06th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150039195 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - Inventive embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for continuously variable accessory drives (CVAD). In one embodiment, a skew-based control system is adapted to facilitate a change in the ratio of a CVAD. In another embodiment, a skew-based control system includes a skew actuator coupled to a carrier member. In some embodiments, the skew actuator is configured to rotate a carrier member of a CVT. Various inventive traction planet assemblies can be used to facilitate shifting the ratio of a CVT. In some embodiments, the traction planet assemblies include legs configured to cooperate with the carrier members. In some embodiments, a traction planet assembly is operably coupled to the carrier members. Embodiments of a shift cam and traction sun are adapted to cooperate with other components of the CVT to support operation and/or functionality of the CVT. Among other things, shift control interfaces for a CVT are disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039196 | DETECTION OF AN EXHAUSTING CLUTCH IN A NEUTRAL IDLE-EQUIPPED TRANSMISSION - A transmission assembly for a vehicle includes a transmission and a controller. The transmission includes an input member, at least one clutch and gear set, and an output member. The input member receives an input torque from an engine. The output member receives an output torque from the clutch and gear set(s). The clutch and gear set(s) connect to the input member and establish a plurality of operating states including a neutral idle (NI) state. A designated NI clutch is selectively actuated to enter the NI state when the transmission is in a drive state and the vehicle is stationary. The controller calculates a reference slip error as a function of engine and turbine speed, and detects when the designated NI clutch is exhausting fluid while operating in the NI state using a function of the reference slip error. A control action executes when the exhausting NI clutch is detected. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039197 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FILLING QUANTITY - The invention relates to a method for determining the filling quantity in the actuating system of a clutch arrangement ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150039198 | DRIVING FORCE CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A driving force control device of a vehicle is provided which is configured to calculate a required braking force on the basis of an amount of pressure applied to a brake operating mechanism, which is operated for deceleration by a driver, and to control a braking force of a power plant, which includes a drive source generating an accelerating force and a braking force, and a braking force of a braking mechanism, which generates a braking force with the operation of the braking operating mechanism, in cooperation so that the total braking force of the vehicle as a whole becomes the required braking force. The driving force control device is configured to detect acceleration information including a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and to control the braking force of the power plant on the basis of the detected acceleration information when the brake operating mechanism is operated. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039199 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor detects wheel speed. The controller estimates an amount of pitch motion made by a vehicle based on information in a prescribed frequency range of wheel speed detected by the sensor. The controller control friction brakes so as to bring the pitch motion amount to a target pitch motion amount, as well as gradually lowering an amount by which the friction brakes are controlled, in instances where an estimation accuracy of the pitch motion amount deteriorates. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039200 | Method and device for communicating true runway braking performance using data from the flight data management systems of landed aircraft - A computer network for calculating a value for the true braking coefficient of friction for an aircraft runway or taxiway using data from one or more aircraft's flight data recorders or flight data management systems, and reporting the calculated value information to individuals and agencies including air traffic control, airport operations and maintenance, and aircraft pilots and ground crews is described and claimed herein. The data may be obtained in real-time by either an onboard or an off-aircraft high-power computing system, calculating the aircraft's true braking coefficient of friction, and reporting the calculated information to the individuals and agencies. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039201 | Method of Controlling a Differential Lock - A method of controlling a differential lock. The method may include determining a target point for disengaging the differential lock and disengaging the differential lock when the vehicle reaches the target point. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039202 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle exterior environment recognition device includes a traffic light identifying module that identifies one or more traffic lights located ahead of a vehicle, and traffic light colors of the traffic lights, and a control input identifying module that identifies, when multiple traffic lights exist, traffic lights to be used as control inputs based on whether the multiple traffic lights are located on both the left and right sides of a traveling path of the vehicle, and whether the multiple traffic lights are same in color. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039203 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling the speed of a vehicle comprising: during a pulse phase of cruise control, applying engine torque to raise speed, the amount and duration of which being responsive to engine speed; and during a glide phase of cruise control, discontinuing engine combustion. In this way cruise control may maintain a mean speed equivalent to a desired, threshold speed while reducing fuel consumption, and NVH effects felt by the end user compared to traditional cruise control methods. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039204 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR AN ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, AND MONITORING METHOD FOR SUCH A CIRCUIT - An engine control device ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150039205 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FORCED-INDUCTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH VARIABLE COMPRESSION - In a method for operating a forced-induction internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with variable compression, provision is made that the variable compression is pilot-controlled in such a way that a selected compression is established as a function of combustion efficiency and of the mechanical stress on components of the internal combustion engine, such that elevated compression is provided in the naturally aspirated range and/or decreased compression is provided in the forced-induction range. The variable compression is generated by phase shifting of a camshaft of the internal combustion engine, or by cam switching by way of a variable valve train. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039206 | CALIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLERS - A tangible computer readable medium of a vehicle includes object code referencing a plurality of variables, the object code for: identifying sets of possible target values based on air and exhaust setpoints for an engine; generating predicted parameters based on a model of the engine and the sets of possible target values, respectively; selecting one of the sets of possible target values based on the predicted parameters; setting target values based on the selected one of the sets of possible target values, respectively; and controlling opening of a throttle valve based on a first one of the target values. The tangible computer readable medium also includes calibration data stored separately and that includes predetermined values for the variables referenced in the object code, respectively. At least one processor executes the object code using the predetermined values to perform the identifying, the generating, the selecting, the setting, and the controlling. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039207 | Method and Apparatus for Estimating an Alcohol Concentration in an Alcohol Fuel Mixture Supplied to an Internal Combustion Engine - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating an alcohol concentration in an alcohol fuel mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine, wherein the operation of the internal combustion engine supplied with the alcohol fuel mixture is operated in a stoichiometric condition, a first parameter is determined on the basis of a signal from a pressure sensor sensing the pressure inside a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine being controlled in the stoichiometric condition, and the alcohol concentration of the alcohol fuel mixture is determined on the basis of the determined first parameter and a relation between the first parameter and the alcohol concentration of the alcohol fuel mixture. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW THROUGH AN ENGINE BASED ON A FUEL INJECTION DURATION LIMIT - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a desired injection duration module, a fuel control module, and a throttle control module. The desired injection duration module determines a desired injection duration. The fuel control module compares the desired injection duration to an injection duration limit and controls a fuel injector of an engine based on the injection duration limit when the desired injection duration is greater than the injection duration limit. The throttle control module controls a throttle of the engine based on the injection duration limit when the desired injection duration is greater than the injection duration limit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039209 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a variable mechanism that changes a working angle of an intake valve. A controller diagnoses whether there is an abnormality that an intake air amount reduces during idle operation. The controller changes an abnormality determination threshold for diagnosing an abnormality on the basis of a mode in which the working angle is changed by the variable mechanism. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039210 | ROUTE CALCULATING METHOD, ROUTE ACQUISITION METHOD OR TERMINAL FOR SAME - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed for calculating the route of a journey (trip) identified by an origin and a destination using traffic information on a terminal, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving updated traffic information relating to a first route, while the terminal or a moving object on which the terminal is mounted is running on the first route; calculating a second route by using the updated traffic information; and transmitting, to a server, an entire route or a partial route of the calculated second route. Here, the calculated second route is compared with the first route, information about a partial route comprising one or more changed segment sequences is transmitted to the server, the segment sequence comprises one or more continuous segments, and the information relating to the partial route can comprise first segment information and final segment information about the segment sequence of the first route that will be substituted by respective segment sequences comprised in the partial route. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARKING ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE - A method and system for parking assistance for a vehicle, wherein the parking of said vehicle on a parking space at least partly occupied by a second vehicle is enabled by transmitting a maneuver request to the second vehicle. The method includes the steps of: allocating a priority to the driver of the first vehicle, wherein said priority implements a classification of said driver with respect to the extent to which the driver is entitled to the prioritized use of the parking space; and transmitting the maneuver request to the second vehicle based on said priority. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039212 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle exterior environment recognition device includes a traveling path predicting module that predicts a traveling path on which a vehicle travels, based on a current traveling condition of the vehicle, a traveling path restricting module that restricts the predicted traveling path in the width direction of the vehicle, according to at least one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of a traveling speed of the vehicle, an indicating state of a blinker, an angular speed of the vehicle, and a steering angle, and a control input identifying module that identifies a traffic indicator that exists ahead of the vehicle based on the restricted traveling path and that is to be used as the control input. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT OF A PARKED MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and an apparatus for autonomous movement of a parked motor vehicle out of a parking space in which it is blocking an entranceway to a facility such as private driveway. A method has the following steps: is parked in a blocking position blocking relative to an entranceway, detecting that a second vehicle requires passage through the entranceway, and operating a parking assistance system to autonomously remove the vehicle from the blocking position to permit passage of the second vehicle. The parking assistance system returns the vehicle to the original parking position after passage of the second vehicle through the entranceway is complete. The requirement for a second vehicle to pass through the entranceway may be detected using wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or using a remote sensing system on-board the vehicle to detect the second vehicle. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND UPDATING SPEED-BY-STREET DATA - System and method for identifying speeding violations, comprising determining a current speed and a current location of a vehicle, determining a posted speed limit for the current location from a speed-by-street database, comparing the current speed of the vehicle to the posted speed limit, and evaluating whether the current speed exceeds the posted speed limit. Errors are identified in the speed-by-street database by storing a plurality of speeding violation records, wherein the speeding violation records each include a speeding event location; analyzing the speeding violation records to identify one or more speeding event locations having multiple speeding violations; comparing a posted speed limit at the one or more speeding event locations having multiple speeding violations to corresponding speed limit data in the speed-by-street database; and identifying one or more speed limit entries in the speed-by-street database that do not match the posted speed limit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039215 | ONLINE OPTIMAL REFUELING MANAGEMENT - A method and system for remotely determining real-time operating fuel efficiencies based on dynamic operating characteristics of a vehicle to generate an optimal refueling management approach for the vehicle by providing refueling locations and associated refueling amounts for each refueling location, to achieve improved vehicle fuel economy, is provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039216 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE AXLE LOAD OF A VEHICLE - Disclosed is a method for determining the axle load of a vehicle ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150039217 | COMPUTING A SIMILARITY MEASURE OVER MOVING OBJECT TRAJECTORIES - Methods and arrangements for measuring similarity with respect to moving object trajectories. First and second moving object trajectories are input, each trajectory being defined by at least two spatial dimensions and a temporal dimension. At least one segment is defined with respect to each trajectory, each segment being defined between two defining points. At least one segment from the first trajectory is matched with at least one segment from the second trajectory. A spatial distance and temporal distance are each computed between the at least one segment from the first trajectory and the at least one segment from the second trajectory. The spatial distance and temporal distance are combined to provide a measure of a spatio-temporal distance between the at least one segment from the first trajectory and the at least one segment from the second trajectory. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE VEHICLE SENSING SYSTEMS - An adaptive sensing system is configured to acquire sensor data pertaining to objects in the vicinity of a land vehicle. The adaptive sensing system may be configured to identify objects that are at least partially obscured by other objects and, in response, the adaptive sensing system may be configured to modify the configuration of one or more sensors to obtain additional information pertaining to the obscured objects. The adaptive sensing system may comprise and/or be communicatively coupled to a collision detection module, which may use the sensor data acquired by the adaptive sensing system to detect potential collisions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039219 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device, when a vehicle travels through an area in which the use of an ETC device provided in the vehicle is not possible, can prevent that vehicle from being guided along an ETC device utilization rout. The navigation device sets, for each area, whether or not the use of the ETC device is possible; performs a first route search using a first cost condition regarding the route cost of an ETC device utilization route; performs a second route search using a second cost condition regarding a route cost for which the route cost of an ETC device utilization route is higher than with the first cost condition; and, on the basis of a setting status for whether or not the use of the ETC device in each area is possible, controls whether to perform the first route search or the second route search. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039220 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Navigation of a Moving Platform - A navigation module and method for providing an INS/GNSS navigation solution for a moving platform, comprising a receiver for receiving absolute navigational information from an external source (e.g., such as a satellite), means for obtaining speed or velocity information and an assembly of self-contained sensors capable of obtaining readings (e.g., such as relative or non-reference based navigational information) about the moving platform, and further comprising at least one processor, coupled to receive the output information from the receiver, sensor assembly and means for obtaining speed or velocity information, and operative to integrate the output information to produce a navigation solution. The at least one processor may operate to provide a navigation solution by using the speed or velocity information to decouple the actual motion of the platform from the readings of the sensor assembly. