39th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080234881 | VERTICAL SPEED AND FLIGHT PATH COMMAND ALGORITHM FOR DISPLACEMENT COLLECTIVE UTILIZING TACTILE CUEING AND TACTILE FEEDBACK - A flight control system includes a collective position command algorithm for a lift axis (collective pitch) which, in combination with an active collective system, provides a force feedback such that a pilot may seamlessly command vertical speed, flight path angle or directly change collective blade pitch. The collective position command algorithm utilizes displacement of the collective controller to command direct collective blade pitch change, while a constant force application to the collective controller within a “level flight” detent commands vertical velocity or flight path angle. The “level flight” detent provides a tactile cue for collective position to reference the aircraft level flight attitude without the pilot having to refer to the instruments and without excessive collective controller movement. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234882 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO ASSIST IN THE PILOTING OF AN AIRCRAFT IN A LANDING PHASE - Method and device to assist in the piloting of an aircraft in a landing phase. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234883 | METHOD OF GENERATING INSTRUCTION VALUES FOR SERVO-CONTROLLING A FLIGHT PARAMETER P OF AN AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC PILOT - The present invention relates to a method of generating instruction values for servo-controlling a flight parameter P of an aircraft equipped with an automatic pilot, between a current value C and a target value T. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING AERIAL REFUELING - A refueling system and method for use with a refueling tanker aircraft. The system and method involves the use of a camera system to provide imaging information concerning a receiver aircraft to the processor. The processor uses the imaging information to derive closure rate and distance information for the receiver aircraft as it approaches a refueling envelope prior to contact with a refueling boom. The processor also makes use of information from a look-up table to generate commands that are tailored to the specific type of aircraft being refueled. The commands are applied to a pilot's director lights display that generates visual commands or signals (e.g., “UP”, “DOWN”, “LEFT”, “RIGHT”) that assist the pilot of the receiver aircraft in guiding his/her aircraft toward and into the refueling envelope at a desired closure rate. The system and method eliminates potential error in the pre-contact phase of a refueling operation by eliminating judgment decisions by a boom operator when generating the commands for the pilot's director lights display. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234885 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electrically controlled differential portion having an input shaft connected to the engine, an output shaft, a differential mechanism, and an electric motor which is operatively connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and an operating state of which is controlled to control a differential state between rotating speeds of the input and output shafts, (c) a hydraulically operated automatic transmission portion which constitutes a part of a power transmitting path between the electrically controlled differential portion and a drive wheel of a hybrid vehicle, (d) a hydraulic control unit for controlling the hydraulically operated automatic transmission portion, (e) a mechanical oil pump operable by the engine to deliver a pressurized working fluid to the hydraulic control unit, and (f) an electric oil pump electrically operated independently of the mechanical oil pump, to deliver a pressurized working fluid to the hydraulic control unit, the control apparatus including a hybrid-drive-system starting portion configured to operate the engine, upon starting of the hybrid vehicle drive system, for operating the mechanical oil pump to deliver the pressurized working fluid of a predetermined pressure to the hydraulic control unit. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234886 | Method for Guiding a Vehicle Along a Predetermined Path as Well as Vehicle and System for Performing Crash-Tests - A method for guiding a driverless, multi-track vehicle along a predetermined path ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234887 | Method and device for monitoring an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine - A method and a device are described for monitoring an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, which allow a diagnosis of the oil supply to an exhaust gas turbocharger. In at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine, a variable that is characteristic for the rotational speed of the exhaust gas turbocharger is ascertained. A variable that is characteristic for the rotational speed of the exhaust gas turbocharger is ascertained in the at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine. An operating state which is characterized by a change in the exhaust gas mass flow, which is linked to a change in the variable that is characteristic for the rotational speed of the exhaust gas turbocharger within a predefined tolerance range, is selected as the at least one operating state. A fault is recognized if one or more values outside the predefined tolerance range are established for the change in the variable that is characteristic for the rotational speed of the exhaust gas turbocharger in the selected operating state. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234888 | Computer System and Method For Monitoring Hydrogen Vehicles - A system and method for remotely monitoring the status of a hydrogen vehicle includes a data acquisition/communication module configured to receive a plurality of signals representing one or more status conditions associated with the vehicle. The data acquisition/communication module is further configured to report one or more of the status conditions to a computer remote from the vehicle. The system is further configured to receive one or more signals from the remote computer in response to the reported status condition wherein the received signal represents an action to be taken in response to the one or more status conditions. The data acquisition/communication module is also configured to initiate the action to be taken. A computer remote from the vehicle is configured to monitor the one or more status conditions reported by the data acquisition/communication module and determine if an action must be taken. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234889 | VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT MONITORING APPARATUS - A vehicle has a safe and a utility device operable for performing a task having a result capable of being measured. A local processor is associated with local storage, each of which is housed in a safe preventing access thereto. An operator input console associated with the local storage is carried by the vehicle and is disposed outside the safe. A positioning system associated with the local processor generates position information of the vehicle during operation of the utility device. A sensor associated with the utility device and the local processor generates result information of the result of the operation of the utility device. The local processor stores in the local storage the position information, the result information, and the operator input information. The operator input console and the local processor are adapted and arranged preventing access to the local storage in response to operation of the operator input console. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234890 | Vehicular Data Recording Apparatus - A vehicular data recording apparatus includes crash detection means ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234891 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERROR OF STEERING ANGLE SENSOR - Provided is a steering angle sensor error detecting device comprising: steering angle sensor comprised of the first and the second sensor which sense the angle of the steering device; A/D converter which converts the steering angle signal from the first sensor and the second sensor into digital signal; steering angle computation unit which computes steering angles from the steering angle signals which are converted into digital signal; and steering angle error detecting unit which detects error of the steering angle signals by comparing the computed steering angles. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234892 | Memory readout system for vehicle control device - A memory readout system comprised of a vehicle control device and a readout device to be detachably connected to the vehicle control device. The readout device reads out dialogue information stored in a built-in nonvolatile memory in the vehicle control device when connected to the vehicle control device and a predetermined certification condition is satisfied. The vehicle control device is comprised of the built-in nonvolatile memory and a dialogue information readout unit. In particular, the nonvolatile memory has a un-rewritable area which allows a dialogue information writing, but inhibits a dialogue information deletion. The dialogue information readout unit reads out the dialogue information stored in the un-rewritable area when a password certification judges that the readout device is an authorized one, and then transfers the dialogue information to the readout device. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234893 | WINDOW CONTROL SYSTEM - Electrically dimmable windows for aircraft are powered by energy harvesting devices on-board the aircraft. The harvested energy is stored and used to control the opacity of the windows based on individual window opacity settings selected either by passengers or a cabin attendant. Each window has an associated control circuit that controls the electrical power applied to the window based on the selected opacity setting. The control circuit includes a low energy usage processor that remains in a sleep mode until a change in the opacity setting is detected. Each control circuit may include a radio transceiver that receives control signals from a transmitter operated by the cabin attendant in order to simultaneously remotely control the opacity settings of multiple windows. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234894 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR OPEN/CLOSE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPEN/CLOSE MEMBER - An apparatus that controls opening and closing of a roof glass is disclosed. The apparatus includes a drive motor that is actuated to selectively open and close the roof glass. The apparatus stores a count value that changes in correspondence with operation of the drive motor. The apparatus detects the number of cycles of reset starting and determines whether the detected number of the reset starting cycles is in a predetermined acceptable range. The apparatus switches initial setting, in accordance with which the relative relationship between the actual open/closed position of the roof glass and the count value is determined, to a non-set state if it is determined that the number of the reset starting cycles exceeds the acceptable range. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234895 | Time, space, and/or wavelength multiplexed capacitive light sensor, and related methods - In certain example embodiments, techniques for operating vehicle lights are provided. A capacitive light sensor is configured to sense a presence and intensity of light over at least one wavelength, with each said wavelength being associated with a respective output channel of the light sensor. A buffer is filled with data from the at least one output channel, with the buffer being filled with a predetermined number of data points at a predetermined frequency. An edge change is detected in the data in the buffer. An on/off state of the vehicle lights is maintained when an edge change is not detected. When an edge change is detected, when the data passes from a high value to a low value through a first predefined threshhold and remains lower than the first predefined threshold for a persistence interval, the vehicle lights are turned on, and when the data passes from a low value to a high value through a second predefined threshold and remains higher than the second predefined threshold value for the persistence interval, the vehicle lights are turned off. The second threshold is equal to the first threshold plus a hysteresis factor. The capacitive light sensing approaches of certain example embodiments may be time, space, and/or wavelength multiplexed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234896 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF VARIABLE DAMPING FORCE DAMPER - A control apparatus of a variable damping force damper used to suspend a vehicle body of a vehicle is configured to set a target control quantity of the variable damping force damper based on a plurality of dynamic state quantities of the vehicle, wherein the plurality of dynamic state quantities include a vertical dynamic state quantity of the vehicle. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234897 | Power Supply Controller - A power supply controller controls the output of a DC/DC converter, so that the power output can be used not only by an electrical power steering apparatus, but by other operating/driving controllers as well. The controller may command the DC/DC converter to reduce the voltage of the high-voltage battery to a prescribed voltage or to boost the voltage of the low-voltage battery to a prescribed voltage when appropriate. In addition, the controller may also command the gradual reduction of the power supplied by the DC/DC converter to the power steering apparatus. The gradual reduction in power prevents a sudden change in the steering feel, which improves drivability of the vehicle. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234898 | System and method for sensing loads - An optical sensing system detects pressure through attenuation of light in an optical fiber. This is particularly useful for measuring the weight and position of a load on a mat including multiple such optical fibers, which may be positioned in an automobile seat to determine theses parameters for a passenger in that seat. This information can be presented to an airbag deployment system in a form that will easily enable the airbag to be deployed (when needed) in a manner sensitive to the weight and position of the occupant. It provides based on this detection system a technique to suppress airbag deployment based on passenger profile. Further, the system and method use an optical fabric methodology such that loads, load movement, load position can be detected in vehicles. In applications for vehicles such as aircraft or boats, sensing weight, position and movement of cargo can warn an operator or pilot in sufficient time to correct dangerous shifts in weight within the cargo portion of the vehicle or to modify the operation of the vehicle to compensate for such shifts. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234899 | Vehicular Occupant Sensing and Component Control Techniques - Method and system for obtaining information about a category of an occupying item in a volume of a passenger compartment of a vehicle in which the occupying item is situated during use of the vehicle and controlling one or more vehicular components. A time-varying signal is directed into the volume from at least one location. A modification of the directed signal arising from a property of any occupying items in the volume is detected, different occupying items causing different modifications of the same directed signal. A distinction is made between different occupying items of the volume or between parts of an occupying item based on the detected modification to the directed signal and each component, e.g., an inflatable airbag, is controlled based on the distinction between the occupying items or parts thereof. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234900 | Look ahead vehicle suspension system - An active suspension system senses roadway defects and adjusts an active and controllable suspension system of the vehicle before tires come in contact with the defect. The active suspension system identifies a type of defect or debris, e.g., pothole, bump, object, etc., along with the size, width, depth, and/or height information of the defect to more accurately control operation of the suspension system to prepare for, or avoid contact with the roadway defects and obstacles. Imaging techniques are employed to identify the defect or debris. Operation of a serviced cruise control system is controlled to enhance passenger safety and comfort. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234901 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE FOR LOADING OR DIGGING MATERIAL - A method and system for controlling a vehicle comprises a torque detector for detecting a first torque level and a second torque level applied to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The first torque level is associated with a lower boom position of a boom and a second torque level is associated with an elevated boom position higher than the lower boom position. A first hydraulic cylinder is capable of raising a boom from the lower boom position to raise an available torque from the first torque level. A second hydraulic cylinder is adapted to upwardly rotate or curl a bucket associated with the vehicle when the detected second torque level meets or exceeds a second torque threshold, for example. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234902 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE FOR LOADING OR DIGGING MATERIAL - A method and system for controlling a vehicle comprises a torque detector for detecting a first torque level and a second torque level applied to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The first torque level is associated with a lower boom position of a boom. An accelerometer detects an acceleration level of the boom during or after raising of the boom. A first hydraulic cylinder is capable of raising a boom from the lower boom position to raise an available torque from the first torque level. A second hydraulic cylinder is adapted to upwardly rotate or curl a bucket associated with the vehicle if the detected acceleration level of the boom is less than a minimum level during an attempt to raise the boom. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234903 | Lubricating Oil Supply Control Device for Transmission of Vehicle - To configure a lubricating oil supply control device for a transmission, a device of a control system is configured simple and can be configured at a low cost by eliminating the necessity of addition of a new sensor and simplifying the arithmetic processing to be performed by a controller. To configure a lubricating oil supply control device for a transmission, a hydraulic device is configured simple and can be configured at a low cost by simplifying the structure of a valve body and the arrangement of hydraulic piping. The lubricating oil supply control device for a transmission of the present invention comprises an engine controller for controlling an engine; a transmission controller for controlling the transmission; a lubricating oil supplying oil passage for guiding lubricating oil, which is discharged from a lubricating oil pump, to the transmission; a bypass oil passage for guiding the lubricating oil, which is in the lubricating oil supplying oil passage, to a lubricating oil tank; a relief valve for discharging the lubricating oil, which is in the lubricating oil supplying oil passage, to the lubricating oil tank through the bypass oil passage and being operated in accordance with a control electric signal; a restrictor which is disposed in a part of an outlet of the relief valve; and a lubricating oil supply controlling controller to which control information of the engine controller and/or control information of the transmission controller are input and which generates and outputs the control electric signal for operating the relief valve in accordance with the control information. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234904 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A continuously variable transmission shift control system includes an input rotational speed monitoring unit that determines whether an actual input rotational speed of the CVT reaches the upper limit of a target input rotational speed, an acceleration request determining unit that determines whether a request for acceleration that is equal to or larger than a predetermined value is made, and a shift control inhibiting unit that inhibits shift control for reducing the target input rotational speed even when the actual input rotational speed reaches the upper limit of the target input rotational speed, in the case where the acceleration request determining unit determines that the request for acceleration that is equal to or larger than the predetermined value is made. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234905 | Method for Identifying a Road Condition During Driving of a Vehicle - A method for identifying a road condition during driving of a vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine with an engine output shaft connected to an automated mechanical transmission via a clutch. A transmission output shaft is connected to at least one driven wheel of the vehicle, and the system further includes a vehicle suspension system with sensors for measuring the vertical movement of wheels of the vehicle relative vehicle bodywork, at least one control unit adapted to receive a variety of input signals and process those signals in accordance with programmed logic rules to issue command output signals to the engine, for torque request, to the transmission for gear shifting and to the clutch. The control unit, when sensing driving conditions, sends signals indicative of a first road condition and is programmed to change gear shifting strategy for the transmission to a gear shifting strategy optimized for the first road condition if present gear shifting strategy is a second gear shifting strategy for a second road condition. One of the road conditions can be off-road. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234906 | Torque distribution control in a motor vehicle - In a vehicle powertrain that continually transmits power to a first set of vehicle wheels and selectively transmits power through a clutch to a second set of vehicle wheels, a method for controlling the clutch includes determining that brakes for slowing the vehicle wheels are applied and that an accelerator pedal of the vehicle is depressed less than a reference magnitude, determining that the rate of change of the average front wheel speed is greater than the rate of change of the average rear wheel speed, and setting the torque capacity of the clutch to a target magnitude. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234907 | Override of Automatic Braking in a Collision Mitigation and/or Avoidance System - A method for returning driver control in a vehicle during automatic braking includes the steps of determining a minimum value of accelerator pedal position during the automatic braking, determining a current value of accelerator pedal position, and disengaging the automatic braking, if the current value is greater than the minimum value by at least a predetermined value. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234908 | OPERATOR INPUT DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE OPERATION - A vehicle operator input device for controlling the vehicle with the operator input device including an operator interface lever moveable by a vehicle operator in first and second directions about an axis. The operator input device includes a sensor system with a sensor target. The sensor system senses the moveable operator interface lever and provides an operator interface lever position signal as a function of a position of the operator interface lever. The operator input device includes an interface lever controllable brake coupled to the operator interface lever, and a brake controller coupled to the sensor system for receiving the operator interface mechanism position signal and with the brake controller coupled to the brake for responsively transmitting a plurality of brake signals to the brake with the operator interface lever controllable brake responsively providing resistive braking forces to the operator interface lever for opposing a force applied to the operator interface lever by the operator, the operator interface lever controllable brake providing the resistive braking forces in response to controller brake signals, with the brake controller providing a first background force signal followed with a second below background force drop signal followed with a third above background stop force signal wherein the operator is provided with a mechanical detent sensation at a target lever location. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234909 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PUMP-UP SYSTEM - A brake control apparatus of an automotive vehicle employs a pump incorporated in a hydraulic actuator, a separate pressure control valve disposed between the pump and each individual wheel-brake cylinder and having an orifice having a predetermined orifice-constriction flow passage area, and vehicle sensors including at least wheel cylinder pressure sensors. Also provided is a controller configured to be connected to the vehicle sensors and the hydraulic actuator, for calculating, based on a driver's manipulated variable, target wheel cylinder pressures, and for controlling the hydraulic actuator responsively to the target wheel cylinder pressures. The controller is further configured for calculating a fluid-pressure deviation between the target wheel cylinder pressure and the actual wheel cylinder pressure, and for stopping working-fluid supply from the pump to the abnormal wheel-brake cylinder having an abnormality in the fluid-pressure deviation exceeding a predetermined threshold value. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234910 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL AN APB - The invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle braking system comprising an electric control motor, a system for transmitting the control forces provided by the motor, at least one braking device for the wheels of a vehicle controlled by the control forces transmitted by the transmission device. The method comprises at the end of a braking system release cycle, three additional phases after braking is stopped: phase H: re-operating of the motor in said forward direction of rotation corresponding to the actuation of braking, phase I, detecting a value characteristic of the electric current powering the motor, phase J, operating the motor in the opposite direction of rotation to said forward direction then stopping the motor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234911 | Vehicle driving force control device - A vehicle driving force control device controls engine torque so as to correct driver's request-engine-torque with the torque-down amount by an engine control unit, the torque-down amount being set into the lower one of a first torque-down amount and a second torque-down amount by a control-amount setting unit, the first torque-down amount being calculated on the basis of a relation between a tire force generated on a tire and a maximum tire force which the tire is capable of exercising against a current road-surface by a first traction control unit, the second torque-down amount being calculated on the basis of a slip rate of the tire by a second traction control unit. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234912 | Vehicle Roll Mitigation Through Wheel Slip Controls - A method is provided for counteracting a roll moment in a vehicle rollover event. A potential occurrence of the rollover event is detected over an outside wheel. The potential rollover occurrence event is detected when a tire lateral force is greater than a lateral acceleration force. A braking torque is applied to at least one outside wheel (rear outside, front outside or both outside wheels) for producing a longitudinal wheel slip on the at least one outside wheel wherein the longitudinal wheel slip increases a longitudinal force acting on the at least one outside wheel, cooperatively producing a vehicle yaw for off setting an oversteering condition. The peak lateral friction is reduced between a tire coupled to the at least one outside wheel and an underlying road surface in order to reduce the peak lateral friction and the roll moment. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234913 | Undercarriage For Hospital Bed - An undercarriage for a hospital bed including at least three wheels ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234914 | Control apparatus for vehicular drive system - A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including an electrically controlled differential portion having a differential mechanism, and an electric motor which is operatively connected to the differential mechanism and an operating state of which is controlled to control a differential state between input and output shaft speeds, and a transmission portion constituting a part of a power transmitting path between the differential portion and a vehicle drive wheel, the control apparatus including a differential-state switching portion for switching the differential portion between differential-state and non-differential states, a shifting control portion for controlling a shifting action of the transmission portion, and a learning control portion for effecting learning compensation of a control amount of a control element to be controlled during the shifting action, wherein the learning control portion includes a differential-state learning control portion operable to implement the learning compensation of the control amount of the control element when the shifting action takes place in the differential state of the differential portion, and a non-differential-state learning control portion operable to implement the learning compensation when the shifting action takes place in the non-differential state of the differential portion, and the shifting control portion controls the shifting action in a presently selected one of the differential and non-differential states of the differential portion, on the basis of the learning compensation implemented by one of the differential-state and non-differential-state learning control portions which is operable in the other of the differential and non-differential states of the differential portion. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234915 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE DRIVING DEVICE - A hybrid vehicle driving device is capable of causing a motor-powered travel of a hybrid vehicle in which only an electric motor is used as a drive force source, by driving the electric motor with electric power from an electric storage device while a rotational driving of an internal combustion engine has been stopped. A control device for the hybrid vehicle driving device includes a rotational drive portion that determines whether or not supply of a lubrication oil to at least a portion of the power transmission device by the lubrication oil supply device is necessary based on a travel distance in the motor-powered travel following a stop of the rotational driving of the internal combustion engine, and rotationally drives the internal combustion engine based on determination as to need for the supply of the lubrication oil. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234916 | Two-Point Control of a High-Pressure Pump for Direct-Injecting Gasoline Engines - In a method for operating an internal combustion engine ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234917 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND ENGINE CONTROL UNIT - A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly setting fuel injection timing according to the actual degree of delay of the amount of fresh air to be supplied to cylinders of the engine, thereby making it possible to positively suppress torque variation, when the control system has switched an air-fuel ratio mode between a lean mode and a rich mode. The control system controls the air-fuel ratio of a mixture by switching the air-fuel ratio mode. In the lean mode, the control system sets a target fresh air amount for the lean mode, and in the rich mode, it sets a target fresh air amount for the rich mode. Upon switching the air-fuel ratio mode, the control system corrects the fuel injection timing according to the difference between the target fresh air amount for the lean mode or the rich mode and the detected fresh air amount. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234918 | KNOCKING STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE - An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a correlation coefficient K based on the result of comparing a vibration waveform of an engine and a knock waveform model stored previously; calculating a magnitude value LOG(V) from the magnitude V detected based on a signal transmitted from a knock sensor; creating frequency distribution of magnitude values LOG(V) by using magnitude values LOG(V) in an ignition cycle in which the correlation coefficient K larger than a threshold K( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234919 | PERFORMING APPLICATION REVIEW VALIDATION TESTING FOR AN ENGINE AS INSTALLED IN AN APPLICATION - A method for performing application review validation testing for an engine as installed in an application, the engine having production sensors and a production electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the engine using the production sensors, includes running the engine; reading an output of the production sensors with the production ECU during the running of the engine; and determining with the production ECU whether the engine as installed in the application is in compliance with at least one requirement of the application review validation testing based on the output. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234920 | Remote Traffic Coordination and Control - A method is described that includes wirelessly transmitting from a mobile unit a traffic notification comprising information associated with a location of the mobile unit, and wirelessly receiving at the mobile unit a traffic instruction indicating whether or not to proceed. Also, a method is described that includes wirelessly receiving a traffic notification associated with a location of a mobile unit, determining a criterion associated with the traffic notification, evaluating the criterion, and wirelessly transmitting a first traffic instruction to the mobile unit to either proceed or not proceed based on an outcome of evaluating the criterion. Associated systems and devices are also described. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234921 | Navigation device assisting road traffic congestion management - A navigation device has a GPRS receiver for receiving real-time information about slow traffic flow or slow average speed on a stretch of motorway, indicating congestion. The device calculates a new itinerary to avoid the congestion, based on historically recorded speeds on secondary roads weighed by the current average speed in the congestion area. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234922 | Traffic-jam state calculation systems, methods, and programs - Systems, methods, and programs obtain probe information, the probe information comprising an average speed of probe cars traveling on each of a plurality of links in a predetermined area. The systems, methods, and programs detect, for each of the plurality of links, a first degree of a traffic jam corresponding to the link for each of a plurality of different thresholds by comparing the average speed with each of the thresholds. The systems, methods, and programs obtain traffic-jam information concerning the plurality of links, the obtained traffic information comprising a second degree of the traffic jam corresponding to each of the plurality of links. The systems, methods, and programs compare, for each of the plurality of links, the second degree of the traffic jam with the first degree of the traffic jam for each of the thresholds. The systems, methods, and programs select, for the predetermined area, a threshold from the plurality of thresholds for which the first degree of the traffic jam most matches the second degree of the traffic jam and utilize the selected threshold to determine a severity of the traffic jam for each of the plurality of links. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234923 | FLIGHT INFORMATION REMINDER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A flight information reminder system includes a computer system maintaining updated flight information about a flight having a duration. The computer system is adapted to issue messages to individual subscriber units over a wireless network at spaced intervals throughout at least a portion of the duration of the flight, and the subscriber units are each coupled to receive the messages issued from the computer system over the wireless network. The messages each contain the updated flight information about the flight. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234924 | SERVICE PROVISION SYSTEM AND RENDERING EXECUTION METHOD - Disclosed is a service provision system including a server which includes application service programs, selects a program corresponding to profile data according to a service start request, and transmits rendering information selected by a data request; an in-vehicle information terminal which includes first profile data representing a terminal specification and performs a rendering process using a texture in the terminal by a rendering command; and a portable information device which includes second profile data representing a device specification, identifies a connection status with the terminal, and transmits the data request using the first or second profile data. The portable information device includes a data request transmission unit to transmit the data request using the first profile data, and a rendering command transmission unit to generate the rendering command based on the rendering information and transmit the rendering command to the terminal, when the connection with the terminal is identified. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234925 | NAVIGATION-AIDS METHOD AND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A navigation-aids method is useful for guiding a group of associated vehicles including a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The first vehicle is equipped with a first electronic navigation device and the second vehicle is equipped with a second electronic navigation device. An informing message is generated by the first electronic navigation device in response to the occurrence of a traffic event. The informing message containing position and traffic-event information is transmitted from the first electronic navigation device to the second electronic navigation device. A navigation-aids operation is executed by the second electronic navigation device depending on the informing message, thereby properly guiding the second vehicle. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE TRAFFIC ROUTE - Coordinate based vehicle navigation services are provided using text based traffic route information and associated coordinate data received from an off-vehicle source. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234927 | TRAVEL ROUTE ADJUSTMENT - A data store includes at least one adjustment factor. A server that is configured to: receive a request for a travel route, the request including an origin, a destination, and an estimated time of departure; determine the travel route; calculate a normal travel time; use at least one adjustment factor to the normal travel time to calculate an adjusted travel time; and calculate an estimated time of arrival based on the estimated time of departure and the adjusted travel time. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234928 | Location based services using altitude - A mobile computing device comprises a housing configured to be carried by a user, a position determination circuit configured to generate device position data comprising device altitude data, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive destination position data for a destination. The destination position data comprises destination altitude data. The processing circuit is configured to provide an indication to a user based on the device altitude data and destination altitude data | 2008-09-25 |
20080234929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE, IN A VEHICLE, LOCATIONS OF INTEREST - An occupant of a vehicle requests locations of interest from a remote provider. Locations of interest are identified based on the current location of the vehicle and a social network of the occupant. The locations of interest are provided to the vehicle via a network. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234930 | NAVIGATION UNIT AND BASE STATION - The present invention relates to a navigation unit and base station used for determining location. A plurality of base stations are initialized to determine their location relative to each other. At the navigation unit, the time of arrival of at least one signal from each of the plurality of base stations is measured. From this, the location of the navigation unit relative to the plurality of base stations may be directly calculated using a closed solution. In one embodiment, a time of arrival technique is used and in another embodiment a time difference of arrival technique is used. Preferably an ultra-wide band frequency is utilized. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234931 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR INDICATING POI ACCORDING TO ROAD SEGMENT AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device for indicating a POI corresponding to a new road segment when arriving at the new road segment includes an interface unit, for providing a setting of the POI to be displayed; a positioning system, for identifying the position of the electronic device; and a processor, for determining whether the electronic device is arriving at a new road segment according to the position of the electronic device, and retrieving information of a specific POI corresponding to the new road segment from a database if the electronic device is arriving at the new road segment, wherein the electronic device accesses the database and transmits the specific POI to the interface unit to indicate to a user only when it arrives at the new road segment. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234932 | Navigation Device Having Direction Indicating Lamp - Disclosed is a navigation device loaded in a vehicle to output vehicle navigation information corresponding to a signal received from GPS (Global Positioning System). The navigation device includes a body including a display for displaying the vehicle navigation information, and a controller for calculating a current location of the vehicle with respect to a previously set destination and outputting a turning direction instructing signal; and a pair of light emitting members installed to the body so that right and left are distinguishable, the pair of light emitting members selectively emitting light in correspondence to the turning direction instructing signal output from the controller. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234933 | Systems and Methods for Detecting a Vehicle Static Condition - Systems and methods for detecting a vehicle static condition are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes a sensor operative to detect at least one of acceleration and angular rate of a vehicle. The sensor is further operative to generate a vehicle vibration profile based on the at least one of the detected acceleration and angular rate of the vehicle. The system further includes a computing device operative to receive the vehicle vibration profile from the sensor, the computing device being further operative to determine whether the vehicle is stationary or moving based on the vehicle vibration profile. A representative method for detecting a vehicle static condition includes detecting at least one of acceleration and angular grade of a vehicle; generating a vehicle vibration profile based on at least one of the detected acceleration and angular grade of the vehicle; receiving the vehicle vibration profile; and determining whether the vehicle is stationary or moving based on the vehicle vibration profile. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234934 | Vehicle navigation playback mehtod - An automotive vehicle navigation method includes obtaining electronic textual navigation information and converting the textual navigation information into audio data. The audio data is stored within the vehicle and is played back within the vehicle in sequential increments that correspond to respective legs of a trip being made by the vehicle. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234935 | MULTI-SENSOR DATA COLLECTION and/or PROCESSING - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to the control and utilization of multiple sensors within a device. For an example, motion of a device may be detected in response to receipt of a signal from a first sensor disposed in the device, and a power state of a second sensor also disposed in the device may be changed in response to detected motion. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234936 | Method for resolving ground level errors in simulations - A method for reconciling ground-level discrepancies between the displayed path of a moving body and a terrain model in a graphical simulation, including the steps of (1) examining the individual data points describing a recorded trip by a vehicle, (2) determining which of the data points correspond to points when the vehicle was actually on the ground, (3) determining the altitude difference between the recorded altitude data and the terrain model at each of the determined “on-ground” points, and (4) using the altitude difference to create a correction signal which can be applied either to the recorded altitude data or the terrain model. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234937 | DETERMINATION OF GAS SATURATION RADIAL PROFILE FROM MULTI-FREQUENCY NMR DATA - A method for determining fluid saturation in a formation at a plurality of radial depths near a wellbore, the method including: obtaining multi-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) response data for the formation; and processing the data to determine simultaneously the fluid saturation at each radial depth. A computer program product is provided. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMATION TESTING - A method includes calculating a correction factor that uses a tool component volume change model to estimate a system volume change resulting from a change in the tool component. An apparatus includes a carrier conveyable into a well borehole, a formation test tool coupled to the carrier, the formation test tool including a tool component. A measurement device to estimate a change in the tool component during operation, and a compensator uses an estimated system volume change resulting at least in part from the change in the tool component during a downhole operation, the compensator compensating for the system volume change and wherein the estimated system volume change is estimated at least in part using a volume change model. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234939 | Determining Fluid Rate and Phase Information for a Hydrocarbon Well Using Predictive Models - Physical models of wells are used to determine rate and phase composition for fluid produced from or injected into the wells on a near real time and continuous basis. The method can be used to alert operators or others of conditions in a well or field to permit more immediate response. The method can be more tolerant of sensor faults, sensor drift, anomalous data or other occurrences which could otherwise lead to incorrect output. More than one model can be used to permit a hierarchy of calculation such that the rate and phase determination is more tolerant of anomalous data. The calculated rate and phase values from one or more wells can be reconciled against facility data. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234940 | Earthquakes And Sun Disturbances - A method of tracking seismic activity through monitoring sunspots and sun disturbances and correlating them with a developed model in order to map out specific locations where an earthquake will consequently appear is provided (FP). The method of comprises mapping coordinates of electromagnetic disturbances on the sun, calculating the coordinates while taking into consideration Earth/sun geometry and relative positions (FP). These coordinates are consequently mapped to a location and time on earth wherein the location and time predicts the location and approximate time of the earthquake, which will consequently occur on earth (FIG. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234941 | Method of Designing Sirnas for Gene Silencing - The present invention provides a method for identifying siRNA target motifs in a transcript using a position-specific score matrix approach. The invention also provides a method for identifying off-target genes of an siRNA using a position-specific score matrix approach. The invention further provides a method for designing siRNAs with higher silencing efficacy and specificity. The invention also provides a library of siRNAs comprising siRNAs with high silencing efficacy and specificity. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234942 | Analyzing Body Tissue - The invention describes a method for analysing a body tissue sample, the method comprising irradiating the tissue sample ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234943 | COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT - A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large amount of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include storing a patient's data on a suitable device, such as, for example, a glucose meter. The patient's data may include blood glucose concentration measurements. The diabetes management system or process may be installed on, but is not limited to, a personal computer, an insulin pen, an insulin pump, or a glucose meter. The diabetes management system or process may identify a plurality of pattern types from the data including a testing/dosing pattern, a hypoglycemic pattern, a hyperglycemic pattern, a variability pattern, and a comparative pattern. After identifying a particular pattern with the data management system or process, a warning message may be displayed on a screen of a personal computer or a glucose meter. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234944 | Method and Apparatus for Subset Selection with Preference Maximization - A method and apparatus for determining a subset of measurements from a plurality of measurements in a genetic algorithm is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of determining a fitness measure for each sub-set of the measurements, wherein each measurement has an associated fitness measure and selecting the subset of measurements having the lowest fitness measure ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234945 | Means and Methods for Analyzing a Sample by Means of Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - The present invention relates to a method for analyzing at least one test sample, wherein said test sample comprises at least one compound, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing at least one test sample comprising at least one compound; b) determining said at least one compound in said test sample whereby raw results are generated; and c) analyzing the raw results obtained in step b), wherein the analysis of said at least one test sample is accompanied by an analysis of at least one reference sample; and wherein the test sample and the reference sample are analyzed in an identical sequence in each step of the method. Moreover, the present invention further encompasses a system for carrying out said method comprising operatively linked to each other: (a) means for determining a compound; (b) means for monitoring process parameters, (c) means for analyzing raw results obtained from the means according to (a), wherein said means for analyzing raw results comprise: (i) a first database comprising raw results received from the means according to (a); (ii) a second database comprising monitored process parameters received from the means according to (b); (iii) a third database comprising rules for evaluating the raw results; and (iv) a fourth database comprising allocated results of identified compounds; wherein at least the second, third and fourth database are operatively linked to the first database. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234946 | PREDICTIVE RADIOSENSITIVITY NETWORK MODEL - This invention is a model that simulates the complexity of biological signaling in a cell in response to radiation therapy. Using gene expression profiles and radiation survival assays in an algorithm, a systems model was generated of the radiosensitivity network. The network consists of ten highly interconnected genetic hubs with significant signal redundancy. The model was validated with in vitro tests perturbing network components, correctly predicting radiation sensitivity 2/3 times. The model's clinical relevance was shown by linking clinical radiosensitivity targets to the model network. Clinical applications were confirmed by testing model predictions against clinical response to preoperative radiochemotherapy in patients with rectal or esophageal cancer. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234947 | SCIENTIST DOMAIN-CENTRIC USER INTERFACE AND ENABLING "SOFT" TRANSLATION - The scientist domain-centric user interface system may prompt the user to supply scientist-centric information expressed utilizing terminology of a scientific domain, such as biology or analytical chemistry. A translation system then generates control parameters to control the search algorithm, thus relieving the user from having to learn how select and configure the algorithm control parameters directly. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234948 | System and Method for Characterizing a Chemical Sample - A method for characterizing a sample containing at least one compound, preferably a biological sample comprising at least one metabolite, is proposed. In a first process step, a three-dimensional first set of data is generated by analyzing the sample by using at least one time resolved separation technique ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234949 | Meter Electronics And Methods For Determining One Or More Of A Stiffness Coefficient Or A Mass Coefficient - A meter electronics ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234950 | WATER LEAKAGE-ACOUSTIC SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN STEAM GENERATOR OF SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTOR USING STANDARD DEVIATION BY OCTAVE BAND ANALYSIS - A water leakage-acoustic sensing method in a steam generator of a sodium-cooled fast reactor, the method including: calculating a standard deviation and an average of an octave band by octave band analysis of an input signal sound received from at least one predetermined acoustic sensor; comparing the calculated standard deviation and the calculated average of the octave band, and determining a size of the octave band based on a comparison result; calculating an average of standard deviations of the octave band recomposed by the determined size and normalizing the average of standard deviations; applying a predetermined weight, established by a predetermined neural network learning algorithm, to the normalized average of standard deviations; and generating leakage determination data based on the average of standard deviations to which the weight is applied. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234951 | Gravity Flowmeter for Materials Analysis - Properties of asphalt are determined by determining an expansion of a plurality of samples of the asphalt as a function of current dimensions of the respective samples, determining a creep of the samples as a function of the current dimensions of the respective samples, repeating the determining steps over a plurality of temperatures, and determining a master creep modulus and a temperature coefficient of the asphalt as a function of the plurality of expansions and the plurality of creeps. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234952 | Test circuit, pattern generating apparatus, and pattern generating method - A test circuit connected between a test target circuit and a plurality of external terminals includes N first holding circuits to hold respectively N unit patterns produced by dividing an internal signal pattern to be input to or output from the test target circuit by N, where N is a natural number of two or greater, and a control circuit to make the internal signal pattern held in the N first holding circuits be changed selectively on a unit pattern basis based on a value of an identification signal assigned to each of the unit patterns beforehand, or to make the internal signal pattern held in the N first holding circuits be output selectively on a unit pattern basis based on the values of the identification signal. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234953 | Power estimation for a semiconductor device - Disclosed herein are different embodiments for estimating and/or controlling power consumption in a chip based on hot and cool temperatures in the chip. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234954 | DIGITAL POWER MONITORING CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM - A digital power monitoring circuit for monitoring power through an output inductor of a switching power supply in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes a first analog to digital converter receiving a current sense signal indicative of the current through the output inductor and providing a first digital signal including information regarding the current through the output inductor, a second analog to digital converter receiving a signal indicative of the output voltage of the switching power supply and providing a second digital signal containing information regarding the output voltage of the switching power supply; and a convolver circuit operable to receive the first digital signal and the second digital signal and to provide a third digital signal including information regarding the power through the output inductor based on the first and second digital signals. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234955 | Uniform Power Density Across Processor Cores at Burn-In - A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for burn-in testing of a multiprocessor. A process identifies a power management data set for a plurality of processor cores associated with the multiprocessor. The process selects one or more of the plurality of processor cores to form a selected set of processor cores based upon the power management data set. The process initiates a burn-in test across the selected set of processor cores. In response to a determination that all processor cores in the plurality of processor cores have not been selected, the process repeats the above selecting and initiating steps until all the processor cores have been selected. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234956 | METHOD OF CALCULATING STATE VARIABLES OF SECONDARY BATTERY AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING STATE VARIABLES OF SECONDARY BATTERY - An apparatus for estimating state variables of a secondary battery as an estimation target performs so that a neural network unit studies a true value of a battery temperature, a temperature large value which is larger than the true value of the battery temperature by an approximating temperature sensor detection error, and a temperature small value which is smaller than the true value of the battery temperature by the approximating temperature sensor detection error. After completion of the learning of those values, the neural network unit inputs a battery temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and performs a neural network based calculation to calculate a SOC (state of charge) of the secondary battery. This can drastically increase the calculation accuracy of the SOC of the secondary battery. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234957 | Intelligent Electronic Device and Method Thereof - An intelligent electronic device (IED) having a gain control unit adapted to selectively regulate operating ranges of output signals of a sensing circuit of the device is described. In one embodiment, the IED is a digital electric power and energy meter, which operating ranges for supply voltages and supply currents of electrical services may be adjusted to match pre-determined ranges for input signals of a data acquisition system or a data processing module of the meter. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234958 | Method for Determining the Humidity and Density of a Dielectric Material - The invention relates to a method for determining the humidity and/or density of a dielectric material in a resonator that is filled with said material and that contains a transmitter and a receiver. According to said method: the transmitter emits a signal; a resonance curve of the filled resonator is scanned in stages, whereby respective signal intensity values (U | 2008-09-25 |
20080234959 | Pitch Extraction with Inhibition of Harmonics and Sub-harmonics of the Fundamental Frequency - The fundamental frequency of a harmonic signal is estimated by forming a fundamental frequency hypothesis (f0′). A comb filter is provided based on the fundamental frequency hypothesis. The harmonic signal is filtered using the comb filter. The fundamental frequency hypothesis is tested for each tooth in the comb filter. A signal indicating an estimated fundamental frequency of the provided harmonic signal may be outputted based on the testing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234960 | Method and apparatus for inspecting and analyzing welded structures - An apparatus and method for inspecting and analyzing welded structures includes a laser for directing at least one beam of light at a weld bead to define at least one visible profile line; a camera directed at the weld bead for capturing an image of the at least one profile line and generating a usable image signal based on the image; and a preprogrammed microprocessor assembly configured for receiving the usable image signal and processing the signal as an image to determine a dimension of the weld bead defined along the at least one profile line and comparing the dimension of the weld bead with a predetermined dimension set point to determine the quality of the weld bead. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234961 | TEST APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT - There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device under test. The test apparatus includes a gradient adjusting section that separately adjusts a gradient of a rising edge of a signal under measurement which is output from the device under test and a gradient of a falling edge of the signal under measurement, a sampling section that samples the signal under measurement whose edge gradients are adjusted by the gradient adjusting section, and a judging section that judges whether the device under test passes or fails the test based on a result of the sampling performed by the sampling section. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234962 | Method and System for Providing a Compensated Auger Spectrum - A system for providing a compensated Auger spectrum, the system includes: a processor, adapted to generate a compensated Auger spectrum in response to a non-compensated Auger spectrum and in response to an electric potential related parameter; and an interface to a electron detector that is adapted to detect electrons emitted from the first area, wherein the interface is connected to the processor, and wherein the electric potential related parameter reflects a state of a first area of an object that was illuminated by a charged particle beam during the generation of the non-compensated Auger spectrum. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234963 | Calibration of a Metrological Apparatus - A metrological apparatus has a driver ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234964 | Abnormality Diagnosing Apparatus and Abnormality Diagnosing Method - A abnormality diagnosing apparatus used in a machine equipment including a rotating or sliding part relative to a stationary member includes a detecting portion | 2008-09-25 |
20080234965 | TEST APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A test apparatus for testing a device under test is provided. The test apparatus includes: a timing data output section for outputting timing data to define at least one of a timing of modifying a test signal provided to the device under test and a timing of acquiring an output signal outputted by the device under test; a variable delay circuit for delaying a reference clock pulse of the test apparatus by a delay amount corresponding to designated delay data so as to generate a timing signal having a transition point corresponding to the at least one timing; and a range modification section for modifying the modification amount of the delay data when the timing data are changed by one unit in response to a change of a setting range within which the at least one timing is set. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234966 | Acquiring Test Data From An Electronic Circuit - Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for acquiring test data from an electronic circuit by mounting a probe adjacent to a capture point on an electronic circuit board, capturing by the probe an electronic signal of the electronic circuit, digitizing by the probe the captured signal, and transmitting by the probe the digitized signal from the probe through a data communications connection to a remote device. Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit also includes storing by the probe the digitized signal in the probe. Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit may include processing by the probe the digitized signal. Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit also may include synchronizing acquisition of test data by the probe with acquisition of test data by one or more other probes. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234967 | Test Sequence Optimization Method and Design Tool - A method for defining a sequence of tests for testing a plurality of electronic devices including integrated circuits is disclosed. A reference group of devices is defined ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080234968 | Program development system - When an acquisition and reporting control unit | 2008-09-25 |
