16th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130096848 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING FAULT DETECTION - A method of automatically detecting a rolling-element bearing fault in a rotating machine is provided. The method includes receiving, from at least one sensor, a sensor signal that includes at least one frequency, converting the sensor signal to a digital vibration signal, modifying the vibration signal to generate an envelope signal, and applying a transform to the enveloped signal to generate an envelope spectrum. The method uses certain relationships among envelope spectral line amplitudes and their harmonics to detect bearing faults. As such, the method detects a bearing fault without reference to predefined fault frequencies. Systems for implementing the method are also provided. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096849 | Force Sensitive Interface Device and Methods of Using Same - An interface device for measuring forces applied to the interface device. The interface device has a flexible contact surface suspended above a rigid substrate. The interface device has at least one sensor in communication with the contact surface. The interface device has processing circuitry for receiving signals from the sensors and substantially instantaneously producing an output signal corresponding to the location and force applied in multiple locations across the contact surface. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096850 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ABSOLUTE FLOW RATE OF A VOLUME OR MASS FLOW - Method for determining an absolute flow rate of a volume or mass flow, comprising the following process steps: | 2013-04-18 |
20130096851 | Filling level measurement device and method for determining a functional relationship between different tracks - The parameters are calculated of a target function which describes the relationship of the positions of two different tracks. Using this target function, the position of another track can then be derived from the position of one track. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096852 | ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS - A system including a segmented transducer probe is provided. The segmented transducer probe includes a plurality of transducer segments adapted to transmit ultrasonic excitation signals into a test specimen and to receive echo signals resulting from the interaction of the ultrasonic excitation signals and the test specimen. The system also includes a processing system adapted to receive data from the segmented transducer probe that corresponds to the received echo signals and to utilize tomographic reconstruction methods to reconstruct an image corresponding to at least one volumetric slice of the test specimen. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096853 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ELECTRICAL CONTACTS - Systems and methods for monitoring electrical contacts are provided. One method includes calculating an impedance of an electrical contact based on an electrical signal applied to the electrical contact and a measured electrical signal after passing through the electrical contact. The method also includes determining a condition of the electrical contact using the calculated impedance. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096854 | Fault Location Using Traveling Waves - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods for calculating a fault location in electric power delivery system based on a traveling wave created by an electrical fault in the electric power delivery system. According to one embodiment, an intelligent electronic device may be configured to detect a transient traveling wave caused by an electrical fault. A first traveling wave value of the transient traveling wave may be determined and a corresponding first time associated with the first traveling wave may be determined. The IED may receive a second time associated with a second traveling wave value of the transient traveling wave detected by a remote IED. The distance to the remote IED may be known. An estimated fault location may be generated based on the time difference between the first time and the second time. Additional methods of calculating the fault location may also be employed. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096855 | Detection of an Abnormal Signal in a Compound Sampled Signal - A technique detects an abnormal signal in a compound sampled signal recorded in the time domain. The technique involves dividing the sampled signal recorded in the time domain into sample segments; transforming each of the sample segments from the time domain into the frequency domain to determine transformed segments, each transformed segment having frequency points, each frequency point having an amplitude associated with a certain frequency; for a frequency point in a given transformed segment, determining a ratio by dividing the amplitude of the frequency point by a value indicative of an average of the amplitudes of the frequency points at the same frequency across transformed segments; repeating the determination of a ratio for frequency points in each transformed segment to determine ratios for each transformed segment; repeating the determination of ratios for transformed segments; and using the ratios to detect the abnormal signal in the compound sampled signal. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE POSSIBLE POWER DETERMINATON IN POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS - A system for determining the output capacity of a power generating system including a sensor that monitors at least one condition of the power generating system and outputs the monitored condition data, and a power capability determination device that dynamically determines a full capacity of the power generating system based upon the outputted environmental data from the electronic controller. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096857 | METHOD TO DETERMINE UTILITY CONSUMPTION OF INDIVIDUAL APPLIANCES IN A HOUSEHOLD FROM PERIODIC MEASUREMENTS OF AGGREGATE UTILITY CONSUMPTION - A method of determining the utility consumption of each appliance in a collection of appliances by using periodic measurements of aggregate utility consumption of all appliances in the collection, is disclosed. The method comprises of determining the normal utility consumption of various modes of each appliance, fixing a measurement interval, and then measuring aggregate utility consumption at periodic intervals. In each interval, we first determine if the change in aggregate utility consumption in an interval is due to change in status (ON or OFF) of one of the appliances. Otherwise we determine if the change in aggregate consumption is due to a change in status of a pair of appliances. Otherwise, we determine if change in aggregate consumption is due to change in status of a triplet of appliances. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096858 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PREDICTING STATE OF BATTERY - A method and system for predicting degradation of a battery. Modeling of a battery is made to be separated into an aging section and a current-carrying section. The modeling is established such that the amount of degradation of a capacity retention ratio is determined by the linear sum of stay at each temperature and each SOC. The separation into degradation components at each temperature and each SOC enables predicting degradation under various degradation environments. A model for a battery separated into an aging section and a current-carrying section and a calculation model of a root law are combined into an objective function, and a table of discharge coefficients a | 2013-04-18 |
20130096859 | RESISTANCE DETERMINING SYSTEM - A resistance determining device configured for determining a resistance for a digital power supply control microchip includes a digital potentiometer and a controller. The digital potentiometer is electrically connected to the digital power supply control microchip. The controller is electrically connected to the digital potentiometer. The controller obtains internal current and load current of the digital power supply control microchip, compares the internal current with the load current, and changes a current resistance of the digital potentiometer to be a resistance according to a difference between the internal current and the load current. The resistance makes the internal current consistent with the load current. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an analysis unit, a gathering place determination unit, and a correction unit. The analysis unit analyzes an action history including at least a position of a subject, in accordance with action information obtained by detecting an action of the subject. The gathering place determination unit determines a position of a gathering place where plural subjects including the subject are together, in accordance with position information indicating the position of the subject which is included in the action information. The correction unit corrects position information about the subject, in accordance with the position of the gathering place determined by the gathering place determination unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096861 | Method and Apparatus for Testing Received Signals in a Radio Signal Positioning System - A method including receiving signals associated with multiple antenna elements; obtaining a parameter of the received signals for at least some of the multiple antenna elements; testing the obtained parameters; if the test fails, rejecting the received signals for use in positioning the apparatus; if the test passes, using the received signals for positioning the apparatus. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096862 | ENCODER AND APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - The encoder includes a scale provided with a periodic pattern, a sensor relatively movable with respect to the scale and reading the periodic pattern to output analog signals each having a changing period corresponding to the periodic pattern and having mutually different phases, an A/D converter performing time-division analog-to-digital conversion on the analog signals output from the sensor to produce digital signals, and a phase detector detecting a phase from the digital signals. The encoder further includes a corrector calculating a correction value by using a relative movement speed of the scale and the sensor and the detected phase detected by the phase detector, and calculating a corrected phase from the correction value and the detected phase, and a position detector calculating a position in a direction in which the scale and the sensor are relativity moved by using the corrected phase. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096863 | USER-MOUNTED DEVICE CALIBRATION USING EXTERNAL DATA - Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096864 | APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING TEST VALUE OF CURRENT - An apparatus is configured for calibrating a test value of an output current of a digital power supply. The power supply has a control chip configured for detecting and outputting the test value of the output current. The apparatus includes a keyboard circuit, a digital potentiometer and a controller. The keyboard circuit is configured for inputting an actual value of the output current. The digital potentiometer is electronically connected to the control chip. The controller receives a test value and the actual value of the output current respectively from the control chip and the keyboard, determines whether the test value is equivalent to the actual value, adjusts the test value of the output current by adjusting an effective resistance of the digital potentiometer until the test value equals the actual value, and outputs the effective resistance of the digital potentiometer when the test value equals the actual value. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096865 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING EXCITATION PARAMETERS OF INDUCTION MOTOR AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to the technical field of motor control, and discloses an apparatus for measuring excitation parameters of an induction motor and a method thereof. The method comprises: maintaining the induction motor static, and inputting a test current to a test phase of the induction motor; and calculating, based on a voltage of the test phase of the induction motor, a stator flux linkage of the test phase of the induction motor corresponding to a magnitude of the test current. The disclosure can conveniently and accurately measure excitation parameters of the induction motor. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096866 | Method And Apparatus For Designing A Custom Test System - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media for designing a custom test system are described. Examples of the invention can relate to a method of generating test system software for a semiconductor test system. In some examples, a method can include obtaining a configuration of the semiconductor test system, the configuration including a description of a device under test (DUT) and a description of test hardware; and generating an application programming interface (API) specific to the configuration of the semiconductor test system, the API being generated based on the description of the DUT and the description of the test hardware, the API providing a programming interface between the test system software and the test hardware to facilitate testing of the DUT. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096867 | Vehicle Stability Systems and Methods - Systems and methods for determining angular velocity of a vehicle. Systems include an array of accelerometers and a computing unit configured to determine angular velocity as a function of acceleration measured by the array of accelerometers. Angular velocity can then be used, for example, by stability systems to control the vehicle. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096868 | SPEED MONITORING DEVICE - There is provided a speed monitoring device which can use a low resolution position sensor and provide a high speed response without false detection. The speed monitoring device stores, in a memory unit, a permitted margin PM, a comparison distance VC which is a maximum movement distance permitted for a moving element within one cycle period, and positional data P(t−nT) (n is a natural number equal to or less than M) of the moving element obtained from the present time t to M cycles ago. During speed determination, whether |P(t)−P(t−nT)|>VC*n+PM holds true is determined for every integer n from 1 to M. When the inequality holds true, it is determined that the speed exceeds the speed limit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096869 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an analysis unit, a starting point determination unit, and a coordinate conversion unit. The analysis unit analyzes an action history of a first subject, in accordance with action information obtained by detecting an action of the first subject. The starting point determination unit determines a position of a starting point of an action of the first subject, in accordance with the action history analyzed by the analysis unit. The position of the starting point is represented as a relative coordinate position. When a second subject different from the first subject has an absolute coordinate position, the coordinate conversion unit converts the relative coordinate position representing the starting point of the action of the first subject into an absolute coordinate position, in accordance with the absolute coordinate position of the second subject. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096870 | CONTROL METHOD APPLIED TO EDGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF - A control method applied to an edge detection apparatus is provided, wherein the edge detection apparatus includes a light emitting device, and the edge detection apparatus receives an output light of the light emitting device driven by a driving signal in order to generate a sensed signal. The method includes determining a first intensity difference value corresponding to a difference between high and low intensities of the sensed signal; adjusting the driving signal and accordingly determining a second intensity difference value corresponding to a difference between high and low intensities of the sensed signal in response to adjusting of the driving signal; comparing the first intensity difference value and a second intensity value to generate a comparison result; and adjusting the driving signal according to the comparison result. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096871 | ENCODER SYSTEM HAVING FUNCTION OF DETECTING ORIGIN POSITION, MACHINE TOOL, AND TRANSFER APPARATUS - An encoder system includes a supporting member including a plurality of marks, first and second sensors provided to be shifted from each other by a first distance and capable of reading the marks, and a calculation processing unit that performs a calculation processing of detected signals of the first and second sensors, and the calculation processing unit calculates a first time that is required for one mark to move the first distance and a second time that is required for two adjacent marks to pass a detection position of the first or second sensor while the supporting member moves relatively to the first and second sensors, and determines that a mark pattern used to calculate a first index is an origin mark pattern when the first index calculated based on the first and second times corresponds to a second index that characterizes an origin position. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096872 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING SIGNALS OF A CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND OF A CAMSHAFT SENSOR OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A circuit assemblage and a method for evaluating signals of a crankshaft sensor and of a camshaft sensor of an internal combustion engine are provided, the times at which the signals occur being evaluated. A position signal of a shaft of the internal combustion engine is formed from the times. Storage units are provided which simultaneously store the occurrence times of the signals of the crankshaft sensor and the occurrence times of signals of the camshaft sensor. A decision unit is provided as to whether the position signal is formed from the occurrence times of the signals of the crankshaft sensor or from the occurrence times of the signals of the camshaft sensor. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096873 | Acquisition of Information for a Construction Site - Systems and methods for acquiring information for a construction site are provided. One system includes a base unit positioned within a construction site by a user. A computer subsystem of the base unit determines a position of the base unit with respect to the construction site. The system also includes a measurement unit moved within the construction site by a user. The measurement unit includes one or more elements configured to interact with light in a known manner. An optical subsystem of the base unit directs light to the element(s) and detects the light after interacting with the element(s). The computer subsystem is configured to determine a position and pose of the measurement unit with respect to the base unit based on the detected light. The measurement unit includes a measurement device used by the measurement unit or the base unit to determine information for the construction site. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096874 | GEODETIC SURVEYING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GEODETIC SURVEYING SYSTEM - A geodetic surveying system, comprising: a first measurement unit and a second measurement unit. Each of the first and the second measurement unit is configured to perform a measurement for acquiring positioning data of the respective measurement unit. The system further comprises a first inclinometer for acquiring inclination data of the first inclinometer which represent a vertical inclination measured at the first measurement unit; and a second inclinometer for acquiring inclination data of the second inclinometer, which represent a vertical inclination measured at the second measuring unit. The geodetic surveying system is configured to determine a relative orientation angle between the first inclinometer and the second inclinometer in a horizontal plane relative to a vertical adjustment of the geodetic surveying system, depending on the inclination data of the first inclinometer and the second inclinometer. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096875 | LASER-BASED DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A dimension measuring system includes at least two targets positioned at spaced apart intervals adjacent to an object. A laser-based measuring device is used to measure vectors to the targets and vectors to positions on the object. A processor coupled to the laser-based distance measuring device processes the vectors in order to simultaneously generate dimensions of the object and it's relationship to a baseline reference between the targets. The dimensions and baseline reference can be stored and/or displayed. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN MONITORING PROPERTIES OF PATTERNED STRUCTURES - A method and system are presented for use in characterizing properties of an article having a structure comprising a multiplicity of sites comprising different periodic patterns, where method includes providing a theoretical model of prediction indicative of optical properties of different stacks defined by geometrical and material parameters of corresponding sites, said sites being common in at least one of geometrical parameter and material parameter; performing optical measurements on at least two different stacks of the article and generating optical measured data indicative of the geometrical parameters and material composition parameters for each of the measured stacks; processing the optical measured data, said processing comprising simultaneously fitting said optical measured data for the multiple measured stacks with said theoretical model and extracting said at least one common parameter, thereby enabling to characterize the properties of the multi-layer structure within the single article. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096877 | REJECTION SAMPLING OF A COMPLEX DISTRIBUTION INCLUDING BOUND AND PROPOSAL DISTRIBUTION REFINEMENT - Iterative rejection sampling is performed on a domain in accordance with a target distribution. The domain is partitioned to define a partition comprising partition elements, and each iteration of the rejection sampling includes selecting a partition element from the partition in accordance with partition element selection probabilities. A sample of the domain is acquired in the selected partition element according to a normalized proposal distribution that is associated with and normalized over the selected partition element. The acquired sample is accepted or rejected based on the target distribution and a bound associated with the selected partition element. During the iterative rejection sampling, the partition is adapted by replacing a partition element of the partition with two or more split partition elements, associating bounds with the split partition elements, and computing partition element selection probabilities for the split partition elements. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096878 | STATE INFERENCE IN A HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM - The invention relates to inferring the state of a system of interest having a plurality of indicator values and possibly being heterogeneous in nature. A number of indicator values from a control state and from a comparison state are gathered. From these indicator values, classification power between the control and comparison states (measure of goodness) is computed. Difference values are computed for the indicator values from the system of interest based on the difference to the indicator values from control and comparison states. From a number of these indicators, composite indicators are formed, and composite measures of goodness and composite difference values are computed. A plurality of composite indicators may be formed at different levels. These indicators may be represented as a tree and grouped according to content, and at the same time they may be arranged according to the measure of goodness or some other value. The indicators, measures of goodness, and difference values may be visualized and shown to a user, who may use such a representation for inferring the state of the system. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE - An initial (near-field) spray generated by a sprinkler under study is fully characterized using a laser-supported Shadowgraphy/PTV system. Near-field spray characteristics are established from local measurements, which are mapped in a spherical coordinate system consistent with the kinematics of the spray. A novel data compression scheme is introduced to generate analytical functions describing the sprinkler spray based on the measurements. These analytical functions are useful for initiating the sprinkler spray in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based spray dispersion and fire suppression modeling. The near-field spray measurements and associated data compression approach are validated by comparing volume density measurements 1 meter below the sprinkler with volume density predictions generated from spray dispersion calculations initiated with the analytical spray functions. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096880 | SYSTEM TEST METHOD - Disclosed is a test system and method that is configured to identify a position of a process control block, access the position of the process control block, and monitor performance factors related to the process control block. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF PARTS - A waveform generator and a signal analyzer are respectively provided in electrical communication with an input transducer and an output transducer capable of conversion between electrical and acoustic signals, and in mechanical communication with the part. A processor coupled with the waveform generator and signal analyzer receives a set of parameters defining a frequency scan from which it determines a number of frequency sweeps to be performed by the waveform generator. Each of the frequency sweeps has a number of frequencies less than a maximum capacity of the waveform generator, and for each frequency sweep, the processor instructs the waveform generator to excite the input transducer and synchronously receiving a response signal with the signal analyzer at multiple frequencies. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096882 | DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR TEST AND MEASUREMENT SIGNALS - A system having an acquisition device for acquiring test and measurement data. For each input data signal, the acquisition device has two differential receivers of opposite polarity each having an output coupled to the input of different ones of two pairs of registers, resulting in four registers sampling the input data signal periodically at four different times in accordance with two clocking signals of different phase (phase shifted) 90° to provide a sampling rate four times the rate of the clocking signals. The resulting sample data is stored in memory along with downsampled data. A computer system can request readout of stored sample data and/or downsampled data during or after acquisition of sample data and downsampled data. The acquisition device preferably utilizes an FPGA to provide sampling, storage and readout of stored data. The FPGA may be reconfigurable to provide one of different data acquiring modes selectable by a user. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096883 | Multi-Component Regression/Multi-Component Analysis of Time Series Files - MCR provided estimated pure component time series spectra as extracted from infrared or other spectroscopy is capable of being compared to spectra in a reference library to find the best matches. The best match spectra can then each in turn be combined with the reference spectra, with the combinations also being screened for best matches versus any one of the estimated pure component time series spectra. These resulting best matches can then also undergo the foregoing combination and comparison steps. The process can repeat in this manner in an unbounded fashion if desired until an appropriate stopping point is reached, for example, when a desired number of best matches are identified, when some predetermined number of iterations has been performed, etc. This methodology is able to return best-match spectra with far fewer computational steps and greater speed than if all possible combinations of reference spectra are considered. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096884 | SENSOR DATA PROCESSING - Apparatus for and a method of processing sensor data, the method including: using a sensor, measuring values of a parameter over a region of interest to produce an image of the region of interest, the image having a plurality of pixels; for each pixel, determining an orientation of a gradient of the parameter, at that pixel, using the measured parameter values; for each of a plurality of predetermined ranges of gradient orientation values, determining a number of pixels that have a gradient orientation value within that range; identifying the predetermined ranges that correspond to a number of pixels above a threshold value; and for each identified predetermined range, identifying as corresponding to a feature of an object, pixels that have gradient orientation values within that predetermined range. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096885 | DETERMINING A LIKELIHOOD OF A DIRECTIONAL TRANSITION AT A JUNCTION IN AN ENCODED ROUTABILITY GRAPH DESCRIPTION - Techniques are provided, which may be implemented in various methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture, to obtain an encoded routability graph representative of feasible paths in an indoor environment represented by an encoded map, and assign likelihoods of transition from an ingress edge in the encoded routability graph to individual egress edges through a junction connecting the ingress edge to a plurality of egress edges based, at least in part, on one or more features of the encoded map. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096886 | System and Method for Extracting Features from Data Having Spatial Coordinates - Systems and methods are provided for extracting various features from data having spatial coordinates. The systems and methods may identify and extract data points from a point cloud, where the data points are considered to be part of the ground surface, a building, or a wire (e.g. power lines). Systems and methods are also provided for extracting wires from a noisy environment, for separating buildings from attached vegetation, for reconstructing a building, and for classifying data points according to their relief and terrain characteristics. The extraction of the features may be carried out automatically by a computing device. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096887 | Polymer Spring and Method for Designing Same - Polymer springs are described having a closed cell geometry. The polymer springs are well adapted for replacing metal springs in various applications, such as in seat cushions. In one embodiment, the polymer springs include columns of closed cells, in which each cell has a curvilinear shape. A method for designing polymer springs is also described. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096888 | Model and Methods for Identifying Points of Action in Electrically Active Cells - The invention provides a model for generating predicted action potentials of an electrically active cell. The disclosed model includes three operatively coupled submodels. A first submodel contains Hodgkin-Huxley elements generating action potentials based on electrical equivalent circuits. A second submodel is based on reaction kinetics of cell metabolism and is operatively coupled with the first submodel. A third submodel is based on Boolean dynamics representing signaling and associated cellular processes and is operatively coupled with the first and second submodels. The invention includes storing a library of calculated action potentials and associated cellular parameters generated by the model, applying a stimulus to the electrically active cell in vitro so that the cell generates an action potential; and comparing the cell-generated action potential with those stored in the library, wherein a match is predictive of the cellular point of action of the applied stimulus according to the parameters stored. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096889 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A FRACTURED RESERVOIR MESH WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF NODES IN THE MATRIX MEDIUM - A method for optimizing the development of a fluid reservoir using a fractured medium mesh generated from a first-order balanced octree technique is disclosed. A mesh of a discrete fracture network is generated by defining a set of cells for each fracture. A mesh of the matrix medium is then generated by dividing each cell by an octree technique, wherein a cell is divided into eight cells. The cells resulting from the division are themselves split in eight, until each cell resulting from a division comprises a number of fractures below or equal to a given threshold. Transmissivities between the cells of the fracture mesh, transmissivities between the cells of the matrix medium mesh, and transmissivities between cells of the fracture mesh and cells of the matrix medium mesh are then determined. Finally, the cells and the transmissivities are used for generating an image of the fluid reservoir from which the development of the fluid reservoir is optimized. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096890 | MATERIAL POINT METHOD MODELING IN OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS - A computer system and method of simulating the behavior of an oil and gas reservoir including changes in the margins of frangible solids. A system of equations including state equations such as momentum, and conservation laws such as mass conservation and volume fraction continuity, are defined and discretized for at least two phases in a modeled volume, one of which corresponds to frangible material. A material point model technique for numerically solving the system of discretized equations, to derive fluid flow at each of a plurality of mesh nodes in the modeled volume, and the velocity of at each of a plurality of particles representing the frangible material in the modeled volume. A time-splitting technique improves the computational efficiency of the simulation while maintaining accuracy on the deformation scale. The method can be applied to derive accurate upscaled model equations for larger volume scale simulations. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096891 | ESTIMATION OF NEURAL RESPONSE FOR OPTICAL STIMULATION - This disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for estimating a volume of tissue directly influenced (VTDI) by optogenetic stimulation. The systems and methods can also enable a user to quantitatively predict the spread of stimulation (e.g., action potential) resulting from optical stimulation in a patient's tissue. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096892 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND PREDICTING USER PERFORMANCE - The embodiments described herein relate performance prediction systems and methods. According to some aspects there is provided a performance prediction system comprising at least one processor, the at least one processor being configured to: define a predictive model based upon a plurality of hypothesises for predicting learner performance, each hypothesis predicting learner performance based upon at least one learner engagement activity; monitor a plurality of the learner engagement activities associated with the user identifier for that user to obtain learner engagement values for each of the learner engagement activities; generate at least one performance prediction value for each hypothesis based upon the learner engagement values associated with the hypothesis; and combine the performance prediction values for the plurality of the hypothesises to generate a combined performance prediction value for that learner. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096893 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A PROCESSING DEVICE - Methods and systems for assessing the environmental impact of one or more processing devices, such one or more printers, are disclosed. The system queries a life cycle assessment (LCA) service to receive a life cycle phase model for each device. The life cycle phase model includes a set of consumption variable categories associated with potential device usage during a life cycle phase. The system then receives consumption data for the device, identifies a portion of the consumption data that corresponds to the consumption variable categories in the model, and obtains an assessment of environmental impact of the device during the life cycle phase based on the consumption data. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096894 | AUTOMATIC INSERTION POINT IDENTIFICATION IN MODEL MERGING OPERATIONS - Automatic identification of an insertion point is done by comparisons defining the correspondence between elements of models. The sequence order of elements in the second model is analyzed to identify predecessor and successor elements of the element t. The comparison is used to identify a set of transferred predecessors (P | 2013-04-18 |
20130096895 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICES - A vehicle monitoring device (VMD) in accordance with the invention comprises a microprocessor programmed to simulate a vehicle's powertrain, that is arranged to receive signals from a vehicle's engine management system in order to produce a real-time simulated model of the vehicle's powertrain operation whence the vehicle's actual instantaneous fuel consumption and/or emissions can be accurately predicted during operation of the vehicle and compared with predetermined or calculated optimum performance characteristics for the powertrain under the pertaining conditions in order to display the instantaneous operating conditions in relation to the optimum under any driving condition. The VMD is advantageously arranged to receive the signals from the on-board diagnostics (OBD or OBD-II or equivalent) port. The VMD is preferably programmed so that the said performance coefficient is used to calculate the instantaneous and/or cumulative quantity or percentage of fuel wasted as a result of non-optimum operation of the vehicle. The invention extends to the display. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096896 | 4D SATURATION MODELING - Saturation models of subsurface reservoirs of interest are formed in a computer based on data from well logs, production data and core data. Data of these types obtained over a period of time are used to form 4-D Saturation models of a reservoir illustrative of fluid movement in the reservoir over time. The saturation models based on actual data are theft available for analysts to evaluate and display how gas and water have moved within the reservoir over time. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096897 | RESERVOIR MODELING WITH 4D SATURATION MODELS AND SIMULATION MODELS - Production based saturation models of subsurface reservoirs of interest are formed in a computer based on data from well logs, production data and core data. Data of these types obtained over a period of time are used to form 4-D actual or measured production based saturation models of a reservoir illustrative of fluid movement in the reservoir over time. Simulation models of fluid saturation of the reservoir are also formed for comparable times. Composite models of the production based saturation models and the simulation models are formed for analysts to evaluate accuracy of the simulation models of the reservoir taking into account production experience. The simulation models can then be adjusted for changes noted in the reservoir and based on how gas and water have actually moved within the reservoir over time. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096898 | Methods and Systems For Machine - Learning Based Simulation of Flow - There is provided a method for modeling a hydrocarbon reservoir that includes generating a reservoir model that has a plurality of sub regions. A solution surrogate is obtained for a sub region by searching a database of existing solution surrogates to obtain an approximate solution surrogate based on a comparison of physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters of the sub region with physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters associated with the existing surrogate solutions in the database. If an approximate solution surrogate does not exist in the database, the sub region is simulated using a training simulation to obtain a set of training parameters comprising state variables and boundary conditions of the sub region. A machine learning algorithm is used to obtain a new solution surrogate based on the set of training parameters. The hydrocarbon reservoir can be simulated using the solution surrogate obtained for the at least one sub region. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096899 | Methods And Systems For Machine - Learning Based Simulation of Flow - There is provided a method for modeling a hydrocarbon reservoir that includes generating a reservoir model comprising a plurality of coarse grid cells. The method includes generating a fine grid model corresponding to one of the coarse grid cells and simulating the fine grid model using a training simulation to generate a set of training parameters comprising boundary conditions of the coarse grid cell. A machine learning algorithm may be used to generate, based on the set of training parameters, a coarse scale approximation of a phase permeability of the coarse grid cell. The hydrocarbon reservoir can be simulated using the coarse scale approximation of the effective phase permeability generated for the coarse grid cell. The method also includes generating a data representation of a physical hydrocarbon reservoir in a non-transitory, computer-readable, medium based at least in part on the results of the simulation. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096900 | Methods and Systems For Machine - Learning Based Simulation of Flow - There is provided a method for modeling a hydrocarbon reservoir that includes generating a reservoir model comprising a plurality of sub regions. At least one of the sub regions is simulated using a training simulation to obtain a set of training parameters comprising state variables and boundary conditions of the at least one sub region. A machine learning algorithm is used to approximate, based on the set of training parameters, an inverse operator of a matrix equation that provides a solution to fluid flow through a porous media. The hydrocarbon reservoir can be simulated using the inverse operator approximated for the at least one sub region. The method also includes generating a data representation of a physical hydrocarbon reservoir can be generated in a non-transitory, computer-readable, medium based, at least in part, on the results of the simulation. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096901 | Verifying Simulation Design Modifications - A mechanism is provided for verifying design modifications to a simulation design unit included within a simulation model of an integrated electronic device. A modified description is received of a simulation design unit that failed to meet an expected physical property value during an initial simulation of the entire integrated electronic device. A simulation of the simulation design unit is executed using a list of identified input signals from a trace file. The trace file is generated during the initial simulation and indicates state values for the list of identified input signals. A determination is made as to whether the simulation of the simulation design unit fails to meet the expected physical property value. An indication is generated that modifications made to an initial description of the simulation design unit are successful in response to the simulation of the simulation design unit meeting the expected physical property value. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096902 | Hardware Execution Driven Application Level Derating Calculation for Soft Error Rate Analysis - Mechanisms are provided for predicting effects of soft errors on an integrated circuit device design. A data processing system is configured to implement a unified derating tool that includes a machine derating front-end engine used to generate machine derating information, and an application derating front-end engine used to generate application derating information, for the integrated circuit device design. The machine derating front-end engine executes a simulation of the integrated circuit device design to generate the machine derating information. The application derating front-end engine executes an application workload on existing hardware similar in architecture to the integrated circuit device design and injects a fault into the existing hardware during execution of the application workload to generate application derating information. The machine derating information is combined with the application derating information to generate at least one soft error rate value for the integrated circuit device design. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096903 | SIMULATION APPARATUS AND SIMULATION METHOD - A simulation apparatus includes: operations of: dividing code of a program in a target processor into blocks; setting an execution result of an externally-dependant instruction depending on an external environment as a prediction result; carrying out function simulation based on the prediction result; calculating an execution time of the externally-dependant instruction according to instruction execution timing information and a function simulation result; generating host code which makes a host processor execute performance simulation based on the function simulation result: correcting the execution time of the externally-dependant instruction based on a delay time of the externally-dependent instruction and a execution time of an instruction executed before or after the externally-dependent function if an execution result of the externally-dependent function when the host processor executes the host code differs from the prediction result; and setting a corrected execution time of the external-dependent instruction as the execution time of the externally-dependant instruction. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096904 | Quality of User Experience Testing for Video Transmissions - Techniques for calculating quality of user experience (QoE) scores for video streams as played on receiving devices are described herein. Prior to calculating a QoE score, a device receives a video of a display screen of a receiving device captured while the receiving device plays a video stream. The device also receives transmission metrics from at least one device engaged in the transmission of the video stream to the receiving device. The device then calculates the QoE score for that received video based at least in part on a reference video, the transmission metrics, and one or more QoE models. Additionally, prior to receiving the video or the transmission metrics, the device may automate the transmission of the reference video as the video stream from a sending device to the receiving device over at least one network emulator, including providing network impairment settings to the network emulator. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096905 | DATA CENTER EFFICIENCY ANALYSES AND OPTIMIZATION - Method, system and computer program product for estimating the overall energy efficiency of a data center over a period of time. In one embodiment, a computer processor coupled to computer readable memory is configured to receive time parameters indicating the period of time over which the overall energy efficiency of the data center is to be estimated, receive component parameters indicating the performance characteristics of data center components and the operational interactions between the data center components, simulate the operation and interaction of the data center components based, at least in part, on the component parameters for the period of time over which the energy efficiency is estimated, and output results of the simulation to estimate the overall energy efficiency of the data center. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096906 | Methods and Systems for Providing Items to Customers Via a Network - In one or more embodiments, a system can emulate one or more physical mobile devices and can allow respective one or more users to utilize respective one or more emulations via a network. In one example, a first user, utilizing a first web browser, can interact with a first emulated mobile device. In another, a second user, utilizing a second web browser, can interact with a second emulated mobile device. In one or more embodiments, the first and second emulated mobile devices can respectively correspond to two different physical mobile devices, and the first and second users can concurrently interact with the first and second emulated mobile devices, respectively. In one or more embodiments, a user can upload a physical mobile device to an emulated mobile device, interact with the emulated device, and download changes made to the emulated mobile device to the physical mobile device. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096907 | EMPLOYING NATIVE ROUTINES INSTEAD OF EMULATED ROUTINES IN AN APPLICATION BEING EMULATED - Processing within an emulated computing environment is facilitated. Code used to implement system-provided (e.g., standard or frequently used) routines referenced in an application being emulated is native code available for the computing environment, rather than emulated code. Responsive to encountering a reference to a system-provided routine in the application being emulated, the processor is directed to native code, rather than emulated code, even though the application is being emulated. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096908 | EMPLOYING NATIVE ROUTINES INSTEAD OF EMULATED ROUTINES IN AN APPLICATION BEING EMULATED - Processing within an emulated computing environment is facilitated. Code used to implement system-provided (e.g., standard or frequently used) routines referenced in an application being emulated is native code available for the computing environment, rather than emulated code. Responsive to encountering a reference to a system-provided routine in the application being emulated, the processor is directed to native code, rather than emulated code, even though the application is being emulated. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUGGESTION MINING - A system and method for extraction of suggestions for improvement form a corpus of documents, such as customer reviews, are disclosed. A structured terminology provided or a topic includes a set of semantic classes, each including a set of terms. A thesaurus of terms relating to suggestions of improvement is provided. Text elements of text strings in the documents which are instances of terms in the structured terminology are labeled with the corresponding semantic class and text elements which are instances of terms in the thesaurus are also labeled. A set of patterns is applied to the labeled text strings to identify suggestions of improvement expressions. The patterns define syntactic relations between text elements, some of which are required to be instances of one of the terms in a particular semantic class or thesaurus. A set of suggestions for improvements is output based on the identified suggestions of improvement expressions. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096910 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING TEXT CONTENT TO THE LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR OF AN ONLINE COMMUNITY - A method for adapting a piece of text content to the language behavior of an online community, comprising the following steps:
