43rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120271560 | Asthma Status Scoring Method and System With Confidence Ratings - A method and system for assessing the health status of a patient, such as the asthma status of a patient, provides an asthma status score and a confidence rating indicative of the score's reliability using continuous real-time data. In some embodiments, the assessment comprises a multidimensional analysis in which asthma status scores and respective confidence ratings are generated for multiple individual asthma health dimensions as well as a summary asthma health dimension indicative of overall asthma health. In some embodiments, the individual dimensions include an environmental trigger dimension based on sensor-based environmental data, a physiological burden dimension based on sensor-based physiological data, a medication adherence dimension based on patient diary data and a perceived symptom dimension based on patient diary data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT POLLUTION ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPLIANCE TRACKING - A system method, and computer program product for individual aircraft pollution tracking, including at least one of real-time pollution tracking and pollution estimation of individual moving aircraft, wherein the pollution estimation is equal in accuracy as relative accuracy of employed inputs; pollution estimation for various aircraft, and various types of pollution based on suitably available raw data; and pollution estimation including filtering of outputs and formatting thereof to provide usability for comparison to regulation criteria and assessments of pollution mitigation efforts, including fleet mix, level of technology, and pollution attainment determination. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271562 | METHOD OF ENERGY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS FOR SODIUM IODIDE (NaI) DETECTOR - The present invention relates to a method of energy spectrum analysis for sodium iodide (NaI) detector, by which an energy spectrum characteristic obtained from a sodium iodide (NaI) detector is analyzed and used for establishing a system capable of qualitative nuclide identification and activity determination that can be adapted in applications of waste clearance management. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271563 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING PROCESSES - A structural health monitoring system using ASICs for signal transmission, reception, and analysis. Incorporating structural health monitoring functionality into one or more ASICs provides a durable yet small, lightweight, low cost, and portable system that can be deployed and operated in field conditions. Such systems provide significant advantages, especially in applications such as armor structures. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271564 | Lightning Protection and Detection System - A lightning protection and detection system includes a non-conductive substrate material of an apparatus; a sensor formed of a conductive material and deposited on the non-conductive substrate material of the apparatus. The sensor includes a conductive trace formed in a continuous spiral winding starting at a first end at a center region of the sensor and ending at a second end at an outer corner region of the sensor, the first and second ends being open and unconnected. An electrical measurement system is in communication with the sensor and receives a resonant response from the sensor, to perform detection, in real-time, of lightning strike occurrences and damage therefrom to the sensor and the non-conductive substrate material. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271565 | Force Measurement System Having Inertial Compensation - A force measurement system having inertial compensation includes a force measurement assembly with at least one accelerometer configured to measure the acceleration thereof. According to one aspect of the invention, the force measurement system additionally includes at least one angular velocity sensor configured to measure the angular velocity of the force measurement assembly. According to another aspect of the invention, the force measurement system additionally includes a data processing device with a computer-readable medium loaded thereon that is configured to execute a calibration procedure for determining the inertial parameters of the force measurement assembly by utilizing the measured acceleration of the force measurement assembly while the force measurement assembly is subjected to a plurality of applied linear and/or rotational motion profiles. According to still another aspect of the invention, the at least one accelerometer is disposed on the force transducer. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271566 | METHOD FOR THE PREDICTION OF FATIGUE LIFE FOR STRUCTURES - A method of determining the fatigue life of a structure includes the steps of:
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20120271567 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE FLOW RATE OF A FLUID, IN PARTICULAR A LIQUID - A device for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a conduit, including a bladed impeller mounted in the conduit so as to be driven in rotation by the flow of the fluid, and to which at least one magnet is fixed, and at least one magnetic field sensor arranged in a fixed position near the conduit and capable of causing the generation of a signal (pulse) each time the magnet of the impeller, passes thereby. The arrangement is such that the number of signals (pulses) generated by the sensor in a period of time is representative, according to a predetermined relationship, of the flow rate of the fluid in the associated conduit. A magnetic field sensor is coupled to a processing and a control circuit (PCU) including a microprocessor and associated memory means, predisposed for processing in predetermined manners the signals issued by the at least one sensor and providing a digital output signal having at least one feature which varies in a predetermined manner as a function of the flow rate (Q) of the fluid in the associated conduit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271568 | Ultrasonic Flow Meter - A method and apparatus utilizing a pair of ultrasonic transducers simultaneously transmitting and receiving to measure the mean time of flight of an ultrasonic signal over a given distance, and thereby the speed of sound of a fluid in a conduit at a given temperature, independent of flow rate, and the flow rate of the fluid. A signal source simultaneously drives an upstream transducer and a downstream transducer, each of which receive the signal transmitted by the other. The difference between the upstream and downstream signals is substantially invariant with rate of flow of the fluid, and measurement of parameters of this signal takes into account the speed of sound of the fluid. The time of flight for the upstream and downstream signals can then be used to calculate the flow rate. A phase locked loop providing feedback from the received signals to the signal source is utilized to maintain a predetermined number of cycles of the difference signal between the transducers, thereby automatically adjusting for variations of the speed of sound in the fluid in response to temperature changes. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271569 | ULTRASONIC FLOW METER - A method and apparatus for measuring fluid flow in a conduit using ultrasonic transducers. A periodic signal is transmitted from a first transducer and received at a second transducer, and from the second transducer to the first. For each transmission, the phase difference between the signal as transmitted and received is measured. The rate of fluid flow in the conduit can be computed from the phase relationships of the transmitted and received signals. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271570 | SYSTEM OF INTELLIGENT SENSORS IN AN ELECTRICAL PANELBOARD - According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a system for monitoring a plurality of circuit branches, the system comprising a plurality of current sensors, each configured to be coupled to at least one of the plurality of circuit branches and to produce a signal having a level related to a current level of the one of the plurality of circuit branches, a communications bus, a plurality of sensor circuits, wherein each one of the plurality of sensor circuits is configured to convert the signal from the associated one of the plurality of current sensors to a digital measurement signal and provide the digital measurement signal to the communication bus, and a controller configured to receive the digital measurement signal from each sensor circuit over the communication bus and transmit data related to the digital measurement signal from each sensor circuit to an external client. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A system and method for determining electrical properties using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. One method includes determining a magnitude of an MRI B | 2012-10-25 |
