52nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130345948 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for controlling an internal combustion engine comprising a number of cylinders and wherein the air mass trapped in each cylinder is adjusted by means of a respective intake valve by means of an actuation device with variable opening law; the method includes determining the required total target torque to be delivered; determining a number of active cylinders and a number of inactive cylinders; determining the angle for controlling the intake valve of the number of active cylinders and of the number of inactive cylinders, respectively; and controlling the internal combustion engine as a function of the control angle of the intake valves of the number of active cylinders and of the number of inactive cylinders. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345949 | FUEL SULFUR CONTENT-BASED OPERATION CONTROL OF A DIESEL ENGINE - Over a diesel engine's lifetime, engine efficiency may be reduced and some of this may be attributable to sulfur deposit accumulation in the engine. A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine operating on a fuel is provided. The method may include adjusting an injection of fuel to the engine in response to a sulfur content of the fuel. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345950 | FUEL SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to restrain the emission amount of unburned fuel components while restraining the consumption of fuel with relatively high ignitability in a multi-fuel internal combustion engine, The present invention resides in such a fuel supply control system for a multi-fuel internal combustion engine that a first fuel with relatively high ignitability and a second fuel with relatively low ignitability are used as fuels and the first fuel is used as an ignition source to mixedly combust. the first fuel and the second fuel, wherein a supply amount Qd of the first fuel is adjusted on the basis of a difference ΔRH between a first heat generation rate RHd which is a heat generation rate given when assuming that only the first fuel is combusted and an actual heat generation rate RHa which is a heat generation rate given when the fuels are actually combusted (S | 2013-12-26 |
20130345951 | ENGINE PERFORMANCE MODIFICATION OR TUNING KIT - A performance modification/tuning kit for an internal combustion engine of the type comprises a kit control unit. An electrical sensor is adapted to detect the opening and closing signals of a control line to one of the injectors of the engine and connected through a sensor line to the control unit. An input receives the signal from a pressure sensor of the common fuel rail of the engine and an output report a generated pressure signal to the engines ECU. A selectively changeable modification map, comprising modification values for a range of different engine speeds and fuel loads demanded by the ECU is used by the kit control unit to generate the generated pressure signal. That is generated in dependence upon the value in the modification map for the engine fuel load Q currently demanded by the ECU and the engine speed currently pertaining from time to time. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345952 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - In a vehicle control device for performing control to stop and start an engine according to a traveling state of a vehicle regardless of an operation of stopping and starting the engine by a driver, the stopping of the engine is limited based on a starting endurance ability of the engine. Thus, an endurance number of years of a starter can be ensured. If a contribution degree in improving a fuel economy by the stopping of the engine at the time of parking is high, the effect of improving the fuel economy can be suppressed from reducing by prohibiting the automatic stopping of the engine | 2013-12-26 |
20130345953 | CONTEXTUAL TRAFFIC OR TRANSIT ALERTS - A computing system is described that can provide a user with alerts based on traffic information related to the user's expected travel route. In some embodiments, a user can be alerted if a traffic delay exists on the user's expected travel route. In other embodiments, a user can be alerted when their usual bus or train is delayed. In further embodiments, a user can be alerted when traffic on an expected route to the user's next event location might impact the user's ability to arrive at that location on time | 2013-12-26 |
20130345954 | REGULATION INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A regulation information analysis system determines transit regulations imposed on a target road or intersection to be analyzed based on probe information sent from a plurality of vehicles. An analysis terminal determines if transit regulations are in effect or not by detecting if the probe information indicating a transition that violates a method of transition to be analyzed, such as right/left turn prohibition is present at the target road or intersection. The analysis terminal determines, based on the geometric shape and the like of the target road or intersection, if there is an avoidance factor which a driver would desire to avoid transiting the target rode or intersection. The quantity of the probe information used for determining the presence or absence of the transit regulations is increased if the avoidance factor is found, whereby the determination accuracy is increased while the overall quantity of the probe information is suppressed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345955 | ROAD NETWORK ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A road network analysis system detects major changes in a road network based on probe information from a plurality of vehicles. The probe information is tabulated and the change in the amount of traffic is calculated for each road with a predetermined time interval. If a remarkable change in the amount of traffic is detected for a road before and after a specific baseline day, it is determined that a major change in the road network affecting the traffic has occurred in the vicinity of the road, and the road is specified as a change-related road. A path search may be performed between the endpoints of a plurality of change-related roads, and the searched paths that have the most overlap with the searched paths are selected so as to identify the change-related roads which are commonly affected by the same cause and the endpoints thereof. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345956 | AIRCRAFT FUEL OPIMIZATION FOR MULTI-STOP ROUTES - Computer-implemented systems, methods, and computer-readable media for reducing operational costs relating to fuel burn of aircraft include receiving trip data specifying an origin, an intermediate destination, and a final destination from a client device; receiving operational data from one or more computing device; performing optimization logic to determine an optimized route having a minimized fuel cost, the optimized route specifying how much fuel to purchase at each of an origin airport, an intermediate destination airport, and a final destination airport; and transmitting the optimized route to the client device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345957 | RANKING NEARBY DESTINATIONS BASED ON VISIT LIKELIHOODS AND PREDICTING FUTURE VISITS TO PLACES FROM LOCATION HISTORY - In some examples, systems and techniques can determine a respective visit likelihood for each respective destination of a plurality of destinations based at least in part on a respective distance between the respective destination and a geographic location from a location history associated with a user and a comparison between a time associated with the geographic location and a visit likelihood distribution across time. The systems and techniques can then sort at least some of the plurality of destinations. In other examples, systems and techniques can determine whether a user is likely to visit a place during a future instance of a timeslot based at least in part on a location history associated with the user. The systems and techniques can then output information relating to the place prior to the beginning of the future instance of the timeslot. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345958 | Computing Recommendations for Stopping During a Trip - Described is a technology by which context data such as time, location and user-specific data is used to generate a stop recommendation during a vehicle trip. When a user is at a location or travels along a route, one or more stop recommendations may be computed for providing to the user. A cloud service may compute the stop recommendations, and send them to an automotive device of the user, which may be a smartphone coupled to the vehicle, for output to the user. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345959 | NAVIGATION APPLICATION - Some embodiments provide a navigation application that presents a novel navigation presentation on a device. The application identifies a location of the device, and identifies a style of road signs associated with the identified location of the device. The application then generates navigation instructions in form of road signs that match the identified style. To generate the road sign, the application in some embodiments identifies a road sign template image for the identified style, and generates the road sign by compositing the identified road sign template with at least one of text instruction and graphical instruction. In some embodiments, the road sign is generated as a composite textured image that has a texture and a look associated with the road signs at the identified location. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345960 | PLUGGABLE ROUTE-PLANNING MODULE - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for configuring a route-planning module using one or more configuration plug-ins. The route-planning module may be configured to create a driving route, an internet packet route, a social event route, and/or a variety of other routes. A graph used by the route-planning module to create a route may be modified by a graph configuration plug-in, which may add, remove, and/or modify nodes and/or edges within the graph. Attributes associated with edges and/or nodes within the graph may be added, removed, and/or modified by an attribute configuration plug-in. Costs associated with edges and/or turns from a first edge to a second edge at a node may be modified by a cost configuration plug-in. In this way, the route-planning module may be customized using one or more configuration plug-ins (e.g., to accommodate user preferences). | 2013-12-26 |
