34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140236425 | Method And System Of Controlling The Stability Of A Two-Wheeled Vehicle By Electronically Adjustable Suspension - The present invention relates to a method of controlling the stability of a two-wheeled vehicle including a first wheel associated with a first suspension and a second wheel associated with a second suspension. The method includes: detecting a signal representing the roll angle and detecting a signal representing the roll angular speed of the vehicle; detecting a signal representing the first force imposed on the first suspension; detecting a control signal representing the reference force to impose to the second suspension according to the signals representing the roll angle, of the roll angular speed and the first force. The present invention is also related to a system for controlling the stability of a two-wheeled vehicle. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236426 | MOVING BODY CONTROL SYSTEM, MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - A moving body control system includes a driving velocity detector that detects a driving velocity of a driving device that drives a moving body, a posture state detecting device that detects posture information of the moving body, a posture controller that produces a first driving velocity command for the driving device, based on the posture information and an entered posture information command, a velocity command producer that produces a second driving velocity command for the driving device, by adding the first driving velocity command and the driving velocity, and a velocity controller that controls the driving device, by producing a torque command for the driving device, based on the second driving velocity command and the driving velocity. The velocity controller performs velocity control so that the driving velocity follows the second driving velocity command. The posture controller performs posture control so that the posture information follows the posture information command. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236427 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are an electric power steering control apparatus and method. The electric power steering control apparatus includes a first determination unit which determines whether or not first current torque estimation information is in a first state of being out of a preset first reference torque estimation information range, a second determination unit which determines, if the first current torque estimation information is determined to be in the first state, whether or not second current torque estimation information is in a second state of being out of a preset second reference torque estimation information range, a drive unit which drives or shuts off an EPS device depending upon at least one determination of the first and second determination units, and a control unit which controls the drive unit so that the EPS device is driven or shut off. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236428 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - When a solid object is recognized in the direction of movement of an own vehicle, in a system which carries out driving support of a vehicle, turning control of the own vehicle is performed by a support control unit in order to avoid a collision with the solid object. Then, the turning control by the support control unit is stopped by a turning control stop unit, in cases where a correlation between a vehicle state related to turning of the own vehicle and a value of a predetermined parameter related to the turning control does not belong to a range of normal state set in advance, after the turning control by the support control unit has been started. This stops excessive steering of a steering resulting from a low friction of a traveling road surface, so that a strange or uncomfortable feeling of a driver can be eliminated. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE IMPACT - An apparatus ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140236430 | DANGER SENSING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A danger sensing apparatus includes a data collecting unit disposed at each of a side rear-view mirror of the vehicle and an inner portion of the vehicle to collect image data of a side region of the vehicle and a situation of a door region of the inner portion of the vehicle as data; a data analyzing unit analyzing the data collected from the data collecting unit to analyze a danger object approaching an outer side of the vehicle and the situation of the door region of the inner portion of the vehicle; and a controlling unit controlling operations of a drive train of the vehicle and the door based on a signal analyzed from the data analyzing unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236431 | SOIL COMPACTION REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A soil compaction reduction system and method determine a path through the field for a mobile machine or control a soil compaction characteristic of the mobile machine based upon a varying soil compaction characteristic of the mobile machine as the mobile machine traverses the field and based upon a soil compaction constraint. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236432 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING A FLUID SYSTEM OF A MINING MACHINE - A method of monitoring a fluid system of a mining machine. The method including sensing a pressure level of a fluid in the fluid system of the mining machine to generate pressure level data; analyzing the pressure level data to detect pressure level deviations; determining at least one selected from the group of when a frequency of the pressure level deviations exceeds a predetermined frequency, and when the fluid pressure level fails to reach a threshold within a predetermined reaction time period; and outputting an alert in response to the determination. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236433 | Power-Split Transmission for a Traction Drive and Method for Controlling the Transmission - A power-split transmission for a traction drive includes a hydraulic power branch and a further power branch. In order to control a velocity, a displacement volume of a hydraulic pump of the hydraulic power branch is configured to be adjusted by a hydraulic actuating device. For the purpose of adjustment, a control pressure medium can be applied to the actuating device by a control valve. An additional pressure-control device is configured to be used to set a control pressure of the control pressure medium to a setpoint value which is dependent on a drive range of the transmission or of the traction drive. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTE IDENTIFICATION USING A LOW COST GPS SYSTEM - A system and method for identifying and analyzing a route using an inexpensive GPS system is provided. The system and method provides a location for storing GPS and vehicle operating data for at least one route, requiring a plurality of runs over the at least one route. Once a predetermined minimum number of runs have been reached, the system and method define a route segment, interpolate additional data points using the GPS and vehicle operating data, synchronize the data over the plurality of runs, and analyze the data. The analyzed data is then provided to a module capable of controlling the operation of an internal combustion engine. The analyzed data is forward-looking in that it permits anticipation of vehicle operation, and more particularly, engine and transmission operation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236435 | SHIFT BY WIRE SYSTEM - A shift by wire system for a motor vehicle, having a transmission control device and an actuation assembly, operationally connected thereto via an electrical connection. The actuation assembly is designed to generate a signal relating to an intention of the driver, corresponding to a position of the gearshift lever, by means of a gearshift lever and at least one sensor. The actuation assembly also has a controller unit, by means of which data based on the signal is communicated to the transmission control device via the electrical connection. The transmission control device monitors, in a remote manner, the controller unit in the actuation assembly via the electrical connection. The electrical connection is both a communication line for the data based on the signal and for the remote monitoring. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236436 | STRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING A BAULKING OF MANUAL TRANSMISSION E-SHIFTER - A structure for preventing baulking of a manual transmission E-shifter includes a vibration motor disposed in a knob of a manual transmission E-shifter and a return actuator automatically returning the manual transmission E-shifter to a NULL range. The structure makes a driver recognize mis-engagement and automatically shifts to a NULL range by driving the vibration motor and the return actuator, when mis-engagement is generated in a transmission, in a structure of a manual transmission E-shifter, in order to transmit mis-engagement of a manual transmission E-shifter, which is not mechanically connected with the manual transmission, and compensate for the mis-engagement. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236437 | SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A target shift stage comes to a high speed stage at t2, during reduction toward zero of a motor torque by an accelerator pedal releasing operation from t1, and an up-shift shift request along with the torque reduction is generated. The shift request is executed for the first time at t3, and the automatic transmission is shifted up to a high speed stage from a current low speed stage selecting state. Therefore, even in the case that a request for increasing a motor regenerative torque is issued by a braking operation just after (t2 to t3) an up-shift shift request moment t2 in response to the torque reduction, the gear shift in response thereto is not generated, and it is possible to avoid generation of repeated gear shift of low speed stage→high speed stage→low speed stage for a short time. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236438 | PROCEDURE FOR OPERATING A TRANSMISSION DEVICE, PARTICULARLY A 9-SPEED-TRANSMISSION - A method for operating a 9-speed transmission which changes operating states by actuating shift elements. At least one of the shift elements is a form-locking shift element, which disengages to implement a defined transmission operating state during which the power flow, between transmission input and output shafts, is present or interrupted. A sensor is associated with the locking shift element. An operating state of the locking shift element can be determined by the sensor, Upon a request to disengage the locking shift element, a disengagement control signal is generated and the locking shift element is actuated in the disengagement direction, depending on the disengagement control signal. The transmission is shifted to a safe operating state, in which at least the transmission output shaft can rotate, when an engaged operating state of the locking shift element is determined by the sensor even though a disengagement control signal was generated. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236439 | PROCEDURE FOR OPERATING A TRANSMISSION DEVICE, PARTICULARLY A 9-SPEED-TRANSMISSION - A method of operating a transmission device. At least one of the shift elements is a form-locking shift element. A sensor is associated with the form-locking shift element which can determine an operating state of the form-locking shift element. When a request to disengage the form-locking shift element occurs, a disengagement control signal is generated and the form-locking shift element is actuated in the direction of disengagement, depending on the disengagement control signal. The transmission device is transferred to a safe operating state in which the transmission output shaft can rotate, when an actuating pressure that changes the operating state of the form-locking shift element is determined with the sensor, even though a disengagement control signal was not generated, and/or when the sensor is associated with at least two form-locking shift elements and the form-locking shift elements are subjected to actuating pressure to implement a requested operating state change. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236440 | Method of Setting Transmission Shift Points in Real-Time Based Upon An Engine Performance Curve - The present invention provides a method for setting a shift point for shifting a transmission for a powered vehicle between a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio. The method includes determining input power data points based on real-time input torque data. The input torque data includes a maximum input torque. The method also includes calculating a gear step value based on the first gear ratio and second gear ratio. The method further includes determining a first power value and computing a second power value based on the gear step value. The first power value and second power value are compared to one another and adjustments are incrementally made in the first power value speed until the difference between first and second power values meets a threshold. The shift point is therefore based on the result of comparing the first power value and the second power value and the corresponding speed associated with the first power value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236441 | GEAR SHIFT INDICATION DEVICE - In a hybrid vehicle provided with a continuously variable electric transmission mechanism capable of sequential shift mode, a minimum engine rotational speed is specified for each gear specified in the sequential shift mode so that the lower the gear, the greater the minimum engine rotational speed. When the engine rotational speed has decreased to the minimum rotational speed while driving in the sequential shift mode, an upshift lamp of a gear shift indication device is turned on to prompt the driver to manually shift to a higher gear. As the driver shifts to a higher gear in response to the prompt, the minimum engine rotational speed is specified to a lower value. That allows for further decrease of the engine rotational speed and improves fuel consumption rate. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236442 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE'S PROPULSION - A method, a device and a computer program for control of a motor vehicle's propulsion. When a clutch torque (Req T) is demanded by a driver activating of an accelerator pedal, the degree of closure (G) of the vehicle's clutch actuator is controlled by feedback on the basis of a monitored engine torque. There is at least one further consumer ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140236443 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF DRIVELINE STATES - A method for controlling a vehicle driveline uses sensors to estimate a need for powering secondary wheels for each of a plurality of conditions. The estimates are scaled and the scaled estimates summed. Only primary wheels are powered when the summed estimates are less than a reference value. Both the primary and secondary wheels are powered when the summed estimates exceed the reference value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236444 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEFT AT A GAS STATION OR A CHARGING STATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A method for preventing fuel theft at a gas station or a charging station for motor vehicles is provided. The method includes determining whether a refueling process or recharging process of a motor vehicle is taking place and activating an emergency operating mode of the motor vehicle until a payment for the refueling process or the recharging process has taken place, the emergency operating mode configured to limit vehicle speed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236445 | Method for Estimating Tire Parameters for a Vehicle - A method for estimating tire parameters for a vehicle, including measuring a reference movement for the vehicle and modeling a model movement for the vehicle on the basis of a model that does not include the tire parameters to be estimated, and estimating the tire parameters of the vehicle on the basis of a juxtaposition of the reference movement and the model movement. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236446 | REFUSE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A REFUSE VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a control system for a refuse vehicle and a method for controlling a refuse vehicle provided with at least one refuse container location sensor, at least one vehicle speed control, and one or more electronics. The one or more electronics receive and process signals from the at least one refuse container location sensor and outputs a control signal to the at least one vehicle speed control to stop the refuse vehicle at a predetermined location with respect to a refuse container. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236447 | BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A brake hydraulic pressure control device for a vehicle in which operation of a hydraulic pressure adjustment unit that can carry out adjustment involving individually increasing/decreasing brake hydraulic pressures applied to wheel brakes for front and rear wheels is controlled for allowing differential pressure between brake hydraulic pressures of the left and right wheel brakes, wherein allowable differential pressure setting means is arranged for setting the allowable differential pressure corresponding to the coefficient of friction of a road surface, hydraulic pressure acquisition means acquires a lock hydraulic pressure, which is a hydraulic pressure when starting anti-lock brake control for the respective wheel brake, and when the lock hydraulic pressure of the wheel brakes for the front wheels acquired by the hydraulic pressure acquisition means is no greater than a predetermined value, application of the allowable differential pressure corresponding to the coefficient of friction of the road surface is prohibited. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236448 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING A CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - A cruise control arrangement for a vehicle includes a cruise control speed function, a cruise control brake function and at least one selectable economy level, having a set maximum speed value corresponding to a maximum allowed vehicle speed, a set brake speed value corresponding to a brake cruise speed and a set cruise speed value corresponding to a cruise speed, where a temporary brake speed value replaces the set brake speed value as the actually used brake speed value, and where the temporary brake speed value is dependent on the selected economy level. The behaviour of the cruise control of a vehicle can be adapted to take account of economy, which makes it possible to optimize the fuel consumption of the vehicle. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC FLOW INSTABILITIES AND INCREASING VEHICLE THROUGHPUT - A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing traffic flow instabilities and increasing vehicle throughput by monitoring the distances and velocities of motor vehicles leading and following a center vehicle and controlling the velocities of the vehicles to maintain a steady relative distance between the center vehicle and the leading and following vehicles. Using distance and speed information derived from both leading and following vehicles reduces the loop gain of feedback needed below one ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140236450 | DETERMINING THE DETERIORATION OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE IN USE - This invention relates to the operation of gas turbine engines, and in particular to determining deterioration of components during operation. In a specific embodiment, the invention is concerned with determining the actions to be taken when a foreign body impact has been detected, for example on a fan blade. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236451 | AVIONICS METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A TURBOMACHINE AT STARTUP - A method of characterizing a turbine engine, the method comprising:
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20140236452 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine is described. A base controlled variable for influencing an actual value of an operating variable of the internal combustion engine is ascertained. The actual value of the operating variable is compared to a setpoint value of the operating variable. A correcting variable is ascertained as a function of the comparison. A controlled variable is ascertained as a function of the base controlled variable and as a function of the correcting variable. An actual value of a state variable of the internal combustion engine is ascertained. A start point in time of a time interval of a critical state change of the internal combustion engine is ascertained as a function of the ascertained actual value of the state variable. The controlled variable is essentially ascertained from an intermediate controlled variable and a correcting variable following the start point in time. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236453 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS OF AN ENGAGING PINION OF A STARTER MOTOR - A method for monitoring an engagement process of an engaging pinion of a starter motor for a vehicle drive, in which an armature of the starter motor is moved, includes detecting a magnetic coil signal while current is applied to the magnetic coil of the magnet, in order to obtain a signal profile, particularly a current profile; generating a frequency profile by transforming the signal profile using a time-frequency transform; comparing the frequency profile to at least one reference frequency profile; and monitoring the engagement process based on the comparison. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236454 | Control Device for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Operating the Control Device for a Motor Vehicle - A control device for a motor vehicle, with which a control input carried out by at least one finger can be detected, includes a transmitter unit to transmit a signal to the finger, a receiving unit to receive a signal reflected from the finger, a control surface element, which is able to be spatially positioned in relation to the finger to carry out an operational entry, and an evaluation unit to determine a spatial position of the finger in relation to the control surface element using the received signal. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236455 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for the internal combustion engine has a multicore processor mounted with a plurality of the cores, calculates various tasks regarding an operation of the internal combustion engine, and distributes the tasks to the plurality of the cores respectively to perform a calculation, and a controller that makes the number of cores for use in the calculation smaller while fuel cutoff is carried out than before the fuel cutoff is carried out. The controller selects, as a designated core, at least one of the cores for use in a specific calculation associated with combustion of the internal combustion engine. The controller stops the designated core from being used while fuel cutoff is carried out. As the specific calculation associated with combustion, for example, it is possible to mention a combustion forecasting calculation of a cylinder model, a temperature forecasting calculation of a catalyst temperature estimation model, and a fuel adhesion amount forecasting calculation of a fuel adhesion model. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236456 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140236457 | ENGINE PROVIDING A SELF-ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD TO SAVE FUEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PRACTICAL DRIVING STATE OF A VEHICLE - An engine provides a self-adjusting system and a method to save fuel in accordance with a practical driving state of a vehicle. The engine self-adjusting system includes an information center and a plurality of onboard computers. Each onboard computers has a vehicle controlling module for adjusting a response features of the engine so as to reduce influences of improper driving manners. An optimized standard road resistance characteristic coefficient is applied as a more valuable reference, so that the fuel consumption is efficiently reduced while keeping the vehicle powerful. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236458 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS ON ENGINES CONFIGURED FOR STOP-START OPERATION - A method of operating an engine in a vehicle equipped with an evaporative emissions system is described. The engine is configured to perform automatically an engine stop and an engine restart when the vehicle stops moving to increase fuel economy of the vehicle. The method includes the steps of determining if an engine stop is allowed while a diagnostic test of the of the evaporative emissions system is being performed if an engine stop is requested, and preventing the engine stop if the engine stop is not allowed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236459 | STOP/START CONTROL TO INCREASE MICROHYBRID VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGE - A stop/start system of a vehicle autostops and autostarts an engine and, in response to an identification of a drive cycle destination indicating that the vehicle will remain parked for at least a predefined period of time, prevents autostopping of the engine during the drive cycle to increase a state of charge of the battery above a nominal target state of charge. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236460 | Methods, Devices And Systems For Glow Plug Operation Of A Combustion Engine - A glow plug control apparatus for an engine of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one glow plug; a power source to apply electric power to the at least one glow plug; and a control unit comprising a microprocessor configured and arranged to determine glow plug supply power to be applied from the power source to the at least one glow plug based on input from stored vehicle data and from a plurality of engine sensors, wherein the input includes data of engine operating parameters including fresh air intake mass airflow, intake manifold total mass airflow, intake manifold temperature, coolant temperature, glow plug temperature and total fuel injection quantity. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236461 | METHOD AND START ASSISTING SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING START ACTIVITIES OF A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to a start assisting system and a method performed by a start assisting system for facilitating start activities preceding start of an engine of a vehicle. The start assisting system determines whether predetermined pre-start conditions are fulfilled, which pre-start conditions comprise a condition associated with a wireless electronic key related to the vehicle being identified to be present. The start assisting system furthermore detects a start intention activity of a user of the vehicle by means of a detecting device adapted to be comprised in a user driving manoeuvring device of the vehicle, which detecting device is adapted to detect a body part of the user being situated at the driving manoeuvring device thus indicating the start intention activity. Additionally, the start assisting system initiates start of the engine, should the pre-start conditions be determined to be fulfilled while the start intention activity is detected. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236462 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS THAT ENHANCE DRIVER AWARENESS - Navigation systems that enhance driver awareness are provided. Information associated with a location of a vehicle may be determined. Based at least in part upon the determined location, awareness information associated with the vehicle may be collected. The awareness information may include at least one of crime information, accident information, legal information, or future traffic information. Based at least in part upon the collected awareness information, output information may be generated for presentation, and the generated output information may be output. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236463 | ENHANCED CLEAR PATH DETECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE INDICATOR - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle utilizing analysis of a plurality of images generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle includes monitoring the images. The images are analyzed including determining a clear path upon which a potential road surface can be estimated from other portions of the images that do not indicate a potential road surface, and determining an image of a traffic infrastructure indication. The method further includes determining the content of the traffic infrastructure indication, modifying the clear path based upon the content of the traffic infrastructure indication, and utilizing the modified clear path in navigation of the vehicle. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236464 | CROWD SOURCED TRAFFIC REPORTING - A traffic reporting service may allow for the generation of more reliable and accurate traffic reports, maps, and forecasts based on various data types and sources. Data sources include public sector sources, private entities, and end users providing crowd sourced data. Crowd sourced data is collected, verified, and used to generate a traffic report which is displayed to a user via a computing device. A user may use various information presented in the traffic report to make informed decisions when choosing travel routes and a departure time to reach a desired destination. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236465 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING USER ACTIONS ON A TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRONIC FLIGHT STRIP SYSTEM - An electronic flight strip system and method of operation are disclosed. One such method receives a non-stylus touch on a touchscreen display that displays an electronic flight strip having a plurality of fields. A context-based reaction to the electronic flight strip is caused in response to which field of the plurality of fields received the non-stylus touch. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236466 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENCOURAGING FUEL EFFICIENT DRIVING BEHAVIOR - The invention discloses methods and devices for improving the fuel economy of a trip in a vehicle. Sensors are located in and around a vehicle so as to provide at least one computing element a plurality of date for analysis. The computing element may determine the driving environment in which the car is presently located and suggest through an appropriate interface changes in driving behavior so as to optimize fuel use over the coming seconds to minutes. The system allows for best possible fuel consumption during all phases of a trip, whether short or long. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236467 | Method and Apparatus for Route Completion Likelihood Display - A system includes a processor configured to send likelihood-of-success request, including vehicle state information. The processor is further configured to receive information representing likelihood of reaching route points, utilizing a current vehicle charge, along with effects on the likelihood based on one or more power utilization changes. The processor is also configured to interactively display the received information and receive power utilization change selection. Also, the processor is configured to calculate a new likelihood of reaching the points based on the selection and display updated information based on the calculation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236468 | CUSTOMIZING DESTINATION IMAGES WHILE REACHING TOWARDS A DESIRED TASK - Customized images can be used to improve navigation of a user to a particular destination. For example, a mobile device can receive a first destination location of the first user. Additionally, the mobile device can receive one or more media files of the first destination location, wherein at least one of the media files is created with a recording device. Furthermore, the mobile device can further receive an indicator associating the one or more media files with the first destination location. Subsequently, the mobile device can receive a current location of the mobile device of the first user. Finally, the mobile device can display the one or more media files when the current location is within a specified distance of the first destination location. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236469 | ONBOARD MAP DISPLAY OF POSITIONS OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT - Onboard an individual aircraft, a map showing aircraft flying in the vicinity of the individual aircraft is displayed on a monitor. Navigation satellite technology, such as GPS, onboard the individual aircraft is used to determine the position of the individual aircraft. Via a communications network, position-indication signals indicating the determined positions of the individual aircraft and other aircraft flying in the vicinity of the individual aircraft are sent between the different aircraft. Onboard the individual aircraft, a computer processes the position-indication signals to provide display signals that enable a monitor onboard the individual aircraft to display a map showing the positions of other aircraft flying in the vicinity of the individual aircraft in relation to the position of the individual aircraft. In one embodiment, a website that communicates with the different aircraft via the Internet facilitates communication of the position-indication signals between the different aircraft. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236470 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INSTANTANEOUS OR ANTICIPATED PROBABLE ZONE OF OCCUPANCY OF AN AIRCRAFT IN AN AIRPORT NAVIGATION ZONE - The general field of the invention is that of methods for determining safety zones surrounding an aircraft travelling or taking off from an airport zone, the safety zone being calculated at a determined instant that may be the present instant or the future instant. The method according to the invention comprises at least the following steps:
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20140236471 | COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM - A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and the object. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236472 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Navigation systems and associated methods for providing navigation services are provided. Information associated with a desired route for a vehicle, such as a route between a current location and a desired destination, may be determined. Additionally, contextual information associated with the vehicle may be identified. Based upon the desired route and the contextual information, a direction may be generated for presentation to one or more users, and the generated direction may be output for presentation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236473 | LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY SYSTEM, LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD, AND LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display control unit that causes a display unit to display a front image on which a guide line is superimposed, wherein the guide line has a front end point that indicates a position inside a recommended lane and has a rear end point that indicates a position rearward of the front end point, is provided. When the vehicle is in a lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction of the vehicle, and, when the vehicle is not in the lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction in the travelling lane. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236474 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE PHYSICAL LOCATION AND ROUTING WITHIN A FIELD OF LOW POWER BEACONS - A non-time of flight or time of arrival position location system for accurate determination of a user's location in an enclosed, indoor, or covered environment can include a number of beacons mounted in an arrangement within the environment. Each of the beacons is mounted in a known location and transmits a broadcast signal containing a unique identifier that identifies the originating beacon. A handheld electronic device including a receiver and a communicably coupled processor can receive broadcast signals from at least some of the number of beacons, iteratively determine a vector quantity corresponding to each of the received signals, and sum the resultant vector quantities to determine an updated position. The iterative process can be repeated until consecutive iterations yield an updated position that falls within a defined threshold. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236475 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NAVIGATION IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS - Several methods and systems for navigation in an indoor environment are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving coded data corresponding to a plurality of destinations in an indoor environment. The coded data is received on a device associated with a user from at least one data source provided in the indoor environment. The method further includes determining one or more navigation paths corresponding to at least one destination from among the plurality of destinations based on the coded data. The one or more navigation paths facilitate user navigation in the indoor environment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236476 | MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining a mobile device location. An example of a method for determining a mobile device location includes receiving signals from a transmitter, measuring signal characteristics of the received signals, and downloading data from a database corresponding to a defined region associated with the transmitters. The downloaded data includes a set of position points, a classification of each position point, and expected signal characteristics for each position point. The method further includes comparing the measured signal characteristics with the expected signal characteristics for each position point, assigning a weight to position points based on the compared signal characteristics, and determining the mobile device location by selecting one position point from the set as a position point solution corresponding to the mobile device location based on the assigned weight. The position point solution is constrained by the classification of each position point. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236477 | POSITIONING SYSTEM UTILIZING ENHANCED PERCEPTION-BASED LOCALIZATION - A positioning system and method for determining a position of a machine on a worksite are disclosed. The method may store a map of the worksite which includes one or more known objects in the worksite. The method may determine whether a locating device associated with the machine is accurately providing the position of the machine. The method may also include detecting one or more objects in the worksite. The method may further determine an unmatched object from among the detected objects that does not match the one or more known objects stored in the map. The method may also store the unmatched object in the map as a known object of the worksite. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT OPEN DATA, FILES AND APPLICATIONS AUTOMATICALLY BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - In its simplest, basic form, the invention involves personal electronic devices that automatically open data, files and applications, based on geographic location. The device for automatically using data, files and/or applications includes means for continuously automatically precisely locating the exact global physical location of the device; and, means for identifying each data, file and/or application having a specific global physical location corresponding to a current exact global physical location of the device and for then using said data or file and/or initiating said application. In a preferred embodiment, there is also a means for tagging each data, file and application at the time of creation and/or editing to identify a specific global physical location. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236479 | ATTITUDE ESTIMATION FOR PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION USING LOW COST MEMS ACCELEROMETER IN MOBILE APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - A user-heading determining system ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140236480 | REAL-TIME MOVEMENT PATH ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to a real-time movement path estimation apparatus using visible light communication. A server for performing communication with an agent for tracking a location of a client which is a target to be tracked includes an agent management unit for setting the agent and the client. A server communication unit receives management information of the agent at intervals of a preset monitoring period. A path prediction unit derives a predicted path for a movement path of the client, based on the location information of the client included in the management information and tracked by a location determination device including a visible light communication device or an image capturing device in the agent. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236481 | ROUTE GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a route guidance apparatus and method including receiving at least two pieces of route information provided from at least two route providing servers, analyzing the at least two pieces of route information and converting the at least two analyzed pieces of route information to a common data format, classifying the at least two converted pieces of route information into categories of similar routes based on a predetermined similarity level, selecting one of the categories, then selecting, from the selected category, one of the at least two pieces of route information to be a node route for each section node, and interconnecting node routes selected for the respective section nodes, thereby generating an entire route. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236482 | PATH CURVE CONFIDENCE FACTORS - In one embodiment, navigational features of a navigation device are activated or deactivated according to the accuracy of the geographic data. The navigation features may be predictive features related to upcoming portions of a path curve. The path curve is compared to measured data. For example, a first curve is accessed from a map database and a second curve is based on measured position data collected while traversing the path. The first curve and the second curve correspond to the same geographic area. A difference of an attribute between a section of the first curve and a section of the second curve is used to assign a confidence factor to the section of the first polycurve based on the difference. The attribute may be heading, position, curvature, or another aspect of the path curves. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRAVEL PATH GEOMETRY BASED ON MAPPING INFORMATION - An approach for determining the geometry of a path of travel of a vehicle based on mapping information is described. A map based projection platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of mapping information associated with at least one path of travel of at least one vehicle to determine a geometry of the at least one path of travel. The map based projection platform further determines one or more display parameters for causing, at least in part, a projection of navigation information, safety information, or a combination thereof for the at least one vehicle based, at least in part, on the geometry. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236484 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide navigation device and method, which are capable of preventing a user from erroneously recognizing a region, through which the user moves, while suppressing annoyance to the user, which follows guidance of a border. The navigation device according to the present invention includes: prefectural border detection means as border detector that searches front of a vehicle as a mobile body in a traveling direction on a map, and detects a plurality of borders (prefectural borders) on the map; and guidance means as border guidance unit that collectively guides the plurality of borders (prefectural borders) present in a predetermined range to the user based on a detection result in the prefectural border detection means. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236485 | RECOVERABLE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF A SUBTERRANEAN BORE - A recoverable data acquisition system includes at least one sensor positionable within a tubular of a completion system that is recoverable therefrom | 2014-08-21 |
20140236486 | Methods, Program Code, Computer Readable Media, and Apparatus For Predicting Matrix Permeability By Optimization and Variance Correction of K-Nearest Neighbors - Methods, program code, computer readable medium, and apparatus estimating permeability at unsampled (uncored) but logged interval locations in a reservoir based upon a similarity with log signatures from cored intervals, are provided. An example of a method can include performing a core plug-by-core plug blind test, defining an objective function which qualifies the quality of the permeability prediction to minimize discrepancies between measured and predicted permeability, optimizing calculated parameters, and estimating permeability values of uncored logged intervals. The method can also include applying a debiasing/variance restoration to compensate for inherent averaging artifacts | 2014-08-21 |
20140236487 | METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA - Methods and computing systems for processing seismic data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for processing seismic data comprises receiving seismic data that includes active data corresponding to an active shot from a seismic source. The processing includes processing at least a portion of the active data using a passive data processing technique. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236488 | Computed Tomography Calibration Systems and Methods - According to certain embodiments of the invention, computer hardware and software can perform single or dual-energy decomposition calculations and predict CT values for either single-energy or dual energy CT from basis material decomposition estimates derived using theoretical models. Using that information, the computer hardware and software can (among other things) present one dimensional information from a CT scanner, such as representative pixel value, in two dimensions, such as a line in two dimensional basis material space. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236489 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURING KIT CONNECTABLE TO MOBILE DEVICE - A blood glucose measuring kit connectable to a mobile device is configured to display blood glucose data via the screen of an external mobile device, with a view to reducing the production cost of the measuring kit. The measuring kit includes a housing provided therein with a control unit, a test strip receiver, and a data transfer port. The control unit generates blood glucose data by testing a blood glucose test strip with the test strip receiver and outputs a blood glucose test completion signal. The data transfer port is electrically connected to the mobile device and transfers the blood glucose data thereto. Using a signal processing program downloaded wirelessly from the Internet, the mobile device reads, analyzes, applies statistics to, and stores the blood glucose data, displays the blood glucose data on its screen, and can upload and download the blood glucose data wirelessly to and from the Internet. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236490 | BIOINFORMATICS SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS EXECUTED ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESSING PLATFORM - A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes an integrated circuit formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the integrated circuit connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236491 | Methods For Indirect Determination of Reference Intervals - The invention relates to methods for indirectly determining clinical laboratory reference intervals. In one aspect, a reference interval is determined using all measurements for a given analyte stored in a large existing database. In other aspects, a characteristic of a subject is used to select a reference population for inclusion in reference interval calculations. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for changing treatment plan, diagnosis, or prognosis for an individual subject based on differences between the new reference interval and a previously utilized reference interval. In other aspects, the invention provides systems and computer readable media for indirectly determining reference intervals. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236492 | 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. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236493 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Activity Tracking Device Data Synchronization With Computing Devices - Methods, devices and system are provided. One method includes capturing activity data associated with activity of a user via a device. The activity data is captured over time, and the activity data is quantifiable by a plurality of metrics. The method includes storing the activity data in storage of the device and, from time to time, connecting the device with a computing device over a wireless communication link. The method defines using a first transfer rate for transferring activity data captured and stored over a period of time. The first transfer rate is used following startup of an activity tracking application on the computing device The method also defines using a second transfer rate for transferring activity data from the device to the computing device for display of the activity data in substantial-real time on the computing device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236494 | MULTI-PARAMETER THROMBOTIC ASSAY APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for assessing clot activity in blood under various conditions in vitro. The apparatus includes a plurality of test receptacles that receive the blood, at least one flow generating mechanism in communication with the test receptacles, and a clot detector configured to analyze an amount of clot formation that occurs within the blood in each receptacle. Blood contacting surfaces of a first subset of the test receptacles are coated with a first surface substrate and blood contacting surfaces of a second subset of the test receptacles are coated with a different second surface substrate. The flow generating mechanism is configured to generate a first blood flow rate through a third subset of the test receptacles and to generate a different second blood flow rate through a fourth subset of the test receptacles. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236495 | PATIENT STRATIFICATION AND DETERMINING CLINICAL OUTCOME FOR CANCER PATIENTS - In a first aspect the present invention is directed to a method of generating a scheme allowing classification of a cancer of an individual patient for estimating a clinical outcome for said patient. It also refers to a method of estimating a clinical outcome of a patient suffering from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). The present invention also refers to a method of determining whether the epithelial mesenchymal score of a patient suffering from a cancer can be changed by administering an EMT reversal agent to increase patients susceptibility for an anti-cancer treatment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236496 | Methods and Systems for Visualizing and Evaluating Data - A computer-implemented method of generating a digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) result is provided. The method includes detecting a first set of emission data from a plurality of samples, each included in a sample region of a plurality of sample regions, at a first time during an amplification period. The method further includes determining a positive or negative amplification determination for each sample of the plurality of samples based in part on the first set of emission data. A dPCR result is generated based on the positive or negative amplification determinations for the plurality of samples. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236497 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP AND DATA ANALYSIS IN TARGETED PROTEOMICS APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to the analysis of compounds with mass spectrometry and more particularly to instruments, substances, and methods for polypeptide analysis, in particular in targeted proteomics applications and based on indexed retention time as peptide specific property. The method of chemical analysis comprises the steps of: a) providing a first complex sample comprising a set of at least two reference peptides associated to an indexed retention time scale (iRT), as well as at least one further peptide; b) performing LC-MS on said complex sample and determining the empirical retention time values (RTe) of the reference peptides and of the at least one further peptide; c) translating the empirical retention time values (RTe) of the reference peptides and of the at least one further peptide into the indexed retention time scale and associating to each reference peptide a reference indexed retention time value (iRTr) and to the at least one further peptide an associated indexed retention time value (iRTa); d) providing a second complex sample comprising at least one polypeptide as well as said set of the at least two reference peptides; e) performing LC-MS on said second complex sample and determining the empirical retention time values (RTe) of the reference peptides; f) translating the empirical retention time values (RTe) of the reference peptides into the indexed retention time scale by numerically adapting the transformation function for the conversion of the retention time values (RTe) into indexed retention time values such that the calculated indexed retention time values (iRTe) calculated based on the measured retention time values (RTe) of the reference peptides match the assigned indexed retention time values (iRTr) of the reference peptides; g) determining the predicted empirical retention time value (RTp) of the at least one further peptide by using the numerically adapted transformation function determined in step f). | 2014-08-21 |
20140236498 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING WIND TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an apparatus and method of monitoring a wind turbine blade. The method includes converting strain of a blade into moment, generating a reference value based on design information of the blade and statistical information of the moment, and comparing the moment with the reference value and determining a state of the blade. Accordingly, since the reference value serving as a reference of blade state determination is generated according to blade design information and moment statistical information and learning of the moment statistical information is performed, reliability of blade state determination can be improved, and thus, effective management and maintenance of the blade becomes possible. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236499 | SIZING OF A DEFECT USING PHASED ARRAY SYSTEM - Disclosed is an improved method of sizing a defect using a phased array system with a single probe orientation requiring only a simple one-pass scan. It is an improvement of the ADDT standard which is adapted to phased array systems with fixed probe orientations. Based on pre-configured parameters obtained from C-scans, the method as presently disclosed provides novel analysis on C-scans and more complete information on defects, including the orientation and sizes in length and depth or thickness of the defects. Phased array systems devised with the presently disclosed method can perform such inspection and complete sizing automatically for longitudinal, transverse and oblique defects in one pass of scan. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236500 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN ULTRASONIC ANALOG SIGNAL, DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for processing an ultrasonic analog signal ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140236501 | METHOD OF MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A method of monitoring performance of an electric motor includes calculating an actual input power and an expected input power of the electric motor. A power difference between the actual input power and the expected input power is recursively calculated over at least one period of an electrical cycle of the electric motor to determine a variance in the power difference during the at least one period of the electrical cycle. The variance in the power difference is compared to a threshold value to determine if the variance in the power difference is greater than the threshold value or less than the threshold value. The control module may signal that the electric motor is not operating within allowable operating parameters when the variance in the power difference is less than the threshold value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236502 | Electrical Power System Phase and Ground Protection Using an Adaptive Quadrilateral Characteristic - A quadrilateral distance module may be used to detect faults in an electrical power system. A resistive coverage of the quadrilateral distance module may be defined by an adaptive resistance blinder. The adaptive resistance blinder may be adapted to certain power system conditions, such as forward load flow and/or reverse load flow. A forward adaptive resistance blinder may be calculated in parallel with a reverse adaptive resistance blinder. The forward adaptive resistance blinder may use a polarizing quantity adapted for forward load flow conditions, and the reverse adaptive resistance blinder may use a polarizing quantity adapted for reverse load flow conditions. Fault detection may be performed by comparing both the forward and reverse adaptive resistance blinders to power system stimulus and detecting a fault when the stimulus satisfy either blinder. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236503 | Method for Locating Faults in Ungrounded Power Distribution Systems - A method determines a location of a single-phase-to-ground fault in an ungrounded power distribution system. The method detects the faulty phase of the distribution system having the fault and compares a difference between an angle of a voltage and an angle of a current measured at a root of a faulty feeder and boundaries of each section of the faulty feeder to determine a faulty section of a faulty feeder having the fault. A line segment of the faulty section is tested for a change of a sign of a voltage on the faulty phase in the faulty section to determine a faulty line segment. The location of the fault is determined based on a distance from a terminal bus of the faulty line segment to a location along the faulty line segment having a value the voltage on the faulty phase equals zero. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236504 | REAL TIME ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) DETECTION - In one embodiment, a method for determining electrostatic discharge (ESD) includes building a slider delta comparison map using slider electrical and/or row bar quasi testing results, wherein row bar quasi testing is performed on row bars of multiple sliders, and wherein slider electrical testing is performed on individual sliders, determining whether a test device in a parent job passes primary ESD delta criteria, when the test device fails the primary ESD delta criteria: flagging the parent job of the test device as a reroute job and performing automatic actual parts rerouting for any jobs related to the parent job to pull parts from a test bin as opposed to a supply bin, wherein all parts pulled from the test bin are tested prior to assembly as opposed to parts pulled from the supply bin which are not 100% tested. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236505 | ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION MEASURING MECHANISM - A system and method of measuring power consumption in an appliance is provided. An electrical characteristic of a power signal, such as a voltage component and/or a current component, can be detected at the appliance. The detected electrical characteristic can be processed using a signal processor. During signal processing, the detected electrical characteristic can be shifted based on a predetermined threshold and converted to a digital signal. An electrical characteristic offset can be determined based on an average electrical characteristic value of a plurality of detected electrical characteristics. The difference between the electrical characteristic offset value and an instantaneously detected electrical characteristic value can be used to determine power consumption of the appliance. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236506 | Method for Detecting Power Theft in a Power Distribution System - A method detects power theft in a branch of a distribution system by distinguishing between technical losses that are inevitable during the course of normal operation of the system, and non-technical losses that can be attributed to power theft. The method assumes a specific circuit corresponding to that branch, collects data for energy consumed and currents at regular intervals by means of a smart or traditional power meter, estimates the likely resistances of the lines connecting the consumption points to the distribution transformed by means of least squares regression, and uses the estimated resistances to predict technical losses in future time intervals. By comparing the total power losses measured during future intervals with the estimates of the technical losses, the amount of non-technical losses can be estimated, and theft can be signaled when this amount is unusually high. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236507 | Method for Determining Power Consumption of Loads in Ungrounded Power Distribution Systems - A method determines power consumption of a load in a feeder section of an ungrounded power distribution system. Borders of the feeder section are defined by an importing device connecting the feeder section to an upstream feeder section, and by at least one exporting device connecting the feeder section with a downstream feeder section. A power consumption of each load is represented as a product of a scaling factor and a base power defined by a load profile of the load. A power flow of the feeder section is solved using the power consumptions of the loads to produce an active power for each phase of the importing device. A target active power for each phase of the importing device is determined using measurements at the importing device, and the scaling factors are updated based on a difference between the active power and the target active power. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236508 | METHOD FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION MONITORING AND CONTROL AND SYSTEM THEREFROM - The invention provides a method and system for managing energy consumption for efficient recording, monitoring, control of electricity or energy usage and payment collection for the same. The energy consumption recording method for managing energy consumption multiple host users, comprises steps for collating electricity meter data from each meter associated with the each host user, through a data concentrator unit, wherein the data concentrator unit comprises at least one sensor for each electricity source associated with the each meter. Method further includes a step for translating the electricity meter data from each meter into the meter indicative parameters for each host user, communicating these meter indicative parameters to a meter data management database, and recording the meter indicative parameters for each host user in the meter data management database. These recorded parameters include dynamic usage information and further used in analytics useful for monitoring, control and payment collections. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236509 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FAULTS IN BATTERY SYSTEM - An apparatus for detecting a fault in a battery system, the apparatus including: a voltage detector configured to receive a voltage signal from the battery system and to digitize the voltage signal to generate voltage data; a discrete wavelet transformer configured to receive the voltage data and to perform a discrete wavelet transformation of the voltage data to generate transformation data; a statistical processor configured to receive the transformation data and to process the transformation data to generate statistical data, the statistical data including an average value of the transformation data; and a fault diagnosing unit configured to detect the fault in the battery system based on the statistical data and to transmit a fault signal when the fault is detected. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236510 | DISTRIBUTED BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION DISTRIBUTION USING THE SAME - A distributed battery management device and a method thereof are provided. The method comprises: receiving, by a battery management control module, a first identification distribution request from a first data acquisition module; activating, by the battery management control module, the first data acquisition module for monitoring one or more batteries; and sending, by the battery management control module, a first identification message corresponding to the first identification distribution request, to the first data acquisition module. The device comprises: a battery management control module; and a first data acquisition module communicatively coupled with the battery management control module, wherein the battery management control module and the first data acquisition module are configured to communicate with each other to identify the data acquisition module. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING STATE OF CHARGE OF A BATTERY - A novel method and system for determining state of charge of a battery (SOC) is disclosed wherein the direct method and the indirect method are not used at the same time, but alternately as indicated by battery current status. The method of the invention compensates for the exiting modeling errors and parameter estimation errors to provide an accurate SOC estimation. The method of the invention computes the DC offset and the battery capacitance to compensate for the exiting modeling errors and parameter estimation errors. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236512 | PLANAR STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS OBTAINED WITH LOOK UP TABLES - A system including a computing device to compare a first measured characteristic of a planar structure to a first look up table and obtain the relative permittivity of the planar structure based on the comparison of the first measured characteristic. The computing device compares a second measured characteristic of the planar structure to a second look up table to obtain the tangential loss of the planar structure based on the comparison of the second measured characteristic. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236513 | REGION-BASED SECURITY EVALUATION METHOD FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The invention discloses a region-based security evaluation method for the distribution system, which belongs to the field of electric power distribution system operation. The method contains the following steps: a. acquiring distribution system security region and security boundaries according to substation transformer capacity of the distribution system and link relationships among the substation transformers ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140236514 | HANDHELD DEVICES AND STRUCTURES TO DETECT STICKY DEVICES HAVING MAGNETS - Apparatus and methods for detecting concealed personal security threats may comprise conventional mirrors and less conventional arrays of Hall-effect sensors and/or magnetometers, preferably at least two axis or three axis sensors or sensors mounted back-to-back. The concealed personal security threats may comprise, for example, sticky devices consisting of geographic position sensors for covertly broadcasting motor vehicle location data, of so-called Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) which may be covertly or openly affixed to, for example, the undercarriages of motor vehicles using strong magnets and later exploded, the former giving away private location information, the latter causing damage to the motor vehicles to which they are affixed and sticky containers for hiding contraband among other “sticky devices.” Magnetic fields detected by, for example, arrays of Hall-effect sensors and the like may be quantified and stored in processor memory as a vehicle magnetic field signature. A processor receiving magnetic field data collected by the arrays may retrieve and subtract known signatures from acquired magnetic field data for a given vehicle to obtain location for a magnetic field on the vehicle that may be of potential interest as a risk and. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236515 | CLOUD-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF INTEGRATED TOOL-RELATED AND MATERIAL-RELATED DATA AND METHODS THEREFOR - Cloud-based integrated yield/equipment data processing system for collecting and analyzing integrated tool-related data (cause data) and material-related data (effect data) pertaining to at least one material processing tool and at least one material is disclosed. In an embodiment, the tool-related data is correlated with the material-related data and the correlated tool-related data and material-related data is employed by logic to perform, using a cloud computing approach, at least one of root-cause analysis, prediction model building and tool control/optimization. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A CRITICAL DIMENSION VARIATION OF A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC MASK - The invention relates to a method for determining a critical dimension variation of a photolithographic mask which comprises (a) using layout data of the photolithographic mask to determine at least two sub-areas of the photolithographic mask, each sub-area comprising a group of features, (b) measuring a distribution of a transmission of each sub-area, (c) determining a deviation of the transmission from a mean transmission value for each sub-area, (d) determining a constant specific for each sub-area, and (e) determining the critical dimension variation of the photolithographic mask by combining for each sub-area the deviation of the transmission and the sub-area specific constant. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236517 | Method for Calibrating a Vector Network Analyzer - A method for calibrating a vector network analyzer may include performing a first set of measurements on a first port of a plurality of ports and determining error coefficients for the first port. The error coefficients may be used to obtain a first calibrated port. For an uncalibrated port of the plurality of ports, a connection via a known through between an already calibrated port and the uncalibrated port may be established and a first signal from a first signal source may be applied to the calibrated port and a second signal form a second signal source may be applied to the uncalibrated port. A further set of measurements with respect to the uncalibrated port may be performed and error coefficients may be determined for the uncalibrated port based on the further set of measurements and relation to error coefficients of the calibrated port. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236518 | Systems and Methods for Low Latency 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration - Systems and methods for low-latency calibration of the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to determine vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information, calculate a lateral acceleration vector, a forward acceleration vector, and a vertical acceleration vector using a forward incline vector and a lateral incline vector determined using the vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236519 | Systems and Methods for 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration with Vertical Sample Buffers - Systems and methods for the calibration of 3-axis accelerometers using vertical sample buffers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to receive a velocity information sample using the velocity sensor, determine vehicular acceleration information along at least one vehicle axes using the velocity information sample, receive at least one acceleration sensor acceleration information sample using the acceleration sensor, determine a plurality of vertical vector samples using the vehicular acceleration information, calculate an average vertical vector sample using at least one of the vertical vector samples, and calibrate at least one of the vehicle axes to an acceleration sensor axis using the vehicular acceleration information, the acceleration sensor acceleration sample, and the average vertical vector sample. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236520 | CALIBRATING AND OPERATING ROTARY DEVICES, IN PARTICULAR FOR ROTATING PROBE HEADS AND/OR PROBES OF COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES - A measuring arrangement is calibrated for determining rotational positions of a rotary device that has a first part and a second part which can be rotated relative to the first part about a rotational axis. Rotational positions of the first part relative to the second part and/or rotational positions of the second part relative to the first part are detected using a plurality of sensors distributed about the rotational axis. A respective measurement signal corresponding to each detected rotational position is generated such that redundant information on the rotational positions of the first part and the second part relative to each other is provided. The redundant information on the rotational position(s) are analyzed such that effects of a translational movement of the first and the second part relative to each other are corrected, the translational movement running transverse to the extension of the rotational axis. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236521 | Methods for Calibrating a Fugitive Emission Rate Measurement - Methods for calibrating an emission rate measurement of a gas are provided. The methods involve discharging a reference gas that is the same or a different composition than a subject gas. If the same or similar, then a combined emission rate of the reference and subject gas is measured, as well as an emission rate of the subject gas only. A deviation, or an one or more adjusted parameter, of the combined and subject gas measurement from the reference gas discharge rate is used to calibrate the subject gas measurement. If the reference gas is different, the emission rates of the subject and reference gas are measured, and a deviation, or an one or more adjusted parameter, of the measured rate from the discharge rate of the reference gas is used in calibrating the subject gas measurement. The methods may also use a modified 2-D tracer measurement as a reference. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236522 | RANGE-DEPENDENT BIAS CALIBRATION OF AN ACCELEROMETER SENSOR SYSTEM - One embodiment of the invention includes an accelerometer sensor system. The system includes a sensor comprising a proofmass and electrodes and being configured to generate acceleration feedback signals based on control signals applied to the electrodes in response to an input acceleration. The system also includes an acceleration component configured to measure the input acceleration based on the acceleration feedback signals. The system further includes an acceleration controller configured to generate the control signals to define a first scale-factor range associated with the sensor and to define a second scale-factor range associated with the sensor. The control system includes a calibration component configured to calibrate the accelerometer sensor system with respect to range-dependent bias error based on a difference between the measured input acceleration at each of the first scale-factor range and the second scale-factor range. | 2014-08-21 |
20140236523 | X-RAY DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND X-RAY DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - An X-ray data processing apparatus for processing X-ray data that is obtained by simultaneously measuring X-rays of multiple wavelengths. The apparatus includes a management unit | 2014-08-21 |
20140236524 | TESTER WITH ACCELERATION ON MEMORY AND ACCELERATION FOR AUTOMATIC PATTERN GENERATION WITHIN A FPGA BLOCK - Automated test equipment capable of performing a high-speed test of semiconductor devices is presented. The automated test equipment apparatus comprises a computer system comprising a tester processor, wherein the tester processor is communicatively coupled to a plurality of FPGA components. Each of the plurality of FPGA components is coupled to a memory module and comprises: an upstream port operable to receive commands and data from the tester processor; a downstream port operable to communicate with a respective DUT from a plurality of DUTs; and a plurality of hardware accelerator circuits, wherein each of the accelerator circuits is configured to communicate with one of the plurality of DUTs. Each of the plurality of hardware accelerator circuits comprises a pattern generator circuit configurable to automatically generate test pattern data to be written to the one of the plurality of DUTs and a comparator circuit configured to compare data read from the one of the plurality of DUTs with test pattern data written to the one of the plurality of DUTs | 2014-08-21 |