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20130096911 | NORMALISATION OF NOISY TYPEWRITTEN TEXTS - Described herein is a method and system for normalising a SMS sequence in which the sequence is pre-processed to identify noisy segments in the sequence, normalising those noisy segments and normalising the rest of the SMS sequence in accordance with predefined rules. A morphosyntactic analysis is carried out on the normalised text before an output is provided either as a typewritten text or as a synthetic speech signal. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096912 | SELECTIVE BASS POST FILTER - In one aspect, the invention provides an audio encoding method characterized by a decision being made as to whether the device which will decode the resulting bit stream Bitstream should apply post filtering including attenuation of interharmonic noise. Hence, the decision whether to use the post filter, which is encoded in the bit stream, is taken separately from the decision as to the most suitable coding mode. In another aspect, there is provided an audio decoding method with a decoding step followed by a post-filtering step, including interharmonic noise attenuation, and being characterized in a step of disabling the post filter in accordance with post filtering information encoded in the bit stream signal. Such a method is well suited for mixed-origin audio signals by virtue of its capability to deactivate the post filter in dependence of the post filtering information only, hence independently of factors such as the current coding mode. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096913 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE MULTI RATE CODEC - There is provided an apparatus and method for encoding a speech signal. The encoding comprises: receiving a plurality of current samples of the speech signals; extrapolating a plurality of look-ahead samples from the current samples; and performing linear prediction analysis using the current samples and the extrapolated look-ahead samples. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096914 | System And Method For Utilizing Inter-Microphone Level Differences For Speech Enhancement - Systems and methods for utilizing inter-microphone level differences to attenuate noise and enhance speech are provided. In exemplary embodiments, energy estimates of acoustic signals received by a primary microphone and a secondary microphone are determined in order to determine an inter-microphone level difference (ILD). This ILD in combination with a noise estimate based only on a primary microphone acoustic signal allow a filter estimate to be derived. In some embodiments, the derived filter estimate may be smoothed. The filter estimate is then applied to the acoustic signal from the primary microphone to generate a speech estimate. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096915 | System and Method for Dynamic Noise Adaptation for Robust Automatic Speech Recognition - A speech processing method and arrangement are described. A dynamic noise adaptation (DNA) model characterizes a speech input reflecting effects of background noise. A null noise DNA model characterizes the speech input based on reflecting a null noise mismatch condition. A DNA interaction model performs Bayesian model selection and re-weighting of the DNA model and the null noise DNA model to realize a modified DNA model characterizing the speech input for automatic speech recognition and compensating for noise to a varying degree depending on relative probabilities of the DNA model and the null noise DNA model. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096916 | MULTICHANNEL DEVICE UTILIZING A CENTRALIZED OUT-OF-BAND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM (COBAS) - A multichannel security system is disclosed, which system is for granting and denying access to a host computer in response to a demand from an access-seeking individual and computer. The access-seeker has a peripheral device operative within an authentication channel to communicate with the security system. The access-seeker initially presents identification and password data over an access channel which is intercepted and transmitted to the security computer. The security computer then communicates with the access-seeker. A biometric analyzer—a voice or fingerprint recognition device—operates upon instructions from the authentication program to analyze the monitored parameter of the individual. In the security computer, a comparator matches the biometric sample with stored data, and, upon obtaining a match, provides authentication. The security computer instructs the host computer to grant access and communicates the same to the access-seeker, whereupon access is initiated over the access channel. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096917 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and electronic devices for facilitating communications are described. In one aspect, a method for facilitating communications is described. The method includes: monitoring audio based communications; performing an audio analysis on the monitored audio based communications to identify a contact associated with the monitored communications; and providing information associated with the identified contact on an electronic device. In another aspect, an electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores processor readable instructions for causing the processor to: monitor audio based communications; perform an audio analysis on the monitored audio based communications to identify a contact associated with the monitored communications; and provide information associated with the identified contact on an electronic device. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096918 | RECOGNIZING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, RECOGNIZING METHOD, GENERATING DEVICE, AND GENERATING METHOD - A recognizing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory stores words included in a sentence and positional information indicating a position of the words in the sentence. The processor executes a process including comparing an input voice signal with reading information of a character string that connects a plurality of words stored in the memory to calculate a similarity; calculating a connection score indicating a proximity between the plurality of connected words based on positional information of the words stored in the memory; and determining a character string corresponding to the voice signal based on the similarity and the connection score. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096919 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR MODIFYING MEDIA DATA ENTERED PURSUANT TO A MEDIA FUNCTION - A white board function, and an associated method, for a wireless, or other, device. Entry of graphical and audio media pursuant to the white board function is detected and correlated. A search is performed to locate substitute graphical media amenable for substitution for the entered graphical media. If located, the substitute graphical media is substituted for the entered graphical media. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096920 | FACILITATING TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION OF A USERNAME OR A NETWORK ADDRESS CONTAINING A USERNAME - To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a username, a first or last name of a user associated with the username may be retrieved, and a pronunciation of the username may be determined based at least in part on whether the name forms at least part of the username. To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a domain name having a top level domain and at least one other level domain, a pronunciation for the top level domain may be determined based at least in part upon whether the top level domain is one of a predetermined set of top level domains. Each other level domain may be searched for one or more recognized words therewithin, and a pronunciation of the other level domain may be determined based at least in part on an outcome of the search. The username and domain name may form part of a network address such as an email address, URL or URI. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096921 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS - A portable terminal apparatus is configured to obtain provided information including character data from an information distribution server apparatus, transmit partial data, which is a portion of the character data, to a voice synthesizing server apparatus, and obtain voice data obtained by converting the partial data into voice from the voice synthesizing server apparatus, and when a predetermined notification is received from a vehicle-mounted apparatus, a command is given to cause the vehicle-mounted apparatus to display the provided information corresponding to the voice data, and the vehicle-mounted apparatus displays information given by the portable terminal apparatus, plays the voice data, and when selection operation performed by a user is received, the portable terminal apparatus is notified that the selection operation has been performed. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096922 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A PLURALITY OF SPEECH SOURCES - The present invention discloses a method, apparatus and computer program product for determining the location of a plurality of speech sources in an area of interest, comprising performing an algorithm on a signal issued by either one of said plurality of speech sources in the area to for iteratively recover data characteristic to said signal, wherein the algorithm is an iterative model-based sparse recovery algorithm, and wherein for each of a plurality of points in said area, the iteratively recovered data is indicative of a presence of a plurality of speech sources contributing to the signal received at each of a plurality of points in the area. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096923 | System and Method of Dynamically Modifying a Spoken Dialog System to Reduce Hardware Requirements - A system and method for providing a scalable spoken dialog system are disclosed. The method comprises receiving information which may be internal to the system or external to the system and dynamically modifying at least one module within a spoken dialog system according to the received information. The modules may be one or more of an automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, dialog management and text-to-speech module or engine. Dynamically modifying the module may improve hardware performance or improve a specific caller's speech processing accuracy, for example. The modification of the modules or hardware may also be based on an application or a task, or based on a current portion of a dialog. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096924 | Apparatus and Method for Processing Service Interactions - An interactive voice and data response system that directs input to a voice, text, and web-capable software-based router, which is able to intelligently respond to the input by drawing on a combination of human agents, advanced speech recognition and expert systems, connected to the router vis a TCP/IP network. The digitized input is broken down into components so that the customer interaction is managed as a series of small tasks performed by a pool of human agents, rather than one ongoing conversation between the customer and a single agent. The router manages the interactions and keeps pace with a real-time conversation. The system utilizes both speech recognition and human intelligence for purposes of interpreting customer utterances or customer text, where the role of the human agent(s) is to input the intent of caller utterances, and where the computer system—not the human agent—determines which response to provide given the customer's stated intent (as interpreted/captured by the human agents). The system may use more than one human agent, or both human agents and speech recognition software, to interpret simultaneously the same component for error-checking and interpretation accuracy. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096925 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SOUND SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE - Disclosed is a system for providing a sound source information management service. The system for providing a sound source information management service manages sound source information transmitted from a driver terminal and extracts the sound source information corresponding to voice input data via voice recognition according to the voice input data transmitted from the driver terminal and provides the extracted sound source information to the driver terminal. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096926 | AUDIO ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - An audio adjustment system is provided that can output a user interface customized by the provider of the audio system instead of the electronic device manufacturer. Such an arrangement can save both field engineers and manufacturers a significant amount of time. Advantageously, in certain embodiments, such an audio adjustment system can be provided without knowledge of the electronic device's firmware. Instead, the audio adjustment system can communicate with the electronic device through an existing audio interface in the electronic device to enable a user to control audio enhancement parameters in the electronic device. For instance, the audio adjustment system can control the electronic device via an audio input jack on the electronic device. The electronic device can also include decoding features for decoding communications sent by the audio adjustment system. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096927 | AUDIO CODING DEVICE AND AUDIO CODING METHOD, AUDIO DECODING DEVICE AND AUDIO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an audio coding device including a first windowing part that multiplies an audio signal by a first window function, a second windowing part that multiplies the audio signal by a second window function having a characteristic different from a characteristic of the first window function, a window selecting part that selects the first window function or the second window function as an optimum window function based on the audio signal multiplied by the first windowing part and the audio signal multiplied by the second windowing part, a coding part that codes a frequency spectrum of the audio signal multiplied by the optimum window function, and a transmitting part that transmits the frequency spectrum coded by the coding part and window function information representing the optimum window function. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096928 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method for processing an audio signal, comprising: determining bandwidth information indicating to which of a plurality of bands the current frame corresponds; determining information on the order corresponding to the present frame on the basis of the bandwidth information; performing a linear predictive analysis of the present frame to generate a first set linear predictive transform coefficient of a first order; performing a vector quantization on the first set linear predictive coefficient to generate a first index; performing a linear predictive analysis of the current frame to generate a second set linear predictive transform coefficient of a second order in accordance with the information on the order; and performing a vector quantization on a second set difference by using the first set index and the second set linear predictive transform coefficient, when the second set linear predictive coefficient is generated. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096929 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING IN A LAYERED HIERARCHICAL BIT STREAM FOLLOWED BY REPLAY, SAID BIT STREAM INCLUDING A BASE LAYER AND AT LEAST ONE ENHANCEMENT LAYER - A two-layer hierarchical audio bit stream can have a frame-based structure for the base layer bit stream and can be decoded independently from a higher layer and the decoding can start following every sync header. In the extension layer bit stream the frame structure may not be reflected on bit stream level. To facilitate seek operations with such highly compressed extension-layer data, the header of the extension layer bit stream comprises an FAT table with seek target positions. Because there are fewer entry points in the enhancement layer than sync headers in the base layer, a re-synchronisation and some base layer frames are required to start decoding of the enhancement layer and to generate the full audio quality. Three seeking ways of seeking are described, of which each one offers a different compromise between seeking accuracy, re-synchronisation latency and audio quality. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096930 | Multi-Resolution Switched Audio Encoding/Decoding Scheme - An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has a first coding branch, the first coding branch comprising a first converter for converting a signal from a time domain into a frequency domain. Furthermore, the audio encoder has a second coding branch comprising a second time/frequency converter. Additionally, a signal analyzer for analyzing the audio signal is provided. The signal analyzer, on the hand, determines whether an audio portion is effective in the encoder output signal as a first encoded signal from the first encoding branch or as a second encoded signal from a second encoding branch. On the other hand, the signal analyzer determines a time/frequency resolution to be applied by the converters when generating the encoded signals. An output interface includes, in addition to the first encoded signal and the second encoded signal, a resolution information identifying the resolution used by the first time/frequency converter and used by the second time/frequency converter. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING AUDIO DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH CONTROL MESSAGES IN A BITSTREAM - The embodiments described herein are directed to systems and methods for transmitting audio data and control segment in a single bitstream and reducing audio disturbance associated with the control segment when the bitstream is processed by an audio digital-to-analog converter. The system, according to one aspect, comprises a first audio unit, a transmitter coupled to the first audio unit, a receiver coupled to the transmitter, a second audio unit coupled to the receiver, a first processor coupled to at least one of the first audio unit and the transmitter, a second processor coupled to the second audio unit and the receiver, and an audio digital-to-analog converter connected to the second processor. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE CREDITS TO SUBSCRIBERS - Systems and methods to manage health insurance are described. An individual can submit a request to enroll in a health insurance plan of an insurance provider. The individual can complete a health assessment with a health care provider associated with the insurance provider, and the insurance provider can review results of the health assessment to determine an amount of health care credits to award to the individual. An account servicer can manage a health care credits account associated with the individual. In implementations, the individual can be rewarded with additional health care credits on a periodic or event-driven basis, based on a health of the individual and other factors. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. Health care credits are transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096934 | PERCOLATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present percolator systems and methods identify and coordinate outreach for members who are potentially at risk, based in part on contract requirements, automatically-assigned risk levels, or gaps in the members' healthcare, including gaps related to social considerations and workflow. Exemplary embodiments of the systems and methods may utilize business rules combined into triggers, with each trigger being assigned a weight. Each member may be assigned an outreach score by combining the weights of triggers applicable to that member. Members may then be assigned to a risk level, or acuity level, and prioritized for outreach according to their outreach scores. The risk level assignments may drive the type of staff and the type (i.e., personal, telephonic, mail, etc.) and frequency of outreach interactions. Other embodiments of the percolator systems and methods are also disclosed herein. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferable financial instruments whose initial value is based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefiting behavior(s). | 2013-04-18 |
