19th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100121491 | METHOD FOR TRACKING POLLUTION SOURCE IN PROCESS WATER - A method for tracking a pollution source in process water is presented. Firstly, variation curves of drain water drained from different rinsing tanks are respectively obtained, and a water quality concentration of the drain water drained to a buffer tank is detected, so as to output a water quality variation curve. Then, an analytical comparison is performed on each drain water amount variation curve and the water quality variation curve within a same time interval, so as to output an analytical result of each flow of drain water in a range exceeding a predetermined water quality standard. In this manner, the drain water that exceeds the predetermined water quality standard can be tracked in real-time according to the analytical result, thereby quickly improving the process for discharging the drain water. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121492 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLER - An air-conditioning controller is configured to receive an operation input for an air-conditioning apparatus capable of being set to a plurality of airflow direction settings. The air-conditioning controller includes a switching button, a determination unit and a display unit. The switching button is for switching between the airflow direction settings. The determination unit is configured to determine a currently selected airflow direction setting based on an operation input inputted via the switching button. The display unit is configured to simultaneously display an image and a character corresponding to the airflow direction setting determined to be currently selected by the determination unit. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121493 | Towrope Winch Rider Profile - A system for controlling a towrope winch may comprise a computing device configured to send and receive data to and from the towrope winch, and a towrope winch application configured to operate on the computing device, in which the computing device is configured to operate the towrope winch based on data inputted by the user to the towrope winch application. A towrope winch user interface may comprise a processor configured to send and receive data to and from a towrope winch, and a towrope winch application configured to operate with the processor, in which the processor is configured to operate the towrope winch based on data inputted by the user to the towrope winch application. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121494 | AIR CONDITIONER WITH OPERATION ACCORDING TO A USER-DEFINED CURVE AND THE CONTROL, METHOD THEREOF - An air conditioner with operation according to a user-defined curve and the control method thereof are disclosed. The air conditioner includes a main unit, the main unit includes: a receiving unit of user-defined curve for receiving the user-defined curve set by a user, the user-defined curve is used to define the coincidence relation between the needed air conditioning temperature and the time, and a control unit connected to the receiving unit of user-defined curve for controlling the air conditioning temperature of the air conditioner at different time according to the user-defined curve. The user-defined curve can be set by a keyboard of a remote controller by the user, the data of the user-defined curve can be stored in a memory chip and then can be sent into an infrared signal receiving unit of the main unit, a MCU control chip controls the operation of the air conditioner according to the user-defined curve. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121495 | Variable evaporator water flow compensation for leaving water temperature control - A method of controlling a refrigerant chiller system is particularly suited for chillers where the water being chilled (or some other liquid) flows through the chiller's evaporator at a flow rate that is variable and is not directly known. To effectively control the chiller and maintain the temperature of the water leaving the evaporator at a desired target temperature, the cooling capacity of the chiller's evaporator is estimated based the degree of valve opening of an expansion valve, a pressure differential across the expansion valve, and a change in enthalpy per unit mass of the refrigerant flowing through the evaporator. In some embodiments, the chiller system includes multiple refrigerant circuits that are hermetically isolated from each other. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121496 | PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A pneumatic actuator system ( | 2010-05-13 |
20100121497 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF A CLOSURE ELEMENT IN A WATER DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM - A method and a device are provided for detecting the position of a closure element of a movement reversal device in a dishwasher. The device determines the position of a closure element via a comparison of a value corresponding to a predefined reference position of the closure element with a signal value of a circulation pump of the dishwasher. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121498 | SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING ENERGY TO IDENTIFY WITH AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - An Identifiable Energy Storage Media (IESM) device includes a representation of an object and a battery connected to the representation, the battery having stored energy collected from the object. The IESM device may also include a playback module connected to the battery to highlight the representation of the object using energy identified and stored in the battery. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121499 | MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES USING CONTINUOUS TONE-CODED DSM SIGNALLING - A system and method of communicating between a master and a slave device for managing home energy are provided. A transmitter is operatively associated with one of a meter and a home energy manager for emitting a carrier signal at a selected frequency. A tone is superimposed on the selected carrier frequency and represents an operational energy cost level output from an associated utility. A receiver receives the emitted carrier signal with superimposed tone. A microcontroller associated with the home appliance then controls the home appliance in response to the emitted carrier signal with superimposed tone. Multiple distinct frequencies correlate to specific rates, and decoding or detecting the presence of one or more tones can be used to represent a binary number that allows the meter/controller to communicate “intelligence” with the home appliance. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121500 | Switchgear Data System - A switchgear assembly provides on-board documentation and includes a switchgear adapted to distribute electrical power to a plurality of loads. An industrial computer includes storage, a web server service and a wireless broadcasting device. The storage stores switchgear specific documentation. A mobile computing device wirelessly communicates with the industrial computer through the wireless broadcasting device. The mobile computing device includes a web browser and the documentation is provided to the mobile computing device by the web server service. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121501 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for the operator control of a motor vehicle having a display for displaying variable information, a symbol assigned to a function pertaining to the motor vehicle is shown with the aid of the display, the viewing direction of an operator of the motor vehicle is ascertained, and the function pertaining to the motor vehicle is subsequently executed in response to recognition of an acoustic command assigned to the function pertaining to the motor vehicle, while the viewing direction is aimed toward the display. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121502 | Operation control system and method - An operation control system includes a transmitter circuit, a transmitter interface, an engine start button switch, a receiver unit and an engine ECU. The transmitter circuit generates a transmission signal and the transmitter interface inputs a communication signal to an operator by converting the transmission signal. The receiver unit receives the communication signal through the operator, when the operator touches the engine start button switch. The engine start button switch detects in-blood alcohol concentration of the operator. The receiver unit generates and applies an engine start control signal in response to output signals of the receiver unit indicative of the operator's engine start operation and alcohol detection result. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121503 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ESCAPE MANOEUVRE TRAJECTORY FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE - A collision avoidance system including a receiver configured to receive navigational data regarding intruding aerial vehicle and own aircraft. Storage is configured to store a plurality of predefined escape trajectories. A processor is configured to compare at least a subset of the predefined escape trajectories with a presumed trajectory of the intruding aerial vehicle and to select one of the predefined escape trajectories based on the comparison. The predefined escape trajectories are pre-simulated, wherein each escape trajectory is associated to a set of navigational data and to an escape manoeuvre direction. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121504 | AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR MONITORING APPARATUS - An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring the load on at least one part of an aircraft landing gear during landing of the aircraft. The apparatus comprises a housing containing a sensor which senses a parameter indicative of the load in the part of the landing gear, a processor which receives signals from the sensor and processes the signals to produce data representative of the parameter measured by the sensor, a battery which provides electrical power to the processor, a memory for storing measurement data from the processor, and a wireless transmitter which is controlled by the processor. The wireless transmitter is arranged to transmit at least some of the measurement data from the processor to a remote device located outside of the housing. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121505 | SHIP MANEUVERING DEVICE - An instruction value conversion section ( | 2010-05-13 |
