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| 20080201110 | Ink Splitting Correction Method - A method for the correction of measurement errors caused by surface effects induced by ink splitting during the color measurement of a printed sheet on a running printing device, includes scanning the printed sheet photoelectrically point by point and forming color and/or density measured values from scanning signals from the scanned points. Those scanned points which have a brightness exceeding a limiting value are identified, and the measured values are corrected by using the identified scanned points. In particular, during the formation of the color and/or density measured values, the scanning signals from the identified scanned points are not taken into account. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080215296 | Method for Recognizing a Sensor Type - A first condition, which is met when a measuring signal (V_SENS) of a sensor exceeds a first threshold value (V_SW), is checked. A second condition, which is met when a gradient (GRD_V_SENS) of a measuring signal (V_SENS) is greater than a predefined second threshold (GRD_V_SW), is checked. If the first and second conditions are met, this is recognized on a sensor with a signal evaluation area multiplex output for the measuring signal. If at least one of the conditions is not met, this is recognized on a sensor without a signal evaluation area-multiplex output for the measuring signal. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215297 | DETECTION SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE FOR A FLOW CYTOMETER SYSTEM - The detection system of the first preferred embodiment includes a detector, having a wide dynamic range, that receives photonic inputs from the interrogation zone and produces an analog signal; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), having a high bit resolution, that is coupled to the detector and converts an analog signal to a digital signal. The digital signal includes an initial data set of the full dynamic range of the input signals from the flow cytometer sample. The method of extracting and analyzing data from a flow cytometer system of the first preferred embodiment preferably includes the steps of: collecting a full dynamic range of input signals from a flow cytometer sample; recognizing and annotating aggregate particle events; and storing an initial data set and an annotated data set of the full dynamic range of the input signals from the flow cytometer sample. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215298 | Parameterization of non-linear/non-gaussian data distributions for efficient information sharing in distributed sensor networks - A method for parameterization of data distributions for efficient information sharing in distributed sensor networks including a plurality of sensors, comprising the steps of performing Bayesian multi-source data fusion and sharing probalistic data information. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080221837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING LOW-COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY SIGNALS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIN FILM STRUCTURES - Methods and systems are disclosed for analyzing a scanning interferometry signal. Steps include: providing a scanning interferometry signal produced by a scanning interferometer for a first location of a test object (e.g., a sample having a thin film); providing a model function of the scanning interferometry signal produced by the scanning interferometer, wherein the model function is parametrized by one or more parameter values; fitting the model function to the scanning interferometry signal for each of a series of shifts in scan position between the model function and the scanning interferometry signal by varying the parameter values; and determining information about the test object (e.g., a surface height or height profile, and/or a thickness or thickness profile for a thin film in the test object) at the first location based on the fitting. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221838 | Method and device for processing data or signals with different synchronization sources - In processing devices, in particular in measuring, test or control units for the drivetrain or components thereof, it is often necessary to combine signals or data of different synchronization sources with one another or to process them whilst maintaining the original temporal relation. In order to achieve this, the signals or data have hitherto often been synchronized to a specific clock source, but this is frequently not possible. Therefore, a method and a device are specified which enable the processing of data or signals with different synchronization sources in a processing device | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080228444 | User interface for a flow cytometer system - The flow cytometer user interface of the preferred embodiment comprises the steps of (1) running the sample and saving all collected data, (2) viewing the raw (or “unmodified”) data, (3) modifying the raw data (e.g., scaling and/or culling the raw data), (4) reviewing and saving the modified settings, and (5) exporting the saved data. Once the sample has been run and all collected data have been saved, the user can repeat the steps of modifying the raw data, saving the modified settings, and exporting the saved data as many times as necessary and/or desirable without the need to run an additional sample. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080228445 | Instrument display with multiple-range visual depictions - An instrument display that provides increased utility and flexibility by employing multiple range visual depictions. An instrument according to the present teachings includes an instrument display for providing a visual depiction of a set of physical phenomena wherein the visual depiction includes a trace for each physical phenomenon superimposed on a set of axes that provide multiple ranges. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080228446 | Method and Apparatus for Signal Detection, Classification and Estimation from Compressive Measurements - The recently introduced theory of Compressive Sensing (CS) enables a new method for signal recovery from incomplete information (a reduced set of “compressive” linear measurements), based on the assumption that the signal is sparse in some dictionary. Such compressive measurement schemes are desirable in practice for reducing the costs of signal acquisition, storage, and processing. However, the current CS framework considers only a certain task (signal recovery) and only in a certain model setting (sparsity). | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080234980 | Assistance data provision - For supporting the provision of a continuous stream of assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning, a sequence of interlinked messages comprising assistance data is generated. The messages are provided for transmission to a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal receives the sequence of interlinked messages and provides the assistance data in the received messages for use in positioning computations. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080249748 | Painting process color analysis - A method and implementing computer system are provided for enabling a user to determine a starting glaze color for fired tiles in processes where there is a color change from a starting glaze color to a finished or fired tile color. In an exemplary embodiment, a tile painting application is illustrated and includes a camera arranged to take an image of a fired or finished tile that has been painted, glazed and fired in a tile kiln. The color of the fired tile is determined from the image or picture of the fired tile, and a color change database is accessed to determine the starting or bisque color glaze. Related painting process information, including the pre-firing glaze color, the fired glaze color and other tile firing parameters, is accessed from the database and is selectively displayed to a user. The user is then enabled to reproduce the fired tile using the retrieved bisque glaze color and the firing parameters. In another embodiment, a fired tile is divided into smaller segments for analysis. Each segment is analyzed and the fired color for each segment is determined and used in retrieving the starting glaze color and firing parameters for each segment of the tile. The user is thereby enabled to reproduce the fired tile on a segment-by-segment basis. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080262798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DISTRIBUTED VERIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO MEASUREMENT DATA IN SENSOR NETWORK - A method and system for performing a distributed verification with respect to measurement data in a sensor network. The method of performing the distributed verification with respect to measurement data in a sensor network includes: verifying, by an aggregator, the measurement data received from each of a plurality of sensors; generating, by the aggregator, verification request data by using the verified measurement data; transmitting the verification request data to a verifier; and verifying, by the verifier, the aggregator via a predetermined number of sensors of the plurality of sensors and the verification request data. The method of performing a distributed verification with respect to measurement data in a sensor network further includes transmitting, by the aggregator, an aggregation result with respect to the measurement data to a base station when the aggregator is verified; and verifying, by the base station, the aggregation result. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080270081 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE, BELOW-SURFACE DEFECT RENDERING USING IMAGE INTENSITY ANALYSIS - Non-destructive, below-surface defect rendering of an IC chip using image intensity analysis is disclosed. One method includes providing an IC chip delayered to a selected layer; determining a defect location below a surface of the selected layer using a first image of the IC chip obtained using an CPIT in a first mode; generating a second image of the IC chip with the CPIT in a second mode, the second image representing charged particle signal from the defect below the surface of the selected layer; and rendering the defect by comparing an image intensity of a reference portion of the second image not including the defect with the image intensity of a defective portion of the second image including the defect, wherein the reference portion and the defective portion are of structures expected to be substantially identical. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080281559 | Method for Reconstructing an Electrical Signal - A method for reconstructing an electrical signal in which the signal and a second signal, which is related to the first signal according to a predefined function, are sampled at a predefined sampling rate. The occurrence of aliasing in a downstream digital low-pass filter may be substantially reduced if missing sampling values of the first signal are calculated from the sampling values of the second signal with the aid of the known function. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281560 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Accommodation of Multiple Measurement Types by Shared Acquisition Hardware - Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for determining measurement apparatus acquisition parameters and related processing. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080288218 | Using Tissue Acceleration to Create Better Dti Waveforms (Doppler Tissue Imaging) for Crt (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) - The present invention allows one to reconstruct high quality velocity waveforms using data collected at comparatively slow frame rates, such data would have otherwise resulted in non-diagnostic and non-clinically useful waveforms. The invention is directed to reconstructing a high quality “continuous” velocity waveform, and uses instantaneous measures of acceleration in addition to velocity to reconstruct such a waveform. By simultaneously detecting the velocity and acceleration of a fixed point in space, one can more faithfully reproduce the corresponding velocity waveform using significantly lower sample rates. If images are acquired, then the velocity sample rate corresponds to the image frame rate. Also, depending on the number of looks or scan lines contained in an ensemble, double interleaving of the raw data is used. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080294385 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENTIAL CONFIGURATION - The general field of the invention is that of signal measurement and processing devices comprising two systems allowing a signal and its opposite to be simultaneously received at the input and two signals able to take polynomial form, as a function of the input signals, to be returned. The device according to the invention comprises means for performing a weighted sum and difference of the two output signals in such a manner that at least the weighted sum is independent to a first order of the variations in the input signals. This processing operation is particularly well adapted to systems subjected to spurious effects such as thermal drifts. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080300830 | DATA RECORDING APPARATUS AND DATA RECORDING METHOD - There is provided with a data recording apparatus including: an observed data storage configured to store values observed by a sensor in association with an observed time; an intersection processing unit configured to plot each observed value in the observed data storage on a plane coordinate system formed by a time axis and an axis representing a value of the sensor, configured to determine whether or not a line segment connecting between observed values at adjacent times intersects a base line preset on the plane coordinate system and configured to calculate an intersection time of the line segment and the base line when the line segment intersects the base line; an intersection data storage configured to store the intersection time calculated by the intersection processing unit; and a deleting unit configured to delete observed values subjected to a processing of the intersection processing unit from the observed data storage. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080306713 | OPTICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHOD - An optical signal analysis apparatus includes a photodetector and an analyzer. The photodetector is to detect light emitted from measurement points in a sample. The analyzer is to analyze a molecular interaction between two of the measurement points by using fluctuation signals corresponding to fluctuations of the light from the measurement points that are detected by the photodetector. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080312878 | INTERPOLATING AND DEGHOSTING MULTI-COMPONENT SEISMIC SENSOR DATA - A technique includes obtaining particle motion data and pressure data that are acquired by seismic sensors while in tow. The sensors are part of a plurality of streamers, and the pressure and particle motion data contain surface ghosts. The technique includes processing the particle motion data and the pressure data to generate a data set that is indicative of a pressure wavefield at positions between the streamers and is substantially free of the surface ghosts. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312879 | FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY USING LINE-BY-LINE FORWARD MODEL - A fluorescence optical tomography system and method uses a photon migration model calculator for which absorption and reduced scattering coefficient values are determined for each source/detector pair. The coefficient values may be determined by measurement, in which a time resolved detector detects the excitation wavelength and generates temporal point spread functions from which the coefficient values are found. Alternatively, the coefficient values may be determined by calculating them from a dataset containing a spatial distribution of absorption and reduced scattering coefficients in a volume of interest. The fluorescence detection may be continuous wave, time resolved, or a combination of the two. An estimator uses a detected fluorescence signal and an estimated fluorescence signal to estimate the image values. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080319712 | DISCRETE PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (DPCA) - An optical system employs filtered broad band light for determining the specific components in a material sample. The system forms an r by n matrix C representing r principal components of the measurement to be analyzed at n different frequencies. Each sample contains a known quantity of the different materials in the sample being analyzed where r represents the number of different analytes or components in the sample. The system measures m different samples at n different frequencies, said m samples containing unknown quantities of the material, where “m” is a selected integer representing the number of samples. Using the measured results from the m samples the system forms an n by m matrix P, where P=C·R, and where R is an m by r matrix representing r unknown values of the r principal components which are being measured in the m material samples. The system then solves the equation P=C·R for R by inverting C in the equation | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319713 | Sensor registration by global optimization procedures - Disclosed are method and apparatus for registering multiple sensors collecting data from multiple objects. Sensor registration is decomposed into a two-step procedure. The first step corrects systematic errors. The second step assigns objects measured by one sensor to objects measured by a second sensor. Systematic errors are corrected by generating the global minimum of a systematic error function. One embodiment for generating the global minimum uses a Continuous Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319714 | PROCESSING OF SPECTROMETER PILE-UP EVENTS - In an energy dispersive spectrometer wherein event (particle/photon) detection is performed by counting events spaced by greater than a shaping time, events which are spaced by less than the shaping time are also collected and counted. These “combined events” are treated similarly to “single events” which are spaced by greater than the shaping time, and can be used to generate combined-event spectra for comparison and/or use with the conventional single-event spectra. The combined-event spectra can be compared to the single-event spectra to provide an indication of data quality; can be subtracted from the single-event spectra to remove artifacts, and/or can be deconvolved into a single-event spectrum to increase the resolution of the single-event spectrum. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090024360 | DETERMINATION OF CHEMICAL OR PYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SAMPLE OR COMPONENT OF A SAMPLE - The present invention offers an alternative strategy for the correlation of interference information to chemical and/or physical properties of a sample. This strategy can be implemented in a method and a system, which offer substantial technical and commercial advantages over state of the art techniques based on interference spectroscopy. The method comprises the steps of: a. obtaining an interferogram and/or at least one interferogram element corresponding to a modulation of electromagnetic signal emitted from, transmitted onto or through, or having interacted with at least a part of the sample, b. performing i. at least one transformation of the interferogram and/or a segment of the interferogram and/or an interferogram element with at least one function, ii. optionally repeating i) for another segment of the interferogram and/or interferogram element, wherein the transformation does not comprise a Fourier Transformation if i) is conducted only once, thereby obtaining at least one score, c. correlating said at least one score to the at least one chemical or physical property. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024361 | MINIATURE MEASURING DEVICE - Device for measuring at least one physicochemical parameter of the surrounding environment, said device including
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| 20090043541 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently estimating analyte data from a continuous analyte sensor, including receiving a data stream, selecting one of a plurality of algorithms, and employing the selected algorithm to estimate analyte values. Additional data processing includes evaluating the selected estimative algorithms, analyzing a variation of the estimated analyte values based on statistical, clinical, or physiological parameters, comparing the estimated analyte values with corresponding measure analyte values, and providing output to a user. Estimation can be used to compensate for time lag, match sensor data with corresponding reference data, warn of upcoming clinical risk, replace erroneous sensor data signals, and provide more timely analyte information encourage proactive behavior and preempt clinical risk. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090043542 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently estimating analyte data from a continuous analyte sensor, including receiving a data stream, selecting one of a plurality of algorithms, and employing the selected algorithm to estimate analyte values. Additional data processing includes evaluating the selected estimative algorithms, analyzing a variation of the estimated analyte values based on statistical, clinical, or physiological parameters, comparing the estimated analyte values with corresponding measure analyte values, and providing output to a user. Estimation can be used to compensate for time lag, match sensor data with corresponding reference data, warn of upcoming clinical risk, replace erroneous sensor data signals, and provide more timely analyte information encourage proactive behavior and preempt clinical risk. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090063100 | Analog signal test using a-priori information - The present invention relates to a method and a corresponding system ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063101 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING RAMAN SIGNATURES - In one aspect, a signal processing system includes a processor, an I/O device operatively associated with the processor, and a memory device bearing instructions configured to cause the processor to obtain a representation of signal data over a data domain and position a sliding-window over a portion of the signal data, such portion corresponding to a sliding-window domain, to analyze the signal data within the sliding-window domain to detect the presence of a signature multiplet and, based on the analysis of the data, to estimate the pedestal of the signal data within the sliding-window domain. The instructions also cause the processor to iteratively shift the sliding-window over at least a portion of the data domain to correspondingly shift the sliding-window domain, estimate the pedestal of the signal data within each sliding-window domain to determine an estimated pedestal over the portion of the data domain, to subtract the estimated pedestal from the signal data to yield a pedestal-free representation of the signal data for the portion of the data domain, and to output the pedestal-free representation of the signal data for the portion of the data domain to a communication device, display, printing device, or data storage device. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090083004 | VIRTUAL TIME REVERSAL ACOUSTICS FOR STRUCTURALHEALTH MONITORING - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for monitoring structures using virtual time reversal signal processing. In one embodiment, a signal having a frequency range is sent into a structure in a vehicle from a fixed transmitter to form an original transmitted signal. A response to the original transmitted signal is received at a fixed sensor associated with the structure to form a received response. The received response is reversed. The reversed response is processed using a transfer function to simulate propagation of the reversed response from the fixed sensor to the fixed transmitter to form a simulated time reversed response. The simulated time reversed response is a simulation of a response of the fixed transmitter to receiving the reversed response from the fixed sensor. The simulated time reversed response is analyzed to monitor for anomalies associated with the structure. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090094001 | TRANSFORMING METROLOGY DATA FROM A SEMICONDUCTOR TREATMENT SYSTEM USING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS - Metrology data from a semiconductor treatment system is transformed using multivariate analysis. In particular, a set of metrology data measured or simulated for one or more substrates treated using the treatment system is obtained. One or more essential variables for the obtained set of metrology data is determined using multivariate analysis. A first metrology data measured or simulated for one or more substrates treated using the treatment system is obtained. The first obtained metrology data is not one of the metrology data in the set of metrology data earlier obtained. The first metrology data is transformed into a second metrology data using the one or more of the determined essential variables. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090099820 | EVENT-DETECTION IN MULTI-CHANNEL SENSOR-SIGNAL STREAMS - Multiple parallel signal streams are produced by the sensors ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090112525 | System and Method for Evaluating the Effects of Natural Events on Structures and Individuals - A system and method comprising an expert system and knowledge base that stores expert knowledge and parameters that characterize structures such as buildings and their occupants, evaluates the effects of a natural and other triggering events, such as earthquakes, on the structures and occupants. The analysis is based upon data which characterize the triggering event, and parameters which characterize the structure, its locale, its environment, and the occupants. The effect of the triggering event is analyzed using the expert knowledge and characterizing data and parameters, and communicated to occupants and to others with recommendations of actions which can minimize damage and injury. The method and system takes into account natural and man-made objects in the vicinity of the structure, as well as the occurrence of other triggering events which could also affect the structure or occupants. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090119069 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE SWING CURVE AMPLITUDE - A process ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090125279 | CIRCUITRY AND METHODS FOR TIME DOMAIN CHANNEL DE-EMBEDDING - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a tester having de-embedding logic and analysis logic. The de-embedding logic is to receive a differential tester input signal in a time domain fashion and in response to the tester input signal to provide a differential de-embedded signal that is an estimate of a time domain differential channel input signal including first and second channel input signal components outside the tester. The tester input signal is responsive to the channel input signal, and the tester input signal includes first and second tester input signal components, and the de-embedded signal includes first and second de-embedded signal components. The analysis logic is to receive the de-embedded signal and draw conclusions about a device under test outside the tester providing the channel input signal. To provide the de-embedded signal, the de-embedding logic performs operations involving channel ABCD parameters, source impedance characteristics, and load impedance characteristics. Additional embodiments are described. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090132205 | Signal-Driven Recovery Of A Digital Pulse Stream - Provided is a method and system for signal-driven recovery of a digital pulse stream. The method includes receiving initial parameters including the base characteristics of a pulse signal, the characteristics including the maximum pulse interval. An incoming analog signal is converted to a digital signal and sampled a predetermined number of times at intervals greater than the maximum pulse interval to record a set of minimum signal values and a set of maximum signal values. Each set is averaged to provide an average minimum value and an average maximum value. Based on these values at least one threshold value is then determined, and the digital pulse stream is identified based on the threshold values. The method is repetitive, continually re-determining the threshold values so as to adapt to changes in the incoming signal. A system for performing the method is also provided. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090204371 | VARIABLE INDICATION ESTIMATOR - A variable indication estimator which determines an output value representative of a set of input data. For example, the estimator can reduce input data to estimates of a desired signal, select a time, and determine an output value from the estimates and the time. In one embodiment, the time is selected using one or more adjustable signal confidence parameters determine where along the estimates the output value will be computed. By varying the parameters, the characteristics of the output value are variable. For example, when input signal confidence is low, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value is a smoothed representation of the input signal. When input signal confidence is high, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value has a faster and more accurate response to the input signal. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090216498 | ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS STIMULATION AND DETECTION SYSTEM - A system and method for detecting and identifying electronic devices based on their unintended electromagnetic emissions (“UEE”) signals is presented. During device classification, UEE signals are measured from a plurality of test devices and characteristic data is obtained from the UEE signal emitted from each test device. Using the characteristic data, a threshold value and ideal pulse template can be determined for each test device and stored in a memory. An ideal stimulation signal is also determined for each test device and stored in the memory. During device detection, the ideal stimulation signal is applied to the environment in which a target device is suspected of being located. Stimulated UEE signals are measured from the target device and processed. The processed measurement data is compared to stored power threshold values and ideal pulse templates to determine if the target device is present. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090254314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CORRELATED VARIABLES IN LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA - Groups of correlated representations of variables are identified from a large amount of spectrometry data. A plurality of samples is analyzed and a plurality of measured variables is obtained from a spectrometer. A processor executes a number of steps. The plurality of measured variables is divided into a plurality of measured variable subsets. Principal component analysis followed by variable grouping (PCVG) is performed on each measured variable subset, producing one or more group representations for each measured variable subset and a plurality of group representations for the plurality of measured variable subsets. While the total number of the plurality of group representations is greater than a maximum number, the plurality of group representations is divided into a plurality of representative subsets and PCVG is performed on each subset. PCVG is performed on the remaining the plurality of group representations, producing a plurality of groups of correlated representations of variables. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090271153 | Device for detecting signals - A device for detecting signals is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the device includes at least four detector elements for receiving the signals and converting them into useful signals, each being connected via at least two lines to at least one signal processing unit. Each detector element includes a polarity reversal unit by which polarity reversal of the useful signal of the respective detector element can be performed. The signal polarity reversal logic is unambiguously spatially direction-dependent within the detector array. An advantage of the device of at least one embodiment is that for signals to be received simultaneously by way of two detector elements, the detector elements involved become unambiguously identifiable by the polarity reversal of the useful signal. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090276187 | Evaluating Magnetic Resonance Spectra - Provided are methods, systems and computer program products evaluating magnetic resonance (MR) signals from a sample. The methods and systems can be used to evaluate MR signals from various constituents (e.g., metabolites, macromolecules) of the sample. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090276188 | QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST (DIC) MICROSCOPY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BASED ON WAVEFRONT SENSORS - A wavefront microscope or camera utilizes a wavefront sensor to measure the local intensity and phase gradient of the wavefront and output image maps based on the intensity and phase gradient. A wavefront sensor provides a metal film having patterned structured two dimensional (2D) apertures that convert a phase gradient of a wavefront into a measurable form onto a photodetector array. A computer is used to analyze the data by separating signals projected and recorded on the array from the different apertures, predict a center of each projection, and sum signals for each projection to display the intensity while determining a center position change/offset from the predicted center to display the phase gradient of the wavefront. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090281771 | TESTING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE PHONES AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF - A testing system for mobile phones includes at least one workstation ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090292507 | Signal Acquisition System and Method - A system for signal processing is provided. The system includes a steady state processing system for receiving a signal. A general purpose processing system is coupled to the steady state processing system and includes a signal acquisition system for receiving the signal and generating acquisition data. The steady state processing system can receive the acquisition data from the signal acquisition system and use the acquisition data to acquire the signal. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090306936 | SAMPLING APPARATUS, SAMPLING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a sampling apparatus that samples a signal under measurement, including a clock control section that generates a plurality of sampling clocks at a plurality of sampling phases at determined non-uniform intervals, so as to cancel out replicas in a sampling band that are not observation targets, from among the replicas of the signal under measurement and the replicas of the negative frequency component of the signal under measurement, in each sampling repetition cycle; and a sampling section that samples the signal under measurement with each of the plurality of sampling clocks. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090306937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING WIND NOISE - A method and system for detecting wind noise are adapted to determine whether two of a plurality of sound signals acquired by a plurality of sound receiving units include wind noise. The method includes the following steps: (a) transforming the two sound signals to their corresponding digitized sound signals including a plurality of sound frames; (b) calculating a correlation coefficient of each pair of the corresponding sound frames from the two digitized sound signals; (c) subtracting one of the digitized sound signals from the other, and transforming the resultant digitized sound signal to frequency domain; (d) selecting a frequency bin in frequency domain for each of the sound frames to serve as a frequency boundary, and calculating a dB difference, a low-frequency energy decay factor, and a low-frequency ripple number of each of the sound frames according to the frequency boundary; and (e) determining whether the correlation coefficient, the dB difference, the low-frequency energy decay factor, and the low-frequency ripple number of a respective sound frame comply with a predetermined determination rule, the two sound signals being determined to include wind noise if affirmative. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090312987 | Ambient Light Sensor and Electronic Equipment - An ambient light sensor ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090312988 | 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. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100010778 | CRASH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AT LEAST ONE MEASURING SIGNAL - In a crash sensor and a method for processing a measured value of the crash sensor, at least one measured quantity is detected by a sensor element and a first rewritable memory is provided in which first data for influencing the processing of the at least one measured quantity are stored. In addition, a second hardwired memory is provided in which second data for influencing the processing are stored. A logic module is provided which loads the first or second data, as a function of a test of the first memory, for processing the at least one measured quantity. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100010779 | Electromagnetic Coupling Device fo an Electromagnetic Radiation Detector - An integrated circuit intended to be assembled with an electromagnetic radiation detector, the integrated circuit comprising a device for processing signals stemming from the detector, the processing device being covered with at least one conductive plate for protection against electromagnetic radiation, intended to be placed between said detector and said integrated circuit, said conductive plate including one or more apertures letting through conductive elements providing an electrical connection between the processing device and the detector. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100017169 | Test assembly and procedure for capturing performance data - In order to make error recognition, for example, in cabling, in the stored data or in the data allocation, in the allocation of a sensor unit to sensor-relevant data for calibration of an analysis unit that is connected with a sensor unit possible, it is proposed to locate, in or on the sensor unit ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100023304 | ARRANGEMENT FOR EVALUATING THE MEASURED VALUES OF A MEASURED-VALUE CONVERTER - The object of the invention is to implement an arrangement that enables maximally flexible linkage of measured-value sensing systems | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100036643 | METHODS FOR THE CYCLICAL PATTERN DETERMINATION OF TIME-SERIES DATA USING A CLUSTERING APPROACH - Cycles and other patterns within time-series data are determined. Time-series data are transformed into discretized sets of clustered data that are organized by time period. Comparison is made of the organized data to determine similar time periods and multiclusters of the similar time periods are formed. From the multicluster data, cycles are identified from which thresholds and other useful data may be derived, or the data used for other useful purposes. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100042371 | EVENT-DETECTION IN MULTI-CHANNEL SENSOR-SIGNAL STREAMS - Multiple parallel signal streams are produced by the sensors ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100042372 | Virtual metering - Methods for improving the accuracy of characterizing unmonitored paths or virtual meters in a utility system. The hierarchical arrangement of IEDs in the utility system is determined. Measured quantities of a characteristic of the utility being monitored are received and error-adjusted using statistical or absolute methods. The statistical method accounts for the mean and standard deviation associated with error measurements of the subject IED, and the absolute method uses the absolute value of the error measurement, expressed as a percentage, to produce ranges of measured quantities within an error tolerance. The differences between the error-adjusted quantities are analyzed to determine whether an unmonitored path exists, and if so, whether the virtual meter is consuming or supplying the utility. The order in which IEDs are read is determined so that a parent and its children are read in sequence to increase synchronicity of the received data and the virtual meter evaluation. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100042373 | SIGNAL MEASURING DEVICE AND SIGNAL MEASURING METHOD - A signal measuring device, comprises one set, or a plurality of sets, of measuring unit(s) measuring an object of measurement in synch with a driving clock signal for measurement and outputting result of measurement as first data, and a timing identification unit which, in accordance with a measurement-start command, outputs a value, which differs every period, as second data in synch with a reference signal having a prescribed period and a speed lower than that of the driving clock signal; and a storage unit collecting and successively storing the first data and the second data as one set in synch with the driving clock signal. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100042374 | SAMPLING METHOD, RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR SAMPLING AND/OR RECONSTRUCTING SIGNALS - Reconstruction method for reconstructing a first signal (x(t)) regularly sampled at a sub-Nyquist rate, comprising the step of retrieving from the regularly spaced sampled values (y | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100049474 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATHERING AUDIENCE MEASURMENT DATA - Systems and methods are provided for gathering audience measurement data relating to exposure of an audience member to audio data. Audio data is received in a user system and is then encoded with audience measurement data. The encoded audio data is reproduced by the user system, picked up by a monitor and decoded to recover the audience measurement data. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100063780 | Measuring Arrangement with Large Dynamic Measuring Range - The invention relates to a method for registering a measured variable of a measured medium via a measurement path having a sequence of signals, wherein, apart from an original signal of the sequence, each signal of the sequence is a function of a preceding signal of the sequence, at least one signal of the sequence is transformed as a function of the measured variable by interaction with the measured medium, wherein a time variation is impressed on at least a first signal of the sequence, and a second signal, which is present in the sequence of signals at any location after the first signal, is formed by integration of a signal directly preceding the second signal, wherein, additionally, for ascertaining the measured variable, it is assumed, that the measured variable remains essentially constant during the integration. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100082302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNDER-SAMPLED ACQUISITION AND TRANSMISSION OF PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPH (PPG) DATA AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FULL BAND PPG DATA AT THE RECEIVER - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for compressed sensing (CS). The CS is a signal processing concept wherein significantly fewer sensor measurements than that suggested by Shannon/Nyquist sampling theorem can be used to recover signals with arbitrarily fine resolution. In this disclosure, the CS framework is applied for sensor signal processing in order to support low power robust sensors and reliable communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) for healthcare and fitness applications. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100114532 | WEIGHTED SPECTROGRAPHIC MONITORING OF A SUBSTRATE DURING PROCESSING - A substrate having an outermost layer undergoing polishing and at least one underlying layer is irradiated with light. A sequence of current spectra is obtained with an in-situ optical monitoring system, a current spectrum from the sequence of current spectra being a spectrum of the light reflected from the substrate, wherein the current spectrum includes a range of wavelengths and, for all wavelengths in the range of wavelengths, a value corresponding to a wavelength. Further, a value of the current spectrum corresponding to a wavelength is modified with at least one value in a gain factor spectrum, wherein the gain factor spectrum includes a first range of wavelengths and, for all wavelengths in the first range of wavelengths, a value corresponding to a wavelength. The polishing of the outermost layer of the substrate is then changed based upon the modified value of the current spectrum. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114533 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING BY WAVE PROPAGATION - A method of exploring by wave propagation, in which method an incident wave is emitted a plurality of times towards the same target zone (r | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100121610 | DIGITAL FILTERING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A digital filtering system, method, and program thereof are described. In the system, firstly a sensor obtains an analog physiological signal, a quantizing module transforms the physiological signal to a digitalized frequency domain signal, and then a specification parameter module obtains a feature model satisfying the frequency domain signal by matching, for a deciding process module to determine which decision parameter should be used. A filter-Clustering management module starts a relevant filter module according to the matching decision parameter to filter the frequency domain signal. On the contrary, when the frequency domain signal is an abnormal signal, the quantizing module outputs the abnormal signal to a back-end server system. The server system builds more than one updating parameter to update all the decision parameters and feature parameters. Therefore, the decision parameters and the feature parameters are updated on real time, and the physiological signal filtering result is quickly obtained. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100125438 | METHOD OF SCANNING, ANALYZING AND IDENTIFYING ELECTRO MAGNETIC FIELD SOURCES - A method for determining the energy level of an electromagnetic field (EMF) received from an EMF source (EMFS) and for identifying the EMFS is provided, the method comprising: receiving an EMF signal, separating the EMF signal into EMF sub-signals; determining, when possible, the energy level of EMF sub-signals; identify, when possible, the EMFS corresponding to the EMF sub-signals; and recording EMF related data. An apparatus, a system and a user graphical interface is also provided herein. Further, a network of EMFDD adapted to share EMF data therebetween is also provided herein. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100131242 | MONITORING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE NON-INTERFERING SIGNAL PROCESSING - A monitoring system with dynamically configurable non-interfering signal processing is disclosed. In one aspect, data relating to the management of the operation of a machine and data relating to the safety protection of the machine are combined in a non-interfering manner. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100138191 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING AND TRANSFORMING ULTRASOUND DATA - A method and system for transforming acquired ultrasound data for processing that includes the steps of generating ultrasound data, calculating object motion, modifying a data generation parameter using the calculated object motion, processing the ultrasound data related to the generated ultrasound data, and outputting the processed data. The method and system may additionally include buffering data from a data acquisition device. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100145657 | INTEGRATED SENSOR ARRAY WITH OFFSET REDUCTION - A method and system for providing increased accuracy in a CMOS sensor system in one embodiment includes a plurality of sensor elements having a first terminal and a second terminal on a complementary metal oxide semiconductor substrate, a first plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the first terminal to a power source and to selectively connect the first terminal to a readout circuit, and a second plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the second terminal to the power source and to selectively connect the second terminal to the readout circuit. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145658 | HAND-HOLD MEASURING-EQUIPMENT RECORDING DEVICE - The present invention is to provide a hand-hold measuring-equipment recoding device that is mainly improvements aimed at the small sized hand-hold measuring equipment. The measuring machine body having a display, several buttons, and a sensor set in it, and is characterized in that a memory card slot is set in the machine body to provide for the insertion of the SD card. And, there are set with a microprocessor, a sensor circuit, and a memory card driver circuit in the machine body. Through these, the measured data records and measuring time are saved directly in the SD memory cards, then the SD memory cards is utilized to be inserted in the computer to read data and perform a further data analysis. Thus, it can solve the former problems of inconvenience caused by the measuring equipment must connect with the computer through a transferring cable and must proceed the measuring at the measuring site simultaneously while measuring. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100169050 | SENSOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A system is disclosed that essentially eliminates the delay in measurement of temperature by a sensor due to exponential response of the sensor. The system finds the rate of change of the sensor signal, multiplies it by the time constant of the sensor signal and adds the result to the instantaneous value of the sensor signal to predict the final value of the sensor signal or the actual value of the temperature. When the sensor is permanently attached to an object, the final temperature of the object is predicted in a similar manner using the combined time constant value of the sensor and the object. The system can be software, analog hardware or digital hardware. The system also allows more accurate temperature control without undershoot or overshoot by providing a control signal proportional to the difference between a desired value and the predicted final value of the sensor signal. The system similarly eliminates the time delay in measurement and control of flow in thermal flow meters. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169051 | Optimized Stochastic Resonance Signal Detection Method - Apparatus and method for detecting micro-calcifications in mammograms using novel algorithms and stochastic resonance noise is provided, where a suitable dose of noise is added to the abnormal mammograms such that the performance of a suboptimal lesion detector is improved without altering the detector's parameters. A stochastic resonance noise-based detection approach is presented to improve suboptimal detectors which suffer from model mismatch due to the Gaussian assumption. Furthermore, a stochastic resonance noise-based detection enhancement framework is presented to deal with more general model mismatch cases. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100198561 | DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The disclosure concerns a data acquisition apparatus and method. According to the disclosure,
| 08-05-2010 |
| 20100280797 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF CHARGE ORIGINATING FROM LIGHTNING - The invention relates to a detection apparatus of a wind turbine wherein said wind turbine comprises a down-conducting system arranged to conduct current induced from lightning, wherein said detection apparatus comprises a charge measurement apparatus for establishment of a charge representation, wherein said charge representation represents charge induced into said down-conducting system by lightning, and wherein said detection apparatus further comprises an estimator for estimating deterioration induced by lightning of one or more components in a wind turbine on the basis of said charge representation. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100305905 | DETERMINATION OF BEAM PARAMETERS FOR UNFLATTENED PHOTON BEAMS - A method for determining a beam parameter of an unflattened photon beam generated by an accelerator includes measuring radiation dose values in the plane perpendicular to the beam propagation direction, determining the extension of the unflattened beam using a definition of the beam extension of a flattened beam. The method also includes normalizing the radiation dose values, such that essentially the same value for the extension of the unflattened beam is obtained as would be obtained if the beam was flattened and determining the beam parameter of the unflattened beam using a beam parameter definition of a flattened beam | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100318325 | Signal processing device - The invention relates to a signal processing device having a first signal processing unit ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100332192 | Method and Tools for Self-Describing Data Processing - A data set can self-describe a set of data specifications that describe the physical measurements, spatial representation, and file format of data stored in the data set. A data processing tool can self-describe a set of input specifications of the physical measurements, spatial representation, and file storage format of data that can be accepted for processing by the tool. Fully automated methods for coordinating the processing and analysis of the data set by the data processing tool are presented which ensure that the data input to a data processing tool represents the proper physical measurements, has the proper spatial representation, and is in the proper file format to permit the data processing tool to produce logically correct output. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110015899 | Vibration Analysis - The present invention relates to vibration analysis and in particular, but not limited to, the derivation of multiple types of vibration signals from one vibration signal for vibration analysis. In the preferred method of the invention the vibrations of an object are measured using at least one vibration sensor, wherein the vibration sensor converts vibrations into an electrical vibration signal. The electrical vibration signal is digitized based on a first frequency, wherein the first frequency is selected from a plurality of possible frequency values. A first type of vibration signal is derived from the digitized vibration signal. A second type of vibration signal is then derived from the digitized vibration signal based on a second frequency. The second frequency is rationally determined from, and lower than, the value selected for the first frequency. The invention also provides apparatus for deriving multiple types of vibration signals from one measured vibration signal for vibration analysis. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022360 | MULTIPLE AXES SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RADIATION FROM A RADIATION SOURCE - A three dimensional radiation measurement scanning system includes a circular drive operable with horizontal and vertical drives for moving a radiation detector through first, second and third orthogonal axes in a three dimensional scanning of the detector in a water tank. Motor are coupled to the drives and activated by a controller for providing the movement of the radiation detector which providing radiation field sensing signals for locations of the detector throughout the tank. A reference detector is fixed for comparing its radiation field measurements with those of the scanned radiation detector. An offset mount carries the radiation detector allowing it to be extended beyond the circular ring gear during horizontal movement of the radiation detector and thus position the radiation detector at wall surfaces of the water tank. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110029286 | NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS FOR PERIODIC STRUCTURE - There is provided a nondestructive analysis for a periodic structure. In the method, a virtual periodic structure is set and divided into a plurality of layers. By utilizing the Lippmann-Schwinger equation with an M-th order interpolation, physical properties related to reflectivity or transmittance of the virtual periodic structure are calculated. An M-th order interpolation formula employed in discretization of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation leads to an accurate and rapid calculation of the physical properties of the periodic structure. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029287 | Self-Diagnosing Transducers and Systems and Methods Therefor - A transducer system that includes a piezoelectric transducer and a self-diagnosis system electrically connected to the transducer. In one embodiment, the self-diagnosis system is configured to detect when a debonding defect has occurred in the bond between the transducer and a host structure and to detect when a crack has occurred in the transducer itself. The self-diagnosis system implements debonding-detection and crack-detection schemes that can distinguish between debonding and cracking, as well as distinguish these problems from changes arising from temperature variation. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110035188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING TIME SERIES DATA - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining which one or more time series parameters of a plurality of time series parameters relating to operation of a system are correlated with a first operation state of the system. According to the invention, the method comprises providing time series data including data relating to a time series of each of the plurality of time series parameters; determining at least two first time periods, wherein the system is in the first operation state during the at least two first time periods; determining at least one second time period, wherein the system is in a second operation state during the at least one second time period; determining, for each respective time series parameter of the plurality of time series parameters, a first characteristic parameter relating to a first characteristic of the time series of the respective time series parameter for each of the at least two first time periods and the at least one second time period; and determining which one or more time series parameters of the plurality of time series parameters relating to the operation of the system are correlated with the first operation state of the system by determining, for each respective time series parameter of the plurality of time series parameters, whether or not the respective time series parameter is correlated with the first operation state of the system based on the first characteristic parameters of the respective time series parameter determined for each of the at least two first time periods and the at least one second time period. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035189 | SPECTROSCOPIC REFLECTOMETER - In a spectroscopic reflectometer, in order to make it possible to omit a supplementary measurement (specifically, measurement of a calibration sample) which has been needed every time a light reflectance of an inspection work is measured to promote the reduction in measurement time and simplification in measurement configuration, an internal reflection mechanism having a constant light reflectance is arranged inside a head so that light reflected by the internal reflection mechanism is received by a photo-detector, whereby the light reflectance of the inspection work is calculated based on an output value of the photo-detector in a state of having substantially no light introduced, an output value of the photo-detector when a dark sample that substantially reflects no light is used, an output value that is an output value of the photo-detector when a calibration sample of a known light reflectance is used as the object, and an output value of the photo-detector when an inspection work to be measured is used. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110054847 | SAMPLE ANALYZER, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A SAMPLE ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A SAMPLE - A sample analyzer comprising: a measuring unit, which comprises a signal output section for outputting a signal representing a characteristic of a measurement specimen prepared by mixing a sample with a reagent, and a signal adjusting section for adjusting the signal outputted from the signal output section, the measuring unit outputting a detection signal based on the signal adjusted by the signal adjusting section; and a result producing unit for producing an analysis result based on the detection signal outputted from the measuring unit and storing the analysis result therein is disclosed. A computer program product for the sample analyzer and a method for analyzing a sample using such a sample analyzer is also disclosed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110060554 | Interference Detector and Methods - Interference detector and methods for detecting interference in a signal are described. More specifically, in one aspect, a method for detecting interference in a signal is provided. The method comprises determining whether the signal has at least one of a time and a frequency characteristic that is outside a predefined range, and determining that an interference event has been detected if the signal has at least one of such characteristics. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110071795 | Test and Measurement Instrument Using Combined Signals - A test and measurement instrument including a plurality of digitizers, each digitizer configured to digitize an input signal to generate a digitized signal; a signal processor configured to combine at least two of the digitized signals from the digitizers into a combined signal; and a circuit configured to receive the combined signal. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110077911 | MULTI-MEASUREMENT VORTEX FLOWMETER - Two-wire transmitters are described in which the required voltage that a control room must supply to the transmitter is lower at high current than at low current, thus freeing up more voltage for other uses, and in which a constant set of operating voltages may be maintained. A corrected pressure in a vortex flow meter may be determined that reflects the mass flow rate. Thus, the mass flow rate may be determined based on the corrected pressure reading and a measured volumetric flow rate. Density may be determined from pressure and temperature using a table containing error values based on a standard density determination and a relatively simple approximation. During operation of a flow meter, the stored error values may be linearly interpolated and the approximation may be computed to determine the density from the stored error value. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110098979 | DETECTING METHOD AND DETECTING APPARATUS - A detecting method employing a first sensor and a second sensor, includes: first processing for detecting, on the basis of an output value of the first sensor, a predetermined state defined in advance; second processing for starting the second sensor according to the detection of the predetermined state; and third processing for generating interpolation data from an output value of the first sensor in a predetermined time until the second sensor becomes capable of outputting a measurement value after being started. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110098980 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL DELIVERED BY A RADIATION DETECTOR - The invention concerns a device for processing a signal delivered by a radiation detector ( | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110112799 | VARIABLE INDICATION ESTIMATOR - A variable indication estimator which determines an output value representative of a set of input data. For example, the estimator can reduce input data to estimates of a desired signal, select a time, and determine an output value from the estimates and the time. In one embodiment, the time is selected using one or more adjustable signal confidence parameters determine where along the estimates the output value will be computed. By varying the parameters, the characteristics of the output value are variable. For example, when input signal confidence is low, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value is a smoothed representation of the input signal. When input signal confidence is high, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value has a faster and more accurate response to the input signal. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110119034 | METHOD FOR RECORDING PULSE SIGNALS - A method for recording pulse signals which allows the reconstruction of a time reference. The time of every pulse signal event can be determined by counting sampling result bits preceding the respective sampling result bit using the known sampling frequency. For this purpose, every period of the sampling frequency is associated with a bit representing the respective sampling result and the sampling result bits are stored one by one and per channel in data blocks. The sampling frequency is preferably higher than a pixel clock, a sampling result bit associated with a flank of the pixel clock being marked. The pixel clock can thus be synchronized with the individual events exactly per sampling period. The invention further relates to the field of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy using confocal microscopes or laser scanning microscopes. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110125463 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTING A STATE - A method for representing a state of at least one component of an apparatus, where measurements are conducted for the at least one component, a number of quantities are measured and at least one acquired characteristic value for the number of quantities is represented in at least one two-dimensional coordinate system for representing the state as a vector. Further, a system for representing a state of at least one component of an apparatus, to a computer program, and to a computer program product is disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110144952 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID VERIFICATION OF CRITICAL RADIOLOGICAL LEVELS IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC, TREATMENT AND NONINVASIVE SCREENING EQUIPMENT - A portable measurement apparatus and method for independent in situ analysis of emitted radiation, the patient or subject's total radiological dosage and spectral component levels of radiation for a specific radiation emission machine is disclosed. Said apparatus uses a plurality of electromagnetic emission detectors as a means to separate and analyze the electromagnetic spectral output signals emitted by an individual X-ray, CT, MRI, PET, metal detecting, or foreign object screening machine, etc., into key radiological component intensities. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110161052 | Method for Reconstructing Sparse Streaming Signals Using Greedy Search - A method reconstructs a streaming signal x | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161053 | SLOPE-BASED FAST INTRINSIC MODE FUNCTIONS DECOMPOSITION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus for analyzing a physical signal representing a physical phenomenon is provided. The apparatus comprises an analog-to-digital converter, a slope calculator, a local extrema identifier, a residual signal constructor and an intrinsic mode function (IMF) extractor. The analog-to-digital converter is used to convert the physical signal into a plurality of data points. The slope calculator is used to calculate slope of each data point. The local extrema identifier is used to identify a plurality of local extrema of the slopes. The residual signal constructor is used to construct a residual signal of the physical signal from the data points corresponding to the local extrema of slopes. An IMF extractor is used to extract an intrinsic mode function indicative of an intrinsic oscillatory mode in the physical phenomenon by subtracting the residual signal from the physical signal. A method for analyzing a physical signal representing a physical phenomenon is provided. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110184703 | SENSOR SIGNAL ALIGNMENT - Methods and systems, including computer readable mediums, are provided for transforming a measurement made relative to a first reference frame into a corresponding measurement relative to a second reference frame. Sensor signals that are produced by sensors in response to the sensors' motion relative to the first reference frame are transformed using a transformation matrix. The transformation generates corrected sensor signals that are relative to the axes of the second reference frame. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191066 | Method and Apparatus for Synchronization of Test and Measurement Apparatuses - A synchronization apparatus and method for synchronizing a plurality of test and measurement apparatuses or signal generators are provided. A trigger selector is provided or for selecting from a plurality of triggers to be provided to the plurality of test and measurement apparatuses. A trigger enabled input is also provided for receiving a trigger enabled signal from each of the plurality of test and measurement apparatuses and a synchronizing block is provided for generating a single synchronized time stamp signal with the selected trigger and the trigger enabled inputs. A plurality of trigger outputs are also provided for providing the time stamp signal to a trigger input of each of the plurality of test and measurement apparatuses. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191067 | COMPACT REPRESENTATION OF A REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM - The invention concerns the compact representation of a reflectance spectrum of a material. For example, for in compression, identification and comparison of reflectance spectrum data of multiple materials. The compressed representation interpolating a spline curve to the reflectance spectrum data, the spline curve having a set of control points, a knot vector, and representing wavelength and reflectance as functions of an independent parameter ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110196652 | ESTIMATING POLYNOMIAL GENERATING DEVICE, ESTIMATING DEVICE, ESTIMATING POLYNOMIAL GENERATING METHOD, AND ESTIMATING METHOD - An estimating polynomial generating device, comprising: an analysis data storing portion for storing analysis data comprising combinations of input parameter data and output parameter data; a function surface storing portion for storing an equation for a function surface that limits the relationship between an input parameter and an output parameter after homothetic conversion; a homothetic conversion equation storing portion for storing homothetic conversion equations for performing homothetic conversion on the input parameter and the output parameter; a homothetic conversion parameter searching portion for searching for and establishing factors for the homothetic conversion equations using the analysis data, the equation for the function surface, and the homothetic conversion equations; and an estimating polynomial calculating portion for calculating an estimating polynomial, for estimating an output parameter value from an input parameter value, by combining the equation for the function surface and the homothetic conversion equations wherein the factors have been established. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110202315 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OFFSET COMPENSATION BASED ON HYSTERESIS TRACKING - A signal processor for removing at least one unintended signal component from an input signal (ua) is proposed. The signal processor includes a filter device ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110208480 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL IN A SPECTROMETER SYSTEM - A method is provided that includes receiving and processing a sample signal scan. Processing the sample signal scan includes applying an inner-product operation on the sample signal scan and each of a plurality of eigenvectors to generate a plurality of corresponding coefficients, and subtracting the sample signal scan from a linear combination of the eigenvectors and corresponding coefficients to thereby produce a corrected sample signal scan. In this regard, the eigenvectors have been generated by decomposing a plurality of background reference signal scans according to a singular value decomposition technique. The signal scans include a plurality of electromagnetic signal measurements at a discrete set of frequencies, where each measurement has been taken by a spectrometer system passing an electromagnetic signal through a sample cell including just a base medium (for the background reference signal scans), or both a base medium and a sample medium (for the sample signal scan). | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208481 | EXTENDED RANGE INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An interferometer estimates at least one interferometric parameter of one or more signals emitted from a source. The interferometer includes at least one phase measurement module for measuring phase differences between the source signals received at different signal receiving sensors. At least one coarse estimate of a sought parameter used to represent the at least one interferometric parameter is generated by processing the one or more signals received from the source. At least one fine estimate of the sought parameter is also generated by processing the at least one coarse sought parameter using the plurality of phase measurements received from the at least one phase measurement module. The at least one fine sought parameter represents the at least one interferometric parameter with greater accuracy than the at least one coarse sought parameter and over an extended range of values in which the sought parameter is not unambiguously determinable using only the plurality of phase measurements. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110213591 | MULTI-GAIN ADAPTIVE LINEAR PROCESSING AND GATED DIGITAL SYSTEM FOR USE IN FLOW CYTOMETRY - Disclosed is an electronic processing system for a flow cytometer that uses a processing chip that processes data in a parallel architecture on a sample by sample basis and provides for high throughput of data. In addition, multi-gain linear amplifiers are used which are matched using feedback circuits to provide accurate data and high resolution data having high dynamic range. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110224950 | Indirect Monitoring of Device Usage and Activities - Signal characteristics, or signatures, defined by one or more forms of energy being transferred during the commission of an activity are captured in dimensionally-reduced numerical sequences. Dimensionality reduction is achieved such that reduced data acquired during a detection phase can be directly compared with such reduced data produced during system training. Activities, events, human identities and so on can be identified through such direct comparison. Dimensionality reduction, such as through sparse approximation or simultaneous sparse approximation, may produce combinations of scaled prototype functions. Such combinations or their parametric representations compactly describe the signal characteristics for purposes of discovering new activity signatures, of extracting test signals from a set of measurements and of comparing sets for purposes of detection and classification. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110231160 | SUBJECT INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBJECT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SUBJECT INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is a technology for improving accuracy of noise elimination by a wavelet transform. The present invention is a subject information processing apparatus including: an acoustic wave generator which generates an acoustic wave from a subject; a probe which receives the acoustic wave and converts the received acoustic wave into an electric signal; a converting processor which determines a wavelet coefficient string by performing the wavelet transform on the electric signal; and a threshold processor which eliminates wavelet coefficients smaller than a predetermined threshold out of the wavelet coefficient string, wherein the converting processor selects a coefficient string corresponding to a mother wavelet of which degree of similarity with an impulse response waveform of the probe is highest, out of coefficient strings corresponding to a plurality of mother wavelets stored in advance, and performs the wavelet transform. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110246139 | DOWNMIXING DEVICE AND METHOD - A downmixing device includes: a matrix conversion unit configured to perform a matrix operation for an input signal; a rotation correction unit configured to rotate an output signal of the matrix conversion unit; a spatial information extraction unit configured to extract spatial information from the output signal of the rotation correction unit; and an error calculation unit configured to calculate an error amount of the matrix operation result for the input signal by performing a matrix operation for the output signal of the rotation correction unit and the spatial information extracted by the spatial information extraction unit using a matrix that is inverse to the matrix used for the matrix operation by the matrix conversion unit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110251826 | Data Analyzer - The present invention relates to an off-line signal analyzer comprising a digital signal processor ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251827 | Data Collector - An off-line signal analyser comprising a digital signal processor ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLVING PILED-UP PULSES BY USING A MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORM - A method and apparatus for resolving individual signals in detector output data, the method comprising obtaining or expressing the detector output data as a digital series, obtaining or determining a signal form of signals present in the data, forming a transformed signal form by transforming the signal form according to a mathematical transform, forming a transformed series by transforming the digital series according to the mathematical transform, the transformed series comprising transformed signals, evaluating a function of at least the transformed series and the transformed signal form and thereby providing a function output, determining at least one parameter of the function output based on a model of the function output, and determining a parameter of the signals from the at least one determined parameter of the function output. The method may include forming the model by modelling the function output. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110257936 | DYNAMIC SENSOR RANGE - A device for sensing a phenomenon using a dynamic measurement range includes: a sensing element configured to measure the phenomenon using a first measurement range and to provide an analog indication of a value of the phenomenon; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the sensing element and configured to convert the analog indication to a digital indication; and a processor coupled to the ADC and the sensing element and configured to analyze the digital indication to determine a second measurement range for the sensing element and to cause the sensing element to change from the first measurement range to the second measurement range for measurement of the phenomenon, the first measurement range being different than the second measurement range. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257937 | Electroencephalogram (EEG) Cluster Electrodes - Embodiments described herein include a sensor electrode comprising a plurality of contacts positioned adjacent one another to form a pattern. Signal outputs are coupled to the plurality of contacts. A signal output is connected to each contact of the sensor electrode. One or more processors are coupled to the signal outputs. The processor separately processes each signal output of the plurality of signal outputs. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110270579 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL MONITORING USING LISSAJOUS FIGURES - Methods and systems are provided for generating Lissajous figures based on monitored signals and identifying features of Lissajous figures. Features may include similarity metrics, shape change metrics and noise metrics, and may be used to determine information about the monitored signal. Features may also be used in monitoring operations, such as measurement quality assessment and recalibration. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270580 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FOCUS PREDICTION - The present invention relates to a method, an analyzer and a computer program product for focus prediction in a sample arranged on a measuring surface of an analyzer. The method comprises row wise scanning sample positions by means of an optical system of said analyzer, said sample positions being positions in a coordinate system for said measuring surface containing said sample, for the first sample position on each row, determining a focus and storing said focus, and for each subsequent sample position: if a stored difference exists, predicting a focus by adding said stored difference to said stored focus, or if no stored difference exists, determining a focus and storing said focus. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110288822 | COMPUTATION EFFICIENCY BY ITERATIVE SPATIAL HARMONICS ORDER TRUNCATION - A method for improving computation efficiency for diffraction signals in optical metrology is described. The method includes simulating a set of spatial harmonics orders for a grating structure. The set of spatial harmonics orders is truncated to provide a first truncated set of spatial harmonics orders based on a first pattern. The first truncated set of spatial harmonics orders is modified by an iterative process to provide a second truncated set of spatial harmonics orders based on a second pattern, the second pattern different from the first pattern. Finally, a simulated spectrum is provided based on the second truncated set of spatial harmonics orders. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288823 | WIDEBAND DIGITAL SPECTROMETER - A processor, comprising a first data input configured to receive a stream of samples of a first signal having a spectral space, the stream having a data rate of at least 4 GHz; a second data input configured to receive a stream of samples of a second signal; a multitap correlator, configured to receive the first stream of samples and the second stream of samples, and producing at least one correlation output for each respective sequential sample of the first signal received; and a programmable control configured to alter a relationship of the stream of samples of the first signal and the stream of samples of the second signal, to thereby select, under program control, an alterable correlation output. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110295562 | Method and system for noise simulation analysis useable with systems including time-of-flight depth systems - An analytical tool useable with complex systems receives as input various system parameters to predict whether sufficiently accurate quality depth data will be provided by the TOF system. Depth data quality estimates involve dividing system operation into smaller operations whose individual depth data quality contributions can be more readily computed. The effect of the individual operations is combined and the tool outputs a depth data quality estimate accounting for the net result of the various unique operations performed by the system. When used with a TOF system, input parameters may include magnitude and angular distribution of TOF emitted optical energy, desired signal/noise, sensor characteristics, TOF imaging optics, target object distances and locations, and magnitude of ambient light. Analytical tool output data can ensure adequate calculation accuracy to optimize the TOF system pre-mass production, even for TOF systems whose sequence of operations and sensor operations are flexibly programmable. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110307222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RADIATION - Digital images or the charge from pixels in light sensitive semiconductor based imagers may be used to detect gamma rays and energetic particles emitted by radioactive materials. Methods may be used to identify pixel-scale artifacts introduced into digital images and video images by high energy gamma rays. Statistical tests and other comparisons on the artifacts in the images or pixels may be used to prevent false-positive detection of gamma rays. The sensitivity of the system may be used to detect radiological material at distances in excess of 50 meters. Advanced processing techniques allow for gradient searches to more accurately determine the source's location, while other acts may be used to identify the specific isotope. Coordination of different imagers and network alerts permit the system to separate non-radioactive objects from radioactive objects. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110313732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED MEASUREMENT OF A PHYSICAL VARIABLE - A device for spatially resolved measuring of a physical variable has a device for generating a first electrical signal with a first frequency and a device for generating a second electrical signal with a second frequency. The second frequency differs from the first frequency by a difference frequency. An optical radiation source generates an optical signal modulated by the first frequency. The optical signal can interact with a test object and be modified in the process. A mixer can mix an electrical signal emerging from the optical signal with the second signal. A device, particularly embodied as a DDS system, generates a third electrical signal with a third frequency that corresponds to the difference frequency or a multiple of the difference frequency. A digital/analog converter digitizes the at least one mixed signal by sampling the mixed signal at the third frequency in order to digitize it. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110320174 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DIRECT-SAMPLING ANALOG TIME-RESOLVED DETECTION - The subject invention discloses devices and methods for sampling an analog signal in order to perform data analysis. More particularly, the subject invention provides a time-resolved, direct, high-speed sampling of analog output of a detector, in order to capture harmonic content of the signal without the need to modulate the detection system. The sampling devices and corresponding methods include a detector module for measuring a response generated from a sample, an analog to digital converter for sampling the analog signal, received from the detector module, and converting it into a digital signal; and a logic circuit coupled to the converter for processing the digital signal. The sampling rate of the converter is faster than the response of the sample, and the logic circuit is capable of analyzing the digital signal acquired from the converter and continuously transferring the data analysis obtained to a storage or display device. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120010858 | SIGNAL EVALUATING DEVICE AND SIGNAL EVALUATING METHOD - A signal evaluating device comprises: a binarizing portion for binarizing an input signal; a run length measuring portion for measuring the run length of the input signal during the evaluating interval, using the output of the binarizing portion as the input; and evaluating means for calculating, from the measurement results of the run length measuring portion, a distribution wherein the noise frequency distribution included in the input signal during the evaluating interval is assumed to be a geometric distribution, and for evaluating whether or not the input signal is valid through comparing the calculated frequency to the run length frequency obtained from the measurement results by the run length measuring portion (probability calculating portion, noise frequency calculating portion, and validity evaluating portion). | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010859 | FREQUENCY PHYSICAL CARRIER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICAL THERAPY AND HUMAN, ZOOTECHNCAL AND AGRONOMIC ENHANCEMENT - Physical carrier wherein radiation frequencies are recorded, obtained by a process including the stages of:
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| 20120022832 | MODULAR RE-CONFIGURABLE PROFILING CORE FOR MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS-ON-CHIP - A modular dynamically re-configurable profiling core may be used to provide both operating systems and applications with detailed information about run time performance bottlenecks and may enable them to address these bottlenecks via scheduling or dynamic compilation. As a result, application software may be able to better leverage the intrinsic nature of the multi-core hardware platform, be it homogeneous or heterogeneous. The profiling functionality may be desirably isolated on a discrete, separate and modular profiling core, which may be referred to as a configurable profiler (CP). The modular configurable profiling core may facilitate inclusion of rich profiling functionality into new processors via modular reuse of the inventive CP. The modular configurable profiling core may improve a customer's experience and productivity when used in conjunction with commercial multi-core processors. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120029879 | ABOVE BED SENSOR - A monitoring system for monitoring a patient in a patient-support apparatus includes a detector, a standard, and a controller. The detector detects electromagnetic radiation in a field. The standard conveys a predetermined electromagnetic signature to the detector. The controller monitors the electromagnetic radiation in the field and compares the electromagnetic radiation to the standard to determine the position of a patient supported on a patient-support apparatus positioned in the field. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029880 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SPECTRAL VECTOR FROM MEASURED ELECTRO-MAGNETIC-RADIAION INTENSITIES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to determining the spectral vector of electromagnetic radiation reflected from, transmitted through, or emitted from a sample using a set of n intensity measurements. In general, the spectral vector has a dimension k that is greater than the number of measured intensities n. However, in many cases, the physical and chemical constraints of a system, when properly identified and modeled, effectively reduce the number of unknowns, generally the k components of the spectral vector, to an extent that allows for the spectral vector to be characterized from a relatively small number n of measured intensities. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120041717 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING OF A NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE - An improved system for sensing includes a first signal source for producing an excitation signal for exciting a specimen having a nuclear quadrupole resonance, a signal sampling device for sampling a response signal received from the specimen to produce a plurality of samples, a data storage device for storing a plurality of data corresponding to said plurality of samples; and a processor for time coherently processing the plurality of data to sense the nuclear quadrupole resonance of said specimen. An optional second signal source for producing a probe signal directed at the specimen can also be used, where the response signal corresponds to the probe signal having reflected off the specimen. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041718 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CHARACTERISTICS OF SECURITIES - A device and a method for detecting characteristics of a flat object, in particular a security, are proposed. To this end, the device has at least one light source that illuminates the object with light, at least one sensor that captures the light reflected and/or emitted by the object, where the sensor is a computer mouse sensor of an optical computer mouse, and a transport device that transports the object relative to the light source and the sensor in a transport direction. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041719 | METHOD FOR ELECTROMAGNETICALLY CHARACTERIZING A TARGET - A method for electromechanically characterizing an object placed in a chamber, at least some walls of which have low absorbance at said frequency, one of the chamber walls being provided with an antenna array. In a first step, the parameters S of a first system consisting of the chamber and the antenna array are measured and in a second step, the same parameters S of a second system consisting of the chamber, the object and the antenna array are measured. The parameters S of the first system are subtracted from the parameters S of the second system to obtain a matrix of corrected parameters that is then diagonalized. The eigenvalues of the matrix constitute a characteristic electromagnetic signature of said object. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041720 | High Bandwidth Oscilloscope for Digitizing an Analog Signal Having a Bandwidth Greater than the Bandwidth of Digitizing Components of the Oscilloscope - A method for improving bandwidth of an oscilloscope involves, in preferred embodiments, the use of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion techniques. In an illustrative embodiment the technique involves separating an input signal into a high frequency content and a low frequency content, down-converting the high frequency content in the analog domain so that it may be processed by the oscilloscope's analog front end, digitizing the low frequency content and the down-converted high frequency content, and forming a digital representation of the received analog signal from the digitized low frequency content and high frequency content. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120046913 | REPRESENTING SENSOR DATA AS BINARY DECISION DIAGRAMS - According to certain embodiments, a set of samples of sensor data is accessed. The set of samples records measurements taken by one or more sensors. Each sample is represented as a minterm to yield a set of minterms. A characteristic function is generated from the set of minterms. The characteristic function indicates whether a given minterm is a member of the set of minterms. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120065940 | SYSTEM FOR ROAD SIGN SHEETING CLASSIFICATION - A system for classifying different types of sheeting materials of road signs depicted in a videostream compares estimated retroreflectivity values against known minimum retroreflectivity values for each of a plurality of colors. Once a road sign has been identified in the videostream, the frames associated with that road sign are analyzed to determine each of a plurality of colors present on the road sign. An estimated retroreflectivity for each of the plurality of colors present on the road sign is then determined. By comparing the estimated retroreflectivity for each of the plurality of colors against known minimum retroreflectivity values for the corresponding color for different types of sheeting materials, an accurate determination of the classification of the sheeting material of the road sign is established. Preferably, certain conditions of gross failure of the sheeting material are filtered out before classification of the sheeting material is determined. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120072176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING AN OBJECT USING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY - A system for evaluating subject objects includes at least one physical source operable to emit electromagnetic energy and driver electronics drivingly coupled to at least one physical source. The driver electronics is configured to drive at least one physical source as a number of logical sources, using an electromagnetic forcing function. The number of logical sources is greater than the number of physical sources. In addition, the system includes a sensor configured to receive an electromagnetic response from at least a portion of an evaluation object illuminated by one or more physical sources operated as logical sources, and convert the electromagnetic response to a test response signal indicative of the electromagnetic response of the evaluation object. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120078579 | SELF VALIDATING GAS TURBINE ENGINE FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM USING DUEL OPTICAL VERIFICATION - A self validating flame detection system ( | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120089371 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, TEST APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a measurement apparatus that measures a signal under measurement having a waveform pattern that repeats with a predetermined cycle, comprising a sampling section that coherently samples the signal under measurement; and a waveform reconstructing section that reconstructs a partial waveform corresponding to a partial region of the waveform pattern, by arranging in a predetermined order pieces of sampling data corresponding to the partial region of the waveform pattern from among sampling data acquired by the sampling section. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120101779 | Digital Event Timing - Methods, computer-readable mediums, and a circuit are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided which obtains a digital sample. The method calculates a second derivative of the digital sample and thereafter determines when the second derivative passed through a zero crossing point. A master clock value and the second derivative value before and after the second derivate passes through zero are used to calculate a clock fraction and add the clock fraction to the master clock value. Thereafter, an event start signal is triggered to initiates signal processing. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101780 | Method of Measuring Radiation Doses on Different Directions - The present disclosure measures radiation doses on different directions. A partition is used, which has a certain attenuation ratio. With the partition, radiation doses on different directions can be determined without knowing the thickness or material of the partition. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101781 | OPERATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - An operation circuit and an operation method thereof are revealed. The operation circuit includes an extreme value processing unit, a curve processing module, and a component unit. The extreme value processing unit receives and processes a plurality of input data to get maximum values and minimum values. The curve processing module constructs a first matrix and a second matrix according to the maximum and minimum values and then decomposes the first matrix and the second matrix into first submatrices and second submatrices respectively. According to these submatrices, the curve processing module gets at least one mean value function corresponding to the maximum and the minimum values. The computation of a single matrix is reduced by matrix decomposition and operations of the operation circuit. Compared with conventional Gauss matrix manipulations that run by computer systems, the present invention can be applied to simpler circuits by simplifying matrix operation processes. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120109584 | LIGHT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A light measurement device comprising an optical sensor that includes a tunable interference filter and a detecting section detecting light passed through the tunable filter, a storing section that stores a first correlation data and a second correlation data, and a CPU that obtains amount of the light by controlling the optical sensor based on the first correlation data and a second correlation data. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120116725 | Method and Arrangement for Reconstructing the Source of an Electromagnetic Field - The disclosure relates to a method for reconstructing the source of an electromagnetic field. Firstly, a measurement space separate from the source is selected so that the measurement space is connected to the source via a magnetically homogeneous spatial region. Measured values of the electromagnetic field emitted by the source are recorded on the surface of the measurement space so that the electromagnetic field in the measurement space can be uniquely determined in the context of an error bound determined by the discreteness of the measured values. A mathematical model of the electromagnetic source is developed which has a multiplicity of unknowns, and a system of equations is set up that relates the unknowns of the model to the measured values. The system of equations is solved in order to determine the characteristics of the electromagnetic source. The disclosure also relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120123740 | Zero Phase Real Time Filtering with a Recurrence Matrix - Processing of a signal includes identifying a past recurring pattern in the signal with a recurrence matrix, and filtering the signal and the recurring pattern such that the recurring pattern serves as a representation of future signal behavior. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120130681 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MAGNETIC TAMPER DETECTION IN A METER - Described herein are embodiments of methods, devices and computer program products for tamper detection in a meter. One aspect of the method comprises using a magnetic field strength sensor to continuously detect magnetic field strength proximate to a meter. In one aspect, the magnetic field strength sensor produces an analog voltage signal proportional to the detected magnetic field strength. The analog voltage signal of the sensor is continuously converted to a digital voltage signal. The digital voltage signal is stored in a memory on an intermittent basis, and the digital voltage signal is monitored for an aberration that indicates tampering of the meter. If tampering is detected, then an alarm is triggered to indicate the tampering. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130682 | REAL-TIME DETECTION SYSTEM AND THE METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a real-time detection system for detecting the real-time machining by a rotating machine or rotating quality of a rotating machine. The real-time detection system of the invention comprises a signal capture module, a preprocessor, a processor and a comparison module. The signal capture module is used to capture a time-sequence signal of the rotating machine. The preprocessor is coupled to the signal capture module for receiving the time-sequence signal and generating a stationary time-sequence signal by a Fourier Transform. The processor is coupled to the preprocessor for receiving the stationary time-sequence signal and calculating a plurality of entropy of the stationary time-sequence signal by a predetermined way. The comparison module with an entropy table or a feature judgment mechanism of the entropy variation is coupled to the processor for receiving the plurality of entropy and comparing the plurality of entropy according to the entropy table or the feature judgment of the entropy variation and generating a quality signal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120136632 | SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120143568 | SELF-ADAPTIVE BIO-SIGNAL AND MODULATION DEVICE - A sensor-effector system includes an array of sensor-effector transducers providing a plurality of sensed signals and applying a plurality of effector signals. The array provides signals to input signal conditioning circuitry which digitizes and filters the plurality of sensed signals. A processor receives the digitized signals, and processes them to generate multiple feature vectors. It also analyzes the feature vectors to identify patterns and classify the identified patterns and generates at least one response vector resulting from the recognized pattern. The response vector is applied to output signal conditioning circuitry, coupled which converts the response vector to at least one analog signal which is applied as an effector signal to the array of sensor-effector transducers. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120158366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS - Described herein is a method for determining second-order nonlinear optical coefficients of a material. The method envisages the steps of providing a specimen made at least in part of the material, causing a first optical signal and a second optical signal having, respectively, a first pulsation and a second pulsation, and a first polarization state and a second polarization state, to impinge upon the specimen in such a way that the specimen generates a second-harmonic optical signal having a third pulsation equal to the sum of the first and second pulsations, and a third polarization state that is a function of the first and second polarization states. The method further envisages the step of determining a plurality of measurements of power corresponding to the second-harmonic optical signal, and the step of determining the second-order nonlinear optical coefficients on the basis of the plurality of measurements of power. In addition, the method envisages performing a plurality of measurements of power of the second-harmonic optical signal as the first polarization state and the second polarization state vary. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120166144 | DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT METHOD USING AN ALL-OPTOELECTRONIC TERAHERTZ PHOTOMIXING SYSTEM AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT METHOD OF TERAHERTZ MEASURING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A device characteristics measurement method using an all-optoelectronic terahertz photomixing system includes: calculating power of an antenna of a transmitter by adding a matching condition between output impedance of the photomixer and input impedance of the antenna of the transmitter to power of the photomixer of the transmitter; calculating power of an antenna of a receiver based on the power of the antenna of the transmitter; and outputting the power of the antenna of the transmitter and the power of the antenna of the receiver so as to analyze device characteristics of the photomixer and the antenna of the transmitter. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120179424 | SENSOR AND SENSOR NETWORK AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF - A sensor for measuring at least one measurement variable, a sensor network which has several sensors and a method for operating the sensor network. The sensor initially has a measurement variable sensor which is used to convert the measurement variable into an electric signal. A transducer is used to convert the electric signal into measurement data. The sensor has a first communication interface for transferring the measurement data and other data in accordance with a first protocol and a second communication interface for transferring the measurement data and other data in accordance with a second protocol. The sensor also has a data exchange unit for exchanging data between the transducer, the first communication interface and the second communication interface. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179425 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING A PHASE OF A WAVEFIELD - A method of retrieving a phase of a wavefield comprising the steps of: providing an estimate of the wavefield φ | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120185214 | HANDHELD AND IMBEDDED DEVICES TO DETECT STICKY DEVICES USING MAGNETS - Apparatus and methods for detecting concealed personal security threats may comprise conventional mirrors and less conventional arrays of Hall-effect sensors, soft iron cores, magnetometers and the like, preferably at least two axis sensors. The concealed personal security threats may comprise, for example, sticky devices consisting of geographic position sensors for covertly broadcasting motor vehicle location data, of so-called Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) which may be covertly or openly affixed to, for example, the undercarriages of motor vehicles using strong magnets and later exploded, the former giving away private location information without the knowledge of a driver or passengers and the latter causing damage to the motor vehicles to which they are affixed and potentially harming a driver, passengers and nearby persons and sticky containers for hiding items among other sticky devices. A sticky container may be used to contain, for example, a vehicle ignition key or contraband. Magnetic fields detected by, for example, arrays of Hall-effect sensors, soft iron cores, magnetometers and the like may be quantified and stored in processor memory as a vehicle magnetic field signature. A processor receiving magnetic field data collected by the arrays may retrieve and subtract known signatures from newly acquired magnetic field data for a given vehicle to obtain location for a magnetic field on the vehicle that may be of potential interest as a harm risk and for personal security. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185215 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVE LIGHT SOURCE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING INTENSITY TRANSMITTANCE DISTRIBUTION OF FREQUENCY FILTER - A recording medium stores a program for determining an effective light source based on a first function having a linear relationship with light intensities in plural regions on a pupil plane and a second function having a nonlinear relationship with the light intensities. The method comprises: calculating the light intensity on the image plane when a value of a light intensity in one region on the pupil plane is defined as a unit amount and the values of light intensities in all the remaining regions are defined as zero; calculating the values of the first and second functions; setting values of light intensities to a predetermined value when the value of the second function is less than a threshold; and setting value of light intensities in accordance with the value of the first function when the value of the second function is not less than the threshold. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120191416 | PROCESS FOR PREDICTING GLOSS OF LOW GLOSS COATING BY WET COLOR MEASUREMENT - The present invention is directed to a device for process for predicting gloss of a coating resulting from a wet layer of a low gloss coating composition, such as automotive OEM or refinish paint. The device includes measuring reflectance of the layer of the coating composition applied over a test substrate and then allowing the layer to dry and/or cure into a coating. Thereafter, its gloss is measured with a gloss meter. The device is repeated with varying amounts of one or flatting agents added to the composition and the reflectance vs. gloss is plotted on a graph and by using a curve fitting equation a gloss prediction curve is obtained. By measuring the reflectance of a wet layer of a target low gloss coating composition the gloss of a coating that would result from such a layer is then predicted by using the gloss prediction curve. The device is most useful during the manufacture of coating compositions, such as automotive OEM and refinishes paints. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191417 | NOISE REDUCTION FOR SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNAL PROCESSING - A system with a data collection section and an algorithm is introduced that increases frequency sensitivity in 1D NMR Lorentzian spectra. Such spectra can be obtained for modest concentrations of solutes containing | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191418 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF DATA SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MUTI MEASURING APPARATUS - In a structure and a method of data synchronization for multi measuring apparatuses, the multi measuring apparatuses link together to expand channels. One of those apparatuses is a master control measuring apparatus, and others are slave measuring apparatus. The master measuring apparatus can output synchronous signal to the slave measuring apparatuses. The slave measuring apparatus can retrieve the synchronous signal as a mark of data synchronization, and the synchronous signal and the marks are further stored in a memory. All the data and marks stored in the memory of the measuring apparatuses are transferred to a processing platform. By the software installed in the processing platform, the data wave form length of the master control measuring apparatus and slave measuring apparatus can be adjusted to the same, and the problem caused by the clock error of the measuring apparatus can be solved as well. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120197598 | TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT WITH COMMON PRESENTATION OF TIME DOMAIN DATA - A test and measurement instrument and method for generating IQ-based time domain waveform information and presenting the IQ-based time domain waveform information together with other time domain waveform on a common axis through a user interface. The test and measurement instrument can include, for example, one or more input terminals to receive an electrical signal under test, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to digitize the signal under test, a digital downconverter to produce I (in-phase) and Q (quadrature) baseband component information from the digitized signal, a memory configured to store the IQ baseband component information, a user interface, and a controller. The controller can be configured to generate an IQ-based time domain waveform using the IQ baseband component information, and present the IQ-based time domain waveform and a second time domain waveform on a common axis through the user interface. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197599 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTS OF LIGHTING COMPONENTS HAVING SIMILAR COLOR POINTS - A method of determining lighting contributions of elements of a lighting component includes obtaining optical data representative of light output of the lighting component. Relative intensity data may be calculated from the optical data, and may indicate intensity differences in the light output of the lighting component as compared to that of a reference component. An optical property of an element of the lighting component is determined based on a comparison of the optical data with that of the reference component, where the reference component includes at least one reference element. Related systems and apparatus are also discussed. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120203510 | SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OPERATING SYSTEM - Collecting and analyzing spectral data can be challenging when multiple analysis instruments need to be integrated and monitored by a quality control agent within a laboratory, industrial plant, field operation, or even an aerospace environment. The spectral analysis system and method, as presented, provides improved quality control, process control, and data management through unique feedback mechanisms between all hardware and software components within an analytical environment. Through spectral analysis presented, meaningful information is extracted from a spectral signal and fed back into the spectral analysis system to enhance overall system performance. A centralized database is provided to allow multiple users the opportunity to query the database for historical spectral records that can lead to the generation of meaningful reports. Additional hardware can be adapted to the present spectral analysis system in order to monitor a variety of physical phenomena in addition to monitoring a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120209572 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND PROCESSING SIGNALS RELATING TO PARTIAL ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120215495 | PARTICLE RADIATION MONITORING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM TO RETAIN PARTICLE RADIATION MONITORING PROGRAM, AND PARTICLE RADIATION MONITORING METHOD - A particle radiation monitoring apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a detecting unit to detect radioactive ray information of braking radiation from electrons undergoing action of particle beams incident on an irradiation body in accordance with a positional relation with the irradiation body and a calculating unit to calculate information on behaviors of the particle beams in the irradiation body from the radioactive ray information of the braking radiation corresponding to the positional relation that is detected by the detecting unit. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120232847 | High Accuracy And High Dynamic Range MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit With Automatic Dynamic Range Control - Embodiments relate to a MEMS IMU having an automatic gain control. The dynamic measurement range of the MEMS IMU is controlled by controlling the gain of a signal amplifier before the analog to digital converter (ADC) to make full use of the ADC range. In one embodiment, two or more MEMS inertial sensor sets are installed in the IMU. One of the sensor sets is for high accuracy with low dynamic range, and the other set or sets is for higher dynamic range with less resolution or accuracy. In one implementation, a digital processor determines which of the sensor sets to be used according to the system dynamic estimation. In another implementation, the system weights the sensor outputs from the sensor sets according to the system dynamics. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120239349 | Method to detect signals - A method is offered to detect a signal in mixture with noise analyzing a structure of the mixture “by partial intensity”. It is done by a reclassification of initial data in such a way every decimal digit becomes the top digit of a correspondent operational set. An embodiment of the invention offers a local television to switch on brightness of a dot on a screen of TV when a weak signal appears detected indirectly while no signal is directly observed in a mixture with a strong noise. Another embodiment of the invention offers mobile bearing by recognizing and processing two contrasted patterns of bearing. While a pattern of high intensity masks a pattern of low intensity, the task of bearing appears one to detect a signal in noise or under hindrance. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120253748 | WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE TESTING METHOD - A wireless electronic device testing method utilizes a computer to test a wireless electronic device. The wireless electronic device testing method includes the following steps. Firstly, at least one wireless signal is received. Then, a device type of the wireless electronic device is recognized according to the wireless signal. Then, a judging step is performed to judge whether the device type of the wireless electronic device complies with a preset device type. If the judging condition is satisfied, the wireless signal is converted into a control code. Then, another judging step is performed to judge whether the control complies with a preset control code. Afterwards, a judging result is shown. In this testing method, the wireless signal is converted into a control code by a control program, and the control code is directly transmitted to a test program to be tested. As a consequence, the testing efficacy is enhanced. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253749 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (BRDF) OF A SURFACE - A method for determining the bidirectional reflectance distribution function of a generally plane rough surface of a specimen made of a given material includes acquiring a refractive index of the material, the spectrum of total reflectance measured on the specimen, and the geometry of the profile of the surface. The geometry is determined by: detecting the height and approximating the surface of the specimen as a distribution of plane triangular microfaces. For each direction of incidence of the light on the surface of the specimen and for each direction of observation there is determined the angular orientation of the microfaces contributing to reflecting in a specular way the light incident in the direction of observation. The Fresnel factor defining the specular reflectance of each microface is determined. The total BRDF is determined as the sum of a Lambertian component and of a specular component. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120259589 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES THROUGH MULTIPLE THICKNESSES WITH BEAM-THROUGH ASSIST - Apparatuses, methods, software, and systems for analyzing homogeneous samples containing signal emitting entities, such as, but not limited to, radioisotopes, are disclosed. The apparatuses involve sample-container apparatuses that shape samples into different thicknesses. The methods involve characteristic signal acquisition and processing in order to compute sample self-attenuation of signals emitted from within special sample-container apparatuses. An external radiation reference-source having at least one prominent characteristic signal to beam-through the sample without interfering with the radiation signals emitted by the homogeneous sample, wherein the external reference-source is affixed to the reference-source positioning device, which is affixed to the sample-container. The software pairs characteristic signals from samples of varying thicknesses; computes sample self-attenuation, transmittance, signal detection-efficiency calibration of the detection system, identifies, and quantifies signal-emitters. The systems integrate and support the methods, apparatuses, and software. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSED SENSING WITH JOINT SPARSITY - Provided is a method and apparatus for support recovery of jointly sparse signals from a plurality of snapshots, thereby enhancing a capability for reconstructing a support in a variety of circumstances, by providing enhanced robustness against noise and perturbation, and/or enhanced computational efficiency. The method may include partial support recovery using a compressed sensing-multiple measurement vector (CS-MMV) scheme; and a complementary support recovery and sparsity level estimation. The complementary support recovery may use subspace information extracted from the plurality of snapshots and partial support information. The total number of elements in the partial support and in the complementary support may be equal to the sparsity level. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259591 | KEYBOARD TESTING METHOD - A keyboard testing method is used for testing an ordinary key and a special key. The keyboard testing method includes the following steps. Firstly, receive a key message outputted from the keyboard. Then, detect the key message and judge whether the key message is a special message. If the key message is the special message, intercept the special message and convert a code of the special message. Then, judge whether the code of the converted special message is one of plural default key codes. If the key message is an ordinary message, process the ordinary message and judge whether a code of the processed ordinary message is one of the default key codes. After all keys of the keyboard have been tested, the keyboard testing method is completed. The use of the keyboard testing method of the present invention is able to test the special key of the keyboard. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120265491 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION INSTRUMENT EMPLOYING MULTIPLE SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES IN AN INTEGRAL ENCLOSURE - A non-destructive inspection (NDI) instrument includes a sensor connection system configured to receive test signals from at least two different types of NDI sensors which are configured to obtain test signals from an object being tested. The sensor connection system has sensor-specific connection circuits and at least one common sensor connection circuit. A data acquisition circuitry is coupled to the sensor connection and has sensor-specific data acquisition circuits and at least one common data acquisition circuit. It is further coupled to a common digital data processor which executes sensor-specific processing modules and at least one common processing module. A common display screen and user interface is coupled to the data processor and enables programs including sensor-specific user interface modules and at least one common user interface module. The sensor types preferably include all of or any combination of an ultrasound sensor, an eddy current sensor and acoustic sensor. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265492 | Method, Device and System for Detecting Medical Equipment - The present invention discloses a detection method, device and system for medical equipment, wherein the method comprises that: a detection device sends operation parameters to a detected equipment; the detection device obtains detection parameters in a case that the detected equipment operates under the operation parameters; the detection device compares the detection parameters with reference data, wherein the reference data are data obtained through detecting the detected equipment by the detection device; and the detection device determines the operation state of the detected equipment according to the comparison result. By the present invention, realized is an overall, systematic automatic detection of the operation parameters output by the detected equipment. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120278043 | Fibre Optic Distributed Sensing - The application describes methods and apparatus for distributed fibre sensing, especially distributed acoustic/strain sensing. The method involves launching interrogating radiation in to an optical fibre and sampling radiation backscattered from within said fibre at a rate so as to acquire a plurality of samples corresponding to each sensing portion of interest. The plurality of samples are divided into separate processing channels and processed to determine a phase value for that channel. A quality metric is then applied to the processed phase data and the data combined to provide an overall phase value for the sensing portion based on the quality metric. The quality metric may be a measure of the degree of similarity of the processed data from the channels. The interrogating radiation may comprise two relatively narrow pulses separated by a relatively wide gap and the sampling rate may be set such that a plurality of substantially independent diversity samples are acquired. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278044 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING TRANSMISSIONS OF MEASUREMENTS PERIODICALLY CARRIED OUT BY A SENSOR - A method and device are provided for managing transmissions of a plurality of sets of measurements performed periodically by a measurement sensor capable of communicating with a collection device via a radio network. The method determines, according to a random distribution law, a date of transmission for each set of measurements of the plurality and transmits a message relating to at least one set of measurements, on one of the dates of transmission determined for the plurality. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120283993 | Measuring apparatus - A measuring apparatus for producing a sequence of measured values of a measured variable, which is a function of a first auxiliary measured variable and at least a second auxiliary measured variable. The apparatus includes a first measuring transducer for registering and for outputting a sequence of values of the first auxiliary measured variable, at least a second measuring transducer for registering and for outputting a sequence of values of the second auxiliary measured variable, an evaluating unit for calculating the sequence of measured values of the measured variable based on the sequences of values of the first auxiliary measured variable and at least the second auxiliary measured variable; wherein the measuring apparatus furthermore has a control unit for synchronizing the registering of the sequences of the first auxiliary measured variable and at least the second auxiliary measured variable by means of a first sequence of control signals, which is output to the first measuring transducer, and a second sequence of control signals, which is output to the second measuring transducer, wherein at least the first sequence of control signals is variable independently of the second sequence of control signals. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120290268 | MODULAR SENSOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING REMOVABLE SENSING MODULE - A modular sensor assembly in which a sensing module may be packaged and provided separately from a signal processing module and which, in some applications, may facilitate disposal and/or replacement of the sensing module when exposed to a “dirty” or “contaminated” environment without requiring disposal and/or replacement of the entire sensor assembly. In certain applications, the sensing module may include at least one transducer or sensor and a local memory containing a set of conditioning coefficients. The sensing module may be removably coupled to a signal processing module which, in some cases, may be configured to download the set of conditioning coefficients stored in the local memory of the sensing module, and to use the set of conditioning coefficients to produce a substantially linearized output signal. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120303327 | Systems and Methods for Pattern Detection - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods related to pattern detection. As an example, a system for sample selection is disclosed that includes a difference calculation circuit, a comparator circuit, and an output selector circuit. The difference calculation circuit is operable to calculate a first difference between a first value corresponding to a first digital sample and a second value corresponding to a second digital sample, and to calculate a second difference between a third value corresponding to a third digital sample and a fourth value corresponding to a fourth digital sample. The comparator circuit is operable to compare the first difference with the second difference to yield a comparison output. The output selector circuit is operable to select one of the second value and the fourth value as an output based at least upon the comparison output. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303328 | PROPAGATION PATH ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A propagation path estimation method using an imaging method according to the invention includes a step of, in a case where a reflect array | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310599 | SENSOR DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM - A first collecting device is connected to a first network to which a first sensor is connected, and to an external network. A second collecting device is connected to a second network to which a plurality of second sensors for measuring a second amount of observation are connected, and to the external network, and collects second sensor data. When the first collecting device cannot collect first sensor data through the first network, an adapter transfers the first sensor data to the second collecting device through the second network, and transmits the first sensor data to the first collecting device from the second collecting device through the external network. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310600 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL - An apparatus and a method for processing signal are provided. The signal processing apparatus comprises an input interface and a processing unit. The input interface receives smoothing parameters and a to-be-separated signal. The processing unit establishes an upper extreme envelope and a lower extreme envelope of the to-be-separated signal, and calculates a mean envelope between the upper extreme envelope and the lower extreme envelope. The processing unit performs smoothing according to the smoothing parameters and the mean envelope to generate a smoothed mean envelope, and determines a trend component or a non-trend component according to the smoothed mean envelope. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120323532 | VEHICLE COUNTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE COUNTING METHOD - A vehicle counting device including: a frequency analysis unit that analyzes a frequency of a surrounding sound detected by a vehicle sound detection microphone; a vehicle sound candidate selection unit that selects, as one or more vehicle sound candidates, one or more sounds included in the surrounding sound, based on the analysis by the frequency analysis unit, each of the one or more sounds being in a frequency band where a sound pressure is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; a phase curve calculation unit that calculates, for each of the one or more vehicle sound candidates, a phase curve; and a vehicle count determination unit that classifies the one or more phase curves into at least one group, based on shapes of the one or more phase curves, and determines a total number of the at least one group as the number of the nearby vehicles. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120330618 | Methods and Systems for Recording and Recalling Events - To record events, a vector A is taken of n measurements An. Each measurement An is converted into a binary vector Bn using a binning process. Measurements in vector Bn, are transformed using a kernel operation, to make a vector Cn. All vectors Cn are concatenated into a single vector D. A binary vector M is created with P bits set. A date and vector A are recorded against vector M in a database Z. Vector D is associated into a correlation matrix memory R against vector M. To recall events, the above steps are repeated up to concatenating all vectors Cn into single vector D. Vector D is then used to access a correlation matrix memory R to recall an association vector S, and vector S is applied directly or indirectly to database Z to recover the or each date associated with vector S. This may facilitate the monitoring of assets such as generators, gas turbines, motors, and larger assets such as trains, boats and planes, to ensure that they continue to operate reliably. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006583 | Sensor-Based Athletic Activity Measurements - Determining pace or speed based on sensor data may include determining an amount of contact time a user's foot has with a workout surface such as the ground. Contact time may be determined by identifying samples in the sensor data that correspond to various events such as a heelstrike, a toe-off and a subsequent heelstrike. In one example, these events may be identified by determining a sequence of three sample values (e.g., a triplet) that exceeds corresponding thresholds. The validity of an identified triplet (e.g., heelstrike, toe-off and heelstrike) may be confirmed by determining whether a difference between a last event sample and a middle event sample is greater than a difference between the middle event sample and an initial event sample. Once confirmed, a contact time may be determined from the triplet. A linear or non-linear relationship may then be applied to the contact time to determine a speed or pace. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013260 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RADIATION - A system includes a count detector, a communication medium; and a processor coupled to the count detector. The processor continuously receives a plurality of pulses from the count detector. A pulse indicates a detection of a radiation unit emitted from a source material or a background. The processor determines a first period of time based on an expected range of speed of a carrier of the source material, and integrates the plurality of pulses over the first period of time, thereby yielding an integrated count associated with a time at a midpoint of the first period of time. The processor creates a continuous time series of count profiles from a plurality of integrated counts that are computed using a plurality of windows within the first period of time, and shifts each window over a second period of time. The second period of time is shorter than the first period of time. The processor estimates a background count from a history of the count profiles, computes an adaptive threshold based on the estimated background count, and detects the source material when consecutives of the integrated counts exceed the adaptive threshold. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013261 | METERING SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED SECURITY - Metering system ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130018633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CENTRAL FREQUENCY ESTIMATION - A method and apparatus comprising acquiring spectral measurements from an optical fiber sensor. The optical fiber sensor is an SBS-based sensor such as a BOTDA. The acquired measurements are of Brillouin interactions at a point along the optical fiber being excited by the lasers of the SBS-based sensor. The acquired measurements can comprise discreet measurements of the Brillouin gain spectrum (“BGS”) at the point along the fiber. The discreet measurements can be plotted as data points. A BGS can be defined by three parameters: the Brillouin frequency shift (“BFS”), the bandwidth and the peak gain. A Lorentzian curve can be used to model a BGS. A BFS can be determined by estimating the central frequency of the Lorentzian curve which is used to model the BGS. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130024162 | Linear Variable Differential Transformer with Digital Electronics - Techniques for coupling with devices that convert displacements into differential voltages and improve the sensitivity of such devices. The disclosed system improves the accuracy and resolution of a transducers such as an LVDT by converting certain parts of the circuit to a digital circuit. One embodiment uses a processor, although other digital processing circuitry may also be used. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130030768 | KALMAN FILTERING AND INFERENTIAL SENSING FOR A SYSTEM WITH UNCERTAIN DYNAMICS - A method and system include a system with uncertain parameters having a deterministic input, a noise calculator coupled to an output of the uncertain system to generate an equivalent noise covariance matrix, and a stochastic system with known parameters coupled to receive the deterministic input and the equivalent noise covariance matrix to provide an output. The process noise with equivalent process noise covariance matrix provides additional input to the system with known parameters to provide the same output uncertainty as in the system with uncertain parameters. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030769 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a signal processing apparatus configured to calculate an angle of a detection point corresponding to an object on the basis of received signals of a plurality of array antennas. A beat signal is generated by a difference between a transmitted signal and a received signal. Digital data is derived through AD conversion of the beat signal. The digital data is divided into a plurality of data groups. A fast Fourier transform is performed on the data groups to acquire a plurality of transformed data corresponding to the number of the data groups. The transformed data are divided into a plurality of sets, correlation matrices for the respective sets are acquired, and an average value of the correlation matrices is calculated. The angle of the detection point is calculated on the basis of the average value of the correlation matrices. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130041628 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING ENERGY BANDS OF PHOTONS IN MULTI-ENERGY RADIATION - An apparatus for distinguishing an energy band of a photon in a readout circuit that counts photons in multi-energy radiation incident onto a sensor for each energy band includes an integrator configured to accumulate an electric signal received from the sensor that has undergone photoelectric conversion from the photon; a comparator configured to compare an accumulated electric signal received from the integrator with one of a plurality of threshold values; and a signal processor configured to instruct sequential switching from one of the plurality of threshold values to another one of the plurality of threshold values according to a result of a comparison received from the comparator; and output a digital signal that distinguishes an energy band of the photon based on results received from the comparator of sequential comparisons of the accumulated electric signal with the plurality of threshold values. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130054196 | MOTION SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a motion sensing apparatus comprising a sensor configured to sense a motion of an object; a variation determination unit configured to determine a variation in the sensed signal provided from the sensor; an ODR control unit configured to control an output data rate (ODR) in proportion to a determination result at the variation determination unit; and a digital signal output unit configured to read the signal provided from the sensor based on the ODR controlled by the ODR control unit, and output the same as a digital value. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054197 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING DISCOMFORT GLARE AND DISCOMFORT GLARE EVALUATION PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for evaluating discomfort glare. The method can include obtaining average luminance information relating to an average luminance La of a luminous surface of a luminaire, luminance uniformity ratio information relating to a luminance uniformity ratio U of the luminous surface, luminous surface size information relating to a size ω of the luminous surface, and background luminance information relating to a background luminance Lb of the luminaire. The method can include calculating an evaluation parameter value based on the La, the U, the ω, and the Lb obtained in the obtaining. The evaluation parameter value is a value of a product of a value based on the La, a value based on the U, and a value based on the ω divided by a value based on the Lb. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130060527 | INTERLEAVED RF TRIGGERING ON A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A time-interleaved RF triggering method and system on a test and measurement instrument includes an acquisition component that samples a waveform, which is converted into an amplitude, phase, frequency, in-phase (I), and quadrature (Q) waveform, any of which can be used for triggering an RF digital trigger, including triggering that uses demodulation and/or decoding of the down-converted complex IQ data samples for a given protocol. Aliasing caused by subsampled data in each of the interleaved acquisition components is cancelled out using a fractional time-shift filter. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130066595 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a phase corresponding to an optical path length between the target surface and the reference surface based upon the a signal of interference light, to correct an error of the phase, and to calculate an absolute distance between the target surface and the reference surface based upon the phase in which the error has been corrected. The processor corrects the error of the phase by calculating a common phase error contained in a first measured phase calculated for the first reference wavelength and a second measured phase calculated for the second reference wavelength, and by subtracting the common phase error from the first measured phase and the second measured phase. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073261 | SENSOR SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SENSOR SIGNAL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a sensor data processing apparatus, and a sensor data distributed processing system including the same. The sensor data distributed processing system includes: a plurality of sensors; one or more sensor data processing apparatuses each configured to compress a sensor signal received from at least one of a plurality of sensors, to create a compressed sensor signal, to adjust the sensor signal based on a reliability of the sensor signal, to analyze the adjusted sensor signal to provide analysis data, to synchronize the compressed sensor signal with the analysis data, to transmit the synchronized sensor data, and to provide management data to a corresponding sensor; and a sensor data management apparatus configured to monitor synchronized sensor data received from each sensor data processing apparatus, and to provide management data to the sensor data processing apparatus. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073262 | PHASE-TO-AMPLITUDE/SLOPE MAPPING - A method includes obtaining a signal that includes a plurality of cycles and generating a map that maps motion phases to the signal based on both an amplitude and a slope of the signal. A system includes a processor that identifies a set of motion signal timestamps, for a plurality of motion cycles in a motion signal indicative of cyclic motion of a moving object, based on a predetermined motion phase of interest and a phase-to-amplitude/slope mapping, wherein the set of motion signal timestamps correspond to a common signal amplitude. A method include identifying a peak of a plurality of peaks in a motion cycle of a noisy cyclic signal having irregular periodicity, wherein the peak corresponds to a point lying between two points with amplitudes below a predetermined threshold, comparing points before and after the peak with the peak, and identifying the peak as a local maximum when the peak is greater than the points. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130080118 | Partitioning Medical Binary Decision Diagrams for Size 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, constructing a second BDD representing the selected portions and a third BDD representing the non-selected portions, determining sizes of the first, second, and third BDDs, and if the size of the first BDD is less than a sum of the sizes of the second and third BDDs, then storing the first BDD, else storing the second and third BDDs. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130090891 | POPULATION CALCULATION SYSTEM AND POPULATION CALCULATION METHOD - A population calculation system includes: an acquisition module acquiring the number of counted people who are counted as samples in a count area containing a target area; a first calculation module calculating population in the count area on the basis of the number of counted people acquired and a scaling factor for determining the population in the count area on the basis of the number of counted people; a second calculation module calculating population in the target area on the basis of the population in the count area thus calculated; a quantization module concealing the population in the count area or the population in the target area on the basis of a class interval that is a product of concealment reference that is a reference value of a minimum summation unit and the scaling factor in calculation processing; and an output module outputting concealed population in the target area. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130096881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF PARTS - A waveform generator and a signal analyzer are respectively provided in electrical communication with an input transducer and an output transducer capable of conversion between electrical and acoustic signals, and in mechanical communication with the part. A processor coupled with the waveform generator and signal analyzer receives a set of parameters defining a frequency scan from which it determines a number of frequency sweeps to be performed by the waveform generator. Each of the frequency sweeps has a number of frequencies less than a maximum capacity of the waveform generator, and for each frequency sweep, the processor instructs the waveform generator to excite the input transducer and synchronously receiving a response signal with the signal analyzer at multiple frequencies. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096882 | DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR TEST AND MEASUREMENT SIGNALS - A system having an acquisition device for acquiring test and measurement data. For each input data signal, the acquisition device has two differential receivers of opposite polarity each having an output coupled to the input of different ones of two pairs of registers, resulting in four registers sampling the input data signal periodically at four different times in accordance with two clocking signals of different phase (phase shifted) 90° to provide a sampling rate four times the rate of the clocking signals. The resulting sample data is stored in memory along with downsampled data. A computer system can request readout of stored sample data and/or downsampled data during or after acquisition of sample data and downsampled data. The acquisition device preferably utilizes an FPGA to provide sampling, storage and readout of stored data. The FPGA may be reconfigurable to provide one of different data acquiring modes selectable by a user. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096883 | Multi-Component Regression/Multi-Component Analysis of Time Series Files - MCR provided estimated pure component time series spectra as extracted from infrared or other spectroscopy is capable of being compared to spectra in a reference library to find the best matches. The best match spectra can then each in turn be combined with the reference spectra, with the combinations also being screened for best matches versus any one of the estimated pure component time series spectra. These resulting best matches can then also undergo the foregoing combination and comparison steps. The process can repeat in this manner in an unbounded fashion if desired until an appropriate stopping point is reached, for example, when a desired number of best matches are identified, when some predetermined number of iterations has been performed, etc. This methodology is able to return best-match spectra with far fewer computational steps and greater speed than if all possible combinations of reference spectra are considered. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096884 | SENSOR DATA PROCESSING - Apparatus for and a method of processing sensor data, the method including: using a sensor, measuring values of a parameter over a region of interest to produce an image of the region of interest, the image having a plurality of pixels; for each pixel, determining an orientation of a gradient of the parameter, at that pixel, using the measured parameter values; for each of a plurality of predetermined ranges of gradient orientation values, determining a number of pixels that have a gradient orientation value within that range; identifying the predetermined ranges that correspond to a number of pixels above a threshold value; and for each identified predetermined range, identifying as corresponding to a feature of an object, pixels that have gradient orientation values within that predetermined range. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130103357 | Method for recognizing and/or assessment of device and/or process related disturbances in a measurement signal - A method for recognizing and/or assessment of device and/or process related disturbances in a measurement signal, especially in a turbidity measurement of a fluid or gaseous medium with the steps of: generation of transmittable signals by means of at least one transmitter, wherein the transmitted signal is transformed through interaction with the medium, depending on the measurement variable, collection of measurement signals by means of at least one of the collectors assigned to the transmitter from the transformed transmission signals, characterized in that, the measurement signals are further processed by generating a distortion ratio of the measurement signal by processing the measurement signal with a distortion factor acquired from a dimensional reduction technique, especially principal component analysis (PCA), wherein the distortion factor takes into account the principal components with the largest contribution to the total variance, and assessing the distortion ratio over the course of time. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130110466 | SHIELDING INTEGRITY TESTING FOR CABLE DROP | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130116977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DISTANCE AND/OR INTENSITY CHARACTERISTICS OF OBJECTS - An apparatus for measuring intensity and/or range characteristics of an object(s), comprising: a signal source to emit modulation signals at a frequency(s); an illuminator to illuminate the object(s) by a first modulation signal; a sensor comprising a pixel(s), wherein the sensor creates a sampled correlated signal by sampling the correlation of a backscattered signal with a second modulation signal within the pixel; and a processor to determine range/intensity characteristics of component returns within the pixel(s) by comparing sampled correlated signals using measurements(s), wherein the measurement(s) comprise first and second modulation signals having a characteristic(s) selected from: (a) two or more different modulation frequencies, (b) a different modulation frequency(s) and an offset of the correlation waveform, and (c) another different modulation frequency(s) and one selected from: the zeroth spatial frequency of the signal returns versus range and an approximation of the zeroth spatial frequency of the signal returns versus range. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130116978 | Secondary Target Design for Optical Measurements - The disclosure is directed to improving optical metrology for a sample with complex structural attributes utilizing custom designed secondary targets. At least one parameter of a secondary target may be controlled to improve sensitivity for a selected parameter of a primary target and/or to reduce correlation of the selected parameter with other parameters of the primary target. Parameters for the primary and secondary target may be collected. The parameters may be incorporated into scatterometry model. Simulations utilizing the scatterometry model may be conducted to determine a level of sensitivity or a level of correlation for the selected parameter of the primary target. The controlled parameter of the secondary target may be modified until a selected level of sensitivity or a selected level of correlation is achieved. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130132036 | SCATTEROMETRY MEASUREMENT OF LINE EDGE ROUGHNESS IN THE BRIGHT FIELD - A system and method for assessing line edge roughness (LER) is disclosed. An artificial conformal liner on a simulation test structure absorbs the same amount of light that otherwise would be scattered in the dark-field by a rough surface. A RCWA based scatterometry model is used to model absorption and the absorption is correlated to line edge roughness, which allows RCWA to be used in effect to model LER. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132037 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a measuring device, by which a sequence of measurement values can be generated, and a processing unit for processing the measurement values. The processing unit has a processing chain which includes a plurality of digital signal processors. The first digital signal processor in the processing chain is connected to the measuring device to receive the sequence of measurement values. Each subsequent digital signal processor in the processing chain is connected to a respectively preceding digital signal processor in the processing chain. The digital signal processors are programmed so that each digital signal processor processes only a fraction of the measurement values and generates processing results therefrom, and forwards the remaining fraction of the measurement values to the respective next digital signal processor in the processing chain for processing. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130144559 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LANDING IDENTIFICATION - Systems and methods disclosed herein may be useful for use in landing identification. In this regard, a method is provided comprising receiving pulse information over a first time period, wherein the pulse information is indicative of an angular distance traveled by a first wheel, comparing the pulse information to a threshold value, and determining a likelihood of a landing event based upon the comparison. In various embodiments, a system is provided comprising a monstable multivibrator in electrical communication with a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a resistor-capacitor network in electrical communication with the MOSFET, and a comparator that receives a voltage from the resistor-capacitor network and a reference voltage. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144560 | Method and Apparatus for Calculating Electromagnetic Scattering Properties of Finite Periodic Structures - A method for calculating electromagnetic scattering properties of a finite periodic structure having a direction of periodicity is disclosed. The method numerically calculates electromagnetic scattering properties using spatial discretization in the direction of periodicity and numerically calculates electromagnetic scattering properties using spectral discretization in a direction orthogonal to the direction of periodicity. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144561 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSING TIME-DECAY SIGNALS - Systems and methods for analysing a time-domain signal are described. The method comprising: in a mixer ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144562 | SENSOR DEVICE, SENSOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SENSOR DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A sensor device has a difference calculation unit that calculates the difference between a predetermined threshold and a current measured value measured by a sensor unit that measures a measurement subject, a change amount recording unit that records the maximum amount of change of the measured value with respect to elapsed time on the basis of a plurality of measured value history records obtained by measuring the measurement subject, and a minimum time calculation unit that calculates the minimum arrival time that is the minimum time for the measurement subject to arrive at the predetermined threshold from the current measured value on the basis of the calculated difference and the recorded maximum amount of change. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130151201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING RECEIVED DATA - A method to produce low sidelobe and high resolution spectral analysis on short data records allowing higher resolution and more dynamic range on systems including radar (SAR, GMTI, MTI), sonar, electro-cardiograms, sonograms, MRI, CAT scan, seismic, and allowing real-time analysis on dynamic systems that must operate on short data records such as engine or machine controls and failure analysis. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151202 | COLLABORATIVE INCIDENT MEDIA RECORDING SYSTEM - Methods for responding to a potential incident are provided in which data about the potential incident is received from a first remote sensing unit. Additional remote sensing units are identified that may have additional data about the potential incident, and additional data about the potential incident is received from at least some of these additional remote sensing units. The totality of the received data is then analyzed, and at least one remote entity is automatically notified regarding the occurrence of the potential incident. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151203 | Detection of Moving Objects - A system for moving object ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130173220 | Radiation Analysis System and Method - A radiation analysis system/method that automatically optimizes the efficiency calibration of a counting system based on benchmark data and variable parameters associated with radiation source/sensor/environment (RSSE) combinations is disclosed. The system/method bifurcates RSSE context (SSEC) model parameters into WELL-KNOWN (fixed) parameters (WNP) and NOT-WELL-KNOWN (variable) parameters (NWP). The NWP have associated lower/upper limit values (LULV) and a shape distribution (LUSD) describing NWP characteristics. SSEC models are evaluated using randomized statistical NWP variations or by using smart routines that perform a focused search within the LULV/LUSD to generate model calibration values (MCV) and calibration uncertainty values (UCV) describing the overall SSEC efficiencies. Sensor measurements using the MCV/UCV generate a measurement value and uncertainty estimation value. An exemplary embodiment optimizes geometry models of radiation sources by benchmarking with respect to measurement data from spectroscopy detectors and/or dose rate detectors. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130185023 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE-MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION COMPENSATION IN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Exemplary systems, apparatus, methods and computer-accessible medium for generating information regarding at least one sample can be provided. For example, it is possible to receiving first data which is based on at least one first radiation provided to the sample(s) and at least one second radiation provided from the sample(s) that is/are associated with the first radiation(s) It is also possible to generate second data by reducing the influence of first optical effects induced on the first radiation(s) prior to reaching the sample(s), and second optical effects induced on the second radiation(s) after leaving the sample(s). | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130197865 | MEASURING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR THE DECIMATION OF A DATASTREAM - A measuring device for an oscilloscope provides a decimation unit. The decimation unit provides at least one input, which receives a datastream with a plurality of sampled values from at least one data source. The decimation unit also has at least one output, at which a reduced datastream is output. The reduced datastream is formed from a root-mean-squared value of respectively at least two sampled values calculated by the decimation unit. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130211788 | Method and System for Providing Data Communication in Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Management System - Method and apparatus for providing a data stream generator that generates a data stream associated with a monitored analyte level, and a radio frequency logic portion operatively coupled to the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion configured to generate a radio frequency data stream based on the data stream generated from the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion further including one or more finite state machines and a plurality of discrete digital logic circuits, the one or more finite state machines configured to control the plurality of digital logic circuits to generate the radio frequency data stream for wireless communication are provided. Systems and kits incorporating the same are also provided. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218524 | Low Energy Sensor Interface - A low energy sensor interface for a microcontroller unit (MCU) is provided. The sensor interface may include a sequencer in operative communication with one or more on-chip peripherals, a count and compare block in communication with one or more sensors and the sequencer, and a highly configurable decoder. The sequencer, the count and compare block and the decoder may be configured to autonomously analyze and collect sensor results using the on-chip peripherals in a low energy mode of operation without intervention from an associated central processing unit (CPU). | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130231896 | Cable Circuit with Digital Signal Conditioning - A cable circuit includes a contactless interface for signal transmission between the cable circuit and the sensor module, wherein the sensor module is galvanically isolated from the cable circuit, and wherein signal transmission between the cable circuit and the sensor module occurs on an optical, inductive or capacitive path. Additionally, the cable circuit includes a signal processing unit, as well as a cable interface for connecting a cable, which connects the cable circuit with the measurement transmitter. The signal processing unit is integrated into the signal path. The signal processing unit is embodied to receive, via the cable interface, signals from the measurement transmitter, to condition them and to transmit them via the contactless interface to the sensor module, and to receive, via the contactless interface, signals from the sensor module, to condition them and to transmit them via the cable interface to the measurement transmitter. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130238287 | MONITORING AND TRACKING ATHLETIC ACTIVITY - Tracking and monitoring athletic activity offers individuals with additional motivation to continue such behavior. An individual may track his or her athletic activity by completing goals. These goals may be represented by real-world objects such as food items, landmarks, buildings, statues, other physical structures, toys and the like. Each object may correspond to an athletic activity goal and require an amount of athletic activity to complete the goal. For example, a donut goal object may correspond to an athletic activity goal of burning 350 calories. The user may progress from goal object to goal object. Goal objects may increase in difficulty (e.g., amount of athletic activity required) and might only be available for selection upon completing an immediately previous goal object, a number of goal objects, an amount of athletic activity and the like. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130275087 | RADIATION DETECTION - A method of and device for processing a radiation pulse are described based on: detecting an event at the detector; producing a pulse; determining for the pulse: a pulse height measurement representative of pulse magnitude; a pulse width measurement representative of pulse duration; assigning the pulse to one of at least two classes based on the determined pulse height/pulse width; applying to each pulse an algorithm specific to its particular class to produce an output pulse height/pulse width profile. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130282338 | Method and System for Energy Efficient Measurement of Sensor Signals - A method for measuring sensor signals, has the steps: a) receiving a signal packet with a plurality of sampled sensor signals; b) determining a signal level from the sampled sensor signals; c) determining signal variations within the packet; d) comparing the determined signal variations with a predetermined noise threshold and if the variations are below the noise threshold then using the signal packet for further processing and if the variations are above the noise threshold then summing the signal level and repeating steps a) to c) and determining a predetermined number of repetitions has been reached and if so averaging the summed signal level. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130289941 | CALCULATING THE SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COLOR RESULTING FROM OVERLAYING COLORANTS - A method of spectrally characterising an ink printed over another ink, and of calculating a spectral measure of reflectance of an overprint of a plurality of inks thus characterized. The method uses spectral measurements of a substrate. For an order of printing an overprint, for each ink, for a respective amount of printing of the ink, the method accepts or determines a respective interaction of absorption and reflection function (“IAR function”) indicative of how the ink interacts with a printed background and includes determining the spectral reflectance by repeatedly multiplying, in the order, for each additional ink added to a current background the spectral measure of the current background by exponentiation of the ratio of the spectral measure of the additional ink on the substrate to the spectral measure of the substrate, by the TAR function of the additional ink. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130289942 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND RECOVERING SPARSE SIGNALS - The invention provides two kinds of new compressive sensing technologies. In the first technical solution, there is proposed a permutation-based multi-dimensional sensing matrix and an iterative recovery algorithm with maximum likelihood (ML) local detection, which can fully exploit the digital nature of sparse signals. In the second technical solution, there is proposed a sparse measurement matrix which contains a permutation-based multi-dimensional measurement matrix, and an iterative recovery algorithm which fully utilizes the features of measurement symbols to design simple local recovery in each iteration. The second technical solution can achieve the linear decoding complexity and lower bound of sketch length empirically at the same time. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130289943 | MANAGING NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION DATA - Methods manage non-destructive evaluation (“NDE”) data. NDE data for an asset is received and at least one alignment algorithm to align the NDE data to a simulated model associated therewith is determined. The NDE data is automatically aligned to the simulated model, a display representation that visually represents the aligned NDE data on the simulated model is generated, and information about the aligned NDE data is exported. Additionally, second NDE data associated with the at least a portion of the asset may also be received, at least one alignment algorithm to align the data determined, and the second NDE data aligned. Respective indications associated with the first and second NDE data may be determined and visually represented on the simulated model. Moreover, a shot descriptor file may be analyzed to determine whether additional NDE data is required to complete an alignment of NDE data. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130297260 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND ANALYSIS SERVER - An analysis sever capable of performing analysis among a large amount of sensor data in order to obtain an analysis result that a reader desires and outputting the result instantaneously. The analysis server rearranges the sensor data acquired from a sensor node into time series data. The analysis is performed separately for time trigger analysis (D) and for event trigger analysis (F) depending on analysis contents. In the time trigger analysis (D), analysis processing that is basically needed when visualizing a state of an organization is performed. In the event trigger analysis (F), an analysis result obtained by the time trigger analysis (D) is processed using the reader's desired information and is outputted. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130304422 | Increased Dynamic Range Sensor - Some aspects of the present disclosure provide for a sensor system having a large range between minimum and maximum allowed input quantities. In some embodiments, the sensor system has a nonlinear sensor and a linear sensor. The nonlinear sensor is generates a first nonlinear signal corresponding to a detected physical input quantity. The linear sensor generates a second linear signal corresponding to the detected physical input quantity. A signal processor receives the first nonlinear signal and the second linear signal and generates a composite output signal that corresponds to the detected physical input quantity. The composite output signal is a combination of the first nonlinear signal and the second linear signal that provides for a signal having a high sensitivity to small physical input quantities while avoiding saturation at large physical input quantities. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304423 | HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY SENSOR NODE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A high energy efficiency sensor node and an operating method thereof are provided. The high energy efficiency sensor node may include a sensing unit to generate sensed information and to store the sensed information in a database when a set period commences, and a control unit to obtain n pieces of sensed information corresponding to n periods from the database, and to transmit the n pieces of sensed information obtained to a first neighbor node when the n periods elapse. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304424 | Metrology Tool With Combined X-Ray And Optical Scatterometers - Methods and systems for performing simultaneous optical scattering and small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements over a desired inspection area of a specimen are presented. SAXS measurements combined with optical scatterometry measurements enables a high throughput metrology tool with increased measurement capabilities. The high energy nature of x-ray radiation penetrates optically opaque thin films, buried structures, high aspect ratio structures, and devices including many thin film layers. SAXS and optical scatterometry measurements of a particular location of a planar specimen are performed at a number of different out of plane orientations. This increases measurement sensitivity, reduces correlations among parameters, and improves measurement accuracy. In addition, specimen parameter values are resolved with greater accuracy by fitting data sets derived from both SAXS and optical scatterometry measurements based on models that share at least one geometric parameter. The fitting can be performed sequentially or in parallel. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304425 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer and an automatic analyzing system to identify samples and reagents used in the analyzer and members used in measurement of at least two objects in common: system reagents or buffer solution; sensor parts; probes; nozzles; chips; dispensing cups; tubes; ISE electrodes; detectors; deionized water; and waste, and to unify management of identification information thereof and a measurement result. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130325408 | TWO DIMENSIONAL NMR OF DIFFUSION AND RELAXATION FOR MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION - Processing nuclear magnetic resonance data to obtain information regarding material properties is described. This processing can include, for example, compression techniques that can be implemented to lower the required operating memory. In some embodiments, a compression technique can be chosen based on the available operating memory of the computer system. By doing so, an efficient compression algorithm can be selected. In some embodiments, a Lanczos bidiagonalization algorithm, for example, an IRLBA algorithm, can be used for data compression. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130332113 | CONTEXT AWARE MAP APPLICATION - The embodiments described relate to techniques and systems for utilizing a portable electronic device to monitor, process, present and manage data captured by a series of sensors and location awareness technologies to provide a context aware map and navigation application. The context aware map application offers a user interface including visual and audio input and output, and provides several map modes that can change based upon context determined by data captured by a series of sensors and location awareness technologies. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332114 | Systems and Methods for Commissioning a Sensor - A computer implement method for commissioning a sensor is described. The method includes monitoring for a commissioning event. Upon detection of the commissioning event, a switch is paired with a sensor. A doorway that is in a field of view of the sensor is identified. A boundary that separates a doorway area from a neighboring area that is in the field of view of the sensor is also identified. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130338967 | SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING AND REPORTING A SCORE - A system for calculating and reporting a drift score, includes a first recording device adapted to record a target value a second recording device adapted to record at least two measured values, each of the measured values being measured at a different time, a calculator adapted to calculate a drift score from a function of the difference between the target value and the at least two measured values as a function of time, a drift indicator adapted to report the drift score calculated from the function. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130338968 | OPTICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE, OPTICAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR OPTICAL ANALYSIS USING SINGLE LIGHT-EMITTING PARTICLE DETECTION - There is provided a structure to make the setting of a criterion for eliminating noises easy in the scanning molecule counting method. In the inventive optical analysis technique of detecting light of a light-emitting particle in a sample solution, time series light intensity data of light from a light detection region detected with moving the position of the light detection region in the sample solution is generated, and a signal of a light-emitting particle individually is detected in the time series light intensity data, wherein a signal having a light intensity in a light intensity range set based upon a signal generation frequency integrated value distribution which is a distribution, obtained by using as a variable an intensity of a signal, of integrated values of generation frequencies of signals having an intensity not lower than the variable is extracted as the signal of the light-emitting particle. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130346028 | METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING INTERFERENCE SIGNALS - A measuring device for suppressing an interference signal contains a mixer, an analog-digital converter, a scaling device and a substitution device. The mixer is embodied to mix a first signal with a first intermediate frequency and to mix a second signal with a second intermediate frequency. The analog-digital converter is embodied to digitise the first signal mixed with the first intermediate frequency to form a first test signal and to digitise the second signal mixed with the second intermediate frequency to form a second test signal. The scaling device is embodied to displace at least the first test signal and/or the second test signal in its frequency in such a manner that they provide a common mid-frequency. The substitution device is embodied to combine the first test signal and the second test signal with a removal of interference-signal peak-value regions which correspond to the interference signal, to form a combined test signal. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140012544 | DETERMINING PORTIONS OF MULTIPLE SIGNALS ACCORDING TO RESPECTIVE ALGORITHMS - An embodiment of an apparatus is configured to determine a portion of a first signal according to a first algorithm, and to determine a portion of a second signal according to a second algorithm. For example, such an apparatus may include an analyzer and a determiner, where the analyzer is configured to indicate whether the portion of the first signal meets a first criterion and whether the portion of the second signal meets a second criterion, and where the determiner is configured to determine the portion of the first signal according to the first algorithm in response to the analyzer indicating that the portion of the first signal meets the first criterion, and to determine the portion of the second signal according to the second algorithm in response to the analyzer indicating that the portion of the second signal meets the second criterion. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019094 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INVESTIGATING RADIOACTIVE SOURCES IN LOCATIONS - A method and system are provided for more accurately and reliably characterising radioactive activity sources within a material through the use of a measurement data set from the detected emissions which is compared with a computed data set produced by a model of the location to which one or more candidate solutions for the position and/or activity for one or more model activity sources are provided. Optimisation of the match between the two data sets provides, for the characterisation. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025340 | METHOD FOR SORTING A LIGHT SOURCE - A method for sorting a light source is to be implemented by a computer and includes configuring the computer to determine whether or not a to-be-sorted light source is different from a reference light source by comparing features of a curve associated with measured spectral data of the to-be-sorted light source, with features of a reference curve associated with reference spectral data of a reference light source. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025341 | METHODS AND DATABASES FOR IDENTIFYING NUCLIDES - A method for correctly identifying at least one source, in particular at least one nuclide, enclosed in a human body and/or a container, is provided, the method comprising the following steps: detecting and measuring the at least one source by means of a gamma spectroscopic device; identifying, in a first estimation step, the at least one source by means of a standard nuclide identification procedure for evaluating a measured first spectrum of the at least one source; applying a second estimation step on the basis of the result of the first estimation step, wherein the result of the first estimation step is used for acquiring a plurality of second spectra of the at least one source found by the standard nuclide identification procedure for a plurality of absorption scenarios and for a plurality of scattering scenarios; and comparing the measured first spectrum with a scatter and absorber spectrum obtained from the plurality of second spectra generated in the second estimation step. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140032175 | QUALITY OF INFORMATION ASSESSMENT IN DYNAMIC SENSOR NETWORKS - Quality of information (QoI) assessment in dynamic sensor networks that includes evaluating, by a computer, a first value reflective of available reports from sensors that are dynamically associated with the computer. A second value reflective of reports expected to have been available for evaluation about the observed phenomena is estimated. A QoI of the available reports is assessed. The assessing is based on the first value reflective of the available reports and the second value reflective of reports expected to have been available for evaluation. A third value, based on the assessing is output. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032176 | VIDEO OR AUDIO PROCESSING FORMING AN ESTIMATED QUANTILE - A method of video or audio processing receives a sequence of sample values, each corresponding with a location in video or audio content; forms an initially estimated quantile value; and then modifies the estimated value in dependence upon a count of the results of comparisons between sample values within a fixed-length interval of the sequence of samples values and the estimated value to form an estimated quantile of the sequence of sample values. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032177 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING, OPTIMIZING OR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS VARIABLE - An apparatus for determining or monitoring at least one process variable which comprises a sensor element, measuring electronics, at least one control/evaluating/calculating unit arranged removed from the measuring unit and/or an in/output unit arranged removed from the measuring unit and the control/evaluating/calculating unit. The control/evaluating/calculating unit and the in/output unit are connected with the measuring unit via a first interface, respectively a second interface, wherein the measuring electronics operates the sensor element and forwards the measurement signals via the interfaces to the control/evaluating/calculating unit as unprocessed, raw, measured values, and wherein the control/evaluating/calculating unit arranged removed from the measuring unit determines, improves and/or monitors the process variable based on the raw, measured values and makes such available via the in/output unit. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140039839 | Methods and Systems for Geo-Location Optimized Tracking and Updating for Events Having Combined Activity and Location Information - A method includes obtaining a first geo-location and a second geo-location. The first and second geo-locations are associated with a monitoring device. The monitoring device is configured to be used by a user. The first geo-location is determined at a first time and the second geo-location is determined at a second time. The first time and the second time are associated with a rate of obtaining geo-location data. The method includes calculating a difference in distance between the second and first geo-locations and changing the rate of obtaining a third geo-location associated with the monitoring device based on the difference in distance between the second and first geo-locations. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039840 | Methods and Systems for Classification of Geographic Locations for Tracked Activity - A method includes receiving activity of a monitoring device that is configured to be worn by a user having a user account. The activity includes an amount of movement of the monitoring device and occurs for a period of time. The method further includes receiving geo-location data for the monitoring device and processing the activity data and geo-location data received for the period of time. The operation of processing is performed to segment the period of time into at least two events. The method includes assigning an identifier to each event. The identifier has a default description for the geo-location data. The default description is selected from a plurality of descriptions based on the activity data obtained by the movement of the monitoring device for the geo-location data. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039841 | Methods and Systems for Identification of Event Data Having Combined Activity and Location Information of Portable Monitoring Devices - Systems and methods for segmenting a period of time into identification of locations of a user who performs activities are described. One of the methods includes detecting activity of a monitoring device worn by the user. The activity includes an amount of movement of the monitoring device. The activity is performed for a period of time. The method further includes obtaining geo-location data for the monitoring device and storing, during the period of time, the detected activity and corresponding geo-location data. The method also includes analyzing the detected activity and the corresponding geo-location data to identify one or more events. Each event is associated with a group of activity data and one or more of the groups of activity data is associated with an identifier, which is obtained using the geo-location data. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039842 | Methods and Systems for Generation and Rendering Interactive Events Having Combined Activity and Location Information - A computer-implemented method is described. The computer-implemented method is used for populating data of a graphical user interface (GUI). The computer-implemented method includes generating one or more graphical elements of one or more activities captured by a monitoring device. The monitoring device is usable by a user during the capturing. The method further includes generating a timeline including a time period over which the activities are performed. The timeline includes a chronological order of time within the time period. The method further includes generating an activity symbol for one or more of the activities performed during the time period. The activity symbol has an image that is graphically overlaid on the graphical elements of the activities. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140052414 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING SCINTILLATION PULSE INFORMATION - A method for extracting scintillation pulse information includes followed steps: 1. obtaining a peak value of the scintillation pulse in a certain energy spectrum, and setting at least three threshold voltages according to the peak value; 2. determining the time when the scintillation pulse passes through the each threshold voltage, wherein each time value and its corresponding threshold voltage form a sampling point; 3. selecting multiple sampling points as sampling points for reconstructing and reconstructing pulse waveform; 4. obtaining the data of original scintillation pulse by using reconstructed pulse waveform. A device for extracting scintillation pulse information includes a threshold voltage setting module ( | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140081598 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A disclosed method executed by a computer includes: receiving measurement data of one measurement device among plural measurement devices; calculating an indicator value that represents a relationship between the measurement data of the one measurement device and measurement data of the plural measurement devices; and transmitting data for changing a transmission frequency of measurement data to at least one of the plural measurement devices, based on the calculated indicator value. A disclosed method executed by a measurement device includes: upon receiving data for changing a transmission frequency of measurement data from the computer, changing the transmission frequency of the measurement data according to the received data; upon receiving a condition to return the transmission frequency to an original transmission frequency from the computer, monitoring whether or not the condition is satisfied; and upon detecting that the condition has been satisfied, returning the transmission frequency to the original transmission frequency. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140088921 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING INSTRUMENT WITH DISPLAY FEATURES INDICATING SIGNAL SATURATION - Disclosed is a non-destructive testing instrument configured, when the digital signal is saturated during one data acquisition session, to display an indicator flag to warn the operator in order to help the operator to clearly see that a measurement is invalid. It's also configured to abandon and not to display the measurement results to stop any further analysis on them. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088922 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Linking User Devices to Activity Tracking Devices - Methods, systems and devices for linking devices to tracking devices is provided. One method includes scanning, by an activity tracking device, for a semi-unique identifier broadcasted by a device. The method connects the device with the activity tracking device after the semi-unique identifier is found to be of the device by the activity tracking device. The activity tracking device is configured to communicate with the device to obtain a device identification (ID) of the device. The method then automatically linking the device to the activity tracking device when the device ID of the device matches a copy of the device ID stored in the activity tracking device. In one example, the tracking devices operate as a master and the devices operate as a slave. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140095116 | MEASURING DEVICE AND A MEASURING METHOD WITH COUPLED DISPLAY - A measuring device according to the invention comprises at least a first detector and a second detector for detecting a signal. It further comprises a control device and a display device. In this context, the control device is set up to cause the first detector and/or the second detector to be supplied with the first signal. The control device is further set up to selectively display the signal detected by the first detector by means of the display device in a first display region and in a second display region when a user entry determines a display in one of the display regions, and/or to display the signal detected by the second detector by means of the display device in the first display region and in the second display region when a user entry determines a display in one of the display regions. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140100820 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO EVALUATE GLOSS LEVEL - A method of evaluating gloss level based on a specular gloss level of an object measured by a gross meter includes calculating a gloss rating by a function that uses a ratio between 20-degree specular gloss and 60-degree specular gloss as a variable and draws a saturation curve, and calculating an image clarity rating by a quadric or higher dimensional function that uses, as a variable, a difference calculated by deducting a weighted 60-degree specular gloss from a weighted 20-degree specular gloss. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100821 | DYNAMIC CLUSTERING OF TRANSIENT SIGNALS - A method for clustering of transient signals is provided. The method comprises the steps of acquiring the transient signals as they come, dynamically building up clusters of similar transient signals in a hyperspace based on comparison and clustering rules so that each new one of the transient signal acquired ends up in a cluster with similar transient signals formerly acquired, analyzing the clusters to determine respective signatures defined by the transient signals gathered in the clusters, and processing the signatures to detect a phenomenon connectable to an intrinsic attribute of the transient signals. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140107978 | Detecting Events of Interest using Quantum Resonance Interferometry - Incoming data from, for example, an array of detectors, may be received. A dynamical system may be initialized corresponding to a modality of the incoming data so that a measurement probe based on the initialized dynamical system may be generated. Such a measurement probe may be injected into a quantum mechanical system so that it may be determined whether the injection of the measurement probe into the quantum mechanical system results in a collapse of the quantum mechanical system. Thereafter, it may be determined that a signal is present within the incoming data if the quantum mechanical system collapses. Related methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-program products are also described. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140107979 | PRECISE FERQUENCY-PATTERN ANALYSIS TO DECOMPOSE COMPLEX SYSTEMS INTO FUNCTIONALLY INVARIANT ENTITIES - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer readable media, for registering a multichannel time series from data collected from a plurality of channels. Each channel corresponds to one of one or more sensors. A precise Fourier transform of the data from all channels is done to transform the data in a frequency domain. Frequencies from the frequency domain are selected. The selected frequencies from all channels are inverse Fourier transformed. A restored time is selected, and activity for the selected frequencies at the restored time is localized. Coherence for the selected frequencies is estimated and coherent components are extracted. Partial spectrum is assembled comprising frequencies with similar patterns of the coherent components. Inverse transform of the partial spectrum is used to reconstruct a time series for functional entities producing the similar patterns of the coherent components. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140107980 | LIGHT EMISSION ANALYZING DEVICE - The light emission analyzing device includes: a first light intensity calculation unit that performs polynomial approximation on a spectroscopic spectrum indicating a light intensity for each wavelength in a container as measured by a spectrometer so as to calculate the light intensity; a second light intensity calculation unit that subtracts, for each wavelength, the light intensity calculated by the first light intensity calculation unit from the light intensity indicated by the spectroscopic spectrum measured by the spectrometer so as to calculate a light intensity corresponding to a bright-line spectrum of a molecule; and a ratio calculation unit that calculates, by using the light intensity calculated by the second light intensity calculation unit, a ratio between (a) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a first molecule and (b) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a second molecule. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140107981 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFACT ELIMINATION - Disclosed are apparatus and methods that provide the ability to electrical stimulate a physical system, and actively eliminate interference with signal acquisition (artifacts) that arises from the stimulation. The technique implemented in the circuits and methods for eliminating interference connects a discharge path to a physical interface to the system to remove charge that is built-up during stimulation. By placing the discharge path in a feedback loop that includes a recording preamplifier and AC-coupling circuitry, the physical interface is brought back to its pre-stimulation offset voltage. The disclosed apparatus and methods may be used with piezoelectric transducers, ultrasound devices, optical diodes, and polarizable and non-polarizable electrodes. The disclosed apparatus can be employed in implantable devices, in vitro or in vivo setups with vertebrate and invertebrate neural tissue, muscle fibers, pancreatic islet cells, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, bacteria, algae, fungi, protists, and plants. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140114615 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING INTERFERENCE PATTERN - An imaging apparatus includes a shearing interferometer and a calculation unit configured to calculate information on an object from an interference pattern obtained by the shearing interferometer, wherein the calculation unit solves, as simultaneous equations, three or more equations that express Fourier components at coordinates in a wave number space obtained by performing a windowed Fourier transform on the interference pattern. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140129178 | Selecting Feature Types to Extract Based on Pre-Classification of Sensor Measurements - A processing apparatus including one or more processors and memory receives sensor measurements generated by one or more sensors of one or more devices, pre-classifies the sensor measurements as belonging to one of a plurality of pre-classifications, and selects one or more feature types to extract from the sensor measurements based at least in part on the pre-classification of the sensor measurements. The processing apparatus also extracts features of the one or more selected feature types from the sensor measurements and determines a state of a respective device of the one or more devices in accordance with a classification of the sensor measurements determined based on the one or more features extracted from the sensor measurements. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129179 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI CHANNEL GLOSS MEASUREMENTS - The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for determining a set of gloss measurement values of a sample to be measured. The invention includes a plurality of light sources having a light output, the plurality of sources configured to project light in the direction of a single sample having a gloss characteristic to be measured, wherein the planes of incidence of the light sources are arrayed at different azimuthal angles about the perpendicular direction of the sample. Furthermore, the invention includes a plurality gloss-sensitive sensors, each positioned at 180 degrees of azimuthal angle from the plurality of light sources so as to receive light reflected off a sample and output a plurality of measured gloss sample channel values and a processor configured to compare the outputs of the plurality of sample channel values and generate a plurality of angle-indexed gloss measurement values. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129180 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND REPORTING EVENTS IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for evaluating and reporting events in a building management system are provided. An event indication for building equipment of the building management system is received at a processing circuit. The event indication is associated with an event. The processing circuit classifies the event as at least one of a cause event and a symptom event. The processing circuit suppresses the event indication in response to classifying the event as a symptom event and displays the event indication in response to classifying the event as a cause event. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140136149 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND EXTRACTION METHOD - When a second pattern is to be generated by adding an event to a first pattern including events, an extraction program causes a computer to execute the following process based on combinations of events. That is, the extraction program causes the computer to generate the second pattern when the number of occurrence, in the second pattern, of each of the events included in the combinations is not more than a threshold. The extraction program causes the computer to calculate, based on data including a plurality of events, a frequency at which one or more of the generated second patterns occur in the data. The extraction program causes the computer to extract the second pattern having the frequency satisfying a predetermined condition. The extraction program causes the computer to add a new event to the extracted second pattern. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140156228 | METHOD OF DATA SYNTHESIS - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for consolidating overlapping data provided by multiple sources. One method includes operations for associating a plurality of devices to a user, each device operable to capture data associated with the user, and for receiving, from the plurality of devices, captured data about a first activity associated with a first period of time. Additionally, the method includes operations for detecting that the received captured data from two or more devices provide overlapping information about the first activity, and for evaluating one or more rules for consolidating the overlapping information to produce consolidated data. The consolidated data provides a unified view of the first activity during the first period of time. The consolidated data is stored in permanent storage and made available for presentation to the user. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140163927 | METHOD OF DATA SYNTHESIS - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for consolidating overlapping data provided by multiple sources. One method includes operations for associating a plurality of devices to a user, each device operable to capture data associated with the user, and for receiving, from the plurality of devices, captured data about a first activity associated with a first period of time. Additionally, the method includes operations for detecting that the received captured data from two or more devices provide overlapping information about the first activity, and for evaluating one or more rules for consolidating the overlapping information to produce consolidated data. The consolidated data provides a unified view of the first activity during the first period of time. The consolidated data is stored in permanent storage and made available for presentation to the user. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140172373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPRETING SENSOR INPUT - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided to interpret sensor input. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program may receive input from a plurality of sensors (e.g., different user input devices), and configure a sensor interpreter based on sensor criteria received from the plurality of sensors. The input received from the sensors may include a distance between a user location and one or more sensors, and a sensor interpreter may be configured based on the distance of the location from of the sensors. The sensor interpreter may be configured so that input operations are transparent to the user, without requiring the user to consciously change the way they interact with the sensors as the sensor interpreter is configured. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172374 | System and Method for Identifying Materials Using a THz Spectral Fingerprint in a Media with High Water Content - A material detector includes a pulse generator to generate pulses to excite molecules in the material and a detector to detect a signal generated from excited molecules in the terahertz region. Spectral features in the material are analyzed to identify the material. Detection can be performed using a nanoantenna array structure having antennas tuned to detect the expected spectral emission. The nanoantenna array can include antennas having MIM or MIIM diodes. Signal processing and statistical analysis is use to reduce false positives and false negative in identifying the material. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140180639 | Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Package - Systems, methods, computer-readable storage mediums including computer-readable instructions and/or circuitry for control of transmission to a target device with communicating with one or more sensors in an ad-hoc sensor network may implement operations including, but not limited to: wirelessly transmitting one or more sensor operation activation signals to one or more sensors according to one or more transmission authorization parameters; and powering one or more sensing operations of a sensor via the one or more sensor operation activation signals. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188436 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising a plurality of comparators that each receive a signal under measurement output by the device under test, have a common reference level set therein, and compare a signal level of the signal under measurement to the reference level; and a signal processing section that generates a single result signal based on the plurality of comparison results output by the comparators. Also provided is a test method using the test apparatus. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140195199 | SYNCHRONIZING DATA FROM IRREGULARLY SAMPLED SENSORS - A system and method include receiving a set of sampled measurements for each of multiple sensors, wherein the sampled measurements are at irregular intervals or different rates, re-sampling the sampled measurements of each of the multiple sensors at a higher rate than one of the sensor's set of sampled measurements, and synchronizing the sampled measurements of each of the multiple sensors. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195200 | Smart Data Sampling and Data Reconstruction - A computer-based method for characterizing data dependent on at least one variable is described. The method comprises sampling the data in a smart manner by sampling the data in a finite sequence of sampling points, the finite sequence of sampling points being controlled by a magnifying factor for controlling a spacing between elements of the finite sequence of sampling points and being determined such that function values of functions of a family of functions in said finite sequence of sampling points satisfy a recurrence relation. A corresponding device also is described as well as software-related products. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140200853 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION, GROUPING AND SIZING OF EMBEDDED FLAWS IN ROTOR COMPONENTS USING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION - A method and software system for flaw identification, grouping and sizing for fatigue life assessment for rotors used in turbines and generators. The method includes providing ultrasonic data of a plurality of rotor slices and providing volume reconstruction of the ultrasonic data. The method also includes providing in-slice identification, grouping and sizing of flaw indications in the rotor based on the volume reconstruction. Further, the method includes providing inter-slice identification, grouping and sizing of the flaw indications based on the in-slice flaw indications and providing flaw location and size information. The method can be used in both phased-array and A-scan inspections. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200854 | METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR SURVEY DESIGN AND MODELING WORKFLOW FOR TOWED MULTIMEASUREMENT SEISMIC STREAMER DATA - Modular workflows for determining acquisition geometry and efficiency using 3D deghosting and wavefield reconstruction methods enabled by multicomponent seismic information are disclosed, which may be performed as methods. In some embodiments, such methods may be performed on computing systems. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200855 | Coremicro Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node - A Coremicro Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node has the capability of hosting intelligent algorithms to support health monitoring applications and has optional standardized software communications stack. The purpose of this present invention is to provide a flexible low power distributed computational platform to deploy intelligent software elements (based on Artificial Intelligence techniques) among the system architecture to result in a reconfigurable scheme for distributed intelligence granularity. This invention is able to be applied to a wide variety of monitoring applications either as a Standalone Smart Sensor (SSS, i.e. single Smart Sensor Node) or as a modular and scalable Smart Sensor Network configuration. Therefore, the CRE-SSN is ultra-low in power consumption, has optional pattern recognition through Artificial Neural Network, physical communication layer reconfigurable capability, has scalable communications capability, and low in weight, and optimized in size. An optional IEEE 1451 software stack is provided to manage sensors via set of standardized commands. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DEVICE-FREE MOTION DETECTION AND PRESENCE SENSING - Systems and methods are provided for device-free motion detection and presence detection within an area of interest. A plurality of nodes, configured to be arranged around the area of interest, form a wireless network. The plurality of nodes transmit wireless signals as radio waves and receive transmitted wireless signals. The received signal strength (RSS) of the transmitted wireless signals between the plurality of nodes are measured and a value is reported. A computing device receives the reported values for the measured RSS and tracks the reported values over time. The computing device processes the reported values using an aggregate disturbance calculation to detect motion and presence within the area of interest. The computing device may notify notification device of a detected disturbance within the area of interest. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200857 | BODY MOVEMENT AMOUNT MEASURING APPARATUS - An activity meter includes a body movement detecting unit, a display unit, a target activity amount acquiring unit, an accumulated activity amount calculation unit, an excess activity amount calculation unit, a converted value calculation unit that calculates a converted value representing an excess amount of activity by dividing burned calories corresponding to the excess amount of activity by a unit calorie count, where a standard calorie count of a predetermined food is the unit calorie count, and a display operation control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit such that the display unit displays a measurement result using the converted value. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140214367 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING LIGHT LEAKAGE OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A light leakage testing method for a display device involves obtaining a brightness value of each pixel of a display device to be tested, and then dividing the display device into a plurality of testing points, each testing point comprising a plurality of adjacent pixels defining the testing points located on a centre of the display device as a reference area and the testing points surrounding the reference area as a plurality of testing areas. Calculating a ratio by obtaining a difference value of each testing point of the testing area and the brightness value of the reference area to the brightness value of the reference area, and when the ratio is greater than a predetermined value, the display device has light leakage | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140222380 | METHOD OF ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING OF FINITE STRUCTURES AND FINITE ILLUMINATION FOR METROLOGY AND INSPECTION - Electromagnetic modeling of finite structures and finite illumination for metrology and inspection are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for evaluating a diffracting structure involves providing a model of the diffracting structure. The method involves computing background electric or magnetic fields of an environment of the diffracting structure. The method involves computing scattered electric or magnetic fields from the diffracting structure using a scattered field formulation based on the computed background fields. The method further involves computing spectral information for the model of the diffracting structure based on the computed scattered fields, and comparing the computed spectral information for the model with measured spectral information for the diffracting structure. In response to a good model fit, the method involves determining a physical characteristic of the diffracting structure based on the model of the diffracting structure. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222381 | SPECTRUM ANALYSIS APPARATUS, FINE PARTICLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OR SPECTRUM CHART DISPLAY - Provided is a spectrum analysis apparatus including a processing unit configured to generate analysis data using an analysis function in which a linear function and a logarithmic function are included as function elements and an intensity value is set as a variable from measurement data including the intensity value of light acquired by detecting the light from a measurement target object using a plurality of light-receiving elements having different detection wavelength bands. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236538 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Linking User Devices to Activity Tracking Devices - Methods, systems and devices for linking devices to tracking devices is provided. One method includes scanning, by an activity tracking device, for a semi-unique identifier broadcasted by a device. The method connects the device with the activity tracking device after the semi-unique identifier is found to be of the device by the activity tracking device. The activity tracking device is configured to communicate with the device to obtain a device identification (ID) of the device. The method then automatically linking the device to the activity tracking device when the device ID of the device matches a copy of the device ID stored in the activity tracking device. In one example, the tracking devices operate as a master and the devices operate as a slave. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244214 | Method for Localizing Sources of Signals in Reverberant Environments Using Sparse Optimization - Source signals emitted in a reverberant environment from different locations are processed by first receiving input signals corresponding to the source signals by a set of sensors. Then, a sparsity-based support estimation is applied to the input signals according to a reverberation model to produce estimates of the source signals and locations of a set of sources emitting the source signals. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244215 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MASK PATTERN, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method which determines patterns for a plurality of masks to be executed by a processor includes acquiring data on a pattern containing a plurality of pattern elements, and assigning the acquired plurality of pattern elements into masks, decomposing the acquired plurality of pattern elements into patterns of the masks, and calculating an evaluation value for an evaluation index, based on a number of masks, the distances between a plurality of pattern elements in each mask, and an angle of a line connecting a plurality of pattern elements in each mask. In the method, a pattern of each mask is determined based on the calculated evaluation value. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244216 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Real-Time Detection of Sensitivity Decline in Analyte Sensors - Method, system and computer program product for providing real time detection of analyte sensor sensitivity decline is continuous glucose monitoring systems are provided. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED OPTICAL DETECTION OF PARTICLES IN FLUID - A number of fluidic-photonic devices for allowing optical detection, systems employing such devices, and related methods of operation and fabrication of such devices are disclosed herein. In at least some embodiments, the devices can serve as flow cytometry devices and/or employ microfluidic channels. Also, in at least some embodiments, the devices are fluidic-photonic integrated circuit (FPIC) devices that employ both fluidic channels and one or more waveguides capable of receiving and/or delivering light, and that can be fabricated using polymeric materials. The fluidic-photonic devices in at least some embodiments are capable of functionality such as on-chip excitation, time-of-flight measurement, and can experience enhanced fluorescence detection sensitivity. In at least some embodiments, the devices employ detection waveguides that are joined by way of a waveguide demultiplexer. In additional embodiments, a variety of techniques can be used to process information received via the waveguides, including an iterative cross-correlation process. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249778 | HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR MEASURING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN A SAMPLE OF A BODY LIQUID - A hand-held device for measuring an analyte concentration in a sample of a body liquid includes a display means for displaying measured values; a measured-value storage for storing measured values; a measuring unit for generating measured values through measurements of the analyte concentration; a clock; a control unit for generating measured value datasets, each containing a measured value supplied by the measuring unit as well as the date and hour of the measurement by which the measured value was obtained, and for writing them into the measured-value storage; and operating elements that can be actuated by the user to set the clock, in which case the control unit will generate a time-correction dataset indicating the amount and direction of the setting effected. The control unit writes time-correction datasets into the measured-value storage so that a chronologically ordered sequence is generated containing time-correction datasets and measured value datasets. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140257754 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF LOW POWER SENSING AND ACTUATING MOTES - Embodiments include a wireless mote network having a plurality of motes, wherein each of the plurality of motes includes a processing unit in communication with a communications device. Each of the motes includes at least a sensor configured to monitor an environmental condition in an area around the mote or an actuator configured to control one or more external systems. The wireless mote network also includes a central communications device configured to communicate with one or more of the motes within a range of the central communications device and a controller configured to communicate with the central communications device, to receive one or more signals indicative of the environmental condition of one or more of the plurality of motes, and to transmit one or more control signals indicating an operation of the actuator to one or more of the plurality of motes. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257755 | Method for Reconstructing Signals from Phase-Only Measurements - A signal is reconstructed by first producing complex-valued measurements of the signal by measuring the signal using a linear complex measurement system, and retaining only a phase of the complex-valued measurements. Then, the signal is reconstructed from the phase of the complex measurements within a scaling factor using a sparse reconstruction method. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257756 | FIELD DEVICE - A field device that provides a field device that allows the simplest possible logging of relevant operational data. The field device has at least one data storage device ( | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIGH VOLUME IMPORT, VALIDATION AND ESTIMATION OF METER DATA - A meter data management system includes one or more application servers configured to receive, validate and estimate received meter data. The one or more application servers may include various memory/media elements for storing raw and transformed meter data as well as software in the form of computer-executable instructions, which are executed by a processor to implement a variety of functions, including establishing a mapping between the plurality of external devices and a plurality of preconfigured processing workbins (e.g., collections of meter channels in the same time zones), transforming the received meter data into a plurality of data files identified by timing parameter and workbin, validating data provided in each data file, estimating missing or invalid data, and automatically writing validated (and optionally estimated) data as import files to a database server. Such clean data files are then imported to one or more dedicated databases installed on the database server. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140278251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-FLUX COLOR MATCHING - A computer implemented method. The method includes generating, using a processor, a set of calibration data relating to a plurality of pigments that are present in a collection of coatings. Generating includes calculating an absorption/reflectance relationship of a plurality of samples coated with a plurality of the pigments, wherein calculating includes using a color matching calculation, and calculating a plurality of concentrations of a non-standard pigment. Generating also includes plotting a relationship between the concentrations and the absorption/reflectance relationships, and determining a correlation of the concentrations for a plurality of Fresnel coefficients relating to the samples. The method further includes determining, using the processor, a coating formulation of a target coating based on the correlation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OF FLOOR CONDITIONS - A floor monitoring device monitors the condition of various flooring substrates. The floor monitoring device may traverse a route through an environment and collect data concerning the condition of the floor. The device may also communicate the floor condition data to another computing device. In some examples, the floor monitoring device may analyze the floor condition data and identify any notable floor conditions within the monitored environment. Alternatively or in addition, the computing device may analyze the floor condition data and identify and/or address notable floor conditions within the monitored environment. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278253 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A COATING FORMULATION - A computer implemented method. The method includes identifying, using a processor, a bulk pigment in a target coating, wherein identifying comprises applying a Bayesian process, and identifying, using the processor, at least one refined pigment in the target coating, wherein identifying comprises applying a Bayesian process. The method also includes formulating, using a processor, a formulation of the target coating, wherein formulating comprises applying a Bayesian process, and outputting the formulation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXTURE ASSESSMENT OF A COATING FORMULATION - A computer implemented method. The method includes identifying, using a processor, a texture in a target coating, wherein identifying comprises applying a Bayesian process, and assigning, using the processor, a texture value adapted for use by one of a search engine and a formulation engine. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278255 | Storage Modes for Measurement Values and Contextual Information - In one aspect, a portable handheld measurement device automatically stores measurement values in volatile memory in a limited replay storage mode that comprises a storage limitation that applies to the plurality of measurement values stored in the limited replay storage mode; receives a replay request; and, responsive to the replay request, presents at least some of the measurement values stored in the limited replay storage mode. In another aspect, a portable handheld measurement device automatically stores measurement values and associated contextual data according to a persistent storage mode; and automatically stores the measurement values according to a limited replay storage mode, wherein the limited replay storage mode comprises a storage limitation that is not present in the persistent storage mode. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278256 | INTERACTIVE AND ITERATIVE METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING FEEDBACK TO MAKE MEASUREMENTS, MANAGE DATA AND PROCESSES, AND OUTPUTTING AND SCANNING ANYTHING IN REAL TIME AND NON-REAL TIME - An iterative methodology and system (which can also be represented in software), with the option for continual improvement, for the interactive capture, merger, comparison, analysis, cloning and manipulation of anything in the unique universe medium or multiple universes mediums, be it real, virtual or imagined, including thought (of organic or non-organic or other nature), in real time or non-real time, where anything also includes anything infinitely small (or a small base volume of space known as a Senserom), to infinitely large (or a large encapsulating Senseroom volume known as a Senseverse) and can include multiple universes and Senserooms themselves impacting each other, static or dynamic changing over time periods, including the past, present and future. The full set of these infinite Senseroms and Senserooms is considered the Senseverse, which contains anything and/or everything real, virtual and imagined. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278257 | PROBE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE AND A COMPUTING DEVICE - A probe communications module interfaces with an interchangeable digital probe to transmit measurements to a computing device so that the operator may conveniently gather measurements using the interchangeable digital probe and, using the computing device, display, annotate, compare, and analyze the measurements. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278258 | ACCESSORY FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE - An exemplary accessory for an electronic smoking article includes a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces and a sensor in the body. The sensor is configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article. A processor is embedded in the body, where the processor is configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission. A display generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278259 | CAPTURE AND ASSOCIATION OF MEASUREMENT DATA - A method and system for capturing and annotating measurement data includes communicatively connecting a mobile computing device to one or more measurement devices, and receiving measurement data from the one or more measurement devices. The mobile computing device stores the received measurement data and annotates the stored measurement data with metadata. The metadata includes group identifying information that associates the stored measurement data with other data having similar group identifying information. In at least one embodiment, measurement data is automatically associated with the group identifying information based on the measurement data being captured within a predetermined amount of time of each other or within a predetermined distance of each other as determined by a positioning system. The metadata may include, for example, one or more of a time, a location, a test point, a work order, a task list, a job instruction, a technician identifier, a text note, a voice note, an image, a video, and an image annotation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278260 | ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Environmental measurement display systems that can be used in home and commercial environments are disclosed. The environmental measurement display system can include an environmental sensor array, signal-processing circuitry, a power supply, a display device, a communications system, a data storage system, and a remote data visualization system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278261 | Algorithm for Wireless, Motion and Position-Sensing, Integrating Radiation Sensor Occupational and Environmental Dosimetry - Described is an apparatus, method and machine-readable medium for determining radiation dosages based on a solution vector for each radiation field and an objective function. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140297227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A LIGHT SENSORY NETWORK - A method of determining the position of an array of sensors, an array of solid-state lamps, or other devices which sense or emit electromagnetic waves includes first determining a sensing or emitting distribution for one of the devices, then integrating that distribution over the area to be covered by the sensors or emitters. In response to the integrated distribution, the sensors or emitters may be repositioned, reconfigured, or reoriented to provide desired coverage. Wireless access points that communicate to wireless end points associated with the lights and/or sensors are designed and positioned to provide adequate signal strength. All elements, light distribution, sensor range, and wireless signal strength may be plotted in contour plots within the same user interface that enables users to place the devices in a specified area. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297228 | DETECTION AND/OR CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIALS - A method processing an image dataset of radiation emergent from a test object after its irradiation by a suitable radiation source is described which comprises the steps of: generating an image dataset comprising a spatially resolved map of items of intensity data from the radiation emergent from the test object; further, resolving the intensity data items spectroscopically between at least two energy bands across the spectrum of the source; numerically processing the spectroscopically resolved intensity data items to determine a further spatially resolved dataset of data items representative of one or more orders of Compound Proton Number and/or effective mass thickness and/or a density; generating a segmented image dataset using the said dataset of data items representative of one or more orders of Compound Proton Number and/or effective mass thickness and/or a density. The method applied as part of a method for the radiological examination of an object and an apparatus for the same are also described. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297229 | DATA LOGGER FOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - For easy centralized management of measurement data and installation environmental data and user's real-time recognition through a certain type of peripheral equipment of how the installation environment affects the measured values at the site of measurement, a data logger for a measurement device includes in its structure any of the sensors for temperature, humidity, air pressure, and acceleration as an environmental sensor that detects a physical quality of an environment where the measurement device is installed, a data recording unit that records installation environmental data detected by the environmental sensor and measurement data detected by the measurement device on the basis of time, and a data processing unit that displays the installation environmental data and measurement data in whole or selectively, as numerical values or graphs of changes over time, with the time axes aligned, and includes one or more external equipment terminal connectors that exchange signals with external equipment. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140303935 | UNIVERSAL INTERNET OF THINGS CLOUD APPARATUS AND METHODS - A system to analyze data and control devices that receives at a cloud-based server sensor data associated with a sensor. The sensor data conforms to a data protocol compatible with the cloud-based server. The system also receives dynamic data from a cloud-based source(s), accesses attributes of an asset related to the sensor, analyzes by the cloud-based server the sensor data, the dynamic data, and the attributes of the asset, generates a control signal based at least in part on an analysis of the sensor data, the dynamic data and the attributes of the asset, and transmits the control signal over a network to control the asset. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303936 | SIGNAL EVALUATING DEVICE AND SIGNAL EVALUATING METHOD - A signal evaluating device includes a binarizing device binarizing an input signal, a run length measuring device measuring a run length of a sign when there is a change in the sign that is the result of binarization of the input signal during an evaluating interval, using an output of the binarizing device as input, and an evaluating device calculating, from a measurement results of the run length measuring device, a distribution wherein a noise frequency distribution included in the input signal during the evaluating interval is assumed to be a geometric distribution, and evaluating whether or not the input signal is valid from a proportion of a total frequency of noise, obtained from the calculated distribution, and a total frequency that is the number of run lengths in the evaluating interval. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140309968 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING FOOD ASSESSMENT DATA - In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer implemented method ( | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140316744 | ASSIGNING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A method includes: calculating a position-dependent processing load to be caused by a process that depends on a position of a cell, for each of cells into which a spatial area specified as a target of an analysis to be executed by processing devices that are included in a first number of processing devices and synchronize for each unit in time domain is divided; and assigning the cells to a second number of processing devices which are part or all of the first number of processing devices, under a condition where a criterion determined with respect to uniformity in a total processing time among processing devices used for the analysis is met. The total processing time of each processing device includes a length of time to be taken to execute each process depending on the position of each of cell(s) to be assigned to this processing device. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316745 | DETECTING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A detecting apparatus includes processors configured to access sensors; select from among the sensors, a sensor that has not been selected by any processor, acquire data from the selected sensor, and release selection of the sensor when data acquisition has been completed; execute processing for the sensor, based on the acquired data; set the sensor to an execution state during execution of the processing for the sensor, and set the sensor to an execution completed state when the execution of the processing for the sensor has ended; copy from a processor that has set the sensor to the execution state, the data acquired from the sensor by the processor, upon determining the sensor to be in the execution state, without executing the data acquisition; and execute the processing for the sensor, based on the copied data. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140324390 | Apparatus and Method for Applying a Load to a Material - A method of controlling a system using a hybrid feedback signal includes providing an input signal with a predetermined waveform to the system and measuring an output of the system with a sensor. An output signal of the sensor is used in a first frequency band as a first portion of a feedback signal. A simulated signal is created in a second frequency band that has one or more of substantially reduced (i) resonances, (ii) phase delay and (iii) noise when compared to the output signal of the sensor in the second frequency band. The simulated signal is used in the second frequency band as a second portion of the feedback signal. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324391 | RANK-BASED SCORE NORMALIZATION FRAMEWORK AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - A rank-based score normalization framework that partitions matching scores into subsets and normalize each subset independently. Methods include implementing two versions of the framework: (i) using gallery-based information (i.e., gallery versus galleryscores), and (ii) updating available information in an online fashion. The methods improve the detection and identification rate from 20:90% up to 35:77% for Z-score and from 25:47% up to 30:29% for W-score. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324392 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION CIRCUIT, PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT - A detection circuit (physical quantity detection circuit) includes a digital calculation circuit (calculation processing unit) that performs calculation processing of generating calculation data in response to magnitude of a physical quantity based on detection data formed by digitalization of a detection signal corresponding to the physical quantity. When N is an integer number equal to or larger than two, the digital calculation circuit performs the calculation processing including average processing of calculating an average value of N data values contained in at least one of the detection data and data obtained by performing part of the calculation processing. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330538 | BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AS SMART SENSORS FOR INTELLIGENT BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Building-integrated photovoltaic devices can be provided, which function as sensors, wherein the output parameters from the device are used to provide information about light intensity and ambient temperature, in addition to providing power, to an intelligent building energy management system. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330539 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR DEVICE - In aspects of the invention, an auxiliary memory circuit includes a shift register wherein a plurality of flip-flops are cascade-connected and a plurality of inversion circuits that invert and output outputs of each D flip-flop. A main memory circuit includes a switch, which acts in accordance with a signal from the auxiliary memory circuit, and an EPROM connected in series to the switch and driven by a writing voltage. A variable resistance circuit includes a switch, which acts in accordance with a signal from the auxiliary memory circuit, and a resistor connected in series to the switch. With aspects of the invention, it is possible for terminals of the writing voltage and a writing voltage to be commonized. Also, it is possible to provide a low-cost semiconductor physical quantity sensor device that can carry out electrical trimming with the voltage when writing into the EPROM kept constant. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140336989 | MOBILE DEVICE AND MICROCONTROLLER UNIT - A microcontroller unit (MCU) characterized by including a buffer is provided. The MCU is a part of a mobile device. The MCU fetches a plurality of samples from a sensor of the mobile device, performs a preset processing according to the samples, stores the samples and/or a result of the preset processing in the buffer, and provides the result or a signal based on the result to the central processing unit (CPU) of the mobile device or an electronic device. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140336990 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - Light emitted from a low-coherence light source is split into two beams by an optical coupler. One of the beams is applied to a sample medium. The other beam is subjected to phase modulation by a reference minor and a vibration element. The (reference) beam subjected to phase modulation and a scattered beam from the sample medium are wavelength-resolved by a diffraction grating, and the spectrum of resulting interference light is detected by a photodetector. A calculation section calculates an intensity signal corresponding to the position of each scattering point in the sample medium based on the detected spectrum, calculates a power spectrum corresponding to the position of each scattering point based on a temporal change in the intensity signal corresponding to the position of each scattering point, and calculates a diffusion coefficient of the particles corresponding to the position of each scattering point based on the calculated power spectrum. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140343897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT CONTOURS AND GATING IN FLOW CYTOMETRY - Methods and systems for efficient contour and gating in flow cytometry are provided. Event data is compressed to reduce the number of points needed to represent polygon contours for the event data. Selection of a level within the contour then causes the generation of a gate. This allows limited resource devices, such as touchscreen wireless devices, to render and gate flow cytometry data in a resource efficient manner. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343898 | BAT CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM - A bat customization system for use with a processing unit of an electronic device. The system includes a first sensing bat, at least one sensor carried by the first sensing bat, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting signals from the sensors. The at least one sensor is configured to detect characteristics of at least one test swing of the first sensing bat. The signals represent the detected characteristics. A non-transient computer readable medium containing computer readable programming is configured to direct the processing unit to identify a recommended bat based on the characteristics detected by the at least one sensor carried by the first sensing bat. The programming is configured to direct the processing unit to generate data relating to the at least one test swing. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140350891 | INTERFACE FOR TRANSFERRING TIME-SAMPLED SENSOR DATA - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for transmitting data from a sensor to a host. During operation, the system periodically samples data at the sensor with reference to a sensor clock. Next, the system uses the sensor clock to transmit the data from the sensor to the host, wherein the host operates with reference to a host clock, which is different than the sensor clock. During the transmission process, the system embeds a clock in the data, wherein the embedded clock can be extracted at the host and used to receive the transmitted data. In some embodiments, transmitting the data involves using voltage-mode signaling. In other embodiments, transmitting the data involves using current-mode signaling. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350892 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ULTRASONIC DATA - An apparatus for processing data including a data compressor configured to compress ultrasonic data, and store the compressed ultrasonic data in a memory; and a data decompressor configured to read the stored ultrasonic data from the memory, decompress the read ultrasonic data, and transfer the decompressed ultrasonic data to a processor configured to perform beamforming. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350893 | USER QUERY AND GAUGE-READING RELATIONSHIPS - Domain agnostic systems and methods for the capture, storage, and analysis of sensor readings are provided herein. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350894 | Sensor Device with Sampling Function, and Sensor Data Processing System Using Same - The sensor device includes a counter for counting the number of count commands used to perform measurements while maintaining among multiple sensor devices the ratio of measurement intervals; a ratio-holding-unit for setting the ratio to a desired ratio and holding respective values of the ratio for each of the multiple sensor devices; a sampling-timing-generating-unit for receiving a count value of the counter and the setting value of the ratio held by the ratio-holding-unit, and for generating a sampling timing signal based on the comparison result between the count value and the setting value; and a sampling-unit for sampling a detection signal detected by the detecting unit, by using the sampling timing signal generated by the sampling-timing-generating-unit. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350895 | COLOUR RECIPE CALCULATING METHOD FOR MATT COLOUR STANDARDS - The invention relates to a method for colour recipe calculation for matt colour standards with the steps: A) experimentally determining reflection spectra R(exp) of the colour standard, comprising a first reflection spectrum (SPIN) and a second reflection spectrum (SPEX), with an integrating sphere colour measurement instrument, wherein said first reflection spectrum (SPIN) is obtained at (A1) d/8°—geometry with the specular component included, and said second reflection spectrum (SPEX) is obtained at (A2) d/8°—geometry with the specular component excluded; B1) calculating a recipe for the matt colour standard based on the experimentally determined reflection spectrum R(exp) with the specular component included, which has been corrected for the specular component, or B2) comparing the experimentally determined reflection spectrum R(exp) with the specular component included, en which has been corrected for the specular component, with reflection spectra associated to colour recipes of a colour recipe database for glossy colour shades and identifying from said colour recipe database a stored reflection spectrum which comes closest to the experimentally determined reflection spectrum R(exp) of the matt colour standard, as well as the associated colour recipe; C) converting reflection spectra data of the experimentally determined reflection spectra (SPIN, SPEX) of the matt colour standard to gloss values, and D) converting the gloss values obtained to the amount of matting agent (MAA) with the assistance of previously prepared calibration curves for the available colorant system. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350896 | Digital Sensor - A digital sensor has a sensor element, a digital section, a sample-and-hold stage and an output stage, and storage storing electrical energy, each of which are supplied with electrical energy by a power supply. In the event of a failure of the power supply, the sample-and-hold stage and the output stage are provided with power by the storage storing electrical energy, such that the measurement value most recently stored in the sample-and-hold stage is provided in the signal line by the output stage until the failure of the power source has ended and a new measurement value is stored in the sample-and-hold stage. No electric power is supplied to the sensor element by the storage storing electrical energy in the event of a failure of the power supply. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140358484 | DEFECT CELL CLUSTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are a method of clustering defects generated in bad samples shown on a defect map of bad samples including bad products, and an apparatus thereof. The defect cell clustering method includes generating a sample defect map showing a defect cell distribution by cell positions of bad samples comprised of products each including one or more defect cells among products each partitioned into a plurality of cells, selecting at least some cell positions having one or more defect cells as clustering targets from the sample defect map, selecting one or more suspected bad equipments for each of cell positions included in the clustering targets using pass equipment information for the product, and grouping the clustering targets into one or more clusters according to position coherence between a first cell position and a second cell position included in one cluster, the cell position and the second cell position each having at least one suspected bad equipment. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358485 | AUTOMATIC WAVELENGTH OR ANGLE PRUNING FOR OPTICAL METROLOGY - Automatic wavelength or angle pruning for optical metrology is described. An embodiment of a method for automatic wavelength or angle pruning for optical metrology includes determining a model of a structure including a plurality of parameters; designing and computing a dataset of wavelength-dependent or angle-dependent data for the model; storing the dataset in a computer memory; performing with a processor an analysis of the dataset for the model including applying an outlier detection technology on the dataset, and identifying any data outliers, each data outlier being a wavelength or angle; and, if any data outliers are identified in the analysis of the dataset of the model, removing the wavelengths or angles corresponding to the data outliers from the dataset to generate a modified dataset, and storing the modified dataset in the computer memory. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358486 | CONTINUAL CROP DEVELOPMENT PROFILING USING DYNAMICAL EXTENDED RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING WITH ROUTINE REMOTELY-SENSED VALIDATION IMAGERY - A modeling framework for estimating crop growth and development over the course of an entire growing season generates a continuing profile of crop development from any point prior to and during a growing season until a crop maturity date is reached. The modeling framework applies extended range weather forecasts and remotely-sensed imagery to improve crop growth and development estimation, validation and projection. Output from the profile of crop development profile generates a combination of data for use in auxiliary farm management applications. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140372080 | Non-Fourier Spectral Analysis for Editing and Visual Display of Music - System and method for identifying tones present in a short segment of digitized music stream, and for reporting simultaneously and quantitatively their respective magnitude and phase in near real time. Also captured are pitch deviations from the nominal tones of a predetermined music scale. The resulting spectral data can be scrolled manually from frame to frame to facilitate detail music evaluation and editing. The apparatus can also operate at real time to display notes being played, or to tone-activate audio-visual music enhancement and display with automatic synchronization. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140379303 | IDENTIFYING UTILITY RESOURCE DIVERSION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with analyzing utility data to identify diversion of a utility resource within a distribution system of a utility provider are described. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing, by at least a processor of a computer, the utility data based, at least in part, on diversion rules to identify characteristics that correlate with diversion of the utility resource. The utility data is data from multiple independent sources of the utility provider. The example method may also include calculating a theft score that identifies a likelihood that the utility resource is being diverted from a location in a geographic area based, at least in part, on the identified characteristics. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012247 | Analysis of Periodic Information in a Signal - A “periodic signal parameter” (PSP) indicates periodic patterns in an autocorrelated vibration waveform and potential faults in a monitored machine. The PSP is calculated based on statistical measures derived from an autocorrelation waveform and characteristics of an associated vibration waveform. The PSP provides an indication of periodicity and a generalization of potential fault, whereas characteristics of the associated waveform indicate severity. A “periodic information plot” (PIP) is derived from a vibration signal processed using two analysis techniques to produce two X-Y graphs of the signal data that share a common X-axis. The PIP is created by correlating the Y-values on the two graphs based on the corresponding X-value. The amplitudes of Y-values in the PIP is derived from the two source graphs by multiplication, taking a ratio, averaging, or keeping the maximum value. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012248 | Selecting Feature Types to Extract Based on Pre-Classification of Sensor Measurements - A processing apparatus including one or more processors and memory receives sensor measurements generated by one or more sensors of one or more devices, pre-classifies the sensor measurements as belonging to one of a plurality of pre-classifications, and selects one or more feature types to extract from the sensor measurements based at least in part on the pre-classification of the sensor measurements. The processing apparatus also extracts features of the one or more selected feature types from the sensor measurements and determines a state of a respective device of the one or more devices in accordance with a classification of the sensor measurements determined based on the one or more features extracted from the sensor measurements. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150025850 | Sensor with Interface for Functional Safety - A sensor interface operates to communicate a sensed quantity along one or more processing pathways and in different data representations. The signal representations can be swapped along one or more locations of the signal processing branches. These branches are independent from one another and combined at an interface component for transmission along a single path or node for a control unit. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025851 | CALIBRATION CURVE CREATING METHOD AND CALIBRATION CURVE CREATION APPARATUS - A calibration curve creating method includes: (a) acquiring observation data of a plurality of samples of a test object; (b) acquiring content of a target component of each sample; (c) estimating a plurality of independent components when the observation data of each sample is separated into the plurality of independent components, and acquiring a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component for each sample; and (d) acquiring a regression equation of a calibration curve. (c) includes acquiring an independent component matrix by performing a first preprocessing including normalization of the observation data, a second preprocessing including whitening, and an independent component analysis process in this order. β divergence is used as an independence index of the independent component analysis process, and a robust regression method is used in (d). | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025852 | SIGNAL DATA PROCESSING FOR RADIATION DETECTION - To make correct determination of electric charge collection among signals from a semiconductor radiation detector, provided in an embodiment of the present invention is a signal data processing method. The method includes a step of calculating timing data sequences unique to channels (timing data calculation step S | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150032416 | PREDICTIVE METHOD FOR PERFORMING SERVICES - A method for predicting services to be performed may include determining all devices which will require service in a designated period of time; determining the devices nearest to a particular technician; determining the devices that the technician can fix; determining the devices which meet goals of at least one of the customer and the service provider; and generating a list of devices to be fixed. The predictive method described herein may also include gathering information about the failure rate of parts on devices to be serviced and using such information to determine the devices which will require service within the designated period of time. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032417 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Optical Materials - The present invention relates to methods for identifying optical materials, and more specifically to methods employed to identify glass and other optical materials used in medical devices. The method includes the steps of (1) selecting refractive index liquids matching a given optical sample; (2) determining the matching points for the refractive index liquids; and (3) calculating the refractive indices and selecting best fit optical materials. The invention also relates to a system for identifying optical materials. The system is under the control and operation of a computing device which documents, displays and stores all the data. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039272 | Integrated Digitizer System with Streaming Interface - A digitizer system (DS) may include one or more input channels to receive sample data, and an acquisition state machine (ASM) to organize the sample data into one or more acquisition records according to events of interest, and generate framing information corresponding to the one or more acquisition records. The events of interest may be identified by a trigger circuit in the DS, and relayed to the ASM for organizing the sample data. The DS may further include a data interface capable of receiving the one or more acquisition records and the framing information, encoding the one or more acquisition records and the framing information into encoded data, and transmitting the encoded data to an expansion module. The expansion module may receive the encoded data, decode the encoded data, and recover the sample data from the decoded data according to the framing information and the one or more acquisition records. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046126 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR ASSEMBLY OPTIMIZATION - A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The rotor assembly includes rotating parts including a first journal and one or more rotor disks. The method includes determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, determining a total parallelism sum including determining a magnitude of each total parallelism vector and adding the magnitudes into a single sum, and determining a minimum value for the total parallelism sum including selecting the rotor disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total parallelism sum. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046127 | Industrial Cooperative and Compressive Sensing System - A system for sensing in an industrial environment includes a processing node configured to receive a first sensor data from a first sensor and a second sensor data from a second sensor, both of which are disposed in the industrial environment. The processing node is further configured to process randomly sampled data from at least one of the first sensor data and the second sensor data to generate processed sensor data that includes the randomly sampled data. The processing node further configured to identify data of interest from the processed sensor data based on comparison of the processed sensor data with a sampling dictionary of predetermined information. The processing node further configured to filter and assemble the identified data of interest to create a set of compressed data, and transmit the set of compressed data to a predetermined destination. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150051874 | QUALITY FACTOR ESTIMATION OF A REVERBERANT CAVITY - A method comprises collecting a data set of field characterization measurements at a location inside a reverberant cavity excited by signals having multiple discrete electromagnetic frequencies; and performing a number (n) of circular shifts on the data set by a frequency step (Δf) and computing a covariance-based coefficient at each shift until the coefficient indicates a lack of correlation. The method further comprises computing a quality factor (Q) of the reverberant cavity as fc/(Δf×n), where fc is center frequency of the data set. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150057976 | SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION - A computing device receives a first digital signal from a data acquisition system. It is determined that a first value includes in the first signal indicates an event. A second digital signal is received from the data acquisition system. It is determined that a second value included in the second signal includes a value that indicates the event, and that the event has occurred based at least in part on the first value, the second value, and a passage of a predetermined duration of time between a time of the first digital signal and a time of the second digital signal. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150057977 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASURING METHOD - An optical measuring apparatus includes a measuring device configured to measure, by a shot unit, data in a predetermined wavelength range, a controller configured to analyze the measured data, a storage storing the measured data of a plurality of shots and the analysis results of the measured data, and a display configured to display the analysis results and waveform data based on the measured data on a single display screen. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150057978 | SERIAL BIT STREAM REGULAR EXPRESSION WITH STATES - A test and measurement instrument includes a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a serial bit stream and apply a logic to the serial bit stream to identify states within the serial bit stream. The result of applying the logic to the serial bit stream is a combined state/bit stream. A regular expression can be applied to the combined state/bit stream: the regular expression can include state information. The controller is also configured to present output data through the user interface in response to the application of the regular expression to the combined state/bit stream. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150066435 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COGNITIVE ALARM MANAGEMENT FOR THE POWER GRID - Systems and methods for cognitive alarm management in a power grid are described. In one embodiment, sensor measurements are transformed to determine the state of a power grid. Given current state information relating to the power grid, various analyses of the alarms may be conducted to produce various rankings of the alarms (e.g., by severity, graph analyses, etc.). In an embodiment, using power flow analysis, an optimal ranking is identified from the rankings in which a causal alarm is prioritized for resolution. Given the resolution of the causal alarm, remaining alarms (either all or a sub-set) may be resolved without further action. Thus, an embodiment provides an appropriate ranking of alarm conditions in a power grid such that the optimal resolution of alarms may be achieved. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066436 | KINETIC DECONVOLUTION OPTICAL RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - A method of determining dynamic parameters for a plurality of sub-regions within an interrogation region comprises processing optical image data and measurements of a concentration of contrast agent entering each of the sub-regions to determine a flow-scaled impulse residue function for each of the sub-regions, and calculating dynamic parameters for each sub-region from a respective flow-scaled impulse residue function. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066437 | GRAPHIC PRODUCT GENERATOR - A method, a checking system, a computer program product and a control computer are disclosed for checking a configuration for a multi-component computed tomography device. After a change of a configuration setting, a targeted check of device components can be carried out through created rules and index data. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150073752 | WAVEFRONT MEASURING APPARATUS, WAVEFRONT MEASURING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS OF OPTICAL SYSTEM - A wavefront measuring apparatus configured to measure a transmitted wavefront or reflected wavefront of an optical element includes a measuring unit configured to measure a light intensity distribution based on a light beam transmitted through or reflected by the optical element, a region determining unit configured to determine a first region and a second region based on a plurality of spot positions in the light intensity distribution, a first signal processor configured to calculate a first wavefront by using a linear model based on information of the light intensity distribution of the first region, and a second signal processor configured to estimate a second wavefront by repeating a light propagation calculation with the first wavefront as an initial value based on information of the light intensity distributions of the first region and the second region. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150081250 | WAVEFORM PROCESSING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provided is a waveform processing assistance system for helping users determine the value of a parameter which is necessary in a waveform processing method for determining the rising and falling points of a peak and whose validity cannot be easily and intuitively determined The system includes: a waveform displayer for showing, on a display screen, a waveform including a peak; a marker displayer for showing, on the display screen, a marker which is capable of being moved by a user; and a slope information displayer for showing information related to the slope of the waveform at a point lying on the waveform and meeting the marker, or at a point which lies on the waveform, which meets the marker, and at which a predetermined operation has been performed by the user. Examples of the slope-related information include a numerical value of the slope, a tangent, and a grid. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150088463 | MEASUREMENT DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for processing measurement data received from a remote device monitoring a subject, particularly in the field of healthcare. In order to improve the reliability of data collected by a subject using a remote device, there is a need to identify and mark potentially erroneous or abnormal readings in order to give healthcare professionals more confidence in the accuracy of the data collected. Such a method and apparatus would typically be used by hospital out-patients or patients requiring long-term monitoring. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088464 | Methods And Systems For Classification Of Geographic Locations For Tracked Activity - A method includes receiving activity of a monitoring device that is configured to be worn by a user having a user account. The activity includes an amount of movement of the monitoring device and occurs for a period of time. The method further includes receiving geo-location data for the monitoring device and processing the activity data and geo-location data received for the period of time. The operation of processing is performed to segment the period of time into at least two events. The method includes assigning an identifier to each event. The identifier has a default description for the geo-location data. The default description is selected from a plurality of descriptions based on the activity data obtained by the movement of the monitoring device for the geo-location data. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150094990 | AUTOMATIC LOG SENSOR TUNING - A process for automatic tuning a set of collectors and/or sensors includes: collecting first machine data by a first sensor in a collection framework, processing the first machine data by a first collector in the collection framework to yield first collected machine data, performing analytics on the first collected machine data to generate analytics output, and tuning, based, at least in part, on the analytics output, at least one of the following: the first sensor and the first collector. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150100277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PARAMETERS OF OPTICAL ANISOTROPY - Methods and systems are provided to measure the optical anisotropy properties of a film on glass or other substrates. This technique is suitable for production environments, and is not strongly affected by the TFT or CF active area on LCD panels, even for very high pixel density displays. A method is provided for measuring a magnitude and orientation of optical anisotropy. These methods and systems include an optical anisotropy measurement apparatus for measuring anisotropic materials in a reflection or transmission configuration. The methods and systems may measure a Mueller matrix, diattentuation orientation, or retardance of a sample at one or more rotation angles to calculate anisotropic magnitude and orientation. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE PHASE IMAGING WITH PARTIALLY COHERENT ILLUMINATION - Systems and methods for quantitative phase imaging are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring a through-focal series of defocused images of an object illuminated with a partially coherent light source; calculating a plurality of estimates of longitudinal intensity derivatives for respective fittings of the series of defocused images; recovering a phase estimate for each respective estimate of the longitudinal intensity derivative by solving a transport of intensity (TIE) equation; filtering the recovered phase estimates to produce component parts of an overall phase estimate; and forming an overall phase image by addition of the filtered phase estimates. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150112642 | Measuring device and a method for improved imaging of the spectral characteristics - A measuring device includes a signal-processing unit for the registration of a first signal in the time domain and a histogram-generating unit for the indirect generation of a histogram in the frequency domain from the first signal. The histogram-generating unit provides a frequency grid-point variation unit. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112643 | INFRA-RED ANALYSIS OF DIAMONDS - The invention provides a method of automating the classification of a diamond gemstone. An infra-red absorption spectrum of the gemstone is provided. Features corresponding to absorption by water and intrinsic absorption by a diamond lattice are subtracted from the absorption spectrum. The spectrum is analysed to identify predetermined absorption features corresponding to lattice defects in the diamond. The gemstone is classified according to the intensities of the predetermined absorption features. The results of the classification are saved in a database. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150120249 | PATIENT MONITOR SENSOR TYPE AUTO CONFIGURATION - A method and system that allows various sensor types to be connected to common input ports of a patient monitor. The system includes a data acquisition module that identifies the type of sensor connected to each one of a plurality of input ports. Once the sensor type has been identified, the data acquisition module configures amplification circuits and input circuits such that the output signal from the sensor is properly received and amplified within the patient monitor. The properly amplified output signal from the sensor, along with a sensor identifier, is supplied to a controller of the patient monitor. In this manner, the patient monitor can identify the type of sensor connected to each input port and properly display the conditioned output signal from the sensor. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150127300 | Sensor Selection Based on Context and Policy - Embodiments discussed herein enable sensor selection based on context and policy to provide for a variety of different sensor types and configurations, and for detecting a variety of different phenomena. In at least some embodiments, a sensor hub is employed to receive requests for sensor data from various functionalities and to select sensors to provide the sensor data based on application of context to policies that specify parameters for sensor selection. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150134298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FOREST FIRE AIRTANKER OPERATIONS DATA - A system and method for generating forest fire operations data and storing the operations data for use in modeling. An exemplary system comprises one or more location tracking module linked to each of a plurality of airtankers, each location tracking module operable to generate location data corresponding to tracking the location of the airtanker in real time or near real time, and a processing module operable to generate the operations data from the collected location data. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134299 | TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF A COATED SURFACE USING ELECTROSTATICS CALCULATIONS - A method that includes obtaining, using a processor, reflectance data from a target coating and calculating, using the processor, electrostatics data from the reflectance data. The method also includes generating, using the processor, a coating formulation that is the same or substantially similar in appearance to the target coating. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134300 | TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF A COATED SURFACE USING PIVOT-NORMALIZATION - A method that includes obtaining, using a processor, reflectance data from a target coating and calculating, using the processor, pivot-normalized reflectance data. The method also includes generating, using the processor, a coating formulation that is the same or substantially similar in appearance to the target coating. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150142388 | AIRCRAFT TIRE AND RUNWAY INTERFACE FRICTION MAP CONSOLIDATION - In various embodiments, a method associating received coefficient of friction data to runway friction estimation map elements. Also, the method may include aggregating the received determined coefficient of friction data into a friction estimation map. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142389 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF RANDOM-EVENT-BASED COUNT-RATE ADAPTIVE NORMALIZATION FOR PET DETECTOR EFFICIENCY - A method and apparatus for generating crystal efficiency correction factors by performing a normalization calibration based on delayed data. The method and apparatus obtain delayed data from a scan of a patient using a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner, generate a sinogram from the obtained delayed data, determine, using a processing circuit, mean fan and block line of response sensitivities from the generated sinogram, determine, using the processing circuit, mean detector efficiency based on the determined mean fan and block line of response sensitivities, determine, using the processing circuit, an individual crystal efficiency based on the determined mean fan and block line of response sensitivities and the mean detector efficiency for each module, and calculate the crystal efficiency correction factors based on the determined individual crystal efficiency of each module. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149119 | WAVELET BASED MONITORING OF SYSTEM PARAMETERS - Systems and methods are provided for monitoring parameters within a system. A plurality of sensors each monitor at least one parameter associated with the system. A controller is configured to receive a signal representing the monitored at least one parameter from each of the plurality of sensors and adjust a function of the system based on the received signal. Respective discrete wavelet transform components are associated with each of the plurality of sensors. Each of the discrete wavelet transform components is configured to provide a set of discrete wavelet transform coefficients, representing a content of the signal for its associated sensor, to a discrete wavelet transform monitoring component. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149120 | COOKING CONTROL DEVICE, COOKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a cooking control device that comprises sensors ( | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150292920 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION - A method and an electronic device for providing environment information are provided. The electronic device includes a sensor configured to measure an environmental factor and obtain first data based on the measured environmental factor, a communication module configured to receive, from at least one external electronic device, second data obtained by the at least one external device, a processor configured to generate environment information based on the first data and the received second data received, and an output module configured to display the environment information. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150301984 | SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION SYSTEM WITH LOW-LATENCY EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION AND METHOD THEREOF - A signal decomposition system with low-latency empirical mode decomposition and the method of the same decompose an original signal using iterative computations with different directions of data streams. The directions of data stream in computations of odd or even iterations are adjusted for reducing the number of data stream direction reversals. As a result, computing data can be shared and computing time can be saved. The mechanism helps improve the efficiency of signal decompositions. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309097 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT ANGLE-FREQUENCY DETERMINATION - A system for data acquisition and processing includes a selector for obtaining samples from one or more sensors, each of which is configured to collect a sample during one or more sampling intervals forming a dwell period. The selector is configured to obtain only a subset of samples of a complete set of samples that can be collected during a dwell period. A solver is configured to solve an underdetermined system based on the collected samples and a mapping relation/phase function, to jointly determine one or more angles and one or more frequencies of transmissions received by the one or more sensors. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316632 | PROCESSING MULTIDIMENSIONAL SIGNALS - A computer-implemented method, computing system and non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon for processing a dataset of multidimensional signals captured from points in a physical space. The computer-implemented method includes using a computing system, determining, for each of the points, a plurality of spatially neighbouring points in the physical space; and using the computing system, creating a modified signal for each point based on the signals of its respective spatially neighbouring points. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150321903 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL SENSOR PROCESSING - The present invention is directed toward a device and system having a sensor hub capable of receiving measurement outputs from a plurality of sensors and processing the measurements for output to other devices, such as by using a single chip arrangement. The sensor hub provides for facilitating efficient communication among the sensors for improved high-level features, such as interpreting gestures or actions according to the context. Two or more hierarchical processing levels may be provided so that sensor data processed at a lower level is output to an upper level for further processing or other operation involving the processed data from the lower level. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150341979 | SENSOR ASSOCIATED DATA PROCESSING CUSTOMIZATION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods described herein are configured for communicating with one or more sensors, receiving sensor associated data, processing, interpreting, etc., of the sensor associated data. The plurality of sensors may be of one or more sensor types. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150377778 | SCATTERING TOMOGRAPHY METHOD AND SCATTERING TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE - A scattering tomography method includes: radiating waves to an object from transmitting antenna elements arranged on a curved surface; receiving scattered waves by receiving antenna elements arranged on the curved surface; and reconstructing an image relating to the information on the interior of the object from scattered wave data representing the scattered waves received by the receiving antenna elements, and in the reconstructing, a function Φ for reconstructing the image relating to the information on the interior of the object is set in advance, an equation which a fundamental scattered function satisfies is constructed, a visualization function ρ that is obtained by solving the equation is derived from the scattered wave data, and the image relating to the information on the interior of the object is reconstructed using the visualization function. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160003790 | CONTINUAL CROP DEVELOPMENT PROFILING USING DYNAMICAL EXTENDED RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING WITH ROUTINE REMOTELY-SENSED VALIDATION IMAGERY - A modeling framework for estimating crop growth and development over the course of an entire growing season generates a continuing profile of crop development from any point prior to and during a growing season until a crop maturity date is reached. The modeling framework applies extended range weather forecasts and remotely-sensed imagery to improve crop growth and development estimation, validation and projection. Output from the profile of crop development profile generates a combination of data for use in auxiliary farm management applications. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160025527 | Method for Selecting a Field Device for Ascertaining at Least One Process Parameter of a Measured Material in Process and Automation Technology - A method for selecting a field device for ascertaining at least one process parameter of a measured material in process and automation technology, especially a process parameter such as flow, fill level, limit level, pressure, temperature, conductivity and/or ion concentration of a measured material, which field device is provided at a measuring point of a plant for ascertaining at least one process parameter, characterized by steps as follows: A identifying a first field device, which is suitable to determine the at least one process parameter of the measured material at the measuring point of the plant; B querying a first data set stored in a data memory relative to product features of the first field device, which enable ascertaining the at least one process parameter; C comparing at least one product feature of the first data set of the first field device with at least one corresponding product feature of a second data set of a second field device; and D specifying the second field device, to the extent that there is partial or complete agreement of the product features of the first and second data sets. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160033458 | MASS ANALYSIS DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MASS ANALYSIS DATA PROCESSING METHOD - To enhance the efficiency in the operation of checking a plurality of mass spectra acquired by measuring MS | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033991 | SENSOR CHIP - A sensor chip comprises a sensing element providing a sensor signal, an on-chip memory, a configuration of a look up table of dimension N stored in the on-chip memory for assigning an output value to a combination of N input values, and a look up table engine for determining a corresponding output value in response to receiving a memory address for the look up table configuration and in response to receiving a sensor value derived from the sensor signal as one of the N input values. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037136 | OPERATING SENSORS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for operating a sensor ( | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041064 | Aberration Computing Device, Aberration Computing Method, Image Processor, Image Processing Method, and Electron Microscope - An aberration computing device ( | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160085725 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SIGNAL RELATED MEASUREMENTS FOR TRENDING AND PATTERN RECOGNITION - A computerized method for quantitative analysis of signal related measurements, performed with one or more processors, is disclosed. An estimated signature typifying a characteristic feature of the signal related measurements is produced. Multidimensional statistics on the signal related measurements are computed in a multidimensional space with respect to the estimated signature. Matching likelihoods of the signal related measurements are quantified based on distances of the signal related measurements with respect to a shell manifold derived from the multidimensional statistics and enveloping a signature manifold in the multidimensional space. Multidimensional statistics on the estimated signature and trending and pattern recognition are also possible from the signal multidimensional projection. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086767 | Information Processing Device and Information Processing Method - An information processing device includes a placement section that places a result display area within a display screen based on operation information, a setting section that sets at least one data processing method designated by the user to the result display area, and a data processing section that assigns measurement data to the result display area based on the operation information, performs data processing on the measurement data assigned to the result display area using the data processing method set to the result display area, and displays the data processing results within the result display area. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160091955 | ALGORITHM ENGINE FOR ULTRA LOW-POWER PROCESSING OF SENSOR DATA - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for power-efficiently processing sensor data. In one embodiment, the operations implemented include: configuring a sensor fusion engine and a peripheral controller with a general purpose processor; placing the general purpose processor into a low-power sleep mode; reading data from a sensor and storing the data into a companion memory with the peripheral controller; processing the data in the companion memory with the sensor fusion engine; and awaking the general purpose processor from the low-power sleep mode. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160097677 | DECONVOLUTION TO REDUCE THE EFFECTIVE SPOT SIZE OF A SPECTROSCOPIC OPTICAL METROLOGY DEVICE - The effective spot size of a spectroscopic metrology device is reduced through deconvolution of a measurement spectra set acquired from a measurement target combined with a training spectra set obtained from a training target. The measurement spectra set may be obtained using sparse sampling of a grid scan of a measurement target. The training spectra set is obtained from a grid scan of a training target that is similar to the measurement target. The training spectra set and the measurement spectra set include spectra from different grid nodes. Deconvolution of the measurement spectra and the training spectra sets produces an estimated spectrum for the measurement target that is an estimate of a spectrum from the measurement target produced with incident light having an effective spot size that is smaller than the actual spot size. One or more characteristics of the measurement target may then be determined using the estimated spectrum. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160109288 | OPTICAL CORRELATION FOR DETECTION OF POINT SOURCE OBJECTS - A method of determining the point source quality of a set of pixels associated with a detected energy signature is discussed that pre-records ideal test point source signatures at various sub-pixel locations and radiant intensities throughout the overall sensor field of view in a focal plane array, determines the sub-pixel location of an observed source, and compares the signature at a pixel of the observed source to the pre-recorded “ideal source” signatures at the determined sub-pixel location. to determine point source correlation. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109375 | Measurement Of Small Box Size Targets - Methods and systems for measuring metrology targets smaller than the illumination spot size employed to perform the measurement are described herein. Collected measurement signals contaminated with information from structures surrounding the target area are reconstructed to eliminate the contamination. In some examples, measurement signals associated one or more small targets and one or more large targets located in close proximity to one another are used to train a signal reconstruction model. The model is subsequently used to reconstruct measurement signals from other small targets. In some other examples, multiple measurements of a small target at different locations within the target are de-convolved to estimate target area intensity. Reconstructed measurement signals are determined by a convolution of the illumination spot profile and the target area intensity. In a further aspect, the reconstructed signals are used to estimate values of parameters of interest associated with the measured structures. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPS BATTERY MONITORING AND DATA ANALYSIS - A system and method is disclosed for analyzing a set of collected raw data point values and determining which one or ones of the values are erroneous data values. In one implementation of the method specific ones of the values are examined to determine if they are outliers, and if so they are removed from the data set. At least two other ones of the values obtained at points in time prior to a given one of the values are examined. Weights may be assigned to the at least two other values, and the weights used to help generate a predicted data point value. The predicted data point value is compared to the given one of the values to determine if the given one of the values is an erroneous value. In this way the integrity of each data point value in the set can be checked. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160112063 | System and method for compressed sensing - A system for compressed sensing comprising: a compressive sampling module configured for providing a CS-sampled signal and a signal reconstruction module configured for receiving and allocating a first plurality of measurement windows comprising a number of samples from the CS-sampled signal, calculating a corresponding first plurality of reconstruction windows based on the first plurality of measurement windows and calculating a first version of a reconstructed signal based on the first plurality of reconstruction windows. The signal reconstruction module is also configured to allocate a second plurality measurement windows overlapping in content with the first plurality of measurement windows, calculate a second plurality of reconstruction windows based on the second plurality of measurement windows, calculate a second version of the reconstructed signal based on the second plurality of reconstructed windows and generate a reconstructed signal based on values from the first version and the second version of the reconstructed signal. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160116410 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR JOINT REFLECTANCE AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA ESTIMATION - Embodiments are directed to apparatuses and methods that jointly estimate reflectance and fluorescence spectra. An example embodiment includes providing captured intensity characteristics indicative of a target, the intensity characteristics acquired by illuminating the target with different illuminants and passing light in different spectral bands via a photodetector apparatus and providing reflectance properties and fluorescent properties of the target. The example embodiment further includes concurrently adjusting the reflectance properties and fluorescence properties to reduce a quantity indicative of a combination of: a difference between the captured intensity characteristics and intensities predicted using an image formation model incorporating the reflectance properties and fluorescence properties, functions of the reflectance properties, and functions of the fluorescence properties. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116615 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A PARTICLE SPECTRUM - A method is provided for processing a spectrum, obtained using a particle detection system, so as to reduce spectrum artifacts arising from unresolved particle events in the detection system. An input spectrum is obtained which contains artifacts due to “pile up” in the detector. A first effect upon the input spectrum of pairs of unresolved particle events is evaluated and a first corrected input spectrum is generated which comprises the input spectrum with the first effect removed. The effect of a pairs of unresolved particle events is then evaluated for this first corrected input spectrum so as to generate a second corrected input spectrum which comprises the input spectrum with the second effect removed. An output spectrum is then generated based upon a combination of the first and second corrected input spectra. The use of the method in improving sum spectra is also discussed. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160131671 | IDENTIFICATION CALIBRATION METHOD FOR BLOOD GAS BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a recognition and calibration method for the blood gas chemistry analytic system, which comprises the following steps: getting reagent information recorded in the two-dimension code glued to or printed on the test card or reagent package; extracting the basic information of the test card from the reagent information, examining the correctness of the usage of the test card and feeding back the error messages and exiting the test if the usage is incorrect; if the usage is correct, extracting the feature information of the test card from the reagent information, obtaining the feature parameters of the test card and setting them as the feature parameters of the present test; collecting the present test signals and processing the operation of computation and adjustment for the signals according to the feature parameters of the present test and thus, obtaining the test results. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160139034 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a measurement apparatus includes a library creation unit, a spectral profile acquiring unit, and a measurement unit. The library creation unit creates a library in which a layer stack model is matched to a theoretical profile regarding a pattern of stacked layers. The spectral profile acquiring unit acquires an actual measured profile by applying light to a measurement target pattern obtained when the pattern is actually created. The measurement unit measures the sectional shape of the measurement target pattern by performing fitting of the theoretical profile to the actual measured profile. The layer stack model is created by calculating a feature value that reflects the intensity of reflected light from an interface for each of the layers, determining a priority order of analysis from the feature value, and sequentially performing fitting of the theoretical profile to the measured profile in the determined priority order. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139098 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus includes a plurality of modules and a main unit for collecting measurement data output from the modules. The housing of the main unit can be carried by a user of the measurement apparatus, and the plurality of modules are removably accommodated in the housing. A CAN I/F circuit of the main unit collects the measurement data output from the module accommodated in the housing. A main CPU of the main unit outputs the collected measurement data to, for example, a personal computer connected to the main unit. An internal memory and a USB memory connected to a USB memory module store the collected measurement data. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142795 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FORMEASURING A PHYSICAL QUANTITY - A portable electronic device for measuring a physical quantity has at least one sensor device that measures and converts the value or variation of a physical quantity into an analog electrical signal and an electronic device, which acquires the analog electrical signal, converts it into digital format and calculates the engineering value in real time. The device includes two distinct physical units: the first physical unit is a smart mobile electronic device, having an electrical input connecting port for a microphone jack connector, a sound card provided to receive input signals from the connecting port and send them to a processing unit, connected to the card for processing and subsequent emission and/or storage as an output by way of corresponding emission and/or storage; the second physical unit includes the at least one electrical/electronic sensor device, a jack connector corresponding to the microphone connecting port on the first unit, and an electrical/electronic component that converts the analog electrical signal into a frequency value and transmits it to the output jack connector; and wherein the first physical unit includes hardware and software that: receive the analog electrical signal, generated by the at least one sensor device, in the connecting port and convert it into a series of discrete values, the number of which in one second corresponds to the sampling frequency of the smart mobile electronic device; acquire and read the discrete sampled values, in binary data format; store the data in a buffer memory; read the buffer memory and decode the binary data into numerical data; calculate the value of the frequency of the sampled signal by way of a dedicated algorithm; convert, using dedicated software means, the calculated frequency value into a corresponding engineering value for the physical quantity measured, in real time, such that the engineering value for the physical quantity measured is emitted as an output by means of the smart mobile electronic device. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160154118 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154938 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154942 | AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL SENSOR INTERFACE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155621 | Method of Recording ADC Saturation | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160157828 | BEAMFORMING METHOD, MEASUREMENT AND IMAGING INSTRUMENTS, AND COMMUNICATION INSTRUMENTS - Beamforming method that allows a high speed and high accuracy beamforming with no approximate interpolations. This beamforming method includes step (a) that generates reception signals by receiving waves arrival from a measurement object; and step (b) that performs a beamforming with respect to the reception signals generated by step (a); and step (b) including without performing wavenumber matching including approximate interpolation processings with respect to the reception signals, and the reception signals are Fourier's transformed in the axial direction and the calculated Fourier's transform is multiplied to a complex exponential function expressed using a wavenumber of the wave and a carrier frequency to perform wavenumber matching in the lateral direction and further, the product is Fourier's transformed in the lateral direction and the calculated result is multiplied to a complex exponential function, from which an effect of the lateral wavenumber matching is removed, to perform wavenumber matching in the axial direction, by which an image signal is generated. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160171364 | OPTIMISTIC DATA RETRIEVAL IN A PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160178409 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SENSOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160189572 | Tooth Whitening Strip Article Products with Whitening Power Index - Tooth-whitening strip articles, packages, arrays and methods including one or more tooth-whitening strip articles having a power configuration corresponding to a consumer desirable level of treatment, the tooth-whitening strip articles being enclosed in a package; a brand indicator disposed on the package; a line-up indicator disposed on the package, the line-up indicator including at least one line-up indicia selected from visual indicia, narrative indicia or combinations thereof; and optionally, a power specific indicator disposed on the package; wherein the line-up indicator associates the tooth-whitening strip article configuration with a corresponding whitening power, the association enabling a consumer to identify the appropriate tooth-whitening strip article configuration for a user. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160202147 | TIRE CLASSIFICATION | 07-14-2016 |
| 20170234731 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABSORPTION BANDS | 08-17-2017 |
