15th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110087402 | Detection of Trailer Sway Utilizing Park Assist Sensors - An electronic stability control system includes a plurality of sensors that generate respective signals based on respective distances between a vehicle and a trailer that is being towed by the vehicle. A backup assistance module determines respective distances based on the signals. An electronic stability control (ESC) module controls a wheel torque of at least one of the vehicle and trailer based on the respective distances. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087403 | ENGINE SOUND GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Change tendency data, indicative of a change tendency of a vehicle velocity, is obtained on the basis of acquired velocity information. Correction value of an accelerator opening degree is generated in accordance with the change tendency data and a current value of the accelerator opening degree is updated using the correction value, so that the accelerator opening degree is estimated. Then, engine sound data having a characteristic corresponding to the estimated accelerator opening degree are generated. When there has been a shift change, the current value of the accelerator opening degree, stored in the storage section, is updated to become a predetermined value, without the correction value being used. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087404 | Method for Operating A Control Device of A Motor Vehicle and Control Device of A Motor Vehicle for Carrying Out The Method - A system for actuating a passenger compartment control device of a force-transmitting device and a chassis control device of a motor vehicle, various functions of the devices are combined to form functional classes. The devices can be actuated simultaneously by a first selection of the functional classes. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087405 | Autonomous Parking Strategy of the Vehicle with Rear Steer - A method includes parallel parking a vehicle between a first object and a second object in response to an available parking distance therebetween. The vehicle includes front steerable wheels and rear steerable wheels. A distance between the first object and the second object is remotely sensed determining whether to apply a one or two cycle parking strategy. An autonomous one cycle parking strategy includes pivoting the front and rear steerable wheels in respective directions for steering the vehicle in a first reverse arcuate path of travel and then cooperatively pivoting the steerable wheels in a counter direction for steering the vehicle in a second reverse arcuate path of travel to a final park position. The autonomous two cycle parking strategy includes performing the one cycle parking maneuver and then changing a transmission gear to a drive gear and pivoting the front and rear steerable wheels in the first direction for moving the vehicle forward to a final park position. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087406 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WHEN PARKING IN A PARKING SPACE - A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087407 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER SOURCE - A method, an electronic control unit, a vehicle control system and a working machine for controlling an power source adapted to drive at least one ground engaging element of the working machine are provided. The method includes receiving an operator control input indicative of the control of the power source, receiving a state input indicative of an operating state of the machine, determining an operation signal in the response to the operator control input and the operating state input, and sending the determined operation signal for controlling the power source accordingly. An accelerator signal converter adapted to perform any of the method steps is provided, as is an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) including the accelerator signal converter, a vehicle control system including the ECU, and a working machine including the vehicle control system. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087408 | TORQUE CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a torque control device for an internal combustion engine, a driving-system torque calculation unit calculates a driving-system torque operating on a driving system, based on a requested torque at a time of acceleration. A torque control unit executes torque control so that a gradient of the driving-system torque becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, based on the driving-system torque calculated by the driving-system torque calculation unit. Thereby, since an amount of twist of the driving system can be maintained equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, repetitive shock can be suppressed, and acceleration shock can be effectively suppressed, too. Response deterioration and fuel consumption deterioration at the time of acceleration can be prevented. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087409 | TORQUE VECTORING DEVICE AND MEANS FOR ITS CONTROL - A torque vectoring device directs different torques at will to the two wheels of a drive axle on a road vehicle. It has two hydraulically controlled disc clutches, connected to a drive shaft, extending through the device, and in engaged condition intended for connecting the drive shaft to either of two gear sleeves, each in splines engagement with an eccentric tube eccentrically journaled in relation to the drive shaft, and a torque transmitting mechanism with a gear ratio of 1:1 between the eccentric tube and a differential case sleeve, coaxial with the drive shaft and forming part of a differential case of a differential on the drive axle, to which differential the torque vectoring device is connected. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087410 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH INSERTABLE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE - A motor vehicle with insertable four-wheel drive, including an engine having a crankshaft, a pair of main driving wheels constantly connected to the crankshaft by interposition of a gearbox provided with a first clutch, and a pair of secondary driving wheels, which may be connected to the crankshaft by an insertable transmission system. The insertable transmission system presents a second clutch, which is connected on one end with a fixed transmission ratio to the crankshaft upstream of the gearbox and on the other end with a fixed transmission ratio to the secondary driving wheels. A percentage of motive torque to be transmitted to the secondary driving wheels by the second clutch is determined according to dynamic parameters of the motor vehicle detected by respective sensors. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087411 | ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER FOR A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND A METHOD OF CONTROL OF A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - The invention concerns an electronic controller for a continuously variable transmission of the type having a variator ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087412 | CONTROL METHOD OF SHIFTING GEAR IN AN AUTOMATIC MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAVING A TWIN-CLUTCH GEARBOX - A control method of shifting gear in an automatic manual transmission having a twin-clutch gearbox to pass from a current gear to a successive gear, the control method including the steps of receiving a command of gear shifting, opening a first clutch associated with current gear, closing a second clutch which is associated with successive gear and starts transmitting a torque after a delay time interval from the start of the closing, and starting the opening of first clutch, thus decreasing the torque transmitted by first clutch itself before second clutch starts transmitting a torque, such that first clutch decreases the torque transmitted to the driving wheels before the second clutch starts transmitting a torque to the driving wheels. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087413 | TOW BRAKE - A tow brake includes a housing, an actuator mechanism mounted within the housing with the actuator mechanism including an actuator member, a towed vehicle attachment member operatively coupled to the actuator member, a controller operatively connected to the actuator mechanism, and an acceleration sensor operatively coupled to the controller, the acceleration sensor being configured and disposed to detect deceleration forces of a towing vehicle, wherein the controller is configured and disposed to selectively activate the actuator mechanism to apply a force to the vehicle attachment member that is proportional to the deceleration forces of the towing vehicle. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087414 | ACCELERATOR-PEDAL REACTION FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS - A utility vehicle comprising a cab which houses a steering wheel assembly is provided wherein a steering wheel ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087415 | Vehicular Deceleration Aiding Device - A deceleration aiding device capable of achieving deceleration control which reflects a driver's intention more accurately according to a driver's intention to decelerate a vehicle, and by which the acceleration of the vehicle is difficult to exceed a road surface friction coefficient is provided. The deceleration aiding device includes: a road information acquisition unit ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087416 | SPEED CONTROL FOR PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE - A patient handling device, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, or the like, includes a motor for driving one or more wheels to assist in the movement of the device. At least one proximity sensor is positioned on the device in order to detect the presence of one or more objects that may lie in the path of the device when it moves. A controller on the device determines the distance between itself and the object and automatically controls the speed of the device in a manner designed to reduce the likelihood of a collision and/or to mitigate the impact of a collision. The automatic speed control of the device may follow one or more predetermined profiles that correlate certain parameters, such as a distance to the object or relative velocity, with a maximum acceptable speed of the device. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087417 | Ground Vehicle Collision Prevention Systems and Methods - A method and apparatus for detecting a vehicle. An apparatus comprises a proximity detection system, a vehicle management system, and a notification system. The proximity detection system is associated with an aircraft and operably connected to a transducer. The proximity detection system is configured to determine a distance of a vehicle from a surface of the aircraft and a velocity of the vehicle relative to the aircraft. The vehicle management system operably connected to the proximity detection system. The vehicle management system is configured to determine a time the vehicle will be a threshold distance from the surface of the aircraft and an threshold amount of time to bring the vehicle to a predetermined velocity. The notification system is associated with the proximity detection system and configured to generate a notification signal in response to a determination that the time is less than the threshold amount of time. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN ENGINE USING AN EQUIVALENCE RATIO COMPENSATION FACTOR - A control system and method of controlling operation of an internal combustion engine includes a load determination module that determines an engine load, an equivalence ratio module that determines an equivalence ratio, a correction factor module that generates a correction factor based on the engine load, the equivalence ratio, and the engine speed and an engine operation module that regulates operation of the engine based on the correction factor. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087419 | CYLINDER PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine control system includes a piston movement modeling module, a cylinder volume determination module, and a cylinder pressure estimation module. The piston movement modeling module models movement of a piston within a corresponding cylinder based on angular change of an engine crankshaft. The cylinder volume determination module determines a volume of the cylinder based on an angular position of the engine crankshaft and the modeled movement of the piston. The cylinder pressure estimation module estimates pressure in the cylinder based on the determined volume, an intake manifold absolute pressure (MAP), an intake valve timing, an exhaust valve timing, and an exhaust back pressure (EBP). | 2011-04-14 |
20110087420 | ENGINE CONTROLLER - A system for controlling fuel to an engine to minimize emissions in an exhaust of the engine. There may be a controller connected to an actuator, for example a fuel control actuator, of the engine and to emissions sensors, such as an NOx and/or PM sensor, proximate to an exhaust output of the engine. The controller, for example a speed controller, may have an input connected to an output of a pedal or desired speed setting mechanism. A speed sensor at a power output of the engine may be connected to an input of the controller. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087421 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal-combustion engine designed to ensure that required responsiveness is obtained as actual torque responsiveness with respect to a torque demand even when the torque responsiveness with respect to the actuation of a particular actuator is affected by the operating conditions. A response compensating filter is provided at a preceding stage to an air inverse model, and the target torque which has been corrected by the response compensating filter is converted by the air inverse model to obtain a target opening degree of a throttle. A time constant of the response compensating filter is set on the basis of the operating conditions of the internal-combustion engine so that the responsiveness of actual torque with respect to the torque demand reaches a preset standard responsiveness. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087422 | Internal Combustion Engine Having Common Power Source For Ion Current Sensing and Fuel Injectors - An electrical power system for an engine powered at least in part by a battery having a battery voltage and including a fuel injector and at least one ionization sensor includes at least one common power supply connected to the fuel injector and the ionization sensor and supplying a voltage higher than the battery voltage for operation of the fuel injector and the ionization sensor at least during an ionization sensing period after spark discharge. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE COMPONENTS DURING CYLINDER DEACTIVATION - An engine control system includes a power supply module, a measurement module, and a calibration module. The power supply module disables power supplied to N components of an engine when M cylinders of the engine are deactivated, wherein M and N are integers greater than or equal to one. The measurement module measures outputs of the N engine components. The calibration module calibrates the measurement module based on unpowered measurements from one or more of the N engine components during a period after the power supplied to the N components is disabled. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087424 | Onboard Aircraft Weight and Balance System - An onboard system and method for determining the instantaneous weight and balance of an aircraft simply, reliably, accurately, and requiring a minimum amount of calibration includes a memory for storing previously determined breakout friction data of the aircraft's landing gear shock struts, sensors for sensing the pressures in the struts, the vertical loads exerted by the landing gear on the aircraft, and the attitude of the aircraft relative to the horizontal during loading or unloading thereof, and a computer for computing the vertical load in each of the landing gears from the stored calibration breakout friction data and the shock strut pressures, landing gear vertical loads and aircraft attitude sensed during the loading or unloading. The computer then computes the gross weight of the aircraft and the location of its center of gravity (CG) using the computed vertical loads in the landing gears. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087425 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH MAP COMPRESSION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: preconstructing a multi-layered index based on a plurality of a spatially-aware identification for identifying location data points; selecting a first intersection based on the multi-layered index of the spatially-aware identification; and generating a primary route based on the first intersection for displaying on a device. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087426 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH EVENT OF INTEREST ROUTING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a start location and a destination location; receiving a first start time associated with a first event; receiving a second start time associated with a second event with the first start time subsequent to the second start time and the first event closer to the start location than the second event; and generating an event route, for displaying on a device, from the start location to the second event to the first event to the destination location based on the first start time relative to the second start time. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087427 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH USER GENERATED CONTENT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a change request with a proposed change for an item; verifying a validity of the change request based on a confidence level meeting or exceeding a change threshold; and updating a target element of the item based on the validity of the proposed change for avoiding an incorrect update to the target element for displaying on a device. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087428 | DEVICE FOR AIDING THE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT - A device for aiding the flight management of an aircraft includes a navigation display, a personalized database capable of storing navigation-aid data, each datum comprising a classification type representative of a family or of one or more categories of navigation-aid data, one or more periods of validity of the said datum, information relating to at least one geographic zone of the said datum, one graphic and/or textual representation of the said datum, selection means allowing an operator to choose one (or more) type(s) of classification, called selected type(s), extraction means capable of extracting from the personalized database the navigation-aid datum or data called extracted data of which the type is equal to at least one selected type, of which at least one geographic zone is situated at a distance, from the flight plan or from the aircraft, that is less than a predetermined maximum distance and of which at least one period of validity verifies a predefined display time criterion, the said extraction means transmitting the said extracted datum or data to the said navigation display capable of displaying the representations of the said extracted data. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087429 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS USED-IN VEHICLE - A technique is disclosed for enabling collection and/or refinement of digital map information for aiding navigation route planning for vehicles larger than ordinary cars, such as goods-vehicles, buses, and car+caravan combinations. In at least one embodiment, a profile of a vehicle's characteristics, and one or more routes followed, are logged by a navigation device, and fed-back to a server that supports the navigation device with map data updates. At the server, or an alternative processing centre, the fed-back data from plural navigation devices is analysed to observe statistically the patterns of roads used by these vehicles, and to categorise these by the type of vehicle. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087430 | DETERMINING TRAVEL ROUTES BY USING AUCTION-BASED LOCATION PREFERENCES - A method and system for determining a travel route that includes a location as a result of an auction. A user request is received for determining a route from point A to point B. Locations are selected that are capable of being included along routes from point A to point B. Selecting the locations is based on the request. An auction among vendors is initiated. The vendor winning the auction is determined. The route is determined so that a location of the selected locations is included along the route. The location is associated with the winning vendor. The determined route is presented to the user as a recommended route. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF POINTS OF INTEREST WITHIN A PREDEFINED AREA - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for identification of points of interest within a predefined area. Location estimates for substantially stationary mobile devices may be utilized to determine locations of one or more points of interest. Location estimates for mobile devices in motion may be utilized to determine locations of one or more corridors. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087432 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An embodiment of the invention provides a navigation system. A global positioning device outputs location information. A map database provides map information according to the location information. An active area recorder determines a viewing-area, and sketches a first active area according to the viewing-area and a first moving track of a positioning pattern corresponding to the location information. An image processing unit receives the map information and the first moving track and generates display data displayed on a display device. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087433 | Method of Dynamic Intersection Mapping - A motor vehicle is provided having a collision warning system that can map an upcoming road section for the motor vehicle. The system can evaluate potential paths for the road section based on vehicle travel history information through it. The system can receive the information from a transmitter proximate the road section, such as a roadside transmitter or one or more nearby vehicles having traversed the road section. The road section can include an intersection and the system can determine a lane configuration for at least a portion of it based on vehicle travel history information. The system can calculate a threat of collision for the motor vehicle with a target vehicle based on map data obtained from estimated paths or lane configurations for the road section. Methods pertaining to mapping a road section and operation of the system are also provided. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087434 | MONITORING SYSTEM - There is provided a monitoring system ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087435 | Method For Electromagnetic Prospecting Waveform Design - A waveform design method is presented for controlled source electromagnetic surveying. A desired source spectrum ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087436 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF TIME-SERIES MOLECULAR QUANTITIES - A method and system for analyzing a plurality of groups of time-series gene expressions including determining a time-dependent score that comprises a difference between the gene expression in the first group at a given time point and the gene expression in the second group at the given time point, determining an expected difference parameter that comprises a difference between a mean expression of the gene in a third group of samples and a mean expression of the gene in a fourth group of samples, created by randomly dividing the samples into two equal groups, comparing a difference between the time-dependent score and the expected difference parameter to a threshold at the given time point, determining the significant genes at each time point on the basis of the comparison. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087437 | PROCESS, SOFTWARE ARRANGEMENT AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A HAPLOTYPE - The present invention relates to a method, system and software arrangement for determining the co-associations of allele types across consecutive loci and hence for reconstructing two haplotypes of a diploid individual from genotype data generated by mapping experiments with single molecules, families or populations. The haplotype reconstruction system, method and software arrangement of the present invention can utilize a procedure that is nearly linear in the number of polymorphic markers examined, and is therefore quicker, more accurate, and more efficient than other population-based approaches. The system, method, and software arrangement of the present invention may be useful to assist with the diagnosis and treatment of any disease, which has a genetic component. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087438 | COMPUTER THAT WEIGHS - A system and method of using an adaptable interface for a medical device such as a scale. The scale includes a memory, a display, a processor, and a measurement component to measure one or more characteristics of a subject, such as height or weight. The adaptable interface includes a reconfigurable driver module that enables communication with different Electronic Health Record (“EHR”) systems. The interface can download new drivers or update drivers to reconfigure the driver module. The reconfigured driver module is then configured to communicate with an EHR system according to the particular EHR system communication protocol. The adaptable interface is modular and includes one or more mounting adapters to enable coupling to adjustable interface mounting assembly. The adjustable interface mounting assembly is also operable to receive other modular interface units. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MATERIALS UTILIZING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES - Described are a system and method for identifying a material. A spectrum is received. A barcode is generated from a sign of a second derivative of the spectrum. Multivariate data analysis tools and techniques are applied based on the barcode. The material is identified from results of the multivariate data analysis based on the barcode. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087440 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS FOR DISCRIMINATING VALUE DOCUMENTS BASED ON VARIABLE LUMINESCENCE AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES - A value document authentication system comprising a value document substrate having a luminescent compound disposed on or in at least a portion of the value document substrate, wherein the luminescent compound (i) comprises a host lattice having at least one metallic ion with magnetic properties and is doped with at least one rare earth ion capable of emitting infrared radiation with at least one distinct infrared wavelength when excited with an exciting light source having sufficient energy to excite emission from the luminescent compound and (ii) has a pre-determined ratio of metallic ions to rare earth ions such that the ratio corresponds to a parameter of a pre-selected decision criteria, both of which properties are measured at the same location on the value document and used to authenticate the value document. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087441 | ONLINE METHOD TO ESTIMATE HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION ESTIMATION IN FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AT SHUTDOWN AND STARTUP - A system and method for estimating the amount of hydrogen and/or nitrogen in a fuel cell stack and stack volumes at system start-up and shut-down. The method defines the fuel cell stack and stack volumes as discrete volumes including an anode flow-field and anode plumbing volume, a cathode flow-field volume and a cathode header and plumbing volume. The method estimates the amount of hydrogen and/or nitrogen in the anode flow-field and anode plumbing volume, the cathode flow-field volume and the cathode header and plumbing volume when the fuel cell system is shut down, during a first stage when the hydrogen partial pressure between the anode and cathode is not in equilibrium and during a second stage when the hydrogen partial pressure between the anode and cathode is in equilibrium by considering various flows into and out of the volumes. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087442 | PROCEDURE FOR THE PROGNOSTIC OF A STRUCTURE SUBJECT TO LOADS - A method for prognostics of a structure subject to loads, particularly an aircraft structure, includes, detecting the state (strains) of the structure at multiple primary points and additional points. The loads acting on the structure associated with the state detected in the primary points are determined. Based on the determined loads, the state of the structure in the additional points is estimated. The estimated state of the structure is compared with the state detected in the additional points. A soundness state of the structure is assessed if the estimated and detected values of the state quantity are in agreement, or a defectiveness state of the structure if such values differ. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087443 | Three-Dimensional Visualization and Analysis Method and System for Non-Destructive Examination of a Rotor Bore using Ultrasound - A method and apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) visualization and analysis for automatic non-destructive examination of a rotor bore using ultrasound. Data is acquired by scanning the rotor bore with an ultrasound pulser/transducer producing a plurality of one-dimensional ultrasound scans, each scan having a plurality of sample points. Each sample point is associated with a voxel of a regular 3D grid having a plurality of voxels. A Gaussian kernel is associated with each sample point and a value for a particular voxel is determined based on a weighted sum of sample points whose kernels cover the particular voxel. The values for the other voxels of the regular 3D grid are determined similarly. A 3D visualization of the rotor bore can be displayed to a user. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087444 | SYSTEM FOR ULTRASONICALLY DETECTING DEFECTS IN A PIPE WALL - A system for detecting defects in a pipe wall, comprises an ultrasonic transducer which is arranged for emitting, via an exit opening, ultrasonic signals from the interior of the pipe towards its wall and for receiving, via an entrance opening, backscattered signals from the wall. The system is arranged to emit and receive a multitude of signals having their main directions within a plane mainly perpendicular to the pipe axis. The openings are configured to make the ultrasonic transmission signal diverge and/or to receive back signals from a diverging range of angles over a large area of the pipe wall, by using openings with a diameter with magnitude of the wavelength of the ultrasonic signals. Sets of emitted and backscattered signals for different emission and reception positions are processed, in processing means, to form an image based on transmission times between emission and reception of backscattered signals. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087445 | Intelligent Sport Shoe System - The present invention is directed to a system for providing information to an athlete concerning the efficiency with which the athlete is using energy in moving relative to the ground or some other surface. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of pressure sensors that are associated with a shoe and generate pressure related data. The system further includes a processing system that processes the pressure data produced by the sensors to determine energy efficiency related information and make this information available to the wearer of the shoe so that the wearer can, if needed or desired, takes steps to improve their energy efficiency. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087446 | Device and Method for Measurement of Cycling Power Output - The invention provides a measurement device and method for measuring a cyclist's power output, in response to an external force provided by said cyclist applied to a bicycle, comprising a force sensor ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087447 | FLUID FLOW METER USING THERMAL TRACERS - Fluid flows through a conduit. To measure flow speed the fluid is heated at a heating location in the conduit with a time-dependent heating strength. A speed of sound in fluid flowing in the conduit is measured at a plurality of sensing locations downstream from said heating location. The flow speed of the fluid is determined from a delay with which the time dependence is detected in the sound speeds measured at said sensing locations. In an embodiment a frequency of the variation of heating strength that is used to determine the flow speed is selected automatically dependent on the flow speed and/or other circumstances. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087448 | Device For Processing Tissue Samples | 2011-04-14 |
20110087449 | Methods of Calibrating a Clock Using Multiple Clock Periods with a Single Counter and Related Devices and Methods - A method of calibrating a first clock signal using a second clock signal and a plurality of calibration periods may include generating incremented counter values at a counter responsive to edges of the second clock signal. For at least two of the plurality of calibration periods, an initial incremented counter value from the counter may be stored in memory at an initial edge of the first clock signal for the respective calibration period, a final incremented counter value may be stored in memory at a final edge of the clock signal for the respective calibration period, and the at least two of the plurality of calibration periods may be overlapping with different initial and final edges of the first clock signal. For each of the plurality of calibration periods, a number of edges of the second clock signal occurring during the respective calibration period may be determined using the initial and final incremented counter values stored in memory. A relationship between the first and second clock signals may be determined using a sum of a number of edges of the second clock signal occurring during each of the plurality of calibration periods and using a sum of a number of first clock signal cycles occurring during each of the plurality of calibration periods. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087450 | Heading Error Removal System for Tracking Devices - Systems are able to reduce or remove slowly-varying drift errors, such as heading errors, rate of rotation errors, and direction of travel errors, to correct the measurements from tracking devices. The systems may be used to remove the slow varying drift errors for gyroscopic tracking device sensors, or other types of sensors used for determining heading, rates of rotation, direction of travel, or position. The systems may be employed in personal dead reckoning systems, or other personnel tracking device, as well as in vehicle tracking devices. The system uses heuristic assumptions to correct for these drift errors, via a feedback loop control having an accumulator responsive to changes in output signals. The accumulator is able to produce a signal that over time compensates for the inherent drift errors on those output signals. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087451 | COMPASS CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An in-vehicle compass system and method that is calibrated based on a magnetic field model and/or a deviation analysis based on a location signal received from a positioning system. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087452 | TEST DEVICE - A test device for testing a system, which has first interface circuit, second interface circuit, and a power switch, comprises a power supply, status detector, and a controller. The power supply includes a supplying unit and a switch controller. The supplying unit provides a test power signal according to a wall wart signal. The switch controller enables the power switch to power the system with the test power signal in response to a control signal. The system boots according to operation system data provided via first interface circuit in response to the test power signal. The status detector generates a status detection signal indicating whether the system boots up successfully in response to an operation signal on the second interface circuit. The controller provides the control signal and processes the status detection signal. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087453 | RELIABILITY TEST WITH MONITORING OF THE RESULTS - An embodiment for executing a reliability test is proposed. A corresponding electronic device includes functional means for implementing a functionality of the electronic device, and testing means for executing a test of the functional means including a plurality of test operations on the functional means; the testing means returns an indication of a result of each test operation. In an embodiment, the electronic device further includes control means for causing the testing means to reiterate the test, monitoring means for monitoring the result of each test operation to detect a failure of the test operation, and storage means for storing failure information indicative of temporal characteristics of each failure. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087454 | Tap Detection - Methodology and circuitry for determining if a device, such as a cellular phone or personal digital assistant has been tapped is disclosed. The device includes an accelerometer and in response to an acceleration, the accelerometer outputs an acceleration signal. The accelerometer may continuously output an acceleration signal even if no acceleration occurs. A tap detection device receives the temporally sampled acceleration signal and takes the first derivative of the temporally sampled acceleration signal producing one or more derivative values. The tap detection system compares each derivative value to a threshold value and if the derivative value exceeds the threshold a tap is detected. By taking the derivative of the acceleration signal, the noise floor for the acceleration signal is reduced leading to more accurate results with less false positives and less positive negatives. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087455 | Method and device for analyzing positions - The method and device for analyzing position are disclosed. By analyzing sensing information with at least one zero-crossing, each position can be analyzed. The number of analyzed positions may be different from the number of zero-crossings. When the number of analyzed positions is different from the number of zero-crossing, the number of analyzed positions is more than one. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087456 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - Bridge circuits have half bridges formed of sensor elements, which vary respective impedances in accordance with a rotating magnetic field generated by a rotary object. A control unit acquires output signals produced from intermediate points of the half bridges, and calculates a rotation angle of the rotary object based on the output signals. The control unit determines that the output signal is abnormal, if a calculation value of the output signal calculated based on at least four output signals is outside a predetermined range. The control unit thus determines which one of the output signals has become abnormal due to failure or the like. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087457 | SURFACE MEASUREMENT, SELECTION, AND MACHINING - Systems, processes, articles of manufacture, and techniques may be used to determine a machining shape for a surface to be machined. In particular implementations, determining a machining shape may include retrieving stored surface measurements for a surface to be machined, the measurements representing the surface at a plurality of points for each of a number of measurement locations on the surface, and analyzing the measurements to determine a shape to which the surface should be machined. Determining a machining shape may also include determining the surface that may be achieved by machining to the determined shape, analyzing the determined surface to determine whether it is acceptable, and storing the determined shape based on whether the determined surface is acceptable. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087458 | PROCESSING TRANSACTION TIMESTAMPS - A first measurement point is received from a first monitoring agent. The first measurement point includes a first timestamp and a first transaction attribute. The first timestamp is stored. A second measurement point is received from a second monitoring agent. The second measurement point includes a second timestamp and a second transaction attribute. The second timestamp is stored. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087459 | CLEANUP PREDICTION AND MONITORING - The examples described herein relate to methods and apparatus for cleanup prediction and monitoring. A disclosed method of predicting cleanup of a sample fluid obtained by a downhole tool includes drawing the sample fluid into the downhole tool via a probe assembly; measuring optical densities of the sample fluid at a plurality of different respective times; selecting at least some of the measured optical densities as fitting points; identifying one or more inversion parameters; and performing, via a processor, an inversion using the fitting points, the inversion parameters and simulation data to generate data associated with a predicted cleanup of the sample fluid. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087460 | Field device for determining or monitoring a physical or chemical process variable - Field device for determining or monitoring a physical or chemical process variable, wherein the field device is composed of a sensor, which works according to a defined measuring principle, and a control/evaluation unit, which, as a function of a safety standard required for the particular safety-critical application, conditions and evaluates, along at least two equivalent measuring paths, measurement data delivered by the sensor. The control/evaluation unit is implemented on an FPGA, on which are provided at least a first section and a second section, wherein, in each section, a digital measuring path, which is composed of a plurality of software-based and/or hardware-based function modules, is dynamically reconfigurable. The sections are isolated from one another by permanently configured spacer regions, wherein the spacer regions are embodied in such a way, that a temperature and/or a voltage change in one of the sections has no influence on the other section or other sections, and, in the case of malfunction, no connection occurs between the sections. The control/evaluation unit, as a function of the particular defined safety-critical application, partially dynamically reconfigures the function modules in the measuring paths in such a manner, that the field device fulfills the required safety standard. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087461 | WIRELESS DATA LOGGING DEVICE - A wireless data logging module for a test and measuring device is presented. The data logging module includes a test and measuring device that measures a variable of a process and a wireless transceiver coupled to the test and measuring device. The wireless transceiver includes a microprocessor for capturing and processing signals. The signals encode data and information including the measured variable from the test and measuring device. The transceiver also includes memory coupled to the microprocessor for storing the data, and communication circuitry coupled to the microprocessor. The communication circuitry includes input/output circuitry for transmitting and receiving the signals over a wireless communication path to a plurality of wireless devices. In one embodiment the process variable includes at least one of temperature, voltage, humidity, pressure, strain, resistance, motion, light, current, velocity and flow. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087462 | COMPACT, COMPONENTIZED HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE AND REFERENCE PLATFORM FAMILY FOR LOW-POWER, LOW-COST, HIGH-FIDELITY IN SITU SENSING - Described herein are embodiments of a hardware architecture and reference platform family for constructing large-scale, long-lived, wireless data acquisition networks. Embodiments of the device are designed to enable data collection, data processing, data storage, and data communication across a broad range of sensor, storage, and communication technologies. When deployed at scale, the devices form an intelligent sensing fabric that can cover a large geographic area with minimal power requirements at a low cost. While the architecture was originally conceived to suit the requirements of the Intelligent River™ program, the architecture and its platform realizations provide value to a range of industry segments, from agriculture and utilities to defense and manufacturing. For example, embodiments of the described invention can be used in applications such as resource management, smart transportation, precision agriculture, habitat monitoring, wildfire tracking, threat detection, smart structures, smart energy, smart-grids, etc. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087463 | Composite Information Display for a Part - A method and apparatus for processing a model of a part. A number of locations are identified in the model of the part in response to receiving a request from a client application for information about the number of locations on the part. A section cut is created at each of the number of locations to form a number of section cuts. Data is obtained for layers in each of the number of section cuts. The model with the number of section cuts is changed to form a formatted model with a format used by the client application. The layers in each of the number of section cuts in the formatted model are associated with the data for the number of layers in the each of the number of section cuts. The formatted model and the data for the layers is returned to the client application. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087464 | Fixed Bladed Drill Bit Force Balanced by Blade Spacing - In one aspect of the present invention a force balanced drill bit may comprise a bit body comprising a plurality of fixed blades, each blade comprising cutters defining a cutter profile. Junk slots may be disposed between the blades and define the blade boundaries. The blade boundaries may be spaced apart sufficiently to achieve force balance. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087465 | IMPLANT DESIGN ANALYSIS SUITE - A method for anatomical analysis and joint implant design. Embodiments provide users with the ability to anatoically analyze a single bone or a series of bones that exist in a database, evaluate surgical landmarks and axes, identify differences among specific characteristics of a given population, and modify existing implants or create new implant designs based on anatomical analyses. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087466 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPARENTLY DISPLAYING INFORMATION RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method is provided for rating and/or highlighting information in an image of a motor vehicle ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087467 | Method, device and computer program for planning an aspirative fire detection system - The present invention relates to a method, a device and a computer program for planning an aspirative fire detection system having a detector module and a pipe system. In order to be able to plan an aspirative fire detection system in an easily-realized yet effective manner, the invention provides for planning the detector module with the aid of a planning table and planning the pipe system with the aid of a pipe planning table. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087468 | Approximating a System Using an Abstract Geometrical Space - System and method for approximating a system. A multi-parameter representation of a family of systems is stored. An embedding of the family into an abstract geometrical continuous space with a metric and defined by the parameters is determined. Coordinates of the space specify values for the parameters of systems of the family. The space includes a grid of points representing respective discrete approximations of the systems. A first point corresponding to a desired instance of a system is determined. The first point's coordinates specify values for the parameters of the instance. The space is sampled using a mapping of a well-distributed point set from a Euclidean space of the parameters to the abstract space. A nearest discrete point to the first point is determined which specifies values for parameters for an optimal discrete approximation of the desired instance, which are useable to implement the discrete approximation of the desired instance. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087469 | REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE MODELING OF SOFTWARE SYSTEMS WITH MULTI-CLASS WORKLOAD - Methods and systems for determining a real-time performance model of systems that process multi-class workloads. The methods can include collecting measurement data, selecting a series of prior time windows, processing the measurement data to compute a set of constraints based on the measurement data from the series of prior time windows, augmenting the set of constraints to a measurement model to obtain an augmented measurement model and running a modified extended Kalman filter with the augmented measurement model to obtain a state estimate. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087470 | MATERIAL AND METHODS FOR USE IN BIOMASS PROCESSING - Methods and materials for measuring the composition of plant biomass and predicting the efficiency of conversion of such biomass to various end products under various processing conditions are disclosed. For example, methods and materials for identifying plant material having higher levels of accessible carbohydrate, as well as materials and methods for processing plant material having higher levels of accessible carbohydrate are disclosed. Also disclosed are computer-implemented methods and systems that provide improved economic efficiencies to biorefineries. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087471 | Methods and Systems For Determining Near-Wellbore Characteristics and Reservoir Properties - Systems and methods are provided for determining a reservoir property distinct from a near-wellbore/completion characteristic. The methods include obtaining non-transient well data regarding a measurable characteristic of a well that is used to establish a functional relationship between a reservoir property, a near-wellbore/completion characteristic, and the measurable characteristic of the well. A model that relates the reservoir property and the near-wellbore/completion characteristic is used to generate a modeled near-wellbore/completion characteristic value from an input reservoir property value, or vice versa. The input value and the modeled value are then tested against the well data using the functional relationship. The model is used repeatedly with different input values until a validated reservoir property value and a validated near-wellbore/completion characteristic value are identified that at least substantially satisfy the functional relationship. The validated reservoir property value and the validated near-wellbore/completion characteristic are reported for use in business decisions regarding one or more wells. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087472 | DETERMINING ELASTIC AND FLUID FLOW PROPERTIES OF A FRACTURED RESERVOIR - A technique includes identifying a fracture polygon intersecting a voxel of a three-dimensional grid of voxels representing a region of interest of a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir based on data indicative of a discrete fracture network. The technique includes partitioning the polygon with a regular mesh of points and determining a number of the mesh points inside the voxel and inside the polygon. The technique includes estimating an area of the fracture inside the voxel based at least in part on the determined number of mesh points inside the voxel and inside the polygon. The technique includes determining at least one property of a portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir, which coincides with the voxel based at least in part on the estimated area of the fracture. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087473 | WELL SIMULATION - A method of computational fluid dynamic modelling of a subterranean region comprises: defining a computational domain by generating a geometrical model of a subterranean region comprising a wellbore and a surrounding formation; associating knowledge of a physical property of the subterranean region with a computational parameter; and inputting the computational parameter into the computational domain. In one embodiment knowledge of permeability within the subterranean region is defined as a viscous resistance within the computational domain. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087474 | SIMULATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A simulating system comprises an input device, intended to be operated by an operator, a simulator arrangement, and a display. The simulator arrangement is configured to read a signal representing an operation of the input device, and to simulate equipment using said input signal and pre-stored equipment characteristics. The equipment may be drilling equipment for use in offshore oil/gas exploration. The system results in a visual representation of the equipment, manipulated by the input device. The simulator arrangement comprises an equipment controller, connected to an environment simulator that provides the visual representation of the equipment. The environment simulator is connected to an object database comprising equipment objects. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087475 | System, Method, and Program Product For Synthesizing Non-Constrained and Constrained Heat Exchanger Networks - Systems, methods, and program product to synthesize a grass-roots heat exchanger network for a plurality of hot process streams to be cooled and a plurality of cold process streams to be heated according to a plurality of utilities targets, are provided. An exemplary system includes a heat exchange network synthesizing computer and heat exchange network synthesizing program product configured to analyze the waste heat recovery problem without decomposition to produce a result having an optimal number of network heat exchanger units through application of advanced process-to-process matching schemes for both non-constrained and non-thermodynamically constrained problems. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING OIL AND/OR GAS PRODUCTION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention identify a plurality of operating points for oil and/or gas producing systems, each operating point being characterised by a set of operating parameters which can be used to control components of the actual oil and/or gas producing system. These generated operating points may be collectively presented in a graphical manner to an operator of the oil and/or gas producing system, who can systemically configure the components of the oil and/or gas producing system to move, in an informal manner, through a path of operating points in order to reach what appears from the generated operating point data to be an optimal operating region. The oil and/or gas producing system may also be referred to as a hydrocarbon producing system. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087477 | DEVICE FOR TESTING AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT - A device for testing an electrical component is provided, having a simulation device for generating a simulation signal, a testing device for connecting the electrical component, at least two connecting devices, and a selection device for selecting the connecting device, wherein the simulation device and the testing device can be connected in an electrically conducting manner to at least one of the connecting devices by the selection device and the individual connecting devices differ from one another in at least one electrical property. Thus, a device for testing an electrical component is provided with which in a simple manner the testing accuracy can be increased by minimizing the signal corruption due to a parasitic property of the connecting device. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087478 | Systems and Methods of Efficient Library Characterization for Integrated Circuit Cell Libraries - A method of efficient library characterization of a circuit of a logic gate having a plurality of transistors and a plurality of nodes defining interconnection points in the circuit is disclosed. The method includes determining a plurality of vectors for a plurality of arcs. Each of the plurality of vectors represents possible data bits to inputs and nodes of the logic gate. The method selects a plurality of substantially distinct vectors from the plurality of vectors for each of the plurality of arcs, and performs circuit pruning for each of the plurality of substantially distinct vectors, taking each one substantially distinct vector at a time. The circuit pruning includes identifying an active circuit for each vector. The active circuit is identified by determining which circuit features are activated when applying a particular one of the substantially distinct vectors. Then, the circuit simulations limited to a plurality of transistors in the active circuit are performed. The circuit pruning and circuit simulations are repeated for remaining ones of the plurality of substantially distinct vectors. The results of the circuit simulations are then stored on a non-volatile compute readable media, for each active circuit corresponding to each of the plurality of substantially distinct vectors. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087479 | ONLINE BUILDING TOY - The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for building online games. In one embodiment, the method may include providing a user interface that facilitates user selection of parts, and placing a set of parts selected by a user in a three-dimensional (3D) world. The method may also include joining parts within the set based on their proximity to each other in the 3D world to form one or more models for a game, and sending a model file for each of these models to a server via a network for use by various users. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING A CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION DYNAMIC - One embodiment of the invention is a method for simulating a cross cultural communication dynamic between participants. The simulation includes the steps of distributing unique subsets of the information set to the participants, assigning the participants to a first communication group that represents people for whom a lingua franca is a first language and to a second communication group that represents people for whom the lingua franca is a second language, providing a communication platform that facilitates communication between the participants of the simulation to assemble the unique subsets of the information set, and selectively disadvantaging the communication through the communication platform between a subset of participants. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087481 | TRANSLATION SYSTEM, TRANSLATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE-WRITABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF THE SAME - A translation system is provided. The system includes an input interface for receiving a term to be translated, a multi-language term processing module, a term correlation calculation module and an analysis module. The multi-language term processing module collects multi-language correlated terms corresponding to the term to be translated and language data sources, and establishes term pairs each including any two multi-language correlated terms having a relationship in translation. The multi-language correlated terms include at least the term to be translated and at least one candidate translated term in the target language. The term correlation calculation module calculates a term correlation value between the two multi-language correlated terms of each term pair and a self correlation value of each multi-language correlated term. The analysis module determines one of the candidate translated terms as the translation result term according to the term correlation values and the self correlation values. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087482 | Method for identifying and manipulating language information - A preferred method and methods for manipulating linguistic information in grammatical disarray are disclosed. In a preferred method, a plurality of word elements in sequential order from a data corpus are analyzed with a conceptual-grammatical relational protocol such as CIRN producing an unsuccessful outcome; wherein said unsuccessful outcome involves the failure of forming an association or failure of identifying an association between said word elements. Then, the word elements are shuffled, forming different sequential orders to later be reanalyzed with same or other conceptual-grammatical relational protocols until a successful outcome is attained; wherein a successful outcome includes at least one of a: association between said word elements, and identification of an association between said word elements. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087483 | EMOTION ANALYZING METHOD, EMOTION ANALYZING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE AND WRITABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND EMOTION ANALYZING DEVICE - A system for analyzing a sentence emotion is provided. The system comprises a case repository, an input module, a sentence structure analyzing module, a similarity analyzing module and an emotion detection module. The case repository stores several case sentences and each case sentence comprises at least one major term and is corresponding to at least one emotion annotation. The input module receives an input sentence and the sentence structure analyzing module analyzes a sentence structure of the input sentence. The similarity analyzing module performs a semantic analysis and a syntax analysis according to the sentence structure to obtain a similarity level between the input sentence and each of the case sentences. The emotion detection module detects at least one emotion of the input sentence according to the similarity level between the input sentence and each of the case sentences. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SENTENCE BOUNDARIES - Provided are an apparatus and a method for detecting sentence boundaries. The apparatus includes a sentence boundary candidate extracting unit, a document context analyzing unit, a sentence boundary candidate classifying unit, a sentence generating unit. The sentence boundary candidate extracting unit extracts a sentence boundary candidate from an input document. The document context analyzing unit extracts features from information on preceding and following contexts of the sentence boundary candidate. The features are used in two or more statistical algorithms. The sentence boundary candidate classifying unit classifies whether the sentence boundary candidate is a sentence boundary or not, using the features and the two or more statistical algorithms. The sentence generating unit extracts sentence units from the document based on a result of the classification of whether the sentence boundary candidate is a sentence boundary or not. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087485 | NET MODERATOR - A method and an apparatus for moderating an inappropriate relationship between two parties by analyzing a dialog between the two parties. The method and apparatus creates an alert depending upon the nature of the dialog between the two parties. The alert is sent to a third party who can moderate the relationship between the two parties. The third party can ban or block the dialog between the two parties based upon the inappropriate relationship between the two parties. A banning or block of the dialog between the two parties can also be automated. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087486 | SYSTEM, REPORT, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE NEWS-BASED STORIES - The present invention generally relates to a system, report, and method for automatically generating a series of natural language news-based stories to be presented via a digital interface or printed publication to a portfolio user. The disclosure relates to a filter or selection of a handful of relevant and desired financial instruments, or events created in a large group of events such as sports results, travel information, auction related data, online shopping tools, social media, retail store promotion generation, search engine daily report, etc. for a specific use. These financial instruments, based on different selections from a portfolio manager via a management tool, are then used to either produce a strategies page where a list of useful covered call trade and hedged trade are displayed in the form of a table, or natural language news-based stories relating to a selected list of financial instruments found in a portfolio. The events are based on different selections from a portfolio manager via a management tool and are then used to either produce a secondary page where a list of the selected event data is displayed or natural language news-based stories relating to a selected list of events found in a portfolio from a large event database. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087487 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY USAGE IN REAL-TIME AUDIO SYSTEMS - System and method for encoding, transmitting and decoding audio data. Audio bit steam syntax is re-organized to allow system optimizations that work well with memory latency and memory burst operations. Multiple small entropy coding tables are stored in RAM and loaded to on-chip memory as needed. Audio prediction is pipelined in the bitstream syntax. Intra frames, independent of other frames in the bitstream, are included in the bitstream for error recovery and channel change. New algorithms are implemented in legacy syntax by including the new information in the user data space of the audio frame. The new decoder can use projection to determine where the new information is and read ahead in the stream. Audio prediction from the immediately previous frame is restricted. Audio prediction is performed across channels within a single audio frame. A variable re-order function comprises storing channels of data to DRAM in the order they are decoded and reading them out in presentation order. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087488 | SPEECH SYNTHESIS APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to an embodiment, a speech synthesis apparatus includes a selecting unit configured to select speaker's parameters one by one for respective speakers and obtain a plurality of speakers' parameters, the speaker's parameters being prepared for respective pitch waveforms corresponding to speaker's speech sounds, the speaker's parameters including formant frequencies, formant phases, formant powers, and window functions concerning respective formants that are contained in the respective pitch waveforms. The apparatus includes a mapping unit configured to make formants correspond to each other between the plurality of speakers' parameters using a cost function based on the formant frequencies and the formant powers. The apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate an interpolated speaker's parameter by interpolating, at desired interpolation ratios, the formant frequencies, formant phases, formant powers, and window functions of formants which are made to correspond to each other. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087489 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Packet Loss or Frame Erasure Concealment - The invention concerns a method and apparatus for performing packet loss or Frame Erasure Concealment (FEC) for a speech coder that does not have a built-in or standard FEC process. A receiver with a decoder receives encoded frames of compressed speech information transmitted from an encoder. A lost frame detector at the receiver determines if an encoded frame has been lost or corrupted in transmission, or erased. If the encoded frame is not erased, the encoded frame is decoded by a decoder and a temporary memory is updated with the decoder's output. A predetermined delay period is applied and the audio frame is then output. If the lost frame detector determines that the encoded frame is erased, a FEC module applies a frame concealment process to the signal. The FEC processing produces natural sounding synthetic speech for the erased frames. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087490 | ADJUSTING RECORDER TIMING - A portion of audio content of a multimedia program, such as a television program, is captured from a network. An audio fingerprint is generated based on the portion of audio content, and the audio fingerprint is matched to one of multiple theme song fingerprints stored in a database. An expected theme song time offset associated with the matched theme song fingerprint is retrieved from the database. It is determined whether the program is running on-schedule, based on the time the portion of audio content occurred, a scheduled start time of the program, and/or the expected theme song time offset. If it is determined that the program is running off-schedule, an adjusted start time and/or an adjusted end time of the program are calculated. The program is recorded by a recorder based on the adjusted start time and/or the adjusted end time. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087491 | Method and system for efficient management of speech transcribers - A method and system for improving the efficiency of speech transcription by automating the management of a varying pool of human and machine transcribers having diverse qualifications, skills, and reliability for a fluctuating load of speech transcription tasks of diverse requirements such as accuracy, promptness, privacy, and security, from sources of diverse characteristics such as language, dialect, accent, speech style, voice type, vocabulary, audio quality, and duration. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087492 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING SPEECH AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A speech characteristic-amount calculation circuit | 2011-04-14 |
20110087493 | Communication System and Method for Representing Information in a Communication - The invention relates to a communication system having a display unit ( | 2011-04-14 |
20110087494 | Apparatus and method of encoding audio signal by switching frequency domain transformation scheme and time domain transformation scheme - Provided are an apparatus of encoding an audio signal by switching a time domain transformation scheme and a frequency domain transformation scheme, and an apparatus of decoding an audio signal by switching the time domain transformation scheme and the frequency domain transformation scheme. When any one transformation scheme of the time domain transformation scheme and the frequency domain transformation is switched into the other transformation scheme, an audio signal before and after the switching is encoded using an additionally transformed audio signal, or an encoded audio signal is decoded. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087495 | SUSPICIOUS ENTITY INVESTIGATION AND RELATED MONITORING IN A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for monitoring of financial institution business activity for the purpose of identifying suspicious activities. The embodiments herein described rely on monitoring business activities from many data repositories, some of which are exclusive to financial institution. By monitoring financial business activity for the purpose of identifying suspicious activity or behaviors, bank fraud or other criminal/wrongful activities can be mitigated or otherwise avoided. In addition, the identification of suspicious activities serves to identify the individual(s) associated with the suspicious activities and/or other information related to the individual(s), such as physical location, electronic location, telephone number and the like. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087496 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELLING A SOFTWARE PRODUCT - A method and system for selling a software product, and for preventing theft at the point of purchase, includes: manufacturing the software product at a sales outlet; generating a unique unlock code for the product, without which the product will not operate; displaying the product for sale at the sales outlet, while storing the unlock code separately from the product; and, on purchase of the product by a customer, supplying the customer with both the product and the unlock code. Since the unlock code is not printed onto the packaging, nor is it burned to the CD or other machine-readable media, the product can safely be left out for display and purchase in store without substantial risk of theft. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087497 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INFORMATION TO USERS IN A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT - The present invention provides systems for and methods providing a user in a commercial establishment with personalized information, which can include a personalized shopping list, targeted advertisements, health information, nutritional information, promotional offers, offers on sale items, offers on discounted items, manufacturer's coupons, storewide coupons, information on user specific favorite items, and information on user specific staple items. Also disclosed is a device for and method of providing the precise location of a user in a commercial facility comprising a signal receiver and position calculating system that uses one of biangulation and triangulation techniques. Also disclosed, is a system for and method of providing a user in a commercial establishment with personalized information, which can include targeted advertisements, health information, nutritional information, promotional offers, offers on sale items, offers on discounted items, manufacturer's coupons, storewide coupons, information on user specific favorite items, and information on user specific staple items using the user's precise location with respect to items for purchase in the user's immediate vicinity. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087498 | Surgical system providing identification of billing codes - An apparatus and method of identifying and selecting a billing code for a surgical procedure using a surgical system. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087499 | DIALYSIS TREATMENT PLANNING AND COST OPTIMIZATION - A system, method and computer readable medium for dialysis treatment planning and optimization is disclosed. The system can include a processor programmed to perform operations including receiving a dialysis treatment parameter set and retrieving a predetermined list of dialyzers and corresponding cost and performance data for each dialyzer. The operations can also include iteratively calculating a cost impact of different treatment scenarios, the cost impact being determined based both on a clinical impact and on a cost value. Each scenario can be stored along with the dialysis treatment parameters and the calculated cost impact for each scenario. The operations can further include selecting the scenario having the most desirable cost impact; and outputting the selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for the selected scenario. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087500 | PROCESSING PATIENT DATA USING A COMPUTER INTERFACE - The present invention relates generally to healthcare, and more specifically to a process for more completely and more accurately identifying and collecting health insurance plan members' medical diagnoses in compliance with the regulations of one or more health insurance payors such as, but not limited to, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (“CMS”) Medicare Advantage regulations. In particular, the present invention provides a computer interface whereby health insurance companies may ensure that their members are accurately diagnosed and that claims are accurately filed by reviewing existing member medical records to identify additional diagnoses which may have been treated but not specifically identified in claims filed by the members' health care provider. | 2011-04-14 |
20110087501 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AT-HOME MEDICAL PREVENTION, RECOVERY, AND MAINTENANCE - A web-based method implemented by at least one computing device for automating a medical treatment plan is described. Content related to a program that is associated with a medical treatment is identified. The identified content is digitized. The digitized content is stored in a database. The identified content is provided to a patient via a user interface to assist the patient who is associated with the medical treatment. | 2011-04-14 |