35th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150241495 | TEST DEVICE, TEST METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When static electrical charge by electromagnetic waves is applied to a test-target board or test noises are applied to the ground of the test-target board, a test device tests as to whether or not noises are conducted through a path from an OUT terminal of an amplifier circuit to the ground of the test-target board, and a test device tests as to whether or not noises are conducted through a path from an OUT terminal of an amplifier circuit to the ground of the test-target board together with the number of conductions. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241496 | INTER-STAGE TEST STRUCTURE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An inter-stage test structure for a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus has a unit under test (UUT) and a next-stage component connected to the UUT through a signal wire. The inter-stage test structure is disposed on the signal wire and electrically connects the UUT to the next-stage unit component. The inter-stage test structure includes an upper board, a lower board, and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is disposed between the upper board and the lower board. The intermediate layer includes a first region and a second region defined thereon. The first region has an air cavity for generating an air impedance. The second region has an impedance adjusting cavity for generating an adjustable impedance. Accordingly, the inter-stage test structure can detect the condition of the UUT of the wireless communication apparatus based on the air impedance and the adjustable impedance. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241497 | Method for Monitoring an Electrical Power Supply Line Comprised in a Seismic Cable, Corresponding System, Computer Program Product and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Carrier Medium - It is proposed a method for monitoring an electrical power supply line comprised in a seismic cable and extending along the seismic cable. The seismic cable includes: a plurality of seismic sensors arranged along the seismic cable, a plurality of controllers arranged along the seismic cable, and an optical transmission line extending along the seismic cable for carrying data signals from or towards the controllers. The electrical power supply line supplies at least one pair of master and slave controllers. The master controller of a given pair of master and slave controllers performs a step of monitoring a portion of the electrical power supply line between the master and slave controllers, by using an optical loop established on a portion of the optical transmission line between the master and slave controllers, and starting from the master controller and passing through the slave controller. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241498 | METHOD OF DETERMINING POSSIBLY-UNUSED ELECTRIC WIRE AND PROGRAM - An electric wire classified as an extra electric wire in any one of patterns and classified as a necessary electric wire in any one of the remaining patterns is determined to be a possibly-unused electric wire, and an electric wire classified as an extra electric wire in the entirety of the patterns is determined not to be a possibly-unused electric wire. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241499 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING UNMATED CONNECTOR AND PROGRAM - A group of electric wires of a first wire harness assigned to a first divided region is identified for each pattern as a necessary electric wire having a connection counterpart in a second divided region adjacent to the first divided region among the divided regions and an extra electric wire not having a connection counterpart in the second divided region. It is determined, out of connectors connected to a group of the electric wires of the first wire harness, that a connector is an unmated connector when all electric wires connected to the connector are the extra electric wires. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241500 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING WELDING OF RELAY - In the present invention, the connection between an external power supply and a unit for detecting welding of a relay is disestablished at least when a short circuit is detected, thereby preventing the short circuit from being falsely detected in the event that the short circuit and the welding of the relay can both be detected. A device for detecting welding of a relay detects welding of a relay provided to a path via which a cell is charged by an external power supply. Welding of a power-supply-side relay or a ground-side relay is detected on the basis of a current flowing disproportionately more toward the external power supply than the power-supply-side relay or ground-side relay when a control unit has deactivated the power-supply-side relay or ground-side relay during an interrupting in charging. A disconnecting switch establishes or disestablishes the connection between the external power supply and a weld-detection switch. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241501 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TESTING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines; an initialization unit for applying an initialization signal to the plurality of data lines; and a wire test unit for applying a wire test signal to the plurality of data lines through a plurality of fan-out lines respectively connected to one end of each of the plurality of data lines. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241502 | CONTINUITY INSPECTION DEVICE - In this continuity inspection device, a reference electrode plate held at ground potential is disposed along an intermediate portion of electric wires to be inspected for continuity, and a discharge path (positive charge leaking path) for static electricity charged on the electric wires after the continuity inspection is secured by the reference electrode plate. Thus, accumulation of static electricity after the continuity inspection on electric wires is avoided. Moreover, the electric potential of the static electricity charged on the electric wires by application of voltage to power supplying probes is measured by measuring equipment as the absolute potential with respect to the ground potential of the reference electrode plate through the surface potential of the terminals of the electric wires. Thus, the electric potential of the static electricity of the electric wires is accurately measured without being affected by cross talk due to stray capacitance between the electric wires. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241503 | FILTER CAPACITOR DEGRADATION IDENTIFICATION USING COMPUTED CURRENT - Methods and apparatus are presented for detecting filter capacitor degradation in a power converter in which filter circuit branch currents and voltages are concurrently measured, nominal current values are automatically computed according to the measured voltages, the operating frequency and nominal capacitance values, and current change values are calculated based on the difference between the measured currents and the calculated nominal currents, and the change values are evaluated to selectively identify filter capacitor degradation conditions in the filter circuit. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR CONTACT JOINT INTEGRITY - Methods and systems for monitoring contact joint integrity in an information handling system may include precisely monitoring a change in resistance of a resistive element associated with a contact joint. The change in resistance of the resistive element may be indicative of the integrity of the contact joint. The resistance may be measured using a modulated current source and by demodulating a voltage signal resulting from the modulated current flowing across the resistive element. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241505 | System And Method For Measuring Contact Impedance Of An Electrode - An apparatus and method that determines a quality of a connection of an electrode to a patient is provided. The apparatus includes at least three electrodes selectively connected to a patient for sensing an electro-physiological signal representing a patient parameter. A current source is connected to each of the at least three electrodes, the current source able to apply both a positive current and a negative current. A control processor is connected to the current source and the at least three electrodes. The control processor identifies a number of unique electrode pairs of the at least three electrodes and controls the current source to simultaneously apply a positive current to one electrode and a negative current to an other electrode of each identified electrode pair to determine a connection quality for at least one of the at least three electrodes. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR JUNCTION DEPTH IDENTIFICATION FOR ULTRA SHALLOW JUNCTIONS - Provided is a method for identifying material junctions and doping characteristics in semiconductor and other materials by illuminating the material and measuring voltage. A correlation between penetration depth of light and wavelength of light is established for a material. Photons are applied to materials such as semiconductor materials to induce charge. The photons are applied by exposing the material to light having a range of wavelengths. The induced charge results in a measureable voltage. The voltage is measured and the voltage measurements used to determine a junction depth and charge concentration of a material using the correlation between penetration depth of light and wavelength of light. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241507 | Test Circuit And Method - A method is disclosed that includes the operations outlined below. For a plurality of dies on a test fixture, an antenna distance between each of first antennas of one of the dies and every one of first antennas of the other dies is determined. The dies are categorized into die groups, wherein the antenna distance between each of the first antennas of one of the dies in one of the die groups and every one of the first antennas of the other dies in the same one of the die groups is larger than an interference threshold. Test processes are sequentially performed on the die groups. Each of the test processes is performed according to signal transmissions between the first antennas and second antennas of the under-test device each positionally corresponds to one of the first antennas. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241508 | Test Circuit And Method - A circuit is disclosed that includes a signal-forcing path, a discharging path, a contact probe, a monitoring probe and a switch module. The signal-forcing path is connected to a signal source. The discharging path is connected to a discharging voltage terminal. The contact probe contacts a pad module of an under-test device. The monitoring probe generates a monitored voltage associated with the pad module. The switch module is operated in a discharging mode to connect the contact probe to the discharging path when the monitored voltage does not reach a threshold voltage such that the under-test device is discharged and is operated in an operation mode to connect the contact probe to the signal-forcing path when the monitored voltage reaches the threshold voltage such that a signal generated by the signal source is forced to the under-test device. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241509 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device may include: a fuse array including a plurality of fuses; a voltage generation unit suitable for generating a first measurement voltage having a preset level; and a measurement unit suitable for supplying the first measurement voltage to a sourcing node of the fuse array and a second measurement voltage, which is provided from an external through a first pad, to a sinking node of the fuse array, and outputting a current, which is caused by voltage difference between the first and second measurement voltages and passes through one or more of the multiple fuses, through the first pad. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241510 | CURRENT MEASUREMENT METHOD - A minute current measurement method is provided. In the current measurement method, a first potential is applied to a first terminal of a transistor under test, a second potential is applied to a first terminal of a first transistor, the first transistor is turned on to accumulate a predetermined charge in a node electrically connecting a second terminal of the transistor under test with a second terminal of the first transistor, a third potential of an output terminal of a read circuit electrically connected to the node is measured, the first transistor is turned off, a fourth potential of the output terminal of the read circuit electrically connected to the node is measured, the amount of the charge held by the node is estimated from the amount of change in the potential of the output terminal of the read circuit (e.g., a difference between the third potential and the fourth potential), and a value of current flowing between the first terminal of the transistor under test and the second terminal of the first transistor is calculated from the amount of the charge held by the node. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEFECTS - The present disclosure generally provides for a method of managing semiconductor manufacturing defects. The method includes: determining a cumulative aging parameter for each of a plurality of first IC products produced with a particular manufacturing line, the cumulative aging parameter being dependent on a product operating condition; calculating an observed defect rate for the plurality of first IC products based on a difference between a predicted value of the aging parameter and the cumulative aging parameter for each of the plurality of first IC products; and adjusting a manufacturing reliability model for the particular manufacturing line in response to the observed defect rate being different from a predicted defect rate for the plurality of first IC products. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241512 | Method and Apparatus for Non-Contact Measurement of Sheet Resistance and Shunt Resistance of P-N Junctions - Non-Contact measurement of characteristics of p-n junctions includes illuminating an illumination area of a surface of a p-n junction with light, measuring a first junction photovoltage (JPV) signal from a first area of the p-n junction with a first electrode, measuring a second JPV signal from a second area with a second electrode, measuring a third JPV signal from a third area with a reference electrode, and determining a sheet resistance of the p-n junction top layer with a corrected first JPV signal, a corrected second JPV signal, a corrected first calibration JPV signal, a corrected second calibration JPV signal or the known sheet resistance of the calibration p-n junction. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241513 | CORE CIRCUIT TEST ARCHITECTURE - A scan test architecture facilitates low power testing of semiconductor circuits by selectively dividing the serial scan paths into shorter sections. Multiplexers between the sections control connecting the sections into longer or shorted paths. Select and enable signals control the operation of the scan path sections. The output of each scan path passes through a multiplexer to compare circuits on the semiconductor substrate. The compare circuits also receive expected data and mask data. The compare circuits provide a fail flag output from the semiconductor substrate. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241514 | SWITCHGEAR FOR A SINGLE-PHASE MOTOR AND A THREE-PHASE MOTOR - An embodiment relates to a switchgear for a single-phase motor and a three-phase motor, the switchgear including a processing unit and a first, second and third current path, the first and third current path each including a current transformer, The processing unit is adapted to detect the current I | 2015-08-27 |
20150241515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF HEALTH OF A POWER SOURCE OF A PORTABLE DEVICE - A method for determining a State of Health (SoH) of a power source of a portable device involves extracting a start voltage value of an examined power source; activating one or more hardware components of the portable device by a software, to increase the current consumption of the device, identifying a voltage drop rate of the examined power source and comparing a calculated voltage drop rate to pre-calculated threshold values stored on a database of a main server. A system for executing the method is also disclosed. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241516 | BATTERY REMAINING-LIFE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, BATTERY PACK, CAPACITOR, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND BATTERY REMAINING-LIFE ESTIMATION METHOD - There is provided a battery remaining-life estimation apparatus that includes a memory, and a circuit. The memory is configured to store information about a polarization-voltage curve of a secondary battery, the information being stored with a correlation with a current value and a temperature of the secondary battery. The circuit is configured to estimate a remaining power of the secondary battery, the remaining power being estimated based on a discharge curve of the secondary battery. The circuit obtains the polarization-voltage curve based on the information in the memory, the polarization-voltage curve being correlated with the current value and the temperature of the secondary battery. The circuit also estimates the discharge curve by subtracting the obtained polarization-voltage curve from an open-circuit voltage curve obtained for the secondary battery. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241517 | Method For Calculating Remaining Capacity Of Power Battery Pack - The present disclosure provides a method for calculating a remaining capacity of a power battery pack, which comprises steps of: (1) performing charging and discharging tests on a power battery pack provided with a battery management system with a charge-discharge machine; (2) reading C | 2015-08-27 |
