| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 702116000 | Of sensing device | 32 |
| 20080300817 | SENSOR SUBSET SELECTION FOR REDUCED BANDWIDTH AND COMPUTATION REQUIREMENTS - A system for identifying a subset of sensors to sample to reduce the frequency of sensor access. The system determines rise times and records values for the sensors in the system. A time criticality of the sensors is determined based on the rise times. The system processes the sensors by first creating sensor subsets based on one or more constraints on the sensors. The system monitors the values of the sensors in a sensor subset and flags a sensor when it makes a determination that, prior to a next scheduled sampling of the sensor subset, the value of a sensor in the monitored sensor subset will exceed a threshold constraint. The system moves those flagged sensors to a second sensor subset which complies with the sensor's constraints. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090144011 | ONE-PASS SAMPLING OF HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED SENSORS - One-pass sampling is employed within a hierarchically organized structure to efficiently and expeditiously respond to sensor inquires. Identification of relevant sensors and sampling of those sensors is combined and performed in a single pass. Oversampling can also be employed to ensure a target sample size is met where some sensors fail or are otherwise unavailable. Further yet, sensor data can be cached and utilized to hasten processing as well as compensate for occasional sensor unavailability. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090177429 | DIGITAL CONTROLLER - An input processing unit of safe digital controller includes units for determining ground when a voltage V from an input terminal is equal to or lower than a ground determination value; for outputting a first specified value regardless of the voltage V during a first given period immediately after the controller starts; for outputting a value based on the voltage V when the voltage V is equal to or higher than the ground fault determination value and equal to or lower than a disconnection determination value after the first given period, outputting a third specified value during a second given period after the first given period when the voltage V is lower than the ground fault determination value, and outputting the first specified value when a state in which the voltage V is lower than the ground fault determination value is maintained for the second given period or longer; and for outputting a second specified value during the second given period when the voltage V is higher than the disconnection determination value after the first given period, and outputting the first specified value when a state in which the voltage V is higher than the disconnection determination value is maintained for the second given period or longer. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090287446 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL REFERENCE MODULE FOR SOLAR TESTING - The present invention generally includes an apparatus and method of forming a reference module device that is able to deliver a repeatable and desirable amount of power that does not degrade or change over time. The reference module can be used to help test and calibrate various testing equipment used in the production of a photovoltaic device that may be formed in a solar cell fab. The solar cell fab is generally an arrangement of processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100106446 | ATTRIBUTE SENSING PROCESSES - Methods for determining an attribute of a substance in a container in response to an access event. The methods include a method for determining an attribute of a substance including activating the sensor in response to an access event and transmitting, in response to the activating, an output of the sensor providing an indication of an attribute of the contents. The methods also include a method having the steps of associating a sensor having an identifier with the container; and receiving the identifier and an output of the sensor providing an indication of the amount of the contents. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100198548 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND TEST APPARATUS - There is provided a diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing a test apparatus including a plurality of test modules designed to test a device under test. The diagnostic apparatus includes a configuration storing section that stores thereon configuration information describing a type and a connection of each of the plurality of test modules, a generating section that generates a pattern file based on the configuration information, where the pattern file describes a diagnostic pattern used to diagnose each of the plurality of test modules, and a diagnosing section that causes each of the plurality of test modules to generate a diagnostic signal in accordance with a corresponding diagnostic pattern in order to diagnose the test module. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100235132 | Method and apparatus for acquiring and processing transducer data - A method and apparatus for correlating raw transducer data in a system of transducers communicates transducer data in a common format. Transducer data and relationships between transducers are characterized in a common format, and interdependencies of transducers are defined for modeling a system. The data is time correlated from the various transducers. Data is archived, updated and exchanged without being corrupted. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235133 | STANDARD MEDIA SUSPENSION BODY, OPTICAL PARTICULATE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, AND VERIFICATION METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL PARTICULATE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A standard media suspension body ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110066396 | Sensor device and manufacturing method for a sensor device - A sensor device includes: a sensor module mounted on a conductor board; a sensitive element which is sensitive to a variable; a self-test control unit implementing a self-test program, the self-test control unit applying a self-test variable to the sensitive element, taking the self-test program into account; a detection unit detecting a characteristic of the sensitive element which is altered as a result of the applied self-test variable and providing an actual self-test response, taking the altered characteristic into account; and a comparator unit provided on or in the sensor module, the comparator unit comparing the actual self-test response to at least one specified setpoint self-test response and providing comparative information. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110106479 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR STABILIZATION OF SENSORS - A blood glucose sensing system includes a sensor and a sensor electronics device. The sensor includes a plurality of electrodes. The sensor electronics device includes stabilization circuitry. The stabilization circuitry causes a first voltage to be applied to one of the electrodes for a first timeframe and causes a second voltage to be applied to one of the electrodes for a second timeframe. The stabilization circuitry repeats the application of the first voltage and the second voltage to continue the anodic-cathodic cycle. The sensor electronics device may include a power supply, a regulator, and a voltage application device, where the voltage application device receives a regulated voltage from the regulator, applies a first voltage to an electrode for the first timeframe, and applies a second voltage to an electrode for the second timeframe. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106480 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR STABILIZATION OF SENSORS - A blood glucose sensing system includes a sensor and a sensor electronics device. The sensor includes a plurality of electrodes. The sensor electronics device includes stabilization circuitry. The stabilization circuitry causes a first voltage to be applied to one of the electrodes for a first timeframe and causes a second voltage to be applied to one of the electrodes for a second timeframe. The stabilization circuitry repeats the application of the first voltage and the second voltage to continue the anodic-cathodic cycle. The sensor electronics device may include a power supply, a regulator, and a voltage application device, where the voltage application device receives a regulated voltage from the regulator, applies a first voltage to an electrode for the first timeframe, and applies a second voltage to an electrode for the second timeframe. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110238360 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING RELIABILITY OF ELECTRICAL POWER MEASURING DEVICE - A method is provided for evaluating the reliability of an electrical power measuring device for measuring high-frequency electrical power. To build an evaluation system, the measuring device, together with a reference electrical power measuring device, is arranged between a high-frequency power supply device and an artificial reproduction load, which includes an impedance conversion device and a reference load. Using this system, an uncertainty range of an electrical power measured value measured by the measuring device is calculated, according to a prescribed calculation formula, from the electrical power measured value, and a judgment is made as to whether or not the electrical power measured value measured by the measuring device is within the uncertainty range. If it is within the uncertainty range, the measuring device is evaluated as being reliable, while if it is not within the uncertainty range, the measuring device is evaluated as being unreliable. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120078564 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING QUALITY OF A ROTATING POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM - A method for improving a position sensing system which measures a rotating object is presented. In one embodiment, the method outputs the position of the rotating object while the object is rotating, and the method follows an external command on the sensor output line when the object is not rotating to output information other than the position information. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120084042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL MULTI-OUTPUT REGRESSION FOR MACHINE CONDITION MONITORING - A method for predicting sensor output values of a sensor monitoring system, includes providing a set test input values to a system of sensors, and one or more known sensor output values from the sensor system, where other sensor output values are unknown, calculating, for each unknown sensor output value, a predictive Gaussian distribution function from the test input values and the known output sensor values, and predicting each unknown output y | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120095716 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MODULATIONS OF MULTIPLE-INSTRUMENTS AND SENSORS - A method for modulating multiple-instruments and multiple-sensors using an electronic device. The electronic device controls an instrument to measure the working parameters of an object, and controls a sensor to detect the working temperature of the object. By comparing the working parameters against a predefined range, and comparing the working temperature against a predefined temperature value, the electronic device determines whether the instrument and the sensor need to be modulated. If any of the working parameters is not within the predefined range or if the working temperature is greater than the predefined temperature value, the electronic device controls the instrument and the sensor to be modulated by using a modulation transfer function and a predetermined direction. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120173186 | SENSOR NODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A sensor node for accurately guaranteeing a lifetime of a USN sensor node, and a control method thereof are provided. The sensor node control method includes receiving an operation time of a sensor node from a user; based on the input operation time, calculating a sensing rate which is the number of sensings of the sensor node per unit time; and according to the calculated sensing rate, controlling a sensing operation of the sensing node. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120245878 | HANDHELD HVAC/R TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A handheld HVAC/R test and measurement instrument having a display, a keypad, a microprocessor, memory, and circuitry adapted to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors and to automatically determine the type of each sensor and automatically determine and display which HVAC/R tests and measurements are available to be performed by the field service technician using only the plurality of sensors. Different kits of sensors are used for various tests and measurements routinely performed when servicing HVAC/R systems, and the handheld instrument automatically identifies the sensors connected to it and leads the technician through the tests and measurements that can be performed using those sensor inputs in combination with technical reference information and calculation algorithms stored in memory. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120253729 | Test system, test signal auxiliary device, and test signal generation method thereof - A test system, a test signal auxiliary device, and a test signal generation method thereof are disclosed. The test signal auxiliary device is used for providing a computer system to test a signal measurement device. The test signal auxiliary device includes a first signal input terminal used for receiving an analog test signal via a first audio port of the computer system. A filter module is used for filtering the analog test signal to produce a filtered signal. A first signal output terminal is used for outputting the filtered signal to the signal measurement device. A second signal input terminal is used for receiving a corresponding signal from the signal measurement device. A second signal output terminal is used for transmitting the corresponding signal to the computer system via a second audio port. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120310583 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING APD MEASURING DEVICE - To accurately test the operating state of the APD measuring device. A test device 40 includes a test signal generator 41 that generates a test signal corresponding to the center frequency of a signal to be measured and a control unit 42 that variably controls the amplitude level of a test signal in the dynamic range of an APD measuring device 1 at random, in order to test the operating state of the APD measuring device 1. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130110444 | FAILSAFE IMAGE SENSOR WITH REAL TIME INTEGRITY CHECKING OF PIXEL ANALOG PATHS AND DIGITAL DATA PATHS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130197849 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING IRREGULAR SENSOR SIGNAL NOISE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting irregular sensor signal noise. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for determining reliability of a sensor. The method may include receiving signal samples associated with a sensor; receiving an expected standard deviation value ( | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130304410 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR TESTING SENSORS OF THE SERVER - In a method for testing sensors of a server, the method obtains serial numbers of each of the sensors from a board management controller (BMC) of the server using an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) service of the server, and modifies lower and upper critical values to generate first and second system event logs even during normal working of the components subject to sensing. The method records a confirmed and tested status of each of the sensors if the first system event log and the second system log are right. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO INITIATE A VERIFICATION TEST WITHIN A FLOW METER VIA A FLOW COMPUTER - Systems and methods to initiate a verification test within a flow meter via a flow computer are disclosed. An example method includes communicating, via a flow computer, a request to a flow meter to initiate a verification test of the flow meter. The example method also includes retrieving diagnostic data from the flow meter. The example method further includes logging a result of the verification test in a log of the flow computer, the result based on the diagnostic data. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130338958 | HYBRID LOCATION TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD - The technology disclosed relates to testing hybrid positioning systems, including systems that rely on MEMS sensors. In particular, it relates to methods and devices for configuring and running tests of hybrid positioning systems. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140149063 | Collection and Analysis Signs - A system is disclosed having a storage, a communications module for interacting with a medical measurement device, an analysis controller, and a test module that allows for the testing and evaluating of decision-support algorithms. A method for testing decision-support algorithms is disclosed having the steps of receiving into storage of a ruggedized, compact computer at least one decision-support algorithm; detecting with a communications module the initiation of a vital-sign monitoring session; receiving and storing vital-sign information into storage by the communications module; pushing the stored vital-sign information by an analysis controller to a test module running the stored at least one decision-support algorithm; and providing at least one output from the decision-support algorithm to at least one of a database and a display. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140278194 | PROXIMITY INTERFACE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM HAVING ANALYZER AND METHOD - A development system and method are provided for testing proximity sensor interfaces, such as a capacitive switch assembly which may be employed in an automotive vehicle. The system includes software routines stored in memory for operating a proximity sensor interface having a plurality of sensors, and a data log including user outputs of the proximity sensors. The development system includes a replicator for replicating the proximity sensor interface based on the software routines and the data log and generating outputs of the proximity sensor interface to determine performance. The system further includes an analyzer for processing the test data for proper activation of the proximity sensor interface and generating an output indicative of the test results. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278195 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A COMPUTER TO DETERMINE AN OPTIMIZED MEASUREMENT SEQUENCE FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - In a method for operating a medical imaging system and a medical imaging system operating according to such a method, a measurement sequence is divided into a number of partial sequences, with each of the partial sequences resulting in a loading of at least one of these system components when the measurement sequence is executed. The partial sequences are evaluated, in terms of their number and duration, using a computerized model in order to determine whether a load limit for the at least one of the system components is exceeded. If so, the number or duration of the partial sequences is modified, and a check using the computer model is again implemented. A number or respective duration of the partial sequences that results in the load limit not being exceeded is then used as a final output in order to operate the medical imaging system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140358467 | CONTROL METHOD OF SENSOR DISPOSED IN EXHAUST SYSTEM - A control method of a sensor disposed in an exhaust system may include starting an engine; performing a first logic of checking whether moisture formed on a first sensor detecting one of the characteristics of exhaust gases emitted from the engine; when it is determined by the first logic that the moisture formed on the first sensor has evaporated, heating the first sensor; and performing a second logic of checking whether moisture formed on a second sensor disposed at the rear of the first sensor and detecting one of the characteristics of the exhaust gases. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20160047679 | SENSOR POWER MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for an apparatus to reduce sensor power consumption, in particular, through predictive data measurements by one or more sensors. In one instance, the apparatus may include one or more sensors and a sensor management module coupled with the sensors and configured to cause the sensors to initiate measurements of data indicative of a process in a first data measurement mode, determine a pattern of events comprising the process based on a portion of the measurements collected by the sensors in the first data measurement mode over a time period, and initiate measurements of the data by the one or more sensors in a second data measurement mode. The second data measurement mode may be based on the pattern of events comprising the process. The pattern may indicate a prediction of appearance of events in the process. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160120425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT OF SURAL NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY AND AMPLITUDE - Apparatus for measuring sural nerve conduction velocity and amplitude, the apparatus comprising:
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| 20160252569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TEST AND/OR RECOVER MAGNETIC SENSORS WITH ESD OR OTHER DAMAGE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20170234844 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TESTING GAS METERS | 08-17-2017 |
