| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
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| 20100057298 | METHOD OF REDUCING STEERING INSTABILITY IN HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING SYSTEMS - A method for reducing steering instability in a hydraulic power steering system for a vehicle having a pair of cylinder lines through which hydraulic fluid is conveyed in assisting turning a vehicle wheel, including the steps of determining which of said pair of cylinder lines results in less steering instability when the vehicle wheel is turned; calculating the fluid inertance of the hydraulic fluid conveyed through the cylinder line that results in less steering instability; and altering at least one dimension of the cylinder line that results in greater steering instability when the vehicle wheel is turned to substantially match the fluid inertance thereof to the calculated fluid inertance. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057299 | Steering Angle Sensor System and Method for Measuring A Steering Angle - A steering angle sensor system for measuring a steering angle in a motor vehicle. The steering angle sensor system includes a magnetic encoder which is coupled to at least one magnetic field sensor that senses a variation in the steering angle even when the ignition is switched off, and an electronic memory for storing the steering angle variation. The steering angle sensor system also includes at least one magnetic-field-sensitive element which is coupled to the magnetic encoder for detecting the occurrence of steering movements at an early time in order to at least partially activate the steering angle sensor system and/or another system. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057300 | Electric power steering apparatus - A motor drive circuit ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057301 | Vehicle Steering Device - A vehicle steering device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ACTUATABLE SAFETY DEVICE - A method for determining a crash condition of a vehicle comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a first direction substantially parallel to a front-to-rear axis of the vehicle and providing a first crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. The method also comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a second direction substantially parallel to a side-to-side axis of the vehicle and providing a second crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. The method further comprises the steps of determining a crash metric value functionally related to the sensed crash acceleration based on the second acceleration signal and comparing the determined crash metric value as a function of the sensed first crash acceleration signal against an associated threshold. The method still further comprises the step of determining a crash condition of the vehicle in response to (a) the comparison and (b) the first acceleration signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057303 | SEATBELT DEVICE OF VEHICLE AND METHOD CONTROLLING THE SEATBELT DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A seatbelt device of a vehicle, the seatbelt device comprising: a belt reel around which a webbing, used to tie down a passenger seated in the vehicle, is wrapped up; a motor transmitting a driving force to the belt reel; an electric current detection unit detecting an electric current flowing through the motor; a vehicle-condition detection unit detecting a condition of the vehicle; a rotation detection unit detecting a rotational position of the belt reel; and a control unit that sets a target electric current corresponding to a predetermined vehicle condition detected by the vehicle-condition detection unit and controls the motor so that the electric current detected by the electric current detection unit equals the target electric current. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057304 | Measuring system and measuring method for detecting at least one frequency independent electrical quantity - A measuring system is provided. The measuring system comprising at least a first measuring means for detecting at least one frequency-independent electrical quantity and an evaluation unit for detecting the temporal behaviour of the frequency-independent electrical quantity. The evaluation unit automatically generates from the detection of the temporal course of the frequency-independent electrical quantity a signal that is at least partially equivalent to a frequency-dependent signal. Furthermore a measuring method is provided, in which at least a first measuring means detects at least a frequency-independent electrical quantity and an evaluation unit detects the temporal behaviour of the frequency-independent quantity. The evaluation unit automatically generates a signal from the detection of the temporal course of the frequency-independent electrical quantity, which signal is at least partially equivalent to a frequency-dependent quantity. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057305 | Exterior Airbag Deployment Techniques - Externally deployed airbag system for a vehicle including one or more inflatable airbags deployable outside of the vehicle, an anticipatory sensor system for assessing the probable severity of an impact involving the vehicle based on data obtained prior to the impact and initiating inflation of the airbag(s) in the event an impact above a threshold severity is assessed, and an inflator coupled to the anticipatory sensor system and the airbag for inflating the airbag when initiated by the anticipatory sensor system. The airbag may be housed in a module mounted along a side of the vehicle, in a side door of the vehicle (both for side impact protection), at a front of the vehicle (for frontal impact protection) or at a rear of the vehicle (for rear impact protection). Also, the externally deployed airbag can be deployed to cushion a pedestrian's impact against the vehicle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057306 | Vehicle-mounted device control system - A vehicle-mounted device control system includes a first vehicle-mounted device, a second vehicle-mounted device, and a control unit connected to the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device. The control unit includes signal transmission means that transmits a predetermined signal to the first vehicle-mounted device, cooperative control means that performs cooperative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled using information used by the first vehicle-mounted device when the first vehicle-mounted device responds to the predetermined signal, and alternative control means that performs alternative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled without using information, used by the first vehicle-mounted device, when the first vehicle-mounted device does not respond to the predetermined signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057307 | Electrically adjustable control interface - An electrically adjustable control interface for a machine comprises a vertical adjustment assembly arranged in vertical support of a control pod module. The vertical adjustment assembly is configured to adjust a vertical position of the control pod module in response to a vertical adjustment command signal generated by a controller. The electrically adjustable control interface also comprises a horizontal adjustment assembly coupled to the control pod module. The horizontal adjustment assembly is configured to adjust a horizontal position of the control pod module in response to a horizontal adjustment command signal generated by the controller. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057318 | Clutch control device and clutch control correction amount calculating method - Oil pressure detecting means | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057319 | INVERTED TWO-WHEEL GUIDED VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An inverted two-wheel guided vehicle is provided with a vehicle body | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057320 | BRAKING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND A METHOD OF MONITORING BRAKING FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A braking system ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057321 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE DURING A PASSING MANEUVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for providing assistance during a passing maneuver of a motor vehicle having an adaptive cruise control device, the following method steps are used: a preceding object is ascertained as a target object, a distance of the motor vehicle to the target object is ascertained, a relative velocity between the motor vehicle and the target object is ascertained, and a plausibility check corridor is narrowed as a function of the distance and the relative velocity. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057322 | DRIVE-BY-WIRE THROTTLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A drive-by-wire throttle control apparatus and method includes a variable resistance sensor. A contact arm can be mechanically connected between a thumb lever and a variable resistance sensor. The variable resistance sensor possesses a resistive film that includes a fixed resistor and a variable resistor configured from a carbon film. As the thumb lever rotates, the contact arm traverses the resistive film, thereby altering the resistance of the variable resistor, determining the position of the thumb lever and thereafter generating a signal based on the sensed position. The signal can be sent to an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) in the form of a varying voltage, which in turn controls the throttle of a vehicle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057323 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A STOP AND AUTOMATIC RESTART DEVICE FOR A THERMAL ENGINE - The invention relates to a method for controlling a stop and automatic restart device for a thermal engine of a vehicle, comprising electric energy storage means and a reversible alternator connected to the thermal engine. The method comprises: comparing ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057324 | Ignition Energy Management With Ion Current Feedback To Correct Spark Plug Fouling - A system and method for operating an engine having ionization signal sensing include detecting plug fouling and controlling the engine using progressively more aggressive control strategies if the fouling condition persists. A first control strategy may be used when the number of engine starts or running time are below corresponding thresholds and a second strategy otherwise. The first strategy may employ progressively more aggressive control procedures to eliminate spark plug deposits that may include repetitive sparking, exhaust cycle sparking, increasing engine loading, advancing spark timing, increasing air/fuel ratio, and increasing idle speed, for example. The second strategy may include similar corrective actions employed in a different order and/or to a lesser degree in an attempt to eliminate plug fouling without any noticeable change in engine operation or performance as perceived by the vehicle operator. The control strategies may be applied to individual cylinders, cylinder banks, or all cylinders. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057325 | TORQUE RESERVE AND EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR COORDINATED TORQUE CONTROL - A coordinated torque control system includes a catalyst module that generates a multi-mode enable signal based on a catalyst light off enable signal. A torque reserve module generates a torque reserve signal based on the multi-mode enable signal, an engine speed signal and an air per cylinder signal. The torque reserve module operates in a multi-pulse mode that is associated with injecting N pulses of fuel into a combustion chamber during a combustion cycle of the engine based on the multi-mode enable signal. N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057326 | Fuel Injection Amount Learning Control Method - A fuel injection amount learning and controlling method capable of learning the amount of fuel injection independent of whether accessories are operated or not and without being affected by environmental conditions such as coolant temperature. The fuel injection amount learning and controlling method obtains, using an idle injection amount standard value as the standard, a fuel injection amount learning valve so that the speed of an internal combustion engine ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057327 | Engine Combustion Control Using Ion Sense Feedback - A system and method for operating an engine having at least two spark plugs per cylinder include controlling at least one actuator to alter combustion within a selected cylinder such that the combustion burn rate determined by ion sense current signals associated with the at least two spark plugs of the selected cylinder approaches a desired combustion burn rate. A desired combustion burn rate is determined based on current engine/vehicle operating and ambient conditions with ion sense signals from each spark plug analyzed to determine combustion timing relative to corresponding ignition timing. Ignition timing and/or other actuators are controlled in response to provide a desired combustion burn rate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057338 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTE TRACKING - The disclosure relates to a method for tracking and routing multiple vehicles by collecting travel route information from a first vehicle by a plurality of collectors, each of the plurality of collectors positioned at a respective location throughout a travel route of the first vehicle; identifying a second vehicle at a first of the plurality of the collectors and directing the second vehicle through the travel route of the first vehicle by identifying the travel route of the first vehicle to the second vehicle at each of the plurality of collectors; compiling travel data from each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle to determine a travel time for the first vehicle and a travel time for the second vehicle, the compiled travel data defining the travel time as a function of a traffic pattern and a traffic light sequence. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057339 | CALCULATION OF ENERGY OPTIMIZED ROUTE - Methods are provided for determining an energy optimized route for a vehicle. In one example, the method includes providing a plurality of cost factors, each cost factor influencing the energy consumption of the vehicle. At least one cost factor is selected from among the cost factors. A composite cost factor is determined using the selected at least one cost factor. An energy optimized route is then determined based on the composite cost factor. Systems are also provided for determining an energy optimized route for a vehicle. An example system includes a set of cost factors, each cost factor influencing the energy consumption of the vehicle. A classification unit is included for selecting cost factors for the route and for including the selected cost factors in a composite cost factor for the route. A calculator is also included for calculating the energy optimized route based on the composite cost factor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057340 | Networked Navigation System - A method of providing alternate route possibilities to a first vehicle operator using a first networked navigation device includes determining a first route between a starting position and a travel destination. An alternate route request is transmitted to a second networked navigation device for a portion of the route between the starting position and the travel destination. The alternate route is received from the second navigation device. The determined first route and the received alternate route are presented to the first vehicle operator, including usage data for the alternate route. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057341 | DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL ROUTE DELIVERY METHOD - A method and system for dynamic determination of optimal route delivery receives a point of interest location, a current vehicle location, and a date of first set of route directions from a telematics unit over a wireless network by a software application running on a navigation server. The application accesses the first set of route directions and a second set of route directions from a database located on a telematics service provider premises. Both the first and second set of route directions are between the current vehicle location and the point of interest. If there is a traffic obstacle along a route between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location and the traffic obstacle was implemented after the first set of directions, a live advisor sends a notification to a user and provides the user with an alternate method of delivering route directions over the wireless network. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057342 | Vehicle travel assisting system - A vehicle travel assisting system has an area setting part for setting an area, in which weather information is acquired. The area setting part sets the area by using at least one of an attribute of a vehicle travel road, vehicle equipment for bad weather travel, and vehicle information such as a vehicle type and vehicle chassis lowest height. If the acquired weather information varies along a travel road of the vehicle, weather information is provided at earlier time according to the attribute of the travel road or unnecessary weather information is limited according to the equipment or the information of the vehicle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GPS INTERFACE - The invention provides an apparatus and a method for displaying a GPS interface. The apparatus of the invention includes a GPS module and a processing module. The GPS module is capable of generating a command and the GPS interface. Furthermore, the processing module is coupled to the GPS module for detecting the command and selectively displaying the GPS interface on a display according to the command. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057344 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD OF NAVIGATION DEVICE, PROGRAM OF DISPLAY METHOD OF NAGIVATION DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM OF DISPLAY METHOD OF NAVIGATION DEVICE - There is provided a navigation device having a current location detection unit for detecting a current location, a current location correction unit for correcting the current location detected by the current location detection unit using map matching and a display unit for displaying a map, switches an operation mode between a normal mode, which is an operation mode based on in-vehicle use, and a pedestrian mode, which is an operation mode based on use when moving on foot, displays the map of the current location by the display unit by arranging a mark indicating the current location based on the current location corrected by the current location correction unit in the normal mode, and displays the map of the current location by the display unit by arranging the mark indicating the current location based on the current location detected by the current location detection unit in the pedestrian mode. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITEM IDENTIFICATION, LOCATION AND NAVIGATION INSTRUCTION THERETO - A method and system for identifying, locating and providing navigational instructions among distributed items is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designating a plurality of items, identifying each of the items, accessing a data base to obtain at least location information associated with each identified item, providing a map of the location of each item, determining a distance to each item, determining a first item based on a user's position and sorting the list by distance with respect to the first item and providing navigational instructions to each item on the list. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057346 | Intelligent Travel Routing System and Method - A method of assigning routes to a plurality of users includes determining a cost for each of a plurality of roadway segments. The cost of a roadway segment is commensurate with the roadway segment's inclusion in one or more existing routes from a start location to a destination location. The method further includes generating a plurality of new routes. Each generated route includes one or more roadway segments. The generated routes are assigned to each of the plurality of users. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057347 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE - A vehicle navigation device including a destination setting means that sets a destination; a route searching means that searches for a route to the destination that has been set by the destination setting means; and a search condition setting means that sets a specified search condition from a plurality of conditions that include a type of facility serving as a search object and an area serving as a search object, in which the route searching means, in the case of an input operation of a specified search condition being performed by the user, searches for a waypoint and a route thereof based on the search condition. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057348 | DRIVE ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A drive assistance device for reporting to a driver whether passage time at a point is earlier or later than reference time is disclosed. The drive assistance device is configured to detect positions of a vehicle; to record the detected positions in association with passage time at the respective detected positions; to determine whether the vehicle is running a regular route; and if the vehicle is running a regular route, to report to the driver whether current passage time at a given point on the regular route is earlier or later than previous passage time at the given point. The drive assistance device also obtains traffic jam information on a part of the regular route from the given point to a destination of the regular route and reports the traffic jam information to the driver when the vehicle passes the given point. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057349 | Electronic Timepiece and Time Difference Correction Method for an Electronic Timepiece - An electronic timepiece has a function for receiving satellite signals transmitted from positioning information satellites, and includes a reception unit that receives the satellite signal and acquires satellite information from the received satellite signal, a satellite search unit that executes a process of searching for a capturable positioning information satellite based on the received satellite signal and capturing the found satellite signal, a positioning calculation unit that selects a specific number of positioning information satellites from among the positioning information satellites captured by the satellite search unit, executes a positioning calculation based on the satellite information contained in the satellite signals sent from the selected positioning information satellites, and generates positioning information, a time information adjustment unit that corrects internal time information based on the satellite information, a time information display unit that displays the internal time information, a storage unit that stores time difference information defining the time difference in each of a plurality of areas into which geographical information is divided, and a time difference evaluation unit that calculates an assumed positioning region based on the positioning information, and determines based on the time difference information if the assumed positioning region contains a time difference boundary. The time information adjustment unit correcting the internal time information based on the time difference in the assumed positioning region when the time difference evaluation unit determines that the assumed positioning region does not contain a time difference boundary, The positioning calculation unit reselecting the specific number of positioning information satellites and continuing the positioning calculation when the time difference evaluation unit determines that the assumed positioning region contains a time difference boundary. The reception unit terminates satellite signal reception when the time difference evaluation unit determines that the assumed positioning region does not contain a time difference boundary. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057350 | Method and system for automatically and directly establishing contact between a driver and at least one person to be transported - A system is devoted to automatically establishing contact between an automobile vehicle's (V) driver (D) and at least one person (P) who wishes to be transported. This system comprises i) analysis means (ANM) tasked with determining, firstly, whether at least one driver (D) is disposed to transport at least one person (P) over at least part of a first usual known route in progress, based on background information pertaining to said driver, and secondly, if at least one person (P) wishes to be transported over at least part of a second usual known route in progress based on background information pertaining to said person, ii) calculation means (CLM) tasked with determining a first route in progress which includes a significant part of a second route in progress, and iii) communication means (CNM) tasked with establishing contact between the corresponding driver (D) and person (P) respectively taking said first and second routes determined by said calculation means (CLM), via first (T | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057351 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING POI AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a system for evaluating a point of interest (POI) and a method thereof. The system includes a vehicle information center that stores position information of a POI, and a POI evaluation unit for determining whether a user uses the POI or not by using the POI position information, and sends an evaluation result to the vehicle information center after receiving an evaluation of the POI from the user. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057352 | MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A map information processing apparatus includes a road matching means ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057353 | GPS Map for Commercial Vehicle Industry - GPS map for commercial vehicle industry comprising of a navigation system and user interface to optimize needed navigation for a commercial vehicle based on physical criteria and content taking into consideration low bridge clearances, load limits, one-way road designations, left-hand and dangerous turn restrictions, and allowances pertaining to commercial vehicles. Based on the specified dimension and content of the vehicle, the system will display roads on the map with alerting color, texture to warn driver about roads where location of the vehicle is prohibited. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057354 | Method of Route Retrieval - A method of route retrieval is provided comprising initializing a first weighted graph, converting a blueprint of an area into a weighted graph, updating the weighted graph in real time, and calculating an optimal route in the area. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057355 | LOCATION IDENTIFICATION - A device includes a processor and a computer-readable medium including computer-readable instructions. Upon execution by the processor, the computer-readable instructions cause the device to receive a first request from a second device, where the first request is for an identification of a location. The first request includes vehicle information. The computer-readable instructions also cause the device to provide a second request to a third device, where the second request includes the vehicle information. The computer-readable instructions further cause the device to receive the identification of the location from the third device, and provide the identification of the location to the second device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057356 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF UPDATING MAP DATA AND METHOD THEREOF - A navigation system includes a plurality of navigation devices and a server. The plurality of navigation devices is used for generating a plurality of position data respectively. Each navigation device generates at least one path data according to the plurality of position data and at least one corresponding electronic map and transmits the path data to the server. Then, the server calculates at least one optimum path data and updates the plurality of navigation devices according to the optimum path data. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057357 | DEVICE FOR SELECTING AREA TO BE INTRODUCED AND METHOD THEREOF - A device selects an area to be introduced, from among a plurality of areas. The area is introduced to a user moving along a given route. The device includes a candidate selector, a time estimator, and an area determiner. The candidate selector selects a candidate area for an area to be introduced. The candidate area is adjacent to or neighboring a road on the given route. The time estimator estimates a transit time for transiting the candidate area. The area determiner determines the candidate area as an area to be introduced, in accordance with the transit time and a given reference time. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057358 | PORTABLE GPS MAP DEVICE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INDUSTRY - Apparatus for determining a route for a road vehicle for a user comprising:
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| 20100057359 | LOCATION SYSTEMS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device such as a portable electronic device is provided. The device may have wireless circuitry such as a global satellite navigation system receiver for receiving global satellite navigation system signals and for producing corresponding global satellite navigation system data. The global satellite navigation system data may include information on the current position of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may also have one or more sensors that are used to gather data in addition to the global satellite navigation system data. The sensors may include accelerometers and other devices capable of determining how the portable electronic device is oriented with respect to the Earth's magnetic field and how the device is being moved. When the device is moved, the movement and resulting change in orientation may be used in conjunction with the global satellite navigation system data to compute a current geographic location. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057360 | Velocity calculation device, velocity calculation method, and navigation device - A velocity calculation device includes: a vertical direction acceleration detection portion that is mounted on a vehicle and detects an acceleration in a vertical direction generated correspondingly to undulation of a road surface; a horizontal direction angular velocity detection portion that is mounted on the vehicle and detects an angular velocity about a horizontal axis orthogonal to a travel direction of the vehicle generated correspondingly to the undulation of the road surface; and a velocity calculation portion that calculates a velocity in the travel direction of the vehicle on the basis of the acceleration in the vertical direction and the angular velocity about the horizontal axis. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STOCHASTICALLY PREDICTING THE FUTURE STATES OF A VEHICLE - A method for predicting future states of a vehicle including the steps of selecting a model having n states reflecting dynamic features of the vehicle; inputting noisy sensor measurements representing a current state of the vehicle to generate (2n+1) sigma points X | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057362 | VERTICAL SITUATION DISPLAY OF WEATHER INFORMATION - A method is present for displaying weather information. A number of weather conditions present within an altitude range along a route of an aircraft is identified from weather data. A type of weather indicator is selected based on a type of weather condition in the number of weather conditions to form a number of weather indicators. A vertical situation display is displayed with the number of weather indicators in a number of locations on a display corresponding to the number of locations for the number of weather conditions. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057363 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING DATA FROM AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY - A method is provided for analyzing data from an electromagnetic survey of a region so as to indicate the presence of a hydrocarbon reservoir. The survey provides vertical magnetic dipole data and electric dipole data, or provides measurement data from which these dipole data may be determined. The amplitude of the vertical magnetic dipole data is determined, optionally after normalising the data with reference date relating to the same region. Similarly, the amplitude of the electric dipole data is determined, optionally after similarly being normalised. The amplitudes are then compared to provide an indication of the likelihood of the presence of hydrocarbons in the region. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057364 | ENABLING WELL-LOGGING INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT ON A COMMON, REALISTIC EARTH MODEL. - A system and method enable testing of a plurality of well-logging tools on a common, realistic earth model. To enable this testing, a model of a synthetic virtual geologic volume of interest is generated. From the synthetic virtual geologic volume of interest, a plurality of test properties are determined as a function of position within the virtual geologic volume of interest, wherein the test properties are measurable in actual geologic volumes of interest by a well-logging instruments. The individual test properties are then distributed to well-logging instrument developers with the model of the synthetic virtual geologic volume of interest to enable modeling and/or benchmarking of different well-logging instruments on the synthetic virtual geologic volume of interest and the ability to derive the original formation properties regardless of the method used (inversion, analytical solution, etc.). | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057365 | Apparatus and Method for Estimating Eccentricity Effects in Resistivity Measurements - A method of evaluating an earth formation is disclosed which includes conveying a logging tool into a borehole in the earth formation and using the logging tool to obtain a first set of azimuthally-independent resistivity measurements of the earth formation and a second set of azimuthally-sensitive resistivity measurements of the earth formation and estimating a value of a property of the earth formation using the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements, the estimation being substantially unaffected by a displacement of the logging tool from a center of the borehole. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057366 | Method for attenuating correlated noise in controlled source electromagnetic survey data - A method for attenuating correlated noise in transient electromagnetic survey signals includes producing, from a transient electromagnetic signal measured by a first receiver, an estimate of the Earth response and an estimate of the correlated noise from a portion of the signal occurring before onset of an Earth response, and/or after the Earth response has substantially decayed. An estimate of the correlated noise is determined over the entire measured signal from the first receiver using the estimate of the Earth response. The noise estimate from the entire signal and the portion estimate are used to estimate correlated noise in transient signals from at least a second receiver. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057367 | PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA IN COMMON GROUP-CENTER GATHERS - A method for processing seismic data. The method includes plotting a travel-time curve and one or more actual times that each seismic receiver receives one or more seismograms on a graph. The travel-time curve represents an approximate time that each seismic receiver in a seismic survey area receives the seismograms. The method may further include determining a residual static shift for each seismogram and using the residual static shift to estimate a time shift correction. The residual static shift represents a difference between an actual time in which a seismic receiver received a seismogram and a time on the travel-time curve that corresponds to the actual time. The time shift correction corrects a timing error in the time indicated by the travel-time curve. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057368 | Biological Systems Analysis - Disclosed are methods for the practice of systems pharmacology, systems toxicology, and systems pathology using patterns, such as images, reflective of the biological state of subjects such as humans or experimental mammals. The patterns are generated from data obtained from one or more samples from one or more subjects by applying certain data treatment techniques, and are reflective of the biochemistry of the subjects. The patterns are used in drug selection and discovery, assessment of toxicity and drug efficacy, segmentation of populations, discovery of disease subtypes, as surrogate end points, in the assessment of therapeutic options, and for diagnosis and prognosis of disease. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057369 | Corrective methodology for processing results of transcriptome experiments obtained by differential analysis - A corrective method for processing results of transcriptome experiments obtained by differential analysis includes the following steps:
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| 20100057370 | Nucleotide Sequence Screening - A system for screening nucleotide sequences, a method therefor, a program, a recording medium, and a server on which the screening of nucleotide sequences is executed. The solution comprises a step of storing target nucleotide sequence data and a probe nucleotide sequence, a step of generating complementary sequence data from a probe nucleotide sequence that may be bound to the target nucleotide sequence, and storing a maximum acceptable edit distance between the target nucleotide sequence and the probe nucleotide sequence, a step of reading out each nucleotide sequence data and the maximum edit distance from each storing unit, and evaluating the binding possibility of the target nucleotide sequence data and the complementary sequence data in descending order of edit distance, and a step of storing the result of the binding evaluation in a storage unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057371 | DETERMINATION OF THE INTEGRITY OF RNA - Methods, systems, and apparatus make a determination of a level of integrity of a sample of biomolecules. For example, the determination of the integrity of RNA in a sample may be done in a fast and reproducible manner, such that the user can be assured of accuracy of a test (e.g. quantitative polymerase chain reaction qPCR) on the sample and compare results of different samples. The determination of integrity of an RNA sample is performed by comparing a size profile to reference size profiles (degradation standards) obtained from degradation over different lengths of times. As the reference scale of the level of integrity is derived from the actual degradation that occurs in a sample, high accuracy, reproducibility, and efficiency is provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057372 | RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING SOURCE ORGANISMS BY GAS PHASE FRAGMENTATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEIN BIOMARKERS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the identification of proteins using laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry, the identification of source organisms comprising the identified proteins and a computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for the identification of proteins using mass spectra generated through the application of laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry of the proteins. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057373 | Pattern Discovery Techniques for Determining Maximal Irredundant and Redundant Motifs - Basis motifs are determined from an input sequence through an iterative technique that begins by creating small solid motifs and continues to create larger motifs that include “don't care” characters and that can include flexible portions. The small solid motifs, including don't care characters and flexible portions, are concatenated to create larger motifs. During each iteration, motifs are trimmed to remove redundant motifs and other motifs that do not meet certain criteria. The process is continued until no new motifs are determined. At this point, the basis set of motifs has been determined. The basis motifs are used to construct redundant motifs. The redundant motifs are formed by determining a number of sets for selected basis motifs. From these sets, unique intersection sets are determined. The redundant motifs are determined from the unique intersection sets and the basis motifs. This process continues, by selecting additional basis motifs, until all basis motifs have been selected. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057374 | Genotype calling - Determining a genetic sequence for a particular site on an individual's genome is disclosed, including: receiving a measurement associated with a particular sequence for the particular site on the individual's genome, receiving contextual information associated with a context of the individual within a larger collection of genetic information, and using the measurement associated with the particular sequence and the contextual information to compute an improved determination of the genetic sequence at the particular site on the individual's genome. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057375 | Structure of NOx sensor and its calculating method of total total NOx concentration - The present invention relates to a NO | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057376 | OPTICAL DETECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided is an optical detecting method including setting an amplification time for amplifying an electrical signal converted from light generated in reaction chambers, changing the amplification time if a value obtained by amplifying the electrical signal for the amplification time does is not within a predetermined range of values, and amplifying for the changed amplification time and outputting the amplified electrical signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057377 | System and Method for Feature Alignment - In a system and method for feature alignment in chromatographic systems, the system runs a first sample through a first separation column. The system determines a first set of features for the first sample run. The system runs a second sample through a second separation column and detects a second set of features for the second sample run. The system estimates a systematic shift in features between the first sample run through the first separation column and the second sample run through the second separation column. The system adjusts the second set of features detected for the second sample run through the second separation column based on the estimated systematic shift to obtain a third set of adjusted features. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057418 | Method for Quantifying Reservoir Connectivity Using Fluid Travel Times - The present application describes a method and system associated with the production of hydrocarbons. In the method, fluid travel time models are constructed from a reservoir model. Then, reservoir connectivity measures are calculated from the fluid travel time models and analyzed to determine a location for at least one well. Based on the analysis, one or more wells may be drilled and hydrocarbons produced. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057419 | Fold-wise classification of proteins - This disclosure relates to methods, apparatus, computer programs and computing devices related systems for predicting the fold pattern of a protein of interest having an unknown fold pattern, using SVM classification methods and systems. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057420 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF PROTEIN, METHOD OF PROCESSING 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF PROTEIN, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for processing 3-dimensional structure of protein includes a control unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores 3-dimensional structure information of protein, and the control unit predicts 3-dimensional structure information of protein after the mutation when an arbitrary amino acid residue A in the 3-dimensional structure information of protein stored in the storage unit is mutated into another amino acid residue a, thereof from the 3-dimensional structure information of protein before and after the mutation, collects the amino acid residue A, the amino acid residue a, environment information P, and environment information p, which are related to each other, as information on environmental change, when the environment information P around the amino acid residue A before the mutation changes to the environment information p around the amino acid residue a after the mutation, thereby storing information on the environmental change in the storage unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057421 | AGGREGATE SIMULATION - The present disclosure provides, among other things, a method for generating a simulated aggregate based on one or more input parameters. A test aggregate is constructed and rotated. Stable orientations of the aggregate on a surface are determined. In specific examples, two-dimensional properties are calculated for stable orientations of the test aggregate and stored or displayed. In particular implementations of the method, the test aggregate is constructed through successive monomer addition. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057422 | COMMUNICATION QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION QUALITY EVALUATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION QUALITY EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - The object is to reduce the amount of processing in network simulation executed at the time of evaluating communication quality of a wireless LAN and reduce computation time of simulation based on a set radio wave propagation situation. At a step of executing network simulation in a wireless LAN communication quality evaluation method using network simulation, a situation of arrival of a radio wave transmitted by a terminal at other access point or other terminal is considered to be the same as a situation of arrival of a radio wave transmitted by an access point to which the terminal belongs at other access point or an access point to which other terminal belongs. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057423 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM EVALUATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DESIGN METHOD - A parameter acquisition section acquires model information about a waveform simulation model of a system of signal transmission, a first parameter of a waveform variation in a time direction in the system, and a second parameter of a waveform variation in an amplitude direction in the system. A first eye pattern calculation section calculates a first eye pattern of the system through a waveform simulation based on the model information acquired by the parameter acquisition section. A second eye pattern calculation section calculates, based on the first and second parameters acquired by the parameter acquisition section, a second eye pattern through processing of the first eye pattern calculated by the first eye pattern calculation section. And a transmission margin calculation section calculates, as a transmission margin, a positional relationship between a specific area and an aperture of the second eye pattern calculated by the second eye pattern calculation section. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057424 | Method for evaluating a test program quality - The invention relates to a method for rating the quality of a test program for integrated circuits simulated by means of a computer, comprising
