| 06th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
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| 20120035758 | DEVICE FOR COATING AN ELONGATED WORKPIECE - The invention relates to a device ( | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035759 | Bag Dispensing Device, Bag Dispensing Machine Comprising Said Device, and Automated Method for Packing Bags - The invention relates to a bag dispensing device, especially for bags that have a previously lined base part that is superimposed in a lateral wall of the bag, enabling the bag supply and control process to be automated by means of the arrangement of a sorting element provided with a pair of rotating elements such that it selects, using control means, with artificial vision, the dimensionally correct bags from the bags that have some type of shape defect. The invention also relates to a bag dispensing machine provided with a dispensing device of the above-mentioned type. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035760 | DIGITAL DISPENSER SYSTEM - A digital dispenser system including a cartridge for storing a supply of medicament, a mechanical dispenser for metering medicament out of the cartridge, and a communication system established between the cartridge and the dispenser for relaying information about the medicament stored and dispensed. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035761 | Container-less Custom Beverage Vending Invention - Methods and apparatus describing a convenience beverage vending machine and its operation are described. An embedded computer interface allows consumers to create their own drinks or choose from a menu of drinks. Drinks are dispensed in a re-usable container. The beverages may be made from hot water, cold water or carbonated water that is mixed with various flavors of syrup, sweeteners and nutritional supplements. Identification may be presented and the computer recognizes the consumer and pulls up that consumer's account to determine funds available and previous drink selections and mixtures. The machine may incorporate an automatic cleaning cycle for both the valves and the dispense area. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035762 | Systems and Methods for Controlling a Legged Robot Based on Rate of Change of Angular Momentum - Systems and methods are presented that use the rate of change of a legged robot's centroidal angular momentum ({dot over (H)} | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035763 | ROBOTIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOTIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A robotic device includes a first calculation section adapted to calculate a first angular velocity of a first arm operating due to a first actuator provided with a first angle sensor based on rotational angle detection data of the first angle sensor of the fist actuator, a second calculation section adapted to calculate a second angular velocity of the first arm taking an arm linkage device as an axis based on angular velocity detection data of an inertial sensor provided to the first arm linked via the arm linkage device including the first actuator, which is a calculation object of the first calculation section, and a third calculation section adapted to calculate a torsional angular velocity between the first actuator and the first arm with a low-frequency component eliminated. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035764 | SURGICAL ROBOT AND ROBOTIC CONTROLLER - The present invention was developed by a neurosurgeon and seeks to mimic the results of primate neurological research which is indicative of a human's actual neurological control structures and logic. Specifically, the motor proprioceptive and tactile neurophysiology functioning of the surgeon's hands and internal hand control system from the muscular level through the intrafusal fiber system of the neural network is considered in creating the robot and method of operation of the present invention. Therefore, the surgery is not slowed down as in the art, because the surgeon is in conscious and subconscious natural agreement and harmonization with the robotically actuated surgical instruments based on neurological mimicking of the surgeon's behavior with the functioning of the robot. Therefore, the robot can enhance the surgeon's humanly limited senses while not introducing disruptive variables to the surgeon's naturally occurring operation of his neurophysiology. This is therefore also a new field, neurophysiological symbiotic robotics. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035765 | BRAIN INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, ROBOT, AND BRAIN INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - A brain information output apparatus includes an intention determination information storage unit in which two or more pieces of intention determination information can be stored, with each intention determination information including a pair of an intention identifier, and a learning feature amount group including one or more feature amounts extracted from second learning data that is obtained by converting first learning data into intracerebral brain activity data, the first leaning data being acquired from the outside of the cranium of a user when the user performs a trial according to one intention; a first brain activity data acquiring unit that acquires first brain activity data from the outside of the cranium of a user; a second brain activity data acquiring unit that converts the first brain activity data to intracerebral brain activity data, and acquires second brain activity data; a feature amount group acquiring unit that acquires, from the second brain activity data, an input feature amount group including one or more feature amounts; an intention identifier acquiring unit that acquires an intention identifier corresponding to the input feature amount group based on the two or more pieces of intention determination information; and an intention identifier output unit that outputs the intention identifier. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035766 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHOKED FLOW ELEMENT EXTRACTION - A plasma source includes a ring plasma chamber, a primary winding around an exterior of the ring plasma chamber, multiple ferrites, wherein the ring plasma chamber passes through each of the ferrites and multiple plasma chamber outlets coupling the plasma chamber to a process chamber. Each one of the plasma chamber outlets having a respective plasma restriction. A system and method for generating a plasma are also described. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035767 | SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING AND CONTROLLING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND PRODUCTION OF NANOPARTICLES IN FURNACE REACTOR - The present invention relates to a system for optimizing and controlling the particle size distribution and production of nanoparticles in a furnace reactor. The method provides nanoparticles with desired, optimized and controlled particle size distribution and specific surface area in furnace reactors using a simulation tool with programmed instructions. The said simulation tool couples flame dynamics module and particle population balance module and precursor reaction kinetics module. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035768 | CONTROLLING AN EPITAXIAL GROWTH PROCESS IN AN EPITAXIAL REACTOR - A system for controlling an epitaxial growth process in an epitaxial reactor. The system includes a processor for setting up a modeled output parameter value as a linear function of the actual output parameter value and a second set of thermocouple offset parameter values. The processor also determines a distance between a target output parameter value and the modeled output parameter value | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FAN - An electronic device and a method for controlling fan speed of the electronic device include setting a speed range corresponding to a variety of pulse-width modulation (PWM) duty cycles of the fan, and setting a speed variation value of the fan. The method further includes reading the PWM duty cycle and detecting an actual speed of the fan, and adjusting the PWM duty cycle in the PWM duty cycle instruction according to the speed variation value. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A MACHINE - The invention relates to a load measuring element for the braces of a machine in order to determine the force transmitted by the load measuring element, comprising a carrier element which can be exposed to the force by way of a force introduction element and in turn rests on a support. The force introduction element, the carrier element, and the support interact with each other during operation such that the carrier element flexibly deforms under the weight load, wherein a measurement element is provided for determining said flexible deformation, hi this way, an associated height adjustment can be specifically activated in order to adjust the machine such that it can be set up without impermissible distortion of the frame. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035771 | COMMAND GENERATOR - A positive & negative jerk interval parameter setting section divides an acceleration & deceleration interval of an acceleration command curve into an acceleration increasing interval, a constant acceleration interval, and an acceleration decreasing interval, and sets the length of time of each interval independently of each other. A positive & negative jerk interval trigonometric command generating section employs an acceleration command curve generated based on a trigonometric function of a ½ cycle, thereby generating a position command or a speed command. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035772 | OXYGEN CONTENT ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING THE SAME - An oxygen content adjustment apparatus includes an oxygen content detector, a number of keys, a controller, an oxygen source, a first nozzle, a first valve, a flame retardant gas source, a second nozzle, and a second valve. The controller is connected to the oxygen content detector and the keys. A first terminal of the first valve is connected to the controller. A second terminal of the first valve is connected to the oxygen source. A third terminal of the first valve is connected to the first nozzle. A first terminal of the second valve is connected to the controller. A second terminal of the second valve is connected to the flame retardant gas source. A third terminal of the second valve is connected to the second nozzle. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035773 | EFFICIENT COMPUTER COOLING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus control the temperature of an electronic component of a computer. A temperature sensor is read that measures a temperature of an electronic component of a computer. The speed of a compressor is adjusted based on the read temperature to maintain a pre-defined temperature range for the electronic component. The compressor compresses a refrigerant. The refrigerant is sent to a condenser that condenses the refrigerant. The refrigerant is sent to a heat exchanger that is thermally coupled to the electronic component and that transfers thermal energy from the electronic component to the refrigerant. Finally, the refrigerant is sent back to the compressor. Solenoid valves can be used to control the flow of refrigerant to heat exchangers for one or more additional electronic components. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035774 | GENERATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Voltage of a utility grid is reliably and swiftly restored, which decreased due to a utility grid failure or the like, to reference voltage. A generator is connected to a utility grid. A voltage detecting section detects voltage of a utility grid. A control section determines reactive current corresponding to the voltage obtained from the voltage detecting section based on voltage current correlation information in which the voltage of the utility grid and the reactive current to be supplied to the utility grid are correlated with each other. An electric power converting section regulates the reactive current to be supplied to or absorbed from the utility grid. An information changing section changes the voltage current correlation information to increase an amount of the reactive current with respect to a variation in the voltage in the voltage current correlation information, in the case where the voltage of the utility grid is not in a predetermined range set in advance after a predetermined time period has passed since the voltage of the utility grid varied by a predetermined amount. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035775 | FREQUENCY CONTROL - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a fundamental frequency of power supply grid being operatively connected to a power supply grid, the method comprising the steps of determining a steady-state and/or a dynamic-state related parameter of the associated power supply grid, and applying said determined parameter(s) in a frequency 5 controller of the wind turbine facility in order to improve frequency control of the fundamental frequency of the power supply grid. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035776 | Building energy management method and system - An energy management system within a building obtains energy usage data over several cycles to determine a minimum feasible load. The minimum feasible load corresponds to operational conditions of the building, such as occupied or unoccupied. The energy usage data is binned according to the operational condition under which it was obtained. A threshold based on the minimum feasible load is used to monitor energy usage within the building and to identify anomalies in energy demand for possible action. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035777 | Offered Actions for Energy Management Based on Anomalous Conditions - Systems and devices for, and methods of, energy management via prompted response options based on detected anomalous conditions. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035778 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM OF DEMOCRATIZING POWER - The present invention provides a system for providing democratizing power in a power grid system. In architecture, the system includes a module for receiving a plurality of user preferences concerning load shedding using a graphical user interface, and a module for implementing the user preferences during a grid irregularity. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035779 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL - A switching power supply includes a circuit that provides an output voltage, a switching component that switches the circuit between a first output voltage state and a second output voltage state, and a driver component that receives an input control signal and that drives the switching component to cause the circuit to switch between the first output voltage state and the second output voltage state. An adaptive plant estimator receives the output voltage from the circuit and an input to the switching power supply and provides a model of the switching power supply that reflects changes in an output voltage state of the switching power supply. A compensator design component receives the model and provides compensator parameters that reflect changes in the output voltage state of the switching power supply. An adaptive compensator receives the compensator parameters and provides the input control signal to the driver component. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035780 | INTELLIGENT POWER SAVING SYSTEM - An intelligent power saving system, disposed between a Utility Power Supply and at least a load, comprising: at least an energy storage device; at least a power supply line, connected to said Utility Power Supply and said load; at least an energy-storage-device-parallel-connection circuit, connecting said energy storage device electrically to said power supply line; and a power monitor, connected electrically to said Utility Power Supply, said energy storage device, and said energy-storage-device-parallel-connection circuit, thus determining whether said energy storage device is required to join in providing power to said load through said energy-storage-device-parallel-connection circuit, thus regulating percentage of total power supplied by said Utility Power Supply, preventing overload of said Utility Power Supply, hereby saving expense of the electric utility bills. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035781 | Dynamically Adjustable Floor Tile For A Data Center - A dynamically adjustable floor tile for a data center including a plurality of perforations; and a dynamically adjustable aperture, wherein opening the aperture exposes one or more of the perforations to airflow through the floor tile and closing the aperture blocks one or more of the apertures to airflow through the floor tile. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method for controlling heat reflux of the electronic device include setting a speed decrease value and standard temperatures for each of the first device and the second device. The control method further includes detecting a working temperature of the second device using a temperature sensor of the electronic device, if a speed of the second fan is at a full speed. The control method further includes reducing a speed of the first fan according to the speed decrease value, if the speed of the second fan is at the full speed and the detected working temperature exceeds the standard temperature of the second device. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035783 | MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER MODEL - A monitor and control system includes a server model, a number of switches, a temperature sensor mounted in the server model, a monitor and control device, and a microcontroller. The switches are connected to the resistors to control current through the resistors. The temperature sensor is mounted in the server model. The monitor and control device is connected to the server model and configured to monitor and control the server model. The microcontroller is configured to switch the switches on and off and send temperature information sensed by the temperature sensor to the monitor and control device. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035784 | Method for stabilizing a vehicle having an integrated rollover prevention function - A device for regulating the driving dynamics of a motor vehicle. A setpoint variable (ψ) for regulating the transverse dynamics of the vehicle is predefined and limited to a maximum value that is set in such a way that the transverse acceleration (a | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035785 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an electronic device obtains movement data of an object on a display screen of the electronic device, and converts the movement data of the object into control signals. The method further sends the control signals to the UAV, and changes a flight status of the UAV according to the control signals. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035786 | Weight Shifting System for Remote Vehicle - The present teachings provide a system and a method to shift a center of gravity of an unmanned ground vehicle, the system configured to determine, by a movement sensor, a present turn angle of the vehicle, determine, by a processor, a desired turn angle of the vehicle according to a turn command received from a remote control device, determine, by the processor, a difference between the present turn angle and the desired turn angle, and control, by the processor, a weight shifting system of the vehicle to relocate a weight movably attached to the weight shifting system based on the difference between the present turn angle and the desired turn angle. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035787 | LAYERED ARCHITECTURE FOR CUSTOMER PAYLOAD SYSTEMS - A layered architecture for customer payload systems is disclosed to provide a scalable, reconfigurable integration platform targeted at multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and remove both UAV specific and payload equipment specific characteristics that increase complexity during integration. The layered architecture is a modular design architecture that is split by function. Standard interfaces are implemented between functional layers to increase reconfiguration possibilities and to allow reuse of existing components and layers without modification to the payload or UAV. The standard interfaces also promote easy connection and disconnection from other layer components. Additionally, once the layered architecture is implemented, technological or functional requirements changes can be isolated to one specific component layer, not the entire payload stack. As a result, payload designs based on the layered architecture reduces design time and cost, and allows for easier integration, operation, upgrades, maintenance, and repair. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035788 | NAVIGATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - A navigation and control system including a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. The sensor has an emitter configured to repeatedly scan a beam into a two-dimensional sector of a plane defined with respect to a first predetermined axis of the vehicle, and a detector configured to detect a reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects. The sensor includes a panning mechanism configured to pan the plane in which the beam is scanned about a second predetermined axis to produce a three dimensional field of view. The navigation and control system includes a processor configured to determine the existence and location of the objects in the three dimensional field of view based on a position of the vehicle and a time between an emittance of the beam and a reception of the reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035789 | ENHANCED FLIGHT VISION SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING APPROACH RUNWAY SIGNATURES - Methods and apparatus are provided for visually enhancing approach runway signatures on en Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS). The EFVS may retrieve a location and an approach course for a runway, display, on the EFVS, a representation of the runway and the approach course for the runway relative to a position of the aircraft, define an area, along the approach course and before a first end of the runway, where the approach runway signature should be located, and visually enhance, on the EFVS, the defined area. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING RAILCAR SWITCHING SEQUENCE IN A SWITCHYARD - As embodied and broadly described herein the invention includes a system for computing a preferred sequence in which cars in a switching queue of a railway switchyard are to be sequentially switched to classification tracks. The system has a processing entity for determining within a given set of cars at least two possible sequences in which the cars in the set can be switched and applying logic rules for identifying among the sequences a preferred sequence. The system also has an output for releasing data describing the preferred sequence. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035791 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RAILWAY VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for controlling a railway vehicle having a double drive system, wherein each drive system comprises an internal combustion engine and a transmission unit, wherein a target drive torque (M(SL)) is provided as a power requirement by means of a drive lever, wherein an actual drive torque (M(IST)) of the railway vehicle is determined and a drive torque deviation is calculated from the target drive torque (M(SL)) and the actual drive torque (M(IST)). The method further comprises determining a prediction drive type (AAP), and a target drive type (AA(SL)) in the sense of a single or double drive, a target operating point (BP(SL)), and a target transmission stage (US(SL)) are set for the transmission units, based on the drive torque deviation and the prediction drive type (AAP), by means of a traction manager ( | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035792 | Hybrid Motor Vehicle Device - A hybrid motor vehicle device with a data input unit, which has at least one operating element for a user input of at least one drive distance parameter, and with a calculating unit, which is provided to adapt a hybrid operating strategy to the at least one drive distance parameter. The calculating unit in at least one hybrid operating mode is provided to assign the at least one operating element to a destination-independent input function of the at least one drive distance parameter characterizing a predicted drive distance. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035793 | METHOD FOR MANAGING TRANSITIONS IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES WITH A HYBRID DRIVE POWERTRAIN - A method for controlling combustion mode transitions for an engine of a hybrid powertrain includes commanding an increase in engine torque, adjusting motor torque output from a torque machine responsive to the operator torque request and the commanded increase in engine torque, executing the combustion mode transition, and operating the torque machine in a torque reclamation state. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SPEED OF AN ELECTRIC PUMP IN A VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a clutch set, a tank with fluid, an auxiliary battery, an electric fuel pump, and a controller. The electric fluid pump delivers some of the fluid from the tank to a designated oncoming clutch of the clutch set. The controller calculates a predicted flow value for the oncoming clutch during the shift event, and selectively controls the speed of the pump using the predicted flow value during the shift event. The controller controls the pump using an actual flow value when the vehicle is not executing a shift event, i.e., when holding torque. The speed of the electric fluid pump is increased to a first calculated speed determined using the predicted flow value when the shift event is initiated and before filling of the oncoming clutch commences, and is reduced to a second calculated speed determined using the actual flow value when the shift event is complete. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035795 | DISTANCE ORIENTED ENERGY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A vehicle and a method to control a vehicle includes selecting a trip route for the vehicle using a user interface, generating a charge reference profile of a battery coupled to an electric motor based on the trip, and commanding propulsion devices in the vehicle based on a location of the vehicle with respect to the trip route such that a state of charge (SOC) of the battery tracks the reference profile. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035796 | HYBRID FUEL CELL VEHICLE WITH MULTI-POWER SOURCE AND MULTI-DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A hybrid fuel cell vehicle with a multi-power source and a multi-drive system includes:, a plurality of primary power sources sharing a single main bus terminal and connected in parallel to each other; a plurality of drive systems receiving power from the main bus terminal to generate output torque so as to drive vehicle wheels and connected in parallel to each other; and an auxiliary power source sharing the main bus terminal and disposed between the primary power sources and the drive systems to supplement power shortage of the primary power sources. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035797 | AUTONOMOUS MOVING BODY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - To enable stable collision avoidance operation without the need to install an infrastructure or the like even in a dangerous area where running out is likely to occur. An autonomous moving body according to the present invention includes: a distance measuring sensor that measures a distance to an object existing in an environment; a distance information acquisition unit that acquires a distance measurement value of the distance measuring sensor as distance information on a measurement point; and a dangerous area extraction unit that categorizes adjacent measurement points as an identical object according to a distance difference between the measurement points, and extracts an endpoint of the object as a dangerous area when the categorized object itself has a size equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold and when an opening formed between endpoints of the objects has a width equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, in which the autonomous moving body travels so as to avoid a collision in the extracted dangerous area. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035798 | GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - The present invention provides a guidance, navigation, and control method and system for an underground mining vehicle that allow said vehicle to be taught a route by a human operator and then have it automatically drive the route with no human intervention. The method works in three steps: teaching, route profiling, and playback. In the teaching step the vehicle is manually driven by a operator (or using tele-operation whereby the operator views a screen displaying live views from vehicle-mounted cameras and using remote controls) along a route which can consist of an arbitrary sequence of maneuvers including tramming forwards, switching directions, tramming backwards, turning, or pausing movement. During this phase raw data from vehicle-mounted sensors including odometric sensors and rangefinders are logged to a file throughout teaching for later processing. During the (offline) route profiling step, the raw data in the log file are processed into a route profile including a vehicle path, a sequence of local metric submaps located along the path, and a profile of desired speed as a function of distance along the path. During the playback step, the vehicle automatically repeats the route that was taught during the teaching phase, as represented by the route profile. This is accomplished by first determining where the vehicle is on the route using a localization method which uses the odometric and laser rangefinder sensors and the local metric maps to determine the vehicle location. A steering control method adjusts the vehicle's steering to ensure it tracks the intended path. A drive control method adjusts the vehicle's speed accordingly and safety method ensures the vehicle stops in the event that an obstruction is on the vehicle's intended path. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035799 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE ACCORDING TO SCENE IMAGES - The present disclosure relates to a robotic system including one or more self-propelled motorized vehicles | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035800 | Vehicle Diagnostic, Communication and Signal Delivery System - A diagnostic tool that includes components that allow the diagnostic tool to record data while the vehicle is driven in order to capture data for intermittent faults. The diagnostic tool can operate in harsh conditions such as high and low temperatures. The diagnostic tool includes a capacitor to power the diagnostic tool in order to prevent complete drainage of the vehicle battery. The diagnostic tool includes a support module that can couple with a socket and a plug in order to keep them mated together during use. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035801 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus diagnoses a correct operation of a phase or star point isolation relay in an electric power steering system of the kind including a motor drive circuit and at least one phase isolation relay which connects a part of the drive circuit to a phase of the motor. The relay is opened during shutdown to isolate the motor phase from the part of the drive circuit and is normally closed during operation of the motor to connect the phase to the part of the drive circuit. The method includes the steps of: closing the relay; demanding a current through the motor phase associated with the relay that is equal to a preset value; measuring at least one characteristic of the phase current in that phase after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the elapsed time being less than a time needed for the phase current to reach the demanded current value; comparing the measured characteristic of the phase current with a reference characteristic of the phase current; and, in the event that the measured characteristic does not correspond with the reference characteristic, opening the relay and subsequently repeating the steps. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035802 | LEARNING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, STATE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND STATE LEARNING DEVICE FOR WORKING MACHINE - A learning diagnostic system for a working machine is capable of making a fault diagnosis of the working machine universally relative to various types of sensor information, and preventing a failure in the working machine by enabling a fault diagnosis even in a transient operating state that represents a transitional state between operating states.
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| 20120035803 | Event-Driven Data Mining Method for Improving Fault Code Settings and Isolating Faults - A parameter identification-based fault isolation technique is provided for improving fault code settings and isolating faults. DTCs and PIDs are retrieved from a current serviced vehicle. PID data is obtained from prior serviced vehicles having same vehicle specifications as and under substantially similar operating conditions as the current serviced vehicles. A plurality of clusters is formed using PID data of the prior serviced vehicles using mutual dependence to one another. A joint probability distribution is determined as a function of a mutual dependence of the PID data. PID data is selected of the current serviced vehicle having coherence to the PID of the prior service vehicles. A mutual dependence of the PID data of the current serviced vehicle is projected on onto the corresponding joint probability distribution. An anomaly in the PID data of the current serviced vehicle is detected in response to the probability distribution of parameter identification data being outside of a predetermined variance. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035804 | Diagnostic Tool with Recessed Connector - A diagnostic tool that includes components that allow the diagnostic tool to record data while the vehicle is driven in order to capture data for intermittent faults. The diagnostic tool can operate in harsh conditions such as high and low temperatures. The diagnostic tool includes a capacitor to power the diagnostic tool in order to prevent complete drainage of the vehicle battery. The diagnostic tool includes a support module that can couple with a socket and a plug in order to keep them mated together during use. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035805 | Error Message Details for Debug Available to End User - A diagnostic tool for diagnosing a vehicle, includes a signal translator communicating with the vehicle in at least one protocol, an input device for inputting information, a processor controlling a software according to the input information from the input device and communication with the vehicle from the signal translator, the processor controlling a reception of diagnostic data of the vehicle through the signal translator, a memory storing a software controlled by the processor, the memory storing information relating to the diagnostic tool and information relating to the configuration of the diagnostic tool and the configuration of the communication with the unit being tested, and an output unit connected to the processor indicating information according to the received and processed information relating to the diagnostic tool and information relating to the diagnosing of the vehicle. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035806 | METHOD FOR CLOCKING CUMULATIVE OPERATING TIME FOR A CARGO-HANDLING VEHICLE, AND THE CARGO-HANDLING VEHICLE BY USE OF THE METHOD - An accumulated use time measuring method for cargo handling vehicles and a cargo handling vehicle both enable accurate continuation of the use time till a display unit containing a time measuring device is replaced even if the time measuring device fails and prevention of false alteration after shipping while infallibly resetting the time measuring device to zero when the time measure device is shipped from the factory. The function units such as a display unit and a control unit of the cargo handling vehicle each include a time measuring device and a storage device. A synchronization mode in which the difference between the accumulated use times of both devices is made the same and a synchronization inhibition mode in which the accumulated use times are not changed and the time measurement is continued are provided. The accumulated use times are communicated between the function units, and the accumulated use time of the cargo handling vehicle and the absolute value of the difference between the accumulated use times of both measuring devices of the function units are taken into consideration. The corresponding mode is selected from the two modes, and thereby the time measurement using the accumulated use time stored in the storage device is carried out in the selected mode. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035807 | ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEROF AND PROGRAM - Provided are: an electric motor that applies steering assist force to a steering wheel; a target current determination unit | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035808 | LAND VEHICLES AND SYSTEMS WITH CONTROLLABLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS - The land vehicle includes a body, a power plant and a plurality of land engagers, the land engagers for engaging land and propelling the land vehicle across land. The land vehicle includes a controllable suspension system, the controllable suspension system for controlling suspension movements between the body and the land engagers. The land vehicle includes a computer system and suspension sensors located proximate the land engagers for measuring suspension parameters representative of suspension movements between the body and the land engagers and outputting a plurality of suspension sensor measurement outputs. The land vehicle includes controllable force suspension members located proximate the land engagers and the suspension sensors, the controllable force suspension members applying suspension travel forces between the body and the land engagers to control the suspension movements. The land vehicle computer system includes a controllable suspension system algorithm for controlling the controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and the suspension movements between the body and the land engagers, and a health usage monitoring algorithm for monitoring sensors and assessing a health and a usage of the vehicle and its suspension components. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035809 | VEHICLE - To provide a vehicle capable of maintaining a stable state when a rider gets on the step plate or get off the step plate. A vehicle is a vehicle that performs a turning movement based on the rotation of step plates on which a rider rides in the left/right direction. The vehicle includes restriction means to enable the rotation of the step plates in the left/right direction to be restricted. The vehicle preferably further includes first control means that controls the restriction means so that the rotation of the step plates in the left/right direction is restricted when the rider gets on the step plates or gets off the step plates. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035810 | Steering control apparatus - In a steering control apparatus, a worm gear is configured to have a lead angle for a self-lock operation, by which a worm wheel is allowed to rotate by rotation of a worm but the worm is not allowed to rotate by rotation of the worm wheel. Thus, a lock mechanism need not be provided separately from a gear mechanism and the apparatus is reduced in entire size. A VGRS control part checks whether the worm gear has a self-lock failure, which disables the self-lock operation. If the worm gear has the self-lock failure, idling suppression processing is performed to suppress idling of a steering wheel. Thus, even when the self-lock failure arises, the steering wheel is suppressed from idling. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035811 | Determination of a correcting variable for controlling a moment regulator in a vehicle steering system - So as to provide, with high accuracy, an actuating variable for actuating a torque control element in an electric vehicle steering system and achieve this with reduced complexity as compared to the known methods and devices, an actual torsion-bar torque (M | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035812 | BODY VELOCITY ESTIMATING DEVICE, AND COLLISION SAFETY PROTECTING SYSTEM - Body velocity estimating device | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035813 | Wall Movement Synchronization Slide-Out Room System and Method - A slide-out room system for a vehicle includes a slide-out room movably connected to the vehicle and at least four room slides supported by the vehicle and operable to move the slide-out room relative to the vehicle. A first of the four room slides is disposed in a first quadrant of the slide-out room, a second of the four room slides is disposed in a second quadrant of the slide-out room, a third of the four room slides is disposed in a third quadrant of the slide-out room, and a fourth of the four room slides is disposed in a fourth quadrant of the slide-out room. The system further includes a controller operatively connected to each of the four room slides for independently controlling the motion of the four room slides and synchronizing the motion of the four room slides to move the quadrants in concert with one another. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035814 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A DOOR LEAF - The invention relates to a device for controlling a door leaf ( | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035815 | HYBRID TYPE WORKING MACHINE - A hybrid-type working machine | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035816 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus ( | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035817 | IDLE STOP VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An idle stop vehicle performs an idle stop to automatically stop an engine during a stop of the vehicle. The vehicle includes an idle stop condition determination unit for determining whether or not an idle stop condition holds, and an engine control unit for performing the idle stop when the idle stop condition holds before a stoppage time exceeds a specified time and prohibiting the idle stop after the stoppage time exceeds the specified time without the idle stop condition holding. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035818 | DRIVING FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - A driving force control device for controlling engine torque generated by an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle and the engine revolution speed of the internal combustion engine based on the operation amount of driving force request operation on the vehicle to control the driving force of the vehicle is characterized by executing revolution fluctuation suppression control that suppresses fluctuations in engine revolution speeds when the operating point of the internal combustion engine in accordance with the engine torque and the engine revolution speed is within an optimum fuel economy range being a region set with a specified hysteresis width relative to an optimum fuel economy line of the internal combustion engine; accordingly, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the whole driving system. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035819 | REAL TIME ESTIMATION ALGORITHM FOR TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH FEED FORWARD PRESSURE FOR ECCC CONTROL - A powertrain includes a torque generative device and a torque converter having an impeller, a turbine and a torque converter clutch. A method to control torque converter slip includes monitoring a reference slip and a turbine speed of the torque converter, determining a turbine torque based upon the reference slip and the turbine speed, determining a feed forward torque converter clutch pressure command based upon the turbine torque, a torque generative device torque, and a TCC gain, and controlling the torque converter clutch based upon the feed forward torque converter clutch pressure command. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035820 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A method is described for operating a vehicle, in particular a hybrid vehicle, in which each of the two axles of the vehicle, which are not mechanically coupled, is driven by at least one drive unit, thus transmitting a torque to the wheels of the respective axle. To make optimal use of the different coefficients of friction of the wheels which occur with different roadway conditions, the rotational speeds of the wheels of both drive axles are ascertained and averaged, a difference being formed from the averaged rotational speeds of the two axles, respectively, and the torque on at least one axle being influenced based on this difference so that differences in the averaged rotational speeds of the wheels are counteracted. Instead of the rotational speed difference, the deviation of this rotational speed difference from a setpoint rotational speed difference may be used, for example, within the scope of ESP. Alternatively, regulation may be performed based on the wheels of an axle, in which case a dedicated drive unit is associated with each wheel. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035821 | Method and device for evaluating a condition of a chassis of a vehicle - In a method for evaluating the condition of a chassis of a vehicle equipped with a brake control system and a device for detecting trip data, at least one control signal of the brake control system is combined with at least one output signal of the device for detecting trip data to obtain a combined signal, and the condition of the chassis is evaluated on the basis of the combined signal. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035822 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method is provided for operating a combustion engine of a motor vehicle during a deceleration of the combustion engine. The method includes, but is not limited to determining a degree of depression of an accelerator pedal of the motor vehicle takes place, determining of a degree of depression of a brake pedal of the motor vehicle takes place. Furthermore, an adjusting of a throttle valve arranged in an intake tract of the combustion engine as a function of the determined degree of depression of the accelerator pedal and as a function of the determined degree of depression of the brake pedal takes place. The throttle valve is adjusted into an at least partially opened position in the event that the determined degree of depression of the brake pedal undershoots a first predetermined threshold value and the throttle valve is adjusted into a closed position in the event that the determined degree of depression of the brake pedal exceeds a second predetermined threshold value. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035823 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WHEELED OBJECTS - A navigation system uses a dead reckoning method to estimate an object's present position relative to one or more prior positions. In some embodiments, the dead reckoning method determines a change in position from the object's heading and speed during an elapsed time interval. In embodiments suitable for use with wheeled objects, the dead reckoning method determines the change in position by measuring the heading and the amount of wheel rotation. Some or all of the components of the navigation system may be disposed within a wheel, such as a wheel of a shopping cart. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035824 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTION CIRCUIT AND ELECTRIC CIRCUIT, AND DETECTION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WHICH USES ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE - In an electric circuit whose behavior is changed corresponding to a peripheral environment, an abnormality detection device can surely detect abnormality in the electric circuit even in a state where a value of the peripheral environment cannot be specified. An abnormality detection device according to the present invention detects abnormality in a detection circuit ( | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035825 | DRIVE ASSISTING DEVICE - A radar sensor detects a traveling state of a host vehicle. An inter-vehicle control ECU gives the amount of operation for the predetermined amount of control of the host vehicle so that the traveling state of the host vehicle detected by the radar sensor becomes a predetermined state. The amount of operation given by the inter-vehicle control ECU is reduced as a kind of restriction when the amount of operation given by the inter-vehicle control ECU becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value. As a result, it is possible to reduce the dependence of the driver on the device. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035826 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - The invention aims at providing an internal combustion engine control device | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035827 | Idle Stop Control Method and Control Device - There is provided an idle stop system that can more quickly restart with small noise in conducting idle stop. In preparation for a restart request during an engine inertial rotation, after a motor is rotated in a state where a starter motor is not coupled to the engine, a pinion is engaged with a ring gear during the motor is subjected to inertial rotation like the engine. In this situation, the rotational speed including future pulsation of the engine is estimated with the use of information on the crank angle, and a pinion pushing timing is controlled so that the pinion and the ring gear contact each other with a given rotational speed difference taking a delay time of a pinion pushing unit into consideration. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035828 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A drive control device for a vehicle is preferably used for controlling an internal combustion engine and/or a transmission, for example. A total fuel consumption amount calculating unit calculates total fuel consumption amount by integrating fuel consumption when the vehicle travels a unit distance at a predetermined vehicle speed and a predetermined acceleration, with respect to a time axis in accordance with a target distance. A traveling pattern calculating unit calculates a traveling pattern indicating a relationship between a vehicle speed and an acceleration when the vehicle travels the target distance, based on the total fuel consumption amount. By performing the control based on the calculated traveling pattern, it is possible to optimize the total fuel consumption amount. Therefore, it becomes possible to improve the actual fuel consumption. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035829 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine according to an embodiment includes: cooling units arranged on a path where a coolant is circulated, and cooling an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine with the coolant flowing through the cooling units; a pump circulating the coolant; and ECUs estimating a heat quantity of the exhaust gas and deciding whether or not to operate the pump after an ignition switch is detected to be OFF in response to the estimated heat quantity of the exhaust gas. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035830 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine according to the present embodiment, includes: cooling units | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035831 | AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE AMONG CYLINDERS DETERMINING APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A judging device comprises a catalyst, an upstream air/fuel ratio sensor having an air/fuel ratio sensing element covered with a diffusion resistance layer, and a downstream air/fuel ratio sensor. The judging device performs main feedback control to equalize the air/fuel ratio indicated by the output value of the upstream air/fuel ratio sensor to an upstream target air/fuel ratio and sub-feedback control to equalize the output value of the downstream air/fuel ratio sensor to a downstream target value. The judging device acquires “an imbalance judging parameter” which increases with “the increase of the difference between the amount of hydrogen contained in the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas passes through the catalyst and that after the exhaust gas passes through the catalyst” according to the sub-feedback amount. When the imbalance judging parameter is larger than an abnormality judgment threshold, the judging device judges that an air/fuel ratio imbalance among the cylinders has occurred. The judging device does not make judgment on air/fuel ratio imbalance among the cylinders if a predetermined judgment prohibition condition is satisfied, for example, if the flow of the exhaust gas is a predetermined value or more. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035832 | HIGH OPERATION REPEATABILITY AND STABILITY FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: at least one fuel electroinjector; and one electronic control unit designed to supply the fuel electroinjector, in a fuel injection phase in an engine cylinder, with at least a first electrical command to perform a pilot fuel injection, and a second electrical command to perform a main fuel injection. The first and second electrical commands are separated in time by an electrical dwell time such that the main fuel injection starts without interruption with respect to the pilot fuel injection. The electrical dwell time between the first and second electrical commands belongs to an electrical dwell time range in which the total fuel amount injected in the pilot and main fuel injections in a fuel injection phase in an engine cylinder is substantially constant. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035833 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AN HYDRAULIC DWELL TIME BETWEEN TWO INJECTION PULSES OF A FUEL INJECTOR - A method is provided for estimating a hydraulic dwell time between a first injection pulse and a second injection pulse performed by a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine. The method includes, but is not limited to determining a value of an electric dwell time between the first injection pulse and the second injection pulse, estimating a value of an injector closing delay between an instant in which an electric closing command of the first injection pulse is generated and an instant in which the fuel injector closes, estimating a value of an injector opening delay between an instant in which an electric opening command of the second injection pulse is generated and an instant in which the fuel injector opens, and calculating a value of the hydraulic dwell time as a function of the electric dwell time value, of the injector closing delay value and of the injector opening delay value. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035834 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Disclosed is a control device that is used for an internal combustion engine and capable of periodically varying an air-fuel ratio while keeping torque generated by the internal combustion engine at a target torque. The control device can periodically vary a target air-fuel ratio and controls a fuel injection amount in accordance with the target air-fuel ratio which periodically varies. Further, the control device sets an air amount control torque in accordance with the target torque and calculates a target air amount for achieving the air amount control torque at a predetermined virtual air-fuel ratio. The control device then provides air amount control in accordance with the target air amount and calculates an air amount that is estimated to be achieved by the air amount control. Eventually, the control device calculates torque that is estimated to be achieved by the estimated air amount at the target air-fuel ratio, and provides ignition timing control so as to compensate for the difference between the estimated torque and the target torque by correcting ignition timing. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035835 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-IGNITION CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for mitigating engine pre-ignition based on a feed-forward likelihood of pre-ignition and feedback from a pre-ignition event. In response to an indication of pre-ignition, a cylinder may be enriched while an engine load is limited. The enrichment may be followed by an enleanment to restore exhaust catalyst feed-gas oxygen levels. The mitigating steps may be adjusted based on engine operating conditions, a pre-ignition count, as well as the nature of the pre-ignition. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035836 | ONBOARD NETWORK FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A START-STOP SYSTEM - An onboard network for a vehicle having a start-stop system includes a central module having a control unit SG and switch elements, the central module including terminals port A, port B, port C, port D, port E, and port F for the connection of further components of the onboard network. A generator of the onboard network is connected to a first terminal port A, a starter is connected to a second terminal port B, at least one energy storage is connected to a third terminal port C, a further energy storage is connected to a fourth terminal port D, and electrical consumers of the onboard network are connected to the fifth terminal port E. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035837 | SYSTEM FOR RESTARTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHEN ENGINE RESTART REQUEST OCCURS - In a system, a starter includes a motor for rotatably driving an output shaft with a pinion and an actuator that shifts the pinion toward a ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. A monitor unit monitors a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine. The rotational speed of the internal combustion engine drops after an automatic control for stop of the engine. When an engine restart request occurs with the rotational speed being within a preset range during the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine dropping by the automatic control for stop of the engine, a drive unit drives the actuator to shift the pinion toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The drive unit rotatably drives the motor with the pinion being engaged with the ring gear to thereby crank the crankshaft. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035838 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING AND TRANSMITTING OPERATING DATA OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for acquiring operating data of an internal combustion engine in a control unit during a diagnostic function of the control unit, and for transmitting the operating data from the control unit to a diagnostics device, the operating data being determined in the control unit with the aid of sensors assigned to the internal combustion engine and/or from variables derived from output signals of the sensors and/or from control unit-internal variables. According to the invention, it is provided that a specification of an operating data type and of a temporal resolution of the value reception is transmitted from the diagnostics device to the diagnostic function, that the operating data are collected in the control unit with the aid of the diagnostic function, that the value acquisition is started by the diagnostics device, that the operating data are stored in a buffer memory in the control unit, and that the operating data are transmitted from the buffer memory to the diagnostics device. The diagnostics device and the control unit are connected via standardized interfaces, whose transmission speed is limited for reasons of cost and security from interference. Due to the configuration of the diagnostic function in the control unit according to the invention, not every operating data value is retrieved individually by the diagnostics device, but rather a series of operating data values are buffered in a buffer memory in the control unit, the speed of data acquisition may be selected independently of the transmission speed of the interface between the control unit and the diagnostics device, and thus in particular may also be higher. Data acquisition at 100 Hz is possible using the method, and data acquisition synchronous with the rotational speed is also attainable. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035839 | Optimizing Traffic Predictions and Enhancing Notifications - Travel-demand forecasting methods are described for predicting traffic volume based, at least in part, on user-entered data in the form of anticipated traffic routes, demographic data and/or other types of socioeconomic data. This data can source a prediction algorithm or be used to forecast traffic patterns. Methods and systems are described for, among other things, optimizing traffic predictions, forecasting traffic patterns using user-assigned trip patterns, associating rich attribute information to navigation routes, exposing personal-logistic information to a group, communicating traffic-situation-generated alerts based on user information, optimizing a presentation of user-defined traffic routes, and presenting location indications based on proximity (temporal or geographical). | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035840 | VEHICLE SPEED MONITOR - A vehicle speed monitor for monitoring the speed of a moving vehicle is provided to the vehicle at an entrance to a road. The vehicle speed monitor records instantaneous accelerations of the vehicle along three axes over time. The vehicle speed monitor may be implemented as a contact or contactless integrated circuit (IC) card. The vehicle speed monitor is returned at an exit from the road, and scalar instantaneous speeds of the vehicle are determined from the recorded instantaneous accelerations in the vehicle speed monitor. The scalar instantaneous speeds are compared to one or more speed limits between the entrance and the exit to determine any speed limit violation. The vehicle speed monitor may also function as an electronic toll card where a toll is determined from the entrance and the exit. At the exit, the driver of the vehicle is charged with a fine and a toll, if any. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035841 | AIRBORNE SEPARATION ASSURANCE SYSTEM AND REQUIRED TIME OF ARRIVAL FUNCTION COOPERATION - Methods and systems are provided for enhancing the functionality of an airborne separation assurance system (ASAS) by modifying it to cooperate with a required time of arrival (RTA) functionality. The system comprises an autopilot configured to execute a trajectory of an aircraft and a flight management system (FMS) in operable communication with the autopilot. The FMS includes a required time of arrival (RTA) system that is configured to determine an RTA aircraft trajectory of the aircraft based on a required time of arrival of the aircraft at a waypoint along the flight plan. The system also includes an airborne separation assurance system (ASAS) in operable communication with the RTA and is configured to determine a spacing trajectory based on a spacing interval from a first reference aircraft. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF GUIDANCE REFERENCE FOR TRAFFIC SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - Situational Awareness and Guidance Reference (SAGR) and associated methods and systems are disclosed. A system in accordance to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a display system utilized for a traffic application and an SAGR associated with the own-ship symbol providing longitudinal and lateral guidance reference. In a manual implementation, the SAGR aids human operators achieve required longitudinal and lateral spacing from selected traffic by depicting a small operating region on a navigational map display within which an aircraft will have achieved the required spacing. Such depiction of the deviation guidance may be with respect to time or distance relative to selected traffic aircraft or to fixed structure, and engaged in an automatic or manual mode. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035843 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM - A navigation device apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a fuel consumption determination unit that determines a fuel consumption during a travel of a vehicle. Also included is a fuel consumption information storage unit that stores point information identifying a departing point and a destination in the travel of the vehicle and fuel consumption information identifying the fuel consumption during a previous travel A display unit is included that acquires previous fuel consumption information identifying the fuel consumption during the previous travel corresponding to the departing point and the destination during a current travel of the vehicle, and controls the display of the fuel consumption during the previous travel based on the acquired previous fuel consumption information and the fuel consumption during the current travel determined by the fuel consumption determination unit. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035844 | CRUISE ASSIST SYSTEM - A cruise assist system for a vehicle, which is structured to contain magnetic particles in the stop line, and integrate results of measurement of the stop line position based on the GPS positioning, which has been conducted every time the vehicle stops at the stop line for the purpose of improving accuracy of the estimated stop line position. The system is further structured to estimate the self-location of the vehicle based on the estimated position of the stop line. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035845 | Determining Locations Of Wireless Mobile Devices - In certain embodiments, an apparatus comprises an input and one or more processors. The input receives known locations of wireless mobile nodes over a wireless link. The one or more processors determine geometric features associated with the locations, and calculate an apparatus location of the apparatus from the known locations and the geometric features. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035846 | EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE SYSTEM USING SAME - An external environment recognition device for a vehicle and a vehicle system capable of assuring safety and reducing the processing load in a compatible manner are provided. An external environment recognition device | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035847 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A technique for avoiding collisions between trains includes equipping a plurality of trains each with a transceiver and broadcasting a signal periodically from the transceiver of each train. The signal contains a unique identification of a respective train and a unique identification of a track the respective train is moving on. The transceiver of each train receives the signal broadcasted by each of the other trains within a given range. The received signals are analyzed to extract the unique identification of each other train and the unique identification of the track each other train is moving on. It is determined if the track of the train receiving the signal and any of each other trains within the given range is the same and providing an indication if the track of the recipient train and any of other train within the range is the same. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035848 | ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE, ROUTE SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Route search devices, methods, and programs acquire basic congestion information, the basic congestion information being congestion information for specific links. The systems, methods, and programs set a destination and search for a first travel route from a departure point to the set destination using the acquired basic congestion information. Based on the first travel route, the systems, methods, and programs determine, whether center traffic information is necessary to be acquired. Only when it is determined that the center traffic information is necessary, the systems, methods, and programs acquire the center traffic information, the center traffic information being congestion information of a link other than the specific links, and search for a second travel route from the departure point to the set destination using the acquired additional congestion information. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035849 | Data Driven Route Strip - A method, computer system, and computer program product for displaying flight information. A number of elements for a number of phases of flight for a route of an aircraft are identified. The number of elements in association with the number of phases of flight is displayed on a strip on a display. The number of elements is displayed on the strip in a sequence in which the number of elements is encountered by the aircraft on the route during the number of phases of flight. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035850 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE FLUX OF A SOIL GAS - A method for determining a flux of a gas contained in a medium through a boundary of the medium comprises 1) measuring at least twice with a probe a concentration C of the gas over a time interval Δt and 2) determining the flux of the gas using the following mathematical equation: (I) where F is the gas flux, D is the diffusivity value and ΔC is a variation in the gas concentration during the time interval Δt. The probe is placed proximate the boundary. The probe has a gas inlet, a cavity, a gas concentration sensor and a membrane. Each element is in fluid communication with each other so that the gas flows from the gas inlet through the membrane and contacts the gas concentration sensor. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035851 | NMR-DNA FINGERPRINT - Pulse sequences are applied to a fluid in an earth formation in a static magnetic field and NMR spin echo signals are obtained. The signals are processed to give a distribution of relaxation time at each of the plurality of depths. A quasi-DNA is obtained by autoscaling and a nonlinear mapping of T | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035852 | PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA - A method of processing multi-component seismic data is provided that comprises determining, in the time-offset domain, a first partition rate for a first event from the multi-component seismic data. Information about near-receiver properties of the earth may be obtained from the first partition rate. The method may further comprise determining, in the time-offset domain, at least a second partition rate for the first event from the multi-component seismic data and/or at least a third partition rate for a second event. Further information about near-receiver properties of the earth can be obtained from the second and/or third partition rate. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035853 | UNIQUE COMPOSITE RELATIVELY ADJUSTED PULSE - The invention relates to acquiring seismic data in either land or marine environments, but typically marine environments where a pulse-type source is fired in a distinctive composite pulse like a distinctive rumble. In a preferred embodiment, a number of pulse-type seismic sources, sometimes called an array, are fired in a distinctive composite pulse to be able to identify within the returning wavefield the energy resulting from the composite pulse. Firing the pulse-type sources creates an identifiable signature so that two or more marine seismic acquisition systems with source arrays can be acquiring seismic data concurrently and the peak energy delivered into the water will be less, which will reduce the irritation of seismic data acquisition to marine life. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035854 | SEISMIC ACQUISITION SYSTEM INCLUDING A DISTRIBUTED SENSOR HAVING AN OPTICAL FIBER - A seismic acquisition system includes a distributed optical sensor (having an optical fiber) and an interrogation subsystem configured to generate a light signal to emit into the optical fiber. The interrogation subsystem receives, from the distributed optical sensor, backscattered light responsive to the emitted light signal, wherein the backscattered light is affected by one or both of seismic signals reflected from a subterranean structure and noise. Output data corresponding to the backscattered light is provided to a processing subsystem to determine a characteristic of the subterranean structure. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035855 | METHOD OF NETWORK-BASED IDENTIFICATION FOR DRUG ACTION AND/OR SYNERGY EFFECT OF MEDICINE COMBINATION - The invention provides a network-based method for confirming drug action (drug effect, synergistic reaction). The method be carried out by mapping a first drug genes/gene products subset and a second genes/gene products subset in a gene network. The second genes/gene products subset can be a second drug genes/gene products subset or a biological process genes/gene products subset. The invention also provides a tool for pre-clinical drug screening. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035856 | METHOD FOR THE DISCOVERY, VALIDATION AND CLINICAL APPLICATION OF MULTIPLEX BIOMARKER ALGORITHMS BASED ON OPTICAL, PHYSICAL AND/OR ELECTROMAGNETIC PATTERNS - A method for determining multiplex biomarker algorithms based on optical, physical and/or electromagnetic patterns, and applying the multiplex biomarker algorithms so as to provide a single diagnostic result indicative of a medical condition, the method comprising:
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| 20120035857 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE IDENTIFIER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented biological sequence identifier (CIBSI) system and method for selecting a subsequence from biological sequence data according to at least one selection parameter. The at least one selection parameter corresponds to a likelihood of returning a meaningful result from a similarity search. | 2012-02-09 |