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039221 | 3D SONAR DISPLAY WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT SHADING - A marine navigation device comprises a location determining element, a display, a memory element, and a processing element. The location determining element determines a current geolocation of a marine vessel on a first body of water. The memory element stores sonar data for a plurality of bodies of water. The processing element is in communication with the memory element and is configured to access the sonar data from the memory element corresponding to the first body of water, calculate bottom hardness shading data based on the sonar data, generate a map representation of at least a portion of the first body of water corresponding to the current geolocation, the map representation including shading derived from the calculated bottom hardness shading data, and control the display to visually present the map representation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039222 | MARINE NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED CONTOUR LINES - A marine navigation device comprises a location determining element, a display, a memory element, and a processing element. The location determining element determines a current geolocation of a marine vessel on a first body of water. The display displays a map representation. The memory element stores digital elevation model data and sonar data for a plurality of bodies of water. The processing element is in communication with the memory element and is configured to select the digital elevation model data or the sonar data from the memory element corresponding to the first body of water, calculate contour line data, the contour line data determining a plurality of contour lines, update the contour line data by selectively removing at least a portion of the contour lines, and generate a map representation including contour lines derived from the updated contour line data, and control the display to visually present the map representation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039223 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND SERVER DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a navigation device and a server device that are able to calculate an optimal route reflecting the user's intention in a case where a new site is added after a route to a destination is set. The navigation device of the present invention includes a route calculation unit. The route calculation unit is configured such that, in a case where the predetermined site is newly designated and the route calculation unit needs to re-calculate a new route under a situation that an existing route to an existing destination has been already calculated, and in a case where a section that is divided by via points included in the existing route is also included in the new route, a predetermined calculation condition at a time of route calculation is also applied to the section of the new route, the predetermined calculation condition being applied to the section of the existing route, so that the calculation is performed in consideration of a change in a traveling order of traveling the existing destination or an existing via point included in the existing route. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND SHARING VEHICLE LOCATION - An approach is provided for providing a service that determines a vehicle's location without user interaction when the vehicle is incapable of updating its current location. A location platform determines a first set of dead reckoning data associated with a vehicle from a first point to a second point within an area in which one or more non-dead reckoning location technologies are unavailable or not used. The location platform determines a second set of dead reckoning data associated with at least one device of at least one user of the vehicle from the second point to a third point, wherein the one or more non-dead reckoning location technologies is available or used at the third point. The location platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the first set of dead reckoning data and the second set of dead reckoning data to determine a location of the second point. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039225 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF LOCATION-ORIENTED INFORMATION - An augmented reality guiding system for delivery of location-oriented information, including a location server, a database coupled to the location server, and at least one mobile locating device. The database is configured to store target information relating to target points of interest. Each mobile locating device has a positioning module, an imaging module, a spatial orientation detection module, a display module, and at least one wireless communication module. Each mobile locating device is configured to receive target information relating to at least one target points of interest from the location server, and display the target information by visually augmenting at least one image on the display module. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039226 | Indoor Positioning System - An indoor positioning system and method of localizing a person/object in an indoor environment by identifying the orientation and direction of a person/object to provide a true location of the person/object without navigation errors. The system comprises magnets disposed on a doorway to create a unique magnetic field; a wireless communication unit comprising a magnetometer sensor to sense perturbations in each of the unique magnetic fields in the event that the person/object with the wireless communication unit passes through the doorway, and generate corresponding signals; a processor receiving the signals and extracting data from the same; and a backend server wirelessly communicating with the wireless communication unit, the backend server processing the data sample received from the wireless communication unit to identify the opening and the wireless communication unit to localize the person/object. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SURROUNDING AREA SEARCH RESULT - Provided is a system and method for providing a surrounding area search result. A search system may include a searcher configured to search for a reference location in response to a nearby point of interest (POI) search request based on the reference location, and to search for POIs located around the reference location, and a display configured to display a search result about the POIs based on each reference location when at least two reference locations are retrieved. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039228 | ULTRA-SHORT-TERM FORECASTING METHOD INCLUDING REAL-TIME MONITORING OF THE EFFECT OF UPPER AND LOWER COURSES - An ultra-short-term forecasting method including real-time monitoring of the effect of upper and lower courses, comprising: obtaining ultra-short-term model forecast results through the model lattices based on the T639 global spectral model course library data source, the CALMET wind field diagnostic model and static data; establishing statistical equations on the effect of upper and lower courses between the corresponding reference index station and each target wind tower for obtaining the effect of upper and lower courses of the target wind towers based on the wind tower database of the target wind power base and combined with the wind direction and speed real-time monitoring data of the reference index stations in the upper and lower courses, forecasting the ultra-short-term wind speed changes of each target wind tower and correct combined with the ultra-short-term model forecast results to form forecasting of the ultra-short-term wind speed changes of the wind towers in the target wind power base; after repeated cycling, obtaining forecasting of the future ultra-short-term wind speed changes of the wind farms in the target wind power base at all altitudes in the target area. The forecasting method has high forecasting precision, good prediction accuracy and wide application range. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039229 | Multi-beam bathymetric chart construction method based on submarine digital depth model feature extraction - The invention discloses a multi-beam bathymetric chart construction method based on submarine digital depth model feature extraction. The method comprises the steps of: constructing a DDM (Digital Depth Model) based on raw multi-beam echo soundings; establishing a slope and second derivative composite model based on the DDM; extracting feature points based on DDM sub-blocks; querying the multi-beam depth based on the feature points; constructing the multi-beam bathymetric chart based on layers. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039230 | DOWNHOLE FORMATION TESTING WITH AUTOMATION AND OPTIMIZATION - A method, and corresponding system, for formation testing includes establishing a control parameter and a test criterion for testing a formation, providing a formation tester equipped with the control parameter and the test criterion in a well bore at a test location, performing a first formation test, controlling the first formation test using the control parameter and the test criterion, collecting test data from the first formation test, and adjusting the control parameter using the test data. The method may include performing a second formation test, and controlling the second formation test using the adjusted control parameter and the test criterion. The method may include collecting additional test data from the second formation test, and readjusting the control parameter using the additional test data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039231 | MEASUREMENT CORRECTION APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to calculate a map that transforms fast modeled measurement results into accurate modeled measurement results within a modeled data space, to make actual measurements using a tool disposed in a borehole, to transform a plurality of modeling parameter vectors into the fast modeled measurement results via modeling, to transform the fast modeled measurement results into the accurate modeled measurement results using the map, to locate a matching modeling parameter vector as one of the plurality of modeling parameter vectors that matches the accurate modeled measurement results to the actual measurement, and to display at least a portion of the matching modeling parameter vector to represent at least one property of a geological formation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039232 | Method of Correcting Mineral Ore Density Logs - A logging method includes carrying out respective density logs, using gamma detectors, along a length of borehole. The density log is corrected for the dimensions and properties of the borehole tubing, the method comprising correcting and combing the plurality of density logs obtained using a gamma ray source inside the tubing and relating to a length of well including the non-fixed tubing. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039233 | METHOD FOR NEAR REAL TIME SURFACE LOGGING OF A HYDROCARBON OR GEOTHERMAL WELL USING A MASS SPECTROMETER - An automatic method for providing geological trends and real time mapping of a geological basin using a mass spectrometer. The method provides information from a mass spectrometer on fluid samples from a wellbore into a geochemical surface well log with graphical tracks in real time. The dataset includes geochemical, engineering, and geological. The viewable geochemical well log provides information on well fluids and rock, and displays data in graphical tracks on client devices. The mass spectrometer receives samples from a gas trap connected to the wellbore, performs analysis on the samples, and communicates in real time to a geochemical surface well log with a plurality of graphical tracks which is then further communicated to a client device via a network. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039234 | QUANTIFYING A RESERVOIR VOLUME AND PUMP PRESSURE LIMIT - Methods for computer modelling of a pressure transient behavior after shut-in and during fall-off of an injection event are provided to provide estimates of stimulated reservoir volume, formation permeability, stress contrast across the target and adjacent zones, fracture dimensions, fracture beyond the target zone, and pump pressure limits for maintaining fractures within the target zone, especially in fractured tight reservoirs. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039235 | PERMEABILITY PREDICTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING QUADRATIC DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS - Permeability prediction systems and methods using quadratic discriminant analysis are presented. At least one disclosed method embodiment includes: acquiring formation property measurements at a plurality of positions along at least one borehole in a study area; identifying clusters in a plurality of points representing the formation property measurements at the plurality of postions; and determining a system permeability value for each cluster. Quadratic Discriminant Analysis (“QDA”) is used to associate one the clusters with each position along the one or more boreholes, thereby determining a system permeability prediction for each position. The total system permeability can then be predicted by aggregating the system permeability predictions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039236 | DETERMINING AN INTERVAL BETWEEN ACTIVATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE SURVEY SOURCE - A shot interval between activations of at least one frequency-controllable survey source is determined, where the shot interval is determined based on an expected frequency of an output of the at least one frequency-controllable survey source. The at least one frequency-controllable survey source is activated using the determined first shot interval. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039237 | INDEXING GENE EXPRESSION DATA TO COMPARE GENE SIGNATURES - Indexing gene expression data for comparing gene signatures includes assigning one of a plurality of fold change-based grading scores to each of a number of genes in a probe gene signature. The fold change-based grading scores reflect relative expression of one of the number of genes in the probe gene signature. Each of the number of genes in the probe gene signature assigned a particular grading score is weighted by the particular grading score. A ratio of each weighted number of genes in the probe gene signature assigned a particular grading score to a total number of genes in the probe gene signature is determined. Then, ratios of each weighted number of genes in the probe gene signature assigned each particular grading score to the total number of genes in the probe gene signature are summed to generate an index of gene expression. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039238 | Dispersion-Relation Fluorescence Spectroscopy - Methods for deriving a diffusion coefficient and a drift velocity characterizing an ensemble of particles. A time series of images is acquired, and each image is Fourier transformed. An autocorrelation function is computed and fit to an exponential decay for each wave vector on a grid. A model of the diffusion-advection equation allows the decay rate Γ, expressed as a dispersion map over the wave vector plane, to yield both a diffusion coefficient and a mean drift velocity. As an example, the particles may be fluorescently excited probes where the probes label intracellular elements. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039239 | PROCESSOR-BASED METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS FOR REMOTE ANIMAL HEALTH MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT - Processor-based methods and systems and computer programs for remote animal health monitoring receive and process data relating to animal health parameters obtained from a plurality of different types of sensors. Baseline data signatures are determined from the data obtained for individual animals, and as data is subsequently collected is compared to the current data signature to assess animal health. Deviations from the signatures may serve to predictively diagnose certain conditions and facilitate medical intervention before adverse physical symptoms are manifested. Informational data and analytics are made available to animal owners, health care providers, and other interested persons. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039240 | PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - When a terminal sequence to be investigated is specified (S | 2015-02-05 |
20150039241 | HYDROCARBON MODELLING - A method of characterizing a mixture having a plurality of hydrocarbons includes: obtaining a set of predetermined pseudo-components, each pseudo-component representing a respective group of hydrocarbons; obtaining physical data about the hydrocarbon mixture; and determining from the data the amount of each pseudo-component considered to be present in the mixture. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039242 | COAL-TO-COAL ADHESIVENESS EVALUATION METHOD - In order to evaluate the compatibility of coals used in coke production and to produce cokes with desired strength by blending coals in consideration of the compatibility, the invention provides a technique which evaluates the adhesion strength obtained when two kinds of coals are carbonized based on properties of the coals. Surface tensions of two kinds of semicokes obtained by heat treating two kinds of coals are measured. Based on the difference between the two measured values of surface tension, the quality of the adhesiveness between the two kinds of coals is evaluated. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039243 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING ROTATING MACHINE COMPONENT - A portable-terminal-using inspection method for a rotating machine component allows an operating state of a rotating machine component such as a bearing to be easily inspected by using a popularized portable information terminal and a dedicated sensor that supplies detection information to the terminal. The state of the rotating machine component is detected by the sensor. Detection data regarding the detected state is supplied from the sensor to the terminal. Data processing is performed on the detection data in the terminal or a server connected to the terminal via a communication line, by using data processing software and specification data for the model number associated with the component, and a result of the data processing is displayed on a screen of the terminal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039244 | Failure Rate Estimation From Multiple Failure Mechanisms - A computerized method for estimating reliability of a system at normal operating conditions. The computerized method includes enables of selection of a plurality of failure mechanisms FM | 2015-02-05 |
