24th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130151123 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A PRESSURE-REGULATING VALVE - A method for operating a pressure-regulating valve of a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine of, in particular, a motor vehicle; the fuel injection system including a pressure reservoir for storing pressurized fuel, as well as a feed device for delivering fuel to the pressure reservoir; and fuel being removable from the pressure reservoir via the pressure-regulating valve. In an overrun mode of the internal combustion engine, a delivery quantity of fuel delivered to the pressure reservoir by the feed device is set to a value greater than zero, and that a fuel pressure in the pressure reservoir is ascertained. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151124 | ENGINE EMISSION CONTROL STRATEGY FOR SMOKE AND NOx - An engine control system ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151125 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling Emissions in an Internal Combustion Engine - Certain embodiments of methods and systems for operating an internal combustion engine over a range of operating condition are disclosed. One embodiment of a method includes operating the engine at an initial O2 voltage setpoint; and automatically adjusting the O2 voltage setpoint to a new O2 voltage setpoint to reduce emissions. In certain embodiments a control system for controlling emissions in an internal combustion is provided. The control system includes at least one subsystem that controls an O2 voltage setpoint; at least one subsystem that measures NOx emissions in the engine exhaust; and at least one subsystem that initiates a lambda sweep to determine an optimal O2 voltage setpoint. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151126 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HAND-HELD WORKING APPARATUS - A hand-held working apparatus has an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft which is driven in rotation. The crankshaft drives at least one tool of the working apparatus via a centrifugal clutch. The working apparatus has a device for determining the speed of the internal combustion engine and a control device which controls the internal combustion engine. It is provided that the profile of the speed of the internal combustion engine is evaluated by the control device, and that the engagement speed of the centrifugal clutch is determined from the profile of the speed of the internal combustion engine. A method of operation is also provided. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151127 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - An internal combustion engine control apparatus includes a pseudo knock determination unit that determines whether or not a pseudo knock has been produced in a knock detection window, based on at least one of the frequency, a status amount indicating a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine, a status amount indicating a load of the internal combustion engine, and a status amount indicating an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine; and a moving-average processing unit that sets a second period to a period that is approximately the same as a first period, in the case where it has been determined that the pseudo knock was not produced, and that does not implement moving-averaging or sets the second period to a period that is narrower than the first period, in the case where it has been determined that a pseudo knock was produced. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151128 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - There are provided a combustion start determination unit that determines whether or not the inner-cylinder state of an internal combustion engine has changed from a non-combustion state to a combustion state; and a filter coefficient changing demand unit that outputs a filter coefficient changing demand until a predetermined filter coefficient changing period elapses from the time instant when the combustion start determination unit determines that the inner-cylinder state of the internal combustion engine has changed from the non-combustion state to the combustion state to the time instant. Based on the filter coefficient changing demand, at least one of a background level calculation unit and a standard deviation calculation unit changes the value of a filter coefficient utilized in a filtering operation to the one with which a filtering effect is weakened. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151129 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle includes a drive source control unit adapted to output a command for automatically stopping a drive source when a first predetermined condition is satisfied and output a command for restarting the drive source when a second predetermined condition is not satisfied after the command for automatically stopping the drive source is output, a drive source restart determination unit adapted to determine that the drive source has restarted when a third predetermined condition is satisfied after the command for restarting the drive source is output, and a restart determination prohibition unit adapted to prohibit a restart determination by the drive source restart determination unit at least until the third predetermined condition is no longer satisfied when the third predetermined condition is satisfied and the command for restarting the drive source is output. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151130 | IDLE REDUCTION CONTROLLER FOR ENGINE - When a vehicle speed is decreased to a first deceleration threshold value which is greater than zero, an idle reduction controller executes a first engine-shut-down to automatically shut down an engine. In a monitoring period from when the vehicle speed falls below a second deceleration threshold value which is greater than the first deceleration threshold value until when the vehicle speed becomes the first deceleration threshold value, when a steering operation is conducted by a driver, the first engine-shut-down is prohibited. Then, when the vehicle speed exceeds the second deceleration threshold value, a prohibition of the first engine-shut-down is canceled. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151131 | START-UP STRATEGY FOR HYBRID POWERTRAIN - A start-up method for a hybrid powertrain in which hydraulic pressure is generated in a casual start-up by an electric oil pump motor where certain predetermined conditions are satisfied and the casual start-up is abandoned and hydraulic pressure is generated by an engine where the predetermined conditions are not satisfied. The casual start-up is also abandoned where a vehicle operator seeks propulsion shortly after start-up and before an oil pump is rotating within a predetermined threshold of an oil pump target RPM. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151132 | REMOTE STARTER - A remote starter is installed in a vehicle for executing starting control of a driving apparatus of the vehicle, and executes the starting control of the driving apparatus in response to a request for starting received from an information processor that is located outside the vehicle. The remote starter includes a communicator that communicates with the information processor by transmitting and receiving information and a controller that obtains time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus. The communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the information processor at the time of starting the driving apparatus in response to the request for starting received from the information processor. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151133 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES - A method includes determining an operational parameter of a first vehicle traveling with a plurality of vehicles in a transportation network and/or a route in the transportation network, identifying a failure condition of the first vehicle and/or the route based on the operational parameter, obtaining plural different sets of remedial actions that dictate operations to be taken based on the failure condition, simulating travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network based on implementation of the different sets of remedial actions, determining potential consequences on travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network when the different sets of remedial actions are implemented in the travel that is simulated, and, responsive to the potential consequences, receiving a selection of at least one of the different sets of remedial actions to be implemented in actual travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151134 | METHOD OF PROVIDING DETAIL INFORMATION USING MULTIMEDIA BASED TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL INFORMATION MESSAGE AND TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING THE SAME - There is disclosed a method of providing detailed information using a multimedia based traffic and travel information message and a terminal for executing the same. A method of providing detailed information using a multimedia based traffic in accordance with this document may comprise receiving transport protocol expert group (TPEG) information, comprising a road traffic message and a multimedia based traffic and travel information message and comprised of a hierarchical structure, displaying one or more events comprised in the road traffic message, allowing a request for detailed information about any one of the events to be input, and receiving detailed information of a multimedia type from a multimedia data providing server through specific one of bearer information comprised in the multimedia based traffic and travel information message and providing the received detailed information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151135 | HYBRID TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A traffic sensing system for sensing traffic at a roadway includes a first sensor having a first field of view, a second sensor having a second field of view, and a controller. The first and second fields of view at least partially overlap in a common field of view over a portion of the roadway, and the first sensor and the second sensor provide different sensing modalities. The controller is configured to select a sensor data stream for at least a portion of the common field of view from the first and/or second sensor as a function of operating conditions at the roadway. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151136 | METHOD OF DETECTING LOCATION OF OPPOSING VEHICLE USING GPS INFORMATION - A method of detecting a location of an opposing vehicle using Global Positioning System (GPS) information in which pieces of GPS raw data and pieces of GPS post-processing data of a driver's vehicle and of an opposing vehicle are received. It is determined using the received GPS post-processing data whether the opposing vehicle is a vehicle that has entered a predetermined range. If it is determined that the opposing vehicle is a vehicle that has entered the predetermined range, it is determined whether common data is present in the pieces of GPS raw data of the driver's vehicle and of the opposing vehicle by comparing the pieces of GPS raw data with each other. A degree of proximity to the opposing vehicle is using the common data in the pieces of GPS raw data of the driver's vehicle and the opposing vehicle. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151137 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT TRIE AND SEGMENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a destination index based on a search indicator for distinguishing a candidate destination from another; receiving an entry for a point of interest; generating an entry update based on segmenting the entry for comparing the entry update to the destination index; and identifying a target destination based on resolving the destination index with the search indicator for matching the entry update to the candidate destination for displaying on a device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151138 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH MAP MATCHING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a current position for locating a device; adding a new edge from a road topology map to a topological tree based on the current position; removing an old edge from the topological tree based on the current position; determining a matched edge of the topological tree based on the current position and the topological tree; and calculating an adjusted location based on the matched edge for displaying on the device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151139 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING PATH FOR INDOOR LOCALIZATION - When a user enters an indoor space, such as a building, where it is difficult to obtain absolute positioning information, probable indoor path information is estimated based on outer appearance information of the building that the user is presumed to have entered and the moving distance and moving direction of the user. Also, location information calculated according to an estimated navigation method is selectively corrected by using the estimated indoor path information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151140 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MAP MATCHING - An apparatus performs a space map matching on a position of a user terminal measured through a positioning process and display the measured positions of the user terminal on a map in which a plurality of spaces are constructed. The space map matching is performed to determine in which space the user terminal is located among the plurality of spaces. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151141 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A control unit of a navigation apparatus disposed in a vehicle controls a display screen to display a main guidance route. When the vehicle departs from the main guidance route to enter a sub-guidance route at a branch point positioned along the main guidance route, a display mode of a first route between the branch point and a connection point at which the sub-guidance route connects to the main guidance route is gradually changed from a first mode to a third mode, which is a non-display of the guidance route. In addition, the display mode of a second route, which is the sub-guidance route, gradually changes from a second mode to the first mode. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151142 | DRIVE MODE GUIDE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is drive mode guide system for a vehicle provided with a plurality of drive modes. More specifically, a road information storage unit stores information related a road state. A real-time information storage unit receives and stores environmental information in real time. A vehicle information storage unit stores information related to the vehicle. A control unit then extracts a possible-traveling path and a drive mode and an outputs the possible-traveling path and a suggested drive mode received from the control unit based on the information stored in the road information storage unit, the real-time information storage unit, and the vehicle information storage unit. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMINDING CALENDAR SCHEDULE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method and an apparatus for reminding a calendar schedule and a recording medium are provided. First, a schedule and a location of an event are set in a calendar, and first positioning information of the location is obtained. Then, second positioning information of a current location of a mobile device is obtained. Next, the current location is determining whether to be within a signal range of a signal source. Once the current location is within the signal range, the time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the first positioning information is calculated. Finally, a reminding time is set according to the transferring time, and a reminding action is taken at the reminding time. Thereby, the reminding time of the event can be dynamically adjusted to avoid delay caused when the mobile device is too far from the event location. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151144 | ROAD GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM USING GEOTAGGING IMAGE - A road guidance display method and system using a geo-tagging image are provided. More specifically, a street image is stored by capturing the street image at a specific point by a camera and storing the street image along with position information at a corresponding point. Subsequently, the street image stored in the storing process is output on a screen when a reproduction command is input by a user or when a vehicle is within a predetermined distance from a street image capturing point. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151145 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - Display systems, methods, and programs generate and display an arrow object superimposed on an actual image of a road ahead of a vehicle. The systems, methods, and programs access information about a lane change route for guiding the vehicle when changing from a travel lane to a recommended lane. The systems, methods, and programs generate and display a travel lane part of the arrow object, a crossing part of the arrow object, and a recommended lane part of the arrow object, each as a superimposed image on the recommended lane. As remaining distance from a current position of the vehicle to the junction becomes smaller, a distance of a directional component along the travel lane for at least one of the travel lane part, the crossing part, and the recommended lane part is shortened. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151146 | Mini-Map-Matching for Navigation Systems - The present invention uses a map database which is created with the view of optimization in terms of size and complexity, so that it can be easily embedded into a navigation chip. The optimized map database is referred to as a “mini-map” database. The mini-map database easily integrates with the position calculation routine. The algorithm for position calculation includes a map-matching component, which is referred to as the “mini-map-matching” (MMM) algorithm, which is implemented on the navigation chip. Application of the present invention includes any navigation system for vehicles and/or pedestrians. The navigation system may include an inertial sensor, such as a dead-reckoning (DR) sensor, for further improvement in calculated positional accuracy when satellite signals are degraded due to environmental factors. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151147 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING ON AN AIRCRAFT AN IDENTIFICATION CODE OF A GROUND STATION OF A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A monitoring device is provided. The monitoring device includes means for verifying whether an identifier received from a ground station of a radionavigation system is among the identifiers of the ground stations situated in a monitoring zone around the current horizontal position of the aircraft. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151148 | Place Affinity Estimation - A system and method for estimating a place affinity for a user is disclosed. The system comprises a gathering module, a communication module and a scoring module. The gathering module receives a place and retrieves rich place data associated with the place. The communication module retrieves user profile data associated with a user and a place affinity model associated with the user. The scoring module estimates an affinity score for the place using the place affinity model based at least in part on the rich place data and the user profile data. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151149 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATION WITH USER CALENDAR - A Vehicle navigation system connects to a user's smart-phone or an online internet-based calendar service to download a user event schedule/calendar containing a list of upcoming user appointments. The next event within the list is identified, and is searched for the presence of a location identifier, i.e., an appointment venue or the name of the person with whom the appointment is fixed. Upon finding a location identifier, the user is prompted to confirm whether the identified location corresponds to the user's next intended destination, when the time of arriving at the identified location is close to the time when the next appointment occurs. Once the user confirms, the identified location is construed as the next intended destination and a destination input to the navigation system is automatically provided to plan the next trip accordingly. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151150 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TRIP PLANNING FUNCTION AND TRIP PLANNING METHOD - A trip planning method implemented by an electronic device includes receiving a first trip planning request via an input unit from a user; sending the first trip planning request to a server to obtain the first trip plan corresponding to the first trip planning request from the server after determining that the first trip plan does not already exist in a memory, and saving the first trip plan to the memory after obtaining the first trip plan from the server; receiving a second trip planning request from the user; determining whether the second trip plan needs to be generated; and generating the second trip plan corresponding to the second trip planning request by updating the first trip plan according to the second trip planning request after determining that the second trip plan needs to be generated. The electronic device is also provided. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION INFORMATION BASED ON AN OPERATING MODE - A navigation information providing server based on an operation mode, the navigation information providing server including a movement information reception unit which receives information associated with a movement of a user terminal, an operation mode determination unit which determines whether an operation mode of navigation is changed, based on the received information associated with the movement of the user terminal, and a navigation information providing unit which changes navigation information according to the determination regarding the change of the operation mode and provides the changed navigation information to the user terminal. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151152 | Speed Profile Dictionary - A speed profile dictionary and associated lookup tables are disclosed. A set of distinct speed profiles is defined using a statistical analysis routine. Preferably, the statistical analysis routine uses clustering. The speed profiles are then matched to location codes identifying physical locations on a road network and days of the week. Applications using historic traffic data may use the speed profile dictionary and one or more lookup tables instead of a complete historic traffic database, thereby reducing the amount of memory needed to store historic traffic data. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151153 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CROP CULTIVATION FREQUENCY OF SOIL AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING PRODUCTION REGION DECEPTION - Disclosed is a method for testing soil by means of biological methods using microorganisms that inhabit the soil to be tested. In addition, the authenticity of the production region of an agricultural product is determined from the soil adhered thereto. Specifically disclosed is a method for measuring the crop cultivation frequency of soil, which comprises a sample generation step for generating a suspension of soil to be measured as a micro-organism sample; a dropping step for dropping the suspension, which is the generated microorganism sample, into a plurality of nutrient sources in which the consumption rates of at least a portion thereof differ depending on the microorganism species; and an observation step for observing the cumulative consumption rate of each nutrient source by the microorganisms after dropping. In addition, the authenticity of the production region label is assessed by comparing the soil adhered to the agricultural product to soil from the production region on the label. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151154 | Apparatus for Testing Swellable Materials - The invention provides an apparatus for use in testing the swell characteristics of swellable components used in downhole exploration or production equipment, such as swellable packers. A method of measuring a test piece using a testing apparatus with a fluid chamber and a transducer is described. Measured data can be compared with data measured from a sample section of a tool to determine a relationship between swell characteristics. The determined relationships can then be used to calculate or predict swelling characteristics of swellable components, for example particular packer designs, in specific fluid samples. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151155 | Method and System of Determining Parameters Associated with a Hydrocarbon Bearing Formation Beneath a Sea Bed - Determining parameters associated with a hydrocarbon bearing formation beneath a sea bed. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: obtaining data gathered regarding a plurality of distinct readings by sensors, the readings responsive to a source of electrical energy towed in water above the hydrocarbon bearing formation, the sensors sense an electrical parameter associated with the source; combining a first datum associated with a first path of travel of the source with a second datum associated with a second path of travel of the source, the second path of travel distinct from the first path of travel, and the combining creates a first combined datum; and determining the parameter associated with the hydrocarbon bearing formation by evaluating the first combined datum. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151156 | Electrical Submersible Pump Monitoring and Failure Prediction - Current supplied to electrical submersible pumps in wells is monitored, and signal processing based on wavelet analysis and phase diagram analysis is performed on the data obtained from monitoring. An incipient malfunction of the electrical submersible pump, such as one due to scale build-up in and around the pump, can be detected at an early stage. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151157 | DYNAMIC BOREHOLE AZIMUTH MEASUREMENTS - A method for making dynamic borehole azimuth measurements while drilling includes processing cross-axial magnetic field measurements in combination with accelerometer measurements to compute the dynamic borehole azimuth. In one or more embodiments, the cross-axial magnetic field measurements and the accelerometer measurements may be used to compute the magnitude of a cross-axial magnetic field component, a toolface offset, and a borehole inclination, which may in turn be used to compute the dynamic borehole azimuth. The disclosed methods may utilize near-bit sensor measurements obtained while drilling, thereby enabling a near-bit dynamic borehole azimuth to be computed while drilling. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151158 | UTILIZATION OF DYNAMIC DOWNHOLE SURVEYING MEASUREMENTS - A method for making dynamic gravity toolface measurements while rotating a downhole measurement tool in a borehole is disclosed. The method includes processing magnetic field measurements and accelerometer measurements to compute a toolface offset and further processing the toolface offset in combination with a magnetic toolface to obtain the dynamic gravity toolface. Methods for correcting dynamic and static navigational sensor measurements to remove sensor biases, for example, are also disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151159 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS EMPLOYING PROPERTY GRADIENT ANALYSIS OF RESERVOIR FLUIDS - A methodology for reservoir understanding employs analysis of fluid property gradients to investigate and distinguish between non-compartmentalization of the reservoir, compartmentalization of the reservoir, and lack of thermodynamic equilibrium in the reservoir. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151160 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STRESS-STRAIN STATE OF A STRATIFIED MEDIUM - The disclosure is related to methods for determining a stress-deformed state of layered media having at least one fluid-filled poroelastic layer induced by fluid pressure changes and it can be used in oil & gas industry. The method comprises determining initial parameters of a layered medium and a volume-distributed loading of developed layers of the layered medium. Then a set of equations is specified including elastic balance equations for each layer and equations defining boundary conditions between the layers. Analytical solutions of the elastic balance equations for each layer are obtained and adjusted to satisfy boundary conditions between the layers. Displacements and stresses in any point of the layered medium are determined in accordance with a required approximation accuracy on basis of the adjusted analytical solutions. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151161 | Seismic Horizon Skeletonization - Method for analysis of hydrocarbon potential of subterranean regions by generating surfaces or geobodies and analyzing them for hydrocarbon indications. Reflection-based surfaces may be automatically created in a topologically consistent manner where individual surfaces do not overlap themselves and sets of multiple surfaces are consistent with stratigraphic superposition principles. Initial surfaces are picked from the seismic data ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151162 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - Drug delivery devices are described that include sensors and processing circuitry that can detect operating events, such as flow rates and drug delivery, in various types of inhalers, such as dry powder inhalers, metered dose inhalers, nasal inhalers and nebulisers. The information determined by the processing circuitry can be used to provide feedback to the user or can be stored or transmitted for subsequent analysis. This information can be used to improve clinical trials by providing information about the way in which the inhalers under test are being used. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151163 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151164 | Systems and Methods for Analyzing Microarrays - The present invention discloses methods and systems for analyzing microarray data. The method includes the general steps of providing microarray data, normalizing the data using a least trimmed squares regression, and then analyzing the normalized microarray data to obtain a desired result such as an expression profile. There is also disclosed a method of subdividing an array into subarrays before normalization. This approach provides a method for improving measurement accuracy and salvaging array data from arrays containing minor defects. Also disclosed is a Probe-Treatment-Reference (PTR) model for streamlining normalization and summarization of microarray data by allowing multiple references. Other aspects of the present invention include computer systems and computer readable media encoding methods of the present invention. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151165 | Computer Systems for Treating Diseases - The present invention relates to computer-implemented methods and system for analysing a biomarker which cycles in a subject. In some other aspects, the present invention relates to analysing a biomarker which at least initially increases or decreases in amount in a subject following a treatment for a disease. In further aspects, the present invention relates to computer-implemented methods and systems for determining a preferred time to administer a therapy to treat a disease in a subject. The present invention also relates to computer program product to implement the methods. Further, the present invention relates to methods of determining the timing of treating a disease in a subject in which the immune system is cycling. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151166 | Reduction Of Classification Error Rates And Monitoring System Using An Artificial Class - Systems and methods for enhancing the accuracy of classifying a measurement by providing an artificial class. Seizure prediction systems may employ a classification system including an artificial class and a user interface for signaling uncertainty in classification when a measurement is classified in the artificial class. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151167 | Method To Determine The DRA In A Hydrocarbon Fuel - This instrumental method requires no sample preparation to determine not only whether a fuel contains DRA, but also the manufacturer(s) of the DRA. To date, there is no available method to quickly and easily perform this analysis. Only 60 microliters of sample are needed for the determination, which can be performed within two hours. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151168 | DRINKING VESSELS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems configured to determine an amount of alcohol in an alcohol-containing liquid discharged from a drinking vessel or an amount of the alcohol-containing liquid discharged from the drinking vessel, drinking vessels configured to measure alcohol content or other property of an alcohol-containing liquid held therein, other related components such as mat devices that facilitate determining the amount, and related methods. The systems, drinking vessels, and methods disclosed herein facilitate determination of an amount of alcohol in an alcohol-containing liquid discharged from a drinking vessel or an amount of alcohol-containing liquid discharged from the drinking vessel, which may be indicative of an amount of alcohol consumed by a drinker. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151169 | DRINKING VESSELS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems configured to determine an amount of alcohol in an alcohol-containing liquid discharged from a drinking vessel or an amount of the alcohol-containing liquid discharged from the drinking vessel, drinking vessels configured to measure alcohol content or other property of an alcohol-containing liquid held therein, other related components such as mat devices that facilitate determining the amount, and related methods. The systems, drinking vessels, and methods disclosed herein facilitate determination of an amount of alcohol in an alcohol-containing liquid discharged from a drinking vessel or an amount of alcohol-containing liquid discharged from the drinking vessel, which may be indicative of an amount of alcohol consumed by a drinker. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151170 | SENSOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER, AND MACHINE - A machine in a sensor system is configured to measure conditions of parts in the machine with sensors, collect pieces of sensor data generated by the measurements, and transmit the collected pieces of sensor data to a computer while connecting to the computer via a network. The computer in the sensor system is configured to create an index for indicating that the machine is in a predetermined condition, based on the transmitted pieces of sensor data, and transmit the created index to the machine. The machine is configured to diagnose whether the machine is in the predetermined condition with the transmitted index and collected pieces of sensor data. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151171 | Ultrasonic Inspection Method, Ultrasonic Test Method and Ultrasonic Inspection Apparatus - The invention is directed to an ultrasonic inspection method, an ultrasonic test method, and an ultrasonic inspection apparatus that enable sizing to be executed even for a minute defect using an ultrasonic wave. A holder holds a transmitting probe for executing an angle beam method and a receiving probe for executing a vertical beam method. A motor and a guide rail form a movement mechanism for the transmitting probe and the receiving probe. In an ultrasonic test mode, the transmitting probe executes the angle beam method and transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave. In a sizing mode, the transmitting probe transmits an ultrasonic wave and the receiving probe receives this wave. A tip echo of a wave diffracted from a tip of a defect on a sample and a corner echo reflected from a corner of the defect are measured from a waveform received by the receiving probe. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151172 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A COMPARATIVE MOISTURE LEVEL - A method and device for providing a comparative moisture level of an material are disclosed. The method and device provide a comparative moisture level of a test moisture level of a test material compared to a reference moisture level of a reference material, indicating whether the test moisture level of the test material is less than (dryer), equal to, or greater than (wetter) than the reference moisture level of the reference material. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151173 | INTERPROCESSOR COMMUNICATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An interprocessor communication measurement system for an information processing apparatus having a plurality of processors which may send data to the other processors through a plurality of communication channels, includes a socket which is connected with communication channels and electrically connects a processor attached thereto with the communication channels, a measurement node which is attached to the socket in place of the processor and electrically connected with the communication channels, wherein the measurement node includes a routing unit configured to send data destined for any one of the other processors to the one of the other processors through the communication channels and an intercepting unit configured to intercept data sent through the routing unit, and a storing unit configured to store data intercepted by the intercepting unit of the measurement node. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151174 | ELECTRONIC STATE CALCULATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC STATE CALCULATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of calculating an electronic state of a material by using a calculation device, wherein the calculation device sets a set containing, as elements, a plurality of operation models, where each of operation models provides an approximate solution to the electronic state of the material, determines an optimized operation model that are close in distance in a space formed by the set while defining a direction in which the calculated self-consistent solutions of the effective Hamiltonian of an electron system continuously change, evaluates a variational energy of the electron system by the self-consistent solution, updates the operation model so that the evaluated variational energy approaches an energy of an exact solution to be calculated and further, so that the variational energy forms a monotonically decreasing convex function, and calculates the exact solution of the electronic state from one or a plurality of variational energy series. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151175 | ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD TO DETERMINE LEAKAGE IMPEDANCE AND LEAKAGE VOLTAGE NODE - A circuit, system, machine-readable storage medium and method for detecting the leakage impedance in a voltage source is described. The method for identifying a presence of a leakage path in a multi-cell floating voltage source may include supplying a current to a node of the floating voltage source and sampling the voltage of the floating voltage source using a pair of amplifiers connecting in inverting configurations. The method may include sampling a reference ground potential using a reference amplifier connected in an inverting configuration. Each of the amplifiers may output an output signal. The method may include adjusting the current supplied to the node of the floating voltage source and resampling the voltage of the floating voltage source and the reference ground potential. The value of the leakage impedance may be calculated using the sampled and resampled values. The measurements may be performed independent of the battery voltage. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151176 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND CHIP SELECTING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor apparatus includes an individual chip designating code setting block configured to generate a plurality of individual chip designating code of different values; an individual chip activation block configured to enable an individual chip activation signal among a plurality of individual chip activation signals, which corresponds to individual chip designating code, when the individual chip designating code matches the individual chip control code; and a control block configured to set the individual chip control code or output chip selection address as the individual chip control code in response to chip selection fuse signals and test fuse signals. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151177 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING AND IDENTIFYING DIVERSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Systems, apparatus and methods for quantifying and identifying diversion of electrical energy are provided. Bypass and tap diversions may be identified in an electric utility power distribution inventory zone having both bypass and tap diversions. Bypass diversion factors for consumer nodes in an inventory zone are determined by finding a solution to a system of load balance equations having slack variables representing aggregate tap loads for the inventory zone and in which consumer load profile data is scaled by the bypass diversion factors, which solution minimizes an objective function whose value is positively related to the sum of the slack variables representing the aggregate tap loads. Tap loads are correlated with nodes in an inventory zone by solving a first system of power flow equations not having variables representing tap loads, and then solving a second system of power flow equations having variables representing tap loads using an iterative numerical solution technique initialized based on the solution to the first system of power flow equations. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151178 | Apparatus and Method for Measuring Electric Power - Provided are an apparatus and method for accurately measuring electric power when a consumer receives electric power from an electric utility and supplies surplus electric power to the electric utility in power transmission/reception facilities connected in a Y-delta configuration. The apparatus includes a first power meter measuring an amount of electric power at a Y connection side, a second power meter measuring an amount of electric power caused by neutral circulating current at the Y connection side, and an operational unit subtracting a measured value of the second power meter from a measured value of the first power meter, and deciding an amount of actually consumed electric power. The second power meter includes at least one current transformer (CT) and a plurality of potential transformers (PTs). The at least one current transformer detects neutral circulating current (I | 2013-06-13 |
20130151179 | AUTOMATED MONITORING FOR CHANGES IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION PATTERNS - A process for detecting statistically significant changes in energy consumption patterns by monitoring for changes in the parameters to a parametric energy model. Two parametric models of energy consumption are created: the first being a model providing an initial base line of energy consumption, the second being a test model to be compared to the initial base model. Statistically significant changes are detected by using a difference score that compares the parameters of two models along with the uncertainties of each parameter to determine whether the differences in the parameters of each model indicate a statistically significant deviation in the energy consumption pattern. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151180 | BATTERY MAGNETIC STATE OF CHARGE SENSOR CONTROL ALGORITHM - A system and method for estimating the state-of-charge (SOC) of a battery cell in a vehicle using a magnetic sensor that measures changes in magnetism of the battery cell. The method provides an offset correction to a current output signal from the magnetic sensor that calibrates the current output signal to a known magnetic field strength, provides a temperature correction to the current output signal that corrects the current output signal based on a temperature of the magnetic sensor, and provides a current correction to the current output signal that removes portions of the magnetic field caused by other battery cells, where the corrected current output signal is converted to the battery cell SOC. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151181 | DETERMINING A BATTERY CHEMISTRY FOR A BATTERY IN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE - Some embodiments provide a system that determines a battery chemistry for a battery in a peripheral device. During operation, the system determines a first voltage of the battery at a first time and a second voltage of the battery at a second time. The first voltage and the second voltage are then compared to one or more predetermined battery usage profiles to determine the battery chemistry. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151182 | PROCESS FOR SUPPLYING A MEDICAL DEVICE - A process for supplying a medical device ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151183 | TECHNIQUE OF DETERMINING DEGRADATION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a technique for determining degradation of a high-voltage battery of a vehicle. More specifically, variations in charge capacity with respect to a predetermined variation in voltage of a high-voltage battery that is currently being slowly charged are obtained depending on degradation degrees of the high-voltage battery. A vehicle equipped with a high-voltage battery having a specification identical to those of the high-voltage battery is used to acquire a charge capacity and a voltage of the high-voltage battery that is currently being slowly charged. A variation in charge capacity with respect to the predetermined variation in voltage is calculated from the charge capacity and the voltage. The variation in charge capacity with respect to the predetermined variation in voltage is compared with the variations in charge capacity with respect to the predetermined variation in voltage depending on the degradation degrees, thus determining a relevant degradation degree. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151184 | Meter Device - A meter arrangement includes a measuring unit. The measuring unit is configured to be coupled to a phase of a power line, to measure at least one parameter of the phase and to provide data representing the measured parameter. A control unit is coupled to the measuring unit and is configured to process the data provided by the measuring unit. A data communication channel is configured to couple the measuring unit and the control unit and provides a path for data transmission between the units. The data communication channel includes a magnetic transfer device. A power channel is configured to couple the measuring unit and the control unit. A path for energy transmission is provided between the measuring and control units. The power channel includes a magnetic transfer device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151185 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A previously calibrated 01 alternating data signal from the driver of an output circuit is input to an input circuit. The voltage amplitude of the input signal is measured. The measured voltage amplitude is compared with the output amplitude of a driver, and an error is stored in a memory as a correction value. A phase and the amount of jitter are measured by using a clock with a specified phase and a specified amount of jitter. The measured phase and amount of jitter are compared with a specified phase and a specified amount of jitter, and an error is stored in a memory as a correction value. In a test, the amplitude and amount of jitter of an input signal from an alien IC are measured, and the measured amplitude and amount of jitter are corrected by a correction value stored in the memory. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151186 | SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONDUCTANCE OF AN OBJECT - A system for determining a conductance of an object includes a sensor configured to emit an electromagnetic field when an excitation signal is received, wherein the electromagnetic field interacts with the object when the object is positioned within the electromagnetic field. A signal processing circuit is coupled to the sensor and configured to provide an adjustable capacitance to the sensor to adjust a phase angle of a current flowing through the sensor, to generate a voltage measurement representative of a voltage across the sensor, and to generate a current measurement representative of the current flowing through the sensor. A controller is coupled to the signal processing circuit and configured to calculate an admittance of the sensor based on the voltage measurement and the current measurement, and to determine a conductance of the object based on the calculated admittance of the sensor. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151187 | Systems And Methods For Determining Current Flow Through A Utility Asset - The present invention describes systems and methods for determining current flow through a current-carrying utility asset. An exemplary embodiment can include measuring a first magnetic induction value at a first location near a targeted current-carrying utility asset and a second magnetic induction value at a second location near the targeted asset where the first location is a known distance from the second location; determining a correlation between a spatial angle and an electrical phase angle between the targeted asset and a second asset where the second asset contributes a first and second error component to the first and second magnetic induction values respectively; estimating error values for the first and second error components using the correlation between the spatial angle and the electrical phase angle; and estimating a current flowing through the targeted asset using the first and second magnetic induction values, the known distance, and the error values. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151188 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-INVASIVELY MONITORING FLUID FLOW IN A SUBJECT - A fluid flow monitoring system is provided that has a processor utility which is connectable to an acoustic generator associated with acoustic ports and is operable for generating signals S | 2013-06-13 |
20130151189 | QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM - In a clinical laboratory, the degree of contamination of an automatic analyzer may constantly change due, for instance, to the operation of the automatic analyzer and newly added examinations, and there is a risk of failure to adequately maintain the performance of the automatic analyzer by performing calibration at conventional intervals. Meanwhile, the result of quality control varies depending on the performance of an unsealed reagent. Hence, performing calibration at predetermined intervals may fail to flexibly calibrate the reagent when the performance of the reagent is changed by reagent replenishment or by contamination. Provided is a quality control method for issuing a warning to indicate an optimum calibration method and calibration intervals in accordance with the contents of a quality control screen and with the pattern of variation in the result of calibration. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151190 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED INSTALLATION TESTING AND REPORTING FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS - Automated installation processing of a mass spectrometer is described. Software is executed providing a user interface for controlling the installation process. Manual setup operations in connection with physical installation of the mass spectrometer are performed. Instrument level testing of the mass spectrometer is performed. The instrument level testing includes automating execution of a first test sequence in response to a first user interface selection. The first test sequence includes one or more performance tests whereby mass spectral data characterizing observed performance of the mass spectrometer is compared to predetermined performance criteria. System level testing of functionality of the mass spectrometer in combination with one or more other components is performed upon successful completion of said instrument level testing. The system level testing includes automating execution of a second test sequence in response to a second user interface selection. System level testing is performed after successful completion of instrument level testing. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151191 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE SENSORS, METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL THERMAL DISTRIBUTION AND APPARATUS - Apparatus comprising M sensors for measuring the temperature on M locations of the apparatus and an estimator configured to estimate a temperature vector of the apparatus with N temperature variables, whereby the estimator is configured to approximate the vector space of the temperature vector by K basis vectors and whereby the M temperature sensors are allocated on the apparatus on the basis of the K basis vectors. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151192 | Sensor for Detecting Temperature Gradients - Different advantageous embodiments provide a monitoring system comprising one or more sensor systems and a processing unit. The one or more sensor systems is configured to monitor a subject for change in temperature and generate monitoring data. The processing unit is configured to analyze the monitoring data to generate a result. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MOTION EXPLOSIVENESS - A method and apparatus for determining motion explosiveness is described herein. In some configurations, a system is provided that includes a display, an inertial sensor operable to generate signals corresponding to user motion; and a processing system in communication with the inertial sensor and the display. The processing system is operable to calculate a histogram representing the sensed user motion, the histogram providing an indication of motion explosiveness, and communicate with the display to present the indication of motion explosiveness on the display. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151194 | FLEXIBLE CRANK ANGLE POSITION SENSING - A flexible crank angle position sensing device and data structure is provided. The device allows a user to enter specific data into a data structure relating to an encoder wheel used to determine the position of the crank shaft. The specific data is stored in the device and can be recalled for use in specific engine implementations. Furthermore, a user can enter data to describe other encoder wheels associated with a cam shaft of an engine. A data structure relating to a cam shaft encoder wheel relates to the data structure relating to the crank shaft encoder wheel such that various positional information, regarding both the cam shaft and crank shaft, can be detected by the device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING ORIENTATION OF A PORTABLE DEVICE - A system for compensating orientation of a portable device is provided with a processing unit for: determining a roll rotation angle of the portable device in a mobile reference system associated thereto; and applying a rotation matrix, which is a function of the roll rotation angle, for transforming relative displacements of the mobile device in the mobile reference system into corresponding displacements in a fixed reference system, of an inertial type, thus compensating the orientation of the portable device. The processing unit determines the roll rotation angle, in the presence of dynamic acceleration, by means of: acquisition of a roll angular velocity of the portable device by a gyroscopic sensor fixed with respect thereto; and time integration of the same roll angular velocity. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151196 | Portable Monitoring Devices and Methods of Operating Same - A portable activity monitoring device comprising a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, a plurality of sensors, disposed in the housing, to generate sensor data which is representative of activity of the user, processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of sensors, to calculate the one or more activity metrics of the user using the sensor data, wherein the processing circuitry calculates a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user using the sensor data. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151197 | AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS - Certain examples provide methods and systems to monitor performance. An example method includes triggering automated execution of one or more applications on one or more medical servers according to a selected template providing data for application execution. The example method includes monitoring the execution of the one or more applications to collect application execution information. The example method includes generating one or more log files based on the monitoring of the execution. The example method includes invoking a monitoring tool to process the log files and to provide statistical analysis regarding performance. The example method includes creating a report based on the statistical analysis. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151198 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF DETECTION PROBABILITY OF A TARGET OBJECT BASED ON A RANGE - A simulation system for predicting a likelihood of whether a target object positioned in an environment will be detected by a detection system when illuminated by a laser source. The simulation system may be used for a laser rangefinder application and a laser designator application. The simulation system may provide a detection probability of the target object at a specified range to the detection system or a plurality of detection probabilities as a function of the range to the detection system. The simulation system may provide an indication of an overlap of the beam provided by the laser source on the target object. The simulation system may determine the effect of vibration on the detection of the target object at a specified range. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151199 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN MONITORING AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY - A monitoring system for use in an industrial facility is provided. The monitoring system includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one operating parameter of the industrial facility. A computing device is coupled to the sensor and includes a communication interface that is configured to receive a plurality of signals that are each representative of the operating parameter. A processor is coupled to the communication interface and programmed to calculate a moving average, such as an adaptive moving average, of each signal to enable the identification of at least one fault within the industrial facility. Calculating the moving average of each signal is an iterative calculation based at least in part by calculating a current signal average estimate for a first signal. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151200 | INTELLIGENT DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION BASED ON REMOTE MOTION SENSING - Systems and methods are method of for remote monitoring of an area with a remote sensing device ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING RECEIVED DATA - A method to produce low sidelobe and high resolution spectral analysis on short data records allowing higher resolution and more dynamic range on systems including radar (SAR, GMTI, MTI), sonar, electro-cardiograms, sonograms, MRI, CAT scan, seismic, and allowing real-time analysis on dynamic systems that must operate on short data records such as engine or machine controls and failure analysis. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151202 | COLLABORATIVE INCIDENT MEDIA RECORDING SYSTEM - Methods for responding to a potential incident are provided in which data about the potential incident is received from a first remote sensing unit. Additional remote sensing units are identified that may have additional data about the potential incident, and additional data about the potential incident is received from at least some of these additional remote sensing units. The totality of the received data is then analyzed, and at least one remote entity is automatically notified regarding the occurrence of the potential incident. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151203 | Detection of Moving Objects - A system for moving object ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151204 | STRUT AND TIE METHOD FOR WAFFLE SLABS - The strut and tie method for waffle slabs relates to computer modeling of waffle slabs to predict strength and mode of failure. The waffle slab strut and tie method utilizes a three-dimensional strut-and-tie model, which is applied to distinct structural features of waffle slabs. Individual ribs in the slab form two-dimensional trusses, which are connected with perpendicular trusses at rib intersections. The geometry of the slab defines the location of nodes for finite element analysis. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151205 | DESIGN ASSISTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR ASSISTING DESIGN, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DESIGN ASSISTING PROGRAM - A design assisting apparatus includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor executes a process that includes storing a number of restrictions that restrict degrees of freedom in a translational direction and a rotational direction of each of three dimensional directions at an assembled place in an assembled state of a component that is part of a product to be designed, and deciding, by using the number of the restrictions stored in the storing, whether or not to apply a geometrical tolerance to the dimension at the assembled place of the component. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151206 | SOLVING NETWORKS OF GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS - Systems, program products and program products for accepting a request to move a first geometric entity that is constrained to other geometric entities in a drawing that may contain both one-way and two-way geometric constraints. A set of affected geometric entities that need to be repositioned or otherwise changed as the result of moving the first geometric entity is identified. The affected geometric entities and the geometric constraints are classified into groups which are solved using a variational geometric constraint solver. If the geometric constraints cannot be satisfied, the movement of the first geometric entity is restricted. Otherwise the affected geometric entities are updated. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151207 | DESIGNING DRILLING PATTERN FOR EXCAVATING ROCK CAVERN - A method and a storage device including a software product for designing a drilling pattern, and further a rock drilling rig, in the control unit of which a software product may be executed for designing the drilling pattern. For a group of holes of the drilling pattern, at least one master hole can be determined which comprises at least one dominating factor. The properties of at least one other drill hole are determined on the basis of the dominating properties of the master hole. A master hole may be a hole location master, hole depth master or hole direction master. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151208 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire three-dimensional models representing a maxillary and mandibular of a patient. The information processing apparatus further comprises a derivation unit configured to derive an excursive movement between the three-dimensional model representing the maxillary that is acquired by the acquisition unit, and the three-dimensional model representing the mandibular that is acquired by the acquisition unit. The derivation unit is further configured to derive the excursive movement posterior to an intercuspal position. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151209 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING UNIFORM ILLUMINATION REFLECTOR - A method for designing uniform illumination reflector, which has a light entering opening and a light emitting opening, includes the steps of: determining a light source, the diameter of an illuminated surface and the distance between the light source and the illuminated surface, determining the maximum emitted half-angle of the reflector, and determining an aperture of the light entering opening; in a two-dimensional plane, forming multiple line segments by using one end point of the light entering opening as the start point, determining the slope and the end point for each line segment using the reverse tracing method and the iterative method and forming one curved line by the multiple line segments; and rotating the generating line around the axis of the reflector to obtain the reflective curved surface of the inner wall of the reflector. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151210 | SURFACE NORMAL COMPUTATION ON NOISY SAMPLE OF POINTS - Various technologies described herein pertain to computing surface normals for points in a point cloud. The point cloud is representative of a measured surface of a physical object. A point in the point cloud can be set as a point of origin, and points in the point cloud can be modeled as electrostatic point charges. Moreover, a point of least electrostatic potential on a sphere centered at the point of origin can be computed as a function of the electrostatic point charges. Further, unit vector with a direction from the point of origin to the point of least electrostatic potential on the sphere can be assigned as a normal for the point of origin. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151211 | METHOD OF ENHANCING AN OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM USING RAY TRACING AND FLEXIBLE RAY LIBRARIES - Provided is a method of enhancing an optical metrology system comprising a metrology tool and an optical metrology model. The optical metrology model includes a model of the metrology tool and a profile model of the sample structure. A first library comprising Jones and/or Mueller matrices or components (JMMOC) is generated using ray tracing based on a representative ray. A difference library is generated comprising difference JMMOC for each ray of the set of rays, calculated using the difference from the representative JMMOC. During profile extraction, the JMMOC of the representative ray and each ray of the set of rays are regenerated using the first and difference libraries and a best match simulated diffraction signal is obtained using the regenerated JMMOC of the representative ray, regenerated JMMOC of the rays, and the optical metrology model to determine profile parameters of the sample structure. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151212 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURE SAVINGS - Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring and modeling energy consumption are presented herein. A computer-implemented method of monitoring and modeling an energy load in an electrical system is featured. This method includes: determining one or more monitoring parameters; determining an energy conservation measure (ECM) evaluation period; creating an evaluation model of energy load over the ECM evaluation period based on the monitoring parameter(s), the evaluation model including one or more driver variables and at least one additional driver variable that is representative of at least one energy conservation measure; determining a coefficient of the at least one additional driver variable within an equation representing the ECM evaluation model; and outputting to a user the coefficient of the at least one additional driver variable. The coefficient represents the average change in energy due to the energy conservation measure(s) associated with the additional driver variable(s). | 2013-06-13 |
20130151213 | DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE - A design support method includes: executing by a computer operations of: moving, in an arbitrary direction, a first particle that is placed at a position in an internal space of a three-dimensional model of a design target and has a diameter of a size; recording a movement trace of the first particle; and calculating a volume of a first spatial region formed by the recorded movement trace. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151214 | SIMULATOR FOR ESTIMATING LIFE OF ROBOT SPEED REDUCER - A simulator ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151215 | RELAXED CONSTRAINT DELAUNAY METHOD FOR DISCRETIZING FRACTURED MEDIA - Systems and methods for modeling a fractured medium are provided. The method includes discretizing fractures in a representation of the fractured medium, with the discretizing including defining points along the fractures and edges extending between adjacent points. The method also includes determining that at least one of the edges is a non-Gabriel edge, and removing the non-Gabriel edge from the representation. The method further includes approximating the removed non-Gabriel edge to generate an approximated edge, and inserting the approximated edge into the representation. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING DOWNHOLE FLUID PRODUCTION - A method and system for pumping unit with an elastic rod system is applied to maximize fluid production. The maximum stroke of the pump and the shortest cycle time are calculated based on all static and dynamic properties of downhole and surface components without a limitation to angular speed of the prime mover. Limitations of structural and fatigue strength are incorporated into the optimization calculation to ensure safe operation while maximizing pumped volume and minimizing energy consumption. Calculated optimal prime mover speed is applied to the sucker rod pump by means of beam pumping, long stroke or hydraulic pumping unit by controlling velocity, acceleration and torque of the electric prime mover or by controlling pressure and flow rate in hydraulically actuated sucker rod pumping system. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151217 | Systems and Methods for Modeling Drillstring Trajectories - Systems and methods for modeling drillstring trajectories by calculating forces in the drillstring using a traditional torque-drag model and comparing the results with the results of the same forces calculated in the drillstring using a block tri-diagonal matrix, which determines whether the new drillstring trajectory is acceptable and represents mechanical equilibrium of drillstring forces and moments. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151218 | TREATMENT PLANNING SIMULATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM - A treatment planning, simulation, and verification system is described. According to one embodiment, a treatment plan and a fluoroscopy data image of a treatment volume are received and the treatment plan is automatically adjusted based on the movement of the fluoroscopy data image. According another embodiment, a system includes a treatment planning component to generate a treatment plan and a simulation component to simulate the execution of the treatment plan. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151219 | MULTI-PARAMETER BIT RESPONSE MODEL - A method of generating a directional response of a drill bit based on one or more drilling parameters includes performing actual or simulated tests with a drill bit in a test material having a strength under different experimental drilling parameters and recording the results of the plurality of tests. A representation of an expected directional response of the drill bit is formed based on the results. Current drilling parameters are receiving current drilling parameters at a computing device and the directional response is generated based on the current drilling parameters by utilizing the representation. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151220 | MULTI-ECU SIMIULATION BY USING 2-LAYER PERIPHERALS WITH LOOK-AHEAD TIME - A method and system where a plurality of ECU is rapidly executed while avoiding deadlock by performing conservative event synchronization. The simulation system is provided with 4 layers, namely a processor emulator which is an ECU emulator, a plant simulator, a external peripheral scheduler, and a mutual peripheral scheduler. The external peripheral scheduler performs advanced execution of the plant simulator only during processor emulator reaction delay time (or the time until the next event). The notification to perform advanced execution of the processor emulator is provided until the actual plant simulator stop time. The mutual peripheral scheduler provides notification to the processor emulator to perform advanced execution only during communication delay timing between processor emulators (or the time until the next event). The processor emulator conservatively processes until the earliest time of the notification times. Each peripheral proceeds with processing until the earliest time of the accepted events. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151221 | COMPUTER SIMULATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES - A computer-implemented method for simulating fluid flow using a lattice Boltzmann (LB) approach and for solving scalar transport equations is described herein. In addition to the lattice Boltzmann functions for fluid flow, a second set of distribution functions is introduced for transport scalars. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151222 | Computer Based Models for Absorbent Articles - Methods of using computer based models for simulating the physical behavior of bodily fluids with absorbent articles. | 2013-06-13 |