20100121506 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING THE SAIL SURFACE EXPOSED TO THE WIND - An apparatus for adjusting the surface of at least one sail exposed to the wind in a boat comprising one or more detectors for sensing at least of the direction of the wind, its speed, the degree of the rolling of the boat, the frequency of the oscillations, the rolling, pitching and yawing angles and the accelerations with respect to a reference system; motorized drive means for hoisting and lowering, or else winding and unwinding at least in part the sail; a control unit programmed to automatically control the drive means of the sail in feedback based upon the detected quantity, or else following a command imparted by the skipper. A method for adjusting the surface of the sails in feedback based upon the detected quantity. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121507 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A control device has a coupling determination sensor for detecting external connection of a charge table. When the connection of the charge cable is detected according to a signal from the sensor, the control device activates an electric device connected to a communication line of a charge-time-dedicated power supply system. Since the control device of the invention can activate only the electric device related to the charging while keeping electric devices not related to the charging at rest, and therefore prevents wasteful electric power consumption. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121508 | HYBRID SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS AND HYBRID SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - A hybrid system control apparatus is provided in which an intercooler ( | 2010-05-13 |
20100121509 | VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC SYSTEM - Provided are a vehicle having high degree of operation freedom due to electric power being able to be supplied to the vehicle during its travel and due to the vehicle being able to drive on normal roads, and a traffic system. A large number of overhead lines are arranged over a road. An extendable electric power collector is provided at the rear of the vehicle, and a battery and a drive mechanism are mounted on the vehicle. When the power collector is in contact with an overhead line, electric power supplied from the overhead line is supplied to the battery to charge it and electric power is supplied also to the drive mechanism. When the vehicle travel on a normal road having no such overhead lines, electric power is supplied from the battery to the drive mechanism. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121510 | HYBRID VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM TO RECORD PROGRAM FOR MAKING COMPUTER EXECUTE CONTROL METHOD - A temperature sensor detects a temperature of a fuel pipe for supplying fuel from a fuel tank to an engine. A HV-ECU controls switching of a traveling mode including an EV mode for traveling while stopping engine and a HV mode for traveling while operating engine. HV-ECU receives a detected value of temperature from an engine ECU and switches the traveling mode from the EV mode to the HV mode when temperature of fuel pipe is increased to not less than a prescribed threshold value at the time of traveling in the EV mode. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121511 | LI-ION BATTERY ARRAY FOR VEHICLE AND OTHER LARGE CAPACITY APPLICATIONS - A large battery array, particularly for use in an electric vehicle, is formed of multiple modules, each containing plural battery cells and module management electronics. Each battery module has a nominal output voltage in the range of about 5 volts to about 17 volts. A controller communicates with individual battery modules in the array and controls switching to connect the modules in drive and charging configurations. The module management electronics monitor conditions of each battery module, including the cells it contains, and communicates these conditions to the controller. The module management electronics may place the modules in protective modes based upon the performance of each module in comparison to known or configurable specifications. The modules may be pluggable devices so that each module may be replaced if the module is in a permanent shutdown protective mode or if a non-optimal serviceable fault is detected. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121512 | Hybrid vehicle and control method thereof - The invention provides a hybrid vehicle and a control method thereof with which, in a case where a vehicle speed V obtained by a vehicle speed sensor equals or exceeds a first determination vehicle speed V | 2010-05-13 |
20100121513 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine, a planetary gear mechanism linked to the output shaft of the engine and to a driveshaft, a first motor linked the planetary gear, a second motor inputting and outputting power to and from the driveshaft, and a battery inputting and outputting electric power to and from the motors, when a cooling water temperature Tw of the engine is lower than a threshold Twref, that is, the intermittent operation of the engine is prohibited, a controller performs a warm-up control on condition that a battery temperature Tb is a preset reference temperature Tα, while performing a low state of charge control on condition that a battery temperature Tb is higher than or equal to a preset reference temperature Tα and lower than a preset reference temperature Tβ. The warm-up control causes the battery to be charged and discharged by compulsion by setting a state of charge of the battery alternately to a low state of charge and to a high state of charge and ensures output of a driving force equivalent to the driving force demand for driving the vehicle within input and output limits of the battery. The low state of charge control causes the battery to be charged and discharged to approach a state of charge of the battery to a preset low state of charge that is lower than a normal state and ensures output of a driving force equivalent to the driving force demand for driving the vehicle within input and output limits of the battery. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121514 | TRAVEL ENERGY LEARNING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A travel energy learning device includes: a road section identifying unit that identifies a road section where a host vehicle is currently located; a travel condition information obtaining unit that obtains travel condition information that indicates a travel condition when the host vehicle traveled the road section; a work rate deriving unit that derives information indicating work rate of a transmission shaft based on rate of rotation of the transmission shaft and torque transmitted by the transmission shaft; and an energy information accumulating unit that derives required energy information indicating the energy required for traveling the road section based on the derived information that indicates the work rate during travel of the road section, links the derived required energy information to the road section and the travel condition information, and accumulates the required energy information. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121515 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: an electric motor that outputs power to a drive shaft that is coupled to a first wheel, which is a primary drive wheel; an electrical storage device that exchanges electrical power with the electric motor; a braking system that can independently apply a braking force to the first wheel and a second wheel that is a free rolling wheel or a drive wheel other than the first wheel, regardless of a braking request by a driver; and a control unit that controls the braking system and the electric motor such that the braking system applies the braking force only to the second wheel and that output torque of the electric motor becomes equal to or lower than specified torque until rotational speed of the electric motor reach specified revolution when a start-up request is made by the driver while the vehicle is at a halt on a driving road surface whose inclination, which is acquired by an inclination acquisition device, is larger than or equal to specified inclination. The present invention also relates to a control method of the vehicle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121516 | MOVING ROUTE PLANNING METHOD AND NAVIGATION METHOD FOR AVOIDING DYNAMIC HINDRANCES FOR MOBILE ROBOT DEVICE - The present invention disclosed a moving route planning method for mobile robot device, which provides the moving route on a physical site for the mobile robot device. The method includes a first and a second steps; in which, the first step is to generate a relative mesh grid diagram based on a physical site, and the mesh grid map comprises a plurality of map grids containing hindrance parameter values, wherein the hindrance parameter values for each map grid are determined by the locations of hindrances within the physical site at relative locations; and, the second step is to continuously expand the map grid from the start point and the target point toward the neighbored map grids until the expanded map grids meet with each other, and to define each map grid in the expansion traces for meeting with each other as the moving route. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SAFE PATH OF MOBILE ROBOT - A method for generating a safe path of a mobile robot includes searching for a whole path from a starting point to a destination point within a map information entered in the robot; extracting information about an expected distance between the robot and a peripheral obstacle when the robot moves along the searched whole path; and correcting the whole path locally using the information about the expected distance from the peripheral obstacle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121518 | MAP ENHANCED POSITIONING SENSOR SYSTEM - An enhanced positioning system includes a vehicle positioning system adapted to transmit an output representing at least one of a current position, a future position, and a path of a vehicle and at least one module in communication with the vehicle positioning system, wherein the at least one module obtains data and information related to at least one of a road attribute, a vehicle dynamics, and a vehicle position, analyzes the data and information, and modifies the output of the vehicle positioning system in response to the analysis of the data and information. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121519 | Antilock Braking System Diagnostic Tool and Method - A method of diagnosing, installing, repairing and/or maintaining an antilock braking system (ABS) unit in a motorcycle. The method includes connecting a diagnostic tool to an ABS unit of a motorcycle, communicating with the ABS unit using the diagnostic tool and informing a mechanic utilizing the diagnostic tool about a component in the ABS unit. Also, a tool for diagnosing, installing, repairing and/or maintaining an antilock braking system (ABS) unit in a motorcycle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121520 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ELECTRONIC LOGBOOK OBSERVED DEFECT FIX EFFECTIVENESS - A method for automating tracking of an effectiveness of fault repairs. The method may involve defining a unique fault code for each one of a plurality of different faults; cataloging faults that are repaired according to their respective fault codes and storing each cataloged fault in a fix effectiveness subsystem; placing the fix effectiveness subsystem in communication with an electronic logbook (ELB) system that is able to populate the fix effectiveness subsystem with additional fault information; providing a user interface to enable a user to access said ELB system to obtain information on a specific fault condition that was previously stored on the fix effectiveness subsystem; and presenting a fault history to the user from information stored in the fix effectiveness subsystem that enables the user to select a repair procedure for correcting the specific fault condition. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121521 | Electronic safing system - The electronic safing system is provided with a safing sensor, a comparator, and a microcomputer. The microcomputer has a programmable analog I/O port which is connected to a built-in AD-DA converter. The programmable analog I/O port can be switched to an analog input port and an analog output port according to an internal register. The programmable analog I/O port is connected to an input terminal of the comparator. When diagnosing the comparing circuit, the microcomputer switches the programmable analog I/O port to the analog output port and outputs a predetermined voltage for diagnosis. Then, the microcomputer diagnoses the comparing circuit by monitoring the output of the comparing circuit. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121522 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to receive from a system a broadcasted vehicle velocity, detect that a difference between a velocity of a vehicle carrying the communication device and the broadcasted vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold, and determine from a random policy whether to transmit the velocity of the vehicle to the system. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121523 | Mobile Wireless Local Area Network - A mobile wireless local area communications network includes a pair of relatively movable nodes, such as a vehicle and a house, which are movable into and out of a defined and limited area of communications relative to the fixed node. Each node has a computer and human interface capabilities to enable transfer of data between the nodes. Each has the ability to automatically connect/disconnect the nodes when the movable node moves into/out of the area of communications. The system causes performance of a function extrinsic to the communication itself as a result of the initiation or the cessation of the communication, even after the nodes have been disconnected. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ODOMETER CALIBRATION - A system for odometer calibration for a motor vehicle is provided. The system can include a first source of speed data that provides first speed data during operation of the motor vehicle, and a second source of speed data that provides second speed data during a portion of the operation. The system can also include a vehicle speed control module that computes overall average speed data based on the first speed data and a duration of operation. The system includes a speed control module that determines an average first speed for the portion of the operation in which the second source of speed data provides the second speed, and computes an average second speed. The system can include an odometer correction control module that computes corrected odometer data based on the overall average speed data and a ratio of the average second speed to the average first speed. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A THREE DIMENSIONAL FUEL CUT-OFF SYSTEM - A three dimensional vehicle fuel cut-off system and method of accomplishing the same. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121526 | Speed warning method and apparatus for navigation system - A method and apparatus allows the driver to set a threshold speed for generating a warning by slightly modifying the speed limit, such that a warning mechanism can be activated when the vehicle speed exceeds the threshold speed. The method and apparatus achieves a convenient interface for the driver to set the threshold speeds at once according to different speed limits by setting a number such as a percentage in a speed adjustment unit. The number indicates the difference in percentage between the speed limit and the threshold speed. The threshold speed can be either higher or lower than the speed limit based on the driving style and preference of the driver. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121527 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An onboard information retrieval apparatus | 2010-05-13 |
20100121528 | DUMPER - In order to further improve driving stability, a dumper | 2010-05-13 |
20100121529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SEMI-ACTIVE SUSPENSION - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a controllable suspension system ( | 2010-05-13 |
20100121530 | STEERING DEVICE - When the magnitude |ω| of a steering angular velocity ω is equal to or greater than a determination angular velocity ωth, an electric motor is estimated to be in a predetermined power use state, and a restriction determination threshold Vonth is set to a first voltage value V | 2010-05-13 |