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| 20100057425 | AUTOMATICALLY CREATING MANUFACTURING TEST RULES PERTAINING TO AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A system for creating manufacturing test rules. Stimuli for an electronic design are generated automatically by a stimuli generator. The stimuli generator takes into account certain limitations of the design when automatically generating the manufacturing test rules. The design is tested by a testbench using the stimuli. A simulation log for the design is generated by the testbench. The simulation log is then processed by a simulation log processor. An HDL representation of the design is generated by the simulation log processor using the processed simulation log. A gate-level version of the design is generated by a synthesis tool using the HDL representation of the design. The gate-level version of the design is further processed by the synthesis tool to make any necessary modifications. Then, the gate-level version of the design is outputted as the final manufacturing test rule. Thus, creating manufacturing test rules can be completely automated. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057426 | Logic Design Modeling and Interconnection - A dynamic reconfigurable interconnect network architecture in a logic simulation system that interconnects a plurality of simulation engines together, providing a high degree of interconnectivity in an efficient manner. The logic simulation system may create and manage linkable sub-programs for execution by a simulation engine. The logic simulation system may schedule various tasks in a design to be simulated, including horizontal and vertical partitioning of the design and determination of an order in which events such as clock edges and asynchronous signals are to be implemented by a logic simulation system. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057427 | SIMULATED PROCESSOR EXECUTION USING BRANCH OVERRIDE - A processor simulation environment includes a processor execution model operative to simulate the execution of processor instructions according to the characteristics of a target processor, and branch override logic. When the processor execution model decodes a branch instruction, it requests a branch directive from the branch override logic. In response to the request, the branch override logic provides a branch directive that resolves the branch evaluation. The request may include a branch instruction address. The branch override logic may index an execution trace of instructions executed on a processor compatible with the target processor, using the branch instruction address. The branch directive may include an override branch target address, which may be obtained from the instruction trace, or otherwise calculated by the branch override logic. In this manner, accurate program execution order may be simulated in a simulation environment in which complex I/O is not modeled. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057438 | PHRASE-BASED STATISTICS MACHINE TRANSLATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A phrase-based statistics machine translation method includes for phrases in an input sentence, performing fuzzy matching in a pre-constructed phrase table. In the method, by performing fuzzy matching on the phrases, high quality translations can be generated for long phrases in the input sentence, thus the quality of the translation can be effectively increased with respect to the machine translation systems based on phrase exactly matching. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057439 | PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING TRANSLATION SUPPORT PROGRAM, TRANSLATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSLATION SUPPORT METHOD - A portable storage medium storing a translation support program supporting translation of an original document being document data containing Japanese and a foreign language for expressing a word of one language in another language includes: correcting the correction target character contained in the original document in accordance with the correction detail information, and generating a corrected original document; replacing each character constituting the corrected original document with a character type symbol, and describing adjacent same character type symbols with one symbol; replacing each character type symbol constituting the character type symbol string with a language symbol, and describing adjacent same language symbols with one symbol; extracting language symbols from adjacent language symbols and obtaining, from the pair, a word pair of a Japanese word and a word in the foreign language; and registering the word pair. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057440 | MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT IN PREBOOT ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for providing multi-language support in a pre-boot environment are supplied. User interface type information, such as keyboard type information and translation tables, are ascertained and provided to the pre-boot environment of the apparatus, allowing the apparatus to properly receive and/or translate multi-language inputs in an appropriate fashion. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057441 | Information processing apparatus and operation setting method - An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit into which a language used by a user and a usage country are input, a plurality of information providing units that provide program information a display unit that displays the program information, a decision unit that decides one information providing unit to be operated based on the input usage country and a predetermined order of precedence, and a language determination unit that determines whether the input language used is included in languages supported by the operated information providing unit. If the language determination unit determines that the language used is not included in languages supported by the operated information providing unit, the language determination unit causes the user to select the language used from the languages supported by the operated information providing unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057442 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE POSITION OF WORD IN LEXICAL SPACE - The position of a word in the lexical space is determined stably and highly accurately by arbitrarily setting a predetermined initial condition, determining the occurrence frequency and cooccurrence relationship of the word under a given condition, and minimizing the difference between the values of the occurrence frequency and cooccurrence and the initial layout values arbitrarily set. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057443 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONDING TO NATURAL LANGUAGE SPEECH UTTERANCE - Systems and methods are provided for receiving speech and non-speech communications of natural language questions and/or commands, transcribing the speech and non-speech communications to textual messages, and executing the questions and/or commands. The invention applies context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for one or more users presenting questions or commands across multiple domains. The systems and methods creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context of the speech and non-speech communications and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057444 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE OF A WIRELESS MICROPHONE UNIT - A method of extending battery life of a wireless microphone unit includes muting the wireless microphone unit responsive to a mute signal from a base station unit, transmitting, by the wireless microphone unit, compressed muted audio data, wherein the compressed muted audio data is compressed via a first compression scheme, determining, by the wireless microphone unit, whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit, and responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmuting the wireless microphone unit. The method further includes discontinuing transmission of the compressed muted audio data and transmitting compressed audio data via a second compression scheme, wherein the first transmitting step causes the wireless microphone unit to consume less power per unit of transmission time than the second transmitting step. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057445 | System And Method For Automatically Adjusting Floor Controls For A Conversation - A system and method for automatically adjusting floor controls for a conversation is provided. Audio streams are received, which each originate from an audio source. Floor controls for a current configuration including at least a portion of the audio streams are maintained. Conversational characteristics shared by two or more of the audio sources are determined. Possible configurations for the audio streams are identified based on the conversational characteristics. An analysis of the current configuration and the possible configurations is performed. A change threshold is applied to the analysis. When the analysis satisfies the change threshold, the floor controls are automatically adjusted. The audio streams are mixed into one or more outputs based on the adjusted floor controls. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057446 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD - Provided is an encoding device which can obtain a sound quality preferable for auditory sense even if the number of information bits is small. The encoding device includes a shape quantization unit ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057447 | PARAMETER DECODING DEVICE, PARAMETER ENCODING DEVICE, AND PARAMETER DECODING METHOD - Provided is a parameter decoding device which performs parameter compensation process so as to suppress degradation of a main observation quality in a prediction quantization. The parameter decoding device includes amplifiers ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057468 | BINARY-CACHING FOR XML DOCUMENTS WITH EMBEDDED EXECUTABLE CODE - A method, system and voice browser execute voice applications to perform a voice-based function. A document is retrieved and parsed to create a parse tree. Script code is created from the parse tree, thereby consuming part of the parse tree to create a reduced parse tree. The reduced parse tree is stored in a cache for subsequent execution to perform the voice-based function. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057469 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDERING CONTENT USING A VOICE MENU SYSTEM - A method and system for ordering content includes a voice menu system and a phone device communicating a phone signal to the voice menu system. The voice menu system determines the phone number associated with the phone device through the phone signal and generates a voice prompt for recording a content selection from the voice menu system. The phone device selects a recording content option. The voice menu system generates prompts for determining a content title. The phone device selects a content title by communicating a selection signal to the voice menu system. The voice menu system enables a content recording at a recording device in response to the selection signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE-ENABLED MEDIA CONTENT SELECTION ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system for voice-enabled location and execution for playback of media content selections stored on a media content playback device has a voice input circuitry for inputting voice-based commands into the playback device; codec circuitry for converting voice input from analog content to digital content for speech recognition and for converting voice-located media content to analog content for playback; and a media content synchronization device for maintaining at least one grammar list of names representing media content selections in a current state according to what is currently stored and available for playback on the playback device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057471 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS VIA SEPARATE INPUT AND OUTPUT PROCESSING PATHS - Aspects of a method and system for processing audio signals via separate input and output processing paths are provided. In this regard, a hardware audio CODEC comprising one or more audio inputs and one or more audio outputs and may be enabled to route, via one or more switching elements, audio signals from any of the inputs to any of the outputs. The CODEC may be enabled to simultaneously process a plurality of audio signals based on a configuration of the switching elements. Upstream from the switching elements, received audio signals may be processed independent of an output to which the may be communicated. Downstream from said switching elements audio signals may be processed independent of an input via which the signals were received. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY COMPENSATION IN AN AUDIO CODEC - In a method and system for frequency compensation in an audio CODEC, a filter in a hardware audio CODEC may be configured based on power consumption and based on a frequency response of an active output device to which the filter is communicatively coupled. The filter may comprise a plurality of filter stages, which may be, for example, biquads, and the filter may be configured by enabling or disabling one or more of the stages. In this manner, power consumption of the filter may be managed by enabling and/or disabling one or more stages. Configuration of the filter may be performed dynamically depending on whether one or more audio output devices may be active. In this regard, which output device is active and its frequency response may be determined and filter coefficients may be reconfigured upon a change in which output device may be active. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057473 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DUAL VOICE PATH PROCESSING IN AN AUDIO CODEC - Aspects of a method and system for dual voice path processing in an audio CODEC may enable selecting two or more signals received via one or more audio input devices, and filtering and down-sampling each of the selected signals via two or more signal processing branches. Furthermore, an output sample rate of each of the signal processing branches may be configured independently. The signal processing branches may each comprise one or more IIR filters with configurable coefficients and one or more cascaded-integrate-comb (CIC) decimation filters having a configurable decimation ratio. A first of the selected signals, may be filtered and/or down-sampled to generate a signal having a first, lower, sample rate, and a second of the signals may be filtered and/or down-sampled to generate a signal having a second, higher, sample rate. One or more post-processing algorithms such as audio beamforming may also be performed on the selected signals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057474 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL GAIN PROCESSING IN A HARDWARE AUDIO CODEC FOR AUDIO TRANSMISSION - In a hardware audio CODEC which processes audio signals from a plurality of inputs, voltage and/or power levels of the input audio signals may be adjusted such that the digitally adjusted levels are approximately equal for each of the plurality of inputs. The digital adjustment may comprise, for each audio sample of one of the input audio signals, adding the audio sample to one or more right shifted versions of the audio sample and selecting a portion of a summed audio signal resulting from the addition. The portion of the summed audio that is selected may be determined based on the type of audio content being processed. The one or more right shifted versions of the audio sample may be selected via one or more switching elements which may be controlled via a digital control word which may be dynamically generated. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057475 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL GAIN CONTROL IN AN AUDIO CODEC - Aspects of a method and system for digital gain control in an audio CODEC are provided. In this regard, in a hardware audio CODEC, a plurality of gain values in decibel format may be generated and may be summed to generate an overall gain value in decibels. Gain values may be ramped over a plurality of audio samples. The overall gain value in decibels may then be utilized to scale one or more audio signals. A first portion of the overall gain value in decibels may be converted to a scalar and a remaining portion of the overall gain value in decibels may be converted to a shift count. Accordingly, the scaling may comprise multiplying one or more audio signals by the scalar to generate one or more scaled audio signals and shifting the scaled audio signals by a number of bits equal to the shift count. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057476 | SIGNAL BANDWIDTH EXTENSION APPARATUS - A signal bandwidth extension apparatus includes a determination unit which determines whether or not a peak component of the input signal is lacked in the band to be extended, and a control unit which controls to extend the bandwidth when the determination unit determines that the peak component of the input signal is lacked in the band to be extended, and not to extend the bandwidth when the determination unit determines that the peak component is not lacked. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057477 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-BAND AMPLITUDE ESTIMATION AND GAIN CONTROL IN AN AUDIO CODEC - Aspects of a method and system for multi-band amplitude estimation and gain control in an audio CODEC are provided. In this regard, an audio signal may be filtered and delayed to generate one or more sub-band signals, a gain may be applied to each sub-band signal to generate one or more level adjusted sub-band signals, and the one or more level adjusted signals may be added to a delayed version of the audio signal. The gain applied to a particular one of the one or more sub-band signals may be controlled based on a detected amplitude of a summed signal derived by summing the particular one of the one or more sub-band signals and a corresponding one of the one or more level-adjusted sub-band signals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057478 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AND PERFORMING SCANS TO PROTECT VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method in a virtual universe system for triggering scans of virtual items and inventories of virtual items and for scanning the virtual items and inventories wherein the scans may be triggered by an avatar moving or teleporting from one region to another, or by an avatar picking up, dropping off, or accepting or purchasing an item. The degree of scanning may depend upon factors such as location where these scan triggers occur. The signature of the item may be identified by the scan process. The item signature may be compared against signatures of known malicious items stored in an inventory item signatures database and a summary of the signature comparison may be sent to a resident and stored in the resident's inventory. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPUTE VEHICLE HEALTH INDEX FROM AGGREGATE DATA - A system and method for determining the state of health of a vehicle based on a determination of factored miles. The method includes collecting data from a group of vehicle of a common model type as aggregate data and data from a particular vehicle as individual data. The aggregate data and the individual data are used to determine a percent degradation of sub-systems and components on the vehicle, and an overall percent degradation is determined by accumulating the percent degradation for the sub-systems and components. The accumulated percent degradation is then used to determine a factored miles value that is an indication of the state of health of the vehicle based on vehicle driving conditions and other considerations. The factored miles can then be used by various business models to determine the value of a vehicle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057480 | Energy Services - Energy services business methods gather up many small pieces of renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, and controllable energy demand reductions en a grid, and present all that in a unified interface to a power utility. The individual constituents benefit from collective bargaining with, a large utility, and can receive energy discounts, rebates, and bonuses for their participation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057481 | REAL-TIME GEO-LOCATION BASED CONTACT SERVICE SYSTEM - A method of providing a notification to a user of a geographic proximity to another user is provided. The method includes receiving user profile information for a first user and user location information for a plurality of users from a second device at a first device. Contacts are identified using the received user profile information. A current geographic location of the identified contacts and the first user is identified based on the received user location information. The plurality of users includes the identified contacts and the first user. A distance between a contact of the identified contacts and the first user is determined. If the determined distance is within a notification distance, a notification message is created, and the notification message is sent to the second device from the first device. The notification message includes an identifier of the contact and the first user and an indicator of the current geographic location of the contact. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057482 | ROUNDTRIP MERGE OF BPEL PROCESSES AND BPMN MODELS - In one embodiment, a method of performing a merge operation can include: mapping a business process modeling notation (BPMN) model to a business process execution language (BPEL) model; modifying the BPMN model to form a modified BPMN model; modifying the BPEL model to form a modified BPEL model; when the merge operation is a forward merge operation: exporting the modified BPMN model to an exported BPEL model; performing an activity level outline merge for added information technology (IT) scopes and branches from the modified BPEL model; performing an activity level detail merge for added IT details from the modified BPEL model; and performing an attribute level merge for updated branch conditions in the merged BPEL model; and when the merge operation is a reverse merge operation, adding scopes and branches from the modified BPEL model to the BPMN model. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057483 | Software tool for developing patent submissions - A computer readable medium configured to store instructions for executing the following steps (A) accepting a first number of user parameters to be organized as a patent idea, (B) accepting a second number of user parameters to add to the patent idea, and (C) automatically converting the patent idea into a patent disclosure. The patent disclosure may comply with a number of criteria specific to a particular organization. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057484 | SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING BUSINESS CARDS DURING DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION - Systems of the present inventions allow for generating a business card during domain name registration. An exemplary system may comprise a website (having one of more fields for receiving at least one requested domain name and a plurality of information from a prospective domain name registrant) hosted on at least one server, a domain name registration module running on at least one server and registering the domain name to the registrant (if available), a business card generation and delivery module running on at least one server and generating a business card containing some of the information received (if the domain name is registered to said registrant), and a network communicatively coupling the website, domain name registration module, and business card generation and delivery module. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057485 | Methods and apparatus for machine-to-machine based communication service classes - Methods and apparatus enabling a wireless network to provide differentiated services to a machine-to-machine (M2M) client. In one embodiment, the wireless network comprises a UMTS network, and the Home Location Register (HLR) entity identifies subscriptions as machine-to-machine (M2M) enabled devices based on flags or other descriptors associated with each M2M device, and imposes one or more rule sets (e.g., service restrictions) based on this identification. The classification of M2M devices within the HLR may optionally include additional capability or profile data for the M2M device (e.g. static, low mobility, low data activity, etc.). Various other network entities may use the M2M identification to modify the delivered data service, so as to optimize network resources. Furthermore, monitoring of M2M client behavior can be used to detect and notify the network operator of abnormal, fraudulent, or malicious activity. Business methods utilizing the aforementioned methods and apparatus are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057486 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING E-MAIL ADDRESS WITH POSTAL ADDRESS - The present invention relates to a linkage system and a linkage method that links an e-mail address with a postal address. The present invention relates to a system and a method that delivers a postal item to a real address of a customer corresponding to an e-mail address, even though the e-mail address is entered in the postal item. According to the present invention, since the e-mail address and the postal address are linked with each other, even if the user's residence is changed, the changed address can be confirmed by using the e-mail address that is linked with the postal address. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the loss of the postal item. In addition, since a semi-permanent e-mail address is used instead of the postal address, which often changes, in a communication way between individuals, a sender can send the postal item by using only the e-mail address without worrying about the address change of recipient, even when not knowing the address of the recipient. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057487 | CONFIGURATION FOR LANGUAGE INTERPRETER CERTIFICATION - A process provides a screening of a candidate on a prerequisite. Further, the process provides a written examination to a qualified candidate. The qualified candidate passes the screening. In addition, the process provides an oral examination to the qualified candidate if the qualified candidate passes the written examination. The process also provides examination results to the qualified candidate. Finally, the process provides certification to the qualified candidate if the qualified candidate passes both the written examination and the oral examination. | 2010-03-04 |
