09th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110054784 | SHALLOW WATER HIGHLIGHT METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A digital mapping display and related system for fishing, and other applications. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054785 | DEPTH HIGHLIGHT, DEPTH HIGHLIGHT RANGE, AND WATER LEVEL OFFSET HIGHLIGHT DISPLAY AND SYSTEMS - A digital mapping display and related system for fishing, and other applications. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054786 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION INFORMATION - A navigation information providing device recognizes traveling status information of a vehicle senses a behavioral state or physiological state of a driver to recognize the driver's situation information and sets a rule including a form and a time for navigation information to be provided to the driver per traveling status information and driver's situation information. The navigation information providing device searches navigation information that corresponds to the driver's situation information and the vehicle's traveling status information, determines the form and time of navigation information to satisfy the rule, and provides navigation information to the driver according to the determined form and time. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054787 | Context Determination to Assist Location Determination Accuracy - A location aware device includes a navigation system and one or more environment sensors. Sensor output(s) are aggregated and used to determine a context for the location aware device. Based on the determined context, context data is generated and provided to a navigation engine where it can be used to determine a navigation solution. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054788 | Personal calendar Updates and hand held communication devices - Methods and systems are provided for updating calendar and appointments based on a conversation on the hand held device. The software application and/or device shall sense the end of the call and prompt the user to decide if the call resulted in an appointment. If he answers in the affirmative, he is taken to the calendar application within the device to update his calendar with the appointment. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054789 | CRADLE HAVING GPS FUNCTION FOR PORTABLE DEVICE - A cradle having a GPS function for a portable device includes: a housing that has a built-in GPS antenna, a built-in circuit board that converts a GPS signal received through the GPS antenna into traveling information of a vehicle and then transmits the traveling information to the portable device, and receives navigation information from the portable device, and one or more built-in speakers that vocally outputs the navigation information received through the circuit board, in which a direction change informing portion that is formed at both side ends of the front of a protruding portion that protrudes toward the driver's seat at the lower end of the housing, and informs a direction change of the vehicle on the basis of the navigation information. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054790 | INTER-MOVING BODY INTERFEROMETRIC POSITIONING SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An inter-moving body interferometric positioning system for carrying out positioning in coordination with three or more moving bodies that can mutually communicate, including: a reference vehicle decision unit for deciding on a single moving body to function as a reference vehicle from among three or more moving bodies, and a positioning unit for interferometrically determining respective relative positions of other moving bodies relative to the reference moving body that is to function as a reference vehicle decided on by the reference moving body decision unit using satellite wave monitoring data monitored in each of the three or more moving bodies. This inter-moving body interferometric positioning system specifies relative positions among the other moving bodies using positioning results of the positioning unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054791 | POSITION ESTIMATION FOR GROUND VEHICLE NAVIGATION BASED ON LANDMARK IDENTIFICATION/YAW RATE AND PERCEPTION OF LANDMARKS - A landmark-based method of estimating the position of an AGV (autonomous ground vehicle) or conventional vehicle, which has an onboard database of landmarks and their location coordinates. During travel, the AGV looks for and identifies landmarks. It navigates according to position estimations that are based on measured yaw rate and speed. When a landmark is encountered and recognized, its true location coordinates are looked up from the database. These true coordinates are then used to enhance position estimation accuracy between landmarks. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054792 | System and method for determining relative positions of moving objects and sequence of such objects - A system and method for ranking the relative movement of objects on a pathway is provided. The method includes: dividing the pathway into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a rank of order with respect to a beginning and an ending point of the pathway; receiving coordinate data from each of the objects; identifying, based on the received coordinate data, if any objects are present in individual ones of the plurality of sectors; determining, for any sector that has at least two objects, the positional order of the at least two objects within that sector; and ranking the positional order of the plurality of objects along the pathway based upon the rank order of the sector in which each object is present, and which multiple objects that are present in any sector are ordered as set by the determining. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054793 | ENVIRONMENT PREDICTION DEVICE - An environment prediction device can acquire sufficient information regarding the behavior of an object in the vicinity of a host-vehicle for appropriate traveling assistance. An environment prediction device | 2011-03-03 |
20110054794 | OPTICAL MOISTURE SENSOR - A moisture sensor is provided that simultaneously achieves ruggedness, sensitivity, wide dynamic range, versatility of application, and low cost. The outer, top service of the sensor is a lens having a predetermined geometric shape which preferably makes the rain sensor resistant to the build up of debris on the outer surface as well as being effectively self-cleaning. Within a housing of the rain sensor, at least one light emitter and at least one light detector are each deployed on a substantially planar circuit board facing such outer lens surface. So arranged, light rays from the at least one emitter strike the outer lens surface and is reflected about 90°, whereupon it strikes the outer lens surface once more and is again reflected therefrom about 90° to focus back onto the at least one detector. Raindrops present on the outside surface of the sensor affect the intensity of the light rays reflected and signals from the at least one light detector are sent to control circuitry within the rain sensor. A microprocessor in the sensor processes the resulting data to detect rain intensity over a wide range so as to be capable of being effectively deployed for applications such as to emulate a tipping bucket style rain detector, providing condensation sensing, and automatically adjusting the strength of the light rays emitted by the at least one light emitter to provide improved consistency of operation of the sensor over time. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054795 | Petrophysical Evaluation of Subterranean Formations - Methods and systems are provided for evaluating petrophysical properties of subterranean formations and comprehensively evaluating hydrate presence through a combination of computer-implemented log modeling and analysis. Certain embodiments comprise the steps of running a number of logging tools in a wellbore to obtain a variety of wellbore data and logs, and evaluating and modeling the log data to ascertain various petrophysical properties. Examples of suitable logging techniques that may be used in combination with the present invention include, but are not limited to, sonic logs, electrical resistivity logs, gamma ray logs, neutron porosity logs, density logs, NRM logs, or any combination or subset thereof. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054796 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE RATIO OF RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES OF FORMATION FLUIDS AND WETTABILITY OF A FORMATION DOWNHOLE, AND A FORMATION TESTING TOOL TO IMPLEMENT THE SAME - A method and a tool that implements a method which includes measuring the viscosity and flow rates of formation fluids and obtaining the ratio of relative permeabilities of the formation fluids and wettability of the formation using the same. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054797 | MAXIMUM ENTROPY APPLICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Techniques for a maximum entropy approach to assigning probabilities, including those used in multiple realization history matching systems and methods, are disclosed. For example, in one embodiment, a method includes obtaining one or more available sample values Yi associated with a reservoir; computing a maximum entropy assignment λ of one or more discrete probabilities Pi(Yi) associated with each of the one or more available sample values Yi, where each discrete probability Pi(Yi) represents a probability that one or more variables Y will take a set of particular values Yi; and performing at least one determination regarding the reservoir using the maximum entropy assignment λ, including approximating a continuous probability distribution P(Y) using a sum of probability distributions Pi(Yi)+/−λ. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054798 | FLOW CYTOMETER REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM - Generally, a computer implemented remote monitoring system which generates a viewable reduced byte data representation for each one of a plurality of analyzed instrument signals. Specifically, a flow cytometer remote monitoring system which generates a viewable reduced byte data representation for each one of a plurality analyzed flow cytometer signals. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054799 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND DISPLAYING ONE OR MORE OF BODY WEIGHT, BODY FAT PERCENTAGE, BLOOD PRESSURE, PULSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE - A device for measuring and displaying body parameters includes a sensor that generates a signal representing a detected body parameter, such as body fat, body water and weight, of an individual; a transmitter to wirelessly transmit the signal; a receiver to receiver and display the sensed measurements as well as a user's name, time, date and temperature. The invention also pertains a method for determining fitness comprising the steps of: inputting, data pertaining to one of date, time, an individual's name, and fitness statistics, sensing parameters of one or more of an a body fat, a body a water and a weight; recording sensed parameters and said data; and transmitting the sensed parameters and said data; receiving said sensed parameters and said data and a signal proportional to a temperature and displaying one or more of said sensed parameters, data and temperature on a portable display unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054800 | SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR SAVING ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A sample processing system is disclosed which comprises at least one processor and at least one memory that stores programs executable collectively by the at least one processor. According to the stored programs, the at least one processor transports sample containers through a conveying path along which there are arranged at least one first module for testing of samples and at least one second module for processing of samples which have been tested by the at least one first module. The at least one second module is switchable between an active state and an inactive state. The at least one processor further obtains a determination result as to whether a sample which has been tested by the at least one first module is necessary to be processed by the at least one second module. If the sample is determined necessary to be processed by the at least one second module, the at least one processor transports a sample container containing the sample to the at least one second module for processing. If the at least one second module is in the inactive state, at least one processor places the at least one second module in the active state to make it ready to process the sample. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054801 | Detecting a Chemical Impurity - The invention is a detector ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110054802 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING AND PRESENTING THE STATUS OF AN ELECTROLYTIC PROCESS IN AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL - The invention relates to an arrangement and method for monitoring and presenting the status of an electrolytic process in an electrolytic cell ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110054803 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Gas Flux - Disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide means to obtain correct gas density and flux measurements using (i) gas analyzer (open-path, or closed-path gas analyzers with short intake tube, for example 1 m long, or any combination of the two); (ii) fast temperature or sensible heat flux measurement device (such as, fine-wire thermocouple, sonic anemometer, or any other device providing fast accurate gas temperature measurements); (iii) fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (such as, hygrometer, NDIR analyzer, any other device providing fast accurate gas water content measurements); (iv) vertical wind or sampling device (such as sonic anemometer, scintillometer, or fast solenoid valve, etc.) and (v) algorithms in accordance with the present invention to compute the corrected gas flux, compensated for T-P effects. In case when water factor in T-P effects is negligible, the fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (item iii in last paragraph) can be excluded. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054804 | Method of Improving the Resolution of Compounds Eluted from a Chromatography Device - A method of and apparatus for improving the resolution of compounds eluted from a separation device are disclosed, particularly suited for use in the fields of gas or liquid chromatography. Embodiments of the invention provide that spectroscopic data are measured from an effluent eluted from a chromatography device as a function of elution time; peaks in intensity are identified to form a first set of identified peaks; peaks not due to an eluting compound are discarded from the first set of identified peaks thereby forming a second set of identified peaks from those retained; each peak in the second set of peaks is transformed into a first model peak centered on the elution time of each peak in the second set of peaks; some or all the model peaks created are added together to create a new chromatogram; and all identified peaks in intensity in the second set of peaks having elution times within a given time period of identified peaks in intensity in the new chromatogram are grouped together and assigned to a single eluted compound thereby forming a processed data set. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054805 | METHODS FOR INDEXING SOLID FORMS OF COMPOUNDS - The methods of the invention determine the unit cell parameters of a crystalline solid form using diffraction data and applying an algorithm. Using the algorithm, the unit cell parameters may be determined, which may allow one to distinguish between different crystalline solid forms of a substance. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054806 | Component Adaptive Life Management - A framework for adaptively managing the life of components. A sensor provides non-destructive test data obtained from inspecting a component. The inspection data may be filtered using reference signatures and by subtracting a baseline. The filtered inspection data and other inspection data for the component is analyzed to locate flaws and estimate the current condition of the component. The current condition may then be used to predict the component's condition at a future time or to predict a future time at which the component's condition will have deteriorated to a certain level. A current condition may be input to a precomputed database to look up the future condition or time. The future condition or time is described by a probability distribution which may be used to assess the risk of component failure. The assessed risk may be used to determine whether the part should continue in service, be replaced or repaired. A hyperlattice database is used with a rapid searching method to estimate at least one material condition and one usage parameter, such as stress level for the component. The hyperlattice is also used to rapidly predict future condition, associated uncertainty and risk of failure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054807 | ANALYZING APPARATUS, ANALYZING METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An analyzing apparatus comprising a processor of a controller and a memory that stores programs executable by the processor to: receive a test result on a test item from a measurement unit; analyze the test result to determine whether the test result indicates an abnormality on the test item; if the test result is determined to indicate an abnormality on the test item, update a history database in which a history of abnormality determinations made on the test item is recorded; review the history database to determine whether a frequency of abnormality determinations made on the test item exceeds a predetermined frequency for the test item; and if the frequency of abnormality is determined to exceed the predetermined frequency for the test item, alert a user on a possible problem is disclosed. An analyzing method and a non-transitory storage medium are also disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054808 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR WELL CASING | 2011-03-03 |