20150039245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION WITH A VISUAL SCANNING GUIDE - Disclosed is an inspection device and method of guiding an inspection probe according to a predetermined inspection plan. The device is couple with a probe which is to be moved according to the inspection plan on the test object, the device including an inspection guide unit having a guide control unit, a position encoding such as a 3-D camera and visual feedback eyewear. The method including facilitating a virtual display of the inspection plan onto the visual feedback eyewear, moving the probe following the virtual display of the inspection plan, sensing sensed probe positions in real time of the inspection using the 3-D camera and validating the sensed probe position against the inspection plan using the control module. Then the information of the step of validating, such as those spots at which the probe is moved out of the tolerance of the inspection plan, is displayed on the feedback eyewear. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039246 | DYNAMOMETER SYSTEM - Provided is a dynamometer system provided with a shaft-torque meter, and capable of an equivalent evaluation to that of a system provided with a load cell. A dynamometer system is provided with an encoder for detecting the angular velocity, a shaft-torque meter for detecting the shaft torque, and a control device ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150039247 | PRESS-FORMING ANALYSIS METHOD - A press-forming analysis method includes a step of analyzing press forming including setting an initial temperature distribution to a heated press-forming metallic sheet, and acquiring shape information, a temperature distribution, a stress distribution, and a strain distribution before mold release, in which a temperature analysis and a structural analysis are coupled; a step of analyzing springback including conducting a springback analysis based on the shape information, the temperature distribution, the stress distribution, and the acquired strain distribution, and acquiring shape information, a temperature distribution, a stress distribution, and a strain distribution after springback; and a step of analyzing cooling stress including restraining particular nodes based on the shape information, the temperature distribution, the stress distribution, and the acquired strain distribution, and analyzing stress distributions during cooling and after the cooling by coupling a temperature analysis and a structural analysis. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039248 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER RELEVANT FOR CAUSING DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE - A method for determining a parameter relevant for the damage to a structure, such as machines, machine components and individual assemblies that are subject to vibration stresses is disclosed. A method for active or passive vibration damping that makes use of this method, and a structure having a device configured to perform the above methods is also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039249 | METHOD OF PROVIDING REFERENCE PRESSURES - A method of generating reference pressures by a pressure generator, which generates a reference pressure according to a mass applied to an end face of a piston using a mobile data processor including the steps of: selecting the standard instrument out of a plurality of standard instruments which are measured as regards characteristic properties and the characteristic properties of which are stored in the form of reference data at a central storage location; connecting the mobile data processor to the central storage location and automatically downloading the reference data of the selected standard instrument and storing the same in the mobile data processor; and for processing the reference data, each applied mass and the local environmental data in the measuring environment into the pressure values assigned to the masses applied in each case as the reference pressures of the standard instrument. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039250 | VIBRATION CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS - In one embodiment, a diagnostics system is provided. The diagnostics system include a detection system configured to capture acoustic information and contextual information related to a machine component defect. A computing system is coupled to a processor configured to receive the acoustic information and the contextual information from the detection system, select one or more algorithms based at least in part on the contextual information, and retrieve and execute the one or more algorithms to extract one or more characteristic features of the acoustic information. The processor is further configured to generate an acoustic fingerprint based at least in part on the one or more characteristic features of the acoustic information, such that the one or more characteristic features correspond to the machine component defect. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039251 | EVALUATION METHOD, EVALUATION DEVICE, EVALUATION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - A method of evaluating an organic electroluminescence element which includes at least a light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode and has a light emitting element area of not less than 100 mm | 2015-02-05 |
20150039252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING GENERATOR INCIPIENT FAILURES - A method, system and computer software for detecting an incipient failure of a generator in a power system including the steps of ascertaining one or more generator reference parameter of the generator for use as a baseline reference; measuring one or more operating parameter values of the generator; using the one or more operating parameter values to solve for an estimated present value of the one or more of the generator's current performance parameters using particle swarm optimization technique; and determining whether the estimated present values of the one or more of the generator's current performance parameters are outside of an acceptable limit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039253 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for identifying an electric appliance and an apparatus and a system thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps: respectively collecting a first power event on a first phase power and a second power event on a second phase power; when the first power event and/or the second power event are collected, determining whether the first power event and the second power event substantially occur at the same time; if not, identifying an unknown electric appliance as a first type electric appliance; and if yes, determining whether the first power event and the second power event are substantially the same, wherein if yes, identifying the unknown electric appliance as a second type electric appliance, and if no, identifying the unknown electric appliance as the first type electric appliance. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039254 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data processing device includes: a data obtaining section obtaining time series data on a total value of current consumed by a plurality of electric apparatuses; and a parameter estimating section obtaining a model parameter when states of operation of the plurality of electric apparatuses are modeled by a factorial HMM on a basis of the obtained time series data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039255 | METHODOLOGY FOR CHARGING BATTERIES SAFELY - An apparatus and method for identifying a presence of a short circuit in a battery pack. A fault-detection apparatus for a charging system that rapidly charges a collection of interconnected lithium ion battery cells, the safety system includes a data-acquisition system for receiving a set of data parameters from the collection while the charging system is actively charging the collection; a monitoring system evaluating the set of data parameters to identify a set of anomalous conditions; and a controller comparing the set of anomalous conditions against a set of predetermined profiles indicative of an internal short in one or more cells of the collection, the controller establishing an internal-short state for the collection when the comparing has a predetermined relationship to the set of predetermined profiles. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039256 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC MONITORING OF GAS SENSORS - In a method for dynamic monitoring of gas sensors of an internal combustion engine, in the event of a change of the gas state variable to be measured, a dynamic diagnosis is carried out based on a comparison of a measured signal which is an actual value of an output signal of the gas sensor and a modeled signal which is a model value. The output signal of the gas sensor is filtered using a high-pass filter and higher-frequency signal components are analyzed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039257 | Process Calibrator, Method for Controlling a Process Calibrator and User Interface for a Process Calibrator - A process calibrator is formed with a user interface, which guides to choose the right connection arrangements of the process calibrator according to the function of the process calibrator. The user interface shows in the display of the process calibrator the connection arrangements of the process calibrator and indicates the place of the connection arrangement assigned to the selected function visually compared. to other connection arrangements. The connection arrangements shown by the user interface in the display are placed similarly to the physical connection arrangements of the process calibrator. As the user interface indicates the connection arrangement that is assigned to the selected function of the process calibrator, it is easy for the user to make the right connection. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039258 | TESTING APPARATUS AND SAFETY ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a safety arrangement and also a testing apparatus for testing the operation of an extreme limit switch in a conveying system, which can be removed from service on the basis of a signal to be received from the extreme limit switch. The testing apparatus comprises a microprocessor and a memory, in which is recorded a testing program to be run with the microprocessor, which testing program comprises instructions for preventing removal of the conveying system from service occurring on the basis of a signal from an extreme limit switch as well as for testing the operation of the extreme limit switch when removal of the conveying system from service has been prevented. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039259 | MOTION RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A apparatus for recognizing a motion of an object is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a camera configured to photograph images of the object having the motion, a plurality of pressure and position sensors configured to be installed on a floor and to measure a floor contact position, a floor contact area and a floor contact pressure of the object and a motion analyzer configured to analyze the motion of the object by combining two or more among the images, floor contact position, floor contact area and floor contact pressure of the object. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039260 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACTIVITY RECOGNITION - In accordance with an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method comprises receiving, at an apparatus, a sampled data associated with an activity from one or more sensors wirelessly coupled to the apparatus. The sampled data is generated at the one or more sensors based on a compressive sampling of an activity data associated with the activity. The compressive sampling is performed based on a sampling information. The activity is classified based at least on the sampled data. An error associated with the classification of the activity is determined. The sampling information is updated or retained based on a comparison of the error with a threshold error. The updated sampling information is utilized for generating an updated sampled data. The updated sampled data facilitates in reclassification of the activity. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039261 | PHYSICAL-FITNESS TEST SYSTEM USING ACCELERATION SENSOR - The present invention relates to a fitness testing system using an acceleration sensor, of which a mobile device containing an acceleration sensor is attached to the body of the test subject and the test subject is induced to perform an exercise according to the fitness test instructions provided through the fitness testing process installed in a personal computer during which the acceleration signals are measured through RF communication for an output of the fitness test and assessment results. For this purpose, the present invention embodies a fitness measurement system consisting of an acceleration sensor device with a 3-axis acceleration sensor that is attached to the test subject to detect the 3-axis acceleration signals produced according to the test subject's movement and transmits the signals through RF communication; and an assessment and analysis unit that receives 3-axis acceleration signals from the acceleration sensor device through a host gateway and detects the maximum acceleration from the 3-axis acceleration signals received as the exercise intensity; wherein the execution processing unit of the assessment and analysis unit, in case the test items is “balance”, receives the x-axis acceleration signals, which are related to the left and right movement of the test subject, and z-axis acceleration signals, which are related to the forward and backward movement, via the host gateway and detects the trajectory according to the input x- and z-axis acceleration signals and the maximum acceleration value according to the forward, backward, left and right movements. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039262 | MULTI-SENSOR INDOOR LOCALIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON LIGHT INTENSITY - The present disclosure relates to a multi-sensor indoor localization method and device. The method includes: an optical signal is received from a point light source using an optical sensor group having N optical sensors; the light intensity of the optical signal is obtained, the optical sensor group includes a polyhedron-shaped base where the normal vectors of each three faces are linearly independent, the N optical sensors are located on the faces of the base, and N≧6; the current heading is obtained by a magnetic sensor group; a current unit normal vector is obtained; a system of at least three equations is established; the system of equations is solved to obtain an approximate solution of minimum residual, the approximate solution is regarded as the coordinates of the optical sensor group. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039263 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, an altitude measurement unit that measures an altitude, key input means for receiving an operation input, and a CPU that starts recording of altitude information regarding an altitude measured by the altitude measurement unit at a predetermined time interval if the key input means receives an input for instructing starting of recording of an altitude, stops the recording of the altitude information if the key input means receives an input for instructing stopping of recording of an altitude, and displays the altitude information when the recording starts on the display unit if the key input means receives an input for instructing display of the altitude information in a state in which the altitude information is currently recorded. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039264 | DEVICE FOR CALCULATING ROUND-TRIP TIME OF MEMORY TEST USING PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC - A device for calculating round-trip time of a memory test using a programmable logic includes a pattern generation part including two pairs of input/output (IO) pins to generate a pattern signal for testing, and receiving a feedback signal through bidirectional buses from IO lines; two pairs of bidirectional buses for relaying a signal between the pattern generation part and a programmable logic part; and a programmable logic part for transmitting the pattern signal to the IO lines through the bidirectional buses and transmitting the feedback signal to the bidirectional buses from the IO lines, and including a multiplexer for crossing a signal connection direction upon calculation of the feedback signal, wherein the pattern generation part measures an input time of the feedback signal based on an output time of the pattern signal, thus calculating the round-trip time of the signal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039265 | Method And Apparatus For Characterising Samples By Measuring Light Scattering and Fluorescence - A method for characterising at least one sample, the method including the steps of a) the lighting of each sample to be analysed by N>1 light rays (LE | 2015-02-05 |
20150039266 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL MONITORING SYSTEM - A system includes an industrial monitor communicatively coupled to at least one sensor that is coupled to a mechanical system. The industrial monitor is configured to determine at least one type of measurement regarding the operation of the mechanical system, wherein each type of measurement is associated with one or more measurements determined by the industrial monitor based on one or more inputs received from the at least one sensor. Additionally, the system includes a display device communicatively coupled to the industrial monitor, wherein the display device is configured to display the at least one type of measurement determined by the industrial monitor. Further, each type of measurement is displayed with an appearance that denotes a combined status of the one or more measurements associated with the type of measurement. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF FREIGHT CONTAINERS - A method for monitoring the integrity of a freight container along a transport route, the container having a sensor monitoring the container integrity, wherein the sensing of an event violating the container integrity is followed by event data representing the integrity violation being transmitted to an analysis center, wherein the event data is rated using predetermined criteria in respect of either a sanctioned or an unsanctioned integrity violation, and wherein opening or closing of the container is rated as a sanctioned integrity violation if an electronic authorization code representing the sanction is sent to the analysis center for the event data representing this integrity violation. Different types of opening and/or closing operations are distinguished by using authorization codes from different function groups, and the analysis center uses the type of function code to determine what type of opening operation and/or closing operation has taken, or is meant to take, place. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039268 | CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION METHOD AND CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION DEVICE, CAVITATING JET ESTIMATION ERROR CALCULATION METHOD AND CAVITATING JET ESTIMATION ERROR CALCULATION DEVICE, CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD AND CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE AND CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE CALCULATION FORMULA SPECIFICATION DEVICE - Equation (1) for calculating estimated cavitating jet performance E is set, a power index n(σ) of a term x | 2015-02-05 |