20100121531 | CONTROLLER OF ELECTRIC POWER-ASSIST STEERING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a controller of an electric power-assist steering system including a torque detector for detecting a torque applied with a steering wheel that steers a steering system; a steering status determining section for determining a steering status of either “turn” or “return” of a steering wheel; and a motor controlling unit for driving a motor n accordance with a target current value calculated based on at least a torque value from the torque detector and the steering status of either “turn” or “return” of the steering wheel from the steering status determining section, wherein the motor controlling unit sets a target current value right after a time when the steering status is switched between “turn” and “return” to be substantially equal to an actual current value right before a time when the steering status is switched between “turn” and “return”. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121532 | VEHICLE SAFETY DRIVING APPARATUS - In a vehicle safety driving apparatus, a predetermined steering torque is applied as the warning and a change amount of driver's steering torque relative to the applied predetermined steering torque is calculated, and a contact avoidance assistance operation is conducted in place of applying the predetermined steering torque when the calculated driver's steering force change amount is less than a set value. With this, it becomes possible to conduct more perceivable operation or vehicle control when it is estimated that the driver does not recognize it, thereby enabling to assist the contact avoidance appropriately. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121533 | Seatbelt control apparatus - A seatbelt apparatus including a seatbelt, a spool for retracting the seatbelt, a motor for rotatably driving the spool, and urging mechanism for urging the seatbelt toward a retracting direction. The seat belt apparatus further includes belt attaching/detaching mechanism, a belt releasing detecting mechanism and, and a motor controller. The belt attaching/detaching mechanism fastens or releases the seatbelt. The belt releasing detecting mechanism detects that the seatbelt is released from the belt attaching/detaching mechanism. The motor controller causes the motor to start to take up the seatbelt on the condition that a predetermined amount of time passes since the belt releasing detecting mechanism detects that the seatbelt is released. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121534 | Communications network of passenger protection system - A communications network for a passenger protection system of a vehicle has an electronic control unit and a plurality of sensors, which is bus-connected to the electronic control unit. Each of the sensors includes a current detection circuit for detecting a current of the sensor, and a control circuit including a memory. The control circuit sets a specific address for the sensor in the memory when the detected current attains a predetermined relation to a predetermined threshold current. The control circuit transmits a notification of completion of setting the specific address to the electronic control unit, and controls a mode of the sensor to a specific mode, which consumes current less than the predetermined threshold current. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121535 | PERFORMANCE-BASED CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND ALGORITHM FOR DRIVERS - A system and method for classifying the optimization of safety features on a vehicle for a driver of the vehicle based on the height and mass of the driver. The method includes determining a number of basic driver sizes based on driver height and mass and determining a driver's seat position for each basic driver height. The method also identifies a set of tunable design variables that are used to adjust the safety features of the vehicle and performs design optimization analysis to identify an optimal design for the vehicle safety features for each of the basic driver sizes. The method then identifies the design from the optimal designs that provides the best performance for randomly selected reference drivers and classifies all drivers into a predetermined number of classifications where each classification represents a particular optimal design. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121536 | PERFORMANCE-BASED CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND ALGORITHM FOR PASSENGERS - A system and method for classifying the optimization of safety features on a vehicle for a vehicle passenger based on the passenger seating position and passenger body mass index. The method includes determining a number of basic passenger sizes based on the passenger height and mass and determining a number of passenger seating positions. The method further includes identifying a set of tunable design variables that are used to adjust the vehicle safety features, and performing design optimization analysis for identifying optimal designs, called basic optimal designs, for the vehicle safety features for each of the basic passenger sizes and the predetermined seating positions. The method identifies the design from the basic optimal designs that provides the best performance for randomly selected reference passengers in randomly selected seating positions, and classifies all passengers in their actual seating positions into one of the predetermined number of classifications where each classification represents a particular basic optimal design. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121537 | Communications network of passenger protection system - An electronic control unit charges capacitors of sensors to produce idle phase waveforms having different waveform parameters assigned to the sensors, and transmits nothing between the signal phase time periods. Each sensor detects the idle phase waveform parameter of the capacitor. The sensor responds to the ECU during the signal phase time period, if the detected parameter corresponds to predetermined waveform parameter. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121538 | TRAVEL DEVICE - A two-wheel vehicle having a roll axis rotation flexibility in which a servo motor is mounted to each of two wheels operating independently of each other fails to perform stable straight-forward traveling on a laterally inclined road because a neutral position by a spring force of a handle or a step varies with respect to a vertical axis as a vehicle body tilts in a roll axis direction due to a road slope. Further, in such a device, the handle or the step can tilt against intention due to a left and right unbalanced load of a passenger onto the step when getting on or off the vehicle. There is thus provided a control device that enables stable straight-forward traveling while maintaining a standing posture of a person vertically on a laterally inclined road through a motor control of the position of a handle or a step. There is also provided a control device that enables a rotation while a person maintains a vertical posture when a performing rotation operation on an inclined road. There is also provided a vehicle that prevents the occurrence of an unintended inclination of a handle and a step during loading or unloading of a passenger. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121539 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING THE ENGINE SPEED OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES - An engine speed control system for an agricultural vehicle includes a variable throttle controller, a mode selector, and a control device. The variable throttle control permits an operator to select a variably adjustable engine speed and the mode selector permits the operator to select between a plurality of pre-set engine speeds. The control device receives output signals from the throttle controller, generates engine speed commands, and delivers the commands to an engine controller for controlling the speed of the agricultural vehicle's engine. The control device is operable to generate a first engine speed command associated with one of the pre-set engine speeds when an operator activates the mode selector and to temporarily or permanently override the first engine speed command with a second engine speed command associated with the throttle controller when the operator activates the throttle controller. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121540 | Industrial machine - The present invention provides an industrial machine, which comprises an industrial machine main unit | 2010-05-13 |
20100121541 | Creation of image databases for image evaluation - For creating an image database for an image evaluation procedure, preferably within an agricultural content, the individual images in the image database are generated during the working process of an agricultural working machine by at least one camera system assigned to the agricultural working machine, and the individual images generated by the at least one camera system are linked to specific data on the working process of the agricultural working machine, and every individual image, which is linked to specific data, is stored in the image database in a manner such that it may be repeatedly called up and edited. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121542 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A transmission ECU | 2010-05-13 |
