| 06th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
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| 20130035798 | METHOD OF OPERATING A WIND POWER PLANT - Method of operating a wind power plant including the steps of: operating the wind power plant at an current parameter schedule (P | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035799 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COLLABORATIVE HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING CONTROL - A method and system for enabling facility managers and occupants of commercial buildings to collaboratively define energy policy for building energy control is disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035800 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN SUBSTATIONS - Power management systems and methods are disclosed for a plant electrical network using plurality of controllers configured for power management such that a first controller from the plurality of controllers is configured to perform power management in a first local process area within the plant electrical network and can communicate with a second controller that is configured for power management in a second local process area within the plant electrical network, over a plant wide communication network. The power management function in the first local process area can be performed based on the information communicated between the first controller and the second controller and/or based on a power balance computation carried out for the plant wide electrical network or for the first local process area. The power management function can include slow load shedding. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035801 | Networked Solar Panels and Related Methods - Disclosed is a system of networked PV panels for improved provision of electricity to the power grid. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035802 | Power management device and system - An intelligent user-side power management device (PMD) that is comprised of an optional energy storage unit and can interface with a utility grid or microgrid to eliminate power theft and efficiently provide clean energy to the users of the grid while helping the grid to do smart demand response management, particularly for renewable energy based grids that need to efficiently manage the slack due to the large variability in power generation through these energy sources. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035803 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATING THE ATTITUDE OF A VEHICLE - Apparatus and method is provided for propagating the attitude of a vehicle. A slew rate is computed based on angular rotation increments associated with a time interval. An incremental update is computed for the associated time interval based on an angular rate and the slew rate. An attitude of the vehicle is propagated based on the computed attitude increment and an initial attitude at the start of propagation. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035804 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD - In order to suppress charge amount shortage in a predetermined area, an information provision device has an acquisition means that acquires travelling information of an electric vehicle on which a secondary battery | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035805 | FLIGHT INTERPRETER FOR CAPTIVE CARRY UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATION - A system for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) testing which incorporates a UAS flight control system and an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) carrying the UAS flight control system. The OPV has an OPV flight control system and a flight control interpreter (FCI) which receives input from the UAS flight control system representing control parameters for a flight profile of the UAS. The FCI provides status commands as an output to the OPV flight control system to replicate the flight profile. These status commands are selected from the group consisting of data regarding attitude, vertical navigation, lateral navigation, turn rate, velocity and engine operations. The OPV flight control system includes a pilot override for emergency, flight safety or other contingencies allowing an on board pilot to assume control of the OPV. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035806 | Mobile Robot for Telecommunication - A remote control unit configured to wirelessly control a mobile robot moving through an environment and having a robot camera. The remote control unit comprises a privacy button operable by a local user and configured to engage a privacy mode of the mobile robot, and a wireless transmitter configured to emit a wireless control signal to the mobile robot based on input from a keypad of the RC unit. The wireless control signal is configured to cause the robot camera to block the field of view of the robot camera such that the environment of the mobile robot is obscured when the privacy mode of the mobile robot is engaged. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035807 | BIT TRANSMISSION VERIFICATION IN AN ARINC-BASED SYSTEM - An example data verification method includes communicating a bit from a transmitter module to a receiver module through a bus. The bit forms a portion of an ARINC word. The method verifies the bit at the bus using the transmitter module. An example data communication assembly includes a receiver module, and a data communication bus that communicates a bit to the receiver module. The bit forms a portion of an ARINC word. A transmitter module communicates the bit to the data communication bus. The transmitter module monitors communication of the bit from the data communication bus to the receiver module. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035808 | AIRCRAFT WITH A CONTROL DEVICE - An aircraft with aerofoils including a main wing and a control flap that includes an adjustment flap. The aircraft includes an actuator for the control flap, as well as a sensor device for acquiring the position of the control flap, an arrangement of flow-influencing devices for influencing the fluid that flows over a segment of the main wing, and flow-state sensor devices for measuring the flow state. The aircraft includes a flight control device connected to the sensor device for acquiring the position of the control flap and to the flow-state sensor devices, and connected to the actuator and flow-influencing devices for transmitting actuating commands, and a flight-state sensor device connected to the flight control device for transmitting flight states. The flight control device includes a function that selects the flow-influencing devices that are operated for optimising local lift coefficients on the aerofoil, depending on the flight state. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035809 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FLIGHT PARAMETERS OF AN AIRCRAFT - According to the invention, the system for determining, in real time, flight parameters of an aircraft, in the course of a flight of the latter, comprises an extended Kalman filter ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035810 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO AUTONOMOUSLY DIRECT AIRCRAFT TO EMERGENCY-CONTINGENCY LANDING SITES USING ON-BOARD SENSORS - A system for autonomous direction of an aircraft to emergency/contingency landing sites incorporates a terrain mapping sensor and an onboard processor receiving terrain data from the terrain mapping sensor. The processor employs software modules for processing the terrain data to produce a terrain map and for creating a landing profile based on the terrain map. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE CONSIST - A system includes first and second control modules, an energy management module, and an arbitration module. The first and second control modules are on-board first and second powered vehicles coupled by at least a third vehicle in a vehicle consist. The first control module forms control signals to coordinate tractive efforts provided by the vehicle consist. The energy management module is on-board the second powered vehicle and is communicatively coupled with the second control module. The energy management module forms control signals that are transmitted by the second control module to control the tractive efforts provided by the first powered vehicle and the second powered vehicle based on a trip profile associated with a trip of the vehicle consist. The arbitration module is communicatively coupled with the first and second control modules. The arbitration module determines which of the control modules controls the tractive efforts provided by the vehicle consist. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035812 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A battery charging system for an electrically-powered vehicle comprises an operator interface and a battery configured to power the vehicle and receive a charge from an off-board charging source. The interface is configured to receive an operator input defining a desired vehicle range and to provide it to the charging controller. The charging controller is configured to receive the operator input, to predict a charging duration based on the operator input, to provide the estimated charging duration to the operator interface for presentation to the operator, and to affect duration of the charge in response to the operator input. A method of charging a battery comprises receiving an operator input defining a desired vehicle range, predicting an estimated charging duration based on the operator input, presenting the estimated charging duration to the operator, and affecting the charging duration based on the operator input. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035813 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle is equipped with a battery, an electric motor configured so as to generate the driving force of the vehicle by use of the electric power stored in the battery, a charger configured so as to supply the electric power outputted from the power supply outside of the vehicle to the battery, and an ECU configured so as to control the state of charge of the battery when the battery is charged. The ECU calculates an index value indicating the state of charge of the battery, and sets the control range thereof. The ECU raises the upper limit of the index value so that the possible travel distance of the vehicle becomes not less than the target distance when predetermined conditions on degradation of the battery are satisfied. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035814 | ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR WHICH OPERATIVELY CONTROLS WIRELESS ELECTROMAGNETIC OR WIRELESS INDUCTIVE CHARGING OF A BATTERY - An electrical charging system (ECS) is used to electrically charge an energy storage device (ESD) using wireless electromagnetic or inductive charging. The ECS includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) electrical circuit, a first transducer, and a plurality of second transducers. The VCO electrical circuit sequentially excites a plurality of coils in a first transducer to select one of a plurality of second transducers in which to transfer energy when the ESD is electrically charged. ECS power efficiency is measured during the excitation of the plurality of coils and used to determine whether the ECS uses the electromagnetic or inductive approach to electrically charge the ESD. The VCO electrical circuit also assists to maintain an optimum ECS power efficiency during electrical charging of the ESD. A method to electrically charge an ESD associated with a first vehicle and an ESD associated with a second vehicle with the ECS is also presented. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035815 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine; a rotating electrical machine that rotates an output shaft of the internal combustion engine; and a control unit that performs automatic stop control for the internal combustion engine. The control unit causes the output shaft to rotate using the rotating electrical machine, when a stop period of the internal combustion engine according to the automatic stop control is equal to or longer than a first period. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035816 | METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOBILITY VEHICLES - A method of controlling at least one motor in a motorised mobility vehicle, wherein the motor is part of a drive circuit for mobilising the mobility vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: utilising a stored profile of a motor performance parameter to develop a compensation term for controlling the motor, wherein the stored profile is of a resistance based variable associated with the motor as a function of a further variable and dynamically updating the compensation term when the mobility vehicle is in use. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035817 | LAND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC OR HYDRAULIC MOTOR - With reference to the accompanying FIGURE, the present invention provides a land vehicle comprising: an electric or hydraulic motor for driving at least one driven wheel; a battery supplying electrical power or a source of hydraulic power; an electronic controller which controls operation of the electric or hydraulic motor; and a driver operated throttle control. The electronic controller receives a plurality of input signals including an input signal indicative of operation of the driver operated throttle control and implements a plurality of different operating regimes corresponding to a plurality of different simulated gear ratios. The controller selects an operating regime based on the plurality of input signals received thereby. The controller can operate the electric motor as a generator or the hydraulic motor as a pump to implement regenerative braking of the vehicle. Each operating regime has a level of regenerative braking unique thereto. Additionally or alternatively, a short term energy store is provided separate from the source of fluid pressure or the battery and the controller on sensing that a change from one simulated gear ratio to a lower simulated gear ratio is accompanied by a throttle control position which indicates that vehicle acceleration is required increases torque and/or power output of the electric or hydraulic motor by releasing energy from the short term energy store. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035818 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST TWO DRIVES AND A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST TWO DRIVES - In a motor vehicle having two, in particular electrical, drives, a partial torque is in each case intended to be assigned to the individual drives from a demanded total torque, to be precise taking account of the energy efficiency on the one hand and the stability of the vehicle on the other hand. A first controller is responsible for taking account of the energy efficiency, and predetermines a bandwidth of possible partial torques for an individual drive. This bandwidth may be restricted by a second controller, when driving stability requires this. The second controller is coupled to appropriate sensors (yaw rate sensor, lateral acceleration sensor, longitudinal acceleration sensor) and knows the steering angle φ. In the course of interchanging data signals with a first control device, the partial torques are defined with the involvement of the second control device, for which purpose the first control device emits control commands. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035819 | HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a high-voltage system ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035820 | HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hybrid construction machine includes a distribution ratio setting unit that reduces an output distribution ratio of a motor generator by controlling an output control mechanism for controlling the output distribution ratio of the motor generator relative to an engine and increases an output distribution ratio of the engine by an amount corresponding to a reduction in the output distribution ratio of the motor generator when a temperature of a battery is lower than a threshold value in a low-temperature region or higher than a threshold value in a high-temperature region, and a regeneration amount control unit that reduces a hydraulic regeneration amount for the hydraulic motor by controlling an input control mechanism for controlling the hydraulic regeneration amount for the hydraulic motor when the temperature of the battery is lower than the threshold value in the low-temperature region or higher than the threshold value in the high-temperature region. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035821 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH DRIVING ALONG NARROW ROADWAYS - A driving assistance apparatus for a motor vehicle for assistance with driving along narrow roadways is provided. The apparatus includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring route data on the route to be obtained from wheel and steering angle sensors, a trajectory storage unit for recording the route data of the data acquisition unit, and a triggering unit for triggering the motor vehicle on a basis of the data recorded route data recorded by the trajectory storage unit. A satellite navigation unit determines an absolute position of the motor vehicle and digital map data with position attribute data for checking whether the motor vehicle is located in a vicinity of road areas with restricted scope for navigation and in such a case suggests recording of a trajectory to a driver of the motor vehicle or executes the recording of the trajectory in an automated manner. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035822 | System and Method for Importance Sampling Based Time-Dependent Reliability Prediction - A system and a method of generating a reliability prediction for components of a vehicle. The system and the method include implementing importance sampling in dynamic vehicle systems when the vehicle is subjected to time-dependent random terrain input. Alternatively, simulation data may be implemented. The system and the method include determining a decorrelation length, scaling up the standard deviation of white noise, and calculation of a likelihood ratio. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035823 | ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION RECEPTION SYSTEM - A power transmission reception system for pairing a charge-requesting vehicle with a discharge-requesting vehicle for power transmission reception therebetween includes an extraction device and a transmitter. From each vehicle, a center acquire information about a present location, a traveling direction, and a destination point, and records the acquired information in a database while classifying the vehicle as the charge-requesting vehicle or the discharge-requesting vehicle. The extraction device extracts the charge-requesting vehicle and the discharge-requesting vehicle that are to simultaneously travel in a same area as paired vehicles in accordance with the information in the database. The transmitter generates information about a power transmission reception area and a partner vehicle in the power transmission reception, and transmits the generated information to the paired vehicles. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035824 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - Disclosed is a display device that includes a display unit provided in a cabin of a construction machine, an operating unit with a switch for operating the display unit, and a monitor controller for controlling the display unit and the operating unit, wherein: upon some kind of abnormality being detected by abnormality detection means for detecting abnormalities in mechanisms equipped in/on the construction machine, a warning logo corresponding to the kind of abnormality is displayed on the display unit, and a warning item for displaying information inclusive of details of the abnormality is added to a menu in a list format that contains items, each for executing a previously assigned specific function. Thus, the device improves in a degree of freedom of its configuration and enhances efficiency of information display | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035825 | LOOK AHEAD VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM - An active suspension system senses roadway defects and adjusts an active and controllable suspension system of the vehicle before tires come in contact with the defect. The active suspension system identifies a type of defect or debris, e.g., pothole, bump, object, etc., along with the size, width, depth, and/or height information of the defect to more accurately control operation of the suspension system to prepare for, or avoid contact with the roadway defects and obstacles. Imaging techniques are employed to identify the defect or debris. Operation of a serviced cruise control system is controlled to enhance passenger safety and comfort. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035826 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE - Disclosed is a steering control device capable of adjusting reference points of a plurality of motions, which are used for a steering operation in a steering operating unit, with high precision. In the steering control device, a control unit performs N-point learning under the condition that the absolute value of an operating amount in operation systems other than a target is smaller than a predetermined value (or substantially 0). This makes it possible to suppress the influence of operation systems other than the target on the steering of a vehicle M during N-point learning, making it possible to learn the N point in the operation system of the target with high precision. With this N-point learning for each target, even in an operation system which can be steered through a plurality of motions, it is possible to learn the N point of each motion with high precision. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035827 | TECHNIQUE FOR ENSURING SAFE TRAVEL OF A VEHICLE OR SAFETY OF AN OCCUPANT THEREIN - Vehicle with an occupant safety system includes an occupant safety system designed to reduce injury to an occupant during an accident involving the vehicle and a processor coupled to the safety system and that receives at least one inertial property of the vehicle and information about a portion of a road ahead of the vehicle in its travel direction. If the processor determines, based on the at least one inertial property and the information, that the vehicle is unlikely to safely travel that portion of the road, the processor initiates action to ensure safe travel of the vehicle or safety of the occupant. The inertial property of the vehicle may be provided by an inertial measurement unit (IMU) that measures acceleration in three orthogonal directions and angular velocity about three orthogonal axes, all at a substantially common location. The occupant safety system may include one or more inflatable airbags. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035828 | TRANSPORTER VEHICLE - A control valve device comprises two direction control valves. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. When a hoist cylinder is telescopically operated to raise or lower a vessel, as the hoist cylinder ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035829 | USE OF ON-VEHICLE ACCELEROMETER TO ESTIMATE VEHICLE GRADE AND MASS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION - A system includes a grade estimation module that receives an accelerometer value and generates a grade estimate based on the accelerometer value, wherein the accelerometer value corresponds to acceleration of a vehicle and the grade estimate corresponds to a grade of the vehicle. A mass estimation module receives the accelerometer value and generates a mass estimate based on the accelerometer value, wherein the mass estimate corresponds to a mass of the vehicle. A shift control module at least one of selects and adjusts one of a plurality of shift schedules based on at least one of the grade estimate and the mass estimate and controls a transmission of the vehicle based on the one of the plurality of shift schedules. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035830 | MANAGEMENT OF OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND GEARBOX FOR LEAVING A MOTOR VEHICLE FREEWHEEL RUNNING CONDITION WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OFF - An automotive electronic control system for a motor vehicle powertrain comprising an internal combustion engine and a servo-actuated driveline. The electronic control system is configured to control the powertrain to cause stopping of the engine and disengagement of the driveline, whereby resulting in the motor vehicle entering a freewheel running condition with engine off, and cranking of the engine and engagement of the driveline, whereby resulting in the motor vehicle leaving the freewheel running condition with engine off. The electronic control system is further configured to control the driveline during an engine run-down consequent upon the motor vehicle entering the freewheel running condition with the the engine off, to cause engagement of a gear appropriate for inertial cranking of the engine before the latter leaves a self-sustaining operating condition, while a clutch of the driveline is kept engaged. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035831 | ROAD SURFACE FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENT ESTIMATION DEVICE, DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE AND FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE - A road surface frictional coefficient estimation device includes: a first straight travel determination unit configured to determine whether or not a vehicle travels straight based on a rotational speed difference between a plurality of wheels of the vehicle; a second straight travel determination unit configured to determine whether or not the vehicle travels straight based on a steering angle of the vehicle; a selection unit configured to select one of determination results of the first straight travel determination unit and the second straight travel determination unit; and a frictional coefficient estimation unit configured to estimate a frictional coefficient of a road surface on which the vehicle travels when the one of the determination results selected by the selection unit indicates that the vehicle travels straight. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035832 | DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE AND FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE - A driving force distribution control device, which is mounted on a vehicle including an engine configured to generate driving force for the vehicle, a transmission device configured to shift rotation of an output shaft of the engine by transmission ratios, and a driving force transmission system capable of transmitting output of the transmission device to main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels, includes: a control device configured to, when a rotational speed of the output shaft of the engine is in a range in which abnormal sound of the driving force transmission system due to pulsation of the driving force can be generated, set a torque value to a value capable of reducing the abnormal sound depending on the driving force; and a driving force transmitting device configured to transmit driving force depending on the set value to the auxiliary drive wheels. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035833 | DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE AND FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE - A driving force distribution control device mounted on a vehicle including an engine, a transmission device, a clutch engaging an output shaft of the engine with an input shaft of the transmission device, and a driving force transmission system capable of transmitting output of the transmission device to main and auxiliary drive wheels, includes: a control device obtaining a torque value to be transmitted to the auxiliary drive wheels, the control device reducing the torque value for a predetermined time when the vehicle is in a stopped state or in a state where a vehicle speed of the vehicle is lower than a predetermined value, and an increasing speed of engaging force of the clutch is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and a driving force transmitting device transmitting torque depending on the obtained torque value to the auxiliary drive wheels. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035834 | Wheel End Condition Detection - An enhanced wheel data processing unit may analyze tire air temperature data from a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) and antilock brake system (ABS) wheel speed sensor fault codes from an ABS controller within a vehicle. When the enhanced wheel data processing unit determines that the tire air temperature is above a predetermined threshold for a given tire and that an ABS wheel speed sensor fault code exists for the wheel end corresponding to the same tire, the enhanced wheel data processing unit may initiate a vehicle shutdown or derate procedure. The vehicle shutdown or derate procedure may include instructions to give an operator of the vehicle a warning indicator for a predetermined time period before shutting down or derating the engine power to the vehicle. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035835 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUNCTIONAL STATE OF A PRESSURE BUILD-UP VALVE, AND FUNCTION MONITORING DEVICE FOR A PRESSURE BUILD-UP VALVE OF A HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOOSTER - A method for determining a functional state of a pressure build-up valve of a hydraulic brake booster of a brake system, having the following steps: comparing an activation intensity of an activation of a brake activating element of the brake system to a predefined minimum activation intensity; if the brake activation intensity is less than or equal to the minimum activation intensity, determining the functional state, taking into account a pressure change over time in at least a partial volume of the hydraulic brake booster; if the brake activation intensity is greater than the minimum activation intensity, determining the functional state, taking into account an operating mode which is predefined for a pressure reduction valve of the hydraulic brake booster. A function monitoring device for a pressure build-up valve of a hydraulic brake booster of a brake system is also described. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035836 | Method for Automatically Preventing Aquaplaning - The invention relates to a method for automatically preventing aquaplaning during the driving operation of a motor vehicle on a route, which method provides according to the invention that
