| 06th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
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| 20140039809 | METHOD OF DETECTING DEFECTS OF A ROLLING BEARING BY VIBRATION ANALYSIS - A method of detecting defects in a rolling bearing ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039810 | DIGITAL ANGLE METER - An angle measuring device or system can include a wrench and a digital angle meter. The wrench can include a head for engaging a fastening device, a central axis about which the wrench or bracket rotates during use, and a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the central axis. The digital angle meter can be attached to the wrench or bracket and include a housing, a processor, and at least one gyrometer. The at least one gyrometer including a first axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis for determining the rotational orientation of the wrench or bracket relative to a reference position. A sensor of the digital angle meter allows for an automated and accurate calculation of a total angle of rotation of the nut or bolt about the central axis using a ratcheting wrench. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039811 | METHOD OF DETERMINING UNCOLLECTED ENERGY - The present invention concerns a method of producing a data base which includes a plurality of correlation laws, in particular correlation factors, for determining lost energy, which during a stoppage or throttling of a first wind power installation cannot be converted thereby into electrical energy, from the recorded power of at least one reference wind power installation operated in throttled or unthrottled mode, comprising the steps of simultaneously detecting instantaneous power of the first wind power installation and at least one reference wind power installation in the throttled or unthrottled mode, determining a respective correlation law, in particular correlation factor, describing a relationship between the power of the first wind power installation and the power of the at least one reference wind power installation, and storing the at least one correlation law or correlation factor in dependence on at least one boundary condition. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039812 | WET GAS MEASUREMENT - A multi-phase process fluid is passed through a vibratable flowtube. Motion is induced in the vibratable flowtube. A first apparent property of the multi-phase process fluid based on the motion of the vibratable flowtube is determined, and an apparent intermediate value associated with the multi-phase process fluid based on the first apparent property is determined. A corrected intermediate value is determined based on a mapping between the intermediate value and the corrected intermediate value. A phase-specific property of a phase of the multi-phase process fluid is determined based on the corrected intermediate value. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039813 | CORIOLIS MODE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES - Flowmeters are described in which a sensor signal received from a sensor that is attached to vibratable flowtube, so as to determine properties of a fluid within the flowtube, contains a drive signal component and a Coriolis mode component. The flowmeters are operable to determine drive parameters of the drive signal component, as well as Coriolis parameters of the Coriolis mode component. By analyzing the sensor signal based on the drive signal parameters, and not on the Coriolis signal parameters, the flowmeters are able to provide stable and accurate determinations of the properties of the fluid. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039814 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTING A PROCESS DISTURBANCE IN A VIBRATING FLOW DEVICE - The present invention relates to a system, a method, and a computer program product for detecting a process disturbance from entrained gas or particulates within a fluid flowing in a vibrating flow device ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039815 | Fire Hose Testing Apparatus and Method - A method for testing a plurality of fire hoses having respective service test pressures and the test apparatus therefor wherein each hose is required to maintain a test pressure for a specified duration to pass the test. The test pressure is proportional to the service test pressure. Each hose is coupled to a respective hose fitting of a respective branch test conduit. Each branch test conduit includes an isolation valve, a pressure transducer, and a hose fitting downstream of the isolation valve. A variable frequency-variable speed controls a motor which drives a positive displacement water pump supplying water to and pressurizing a water header conduit and a plurality of branch test conduits interconnected therewith. An algorithm applied to the error signal for a respective hose line generates a pump speed command limited by the controller to regulate the rate of increase of pump output pressure. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039816 | BULK STORAGE TANK MONITORING INCLUDING EVAPORATIVE LOSS ASSESSMENT - A method of storage tank monitoring including calculating liquid inventory within the storage tank. Real-time parameters associated with evaporative loss of a liquid stored within the storage tank are determined to produce input data. The real-time parameters include at least one condition within the storage tank and at least one environmental condition. Evaporative loss is automatically calculated with an inventory calculation algorithm using the input data and at least one known physical property of the liquid in the storage tank. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRICALLY-CONNECTED SYSTEM HAVING A PERIODIC BEHAVIOR - A method for monitoring a system having an electrical connection, the connection having at least two phases and respective currents, the system having a periodic behavior, the method comprising the steps of: connecting sensors to measure respective currents of two phases of the electrical connection; transforming the measured currents to create initial current information; making an initial determination of a normal operation of the system; performing training and modeling of the system, following the initial determination of normal operation of the system, the training and modeling including further current measurements yielding modeled current information; monitoring the system, including instant current measurements to yield instant current information indicative of instant operation status of the system; and making an instant determination of operation status of the system by comparing the instant current information with the modeled current information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039818 | DETERMINING A CONNECTIVITY MODEL IN SMART GRIDS - Methods and arrangements for determining a network connectivity model. Meters are interfaced with, and periodic synchronous power-related measurements are collected from different meters. Measurement messages are sent to a predetermined location for being consolidated and processed, and a network connectivity model is thereupon determined. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE SELF-CAPACITANCE USING A SINGLE PIN - A method for measuring capacitance in a sensor device using an internal reference circuit element(s), and without implementing additional circuitry and devices external to the sensor device, is described. In some embodiments a method uses an output pin of the sensor device and an internal reference capacitor of the sensor device to identify a touch applied to a touch point or electrode coupled to the touch sensor. The method applies reference voltages to charge the reference capacitor and measure a signal received from an electrode, wherein the touch sensor controls switching within the touch sensor to apply the reference voltages to the reference capacitor. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039820 | QUANTITATIVE SERIES RESISTANCE IMAGING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS - Luminescence-based methods are disclosed for determining quantitative values for the series resistance across a photovoltaic cell, preferably without making electrical contact to the cell. Luminescence signals are generated by exposing the cell to uniform and patterned illumination with excitation light selected to generate luminescence from the cell, with the illumination patterns preferably produced using one or more filters selected to attenuate the excitation light and transmit the luminescence. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039821 | METHOS OF SCANNING, ANALYZING AND IDENTIFYING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SOURCES - A method of determining the energy level of an electromagnetic field (EMF) received from an EMF source (EMFS) and for identifying the EMFS is provided, the method using a plurality of EMF sensing apparatuses to combine data gathered by the apparatuses in order to identify the level and the sources of the EMF at locations over time. Historical and anticipated EMF-related data is used to warn a user of EMF levels above a preset value. Past, current and future anticipated EMF levels are adapted to be displayed on a map. Methods thereof, apparatuses thereof and computer-readable mediums storing the methods are within the scope of the present invention. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039822 | METHOD FOR IN-LINE DETERMINATION OF FILM THICKNESS AND QUALITY DURING PRINTING PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC ELECTRONICS - The present invention is related to the in-line determination of thickness, optical properties and quality of thin films and multilayer structures of organic (conductors, semiconductors and insulators), hybrid (organic/inorganic) and inorganic (e.g. metals, oxides) materials in real-time by the use of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry—SE, during their printing and/or treating by roll-to-roll and sheet-to-sheet processes. SE unit is located on a stage with the possibility of movement in the lateral direction in relation to the movement of e.g. the roll, taking measurements in the spectral range of Vis-fUV from 1.5-6.5 eV. The method can be used in-line to monitor and control in real-time the printing and surface or bulk treatment processes on flexible rolls or sheets both along and across the web or sheet, in the air or in an environment of nitrogen or other gas, resulting in the production of flexible organic and printed electronic devices such as organic photovoltaics, organic light-emitting diodes etc with controlled and tailored functional properties. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039823 | WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEM - Positioning systems and methods comprise a network of transmitters that broadcast positioning signals comprising ranging signals and positioning system information. A ranging signal comprises information used to measure a distance to a transmitter broadcasting the ranging signal. A reference sensor array comprising at least one reference sensor unit is positioned at a known location. A remote receiver includes an atmospheric sensor collecting atmospheric data at a position of the remote receiver. A positioning application is coupled to the remote receiver and generates a reference pressure estimate at the position of the remote receiver using the atmospheric and reference data from the reference sensor array. The positioning application computes the position of the remote receiver using the reference pressure estimate and information derived from at least one of the positioning signals and satellite signals that are signals of a satellite-based positioning system. The position includes an elevation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039824 | Adaptive Notch Filter - A patient monitoring device and method that determines and monitors at least one patient parameter is provided. A configuration processor generates configuration information in response to a first input signal and an adaptive notch filter receives a second input signal. The second input signal includes a signal of interest and an interference signal in a predetermined frequency range. The adaptive notch filter automatically estimates the interference signal within the second input signal based on a filter parameter and removes the estimated interference signal from the second input signal to generate a target signal. A step processor is electrically coupled between the configuration processor and the adaptive notch filter and sets a value of the filter parameter based on the configuration information, wherein the adaptive notch filter uses the filter parameter to reduce a ringing artifact on the target signal below a threshold level. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039825 | AREA MONITORING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A monitoring system monitoring an environmental condition of an area by measuring an environmental quantity, including: a static monitoring section including plural static sensor units each configured to collect first measure data relating to the environmental quantity in respective portions of the area; a mobile monitoring section including at least one robot configured to move within the area to collect second measure data relating to the environmental quantity in a portion of the area surrounding the robot; and a central unit communicating with the static sensor units and robot to perform: conditioned to assessing an anomalous environmental condition from first measure data collected by at least one static sensor unit, commanding the robot to operate according to anomaly routines, and conditioned to assessing an anomalous environmental condition from second measure data collected by the robot, commanding at least one static sensor unit to operate according to anomaly routines. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039826 | Measurement System Results Queue For Improved Performance - System and method for testing units under test (UUTs). A test sequence is provided that includes an acquisition sequence and a processing sequence. The acquisition sequence may include a sequence of acquisition functions for performing acquisitions on one or more UUTs. The processing sequence may include a sequence of processing functions for processing measurement data resulting from the acquisitions. Each acquisition function may be performed, including performing a plurality of acquisitions, thereby generating respective measurement data sets, and storing the respective measurement data sets in order of the acquisitions. Each processing function may be performed, including retrieving and processing each respective measurement data set in order of acquisition. At least one processing function of the processing sequence may be performed concurrently with at least one acquisition function of the acquisition sequence. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039827 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, ACTION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND ACTION DETECTION METHOD - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes calculating a variance of acceleration in individual sections obtained by dividing, by a first predetermined time interval, acceleration information for multiple axis directions detected from a subject whose action is to be determined; extracting, as a first candidate region, a section with the largest variance of acceleration from among the sections; calculating a variance of acceleration in individual sections obtained by shifting the first candidate region forward and backward by a second predetermined time interval; selecting, as a second candidate region, a section with the largest variance of acceleration from among the first candidate region and the sections obtained by shifting the first candidate region forward and backward; calculating a feature value for the second candidate region; and determining the action of the subject based on the feature value. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039828 | DROP DETERMINING DEVICE AND DROP DETERMINING METHOD - A drop determining device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including: detecting acceleration within a predetermined range; calculating acceleration outside the predetermined range, using the acceleration detected at the detecting; and determining whether drop has occurred, using the acceleration calculated at the calculating. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039829 | POSITION DETECTOR - A position detector includes a Hall element that detects a magnetic flux density and a temperature detection element that detects the temperature of the Hall element. In a rotation angle calculation process, a temperature correction value a is calculated by substituting a detection temperature t of the temperature detection element and a reference maximum voltage V | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039830 | TEST DEVICE TO MEASURE COATING THICKNESS AND TEST SYSTEM - A test device includes a test port, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The test port connects to a test line including a test probe. The storage unit stores a relationship table defining relationships between various thicknesses of coatings and readings from the test probe. The processing unit includes a detection module, a power control module, and a result analysis module. The detection module detects a test signal to start a test and continue for a period of time. The power control module provides power to the test port for the test period. The test probe produces a stimulus signal when receiving the power from the test port, and produces a feedback signal containing a reading when the power voltage is cut off. The result analysis module obtains the particular reading and determines the thickness of the coating according to the relationship table. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039831 | System for Reusing Triple Event Data in PET and Method, Program Product Thereof - The invention provides a system for reusing triple event data of PET. The system comprises an input unit, a determining unit, and an output unit. A plurality of data is generated by an object undergoing the PET scan, and the input unit is used to receive the data. The determining unit is used to determine the data and pick out data corresponding to triple event from the data and according to a formula to pick out data corresponding to coincident event from the data corresponding to triple event. In other words, the determining unit picks out data corresponding to true triple event from the data to reuse and analyze the data corresponding to coincident event and further to generate an analysis result. The output unit is used to output the analysis result. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039832 | METHOD FOR DETERMING AND USING A CLIMATE ENERGY INDEX - A system and method for determining at least one climate energy index, comprising: at least one server and/or at least one client coupled to at least one application, the at least one application capable of: identifying at least one geographic location; identifying at least one human comfort zone; performing at least one energy calculation for weather ordinates associated with the at least one geographic location and the at least one human comfort zone; summing the at least one energy calculation for at least one time period; combining all the energy calculations to produce at least one energy total for the at least one geographic location; and determining at least one first index value associated with delivered energy based on the at least one energy total for the at least one geographic location. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MONITOR AN ASSET IN AN OPERATING PROCESS UNIT - Systems and methods to monitor an asset in an operating process unit are disclosed. An example method includes monitoring one or more equipment parameters associated with an asset in an operating process unit, monitoring one or more process parameters associated with the asset, and determining an asset health value corresponding to the asset based on the one or more monitored equipment parameters, process parameters, and baseline data associated with the one or more equipment parameters. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING EQUIPMENT CONDITIONS - In case-based anomaly detection in equipment such as a plant, it is necessary to search entire learned data for partial data close to newly observed data. Which needs a long computation time. In order to solve this problem, there is provided a method, the learned data is clustered into clusters and the centers of the clusters as well as data pertaining to the clusters are stored in advance. Data close to newly observed data is selected from only the learned data pertaining to a cluster close to the newly observed data. Then, a normal model is created from the selected data and an anomaly measure is found whereas a threshold value is determined. Subsequently, an anomaly measure is found from the newly observed data and the created normal model. Then, this anomaly measure is compared with the threshold value in order to detect an anomaly of the equipment. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039835 | REMOTE TESTING OF HVAC SYSTEMS - A number of methods for testing an HVAC system for a building structure from a remote location outside of the building structure are disclosed. Generally, the HVAC system has a primarily active component and a primarily dormant component. The method includes the steps of transmitting a test request to the HVAC system from the remote location, performing a test on the primarily dormant component of the HVAC system in response to the test request, and producing a test result. The test result can then be transmitted to a location outside of the building structure. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039836 | MONITORING, DIAGNOSING AND OPTIMIZING ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP OPERATIONS - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring, diagnosing and optimizing operation of an electric submersible pump (ESP). At least some illustrative embodiments include a method that includes collecting measured data representative of a state of an ESP within a well or of well conditions and storing the measured data, matching a nodal analysis model of the well to the well by matching one or more modeled values to corresponding measured data, and identifying one or more likely conditions of the ESP based at least in part on data generated by a matched model. The method further includes updating the matched model to reflect a selected correction of one of the likely conditions identified, generating ESP performance curves using the updated model, and presenting to a user an action recommended to achieve an ESP performance consistent with an ESP operating point selected from one of the ESP performance curves. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF THE ORIENTATION OF A MESSAGE SIGN - System and method for monitoring a condition, such as directional orientation, of an object, such as a message sign, and generating an alert if the condition deviates from a predetermined minimum level. An apparatus associated with the object includes at least one sensor that provides initial and subsequent condition data. The apparatus transmits data to a remote monitoring station having a computer that can receive and store data. The computer calculates the difference in value between an initial condition data and subsequently obtained condition data, and compares the difference to a predetermined deviation value. If the difference value is greater than the predetermined deviation value the computer generates an alert. The alert may be displayed as an icon on a displayed map. An alert may be sent to a remote operator requesting correction of the condition, such as reorienting a sign face. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039838 | Handheld Devices, Systems, and Methods for Measuring Parameters - Embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to handheld systems, individual components, and methods of using such systems and components for measuring parameters, such as electrical, mechanical, and physical measurement parameters. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a gateway device for a measurement system generally includes a first communication system for receiving at least one signal containing data according to a first protocol, wherein the at least one signal includes at least one measurement value from at least one handheld measurement device, a signal translator for translating the signal containing the data to another signal containing the data according to a second protocol different from the first protocol, and a data memory system for storing data on the gateway device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039839 | Methods and Systems for Geo-Location Optimized Tracking and Updating for Events Having Combined Activity and Location Information - A method includes obtaining a first geo-location and a second geo-location. The first and second geo-locations are associated with a monitoring device. The monitoring device is configured to be used by a user. The first geo-location is determined at a first time and the second geo-location is determined at a second time. The first time and the second time are associated with a rate of obtaining geo-location data. The method includes calculating a difference in distance between the second and first geo-locations and changing the rate of obtaining a third geo-location associated with the monitoring device based on the difference in distance between the second and first geo-locations. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039840 | Methods and Systems for Classification of Geographic Locations for Tracked Activity - A method includes receiving activity of a monitoring device that is configured to be worn by a user having a user account. The activity includes an amount of movement of the monitoring device and occurs for a period of time. The method further includes receiving geo-location data for the monitoring device and processing the activity data and geo-location data received for the period of time. The operation of processing is performed to segment the period of time into at least two events. The method includes assigning an identifier to each event. The identifier has a default description for the geo-location data. The default description is selected from a plurality of descriptions based on the activity data obtained by the movement of the monitoring device for the geo-location data. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039841 | Methods and Systems for Identification of Event Data Having Combined Activity and Location Information of Portable Monitoring Devices - Systems and methods for segmenting a period of time into identification of locations of a user who performs activities are described. One of the methods includes detecting activity of a monitoring device worn by the user. The activity includes an amount of movement of the monitoring device. The activity is performed for a period of time. The method further includes obtaining geo-location data for the monitoring device and storing, during the period of time, the detected activity and corresponding geo-location data. The method also includes analyzing the detected activity and the corresponding geo-location data to identify one or more events. Each event is associated with a group of activity data and one or more of the groups of activity data is associated with an identifier, which is obtained using the geo-location data. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039842 | Methods and Systems for Generation and Rendering Interactive Events Having Combined Activity and Location Information - A computer-implemented method is described. The computer-implemented method is used for populating data of a graphical user interface (GUI). The computer-implemented method includes generating one or more graphical elements of one or more activities captured by a monitoring device. The monitoring device is usable by a user during the capturing. The method further includes generating a timeline including a time period over which the activities are performed. The timeline includes a chronological order of time within the time period. The method further includes generating an activity symbol for one or more of the activities performed during the time period. The activity symbol has an image that is graphically overlaid on the graphical elements of the activities. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039843 | WIND FARM LAYOUT IN CONSIDERATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL WAKE - Methods and arrangements for determining a layout and dimensions of a wind farm. A three-dimensional wake model for a wind farm is generated, and a positioning and dimensioning model for turbines of the wind farm is developed based on the three-dimensional wake model. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039844 | DETERMINING A HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING MODEL FOR A BUILDING - Devices, methods, and systems for determining a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) model for a building are described herein. One method includes receiving a description of the building, receiving an HVAC meta-model, wherein the HVAC meta-model is independent of the building, and determining an HVAC model for the building based on the description of the building and the HVAC meta-model. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039845 | DETERMINING A LAYOUT AND WIRING ESTIMATION FOR A HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF A BUILDING - Devices, methods, and systems for determining a layout and wiring estimation for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building are described herein. One method includes receiving information from a building information model associated with a building, receiving information from a pre-engineering tool associated with the building, and determining a layout and wiring estimation for an HVAC system of the building based, at least in part, on the information from the building information model and the information from the pre-engineering tool. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039846 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing method, includes: identifying, by a computer, a first components of a first category included in circuit data including a plurality of components, when receiving a first instruction to replace the first components with a second component of a second category; generating layers on which the second component is to be arranged; acquiring correlation between a pin of the first component and a pin of the second component; and replacing the first component with the second component arranged on the layers based on the correlation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039847 | DECOUPLED PARALLEL MESHING IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN - In a meshing method for use in a computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided engineering (CAE) system, in which one or more serial meshing units are used to carry out a decoupled parallel meshing process in respect of all parts of a CAD assembly model, input parameters for the meshing process automatically, for each part to be processed, are set using live runtime information about the meshing process for the part concerned, such as information about the outcome of previous attempts to carry out the meshing process of the part. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039848 | HEALING ABUTMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DESIGN OF A HEALING ABUTMENT - A gingiva former and final abutment, which has a connecting geometry for attachment to an implant and comprises a tailor-made edge, a tapering lower part that is located beneath and has a tailor-made shape, and a tapering upper part having a lateral surface, wherein the lateral surface has an angle of inclination (α) of between 0.5° and 30° with respect to a longitudinal axis (A) of the connecting geometry. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039849 | METHOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER DISTRIBUTION MODEL - A method for the determination of demand zones for use with a water distribution model of a water distribution network, the method comprising the steps of: constructing polygons about clusters of consumption nodes; calculating base load consumption of the nodes within each polygon; assigning a consumption type to each polygon, and; aggregating connected polygons of the same consumption type into demand zones. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039850 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FORMING SOLAR RADIATION MODEL APPLYING TOPOGRAPHICAL EFFECTS - Provided are a method and an apparatus of forming a solar radiation model applying topographical effects, the method comprising: calculating a slope angle and a slope aspect of a selected point on a digital elevation model data; calculating a final direct solar radiation of the selected point; calculating a final diffuse solar radiation of the selected point using the slope angle of the selected point, a sky-view factor of the selected point, and a diffuse solar radiation on the horizontal surface of the selected point; and calculating a global solar radiation using the final direct solar radiation and the final diffuse solar radiation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039851 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCURATE SIMULATION OF SURFACES AND INTERFACES OF FCC METALS - The Lennard-Jones parameters for metals, such as fee metals, have been developed which are suitable for the simulation of the metals, alloys, and interfaces with water, organic, inorganic, and biological molecules. The models are compatible with common materials-oriented and biomolecular force fields, and can thus be integrated in commercial simulation packages to extend their applicability to any metal-related systems. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRANSIENT COOLING PERFORMANCE FOR DATA CENTER - A system and method is provided for evaluating the transient cooling performance of a data center. In one version, the method includes receiving input data from a storage device, the input data including data center architecture information and operating data, performing transient cooling performance calculations for the data center using the input data, and displaying results of the transient cooling performance calculations, wherein the results include at least one of a cooling runtime and a maximum predicted temperature of the data center following a power outage of the data center. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039853 | SCALABLE SIMULATION OF MULTIPHASE FLOW IN A FRACTURED SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR WITH MULTIPLE INTERACTING CONTINUA BY MATRIX SOLUTION - A subterranean reservoir where the pore space of media or formation rock is multimodal, and the media may have imbedded multiple scales of fracture networks, is simulated. The modes of the pore system and the scale of fracture networks are each represented as a separate, but interactive continuum with the other. A matrix solution with arrangement of the reservoir data adapted for parallel computation is utilized. The simulation allows multiple continua to be co-located and multi-interacting, in that each continuum may have current and counter-current multiple multiphase exchanges with other continua. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039854 | METHODS FOR MODELING WEAR OF FIXED CUTTER BITS AND FOR DESIGNING AND OPTIMIZING FIXED CUTTER BITS - In one aspect, the invention provides a method for modeling the wear of a fixed cutter bit drilling earth formations. A method for determining wear of a fixed cutter drill bit includes simulating the fixed cutter drill bit drilling an earth formation; determining a cutter-formation interaction force and a relative sliding velocity of a selected area on a cutting surface on a cutter of the fixed cutter drill bit during the drilling; and calculating a wear rate of the selected area based on the cutter-formation interaction force and the relative sliding velocity. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING STARE-TIME BY A POINTING SYSTEM - A method and system to evaluate stare-time of a selected target by a pointing system is provided. In an embodiment, the method includes specifying a time period for evaluation. A processor simulates movement of selected celestial bodies during the time period and movement of the platform during the time period. The processor further simulates pointing the pointing system in each celestial direction during the time period. The method calculates stare-time in each celestial direction uninterrupted by the selected celestial bodies and the platform during the time period. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039856 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM COMPRISING INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PROCESS MODEL, AND METHOD OF USE - A process simulation modeling system is described, in which a computer-readable storage medium contains a model of a process or operation affected by a number of parameters. A process model maintained in a first data structure, and a plurality of process modifications in a second data structure, wherein one or more of the plurality of process modifications relate to the portion of the model of the process that is dependent upon the subset of the plurality of parameters, such that only a change in the subset of the plurality of parameters affect the portion of the model, and wherein the computer is programmably arranged to generate an output representing the effect of the change in the subset of the plurality of parameters on the model of the process. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039857 | EMOTIONAL ANALYTICS FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT - Systems and techniques for emotional analytics for performance improvement are described herein. Performance data of a subject can be received including a specific performance event. Emotional data of the subject corresponding to the specific performance event can be received. A plan to achieve a performance goal for the subject can be determined based on both the performance data and the emotional data. The plan can be presented to a user. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING INVOLVING A BULK MATERIAL - Computer-implemented methods and systems are described for discrete element modelling of a plurality of discrete elements corresponding to particles and physical geometry elements. The disclosed embodiments provide a plurality of discrete element material models, each discrete element material model corresponding to a respective bulk material and containing (i) information regarding the properties of particles within said bulk material, and (ii) information regarding the behaviour of interactions between such particles. The following information can be received from a user: a selection of a bulk material for use in a simulation, and a specification of properties associated with the selected bulk material. The disclosed embodiments can perform a discrete element model simulation on a set of particles, wherein the simulation uses the information regarding the behaviour of interactions between particles from the discrete element material model for a user-selected bulk material. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039859 | MULTI-LEVEL RESERVOIR HISTORY MATCHING - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for performing multi-level reservoir history matching. At least some illustrative embodiments include a method that includes generating a first history-matched model using at least one updated model parameter derived from one or more existing model parameters, generating a set of second history-matched models by applying a probabilistic inversion to the first history-matched model, and deriving a set of third history-matched models from the set of second history-matched models. The method further includes generating dynamic simulation realization sets using each of the set of third history-matched models, ranking each of the set of third history-matched models based at least in part on the dynamic simulation realization sets, and presenting a production forecast to a user based on the highest ranked third history-matched models. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039860 | Monitoring and Diagnosing Water Flooded Reservoirs Using Production Data - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and diagnosing reservoirs. At least some illustrative embodiments include a method that includes collecting measured near-wellbore data representative of conditions at or near wells within the reservoir (e.g., oil and gas wells), storing the measured near-wellbore data in one or more databases and graphically presenting to a user simulated interwell data generated by a reservoir simulation based at least in part on the measured near-wellbore data. The method further includes graphically overlaying at least some of the measured near-wellbore data over the simulated interwell data and graphically presenting to the user one or more production indicators calculated based at least in part on the simulated interwell data. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039861 | OBJECT CORRECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An object correcting method includes disposing multiple sample objects at different positions on a display screen, the sample objects having respective attributes characteristic thereof; obtaining the position of a point on the display screen specified by a user; changing the attribute of a target object by calculating an interpolated value of the attributes of the sample objects based on the positions at which the sample objects are disposed and the position of the point and replacing the value of at least one of the parameters of the attribute of the target object with the calculated interpolated value; and correcting the target object based on the changed attribute thereof. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039862 | Apparatus for Neuron Emulation and Testing - A method and a device are disclosed for an electronic neuron emulator for representing both passive and active electrical properties of a live neuron. The currents used to generate action potentials are derived from a pre-charged capacitor. The present invention provides for a more physiological state for testing neuroscience instruments such as the single-electrode voltage clamp and the patch clamp. The device can also include multiple pre-charged capacitors to represent ionic channels with more accurate physiologically parameters. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039863 | MODELING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMANCE - Disclosed are embodiments for modeling semiconductor device performance using a single compact model despite changes in performance attribute to model parameter dependency of a single semiconductor device that occur during fitting and/or re-centering due to local layout effects (LLEs) and despite variations in this dependency across multiple related semiconductor devices due to LLEs. In one embodiment, the actual performance attribute to model parameter dependence of a single semiconductor device is fit to a reference dependence so that changes to the compact model are not required even when changes occur in the performance attribute to model parameter dependency during fitting and/or re-centering. In another embodiment, the actual performance attribute to model parameter dependence of each of multiple related semiconductor devices are fit to a reference dependence so that changes to the compact model are not required even when the performance attribute to model parameter dependency varies across the devices. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039864 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING ELECTROMAGNETIC IMMUNITY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is disclosed a method of simulating Electromagnetic (EM) immunity of an electronic device, comprising applying a disturbing signal on at least one first entry point of a model of the device and monitoring a disturbed signal on at least one observation point of said model of the device; and, automatically varying the frequency and the level of the disturbing signal stepwise until a default is just detected in the disturbed signal, wherein at each frequency and level step, a simulation is run up to a dwell time and resulting simulation data is examined for a default condition. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039865 | MODELING SYSTEM AND MODELING METHOD BASED ON LOGICAL RELATION - A modeling system and modeling method based on a logical relation, including an operation task integrating module, a task interpreter, a graph layout correcting module, a graph wiring correcting module and a database model increment correcting module, wherein the database model increment correcting module includes a graph increment calculating unit and a model increment calculating unit. The system, through description of the logical relation and based on support of the automatic wiring technology, realizes the graph-model integrated generation of a new grid model of the power system which is based on the description of the logical relation; the grid model is completely defined and modified on “one net”, which is different from the original way that the power system model is established on countless net graphs, thereby helping the grid operation manager to accurately and rapidly establish and modify the grid model of the full system. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039866 | OPTIMIZING QUANTUM SIMULATIONS BY INTELLIGENT PERMUTATION - A state (i.e., ket) of a set of qubits may be simulated via a classical computer. Ordering characteristics of the ket (i.e., the “current” permutation associated with the state) may be determined. An operator (which may be associated with a certain operation to perform on the ket) may be defined and simulated. Ordering characteristics of the operator (i.e., the “current” permutation associated with operator) may be determined. If the current permutations of the state and operator match, then the operation may be performed to generate a new ket. Alternatively, the operator may be permuted to match the permutation of the current state. Or the state may be permuted to match the current operator permutation. The operation may then be performed, and the state and permutation remembered for the next operation. The process may be repeated for each operation in the series. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039867 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus includes simulators which are configured to be directly or indirectly cooperated. A storage unit stores simulator operation scenarios having time information. A scenario execution unit extracts an elemental scenario as an element of a simulator operation scenario from the simulator operation scenario, transmits the elemental scenario to at least one of the simulators which are cooperated, synchronizes the simulators, and controls the simulators to execute simulator operations. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039868 | User-Defined Application Models - A system (and corresponding method) that employs wiki-type models to consider authoring rather than composition in an application environment is provided. The innovation enables collaborative information and templates to be used to enhance quality, productivity, etc. within a software application environment. These wiki-type models can provide features, functions and benefits related to, but not limited to, general information, auto-fills, formats, schema, conversions, preferences, etc. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039869 | Method and Program for Generating a Simulator - Embodiments include a method for producing a simulator configured to simulate the behaviour of a target physical system, the simulator comprising a simulation model representing the target physical system and a simulation execution environment in which the simulation model is executable; the method comprising: obtaining an initial model configured for execution in a first execution environment and representing the target physical system, the initial model specifying permitted combinations of values from among ranges of possible values for a plurality of independently variable initialising conditions provided by the first execution environment; generating, as the simulation execution environment, a constrained version of the first execution environment which provides only a constrained set of possible values for the plurality of independently variable initialising conditions based on the specified permitted combinations of values; and generating, as the simulation model, a representation of the initial model which is executable in the simulation execution environment. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039870 | METHOD FOR TRANSLATING DOCUMENTS USING CROWDSOURCING AND LATTICE-BASED STRING ALIGNMENT TECHNIQUE - A method, a system, and a computer program product for translating a document are disclosed. A document in a source language is received and text snippets are extracted from the same. The text snippets are sent to a first set of remote workers for translation and a second set of remote workers for validation. The words in the validated text snippets are assigned a probability score. The words with the highest probability score are combined to generate the translated document. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039871 | Synchronous Texts - A method and apparatus to synchronize segments of text with timed vocalizations. Plain text captions present syllabic timings visually while their vocalization is heard. Captions in standard formats are optionally used. Synchronous playback speeds are controlled. Syllabic segments are aligned with timing points in a custom format. Verified constant timings are variably assembled into component segments. Outputs include styled custom caption and HTML presentations. Related texts are aligned with segments and controlled in plain text row sets. Translations, synonyms, structures, pictures and other context rows are aligned. Pictures in sets are aligned and linked in tiered sorting carousels. Alignment of row set contents is constant with variable display width wraps. Sorting enables users to rank aligned contexts where segments are used. Personalized contexts are compared with group sorted links. Variable means to express constant messages are compared. Vocal language is heard in sound, seen in pictures and animated text. The methods are used to learn language. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING LANGUAGE OF A USER INTERFACE ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism for modifying a language of a user interface in a computing device. A method includes receiving, by a computing device, a request to modify a first language of a user interface of the computing device to a second language. The user interface comprises text displayed in the first language. The method also includes converting, by the computing device, the first language of the user interface to the second language during runtime of the computing device without losing a session of a user of the computing device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039873 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CORRECTING MACHINE TRANSLATION INFORMATION - A computer implemented machine translation system and method is provided that improves the accuracy of output from one or more machine translation systems by applying one or more data correction routines. A data correction routine is provided that includes information distance analysis of one or more sets of machine translation information to a set of text elements related to the domain and stored to a database. The system and method generate as output corrected text elements related to a meaning intended by a user from whom the machine translation information was captured. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039874 | Automatically Changing a Language for Electronic Messages - Automatic language switching may use information obtained from a received message to select a proper language for creating an electronic message automatically, based on at least one of language information associated with the user, language information associated with the recipients, and language information extracted from a previously received message. A user may override the automatically selected language if desired. Information about what languages are known by the user may be inferred based on the language information extracted from a received message. Adaptive techniques may be used to limit or control which languages may be selected or offered for selection, based on previous user interactions. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039875 | VISUAL ANALYSIS OF PHRASE EXTRACTION FROM A CONTENT STREAM - A system may include an extraction engine to extract candidate phrases from a content stream, and an analysis engine to assign the candidate phrases visual cues and display the visual cues to an operator. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039876 | EXTRACTING RELATED CONCEPTS FROM A CONTENT STREAM USING TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION - A system may include an analysis engine to generate a set of candidate phrases from a content stream based on the temporal resolution, the interestingness, and/or the correlation of the candidate phrases. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039877 | Systems and Methods for Semantic Information Retrieval - A semantic tagging method may add context to a sentence in order to increase search efficiency. Regardless of an author's writing style, translating semantic concepts into tags may increase search efficiency. Automatic semantic tagging of documents may allow semantic search and reasoning. Text for semantic tagging may include an email, a website chat room, an internet forum, or a text message, Additional texts may include aggregating general consensus of an emailed topic across multiple emails, whether in the same email chain or separate emails. To increase search efficiency, the analysis of prior communications within the body of text may comprise analyzing structured contextual information to facilitate with homophora resolution. The structured contextual information may include at least one of a sender email address, one or more recipient email addresses, a subject field, a message date and time stamp, and an attachment title. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039878 | Symbolic-To-Natural Language Conversion - Techniques are described for converting characters that represent a mathematical expression, according to mathematical conventions, into natural language that communicates the mathematical expression based on the rules of the natural language for communicating mathematical expressions. A mathematical expression parser parses the characters representing the mathematical expression into a syntax tree. A visitor function visits each node of the syntax tree and produces natural language for the nodes based, at least in part, on types of the syntax tree nodes and, potentially, contexts of syntax tree nodes. The natural language produced for the syntax tree is assembled into a string based, at least in part, on the structure of the syntax tree. The resulting natural language string may be displayed via a graphical user interface, used by a text-to-speech mechanism to produce a spoken communication of the natural language for the mathematical expression, etc. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039879 | GENERIC SYSTEM FOR LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS AND TRANSFORMATION - A system providing a set of natural language processing functionalities, such as named entity extraction, domain extraction, sense disambiguation, automatic translation between different natural languages, morphological analysis, tokenization, via a unified process of analysis and transformation, using underlying linguistic database. The invention can accept text input and can be used to translate text, find out the correct sense of a word, obtain the main subject of a text, obtain the grammatical attributes of a word, paraphrase a text, and search for specific entities within the input text. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039880 | Applying Service Levels to Transcripts - Speech is transcribed to produce a draft transcript of the speech. Portions of the transcript having a high priority are identified. For example, particular sections of the transcript may be identified as high-priority sections. As another example, portions of the transcript requiring human verification may be identified as high-priority sections. High-priority portions of the transcript are verified at a first time, without verifying other portions of the transcript. Such other portions may or may not be verified at a later time. Limiting verification, either initially or entirely, to high-priority portions of the transcript limits the time required to perform such verification, thereby making it feasible to verify the most important portions of the transcript at an early stage without introducing an undue delay into the transcription process. Verifying the other portions of the transcript later ensures that early verification of the high-priority portions does not sacrifice overall verification accuracy. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039881 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - The instant application includes computationally-implemented systems and methods that include managing adaptation data, the adaptation data is at least partly based on at least one speech interaction of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device when there is an indication of a speech-facilitated transaction between the target device and the particular party, such that the adaptation data is to be applied to the target device to assist in execution of the speech-facilitated transaction, and facilitating acquisition of adaptation result data that is based on at least one aspect of the speech-facilitated transaction and to be used in determining whether to modify the adaptation data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039882 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - The instant application includes computationally-implemented systems and methods that include managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, wherein the adaptation data is configured to be applied to the target device to assist in execution of a speech-facilitated transaction, facilitating reception of adaptation result data that is based on at least one aspect of the speech-facilitated transaction between the particular party and the target device, determining whether to modify the adaptation data at least partly based on the adaptation result data, and facilitating transmission of at least a portion of modified adaptation data to a receiving device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039883 | SOCIAL MUSIC SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH CONTINUOUS, REAL-TIME PITCH CORRECTION OF VOCAL PERFORMANCE AND DRY VOCAL CAPTURE FOR SUBSEQUENT RE-RENDERING BASED ON SELECTIVELY APPLICABLE VOCAL EFFECT(S) SCHEDULE(S) - Vocal musical performances may be captured and, in some cases or embodiments, pitch-corrected and/or processed in accord with a user selectable vocal effects schedule for mixing and rendering with backing tracks in ways that create compelling user experiences. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured on mobile devices in the context of a karaoke-style presentation of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Such performances can be pitch-corrected in real-time at the mobile device in accord with pitch correction settings. Vocal effects schedules may also be selectively applied to such performances. In these ways, even amateur user/performers with imperfect pitch are encouraged to take a shot at “stardom” and/or take part in a game play, social network or vocal achievement application architecture that facilitates musical collaboration on a global scale and/or, in some cases or embodiments, to initiate revenue generating in-application transactions. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039884 | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES IN AN AUDIO ENCODER - An audio encoder implements multi-channel coding decision, band truncation, multi-channel rematrixing, and header reduction techniques to improve quality and coding efficiency. In the multi-channel coding decision technique, the audio encoder dynamically selects between joint and independent coding of a multi-channel audio signal via an open-loop decision based upon (a) energy separation between the coding channels, and (b) the disparity between excitation patterns of the separate input channels. In the band truncation technique, the audio encoder performs open-loop band truncation at a cut-off frequency based on a target perceptual quality measure. In multi-channel rematrixing technique, the audio encoder suppresses certain coefficients of a difference channel by scaling according to a scale factor, which is based on current average levels of perceptual quality, current rate control buffer fullness, coding mode, and the amount of channel separation in the source. In the header reduction technique, the audio encoder selectively modifies the quantization step size of zeroed quantization bands so as to encode in fewer frame header bits. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039885 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE-ENABLING A WEB APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039886 | OPERATING METHOD FOR VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION/SILENCE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - A Voice Activity Detection/Silence Suppression (VAD/SS) system is connected to a channel of a transmission pipe. The channel provides a pathway for the transmission of energy. A method for operating a VAD/SS system includes detecting the energy on the channel, and activating or suppressing activation of the VAD/SS system depending upon the nature of the energy detected on the channel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039887 | IDENTIFYING CORRESPONDING REGIONS OF CONTENT - A content alignment service may generate content synchronization information to facilitate the synchronous presentation of audio content and textual content. In some embodiments, a region of the textual content whose correspondence to the audio content is uncertain may be analyzed to determine whether the region of textual content corresponds to one or more words that are audibly presented in the audio content, or whether the region of textual content is a mismatch with respect to the audio content. In some embodiments, words in the textual content that correspond to words in the audio content are synchronously presented, while mismatched words in the textual content may be skipped to maintain synchronous presentation. Accordingly, in one example application, an audiobook is synchronized with an electronic book, so that as the electronic book is displayed, corresponding words of the audiobook are audibly presented. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039888 | SPEECH RECOGNITION MODELS BASED ON LOCATION INDICIA - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing speech recognition using models that are based on where, within a building, a speaker makes an utterance are disclosed. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving data corresponding to an utterance, and obtaining location indicia for an area within a building where the utterance was spoken. Further actions include selecting one or more models for speech recognition based on the location indicia, wherein each of the selected one or more models is associated with a weight based on the location indicia. Additionally, the actions include generating a composite model using the selected one or more models and the respective weights of the selected one or more models. And the actions also include generating a transcription of the utterance using the composite model. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039889 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC DICTATION INTERFACE - Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039890 | EFFICIENT CONTENT CLASSIFICATION AND LOUDNESS ESTIMATION - The present document relates to methods and systems for encoding an audio signal. The method comprises determining a spectral representation of the audio signal. The determining a spectral representation step may comprise determining modified discrete cosine transform, MDCT, coefficients, or a Quadrature Mirror Filter, QMF, filter bank representation of the audio signal. The method further comprises encoding the audio signal using the determined spectral representation; and classifying parts of the audio signal to be speech or non-speech based on the determined spectral representation. Finally, a loudness measure for the audio signal based on the speech parts is determined. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039891 | AUTOMATIC SEPARATION OF AUDIO DATA - Systems and methods for audio editing are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving digital audio data including a plurality of distinct vocal components. Each distinct vocal component is automatically identified using one or more attributes that uniquely identify each distinct vocal component. The audio data is separated into two or more individual tracks where each individual track comprises audio data corresponding to one distinct vocal component. The separated individual tracks are then made available for further processing. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039892 | USING THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AS A HUMAN INTERACTIVE PROOF - In one embodiment, a human interactive proof portal | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039893 | Personalized Voice-Driven User Interfaces for Remote Multi-User Services - Disclosed embodiments provide for personalizing a voice user interface of a remote multi-user service. A voice user interface for the remote multi-user service can be provided and voice information from an identified user can be received at the multi-user service through the voice user interface. A language model specific to the identified user can be retrieved that models one or more language elements. The retrieved language model can be applied to interpret the received voice information and a response can be generated by the multi-user service in response the interpreted voice information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039894 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING GROUP CALL STATISTICS - An enhanced speech recognition system and method are provided that may be used with a voice recognition wireless communication system. The enhanced speech recognition system and method take advantage of group to group calling statistics to improve the recognition of names by the speech recognition system. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039895 | METHOD FOR USING PAUSES DETECTED IN SPEECH INPUT TO ASSIST IN INTERPRETING THE INPUT DURING CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTION FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - A method for using speech disfluencies detected in speech input to assist in interpreting the input is provided. The method includes providing access to a set of content items with metadata describing the content items, and receiving a speech input intended to identify a desired content item. The method further includes detecting a speech disfluency in the speech input and determining a measure of confidence of a user in a portion of the speech input following the speech disfluency. If the confidence measure is lower than a threshold value, the method includes determining an alternative query input based on replacing the portion of the speech input following the speech disfluency with another word or phrase. The method further includes selecting content items based on comparing the speech input, the alternative query input (when the confidence measure is low), and the metadata associated with the content items. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039896 | Methods and System for Grammar Fitness Evaluation as Speech Recognition Error Predictor - A plurality of statements are received from within a grammar structure. Each of the statements is formed by a number of word sets. A number of alignment regions across the statements are identified by aligning the statements on a word set basis. Each aligned word set represents an alignment region. A number of potential confusion zones are identified across the statements. Each potential confusion zone is defined by words from two or more of the statements at corresponding positions outside the alignment regions. For each of the identified potential confusion zones, phonetic pronunciations of the words within the potential confusion zone are analyzed to determine a measure of confusion probability between the words when audibly processed by a speech recognition system during the computing event. An identity of the potential confusion zones across the statements and their corresponding measure of confusion probability are reported to facilitate grammar structure improvement. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED ADAPTATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SPEAKER AUTHENTICATION IN A VOICE BIOMETRIC SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - A system for automated adaptation and improvement of speaker authentication in a voice biometric system environment, comprising a speech sample collector, a target selector, a voice analyzer, a voice data modifier, and a call flow creator. The speech sample collector retrieves speech samples from a database of enrolled participants in a speaker authentication system. The target selector selects target users that will be used to test the speaker authentication system. The voice analyzer extracts a speech component data set from each of the speech samples. The call flow creator creates a plurality of call flows for testing the speaker authentication system, each call flow being either an impostor call flow or a legitimate call flow. The call flows created by the call flow creator are used to test the speaker authentication system. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039898 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOICED-ENABLING A WEB APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039899 | INDEXING DIGITIZED SPEECH WITH WORDS REPRESENTED IN THE DIGITIZED SPEECH - Indexing digitized speech with words represented in the digitized speech, with a multimodal digital audio editor operating on a multimodal device supporting modes of user interaction, the modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, the multimodal digital audio editor operatively coupled to an ASR engine, including providing by the multimodal digital audio editor to the ASR engine digitized speech for recognition; receiving in the multimodal digital audio editor from the ASR engine recognized user speech including a recognized word, also including information indicating where, in the digitized speech, representation of the recognized word begins; and inserting by the multimodal digital audio editor the recognized word, in association with the information indicating where, in the digitized speech, representation of the recognized word begins, into a speech recognition grammar, the speech recognition grammar voice enabling user interface commands of the multimodal digital audio editor. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039900 | Systems and Methods For Haptic Confirmation Of Commands - Systems and methods for haptic confirmation of commands are disclosed. For example a system for generating haptic effects to confirm receipt of a voice command includes a microphone; a housing configured to be contacted by a user, and an actuator in communication with the housing, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect to the housing. The system also includes a processor in communication with the microphone and the actuator, the processor configured to receive speech information from the microphone; recognize the speech information and determine a command associated with the speech information. If the speech information is recognized and the command is determined, the processor is configured to generate a first actuator signal configured to cause the actuator to output a first haptic effect, and transmit the first actuator signal to the actuator. Otherwise, the processor is configured generate a second actuator signal configured to cause the actuator to output a second haptic effect; and transmit the second actuator signal to the actuator. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039901 | VOICE-CODED IN-BAND DATA FOR INTERACTIVE CALLS - A voice-coded in-band communication device monitors a voice-coded channel to detect data to present to a user. During operation, the communication device can detect a data-encoding signal from the voice-coded channel, such that the voice-coded channel can carry an audio signal that includes a voice signal and the data-encoding signal. The device decodes the data-encoding signal to detect a data element. The data element can include information that is to be presented to a local user, a request from a remote device for information about the local user, or information that the system can use to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the remote device over a separate data channel. The device can also generate a filtered audio signal to present to the user by removing the detected data-encoding signal from the voice-coded channel, and then reproduces the filtered audio signal for the user. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039902 | DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DATA COMPRESSION PROGRAM, DATA COMPRESSION SYSTEM, DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, DATA DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS, DATA COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF COMPRESSED DATA - A data compression/decompression apparatus, for example, acquires sampling data obtained by sampling an audio signal with a predetermined period, and converts the sampling data into frequency domain data. The data compression/decompression apparatus divides a data sequence of the converted frequency domain data into a plurality of blocks such that the number of pieces of data included in each block is variable, and compresses each block. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039903 | Audio Watermarking - A system, including a processor to define opportunities for encoding a watermark into an audio stream having sections, each section, when represented in the frequency domain, including a signal of amplitude against frequency, the processor being operative to, for each one of the sections, identify a fundamental frequency, f being the frequency with the largest amplitude of the signal in the one section, the fundamental frequency f defining harmonic frequencies, each harmonic frequency being at a frequency f/2n or 2fn, n being a positive integer, and define the one section as an opportunity for encoding at least part of the watermark if the amplitude of the signal of the one section is less than a value v for all frequencies in one or more different frequency ranges, each of the different frequency ranges being centered around different ones of the harmonic frequencies. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039904 | DATA EDITING AND APPROVAL FUNCTION IN CLINICAL SUPPLIES IVRS SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with data editing in a web-based interactive web response system are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to perform an edit on a data field over a web-based protocol. The request is sent to an approval function that accesses stored authorization data to select an approval level associated with the data field. The approval function also determines an authorized approver mapped to the approval level to generate a notification over the web-based protocol. The notification is transmitted to at least one authorized approver over the web-based protocol. Approval to perform the edit is received from the at least one authorized approver over the web-based protocol. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039905 | Patient/Member Reconciled Billing and Explanation of Benefit Statements with Provider Prompt Pay - A healthcare payment management system comprising a payment consolidation server configured to receive billing information from a provider for an episode of care for a member, receive benefit information from a payer for the episode of care, consolidate the billing information and the benefit information into a payment reconciliation statement, and send the payment reconciliation statement to a member. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039906 | OPTIMIZED SURGERY SCHEDULING - Techniques for generating optimized surgery schedules are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method that implements the techniques includes receiving a plurality of surgery scheduling requests for surgical procedures to be performed at a surgical facility having a plurality of operating rooms. The method also includes identifying resource constraints associated with the surgery scheduling requests, and identifying an optimization goal for the surgical facility, the optimization goal being defined using weighted optimization parameters. The method also includes generating a proposed surgery schedule for the surgical facility that includes sequencing and operating room assignments for each of the surgical procedures to be performed, the proposed surgery schedule satisfying the resource constraints and being optimized based on the optimization goal for the surgical facility. The method also includes simulating the proposed surgery schedule to determine expected operational metrics associated with the proposed surgery schedule. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039907 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING PATIENT DATA WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A computer program for directing operation of a tablet computer or other portable electronic device operated by a caregiver while administering an in-home or outpatient treatment to a patient. The computer program comprises a code segment for receiving pre-treatment patient data representative of a condition of a patient before the patient receives a treatment; a code segment for receiving treatment patient data representative of a condition of the patient while or shortly after the patient receives the treatment; a code segment for transmitting at least some of the pre-treatment patient data and the treatment patient data from the portable electronic device to a remote computer while or shortly after the patient receives the treatment; and a code segment for receiving and displaying instructions from a doctor that are provided in response to the transmitted data. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140039908 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICAL TESTS TO PATIENTS WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A computer program comprises a code segment for prompting a caregiver to administer a test to the patient before beginning a treatment; a code segment for receiving with a portable electronic device pre-treatment patient data representative of a result of the test; a code segment for prompting the caregiver to initiate the treatment; a code segment for prompting the caregiver to re-administer the test after beginning the treatment; a code segment for receiving with the portable electronic device treatment patient data representative of a result of the test after the patient begins receiving the treatment; and a code segment for transmitting at least some of the pre-treatment patient data and the treatment patient data from the portable electronic device to a remote computer. | 2014-02-06 |