20100121543 | Method for controlling gear ratio changes in an automatic transmission - A method of controlling an automatic transmission of a machine includes a step of identifying an upcoming gear ratio change from a current gear ratio to a proposed gear ratio. An estimated power output value, based on the proposed gear ratio and a current engine speed, is determined. The estimated power output value is adjusted based on a derated operating condition. If the estimated power output value is greater than or equal to a current power output value, a gear evaluation identifier is set to a first value. If the estimated power output value is less than the current power output value, the gear evaluation identifier is set to a second value. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121544 | DRIVING POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS, DIFFERENTIAL LIMITING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE COUPLING, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIFFERENTIAL APPARATUS - A driving power distribution control apparatus includes a torque coupling and an ECU. The torque coupling is provided in a drive power transmission system that transmits torque of an engine to each of a plurality of wheels. Based on the frictional engaging force of an electromagnetic clutch, the torque coupling is capable of changing the amount of torque that can be transmitted to right and left rear wheels, which serve as auxiliary drive wheels. The ECU controls the operation of the torque coupling based on the driving state of the vehicle. When slip of any one of the wheels is detected, the ECU reduces the torque transmission amount to a predetermined torque or a lower value. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121545 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to a method for operating a transmission, especially an automatic transmission, comprising a dry starting clutch. Said starting clutch is especially configured as a friction clutch and a characteristic value is determined during operation in defined operating points, said value being indicative of the state of wear of the starting clutch. The method according to the invention is characterized by comparing a newly determined characteristic value with a characteristic value previously determined in a previous operating point. If the newly determined characteristic value deviates from the previously determined characteristic value to such an extent that it suggests a reduced wear of the starting clutch, it is assumed that the starting clutch has been replaced and a wear indicator of the starting clutch is reset in a defined manner. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121546 | DRIVE FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A drive force control apparatus for a vehicle, having at least one engaging element and configured to implement drive force control to control transmitting of a drive force generated by a drive power source, to left and right drive wheels by controlling an engaged state of the at least one engaging element in accordance with a demand for control of the drive force, includes control demand determining means determining possibility that the demand for control of the drive force is made on the basis of a predetermined standard, and engagement control means implementing preliminary control to control the engaged state of the at least one engaging element to a stage prior to implementing of the drive force control if the control demand determining means determines that it is possible that the demand for control would be made. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121547 | Electromechanical Parking Brake for a Motor Vehicle - An electromechanical parking brake for a motor vehicle is provided. The electromechanical parking brake includes an operating element that operates a wheel brake, a central control unit that provides an electric supply to the operating element via at least one supply line, an electric actuating unit for interrupting the supply to the operating element, and a control line that connects the central control unit with the electric actuating unit. The operating element and the electric actuating unit are arranged at the motor vehicle in a manner protected against external manual access. The central control unit controls the electric actuating unit via the control line in order to interrupt the supply to the operating element or to reestablish the supply to the operating element. The central control unit also monitors the control line to detect a manipulation of the control line. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121548 | CORRECTION METHOD FOR THE CORRECTION OF CHARACTERISTIC CURVES FOR ANALOGIZED HYDRAULIC VALVES IN MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEMS - A correction method in which characteristic curves and/or correction values are produced, by way of which the drive current for one or more electrically activated hydraulic values operated in an analog fashion is measured during a pressure regulation in such a way that, during the operation of an anti-lock regulation, one or a respective characteristic curve is first prescribed and then the prescribed characteristic curve is corrected, particularly in a learning process, wherein, after a pressure build-up phase, the current pressure model value (Pmod) is compared to and/or analyzed using a model locking pressure level (Pmax). | 2010-05-13 |
20100121549 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE - An apparatus is provided for controlling acceleration of a vehicle to a target acceleration. In the apparatus, a target acceleration calculator calculates the target acceleration. A provisional acceleration setting unit sets a provisional target acceleration such that a change rate of the provisional target acceleration is limited to a target limitation value. The provisional target acceleration is used during a step during which the acceleration of the vehicle is changed to the target acceleration. A drive power calculator calculates a drive power to obtain the provisional target acceleration. In the provisional acceleration setting unit, an initial value of the provisional target acceleration depends on a running state of the vehicle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121550 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle travel control device has a engine that controls an engine based on a driving target controlled variable; a brake that controls a brake device based on a braking target controlled variable; and a automatic travel control that calculates the driving target controlled variable and/or braking target controlled variable so that a vehicle speed of a vehicle becomes a target vehicle speed, and outputs the driving target controlled variable to the engine and the braking target controlled variable to the brake, the vehicle travel control device being configured such that, upon detection of an acceleration operation during the vehicle travel control, the automatic travel control calculates a target vehicle speed for vehicle travel control by the brake device, so that the target vehicle speed becomes higher than a current vehicle speed of the vehicle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121551 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING VEHICLE FUELING BASED ON VEHICLE STATE - A system, method, and program product for facilitating fueling a vehicle includes sensing a state of the ignition of a vehicle and affecting fueling of the vehicle based on the state of the ignition. In one instance, the system, method, and program product are part of a computing system of the vehicle. In another instance, the system, method, and program product are part of a fuel pump employed to add fuel to the vehicle. In another aspect, the state of one or more of the fuel cap and the fuel pump are used to affect the state of the ignition. The state of the ignition may also be used to affect the state of another device external to the vehicle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121552 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AN OPERATING VARIABLE OF AN ENGINE - This device serves to adjust at least one operating variable of an engine as a function of a setpoint. It comprises:
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20100121553 | Engine Relight Method - An engine windmill relight method is described for use with a fuel control system (FCS) having a metering valve (MV), the method comprising the steps of determining a desired fuel delivery rate, and moving the MV to a nominal fuel delivery setting higher than that corresponding to the desired fuel delivery rate. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121554 | HYBRID DRIVE HAVING VALVE DEACTIVATION - A hybrid drive has at least one internal combustion engine having at least two cylinders, as well as at least one electric machine having at least one electric motor function and at least one generator function. The hybrid drive is arranged so as to operate all the cylinders of the at least one internal combustion engine in a full-load operation and so as to shut down at least one of the at least two cylinders in at least one part-load operation, at least one additional one of the at least two cylinders of the at least one internal combustion engine being operated. In the at least one part-load operation, the at least one shut-down cylinder has pressure applied to it, e.g., an overpressure by a combustion mixture that was combusted last. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121555 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for setting a combustion in a combustion engine, particularly in a diesel engine, having the following steps of generating a manipulated variable, particularly a point of injection (PI), as a function of a combustion feature (MFB50%), the combustion feature (MFB50%) representing a condition in cylinder, especially a pressure characteristic in the cylinder, and setting the combustion in cylinders of the combustion engine with the aid of the manipulated variable, the manipulated variable further being generated as a function of a correction value (CV), which is determined as a function of combustion information (dQ | 2010-05-13 |