20150241518 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING INSTRUCTIONS CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING PARAMETER(S) ASSOCIATED WITH BATTERY CELL - A method applied into an electronic device and capable of automatically measuring at least one parameter includes: launching an automatic program/application on the electronic device; and using the automatic program/application to measure the at least one parameter that is at least associated with a battery cell connected to and used for providing power to the electronic device. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241519 | METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for managing power of an electronic device and the electronic device thereof are provided. An operation method of the electronic device includes detecting a remaining battery capacity, calculating and storing a reduced ratio per unit time of the remaining battery capacity and, based on the reduced ratio, predicting a remaining operating time of the battery. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241520 | BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM AND BATTERY MONITORING CHIP - The battery monitoring chips each include a battery monitoring function section that is provided so as to correspond to a respective battery cell group and to monitor a state of each battery cell contained in the corresponding battery cell group, and a regulator that generates a drive voltage to supply to a configuration circuit of the battery monitoring function section based on power supplied from the battery. The battery monitoring chips are connected together in series to give a communication path, with an input end of the regulator electrically connected to an output end of another regulator. A microcomputer is connected to a battery monitoring chip, and is driven by a drive voltage generated by the regulator of the battery monitoring chip accompanying power consumption by each of the battery cells. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241521 | SCHEME APPLIED INTO ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAPABLE OF MEASURING RESISTANCE PARAMETER(S) ASSOCIATED WITH BATTERY CELL - A method applied into an electronic device and capable of measuring at least one resistance parameter includes: launching a program/application on the electronic device; and using the program/application to measure the at least one resistance parameter that is at least associated with a battery cell connected to and used for providing power to the electronic device. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241522 | VOICE COUNTING OF EACH BATTERY UNDER TEST - A method and apparatus for testing batteries uses an audible voice prompt | 2015-08-27 |
20150241523 | HIGHLY EFFICIENT DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR MONOLITHIC SENSOR SYSTEMS - Embodiments relate to integrated circuit (IC) sensors and more particularly to IC sensor diagnostics using multiple (e.g., redundant) communication signal paths, wherein one or more of the communication signal paths can be diverse (e.g., in hardware, software or processing, an operating principle, or in some other way) from at least one other of the multiple communication signal paths. Embodiments can relate to a variety of sensor types, implementations and applications, including 3D magnetic field and other sensors. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241524 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - There is provided a signal processing device comprising a combination unit ( | 2015-08-27 |
20150241525 | Dynamic Correction to Remove the Influence of Motor Coil Flux on Hall Sensor Measurement - According to an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus includes a stage, at least a first coil, at least a first magnet, a plurality of Hall sensors, and a stage position estimation module. The first coil is included in a coil array that is a part of a coil arrangement. The first magnet is configured to cooperate with the first coil to form a motor that drives the stage. The dynamics model arrangement obtains a current command provided to the first coil and provides a first signal based on the current command. The Hall sensors are included in the coil arrangement, and are configured to measure a flux that includes a magnetic component and a coil component. The stage position estimation module is configured to obtain the flux and the first signal, and to process the flux and the first signal to estimate a position of the stage. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241526 | DETERMINING A MEASURING POINT-IN-TIME IN A CARDIAC CYCLE FOR CONDUCTING MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIFFUSION MEASUREMENTS - In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) system for determining at least one measuring point-in-time in a cardiac cycle for conducting diffusion measurements of the myocardium of an examination object, a sequence of MR images of the heart is acquired and a time curve of a parameter of the cardiac geometry is determined in the sequence of MR images. At least one mean of the parameter of the cardiac geometry is determined from the time curve of the parameter. For the determined at least one mean of the parameter, the associated point-in-time in the time curve of the parameter is determined in which the determined mean occurs, wherein the determined point-in-time defines the at least one measuring point-in-time in a cardiac cycle during which the diffusion measurements of the myocardium are carried out. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241527 | CUSTOMIZED MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY MATERIALS - One example includes a method for fabricating a compound material. The method includes providing a first discrete material layer having a first thickness dimension. The first discrete material layer includes a first material having a first magnetic susceptibility. The method also includes depositing a second discrete material layer having a second thickness dimension over the first discrete material layer. The second discrete material layer can include a second material having a second magnetic susceptibility. The relative first and second thickness dimensions can be selected to provide a desired magnetic susceptibility of the compound material. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241528 | Transmitting and/or Receiving MRI Signals for a MRI Examination - An arrangement includes a superconducting split ring resonator, a cryostat, and a copper coil. The resonator is arranged in the cryostat and includes at least one ring-shaped conductor made of a superconducting material and including an opening and a taper. The copper coil may be used to transmit a MRI excitation signal. This signal causes a current to be induced in the conductor that leads to the breakdown of the superconductivity. The conductor is detuned and therefore no longer develops an interfering effect. It is possible for the effect of the breakdown of superconductivity to be used for detuning in a targeted manner. After the transmission is complete, the conductor returns into the superconducting state and acts as a superconducting reception antenna for the MRI measurement signal. The copper coil is inductively coupled to the conductor and configured to read out the signal induced in the conductor. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241529 | Loop Coil with Integrated Balun for MR Applications - An MR loop coil design incorporates a balun into the loop coil. With this approach, some components of the coil may be simultaneously part of the imaging coil and the balun. Further, with this approach the number of components used to build an MR coil may be reduced, which may result in a reduction in cost, weight and size. This MR loop coil design may also be used to build phased array coils from the smaller loop size. Such an approach may use small feeder circuit boards oriented generally perpendicular to the coil elements to reduce interactions between the feeder boards and the coils. Such feeder boards may also be made smaller than conventional feeder circuits because the integrated balun coil design may reduce the number of components needed to create balanced coils in the array. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241530 | Isolating MR Magnetic Field Probes from External RF Irradiation - An arrangement for carrying out dynamic magnetic field measurements in a MR imaging or MR spectroscopy apparatus comprises at least one magnetic field probe ( | 2015-08-27 |
20150241531 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In an MRI method and apparatus a BLOCH-SIEGERT method is used to establish a scaling factor of an excitation magnetic field that excites nuclei in a subject. A method involving two flip angles is executed to obtain a spatial distribution of longitudinal relaxation times of the excited nuclei so as to reconstruct a longitudinal relaxation time spatial distribution image, wherein the scaling factor is used to correct the two flip angles. This MRI method and apparatus cannot only obtain the spatial distribution of an excitation magnetic field accurately, but also can greatly reduce scan time, while ensuring a similar image resolution and image signal-to-noise ratio. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241532 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY WITH PHASE ROTATION - In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for acquiring an MR signal from an examination subject according to a pulse sequence, a first radio-frequency pulse is applied with a first phase and a gradient field is simultaneously applied in a first direction. Second and third radio-frequency pulses, with second and third phases, respectively, are applied simultaneously with a gradient field in a second direction. A fourth and a fifth radio-frequency pulse, with a fourth and a fifth phase, respectively, are applied and simultaneously with a gradient field in a third direction. A signal with a receiver phase is acquired =. The pulse sequence is repeated a number of times under phase rotation, wherein the third and fourth radio-frequency pulses in each repetition have the same phase, and the signals acquired in the repetition are added. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241533 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD USING THE SAME DEVICE - There is provided a magnetic resonance imaging device comprising: a pulse generating unit that generates a saturation pulse for reducing a signal of a water molecule within the living body and a pulse sequence after saturation time for the saturation pulse; a sampling implementing unit that implements sampling in each of a plurality of k-spaces acquired according to a repeated sequence applying the saturation pulse and the pulse sequence, and implements the sampling for a sampling area including a center portion of each of the k-spaces and a certain portion differently determined for each of the k-spaces; and an image acquiring unit that acquires a reconstructed image from the data acquired as a result of the sampling. Here, the pulse generating unit applies a saturation pulse having a different frequency per the sequence, and the sampling implementing unit acquires data for the center portion at a Nyquist rate. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241534 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE PROCESSING - A method for processing a magnetic resonance image is provided. The method includes receiving data through a receiving coil; setting a plurality of sparse spaces for unit data of a single image; reconstructing an image by data, for which the sparse spaces have been set; and combining the reconstructed images with each other to provide the combined image. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241535 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PULSE SEQUENCE - In a method for determining a pulse sequence composed of multiple consecutive pulse sequence segments and multiple pre-pulses, the number of consecutive pulse sequence segments between two pre-pulses is determined on the basis of a randomizing algorithm. A pulse sequence determining device determines a pulse sequence for a magnetic resonance installation, device having an input interface for entering control protocol parameter values, a pulse sequence determining unit for determining the pulse sequence on the basis of the control protocol that has been entered, and a pre-pulse arrangement unit, which establishes the position of the pre-pulses between the pulse sequence segments in a randomly distributed manner. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CONTROL AND ADJUSTMENT OF PULSE OPTIMIZATION OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM - In an apparatus and method for pulse optimization adjustment a checking is made as to whether the optimization time resulting from a calculation time for pulse optimization of a pulse sequence section for a modifiable time interval at a predefined gradient grid density, and an associated implementation time, exceeds a real time resulting from the time interval and a buffer time. The gradient grid density for pulse optimization is reduced by a factor f if the optimization time exceeds the real time. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241537 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Consistent Geometries - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, method and/or computer readable medium is configured to effect MR imaging with reduced artifact by generating one or more image reconstruction maps from one or more prescans, acquiring a main scan dataset from a main MRI scan of an object, warping one or more image reconstruction maps to have geometric distortions substantially corresponding to geometric distortions in the main scan dataset, and forming a diagnostic MR image of the object using the main scan dataset and the warped one or more image reconstruction maps. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241538 | Motion Correction for Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) With 3D Radial Acquisitions - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, method and/or computer readable medium is configured to effect magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images with reduced motion artifacts includes acquiring a plurality of k-space data sets by traversing a plurality of radial trajectories in three-dimensional (3D) k-space, generating a plurality of 3D MR images derived from k-space populated by the k-space data sets, aligning the 3D MR images with respect to each other, determining one or more motion parameters for the object based upon the aligning, modifying values of k-space data sets using the determined one or more motion parameters, generating a motion-corrected 3D MR image from a combination of acquired k-space data sets including the modified values. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241539 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE, AND DETERMINATION METHOD FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD CONDITIONS - With an MRI apparatus using a transmission coil having multiple channels, a region desired to be diagnosed is efficiently imaged with high image quality. The MRI apparatus comprises a region setting means for setting a region in an imaging region, of which high quality image is desired to be obtained, as a first region, and an optimization means for determining at least one of amplitude and phase of a radio frequency wave transmitted to each of the multiple channels as a radio frequency magnetic field condition, and the optimization means determines the radio frequency magnetic field condition so that at least one of specific absorption ratio and signal value of a region that generates artifacts is not higher than a predetermined value defined for each, under a uniformity constraint condition that uniformity of radio frequency magnetic field distribution in the first region is not lower than a predetermined value. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241540 | MEASUREMENT OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE RHEOLOGY TRANSDUCER VIBRATIONS USING NAVIGATORS - The invention provides for a medical instrument ( | 2015-08-27 |
20150241541 | T2 INVERSIONS WITH REDUCED MOTION ARTIFACTS - A method for processing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement data includes: receiving, with a processor, NMR measurement data obtained from an NMR tool, the NMR measurement data being affected by a motion artifact and having a first echo train obtained with a long polarization time TW | 2015-08-27 |
20150241542 | FUSION PHANTOM FOR TESTING PERFORMANCE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY - The present invention is to enhance efficiency of performance test and quality control, which is designed and manufactured to simultaneously acquire the performance test using one fused phantom. It is a phantom capable of simultaneously conducting a performance test on magnetic resonance imaging and a performance test on magnetic resonance spectroscopy within a predetermined error range by grasping a degree of performance capability of a human MRI system from a comprehensive result of image conditions and image parameters, in which the test elements of an ACR-MRI phantom used as a standard MRI phantom in the prior art are relocated, and inner containers configured in layers are inserted. It is a fusion phantom capable of performing a quantitative test and analysis by changing a type and concentration of a cerebral metabolite when a variety of images and spectra are acquire. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241543 | DYNAMIC COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - A test and measurement system including a device under test, an accessory, a controller and a test and measurement instrument. The accessory is connected to the device under test and includes a signal input to receive an input signal from the device under test, a compensation unit configured to apply a compensation signal internal to the accessory, and a signal output to output an output signal read from the device under test. The controller is connected to the accessory and includes one or more receivers to receive the input signal and the output signal from the accessory, and a microcontroller or correction circuit configured to compare the input signal and the output signal and in response to the comparison provide a compensation signal to the compensation unit. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241544 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING AND DEBUGGING TESTING SYSTEM - A method of calibrating and debugging a testing system is provided. First, values of different electrical path segments are calibrated, and parameters of the electrical path segments while being calibrated are saved. After calibration, electrical tests can be processed on a DUT. If the testing system malfunctions, the values of the electrical path segments are calibrated again to compare the current parameters to the previously saved parameters. The component which goes wrong can be found out quickly in this way. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241545 | Single Platform Doppler Geolocation - To make small UAVs capable of geolocation of emitters, a low cost, low power, small weight and power radio receiver receives and tracks Doppler frequency at a minimum. In order to minimize the size, weight and power (SWAP), a single receiving element array is utilized. The analysis of geolocation performance with single and multiple UAV receiving platforms is considered. With a single UAV platform measuring Doppler frequency with unknown center frequency, a localization accuracy on the order of ten to 100 meters is possible within a couple of minutes, or about one to five percent of the target range. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241546 | COOPERATIVE AUTOMATIC TRACKING - A system and method are provided for automatic cooperative object tracking using gain comparison of antenna pairs facing different directions. In cooperative object tracking, the object is associated with a radiation source, or beacon, that emits radiation that is detected by the tracking system. The present invention makes use of antennas that are not highly oriented antennas but are characterized by having a steep drop in their gain profiles at a particular angle of incidence of the radiation that they detect. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING POSITIONING MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES - Described are an apparatus and a method for increasing an uncertainty associated with an estimated position of the apparatus. Signals transmitted from a plurality of stationary transmitters may be acquired, and a difference in received carrier frequency of the acquired signals may be measured. The lower bound of a speed of a mobile device may be determined based at least in part on the measured difference in received carrier frequency. The uncertainty may be increased based at least in part on the lower bound of the speed. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241548 | CERTIFIED LOCATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - In one example embodiment, a Wi-Fi based location determination technique both determines one or more locations of a mobile device, and calculates a confidence score for each determined location. A request is received at a certified location service executing on a server for one or more locations of the mobile device and a data package. The data package may include an indication of a plurality of beacons observed by the mobile device. The certified location service determines one or more locations of the mobile device based on a calculated location of at least some of the plurality of beacons. The certified location service also determines a confidence score for each beacon used in determining each location. An overall confidence score for each determined location may be calculated based on a combination of the confidence scores for each of the beacons used in the determination of the location. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241549 | Methods and Systems for Estimating Location of a Wireless Client Device - Methods and systems for estimating location of a wireless client device are disclosed. In some aspects, a receiver detects a plurality of wireless communication signals from a wireless client device using a plurality of receiver antennas, matches a received signal signature with one of a plurality of stored signatures, and estimates a location of the transmitting client device based on said match. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241550 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF MOBILE TRANSCEIVERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A TRANSCEIVER FIELD, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments include a method comprising providing a primary transceiver, and a plurality of secondary transceivers spatially distributed throughout a transceiver field; and executing a setup-routine comprising a wave-routine including: the primary transceiver transmitting a cascading identification command to at least one initial secondary transceiver, wherein the identification command holds instructions for the secondary transceiver to short-range retransmit a same or modified copy of the identification command indiscriminately to neighboring secondary receivers, provided no such retransmission of the identification command was effected during a wave period immediately preceding reception of the identification command by the secondary transceiver, so as to effect a travelling wave of secondary transceivers retransmitting the identification command. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241551 | Systems and Methods of Location and Tracking - A system for computing accurate position location coordinates of tags used for tracking assets and people include a first network of access points to help compute a first approximation of the tag position location, a second network of access points underlying the first network for fine position location determination, and a position location server for controlling the second network of access points and computing position location based on round trip delay measurements between tags and the access points. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241552 | WAFER SCALE SENSOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND ARRAY FOR TISSUE DIAGNOSIS - Radar imaging for medical diagnosis addresses the need for non-ionizing and low-cost alternatives to conventional medical diagnosis methods, such as mammography x-ray techniques, which expose patients to ionizing radiation for cancer detection. An ultra wide band (UWB) sensor can produce very fine beams at the V- or W-bands using beam forming techniques developed specifically for wafer scale antenna arrays. The high bandwidth radio waves can penetrate tissue and resolve tissue anomalies with high-resolution. Pseudo-random coding creates a signal that allows the correlating receiver to extract very low energy reflected signals from background noise providing coding gain. An integrated panel of sensor antenna arrays enables rapid scanning of the subject area, such as breast tissue, to detect anomalies by eliminating the need for mechanical scanning (e.g., moving the sensors relative to the subject) because the wafer scale antenna array can instantaneously take the desired topographic picture of the subject area. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241553 | FUNCTIONAL SAFETY MONITOR PIN - A radar data processing system is disclosed. The system includes a microcontroller and a data receiver-transmitter integrated circuit coupled to the microcontroller. The data receiver-transmitter integrated circuit includes a sensor and a dedicated error indicator pin. The data receiver-transmitter integrated circuit includes an inner safety monitor and the microcontroller includes an outer safety monitor. The inner safety monitor configured to receive and collate sensor data from the plurality of sensors and send, through the dedicated error indicator pin, a function warning signal to the outer safety monitor when the sensor data from the sensor is indicative of a functional irregularity. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241554 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE RADAR - Provided are a vertical alignment apparatus and method for a vehicle radar. The vertical alignment apparatus includes a case at which a shaft is formed, an antenna that is coupled with the shaft and is disposed to be rotatable about the shaft in a vertical direction, an antenna rotary member that rotates the antenna, and a stopper that limits an angle of rotation of the antenna. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOPPLER RADAR SIGNAL RECOVERY OF TARGET DISPLACEMENT - Method and apparatus for detecting a movement, such as two or more periodic vibrations, of a target, by sending a radar signal, e.g., near 60 GHz, at the target and processing the signal reflected by the target. One or more components of the movement can have a predominant frequency, such as a frequency of vibration, and two or more components can have different frequencies and, optionally, different magnitudes. A quadrature receiver processes the received signal to produce a base band output signal having in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) outputs. The in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) outputs are cross-referenced and real target movement frequency recovered directly in the time domain. System nonlinearity, which does not occur simultaneously on the I and Q channels, is identified and removed. Radar signals having wavelengths near one or more of the target movement magnitudes can be used. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241556 | BEAM INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, RADAR RECEIVER, AND RADAR RECEIVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, there is provided a beam information generating device including: a distance calculator that calculates distances, from a receiver, along a plurality of reception beams formed by the receiver to a transmission beam, based on transmission beam information; and a beam width calculator that calculates beam widths of the reception beams based on the distances calculated by the distance calculator so as to restrain variations in volume enclosed by the transmission beam and the reception beams. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241557 | Ship Radar Apparatus and Method of Measuring Velocity - Error that occurs when an absolute velocity of a target object is measured by using an antenna installed on a ship body that rocks and drifts in a complex manner since it floats on the sea is reduced. An antenna is installed on a ship body and transceives electromagnetic waves. A roll angle and a pitch angle of the ship body are detected by using an inclination sensor. An antenna velocity calculator calculates an antenna velocity of the antenna by using the detected roll and pitch angles of the ship body. An antenna velocity compensator compensates the antenna velocity of the antenna for a relative velocity between the ship body and a target object, the antenna velocity calculated by the antenna velocity calculator, the relative velocity obtained based on reflection waves received by the antenna. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241558 | Track Associator - Disclosed here are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for track association. An embodiment operates by receiving a first set of track identification data from a first tracking system. The first set of track identification data is associated with a global track identifier (GID). The first set of track identification data associated with the GID is broadcasted to the first tracking system and a second tracking system. A second set of track identification data is received from the second tracking system. The second set of track identification data identifies any tracks of the second tracking stystem that match the first set of track identification data. The GID is associated with the second set of track identification data. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241559 | INTERROGATOR AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - An interrogator and system employing the same. In one embodiment, the interrogator includes a receiver configured to receive a return signal from a tag and a sensing module configured to provide a time associated with the return signal. The interrogator also includes a processor configured to employ synthetic aperture radar processing on the return signal in accordance with the time to locate a position of the tag. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241560 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE - An apparatus and method for providing traffic control service are disclosed herein. The apparatus for providing traffic control service includes a multi-sensor fusion processing unit, an image object tracking and combination unit, and an information provision unit. The multi-sensor fusion processing unit generates the location information of a vessel by fusing radar information and automatic identification system (AIS) information together. The image object tracking and combination unit sets a detection area on a closed-circuit television (CCTV) image based on the information of the vessel, and detects the vessel by performing image processing within the set detection area. The information provision unit generates mapping display information based on the information of the vessel and the result of the detection achieved by performing the image processing, and displays the generated mapping display information within a CCTV screen, thereby providing traffic control service. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241561 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A SODAR SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for improving performance of a Sodar system adapted to locate discontinuities in the atmosphere by transmitting pulse compression signals such as plural acoustic chirps. The method comprises transmitting the acoustic chirps, receiving acoustic echoes of the chirps, and processing the acoustic echoes to provide an indication of the discontinuities, wherein the processing includes correcting range or resolution error associated with the acoustic echoes. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241562 | LASER NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A laser navigation system for measuring the position of a vehicle or object. An environmental housing with first and second optical windows contains a first laser source with a steering optic oriented to the first optical window; and a second laser source with a scanning optic oriented to the second optical window. A system controller operates the first laser source with at least one of modulation and signal encoding information and provides steering commands to the steering optic to generate at least three or more adjoining or near-adjoining differentiated steered beams, and operates the second laser source and scanning optic to provide a distance measurement information, wherein the position of a vehicle or object is determined from its angular location within the differentiated steered beams in combination with the distance measurement information. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241563 | MONITORING OF PEOPLE AND OBJECTS - A method and apparatus for monitoring the movement and activity of targets is provided. The method comprises the steps of initially detecting electromagnetic (EM) radiation reflected by the target and recording spectral information relating to it and detecting EM radiation reflected by a target at a later time and again recording spectral information relating to it. The spectral information relating to the initially detected and later detected targets is then compared, so as to establish whether the initially detected and later detected targets are the same. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241564 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING METHOD - In a ranging system using a TOF method, an unwanted reflected light component included in reflected light is reduced or removed. A light source unit emits light at the timing indicated by a light emission control signal and can adjust for each of at least two irradiation regions the amount of light to be emitted. A light receiving unit is exposed to light from a region including a target object and produces three-dimensional information from the total exposure amount. An image processing unit generates a distance image based on the three-dimensional information received from the light receiving unit. The light source unit emits light according to a radiation pattern indicated by a region light amount signal. The radiation pattern is setting of the amount of light to be emitted to each irradiation region. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241565 | Vehicle Occupant Position Determination - A method and system for determining a driver is provided. The method includes receiving and analyzing GPS data identifying locations of GPS enabled devices of a plurality of users. A group of users are determined to be located within a specified proximity to each other based on the analysis. The group of users are determined, based on an altitude, velocity, and a vector of the group of users, to be located within a vehicle. A position and role for each user with respect to the vehicle is determined. Selected functions of each GPS enabled device are controlled based on each role. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241566 | SYSTEM TO EXTEND BATTERY POWER IN REMOTE TRACKING DEVICES - An RF asset-tracking device that has an extended operational life, thus increasing the duration between battery replacement or maintenance. The asset-tracking device is provided with an electro-mechanical energy-harvesting device to supplement the battery. The energy-harvesting device provides additional power to augment the battery on a temporary basis, when the battery level is low, until the battery can be replaced. In one particular embodiment, the tracking device has a power management system, a battery power source and a battery monitor, and an electro-mechanical energy-harvesting device and a high capacity supercapacitor operably connected to the power management system. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241567 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a radiation image detecting device providing high responsivity and high precision of an emission start judgment, an electronic cassette has a panel unit and a control unit. The panel unit has a two-dimensional array of normal pixels for accumulating signal charge upon receiving X-rays and detection pixels for detecting the X-rays. A signal processing circuit periodically samples a dose signal, corresponding to an X-ray dose per unit of time, from the detection pixels. An emission start judgment unit performs based on the dose signals of the detection pixels a first judgment process for judging whether X-ray emission has been started, and a second judgment process for judging whether a result of the first judgment process is correct. The control unit sets a second sampling cycle SP | 2015-08-27 |
