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| 20080208526 | Strategies for Identifying Anomalies in Time-Series Data - A strategy is described for identifying anomalies in time-series data. The strategy involves dividing the time-series data into a plurality of collected data segments and then using a modeling technique to fit local models to the collected data segments, Large deviations of the time-series data from the local models are indicative of anomalies In one approach, the modeling technique can use an absolute value (L | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080221830 | PROBABILISTIC INFERENCE ENGINE - A system including an inference engine and a query interface. The inference engine predicts a duration for at least one event of a perioperative workflow using one or more models. Each model includes at least one model instance. The query interface queries the at least one model instance, and the inference engine generates the predicted duration responsive to the query. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080262791 | Life estimating method for heater wire, heating apparatus, storage medium, and life estimating system for heater wire - A life estimating method for a heater wire, which can estimate the life of the heater wire more appropriately than conventional one, by utilizing data obtained during a period (e.g., a temperature rising period), in which a sign of disconnection of the heater wire is likely to be seen, upon estimating the life in advance before the heater wire used in a heating apparatus is disconnected. This method comprises the steps of: detecting a maximum value of magnitude of electric power supplied to the heater wire during the temperature rising period provided for elevating the temperature up to a heating temperature, by supplying the electric power to the heater wire prior to providing a heating process to a wafer or wafers. The method further comprises obtaining an index indicative of magnitude of amplitude of the electric power, and giving a notice that the heater wire is approaching the end of its life when the indexes respectively indicative of the magnitude of the electric power and the magnitude of amplitude of the electric power exceed threshold values respectively provided thereto. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080275671 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL CLUSTERING OF TIME SEQUENCES - Arrangements and methods for performing structural clustering between different time series. Time series data relating to a plurality of time series is accepted, structural features relating to the time series data are ascertained, and at least one distance between different time series via employing the structural features is determined. The different time series may be partitioned into clusters based on the at least one distance, and/or the k closest matches to a given time series query based on the at least one distance may be returned. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090006032 | Time of Flight - First and second devices ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090048804 | Method for Measuring Utilization of a Power Managed CPU - An extremely low overhead method calculates CPU load in the presence of both CPU idling and frequency scaling. The method measures time the CPU is idled while waiting for a wakeup. This invention uses a feature in current DSPs with the capability of delaying ISR processing on wake from IDLE. Using this mechanism it is possible to determine the time before IDLE, the time immediately following CPU wakeup, and then run the wakeup ISR. The delta time can be accumulated and compared to total time to determine true CPU load. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090055125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE ACCURACY OF REAL TIME CLOCKS - A method for testing the accuracy of real time clocks is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: setting test parameters for testing the accuracy of real time clocks (RTCs), the test parameters comprising a test time length, a test time sampling interval, and an acceptable margin; synchronizing the time of an RTC IC and an RTC to be tested via a UUT; reading a current time of the RTC IC and the RTC via the UUT at each test time sampling interval; calculating a time difference between the current time of the RTC IC and the RTC via the UUT, and measuring whether the absolute value of the time difference is less than the acceptable margin; detecting whether the test time length is over; repeating the test process if the test time length is not over, or outputting test pass information if the test time length is over. A related system is also disclosed. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090099813 | Time Delay Estimation - A time differential is estimated between a plurality of signals by determining a filter response of a first electrical signal with a first filter array, determining a filter response of a second electrical signal with a second filter array, and determining, based at least on the filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal, a time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. A first optical signal is converted into the first electrical signal and a second optical signal is converted into the second electrical signal. The filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal are sampled and the time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal is determined based at least on the sampled filter response of the first electrical signal and the sampled filter response of the second electrical signal. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090119062 | Time Tracking Methods and Systems - Time tracking methods and systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for tracking a subject's use of time includes recording, at timed intervals, time tracking data indicative of a work effort being accessed by the subject. The time tracking data, along with link data associating one or more accounts with corresponding work efforts, is analyzed to attribute a portion of the subject's time to an account. A report is generated in which the portion of the subject's time is attributed to the account. The subject may be, for example, a computer system user. The work efforts may each include, for example, a file, a folder, or a Universal Resource Locator. The link data may be created on a computer system using a drag-and-drop function. Computer systems are described including instructions for carrying out time tracking methods. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119063 | Device and Method for Identifying Stacking and Splitting of Stenographic Keystrokes - A method, device, and computer program product for analyzing multiple keystrokes in an electronic stenographic recording machine having keys forming stenographic keystrokes when actuated includes sensing a depressed state of a first stenographic key and recording a first depression time, sensing a depressed state of a second stenographic key and recording a second depression time, sensing a depressed state of a third stenographic key and recording a third depression time, sensing a released state of the first key and recording a first release time, sensing a released state of the second key and recording a second release time, sensing a released state of the third key and recording a third release time, sorting the first, second, and third depression times based on a chronological order of occurrence, determining, within the plurality of sorted depression times, a pair of chronologically adjacent depression times with a greatest chronological variation therebetween, determining an elapsed depression-release time for each one of the determined pair of adjacent depression times, determining a percentage of chronological overlap of the elapsed depression-release times, comparing the percentage of chronological overlap to a predefined value, and separating the first, second, and third key depressions into two separate stenographic keystrokes when the percentage of chronological overlap is less than the predefined value. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090248357 | TIME ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND RADIO WAVE CLOCK - A received waveform memory | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090281767 | METHOD FOR GENERATING PROCESS DURATION DATA THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF A REFERENCE CALENDAR DATE - Process duration data are generated that are independent of a reference calendar date, by conversion of a given duration data set, comprised within a process description data set, in a converted duration data set, the given data set being first converted into an intermediary data set that is compliant to a data format specified in the international standard ISO 8601 and includes the following consecutive fields: a first delimiter, a years value, a years value field identifier, a months value, a months value field identifier, a days value, a days value field identifier, a second delimiter, an hours value, an hours value field identifier, a minutes value, a minutes value field identifier, a seconds value, a seconds value field identifier. A target data set is first created with a first placeholder for a converted months value and a second placeholder for a converted seconds value, a first equation is solved by applying the years value and the month value as parameters to the equation; a second equation is solved by applying the days value, the hours value, the minutes value and the seconds value as parameters to the equation. The first and the second placeholders are replaced with the converted months value and the converted seconds value respectively and the target data set is stored as the converted duration data set in the process description data set. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090326862 | Clock Duty Cycle Measurement with Charge Pump Without Using Reference Clock Calibration - Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for clock duty cycle measurement. A clock signal and a complement of the clock signal are provided to a charge pump during first and second predetermined timing windows. A charge pump is operable to generate first and second output voltages in response to the clock signal and the complement of the clock signal during the first and second timing windows, respectively. In addition a predetermined positive voltage and a ground voltage are applied to the charge pump during predetermined third and fourth timing windows, respectively. The charge pump is operable to generate third and fourth output voltage signals corresponding to the predetermined positive and ground voltages during the third and fourth timing windows, respectively. The first, second, third and fourth voltages are then used to calculate the duty cycle of the clock. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100138187 | ESTIMATING A TIME OFFSET BETWEEN STATIONARY CLOCKS - Time synchronization of two clocks is disclosed herein, such as two stationary clocks. A global time signal from a global time reference or common time source can be used to calculate a common view based clock offset between the two clocks. In parallel, a network based clock offset between the two clocks can be calculated based on messages exchanged over a communication network interconnecting the two clocks, without reverting to the global time reference. Two recent values (e.g., the two most recent values) of the common view clock offset and the network based clock offset can be combined or superposed in a seamless way to produce a final time offset estimate. The combination of independently calculated common view and network based clock offsets can be a weighted average of the two values, involving respective weights based on quality estimates of the latter. The time synchronization schemes based on a Global Positioning System (GPS) and a wide area communication network can be combined to synchronize the stationary clocks of phasor measurement units (PMUs) of a wide area monitoring system to a central server clock at a Network Control Center (NCC) of the system. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100228523 | ULTRASONIC WAVE PROPAGATION TIME MEASURING SYSTEM - A position detection method and system that eliminate an effect of residual vibration of a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive element, increase correlativity between a received ultrasonic waveform and a model waveform, and are not affected by a reflected wave of an ultrasonic wave signal. A transmission unit of an ultrasonic wave propagation time measuring system of the present invention generates an electromagnetic wave signal including a trigger signal that indicates transmission timing and an ultrasonic wave drive signal by modulating an ultrasonic wave on the basis of a pseudo-random signal with high autocorrelativity at the same time as transmission of the electromagnetic wave signal, and transmits an ultrasonic wave signal of a frequency higher than a frequency of the ultrasonic wave drive signal by an ultrasonic wave transmitter. A reception unit detects the electromagnetic wave signal and the ultrasonic wave signal, and is provided with a data processing circuit for computing, with the ultrasonic wave drive signal as a model waveform, correlation values between the detected ultrasonic wave signal and the model waveform, detecting a main peak value of the computed correlation values, and computing an ultrasonic wave propagation time from a point in time of detection of the electromagnetic wave signal and a point in time of detection of the main peak value. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100305903 | Tea Timer And Method Of Calculating Steep Tim - A tea timer for determining a tea steeping time and optionally a tea steeping temperature is described. The tea timer includes a temperature measuring component, for example, a thermometer or thermistor enabled probe, for measuring temperature of a fluid and a control body having a display and circuitry. The display displays at least the determined tea steeping time. The circuitry determines the tea steeping time according to a measured fluid temperature, a user selected tea type and one or both of a tea strength and a brew type. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110029281 | Link travel time calculation device and method for calculating link travel time interval - A link travel time calculation device includes: a collection element for collecting a travel position and a transit time in each vehicle; and a link travel time calculation element. The calculation element calculates a total travel time interval of all sections based on the travel position and the transit time in a predetermined time period. The calculation element calculates a first travel time interval of an upstream section and a second travel time interval of a downstream section based on the travel position and the transit time. The calculation element calculates a travel time interval of the object link with respect to the predetermined time period by subtracting a sum of the first travel time interval and the second travel time interval from the total travel time interval. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110087458 | PROCESSING TRANSACTION TIMESTAMPS - A first measurement point is received from a first monitoring agent. The first measurement point includes a first timestamp and a first transaction attribute. The first timestamp is stored. A second measurement point is received from a second monitoring agent. The second measurement point includes a second timestamp and a second transaction attribute. The second timestamp is stored. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110172957 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - A first transform unit transforms clock change point information which indicates the change timing of a clock signal into information with respect to the frequency domain thereof so as to generate first clock change point frequency information. A digital filter performs filtering of the first clock change point frequency information so as to generate second clock change point frequency information. A second transform unit inverse-transforms the second clock change point frequency information into information with respect to the time domain so as to generate second clock change point information. A judgment unit evaluates a DUT based upon difference data between the change timing represented by the data change point information and the change timing represented by the second clock change point information in increments of phases. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110178767 | MEASURING A TIME PERIOD - A time period of an event is determined by charging a known value capacitor from a constant current source during the event. The resultant voltage on the capacitor is proportional to the event time period and may be calculated from the resultant voltage and known capacitance value. Capacitance is measured by charging a capacitor from a constant current source during a known time period. The resultant voltage on the capacitor is proportional to the capacitance thereof and may be calculated from the resultant voltage and known time period. A long time period event may be measured by charging a first capacitor at the start of the event and a second capacitor at the end of the event, while counting clock times therebetween. Delay of an event is done by charging voltages on first and second capacitors at beginning and end of event, while comparing voltages thereon with a reference voltage. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110184698 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEFINITE CLOCK AND NODE APPARATUS - A clock determination method executed by a first one of apparatuses included in a system includes receiving a list including first definite clock values of respective apparatuses, the list being circulated among the apparatuses; determining the first clock value of the first apparatus at a point in time based on a smallest of logical clock values regarding corresponding commands on which processing is not completed, the commands being included in commands received by the first apparatus and the logical clock values being obtained at a time of receiving the corresponding commands and being stored, and updating the first clock value, the updated first clock value being included in the list, by using the determined first clock value; specifying, as a second clock value for the system, a smallest of the first clock values included in the updated list; and transmitting the updated list to a second one of the apparatuses. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184699 | Time Delay Estimation - A time differential is estimated between a plurality of signals by determining a filter response of a first electrical signal with a first filter array, determining a filter response of a second electrical signal with a second filter array, and determining, based at least on the filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal, a time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. A first optical signal is converted into the first electrical signal and a second optical signal is converted into the second electrical signal. The filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal are sampled and the time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal is determined based at least on the sampled filter response of the first electrical signal and the sampled filter response of the second electrical signal. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110218765 | Illustrating and Displaying Time and The Expiration Thereof - Embodiments of the invention provide methods, apparatuses, and program products to manage time. In some embodiments, the method comprises receiving a countdown time that is associated with hours, minutes, and seconds, displaying a circular colored disc representing the hours, minutes, and seconds, and removing some of the disc in response to a portion of the countdown time elapsing. Alternative embodiments provide methods that comprise selecting a custom mode of an application that displays a circular colored disc, and inputting a predetermined time associated with hours, minutes, and seconds utilizing a time set area at the bottom of a window displayed in the custom mode, the disc being associated with the hours, minutes, and seconds. That method further comprises starting the custom mode to count down the predetermined time, wherein the disc represents the total of the predetermined time and, as time elapses, disappears. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218766 | PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR AIDING CHECKING OF THRESHOLD - A photoelectric sensor comprises a control unit which performs a measuring process for data on an amount of light input from a light-receiving unit. The control unit measures the length T | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110224946 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEST-DURATION ESTIMATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to test-duration estimation. A time needed to run an automated web-page test, or the remaining time needed to complete the automated web-page test, is estimated by estimating a sample size needed to ensure that observed differences in conversion rates are attributable, with a specified statistical significance, to selecting particular factor levels for particular factors that are varied during the automated testing. The estimated sample size is then divided by an average web-page access rate to obtain the remaining testing time to achieve a specified significance level. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110270574 | METHODS FOR MONITORING PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - Methods for monitoring processing equipment are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for monitoring processing equipment when in an idle state for a period of idle time may include selecting a test from a list of a plurality of tests to perform on the processing equipment when the processing equipment is in the idle state, wherein the test has a total run time; starting the selected test; comparing a remaining idle time of the period of idle time to a remaining run time of the total run time as the selected test is performed; and determining whether to end the selected test prior to completing the total run time in response to the comparison. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110288820 | METHOD AND NETWORK ANALYZER FOR MEASURING GROUP RUNTIME IN A MEASURING OBJECT - A network analyzer for measuring a group delay time, which is caused by a device under test to be measured, generates an excitation signal comprising two signals (x | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110313725 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a fluorescence detecting device intended to improve the measurement accuracy of a fluorescence relaxation time. The fluorescence detecting device includes a laser light source unit that irradiates a measurement object with laser light, a light-receiving unit that outputs a fluorescent signal of fluorescence emitted by the measurement object irradiated with the laser light, a light source control unit that generates a modulation signal for time-modulating an intensity of the laser light emitted from the laser light source unit by at least two frequency components, and a processing unit that determines a fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object by using the fluorescent signal outputted by the light-receiving unit and the modulation signal, wherein the processing unit determines phase delays of the fluorescent signal with respect to the modulation signal at the at least two frequency components, and determines a fluorescence relaxation time at each of the frequency components by using the phase delay, and determines an average fluorescence relaxation time by weighted averaging of the fluorescence relaxation times. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120016632 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING INTER-CHANNEL DELAY AND APPARATUS AND ENCODER THEREOF - A method for estimating inter-channel delay and an apparatus for estimating inter-channel delay and an encoder are provided by the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining signal sound field information from a cross-correlation function and a cumulative cross-correlation function of synthetic signals of left and right sound channels respectively; obtaining adjustment information of the cumulative cross-correlation function according to the sound field information that is respectively obtained; adjusting the cumulative cross-correlation function by using the adjustment information, so as to obtain the adjusted cumulative cross-correlation function; and determining a time corresponding to a maximum value in the adjusted cumulative cross-correlation function as an inter-channel delay. Therefore, the delay between the signals of the left and right sound channels can be estimated correctly, so as to improve the stability of the synthetic stereo sound field. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120022830 | Drying Method With Energy Savings - A method to compensate drying time in an electric or gas dryer machine, which comprises the steps of: read the operator parameters (dryness level, cycle type, heat level); begin a timer to measure time between beginning and Trtv; determine the load weight and the type of restrictions of the dryer; determine the dryness target voltage and the minimum drying time by means of a table of predetermined values based on the previous data; store the values in a memory; determine that the detected voltage be equal to the target voltage; calculate the additional time as a function of the heat factor and of the data previously determined; compare (Tminimum-Trtv) versus additional time and use the greater; and, add the additional time to the Trtv as compensation time. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120191413 | SENSOR INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND ANALYSIS SERVER - A desired number of a data transmitted from a sensor terminal of transmitting the data subjected to sensing within a predetermined time period is previously determined. An analysis server calculates an acquiring rate of a data used in a batch processing on the basis of the desired number of the data and a number of an effective data which is actually received from the plural sensor terminals within the previously determined time period. In a case where there is a variation in the acquiring rate of the data per unit time, the analysis server carries out the batch processing by using the data from the sensor terminal. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120203506 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprising, an acquisition unit acquiring information of a shooting time-and-date from each of a plurality of image data and information of a positioning time-and-date from each of a plurality of GPS log files, and a processing unit specifying a GPS log file corresponding to each image data by comparing the shooting time-and-date information with the positioning time-and-date information. If the shooting time-and-date information contains first time-and-date information according to UTC, the processing unit specifies the corresponding GPS log file by comparing the first time-and-date information with the positioning time-and-date information. If the shooting time-and-date information contains the time-and-date information in a local time, the processing unit converts the shooting time-and-date information into second time-and-date information according to UTC based on time difference information, and specifies the corresponding GPS log file by comparing the second time-and-date information with the positioning time-and-date information. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120323527 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF VIGILANCE OF A VEHICLE DRIVER - A method for determining a parameter representative of the state of vigilance of a vehicle driver, on the basis of information, termed TLC values, representative of the residual time before the vehicle crosses a traffic line, includes, at each instant t0 of measurement of a TLC value, calculating an indicator parameter representing the state of vigilance PerTLC(t0) such that: | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130080114 | Partitioning Medical Binary Decision Diagrams for Analysis Optimization - In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing a first binary decision diagram (BDD) representing data streams from sensors, selecting portions from the first BDD based on ease-of-analysis, and constructing a plurality of sub-BDDs by partitioning the first BDD, wherein the sub-BDDs comprises a first sub-BDD representing the selected portions, and second sub-BDDs representing the non-selected portions. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130124143 | Measuring Method for a Measured Variable Dependent on Auxiliary Measured Variables - A method for determining a value of a measured variable, which is a function of a first auxiliary measured variable and at least a second auxiliary measured variable, comprising: registering and providing a sequence of measured values of the first auxiliary measured variable over at least a first time range; providing a value of the second auxiliary measured variable, wherein the point in time of registering the provided value lies in the first time range; selecting a value of the first auxiliary measured variable from the sequence of measured values of the first auxiliary measured variable as a function of information concerning point in time of registering the provided value of the second auxiliary measured variable; and ascertaining a value of the measured variable as a function of the selected value of the first auxiliary measured variable and the value of the second auxiliary measured variable. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130158950 | APPLICATION PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS THAT IS ADAPTIVE TO BUSINESS ACTIVITY PATTERNS - The present invention relates to a system and method for assessing application performance. hi some embodiments, the analysis considers external factors, such as business hours, time zone, etc., to identify or recognize distinctive intervals of application performance. These distinctive intervals correspond to different periods of activity by an enterprise or business and may occur in a cyclical manner or other type of pattern. The distinctive intervals defined by external factors are employed in the analysis to improve aggregating of statistics, setting of thresholds for performance monitoring and alarms, correlating business and performance, and the modeling of application performance. The metrics measured can include, among other things, measures of CPU and memory utilization, disk transfer rates, network performance, queue depths and application module throughput. Key performance indicators, such as transaction rates and round-trip response times may also be monitored. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130211781 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - To provide a measurement apparatus and measurement method capable of shortening the measurement time, a measurement apparatus | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130226518 | BLADE TIP TIMING UNCERTAINTY - A method of determining blade tip timing measurement uncertainty comprising measuring time of arrival of each of a set of blades at each of a reference set of stationary probes. A reference blade tip parameter is derived from the measurements and the position of each of the probes. A reference condition number is calculated from the position of each of the probes and each targeted engine order, and then a mean calculated. Combinations of fewer probes are determined. For each combination, a condition number is calculated and then a mean condition number is calculated. The combination means are ordered relative to the reference mean and a predetermined number of combinations are selected. A blade tip parameter is derived for the selected combinations. Finally uncertainty of the blade tip parameter for each selected combination is calculated as a percentage of the reference blade tip parameter. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130282330 | Comparing Event Data Sets - A method and apparatus for comparing event data sets. A method, system and computer program for comparing event data sets comprising: calculating one or more derivatives for each event in a first and second set of events; classifying each event by the calculated derivatives; and evaluating a similarity of the first and second sets of events based on the classifications of the respective events. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130338964 | PROCESS MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A process monitoring system may include: a storage unit configured to store time-sequence data, which is output from a field device located in a plant for measuring a state quantity, and log data, which includes handing procedures performed in past; a prediction unit configured to predict a time variation of the state quantity by using the time-sequence data output from the field device; and an extraction unit configured to extract the time-sequence data similar to the time variation of the state quantity, which has been predicted by the prediction unit, from the time-sequence data, which has been stored in the storage unit, the extraction unit being configured to extract the handling procedures, which has been performed at a time, when the time-sequence data that has been extracted is obtained, from the log data that has been stored in the storage unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 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. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140067321 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MACHINING OF A WORKPIECE - A monitoring system may be used to monitor machining of a workpiece. In some embodiments, the monitoring system may use an acoustic emission sensor to measure acoustic emissions from the machining and generate an acoustic emission signal. The acoustic emission signal may be compared to a master signal using several techniques, such as a Multi-Zone Strategy method. The Multi-Zone Strategy method may comprise generating a plurality of zones of the measured signal and generating a plurality of zones of a master signal to create a plurality of measured and master signal levels and thresholds. A measured signal level for each zone may be compared to a master signal level for each zone to determine whether the measured signal level differs from the master signal level by no more a predetermined percentage, which acts as a threshold for triggering notification of out of tolerance zones. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140100816 | FILTER ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION BASED ON COMPARATIVE RATES - A system includes a plurality of sensors measuring a physical parameter; a processing unit communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to receive sensor data from each of the plurality of sensors; wherein the processing unit is further configured to compare rates of change between sensor data for each individual sensor of the plurality of sensors and each of the other individual sensors of the plurality of sensors; wherein the processing unit is further configured to perform a first action when the rate of change of each of the plurality of sensors is within a first threshold of all of the other plurality of sensors; and wherein the processing unit is further configured to perform a second action when the rate of change of at least one of the plurality of sensors is not within the first threshold of at least another of the plurality of sensors. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140107974 | Exercise Equipment Usage Monitoring Method and Apparatus - A method of monitoring the use of exercise equipment at an exercise facility having a plurality of items of exercise equipment, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of usage monitors, each associated with an item of exercise equipment, monitoring the usage of the plurality of items of exercise equipment concurrently using the usage monitors, and thereby calculating, for at least some of the items of exercise equipment, a measure of the proportion of the period of time during which respective items of exercise equipment are used. In some embodiments, the usage monitors can detect when an item of exercise equipment is occupied, even if it is not being operated, for example using a heat sensor. A graphical representation may be prepared of the usage of items of exercise equipment at each of a plurality of locations within the exercise facility. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140114608 | Time Distribution with Multi-Band Antenna - Systems and methods for detecting the failure of a precision time source using an independent time source are disclosed. Additionally, detecting the failure of a GNSS based precision time source based on a calculated location of a GNSS receiver is disclosed. Moreover, the system may be further configured to distribute a time derived from the precision time source as a precision time reference to time dependent devices. In the event of a failure of the precision time source, the system may be configured to distribute a time derived from a second precision time source as the precision time signal during a holdover period. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140122019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING TRANSMISSION DELAY ACROSS A NETWORK - A method of calculating a transmission delay value for data transmitted from a first device to a second device across a communications link. The method involves calculating a plurality of measured values representing the transmission delay measured by the second device over time; detecting a minimum boundary of the measured values; and deriving the transmission delay value from the minimum boundary. The transmission delay value may be used to synchronize the clock signal of the second device to the clock signal of the first device. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140142892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSITION DISTRIBUTION OF RADIATION EMISSION - A method and apparatus for estimating a position distribution of radiation emission The method and apparatus include obtaining a time difference between radiations detected by a pair of detectors, and creating a probability distribution function (PDF) indicating the probability of where the radiations actually were or may have been emitted. The PDF may be created based on the time difference and timing resolutions of the pair of detectors. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140214362 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETECTING FLICKERING FREQUENCY OF AMBIENT LIGHT SOURCE - A method of detecting a flickering frequency of an ambient light source includes the following steps. First, a light intensity of the light source is sensed in a predetermined time period according to a sampling frequency to obtain a plurality of sample values. Then, the sample values are calculated to obtain a median value. Next, the sample values are binarized according to a result of a comparison between the sample values and the median value to obtain a first sequence. The first sequence is differentiated to obtain a second sequence, and the second sequence includes numbers −1, 0, and 1. Then, a distance between the same numbers in the second sequence is calculated, and the sampling frequency is divided by the distance to obtain the flickering frequency of the ambient light source. A system of detecting a flickering frequency of an ambient light source is also disclosed herein. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140236533 | Ultrasonic Flow Meter - A method for estimating and correcting or at least reducing phase errors in received ultrasonic signals in an ultrasonic flow meter is disclosed, the method including the steps of: measuring one or more signals in the ultrasonic flow meter, which one or more signals depend on characteristics of one or more ultrasonic transducers in the ultrasonic flow meter, using the one or more measured signals for calculating an estimated phase error value, and using the estimated phase error value for correcting transmission times measured by the ultrasonic flow meter. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140278233 | CALCULATION METHOD, COMPUTER PRODUCT, CALCULATING APPARATUS - A calculation method includes obtaining a temporal sequence of position data representing movement loci of an agricultural machine; extracting from among the obtained sequence of position data, a set of position data representing an interval among the movement loci of the agricultural machine and in which slopes of segments connecting two points represented by consecutive position data among the sequence of position data are consecutively within a given range; and calculating based on the extracted set of position data representing the interval, a length of a work interval of agricultural work performed by the agricultural machine. The calculation method is executed by a computer. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150039264 | DEVICE FOR CALCULATING ROUND-TRIP TIME OF MEMORY TEST USING PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC - A device for calculating round-trip time of a memory test using a programmable logic includes a pattern generation part including two pairs of input/output (IO) pins to generate a pattern signal for testing, and receiving a feedback signal through bidirectional buses from IO lines; two pairs of bidirectional buses for relaying a signal between the pattern generation part and a programmable logic part; and a programmable logic part for transmitting the pattern signal to the IO lines through the bidirectional buses and transmitting the feedback signal to the bidirectional buses from the IO lines, and including a multiplexer for crossing a signal connection direction upon calculation of the feedback signal, wherein the pattern generation part measures an input time of the feedback signal based on an output time of the pattern signal, thus calculating the round-trip time of the signal. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150051868 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ROTATING ELEMENTS - A system for monitoring at least one rotating element is provided. The system can include a first sensor substantially aligned with a first rotating element, the first sensor being configured to detect a first marker on the first rotating element and thereby provide a first signal; a second sensor substantially aligned with a second rotating element, the second sensor being configured to detect a second marker on the second rotating element and thereby provide a second signal; and a measurement system coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor, wherein the measurement system is configured to: evaluate a time delay between a detection time of the first signal and a detection time of the second signal. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150051869 | METHOD FOR RELATING TEST TIME AND ESCAPE RATE FOR MULTIVARIATE ISSUE - Various embodiments provide systems, computer program products and computer implemented methods. Some embodiments include a system for modeling a relationship between a test time and a defect rate for a systematic multivariate issue caused by at least one predictable component and a random component in a semiconductor testing environment, the multivariate issue causing failure of a semiconductor device, the system that includes at least one computing device configured to perform actions including quantifying the at least one predictable component to produce at least one first mathematical form, quantifying the random component using distribution functions to produce a second mathematical form and producing a mathematical model of a relationship between the test time and the defect rate at a test condition by mathematically combining the at least one first mathematical form and the second mathematical form. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150088459 | MONITORING AND PRESENTING UNSYNCHRONIZED PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA STREAMS - Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for outputting unsynchronized physiological data. The methods may include receiving a plurality of data streams, each data stream representing a physiological parameter for a person. The methods may also include selecting an epoch. Once the epoch is selected, the methods may also include determining, for each of the plurality of data streams, an epochal or summary value to represent each of the physiological parameters for the person in the epoch. The methods may additionally include outputting the epochal values with an indication of the selected epoch. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150142382 | CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Even if the propagation time interval of a sync signal is not constant, an accurate correction parameter is calculated, so that a corrected time point synchronized with a main clock device is obtained. A main transmission time point storage part stores respective main transmission time points at which a main device has transmitted a plurality of main sync signals and which are measured using a main clock device. A subordinate reception time point storage part stores respective subordinate reception time points at which a subordinate device has received the plurality of main sync signals and which are measured using a subordinate clock device. A speed ratio calculation part calculates a speed ratio of a ticking time speed of the main clock device to a ticking time speed of the subordinate clock device, based on a main transmission mean time point being a mean of the main transmission time points and a subordinate reception mean time point being a mean of the subordinate reception time points. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150292951 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND MONITORING METHOD - A brightness time change of the target object is analyzed and a periodic brightness change is extracted. By the matching with a database which includes data of a candidate of the target object, the features of the target object are estimated. If even the brightness data can be acquired even if the resolution of the optical observation is low, the features and states of the target object can be estimated. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150295799 | USER DEVICE PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS WITH READING TIMER - A user device determines a first rate of consumption value for at least one measurable unit of a content item and determines that the first rate of consumption value does not exceed a threshold value. The user device determines a representative rate of consumption value for the content item, wherein the representative rate of consumption value is determined using at least the first rate of consumption value, and provides a feature associated with the content item based on the representative rate of consumption value. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150339208 | MONITORING METHOD AND COMPUTER DEVICE - In a method of monitoring processing load, every time a computer device executes each of a plurality of processes, for the interrupt of each of which a priority level is specified in advance, the computer device is caused to measure an index representing the processing load of each process, store the latest measurement value for each priority level, and update the maximum value with the latest measurement value when the latest measurement value exceeds the maximum value measured thus far. Further, with the reception from a host controller of a measurement result transmission request requesting transmission of the latest measurement value as a trigger, the computer device transmits the latest measurement value and maximum value at that time to the host controller, and the host controller stores the latest measurement value and maximum value transmitted from the computer device in a storage device. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160004620 | DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A detection apparatus comprises an acquisition module configured to acquire a plurality of time-series data on a detection target; a setting module configured to set, based on a first time period in which the plurality of time-series data acquired by the acquisition module exist, a plurality of second time periods as inspection ranges; a selection module configured to select a combination of two or more time-series data from among the plurality of time-series data; and a calculation module configured to calculate a correlation coefficient in each of the plurality of second time periods set by the setting module for the combination of two or more time-series data selected by the selection module. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160041529 | TIME MEASURING CIRCUIT - A first encoding part encodes a reference timing determined by a reference clock by using a delay line. A second encoding part encodes a measurement start timing and a measurement end timing of a measurement period determined by a measurement signal to be measured by also using the delay line. A count part counts the reference clocks included in the measurement period. A fraction calculation part calculates a start fraction number indicating a time difference from the measurement start timing and an immediately-following reference timing and an end fraction number indicating a time difference from the measurement end timing to an immediately-following reference timing, based on the encoding result. The fraction calculation part then calculates a fraction data indicating a difference between the measurement period and a product of the period of the reference timing and the count value of the count part. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160151673 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM | 06-02-2016 |