20100121556 | Torque-Based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Control System and Method - The invention comprises a control method for a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain having a throttle-controlled engine and an electric motor, a battery and a generator. Compensation is made for differences between driver commanded torque and actual engine torque due to engine throttle contamination using a closed-loop control strategy that creates a throttle setting correction. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121557 | DIESEL ENGINE HAVING A SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CONTROL OF THE INTAKE VALVES AND INTERNAL EXHAUST-GAS RECIRCULATION - A supercharged diesel engine is equipped with an electronically controlled hydraulic system for variable actuation of the intake valves of the engine. The cam that controls each intake valve has an additional lobe for causing an additional opening of the intake valve, during the exhaust stroke, so as to provide an exhaust-gas recirculation directly inside the engine. Said additional lobe is shaped in such a way as to give rise to a profile of the additional lift of the valve as the crank angle varies with a boot conformation, including an initial stretch with a gentler slope extending from a point of zero lift corresponding to the expansion stroke in the engine cylinder. The engine is moreover equipped with a duct for exhaust-gas recirculation of the long-route type, which picks up the gases from a point of the exhaust duct set downstream of the catalytic converter and of the particulate trap. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121558 | DIESEL ENGINE HAVING CAMS FOR CONTROLLING THE INTAKE VALVES, WHICH HAVE A MAIN LOBE AND AN ADDITIONAL LOBE RADIUSED TO EACH OTHER - A supercharged diesel engine is equipped with an electronically controlled hydraulic system for variable actuation of the intake valves of the engine. The cam that controls each intake valve has an additional lobe for causing an additional opening of the intake valve, during the expansion and exhaust strokes, so as to provide an exhaust-gas recirculation directly inside the engine. The aforesaid additional lobe has its descending stretch radiused to the main lobe with a stretch corresponding to a non-zero lift of the valve in such a way that the profile of the lift of the valve has a portion corresponding to a substantially non-zero value of the lift that radiuses the descending stretch of the profile of the additional lift to the ascending stretch of the profile of the main lift. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121559 | Water Based Systems for Direct Injection Knock Prevention in Spark Ignition Engines - A fuel management system for using water for on-board vehicular separation of ethanol from ethanol-gasoline blends is described. Water or a water-alcohol mixture from a secondary tank is mixed with the ethanol-gasoline blend resulting in separation of the ethanol. By using on-board vehicular separation, the consumption of the externally supplied liquid from a secondary tank can be decreased to less than 1% of the gasoline consumption. This allows for long refilling periods for the externally supplied fluid. In another embodiment, a water-based fluid is directly injected into the cylinders of a spark ignition engine to eliminate knocking without causing misfire. In a further embodiment, an alcohol-based fluid is also used in those circumstances where injection of the water-based fluid may cause misfire. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121560 | LOW COST AIRCRAFT CENTER OF GRAVITY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for determining center of gravity for an aircraft. An example system includes one or more load measurement devices that generate one of nose gear or main gear weight information and a processing device that determines center of gravity of the aircraft based on previously received gross weight information and the generated nose or main gear weight information. The number of gear sets with load measurement devices is one less that the total number of gear sets having distinct longitudinal positions along a fuselage of the aircraft. The processing device further determines center of gravity based on temperature and/or pitch attitude information. The system includes a user interface that allows a user to enter the gross weight information that might be included in a flight manifest or a load and trim sheet and/or a communication component that receives the gross weight information from a ground-based system. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121561 | CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - To improve recognition accuracy of a traveling direction of a vehicle by accurately detecting a marking on a road surface which is photographed by a camera while a road environment where a vehicle travels is changing. A car navigation system | 2010-05-13 |
20100121562 | AUTOMATED ROUTE DETERMINATION - A preferred route may be determined from an origin location to a destination location. The determination is made by processing directed links (e.g., one-way edges) in a graph that includes one or more links and two or more nodes. The determination of a preferred route may include an estimate of the time required at one or more intersections along alternative. Individual routing preferences, such as a preference of a rural over an urban route, also may be considered. Techniques are described that may help reduce the time required to identify a preferred route, including the identification and removal of no outlet routes before processing the directed links and techniques using particular data formats. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121563 | REAL-TIME PERSONAL DEVICE TRANSIT INFORMATION PRESENTMENT - Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices provide personalized, real-time travel information to a passenger of a transit system. A passenger provides a destination input to a programmable personal digital assistant, which establishes wireless communication with a wireless broadcast system of a transit system and uploads current routing and scheduling information, processing and presenting information to the passenger as a function of destination and passenger preference. The personal digital assistant also selects and wirelessly locates and communicates directly with the identified transport, alerts the passenger of a recommended boarding opportunity, recognizes a boarding by the passenger, confirms that a boarded transport is the recommended transport, and communicates a disembark alert to if the boarded transport is not the recommended transport or upon an arrival at a destination, the alert configured pursuant to the passenger preference. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121564 | REMOTE GUIDE SYSTEM, REMOTE GUIDE METHOD AND REMOTE GUIDE DEVICE - A remote guide system is featured by including: a server with a route search processing unit for searching a route from a departing place to a target place so as to distribute a search result, and a route guide processing unit for distributing guide information for guiding a user from the departing place to the target place by passing the searched route; and a moving object connected to the server, and with a route search request processing unit for transmitting a request of a route search to the server, and a present position processing unit for correcting a present position by employing map image data and for guiding the user based upon the guide information acquired from the server. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121565 | Route Calculation Method for a Vehicle Navigation System - Traffic information, including flow information and incident information, obtained through a traffic management system for providing and facilitating the exchange of traffic information between a remote location and a vehicle may be used in route calculation by a navigation device. The navigation device may recalculate a route based on anticipated user error. Alternatively, the navigation device may recalculate a route using received traffic information triggered by the receipt of a traffic information update, or triggered by the passage of an amount of time. The broadcast rate of traffic information updates may vary temporally (providing more frequent updates during peak commute times) or geographically (providing more frequent updates to metropolitan areas with increased traffic information needs). If route calculation is triggered by an elapsed amount of time, the amount of time may vary to be shorter during peak commute times. Additional route calculation techniques allow the incorporation of historical traffic information or the use of the most recent traffic information if incomplete traffic information is available. Still further route calculation techniques may calculate a best route by avoiding zigzagging or evaluating an assigned cost of a potential route. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121566 | GENERATING PHOTOGENIC ROUTES FROM STARTING TO DESTINATION LOCATIONS - A method of computing at least one photogenic route from a starting location to a destination location, including; computing photogenic values for images in a large collection representing a geographic region that includes the starting location and the destination location; computing a photogenic index for each route segment based on computed photogenic values of images taken along the route segment; computing at least one photogenic route from the starting location to the destination location and presenting the route(s) to a user | 2010-05-13 |
