evaluation about the observed phenomena is estimated. A QoI of the available reports is assessed. The assessing is based on the first value reflective of the available reports and the second value reflective of reports expected to have been available for evaluation. A third value, based on the assessing is output. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032176 | VIDEO OR AUDIO PROCESSING FORMING AN ESTIMATED QUANTILE - A method of video or audio processing receives a sequence of sample values, each corresponding with a location in video or audio content; forms an initially estimated quantile value; and then modifies the estimated value in dependence upon a count of the results of comparisons between sample values within a fixed-length interval of the sequence of samples values and the estimated value to form an estimated quantile of the sequence of sample values. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032177 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING, OPTIMIZING OR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS VARIABLE - An apparatus for determining or monitoring at least one process variable which comprises a sensor element, measuring electronics, at least one control/evaluating/calculating unit arranged removed from the measuring unit and/or an in/output unit arranged removed from the measuring unit and the control/evaluating/calculating unit. The control/evaluating/calculating unit and the in/output unit are connected with the measuring unit via a first interface, respectively a second interface, wherein the measuring electronics operates the sensor element and forwards the measurement signals via the interfaces to the control/evaluating/calculating unit as unprocessed, raw, measured values, and wherein the control/evaluating/calculating unit arranged removed from the measuring unit determines, improves and/or monitors the process variable based on the raw, measured values and makes such available via the in/output unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC DESIGN - Systems and methods for designing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system. In one embodiment, a method is provided that can comprise retrieving an image of a site where a PV system is to be installed. The method can further comprise receiving, from a user, a definition of a mounting plane for mounting one or more PV panels at the site, and automatically determining a configuration of PV panels that fits on the mounting plane. The configuration of PV panels can then be displayed to the user such that the configuration is superimposed on the site image. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032179 | BUILDING PATH IDENTIFICATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying paths for moving equipment into buildings at different stages of building construction using a building information model. The system analyzes the building model and building objects completed before a given time and identifies one or more paths that circumnavigate the building objects and can accommodate dimensions of the equipment moving down the path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTING DEFORMATION OF AN OBJECT - Provided is a method and apparatus for computing an amount of deformation of an object. A parameter used to compute an amount of deformation in real time may be derived based on a shape model of the object, prior to computing an amount of deformation in real time. Accordingly, an amount of deformation of the object in real time may be predicted based on the parameter. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032181 | Design Operation In An Immersive Virtual Environment - It is provided a computer-implemented method of three-dimensional design in an immersive virtual environment. The method comprises the steps of determining a position of an instantiation of a physical designer in the virtual environment; instantiating an object via an interaction of the instantiation of the physical designer with a stocking zone attached to its position, the interaction being controlled by a body configuration of the physical designer; and performing a design operation with the object. Such a method improves the design of an object. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032182 | Computer-Implemented Method For Optimising The Design Of A Product - The invention has for object a computer-implemented method of designing a product, the product being composed of an assembly of components organised hierarchically in a product tree, the method comprising the steps of: initially selecting a component; determining a path comprising the product tree's components located between the root of the product tree and the initially selected component; navigating through this path by using a scrolling mean in order to choose a candidate component among the path's components; selecting the said candidate component as a perimeter of design action PDA component; activating at least a functionality required for modifying the component defined as the perimeter of design action. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032183 | METHOD OF MODIFYING THE GINGIVAL PART OF A VIRTUAL MODEL OF A SET OF TEETH - Disclosed is a method of generating and modifying a virtual model of a set of teeth, where the method provides that a restoration can be inserted into a physical model of the set of teeth manufactured from the virtual model of the set of teeth. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032184 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SWEPT ENVELOPE OF A VEHICLE - A method, apparatus, media and signals for generating a computer representation of a three-dimensional swept envelope of a vehicle having a wheeled chassis operable to support a vehicle body for movement along a terrain is disclosed. The method involves receiving terrain data representing a 3D terrain, receiving data defining parameters of the vehicle, and receiving data defining a path for movement of the vehicle from an initial position on the terrain to a displaced position on the terrain. The method also involves disposing a computer representation of the vehicle on the 3D representation of the terrain at successive locations along the path using the parameters. Disposing involves determining points of engagement between wheels of the wheeled chassis and the 3D representation of the terrain to dispose the chassis with respect to the terrain, and determining a corresponding 3D location of the vehicle body with respect to the terrain. The method further involves generating a plurality of spatial extents of the vehicle at the successive locations, the spatial extents defining the 3D swept envelope of the vehicle when moving between the initial position and the displaced position. In another aspect a method for generating a computer representation of a three-dimensional swept envelope of an object moving along a guideway disposed with respect to a 3D representation of a terrain is disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032185 | GPU-BASED FAST DOSE CALCULATOR FOR CANCER THERAPY - The invention relates to a computer readable medium including software instructions, which when executed by a scaling parameters for processor perform a method. The method includes obtaining a first and a second pre-calculated history, wherein the first and the second pre-calculated history corresponds to a first and a second path of particles through a reference material. The method further includes obtaining a first and a second plurality of phase space points and performing a first and a second set of simulations in parallel on a first and a second GPU. Each simulation uses a distinct one of the first and second plurality of phase space points, the geometry information, and the first and second pre-calculated history. The sets of simulations are performed on the GPU's to obtain a set of simulated histories. The method further includes calculating an absorbed dose of energy in the target using the set of simulated histories. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032186 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANTIBODY ENGINEERING - Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for biopolymer engineering. A variant set for a biopolymer of interest is constructed by identifying, using a plurality of rules, a plurality of positions in the biopolymer of interest and, for each respective position in the plurality of positions, substitutions for the respective position. The plurality of positions, and the substitutions for each respective position in the plurality of positions collectively defined a biopolymer sequence space. A variant set comprising a plurality of variants of the biopolymer of interest is selected. A property of all or a portion of the variants in the variant set is measured. A sequence-actively relationship is modeled between (i) one or more substitutions at one or more positions of the biopolymer of interest represented by the variant set and (ii) the property measured for all or the portion of the variants in the variant set. The variant set is redefined to comprise variants that include substitutions in the plurality of positions that are selected based on function of the sequence-activity relationship. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032187 | STOCHASTIC STATE ESTIMATION FOR SMART GRIDS - A method of approximating a solution of a stochastic state estimation (SSE) model of an electric grid, includes choosing ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140032188 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE ELECTRIC BEHAVIOR OF A PN JUNCTION DIODE, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - The electric behavior of a reverse-biased PN junction diode is modeled by measuring the value of voltage V present across the diode and the value of the corresponding current I running through this diode, the voltage V varying within a range of values including the value of diode breakdown voltage. A representation of a function | 2014-01-30 |
20140032189 | METHOD FOR MODEL-BASED DETERMINATION OF A TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION OF AN EXHAUST GAS POST-TREATMENT UNIT - In a method for a model-based determination of a temperature distribution of an exhaust gas post-treatment unit, a differentiation is made between steady operating states and non-steady operating states by taking into account the axial and the radial temperature distribution, and, on the basis of virtual segmentation of the post-treatment unit, in particular the radial heat transfer to the surroundings is taken into account in the model-based determination for steady operating states, and for non-steady operating states the heat transfer from the exhaust gas which flows axially through the post-treatment unit to the segments is taken into account by a heat transfer coefficient k. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032190 | System and method for identification of conductor surface roughness model for transmission lines - A system and method for identification of conductor surface roughness model associated with a transmission line conductor is proposed. A network analyzer measures scattering parameters over a specified frequency band for at least two line segments of different length and substantially identical cross-section with investigated rough conductors. A first engine determines non-reflective (generalized) modal scattering parameters of the difference segment based on the measured scattering parameters of two line segments. A second engine computes generalized modal scattering parameters of the line difference segment by solving Maxwell's equations for geometry of the line cross-section with a given conductor surface roughness model. A third engine performs optimization by changing conductor surface roughness model parameters and model type until the computed and measured generalized modal scattering parameters match. The model that produces generalized modal S-parameters closest to the measured is the final conductor surface roughness model. | 2014-01-30 |