20130096936 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, ANALYZING, AND RETRIEVING MEDICAL DATA - Medical data obtained from a clinical network of physiological monitors can be stored in a journal database. The medical data can include device events that occurred in response to clinician interactions with one or more medical devices and device-initiated events, such as alarms and the like. The journal database can be analyzed to derive statistics, which may be used to improve clinician and/or hospital performance. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096937 | MEDICAL PROVIDERS KNOWLEDGE BASE AND INTERACTION WEBSITE - One or more webpages are presented to convey a medical provider's knowledge base and interaction website. The website maintains and displays information regarding multiple medical providers and a user of the website may search the knowledge base regarding the medical providers. A counter keeps track of 1) a total number of specific medical procedures performed by each medical provider, 2) the number of specific medical procedures performed by each medical provider per set period of time, 3) the total number of specific diseases treated by each medical provider, 4) the number of specific diseases each medical provider has treated per set period of time, and 5) any combination of these. The specific medical procedures and the specific diseases treated are searchable criteria in a search routine implemented on the website as well as displayed information on one or more web pages regarding each medical provider in the multiple medical providers. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096938 | MANAGING HEALTHCARE SERVICES - System and method for facilitating a medical order/prescription of a prescription product, including a memory device to store predefined forms for the prescription product corresponding to a plurality of providers. A receiver receives prescription product information for the prescription product, patient intake information for the patient, including provider information for the patient, and a benefits summary related to the patient. A transmitter transmits the benefits verification request. A processor can be configured to generate the benefits verification request for the patient based on the patient intake information, select one of the predefined forms based on at least the patient provider information, populate at least one field of the selected predefined form based on the user intake information, and release the populated predefined form to facilitate a medical order/prescription of the prescription product to the patient. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096939 | Methods and Systems for Patient Self-Management - A method for managing patient care, the method comprising receiving via input device and storing in electronic format a prescription for a dosage of at least one medication, wherein the dosage varies based upon at least one patient parameter; automatically electronically transmitting a first message at an identified time to an electronic device associated with the patient, the first message prompting the patient to input a measurement of the at least one patient parameter; receiving via electronic signal from the patient's electronic device, a second message comprising the measurement of the at least one patient parameter; automatically calculating and electronically transmitting to the patient's electronic device, a third message comprising the dosage of the at least one medication based on the measurement of the at least one patient parameter; and repeating several of the steps at identified intervals. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096940 | Free Medical Advice Via the Internet - An Internet site provides free medical advice to users. Accurate data collection and a summary of medical information will be constructed by using a combination of Virtual Resources. Each online interaction will be patient specific (unique) as each patient has a unique set of issues surrounding their medical problem/condition. The results will be displayed to patients with hyperlinks on medical terms. Once this medical summary of the data is provided, the system will calculate the statistical likelihood of diagnosis using a logic platform database. The logic of the program will improve over time because its interviewing skills will improve as it learns. Lines of questioning are based on Concept Maps (and/or another visual organization tool). The system will learn from its patients and that data will be reviewed and organized by groups of physicians. The system will also gain (medical) practice experience from the physicians involved in the website administration. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096941 | CLINICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Likelihood ratio between a likelihood of belonging to one classification of a key item and a likelihood of belonging to other classification of the key item when a case belongs to each classification of a clinical-information item other than the key item is calculated, based on registration case information for calculating a likelihood ratio, for each classification of a key item. A weighting coefficient corresponding to each classification of the clinical-information item other than the key item for each classification of the key item is determined based on a target classification of a target clinical-information item and the calculated likelihood ratio. A degree of similarity is calculated for each registration case included in registration case information for calculating a degree of similarity by using weighting information corresponding to each classification of the key item and each classification of the clinical-information item other than the key item. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096942 | Discharge Decision Support System for Post Acute Care Referral - A system and method of recommending post-acute care services to a patient is described. The system and method include the steps of providing a plurality of questions relating to a patient, where each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score, receiving one of the selectable answers for each of the plurality of questions, calculating a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers selected, and generating a post-acute care referral if the total score meets a predetermined threshold value. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096943 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AND GOVERNING GENOMIC AND OTHER INFORMATION - Trusted, privacy-protected systems and method are disclosed for processing, handling, and performing tests on human genomic and other information. According to some embodiments, a system is disclosed that is a cloud-based system for the trusted storage and analysis of genetic and other information. Some embodiments of the system may include or support some or all of authenticated and certified data sources; authenticated and certified diagnostic tests; and policy-based access to data. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096944 | Method and System for Ontology Based Analytics - The present invention provides a mechanism to use terminologies and ontologies for the purpose of indexing, annotating and semantically marking up existing collections of datasets. The invention further provides a system for incorporating terminologies, ontologies, and contextual annotation in specific domains, such as utilizing biomedical concept hierarchies in data analytics. The resulting rich structure supports specific mechanisms for data mining and machine learning. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096945 | Method and System for Ontology Based Analytics - The present invention provides a mechanism to use terminologies and ontologies for the purpose of indexing, annotating and semantically marking up existing collections of datasets. The invention further provides a system for incorporating terminologies, ontologies, and contextual annotation in specific domains, such as utilizing biomedical concept hierarchies in data analytics. The resulting rich structure supports specific mechanisms for data mining and machine learning. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096946 | Method and System for Ontology Based Analytics - The present invention provides a mechanism to use terminologies and ontologies for the purpose of indexing, annotating and semantically marking up existing collections of datasets. The invention further provides a system for incorporating terminologies, ontologies, and contextual annotation in specific domains, such as utilizing biomedical concept hierarchies in data analytics. The resulting rich structure supports specific mechanisms for data mining and machine learning. | 2013-04-18 |
20130096947 | Method and System for Ontology Based Analytics - The present invention provides a mechanism to use terminologies and ontologies for the purpose of indexing, annotating and semantically marking up existing collections of datasets. The invention further provides a system for incorporating terminologies, ontologies, and contextual annotation in specific domains, such as utilizing biomedical concept hierarchies in data analytics. The resulting rich structure supports specific mechanisms for data mining and machine learning. | 2013-04-18 |