46th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120290119 | GARMENT PATTERN REPOSITORY AND CUTTER SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method for storing and accessing a garment pattern including uploading digital representations of one or more garment patterns to a network accessible file repository and accessing the file repository via a network connection associated with a personal computing device. The digital representation of the garment pattern is communicated from the personal computing device to a cutter. The cutter accesses the garment pattern to cut a portion of material according to the garment pattern. The cutter is configured to cut paper and the method further comprises cutting the paper to form a garment pattern. The garment pattern may be attached to fabric that is then cut along a perimeter of the garment pattern. The cutter may also be configured to cut fabric wherein the fabric is cut to form portions of a garment corresponding with the one or more garment patterns. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290120 | Three Axis Desktop Machining Center with a Simplified Mechanism for Low Cost Implementation - A CNC three-axis desktop machining center and a method of use are provided by an embodiment that includes a means for mechanical control for these three axes by employing two pivoting structural arms that carry a machining head and a work stock fixturing table that in their respective arc motions intersect one another to create an X-Y swept area of interaction equal or greater than the total surface area of the preformed work stock to be machined. The third axis of control, at right angles to the plane described by the intersecting arcs of the two pivoting structural arms, may be comprised of a movable structural table to which one of the two pivoting arms is affixed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290121 | DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATED MACHINE FOR HANDLING, ASSEMBLING OR MACHINING WORKPIECES - A device for operating an automated machine for handling, assembling or machining workpieces, comprising: a display apparatus having a screen for displaying a graphic user interface for controlling and/or monitoring machine functions of the machine, an operating apparatus for inputting command-triggering operator actions for controlling functions of the machine and controlling functions of the graphic user interface, and a controller for implementing input command-triggering operator actions into control commands for controlling functions of the machine and/or functions of the graphic user interface. The operating apparatus comprises an apparatus for inputting manual operator actions and an apparatus for inputting contact-free operator actions. The apparatus for inputting contact-free operator actions includes: a sensor system for detecting contact-free actions of the operator and a detecting unit for picking up a command-triggering operating action of the operator by means of the contact-free operator actions detected by the sensor system. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290122 | PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND VIRTUAL DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOL - A numerically controlled machine tool, and method for control thereof, to display virtual two-dimensional future positions to be adopted by a workpiece and by the machine tool in a pre-set predictive time window. The system and method calculate target coordinate values defining positions of the tool along axes of the machine tool on the basis of a machining program. While machining is in progress, a processor receives the calculated target coordinate values to generate and display image data on the basis of the target coordinate values and of stored mathematical models of the machine, of the workpiece, and of the tool. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290123 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In a sheet processing apparatus which is able to control to stack a sheet on at least one of a plurality of stacking units which stack printed sheets, when a first sheet having a small size is stacked on a first stacking unit, and a second sheet having the small size is designated to be stacked on a second stacking unit different from the first stacking unit, it is determined whether a sheet is stacked on a stacking unit adjacent to the second stacking unit, and a third stacking unit, that is different from the second stacking unit and is adjacent to a stacking unit on which a sheet is stacked, is selected as a stacking unit for the second sheet if it is determined that no sheet is stacked on the stacking unit adjacent to the second stacking unit. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290124 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes a robot hand for transferring substrates stored within a storage unit in multiple stages along a vertical direction, and a position detecting unit for detecting storage positions of the substrates stored within the storage unit. The robot system further includes a clearance calculating unit for calculating a clearance between the adjoining substrates on the basis of the storage positions of the substrates detected by the position detecting unit, and an entry permission/prohibition determining unit for determining permission or prohibition of entry of the robot hand into a space between the substrates on the basis of the clearance calculated by the clearance calculating unit. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290125 | METHOD OF TRANSFERRING CONTAINERS AND STORAGE SYSTEM FOR CONTAINERS - A method of transferring a plurality of containers to storage is provided, the method comprises providing at least one multi-level structure ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120290126 | Conveyor Controllers - Various methods, apparatuses, and program products that are used to control at least a portion of a conveyor, determine information about an article conveyed by the conveyor, or otherwise operate a conveyor are provided. One method includes detecting whether a second conveyor controller is connected to the first conveyor controller and, in response to detecting that there is a second conveyor controller connected to the first conveyor controller, identifying whether the second conveyor controller is connected to a predetermined network interface of the first conveyor controller. The method further includes configuring the first conveyor controller to rotate a motorized roller in a first predetermined direction if a second conveyor controller is connected to the predetermined network interface and configuring the first conveyor controller to rotate the motorized roller in a second predetermined direction if a second conveyor controller is not connected to the predetermined network interface. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290127 | SYSTEM FOR HANDLING SLIDES HAVING A LINEAR TRANSPORT MECHANISM FOR TRANSPORTING THE RACKS - The present invention relates to a system ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120290128 | MEDICAMENT DISPENSING SYSTEM - A system for storing a plurality of solid objects and dispensing the solid objects into a plurality of containers. The system comprises non-automated dispensing cells, physically actuated to dispense solid objects one at a time into one of the containers, and automated dispensing cells, electrically actuated to dispense solid objects from a holding tank simultaneously in bulk into one of the containers. The automated dispensing cells may independently dispense objects into the holding tank one at a time while a manipulator arm of the system simultaneously brings a container to one of the non-automated or automated dispensing cells. Then, when the manipulator arm brings a container to one of the automated dispensing cells, the solid objects may be dispensed into the container in bulk by simply opening a gate mechanism. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290129 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A CONTROL PROCESS THAT INSPECTS DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS - An inspection system and method that inspects at least two different medications is described. The automated filling station houses at least two different medications. The automated inspection station receives the medications associated with one of the packages. The measurement device associated with the automated inspection station is configured to examine the different medications and generate a measured medication value for the different medications. The measured medication value is received by the inspection control process module. Additionally, the expected medication value is received by the inspection control process module. The inspection result state is then selected by the inspection control process module. The inspection control module compares the expected medication value to the measured medication value. The inspection result state includes a positive inspection result state, a negative inspection result state, and an inconclusive inspection result state. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290130 | Method to Model and Program a Robotic Workcell - An improved method to model and program a robotic workcell. Two-dimensional (2D) images of a physical workcell are captured to facilitate, in part, initial integration of any preexisting three-dimensional (3D) component models into a 3D model workcell. 3D models of other essential workcell components are synthesized and integrated into the 3D workcell model. The robot is then configured and programmed. The resultant 3D workcell model more faithfully reflects the “as-built” workcell than a traditional model that represents the “as-designed” workcell. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290131 | PARALLEL KINEMATIC MACHINE TRAJECTORY PLANNING METHOD - The parallel kinematic machine (PKM) trajectory planning method is operable via a data-driven neuro-fuzzy multistage-based system. Offline planning based on robot kinematic and dynamic models, including actuators, is performed to generate a large dataset of trajectories, covering most of the robot workspace and minimizing time and energy, while avoiding singularities and limits on joint angles, rates, accelerations and torques. The method implements an augmented Lagrangian solver on a decoupled form of the PKM dynamics in order to solve the resulting non-linear constrained optimal control problem. Using outcomes of the offline-planning, the data-driven neuro-fuzzy inference system is built to learn, capture to and optimize the desired dynamic behavior of the PKM. The optimized system is used to achieve near-optimal online planning with a reasonable time complexity. The effectiveness of the method is illustrated through a set of simulation experiments proving the technique on a 2-degrees of freedom planar PKM. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290132 | ROBOT DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a robot device including a drive unit including a plurality of links and joints connecting the links, a task instruction input unit for inputting an instruction of a task, a drive control unit for controlling an operation of the drive unit on the basis of the input task and determining a restricted area including a space necessary for the operation of the drive unit, and an area display unit for displaying the restricted area. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290133 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand has a plurality of fingers including a contact sensing finger that senses contact with an object. A base provided with the fingers detects a resultant reaction force that is the combination of reaction forces from the fingers. When no resultant reaction force is detected, the plurality of fingers are moved toward the object, and when the contact sensing finger comes into contact with the object, a force that drives the fingers is switched to a force corresponding to a grasp force. When the contact sensing finger has not come into contact with the object but a resultant reaction force is detected, the driving of the fingers is terminated and the position of the base is corrected by moving the base in a direction in which the resultant reaction force having acted thereon is not detected any more. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290134 | ESTIMATION OF A POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A FRAME USED IN CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF A TOOL - A robotic system includes a camera having an image frame whose position and orientation relative to a fixed frame is determinable through one or more image frame transforms, a tool disposed within a field of view of the camera and having a tool frame whose position and orientation relative to the fixed frame is determinable through one or more tool frame transforms, and at least one processor programmed to identify pose indicating points of the tool from one or more camera captured images, determine an estimated transform for an unknown one of the image and tool frame transforms using the identified pose indicating points and known ones of the image and tool frame transforms, update a master-to-tool transform using the estimated and known ones of the image and tool frame transforms, and command movement of the tool in response to movement of a master using the updated master-to-tool transform. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290135 | UNIFIED AND FLEXIBLE CONTROL OF MULTIPLE DATA CENTER COOLING MECHANISMS - Techniques are described for controlling the climate in a data center. Using the input of an administrator, multiple desired attributes of a data center (e.g., temperature, energy consumption, costs, or system performance) may be balanced using a utility function that maximizes the utility of the computing systems in the data center according to the administrator's preferences. Additionally, a cooling model is generated that represents the affect of a control parameter (e.g., the fan speed of a CRAC) on the desire attributes of the data center. The cooling model may then be substituted into the utility function to replace the desired attributes. Using this new utility function, the control parameters may be varied such that the maximum utility is achieved. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290136 | SPEED ADJUSTMENT OF AN ACTUATOR FOR AN HVAC SYSTEM - An actuator for moving a component of an HVAC system includes a housing, a motor, and a hub configured to receive a shaft. The actuator also includes a processing circuit configured to temporarily shift the actuator from a first speed mode to a second speed mode that is different than the first speed mode upon receiving an input signal. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290137 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF A BUILDING - The invention relates to a control system for adjusting environmental conditions of a building. The control system comprises a server used for accessing external services through a communication network, such as the Internet. The control system comprises controllers for controlling environmental equipment based on sensor signals. The controllers can be used for relaying communication between the server and user interface means in the usage of external services. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROGRAMMING HVAC SYSTEM TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT TIMES - A programmable HVAC controller, a method of automatically programming HVAC system temperature adjustment times and an HVAC system incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the programmable HVAC controller includes: (1) a memory subsystem, (2) a communication subsystem configured to receive a wake-up alarm time and (3) a processing subsystem coupled to the memory and communication subsystems and configured to: (3a) set a “sleep” temperature adjustment time based on a time the wake-up alarm time is received and (3b) set a “wake” temperature adjustment time based on the wake-up alarm time. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290139 | REMOTE CONTROL IRRIGATION SYSTEM - The object of the present invention is a remote control irrigation system which comprises a centralized radio control programmer (P) adapted to generate radiofrequency programming controls and a plurality of programmable units (RF VPR) provided with a radiofrequency control module (MC) adapted to receive and execute said programming commands and to communicate its status to said centralized programmer (P). The system is further provided with at least one radiofrequency rain sensor (SP) associated with said programmable units (RF VPR) in a dedicated or universal manner. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290140 | Method and System to Control Irrigation Across Large Geographic Areas Using Remote Sensing, Weather and Field Level Data - A system and method to use remote sensing to estimate crop water use that is forecasted and is updated as weather and new satellite data become available. From these data the system and method uses a water accounting algorithm to prescribe irrigation differentially for regions of a field or for the entire field as an average. Irrigation prescription is delivered remotely through Internet technology. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290141 | Method, a system, a computer-readable medium, and a power controlling apparatus for applying and distributing power - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to power management and the like, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable medium for providing power controlling functionality to generate configurable power signals and to deliver power during fault conditions. In at least some embodiments, a power control unit can generate power signals having configurable attributes as a function of a mode of operation, a fault type, and the like. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290142 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided are a network system and a method of controlling the same. The network system includes a metering device metering energy supplied from a power supply source, a communication device by which energy information related to the energy communicates, an energy management device recognizing the energy information to control an operation of an electric product, and an environment information management device recognizing a carbon amount or a carbon dioxide amount, which is generated according to the operation of the electric product. A power-saving operation of the electric product is selectively performed, based on the carbon amount or the carbon dioxide amount recognized by the environment information management device. Since a power management program is executed using an environment information management unit, energy may be further efficiently managed within an intellectual power supply network. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290143 | Method, a system, a computer-readable medium, and a power controlling apparatus for applying and distributing power - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to power management and the like, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable medium for providing power controlling functionality to generate configurable power signals and to deliver power during fault conditions. In at least some embodiments, a power control unit can generate power signals having configurable attributes as a function of a mode of operation, a fault type, and the like. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290144 | POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AS WELL AS POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, HOUSE PROVIDED WITH POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROGRAM FOR POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an electric power management advising device, advice generated by the advice generating section and related to electric power saving is outputted by the advice outputting section. On the basis the advice thus generated, the collective control executing section carries out controls of the respective plurality of devices collectively. Accordingly, a user is provided with the advice related to electric power saving, and the plurality of devices are collectively controlled on the basis of the advice. That is, when the user wants to adopt the advice provided to the user, the user does not have to handle an operation himself. This keeps the user free from inconvenience. Therefore, it becomes possible to achieve an electric power saving effect reliably and provide a more comfortable and enriched life to the user. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290145 | Single-stage grid-connected solar inverter for distributed reactive power generation - The present invention proposes a method and a system for generating a bidirectional power flow between a DC component and an AC grid for a distributed power generation system using solar panels. The system includes an inverter that further includes a DC component for generating DC power and a single-stage DC-AC converter for converting the DC power into AC power by operating in one or more pre-defined modes. The AC power includes a reactive power component and an active power component. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290146 | GPS/IMU/Video/Radar absolute/relative positioning communication/computation sensor platform for automotive safety applications - A GPS/IMU safety sensor platform is proposed, consisting of data fusion Processors, GNSS Signal Acquisition and Tracking Processors, MEMS IMU sensors, one or multiple accelerometers able to provide orientation information, optional V2V communication modules, and optional V2I communication modules. The data fusion processors provide interface ports to GNSS/IMU processors, odometers, video (Visual/Infrared) cameras installed in the vehicle, V2V relative positioning sensors (laser, radar or any other distance measuring), and V2V and V2I communication modules. The data fusion processors are interfaced to a driver warning system and optionally to the vehicle controls for providing safety warning messages to drivers, or for automatic control the vehicle for preventing and reducing accidents. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290147 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A LOAD AT THE END OF A ROPE WRAPPED OVER A ROD - A digging machine. The machine includes a rod having a central bore with at least two strain gauges angled relative to each other, a hoist rope, and a CPU configured to create a calibration table of a plurality of outputs from each of the two strain gauges, given various rope tensions and rope angles, determine an unknown rope tension and rope angle, use the output from one strain gauge and create a first set of data point angle and tension pairs from plurality of calibration outputs that correspond to the one output from one strain gauge, use the output from the other strain gauge and create a second set of data point angle and tension pairs from the plurality of calibration outputs that correspond to the one output from other strain gauge, and determine, based on where said two sets of data points intersect, rope tension and rope angle. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290148 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPATCHING VEHICLE - A method and a system for dispatching vehicle are provided. The method for dispatching vehicle includes the following steps: A. obtaining the vehicle information, which includes vehicle numbers, vehicle states and relative positions; B. placing the vehicle icons corresponding to the vehicle numbers in the corresponding positions on the virtual line schedule map according to the vehicle states and the relative positions, the virtual line schedule map includes a line table, which is composed of multiple independent lines, and each line includes up-line, down-line, line description and vehicle icons, each vehicle icon corresponds to a specific encoded vehicle; C. displaying the virtual line schedule map refreshed via step B. The system for dispatching vehicle includes vehicle information obtaining unit, vehicle states judging and processing unit, displaying unit and dispatching unit. The system realize the visual vehicle dispatching method by utilizing the virtual line schedule map, so as to implement vehicle monitoring and dispatching. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290149 | Methods and Apparatus for Selective Power Enablement with Predictive Capability - A computer implemented method includes examining a travel route to determine the presence of emission control zones along the route. The method further includes determining how much power will be required to operate a vehicle along the portions of the route within the emission control zones. Also, this method includes preserving the determined amount of power required to operate the vehicle along the portions of the route within the emission control zones. Further, the method includes selectively activating a vehicle electric power mode using the preserved power while the vehicle is operating within the emission control zones. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290150 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND USING LOCATION INFORMATION - An initiator located on a car energizes an RFID fixed to a roadway. The RFID returns identification and other information. The initiator may include a vehicle mobile device such as a telematics device, or smartphone, which, may couple to an initiator transponder or receiver. A receiver uses the RFID information to perform an action, e.g., using the identifier to generate driving instructions, play advertising content, or generate alerts and warnings for various dangerous conditions and maneuvers. The vehicle mobile device can transmit marker identifiers to a central server for use in traffic flow analysis to count the number of vehicles that transmit a marker's identifier during a period. Marker information can form an instruction upon reaching a given marker traveling at a certain speed to operate the steering wheel at a given angle to follow a predetermined turn radius, or to reduce speed to comply with a reduced speed limit. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290151 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EQUIPMENT ON A VEHICLE WITH A HYBRID-ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN - A vehicle equipped for power take off operation using direct application of power from a hybrid electric powertrain. A body computer connects to the controller area network to receive chassis input signals. A controller area network has an electronic control module, a transmission control module, and a hybrid control module. The electronic control module electrically connects to the transmission control module and the hybrid control module. A data link based remote power module is installed on the vehicle for generating body demand signals for initiating operation of the vehicle hybrid electric powertrain for a power take off operation. A plurality of PTO request switches are electrically connected to the controller area network. The body computer is programmable to accept a signal from at least one of the PTO request switches to change an operating state of the power take off operation. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290152 | Collaborative Engagement for Target Identification and Tracking - A method for controlling unmanned vehicles to maintain line-of-sight between a predetermined target and at least one unmanned vehicle. The method comprises: providing an unmanned air vehicle including sensors configured to locate a target and an unmanned ground vehicle including sensors configured to locate and track the target; communicating and exchanging data to and among the unmanned ground vehicles; controlling the unmanned air vehicle and the unmanned ground vehicle to maintain line-of-sight between a predetermined target and at least one of the unmanned air vehicles; geolocating the predetermined target with the unmanned air vehicle using information regarding a position of the unmanned air vehicle and information regarding a position of the target relative to the unmanned air vehicle; and transmitting information defining the geolocation of the predetermined target to the unmanned ground vehicle so that the unmanned ground vehicle can perform path planning based on the geolocation. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290153 | FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ALTERNATE CONTROL PATH - A flight control system and method including a primary flight control path between one or more pilot controls and control surface actuators on an associated aircraft, wherein the primary control path includes one or more flight control computers and one or more first data concentrators; and a secondary flight control path between the one or more pilot controls and the control surface actuators, wherein the secondary flight control path utilizes direct mode control laws to control the control surface actuators; wherein the primary flight control path and the secondary flight control path are independent from each other and the secondary flight control path is operative upon detection of a fault in the primary flight control path. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290154 | PROVIDING DATA FOR PREDICTING AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY - The present invention provides a system and method of producing a description of the flight intent of an aircraft expressed using a formal language. The description may be used to generate a predicted aircraft trajectory, for example by air traffic management. Rules are used in association with information provided to express the flight intent of the aircraft in a formal language. The flight intent describes a flight in terms of flight segments, and provides information of the path to be flown and how it is to be flown. The flight intent does not necessarily define unambiguously the aerodynamic configuration of the aircraft and the motion of the aircraft during the flight. The flight intent is used alongside other information to generate the aircraft intent that does describe unambiguously the aircraft's trajectory. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290155 | Method And Device For Aiding The Piloting Of An Aircraft During An Intermediate Approach Phase Of A Descent - Method and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during an intermediate approach phase of a descent. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290156 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE - A method of controlling a vehicle system includes receiving information of a failure condition in a first rail vehicle of a rail vehicle consist. The method further includes, in response to the failure condition, controlling a second rail vehicle of the rail vehicle consist from a first operational mode to a different, second operational mode. In the second operational mode, the second rail vehicle performs a function that the first rail vehicle cannot due to the failure condition. The information is received over a distributed power system of the rail vehicle consist, and/or the second rail vehicle is controlled over the distributed power system. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290157 | CONTROL OF THROTTLE AND BRAKING ACTIONS AT INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTED POWER LOCOMOTIVES IN A RAILROAD TRAIN - A method for controlling first and second locomotives of a railroad train, the first and the second locomotives separated by at least one railcar. The method comprises determining a location of the first locomotive and a location of the second locomotive, determining an operating condition of the first locomotive and an operating condition of the second locomotive, determining a first control aspect of the first locomotive responsive to the operating condition and the location of the first locomotive, determining a second control aspect of the second locomotive responsive to the operating condition and the location of the second locomotive, and controlling the first and the second locomotives according to the first control aspect and the second control aspect, respectively. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290158 | POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A power transmitting apparatus includes a clutch that operates based on pressure of a fed fluid to adjust a mode of power transmission of an engine or/and a motor/generator on a power transmission route, a first driving pump that feeds the fluid to the clutch by being driven in accordance with rotation of the motor/generator, and a second driving pump that feeds the fluid to the clutch by being driven in accordance with electric power, wherein a first engagement unit and a second engagement unit can be caused to engage rapidly or slowly by selecting one of the first driving pump and the second driving pump as a source of the fluid, and when a drive request of the clutch is present and a rotation speed of the motor/generator is lower than a predetermined rotation speed, the first engagement unit and the second engagement unit are caused to engage rapidly by feeding the fluid from the second driving pump. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290159 | Location Enhanced Distance Until Charge (DUC) Estimation for a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) - A method and a system augment or improve a distance until charge (DUC) estimation for a vehicle such as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) by using location information. Such location information may be provided by a global positioning system (GPS) or the like associated with the vehicle. The method and the system generally estimate the DUC value as a function of past driving pattern historical data that is relevant to a current driving situation. To this end, the method and the system ignore past driving pattern historical data that is not relevant to the current driving situation when estimating the DUC value. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290160 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWER REGULATING CONTROL METHOD WITH MANUAL-ASSIST HYBRID MODES - We disclose a method for controlling power to a human electric hybrid vehicle that creates a superior ride compared to electric vehicles of the prior art. The present invention employs a large motor that can assist a rider at slower speeds but limits the amount of power that the motor can produce at greater speeds. We also disclose a controller and a human electric hybrid bicycle capable of utilizing the claimed method. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290161 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A detector detects a remaining power of a battery. A calculator calculates a demand load of air-conditioning based on at least one of a preset temperature set for air in a passenger compartment of an electric vehicle and an outside temperature of air outside of the electric vehicle. A switching portion switches a mode of air-conditioning between a battery mode and an engine mode based on the calculated demand load and the detected remaining power of the battery. The battery mode causes the battery to supply electric power for air-conditioning, and the engine mode causes an engine of the electric vehicle to supply combustion energy for air-conditioning. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290162 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF A VEHICLE - Method for controlling a vehicle that includes a support, at least one wheel, a platform coupled to the at least one wheel, a coupling structure having a support portion coupled to the support and a platform portion coupled to the platform that allows the support portion to move or slide fore and aft with respect to the platform portion, an actuator coupled to the coupling structure to control the position of the support portion relative to the platform portion, a drive coupled to the at least one wheel to deliver power to the at least one wheel to propel the vehicle and maintain the platform level, and a controller coupled to the drive to control the drive and coupled to the actuator to control the actuator. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290163 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A vehicle transmission device includes an input member coupled to a combustion engine and a rotary electric machine; an output member coupled to wheels; a speed change mechanism with a plurality of friction engagement elements and that provides a plurality of shift speeds; and a control device that controls the speed change mechanism. When a during-regeneration downshift is performed while the rotary electric machine is outputting regenerative torque, the control device sets a target increase capacity, which is a target value of a transfer torque capacity of an engagement-side element to be engaged after an increase, increases the transfer torque capacity of the engagement-side element to the target increase capacity over a predetermined torque capacity increase period, and decreases a transfer torque capacity of a disengagement-side element, which is to be disengaged, over a predetermined torque capacity decrease period that at least partially overlaps the torque capacity increase period. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290164 | MULTI-ROLE UNMANNED VEHICLE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An unmanned vehicle may include a vehicle body that comprises an enclosed hull. The unmanned vehicle may include a propulsion, a ballast control system, a center of gravity system, a pressurization system, a control surface system, a navigation control system, and an on board master control system. The on board master control system may execute local control over operation of the various systems of the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may also include a power supply carried by a portion of the vehicle body to provide power to the various systems. The various systems of the unmanned vehicle may be independently operable to support selective operation of the unmanned vehicle in the air, on the surface of the water, and below the surface of the water. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290165 | Flexible Robotic Mower - The flexible robotic lawn mower utilizes the ultrasonic sensor nodes installing on the border, inside the lawn yard, and outside the lawn yard, to define the lawn yard region, to detect the position of the robotic lawn mower base, and to program the mowing route and grass cutting depth. The system allows the users to freely vary the mowing regions and locations, and therefore provide the maximum flexibility. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290166 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE MONITORING WITH PROCESSING INTERRUPTION TOLERANCE - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for vehicle monitoring with processing interruption tolerance. One or more vehicle sensors can transmit one or more data streams to a primary data processing system via a data channel. A secondary data buffer can be coupled to the data channel to continuously capture the set of data streams and/or subsets thereof. During normal operation, the set of data streams are processed by the primary data processing system. After a limited-duration fault occurs in the primary data processing system, it can recover by accessing the backup data in the secondary data buffer. The lost data can be retrieved from the secondary data buffer using timestamp information to process the data in its original time context and to ensure that no already-processed data is included. The set of data streams can be downsampled or decimated in the secondary data buffer to extend storage capacity. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290167 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLUTCH IN A TRANSMISSION - A method to control a clutch in a transmission includes monitoring a frequency response of the clutch including monitoring a response repeating one time per revolution of the clutch a response repeating more than one time per revolution of the clutch. A ratio of the response repeating more than one time per revolution of the clutch to the response repeating one time per revolution of the clutch is determined and compared to a first threshold ratio. A likely shudder condition is indicated based upon the comparing. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290168 | STATE ESTIMATION, DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL USING EQUIVALENT TIME SAMPLING - A method and system for using Equivalent Time Sampling to improve the effective sampling rate of sensor data, and using the improved-resolution data for diagnosis and control. Data samples from existing sensors are provided, where the sampling rate of the existing sensors is not sufficient to accurately characterize the parameters being measured. High-resolution data sets are reconstructed using Equivalent Time Sampling. High-resolution input data sets are used in a system model to simulate the performance of the system being measured. Results from the system model, and high-resolution output data sets from Equivalent Time Sampling, are provided to an estimator, which provides accurate estimation of measured quantities and estimation of quantities not measured. Output from the estimator is used for fault diagnosis and control of the system being measured. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290169 | NOVEL SENSOR ALIGNMENT PROCESS AND TOOLS FOR ACTIVE SAFETY VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - A method and tools for virtually aligning object detection sensors on a vehicle without having to physically adjust the sensors. A sensor misalignment condition is detected during normal driving of a host vehicle by comparing different sensor readings to each other. At a vehicle service facility, the host vehicle is placed in an alignment target fixture, and alignment of all object detection sensors is compared to ground truth to determine alignment calibration parameters. Alignment calibration can be further refined by driving the host vehicle in a controlled environment following a leading vehicle. Final alignment calibration parameters are authorized and stored in system memory, and applications which use object detection data henceforth adjust the sensor readings according to the calibration parameters. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290170 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF AN INSTALLATION OF A VEHICLE - A maintenance system of an installation of a vehicle, such as a vision installation of a tanker aircraft, including maintenance equipment having a performing device performing maintenance activities by way of an interactive communication between the maintenance equipment and the installation, in which the installation uses a first communication interface and is provided with an I/O connector; the maintenance equipment is provided with a wireless connector using a second communication interface; and the system also includes a converter device for the first and second communication interfaces connected to the I/O connector. The invention also refers to a method for performing the maintenance of the installation. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290171 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - To provide a vehicle control device capable of improving the ride comfort on the vehicle. A vehicle control device for controlling operation of a vehicle including a vehicle body, and a tire for supporting the vehicle body and contacting with a ground surface, the vehicle control device includes an operation condition detecting unit configured to detect an operation condition that influences a side vibration of the vehicle body; a suspension geometry adjusting unit configured to adjust a suspension geometry of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control operation of the suspension geometry adjusting unit based on a detection result of the operation condition detecting unit. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290172 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VARIABLE REDUCED EFFORT STEERING IN ELECTRIC STEERING SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for reducing steering effort in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for installing a steering-assist system onto a vehicle having an electrically powered steering system is provided. The method includes placing a controller between a torque sensor and an electronic control unit (ECU) disposed on the vehicle, coupling a primary signal line from the torque sensor to be in electrical communication with the controller, and coupling a secondary signal line to the controller to be in electrical communication with the ECU, wherein, when movement is detected by the torque sensor, the torque sensor provides a primary signal to the controller and the controller provides a secondary signal to the ECU, the secondary signal being different than the primary signal. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290173 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - To perform appropriate travel control of a vehicle without applying an uncomfortable feeling to a driver, an ideal travel locus, that is a travel locus that becomes a target when travel control of the vehicle is performed, is set, plural guide target points which guide the vehicle when the travel control is performed are set on the ideal travel locus, and when the vehicle is guided to the guide target points, the vehicle is guided by making a degree of influence when the vehicle is guided at the plural guide target points different from each other. With the configuration, in a portion having a low degree of importance on the ideal travel locus, when the vehicle is guided by reducing the degree of influence of the guide target points, since the vehicle is guided in a state that a compelling force is small, the vehicle can be guided without applying an uncomfortable feeling to the driver. Further, in a portion having a high degree of importance on the ideal travel locus, when the vehicle is guided by increasing the degree of influence of the guide target points, since the vehicle is guided by a large compelling force, appropriate travel control of the vehicle can be performed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290174 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The electric power steering apparatus is provided with: a steering torque detector that detects steering torque of a steering wheel; an electric motor that applies steering assist force to the steering wheel; a current detector that detects an actual current actually supplied to the electric motor; a target current setting unit that sets a target current to be supplied to the electric motor, on the basis of the steering torque detected by the steering torque detector; a feedback controller that performs feedback control so that the target current and the actual current coincide with each other; and a feedforward controller that performs feedforward control for increasing the actual current detected by the current detector if the target current increases, the feedforward controller including a frequency compensator that provides a smaller amount of increase in the actual current as a frequency of a variation in the target current is lower. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290175 | CONTROL DEVICE OF ELECTROHYDRAULIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A power steering apparatus control device is provided with target rotation speed setting means, motor control means, and processing means. The target rotation speed setting means sets the target rotation speed of the electric motor base on the vehicle speed and the angular speed of the steering wheel. The motor control means controls the rotation speed of the electric motor to become the target rotation speed. The processing means detects an end contact state in which steering force is applied although the steering wheel reaches a mechanical operation limit when the drive load of the electric motor exceeds a threshold load and the time period when the state in which the steering angular speed is lower than a threshold angular speed is established reaches a threshold time period, and performs a protection operation for preventing the target rotation speed setting means from increasing the target rotation speed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290176 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The electric power steering apparatus is provided with: a steering torque detector that detects steering torque of a steering wheel; an electric motor that applies steering assist force to the steering wheel; a current detector that detects an actual current actually supplied to the electric motor; a target current setting unit that sets a target current to be supplied to the electric motor, on the basis of the steering torque detected by the steering torque detector; a feedback controller that performs feedback control so that the target current and the actual current coincide with each other; and a feedforward controller that performs feedforward control for increasing the actual current detected by the current detector if the target current increases, the feedforward controller including a frequency compensator that provides a smaller amount of increase in the actual current as a frequency of a variation in the target current is lower. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290177 | Control Device for a Vehicle Having an Automatically Opening and/or Automatically Closing Flap - A vehicle control system for an automatically opening and/or automatically closing flap, includes a programmable operating switch and a programmable electronic control device. The operating switch is a proximity sensor that is actuatable in a non-contact manner and, after the actuation occurs, generates an operation request signal as an input signal to the control device. In the presence of the operation request signal and, as required, of at least one further condition, the control device emits a command to a closing mechanism for opening or closing the flap. The control device and/or the operating switch is programmed such that the operation request signals are counted as long as at least a first defined condition has not yet been met, and that, when a defined maximal counter reading has been reached, the operation request signals will be ignored until at least a second defined condition has been met. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290178 | LOADING GUIDE SYSTEM - Provided is a system by which a loading machine ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120290179 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed is a vehicle control apparatus which can prevent the deterioration of drivability. The ECU can set a control accelerator opening degree to be converted when a control permission condition is established. The control accelerator opening degree is equal to or larger than an accelerator lower limit which is larger than an idle determination value for determining an automatic stopping of an engine by an eco-run. The control accelerator opening degree thus set can prevent the drivability from being deteriorated without the automatic stopping of the engine being caused even if the accelerator opening degree is converted to reduce the torque of the engine with the establishment of the control permission condition. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290180 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An exemplary control device includes an input torque detection unit that detects an input torque input to the input shaft; and a controller that: determines torque distribution of two of the friction engagement elements that form the shift speeds; and calculates a transmission torque of the two friction engagement elements based on the input torque and the torque distribution and sets the engagement pressure to obtain a torque capacity that can transmit the transmission torque, wherein the controller sets the engagement pressure such that slippage does not occur in the two friction engagement elements in a state where engagement of the two friction engagement elements forms the shift speeds and such that, even if an additional friction engagement element engages based on the line pressure while the two friction engagement elements are engaged, one of the three friction engagement elements is caused to slip. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290181 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING INITIAL TEMPERATURES IN DRY DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS - A method for determining initial or starting temperatures for a dry dual clutch mechanism at vehicle start-up includes as determining a time lapse from shut-down to start-up. The method determines a housing air start temperature of the housing air within a bell housing case of the dry dual clutch mechanism at vehicle start-up, reads a first clutch stop temperature of a first clutch at vehicle shut-down, reads a housing air stop temperature of the housing air at vehicle shut-down, and determines a heat transfer coefficient between the first clutch and the housing air. The method includes determining a first clutch start temperature from, at least: the heat transfer coefficient between the first clutch and the housing air; a temperature differential between the first clutch stop temperature and the housing air stop temperature; and the housing air start temperature. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290182 | OFF-BOARD SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A MOVEMENT PLAN OF A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - A system includes a monitoring module, a congestion module, a modification module, and a communication module. The monitoring module monitors vehicles in a transportation network. The congestion module calculates a throughput parameter that is representative of a statistical measure of adherence to a movement plan by the vehicles. The modification module determines a confidence parameter representative of a probability that changing the original meet event does not reduce the throughput parameter. The modification module modifies the original meet event to an updated meet event when the confidence parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold. The communication module transmits the updated meet event to the yielding vehicle and/or the passing vehicle, for the yielding vehicle and/or the passing vehicle to receive the updated meet event from the communication module and change a speed of the yielding vehicle or the passing rail vehicle to arrive at the updated meet event. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290183 | Method for operating a braking system and a corresponding control unit - A method for operating a braking system of a vehicle having at least one brake-able wheel, a braking force variable, which represents a braking force, of a braking device associated with the wheel being increased during a braking operation until a locking tendency of the wheel is recognized, and then reduced to a certain value. It is provided that the braking force variable is subsequently set to a setpoint braking force variable, which corresponds to a selectable portion of the braking force variable present at the recognition of the locking tendency, for a certain time period. Also described is a control unit for implementing the method. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290184 | ROAD INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE - A representative point corresponding to geometry of the road on which the vehicle is traveling is calculated based on positional information on a stationary target detected by a radar, and based on positional information of the calculated representative points, left and right side corresponding straight lines that correspond to left and right side edges of the road are calculated. With one of the corresponding straight lines that has a most distal end more proximal to the vehicle than that of the other being set as a reference corresponding straight line, information on curving geometry of the road is detected based on positional information on a representative point within a process targeted area that is sandwiched between the left and the right side corresponding straight lines and extends in the traveling direction of the vehicle and is also distal to the most distal end of the reference corresponding straight line. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290185 | SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - A system is provided that includes a control unit configured to be disposed on-board at least one of a first vehicle or a second vehicle. The control unit also is configured to receive an updated time of an event involving the first vehicle and the second vehicle traveling in a transportation network. The control unit also is configured to change a speed of said at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle in response to the updated time to arrive at the event. A method is provided that includes, at one of a first vehicle or a second vehicle, receiving an updated time of an event involving the first vehicle and the second vehicle in a transportation network. The method also includes changing a speed of said one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle in response to the updated tune to arrive at the event. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290186 | MULTIPLEX CONTROL SYSTEM, TRANSPORT DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLEX CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A conveying device includes a multiplexing control device and power wheels, and the multiplexing control device includes sensors, a bus, a first controller and a second controller. The sensors are used to receive travelling information and output sensing signals. The bus is used to receive the sensing signals and output the sensing signals to the first controller and the second controller. When the conveying device operates, the first controller controls the power wheels according to the sensing signals. If the sensing signals are too complicated, the second controller performs processing together with the first controller. If the first controller is damaged, the second controller replaces the first controller and controls the power wheels according to the sensing signals. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290187 | Acceleration-Based Safety Monitoring of a Drive of a Motor Vehicle - An acceleration-based method and device for the safety monitoring of a drive is provided. In the method a setpoint torque is calculated in a safety function as a function of the position of the accelerator pedal. An expected vehicle acceleration is determined, as a function of the setpoint torque, in the safety function. An actual vehicle acceleration is determined, preferably by an acceleration sensor. A fault situation may be detected by comparing the actual vehicle acceleration and the expected vehicle acceleration. A device, preferably included in the vehicle electronics, is configured to implement the acceleration-based method. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290188 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed is a vehicle control apparatus which can prevent a drivability of a vehicle from being deteriorated. When an ECU determines that an accelerator is “ON” and a brake is “ON”, the ECU determines whether or not the brake previously depressed is “OFF”. When the ECU determines that the brake previously depressed is “OFF” and that the vehicle is in the reduced speed state, the vehicle control apparatus is operative to execute an engine output reduction control process under the condition that the simultaneous depressions of the accelerator and brake pedals continues for less than 10 seconds and the vehicle speed is not less than 7 km/hr. When the simultaneous depressions of the accelerator and brake pedals continues for no less than 10 seconds, the ECU is operative to make an output reduction prohibition flag “ON” and not to execute the engine output reduction control process until a predetermined time elapses. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290189 | COMPRESSION RATIO DETERMINATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system includes a sampling module and a map generating module. The sampling module receives a first mapping of thermal efficiency of a spark-ignition engine generated based on operation of the spark-ignition engine with a dynamometer. A combustion chamber of the spark-ignition engine has a first compression ratio. The map generating module generates a second mapping of the thermal efficiency of the spark-ignition engine based on the first mapping and the combustion chamber having a second compression ratio. The second compression ratio is different than the first compression ratio. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290190 | System for Determining EGR Cooler Degradation - Systems and methods for diagnosing an EGR system are presented. The method provides for indicating EGR system degradation in response to a temperature at an outlet of an EGR cooler. The method may require less calibration effort than a model based diagnostic. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290191 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An abnormality determination apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders includes: a fluctuation increasing unit that increases a fluctuation in output shaft rotation speed of the internal combustion engine; and a determination unit that determines whether there is a variation in air-fuel ratio among the plurality of cylinders based on the fluctuation increased by the fluctuation increasing unit. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290192 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM CONTROLLER - Provided is an internal combustion engine system controller, including a sub-feedback learning section, a state determining section, and a learning update-speed setting section. The state determining section determines, to which of at least three states including: (a) a stable state in which a fluctuating state of a sub-feedback learning value is stable; (b) an unstable state in which the fluctuating state greatly fluctuates; and (c) an intermediate state between the stable state and the instable state (may be referred to as sub-stable state), the fluctuating state corresponds. The learning update-speed setting section sets an update speed of the sub-feedback learning value in accordance with the result of determination by the state determining section. Further, the learning update-speed setting section suppresses the occurrence of hunting of the sub-feedback learning value. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290193 | Internal Combustion Engine Control Device - An internal combustion engine control device is provided which can accurately estimate intake pipe temperature behavior during transient time even in an internal combustion engine embedded with a variable valve or a turbocharger. The internal combustion engine control device estimates transient behavior of the intake pipe temperature, on the basis of a flow rate (dGafs/dt) of gas flowing into the intake pipe, a flow rate (dGcyl/dt) of gas flowing from the intake pipe, an intake pipe pressure Pin, and a temporal changing rate (dPin/dt) of the intake pipe pressure. The device performs knocking control during transient time, on the basis of the estimated transient behavior of the intake pipe temperature. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290194 | AUTOMATIC STOP/RESTART DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The automatic/stop restart device includes a restart control module for performing restart control for the internal combustion engine by pushing out a pinion gear ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120290195 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine is provided. A wide-open intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine, is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. An actual intake air amount of the engine is detected or estimated, and an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the actual intake air amount. The engine is controlled using the calculated exhaust gas recirculation ratio. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290196 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided, which is capable of suppressing deterioration of exhaust emission due to an unburned fuel contained in oil which enters a combustion chamber during valve stop control while preventing inflow of fresh air to a catalyst, at a time of valve return following return from fuel cut. Variable valve operating apparatuses having valve stop mechanisms capable of changing operation states of an intake valve and an exhaust valve between valve operation states and valve closed and stopped states are included. Valve stop control that changes the operation states of the intake valve and the exhaust valve to the valve closed and stopped states is performed, at a time of execution of the fuel cut. When a return request from the fuel cut with the valve stop control is detected, a fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber before the operation state of the exhaust valve is returned to the valve operation state. The fuel supply amount in this case is corrected in accordance with an amount of the unburned fuel contained in the oil which enters into the combustion chamber from a crank chamber side during the fuel cut with the valve stop control. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290197 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE - A control device includes: a first phase changing portion retarding a first intake valve phase relative to a second intake valve phase; a throttle valve adjusting an intake air amount of the engine, and a control portion configured to perform an intake valve phase control which controls the first phase changing portion to retard the first intake valve phase relative to the second intake valve phase such that an air amount in the cylinder of the engine is reduced to a target value to perform rich combustion, and the control portion configured to perform a throttle valve closing control which controls the throttle valve such that the air amount in the cylinder is the target value or smaller after the air amount in the cylinder is not reduced to the target value or smaller by the intake valve phase control performed by the first phase changing portion. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF DATA - A method for the classification of data includes receiving a first message that is a vehicle-to-vehicle or a vehicle-to-infrastructure message. The first message includes first mobility data of a vehicle. An expected route of the vehicle is determined based on the first mobility data. A second message that is a vehicle-to-vehicle or a vehicle-to-infrastructure message is received. The second message includes second mobility data of the vehicle. An actual route of the vehicle is determined based on the second mobility data. Whether the expected route deviates from the actual route by at least a predetermined threshold value is determined. If the expected route deviates from the actual route by at least the predetermined threshold value, a type of momentary driving maneuver of the vehicle is determined and the first mobility data and the second mobility data are classified on the basis of the type of momentary driving maneuver. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290199 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF ORIENTATION - A device, system and method for self orientation determining a current location, based on measurement of the location of at least one random landscape object, such as any type of landscape feature. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290200 | MARINE VESSEL NAVIGATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A marine electronic device such as a chartplotter which includes a display; a location determining component; and a processing system for receiving location data from the location determining component and for causing information to be displayed by display. The processing system causes the display to display information which assists an operator in navigating and ascertaining characteristics of bodies of water, objects on nearby shores, and other vessels. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290201 | Agent-Side Traveler Application For Mobile Computing Devices - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating passenger bookings along transportation routes. In some implementations, actions include generating a request at a mobile computing device, the request including route data corresponding to a route, transmitting the request to a server system, receiving route data and fare data from the server system at the mobile computing device, displaying the route data and the fare data on a display of the mobile computing device, receiving a single user input at the mobile computing device, in response to receiving the single user input, generating booking data and transmitting the booking data to the server system, receiving confirmation data from the server system at the mobile computing device, and displaying the confirmation data on the display of the mobile computing device. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290202 | Method for choosing a traffic route - A system for identifying a fastest possible travel route is disclosed. A traveler data processor collects traffic speed data and associates the traffic speed data with road segments. The road segments collectively represent one or more possible travel routes from a start point to an end point. A forecast engine determines a predicted travel time for each of the road segments based on, for example, the traffic speed data for each of the road segments. A routing engine determines the fastest possible travel route from the start point to the end point. The fastest possible travel route is the possible travel route from the one or more possible travel routes with the shortest predicted travel time. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290203 | REAL-TIME ROUTE OPTIMIZATION FOR REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSE TOURS - A system and method are disclosed for optimizing a route and schedule for visiting real estate open houses. The system may update the route and schedule in real time where a user deviates from the provided route and schedule. The system and method may further receive notes from a user while at an open house, and automatically store those notes in association with a property where the notes were received. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290204 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING A TRAVEL TIME FOR A TRAFFIC ROUTE - A system for predicting a travel time for a traffic route is disclosed. The traffic route comprises one or more road segments. A predicted travel time for each of those segments is calculated based, in part, on traffic speed data for each of the one or more road segments. A total travel time is then calculated for the route, the total travel time including a predicted travel time for each of the one or more road segments | 2012-11-15 |