20130345961 | Providing Route Recommendations - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining travel information that indicates travel patterns for a mobile computing device that is associated with a user; identifying a current context for the mobile computing device and the user; identifying one or more destination locations that the user has at least a threshold likelihood of travelling to with the mobile computing device based on the current context and the obtained travel information; generating a prediction that one or more events have at least a threshold probability of occurring along one or more of a plurality of routes for travelling to the identified one or more destination locations; selecting a particular route from the plurality of routes to recommend to the user based on the current context and the prediction of the one or more events; and providing route information that identifies the selected particular route. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345962 | 3D NAVIGATION - Some embodiments provide a device that stores a novel navigation application. The application in some embodiments includes a user interface (UI) that has a display area for displaying a two-dimensional (2D) navigation presentation or a three-dimensional (3D) navigation presentation. The UI includes a selectable 3D control for directing the program to transition between the 2D and 3D presentations. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345963 | COMBINED OFFBOARD AND ONBOARD NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Navigation system and method comprising a server system with a navigation server ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130345964 | Intermediate Rendezvous Location Identifier Application - A system for determining a suitable geographic rendezvous location for a plurality of geographically separated participants, preferably realized as a computer application which may be entered into devices such as Smartphones. The system inputs initial locations of the participants, determines a location which is intermediate the participants, and communicates the determined location to the participants. Optionally, the system may generate graphic displays on screens of the Smartphones, showing identification of the determined location, travel directions such as maps, warnings of impediments to travel, and supplementary information pertaining to the determined location such as addresses and contact data. The system may accept conditions influencing determination of a suitable location, may offer a choice of determined locations, and may draw on internet based sources for background information necessary for determining the determined location and for generating the displays. Some processing may be sourced remotely rather than within a participating Smartphone. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345965 | LOCATION HISTORY FILTERING - In general, techniques, devices, and systems for filtering location information received from multiple computing devices are described. In one example, a method includes receiving a first plurality of location indicators from a first mobile computing device and a second plurality of location indicators from a second mobile computing device, wherein the first and second computing devices are both associated with a single user and the first and second pluralities of location indicators are representative of geographical locations at which each of the respective first and second mobile computing devices has been located. The method may also include determining a subset of the location indicators for a period of time, all location indicators included in the subset being associated with the one of the first or second mobile computing devices that moved with the user during the period of time, and outputting information related to the subset of the location indicators. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345966 | COMPUTATION OF TRAVEL ROUTES, DURATIONS, AND PLANS OVER MULTIPLE CONTEXTS - A route planning system comprises a receiver component that receives a request for directions between a beginning point and a destination point. An analysis component analyzes a traffic system representation that varies as context varies and outputs expected amounts of travel time between the beginning point and the destination point for multiple contexts based at least in part upon the analysis. A method is described herein that includes techniques for searching over routes and trip start times simultaneously so as to identity start times and routes associated with maximal expected value, or equivalently minimum expected cost, given preferences encoded about one or more of the leaving time, the travel time, and the arrival time. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345967 | ROUTABILITY GRAPH WITH PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF WEIGHTED EDGES FOR ESTIMATING A TRAJECTORY OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided for use in one or more mobile devices to provide positioning based, at least in part, on a routability graph comprising a predetermined number of weighted edges for estimating a trajectory of a mobile device. Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided for use in one or more electronic devices to support mobile device positioning based, at least in part, on a routability graph comprising a predetermined number of weighted edges for estimating a trajectory of a mobile device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345968 | CORRELATION POSITION DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatus for navigating with the use of correlation within a select area are provided. One method includes, storing data required to reconstruct ranges and associated angles to objects along with statistical accuracy information while initially traversing throughout the select area. Measuring then current ranges and associated angles to the objects during a subsequent traversal throughout the select area. Correlating the then current ranges and associated angles to the objects to reconstructed ranges and associated angles to the objects from the stored data. Determining at least one of then current location and heading estimates within the select area based at least in part on the correlation and using the least one of the then current location and heading estimates for navigation. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345969 | ADAPTIVE CLUSTERING OF LOCATIONS - Example techniques and systems include generating cluster information to consolidate multiple locations. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of location identifiers corresponding to a plurality of locations at which a mobile computing device was previously located, defining, by the computing device, a plurality of geographic regions based at least in part on the plurality of location identifiers, wherein each of the plurality of geographic regions defines a physical area in which at least one of the plurality of locations is located, selecting, by the computing device, a subset of the plurality of geographic regions based on respective distances between a current location of the mobile computing device and a respective reference point within each of the geographic regions, and outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the subset of the plurality of geographic regions. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345970 | Location Stamping and Logging of Electronic Events and Habitat Generation - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for the detection, location stamping, and logging of electronic events and subsequent generation of habitat information. According to implementations, electronic events are detected and location stamped. Associated descriptions and other data corresponding to the electronic events is retrieved and stored along with the geographic locations of the electronic events in an activity log. The information in the activity log is used to generate visual representations of one or more geographic areas in which electronic events that meet user-defined or default criteria occurred within a predetermined frequency. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345971 | PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME - A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING FOR SOFT IRON MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES IN A HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM - A method and system for compensating for significant soft iron magnetic disturbances in a heading reference system, such as an aircraft heading reference system, such as an integrated standby unit; or a vehicle inertial system, provides a heading correction signal to the heading reference system when a detected difference in value between a gyro heading relative to magnetic north and a magnetometer reading during a defined measurement period exceeds a predetermined acceptable threshold value of change, such as one based on the expected gyro drift over that period. Upon receipt of the heading correction signal, the gyro heading is adjusted to maintain an accurate heading relative to true magnetic north. If this threshold value is not exceeded, then the magnetometer reading is used for the heading value. This method is iteratively repeated in order to continually maintain an accurate heading and may be employed for each heading measurement axis. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345973 | NON-CAUSAL ATTITUDE ESTIMATION FOR REAL-TIME MOTION COMPENSATION OF SENSED IMAGES ON A MOVING PLATFORM - An attitude estimator provides non-causal attitude estimates for real-time motion compensation of sensed images on a moving platform. A non-causal filter processes uncompensated attitude samples received with a latency from an IMU at a high rate clock to provide an attitude estimate that is strictly non-causal but satisfies a just-in-time (JIT) criteria for real-time motion compensation of images captured at a low rate clock. On-average the error of the non-causal attitude estimate is less than the error of a causal attitude estimate. If the lag added by the non-causal filter is greater than the latency, the effective transfer function of the non-causal filter has a negative gain slope that attenuates high frequency noise of the uncompensated attitude samples. The attitude estimator may also include a causal filter to generate a causal attitude estimate for real-time active stabilization of the image sensor at the high rate clock. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A DEVICE FLASHLIGHT AS FEEDBACK FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES - An approach is provided for linking the navigation and flashlight functions of a mobile device for guidance purposes. A coordination platform determines mapping information, navigation information, or a combination thereof associated with at least one device. The coordination platform determines at least one operational parameter for at least one flashlight component of the at least one device based, at least in part, on the mapping information, the navigation information, or a combination thereof. The coordination platform causes, at least in part, a configuration of the at least one flashlight component based, at least in part, on the at least one operational parameter. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345975 | NAVIGATION APPLICATION WITH ADAPTIVE DISPLAY OF GRAPHICAL DIRECTIONAL INDICATORS - Some embodiments provide a navigation application. The navigation application includes an interface for receiving data describing junctures along a route from a first location to a second location. The data for each juncture comprises a set of angles at which roads leave the juncture. The navigation application includes a juncture simplifier for simplifying the angles for the received junctures. The navigation application includes an arrow generator for generating at least two different representations of the simplified juncture. The representations are for use in displaying navigation information describing a maneuver to perform at the juncture during the route. The navigation application includes an arrow selector for selecting one of the different representations of the simplified juncture for display according to a context in which the representation will be displayed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345976 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING ROUTE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method and apparatus are provided for planning a route of an electric vehicle so as to give a globally optimal route over which the electric vehicle travels and to enable the electric vehicle to prepare for a next trip upon arrival at a destination. The method includes: determining location information of respective candidate charging stations and respective sequences of candidate charging stations according to acquired location information of an origin and location information of a destination as predetermined, charging facility information of the destination and an initial amount of power; calculating for each sequence of candidate charging stations a route parameter of arrival at the destination from the origin sequentially through the candidate charging stations included in the sequence of candidate charging stations; and selecting an optimal route according to route parameters of the respective sequences of candidate charging stations and a predetermined route selection criterion. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345977 | MAP UPDATING SYSTEM - A map updating system, which includes a navigation apparatus in a vehicle and a map server, includes a driving history database storage storing driving history data on the vehicle. The map updating system determines, based on the driving history data, a location visited a predetermined number of times or more as a first destination; determines, based on the driving history data, a route which was used a predetermined number of times or more among routes used to visit the first destination as a first route; determines a second route that is to be used to visit the first destination when a part of the first route is unusable; and updates map data in the navigation apparatus in order of (i) data on the first route and second route and (ii) other data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345978 | Multi-Activity Platform and Interface - Activity monitoring may include tracking of a route or location where the activity was performed. In some examples, the route may be displayed against a heat map identifying areas of higher activity or popularity. Alternatively or additionally, routes may be automatically generated by a system based on various specifications such as an amount of time, a preferred location (a start and an end), a level of popularity or activity level, and the like and/or combinations thereof. A user's workout information may further be stored in association with a particular location or route. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345979 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING WEATHER CONDITION INFORMATION - A navigation apparatus comprises a processing resource arranged to support, when in use, an operational environment, the operational environment supporting a route calculator, a time estimation module, a route segmentation module and a weather data processing engine. A map database comprising geospatial data is also provided. The route calculator is arranged to calculate, when in use, a route between a first location and a second location. The time estimation module is arranged to estimate a time at which a user will be present at a location along the route. The route segmentation module arranged to divide the route into a plurality of route parts and to obtain from the time estimation module at least one time of presence associated with at least one of the plurality of route parts, respectively. The weather data processing engine arranged to provide weather data associated with a route part of the plurality of route parts in respect of the time of presence associated with the route part. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345980 | PROVIDING NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS WHILE OPERATING NAVIGATION APPLICATION IN BACKGROUND - A method of displaying navigational instructions when a navigation application is running in a background mode of an electronic device is provided. The method displays a non-navigation application in the foreground on a display screen of the electronic device. The method displays a navigation bar without a navigation instruction when the device is not near a navigation point. The method displays the navigation bar with a navigation instruction when the device is near a navigation point. In some embodiments, the method receives a command to switch from running the navigation application in the foreground to running another screen view in the foreground. The method then runs the other screen view in the foreground while displaying a navigation status display on an electronic display of the device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345981 | PROVIDING NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS WHILE DEVICE IS IN LOCKED MODE - A method of providing navigation instructions in a locked mode of a device is disclosed. The method, while the display screen of the device is turned off, determines that the device is near a navigation point. The method turns on the display screen and provides navigation instructions. In some embodiments, the method identifies the ambient light level around the device and turns on the display at brightness level determined by the identified ambient light level. The method turns off the display after the navigation point is passed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345982 | Using Lightning Data to Generate Proxy Reflectivity Data - Methods, systems, and computer program products are described herein for generating proxy reflectivity data associated with lightning activity. A computing device receives data associated with lightning activity for one or more geographical areas. The computing device determines the logarithmic scale of the combined in-cloud and cloud-to-ground flash rate (dBR) for one or more grids of lightning activity based on the received data. The computing device generates proxy reflectivity data based on the dBR of the grids. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345983 | Method For Cement Evaluation With Neutron Logs - Method for evaluating cement integrity in a cased well environment using a logging tool that has a neutron source and one or more neutron or gamma ray detectors. Neutron porosity logs are obtained from the well before ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130345984 | Methods and Apparatus to Process Measurements Associated with Drilling Operations - Methods and apparatus to process measurements associated with drilling operations are described. An example method of modifying processing results during a subterranean formation drilling operation includes identifying a plurality of parameters and processing measurements associated with the subterranean formation obtained while drilling and the plurality of parameters to generate first results. Additionally, the example method includes processing measurements associated with the subterranean formation obtained while drilling is temporarily suspended and the plurality of parameters to generate second results and comparing the first and second results. Further, the example method includes, in response to the comparison of the first and second results, modifying the first results based on the second results to improve a quality of the first results. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345985 | SEISMIC ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION ATTRIBUTE - A method can include providing seismic data for a subsurface region that includes a reflector; decomposing at least a portion of the seismic data using principal component analysis (PCA) to generate at least one principal component; and outputting output data based at least in part on the at least one principal component. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345986 | EXACT HAPLOTYPE RECONSTRICTION OF F2 POPULATIONS - Various embodiments reconstruct haplotypes from genotype data. In one embodiment, a set of progeny genotype data comprising n progenies encoded with m genetic markers is accessed. A first set of parent haplotypes associated with a first parent of the n progenies and a second set of parent haplotypes associated with a second parent of the n progenies are identified based on at least the set of progeny genotype data. A total minimum number of observable crossovers in the n progenies is determined. An agglomerate data structure comprising a collection of sets of haplotype sequences characterizing the n progenies is constructed based on the set of progeny genotype data and the first and second sets of parent haplotypes. Each set of haplotype sequences includes a number of crossovers equal to the total minimum number of observable crossovers in the n progenies. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345987 | EXACT HAPLOTYPE RECONSTRICTION OF F2 POPULATIONS - A system for reconstructing haplotypes from genotype data includes a memory, a processor, and a reconstruction module. The reconstruction module is configured to access a set of progeny genotype data including n progenies encoded with m genetic markers. A first set of parent haplotypes associated with a first parent of the n progenies and a second set of parent haplotypes associated with a second parent of the n progenies are identified based on at least the set of progeny genotype data. An agglomerate data structure including a collection of sets of haplotype sequences characterizing the n progenies is constructed based on the set of progeny genotype data and the first and second sets of parent haplotypes. Each set of haplotype sequences includes a number of crossovers equal to a total minimum number of observable crossovers in the n progenies. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345988 | SUMMARIZING AN AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION TO A CHARACTERISTIC FOR AN INDIVIDUAL - Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a phenotypic characteristic for an individual includes: receiving information pertaining to the phenotypic characteristic of an individual; identifying, using one or more computer processors, a set of one or more markers associated with the phenotypic characteristic; obtaining a set of one or more marker measurements of the individual that corresponds to the set of one or more markers; obtaining a set of one or more statistical factors that measure associations between the set of one or more markers and the phenotypic characteristic; determining an aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic of the individual based at least in part on the retrieved set of one or more statistical factors; and outputting a display characteristic to be displayed that is associated with the aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic for the individual. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345989 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COUNTING PARTICLES IN LIQUID - For a blood cell measuring part replaceably formed as a cartridge, a threshold value for determining particles is adjusted utilizing a specific parameter that observably varies according to the cross-sectional area of the aperture for use. In a first embodiment, the volume of the smallest frequency in the obtained volume-frequency distribution is used as a threshold value K | 2013-12-26 |
20130345990 | TOOL FOR OPTIMIZING CHLORINATED-SOLVENT BIOREMEDIATION THROUGH INTEGRATION OF CHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR DATA WITH ELECTRON AND ALKALINITY BALANCES - A prediction and assessment tool for bioremediation performance based on a comprehensive understanding of the link between chemical flow and microbial community interactions includes linking molecular microbial ecology data with electron and alkalinity balances to make it possible to understand dechlorinating microbial communities and their metabolic processes. The interactions of biological processes and site mineralogy result in changes to alkalinity and pH that can lead to incomplete reductive dechlorination resulting from suboptimal pH. Understanding these interactions allows for strategies to predict expected bioremediation outcomes and/or to mitigate incomplete reductive dechlorination. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345991 | COLLISION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method of collision measurement for a vehicle. According to one embodiment, a plurality of photonic crystals configured to produce a color change state are distributed on an area of the vehicle. Furthermore, a location tag is also positioned on the vehicle for providing mapping data relating to the location of the photonic crystals along said vehicle. Upon receiving external crash impact, a measurement of force is computed based on the color change state of at least one photonic crystal caused by the crash impact. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345992 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE BREAKING STRESS IN SHEAR OF A PART OF DETERMINED THICKNESS - A method of determining the breaking stress in shear for a part of determined thickness and made up of two elements that are bonded together by a layer of adhesive. A plane sensor emits an ultrasound wave at the part of determined thickness. The plane sensor receives a reflected signal made up of a plurality of successive echoes. A processor unit calculates a fast Fourier transform of the reflected signal. A Gaussian envelope connecting together the peaks of all of the resonances of the fast Fourier transform is determined. A frequency at which the Gaussian envelope is at a maximum is determined. The breaking stress from a predetermined correspondence relationship between the frequency of the maximum of the Gaussian envelope and the breaking stress is determined. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345993 | Determining Sensor Placement in Distributed Networks - Determining sensor placement in distributed networks includes identifying measurement locations in a distributed network with a tree topology and selecting a subset of the measurement locations for sensor placement with a mutual information function. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345994 | FLUID VISUALISATION AND CHARACTERISATION SYSTEM AND METHOD; A TRANSDUCER - A fluid visualization and characterisation system includes a measuring section with a housing defining a fluid flow path for fluid flow. The measuring section includes one or more transducers to emit ultrasonic signals into the fluid flow, and at least one receiver to receive reflections of the ultrasonic signal from reflectors in the fluid flow. The system includes a memory for storing data and a processor operatively connected to the memory. The processor comprises several modules. A velocity estimating module is configured to apply one or more velocity estimation algorithms to received reflections of the ultrasonic signal, or data indicative thereof, to determine a velocity profile of the fluid flow. A deconvolution module is configured to apply a deconvolution algorithm at least to the determined velocity profile to determine a true velocity profile of the fluid flow. A fluid visualization and characterisation module is configured to determine characteristics of the fluid and/or fluid flow in by using the determined velocity profile and/or the true velocity profile. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345995 | Air Flow Control And Power Usage Of An Indoor Blower In An HVAC System - A method for determining an air flow of an air handler including an indoor blower and a motor coupled to a heating, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC) system, includes receiving a signal indicative of an air flow at an extreme operating range of the HVAC system; receiving operational constants of the air handler, the operational constants representing performance characteristics of the air handler; transmitting a torque command to the motor; receiving a motor signal indicative of an operating speed of the motor; and determining the air flow using at least the operating speed and the operational constants. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345996 | PROCESS LIQUID FLOWMETER - A flowmeter of the present invention is adapted to measure a flow velocity of a process liquid flowing through a supply pipe, and includes: a pair of ultrasonic oscillators located with a spacing therebetween of a predetermined distance along a flow direction of the supply pipe; a flow velocity calculating part calculating a flow velocity of the process liquid based on a first arrival time elapsed for an ultrasonic wave generated from one of the pair of ultrasonic oscillators to arrive at the other of the pair of ultrasonic oscillators and a second arrival time elapsed for an ultrasonic wave generated from the other of the pair of ultrasonic oscillators to arrive at the one of the pair of ultrasonic oscillators; and a bubble inclusion determining part determining, based on a time-varying amount of the calculated process liquid flow velocity, whether air bubbles are included in the process liquid. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345997 | INTEGRATED TIME DEPENDENT DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN RELIABILITY TESTING - Methods for reliability testing include applying a stress voltage to a device under test (DUT); measuring a leakage current across the DUT; triggering measurement of optical emissions from the DUT based on the timing of the measurement of the leakage current; and correlating measurements of the leakage current with measurements of the optical emissions to determine a time and location of a defect occurrence within the DUT by locating instances of increased noise in the leakage current that correspond in time with instances of increased optical emissions. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345998 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy management system has a configuration including: an air-conditioning schedule energy-saving rate calculating unit which, based on an air-conditioning schedule for the reference time and an air-conditioning schedule that has an energy-saving control content, calculates a relative amount of energy consumed for air-conditioning for each schedule and calculates an effect of energy-saving control; and an amount of consumption converting unit which calculates an amount of energy consumed for air-conditioning that is expected at the reference time, based on an energy-saving rate obtained by the air-conditioning schedule energy-saving rate calculating unit and an amount of energy consumed for air-conditioning when energy-saving control is implemented. | 2013-12-26 |