20150241568 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING RADIATION INTENSITY OF SMALL SEALED RADIATION SOURCE FOR CANCER THERAPY - Provided is a radiation intensity measuring apparatus for each of small sealed radiation sources for cancer therapy capable of measuring multiple cartridges efficiently and rapidly. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241569 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SCINTILLATOR PANEL - The present invention provides a scintillator panel including: a plate-like substrate; a barrier rib provided on the substrate; and a scintillator layer including a phosphor filled in cells divided by the barrier rib, wherein the barrier rib is formed of a material which is mainly composed of a low-melting-point glass containing 2 to 20% by mass of an alkali metal oxide, a value obtained by dividing a top width Lt of the barrier rib or a 90%-height width L90 of the barrier rib by a half-value width Lh of the barrier rib is 0.45 to 1, and a value obtained by dividing a bottom width Lb of the barrier rib or a 10%-height width L10 of the barrier rib by the half-value width Lh is 1 to 3. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241570 | Scintillator Array And Methods Of Forming A Scintillator Array And A Radiation Detector - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a scintillator array including a reflector disposed between the scintillator pixels, and methods of forming the scintillator array and radiation detector. In an embodiment, the reflector can be used in the scintillator array without an adhesive. In another embodiment, the reflector can be disposed in a zigzag pattern between the scintillator pixels. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241571 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL - A radiation image converting panel includes a support, a photostimulable phosphor layer provided on the front surface of the support and made of a plurality of columnar crystals, and a first excitation light absorbing layer provided on the photostimulable phosphor layer, each of the plurality of columnar crystals has a helical structure portion formed by stacking in a helical shape at the side close to the support and a columnar portion formed by extending from the helical structure portion toward the first excitation light absorbing layer, and the photostimulable phosphor layer accumulates incident radiation, and as a result of being irradiated with excitation light via the first excitation light absorbing layer, outputs light according to the accumulated radiation via the first excitation light absorbing layer. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241572 | SCANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention discloses a scanning method and apparatus suitable for scanning a pipeline or process vessel in which a beam of gamma radiation from a source is emitted through the vessel to be detected by an array of detectors which are each collimated to detect radiation over a narrow angle relative to the width of the emitted radiation beam. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241573 | MATERIALS, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NEUTRONS AND IONIZING RADIATION - Embodiments of the invention provide a scintillator material, a scintillator system, and/or a method of detecting incident radiation using a scintillator material, or scintillator system, comprising a polymer material that comprises chromophores. Additional embodiments provide a scintillator material, scintillator system, and/or a method of detecting incident radiation using a scintillator material, or scintillator system, comprising a polymer material having one, two, three, or more, organic dyes dissolved therein wherein the polymer material having the one, two, three, or more dyes dissolved therein comprises chromophores. At least one of the dyes, termed the base dye, has a concentration in the range 0.5 to 3.5 mol/L. In a specific embodiment, the base dye has a concentration in the range 1.0 to 3.0 mol/L. This base dye concentration is high enough to achieve a substantial triplet-triplet state annihilation rate despite the negligible diffusion of the dye in the rigid polymer matrix. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241574 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION UTILIZING PULSE HEIGHT DISCRIMINATION AND PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION - Embodiments relate to an advanced fast and thermal neutron detector material composition with the properties useful for Special Nuclear Material (SNM) detection. Specific embodiments of the material composition result in two excimer scintillation light production mechanisms that provide two corresponding independent techniques for gamma discrimination; namely Pulse Shape Discrimination and Pulse Height Discrimination. A dual discrimination method, Pulse Shape and Pulse Height Discrimination (PSHD), can be implemented relying on both pulse height discrimination and pulse shape discrimination, and can allow the operation of large area, fast and thermal neutron detectors. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241575 | Radiation Detector - A radiation detector includes a plurality of radiation detecting devices (semiconductor devices) having a plane of incidence where coming radial rays enter. The radiation detecting devices are arranged in a manner that the planes of incidence are arranged side by side substantially without any space therebetween, when the planes of incidence are viewed from a direction along which radial rays come. The plurality of radiation detecting devices are arranged in a manner that heights in a normal direction of the planes of incidence of the plurality of radiation detecting devices differ from heights in a normal direction of the planes of incidence of respective adjacent other radiation detecting devices. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241576 | Method And Apparatus For Compensating For Scattering Of Emission Gamma Photons For PET Imaging - A process for operating a PET scanner includes acquiring, at a plurality of detector blocks of the PET scanner, emission data of gamma photons of a first energy level originating from annihilation events associated with radioactivity of a phantom in a field of view of the PET scanner. Based on the emission data, an emission block-pair scattering model is generated. The process includes acquiring counts of gamma photons of a second energy level originating from intrinsic background radiation of scintillator crystals of the detector blocks, without any phantom in the field of view, to provide blank scan data for the second energy level. A sinogram is generated based on the blank scan data for the second energy level. The emission block-pair scattering model is added to a scaled version of the sinogram to yield a composite model. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241577 | Combined Epithermal And Thermal Neutron Detector And Its Application To Well Logging Instruments - A combined thermal neutron and epithermal neutron radiation detector includes a plurality of neutron detecting elements arranged such that a first set of the detecting elements is disposed closer to a source of neutron flux scatted from a material or formation to be analyzed than a second set of detecting elements. The neutron detecting elements have a material therein susceptible to capture of thermal neutrons for detection. Signal outputs of the first set of are interconnected and signal outputs of the second set are separately interconnected to provide a signal output corresponding to each of thermal neutron flux and epithermal neutron flux entering the detector. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241578 | SCINTILLATOR STACK, DEVICE INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATOR STACK, AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SCINTILLATOR STACK - A scintillator stack includes a neutron-sensitive particulate material and a scintillator particulate material dispersed in separate layers. The scintillator stack can be included in a scintillator device. The scintillator stack can be made using a co-extrusion method. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241579 | SCINTILLATOR STACK, DEVICE INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATOR STACK, AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SCINTILLATOR STACK - A scintillator stack includes a light-transportation layer and a scintillator layer. The scintillator stack can be included in a scintillator device. The scintillator stack can be made using a co-extrusion method. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241580 | THREE/FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING FOR BIG OILFIELD DATA - Oilfield and wellbore data may include geophone data (seismic) and airborne surveys such as microseep data, as well as fiber optic measurements collected utilizing a distributed sensing system. Continuous monitoring of various oilfield and wellbore properties, such as temperature, pressure, Bragg gradient, acoustic, and strain, and the like, may generate a large volume of data, possibly spanning into several terabytes. Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for visualizing a large volume of such measurements taken in a oilfield or wellbore without down-sampling measurement data. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241581 | THREE/FOUR DIMENSIONAL DATA MANAGEMENT AND IMAGING FOR BIG OILFIELD DATA - Oilfield and wellbore data may include geophone data (seismic) and airborne surveys such as microseep data, as well as fiber optic measurements collected utilizing a distributed sensing system. Continuous monitoring of various oilfield and wellbore properties, such as temperature, pressure, Bragg gradient, acoustic, and strain, and the like, may generate a large volume of data, possibly spanning into several terabytes. Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for visualizing a large volume of such measurements taken in an oilfield or wellbore without down-sampling measurement data. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241582 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING KNOWN SOURCE EVENTS IN SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING - Embodiments of using known source locations in seismic data processing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of locating a seismic event includes receiving location information for a plurality of known source events proximate the seismic event, and determining an estimated location of the seismic event using a relative locator constrained by the location information for the plurality of known source events. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241583 | METHOD FOR LOCATING SEISMIC DIFFRACTORS IN SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS FROM A WELLBORE - A method for locating diffractors in subsurface formations includes actuating at least two seismic energy sources at spaced apart locations. Seismic energy is detected in the formations resulting from actuation of the two sources. Signals corresponding to the detected seismic energy are processed to remove components related to direct arrivals from each source. Arrival times of seismic energy in the signals corresponding to energy diffracted from at least one diffractor are identified. The at least one is located diffractor in a plane using the identified arrival times. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241584 | NOISE ATTENUATION - A method can include receiving data that includes signal data and coherent noise data where the signal data includes signal data that corresponds to a multidimensional physical structure; generating filtered data by filtering at least a portion of the data to attenuate at least a portion of the coherent noise data by applying a multidimensional geometric coherent noise model defined by at least one geometric parameter; and assessing a portion of the signal data in the generated filtered data to characterize the multidimensional physical structure. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241585 | ADJUSTABLE SENSOR STREAMER STRETCH SECTION FOR NOISE CONTROL FOR GEOPHYSICAL SENSOR STREAMERS - A sensor streamer stretch section includes at least one spring. A means for coupling the spring at each end to at least one of a sensor streamer and a lead in cable is included. A cable is coupled at its ends to the means for coupling. The cable is capable of carrying at least one of electrical and optical signals. The cable is formed such that the cable undergoes substantially no axial strain when the shock cord is elongated. An adjustable damper is coupled between the means for coupling at each end of the stretch section. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241586 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-CORRELATION NOISE ATTENTUATION USING RANDOM SWEEPS IN SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING - A method for attenuating noise in seismic data signals is described wherein seismic signals are transmitted using a pseudo-random frequency sweep signal. Noise is then attenuated from the resulting, acquired seismic data on pre-phase subtraction basis, e.g., before correlating or de-convolving the acquired seismic data. In this way, repetitions associated with, for example, diversity stacking techniques can be avoided. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241587 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTIFYING COHERENCY AND CONSTRAINING COHERENCY-BASED SEPARATION IN SIMULTANEOUS SHOOTING ACQUISITION - This disclosure presents methods and systems for deblending blended seismic data obtained during simultaneous shooting acquisition into deblended seismic data gathers. Methods and systems iteratively separate the blended seismic data into the deblended seismic data gathers based on semblance analysis of a residual difference between the blended seismic data and the deblended seismic data gathers. Each deblended seismic data gather is associated with one of the sources and appears to have been obtained without substantial interference from seismic energy produced by other sources. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241588 | Determining An Orientation Angle of A Survey Sensor - Measurement data acquired by at least one sensor in a cable structure towed through a body of water is received. A torsional vibration noise component in the measurement data is estimated. The torsional vibration noise component is used to estimate a rotation angle of the at least one survey sensor with respect to a reference coordinate system of the cable structure. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241589 | Stationary Star-Shaped Antenna Method for Manipulating Focused Beamformed, Shaped Fields and Beamsteered Electromagnetic Signal from Subtel Sedimentary Stratigraphic Formations Deep in the Earth - A method for electromagnetic geophysical surveying according to one aspect of the invention includes disposing a plurality of electromagnetic receivers in a selected pattern above an area of the Earth's subsurface to be evaluated. An electromagnetic source is repeatedly actuated proximate the electromagnetic receivers. Signals generated by the receivers, indexed in time with respect to each actuation of the at least one electromagnetic energy source, are recorded. The recorded signals are processed to generate an image corresponding to at least one point in the subsurface. The processing includes stacking recordings from each receiver for a plurality of actuations of the sources and beam steering a response of the receivers such that the at least one point is equivalent to a focal point of a response of the plurality of receivers. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241590 | MULTIPLE RECEIVERS FOR AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYING - The invention discloses a receiver section towed by an airborne electromagnetic survey system, comprising a plurality of receivers, each receiver comprising at least one receiver coil. The invention further discloses an airborne electromagnetic survey system, comprising: (a) a transmitter section for generating a primary electromagnetic field that induces a secondary electromagnetic field; and (b) a receiver section for detecting the secondary electromagnetic field, wherein the receiver section comprises a plurality of receivers, each receiver further comprising at least one receiver coil; and a tow assembly for an airborne electromagnetic surveying system, comprising a means for suspending a receiver section from an aircraft, the receiver section comprising a plurality of receivers each receiver comprising at least one receiver coil. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241591 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER MEDIUM TO PRODUCE EFFICIENT, CONSISTENT, AND HIGH-CONFIDENCE IMAGE-BASED ELECTROFACIES ANALYSIS IN STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE WELLS - Embodiments of systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein are provided to enhance borehole image analysis associated with a hydrocarbon reservoir. A neural network mapping process can first be performed, responsive to openhole log data and core data, to thereby generate a material-type scheme. Then, an image-based petrophysical analysis process can distribute and calibrate borehole image data, responsive to the core data and material-type scheme. Consequently, an approximated material type and an approximated grain size can be produced for each borehole image reading. The openhole log data, the core data, the material-type scheme, and the approximated material types and grain sizes, for example, can then be displayed to thereby increase consistency in categorizing subsurface material associated with hydrocarbon wells by material type and enhance interpretation of subsurface material texture, fabric, and features to predict subsurface material composition of the hydrocarbon reservoir. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241592 | TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC TOOL MOUNTED ON REDUCED CONDUCTIVITY TUBULAR - Systems, devices, and methods for evaluating an earth formation. Apparatus may include a carrier configured for conveyance in a borehole including a conducting tubular comprising a reduced conductivity portion made of reduced conductivity material adjacent at least one of (i) at least one transmitter antenna, and (ii) at least one receiver antenna on the carrier. The material may be a composite and may have a resistivity of between 10 | 2015-08-27 |
20150241593 | DISCRIMINATION OF LOW-ATOMIC WEIGHT MATERIALS USING SCATTERING AND STOPPING OF COSMIC-RAY ELECTRONS AND MUONS - Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for constructing a scattering and stopping relationship of cosmic-ray charged particles (including cosmic-ray electrons and/or cosmic-ray muons) over a range of low-atomic-mass materials, and to detect and identify content of a volume of interest (VOI) exposed to cosmic-ray charged particles based on the constructed scattering and stopping relationship. In one aspect, a process for constructing a scattering-stopping relationship for a range of low-density materials exposed to cosmic-ray charged particles is disclosed. This technique first determines a scattering parameter and a stopping parameter for each material within the range of low-density materials exposed to charged particles from cosmic ray. The technique then establishes a scattering-stopping relationship of cosmic ray charged particles for the range of low-density materials based on the determined pairs of scattering and stopping parameters associated with the range of low-density materials. | 2015-08-27 |
20150241594 | Radiation Detector, Processor Module, and Methods of Detecting Radiation and Well Logging - A control module for a radiation detector can be configured to use a first pulse shape discrimination technique at a first state, and use a second pulse shape discrimination technique at a second state. | 2015-08-27 |