25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120158261 | VEHICLE DRIVING-FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - In a vehicle driving-force control device, when a brake switch is turned on, a transmission control unit determines a currently-selected engine mode and sets a deceleration determination value by referring to a determination-value table corresponding to the currently-selected engine mode, using a vehicle speed as a parameter. Then, the transmission control unit compares an absolute value of a deceleration with an absolute value of the deceleration determination value, and shifts down the gear stage if the absolute value of the deceleration exceeds the absolute value of the deceleration determination value. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158262 | VEHICLE SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle shift control apparatus has a plurality of driving force modes in which an engine generates driving force in response to an accelerator operation, a shift control unit for controlling a transmission gear stage or a transmission ratio of an automatic transmission according to a preset shift characteristic, The apparatus sets a different shift characteristic for each of the modes upon shifting from a current transmission gear stage or transmission ratio to a target transmission gear stage or transmission ratio by means of the shift control unit, and performs a gear shift according to a currently selected shift characteristic. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158263 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF A GEARBOX - A system for control of a gearbox, having at least one control unit controlling the gearbox where the gearbox is installed in a motor vehicle having an engine connected to drive the gearbox. The system effects a first upshift from a first gear to a second gear if the acceleration a for the vehicle is greater than nil for the second gear and the current engine speed is within a first engine speed range; and effects a second upshift from the first gear to a third gear if the current engine speed is within a second engine speed range. The first speed range is lower than the second speed range of the engine. A method, a motor vehicle, a computer program and a computer program product for the method are disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158264 | Clutch calibration for continuously variable transmission - A calibration system for calibrating a transmission provides a calibrated clutch fill time for an oncoming clutch by activating a parking brake of a machine associated with the transmission and calibrating each clutch by setting a transmission characteristic parameter to an initial value, and then activating a clutch solenoid associated with the clutch. The transmission characteristic is periodically measured, and when the measured value of the transmission characteristic exceeds the initial value for a predetermined number of consecutive periods, the fill time for the clutch is set equal to the time elapsed during the total number of measurement periods minus one less than the predetermined number of consecutive periods. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158265 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPENING OF A CLUTCH - A method for opening of an automatically controlled clutch ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158266 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - A brake control system includes: a friction brake unit configured to generate a friction braking force; a regenerative brake unit configured to generate a regenerative braking force; and a brake control unit configured to control the regenerative brake unit and the friction brake unit based on a regenerative target value and a friction target value based on a target braking force, which is a target of the braking force to be provided to a wheel. The brake control unit controls the regenerative brake unit based on a second regenerative target value larger than a first regenerative target value that has been defined based on the target braking force. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158267 | VALVE WORKING ANGLE VARIABLE SYSTEM - A drive circuit ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158268 | FUEL-INJECTION-CHARACTERISTICS LEARNING APPARATUS - A characteristics-detecting-portion analyzes a fuel injection condition based on a fuel pressure waveform which represents a variation in a detection value of the fuel pressure sensor and then detects the fuel-injection-characteristic value based on the analyzed fuel injection condition. The detected parameter is learned and stored in a memory in association with a fuel temperature detected by a fuel temperature sensor. A fuel-injection-rate model is established based on the learned detected parameters. A command-fuel-injection start time and a command-fuel-injection period are defined by use of the fuel-injection-rate model and the current fuel temperature. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158269 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158270 | ACTIVE FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLES WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION - A system for a vehicle includes an active fuel management (AFM) module, an expected engine speed determination module, and a disabling module. The AFM module selectively cuts off fuel to at least one cylinder of an engine and maintains valves of the at least one cylinder in closed positions. The expected engine speed determination module determines an expected engine speed based on a position of a shift lever of a manual transmission measured using a position sensor module. The disabling module selectively disables. the AFM module based on the expected engine speed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158271 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular, of a motor vehicle. The internal combustion engine includes an injector having a nozzle needle for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, as well as an output stage component. A desired signal is specified for a lift characteristic of the nozzle needle. The injector is activated by the output stage component. A lift signal is ascertained that corresponds to the actual lift characteristic of the nozzle needle. An actual signal is ascertained from the lift signal. A deviation signal is ascertained in response to a deviation of the actual signal from the desired signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158272 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FUEL USAGE - Methods and systems are provided for improving fuel usage while addressing knock by adjusting the use of spark retard and direct injection of a knock control fluid based on engine operating conditions and the composition of the injected fluid. One or more engine parameters, such as EGR, VCT, boost, throttle position, and CMCV, are coordinated with the direct injection to reduce torque and EGR transients. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158273 | MULTI-MODE HIGH EFFICIENCY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine is operable in an efficiency mode providing a first power output range between zero and a transition power output and in a power mode providing a second power output range between the transition power output and a maximum power output. The efficiency mode can include a first ignition timing and a first air/fuel ratio of the mixture to avoid premature auto-ignition, and the power mode can include a second ignition timing and a second air/fuel ratio of the mixture to avoid premature auto-ignition of the mixture. To further enable knock free operation of such an engine, turbulence can be imparted to the mixture to promote a faster burn duration and high temperatures that may lead to premature auto-ignition of the mixture can be avoided. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158274 | Control device for an electrical high-current consumer, method for operating same, and computer program product - A control device for an electrical high-current consumer is provided, e.g., a starter controller for a starter motor of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, in a circuit having an internal ohmic resistor and further ohmic resistors, e.g., line resistors. The control device includes a microcomputer having a memory. To ensure a control device for standardized, defined control of the high-current consumer on different vehicle platforms, the control device includes an adapter having the microcomputer for adapting to the individual overall ohmic resistance of the circuit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158275 | REAL-TIME TRAFFIC SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a real-time traffic situation awareness system. In one embodiment, the real-time traffic situation awareness system receives driving data from a car, wherein the driving data comprises an image, GPS data, and gyroscope sensor data. The real-time traffic situation awareness system comprises an image processing unit, a feature extraction unit, a feature matrix database, a data grouping unit, and a situation awareness unit. The image processing unit processes the image to generate a processed image. The feature extraction