20110054809 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING POWER GENERATED DURING LEGGED LOCOMOTION - A system and method is provided for calculating power generated by a body during legged locomotion. The system includes at least one accelerometer to measure acceleration of the body during legged locomotion, at least one force sensor to measure a plurality of propulsive force impulses created by the body during legged locomotion, and a processor configured to calculate the power generated by the body during legged locomotion using output signals from both the at least one accelerometer and the at least one force sensor. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054810 | DETERMINING PRESSURE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining a pressure in a topical negative pressure (TNP) system. The method includes the steps of determining a pumping speed associated with a pump element of a TNP system, determining a flow rate in a flow path associated with the pump element and determining pressure in the flow path responsive to the pumping speed and flow rate. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054811 | MONITORING A FILTER USED FOR FILTERING A FLUID IN AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE - The invention relates to a system for monitoring a filter ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110054812 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Discharge Flow Rate and Use of the Apparatus - The object is to facilitate determination of a flow rate of fluid discharged from a discharge opening. Intensity of a supersonic wave generated at and propagated from a discharge opening in association with discharge of the fluid from the discharge opening is determined at a determinate site distant from the discharge opening. And, a propagation distance from the discharge opening to the determination site is determined or investigated. Then, based upon a correlation existent among the intensity of the propagated supersonic wave, the propagation distance and the fluid discharge flow rate from the discharge opening, the fluid discharge rate is obtained from the determined or investigated supersonic wave intensity and the propagation distance. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054813 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE STRUCTURE OF A VEHICLE - A device for monitoring the structure of a vehicle, including an electric measurement sensor, a processing circuit connected to the sensor for converting the sensor measurements into monitoring data, and a transmitter for transmitting the monitoring data to a collecting member, wherein the processing circuit is miniaturised and has a small size so as to be contained within a cube measuring 40×40×40 mm or less, is connected to the sensor by a short wired electrical connection, the length of which measures less than 200 mm, includes an onboard battery, and includes a radio means for transmitting the monitoring data to a mobile collecting member temporarily located in the vicinity thereof. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054814 | POWER METER HAVING MULTIPLE ETHERNET PORTS - A power meter or other electrical device is provided having two independent and communicatively isolated Ethernet ports. The first Ethernet port is addressable by a first unique identifier and is configured for enabling full access to the power meter via an internal LAN. This enables a LAN operator to remotely access the power meter via the internal LAN for performing metering functions, such as full telemetry, control and programming. The second Ethernet port is addressable by a second unique identifier and is configured for being connected to the Internet. Since the second Ethernet port is communicatively isolated from the first Ethernet port, a user can access the power meter via the Internet, but cannot access the internal LAN by connecting to the power meter via the Internet. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054815 | PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSIS METHOD OF BATTERY PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS - The present invention discloses a professional diagnosis method of battery performance analysis, Through the overall evaluation of experiential data library, several parameters about the battery are input into the artificial neural network, outputting capacity prediction and service life prediction of each battery, etc. and giving useful advices for each battery. Therefore the result is much more in conformity with the real condition of the battery. Besides, it designs an adaptive learning function of the abovementioned artificial neural network. This invention effectively avoids the defect of evaluating the VRLA battery performance at single moment, from single perspective and by single method, and it does the real-time monitoring and evaluating for the performance of the battery during VRLA battery working period, which is easy to operate, and avoids checking discharge test to the battery so that it doesn't affect the cycle life of the VRLA battery. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054816 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE NON-MEASURABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method of estimating the internal state of an electrochemical system by a zero-dimensional (0D) electrochemical mathematical model for estimating the characteristics of a battery that are not directly measurable during operation thereof. For applications relating to hybrid and electric vehicles, the most significant internal characteristics are the state of charge (SoC), the state of health (SoH) and the thermal state (T). Reconstruction of the internal characteristics is achieved using a mathematical model of the battery. The method can be used with the operation of the battery itself (real time) with a concentrated-parameter (0D) or off-line mathematical model, for calibration, an optimization or a validation of management and estimation strategies. The method allows simulation of the thermal and electrical behavior of a battery. The method according to the invention can also be useful for battery dimensioning and for optimization of the energy and thermal management strategies as a function of the desired application. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054817 | Battery Run-Time Prediction System - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer implemented method and system for sampling battery runtime-related information from the batteries to provide an ongoing estimate of the remaining runtime left at a remote location based, at least in part, on a combination of computing techniques and statistical and mathematical models. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054818 | CHARGE-TRANSFER SENSOR WITH LOW POWER CONSUMPTION - The invention relates to a charge transfer-type sensor, including
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20110054819 | Method and System for Modeling in Semiconductor Fabrication - A method for use in semiconductor fabrication is provided that includes providing manufacturing data of a semiconductor process, providing a plurality of functional transformations, optimizing each of the functional transformations based on the manufacturing data, selecting one of the functional transformations that has a least deviation with respect to the manufacturing data, predicting performance of the semiconductor process using the selected transformation function, and controlling a fabrication tool based on the predicted performance. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054820 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR ANGULAR TRANSMISSION ERROR OF WAVE GEAR DEVICE - A positioning system ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110054821 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING MEASUREMENT ERRORS OF A MEASURING MACHINE DERIVING FROM THE DEFORMATIONS OF THE MACHINE BED CAUSED BY THE LOAD EXERTED BY THE MOBILE UNIT OF THE MACHINE ON THE MACHINE BED, AND MEASURING MACHINE OPERATING ACCORDING TO SAID METHOD - A method of compensating the measurement errors of a measuring machine deriving from the deformations of a machine bed of the machine caused by the load exerted by a mobile unit of the machine on the machine bed, comprising a first acquisition step in which first data regarding the conditions of resting mode of a workpiece on the machine bed are acquired, a second acquisition step in which second data regarding the deformation of the machine bed as the position of the mobile unit of the machine varies are acquired, and a third calculation step in which correction values depending upon said first and second data are calculated. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054822 | Thermowell vibration frequency diagnostic - An apparatus and a method monitor condition of a temperature measurement point in an industrial process system by sensing vibration frequency of a thermowell positioned in a process fluid flow passage and providing a diagnostic output based upon the vibration frequency sensed. The apparatus includes a temperature measurement point having a thermowell, a vibration sensor, a temperature sensor, and a transmitter. The vibration sensor is fixedly attached to the thermowell, and the temperature sensor is positioned inside a bore cavity of the thermowell. The transmitter is electrically connected to both the temperature sensor and the vibration sensor. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054823 | SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED CAPTURE AND SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK OF DATA - Provided are a method, a test system and a microcontroller ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110054824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a system for testing an electronic device in a test arrangement. The test arrangement includes a data interface and a user interface that is configured to output user outputs comprising image and/or audio information. The exemplary system comprises an automation unit configured to be connected via a data connection to the data interface. The user outputs are provided as output via the data interface and can be transmitted via the data connection to the automation unit. The automation unit is configured to carry out an evaluation of the user outputs. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WIND TURBINES - A method of wind turbine management includes receiving operational information on operational characteristics of a wind turbine. The operational information is analyzed based on a set of rules, and a determination is made as to whether a fault of the wind turbine is resettable. The set of rules may be configured based on operating configuration of the wind turbine. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054826 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TESTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and apparatus for simultaneously testing a plurality of wireless communication terminals. The apparatus for simultaneously testing a plurality of wireless communication terminals includes one or more virtual Operating Systems (OSs) each configured to be run under an actual Operating System (OS) and to connect a wireless communication terminal with a test module independently of the actual OS, a plurality of test modules each configured to test a wireless communication terminal under the actual OS or one of the virtual OSs, and a control module configured to assign a plurality of wireless communication terminals recognized by the actual OS to the actual OS and the virtual OSs in a one-to-one correspondence and to assign the plurality of test modules to the actual OS and the virtual OSs in a one-to-one correspondence so that the test modules can be run simultaneously. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054827 | TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODULATED SIGNAL - A test apparatus tests a modulated signal under test received from a DUT. A cross timing data generating unit generates cross timing data which indicates a timing at which the level of the signal under test crosses each of multiple thresholds. An expected value data generating unit generates timing expected value data which indicates a timing at which an expected value waveform of the signal under test crosses each of the multiple thresholds when the expected value waveform is compared with each of the multiple thresholds. A timing comparison unit compares the cross timing data with the timing expected value data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054828 | Emergency Test Control Panel Device, System and Method - Embodiments disclosed herein include a test control panel device, system, computer program product, and method for receiving a test input signal; reading a duration of the test input signal; verifying that the signal duration is a valid duration to initiate the test; initiating the test by sending a start test signal to a valve controller device; receiving signals from the valve controller device; indicating that the test control panel device has received a valve controller device signal from the valve controller device; wherein the valve controller device signal is a test acknowledgement signal. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054829 | Thermal analysis apparatus - To avoid an influence on measurement accuracy in a case where an observation window for a measurement sample is provided to a thermal analysis apparatus, the influence being imposed by thermal conduction through the observation window, the observation window is formed of layers of transparent members, and a gap layer is provided between the layers, to thereby reduce the thermal conduction. Gas or solid having a high heat insulation property is employed for the gap layer to further enhance a heat insulation property of the observation window. Accordingly, a change due to heating of the measurement sample is visually observed in the thermal analysis apparatus, to thereby obtain a thermal change or a physical change with higher accuracy. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORIENTATION-BASED OBJECT MONITORING AND DEVICE FOR THE SAME - This invention relates to methods and systems for accelerometer-based sensing of motion and orientation of a portable device affixed to or integral with an object, to trigger an audio or visual output based on the motion or orientation of the object the portable device is monitoring. The audio output can be pre-recorded in the device memory or can be user recorded through the “tilt and tell” device voice recording. The invention also employs unique movement and orientation to estimated usage, the person using the device, and other application specific usage information. The unique movement can also be used as user interface to the device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054831 | MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MOVEMENT DETECTION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH A PROGRAM - A movement detection device that includes an acceleration detection unit, a splitting unit and a movement detection unit is provided. The acceleration detection unit detects each respective acceleration component of acting acceleration for each axis of a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system and outputs respective acceleration component data. The splitting unit splits the respective acceleration component data output from the acceleration detection unit into a stationary component obtained by low-pass filter processing and a movement component that is the respective acceleration component data from which the respective stationary component has been removed. The movement detection unit detects which axial direction the acceleration detection unit has moved in for each of the axes based on a movement component indicating the maximum value split by the splitting unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054832 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE ROBUST AND EFFICIENT DETERMINATION OF THE ROTATIONAL DIRECTION AND/OR ROTATIONAL SPEED OF A WHEEL OR A SHAFT - A method and a device are described for determining the rotational direction and/or rotational speed of a rotatable body on the basis of a sine signal and cosine signal, which is assignable to the rotational direction and/or rotational speed of the rotatable body and are output by a sensor, having at least one of the following steps: recording a sine signal and cosine signal, which is assignable to the rotational direction and/or rotational speed, at a point in time; determining a phase value from the sine signal and cosine signal; recording sine signals and cosine signals, which is assignable to the rotational direction and/or rotational speed, at points in time; determining phase values from the corresponding sine signals and cosine signals; calculating phase differences from the phase values and the phase value; and determining the rotational direction and/or rotational speed from the phase differences on the basis of a Vernier method. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054833 | PROCESSING MOTION SENSOR DATA USING ACCESSIBLE TEMPLATES - Systems and methods for processing motion sensor data using data templates accessible to an electronic device are provided. Each data template may include template sensor data and template event data. Template sensor data of one or more templates may be compared by the electronic device to motion sensor data generated by a motion sensor. A particular template may be distinguished based on the similarity between the motion sensor data and the template sensor data of the particular template. The template event data of the distinguished particular template may then be used to control a function of the electronic device. The motion sensor data and/or the template sensor data may be associated with a user stepping event, and the template event data of the distinguished particular template may then be used to record the occurrence of the stepping event to track a user's workout history. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054834 | DETERMINING USER COMPASS ORIENTATION FROM A PORTABLE DEVICE - Apparatus and methods are provided for determining a person's compass orientation from data generated by one or more sensors embedded within a portable device transported by the person. Such sensors may include an accelerometer, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, a magnetometer (e.g., a compass), a barometer, etc. In some scenarios (e.g., when the person is walking), the person's initial orientation is directly determined and is used to calculate an initial orientation delta describing a difference between the person's initial orientation and an initial orientation of the device. In other scenarios, the person's current orientation is calculated based on an initial orientation of the device and a known or assumed orientation delta. Later in time, the orientation delta can be applied to the device's current orientation to determine the person's current orientation. As events involving the person and/or the device are observed, an orientation delta may be updated. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054835 | METHOD OF EVALUATING PRECISION OF OUTPUT DATA USING ERROR PROPAGATION - Method of evaluating precision of output data using error propagation includes performing numerical differentiation using input data in data processing, and thereby obtaining a Jacobian matrix J of the data processing; estimating variance-covariance of errors of the input data, and thereby obtaining an error matrix D of the input data; and calculating an error matrix from the Jacobian matrix J and the error matrix D of the input data, the error matrix R representing variance-covariance of errors of output data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054836 | NAVIGATION TRAJECTORY MATCHING - Among other things, first data is received from an inertial tracking device worn by a first person, the first data approximating locations along a first path that was traversed by the first person. Second data is received from an inertial tracking device worn by a second person, the second data approximating locations along a second path, similar to the first path, that is being traversed by the second person. A determination is made about how to guide the second person to reach the first person by using the first data and the second data to correlate locations along the first path and corresponding locations along the second path. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054837 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a position detection unit that detects a position of an operating tool pressing a screen, a pressure intensity detection unit that detects pressure intensity of the operating tool, a movement detection unit that detects a movement of the operating tool based on information on the position detected by the position detection unit, and a function providing unit that provides a specific function corresponding to an increase in the pressure intensity in a case a rest state or a subtly-moving state of the operating tool is detected by the movement detection unit and the pressure intensity detected by the pressure intensity detection unit increases. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054838 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN PEDOMETER MODES - Systems and methods are provided that allow steps to be counted in multiple pedometer modes. For example, a pedometer application on an electronic device can count steps in an ambient mode of operation and a session mode of operation. By maintaining separate counters for each pedometer mode and continuously monitoring the desired mode of operation, the pedometer application can accurately count the number of steps during a certain time period. In response to detecting a change in the desired mode, the pedometer application can seamlessly switch to the corresponding mode counter. In some embodiments, the pedometer application can display graphical representations of historical step information for one or more pedometer modes. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONFIDENCE INTERVAL METHODOLOGY FOR RATIO MEANS - A method and system for determining whether the number of samples taken from a population of units where the distribution of X and Y variables are unknown by evaluating ratio mean measurements on a computer to determine a confidence interval. The method comprising: inputting samples from the total population with each unit sample having at least two variables X and Y; redefining the multivariate data that comprises the two variables X and Y; estimating the mean; computing the standard error; using a bootstrapping method, generating boot strap samples, computing a Z distribution based upon the bootstrap samples; and computing the confidence interval. The system comprises a processor for performing the steps of the method | 2011-03-03 |
20110054840 | FAILURE PREDICTION OF COMPLEX STRUCTURES UNDER ARBITRARY TIME-SERIAL LOADING CONDITION - A method and apparatus for the nonlinear detection of imminent failure in a complex structural element is disclosed. The method and apparatus include sensing stress and strain displacement-related data for said structural element, analyzing the sensed stress and strain displacement-related data as a function of one or more principle components, generating a crack-growth rate function relating said data for each principle component over a load/unload cycle, determining a total crack-growth rate function based on at least one crack-growth rate function, deriving from said total crack-growth rate function at least one indicator function, monitoring trends in said at least one indicator function, and providing an indication when said monitoring detects an end-stage trend in said at least one indicator function. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054841 | CLIENT LOAD SIMULATION FRAMEWORK - Described is a technology for load testing a service such as a medical data service (e.g., Microsoft Amalga® UIS) with mixed test sets. Simulated users perform randomly selected operations against the service. State machines are created to represent the simulated users, with the operations arranged within states of the state machine. By randomly selecting each state and its operations, the actions of many real users may be simulated, providing a realistic load test of the service. Moreover, to match certain types of usage scenarios, the states in a state machine may be weighted relative to one another so that the random selection is biased in favor of more weighted states. Similarly, each operation within a state may be weighted relative to each other operation within the same state, so that when a state is determined, the random selection is biased in favor of more weighted operations within that state. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054842 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CALIBRATED CONDENSER UNIT IN REFRIGERANT-CYCLE SYSTEM - A real-time monitoring system that monitors various aspects of the operation of a refrigerant-cycle system is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a processor that measures power provided to the refrigerant-cycle system and that gathers data from one or more sensors and uses the sensor data to calculate a figure of merit related to the efficiency of the system. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of the following sensors: a suction line temperature sensor, a suction line pressure sensor, a suction line flow sensor, a hot gas line temperature sensor, a hot gas line pressure sensor, a hot gas line flow sensor, a liquid line temperature sensor, a liquid line pressure sensor, a liquid line flow sensor. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of an evaporator air temperature input sensor, an evaporator air temperature output sensor, an evaporator air flow sensor, an evaporator air humidity sensor, and a differential pressure sensor. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of a condenser air temperature input sensor, a condenser air temperature output sensor, and a condenser air flow sensor, an evaporator air humidity sensor. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of an ambient air sensor and an ambient humidity sensor. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054843 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME APPLIANCE - A diagnostic system and method for a home appliance is provided. When the home appliance outputs product information as a sound signal, a service center remotely performs fault diagnosis of the home appliance by receiving the sound signal, detecting the product information from the sound signal, checking the state of the home appliance using diagnostic data included in the product information to determine whether the home appliance is out of order, determining, when a drainage error has occurred, a cause of the drainage error, and deriving a solution to the drainage error. Upon deriving a diagnosis result through the fault diagnosis of the home appliance, the service center immediately notifies the user of the diagnosis result and may dispatch a service technician or may provide the user with a solution to allow the user to easily fix the fault without dispatching a service technician. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054844 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME APPLIANCE - A diagnostic system and method for a home appliance is provided. When the home appliance outputs product information as a sound signal, a service center remotely performs fault diagnosis of the home appliance by receiving the sound signal, detecting the product information from the sound signal, checking the state of the home appliance using diagnostic data included in the product information to determine whether the home appliance is out of order, determining, when a motor error associated with a motor operation has occurred, a cause of the motor error, and deriving a solution to the motor error. Upon deriving a diagnosis result through the fault diagnosis of the home appliance, the service center immediately notifies the user of the diagnosis result and may dispatch a service technician or may provide the user with a solution to allow the user to easily fix the fault without dispatching a service technician. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054845 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME APPLIANCE - A diagnostic system and method for a home appliance is provided. When the home appliance outputs product information as a sound signal, a service center remotely performs fault diagnosis of the home appliance by receiving the sound signal, detecting the product information from the sound signal, checking the state of the home appliance using diagnostic data included in the product information to determine whether the home appliance is out of order, determining, when a temperature error associated with a temperature abnormality has occurred, a cause of the temperature error, and deriving a solution to the temperature error. Upon deriving a diagnosis result through the fault diagnosis of the home appliance, the service center immediately notifies the user of the diagnosis result and may dispatch a service technician or may provide the user with a solution to allow the user to easily fix the fault without dispatching a service technician. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054846 | Monitoring the Performance of a Computer - A computer implemented method of monitoring the performance of a computer comprises monitoring the computer to determine the values of a plurality of activity metrics of the monitored computer. A weighted combination of functions of the determined values is calculated as a measure of performance of the monitored computer. The weighted combination may be a weighted combination of net values of activity metrics. In one embodiment, the net values are calculated as the said values of the plurality of activity metrics of the monitored computer excluding contributions to the values from the one or more predetermined activities. In another embodiment, the net values are calculated as follows. The total values of the respective activity metrics of the monitored computer are determined. The contribution(s) to the said total values of the said one or more predetermined activities are determined The said contribution(s) are subtracted from the said total values to provide net values. The weighted combination may be used to control power consumption or otherwise take action in relation to the computer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054847 | SAMPLE ANALYZER, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A SAMPLE ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A SAMPLE - A sample analyzer comprising: a measuring unit, which comprises a signal output section for outputting a signal representing a characteristic of a measurement specimen prepared by mixing a sample with a reagent, and a signal adjusting section for adjusting the signal outputted from the signal output section, the measuring unit outputting a detection signal based on the signal adjusted by the signal adjusting section; and a result producing unit for producing an analysis result based on the detection signal outputted from the measuring unit and storing the analysis result therein is disclosed. A computer program product for the sample analyzer and a method for analyzing a sample using such a sample analyzer is also disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054848 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING MUSICAL SOUND SOURCE - Provided is an apparatus of separating a musical sound source, which may re-construct mixed signals into target sound sources and other sound sources directly using sound source information performed using a predetermined musical instrument when the sound source information is present, thereby more effectively separating sound sources included in the mixed signal. The apparatus may include a Nonnegative Matrix Partial Co-Factorization (NMPCF) analysis unit to perform an NMPCF analysis on a mixed signal and a predetermined sound source signal using a sound source separation model, and to obtain a plurality of entity matrices based on the analysis result, and a target instrument signal separating unit to separate, from the mixed signal, a target instrument signal corresponding to the predetermined sound source signal by calculating an inner product between the plurality of entity matrices. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054849 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING PACKAGE DESIGNS AND CONCEPTS - A method and system for automatically generating a package design. Packaging information may be obtained. A processing module and a semantic knowledge base may automatically generate one or more graphical layout rules and one or more structural design rules based on the packaging information. A three dimensional representation of a package design may be automatically generated based on the one or more graphical layout rules and the one or more structural design rules. The three dimensional representation of the package design may be displayed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054850 | COMPOSITE LAMINATE CONSTRUCTION METHOD - A method for creating a design of an airfoil made of a plurality of plies has several steps including inputting a spatial definition of an exterior of the airfoil, inputting a parameter of a ply to be used in the design, using a protocol for the data describing each of the plurality of plies such that the data conforms automatically to steps used to create the design, and designing a plurality of plies according to the parameter, the protocol and the spatial definition to fill the exterior of the airfoil. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054851 | METHOD FOR DETECTING INFORMATION RELEVANT FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF JOINT MOVEMENTS - The present invention concerns a method of detecting information relevant to the characterization of joint movements, wherein markers fitted on both sides of a body joint are used for the analysis of joint movements and wherein the method includes: determining a mean marker configuration and determining time-dependent discrepancies from the mean configuration, wherein an orthogonal distance regression is carried out for determining a mean marker configuration and wherein markers fitted on a respective side of the body joint are used; carrying out a weighted orthogonal distance regression using the time-dependent discrepancies from the mean configuration for weighting, wherein markers fitted on a respective side of the body joint are used; and solving a linear equalization problem using items of information which were determined by carrying out the weighted orthogonal distance regression. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054852 | DETERMINATION OF ELBOW VALUES FOR PCR FOR PARABOLIC SHAPED CURVES - Systems and methods for processing PCR curves, and for identifying the presence of a parabolic-shaped PCR curve. Use of a piecewise linear approximation of a PCR curve enables a more realistic elbow value to be determined in the case of parabolic shaped PCR curves. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054853 | RECOVERING THE STRUCTURE OF SPARSE MARKOV NETWORKS FROM HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA - A method, information processing system, and computer readable article of manufacture model data. A first dataset is received that includes a first set of physical world data. At least one data model associated with the first dataset is generated based on the receiving. A second dataset is received that includes a second set of physical world data. The second dataset is compared to the at least one data model. A probability that the second dataset is modeled by the at least one data model is determined. A determination is made that the probability is above a given threshold. A decision associated with the second dataset based on the at least one data model is generated in response to the probability being above the given threshold. The probability and the decision are stored in memory. The probability and the decision are provided to user via a user interface. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054854 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DIMENSIONALLY ALTERED MODEL OBJECTS - Embodiments relate to a unified management interface and related resources for generating dimensionally altered model objects. A modeling client can host modeling logic and an application programming interface (API) to create, access, manipulate, and import/export modeling objects used in modeling applications, such as engineering, medical, financial, and other modeling platforms. The source data accepted into the modeling client can include consumer or business-level applications, whose spreadsheet, database or other content can be extracted and encapsulated in object-oriented format, such as extensible markup language (XML) format. A modeling module can access the modeling objects, decode their row, column, depth, and/or other dimensional attributes, and scale those objects using scaling rules or other logic. In aspects, the dimensionally altered model object(s) can have their number of rows, columns, and/or other dimensions expanded or reduced to conform to dimensions of a destination data object, such as a spreadsheet, database, or other data structure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054855 | Method For Microbiological Quasi-Chemical Kinetics Growth-Death Modeling in Food - A food safety management tool that utilizes a mathematical model based on differential equations that is generalized for describing the continuous growth-death kinetics of microbial populations in foodstuffs. The method is used to provide a way to control target microorganisms when designing product formulations of minimally processed foodstuffs or when processing foods with high pressures, temperatures, or other lethal agents to achieve effective pasteurization, disinfection, or sterilization of foodstuffs, and includes the use of model parameters to predict food formulations to inhibit the growth of microorganisms and the processing times needed to reduce microbial hazards to levels that ensure consumer safety. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054856 | Equivalent Device Statistical Modeling for Bitline Leakage Modeling - Mechanisms are provided for modeling a plurality of devices of an integrated circuit design as a single statistically equivalent wide device. An integrated circuit design is analyzed to identify a portion of the integrated circuit design having the plurality of devices. For the plurality of devices, a statistical model of a single statistically equivalent wide device is generated which has a statistical distribution of at least one operating characteristic of the single statistically equivalent wide device that captures statistical operating characteristic distributions of individual devices in the plurality of devices. At least one statistical operating characteristic of the single statistically equivalent wide device is a complex non-linear function of the statistical operating characteristics of the individual devices. The integrated circuit design is modeled using the single statistically equivalent wide device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054857 | GRIDLESS GEOLOGICAL MODELING - Systems and methods perform gridless geological modeling. A system provides an interactive visual model that performs fast modeling of subsurface geological properties without spending processor resources calculating a three-dimensional grid. The system receives structural data, selects points for modeling a property of a subsurface earth volume, and propagates values for the property directly to the points in gridless three-dimensional space. The system then displays the propagated values in an interactive visualization of a structural framework model. The system creates fast interpolation functions and can apply a callback function for acceleration. One technique offloads calculations to a graphics processor or other auxiliary processor for speed. The system provides a myriad of fully interactive volume and dimensional slice probes, with mappable color-coding and a user-selection of rendering styles. Points are quality checked and optimized propagation parameters are stored for accelerated rendering when unavoidable grid production is needed for simulation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054858 | METHOD FOR MEASURING HUMIDITY DISSIPATION PROPERTIES OF AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method of calculating the humidity dissipation of an absorbent article including the steps of collecting relative humidity data from an absorbent article for a selected period of time, generating a graph plotting relatively humidity versus time for the absorbent article, differentiating the relative humidity versus time graph to obtain a differential graph. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054859 | METHOD OF DEVELOPING A PETROLEUM RESERVOIR FROM OPTIMIZED HISTORY MATCHING - A method of developing a petroleum reservoir from a reservoir model and optimized history matching is disclosed having application for petroleum reservoir characterization. A global objective function measuring the differences between the measured historical data and the simulated historical data is defined according to M parameters. The global objective function is then decomposed into a sum of k local objective functions. Each local objective function measures the differences on a geographic region from m | 2011-03-03 |
20110054860 | ADAPTIVE ANALYTICS MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system includes a multidimensional data processing system storing meta data identifying a plurality of variables, a plurality of dimensions for each variable describing attributes of the variable, and a plurality of levels in each dimension. The meta data also identifies a hierarchy of the dimensions and levels for each variable. The multidimensional data processing system is configured to use the meta data to perform multidimensional queries to retrieve data for one or more of the variables from data storage. The system also includes a variable determination module determining at least one variable of the plurality variables operable to be used to generate a model, and a model generator receiving the data from the multidimensional data processing system and generating a model using the data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054861 | Methods for calculating multimode fiber system bandwidth and manufacturing improved multimode fiber - An improved algorithm for calculating multimode fiber system bandwidth which addresses both modal dispersion and chromatic dispersion effects is provided. The radial dependence of a laser transmitter emission spectrum is taken into account to assist in designing more effective optical transmission systems. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054862 | Multimode Fiber Having Improved Reach - A means of improving the performance of laser optimized multimode fiber optic cable (MMF) to achieve improved optical margin and channel reach for use in high-speed data communication networks is described. The disclosed method can be used to improve the performance of both OM3 and OM4 grades of MMF. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054863 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMPIRICAL MODELING OF TIME-VARYING, PARAMETER-VARYING, AND NONLINEAR SYSTEMS VIA ITERATIVE LINEAR SUBSPACE COMPUTATION - Methods and systems for estimating differential or difference equations that can govern a nonlinear, time-varying and parameter-varying dynamic process or system. The methods and systems for estimating the equations may be based upon estimations of observed outputs and, when desired, input data for the equations. The methods and systems can be utilized with any system or process that may be capable of being described with nonlinear, time-varying and parameter-varying difference equations and can used for automated extraction of the difference equations in describing detailed system or method behavior for use in system control, fault detection, state estimation and prediction and adaptation of the same to changes in a system or method. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054864 | ON-SITE ANALYSIS SYSTEM WITH CENTRAL PROCESSOR AND METHOD OF ANALYZING - A method of analysis, analysis system, program product, apparatus, and method of supplying analysis of value incorporating the use of at least one data acquisition device, a central processor, and a communication link that is connectable between the data acquisition device and the central processor. The central processor is loaded with multivariate calibration models developed for predicting values for various properties of interest, wherein the calibration models are capable of compensating for variations in an effectively comprehensive set of measurement conditions and secondary material characteristics. As so configured, the calibration models can compensate for instrument variance without instrument-specific calibration transfer. Measurement results generated by the central processor can be transmitted to an output device of a user interface. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054865 | SIMULATOR WITH USER INTERFACE INDICATING PARAMETER CERTAINTY - In a computer-implemented process modeling and simulating environment, an analyzer receives a process model with parameters in combination with data from previous or planned process performances. An analyzer receives a simulation target from a user, calculates evaluation results that represent the influence of the parameters in view of the simulation target, and presents the evaluation results as indicators to the user. Upon receiving modifications to the performance data, the process is simulated with modified performance data. Alternatively, the evaluation results are converted to computer instructions to automatically modify the process parameters. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054866 | Personalized plan development - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: receiving a request for a personalized plan designed to facilitate an end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least a source user; acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request; and developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054867 | Detecting deviation from compliant execution of a template - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: detecting deviation from a compliant execution of a template by an end user, the template designed to facilitate the end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects included in the template are emulated, the one or more emulatable aspects being based on one or more relevant reported aspects of one or more source users that are relevant to achieving the one or more target outcomes; and executing one or more actions in response to the detecting of the deviation In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054868 | ATMOSPHERIC FLOW SIMULATION METHOD CONSIDERING INFLUENCE OF TERRAIN ELEVATION DATA RESOLUTION - Provided is an atmospheric flow simulation method for reducing a simulation error of wind speed caused due to an influence of different terrain resolutions using a numerical simulation; and, more particularly, an atmospheric flow simulation method which can compensate the wind speed of the atmospheric flow field using low-resolution terrain data by introducing an influence of different terrain resolutions as a terrain roughness and adding it to the terrain condition. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054869 | Modeling Dynamic Systems By Visualizing and Narrowing A Parameter Space - A method for modeling a dynamic system (e.g., geological system) comprises: constructing an input parameter space for a model of the geological system, the input parameter space including more than three dimensions, and the model associated with response data, representing the input parameter space visually with three or fewer dimensions, reducing the input parameter space by conditioning the parameter space using at least a subset of the response data, and updating the representation of the input parameter space to visually represent the reduction of the parameter space. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054870 | Vision Based Human Activity Recognition and Monitoring System for Guided Virtual Rehabilitation - A system, method, and computer program product for providing a user with a virtual environment in which the user can perform guided activities and receive feedback are described. The user is provided with guidance to perform certain movements. The user's movements are captured in an image stream. The image stream is analyzed to estimate the user's movements, which is tracked by a user-specific human model. Biomechanical quantities such as center of pressure and muscle forces are calculated based on the tracked movements. Feedback such as the biomechanical quantities and differences between the guided movements and the captured actual movements are provided to the user. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054871 | Thermodynamic Process Control Based on Pseudo-density Root for Equation of State - A system for thermodynamic modeling is provided. The system comprises a computer having a processor, a thermodynamic process simulation application, and a thermodynamic equation of state application. When executed by the processor, the thermodynamic equation of state application determines a density root based on a first and second point of departure from an equation of state and based on a first and a second extrapolation equation. The first departure point satisfies the equation | 2011-03-03 |