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| 20130035837 | MODULE AND A METHOD PERTAINING TO MODE CHOICE WHEN DETERMING VEHICLE SPEED SET-POINT VALUES - A module for determining speed set-point values V | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035838 | DEVICE FOR OPERATING A DRIVE UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for operating a drive unit generates setpoint values for controlling the drive unit based on, for example driver-generated input parameters. The device generates a first setpoint value for a front-axle drive and a second setpoint value for a rear-axle drive and includes a load impact damping unit which, in the event of a risk of load impacts, processes the setpoint values so as to damp the load impacts. The load impact damping unit is divided into a first load impact damping filter for processing the first setpoint value for the front axle drive and into a second load impact damping filter for processing the second setpoint value for the rear axle drive, and supplies corresponding filtered setpoint values to these drives. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035839 | ENGINE START STOP INHIBIT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes a first module configured to determine at least one of a position of a vehicle, an elevation level of the vehicle and a road grade at the position of the vehicle. A second module configured to inhibit an autostop of an engine including generating a start-stop signal based on the at least one of the position of the vehicle, the elevation level of the vehicle and the road grade at the position of the vehicle. An actuator control module configured to prevent the autostop by adjusting at least one of a spark parameter, a fuel parameter and an air flow parameter of the engine based on the start-stop signal. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035840 | BLOCK HEATER DETECTION FOR IMPROVED STARTABILITY - A method of starting an internal combustion engine includes sensing a temperature of an engine coolant at an engine block of the internal combustion engine, and sensing a temperature of a secondary engine component remote from the engine block when the internal combustion engine is not running. A numerical difference between the temperature of the engine coolant and the temperature of the secondary engine component is calculated. A start parameter setting used to control the start of the internal combustion engine is adjusted based upon both the sensed temperature of the engine coolant and the numerical difference between the sensed temperature of the engine coolant and the sensed temperature of the secondary engine component. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035841 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-IGNITION CONTROL - Methods are provided for controlling an engine in response to a pre-ignition event. A pre-ignition threshold and a pre-ignition mitigating action are adjusted based on a rate of change of cylinder aircharge. As a result, pre-ignition events occurring during transient engine operating conditions are detected and addressed different from pre-ignition events occurring during steady-state engine operating conditions. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035842 | Fueling Systems, Methods And Apparatus For An Internal Combustion Engine - The present disclosure provides a method to operate an internal combustion engine comprising storing a fueling command map having fueling index values, each of the fueling index values defining values for a plurality of fueling parameters, and a plurality of predetermined non-linear relationships that directly relate fueling index values to in-cylinder oxygen mass values; determining a temporary fueling index value; determining an in-cylinder oxygen mass value; identifying a predetermined relationship that directly relates fueling index values to in-cylinder oxygen mass values from the plurality of predetermined relationships to provide an identified predetermined relationship; determining that a current relationship of the temporary fueling index value to the calculated oxygen mass value differs from the identified predetermined relationship; and adjusting the temporary fueling index value using at least one fueling correction model to provide a revised fueling index value that approaches the identified predetermined relationship. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035843 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - When a computer determines that an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal are simultaneously stepped based on the signals from the accelerator position sensor and a brake switch, the first switch is turned off so that the accelerator sensor signal which will be transmitted into the computer is compulsorily made zero. A throttle-position command value which will be transmitted from the computer into a throttle actuator is reduced to a value corresponding to the idling state. If an engine output is not reduced, the computer turns off a second switch so that a throttle actuator is de-energized. A throttle valve is compulsorily brought into a position corresponding to an idling state by a biasing force of a throttle return spring. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035844 | OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention concerns an output control device for an internal combustion engine for generating a drive force of a vehicle. The output control device includes a braking request detection sensor for detecting whether or not a braking request operation has been performed, and a controller programmed to limit an output of the internal combustion engine when the braking request operation is started, completely lift output limitation of the internal combustion engine over a predetermined limitation lifting time when the braking request operation is finished and shorten the limitation lifting time when a predetermined condition holds. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035845 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - In a vehicle that includes an electrically heatable first catalyst EHC ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035846 | HIGH SAFETY VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND OPERATIONAL METHOD THEREOF - A high safety vehicular transportation system is used in an individual carpool car with at least one user and comprises a user module, a rescue unit and a server center. The user module stores and provides carpool data, stores and provides states of individual carpool car, submits a carpool request and comprises a save our soul (SOS) system. The SOS system transmits a distress signal. The rescue unit provides emergency rescue assistance if any user is in a dangerous situation. The server center receives, stores and provides carpool data, has an instantaneous tracking capability, provides carpool service to at least one user, calls the rescue unit if the server center receives the distress signal, receives the carpool request and generates at least one carpool mission to fulfill the carpool request. An operational method for a high safety vehicular transportation system is also disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035847 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Navigation systems, methods, and programs acquire evaluation information for evaluating the driving of a vehicle, evaluate the driver's driving operation for each evaluation interval having a predetermined travel distance based on the evaluation information, and display a past evaluation result and a current evaluation result at a position corresponding to each evaluation interval on a map in a mode that differs between the past evaluation result and the current evaluation result. When the vehicle arrives at an end point of the evaluation interval of the past travel from the same direction as during the past travel time, the systems, methods, and programs evaluate the driver's driving operation for a current evaluation interval along a travel track of the current travel and display the current evaluation result on the current evaluation interval at a position which corresponds to the current evaluation interval and at which the past evaluation result is displayed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PROCEDURE TO AN AIRCREW MEMBER - A system and method is disclosed for displaying a procedure to an aircrew member of an aircraft. The system includes, but is not limited to, a moving map display, a position detecting unit, a flight management system, an electronic storage unit for storing navigation procedures associated with geographic locations, and a processor coupled with the moving map display, the position detecting unit, the flight management system, and the electronic storage unit. The processor is configured to receive a current location of the aircraft from the position determining unit and a flight path from the flight management system, to retrieve a navigation procedure from the electronic storage unit corresponding to the current location and the flight path of the aircraft, and to command the moving map display to display a graphic depiction of the flight path. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035849 | Navigation Apparatus Having Three-Dimensional Gravity Sensor and Navigation Method Thereof - A navigation apparatus with three-dimensional gravity sensor and a navigation method thereof. The navigation apparatus comprises an input module, a three-dimensional gravity sensor module, a processing module and a storage module. The input module inputs an initial point, a destination and a special road section. The three-dimensional gravity sensor module senses a three-dimensional acceleration of the navigation apparatus. The processing module calculates road condition information according to the three-dimensional acceleration. The storage module stores the road condition information and map information. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035850 | Smart Navigation Device and Navigation Method Thereof - A smart navigation device includes a storage unit for storing map information therein, a positioning module for determining a current location, and a navigation module for generating a navigation route based on a target location, the current location, and the map information. When the navigation route includes a plurality of toll roads and one of which is selected to be excluded from the navigation route, the navigation module re-plans to generate a cost-saving navigation route. Therefore, a user is allowed to select and avoid any toll road on the navigation route. A smart navigation method applicable to vehicle navigation is also disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035851 | NAVIGATOR - The present invention discloses a navigator. The navigator comprises a control unit connecting to a storage unit and a positioning unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of map information. The plurality of map information comprises a plurality of points of interest (POIs). The positioning unit provides the position information. First, the control unit gets the number of the plurality of points of interest in the location of the navigator according to the position information and the plurality of map information. Then, the control unit controls a display unit to show a display scale around maps of the navigator according to the number of the plurality of points of interest and a number threshold value. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035852 | POINT OF INTEREST SEARCH, IDENTIFICATION, AND NAVIGATION - A computer-implemented navigation method for identifying one or more points of interest (POI) in a geographic location includes calculating a navigation route and receiving a reference point input. The reference point input may be unrelated to the navigation route and usable for identifying one or more POIs. The method further includes receiving one or more search parameters for searching for one or more POIs with respect to the reference point and identifying the one or more POIs based on the search parameters and reference point. The method also includes presenting the one or more POIs on a vehicle computer display. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035853 | Prominence-Based Generation and Rendering of Map Features - A capability for prominence-based feature generation and rendering for digital maps is provided. More specifically, embodiments relate to rendering map features such as buildings or landmarks in different rendering styles based on signals for how important a particular feature is to a search context. A search context may be, for example and without limitation, a general view of the map or a user-initiated search request for a particular point of interest or driving directions between different points of interest on the map. For example, the different rendering styles may include, but are not limited to, two-dimensional (2D) footprints, two-and-a-half-dimensional (2.5D) extruded polygons, as will be described further below, and full three-dimensional (3D) models. Furthermore, the style could include color and/or visual texture. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035854 | Navigation Device and Control Method Thereof - A navigation device and a control method thereof are disclosed. The navigation device control method includes the steps of using a display unit to display at least one road map thereon; using a processing unit to determine whether a moving speed of the navigation device is larger than a speed threshold value; and if the moving speed of the navigation device is larger than the speed threshold value, the processing unit controlling the display unit to adjust a manner in which the road map is displayed on the display unit. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035855 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION ON THE BASIS OF SATELLITE POSITIONING DATA AND VEHICLE SENSOR DATA - A vehicle navigation system includes a Kalman filter having a first filter receiving satellite positioning data and a second filter receiving vehicle sensor data. The first filter generates a first state vector estimate and a corresponding first state error covariance matrix. The second filter generates a second state vector estimate and a corresponding second state error covariance matrix. A third filter receives the first and second state vector estimates and the first and second state error covariance matrices, and generates a combined state vector estimate and a corresponding combined state error covariance matrix. A prediction processor generates a predicted state vector estimate and a predicted state error covariance matrix from the combined state vector estimate and the combined state error covariance matrix. The predicted state vector estimate and the predicted state error covariance matrix are provided to the first filter, the second filter, and the third filter. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035856 | CONTENT CHANGEABLE SMART PHONE APPLICATION FOR NAVIGABLE VENUES AND MULTI-PARTY NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM - A content changeable system for navigable venues includes (i) a software application folder for storage at a software application storage area, the software application folder including a plurality of software applications, each software application individually downloadable to a user's communication and data transfer device (“cdd”), each software application corresponding to a venue that can be physically navigated by the user, each application including at least one changeable content corresponding to a content station of the venue; and (ii) at least one server computer server configured to (a) upload the software applications to the software application storage area; and (b) receive information from at least one of the venues indicating that a particular changeable content corresponding to a particular content station of the at least one venue needs to be changed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035857 | CONTROL COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC MAP ROUTE PLANNING METHOD - An exemplary method for planning a route in an electronic map uses a control computer. A first updated electronic map is produced. The first updated electronic map records a number of moving objects actually at each of locations represented on the electronic map, and a current position of a user of a handheld device. The moving objects are those detected by image capturing devices actually at the physical locations that are represented on the electronic map. Then a start position and an end position input on the first updated electronic map are received from the handheld device, and an optimized route from the start position to the end position is determined. Then a second updated electronic map is produced by recording the optimized route on the first updated electronic map, and the second updated electronic map is sent to the handheld device. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035858 | Navigation Device, Guidance Method Thereof and Route Search Method Thereof - Disclosed is navigation technology for providing guidance for HOV lanes in a more readily understandable manner. A navigation device is provided with: a storage unit adapted to store, for each predetermined segment of road, lane information including whether or not it is possible to enter or exit lanes which can be used when a predetermined condition is fulfilled (hereafter referred to as conditional lanes); a route search unit adapted to search for a recommended route to a destination; and a lane guidance unit adapted to provide entry/exit guidance in a road segment where a conditional lane can be entered or exited. If a segment where a conditional lane can be exited and a segment where the conditional lane can be entered, which is before the segment which can be exited, are on the recommended route, the lane guidance unit provides entry guidance in the segment where the lane can be entered. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED LOCATION DEPENDENT NATURAL DISASTER FORECAST - A forecast system and method for automated location dependent natural disaster impact forecasts includes located gauging stations to measure natural disaster events. Location dependent measurement parameters for specific geotectonic, topographic or meteorological conditions associated with the natural disaster are determined and critical values of the measurement parameters are triggered to generate a dedicated event signal for forecasted impacts of the disaster event within an area of interest. In particular, the signal generation is based upon the affected population or object within the area of interest. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035860 | Meteorological Parameter Forecasting - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for forecasting a meteorological parameter. The method includes analyzing geographically distributed sensor network data to assess spatial and temporal variation of a meteorological parameter in real-time, correlating at least two portions of data from the sensor network to identify a temporal and spatial evolution of the meteorological parameter, and forecasting the meteorological parameter based on the temporal and spatial evolution of the meteorological parameter. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035861 | MISSION SPECIFIC TERRAIN ANALYSIS - Method for mission adaptable terrain analysis of a plurality of geographic cells ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035862 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING TEMPERATURE EFFECTS FOR AZIMUTHAL DIRECTIONAL RESISTIVITY TOOLS - An apparatus and method for estimating a resistivity property of an earth formation involving electric current induced in an earth formation. The method may include reducing an error in a voltage received by a receiver coil due to excitation of a transmitter coil due to temperature effects. The voltage may include amplitude and/or phase errors. The method may modify the measured voltage by multiplying/dividing the voltage by a reduction factor. The reduction factor may be determined using polynomic curve fitting. The apparatus may be configured to perform the method. The apparatus may include at least one transmitter coil, at least one receiver coil, and at least one processes configured to perform the error reduction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FRACTIONATION OF A WELL USING A THREE DIMENSIONAL WELLBORE PROFILE WITH AN EXECUTIVE DASHBOARD - A system and computer assisted method to fractionate an oil or other well using a user moveable and rotatable three dimensional model of a lateral pay zone for a directionally drilled well, and other information relative to the lateral pay zone, enabling accurate identification of fractionation zones, accurate placement of well perforating guns, and accurate insertion of fractionation plugs to maximize production of the well, while additionally enabling the three dimensional model of the lateral pay zone to be viewable and updatable by on site uses at the location of the fractionation and by remote users as events occur, in some cases, in providing updates in less than 1 minute. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035864 | Technique for identifying association variables - During a method, an apparatus determines patterns of occurrence of compound variables based on a set of mathematical interactions and patterns of occurrence of a set of biological variables of a group of life forms. Then, the apparatus calculates statistical relationships corresponding to a pattern of occurrence of a trait in the group of life forms and the patterns of occurrence of the compound variables. Moreover, the apparatus determines numbers of occurrences of biological variables that were used to determine compound variables in at least a statistically significant subset of the compound variables, and determines numbers of different mathematical interactions that were used to determine the compound variables in the subset of the compound variables for the biological variables that are associated with the corresponding numbers of occurrences. Next, the apparatus identifies one or more of the biological variables as one or more association variables based on the numbers of occurrences and the numbers of different mathematical interactions. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035865 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING GLUCOSE LEVEL DATA PATTERNS - Systems and methods for detecting and reporting patterns in analyte concentration data are provided. According to some implementations, an implantable device for continuous measurement of an analyte concentration is disclosed. The implantable device includes a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a concentration of an analyte in a host, a memory configured to store data corresponding at least one of the generated signal and user information, a processor configured to receive data from at least one of the memory and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to generate pattern data based on the received information, and an output module configured to output the generated pattern data. The pattern data can be based on detecting frequency and severity of analyte data in clinically risky ranges. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035866 | INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SIGNALS AND IMAGES RELATING TO THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT - This invention relates to an apparatus and method for improving detection by equipment used to detect magnetic susceptibility. The advantages provided are related to different factors, such as reduced instrumentation cost, performance in terms of stability and sensitivity, etc. The devices may be used, for example, to detect magnetic tracers and markers in the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans. They can be used in research and/or for diagnostic purposes using information related to a variety of parameters of the gastrointestinal tract, such as, pharyngeal and oesophageal transit time, gastric emptying and motility, colonic motility, inter alia. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035867 | INTENSITY NORMALIZATION IN IMAGING MASS SPECTROMETRY - The present invention relates generally to a species (analyte) separation and analysis system, for instance a spectrometry system, comprising a processor for receiving and processing signals from said its detector to remove undesirable variation or noise before further processing into a spectrum, whereby the processor is programmed by a novel program, for a normalization preprocessing of the signals of said separation and analysis system. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035868 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING THE EXTENT OF HUMAN-INTRODUCED VARIABILITY IN MEDICAL TEST DATA - A method for quantifying the extent of human-introduced variability in medical test data relative to one or more standards for comparable medical tests, the method comprising the following steps: providing user medical test data; comparing the user medical test data against one or more standards for comparable medical tests to determine the extent of deviation of the user medical test data from the one or more standards; and generating a variability-value corresponding to the maximum absolute percentage deviation of the user medical test data from the one or more standards over a predefined operating range of values for the one or more standards. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035869 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND SAMPLING AIR QUALITY IN AN INTERIOR SPACE OF A WALL - An apparatus and method for monitoring and sampling air quality in an interior space of a wall are provided. The apparatus includes a housing configured to attach the apparatus to an electrical outlet in the wall, and a gasket configured to provide a seal between the housing and the electrical outlet. The apparatus further includes an air moving unit configured to draw air from the interior space of the wall into the apparatus, and a sensor configured to monitor and sample the air quality in the interior space of the wall. The gasket is configured to directly attach to an electrical plate cover of the electrical outlet or to the wall. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035870 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AIR QUALITY - To improve the measurement accuracy of an air analyzer, a method of introducing position information to group and average a set of position-dependent air quality samples is proposed. The method comprises the steps of sampling the air at a first sampling rate to obtain a plurality of air quality samples by using a first sensor; sampling the positions of an apparatus at a second sampling rate to obtain a plurality of position samples; analyzing the plurality of position samples to obtain a plurality of spatial relationship information; grouping the plurality of air quality samples into a second plurality of air quality sample sets; and for each air quality sample set, calculating a representative value as the air quality value of a corresponding sampling duration. By using this method, non-position-relevant air quality samples can be excluded from the calculation of the air quality of a specific position or area. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035871 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING GLUCOSE LEVEL DATA PATTERNS - Systems and methods for detecting and reporting patterns in analyte concentration data are provided. According to some implementations, an implantable device for continuous measurement of an analyte concentration is disclosed. The implantable device includes a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a concentration of an analyte in a host, a memory configured to store data corresponding at least one of the generated signal and user information, a processor configured to receive data from at least one of the memory and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to generate pattern data based on the received information, and an output module configured to output the generated pattern data. The pattern data can be based on detecting frequency and severity of analyte data in clinically risky ranges. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035872 | Determining Thin Film Stack Functional Relationships For Measurement of Chemical Composition - A method for determining chemical composition from optical properties of a stack formed with a process, by preparing test samples of the stack using known and intentional variations to the process to affect a variation in the chemical composition, measuring the optical properties of the test samples, measuring the chemical composition of the test samples, performing a processor-based regression analysis to determine an optical state function including correlations between the optical properties of the test samples and the chemical composition of the test samples, fabricating production samples of the stack using the process, measuring the optical properties of the production samples, and estimating the chemical composition of the production samples using the optical state function. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035873 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A MECHANICAL PROPERTY - A method for supervising a process for producing a metal alloy object with a known chemical composition. A resistivity of the metal alloy object is determined. A content of dissolved alloying elements in the metal alloy object is estimated based on the determined resistivity and the chemical composition of the metal alloy object. A content of precipitated alloying elements in the metal alloy object is estimated based on the determined resistivity and the chemical composition of the metal alloy object. The production process is supervised based on a ratio between the estimated content of dissolved alloying elements and the estimated content of precipitated alloying elements. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035874 | System for Acquiring Data from a Component - In one aspect of the present invention, a system has a data acquisition device for acquiring data from a component. The component has an identification transmitter. The data acquisition device has an image acquisition mechanism to capture an image of the component and a receiver to receive a signal from the identification transmitter. The data acquisition device also has a processor to process data from the image acquisition mechanism and the receiver. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035875 | System for Acquiring Data from a Component - In one aspect of the present invention, a system has a data acquisition device for acquiring data from a component. The component has an identification transmitter. The data acquisition device has an image acquisition mechanism to capture an image of the component and a receiver to receive a signal from the identification transmitter. The data acquisition device also has a processor to process data from the image acquisition mechanism and the receiver. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035876 | DETECTING DEFECTS ON A WAFER - Methods and systems for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035877 | Methods and Systems for Determining a Characteristic of a Wafer - Methods and systems for determining a characteristic of a wafer are provided. One method includes generating output responsive to light from the wafer using an inspection system. The output includes first output corresponding to defects on the wafer and second output that does not correspond to the defects. The method also includes determining the characteristic of the wafer using the second output. One system includes an inspection subsystem configured to illuminate the wafer and to generate output responsive to light from the wafer. The output includes first output corresponding to defects on the wafer and second output that does not correspond to the defects. The system also includes a processor configured to determine the characteristic of the wafer using the second output. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035878 | System and Method for a Surface Strain Gauge - A system and method for a surface strain gauge is described which has direct application to wind turbine structures and wind turbine blades and wind turbine struts. The invention is equally applicable to other airfoil structures such as aircraft wings and aircraft fuselages. The strain gauge comprises an array of carbon fibre material integrated with one or more microcontroller modules wherein the entire array may be incorporated into the surface of the structure to be monitored during manufacture of the structure. The array comprises separate sheets of carbon fibre reinforced epoxy which are linked together and which each comprise a separately addressable element such as a microcontroller wherein the microcontrollers are connected to a power supply and to a central bus which itself links to a central system controller. Differential measurements of the resistance of separate carbon fibre reinforced epoxy sheets may be determined in real time as well as the resistance between two or more sheets. In this way real time dynamic load monitoring can be performed and compared with original values determined at time of manufacture to provide data on fatigue of the structure with time before damage and failure occurs. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035879 | Method For Determining the Density of a Multiphase Fluid, Densitometer Using Said Method and Multiphase Meter Using Said Densitometer - Method for determining the density (D) of a multiphase fluid (F) flowing through a pipe ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035880 | Tracking with consideration of mobility - A level gauge carries out a tracking method with consideration of the mobility of the echoes. For this purpose, mobility values of echoes of an echo curve are determined and the expectancy function, by means of which it is determined whether a certain echo needs to be assigned to a certain track, is determined with consideration of at least one of the mobility values. In this way, the correct allocation of an echo to a certain track may be realized with high reliability. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035881 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING EFFICIENCY IMPACT OF INTERRUPTION DEFECTS IN PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS - A system for characterizing interruption defect induced efficiency loss in a photovoltaic cell includes an inspection system configured to acquire inspection data from a photovoltaic cell, a control system configured to: receive the inspection data acquired from the photovoltaic cell, identify one or more interruption defects in one or more fingers of an electrode of the one photovoltaic cell utilizing the inspection data, determine a spatial parameter associated with at least one of the identified interruption defects and one or more floating finger portions of the one or more fingers created by two or more identified interruption defects, determine an interruption-defect-induced efficiency loss of the photovoltaic cell based on the determined spatial parameter associated with the at least one of the identified interruption defects and the floating finger portions of the one or more fingers created by two or more identified interruption defects. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035882 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION OF AN ELECTRIC CONNECTION - A method and apparatus are provided for differential protection of a three phase electric connection of an electric system. The apparatus includes means for determining a value of an operate quantity, which operate quantity is based on a difference between current quantities at a first point and a second point of the electric connection, and means for detecting a fault in the electric connection between the first point and the second point if the value of the operate quantity exceeds a value of a predetermined threshold quantity. The operate quantity is based on a difference of residual currents at the first point and the second point, or a quantity indicative thereof, and a coefficient indicative of an angle between a residual voltage of the electric connection and the difference of residual currents at the first point and the second point. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MONITOR THE OPERATION OF A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A monitoring system is provided. The monitoring system includes at least one sensor that is configured to detect at least one fault within a power generation system. Moreover, the monitoring system includes a computing device that is coupled to the sensor. The computing device includes an interface that is configured to receive a signal representative of the fault. The computing device also includes a processor that is programmed to identify a location of the fault by considering a plurality of potential fault locations and the processor is programmed to determine at least one restoration solution to restore the fault by considering a plurality of potential restoration solutions. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035884 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUB-METERING OF HOUSEHOLD DEVICES - An apparatus and method for estimating resource consumption of a household device, e.g., an appliance. The method comprises determining a resource demand profile for a household device for a given time period, the resource demand profile associating, for the given time period, a device state of the household device with a total resource demand for the household. In one embodiment, the apparatus can be incorporated into an energy management system, where the apparatus collects data from each of the appliances in a household as well as from a resource meter. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035885 | TOPOLOGY IDENTIFICATION IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WITH LIMITED MEASUREMENTS - A statistical technique is used to estimate the status of switching devices (such as circuit breakers, isolator switches and fuses) in distribution networks, using scares (i.e., limited or non-redundant) measurements. Using expected values of power consumption, and their variance, the confidence level of identifying the correct topology, or the current status of switching devices, is calculated using any given configuration of real time measurements. Different topologies are then compared in order to select the most likely topology at the prevailing time. The measurements are assumed as normally distributed random variables, and the maximum likelihood principle or a support vector machine is applied. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035886 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT - A method and an arrangement for voltage measurement with a transformer configuration comprising three single pole voltage transformers having tertiary windings open-delta connected with each other. The arrangement is configured to apply a correction to measured secondary voltages on the basis of one or more parameters of the voltage transformers and/or one or more quantities in a known relation to one or more parameters of the voltage transformers, one or more parameters of a circuit connected to the secondary windings and/or one or more quantities in a known relation to one or more parameters of the circuit connected to the secondary windings, and one or more parameters of a circuit connected to the tertiary windings and/or one or more quantities in a known relation to one or more parameters of the circuit connected to the tertiary windings. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PHASE IDENTIFICATION - Described herein are embodiments of methods and systems of phase identification. One embodiment of the method comprises adjusting one or more operational characteristics of an electrical device; receiving information about changes in at least one electrical parameter of one or more phases of a poly-phase electrical system that provides electrical energy to the electrical device; correlating the changes in the at least one electrical parameter of the one or more phases of the poly-phase electrical system that provides electrical energy to the electrical device with the adjustment of the one or more operational characteristics of the electrical device; and identifying the one or more phases of the poly-phase electrical system that provide electrical energy to the electrical device based upon the correlation of the changes in the at least one electrical parameter of the one or more phases of the poly-phase electrical system that provides electrical energy to the electrical device with the adjustment of the one or more operational characteristics of the electrical device. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035888 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A QUALITY METRIC FOR IMPROVED PROCESS CONTROL - The present invention may include acquiring a plurality of overlay metrology measurement signals from a plurality of metrology targets distributed across one or more fields of a wafer of a lot of wafers, determining a plurality of overlay estimates for each of the plurality of overlay metrology measurement signals using a plurality of overlay algorithms, generating a plurality of overlay estimate distributions, and generating a first plurality of quality metrics utilizing the generated plurality of overlay estimate distributions, wherein each quality metric corresponds with one overlay estimate distribution of the generated plurality of overlay estimate distributions, each quality metric a function of a width of a corresponding generated overlay estimate distribution, each quality metric further being a function of asymmetry present in an overlay metrology measurement signal from an associated metrology target. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035889 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE ROTATION AND DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF A ROTOR - A method for detecting a rotation and a direction of a rotation of a rotor, on which at least one damping element is positioned, wherein two sensors are arranged. The sensors are damped depending on a position of the damping element. After a standardization has been performed, the measurements are taken by observing consecutive rotational angle positions and then standardization rules are applied to the measured decay times of the sensors. Then a vector, which is entered into a coordinate system, is formed from the values. The present vector angle is determined and compared to the value of a suitable prior vector angle. From the result of the comparison, it is determined whether the rotor has performed a rotation and whether the rotation was forward or backward. By repeating the measurements in the rhythm of the scanning frequency, the rotational motions of the rotor can be detected with high accuracy. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035890 | MOVING TRAJECTORY CALIBRATION METHOD AND MOVING TRAJECTORY GENERATION METHOD - A moving trajectory calibration method is applied to receive a moving trajectory signal generated by a writing device while moving on a written plane and includes the following steps of: generating a first axial signal, a second axial signal and a third axial signal according to the moving trajectory signal by a detecting-calibration unit of an orientation calculation module, wherein the written plane is composed of the first axis and the second axis, and the third axis is perpendicular to the written plane; calibrating the first axial signal according to the third axial signal by the detecting-calibration unit, so as to generate a first axial trajectory signal; and calibrating the second axial signal according to the third axial signal by the detecting-calibration unit, so as to generate a second axial trajectory signal. In addition, a moving trajectory generation method is also disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035891 | TEST PATTERN GENERATOR, METHOD OF GENERATING TEST PATTERN, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING TEST GENERATION PROGRAM STORED THEREON - A second computing device determines whether or not a conflict occurs wherein at least two of a plurality of first computing devices set different request values to an input point to which a request value is to be set, based on the request value stored in the request value buffer. When it is determined by the second computing device that a conflict occurs wherein one of the plurality of first computing devices is about to set a request value different from a request value that is set to that input point by another first computing device, the one of the first computing devices stops setting the request value. This prevents any increase in the test pattern count due to parallel processing. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035892 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TESTING PROCESSING ELECTRONICS - An apparatus and method are disclosed for testing processing electronics, especially a detector module of a computer tomograph. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one processing center, which defines test sequences during operation and/or further processes result data from the test sequences; a scheduler unit connected to the processing center which during operation, after accepting definitions of the test sequences from the processing center, executes these test sequences independently and which is coupled to a contact apparatus for contacting the processing electronics; a signal generator, which initiates test signals at the processing logic; and at least one trigger unit which during operation, synchronizes a start of a test sequence executed by the scheduler unit and an initiation of the test signals by the signal generator in real time with one another. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035893 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND APPARATUSES FOR ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION USING TEMPORAL SCALING OF TIME-REFERENCED FEATURES - Components, methods, and apparatuses are provided that may be used to obtain a plurality of time-referenced features extracted from signals received from one or more inertial sensors of a mobile device, wherein the time-referenced features are provided according to heterogeneous time scales. The time-referenced features are combined over a decision window to infer an activity of a user co-located with the mobile device. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035894 | BALLONET MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for measuring a volume of a ballonet are provided. In some aspects, the system may include a plurality of sensors configured to transmit a plurality of signals toward an interior surface of the ballonet and to receive the plurality of signals reflected off of the interior surface of the ballonet, a distance calculating module configured to calculate a plurality of distances from the plurality of sensors to the interior surface of the ballonet using the received plurality of signals, and a mapping module configured to create a three-dimensional surface using the calculated plurality of distances. The system may further include a measurement module configured to calculate the volume of the ballonet using the three-dimensional surface. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035895 | Compass Heading Display for A Computerized Mobile Device - A method for displaying a compass heading implemented by a computerized mobile device includes displaying a compass heading on a display of a computerized mobile device according to a compass onboard the computerized mobile device if the computerized mobile device is traveling below a motion threshold. The method also includes displaying a compass heading on a display of a computerized mobile device according to a compass heading calculated using at least two coordinates for the computerized mobile device if the computerized mobile device is traveling above the motion threshold. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035896 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE - Angular widths of respective magnetic poles of a detection rotor are stored and divisions are set for respective magnetic pole pairs. Based on output signals from first and second magnetic sensors, a rotation angle computation unit computes first and second rotation angles that are rotation angles within the corresponding division. Based on the angular widths, the rotation angle computation unit identifies the magnetic pole sensed by the first magnetic sensor and computes a first absolute rotation angle using the first rotation angle. Based on the identified magnetic pole and the second rotation angle, the rotation angle computation unit computes a second absolute rotation angle. The rotation angle of the detection rotor is computed based on the first and second absolute angles. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035897 | ION BEAM INCIDENT ANGLE DETECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - In an ion implanter, a detector assembly is employed to monitor the ion beam current and incidence angle at the location of the work piece or wafer. The detector assembly includes a plurality of pairs of current sensors and a blocker panel. The blocker panel is coupled to the detector array to move together with the detector array. The blocker panel is also disposed a distance away from the sensors to allow certain of the beamlets that comprise the ion beam to reach the sensors. Each sensor in a pair of sensors measures the beam current incident thereon and the incident angle is calculated using these measurements. In this manner, beam current and incidence angle variations may be measured at the work piece site and be accommodated for, thereby avoiding undesirable beam current profiles. | 2013-02-07 |