unit generates a data point according to the processed image, the GPS data, and the gyroscope sensor data. The data grouping unit searches the feature matrix database for a plurality of feature groups of an optimal feature matrix corresponding to a geographic area according to the GPS data of the data point. The situation awareness unit analyzes the feature groups to generate traffic information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158276 | VEHICLE DRIVING INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a vehicle driving information provision apparatus installed in a vehicle and configured to include a communication unit, a location information collection unit, a control unit and a warning delivery unit. The communication unit receives vehicle driving information from a server installed on a roadside, the vehicle driving information corresponding to a managing section of the server. The location information collection unit collects vehicle location information, including information about latitude, longitude and direction of the vehicle. If the vehicle driving information corresponds to a traffic situation that has occurred ahead of the vehicle based on the vehicle location information, the control unit determines whether the traffic situation is a dangerous situation using the vehicle driving information. If the control unit determines that the traffic situation is a dangerous situation, the warning delivery unit delivers a warning message corresponding to the vehicle driving information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158277 | Method and System for Preparing the Taxiing Phase for an Aircraft in an Airport Area - A method and a system is provided for preparing the taxiing phase for an aircraft on the basis of an airport database cataloguing by section, the taxiways of an airport and storing, for each section, specific data of geographical position and of connectivity and of a taxiing plan for the aircraft indicating a succession of taxiway sections. The method comprises a step of detecting risk areas along the taxiing plan and a step of displaying the detected risk areas. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158278 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POTENTIAL CONFLICT SITUATION - The invention relates to a method for determining a potential conflict situation ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158279 | Equipment Performance Monitoring System and Method - Methods and systems are disclosed for evaluating performances of a piece of equipment and equipment operator. One disclosed method includes sensing a plurality of operating parameters of the equipment. The method then includes resolving a plurality of segments the equipment is sequentially performing from the sensed operating parameters to provide a sequence of resolved segments. The method then includes resolving what application the equipment is performing based upon the sequence of resolved segments to provide at least one resolved application. The method then includes applying at least one metric to the resolved application to provide at least one applied application metric. Then, the method includes evaluating the performance of the equipment and operator using the applied application metric. Various systems for installation on existing work equipments or new work equipments such as loaders and excavators are also disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158280 | COMPUTING ROUTE PLANS FOR ROUTING AROUND OBSTACLES HAVING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS - This description provides tools and techniques for computing a route or flight plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or any vehicle while routing around obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. Methods provided by these tools may receive data representing destinations to be visited by the UAVs, and may receive data representing obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. These methods may also calculate trajectories spatial and temporal dimensions, by which the UAV may travel from one destination to another, and may at least attempt to compute flight plans for the UAVs that incorporate these trajectories. The methods may also determine whether these trajectories intersect any obstacles, and at least attempt to reroute the trajectories around the obstacles. These tools may also provide systems and computer-readable media containing software for performing any of the foregoing methods. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158281 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Instructions to a Destination that is Revealed Upon Arrival - An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158282 | CAMERA-BASED INDOOR POSITION RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A camera-based indoor position recognition apparatus includes: a floor capturing unit capturing a floor image by controlling a camera installed on a ceiling of an indoor space; a grid map generator constructing a grid map including cell images and position values by dividing the captured floor image into cells of a predetermined size and assigning the position values to the cells; a transceiver performing a data communication with a robot in the indoor space; and a controller providing an identifier-registration and a current position-information to the robot in accordance with an identifier-registration-requesting message and a position-information-requesting message of the robot, wherein the identifier-registration-requesting message and the position-information-requesting message of the robot are delivered from the transceiver. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158283 | Changing Frequency of Navigational Notifications Based On Travel Patterns - A navigation-enabled device has a memory operatively coupled to a processor for executing a navigation application, a speaker operatively coupled to the processor for providing navigational notifications, and a position-determining system for determining a current location to enable the processor to identify a current route on which the device is located. The processor is configured to determine whether the current route is a familiar path and vary a frequency of the navigational notifications based on whether the current route is a familiar path. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158284 | ROUTE GUIDANCE APPARATUS, ROUTE GUIDANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Route guidance apparatuses, methods, and programs determine a guidance intersection in front of a movable body in a direction of travel along a navigation route. The apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire a shape of the guidance intersection, determine an exit road on which the movable body leaves the guidance intersection, and determine whether the determined exit road is one of a plurality of roads connected to the guidance intersection that exist in an area extending in the same direction as the determined exit road. When the determined road is one of the plurality of roads that exist in the area extending in the same direction as the exit road, the apparatuses, methods, and programs associate each of the plurality of roads with an identification information item usable to identify a connecting relationship with the guidance intersection, and provide guidance using the identification information item associated with the exit road. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158285 | Method and Apparatus for Route Searching - Provided is a route through which a user can smoothly travel and on which an evaluation of traveling environment is reflected. A route search system includes a user input receiving unit which uses a delay time from an expected travel time as an index indicating comfort of a route and selects a factor such as traffic conditions and pedestrians set as a condition that a user desires avoidance, a delay time calculation unit which calculates a delay time from an expected arrival prediction time according to map information, traffic information, and traveling environment information so as to reduce a delay as far as possible due to the selected factor, and calculates a cost based on the delay time, and a route search unit which calculates a cost of a link used for a route search from the delay time, and searches a route by using the calculated cost. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158286 | METHOD OF CREATING MAP DATA - A computerised method of creating map data from a plurality of trips where each trip comprises position data derived from the positions of at least one navigation device over a period of time, the method comprising using a processing circuitry to perform the following steps: i. processing the position data; ii. calculating, from the processing of the position data, trip terminal positions at which the navigation device started to generate positions and/or stopped generating positions and which provide an end point of a trip; iii. performing statistical analysis on the terminal positions in order to determine origin locations at which trips commonly terminate and/or originate; iv. generating further map data, which comprises the origin locations. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158287 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUGMENTED NAVIGATION - A navigation device is described that includes a processing device, a memory communicatively coupled to the processing device, the memory including a database of cartographic navigation map data, a first sensor operable to provide location data to the processing device, a display operatively coupled to the processing device, and an image acquisition device operatively coupled to the processing device. The processing device is programmed to, when in a first mode of operation, to cause the display to display a portion of the cartographic navigation map data, the displayed portion based on the location data received by the processing device. The processing device is further configured, when in a second mode of operation, to cause the display to display an image acquired by the image acquisition device, the image overlaid by one or more symbols indicative of one or more points of interest within the database of cartographic navigation map data, the one or more symbols correlated to the acquired image based on the location data received by the processing device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158288 | REAL-TIME PATH FINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a real-time path finding apparatus. The real-time path finding apparatus includes an input unit, an extraction unit, and an analysis unit. The input unit receives map-related information and real-time variation information. The extraction unit extracts path-finding information for performing path finding, from the map-related information and the real-time variation information. The analysis unit generates path-finding guidance by analyzing the map-related information of the path-finding information, and generates a path-finding route in consideration of the real-time variation information of the path-finding information together with the path-finding guidance. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158289 | MOBILE SEARCH BASED ON PREDICTED LOCATION - A method includes receiving one or more search terms at a mobile computing device while the mobile computing device is located at a particular location. A search query that includes the one or more search terms and a location history of the mobile computing device is transmitted to a server. The method also includes receiving one or more search results in response to the search query, where the one or more search results include content identified based on a predicted destination of the mobile computing device. An interface identifying the one or more search results is displayed at the mobile computing device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158290 | Navigation User Interface - A navigation user interface displays a route to be navigated over a road view map. If a user selects a particular segment of the displayed route, text-based directions associated with the particular route segment are displayed, with a selectable area to return to the map view. Additionally, as the road view map is zoomed in, when the zoom level reaches a threshold zoom level, the navigation user interface automatically transitions to displaying a satellite view map overlaid with at least a portion of the route to be navigated. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158291 | ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE AND ROUTE SEARCH METHOD - Conventionally, there has been a learning route-search device that stores therein, as deviation sections, actual traveling routes deviated from optimum routes, and performs route search by substituting, with any one of the deviation sections, a route found by the device if a starting point and an ending point of this deviation section are included in the found route. Such a device substitutes a route with a corresponding one of the deviation sections without exception, and therefore, may sometimes find a circuitous route that is not desired by a user. Provided is a technology by which learned routes are applied in a more appropriate manner in accordance with routes to be found. A route search device is provided with a deviation determining unit adapted to determine whether or not a route deviated from a route found by a route search unit has been taken in travelling. If a route deviated from the route has been taken in travelling, the route search device stores, in association with one another, a road link relating to a position at which the deviated route has started, a road link relating to a position at which retaking of the found route has started, and the deviated route taken in the travelling. The route search device then substitutes at least a part of the foregoing found route with the thus stored route. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158292 | User Configurable Onboard Navigation System Crossroad Presentation - A computer-implemented method for road identification includes receiving a request at a vehicle computing system for a crossroad identification. The method also includes determining, via the vehicle computing system, a crossroad along a route-being-traveled corresponding to the request. The method further includes outputting, from the vehicle computing system to an output, the determined crossroad responsive to the request. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158293 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING USERS WITH APPOINTMENT REMINDERS - Methods and systems for dynamically providing users with appointment reminders are described. An example computer-implemented method of adaptively alerting a user regarding an appointment start time includes identifying a start time of an appointment at which a device is to be present and identifying a first location of the device. The method includes calculating an estimated travel time between the first location at which the device is located and a second location at which the appointment is to be held, and alerting a user of the upcoming appointment based on the estimated travel time and a difference between a current time and the start time of the appointment. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158294 | Monitoring Device and System of Monitoring Devices - A monitoring device includes a positioning device for determining the position of the device, and an analyzing device for measuring and analyzing substances and/or energy in environmental media. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158295 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RADIODETERMINATION AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a radiodetermination technology, a radiodetermination device according to one embodiment of the disclosure comprising a positioning mode determination part and position Information generating part, thereby enhancing accuracy and speed of positioning in a resource-limited mobile terminal environment and also further improving energy efficiency and user conveniences. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158296 | ACCELEROMETER-AIDED GYROSCOPE - A system comprises a gyroscope configured to produce a gyroscope signal, an accelerometer configured to produce an accelerometer signal, and a filter unit coupled to the gyroscope and having a configurable bandwidth. The filter unit configured to filter the gyroscope signal. The system also comprises control logic that is configured to alter the bandwidth of the filter unit based on the accelerometer signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158297 | INDOOR LOCATION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND INDOOR LOCATION RECOGNITION METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an indoor location recognition system capable of providing location based services indoors. The indoor location recognition system includes a portable terminal including a short range location recognition system and a wireless communication system using an RFID technology and a two-dimensional bar code technology, a geomagnetic sensor, a camera, an RFID reader or tag, an indoor navigation device calculating a moving distance from revolutions of a wheel of a shopping cart to transmit the calculated moving distance to the portable terminal, shopping mall map information transmitted to the portable terminal, and shopping mall application programs providing location based services. The shopping mall to which the indoor location recognition system according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention is applied can reduce initial installation costs and operation costs while providing high accuracy of location estimation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158298 | AUTOMOBILE ROUTE SEARCH METHOD CONSIDERING LINEARITY OF ROUTE - A route search method considering the linearity of a route includes: once an arriving is inputted, searching a route to the arriving; when the searched routes are more than two, obtaining linear type information for each of the searched routes; and selecting one of the routes according to the linear type information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ROUTING ON A NETWORK IN THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE-EDGE RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER CONSTRAINTS - Embodiments provide systems and methods that find the quickest route between two locations on a graph with multi-edge constraints in a time and space efficient manner. In some embodiments, Dijkstra's algorithm is split into separate universes when a) a multiple-edge constraint is reached, and b) along each edge of a multi-edge constraint. In some embodiments, the split is performed for the purpose of finding the quickest (i.e. lowest weighted) route to the intersect ion(s) at the end of the constraints. These universes, in some embodiments, are merged or discarded when the intersection at the end of the constraint is found. Using these systems and methods, in some embodiments, the shortest path between two locations of a multi-edge constrained road network can be efficiently determined. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR MAP APPLICATION IN USER EQUIPMENT - Apparatus and method for providing a user interface for a map application in a user equipment. In order to provide the user interface, the background screen of the user interface may be formed from at least one image. Each image of the at least one image may represent a respective one of retrieved destination information. The user interface having the background screen formed from the at least one image may be displayed. A desired image may be selected from the at least one image of the displayed user interface, and a route to a desired destination corresponding to the selected desired image may be displayed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158301 | NAVIGATION DEVICES AND METHODS CARRIED OUT THEREON - This invention concerns a method of determining a route using map data comprising a plurality of navigable paths, the map data divided into a plurality of regions. The method comprises using at least one processing apparatus to: receive an origin and a destination on the map data and a travel time, determine a route from the origin to the destination using the map data and minimum cost data that identifies minimum cost paths between regions of the map data. The minimum cost data identifies more than one minimum cost path between a pair of the regions if different minimum cost paths exist between the pair of regions at different times and determining a route comprises identifying from the minimum cost paths for the pair of regions comprising the origin and destination, the minimum cost path having a lowest cost at the travel time. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158302 | LIGHT INTENSITY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A light intensity measurement apparatus includes a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a number of light sensors, and a micro control unit (MCU). The USB is operable to be connected to a computer. The light sensors are operable to sense light signals and convert the sensed light signals to corresponding electrical signals. The MCU is operable to receive the electrical signals and convert the electrical signals to USB data signals, and then transmit the USB data signals to the computer through the USB interface. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158303 | UNMANNED DRIFTING SUBSTANCE MONITORING BUOY, DRIFTING SUBSTANCE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND DRIFTING SUBSTANCE MONITORING METHOD - An unmanned drifting substance monitoring buoy ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158304 | Evaluating a Situation of Being Exposed to Environmental Risk - The invention enables the evaluation of a situation of an area being exposed to risk by performing measurements at various points of the area. For this purpose, a risk propagation area is estimated over the area. Then, a subset of measurement points is selected from among the various points of the area which are also in the risk propagation area. Assignments for performing measurements at the subset points are planned. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158305 | DRILLING COLLISION AVOIDANCE APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - In some embodiments, apparatus and systems, as well as methods, may operate to launch a set of currents into a corresponding set of existing well casings; monitor, in a well under construction, changes in at least one of a magnetic field or an electric field perturbed by the set of currents after each one of the set is launched; and determine a location of the well under construction in relation to the set of existing well casings. In some embodiments, the activities include inducing current into a drillstring located in a well under construction; monitoring, at a set of existing well casings, changes in at least one of a magnetic field or an electric field perturbed by the current after the current is induced; and determining a location of the well under construction in relation to the set of existing well casings. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING NEAR-SURFACE HEAVY OIL FOR EXTRACTION USING MICROBIAL DEGRADATION - In one embodiment, the invention provides an analytical processing system for enhancing the recovery of heavy oil in an underground, near-surface crude oil extraction environment, comprising: a data collection engine configured for receiving data relating to the underground, near-surface crude oil extraction environment, wherein the data includes in situ microbial species data, oil properties data and in situ nutrient information that are identified as being germane to the underground, near-surface crude oil extraction environment; a data warehouse for storing data collected from the data collection engine; and a data modeling system for analyzing data stored in the data warehouse and facilitating an identity of a preferred microbial species from the underground, near-surface crude oil extraction environment that can transform the heavy oil into a lighter oil. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158307 | DOWNHOLE TEMPERATURE PROBE ARRAY - An apparatus includes a tool configured to operate within a borehole during a period wherein matter is being output from a surrounding earth formation into a flow of matter in the borehole. The tool includes a main tool body having a longitudinal axis. A temperature probe array is coupled to the main tool body, including a first temperature probe and a second temperature probe. The first temperature probe is radially spaced from and is at a different circumferential position relative to the second temperature probe during operation. The first temperature probe and the second temperature probe are configured to measure a first temperature and a second temperature, respectively, during operation, wherein at least one of a type of matter in the flow and an entry point of the matter from the surrounding earth formation is derived using the first temperature and the second temperature. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158308 | Canted Helix Collapsible Flowmeter and Method of Measuring A Fluid Flow - Flowmeters and methods of measuring a fluid flow or manufacturing flowmeters are presented. A flowmeter has a tool body and one or more spinner arms configured to extend with a first end away from the tool body and a second end joined to the tool body, when deployed to measure a fluid flow. Each spinner arm includes a helical blade configured to rotate due to a fluid flowing substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tool body, around a rotation axis between the first end and the second end. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158309 | Modeling Immiscible Two Phase Flow in a Subterranean Formation - The propagation of a flood front as it is being injected in a porous media segment such as a subterranean oil-bearing formation or a core composite is measured as a function of time during a number of discrete time steps. A model is formed of measures of water saturation profiles along the length of travel through the porous media segment for the time steps. The model in effect subdivides the porous media segment into individual sections or subsystems of equal distances. The saturation of each subsystem is determined based on the volume of the fluid injected, the pre-determined fractional flow and the initial average saturation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158310 | METHOD OF DETERMINING RESERVOIR PRESSURE - A new approach is disclosed for measuring the pressure of tight gas reservoirs, using information obtain from continuous injection prior to hydraulic fracture stimulation. The technique can be obtained utilizing either bottom-hole or surface pressure gauges and properly instrumented surface injection pumps. The analysis is completed by plotting injection and rate data in a specialized form from terms arranged in Darcy's radial flow equation to obtain a curve or trend. The key component to proper application of this technique is to obtain both baseline and one or more calibration data sets. These calibration data sets are obtained by either increasing or decreasing the injection pressure and/or rate from the baseline data. Initial reservoir pressure is assumed, but the calibration data indicates if the guess was too high or low. Accurate estimates of reservoir pressure may be obtained in a few iterations. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158311 | APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSITIONS BETWEEN PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STATES OF INDIVIDUAL AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - The invention relates to a field of medicine and medical devices. An apparatus for registration of transitions between psychophysiological states of individual comprising a reading unit arranged to be capable of measuring an electromotive force under direct electric current of 0.5 to 5.0 microampere to produce a signal; at least two electrodes connected to reading unit, electrodes arranged to be capable of fixing upon the body of individual; a logarithmic unit, quantization unit comprising a comparator arranged to be capable of determining of whether the difference between the current and the previous signal value is greater than N, where N is a predefined value from 0.1 to 2.0 centineper; and a pulse generator arranged to be capable of generating a pulse having an amplitude of N when the difference between the current and the previous signal value is greater than N; the apparatus further comprising a compensating unit, a processing unit capable of monitoring the pulse values; and at least one power supply. A method for registration of psychophysiological state transition of individual comprises the following steps: (a) measuring of electromotive force between electrodes fixed upon the skin of individual under flow of direct current in interval from 0.5 to 5.0 microampere; (b) logarithming of signal; (c) quantizing the logarithm of signal from step (b) by level from 0.1 to 2.0 centineper; and (d) determining a transition between psychophysiological state of the individual either by registering sudden increase of unidirectional signal pulses amount, or by registering a shift in signal level up to 1.5-3.0 fold as compared to initial value. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158312 | DISASTER-AFFECTED AREA ESTIMATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM - By using information collected on-site, estimation of a damage area at that time and also prediction regarding subsequent expansion of a disaster-affected area are performed. Provided is a disaster-affected area estimation device ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158313 | Method and Device for Characterization and Sensing of Exhaust Gas and Control of Engines and Components for Aftertreatment of Exhaust Gases - A method and device allow the determination of the concentrations of a plurality of gas species in a gas mixture based on the output signals from a plurality of gas sensors, each of which is sensitive to a plurality of gas species in the gas mixture. The method includes measuring the response of each sensor at a number of levels of each gas in the mixture, determining a mathematical representation of the response characteristics of each sensor, and using the mathematical representation to determine gas concentrations from sensor readings. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158314 | MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF A SAMPLE - A measuring apparatus for measuring a predetermined physical property of a liquid measuring sample comprises a preparing unit in which a plurality of materials including at least a liquid material are mixed; a supply route which supplies the liquid material to the preparing unit; a withdrawing unit which withdraws the measuring sample from the preparing unit into the supply route, the measuring sample being prepared to contain the liquid material supplied to the preparing unit via the supply route; and a measuring unit which measures the predetermined physical property of the measuring sample withdrawn into the supply route by the withdrawing unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158315 | Offline Analyzer System and Method for Multivariate Characterization of Properties in Crude and Heavy Hydrocarbon Oils - A method and apparatus is provided for off-line concentration determination of components liquid hydrocarbon mixtures such as crude or heavy oil. A sampling unit continuously delivers a sample volume to a fluid flow path while a temperature control module maintains the sample at a predetermined setpoint temperature. A homogenization module helps prevent sample stratification while a flow control module maintain a constant sample flow rate. A spectrometer is communicably coupled to an optical transmission cell to transmit and receive radiation. The transmission cell includes collection optics to capture and aggregate non-collimated radiation emerging from the cell, for transmission to the spectrometer. The spectrometer measures sample spectra at a predetermined rate of flow of the sample volume through the transmission cell. A processor is configured to capture and use the spectra in combination with a model of spectra for the hydrocarbon mixture. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158316 | PRECISION PEAK MATCHING IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPY - A method that identifies common peaks among unidentified peaks in the data from different LC-MS or LC-MS/MS runs is provided. The method employs an algorithm, herein referred to as “Precision Peak Matching (PPM).” The different runs can be from different laboratories, instruments, and biological samples that result in a significant variability in the data. PPM allows estimation and control of precision, defined as the fraction of truly identical peptide pairs among all pairs retrieved, in the matching process. PPM finds the maximal number of peptide pairs at a prescribed precision, thereby allowing quantitative control over the trade off between the number of true pairs missed, and false pairs found. PPM finds common peptides from a database of LC-MS runs of heterogeneous origins, and at the specified precision. PPM fills a much-needed role in proteomics by extracting useful information from disparate LC-MS databases in a statistically rigorous and interpretable manner. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158317 | PRECISION PEAK MATCHING IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPY - A method that identifies common peaks among unidentified peaks in the data from different LC-MS or LC-MS/MS runs is provided. The method employs an algorithm, herein referred to as “Precision Peak Matching (PPM).” The different runs can be from different laboratories, instruments, and biological samples that result in a significant variability in the data. PPM allows estimation and control of precision, defined as the fraction of truly identical peptide pairs among all pairs retrieved, in the matching process. PPM finds the maximal number of peptide pairs at a prescribed precision, thereby allowing quantitative control over the trade off between the number of true pairs missed, and false pairs found. PPM finds common peptides from a database of LC-MS runs of heterogeneous origins, and at the specified precision. PPM fills a much-needed role in proteomics by extracting useful information from disparate LC-MS databases in a statistically rigorous and interpretable manner. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158318 | Method and Apparatus for Correlating Precursor and Product Ions in All-Ions Fragmentation Experiments - A method for matching precursor ions to product ions generated in a chromatography—mass spectrometry experiment comprises: choosing a time window defining a region of interest for precursor ion data and product ion data generated by the experiment; constructing a plurality of extracted ion chromatograms (XICs) for the precursor ion data and the product ion data within the region of interest; automatically detecting and characterizing chromatogram peaks within each XIC and automatically generating synthetic analytical fit peaks thereof; discarding a subset of the synthetic analytical peaks which do not satisfy noise reduction rules; performing a respective cross-correlation score calculation between each pair of synthetic analytical fit peaks; and recognizing matches between precursor ions and product ions based on the cross correlation scores. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158319 | UTILIZING RESONANCE INSPECTION OF IN-SERVICE PARTS - Various embodiments relating to resonance inspections and in-service parts are disclosed. One protocol ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158320 | ENGINE CONTROL UNIT - To prevent a reduction in engine load detection accuracy due to variations in reluctor size within mass production tolerances, an engine control unit includes a pulse generator PC that detects a reluctor to output crank pulses. An angular velocity calculating unit calculates a first crank angular velocity on the basis of an interval between two crank pulses output in a predetermined section near compression top dead center TDC, and detects near overlap top dead center OLP the same reluctor used for calculating the first crank angular velocity to calculate a second crank angular velocity on the basis of an interval between generated two crank pulses. An engine load estimating unit calculates, as an engine load, a difference between the first crank angular velocity and the second crank angular velocity. The engine load is indicated mean effective pressure over a whole cycle including negative work done by the engine. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158321 | Wireless Liquid Quantity Measurement System - Technologies are described herein for wirelessly measuring liquid quantity in an enclosure. According to various aspects, an incident electromagnetic wave is transmitted within a conductive enclosure. One or more rebound electromagnetic waves that correspond to the incident electromagnetic wave are received. Using the rebound electromagnetic waves, a transfer function of the rebound electromagnetic waves is measured and a quantity of liquid stored in the enclosure is calculated based on the measured transfer function. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158322 | Automatic Stein Hall Viscosity Cup - A Stein Hall cup for measuring the viscosity of a starch adhesive is automated to provide viscosity measurement in real time using a PLC or other data gathering and control processor. Temperature of the adhesive is measured concurrently with viscosity and temperature signals are processed with the timed viscosity signal to provide a temperature compensated value of starch viscosity. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158323 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED CORRELATION OF SHEAR DISPLACEMENT WAVEFORMS - Methods and systems for improving correlation of shear displacement waveforms are presented. The method includes delivering one or more reference pulses to a plurality of target regions to detect corresponding initial positions. Further, a plurality of pushing pulse segments are delivered to one or more pushing locations, where one or more parameters corresponding to the plurality of pushing pulse segments are adapted for generating a shear displacement waveform with a desired wave shape. Additionally, one or more tracking pulses may be delivered to the plurality of target regions for detecting displacements of at least a subset of the target regions as a function of time. Particularly, the displacements are determined as time samples of the shear displacement waveform. Subsequently, a shift between the shear displacement waveform detected at least two different target regions in the subset of the plurality of target regions is detected. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158324 | MAGNETIC SENSOR READING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A reading circuit for a magnetic-field sensor, provided with a detection structure generating an electrical detection signal as a function of an external magnetic field, has a signal-conditioning stage, which is electrically coupled to the detection structure and generates an output signal as a function of the electrical detection signal; the reading circuit is provided with a full-scale-control stage that is able to select automatically a full-scale value for the signal-conditioning stage, as a function of the value of the external magnetic field, such as to prevent saturation of the same conditioning stage. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158325 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING TRANSFORMER HEALTH - A method, system and computer program product for determining the health of a transformer are provided. The method includes computing an effective turns ratio based on a primary electrical parameter associated with a primary winding of the transformer and a secondary electrical parameter associated with a secondary winding of the transformer. The method further includes computing an operational magnetizing current based on the effective turns ratio and primary and secondary currents of the transformer or primary and secondary voltages of the transformer. Finally, the method includes determining an inter-turn winding health indicator based at least in part on the operational magnetizing current. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158326 | COMPUTER COMPONENT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for identifying missing components of a computer system may include receiving telemetry signals characterizing a current configuration of the computer system and determining a cross power spectral density signature of at least some of the telemetry signals. The method may further include comparing information about the determined cross power spectral density signature with information about a predetermined cross power spectral density signature to determine whether a component is missing within the computer system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158327 | Smartgrid Energy-Usage-Data Storage and Presentation Systems, Devices, Protocol, and Processes - This disclosure relates to systems, devices, protocols, and processes for retrieving, accessing, and presenting information of energy usage using a distributed storage process and distributed logical services to provide a user with real-time energy usage information and visualization. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158328 | Smartgrid Energy-Usage-Data Storage and Presentation Systems, Devices, Protocol, and Processes Including a Storage Distribution Process - This disclosure relates to systems, devices, protocols, and processes for retrieving, accessing, and presenting information of energy usage using a distributed storage process and distributed logical services to provide a user with real-time energy usage information and visualization. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158329 | Smartgrid Energy-Usage-Data Storage and Presentation Systems, Devices, Protocol, and Processes Including a Storage Distribution Process and Protocol - This disclosure relates to systems, devices, protocols, and processes for retrieving, accessing, and presenting information of energy usage using a distributed storage process and distributed logical services to provide a user with real-time energy usage information and visualization. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158330 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND MONITORING METHOD THEREOF - A monitoring system for a lithium ion secondary battery which detects deterioration of the lithium ion secondary battery accurately is provided. The monitoring system for a lithium ion secondary battery ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158331 | Power Input Efficiency Measurement Method - A power input efficiency measurement method includes: providing a power source to supply to a power input system that has a power converter; measuring a current at a primary side of the power converter; measuring a voltage at the primary side of the power converter; and calculating the primary-side current and the primary-side voltage to obtain power efficiency of the power input system. In a preferred embodiment, a current transformer unit is applied to measure the primary-side current while a negative-voltage conversion circuit is applied to measure the primary-side voltage. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158332 | INPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD - A disclosed input apparatus includes an operating part pressed by a user; a first resistance film and a second resistance film facing each other; a measuring unit configured to measure a difference between a first electric potential of a first end of a contact resistance and a second electric potential of a second end of the contact resistance; and a detecting unit configured to obtain pressure information indicative of a pressure load caused by the pressing of the operating part based on the difference in electric potential. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158333 | Pore Structure Analyzer Based on Non-Contact Impedance Measurement for Cement-Based Materials - Measurement of the impedance and complex resistivity of a sample is used for measuring parameters resulting from a change in physical or chemical state. A variable frequency signal is provided by a transformer primary coil. A secondary coil of the transformer with a closed loop and electrically coupled said sample is monitored along with a leakage current sensor. Sampling at multiple signal frequencies is performed at the multiple signal frequencies. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158334 | System for Independently Modifying Jitter and Noise Components in a Signal Digitizing Instrument - A digitizing instrument is used for modifying pattern data and jitter and noise components of a communication signal. In a typical implementation, the midpoints of a rising edge slope and horizontal portion of the communication signal are determined and multiple digital data records are acquired at the midpoints. The data sample records are transformed to frequency components and the random jitter and noise, and periodic jitter and noise components are determined. A correlated pattern data and the jitter and noise components are matrix elements in a simulated signal channel having communication system elements. Each correlated pattern data and jitter and noise component may be modified for each of the communication system element. The selectively modified correlated pattern data and jitter and noise components are combined to produce a modified communication signal that is displayed as a numeric table, eye diagram or bit error rate presentation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158335 | Systems and Methods for Synchronizing Sensor Data - A magnetic field sensor including a bidirectional node is configured to perform at least one of generating sensor data, storing sensor data, or communicating sensor data in a serial data signal in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node. An alternative sensor having a node that may or may not be a bidirectional node is configured to reset at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter in response to a trigger signal received at the node and is further configured to communicate the sensor data signal in response to the trigger signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158336 | MANAGEMENT OF A NUMBER OF SWIMMING POOLS - Method for managing a group of swimming pools, characterized in that it includes the following steps:
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20120158337 | Method and Integrated System for Improving Data and Service Quality with Respect to Measurement and Analysis of Reservoir Fluid Samples - A technique facilitates substantially improved service quality and data quality with respect to measurement and analysis of reservoir fluid samples. The technique integrates a variety of components which simplify the actions involved in measurement and analysis of the reservoir fluid samples. As a result, the reservoir fluid analysis process is more reliable and repeatable during many or all phases of the procedure from job initiation to output of the data as a final report. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158338 | Battery management system and battery pack including battery management system - A battery management system and a battery pack. The battery management system includes a micro computer unit including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to measure a battery voltage, a voltage generation unit to generate a power voltage of the ADC by using the battery voltage, a voltage measuring unit to measure the power voltage, and an error calibration unit to measure a variation of the power voltage, measured by the voltage measuring unit, by using a reference power voltage, and calibrate the battery voltage, measured by the ADC, by using the measured variation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158339 | CALIBRATION ARRANGEMENT - An arrangement including at least one path, at least one replica path, the at least one replica path corresponding to a respective path, a controller configured to use control information derived from the at least one replica path, at least one of the paths comprising a monitoring unit configured to provide monitor information to the controller, the controller being configured to modify the control information in dependence on the monitor information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158340 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE - A rotation angle calculation unit includes a first rotation angle calculation portion, a second rotation angle calculation portion, a third rotation angle calculation portion, an abnormality monitoring portion, and a final rotation angle calculation portion. The abnormality monitoring portion determines, based on a first output signal, a second output signal, and a third output signal, whether the first to third output signals are each normal or abnormal. The final rotation angle calculation portion calculates a final rotation angle based on the final determination result obtained by the abnormality monitoring portion and the first to third rotation angles calculated by the first to third rotation angle calculation portions, respectively. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158341 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE - A rotation angle calculation unit calculates a zero-crossing time point when a zero-crossing is detected for an output signal V | 2012-06-21 |
20120158342 | Impurity Weight Measurement - A method for measuring the weight of impurities in a mixed volume of fibers and impurities by mechanically separating the impurities are from the fibers, whereupon some undesired fibers still remain admixed to the impurities due to imperfections of the mechanical separation. A total weight of the separated impurities and the undesired fibers is gravimetrically measured. An image of the separated impurities and the undesired fibers is created. A weight of the undesired fibers is estimated from the image. The estimated weight of the undesired fibers is subtracted from the total weight to yield a corrected weight of the impurities. The mechanical separation and the subsequent electronic correction yield a more accurate weight of the impurities. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158343 | OPERATING METHOD OF SENSOR NODE, OPERATING METHOD OF DATA SINK IN SENSOR NETWORK, AND SENSOR NETWORK - Provided is an operating method of a sensor node. The operating method of a sensor node includes receiving a sensing request, adjusting a sensing condition on the basis of the received sensing request, and sensing according to the adjusted sensing condition. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158344 | DEGRADATION DETERMINATION - An electrical device includes connectors for an electrical connection to a voltage source, a sampling device for determining a voltage applied to the connectors, a controllable load for changing an electrical power consumption of the device at the connectors, and a control device, which is configured for the purpose of determining a degradation of the electrical connection if voltages, which are applied to the connectors at different electrical power consumptions, differ from one another by more than a predetermined amount. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158345 | CURRENT BALANCE TESTING SYSTEM - A current balance testing system is configured for measuring current flowing in a main board, the main board comprises a load, a power source supplying power to the loads, and a number of inductors connected between the power source and the loads. The current balance testing system includes a data acquiring device and a data processing device. The data acquiring device includes a plurality of input terminals and an output terminal, each input terminal correspondingly is connected to one inductor and configured for measuring a voltage drop across the inductor. The data processing device is connected to the output terminal and stores resistances of the inductors in the data processing device. The data processing device uses the voltage drops and the resistances of the inductors to calculate the current flowing through the inductors to determine whether or not the current flowing between the power source and the load are balanced. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158346 | IDDQ TESTING OF CMOS DEVICES - IDDQ testing of CMOS devices. An embodiment of a method includes applying a test pattern of inputs to a device, the device including one or more CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) transistors, and obtaining current measurements for the device, each of the current measurements being a measurement of a current after applying an input of the test pattern to the device. A filter function is applied to the current measurements, applying the filter function including separating defect current values from the current measurements. The method further includes determining whether a defect is present in the device based at least in part on a comparison of the defect current values with a threshold value. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158347 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device includes a decoder, a selector, and a plurality of registers. The decoder is configured to generate a plurality of test signals. The selector is coupled to the decoder. The selector is configured to sequentially select a test signal from the plurality of test signals and to sequentially output the test signal selected. The plurality of registers is coupled in series to each other. The plurality of registers includes a first stage register. The first stage register is coupled to the selector to sequentially receive the test signal from the selector. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158348 | TIMING GENERATOR - A delay setting data generator generates delay setting data based on rate data. A variable delay circuit delays the test pattern data by a delay time determined by the delay setting data with reference to a predefined unit amount of delay. First rate data designates the period of the test pattern data with a precision determined by the unit amount of delay. Second rate data designates the period of the test pattern data with a precision higher than that determined by the unit amount of delay. The delay setting data generator outputs a first value and a second value in a time division manner at a ratio determined by the second rate data, the first and second values being determined by the first rate data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158349 | Method for measuring the temperature rise induced by bias current/bias voltage in a magnetic tunnel junction - A method for measuring the temperature rise induced by bias current/bias voltage in a magnetic tunnel junction, the method includes the steps of: (a) applying an external time-changing magnetic field to the magnetic tunnel junction; (b) measuring different first outer pin flip field values under different temperature values; (c) calculating the correlation between the temperature and the outer pin flip field according to the temperature values and the first outer pin flip field values; (d) measuring different second outer pin flip field values under different bias current/bias voltage values; (e) calculating the correlation between the bias current/bias voltage and the outer pin flip field according to the bias current/bias voltage values and the second outer pin flip field values; (f) calculating the correlation between the temperature and the bias current/bias voltage according to the results produced by the steps (c) and (e). The method of the present invention can obtain the correlation between the temperature and the bias current/bias voltage, thereby determining what kind of TMR reader design providing more stable and reliable reading performance especially under higher operational temperature. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158350 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE THERMAL MASS OF A BUILDING - The invention comprises a system for calculating a value for the effective thermal mass of a building. The climate control system obtains temperature measurements from at least a first location conditioned by the climate system. One or more processors receive measurements of outside temperatures from at least one source other than the control system and compare the temperature measurements from the first location with expected temperature measurements. The expected temperature measurements are based at least in part upon past temperature measurements obtained by said HVAC control system and said outside temperature measurements. The processors then calculate one or more rates of change in temperature at said first location. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ACTIVITY OF A MOBILE ELEMENT - System for determining the activity of a mobile element (EM), includes at least one motion sensor (CM) having at least one measurement axis, which is provided with a fattener (MF) for securely connecting said motion sensor (CM) to the mobile element (EM). The system further includes a filter (FILT) for selecting, for each measurement axis of the motion sensor, high frequencies above a first threshold (S | 2012-06-21 |
20120158352 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display module, an operation module, a communication module, an obtaining module, and a calculator. The operation module obtains operation on the display screen of the display module. The communication module communicates with another electronic device. The obtaining module obtains trace information indicating a trace of operation moving from the electronic device to the other electronic device or a trace of operation moving from the other electronic device to the electronic device based on operation on the display screen of the electronic device and operation on the display screen of the other electronic device. The calculator calculates a positional relationship between the electronic device and the other electronic device based on the trace information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158353 | Proximity Sensor Apparatus For A Game Device - A proximity sensing apparatus includes a device housing, a plurality of energy emitters, an energy detector, a reflective member, and a controller system. The proximity sensing apparatus channels reflected energy to the energy detector and determines the location of the source of reflection. The channeling of energy to the energy detector may reduce manufacturing costs by utilizing less hardware while maintaining a high level of reliability. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158354 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LOCATING AND TRACKING OBJECTS - A system for locating and tracking an object is provided. The system includes a measuring device configured to determine a property of a paving-related material, a locating device configured to determine a location of the measuring device, a tracking system configured to store tracking information associated with the measuring device and one or more properties determined by the measuring device, and a communications system configured to transfer, to a remote device, the location of the measuring device and the tracking information associated with the measuring device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158355 | POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A position alignment of a transfer point of a transfer arm is performed by using a position detecting method. The method includes: detecting electrostatic capacitances in relation with a reference object for position alignment by a plurality of electrostatic capacitance detecting electrodes provided on a surface of the substrate body; communicating with each electrostatic capacitance detecting electrode and controlling a detection of each electrostatic capacitance detecting electrode; and calculating coordinates (x, y) of the reference object with respect to the substrate body based on a preset relationship between electrostatic capacitance values of multiple electrostatic capacitance detecting electrodes and a position of the reference object with respect to the substrate body. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158356 | TAMPER-PROOF ODOMETER SYSTEM - Various embodiments relate to a system and related method of validating a distance based on a plurality of sensor measurements in a vehicle. A tamper-proof odometer system may comprise an odometer and a tamper-proof sensor that independently determine distances based on measurements of vehicle components. The tamper-proof sensor may maintain a non-modifiable count based on the angular rotation of a target wheel from which to calculate a vehicle's distance traveled. An odometer may maintain a count based on the rotation of a wheel mounted to the transmission. An electronic control unit (ECU) or dashboard control unit (DCU) may compare the distance derived from the odometer with the distance derived from the tamper-proof sensor by comparing the error to a defined threshold. When the error value is above the defined threshold, this may indicate that one or more of the components of the odometer system have been manipulated. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158357 | MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a measurement method of measuring a surface shape of a measurement target surface including an aspherical surface by using a measurement apparatus including an optical system which guides a light from the measurement target surface to a detection unit having a detection surface, including a step of converting, into coordinates on the measurement target surface by using a coordinate conversion table, coordinates on the detection surface that indicate positions where light traveling from the measurement target surface enters the detection surface, and a step of converting, by using an angle conversion table, angle differences between angles of light reflected by a reference surface and angles of light reflected by the measurement target surface at the respective coordinates on the detection surface into angle differences at a plurality of respective coordinates on the measurement target surface that correspond to the respective coordinates on the detection surface. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158358 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An object to be measured is measured with marks formed on a platen surface with the object to be measured mounted thereon. At least three or more marks are formed on the platen surface. The marks are formed so as to uniquely determine a combination of sizes of at least three marks arbitrarily selected and intervals between the marks. Coordinate values representing three-dimensional shapes at first and second portions of the object are converted respectively to coordinate values based upon a reference coordinate system identified by the marks. The coordinate values determined after the conversion are synthesized, so that data on the entire three-dimensional shape of the object is obtained. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158359 | SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a method for measuring the shape of the surface of an object by moving a contact probe along the surface of the object. The relationship between the surface of the object and the direction of a moving unit is supposed from the magnitudes of the components of a contact force applied to the probe. Thus, the contact force of the probe is controlled using only a moving unit that is determined to be nearly orthogonal to the surface of the object under measurement. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158360 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR EVENT STREAM DEVIATION DETECTION - Certain example embodiments described herein relate to systems and/or methods for event stream deviation detection. More particularly, certain example embodiments described herein relate to maintaining short and long-term statistics of an incoming stream of event data. In certain example embodiments, a deviation is calculated based at least in part on the long-term and short-term statistics. The deviation may then be compared to a threshold value. In certain example embodiments, the estimations required for the statistics are done with Kernel Density Estimators (KDEs). | 2012-06-21 |