20150039269 | ENGINE SPEED DATA USAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fleet management system is provided for outdoor power equipment and is, in some embodiments, configured to estimate operator performance and/or skill for a particular operator based at least partially on engine speed data sensed during the particular operator's use of one or more pieces of equipment. Embodiments of the invention also provide an apparatus configured to receive data comprising RPM values of a rotating component of a piece of outdoor power equipment sampled throughout a period of operation of the piece of outdoor power equipment, and further configured to generate a RPM histogram for a particular operator and/or for a particular piece of outdoor power equipment in order to use the RPM histogram to determine additional information about the particular operator, the particular piece of equipment, and/or the particular period of operation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039270 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING DEFECTS OF SOLAR CELLS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method and a system for inspecting a defect of a solar cell are provided, and the method includes: receiving inspecting data corresponding to the solar cell from an inspecting device; obtaining a current-voltage (I-V) curve of the solar cell according to the inspecting data; defining a first reference region on the I-V curve, and obtaining a plurality of first curve characteristics of the I-V curve in the first reference region; determining a defect type of the solar cell according to the first curve characteristics. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039271 | DIAGNOSIS OF THE DEFECTIVE STATE OF A BOLOMETRIC DETECTION ARRAY - Method of diagnosing the state of signal-forming chains of a detector including an array of detection bolometers, each chain comprising a bolometer, a circuit of stimulation, and a circuit forming a signal according to said stimulation, including forming an image of a substantially uniform scene on the array; applying at least first and second stimulations to the chains; reading the formed signals; and for each chain in a predetermined set, defining a neighborhood of chains; calculating coefficients of a polynomial interpolating the values of signals formed by said chain; calculating, for each chain of the neighborhood, coefficients of a polynomial interpolating the values of signals formed by said neighborhood chain; calculating an average and standard deviation of said coefficients of the neighborhood chains or of the set of neighborhood chains and said chain; and diagnosing if said chain is defective using the coefficients and the calculated average and standard deviation. | 2015-02-05 |
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. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039273 | Numerical Simulation of Progressive Lancing Operation in Sheet Metal Forming - Systems and methods of conducting a time-marching simulation of manufacturing a sheet metal part that requires progressive lancing operation (PLO) are disclosed. The time-marching simulation is conducted with a connection-separation scheme for nodes along the lancing route to ensure a smooth timely separation of a lancing cut. The scheme includes creating a set of surrogate lancing route nodes by duplicating nodal coordinates of the existed nodes located along the lancing route. Nodal constraints to initially link together the existed nodes and the corresponding surrogate nodes are then created. The nodal constraint is removed in accordance with a separation time schedule established using start and end locations of the lancing route and corresponding start and end time for making the lancing cut. The nodal constraints can also be removed based on the zones of the lancing route defined by a user. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED METABOLIC MODELING - A processor implemented method for personalized metabolic modeling starting from a generic metabolic model. For each reaction Ri in the generic metabolic model, a correlation ρ(i) between the expression level of the reaction and the level of a quantifiable phenotype in a population of cells is calculated. A set of highly correlated reactions is identified. An expression matrix, Exp-matrix, is then calculated which is used to generate the personalized metabolic model. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039275 | Method for Predicting Changes in Properties of A Formation in A Near-Wellbore Area Exposed to A Drilling Mud - In order to predict properties of a formation in a near-wellbore area exposed to a drilling mud rheological properties of the drilling mud, of a filtrate of the drilling mud and of a reservoir fluid are determined. Properties of an external mudcake, porosity and permeability of the core sample are determined. A mathematical model of the external mudcake is created. The drilling mud is injected through a core sample and dynamics of pressure drop across the sample and dynamics of a flow rate of a liquid leaving the sample are determined. Using an X-ray micro Computed Tomography a profile of concentration of particles of the drilling mud penetrated into the sample is determined. A mathematical model is developed for the internal mudcake to describe dynamics of changes in concentration of the particles of the drilling mud in a pore space of the core sample. A coupled mathematical model of the internal and the external mudcakes is created and parameters of the mathematical model of the internal mudcake are determined providing matching of simulation results to the experimental data on injection the drilling mud through the core sample and to the concentration profile of the particles of the drilling mud. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039276 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Fluid Breakthrough Times at Producing Well Locations - Systems and methods for estimating fluid breakthrough times at producing well locations based on fluid propagation simulation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039277 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING A CONTROL INPUT SIGNAL FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS OR TECHNICAL SYSTEM - An apparatus for providing a control input signal for an industrial process or technical system having one or more controllable elements is provided. A method and computer-readable medium is also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MODEL CALIBRATION, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, AND OPTIMIZATION - The problem of model calibration is solved with an architecture for automatically managing interchangeable input parameters, interchangeable output objective functions, and interchangeable optimization methods. Prior to calibration, this architecture allows a user to quickly and easily eliminate the vast majority of input values and combinations, thus drastically simplifying the process of calibration (via simulation-based optimization). Embodiments of the subject invention can be used to provide an efficient and practical self-calibration method for computer models, having any number of input and output parameters. Users can adjust the selection of parameters to affect, and in some cases fully control, required computer run times for automated calibration. Beyond calibration, the same architecture can be effectively applied towards problems of sensitivity analysis and optimization. The subject invention has been successfully implemented in the context of traffic simulation | 2015-02-05 |
20150039279 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING A COMPLEX SYSTEM USING ABRIDGED PETRI NETS - A new graphical framework, Abridged Petri Nets (APNs) for modeling the dynamics of complex nondeterministic systems using a software implementation, is disclosed. APNs are similar to Stochastic Petri Nets (SPNs) and rely on component-based representation of system state space. Tokens (denoted as small circles) represent individual entities comprising the system; however, SPN graphs contain two kinds of nodes (called places and transitions) with transitions serving the purpose of routing tokens among places, so that a pair of place nodes can be linked to each other only via a transient stop, a transition node. In contrast, APN graphs link place nodes directly by arcs (transitions) and separate transition nodes are not needed. Tokens in APN are distinct and have labels that can assume both discrete (colors) and continuous (ages) values, and those values can change during simulation. Component interactions are modeled in APNs using triggers, which are either inhibitors that are also used in SPNs, or the inhibitors' opposites, enablers. Hierarchical constructions of APNs rely on using stacks (layers) of submodels with automatically matching color policies. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039280 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMPIRICAL MODELING OF TIME-VARYING, PARAMETER-VARYING, AND NONLINEAR SYSTEMS VIA ITERATIVE LINEAR SUBSPACE COMPUTATION - Methods and systems for estimating differential or difference equations that can govern a nonlinear, time-varying and parameter-varying dynamic process or system. The methods and systems for estimating the equations may be based upon estimations of observed outputs and, when desired, input data for the equations. The methods and systems can be utilized with any system or process that may be capable of being described with nonlinear, time-varying and parameter-varying difference equations and can used for automated extraction of the difference equations in describing detailed system or method behavior for use in system control, fault detection, state estimation and prediction and adaptation of the same to changes in a system or method. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039281 | Optimizing Drilling Operations Using Petrotechnical Data - A method for optimizing drilling operations. The method includes providing an earth model of a volume having a well, obtaining petrotechnical data about the volume while drilling the well, comparing the petrotechnical data with the earth model, updating the earth model with the petrotechnical data based on the comparison, and modifying a drilling plan of the well using the updated earth model. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039282 | MULTIMODE EXECUTION OF VIRTUAL HARDWARE MODELS - The disclosure contains descriptions of various methods and systems for accelerating the execution of a virtual prototype simulation. Acceleration may be achieved, for example, by providing two or more redundant virtual communication paths for access made by virtual models of a virtual prototype of a hardware design to provide for both accelerated access transactions and time-accurate access transactions. A model having such redundant virtual communication paths is referred to herein as a “multimode model.” | 2015-02-05 |
