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| 20080228439 | Method and apparatus for measuring distance with graphic data - A computer-implemented method for facilitating measurement of the distance between edges graphically shown on a display device according to graphic data. The method includes setting a ruler including a first end point and a second end point on the edges, calculating the distance between the first end point and the second end point, moving the ruler on the display device in response to an input of a coordinate, and calculating the distance between the first end point and the second end point for the moved ruler. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080312867 | Scrolling Electronic Whiteboard - A scrolling electronic whiteboard is provided, including a thin-film antenna board, at least an electromagnetic signal transmitter, a main control board, and a scrolling mechanism cassette. The scrolling mechanism cassette is for providing the housing of the thin-film antenna board to scroll and extend by pulling. The thin-film antenna board can be entirely scrolled and housed inside the scrolling mechanism cassette. The electromagnetic signal transmitter includes a resonant circuit for transmitting an electromagnetic signal of specific frequency to determine the length of the thin-film antenna board being pulled outside of the scrolling mechanism cassette. The main control board is for receiving the antenna loop signals of thin-film antenna board, and the electromagnetic signals of each electromagnetic signal transmitters. Therefore, a large electronic whiteboard can vary its dimensional ratio by pulling out different length of the thin-film antenna board, which can also be entirely retracted into the scrolling mechanism cassette for easy storage and transportation. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090006031 | COMBINATION LASER AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY TARGET - The invention relates to the use of one or more targets in measuring surfaces. Each of the one or more targets may comprise a first portion adapted to reflect a laser beam towards a laser tracking device, and a second portion adapted to reflect a light beam towards a photogrammetry device. Simultaneous photogrammetry and laser tracking measurements may be taken utilizing the one or more targets. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090030649 | Method and Procedure for Detecting Cable Length in a Storage Subsystem with Wide Ports - A mechanism detects cable length in a storage subsystem with wide ports. The mechanism uses in-situ bidirectional cable wrapping for determining different cable lengths. The mechanism under-margins transmitter output to failure for each external port and even for each PHY within a wide port. Based on the transition point from “good” wrap to “bad” wrap, the cable length may be determined. The transition point identifies if the cable is long or short, at which point the optimum tuning parameters can accordingly be set. A calibration mechanism calibrates the high speed transmitter/receiver pair characteristics, and, thus, optimizes the transmission performance between subsystems. The calibration mechanism mitigates the need for frequent error correction and does not incur the performance degradation associated with error correction techniques. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090037139 | Method and system for fiber properties measurement - A fiber measurement system for precision measurement of individual fiber properties, including length and fiber length distribution is provided. The fiber measurement system includes a fiber introduction system configured to introduce a plurality of individualized fibers. A fiber guidance enclosure is configured to receive the fibers from the fiber introduction system. The fiber guidance enclosure has an enclosed pathway and a viewing area. The viewing area has a height that limits mobility of the fibers in a Z-direction and the viewing area has a width that is wider than the enclosed pathway. A sensing system is provided for detecting the presence of the fibers within the fiber guidance enclosure. An imaging system is positioned proximal the viewing area of the fiber guidance enclosure to capture an image of the individualized fiber as the fibers pass through the viewing area. A controller is provided for analyzing the image data to determine at least one property of the fibers. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090093994 | ROTATION INVARIANT 2D SKETCH DESCRIPTOR - A system, method, and computer program for determining a descriptor, comprising calculating a maximum distance for a plurality of points in a sector between each of said plurality of points and an origin; calculating a minimal distance from one of said plurality of points and a target line, wherein said maximum distance is an initial value; computing a plurality of Fourier coefficients from said minimal distances; and defining an invariant descriptor from said Fourier coefficients, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090132200 | Method and apparatus for calculating a distance in assembly operation - A method and apparatus for calculating distance in an assembly operation. The method comprises the steps of providing an assembly comprising a first part, a second part and driver means coupled to the first part. The driver means are arranged to selectively move the first part relative to the second part. The method also includes actuating the driver means to selectively move the first part between a first known position and a second position and registering speed and/or acceleration data of the driver means between the first known position and the second position. The time interval for the first part to move between the first known position and the second position is measured. The distance moved by the first part between the first known position and the second position using the measured time interval and the data registered from the driver means can then be calculated. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090138233 | Surveying Instrument and Method of Providing Survey Data of a Target Region Using a Surveying Instrument - A surveying instrument ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090144019 | Method for Determining Contact Erosion of an Electromagnetic Switching Device, and Electromagnetic Switching Device Comprising a Mechanism Operating According to Said Method - In order to determine contact erosion of an electromagnetic switching device, a mechanical parameter is measured which characterizes the time course of the relative movement between the contacts, said movement being caused by an actuator. The point in time when the contacts close is determined by evaluating the time course of the relative movement, and the distance traveled by the contacts until said point in time or the distance traveled by the actuator from said point in time until reaching the final position thereof is detected at least indirectly and is compared to a stored reference value. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090171621 | MEASURING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DEVICES - This invention provides compositions and methods for producing low cholesterol poultry eggs using hypocholesterolemic compounds, cholesterol lowering supplements, and feeds therefrom. Preferably, this invention provides microbial statins without methyl group in C6, as shown in formula V, in order to produce low cholesterol poultry eggs. The invention allows producing low cholesterol poultry eggs without concomitant reduction of egg production by providing microbial statins, compactin and pravastatin as well as their derivatives, as cholesterol lowering components. This invention also provides methods for producing low cholesterol poultry eggs without huge increase of production cost since the effective amount of cholesterol lowering composition containing microbial statin costs 1/120-¼ of that of synthetic statin. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090187375 | TOUCH SENSOR, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH SENSOR - To detect a position an object is brought into contact or brought into proximity of the contact regions arranged with a capacitance sensor at high precision by successive values with a small number of capacitance sensors. An intensity acquiring unit acquires intensities of change in capacitance detected by capacitance sensors as detection results of when annularly arranged with respect to a first quadrant to a fourth quadrant. A horizontal calculation unit calculates a detection position in a horizontal direction of a position an object is brought into contact or brought into proximity. A vertical direction calculation unit calculates a detection position in a vertical direction of a position an object is brought into contact or brought into proximity. A position output unit outputs positions in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction of the position the object is brought into contact or brought into proximity. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187376 | SAMPLE DATA RELIABILITY EVALUATION METHOD AND SAMPLE DATA RELIABILITY EVALUATION APPARATUS - A sample data reliability evaluation method includes a first calculating step of calculating a representative distance between samples of a same cluster, which is a representative distance between the sample and the sample belonging to the same cluster to that to which the sample belongs, a second calculating step of calculating a representative distance between samples of different clusters, which is a representative distance between the sample and the sample belonging to the different cluster from that to which the sample belongs, a third calculating step of calculating a reliability evaluation index, which is an index for evaluating reliability of the sample data based on the representative distance between samples of the same cluster and the representative distance between samples of different clusters, and an evaluating step of evaluating the reliability of a subset of the sample data set or the whole sample data set. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187377 | CABLE LENGTH DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A KEYBOARDING VIDEO MOUSE SWITCH - A cable length detection apparatus is provided to detect the length of a cable having at least three pairs of wires for transmitting video signals. The cable length detection apparatus has a signal compressing circuit, a signal converting circuit and a length calculating circuit. The signal compressing circuit compresses an electrical signal into one pair of wires. The signal converting circuit converts the electrical signal transmitted by the pair of wires into a value. The length calculating circuit then calculates the length of the cable according to the value. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090192758 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND KIT FOR MEASURING A DISTANCE WITHIN A RAILROAD SYSTEM - A system is provided for measuring a distance within a railroad system. The railroad system includes a rail vehicle having a plurality of pairs of wheels, where the plurality of pairs of wheels are in respective contact with a pair of rails. The system further includes a transducer positioned on an outer surface location of the rail vehicle. The transducer is configured to emit a signal to an object located the distance away from the transducer. The transducer is configured to receive the signal having reflected from the object along the distance to the transducer. The system further includes a controller coupled to the transducer to receive transmission and reception data of the signal to determine the distance. A method is also provided for measuring a distance within a railroad system, as well as a kit for converting a rail vehicle from a first configuration to a second configuration. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090204363 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING OPTIMAL LENGTH OF TRACE BETWEEN ADJOINING BENDS AND COMPUTER ACCESSIBLE STORAGE MEDIA - A method for calculating optimal length of trace between adjoining bends is disclosed. First, a rising time Tr of signal of a trace is defined, and a unit transmitting delay T | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090240466 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AN OBJECT THAT HAS A REPETITIVE PATTERN - A method for evaluating placement errors within a lithographic mask, the method includes: providing or receiving a reference result that represents a distance between a reference pair of points of a reference element; measuring, for each pair of points out of multiple pairs of points that are associated with multiple spaced apart elements of the lithographic mask, the distance between the pair of points to provide multiple measurement results; wherein differences between a measurement result and the reference result are indicative of relative placement errors; and determining relative placement errors in response to relationships between the reference result and each of the measurement results. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090281766 | CLEARANCE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A ROTARY MACHINE - A method of estimating a clearance between at least one rotating object of a rotary machine and a second object is provided. The method includes measuring an operating parameter of the rotary machine. The method also includes obtaining signals corresponding to the at least one rotating object across multiple revolutions in time, wherein the number of the revolutions is determined based upon the measured operating parameter. The method further includes generating waveforms corresponding to the at least one rotating object from the obtained signals for the revolutions. The method also includes estimating the clearance between the second object and the at least one rotating object based upon the generated waveforms. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100100353 | Measuring instrument - A measuring instrument includes a main body, a stylus configured to be movable in relation to the main body, an encoder for detecting the amount of displacement of the stylus relative to the main body, a calculating section for calculating a measurement value from the amount of displacement detected by the encoder, a display section for displaying the measurement value calculated by the calculating section, an operation section for issuing a command to the calculating section, and a storage section that stores an effective measurement range larger than a lower limit and smaller than an upper limit of the movement stroke of the stylus. The calculating section makes a determination as to whether or not the amount of displacement detected by the encoder falls within the effective measurement range stored in the storage section and displays the result of such a determination on the display section. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100114525 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CLEARANCE AND/OR MISMATCH OF AN OPENING FOR A VEHICLE WITHOUT REFERENCING THE OPENING - The invention concerns a method to determine the misalignment and/or clearance of a door ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100131236 | Apparatus and Method for Measuring Deflection of a Printed Circuit Board - Deflection measuring apparatus and methods are used to prevent overstress of printed circuit boards (PCB) prior and during testing. They can be used to verify in a HALT, HASS of ESS testing protocol, if the PCB testing fixture and vibration testing setup would be likely to cause failure of PCB components during pre- testing and testing procedures, which failure would otherwise not occur with faultless components. Furthermore, In the context of a PCB to be integrated to a system as a product such as a computer, the deflection measuring apparatus and methods are used to prevent overstress of PCBs at the system assembly stage, to ensure that operations involved, such as plugging of PCB connectors, will not cause PCB components failure, which would otherwise not occur with faultless components. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100204954 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR TESTING THE DESIGN OF A SEAT COMPRISING A SEAT AREA, A BACKREST, AND A HEADRESTu - A method and a device are provided for testing the design of a seat comprising a seat area, a backrest, and a headrest. The method includes positioning a body simulating element with a reference measuring point on the seat by means of a robot kinematics; passive switching of the robot kinematics; measuring a distance between the reference measuring point and the headrest; and comparing the measured distance with a reference value. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100211353 | REGISTERING UNIT FOR RECORDING INPUT SIGNALS CAUSED BY MECHANICAL ACTION ON SAID UNIT, AND METHOD FOR RECORDING MEASURED VALUES AND PROCESSING SIGNALS - The object of the invention of developing a three-dimensional flexible registering unit which can measure mechanical operations in the region at any desired positions over a defined length is achieved by virtue of the fact that said registering unit is in the form of a cable and comprises, in the three-dimensional extent, a flexible protective sleeve and two coaxially arranged conductor tracks, wherein one conductor track surrounds the other conductor track, and one of the conductor tracks is used as a measuring electrode and the other conductor track is in the form of an electrical resistor and has a voltage gradient, and a dielectric which electrically separates the two conductor tracks from one another in the quiescent state and enables punctiform or areal contact between the two conductor tracks when a mechanical force acts from the outside is situated between the two conductor tracks, and a measured value recording and evaluation unit which is suitable for determining a change in voltage or resistance triggered by operating the registering unit with a contact-pressure force vector is provided. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100268509 | TURBOMACHINE, GAP-MEASURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROTOR GAP - The invention relates to a turbomachine having a rotor ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110035184 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Monitoring Athletic Performance - Methods, systems, and products monitor athletic performance. Location information is acquired that indicates a device is in movement. A level of difficulty associated with the location information is retrieved and associated to a distance traversed during the movement. The distance traversed and the level of difficulty are stored in a database. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110046918 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LIBRARY OF SPECTRA - A method of generating a library from a reference substrate for use in processing product wafers is described. The method includes measuring substrate characteristics at a plurality of well-defined points of a reference substrate, measuring spectra at plurality of measurement points of the reference substrate, there being more measurement points than well-defined points, and associating measured spectra with measured substrate characteristics. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110172956 | DISTANCE METRIC ESTIMATING SYSTEM, COORDINATE CALCULATING NODE, DISTANCE METRIC ESTIMATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Shortest path searcher | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110231150 | Difference Frequency Detection with Range Measurement - A method and apparatus for detecting objects. A first plurality of electromagnetic signals having a first frequency and a second plurality of electromagnetic signals having a second frequency are transmitted. At least one of the first frequency and the second frequency is changed through a range of frequencies. A delayed difference frequency signal substantially equal to a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is monitored for. The delayed difference frequency signal is generated by an object having non-linear electrical characteristics in response to the object receiving the first plurality of electromagnetic signals and the second plurality of electromagnetic signals. A range measurement is generated for the object by comparing the delayed difference frequency signal and an undelayed difference frequency signal. The undelayed difference frequency signal is substantially equal to the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120029871 | DYNAMIC ELECTRIC POWER LINE MONITORING SYSTEM - A device and method of precise distance measurement of a transmission line to any object below it is disclosed, along with a network of such devices. The technique employs ultrasonic sensor technology to measure the distance to the nearest object, be it vegetation or a crossing conductor below, and reports that distance wirelessly to the system operator or transmission asset owner. The ultrasonic measurement package may be part of a Transmission Line Security Monitor, which mounts to a transmission line conductor and is powered by the transmission line, transmitting the data by radio links. The technology is equally applicable to encroachment of objects from the side (for example, other transmission lines), as well as to other electrical lines, such as distribution lines, or to other sensing. A built-in transceiver allows the device to communicate with other devices and forward alerts from these devices in a daisy-chain fashion to the intended recipient. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120084052 | HOIST LENGTH MEASURING METHOD FOR INPUT SHAPING - Disclosed is a hoist length measuring method comprising: a first step of setting a hoist length L to an initial length (L0+L1); a second step of determining whether a preset time period has elapsed after the operation of a hoist has started; a third step of determining whether a hook is falling or rising if it is determined that the preset time period has elapsed; and a fourth step of calculating a hoist length at the time of determination using the following respective equations for a case in which the hook is falling and for a case in which the hook is rising, wherein L0 represents the distance between the center of the hook and the center of the shaft of the motor of the hoist when the hook of the hoist is located at an upper limit, and L1 represents the distance between the center of the hook and the center of an object hanging on the hook, and the equation for the case in which the hook is rising is L=L−ΔL, and the equation for the case in which the hook is falling is L=L+ΔL, wherein AL represents the variation in the length of the hoist caused by the rising or falling of the hook, and is defined by a rising speed (or a falling speed)×a preset time period. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20130041623 | THEFT DETECTION NODES AND SERVERS, METHODS OF ESTIMATING AN ANGLE OF A TURN, METHODS OF ESTIMATING A DISTANCE TRAVELED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE STOPS, AND METHODS AND SERVERS FOR DETERMINING A PATH TRAVELED BY A NODE - One aspect of the invention provides a theft detection node including: a power source; an accelerometer; a gyroscope; a transmitter; and a microcontroller in communication with the power source, the motion detector, and the transmitter. The microcontroller is programmed to determine whether the theft detection node is being transported and, if the theft detection node is being transported: estimate the distance traveled between successive stops and transmit the estimated distance to a server. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of determining a path traveled by a node. The method includes: generating a Hidden Markov Model having a plurality of hidden states, each hidden state corresponding to a road segment; receiving information from the node about one or more turns and the distance traveled between successive stops; and determining the most likely path for the distance between successive stops and a distance between successive turns. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130066589 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING A GEOMETRIC SYSTEM MODEL USING AN AREA-SIMULATING-VOLUME ALGORITHM IN THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION - A method, device, and system for calculating first and second distance ratios used to calculate a geometric probability between a voxel and a tube-of-response (TOR). The method includes determining a first-edge-line including a first-middle-point, determining a second-edge-line including a second-middle-point, determining a middle line of the TOR, projecting a first point of a first surface of the voxel to the middle line, projecting a second point of a second surface of the voxel to the middle line, calculating a first distance between one of the first and second middle-points and the first-projected-point, and a second distance between the one of the first and second middle-points and the second-projected-point, and determining a first distance ratio based on the first and second distances. The method calculates the second distance ratio similarly to the first distance ratio. The geometric probability is proportional to the product of the first and second distance ratios. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066590 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - There is provided a measuring device that includes a first measuring unit that measures a distance between a measurement reference point and an intersection of a plane and a line passing through the measurement reference point, a calculator that calculates angles formed by the plane and the intersection; and a second measuring unit that measures an object using data of the distance or the angles. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130110460 | DETERMINING DIPPER GEOMETRY | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130211780 | INFERRED TIME OF FLIGHT RANGING - Apparatus and method to determine a distance to a second apparatus that is movable. The apparatus and method may detect a range request transmitted between a third apparatus and the second apparatus, wherein the third apparatus is geographically fixed, detect a range response transmitted between the second apparatus and the third apparatus in response to the range request, and determine the distance to the second apparatus based on the detected range request and range response at the apparatus. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130226516 | MAGNETIC FIELD INTENSITY CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed is a magnetic field intensity conversion method in a magnetic field intensity conversion device configured to convert and output magnetic field intensity for each distance from a magnetic field source, and the method includes: receiving a reference distance and a target distance from the magnetic field source through an input unit; primarily comparing the reference distance with a critical value calculated in accordance with the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave, in a control unit; secondarily comparing the target distance with the critical distance, in the control unit; and calculating conversion magnetic field intensity by converting reference magnetic field intensity prescribed for the reference distance into magnetic field intensity at the target distance, on the basis of the comparing results in the primary comparing and the secondary comparing, in the control unit. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130268235 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DISTANCE TRAVELLED BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF MOBILE DEVICES IN REAL-TIME - The present invention generally relates to positioning systems. Specifically, this invention relates to a system and method for communicating distance travelled between a plurality of mobile devices when tracked across a contemporaneous period of time. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130297253 | PIPING LENGTH MEASURING SYSTEM AND PIPING LENGTH CALCULATING APARATUS - A frequency characteristics measurer is disposed in the vicinity of an end of refrigerant piping, the end of which is connected to an outdoor unit, that connects the outdoor unit and an indoor unit of an air conditioner, and measures frequency characteristics of the refrigerant piping. A filter is attached at a position between the outdoor unit and a position where a terminal of the frequency characteristics measurer is connected, so as to wrap the refrigerant piping. A piping length calculator is connected to the frequency characteristics measurer via an interface cable, and acquires, via the interface cable, frequency characteristics measured by means of the frequency characteristics measurer. The piping length calculator extracts a lowest anti-resonant frequency from the acquired frequency characteristics, and calculates the length of the refrigerant piping on the basis of the extracted lowest anti-resonant frequency. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130332107 | TIME PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR THE SAFE WEARING OF NEWLY ACQUIRED FOOTWEAR - The device relates to a system for predicting the period for children to safely wear newly acquired footwear without the risk of damage to their growing feet, which is directly applicable in shoe shops (at their computer cash registers). The essence of the solution for a system for predicting the period for children to safely wear newly acquired footwear rests in the fact that it contains an input module measuring foot length and input of information about the age of the monitored child to which is linked a model for predicting the growth of the child's foot by applying the laws of growth, possibly also including genetic and local influences, connected to a comparative and inferential module establishing the predicted course of growth in foot length of the monitored child, to which is then linked an output module designating the nearest date for the necessary replacement of shoe size for the monitored child. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140012538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A LENGTH OF MATERIAL - An apparatus for processing a length of material, comprises at least one processor configured to: receive a signal indicating manual designation of a point along the length of material as a first end point; receive at least one signal from at least one distance measuring device associated with a timber-working head, the signal indicating the distance between the first end point and a second end point on the length of material; and determine the actual length of material to be processed. An associated method is disclosed. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140032166 | CALIBRATION FREE DISTANCE SENSOR - One or more embodiments are directed to a magnet configured to be coupled to an object under test, an array of sensors configured to measure a magnetic field associated with the magnet, and a circuit configured to obtain voltage readings based on the measured magnetic field from the array of sensors and compute a distance between the array of sensors and the magnet based on the obtained voltage readings. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140046628 | Method for Analyzing at Least a Cutting Emerging from a Well, and Associated Apparatus - The method comprises the following steps: —disposing at least a cutting ( | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140074430 | AUTOMATIC SET-UP FOR INSTRUMENT FUNCTIONS - Machine-implemented methods and apparatuses to automatically set-up a signal processing system are described. The signal processing system is set to a first bandwidth. A sampling frequency of the signal processing system is set to a first sampling frequency. Next, first samples of first signals are received at the first bandwidth and the first sampling frequency. First parameters of the first signals based on the first samples are determined. Next, a second sampling frequency is determined based on the first parameters to sample second samples. The first parameters of the first signals may be a mean transit time, a minimum transit time, a mean frequency of the signals, and a standard deviation of the frequency of the signals. Next, a mixer frequency is determined based on the first parameters. A low pass filter is set based on the mixer frequency. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140188430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH OF AIRFOILS - A method is presented. The method includes the steps of generating rotation signals corresponding to a plurality of rotations of a rotor physically coupled to a plurality of blades, and determining peak voltages corresponding to the plurality of blades by applying time synchronous averaging technique to blade passing signals using the rotation signals, wherein the peak voltages are representative of clearances of the plurality of blades. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140316741 | ELECTRICAL WIRE LENGTH OUTPUT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH ELECTRICAL WIRE LENGTH OUTPUT PROGRAM IS STORED - An electrical wire length output method according to the present invention sets a first cavity reference cross section, a first node reference cross section, and a second node reference cross section, and a second cavity reference cross section, calculates a section wire length in each section of the reference cross sections, and outputs the sum of the section wire lengths as the wire length of an electrical wire. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150019164 | NORMAL DETECTION METHOD, NORMAL DETECTION DEVICE, AND MACHINING MACHINE PROVIDED WITH NORMAL DETECTION FUNCTION - A normal detection method for measuring the distance to a measurement subject using one or more distance detectors, and obtaining a normal vector (Vn) on the measured surface of the measurement subject from the obtained measurement result (L), wherein: within a three-dimensional space, the straight line linking a first measurement point (Qa) measured at a first measurement position (Pa) using the distance detector and a second measurement point (Qd) measured at a second measurement position (Pd) different from the first measurement position (Pa) is set as a first vector (Vad); the straight line linking the first measurement point (Qa) and a third measurement point (Qf) measured at a third measurement position (Pf) different from the first measurement position (Pa) and the second measurement position (Pd) as a second vector (Vaf); and a normal vector (Vn) on the measured surface is obtained by determining the vector product of the first vector (Vad) and the second vector (Vaf). | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150032412 | LOW POWER MOVEMENT SENSOR - A detection system for monitoring and recording distance to at least one target. The detection system may comprise at least one module comprising: a power source; a trigger unit configured to detect the presence of the target; an enablement mechanism in communication with the trigger unit and operable to generate an enablement signal upon detection of the target; a data gathering unit comprising at least one measurement sensor operable to obtain at least one measured parameter and to record the at least one measured parameter in a memory; and a retrieval mechanism for providing access to records stored in the memory. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150088456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FEATURE POINT FOR RECOGNIZING OBSTACLE USING LASER SCANNER - An apparatus and method for extracting a feature point to recognize an obstacle using a laser scanner are provided. The apparatus includes a laser scanner that is installed at a front of a traveling vehicle and is configured to obtain laser scanner data having a plurality of layers in real time. In addition, a controller is configured to separate the laser scanner data obtained by the laser scanner into a plurality of layers to extract measurement data present in each layer and determine feature points of the measurement data to classify a type of obstacle based on a plurality of stored feature points. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150291162 | VEHICLE SPACING CONTROL - A method of determining a safe distance (d | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150291179 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF A TRAILER WHEELBASE LENGTH - A method is provided for estimating the effective wheelbase length of a trailer in a vehicle combination including a towing vehicle and at least one towed trailer. The method includes driving the vehicle combination forwards, determining the speed of the vehicle combination, determining the steering angle of the towing vehicle, determining the steering angle of each towed trailer, determining the yaw rate of the towing vehicle and the yaw rate of the towed trailer or determining the articulation angle for each towed trailer, and using the determined values to calculate a value for the effective wheelbase for each towed trailer. An arrangement for estimating the effective wheelbase length of a trailer in a vehicle combination is also disclosed. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150300817 | System and Method for Inspecting Surface Flushness - A system includes one or more memory devices operable to store surface profile data and a processor operable to execute logic. The processor accesses the surface profile data for a first surface of a first component and a second surface of a second component, and determines, based at least in part on the surface profile data for the first and second surfaces, a best-fit between the first and second surfaces. The processor determines a first distance from a first edge-of-part point on the first surface to the best-fit, and a second distance from a second edge-of-part point on the second surface to the best-fit. The processor determines a flushness between the first surface and the second surface based at least in part on the first and second distances. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANGING FINDING, ORIENTING, AND/OR POSITIONING OF SINGLE AND/OR MULTIPLE DEVICES - A method and apparatus for ranging finding of signal transmitting devices is provided. The method of signal reception is digitally based only and does not require receivers that are analog measurement devices. Ranging can be achieved using a single pulse emitting device operating in range spaced relation with a minimum of a single signal transmitter and a single digital receiver and processing circuitry. In general a plurality of transmitting pulsed emitters may be ranged and positioned virtually simultaneously in 3-dimensions (XYZ coordinates) using a configuration of a plurality of digital receivers arranged in any fixed 3-dimensional configuration. Applications may involve at least one single transmitter to receiver design to determine range, or at least one transmitted reflecting signal off from an object to determine range. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY OBTAINING A FISH LENGTH - A fish length measurement system that includes a housing having a processor arranged therein and a baseplate coupled to the housing and communicably coupled to the processor, the baseplate employing electronic fish length measuring technology for determining a fish length measurement. The system further includes a display coupled to the housing and communicably coupled to the processor for displaying the measured fish length. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160018219 | ESTIMATION APPARATUS - An estimation apparatus includes a distance estimator. The distance estimator performs regression analysis using, as samples, an observation of distance and an observation at each time within a predetermined period obtained by an observer. The estimation apparatus estimates that a value of the distance upon a value of a displacement calculated in accordance with a regression equation based on the regression analysis being zero shows a value of the distance to the forward object at a start time. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160061729 | Residual Ratio Tracking for Estimating Attenuation in Heterogeneous Volumes - There is provided a system including a memory storing a software application and a processor configured to execute the software application to transmit a light through a scene, the scene including a medium described by an extinction function, define a fictitious medium described by a fictitious extinction function, determine a path through the medium, the path including a plurality of points, calculate one of a plurality of weights for each of the plurality of points, the one of the plurality of weights corresponding to one minus the ratio of the extinction function to the fictitious extinction function, and estimate a transmittance of the lights through the medium as a product of the plurality of weights. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160069666 | HEIGHT MEASURE METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A height measurement method is provided. The method includes: detecting, at a sensor of an electronic device, a distance between the electronic device and an object to be measured; emitting, from two apertures of the sensor, two beams of light, wherein one of the beams is directed at a first end of the object to form a first light spot at the first end of the object and the other one of the beams is directed at a second end of the object to form a second light spot at the second end of the object; obtaining, at the electronic device, a first angle between one of the beams and a horizontal line and a second angle between the other one of the beams and the horizontal line; and calculating, at the electronic device, a height of the object based on the first and second angles and the distance. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160090244 | POWER CHAIN ELONGATION INSPECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A power chain elongation inspecting system is provided and includes a power chain that is configured to move in a longitudinal direction and a measuring device that is configured to measure elongation of the power chain. In addition, an electronic tag attaching device is configured to mark failures on the power chain to measure the elongation of the power chain in real time and to track a failure portion of the power chain via a tag attachment. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160102964 | Methods and Systems for Estimating Distance of a Radio Frequency Identification Tag - A localization method and system, including determining phases of a plurality of response signals at a plurality of frequencies received from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in response to interrogation signals by a reader at the plurality of frequencies; calculating a first distance estimate of a distance between the RFID tag and the reader based on a signal strength measured from a first response signal of the plurality of response signals; based on the phases and the first distance estimate, calculating a phase slope; and determining a second distance estimate of the distance based upon the phase slope. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160178361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONTENT SCREENING SUITABILITIES IN A MULTI-PROJECTION THEATER | 06-23-2016 |
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