20120290205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING GHG EMISSIONS IN BIOPRODUCT PRODUCTION PROCESSES - The method & system hereby described allows the calculation and determination of GHG emissions produced during the generation of bioproduct from different source materials. The method comprises capturing, processing and handling different parameters and data related to GHG emissions associated to every single process needed to produce bioproduct, in order to generate a total GHG emissions value by means of applying formulae to the captioned and processed isolated data referred to GHG emissions of every process. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME QUALITY CONTROL FOR DOWNHOLE LOGGING DEVICES - An illustrative embodiment of a method is disclosed for assessing image quality of a down hole formation image, the method comprising collecting acquisition system data from a plurality of sensors down hole; applying a set of rules to the acquisition system data to obtain an acquisition quality indicator; and presenting the acquisition quality indicator at a surface location. A system is disclosed for performing the method. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290207 | BORING TECHNIQUE USING LOCATE POINT MEASUREMENTS FOR BORING TOOL DEPTH PREDICTION - A device is described for use as part of a system in which a transmitter is moved through the ground while transmitting a signal that can be used to locate the transmitter. The device includes a receiver for receiving the signal to generate certain information about the position of the transmitter relative to the position of the device based on the signal. A processor establishes a current location of the transmitter and records the current location as one of a series of recorded locations of the transmitter based on the certain information and, at a time of recording the current location, electronically records a time stamp that designates at least the time at which the current location was recorded as part of the series of recorded locations of the transmitter. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CARBON DIOXIDE DISSOLVED IN SOLUTION AND WELLBORE MONITORING SYSTEMS BASED THEREON - A sensing apparatus (and corresponding method) for monitoring carbon dioxide dissolved in a liquid solution employs a crystal surrounded in part by a sample chamber such that, in use, the liquid solution is in direct contact with the crystal. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290209 | Downhole Drilling Vibration Analysis - Downhole drilling vibration analysis uses acceleration data measured in three orthogonal axes downhole while drilling to determine whether drilling assembly's efficiency has fallen to a point where the assembly needs to be pulled. In real or near real time, a downhole tool calculates impulse in at least one direction using the measured acceleration data over an acquisition period and determines whether the calculated impulse exceeds a predetermined acceleration threshold for the acquisition period. If the impulse exceeds the threshold, the tool pulses the impulse data to the surface where the calculated impulse is correlated to efficiency of the assembly as the drillstring is used to drill in real time. Based on the correlation, operators can determine whether to pull the assembly if excessive impulse occurs continuously over a predetermined penetration depth. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVESTIGATING A FORMATION SURROUNDING A BOREHOLE - A method, a system, and an apparatus are described for the data acquisition in the well-logging of a borehole wall during the investigation of formation properties. Data acquisition is conducted by either an adaptive phase compensation processing or a modulus mode processing, both of which use in-phase and out-of-phase current components to obtain current values. Adaptive phase compensation employs a calculation of a phase shift compensation value, which may then be applied to subsequent acquisitions and can be further processed in the generation of an image of the borehole wall. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF A HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR BASED ON PRODUCTION DATA - A system and computer-implemented method for determining properties of a hydrocarbon reservoir from production data is disclosed. The method includes obtaining production data for a plurality of wells in the hydrocarbon reservoir, arranging the production data for each of the wells such that the production data is indexed in three dimensions, displaying the arranged production data in a three dimensional graphical space to create displayed 3D production data, determining properties of the hydrocarbon reservoir based on the displayed 3D production data, and managing the hydrocarbon reservoir based on the properties of the hydrocarbon reservoir. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDROCARBON PAY ZONE DEFINITION IN A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR - The present invention is directed to methods and systems for defining hydrocarbon net pay zone using movable water volume estimates and hydrocarbon saturation uncertainty levels in lieu of fixed cut-offs to define the net pay zone. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290213 | FREQUENCY-VARYING FILTERING OF SIMULTANEOUS SOURCE SEISMIC DATA - Seismic data acquired by independent simultaneous sweeping (ISS®) techniques are processed is to attenuate random uncompressed cross-talk signals and improve the resolution of the pre-stack migrated time image. A frequency-varying mean filter is applied on cross-spread offset-azimuth gathers of the data. The frequency-space domain filter may vary its window size according to the characteristics of the cross-talk. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290214 | COUPLED TIME-DISTANCE DEPENDENT SWEPT FREQUENCY SOURCE ACQUISITION DESIGN AND DATA DE-NOISING - Acquisition of data by managing crosstalk interference with sector designs and unique sweeps is conducted and the resultant data are processed in 3D common receiver domain to attenuate crosstalk noise while preserving the signals for high source and receiver density acquisition designs. High-amplitude spectral amplitudes are attenuated and inter-ensemble statics or structural time delays are applied to achieve optimum filter performance. If the spectral amplitudes have been attenuated to a level consistent with non-simultaneous acquisition, conventional surface consistent processing can be performed to correct for statics and amplitude variations. A 3-point filter in different frequency bands may then be applied to remove any remaining residual crosstalk noise. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290215 | Calculating and Monitoring a Composite Stress Index - In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing data streams from a first group of physiological sensors monitoring a person, a second group of deconfounding sensors monitoring the person, and a third group of sensors monitoring a stressor, analyzing data sets collected from the person when the person is exposed and not exposed to the stressor, and determining a current stress factor for the stressor with respect to the person based on the analysis. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290216 | Method and System for Distinguishing Nociceptive Pain from Neuropathic Pain - A method of distinguishing nociceptive pain from neuropathic pain includes providing a series of questions for answering by the patient. Each of the answers by the patient are given a numerical value within a nociceptive pain category and a neuropathic pain category. The values within the two categories are then summed, with the resultants potentially modified using a series of one or more equations. The ratio of the neuropathic pain to the nociceptive pain is then calculated. The ratio provides a value for the physician to diagnose the patient as suffering from nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, or both nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain. Embodiments of the present invention include a system for assisting a physician to identify whether a patient's pain is nociceptive pain or neuropathic pain. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING RECORDING AND ANALYZING SPATIAL ACTIVITY OF A SUBJECT FOR MEDICAL AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - The present invention is a method, circuit and system for characterizing one or more aspects of a subject's physical condition based on data generated by a localization device, such as an accelerometer, an inertial navigation system (INS), a global positioning system (GPS) unit or any combination thereof, carried by or affixed to the subject. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290218 | Computational Analysis of the Synergy Among Multiple Interacting Factors - A method is provided for selecting two or more genes from gene expression data. In the method, gene expression data for a plurality of genes is provided, where the gene expression data include expression levels for each of the plurality of genes. The gene expression data is discretized. Based on the discretized gene expression data, the synergy among the plurality of genes with respect to a phenotype, for example, presence or absence of a disease in a tissue, is evaluated. Two or more genes whose synergy exceeds a predetermined threshold are selected. A system implementing the method is also provided. | 2012-11-15 |