20150039283 | CONFIGURATION TOOL FOR CONFIGURING A MODEL OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM - A configuration tool includes a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for configuring a model of a technical system and displaying the model on a display connected to a computer. The model includes at least two model components. Each model component has at least one port. Each model component is displayable in an expanded component representation on the display. The at least one port of each model component is connectable to at least one port of another model component by port association lines. Each model component is displayable in an expanded line representation on the display along with the at least one port and the port association lines of each model component. At least for one selected model component the port association lines connected to ports of the selected model component can be selected to be displayed in a reduced line representation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039284 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF A SYSTEM ASSET - A device for monitoring operation of a plurality of system assets includes a storage device configured to store a model of a plurality of system assets, wherein the model includes a plurality of asset images associated with the system assets, and a plurality of component connections representative of a plurality of conduits coupled to the system assets. The device also includes a processor coupled to the storage device. The processor is configured to display the plurality of asset images and to display the plurality of component connections. The processor is also configured to select an asset image, display a status of a system asset associated with the selected asset image, and automatically display a representation of at least one of a process flow entering the system asset and a process flow exiting the system asset when the asset image is selected. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039285 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCALABLE SESSION EMULATION - At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: executing a test program on a computer system coupled to a server, the test program emulating virtual users by instantiating a first user instance by calling a first reentrant function, the first user instance exiting the first reentrant function upon encountering a blocking statement in the first reentrant function; instantiating a second user instance by calling the first reentrant function, the second user instance exiting the first reentrant function upon encountering a blocking statement in the first callable function; reentering the first user instance by again calling the first reentrant function, the first reentrant function resuming execution within the reentrant function after the first blocking statement; and reentering the second user instance by calling the first reentrant function, the first reentrant function resuming execution within the reentrant function after the second blocking statement. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039286 | TERMINOLOGY VERIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TEXTS - A system and method for automated validation of a translation provided by a generic machine translation engine comprises a generic machine translation (GMT) engine, a domain-specific multilingual terminology dictionary (DS) and a translation processor. The translation processor effects the first call to the GMT engine to obtain a first translation of an input text to a first translation text; a verification of a presence of a domain-specific terminology item in the first translation text; correctness assessment of the first translation text using the DS wherein upon an assessment of incorrect translation, a replacement of the domain-specific terminology item with a domain-specific translation text item from the DS. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039287 | TRANSLATING TEXTUAL INFORMATION OF AN APPLICATION - Embodiments relate to translating textual information of an application. In one aspect, a method includes running the application based on a source language and receiving a request for translating the textual information from the source language into a target language. In response to the request, the method includes acquiring a text location identifier of the textual information of the application, and translating the textual information from the source language to the target language based on a text location identifier-target language content mapping table. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039288 | INTEGRATED ORAL TRANSLATOR WITH INCORPORATED SPEAKER RECOGNITION - A portable electronic translator ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150039289 | Systems and Methods for Representing, Diagnosing, and Recommending Interaction Sequences - Systems and methods for representing and diagnosing interaction sequences in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a group interaction diagnosis and recommendation server system includes a processor and a memory configured to store a set of reference interaction data, where the reference interaction data includes a set of reference interaction sequences, wherein a group interaction diagnosis application configures the processor to obtain a set of group interaction data, generate an interaction model based on the group interaction data and an interaction dynamics language, determine at least one interaction sequence within the set of group interaction data based on the generated interaction model, identify at least one matching interaction sequence within the determined at least one interaction sequence, and recommend at least one improved interaction sequence based on the identified at least one matching interaction sequence and the set of reference interaction data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039290 | KNOWLEDGE-RICH AUTOMATIC TERM DISAMBIGUATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to ambiguity detection. In one embodiment, an object and a topical domain associated with the object are obtained. In this embodiment, the object includes at least one term. At least one of a plurality of information sources is analyzed based on the at least one term and the topical domain. A determination is made that object is one of ambiguous and unambiguous based on analyzing at least one of the plurality of information sources. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039291 | Using a group of CVs and Job Descriptions in a database to establish a library of contextual words and phrases against which documents (CVs or Job Descriptions) can be matched, scored, and ranked. - The present invention relates to using a group of CVs and Job Descriptions (Documents) in a database to establish a library of contextual phrases (References), against which Documents (internal in the database, and external from the database) can be matched, scored, and ranked. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION IN A NATURAL LANGUAGE USER INTERFACE - A method and system are provided for processing natural language user queries for commanding a user interface to perform functions. Individual user queries are classified in accordance with the types of functions and a plurality of user queries may be related to define a particular command. To assist with classification, a query type for each user query is determined where the query type is one of a functional query requesting a particular new command to perform a particular type of function, an entity query relating to an entity associated with the particular new command having the particular type of function and a clarification query responding to a clarification question posed to clarify a prior user query having the particular type of function. Functional queries may be processed using a plurality of natural language processing techniques and scores from each technique combined to determine which type of function is commanded. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE OCCURENCES OF IRRELEVANT AND/OR LOW-SCORE STRINGS IN COMMUNITY BASED OR USER GENERATED CONTENT - A system and method can detect and/or prevent profane/objectionable content in forums/communities with community based or user generated content. The system generates and provides a disallowed variants dictionary, which can be constructed based on a misuse table, wherein the disallowed variants dictionary contains a plurality of variants of one or more disallowed words in a community based or user generated content. Furthermore, the system checks each word in an incoming message against the disallowed variants dictionary, and determines that one or more words in the incoming message are disallowed when there is a hit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039294 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMPLIFYING IMPLICIT RHETORICAL RELATION PREDICTION IN LARGE SCALE ANNOTATED CORPUS - The present invention provides a method and system directed to predicting implicit rhetorical relations between two spans of text, e.g., in a large annotated corpus, such as the Penn Discourse Treebank (“PDTB”), Rhetorical Structure Theory corpus, and the Discourse Graph Bank, and particularly directed to determining a rhetorical relation in the absence of an explicit discourse marker. Surface level features may be used to capture pragmatic information encoded in the absent marker. In one manner a simplified feature set based only on raw text and semantic dependencies is used to improve performance for all relations. By using surface level features to predict implicit rhetorical relations for the large annotated corpus the invention approaches a theoretical maximum performance, suggesting that more data will not necessarily improve performance based on these and similarly situated features. | 2015-02-05 |