20100121567 | System and method for providing indoor navigation and special local base sevice application for malls stores shopping centers and buildings utilize Bluetooth - The system method described herein could guide people around urban environments indoor and outdoor, provide a direct content according to the user preference/profile and navigation guidenance to the content integrated into a special local base services application and a method to use the behavioral and the encoding user input for sales and marketing benefit mall store or building facility area The content and navigation will display on the existing cellular phone as Bluetooth application. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121568 | DEVICE FOR ASSISTING GROUND NAVIGATION OF AN AIRCRAFT ON AN AIRPORT - The invention concerns a device ( | 2010-05-13 |
20100121569 | LANE DETERMINING DEVICE, LANE DETERMINING METHOD AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A lane determining device includes: a feature information obtaining unit for obtaining feature information F of a target feature existing in each lane in the traveling direction of a vehicle | 2010-05-13 |
20100121570 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - In a navigation apparatus having a cradle unit that is fastenable to a vehicle and is equipped with at least a microcomputer; and a front panel unit that is attachable to and detachable from the cradle unit and is equipped with at least a display displaying map data and a microcomputer performing a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data, it is configured such that a panel is integrally formed at bottom of the cradle unit to be attachable to the vehicle. With this, it becomes possible to provide the navigation apparatus configured such that a member having a microcomputer performing a navigation function is attachable/detachable to/from the main body, i.e., the base unit, thereby improving ease of use, that the member can be easily attached to the dashboard of the vehicle, and that unnatural impression is prevented from arising in the appearance. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121571 | Display Method and System for a Vehicle Navigation System - Traffic information, including traffic flow information and traffic incident information, obtained through a traffic management system for providing and facilitating the exchange of traffic information between a remote location and a vehicle may be presented to a user on a user display in the vehicle. The traffic information may be presented to the user in several circumstances, either as cued by the user, or automatically presented by the traffic management system. The user display may also automatically display traffic flow and traffic incident information for the direction that the user is traveling or along a route calculated by the navigation device. Further, a window displaying information about an upcoming traffic incident such as distance to the incident and incident details may automatically appear in the user display. Alternately, the user may select a roadway, freeway, or area for which traffic information is desired. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121572 | System and Method for Tracking a Moving Person - Systems and methods are provided for tracking a moving person. The system comprises a controller configured to receive acceleration data that characterizes an acceleration of the moving person in three dimensions. The controller comprises a step rate component that determines a step rate for the person based on a vertical component of the acceleration data. The controller also comprises a body offset component that determines a body offset angle based on a spectral analysis of the acceleration data and the step rate. The controller further comprises a velocity component that determines a reference velocity vector based on the body offset angle and the step rate. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121573 | POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE - A position calculating method performed by a position calculating device having a sensor unit carried by or mounted on a mobile body and moving with the mobile body, includes: calculating the position of the mobile body; setting a detection value agreement range of the sensor unit for each of the possibility of moving, possibility of uncertainty, and possibility of stopping of the mobile body, and setting the detection value agreement range of the possibility of moving as the widest range to establish a membership function; determining whether the mobile body is in the stopping condition by predetermined fuzzy inference calculation using the membership function; changing an error parameter used for predetermined Kalman filter process to correct the calculated position by the Kalman filter process according to whether the stopping condition of the mobile body is determined or not; and correcting the calculated position by the Kalman filter process. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121574 | METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT - A method for collision avoidance of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with other aircraft such as manned aircraft or another UAV is provided. The method comprises detecting an aircraft approaching a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and estimating a position, range, and velocity of the aircraft. An estimated path of the aircraft is determined from the position, range, and velocity. A new flight path is then calculated for the unmanned aerial vehicle to a waypoint to avoid the estimated path of the aircraft. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121575 | Systems and methods for aerial system collision avoidance - A ground-based data collection, fusion, analysis and communication system and method are provided to effect collision avoidance for unmanned aerial systems. These systems and methods levy minimal demands on the very strict payload size, weight, and power constraints of many unmanned aerial system platforms by providing an off-board, rather than onboard, sensor system and data fusion capability supporting data acquisition and data fusion from a full spectrum of available sensors. These systems and methods include a capability for high-speed all-source data fusion and analysis with an objective of providing advisory information to a remotely-located pilot of an unmanned aerial system in a timely enough manner for the pilot to effect evasive maneuvers in situations to avoid collision between the unmanned aerial system and conflicting aerial traffic. Additionally, evasive maneuvering commands may be provided directly to an unmanned aerial system based on collected, fused and analyzed data from multiple sources in order to effect autonomous collision avoidance maneuvering within the unmanned aerial system. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121576 | HOST-VEHICLE RISK ACQUISITION - A host-vehicle risk acquisition device includes a host-vehicle path acquisition portion that acquires a path of a host-vehicle, and an obstacle path acquisition portion that acquires a plurality of paths of an obstacle existing around the host-vehicle. A collision risk acquisition portion acquires an actual collision risk, which is a collision risk between the host-vehicle and the obstacle when the host-vehicle is in a travel state based on the path of the host-vehicle and the plurality of paths of the obstacle. An offset risk acquisition portion acquires an offset risk, which is a collision risk between the host-vehicle and the obstacle in an offset travel state, which is offset from the travel state of the host-vehicle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121577 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIDAR-BASED CLEAR PATH DETECTION - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle includes generating a datastream corresponding to a three-dimensional scan of a target area surrounding the vehicle from a vehicle LIDAR system, estimating a ground plane for a present vehicle location using the datastream corresponding to the three-dimensional scan of the target area surrounding the vehicle, and comparing the datastream corresponding to the three-dimensional scan of the target area surrounding the vehicle with the estimated ground plane to detect a clear path of vehicle travel. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121578 | Data analysis system for determining coating conditions of a buried pipeline - A data analysis program operable for displaying at least one representation of a buried pipeline in a geographical area and associated on-pipe current values at various locations along the pipeline. The data analysis program is storable in a memory device and executable by a processor to generate a display on a display device. The data analysis program includes instructions for displaying a digital map representing at least a portion of the buried pipeline extending across the geographical area being surveyed. The program further includes instructions for displaying a current plot of current values associated with the various locations in the geographical area, and instructions for displaying a table having a plurality of fields including the leakage current values and associated geographical coordinates where the current values were measured in the geographical area being surveyed. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121579 | PROCESSING MEASUREMENT DATA THAT INVOLVES COMPUTING A DERIVATIVE OF THE MEASUREMENT DATA THAT REPRESENTS A SUBTERRANEAN STRUCTURE - To process measurement data representing a subterranean structure, a derivative of the measurement data collected by at least one survey receiver is computed, with respect to frequency. A response representing the subterranean structure is then computed based on the derivative of the measurement data, where the response contains an air-wave component that has been suppressed due to computing the derivative of the measurement data relative to at least another component that is sensitive to the subterranean structure. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121580 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION - A well passing through a geological formation is fitted with a tube, open at its bottom end, that is filled with a fluid. Another fluid is in the annular space between the tube and the wall of the well, the two fluids exhibiting an interface situated in the annular space. A hydraulic balance of the fluids of the well is disturbed and the trend of certain quantities is measured. These measurements are moreover simulated by computer by using different sets of values for the physical parameters, and efforts are made to estimate the geological formation. A comparison of the measurements with the simulation results makes it possible to identify an optimum set of values for the parameters. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121581 | Administering a therapeutic agent with more than one taggant - A system may include a means for administering a therapeutic agent to a subject; a means for administering a first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant to the subject at least substantially concurrent with the therapeutic agent, the first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant having a pharmacokinetic profile; and a means for administering a second pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant to the subject with the first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant, the second pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant having a pharmacokinetic profile different from the pharmacokinetic profile of the first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121582 | METHODS FOR ACCURATE SEQUENCE DATA AND MODIFIED BASE POSITION DETERMINATION - Disclosed herein are methods of determining the sequence and/or positions of modified bases in a nucleic acid sample present in a circular molecule with a nucleic acid insert of known sequence comprising obtaining sequence data of at least two insert-sample units. In some embodiments, the methods comprise obtaining sequence data using circular pair-locked molecules. In some embodiments, the methods comprise calculating scores of sequences of the nucleic acid inserts by comparing the sequences to the known sequence of the nucleic acid insert, and accepting or rejecting repeats of the sequence of the nucleic acid sample according to the scores of one or both of the sequences of the inserts immediately upstream or downstream of the repeats of the sequence of the nucleic acid sample. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121583 | METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF IN-SITU VISCOSITY - A method for measuring in-situ the viscosity of a fluid within a vessel using an apparatus using a motor driven impeller paddle immersed in the fluid. A chemical or biological agent is added to the fluid. The impeller paddle is rotated and the rotational positions of impeller drive shaft and the paddle are sensed. The rotational speed of the shaft is determined and the deflection angle of the impeller paddle relative to the shaft is determined. The viscosity of the fluid is determined by a computer from a look up table containing deflection angle for fluids of known viscosities. The measurements are periodically repeated for a predetermined number of iterations to determine the change in viscosity caused by reaction of the fluid with the chemical or biological agent and the results are reported to a user. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121584 | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic characterization of scale-dependent bulk material heterogeneities - Methods and apparatuses are provided for detecting and characterizing heterogeneities within a bulk material that exhibit scale-dependent uniformity represented by locally representative volume elements (LRVEs). The invention is particularly useful in the characterization of local variations of crystallographic texture of metals and alloys, including metallurgical Ti alloys. The invention consists of generating ultrasonic waves through different paths in the object, and detecting differences in time, amplitude and/or phase of the detected frequency components traveling the different paths to characterize a statistical mean dimensions of the LRVEs, for example, by autocorrelation. Mean sizes of the LRVEs in the scan directions can be computed by autocorrelation, and mean sizes in the direction of the propagation can also be approximated. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS OF A CIRCUIT - According to exemplary methods and systems of the present principles, the location of defective field repairable units (FRUS) of a circuit that have varying sizes or varying numbers of scan cells may be identified by employing tiles including scan cells from different FRUS. A set of test patterns may be scanned through the scan cells such that cells belonging to FRUs within a tile may be concealed while analyzing the response of scan cells in the tile contributed by a different FRU. Further, defective tiles are discoverable at any tile location and in any quantity within a maximal capacity using a compressed signature. In addition, signature registers that process data at a rate that is faster than the scan shift rate of the circuit may be employed during compression to multiply a circuit response by a plurality of components of a compression matrix during one scan shift cycle. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121586 | UNBALANCE POWER OF AN ELECTRICAL FACILITY OR SYSTEM, ALONG WITH THE DEVICE FOR ITS CALIBRATION - Method and practical use system for measuring the imbalance potential of an electrical installation or system comprising:
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20100121587 | Health Management of Rechargeable Batteries - Systems and methods for health management of rechargeable batteries are disclosed. In one embodiment, a rechargeable battery system includes a rechargeable battery, and a battery health management unit operatively coupled to the rechargeable battery and including a state of health module configured to estimate a battery health by receiving battery-related data and predicting one or more failure modes. The state of health module may further include a prognostic failure mode component configured to combine at least one flight data variable with at least one model-based prognostic. In alternate embodiments, the battery health management unit may further include a state of life module and a state of charge module. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121588 | Apparatus, system, and method for improving the accuracy of state of health/state of charge battery measurements using data accumulation - A method, system, and computer network for improving the accuracy of state of health/state of charge calculations of a battery product utilizing a battery tracking network communicating with a battery product, providing for the collection and recording of data from the operational environment of the battery product. Transmitting the collected and recorded data from all battery products in the battery tracking network through the battery tracking network to a database system. Storing the data in the database system. Calculating, using a state of charge/state of health algorithm, an estimated state of charge/state of health and comparing the accuracy of the calculation to the data collected. Then adjusting the state of health/state of charge algorithm based on the comparison with the collected data to improve the accuracy of the state of health/state of charge algorithm. The algorithm being adjusted and transmitted to the battery product to aid in calculating and displaying a state of health/state of charge of the battery product based on the adjusted state of health/state of charge algorithm for review by an operator. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121589 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING APPLICATION USING SOLAR BATTERY CHARGING OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for implementing an application using solar battery charging of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes determining the accumulated charging time of the solar battery, extracting an image corresponding to the determined accumulated charging time of the solar battery from a storage unit, and displaying the extracted image on a display unit. Accordingly, a user may be entertained by plant growing at the same time of charging the solar battery. | 2010-05-13 |
20100121590 | TRAVEL SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A travel support system for a vehicle includes: a required power amount obtaining unit determining a required power amount in a rechargeable battery required for travel of a predetermined section of a route; a remaining power amount obtaining unit determining a remaining power amount as the amount of power currently remaining in the rechargeable battery; an excess power amount obtaining unit determining an excess power amount as a portion of the remaining power amount in the rechargeable battery in excess of the required power amount; and a communication unit notifying a user of the vehicle of information indicating the availability of an electrical component of the vehicle in traveling the predetermined section, based on the excess power amount. | 2010-05-13 |