20080234969 | TEST APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device under test. The test apparatus includes first and second period generators that respectively generate test period signals indicating test periods for testing the device under test, a plurality of input/output sections that are provided in correspondence with a plurality of terminals of the device under test, wherein each of the plurality of input/output sections, in accordance with a test period supplied thereto, outputs a test signal to a corresponding one of the plurality of terminals and receives an output signal output from the corresponding terminal, and a plurality of selecting sections that are provided in correspondence with the plurality of input/output sections, wherein each of the plurality of selecting sections selects one of the test period signals generated by the first and second period generators so as to be supplied to a corresponding one of the plurality of input/output sections. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RESIDUAL STRESS - The invention comprises devices and methods for determining residual stress in MEMS devices such as interferometric modulators. In one example, a device measuring residual stress of a deposited conduct material includes a material used to form a MEMS device, and a plurality of disconnectable electrical paths, wherein said plurality of paths are configured to disconnect as a function of residual stress of the material. In another example, a method of measuring residual stress of a conductive deposited material includes monitoring a plurality of signals, each of said plurality of signals being associated with one of a plurality of test structures, said plurality of test structures each being configured to change the associated signal upon being subject to a predetermined amount of residual stress, sensing a change in said plurality of signals, and determining a residual stress level in said material based on the sensed change in the plurality of signals. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234971 | REMOTE-CONTROLLED MOTION APPARATUS WITH SENSING TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM AND REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS THEREFOR - A remote-controlled motion apparatus is controlled by a remote control apparatus. The remote control apparatus transmits a target motion signal by radio. The remote-controlled motion apparatus includes a communication module, a terrestrial magnetism sensing module, a processing module and a driving module. The communication module receives the target motion signal from the remote control apparatus. The terrestrial magnetism sensing module senses a terrestrial magnetism of the remote-controlled motion apparatus to output a terrestrial magnetism sensing signal. The processing module is coupled with the terrestrial magnetism sensing module and the communication module, and processes the terrestrial magnetism sensing signal and the target motion signal to output a driving control signal. The driving module is coupled with the processing module to receive the driving control signal, and adjusts the driving of the remote-controlled motion apparatus according to the driving control signal. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234972 | OPTICAL IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An optical image measurement device is configured to form a tomographic image at each of a plurality of cross sections of a measurement object, and the optical image measurement device comprises: an image processor configured to execute an arithmetic operation based on a tomographic image at one cross section of the plurality of cross sections and another tomographic image at each of one or more cross sections other than the one cross section, thereby forming a new tomographic image at the one cross section. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234973 | Method and System for Detecting Artifacts in Icu Patient Records by Data Fusion and Hypothesis Testing - A method for monitoring a patient employs hypothesis testing against each of several monitored signals to determine whether an artifact is present in the monitored signals. In the hypothesis testing, a null hypothesis includes an assumption that pairs of samples of highly correlated monitored signals of the several monitored signals have a predetermined distribution. The method determines that an artifact may exist in one of the monitored signals when the likelihood that the null hypothesis is true falls below a predetermined confidence value. This method can be embodied in an intelligent module for processing multiple data from one or more patients to filter out clinically significant changes in the patient from those changes caused by artifacts. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234974 | Efficient design process for the allocation of variability to non-normally distributed components of complex systems and for the estimation of the system response probability density - A method for implementing a point estimation method (PEM) that predicts variability of a system output response based on variabilities of inputs includes building a customized designed experiment such that each input variable x for the designed experiment is assigned a number of variable values n based on the respective input variable's contribution p to overall response variability. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234975 | Methods and systems for evaluating pigment dispersions - Methods and systems for evaluating pigment dispersions with desired characteristics. More specifically, methods and systems for evaluating particle size of colorless or light color dispersions using a novel parameter described as particle size related scattering index (PSRSI). | 2008-09-25 |
20080234976 | Statistical Methods for Multivariate Ordinal Data Which are Used for Data Base Driven Decision Support - A method of analysis including an intrinsically valid class of statistical methods for dealing with multivariate ordinal data. A decision support system that can (1) provide automated decision support in a transparent fashion (2) optionally be controlled by a decision maker, (3) provide for an evidence acquisition concept, including automatically increasing the content of an underlying database, and (4) provide a computationally efficient interactive distributed environment. The method is exemplified in the context of assisted diagnostic support. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234977 | Methods and Apparatus for Outlier Detection for High Dimensional Data Sets - Methods and apparatus are provided for outlier detection in databases by determining sparse low dimensional projections. These sparse projections are used for the purpose of determining which points are outliers. The methodologies of the invention are very relevant in providing a novel definition of exceptions or outliers for the high dimensional domain of data. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234978 | MODELLING - The method provides for the fitting of a different distribution to the tail of a distribution of continuous data, than that distribution fitting to the rest of the distribution. By fitting a distribution to this set of occurrences only, better distributions shapes are obtained for that part of a distribution which might otherwise be overly sensitive to individual or small numbers of occurrences. Over sensitivity can make such distributions unreliable in situations where their value is compared with the value of another distribution. A distribution which does not decline quickly to zero is preferred for the tail, for instance a heavy tailed distribution. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234979 | Process and system for multi-objective global optimization of maintenance schedules - A process for optimizing maintenance work schedules for at least one engine includes the steps of retrieving at least one set of data for an engine from a computer readable storage medium; selecting at least one scheduling parameter for the engine; selecting a set of maintenance rules for the engine; selecting at least one maintenance work decision; selecting at least one objective for the engine; optimizing the at least one objective to generate at least one optimal maintenance work decision; and generating at least one optimal maintenance work schedule for the engine. | 2008-09-25 |
20080234980 | Assistance data provision - For supporting the provision of a continuous stream of assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning, a sequence of interlinked messages comprising assistance data is generated. The messages are provided for transmission to a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal receives the sequence of interlinked messages and provides the assistance data in the received messages for use in positioning computations. | 2008-09-25 |