02nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100010666 | System to secure, control, inventory and dispense items - A safe/secure cabinet that preferably protects and deters the internal and external threat of theft and robbery most preferably for use with controlled and non-controlled items. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010667 | PLANTER MONITOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A planter monitor system and method that provides an operator with near real-time data concerning yield robbing events and the economic cost associated with such yield robbing events so as to motivate the operator to take prompt corrective action. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010668 | LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE TESTING APPARATUS - Provided is a locomotive performance testing apparatus capable of testing the locomotive performance of a test subject while keeping the test subject at a suitable position on a treadmill. According to the locomotive performance testing apparatus ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010669 | EVENT EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROBOT SYNCHRONIZED WITH MOBILE TERMINAL - An event execution method and system for a robot synchronized with a mobile terminal is provided for enabling a robot synchronized with a mobile terminal or a character displayed in the mobile terminal to execute an event on behalf of the mobile terminal and share experience points of the character displayed in the mobile terminal. The event execution system includes a mobile terminal and a robot synchronized with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a short range wireless communication unit which establishes a radio link with the robot, a storage unit which stores a character rearing application for bringing up a character and a behavior contents database of behaviors that a character displayed by the character rearing application conducts, and a control unit which performs synchronization with the robot by means of the short range wireless communication unit and sends, when an event occurs, an event execution command indicating the event to the robot through the radio link, and the robot includes a short range wireless communication unit which establishes the radio link with the mobile terminal, a storage unit which stores a robot displaying application for bringing up the robot and a behavior contents data base of behaviors that the robot conducts, and a control unit which performs synchronization with the mobile terminal by means of the short range wireless communication unit and controls the robot to conduct a behavior corresponding to the event indicated by the event execution command. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010670 | ROBOT - A robot includes a base unit, at least two link mechanisms arranged on the base unit, drive units capable of bending and expanding the link mechanisms, and a control unit controlling the drive units. At least one drive unit has a drive force larger than those of the other drive units, and the other drive units are passively displaced by external forces larger than their own drive forces. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010671 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing system includes a synchronous processing unit configured to execute a group of modules to perform synchronous real-time processing in a single process serving as a unit of execution of a program, a parallel processing unit configured to arrange modules which allow asynchronous processing and which should perform parallel processing in different processes and execute the modules in parallel, and an intermodule communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of data among the modules by means of message passing. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010672 | Docking system for a tele-presence robot - A remote controlled robot system that includes a mobile robot with a robot camera and a battery plug module, and a remote control station that transmits commands to control the mobile robot. The system also includes a battery charging module that mates with the mobile robot battery plug module, and an alignment system that aligns the battery plug module with the battery charging module. The battery modules may also be aligned with the aid of video images of the battery charging module provided to the remote station by a camera located within the battery plug module. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010673 | Tele-presence robot system with multi-cast features - A graphical user interface for a remote controlled robot system that includes a robot view field that displays information provided by a robot and an observer view field that display observer information about one or more observers that can receive the robot information. The interface has various features that allow a master user to control the observation and participation of the observers. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010674 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF A CASTING CURVE FOR A ROBOT CONTROLLER, AND DETECTION SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method for detecting a casting curve for a controller of a robot guiding a pouring spoon includes the steps of manually pouring a smelt from the pouring spoon using a remote control apparatus, detecting and storing at least one time characteristic, and making available the at least one stored time characteristic for use in the robot controller. The at least one time characteristic includes at least of a first time characteristic of a movement of the robot and a second time characteristic of weights of the poured smelt during the pouring. In addition, a method for casting cast parts using a robot having a pouring spoon and a robot controller is disclosed as is a robot system. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010675 | STIRRING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for mixing a viscous flowable medium includes a receptacle for receiving the viscous flowable medium and has a substantially vertically arranged rotatable stirring axle and a stirring assembly that comprises at least one stirring element. In one embodiment, the stirring element is arranged at a lower end of the stirring axle substantially perpendicular thereto for rotation of the stirring element around the stirring axle. The stirring elements are shovel-like and are open towards an end of the stirring axle remote from the lower end and inclined with a slant angle in rotation direction towards a bottom of the receptacle, such that said viscous liquid upon rotation of the stirring axle is at least partly directed upwards in the receptacle by the at least one shovel-like stirring element. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010676 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF FAN MOTOR FOR REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for controlling a driving of a fan motor for a refrigerator. In a normal driving mode that a temperature of the inside of the refrigerator is higher than a predetermined temperature, the fan motor is driven in a normal speed, and in a waiting mode that the temperature of the inside of the refrigerator is lower than the predetermined temperature, the fan motor is driven in a driving speed very lower than that of the normal driving mode, without stopping of the fan motor, accordingly it is capable of preventing moisture introduced into the fan motor from being frozen, thereby preventing the fan motor from being locked. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010677 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF DISCOGENIC PAIN - A method of treating discogenic back pain in a patient includes the steps of acquiring an image of at least a portion of the patient's spine, locating the spinal disc causing the back pain, and identifying a treatment volume encompassing at least a portion of the spinal disc. The method further includes prescribing a radiation dose to be delivered to the treatment volume, providing a radiation therapy machine, positioning the patient in the radiation therapy machine, programming the radiation therapy machine to deliver the radiation dose to the treatment volume, and delivering the radiation dose to the treatment volume. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010678 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL DATA CENTER AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS - A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to determine at least one data center condition and determine or estimate a current energy cost. Additionally, the method includes dynamically control a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the data center based on the determined at least one data center condition and the determined or estimated current energy cost. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010679 | ENERGY EFFICIENT METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING AN HVAC SYSTEM - A method of monitoring and controlling an active environmental control system to impose energy efficient use of the system. The method includes the steps of monitoring a calling device for a change in calling data, time and date stamp the change in calling data, detecting a change in status of a plurality of physical sensors located within the system, wherein the state of each sensor represents a condition of the environment in which the system resides, time and date stamp the change in status of the plurality of physical sensors, measuring the temperature of a plurality of temperature locations within the system, time and date stamp the measured temperature of the temperature locations, storing for an extended period the calling data, the status change of the physical sensors and the measured temperature of the plurality of temperature locations, together with the respective time and date stamp, in a memory of the system, filtering the calling data, the physical sensors status change and the measured temperature for a system control trigger to identify system control trigger data, extracting a probability decision, to predict a direction of trend, by comparing recent system control trigger data with prior recorded system control trigger data, weighting the system control trigger data, based on the probability decision that the data is causing the output event trigger, in order to effect a desired change in output, and controlling the system based on the weighted system control trigger data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010680 | AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD - An air conditioning control device includes an operating-unit specifying unit, an adjacent-unit specifying unit and an adjacent-unit control unit, and collectively controls the operation of an indoor unit group. The operating-unit specifying unit specifies an operating unit to perform an air conditioning operation from the indoor units included in the indoor unit group. The adjacent-unit specifying unit specifies an adjacent unit adjacent to the operating unit from the indoor units included in the indoor unit group. The adjacent-unit control unit causes the adjacent unit to perform an air flow generating operation. This air flow inhibits air conditioned by the air conditioning operation of the operating unit from diffusing from an air conditioning target space. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS - A refrigeration system comprising a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser for condensing refrigerant to a liquid, an evaporator for evaporating liquid refrigerant from the condenser to a gas, an inner control loop for optimizing a supply of liquid refrigerant to the evaporator, and an outer control loop for optimizing a level of refrigerant in the evaporator, said outer control loop defining a supply rate for said inner control loop based on an optimization including measurement of evaporator performance, and said inner control loop optimizing liquid refrigerant supply based on said defined supply rate. Independent variables, such as proportion of oil in refrigerant, amount of refrigerant, contaminants, non-condensibles, scale and other deposits on heat transfer surfaces, may be estimated or measured. A model of the system and/or a thermodynamic model approximating the system, for example derived from temperature and pressure gages, as well as power computations or measurements, is employed to determine or estimate the effect on efficiency of deviance from an optimal state. Various methods are provided for returning the system to an optimal state, and for calculating a cost-effectiveness of employing such processes. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010682 | IRRIGATION SYSTEM - A technique for controlling an irrigation system is disclosed. The technique comprises receiving landscape information, receiving environmental information, deriving an irrigation schedule based on the landscape information and the environmental information, and sending the irrigation schedule to an irrigation control unit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER-LIMITING ELECTRICAL ACCESS - A system for load control in an electrical power system is described, wherein one or more load-limiting devices such as outlets and/or lighting sockets are provided to a home or building. The load-limiting devices conserve power and increase safety by not allowing a user to attach a device that draws excess power. Unlike circuit breakers and fuses, the load-limiting devices automatically resume normal operation when the excess load is removed. In one embodiment, the power authority sends commands to tell the load-monitoring device to provide reduced power service. In one embodiment, the commands are time-limited, thereby allowing the electric power device system to resume normal operation after a specified period of time. In one embodiment, the commands include query commands to cause the control device to report operating characteristics (e.g., efficiency, time of operation, etc.) back to the power authority. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010684 | Protection techniques for an electric power system - One embodiment of the present application is directed to a protection technique for an electric power generation system. In one or more implementations, an electric power generator, generator control circuitry, electrical output sensors to provide one or more corresponding signals, electrical switching equipment to selectively couple the generator to an electrical load, and electric power feeder or branch circuit conductors, to route electric power from the generator to the switching equipment, are provided. The control circuitry is responsive to the sensor signals to determine if a shutdown condition exists as a function of a protection profile determined for the system. This profile may account for damage thresholds of the generator, the feeder or branch circuit conductors, the electrical switching equipment for each of a number of different combinations of level and duration of electrical output as represented by the sensor signals. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010685 | SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING AND COLLECTING ELECTRIC CHARGE FEE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric charge fee calculation and collection system for an electric vehicle includes a charge control unit that receives power from a power supply means and charges a battery of the vehicle; a power usage amount and cost calculation unit that measures a power usage amount supplied to the battery from the power supply means and calculates an electricity rate corresponding to the measured power usage amount; and a collection means that collects the electricity rate from a user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010686 | Distributing Alternatively Generated Power to a Real Estate Development - A system for distributing alternatively generated power to a real estate development having at least two individual properties includes at least one alternative energy power generator. A distribution station is coupled to the at least one alternative energy power generator. A plurality of real estate properties are coupled to the distribution station. A written instrument associates ownership rights in a portion of the power received from the alternative energy power generator with ownership of at least one of the plurality of real estate properties. A method includes providing a plurality of real estate properties and an alternative energy power generator that forms a cooperative power farm coupled to a distribution station. A credit of power provided from the cooperative power farm to the distribution station is metered. Rights to a portion of the metered credit are included with ownership of at least one of the plurality of real estate properties. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010687 | Distributing Alternatively Generated Power to a Real Estate Development - A method for distributing alternatively generated power to a real estate development includes subdividing the real estate development into a plurality of plots. A portion of the subdivided real estate development is dedicated to alternative energy power generation. An alternative energy power generator is provided that forms a cooperative power farm electrically coupled to a power grid. Power is at least in part generated on the dedicated portion of the subdivided real estate development. Rights to a portion of an output of the cooperative power farm are included with ownership of at least one of the plurality of plots. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010688 | Energy monitoring and management - A method of controlling energy use in a system comprising a plurality of computing resources arranged in at least one computing device is described. The method includes: defining a desired heat profile for a computing device which optimises airflow characteristics for the computing device; monitoring the energy use of at lease one computing resource; determining the heat generation of each computing resource at least partly on the basis of the energy use of the computing resource; and controlling the operation of one or more computing resources so that the heat generation of the computing device is optimised towards the desired heat profile. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010689 | DRUNKEN DRIVING PREVENTION DEVICE, DRUNKEN DRIVING PREVENTION METHOD, AND DRUNKEN DRIVING PREVENTION PROGRAM - A drunken driving prevention device having an alcohol sensor and being mounted on a vehicle including an automobile includes a judging element for judging whether inspection for detecting alcohol via the alcohol sensor should be performed or not based on predetermined conditions when the vehicle is started. The drunken driving prevention device further includes an element for performing the inspection via the alcohol sensor when the judging element judges to perform inspection, and a control element for disabling operation of the vehicle if alcohol is detected as a result of the inspection. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010690 | Radio Communication System for Controlling a Vehicle - A radio control system for controlling a vehicle includes a transmission node for transmitting vehicle control data, the vehicle control data including at least one of a measured value of a vehicle state or a driver's manipulated variable and a control target value of a control actuator in the vehicle, a reception node for receiving the vehicle control data, and a plurality of radio communication routes between the transmission node and the reception node. A radio communication route that satisfies communication limit time of transmission data including the vehicle control data and satisfies lowest required reliability of the transmission data is selected from among the radio communication routes. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010691 | Far End Remote Control Method and System - A far end remote control method and system relates to a remote control operating way, which includes a coordinate area, a central portion and an index. The coordinate area is partitioned into a number of quadrants. The central portion is located at the center of the coordinate area. The index is able to move within the coordinate area. The motion of a remote-controlled device such as a robot is decided by locating the index in a different quadrant. Besides, the strength of the motion of the remote-controlled device is further controlled by the distance between the index and the central portion. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010692 | Integrating avionics system with single event upset autonomous recovery - A novel system and method for detecting and recovering from single event upsets in integrating processing systems are presented. Two delta value processing lanes may be utilized to process raw data from inertial sensors. The output of the two processing lanes may be compared to detect the presence of an SEU. If an error is detected, a previously stored set of delta values may be utilized by the system. Additionally, the system may contain a temporary buffer to store calculated delta values in the event of a processor reset caused by an SEU or other error. The temporary buffer may store delta values accumulated during the processor reset and may furnish these stored delta values to the processor once it has finished resetting. The stored delta values may then be batch-processed and applied to system state values saved to memory prior to the processor reset. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010693 | METHOD AND A CALCULATING UNIT FOR CALCULATION OF A RECOVERY FLIGHT PATH - The invention relates to a method for calculating a flight path avoiding a collision with the ground when an aircraft dives towards the ground. The method includes receiving signals including information of a dive angle of the aircraft in relation to the imaginary ground plane, and a present roll angle of the aircraft, and calculating a flight path that avoids collision with the ground on the basis of the information. The calculation includes calculating a need for rolling the aircraft based on the present roll angle, and calculating a need for changing the direction of the velocity vector of the aircraft so that the change has a component in an upward direction in relation to the reference frame of the aircraft. The calculation of the need for rolling the aircraft is also based on the dive angle so that the calculated flight path turns sideways when the dive angle surpasses a specified dive angle and when the present roll angle is larger than zero degrees, and so that the flight path continues in a forward direction when the dive angle is below the specified dive angle. The invention also relates to a ground collision calculating unit, a computer program, and a computer readable medium. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010694 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING RNP FOR SAFE TERRAIN CLEARANCE - Systems and methods for monitoring Required Navigational Performance (RNP) Procedures and reducing nuisance Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System warnings including a processor, a memory with RNP instructions and data, and a communication device. The processor accesses the RNP data and instructions from the memory, and uses the communication device to obtain flight information from a Flight Management System of an aircraft. When the processor determines that the aircraft is in RNP space, the processor projects an RNP envelope and modifies a warning envelope of an EGPWS to coincide with the RNP envelope if the EGPWS warning envelope extends farther than the RNP envelope. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010695 | HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM WITH REMOTE-MOUNTED SENSOR - A navigation system for an aircraft includes one or more wing-mounted sensors whose outputs are effected by the flexing of the wing during flight. The navigation system corrects for these errors using measurements of actual wing flex taken during an initial flight and thereafter assumed to be valid for all subsequent flights and for all aircraft using the same type of airframe. The actual measurements of wing flex define a wing flex correction factor that the navigation system may adjust during flight to reduce or remove residual errors. The wing flex correction factor accounts for all three types of possible wing flex: pitch, roll, and yaw flexing. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010696 | ENHANCING MOBILE MULTIPLE-ACCESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method for estimating engine thrust values of an aircraft is disclosed, the method comprising calculating estimated thrust value of an engine based on an equation of longitudinal motion, aircraft data measured during flight and calibrated drag/lift models, and a method for determining the thrust of an aircraft engine, based on information available from tracking the aircraft air-speed, acceleration, and position, the method comprising calculating the thrust, using the following equation: Thrust=mg{dot over (H)}/V+m{dot over (V)}+Drag. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010697 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A vehicle has a plurality of traveling modes. A display device for the vehicle comprises: a display unit displaying map information; and a control unit causing the display unit to display recognizably, at a portion of roads in the map information, traveling modes that correspond to the roads. Preferably, the control unit sets a destination in response to an instruction received from an operator, searches for a traveling route extending from a starting point to the destination, divides the traveling route into segments, and associates one of the traveling modes with each of the segments. More preferably, the control unit causes the display unit to display the plurality of candidate traveling routes, each with the traveling mode overlaid thereon, and selects in response to an instruction of the operator one traveling route planned to be taken among the plurality of candidate traveling routes. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010698 | Charging System - A charging system that facilitates tracking of a stolen charging subject. The charging subject includes a battery and has a unique identification code. A charging device is connected to the battery of the charging subject by an electric cable, and the battery is chargeable. A server is connected to either one of the charging device and the charging subject and manages charging of the charging subject with the charging device. The server is cable of registering an identification code of the charging subject. The server obtains the identification code from the charging subject, determined whether or not the obtained identification code is registered in the server, and transmits to the charging device a charging prohibition command for prohibiting charging of the charging subject with the charging device when the obtained identification code is not registered in the server. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010699 | Cruise control plan evaluation device and method - A cruise control plan evaluation device ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010700 | MAPPING IN MOBILE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS, SUCH AS FOR UTILITY METER READING AND RELATED APPLICATIONS - A mobile data collection system may perform or facilitate monitoring and management of mobile automatic meter reading (MAMR) activities via out of route meter read identification and graphical route playback. In identifying out of route endpoints, the mobile data collection system receives an indication of each of the endpoints included in a predetermined meter reading route. The mobile data collection system executes the route detecting endpoints and collecting location information relating to out of route endpoints that are not included in the predetermined route. Location information identifying the out of route endpoints is then presented to a user. In facilitating graphical route playback, the mobile data collection system collects information as it progresses through the route. The collected information may then be used in a graphical playback of the route, which shows the mobile data collection system dynamically traveling through the route (e.g., on a map) and reading endpoints. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010701 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING UNSTABLE DRIVING STATES - A method for identifying unstable driving states is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: (a) detecting whether the magnitude of a difference between a first value of a driving state variable that is detected by means of a first sensor, and a second value of the driving states variable that is calculated from measured values of at least one further sensor, increases over time, (b) filtering the difference by means of a delay element after it has been established that the difference has increased, (c) comparing the filters difference and the unfiltered difference, and (d) establishing the presence of an unstable driving states when the comparison shows that a deviation between the filtered difference and the unfiltered difference exceeds a predefined threshold value. The method enables an unstable driving state to be identified even when a driving states variable has an offset error which is of the desired size. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010702 | DYNAMIC DECISION SEQUENCING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PLAN - A diagnostic tool and a computer-implemented method for generating testing and diagnosis procedures for vehicle diagnosis include determining if a first procedure remains to be performed, if a first procedure remains to be performed, then determining whether: there is a second procedure dependent on the first procedure, or the first procedure can run in parallel to the second procedure, if there is a second procedure dependent on the first procedure, then performing the first procedure, if the first procedure can run in parallel to the second procedure, then performing the first procedure, and determining if the second procedure remains to be performed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010703 | Machine guidance system - A guidance system for a mobile machine is disclosed. The guidance system may have a scanning device configured to generate a signal indicative of a lateral distance from the machine to a roadway marker, a locating device configured to determine a geographical location of the machine, and a controller in communication with the scanning device and the locating device. The controller may be configured to receive a desired lateral distance from the machine to the roadway marker, and to compare the desired lateral distance to the actual lateral distance. The controller may further be configured to implement a response to the comparison based on the geographical location. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010704 | DEGRADATION DETERMINING APPARATUS FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND DEGRADATION DETERMINING METHOD FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A vehicle identifying unit obtains an identification number of a vehicle from the vehicle. A first evaluation unit evaluates a degradation state of a power storage device based on the use history of the power storage device obtained from the vehicle, using data analyzed beforehand concerning the relation between the use history and the degradation state of the power storage device. A second evaluation unit evaluates a degradation state of the power storage device using data collected when the power storage device of the vehicle is charged from a power station or when power is fed from the vehicle to the power station. A degradation determining unit determines the degradation state of the power storage device based on the degradation states evaluated by the first and second evaluation units. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010705 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE DATA - A method of installing a vehicle data-monitoring device and a substitute vehicle data connector into a vehicle having a vehicle data-monitoring system with an existing vehicle data connector. The method comprises the steps of: removing the existing vehicle data connector from a socket in the vehicle; inserting the substitute vehicle data connector into the socket; connecting the vehicle data connectors such that the existing vehicle data connector is in communication with the vehicle data-monitoring device and also in communication with the substitute vehicle data connector. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010706 | VEHICLE CONTROL AND INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM - An integrated system to control peripherals in a vehicle includes a control and interconnection system having a supervisory processor and/or supervisory control. The control and interconnection system is responsive to feedback from peripherals associated with the vehicle. Moreover, the supervisory processor supervises a plurality of peripherals in communication with the control and interconnection system, where at least one of the plurality of the peripherals includes a controller and is associated with at least one of the: vehicle dynamics, vehicle power train and vehicle body, of a corresponding vehicle. Still further, the supervisory processor provides control information to each of the plurality of peripherals to coordinate performance characteristics based upon at least one operating condition that is determined by the control and interconnection system. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010707 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND VEHICLE - An SOC calculating unit calculates a first value based on an open voltage of a battery upon startup of a vehicle (when the operation of the battery starts), and has a calculated second value stored in a storage unit upon stop of the vehicle (when the operation of the battery ends). An initial value selecting unit selects the first value as an initial value when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and selects the second value as the initial value when this condition is not satisfied. In a case where the first value has low reliability, the second value is set as the initial value even if the second value may be deviated from an actual SOC value. This can reduce a difference between the SOC value stored in advance and the actual SOC value as compared with that in a case where the first value is set as the initial value. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010708 | Methods of Identifying Flight Profiles in Aircraft Maintenance Operations - The method of identifying a flight profile of an aircraft, the aircraft including a centralized maintenance system and an item of equipment including a component designed to measure the environmental conditions, comprises:
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20100010709 | BICYCLE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A bicycle is disclosed having a control system with a user interface and an active suspension system. The control system includes a one or more sensors arranged to measure and transmit a signal indicative of the terrain over which the bicycle is being ridden. The active suspension system includes a valve box that is fluidly coupled to each chamber of the lower cylinder. An orifice in the valve box is changed in size in response to a signal from a sensor associated with the front wheel that changes the response of the suspension system due to changing terrain conditions. The user interface includes a selection device mounted to the handlebars that allows the user to change parameters of the active suspension system during operation of the bicycle. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010710 | System for Influencing the Driving Behavior of a Vehicle - A system and a device are provided for influencing the driving behavior of a vehicle by way of first and second closed-loop controls. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010711 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - In the conventional vehicle control device, since a detection timing of turn is late, at the time of making the change of gear ratio based the detection timing, a sense of discomfort is brought to a driver. Moreover, steering wheel angle sensor, yaw rate sensor or lateral acceleration sensor is very expensive, resulting in the cost increase of the vehicle control devices. From information regarding a steering force that can be obtained from an electric power steering device, a turn intention of a driver is detected, and based the turning intention, the change of gear ratio is conducted. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010712 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING DRIVING COMFORT IN A STEERING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method for supporting a driver when steering a vehicle, in which a servo torque, as well as an additional actuating torque that may additionally be exerted on the steering system of the vehicle, are produced in order to cause the driver to make a change in the position of the steering wheel. The steering intervention by the additional required actuating torque may be made significantly more comfortable if the gradient of the actuating torque is limited to a maximum value. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010713 | THRESHING ROTOR POWER MONITOR - A harvesting machine including an engine and a grain threshing system driven by the engine. The grain threshing system includes at least one rotating member, at least one concave, a torque measuring device and an adjustment mechanism. The at least one rotating member receives a torque from the engine. The at least one concave is proximate to the at least one rotating member. The torque measuring device is coupled to the rotating member or the engine. The torque measuring device produces a signal related to the torque applied to the rotating member. The adjusting mechanism is coupled to the at least one concave. The adjusting mechanism is configured to position the at least one concave relative to the at least one rotating member dependent upon the signal. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010714 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A LOAD AT THE END OF A ROPE WRAPPED OVER A ROD - A machine for raising and lowering a load, the machine including a platform, a boom attached at one end to the platform, a rod mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of the boom on the other end of a boom, the rod having a central bore there through, with at least two strain gauges mounted therein and angled relative to each other, a hoist rope extending over the rod and having an end adapted to be attached to the load, and a mechanism connected to the at least two strain gauges for determining the angle of departure of the hoist rope from the rod and the amount of pull of the load on the hoist rope. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010715 | IMPROPER START PREVENTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - If a control portion determines that the direction of travel of the vehicle with a range selected by the driver is different from the direction intended by the driver to move the vehicle, a vehicle inhibiting mechanism is activated to inhibit the movement of the vehicle. The activation of the vehicle inhibiting mechanism is based on a detection signal of the range selected by the driver from a range detecting portion, and a driver state detection signal from a driver state detecting portion. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010716 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICULAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control device for an automatic transmission | 2010-01-14 |
20100010717 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control device executes a gear change control based on a first gear change map, in which the accelerator operation amount and the vehicle speed are used as parameters to define gear change timings, if a brake device is not actuated while the vehicle is running, and executes the gear change control based on a second gear change map, in which the brake actuation pressure and the vehicle speed are used as parameters to define gear change timings that positively utilize engine braking, if the brake device is actuated while the vehicle is running. The control device allows an automatic transmission to execute the gear change control in which engine braking is positively utilized according to conditions, contributing to diversified gear change control. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010718 | Method of Controlling the Closing Phase of a Clutch of an Automated Automobile Transmission System - A method of controlling an automobile clutch in an automated transmission system with a CMPC control is disclosed with an application of vehicle clutch control in an AMT system. The driver's request is translated in terms of sliding velocity ω | 2010-01-14 |
20100010719 | Method for the Operation of an Electromechanically Operable Parking Brake - An electromechanically actuable parking brake for motor vehicles is disclosed. The brake includes at least one electromechanical actuator whose rotational movement is converted into a translational movement by an actuating unit, and which moves at least one brake element in such a way that at least one brake lining which is connected to the brake element is pressed with a locking force against a rotor which is connected to a motor vehicle wheel, wherein the current consumption of electromechanical actuator when the parking brake is engaged and/or released can be acquired. Furthermore, a method for operating the electromechanically actuable parking brake is also disclosed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010720 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE OVER-SPEED PROTECTION - A method for assembling a gas turbine engine to prevent rotor over-speeding is described. The method includes serially coupling a first fuel system interface to a second fuel system interface, such that at least one of the first fuel system interface and the second fuel system interface is coupled to the gas turbine engine. The method also includes coupling a control system to the first fuel system interface and to the second fuel system interface. The control system is configured to identify an occurrence of an over-speed condition. The method also includes programming the control system to discontinue fuel flow to the engine when both the first fuel system interface and the second fuel system interface indicate an over-speed condition has occurred. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010721 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE OVER-SPEED PROTECTION - A method for assembling a gas turbine engine is described. The method includes coupling a first fuel system interface (FSI-1) to a second fuel system interface (FSI-2), and coupling one of the FSI-1 and the FSI-2 to the engine. The method includes coupling a first control system and a second control system to the FSI-1 and to the FSI-2. The first control system includes a first driver A and a second driver A, and the second control system includes a first driver B and a second driver B. The method includes configuring the first control system and the second control system to apply a first over-speed logic algorithm and a second over-speed logic algorithm to determine operation of the first driver A, the second driver A, the first driver B, and the second driver B. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010722 | INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS WITH ADAPTIVE LEARNING MODULES - A diagnostic system for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air temperature (IAT) determination module, a reference temperature determination module, and an adaptive learning module. The IAT determination modules determines a first IAT using an IAT sensor at a first time and determines a second IAT using the IAT sensor at a second time. The reference temperature determination module determines a first frequency based on a first voltage output of a MAF sensor at the first time and determines a second frequency based on a second voltage output of the MAF sensor at the second time. The adaptive learning module determines a temperature-frequency relationship based on the first IAT, the second IAT, the first frequency and the second frequency. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010723 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A vehicle control device including an eco-run control system for automatically stopping the engine under a predetermined condition when the vehicle is stopped and starting the engine under a predetermined restart condition further includes a vehicle surroundings monitoring device that detects a possibility of the vehicle being collided with by another vehicle. When the vehicle surroundings monitoring device detects a possibility of collision while the engine is kept in a stop mode because of eco-run control and when starting the engine will provide a benefit (when there is a possibility of avoiding a collision), the engine is immediately started to give the driver an opportunity to avoid the collision and a PCS device is activated in preparation for the collision. When the collision is inevitable, only the PCS device is activated. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010724 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL FOR IMPROVED FUEL EFFICIENCY - A variety of methods and arrangements for improving the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines are described. Generally, selected combustion events are skipped during operation of the internal combustion engine so that other working cycles can operate at a better thermodynamic efficiency. In one aspect of the invention, an engine is controlled to operate in a variable displacement mode. In the variable displacement mode, fuel is not delivered to the working chambers (e.g. cylinders) during selected “skipped” working cycles. During active (“non-skipped”) working cycles, a maximum (e.g., unthrottled) amount of air and an optimized amount of fuel is delivered to the relevant working chambers so that the fired working chambers can operate at efficiencies closer to their optimal efficiency. A controller is used to dynamically determine the chamber firings required to provide the engine torque based on the engine's current operational state and conditions. The chamber firings may be sequenced in real time or in near real time in a manner that helps reduce undesirable vibrations of the engine. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010725 | MULTIFUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND COMBUSTION CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A multifuel internal combustion engine includes: fuel characteristics determining unit that determines ignitability and anti-knocking performance of the fuel introduced into the combustion chamber CC; combustion mode setting unit that sets a compression hypergolic diffusion combustion mode when ignitability of the fuel is excellent, sets a premixed spark-ignition flame propagation combustion mode when the ignitability of the fuel is poor and anti-knocking performance is excellent, and sets a spark assist compression hypergolic diffusion combustion mode when both the ignitability and anti-knocking performance of the fuel are poor; and combustion control execution unit that makes the engine to drive in a combustion mode which is set by the combustion mode setting unit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010726 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - At least one of a petroleum fuel and an alcohol fuel stored in a fuel tank is supplied to an internal combustion engine. Specifically, the fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to an injector by a fuel pump module. The injector injects the fuel into an intake pipe. An ECU adjusts a fuel injection quantity according to an alcohol concentration of the fuel When the fuel-supply-pressure to the injector is less than or equal to a threshold pressure, the ECU determines the fuel pump module has a malfunction. Especially, the ECU varies the threshold pressure according to the alcohol concentration of the fuel. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010727 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLY OF LPG, METHANE, AMMONIA, AND GAS IN GENERAL FOR PETROL OR DIESEL ENGINES WITH ELECTRONIC PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR CONTINUOUS VARIATION OF THE PRESSURE OF THE FUEL SUPPLIED TO THE INJECTORS - A system for supply of LPG/methane, ammonia, or gas for supply of petrol or diesel engines, which can be connectable to the electronic control unit ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION FOR A TURBOCHARGED ENGINE - A system and method for delivering EGR to an internal combustion engine is presented. The system can reduce system cost and lower system complexity. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010729 | Changing An Operation Of An Engine Associated With A Transportation Device Based On A State Of A Traffic Light - Systems and methods to change an operation of an engine associated with a transportation device based on a state of a traffic light are disclosed. A first message is received at a receiver associated with a transportation device from a transmitter associated with a traffic light. A second message is sent based at least partially on the first message to an electronic control unit managing an engine of the transportation device. The second message causes the electronic control unit to stop an operation of the engine. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A device and method for providing traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to identify an upcoming traffic event expected to be first encountered by the device and select an icon corresponding to the identified category. The display is operable to present an indication of the selected icon. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010731 | ESTIMATION METHOD OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION - The present invention provides a method of estimating traffic information of a road section at a particular time point on the basis of the traffic information of the road at the time point or points before the particular time point and the traffic information of the adjacent roads. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010732 | METHOD FOR VEHICLE ROUTE PLANNING - A method of planning a vehicle route includes estimating fuel requirements of identified alternative routes or route segments using navigation, vehicle, and powertrain information. The method also includes displaying for a vehicle operator a list of alternate routes that features either absolute or relative values representative of such estimated fuel requirements. The method further includes adapting values used to estimate fuel requirements based upon current powertrain operating parameters, and alerting the vehicle operator when actual vehicle fuel economy along a selected route varies significantly from the estimated fuel requirement. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010733 | ROUTE PREDICTION - Driving history of a user with regard to a particular road intersection can be collected and retained in storage. A Markov model can be used to predict likelihood of the user making a particular decision regarding the intersection. A highest likelihood decision can be identified and used to create a travel route. In addition, contextual information can be taken into account when creating the route, such as time of day, road conditions, user situation, and the like. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010734 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AN ESTIMATED TOTAL TIME REQUIREMENT OF THE NAVIGATION-PLANNED ROUTE - A navigation device and a method for calculating estimated total time requirement of navigation-planned routes with enhanced prediction accuracy includes: a map database for pre-defining calculation parameter and properties of feasible road information and traffic signs along the routes; a configuration module for entering coordinates of indication points determined as a destination where a vehicle reaches; a route planning module for receiving satellite signals of global positioning system, searching the map database for the coordinate of the indication point determined as a departure place and defined by the satellite signals received by a satellite positioning system, and planning simulated routes between the indication point determined as the departure place and the indication point as the destination place; and a process module for calculating traveling time according to properties of the feasible road information of the planned simulated routes and total stopping time according to the calculation parameter and the number of traffic signs along the simulated routes, thus obtaining estimated total time requirement by adding up the traveling time and the total stopping time. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010735 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device divides a pathfinding range into plural areas and performs pathfinding in consideration of congestion information. The navigation device includes a forecast congestion information generating unit configured to generate forecast congestion information corresponding to a predetermined time based on traffic information; and a forecast congestion information applying unit configured to apply, to each of the areas, the forecast congestion information corresponding to a time when a vehicle arrives in each of the areas. The navigation device includes an area setting unit configured to set regions divided by concentric circles centering around a present location, as the plural areas. The radius of the concentric circles is incremented by a fixed length that is set beforehand for each region or each time zone. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010736 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR ADDING MAP COMPONENT TO ADDRESS BOOK - Methods, systems, and computer products for adding a map component to an address book which include initiating an address book, adding a map component to the address book that corresponds to an entry of the address book, and providing the map component. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010737 | Position guiding method and apparatus for mobile communication terminal - A system and method and for guiding a mobile communication terminal. A position guiding system and method for a mobile communication terminal includes a position guiding apparatus configured to load map information of an area corresponding to a service cell that is selected from a plurality of cells divided to provide a mobile communication service and where the mobile communication terminal is positioned and the POI stored in correspondence to a cell ID of the service cell when a request to check the position of the mobile communication terminals is made. The position guiding apparatus displays the loaded map information and POI on a display unit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010738 | NAVIGATION SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MOBILE DEVICE - A navigation service system and a navigation service method are provided. The navigation service system includes a mobile device, and a web server for communicating with the mobile device, the mobile device includes a display unit for displaying at least one navigation widget icon, a wireless communication unit for executing wireless communications with the web server, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module for receiving location information of the mobile device, a memory unit for storing a navigation widget, and a navigation widget controller for controlling the wireless communication unit to transmit the location information of the mobile device to the web server, for controlling the wireless communication unit to receive map data related to the location information from the web server, and for controlling the display unit to display the map data and the location information. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010739 | Route search system, mobile terminal, and route supply server - A route search system includes mobile terminals provided with wireless communications function, and a route supply server. The route supply server includes a route map database that stores a route map; a positional information obtaining section that obtains respective pieces of positional information of the mobile terminals; a point and route calculating section that searches the route map database based on the respective pieces of positional information of the mobile terminals obtained by the positional information obtaining section, and determines a meeting point for users carrying the mobile terminals, respectively, and respective moving routes to the meeting point for the users; and a point and route notifying section that provides notification of the meeting point and each of the moving routes to the meeting point determined by the point and route calculating section to each of the mobile terminals carried by each of the users. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010740 | PERMISSION MODULE ON MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A system, apparatus, and method for techniques to retrieve and process information from communication networks on a mobile computing device are described. The apparatus may include a first interface module to receive a query and to display results of said query. The results include location information of at least one entity associated with the query. The apparatus may include a second interface module to transfer the query to a data source server, receive the results from the data source server, and transfer the results to said first interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010741 | Inertial measurement with an imaging sensor and a digitized map - The present invention relates to a system and method for determining vehicle attitude and position from image data detected by sensors in a vehicle. The invention uses calculated differences between the locations of selected features in an image plane and the location of corresponding features in a terrain map to determine the attitude of the vehicle carrying the sensors with respect to a ground frame of reference. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010742 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A collision avoidance system uses map information to manage power. The collision avoidance system operates at a first communications range when a vehicle is determined, based upon the map information, to be in a relatively low collision risk scenario. When the collision avoidance system determines that the vehicle is approaching a situation of increased collision risk, such as an intersection, the communications is increased. The communications range may be increased by increasing the power to the antenna system or using antenna diversity techniques. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010743 | Multi-Sensor Detectors - A multi-sensor fire detector incorporates at least one acoustic resonator and other type or types of fire sensor. Other types include smoke sensors, gas sensors or optically based fire sensors. Outputs from the acoustic resonator can be processed with or without outputs from the other type or types of fire sensors to establish the presence of an alarm condition. Multiple acoustic resonators can be incorporated into the same detector. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010744 | MONTE CARLO METHOD FOR LAPLACE INVERSION OF NMR DATA - Methods and related systems are described for extracting information about a system of nuclear spins including: performing a plurality of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) measurements on the system of nuclear spins; acquiring NMR data from each of the plurality of NMR measurements; performing data inversion using an random-sampler to generate an ensemble of spectra so as to extract information about the system of nuclear spins; and analyzing the performed random-sampler inversion results to extract information about the system of nuclear spins. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010745 | Well Log Normalization - A method of normalizing well log data relating to geology of a subsurface region includes identifying a pair of markers defining a zone on each well log, determining a statistic for a property within the zone for each well log, fitting a smooth function to the statistics to create a first-iteration trend surface, determining, for each statistic, a deviation from the trend surface and eliminating those statistics that deviate from the trend surface by greater than a threshold value, fitting a smooth function to the remaining statistics to create a second-iteration trend surface, normalizing the property for each well log based on the second-iteration trend surface, and analyzing the normalized properties to determine the geology of the subsurface region. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010746 | Sample analyzer, method for displaying analysis result information of a sample and computer program product - The present invention is to present a sample analyzer comprising: an analysis result information generator for generating analysis result information including an analysis result of a sample; a display; a display controller for controlling the display so as to display the analysis result information generated by the analysis result information generator; an input receiver for receiving an input of a comment to one of the analysis result information; a memory for storing the comment received by the input receiver; and a determiner for determining whether another analysis result information to be displayed on the display meets with a predetermined condition, wherein the display controller controls the display so as to display the another analysis result information and the comment stored in the memory, when the determiner has determined that the another analysis result information meets with the predetermined condition. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010747 | MOLECULAR NETWORK ANALYSIS SUPPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A molecular network analysis support method includes receiving designation of a biological phenomenon, extracting an interaction from a molecular network, and calculating a relation strength between the designated biological phenomenon and the extracted interaction. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010748 | Method and system for DNA analysis - The present invention pertains to a process for automatically analyzing nucleic acid samples. Specifically, the process comprises the steps of forming electrophoretic data of DNA samples with DNA ladders; comparing these data; transforming the coordinates of the DNA sample's data into DNA length coordinates; and analyzing the DNA sample in length coordinates. This analysis is useful for automating fragment analysis and quality assessment. The automation enables a business model based on usage, since it replaces (rather than assists) labor. This analysis also provides a mechanism whereby data generated on different instruments can be confidently compared. Genetic applications of this invention include gene discovery, genetic diagnosis, and drug discovery. Forensic applications include identifying people and their relatives, catching perpetrators, analyzing DNA mixtures, and exonerating innocent suspects. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010749 | SEQUENCING - The invention relates to improvements in sequencing of polymers. In particular, the invention relates to a method of sequencing a polymer, the method comprising providing a plurality of data sets, each set comprising data representing the concentration of synthesised polymers from a plurality of chain termination reactions, wherein the data sets include termination artefacts; aligning two or more of the data sets based on at least one termination artefact present in said two or more data sets; and determining the polymer sequence based on the aligned data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010750 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE PRESSURE AND/OR MOLAR MASS OF A GAS IN A HOUSING, AND CORRESPONDING MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a method for measuring the pressure and/or molar mass of a gas in a housing, the measure being carried out via an acoustic sensor, said acoustic sensor at least one transducer ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010751 | System and method for gemstone cut grading - A system for grading the cut of a diamond utilizes a number of appearance metrics to generate scores for a number of cut components that affect cut quality. These cut components include brightness, fire, scintillation, overweight, durability, polish, and symmetry. The cut grading system employs a cut grading algorithm that processes the individual scores obtained for the cut components to generate an overall cut grade for the diamond. The scoring methodology and the cut grading algorithm are designed to emulate actual observation grading such that the overall cut grade represents a fair indication of the cut quality of the diamond. In one practical embodiment, the cut grading system is fully automated and computer-implemented. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010752 | System and method for gemstone cut grading - A system for grading the cut of a diamond utilizes a number of appearance metrics to generate scores for a number of cut components that affect cut quality. These cut components include brightness, fire, scintillation, overweight, durability, polish, and symmetry. The cut grading system employs a cut grading algorithm that processes the individual scores obtained for the cut components to generate an overall cut grade for the diamond. The scoring methodology and the cut grading algorithm are designed to emulate actual observation grading such that the overall cut grade represents a fair indication of the cut quality of the diamond. In one practical embodiment, the cut grading system is fully automated and computer-implemented. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010753 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPING MESH NETWORKS AND ESTIMATING AIR FLOW AROUND VEHICLE BODY SURFACES - A method for developing a mesh network for analyzing air flow around a surface of a vehicle body includes the steps of determining a plurality of estimates for a flow direction for the air flow for a plurality of locations around the surface and generating the mesh network based at least in part on the plurality of estimates. The mesh network comprises a plurality of mesh lines. Each mesh line is at least substantially aligned with the flow direction proximate a corresponding one of the plurality of locations. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010754 | Artificial Lateral Line - An artificial sensor comprises at least one substrate, and a plurality of flow sensors disposed on the at least one substrate for providing a plurality of spatial-temporally varying signals representing a hydrodynamic stimulus. The plurality of flow sensors are spatially distributed on the at least one substrate. A processor is coupled to the plurality of flow sensors for receiving the signals and determining spatial-temporal information from the received signals. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010755 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AN IMPULSE LINE BLOCKAGE IN A PRESSURE TRASDUCER, AND PRESSURE TRANSDUCER - A method for the detection of diagnosis of a blockage of an impulse line in a pressure measurement transducer and a corresponding pressure measurement transducer are disclosed, in which at least one characteristic value is compared with at least one reference value for the analysis of at least one measurement signal and, depending on the result of the comparison, an action is triggered, wherein the, or every, characteristic value is produced, with the aid of at least single parameters of a model describing the transmission behavior of impulse lines with which the pressure measurement transducer is coupled to a line traversed by a fluid. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010756 | Method and System of Detecting Liquid in an Acoustic Flow Meter - Detecting liquid in an acoustic flow meter. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising flowing a gaseous substance through a central passage of a meter body, sending acoustic signals along respective chordal pathways across the central passage (none of the chordal pathways intersect a lower portion of the central passage where liquid, if present during flow of the gaseous substance, accumulates), calculating a flow velocity of the gaseous substance proximate to each chordal pathway based on transit times of the acoustic signals along the respective chordal pathways, and determining the presence of a liquid accumulated in the lower portion based on the flow velocity proximate to each chordal pathway. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010757 | Method for determining an attenuation map - A method is disclosed for defining an attenuation map. In at least one embodiment, the method includes creating at least two data sets from which attenuation values are able to be determined; evaluating the data sets and determining attenuation values; weighting the attenuation values determined and creating the attenuation map by inserting the weighted attenuation values. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010758 | WIRELESS WIREHARNESS TESTING SYSTEM - A system and method for wireharness testing includes at least one probe attachable to a connector of a wireharness, the at least one probe in wireless communication with a controller to identify a potential lack of continuity in the wireharness therebetween. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010759 | Testing of an Electronics Module - A method of testing an electronics module ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010760 | METHOD OF ANALYZING REFLECTION WAVES USING EFFECTIVE IMPEDANCE - Provided is a method for analyzing a reflection wave using effective impedance. The method includes the steps of: a) modeling a reflection surface of a building two-dimensionally; and b) obtaining a reflection wave by radiating a radio wave to the modeled reflection surface and analyzing the obtained reflection wave through making medium uniform. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010761 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring a system such as a cable. Pulses propagating in different directions are distinguished by measuring and sampling current and voltage at a location of the system, frequency transforming the obtained signals, and by extracting signals corresponding to pulses propagating in different directions as linear combinations of the frequency-transformed signals. Such a method is applicable, e.g. when monitoring occurrences of partial discharge on a 10 kV cable. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010762 | FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The invention relates to a frequency measurement apparatus which is arranged in such a way as to obtain an amplitude, chord length and rotation phase angle of a voltage rotation vector by means of an integration method, and furthermore, obtain a change rate of the rotation phase angle, and a rotational acceleration change rate of the rotation vector, and measure a dynamic frequency by determining a frequency change rate for every step. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010763 | METHOD FOR DETECTING VARIANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSES - A method of detecting variance by regression model is disclosed. Said method comprising: preparing the FDC and WAT data for analysis, figuring out what latent variable effect WAT by Factor Analysis, utilizing Principal Component Analysis to reduce the number of FDC variables to a few independent principal components, demonstrating how the tool and FDC affect WAT by Analysis of covariance model, and constructing interrelationship among FDC, WAT and tools. The interrelationship can point out which parameter effect WAT significantly. By the method, when WAT abnormal situation happened, it is easier for engineers to trace where the problem is. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010764 | CORRECTION OF A RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT USING PARTICLES FROM ATMOSPHERIC SOURCE - A method of correcting a measure of radioactive material within a body of material includes measuring a characteristic of the radioactive material to provide a measure, such as gamma emissions; detecting muons and/or electrons generated by muons which have not passed through the body of material to give a first value; detecting muons and/or electrons generated by muons which have passed through the body of material to give a second value; processing the first value and second value to give a factor, for instance indicative of the density of the body of material; and correcting the measure using the factor to obtain a corrected measure of the radioactive material with the body of material, for instance to correct for the density of the body of material and attendant issues such as attenuation and shielding. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010765 | System and Method for Azimuth Angle Calibration - An improved procedure for calibrating the azimuth angle in a metrology module for use in a metrology system that is used for measuring a target on a wafer, and the metrology modules can include oblique Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (SE) and unpolarized or polarized spectroscopic reflectometer devices. | 2010-01-14 |