20130345999 | Methods and Apparatus of Analyzing Electrical Power Grid Data - Apparatus and methods of processing large-scale data regarding an electrical power grid are described. According to one aspect, a method of processing large-scale data regarding an electrical power grid includes accessing a large-scale data set comprising information regarding an electrical power grid; processing data of the large-scale data set to identify a filter which is configured to remove erroneous data from the large-scale data set; using the filter, removing erroneous data from the large-scale data set; and after the removing, processing data of the large-scale data set to identify an event detector which is configured to identify events of interest in the large-scale data set. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346000 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME - Disclosed is a battery system for a secondary battery including a blended cathode material, and an apparatus and method for managing a secondary battery having a blended cathode material. The blended cathode material includes at least a first cathode material and a second cathode material. The first and second cathode materials have different operating voltage ranges. When the secondary battery comes to an idle state or a no-load state, the battery system detects a voltage relaxation occurring by the transfer of operating ions between the first and second cathode materials. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346001 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING STATE-OF-HEALTH OF BATTERY, AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING SAME - Disclosed are a method and a device for predicting a state-of-health of a battery and a battery management system using same. The method for predicting a state-of-health of a battery includes estimating state-of-health (SOH) estimation values for predicting an aged degree of the battery for each time; aligning the plurality of estimated values to create a history table; extracting candidate values from the history table; and determining a targeted SOH of the battery based on the candidate values. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING COMPONENT PARAMETERS - A system and a method for estimating component parameters relating to electric components of an electric circuit comprising the steps of receiving one or more sample variables associated with the electric circuit, applying the one or more sample variables to one or more component relationships associated with an arrangement of the electric components of the electric circuit, and processing the one or more component relationships with an approximation process to determine one or more estimated component parameters. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346003 | NON-CONTACT SHEET CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS IMPLEMENTING A ROTATING MAGNETIC BRAKING SYSTEM - A method for calculating sheet conductivity with an absolute working distance measurement includes selecting a motor frequency f | 2013-12-26 |
20130346004 | PHASE-LOCKED LOOP - A phase-locked loop is provided for estimating a phase angle of a three-phase reference signal. The phase-locked loop includes a device for calculating an estimated first state and an estimated second state at a fundamental frequency on the basis of the reference signal and the estimated fundamental frequency, a device for calculating a fundamental positive sequence component of the reference signal on the basis of the first state and the second state, a device for calculating a direct component and a quadrature component in a reference frame synchronous with the phase angle on the basis of the fundamental positive sequence component and an estimated phase angle, and a device for determining estimates of the estimated fundamental frequency and the estimated phase angle on the basis of the quadrature component. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346005 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS IN TIME AND FREQUENCY - An arrangement for signal analysis provides at least one central data-processing unit and a screen unit connected to the at least one central data-processing unit, wherein the central data-processing unit calculates a spectrum and a spectrogram from a digitised signal. The at least one central data-processing unit is embodied in such a manner that it controls the screen unit in such a manner that the spectrogram of the digitised signal, the characteristic of the spectrum of the digitised signal and the characteristic of the digitised signal present in the time domain can be displayed together on the screen unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346006 | Dectection-enhanced adjustable bandwidth apparatus - An apparatus and method for providing spectrum sensing. The invention accepts as inputs a spectrogram or any other time frequency representation of signals in which the resulting two-dimensional output representation provides useful characteristics or features of the original time/series signal being analyzed. The invention employs both time and frequency averaging to exploit signal persistence in either domain. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346007 | Characterizing an Elongated Textile Test Material - The measured values of a property of a yarn along its longitudinal direction are detected for the characterization of a yarn moved along its longitudinal direction. The values of a parameter of the yarn are determined from the measured values. An event field is provided, whose abscissa indicates an extension of parameter values in the longitudinal direction and whose ordinate indicates a deviation of the parameter from a set point value. Densities of events in the event field are determined from the values of the parameter and its extension in the longitudinal direction. A test material body is calculated in the event field as an area, which is delimited by the abscissa on the one hand, by the ordinate on the other hand, and further by a line which substantially follows a constant event density. The area is specified numerically. At least one value of the numerical specification is output as a characteristic of the yarn. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346008 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING EFFECTS OF INTERFERENCE IN INPUT DEVICES - The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved input device performance. Specifically, the devices and methods provide improved resistance to the effect of interference on input devices, and in particular, to the effect of unison noise on proximity sensors that use capacitive techniques to generate images of sensor values. The devices and methods provide improved resistance to the effects of interface by using multiple images of sensor values, where the multiple images of sensor values are captured at different times along two different axes. The multiple images of sensor values are combined to produce a modified image of sensor values, the modified image having reduced errors due to noise. This reduction in errors due to noise can improve the accuracy and performance of the input device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346009 | Intelligent Sensor System - A sensor system and method of using the system synergistically to improve the accuracy and usefulness of measured results is described. The system is comprised of electronically linked components that act as markers to trigger events, producers that gather data from sensors and aggregators that combine the data from a plurality of producers using triggers from marker devices to select the data of interest. The system is shown to be applicable to selection of data regions of interest and to analysis of the data to improve accuracy. The analysis of the data of any particular sensor within the system makes use of extrinsic data, being data generated by other sensors and intrinsic data, that is data or data limits that are known to be true from nature, laws of physics or just the particular information the user wants to acquire. The system is demonstrated on the analysis of Doppler radar measurements of a thrown object. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346010 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER TESTING SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and apparatus relating to electric vehicle (EV) charger testing systems are disclosed and claimed herein. Exemplary systems comprise an EV charger connection interface having communication and power connections complying with one or more EV charging protocols, an electrical load module connected to power connections, and charging protocol compliance signal generators connected to the charger connection interface for simulation of a connection between an EV and an EV charger. Testing systems may be used to monitor, record, and profile the output of an EV charger and determine compliance of the output with one or more EV charging protocols. Additionally, methods related to testing and analyzing charge output of an EV charger are disclosed, including determining which of multiple charging protocols to use while testing the charger. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346011 | MICROGRID POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND POWER FLOW ASYMMETRICAL FAULT ANALYSIS METHOD THEREFOR - A fault analysis method includes: using a matrix of two sets of microgrid power distribution networks to analyze and solve a fault current, and for various types of faults of the distributed power distribution system, obtaining appropriate boundary conditions to calculate a variety of different types of single or simultaneous fault currents of load points. The present invention may be further applied to a situation where a bus or impedance or parallel loop is added. The present invention has good robustness and execution speed, and requires small memory space for calculation of analysis and identification of a power flow fault of the distributed power distribution system, and may be actually applied to an instrument control system for identification and analysis of a fault of a large-scalemicrogrid distribution system. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IMMERSION RISK OF MOBILE TERMINAL USER - An apparatus that determines an immersion risk of a mobile terminal user, includes an immersion determination unit configured to determine whether the user is immersed in a mobile terminal based on data of the user, and calculate an immersion frequency based on a result of the determination. The apparatus further includes an immersion risk determination unit configured to calculate a degree of the immersion risk based on the immersion frequency, and determine whether the immersion risk is present based on the degree of the immersion risk. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SPORTSMAN JUMPS USING FUZZY LOGIC - A method and apparatus for detecting a jump of a moving sportsman and separating the jump from other sportsman motion is described. Accelerometer data generated by a sportsman's motion is received in a computing device. The computing device is used to apply fuzzy logic membership functions to a plurality of parameters associated with the accelerometer data to detect a pattern associated with jumps. A subset of the data is identified as representing a jump based upon the detection of the pattern. The determination is used in the computing device to transform data, whereby jumps are separated from other sportsman motion. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346014 | Identifying a Type of Motion of an Object - An apparatus for identifying a type of motion and condition of a user is disclosed. One apparatus includes a motion detection sensor operative to generate an acceleration signature based on sensed acceleration of the user, and a controller. The controller is operative to determine what network connections are available to the motion detection device, match the acceleration signature with at least one of a plurality of stored acceleration signatures, wherein each stored acceleration signatures corresponds with a type of motion of the user, wherein the apparatus distributes at least some of the acceleration signature matching processing when processing capability is available to the motion detection device though available network connections, and identify the type of motion of the user and identify a condition of the user based on the matching of the acceleration signature. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346015 | Semiconductor Physical Quantity Detecting Sensor - A semiconductor physical quantity detection sensor includes (1) a first electrostatic capacitance formed by the movable electrode, and a first fixed electrode formed in a first conductive layer shared with the movable electrode, (2) a second electrostatic capacitance that is formed by the movable electrode, and a second fixed electrode formed in a second conductive layer different in a height from a substrate surface from the movable electrode, and (3) an arithmetic circuit that calculates the physical quantity on the basis of a change in the first and second electrostatic capacitances generated when the physical quantity is applied. In this configuration, an electric signal from the first electrostatic capacitance, and an electric signal from the second electrostatic capacitance are input to the arithmetic circuit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346016 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A conventional portable terminal has trouble associating gathered activity information with other information to create useful information to be supplied to the user. Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, provided is an information terminal comprising an activity identifying section that gathers activity information of a user; a first detecting section that detects change in the gathered activity information; and an information providing section that, based on frequency of an activity corresponding to the detected change, provides information relating to the activity. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346017 | DATA FUSION ARCHITECTURE - A data fusion architecture with a plurality of sensors, optionally position measuring equipment (PMEs), is described. Each sensor supplies measurement data x | 2013-12-26 |
20130346018 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING DATA OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SENSOR SUBSTRATE - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data obtainment method for obtaining data on gas flow directions in a plurality of measurement regions in a surface of a substrate loaded onto a loading unit of a substrate processing apparatus is provided. The method includes loading a sensor substrate onto the loading unit in a first direction, and changing the first direction into a second direction. Further, it is obtained a vector data of a gas flow in a first straight direction and a vector data of a gas flow in a second straight direction from each first sensor of the sensor substrate loaded in the first and second directions. Also, the method includes calculating a gas flow direction at each starting point in the first and second measurement regions by combining the vector data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346019 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE OF SCANNING-TYPE DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND SCANNING-TYPE DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A signal processing device of a scanning-type distance measurement device includes: a distance calculation unit for, on the basis of a predetermined correlation relationship between measured light and reflection light, calculating, for each predetermined scan angle, the distance from the scanning-type distance measurement device to an object; a to-be-monitored object determination unit for performing a to-be-monitored object determination process, in which, when the distance calculation unit calculates a distance within a to-be-monitored region for N number of scans (N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) consecutively in a specific scan angle direction, it is determined that there is an object to be monitored in the specific scan angle direction; and a signal output unit which, when it is determined by the to-be-monitored object determination unit that there is an object to be monitored, outputs a to-be-monitored object detection signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATION OF BUILDING FLOOR AREA - A system generates an estimated floor area measurement of a building based on the calculated estimated total roof area of the roof of the building. This is based on a correlation between the size of the building roof and the size of the building. Typically, the floor area of a single full floor of the building is roughly the size of the roof of the building if the roof were flat with no slope. This in effect is turning the roof into a floor to generate estimated floor area. With additional adjustments to area measurements to account for multiple floors, roof overhang, wall width, internal building features such as walls and staircases, and/or obstructed views of the building in the aerial image(s), etc., an even more accurate floor area estimation may be generated. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346021 | MONITORING USE OF A SINGLE ARM WALKING AID - A method, system or computer usable program product for monitoring single arm walking aid use of a user including providing a sensor on at least one of a left shoe, a right shoe and a single arm walking aid, using the sensor, determining a relative position of a set of footsteps by a left foot, a set of footsteps by a right foot, and a set of placements of the single arm walking aid, and using the relative position data, determining whether the user is practicing correct single arm walking aid use. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346022 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING APPARATUS AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING METHOD - A physical quantity measuring apparatus includes: a signal input module receiving an input signal having consecutive pulses; a low resolution clock signal generator generating a low resolution clock signal; a high resolution clock signal generator generating a high resolution clock signal; a gate time generator outputting gate time signals at a predetermined interval; a low resolution clock signal synchronizer generating a low resolution clock synchronization signal; a low resolution counter counting the number of rising edges of the low resolution clock signal; a high resolution clock signal generation controller outputting the high resolution clock signal as a gated clock signal; a high resolution clock signal synchronizer generating a high resolution clock synchronization signal; and a high resolution counter counting the number of rising edges of the gated clock signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346023 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMIXING DATA CAPTURED BY A FLOW CYTOMETER - Systems and methods for obtaining fluorochrome abundance information by unmixing fluorescence emission data captured by a flow cytometer in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a data analysis system includes a processor, a memory, and an optical data analysis application, wherein the optical data analysis application configures the processor to obtain control optical data, generate a mixing model using the obtained control optical data and a system of linear combinations, obtain experimental optical data for particles stained with a set of fluorochromes, and estimate abundances of the fluorochromes in the set of fluorochromes using the obtained experimental optical data by solving a system of equations to unmix the optical data, where the number of equations is larger than the number of unknowns, based upon the generated mixing model using an unmixing process that accounts for increased noise variance with increased fluorochrome abundance. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346024 | METHOD FOR FORECASTING WORK-IN-PROCESS OUTPUT SCHEDULE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A method for forecasting a WIP (work in process) output schedule and a computer program product thereof are provided. A plurality of sets of historical WIP data regarding a product generated in respective historical periods are first collected, in which the product has a maximum historical production cycle. Thereafter, a predetermined time is used to divide the maximum historical production cycle into intervals. Then, the quantities of historical WIPs appearing in the respective intervals are computed in accordance with output times of the historical WIPs recorded in each of the sets of historical WIP data, thereby obtaining output probability density data series. If the number of the historical periods is greater than or equal to a minimum model-building number, a predicted output probability density data series of a next period following the historical periods is conjectured by using the output probability density data series in accordance with a prediction algorithm. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346025 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING PROTOCOL SELECTION AND TESTING - Systems, methods, and apparatus relating to electric vehicle (EV) charger testing systems are disclosed and claimed herein. Exemplary systems comprise an EV charger connection interface having communication and power connections complying with one or more EV charging protocols, an electrical load module connected to power connections, and charging protocol compliance signal generators connected to the charger connection interface for simulation of a connection between an EV and an EV charger. Testing systems may be used to monitor, record, and profile the output of an EV charger and determine compliance of the output with one or more EV charging protocols. Additionally, methods related to testing and analyzing charge output of an EV charger are disclosed, including determining which of multiple charging protocols to use while testing the charger. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346026 | MODULAR COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE ENABLING DIAGNOSTICS - A device and method for providing computer operation diagnostics. The method includes coupling a mobile device (such as a mobile smartphone) to the computer via a diagnostic port. The smartphone has a diagnostic program (application) thereon that is initiated so as to be able to communicate with a diagnostic module within the computer to request and receive information from the computer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346027 | CASH DRAWER HAVING A BLUETOOTH INTERFACE - Cash drawers having a Bluetooth interface and a processing unit are disclosed. The processing unit detects cash drawer events and transmits an indication of the cash drawer events across the Bluetooth interface. The cash drawer optionally includes a storage component that stores the indication of the cash drawer events. The cash drawer may receive electrical power from an external supply. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346028 | METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING INTERFERENCE SIGNALS - A measuring device for suppressing an interference signal contains a mixer, an analog-digital converter, a scaling device and a substitution device. The mixer is embodied to mix a first signal with a first intermediate frequency and to mix a second signal with a second intermediate frequency. The analog-digital converter is embodied to digitise the first signal mixed with the first intermediate frequency to form a first test signal and to digitise the second signal mixed with the second intermediate frequency to form a second test signal. The scaling device is embodied to displace at least the first test signal and/or the second test signal in its frequency in such a manner that they provide a common mid-frequency. The substitution device is embodied to combine the first test signal and the second test signal with a removal of interference-signal peak-value regions which correspond to the interference signal, to form a combined test signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346029 | SYMMETRY OF DISCOVERED GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL - Systems and methods for identifying symmetry relationships in product data management (PDM) systems. A method includes receiving a 3D model including a plurality of components and identifying a plurality of target components from the plurality of components. The method includes identifying a symmetry plane in the 3D model and determining the location of each of the target components with respect to the symmetry plane. The method includes adding the target components to respective groups according to the determined locations, and creating an equivalence class for each group of target components. The method includes storing a symmetry relationship between the created equivalence classes. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346030 | CHANGING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING CHANGING PROGRAM AND CHANGING SYSTEM - A changing method include: generating, by a computer, a movement track of a figure in response to movement of the figure; detecting an overlap between a line segment and the movement track; and changing, when the overlap is detected, the shape of a portion of the line segment that overlaps the movement track to a shape along an outer periphery of the movement track. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346031 | MODULAR SUBSTATION PROTECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention provides a modular protection and control system for power substations. Embodiments provide for selection of modular protection and control assets have a modular plug-and-play features incorporated into standardized modular panels for installation in modular base modules and expansion modules. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346032 | METHODS FOR GENERATING DESIGN PLANS FOR PHYSICAL SPACES - A method for generating a design plan for a physical space includes providing a main computer having a database of design products and a remote computer in communication with the main computer, placing an object within a physical space, directing a camera toward the physical space, using the camera to capture a first digital image of the physical space at a first angle and a second digital image of the physical space at a second angle, with the object visible in both digital images. The captured digital images are transmitted to the main computer, photogrammetrically assimilated to produce a three-dimensional data set rendering of the physical space. The method includes using the three-dimensional data set rendering to create a design plan for the physical space, storing the design plan on the main computer, and using the remote computer for accessing the design plan from the main computer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346033 | TREE-BASED REGRESSION - Parent node data is split into first and second child nodes based on a first partition variable to create a tree-based model. A first regression model for the first child node data relates the response variable and the predictor variable. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346034 | Predictive Method, Apparatus and Program Product - Methods, Apparatus and Program Products for predicting resource usage data, weather data and econometric data, such as: demands on resources such as electrical power, water supply, communications infrastructure; temperature, humidity, wind speed, solar radiation, and degree days; and commodity price, gross domestic product, and a price index. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346035 | EVALUATING FLUID FLOW IN A WELLBORE - Techniques for evaluating a fluid flow through a wellbore include identifying an input characterizing a fluid flow through a wellbore; identifying an input characterizing a geometry of the wellbore; generating a model of the wellbore based on the inputs characterizing the fluid flow and the geometry of the wellbore; simulating the fluid flow through the wellbore based on evaluating the model with a numerical method that determines fluid flow conditions at a first boundary location uphole and adjacent to a perforation of a plurality of perforations in the wellbore and at a second boundary location downhole and adjacent to the perforation; and preparing, based on the fluid flow conditions determined with the numerical method, an output associated with the simulated fluid flow through the wellbore for display to a user. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346036 | Computer implemented method for product design - A computer program product and a computer-implemented method are disclosed. The method includes providing a square design structure matrix having a number of rows and a number of columns equal to the number of rows, wherein each row represents one of a plurality of elements, wherein each entry of the design structure matrix is a numerical quantity; providing a domain mapping matrix having a number of rows equal to the number of rows of the design structure matrix, each row having an identical representation of one of the plurality of elements as a corresponding row of the design structure matrix, the domain mapping matrix having any number of columns, wherein each entry of the domain mapping matrix is a numerical quantity; and using a computer processor to group one or more elements into a cluster arrangement, using a plurality of entries from each of the matrices. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346037 | Lithography Modeling And Applications - The manufacturing of integrated circuits relies on the use of lithography simulation to predict the image of the mask created on the wafer. Such predictions can be used for example to assess the quality of the images, verify the manufacturability of such images, perform using OPC necessary correction of the mask data to achieve images close to the targets, optimize the printing parameters such as the illumination source, or globally optimize the source and the mask to achieve better printability. This disclosure provides a technique based on the association of at least one kernel function per source region or source point. Each kernel function can be directly convoluted with a mask image to create a prediction of the wafer image. As the kernel functions are associated with the source, the source can be easily changed to create new models. The optical system can be fully described by computing the possible kernels for all possible source points and all possible numerical apertures. Therefore this technique is ideally suited for source-mask optimization as well as source-mask-numerical aperture optimization, and their associated applications. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346038 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING COMPUTATIONAL MODELS FOR NONLINEAR MODELS OF POSITION ENCODERS - A method is described for ascertaining a computational model for a position encoder system, in particular for a position encoder for controlling a gas mass flow rate for an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: providing a differential equation system with at least one nonlinear term; dividing the differential equation system to obtain a linear part which is describable by a linear differential equation and a nonlinear part which is describable by a nonlinear differential equation; discretizing the linear part of the differential equation system with the aid of a first discretization method to obtain a computational model for the discretized linear part; discretizing the nonlinear part of the differential equation system with the aid of a second discretization method to obtain a computational model for the discretized nonlinear part; combining the computational models of the discretized linear part and the discretized nonlinear part of the differential equation system to obtain the computational model for the position encoder system. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346039 | Modeling Nonlinear Systems - Systems and techniques, including machine-readable instructions, for modeling of nonlinear systems. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a collection of two or more inputs configured and arranged to receive input signals, a collection of two or more outputs configured and arranged to output output signals, a processing unit configured to transform the input signals into the output signals, wherein the transformation is non-linear and treats the non-linear system as a collection of multiple input, single output non-linear systems, and a data storage that stores characteristics of the transformation. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346040 | SHALE GAS PRODUCTION FORECASTING - A method can include providing data for at least one shale gas formation; performing a statistical analysis on the data for each of the at least one shale gas formation; providing a simulation model; history matching the simulation model for each of the at least one shale gas formation based at least in part on the performed statistical analysis to generate a history matched model for each of the at least one shale gas formation; and forecasting production for another shale gas formation by plugging in data for the other shale gas formation into each generated history matched model. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346041 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE QUANTITY OF LIGHT RECEIVED BY A PARTICIPATING MEDIA, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - A method for estimating the quantity of light received by a point M of a heterogeneous participating media, the light being emitted by a light environment. Thereafter, the method comprises estimating, for each point of a first set of points, first values representative of the light attenuation between the considered point and a first surface bounding the media along a plurality of particular directions of light emission, estimating first coefficients of projection by projection of the first values of reduction of light intensity in an orthonormal basis of spherical functions, estimating second values representative of the light attenuation between the point and a second surface along directions, the second surface comprising some of the points of the neighbourhood of the point, and estimating the quantity of light received by the point using first coefficients of projection and second values of reduction of light intensity. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346042 | GENERATING DATA FOR GEOMECHANICAL MODELING - This specification describes systems, methods, and software relating to geomechanical modeling of a subterranean region ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130346043 | LOCALIZED MOBILE DECISION SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND PERFORMING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES - Support for enabling maintenance decision-making activities within a transportation infrastructure network includes one or more methods, apparatuses and systems for localized assimilation, integration, and processing of both locally-generated and remotely-acquired road condition, treatment, and weather data within a mobile computing environment to improve the information available to manage maintenance decisions and performance. This maintenance decision-making support includes communication components and processing modules that integrate data from multiple external sources to locally simulate conditions on, and generate treatment recommendations for, local roadways and transportation network segments based on user-selected parameters. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346044 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COLLECTION - Systems and techniques for directing data collection. Upon an initial data collection, the uncertainty of all or of a portion or portions of the collected data is evaluated. The collected data may be associated with a region, with portions of the collected data associated with subregions. Further data collection, including changes to or refinement of collection techniques, is undertaken based on evaluations of the uncertainty. Further data collection may be undertaken only for portions of the data for which uncertainty exceeds a threshold. Uncertainty evaluation may be performed at least in part using a model. The model may be an initial hypothesis model, and the model may be optimized as further data is collected, and the optimized model may be used to guide further data collection techniques, with iterations of data collection and model optimization being carried out concurrently. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346045 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING POLYMER MATERIAL - A computer-implemented method for simulating a polymer material comprising a polymer, a filler and a modifying agent for increasing the affinity of the polymer to the filler is disclosed. In order to make a relaxation calculation of filler models and modified polymer models in a short period of time, a pair of filler models are defined by a pair of parallelly-opposed wall surfaces of a virtual space in which the modified polymer models are disposed, and a molecular dynamics calculation is performed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346046 | Simulation with Dynamic Run-Time Accuracy Adjustment - Systems and methods for simulation with dynamic run-time accuracy adjustment. In one embodiment, a first portion of a sequence of software instruction is simulated by a first simulation model, during a simulation. During the same simulation, a second portion of the sequence is simulated by a second simulation model. State information may be transferred from the first simulation model to the second simulation model. A change from simulating the first portion of a sequence of software instructions by the first simulation model to simulating the second portion of the sequence by the second simulation model may be made responsive to a computer-based determination of an advantage obtained by the change. | 2013-12-26 |
20130346047 | PERFORMANCE PREDICTING APPARATUS, PERFORMANCE PREDICTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A performance predicting apparatus includes an approximate model storage unit configured to store approximate models each of which is associated with one of categories, and which are used to calculate functional performance based on feature values, a feature value extracting unit configured to extract the feature values from shape data representing a shape of an object, a selection unit configured to select one of the approximate models to be used from the approximate models stored in the approximate model storage unit depending on the feature values extracted by the feature value extracting unit, and a performance calculating unit configured to calculate functional performance based on the feature values extracted by the feature value extracting unit using the approximate model selected by the selection unit. | 2013-12-26 |