20110054872 | OPTICAL SIMULATOR USING PARALLEL COMPUTATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for performing optical simulations using parallel computations. In some embodiments, the optical simulations can be performed on a computer system using raw image data provided by a camera. The computer system may include a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU), where the GPU may be configured for the parallel computations. The CPU can build a lookup table of lens characterization data, such as point spread function (PSF) data. Using the lookup table, the GPU can perform the optical simulations. For example, the GPU can compute a plurality of convolutions in parallel, each using PSF data and a window of pixels. The result of each convolution may produce a pixel value that approximates the effect of the lens on that pixel. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054873 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATION OF FUNCTION-BASED MECHATRONIC OBJECTS - A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving requirements for a mechatronics object and receiving functions for the mechatronics object. The method includes assigning the functions to respective ones of components and operations and linking the requirements to respective ones of the functions. The method includes storing the mechatronics object, including the linked requirements and functions. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054874 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING-TYPE SIMULATOR - A simulator simulates the behavior of a plurality of agents existing in the virtual space. Each of a plurality of calculators, communicable with one another, includes a space allocation storage that stores space allocation information, a space allocation control part that updates the space allocation information, an allocation change candidate space extracting part that extracts a divided space to be a candidate for the allocation change, a communication amount estimating part that calculates an amount of communication or an amount of change in communication generated between calculators based on the number of agents, a space allocation change judging part that determines whether or not to allocate a divided space to another calculator based on the amount of communication or the amount of change in communication, and a space allocation change executing part that requests the space allocation control part and other calculators to change the space allocation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054875 | Design Specifications-Driven Platform for Analog, Mixed-signal, and Radio Frequency Verification - A design specifications-driven platform ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110054876 | PHYSICAL REALIZATIONS OF A UNIVERSAL ADIABATIC QUANTUM COMPUTER - Devices, methods and articles advantageously allow communications between qubits to provide an architecture for universal adiabatic quantum computation. The architecture includes a first coupled basis A | 2011-03-03 |
20110054877 | ANALYSIS SUPPORT COMPUTER PRODUCT, ANALYSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium stores therein an analysis support program that causes a computer to execute receiving disposal position information indicative of respective disposal positions for jigs in information indicative of disposal positions set on a surface of an object model modeling an object; creating, using the object model and a jig model modeling a jig, an analytic model by modeling a state where the jigs are disposed respectively at the disposal positions that are on the surface of the object and indicated by the disposal position information; obtaining an analysis result for each of the disposal positions by executing strength analysis of the object using the analytic model; producing, by correlating the disposal positions and the analysis results for the disposal positions based on the obtained analysis results, a chart that displays at each of the disposal positions, a correlated analysis result; and outputting the chart. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054878 | AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE PREDICTION FOR CLOUD SERVICES - Embodiments of automated cloud service performance prediction are disclosed. The automated cloud service performance prediction includes extracting a parental dependency graph (PDG) for a webpage. The PDG encapsulates one or more dependency relationships for each web object in the webpage. The prediction further includes determining an original page load time (PLT) and original timing information of a webpage. The prediction also includes simulating a page loading of the webpage based on adjusted timing information of each web object and the PDG to estimate a new PLT of the webpage. The prediction additionally includes comparing the original PLT of the webpage to the new PLT of the webpage to determine whether the adjusted timing information increased or decreased the new PLT of the webpage. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054879 | Accelerated Execution for Emulated Environments - The illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for accelerating execution of a program, written in an object oriented programming language, in an emulated environment. In response to receiving a request for an accelerated communications session from a guest virtual machine in the emulated environment, a native virtual machine is initiated external to the emulated environment but within the computing device hosting the emulated environment. Thereafter, an accelerated communications link is established between the guest virtual machine and the native virtual machine. The accelerated communications link enables a transfer of managed code between the guest virtual machine and the native virtual machine. The managed code is then executed by the native virtual machine. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054880 | External Content Transformation - Techniques and systems for content transformation between devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a system includes a host device that sends content to client devices, and client devices that receive content from the host device in one format and transform the content into a different format. The client devices present the transformed content to users. In another aspect, the host device presents content in a native format, determines that a client device requires the content to be in a different format, converts the content to a reference format, and sends the converted content to the client device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054881 | Mechanism for Local Language Numeral Conversion in Dynamic Numeric Computing - A mechanism for local language numeral conversion in dynamic numeric computing is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving a string array of numeric data in a local language, wherein the numeric data used in dynamic calculations performed by the application, converting characters of the string array of numeric data from local language characters to corresponding English digits in an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format by utilizing a number conversion matrix, and providing the English digits in the ASCII format to a processing function of the application for use with the dynamic calculations of the application. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054882 | MECHANISM FOR IDENTIFYING INVALID SYLLABLES IN DEVANAGARI SCRIPT - A mechanism for identifying invalid syllables in Devanagari script is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving Devanagari text from an application of a computing device for parsing, determining a character type for a character of the Devanagari text, determining a new state associated with the character by referencing a Devanagari state machine with the determined character type and a current state of the Devanagari text, and transmitting an invalid syllable signal to the application for display on a display device to an end user of the application if the determined new state is invalid. | 2011-03-03 |
20110054883 | SPEECH UNDERSTANDING SYSTEM USING AN EXAMPLE-BASED SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION PATTERN - A speech understanding apparatus includes: a speech recognition unit for recognizing an input speech to produce a speech recognition result; a sentence analysis unit for performing morpheme analysis on a sentence corresponding to the speech recognition result, extracting additional information, and performing syntax analysis; a hierarchy describing unit for describing hierarchy of the sentence; a class transformation unit for performing class transformation on the sentence; a semantic representation determination unit for marking optional expressions for the sentence, deleting meaningless expressions and the additional information, converting the sentence into its base form, and deleting morphemic tags or symbols to determine a semantic representation; a semantic representation retrieval unit for retrieving the determined semantic representation from an example-based semantic representation pattern database; and a retrieval result processing unit for selectively producing a retrieved semantic representation. | 2011-03-03 |