20120271572 | VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE AND METHODS FOR FILTER CAPACITOR FAULT DETECTION - Variable frequency motor drives and control techniques are presented in which filter capacitor faults are detected by measuring filter neutral node currents and/or voltages and detecting changes in a frequency component of the measured neutral condition and/or based on input current unbalance. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271573 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONFIGURING AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE - Systems and methods (the “utility”) presented herein provide for the assessment of acousto-electrical probes, such as their connections (e.g., transducer leads) and their response characteristics. For example, the utility may provide for readily evaluating transducer leads that have been broken and/or detached from transducers within an ultrasound probe. Due to the increasing complexity of ultrasound probes, identification of broken and/or detached transducer leads also becomes increasingly complex. Being able to identify such disconnected transducer leads may enable a person to repair, or “reterminate”, these transducer leads leading to a potentially substantial cost savings, the least of which being incurred by avoiding total replacement of an ultrasound probe. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271574 | Real-Time and Off-Line Tools for Monitoring and Analysis of Power System Components - Various methods and systems are provided for impulse response monitoring in power systems. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining raw power system data associated with a power system, cross-correlating the raw power system data with a synchronized pseudo-random sequence signal injected into the power system to determine a correlated impulse response and determining a condition of the power system based at least in part upon the correlated impulse response. In another embodiment, a system includes a plurality of signal injection systems and a data capture device coupled to a power system. A data analysis device cross-correlates raw power system data obtained by the data capture device with at least one synchronized pseudo-random sequence signal injected by a signal injection system and determines a condition of the power system based at least in part upon a frequency spectrum based upon a correlated impulse response. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271575 | PHASE ANGLE DRIFT METHOD FOR LOSS OF MAINS/GRID PROTECTION - A phase angle drift method for loss of mains/grid protection is disclosed. According to one aspect, an accumulated electrical phase angle drift derived from the difference between the current measured local frequency and the estimated frequency using historical data is compared to an angle threshold. An estimated grid frequency may be calculated based on the historical delay, and the window, over which the estimated frequency is calculated. An addition/subtraction of a phase angle offset value is calculated for a half cycle is performed when the frequency difference between the estimated frequency f | 2012-10-25 |
20120271576 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING ENERGY USAGE - A system for analyzing energy usage measures one or more parameters indicative of energy usage for a plurality of sub-circuits, where the sampling rate for the measuring is substantially continuous, and automatically transmits information related to at least one of the measured parameters at a rate that enables monitoring of current energy usage. The system further detects a significant change in a measured parameter, determines whether the significant change in the measured parameter is caused by a change in energy usage, and automatically transmits information related to the significant change in the measured parameter caused by the change in energy usage after detecting the significant change. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271577 | MATERIAL PROPERTY TESTING DEVICES WITH CAPABILITIES OF MONITORING ENERGY-CONSUMPTION AND DETECTING THE ENVIRONMENT - A material property testing device with capabilities of energy-consumption monitoring and environment detecting the device including a processing unit, which intercommunicates with the testing unit and the storage unit; the input end of the processing unit connects with an energy monitoring device and an environment detecting unit; the energy monitoring device is installed in a power supply module to monitor the electricity consumption conditions and sends the energy consumption data to the processing unit; the environment detecting unit adopts a detection sensor to detect the environment conditions and sends the environmental information to the processing unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271578 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A battery management system includes a neural network, for estimating an amount of charge stored in a battery following a recharging operation. Then, an amount of charge drawn during a discharging operation is subtracted from this estimated amount of charge to derive an estimate for the state of charge of the battery at a present time. A parameter representing the state of health of the battery may be provided as an input to the neural network, and the parameter representing the state of health of the battery may be generated by a second neural network. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CALCULATE RMS CURRENT AND TRUE POWER IN A MULTIDROP SENSOR NETWORK - According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a system for monitoring a plurality of circuit branches coupled to an input line, the system comprising a communication bus, a plurality of sensor circuits, each configured to be coupled to the communication bus and at least one of the plurality of circuit branches, wherein each sensor circuit is further configured to sample current in the at least one of the plurality of circuit branches, a controller configured to be coupled to the communication bus and the input line; wherein the controller is further configured to sample voltage on the input line, and wherein the controller is further configured to synchronize, via the communication bus, current sampling performed by the plurality of sensor circuits with the voltage sampling performed by the controller. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271580 | TOUCH SENSE DETERMINED BY CHARACTERIZING IMPEDANCE CHANGES IN A TRANSMISSION LINE - A touch panel or screen has a serpentine transmission line fabricated on a substrate, e.g., printed circuit board, LCD, plasma or LED screen, etc., and has a constant impedance. Touches to the touch panel will cause changes of impedance of the transmission line at the locations of the touches. Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is used for determining the locations of the changes of impedance of the transmission line by accurately measuring the return pulse times at the source of a plurality of pulses, and then converting the return pulse times to X-Y coordinates of the touch panel or screen. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271581 | PROCESS MONITORING FOR HIGH-SPEED JOINING - A process monitoring method for a joining operation of a joining element at a speed of at least 5 m/s, in particular placing a bolt at least 10 m/s into at least one component with the aid of a placing device which has the following features: A plunger for placing the joining element, a buffer which limits a maximum deflection of the plunger in the joining direction, and a distance measurement with which the deflection of the plunger can be detected, wherein the process monitoring comprises the following steps: Detecting the travel of the plunger during the joining operation as a function of time in the form of a distance-time curve, detecting a placement of the plunger on the buffer, evaluating the distance-time curve such that, in the presence of at least one maximum followed by at least one minimum in the distance-time curve and without the plunger contacting the buffer, a joint connection is judged to be OK. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271582 | CRANE JIB ATTITUDE AND HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM CALIBRATION AND INITIALIZATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for calibrating and initializing/aligning an attitude and heading reference system of a crane jib. Magnetometer measurements are generated using a magnetometer that is attached to the crane jib, while crane jib maneuvers are performed including crane jib slewing. The magnetometer measurements are supplied to a processor that is configured to generate magnetometer calibration parameters using the magnetometer measurements and to initialize and align a plurality of filters. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETROSPECTIVE CORRECTION OF HIGH ORDER EDDY-CURRENT-INDUCED DISTORTION IN DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING - A computer is programmed to acquire calibration data from a calibration scan, the calibration data configured to characterize high order eddy current (HOEC) generated magnetic field error of an imaging system. The computer is also programmed to process the calibration data to generate a plurality of basis coefficients and a plurality of time constants and to calculate a plurality of basis correction coefficients based on the plurality of basis coefficients, the plurality of time constants, and gradient waveforms in a given pulse sequence. The computer is further programmed to execute a diffusion-weighted imaging scan that comprises application of a DW-EPI pulse sequence to acquire MR data from an imaging subject and reconstruction of an image based on the acquired MR data. The computer is also programmed to apply HOEC-generated magnetic field error correction during image reconstruction configured to reduce HOEC-induced distortion in the reconstructed image. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROSPECTIVE CORRECTION OF HIGH ORDER EDDY-CURRENT-INDUCED DISTORTION IN DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING - A computer is programmed to acquire calibration data from a calibration scan, the calibration data configured to characterize high order eddy current (HOEC) generated magnetic field error of an imaging system. The computer is also programmed to process the calibration data to generate a plurality of basis coefficients and a plurality of time constants and to calculate a plurality of basis correction coefficients based on the plurality of basis coefficients, the plurality of time constants, and gradient waveforms in a given pulse sequence. The computer is further programmed to execute a diffusion-weighted imaging scan that comprises application of a DW-EPI pulse sequence to acquire MR data from an imaging subject and reconstruction of an image based on the acquired MR data. The computer is also programmed to apply HOEC-generated magnetic field error correction during application of the DW-EPI pulse sequence configured to reduce HOEC-induced distortion in the reconstructed image. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271585 | Test System Having a Sub-System to Sub-System Bridge - A test system having a sub-system to sub-system bridge may be provided that utilizes the useful attributes of a plurality of circuit testing techniques, while reducing deficiencies associated with certain types of circuit testing. A bridged test system structure is utilized to facilitate circuit testing that is more effective and time efficient. The method analyzes performance data acquired by a first component for one or more circuits, and sends that performance data to a second test component. The second test component provides test signals to the circuits, using the performance date to enhance the use of the test signals, and also provides test response data for the circuits in response to the provided test signals. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271586 | TESTING MODULE FOR GENERATING ANALOG TESTING SIGNAL TO EXTERNAL DEVICE UNDER TEST, AND RELATED TESTING METHOD AND TESTING SYSTEM THEREOF - A testing module for generating an analog testing signal for a device under test includes a control circuit, a core circuit, and a connector. The core circuit is coupled to the control circuit, and arranged to generate the analog testing signal under control of the control circuit. The connector is coupled to the core circuit, and arranged to receive the analog testing signal generated from the core circuit and output the received analog testing signal. In addition, a testing method for generating an analog testing signal for a device under test includes: generating the analog testing signal by utilizing a testing module with a connector; and outputting the analog testing signal through the connector. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271587 | EQUIPMENT STATUS MONITORING METHOD, MONITORING SYSTEM, AND MONITORING PROGRAM - Anomaly sign detection methods such as those found in plants cannot detect anomalies when relevant sensor information is not acquired, and while it is possible to detect anomalies through changes in sensor output when manual operations are performed, it is difficult to distinguish between anomalies such as those caused only by the sensor signal and actual anomalies which should be detected. The disclosed method uses event signals, which contain a signal based on the status of a unit unable to acquire sensor information and a signal based on human operations. An event sequence is extracted from an event signal outputted from a piece of equipment and grouped by clustering, then a frequency matrix is created for the alarms generated within a prescribed interval of an event sequence, and a prediction of alarms with a high probability of occurring for an event sequence is output on the basis of the frequency matrix. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS THERMAL MONITORING OF CURE STATUS OF GLASS FIBER PRODUCTS - A method and apparatus for assessing the cure status of a fibrous blanket manufactured with mineral fibers and binder is disclosed and comprises using continuous thermal measurement as an assessment of cure status. A plurality of thermocouples are installed in various oven locations both above and below the path of the fibrous pack to be cured and readings from the thermocouples are compared by a processor. The thermal measurements may be inlet or outlet temperatures of any particular zone or series of zones; or entry or egress temperatures; or averages or differences of measurements from selected thermocouple locations. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271589 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus extracts utterance information of at least one user who utilizes a network community from a server. The information processing apparatus includes a measurement unit, an estimation unit, an extraction unit, and a display unit. The measurement unit is configured to measure a present location and an acceleration representing a rate of a specific user's move. The estimation unit is configured to estimate a moving status of the specific user based on the acceleration, and to estimate a line information which the specific user is presently utilizing or will utilize based on the present location and the moving status. The extraction unit is configured to extract at least one utterance information related to the line information from the server. The display unit is configured to display the utterance information extracted. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT CALIBRATIONS WITH A CALIBRATING DEVICE - Described herein is a method and apparatus for performing calibrations on robotic components. In one embodiment, a method for performing robotic calibrations includes moving the calibrating device across a target (e.g., a wafer chuck). Next, the method includes measuring distances between light spots from the sensors and a perimeter of the target using the sensors located on the calibrating device. Next, the method includes determining a displacement of the calibrating device relative to a center of the target. Then, the method includes determining a rotation angle of the calibrating device relative to a system of coordinates of the target. Next, the method includes calibrating a robot position of the robot based on the displacement and rotation angle of the calibrating device with respect to the target. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271591 | Thin Films And Surface Topography Measurement Using Reduced Library - The properties of a surface of an object in presence of thin transparent films are determined by generating a library of model signals and processing a measurement signal via searching the library to evaluate films properties and topography. The library may be reduced with principal component analysis to enhance computation speed. Computation enhancement may also be achieved by removal of the height contributions from the signal leaving only the film contribution in the signal. The film measurement signal is compared to a library of film signals to determine the film parameters of the sample. The library of film signals is produced by processing each full signal in a library to similarly remove the height contributions leaving only the film contributions. Additionally, a post-analysis process may be applied to properly evaluate local topography. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271592 | Weight Determination for Objects Moving Past a Fixed Spot - System, methods, and computer-readable media. A method includes transporting a mail piece, and during transport, determining physical dimensions of the mail piece. The method includes, during transport, determining a density profile of the mail piece using an x-ray scanner and determining a weight for the mail piece according to the physical characteristics and the density profile. The method includes selectively separating the mail piece during transport based on the determined weight. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271593 | MONITORING WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE - Monitoring wind turbine performance is described herein. One or more device embodiments include a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to determine a number of power outputs of a wind turbine at a number of wind speeds, determine a number of power residuals of the wind turbine at the number of wind speeds based on the determined power outputs and an expected power output curve associated with the wind turbine, adjust the power residuals based on a number of characteristics associated with a location of the wind turbine, analyze performance of the wind turbine based on the adjusted power residuals, and generate and display a number of health indicators associated with the wind turbine. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271594 | MONITORING DATA CATEGORIZATION AND MODULE-BASED HEALTH CORRELATIONS - Architecture for aggregating health alerts from a number of related components into a single aggregated health state that can be analyzed to isolate the component responsible for the fault condition. In a hierarchy of related components within various component groups in a computer system, a number of health indicators can indicate alerts occurring in one or more of the related components whereas the fault condition occurs in only one component upon which the other components depend. The health indicators of related components are aggregated into an aggregated health state for each component group. These aggregated health states are analyzed to identify the related component associated with a root cause of the alert condition for an affected component group. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271595 | NOTCH RE-BLEND IN AN OBJECT MODEL - A method for a CAD system, a CAD system, and instructions for a CAD system. A method includes receiving an object model including a plurality of features. The method includes creating a blend as part of the object model, using at least one of the features, and removing the used features. The method includes creating a construction body corresponding to the object model, and storing the removed features in the construction body. The method includes performing a CAD operation on the object model using the features stored in the construction body. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRPLANE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CONNECTION ROUTING AND VISUALIZATION WITH TOPOLOGY DETERMINATION - A method for creating a computerized visualization of a wiring topology is described that includes combining three-dimensional wire harness data with logical wire content using a process executed on a computer processing device, and displaying a graphical wire topology, output from the process, within a three dimensional model of the platform within which the wiring topology is contained. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271597 | FLASH TUBE AND FLASH VESSEL CONFIGURATION FOR PRESSURE LETDOWN - By appropriately designing a flash tube, spraying of abrasive slurry on the vessel walls and impinging the multiphase jet on bottom of the vessel are minimized. By appropriately designing a flash vessel, once the flash tube has been designed, a slurry pool is provided having a volume that is sufficient to dissipate the flash tube exit jet momentum and the mass of entrained carry-over products exiting from the vapor outlet is minimized. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271598 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE VIBRATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A STRUCTURE - A structural optimization engine generates a response profile based on a vibrational analysis of a three-dimensional (3D) structure. The structural optimization engine determines whether the 3D structure complies with one or more design goals set for the 3D structure based on the response profile. When the 3D structure does not comply with the design goals, the structural optimization engine retrieves dependency data from a structure database. The dependency data indicates various dependencies between response characteristics included in the response profile and specific regions of the 3D model. Based on the dependency data, the structural optimization engine determines structural modifications that can be made to the 3D structure to bring the 3D structure into compliance with the design goals. A multi-axis computer-aided manufacturing unit then makes the structural modifications to the 3D structure. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL TYPE AND POSITION OF AN IMPLANT - A computer-assisted orthopedic surgery system includes a device for generating a three dimensional geometrical surface model of a first bone and a database containing three 3 dimensional implant models of a plurality of available implants. The system includes a computer that is configured to permit a user to select from the database a first implant and display on a screen the three dimensional implant model of the first implant. The computer superimposes on the screen the implant model on top of the model of the first bone such that the two models are visually identifiable from one another. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271600 | Method of predicting the physical properties of polyurethane materials - The specification relates to the formulation of polyurethane materials particularly polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams. The specified method allows the formulator to mathematically predict the final physical properties of the polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams by using the algorithm described herein. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271601 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING PROCESS EVENT DATES - Systems and methods are provided for forecasting event dates. In one method, one or more defined process events are identified. For one event, a duration distribution between two dates is estimated dynamically. The first date may be the start date of the event and the second date may be the end date of the last event in the process. The estimated duration distribution is used for generating one or more modeling parameters used for forecasting. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271602 | Methods for Integrated Circuit Analysis - A simulation method for simulating a three-dimensional structure, comprises the steps of: discretizing the three-dimensional structure into two-dimensional (“2-D”) layers; constructing a two-dimensional basis for each of the 2-D layers; and constructing a one-dimensional finite difference basis between the 2-D layers. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271603 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING HIGH-INTENSITY PYROTECHNIC SHOCK - A system for simulating a pyrotechnic shock may include an electrical power amplifier, a shaker, and a resonance beam. The electrical power amplifier may be configured to amplify a transient signal waveform representing a desired shock response spectrum (SRS). The shaker may be configured to generate a shock pulse in response to the amplified signal waveform. The resonance beam may be mounted to the shaker and may be configured to magnify the shock pulse. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION DECISION SCIENCES OF SIMULATION MODELS - A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage, distribution, and/or the like. The method includes storing model and model variable data within a relational database system, receiving a request from a user interfacing with the system via a web interface, extracting search criteria and presentation preferences from the request, formulating and executing one or more queries on the database to retrieve the required data, formatting the data in accordance with the request, and retuning the data to the requesting user in the form of a web page. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271605 | SYNCHRONIZATION AND DATA REVIEW SYSTEM - A method and system control data collection and display parameters in two or more data modules in a dynamic system. The method and system provide the ability to collect and display data in a dynamic system having two or more data modules communicatively coupled thereto. As the dynamic system operates, data is generated. At least one controller manages data collection and display behavior of the two or more data modules. Ultimately, the controller controls data collection and display parameters for each of the two or more data modules in a manner that enables synchronization. The controller can be imbedded within the control module system. The method and system provides the user with the ability to better control, manipulate, review, and synchronize the collection of data in a dynamic system, whether physical or virtual, real time, or a simulation. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271606 | VEHICLE MOTOR TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION - Methods and systems are provided for determining a temperature of a motor of a vehicle having an ignition when the ignition is turned on following a period of time in which the ignition had been turned off. An amount of time for which the vehicle had been turned off is determined. A motor temperature model is run using a time step to simulate the amount of time for which the vehicle had been turned off to determine an initial value of the temperature of the motor. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271607 | FLUID ACCESS AND DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT - A system includes a host application configured to receive a component model representing a vehicle component. The component model includes a body having a concave portion and/or a convex portion that defines a fluid retainer. A detection tool in communication with the host application is configured to determine a size and location of the fluid retainer. The detection tool is further configured to associate the size of the fluid retainer to a design rule and calculate a value representing a minimum hole size that will allow fluid to flow into or out of the fluid retainer in accordance with the design rule. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271608 | DISCONTINUITY DETECTION - Implementations of discontinuity detection are described. In one possible embodiment, information associated with a computer-generated model is accessed. A location associated with a feature in the model can be reviewed for possible discontinuity properties by comparing an orientation associated with the location to an orientation of a true normal to the feature associated with a specific point nearby the location. In one possible aspect, if the orientation associated with the location and the true normal are within a given range of one another, the location can be flagged as a possible discontinuity in the feature. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271609 | METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION - Methods and computing systems for hydrocarbon exploration are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated petroleum systems model is generated for an area of interest, wherein the integrated petroleum systems model is based on: a geological outline, a set of satellite remote sensing data, and a set of airborne remote sensing data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271610 | STOCHASTIC SIMULATION OF MULTI-LANGUAGE CONCURRENT SYSTEMS - A common framework provides for concurrently simulating a broad range of modeling languages with an arbitrary stochastic simulation method. The common framework is instantiated to each modeling language by defining a species function and a reactions function. The species function converts a model of the modeling language to a set of species, and the reactions function computes a set of possible reactions from a given set of species. The common framework is instantiated to a particular simulation method by defining three functions: one for computing the next reaction, another for computing the reaction activity from an initial set of reactions and species populations, and another for updating the reaction activity as the species populations change over time. Accordingly, the common framework compiles a set of species and possible reactions, dynamically updates the set of possible reactions, and selects the next reaction in an iterative cycle. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271611 | Modeling Wound Healing - Provided are methods of simulating tissue healing. The methods comprise using a mechanistic computer model of the interrelated effects of inflammation, tissue damage or dysfunction and tissue healing to predict an outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo, thereby predicting the outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo. Implementations of these methods on a computing device also are provided. Non-limiting examples of diseases and/or conditions that are amenable to simulation according to the methods described herein include: a diabetes, diabetic foot ulcers, necrotizing enterocolitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, restenosis (post-angioplasty or stent implantation), incisional wounding, excisional wounding, surgery, accidental trauma, pressure ulcer, stasis ulcer, tendon rupture, vocal fold phonotrauma, otitis media and pancreatitis. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271612 | PREDICTIVE MODELING - This disclosure relates to predictive modeling. Systems and methods can be utilized extract data from a plurality of data sources to provide a set of predictor variables. The predictor variables can be analyzed to generate a model having a portion of the predictor variables with weighted coefficients according to an event or outcome for which the model is generated. A prediction tool can employ the model to predict the even or outcome for one or more patients. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271613 | INTRA-OPERATIVE SURGICAL PLAN CHANGING - A system and computer implemented method for use in determining the deviation-of an intra-operative position of an orthopaedic implant from a planned position is described. The position of the orthopaedic implant in the bone is defined by a plurality of implant position parameters. The distance of a plurality of anatomical features in a three dimensional model of the surface of the bone relative to a model of the implant at a first position is calculated. The first position corresponds to a first set of values for the implant position parameters. The distance of the plurality of anatomical features to a model of the implant at a second position in the bone is calculated. The second position corresponds to a second set of values for the implant position parameters, and the second position is different to the first position. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271614 | PREPARATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF OXYGENATED GASOLINES - A process for controlling the composition of an xBOB so that the xBOB will yield an oxygenate-containing gasoline which precisely meets desired specifications when mixed with the desired amount of oxygenate. The process involves blending a plurality of blendstocks to produce an xBOB, withdrawing a sample of the xBOB, obtaining spectroscopic measurements for the sample, applying mathematical models that were based on correlation of xBOB spectra to associated oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, to predict laboratory analysis results for oxygenate-containing gasoline properties, and using the analysis results to control and optimize the blending process. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271615 | FAST EMULATION OF VIRTUALLY ADDRESSED CONTROL FLOW - A method, system and computer program product is provided for emulating two or more processes for executing a source application, comprising: providing virtual trampoline memory whereby each emulated process has a respective private trampoline memory; providing shared code heap memory, wherein each emulated process only sees the code heap and its respective private trampoline memory; fetching a fragment of source instructions from the application; generating equivalent target instructions for writing to the code heap, the fragment of target instruction being indexed by its physical address in the code heap; generating, for each jump instruction in the fragment, a jump to a slot in the virtual trampoline memory; and writing a trap in each private trampoline slot, each trap adapted to be replaced by a jump to a physical address in the code heap corresponding the start of the same or a different target instruction fragment. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271616 | METHOD OF EMULATING A CONTROLLER PILOT DATA LINK COMMUNICATION HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE - A computing-platform emulator for use on a vehicle is provided. The computing-platform emulator includes a display, a processor communicatively coupled to the display, a data-entry interface communicatively coupled to the processor, and at least one electronic interface to interface a host system in the vehicle to the processor. The host system implements at least one application and at least one protocol for use on the computing-platform emulator. The display, the data-entry interface, and the at least one electronic interface function as a multifunction control display unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271617 | CROSS-LINGUAL INITIALIZATION OF LANGUAGE MODELS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for initializing language models for automatic speech recognition. In one aspect, a method includes receiving logged speech recognition results from an existing corpus that is specific to a given language and a target context, generating a target corpus by machine-translating the logged speech recognition results from the given language to a different, target language, and estimating a language model that is specific to the different, target language and the same, target context, using the target corpus. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271618 | SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE OR THE LIKE IN A NETWORK OF LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICES - An addresser for configuring an electronic ballast/lighting control device in a network of electronic ballasts/lighting control devices; said addresser comprises a first connection to allow the receipt of communication from a controller; a second connection to allow communication from the addresser to an individual electronic ballast/lighting control device; an interface for communicating with a programming device; and means for configuring the communication between said first and second connections dependent upon the communication received from said programming device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271619 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES - Methods and systems for sharing information on languages supported by portable electronic devices are disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosed methods involve, for example, a first portable electronic device transmitting to a server, information identifying the first portable electronic device, and information related to one or more languages that the first portable electronic device is capable of displaying. The server stores the received information, and shares the information with electronic devices that subsequently request information on the language capabilities of the first portable electronic device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271620 | WORD COMPLETION IN A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for enabling generation of text on a handheld electronic device which has a plurality of input members, at least some of which have a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto, and a memory having language objects stored therein. The method comprises enabling detection of a number of input member actuations corresponding with an ambiguous input, making at least one of a determination that the number of actuations exceeds a first threshold and a determination that a quantity of predicted language objects corresponding with the ambiguous input is less than a second threshold, generating prefix objects corresponding with the ambiguous input and predicted language objects corresponding with the ambiguous input, each predicted language object comprising a prefix object portion and a completion portion, and providing at a text input location an output comprising a prefix object and a completion portion of a first predicted language object. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271621 | Method and Device for Selecting Interface Language of Software - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for selecting an interface language of software, wherein, the method includes: the software is started and judged whether it is the first start; if it is, the interface language currently used by an operation system is obtained to match a plurality of languages preset by the software, if the match is successful, the interface language used currently by the operation system is selected as the interface language of the software, and if the match is unsuccessful, the default interface language of the software is selected as the interface language of the software; if it is not the first start, the pre-configured interface language recorded by the software is used as the interface language of the software. The above method for adaptively selecting an interface language provided by the present invention facilitates use of users. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271622 | USE OF LEXICAL TRANSLATIONS FOR FACILITATING SEARCHES - A translation graph is created using a plurality of reference sources that include translations between a plurality of different languages. Each entry in a source is used to create a wordsense entry, and each new word in a source is used to create a wordnode entry. A pair of wordnode and wordsense entries corresponds to a translation. In addition, a probability is determined for each wordsense entry and is decreased for each translation entry that includes more than a predefined number of translations into the same language. Bilingual translation entries are removed if subsumed by a multilingual translation entry. Triangulation is employed to identify pairs of common wordsense translations between a first, second, and third language. Translations not found in reference sources can also be inferred from the data comprising the translation graph. The translation graph can then be used for searches of a data collection in different languages. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271623 | SYSTEM AND MEASURED METHOD FOR MULTILINGUAL COLLABORATIVE NETWORK INTERACTION - Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing a collaborative communication environment. The method embodiment comprises receiving user profiles, establishing a collaborative communication environment where a plurality of users simultaneously interact over a network, converting data to be sent to each user in a collaborative environment based on the respective user's profile, and presenting a localized experience to each user using the converted data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271624 | PROCESSING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION DATA IN A DOCUMENT - Techniques for processing geographical location data in a document comprise: obtaining geographical location data in the document; grading the geographical location data according to a predetermined condition to determine an associated relationship between the geographical location data; marking on an electronic map the associated relationship between the geographical location data; and presenting the marked electronic map. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271625 | MULTIMODAL NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYZING VOICE AND PROXIMITY BASED QUERIES - The present disclosure provides a natural language query system and method for processing and analyzing multimodally-originated queries, including voice and proximity-based queries. The natural language query system includes a Web-enabled device including a speech input module for receiving a voice-based query in natural language form from a user and a location/proximity module for receiving location/proximity information from a location/proximity device. The query system also includes a speech conversion module for converting the voice-based query in natural language form to text in natural language form and a natural language processing module for converting the text in natural language form to text in searchable form. The query system further includes a semantic engine module for converting the text in searchable form to a formal database query and a database-look-up module for using the formal database query to obtain a result related to the voice-based query in natural language form from a database. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271626 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LINGUISTIC SCORING - In embodiments of the invention, a system receives selections from a user based on a list of pre-defined monitoring categories and/or optionally receives custom category definitions from the user. The option for custom category definitions may be advantageous due to the flexibility provided to a system administrator or other user. In embodiments of the invention, the pre-defined and/or custom monitoring categories may be or include complex hierarchical behavior. Such an approach provides monitoring algorithms that can achieve improved accuracy compared to known methods. In embodiments of the invention, the order of computations used in resolving a monitoring category may be re-ordered, statically and/or dynamically, to improve the efficiency of monitoring operations. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271627 | CROSS-LANGUAGE TEXT CLASSIFICATION - Methods are described for performing classification (categorization) of text documents written in various languages. Language-independent semantic structures are constructed before classifying documents. These structures reflect lexical, morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties of documents. The methods suggested are able to perform cross-language text classification which is based on document properties reflecting their meaning. The methods are applicable to genre classification, topic detection, news analysis, authorship analysis, etc. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271628 | METHOD OF USING VISUAL SEPARATORS TO INDICATE ADDITIONAL CHARACTER COMBINATIONS ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method and associated apparatus for using visual separators to indicate additional character combination choices from a disambiguation function on a handheld electronic device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271629 | APPARATUS FOR QUANTIZING LINEAR PREDICTIVE CODING COEFFICIENTS, SOUND ENCODING APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR DE-QUANTIZING LINEAR PREDICTIVE CODING COEFFICIENTS, SOUND DECODING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORE - A quantizing apparatus is provided that includes a quantization path determiner that determines a path from a first path not using inter-frame prediction and a second path using the inter-frame prediction, as a quantization path of an input signal, based on a criterion before quantization of the input signal; a first quantizer that quantizes the input signal, if the first path is determined as the quantization path of the input signal; and a second quantizer that quantizes the input signal, if the second path is determined as the quantization path of the input signal. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271630 | SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD PROGRAM - A speech signal processing system that includes a speech input unit for inputting a speech signal; input speech storage unit for storing an input speech signal that is the speech signal inputted through the speech input unit; characteristic estimation unit for referring to the input speech signal stored in the input speech storage unit, and estimating characteristics of an input speech indicated by the input speech signal, the characteristics including an environmental sound included in the input speech signal; reference speech output unit for causing a predetermined speech signal that becomes a reference speech, to output; and characteristic adding unit for adding the characteristics of the input speech estimated by the characteristic estimation unit, in a reference speech signal that is the speech signal caused to output by the reference speech output unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271631 | SPEECH RECOGNITION USING MULTIPLE LANGUAGE MODELS - In accordance with one embodiment, a method of generating language models for speech recognition includes identifying a plurality of utterances in training data corresponding to speech, generating a frequency count of each utterance in the plurality of utterances, generating a high-frequency plurality of utterances from the plurality of utterances having a frequency that exceeds a predetermined frequency threshold, generating a low-frequency plurality of utterances from the plurality of utterances having a frequency that is below the predetermined frequency threshold, generating a grammar-based language model using the high-frequency plurality of utterances as training data, and generating a statistical language model using the low-frequency plurality of utterances as training data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271632 | Speaker Identification - Speaker identification techniques are described. In one or more implementations, sample data is received at a computing device of one or more user utterances captured using a microphone. The sample data is processed by the computing device to identify a speaker of the one or more user utterances. The processing involving use of a feature set that includes features obtained using a filterbank having filters that space linearly at higher frequencies and logarithmically at lower frequencies, respectively, features that model the speaker's vocal tract transfer function, and features that indicate a vibration rate of vocal folds of the speaker of the sample data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271633 | INTERACTIVE DEVICE - The present invention provides an interactive device which allows quick utterance recognition results and sequential output thereof and which diminishes a recognition rate decrease even if user's utterance is divided by a short interval into frames for quick decision. The interactive device: sets a recognition section for voice recognition; performs voice recognition for the recognition section; when the voice recognition includes a key phrase, determines response actions corresponding thereto; and executes the response actions. The interactive device repeatedly updates the set recognition terminal point to a frame which is the predetermined time length ahead of the set recognition terminal point to set a plurality of recognition sections. The interactive device performs voice recognition for each recognition section. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271634 | Context Based Voice Activity Detection Sensitivity - A speech dialog system is described that adjusts a voice activity detection threshold during a speech dialog prompt C to reflect a context-based probability of user barge in speech occurring. For example, the context-based probability may be based on the location of one or more transition relevance places in the speech dialog prompt. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271635 | SPEECH RECOGNITION BASED ON PRONUNCIATION MODELING - A system and method for performing speech recognition is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an utterance, applying the utterance to a recognizer with a language model having pronunciation probabilities associated with unique word identifiers for words given their pronunciations and presenting a recognition result for the utterance. Recognition improvement is found by moving a pronunciation model from a dictionary to the language model. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271636 | VOICE INPUT DEVICE - A voice input device includes: a mastery level identifying device identifying a mastery level of a user with respect to voice input; and an input mode setting device switching a voice input mode between a guided input mode and an unguided input mode. In the guided input mode, preliminary registered contents of the voice input are presented to the user. The input mode setting device sets the voice input mode to the unguided input mode at a starting time when the voice input device starts to receive the voice input. The input mode setting device switches the voice input mode from the unguided input mode to the guided input mode at a switching time. The input mode setting device sets a time interval between the starting time and the switching time in proportion to the mastery level. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271637 | DERIVING GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF HUMAN SPEAKERS WHILE PRESERVING PERSONAL PRIVACY - A method including: obtaining, via a plurality of communication devices, a plurality of speech signals respectively associated with human speakers, the speech signals including verbal components and non-verbal components; identifying a plurality of geographical locations, each geographic location associated with a respective one of the plurality of the communication devices; extracting the non-verbal components from the obtained speech signals; deducing physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by analyzing, over a specified period, the extracted non-verbal components, using predefined relations between characteristics of the non-verbal components and physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers; and providing a geographical distribution of the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by associating the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers with geographical locations thereof. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271638 | INTERACTIVE TOYS AND A METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING OPERATION THEREOF - Individual audio tracks ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120271639 | PERMITTING AUTOMATED SPEECH COMMAND DISCOVERY VIA MANUAL EVENT TO COMMAND MAPPING - An input from a manually initiated action within a computing system can be received. The system can be associated with a speech component. The input can be associated with a system function. The function can be an operation within the computing system and can be linked to a function identifier. The identifier can be translated to a command data. The command data can be associated with a command identifier, a command, and an alternative command. The command data can be a speech command registered within the speech component. The command data can be presented within a speech interface responsive to the translating. The speech interface can be associated with the speech component. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271640 | Implicit Association and Polymorphism Driven Human Machine Interaction - A voice based user-system interaction may take advantage of implicit association and/or polymorphism to achieve smooth and effective discoursing between the user and the voice enabled system. This user-system interaction may occur at a local control unit, at a remote server, or both. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271641 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDUTAINMENT SYSTEM CAPABLE FOR INTERACTION BY INTERLOCKING OTHER DEVICES - An apparatus and method provide interactive edutainment through connection of a smart TV and other devices (e.g., a tablet PC, a smart phone, and a projector). The method includes connecting with a control device, and when at least one main story for interactivity is stored, receiving from a user a selection of the main story to be executed through the control device. The method also includes executing the selected main story, and when a control command is received from the control device, processing the control command. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271642 | ESTABLISHING A MULTIMODAL ADVERTISING PERSONALITY FOR A SPONSOR OF A MULTIMODAL APPLICATION - Establishing a multimodal advertising personality for a sponsor of a multimodal application, including associating one or more vocal demeanors with a sponsor of a multimodal application and presenting a speech portion of the multimodal application for the sponsor using at least one of the vocal demeanors associated with the sponsor. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271643 | INFERRING SWITCHING CONDITIONS FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MODALITIES IN A SPEECH APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT EXTENDED FOR INTERACTIVE TEXT EXCHANGES - The disclosed solution includes a method for dynamically switching modalities based upon inferred conditions in a dialogue session involving a speech application. The method establishes a dialogue session between a user and the speech application. During the dialogue session, the user interacts using an original modality and a second modality. The speech application interacts using a speech modality only. A set of conditions indicative of interaction problems using the original modality can be inferred. Responsive to the inferring step, the original modality can be changed to the second modality. A modality transition to the second modality can be transparent the speech application and can occur without interrupting the dialogue session. The original modality and the second modality can be different modalities; one including a text exchange modality and another including a speech modality. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271644 | AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING OR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING AN ALIASING-CANCELLATION - An audio signal decoder includes a transform domain path configured to obtain a time-domain representation of a portion of an audio content on the basis of a first set of spectral coefficients, a representation of an aliasing-cancellation stimulus signal and a plurality of linear-prediction-domain parameters. The transform domain path applies a spectrum shaping to the first set of spectral coefficients to obtain a spectrally-shaped version thereof. The transform domain path obtains a time-domain representation of the audio content on the basis of the spectrally-shaped version of the first set of spectral coefficients. The transform domain path includes an aliasing-cancellation stimulus filter to filter the aliasing-cancellation stimulus signal in dependence on at least a subset of the linear-prediction-domain parameters. The transform domain path also includes a combiner configured to combine the time-domain representation of the audio content with an aliasing-cancellation synthesis signal to obtain an aliasing reduced time-domain signal. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271645 | AUTOMATED REPLACEMENT PART ORDERING BASED ON SERVICE THRESHOLDS - Embodiments of the invention relate to the automatic ordering of replacement parts in product servicing. One aspect of the invention concerns a service system including multiple components, a service initiator for identifying a component in the system that has failed or does not operate according to a service threshold, and determining whether the identified component needs a replacement part based on the service threshold. The service system automatically orders a replacement part if the replacement part is needed and notifies a user of the part order. The service threshold may be dynamically adjusted. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271646 | NON COMPROMISING HOME OR CONGREGATE FACILITY RESIDENT PATIENT AND ON SITE CAREGIVER LOCATION SYSTEM WITH INTERMINABLE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION REPORTING - The novelty of the present invention relates to a dedicated system and applied methodology for monitoring a patient under care; so as to guard against and prevent any anticipated potential or kinetic problems arising from either the involvement, or cause of said home or congregate facility resident-patient under care; or from any situation unrelated to said home or congregate facility resident-patient's involvement or cause. Whereas said home or congregate facility resident-patient is classified as being in a state of dementia, or any physical or mental classification requiring an intrinsic form of interminable, non-compromised, on site caregiver administering. Whereby said present invention system sensor components, electronically and wirelessly, interrogates and reports patient status; monitors internal perimeter location and environment, along with external perimeter location and environment. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271647 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED ADHERENCE TO MEDICATION THERAPY - A method for improved adherence to a medication therapy by providing patient interventions at clinically relevant times is disclosed. A pharmacy receives and stores patient information and prescription information in one or more databases, and then fills a prescription for a patient based on the patient information. The pharmacy identifies a plurality of adherence interventions and provides a first-fill counseling session to the patient when the patient receives the filled prescription. The pharmacy also provides a first fill follow-up session and adherence outreach at clinically relevant times. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION AMONG MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND FACILITIES - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of the systems and methods for management of information among various medical providers and/or facilities. According to various embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein may facilitate the completion of location specific forms in a variety of formats by medical professionals. Certain embodiments may be employed by remotely located medical professional utilizing telemedicine technologies. Such systems may provide medical professionals utilizing telemedicine technologies with a consistent interface for gathering and inputting patient information, while continuing to allow for the use of a wide variety of forms by different medical providers and facilities. In addition to facilitating the use of location-specific forms, the systems and methods for management of information disclosed herein may also be used for the collection of patient care metrics. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271649 | Method of Executing a Task Part of a Clinical Pathway in a Computer Implemented Medical Information System - Upon selection of a task part of a clinical pathway in a user interface of a computer implemented medical information system, a technical configuration for the task type is looked up in a task repository and a task executer is determined by its corresponding plug- in to execute the task. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271650 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING PATIENTS WITH PRACTITIONERS - Computer-implemented systems and methods connect users interested in one or more cosmetic procedures with a plurality of practitioners. Using an application of the system, each user submits a request, which includes one or more photographs of himself/herself and a summary of the user's desired goals. The request is transmitted to the practitioners. The practitioners receive the request, optionally use a morphing application provided by the application to manipulate the photograph(s) to mimic the user's desired results, and send a response to the user. Once the user receives the responses, the user can choose to continue corresponding with one or more practitioners to fine-tune or learn more about the projected results, which again may proceed by the exchange of morphed photographs. Once the user is satisfied with one or more of the projected results, the user can send an appointment request to schedule an in-person appointment with one or more practitioners. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271651 | Systems, Methods, And Media Providing An Integrated Timecard, Quality Assurance, And Claim Submission Service - An integrated timecard, quality assurance, and claim submission service helps manage and ensure that a care recipient is receiving care from a caregiver in accordance with a pre-established plan of care and that claim submissions are generated and transmitted to an insurance company or other payer(s) completely, accurately, and compatibly for straight-through processing. The service automatically verifies the hours and days worked and the activities performed by a caregiver, identifies any discrepancies, and adheres to the claim submission requirements of the care recipient's insurance company and/or other payer(s). In some embodiments, a payroll preparation process is also provided to help manage payments to caregivers. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271652 | GRAPHICAL ON-SCREEN BED BOARD WITH PORTABLE PATIENT CARD - An electronically generated bed board is primarily comprised of a plurality of graphical representations of bed cells each having associated therewith a set of bed attributes and a plurality of graphical representations of patient cards each having associated therewith a set of patient attributes. Each patient card may be displayed as either assigned to a bed cell or unassigned. A graphical representation for grouping beds that are in the same room may also be provided. A holding area may be provided in which unassigned patient cards can be displayed. A reservation card capable of being assigned to a bed cell may also be provided. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of using the bed board to model (try) different patient configurations by dragging and dropping patient cards and reservation cards among bed cells and the holding area. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL MESSAGING - A computer system generates medical messages based on an analysis of medical information associated with healthcare providers. The analyzed medical information may be derived from medical records and/or insurance claims, such as those that may be managed by a clearing house entity that manages the processing of medical insurance claims. Healthcare providers having certain patients that meet various analysis criteria may be identified for purposes of generating the messages that can serve to inform the health care providers about potential medical treatments and procedures, such as new drugs, that be significant for the health care provider and may also be significant to the patients of the health care provider who may be identified in the messages. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271654 | Method and System for Wound Care and Management Output - A method and system for use by professionals in the healthcare industry, for the management and care of wounds such as bedsores, pressure ulcers, and the like. The method and system comprises an application residing on a handheld wireless device with an integrated camera, to record clinical data at point-of-care regarding both the patient and the wound. The data gathered by this application/device at the patients' bedside will be uploaded to and outputted via the Internet from a master database where additional tracking and analysis can be done by personnel leading to additional, improved and customized preventive interventions and treatment options. Clinical treatment algorithms may be used to help guide accurate assessment and treatment of the wounds. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271655 | Methods and Systems for Enabling Applications on a Mobile Computing Device to Access Data Associated with a Peripheral Medical Device - A method enables an application executing on a mobile computing device to access, via an application programming interface, data associated with a measurement taken by a blood glucose meter peripheral to the mobile computing device. The method includes transmitting, by a blood glucose meter peripherally connected to a mobile computing device, to a software module provided by a first organization and executing on the mobile computing device, a blood glucose reading of a user of the blood glucose meter. The method includes generating, by the software module, an identification of an event responsive to the transmitted blood glucose reading. The method includes providing, by the software module, an application programming interface allowing an application provided by a second organization and executing on the mobile computing device, to access data associated with at least one of the blood glucose reading and the identification of the event. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271656 | GENETIC PROFILING AND BANKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method is provided for determining whether a third party is authorized to access information representative of genetic data. This information representative of genetic data is associated with a physical sample and is provided in an accessible format. A set or access rights is received that define which third parties can access the information and how the information can be used. A third party requests to access the information for the purposes of performing a test. The request is compared to the access rights. If the third party is authorized, the test is performed on the information. If, however, the third party is not authorized, access is denied. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271657 | OVERLAYING IMAGES IN AUTOMATED INSURANCE POLICY FORM GENERATION - Overlaying images in automated insurance policy form generation includes electronically converting a first form in a first format to a second format to and in response to receiving a Web page request, electronically communicating the second form to be displayed within the Web browser instead of electronically communicating the first form in the first format to be displayed within the Web browser. In the case where the first format is Adobe® portable document format (PDF) and the second format is Joint Picture Expert Group (JPEG) format, this enables the user of the browser to overlay images on the forms within the Web page interface of the browser, while it appears to the user they are overlaying images on the original PDF versions of the forms. The final integrated PDF form is then generated from the data indicating the location of the overlay image on the underlying JPEG form. This process may also apply to insurance policy forms wherein the overlay image is a state specific stamp to be placed on the underlying form. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271658 | METHOD FOR A CLOUD-BASED INTEGRATED RISK PLACEMENT PLATFORM - A cloud-based analysis and trading system that can enable virtual management of both placement and pricing of risk between a reinsurer and cedant, or between any other parties. The system can also manage existing contracts and policies. Cloud software can offer risk optimization, entity rating, trading exchanges, billing and payments services, automated recovery, and statutory filing interfaces. Virtual private clouds can be provisioned around specified criteria, such as lines of business, major rating classes, and groups of claims. | 2012-10-25 |
20120271659 | COMMERCIAL INSURANCE SCORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A quantitative system and method that employs data sources external to an insurance company to generate a statistical model that may be used to more accurately and consistently predict commercial insurance profitability (the “predictive statistical model”). The system and method are able to predict individual commercial insurance policyholder profitability on a prospective basis regardless of the internal data and business practices of a particular insurance company | 2012-10-25 |