| 10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
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| 20130060388 | POSITIONER FAULT CHECKING METHOD - Fault checking an EPM or a pilot relay, by an EPM driving signal Duty, into the EPM, and a nozzle back-pressure Pn, from the EPM, are sampled. A change speed vDuty (k) of the Duty (k) is calculated from the Duty (k) in the current cycle and the Duty (k−1) from the previous cycle, and a change speed vPn (k) for the Pn (k) is calculated from the Pn (k) for the current cycle and Pn (k−1) from the previous cycle. If both vDuty (k) and vPn (k) are small, then the weighting w1 (k) is defined as 1 (where it is defined as 0 otherwise), and with each sampling a fault check indicator value e | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060389 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN CONTROLLING IRRIGATION - Some embodiments provide systems and methods of controlling irrigation, comprising: communicating an assumption broadcast from a first irrigation controller to each of a plurality of other irrigation controllers defining assumed states of control elements, wherein the control elements are shared with one or more of the first irrigation controller and the other irrigation controllers; determining whether a reply is received from one or more of the other irrigation controllers in reply to the assumption broadcast; identifying, from the reply, a correction to a state corresponding to a first control element; updating state information corresponding to the first control element in response to the identifying the correction; and communicating a subsequent notification from the first irrigation controller to each of the plurality of other irrigation controllers of the irrigation system, where the subsequent notification comprises the updated state information corresponding to the first control element. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060390 | ENERGY-SAVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - Providing an energy-saving diagnostic system with which an energy saving effect brought about by modifying schedule control information can be confirmed easily. A comparison and evaluation unit | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060391 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy management system includes a controller that receives a signal representative of current electrical generation. A storage source stores energy from the current electrical generation associated with the controller. The controller predicts the amount of storage of energy in said storage source over time, receives pricing information, includes a model of a temperature system of a building, and includes a comfort model of a user. The controller selects a desirable temperature based upon the current electrical generation, the stored energy, the pricing information, the building model, and the comfort model. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060392 | ENERGY PREDICTION SYSTEM - An energy management system includes a controller receiving electrical pricing information from an electrical utility company, measuring electrical power usage of a customer, and providing the electrical power usage to the electrical utility company. The controller is suitable to receive information regarding energy storage of a customer's electrical power storage and receive power information regarding a power generation source of the customer. The controller modifies the power usage of the energy management system based upon the pricing information, the electrical power usage, the energy storage, the power information, wherein the pricing information includes a plurality of temporal pricing levels and a temporal peak pricing level. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060393 | HOME AND BUSINESS DEVICE ENERGY CONSUMPTION TRIPPER - An energy management device receives a first user-specified energy consumption limit associated with a first device, and receives a second user-specified energy consumption limit associated with a second device. The energy management device receives a first energy consumption report associated with the first device, and receives a second energy consumption report associated with the second device. The energy management device selectively switches off, or performs a graduated reduction of power consumption of, the first or second devices based on the received first and second energy consumption reports. The first and second devices include appliances resident in a household or business and the energy management device connects to each of the first and second devices via a network or link. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060394 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE FACILITY RECONFIGURATION PLANS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECONFIGURE ENERGY SYSTEMS OF FACILITIES TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES - Provided herein are systems, methods and computer programs for generating a facility reconfiguration plan (FRP) useful to reconfigure a facility's energy system to achieve a financial objective. The facility's energy system and associated economics are characterized prior to any modifications. Additionally, there's a determination of which of a plurality of potential modifications, if any, is to be added to the FRP by determining which of the potential modifications provides a financial benefit useful to achieve the financial objective, and has a greatest financial attractiveness. The FRP is generated by repeating the aforementioned determination multiple times, wherein during iterations following an initial iteration, potential modification(s) already identified as providing a greatest financial attractiveness during previous iteration(s) is/are removed from consideration. This process can be repeated for different fuel price schemes, resulting in a separate FRP being generated for each fuel price scheme, with each FRP having a corresponding total financial value. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060395 | AUTOMATED FIELD PROVISIONING FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A mobile communication device, a computer-implemented method, and a computer program product are provided for automated field provisioning for energy management systems. A meter model is identified based on an electronic image of at least one of a serial number associated with a meter and a quick response code associated with the meter. A location identifier is determined based on a location of the mobile communication device. Information is communicated, via a communication network, to a server associated with an energy management system, wherein the information includes at least one of the meter model and the location identifier. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060396 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND ALLOCATING RENEWABLE ENERGY CONTRIBUTIONS TO A MODULAR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM - A modular photovolataic (PV) array system includes a PV array installed onto a fleet vehicle such as a trailer, bus etc., a host control system into which a plurality of fleet vehicles can connect to collectively generate electricity, and a subscriber system which collectively tracks energy generation and allocates respective contributions to the system. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060397 | MANAGEMENT OF POWER DISTRIBUTION CONSTRAINTS - A method for managing power distribution constraints in a power distribution network can include identifying the constraints at least one of before and during a time the constraint arises, identifying meters that are supplied by a portion of the power distribution network affected by the constraints, confirming an availability of dispatchable devices accessible by the meters, sending messages to the dispatchable devices, monitoring responses generated by the dispatchable devices, determining a resolution of the constraints for a duration of the constraint and resetting each resolution at the end of each constraint. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060398 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE CONTROL METHODS - An electronic device is provided, including a plurality of electronic devices and a control module. The electronic devices are connected in a daisy-chain configuration and overlapped in a direction, in which the electronic devices use a transport protocol compatible with a thunderbolt interface to communicate with a host. The control module generates thermal designed power values corresponding to the electronic devices according to parameters of the electronic devices and controls performances of the electronic devices according to the thermal designed power values. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060399 | SENSOR-BASED THERMAL SPECIFICATION ENABLING A REAL-TIME METRIC FOR COMPLIANCE - An apparatus may include an integrated circuit die having a plurality of temperature sensors and a control unit integrated thereon. The control unit can calculate an average die temperature based on readings from the plurality of temperature sensors, compare the average die temperature to a specification temperature and control an off-die cooling system based on the comparison. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060400 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CARRIER OF A TRANSCEIVER, MOTOR VEHICLE - A detection apparatus is provided for detecting a carrier of a mobile transceiver relative to a vehicle, which is provided in a vehicle, that includes, but is not limited to a transmitting/receiving device, which is configured to communicate with a mobile transceiver to be detected, an environment sensor device for detecting information on the environment of the vehicle, an evaluation device, which is configured, depending on the communication and the detected information, to determine a type of carrier of the mobile transceiver and an impending collision of the carrier of the transceiver with the vehicle, and a control device, which is configured in such a manner as to control a device of the vehicle depending on the determined type of carrier in order, in the event of an impending collision of the carrier of the mobile transceiver with the vehicle determined by the evaluation device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060401 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING A VEHICLE COLLISION, VEHICLE - An apparatus for preventing a collision, a motor vehicle comprising the apparatus and a method for preventing a collision are provided. An apparatus includes a detection device configured to detect the surroundings of the vehicle and form measurement data, a transmitting/receiving device to transmit and receive the measurement data from other vehicles, and an evaluation device to evaluate the measurement data with a view to an impending collision. A control device has an interface by which the control device controls the vehicle, via which other vehicles in the neighborhood of the vehicle can be controlled, and via which the control device can be controlled by a control device of a vehicle in the neighborhood of the vehicle in such a manner that the impending collision is prevented or a degree of severity of the impending collision is reduced. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060402 | SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EXTRACTING VESSEL NAVIGATION - A Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system guides navigation of a vessel enabled to extract energy from wind and/or water currents primarily in offshore marine environments. An exemplary SCADA system embodies server and client software applications running on microprocessor systems at a remote control central service logging and energy distribution facility, and the vessel itself. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060403 | Vehicles Incorporating Tailgate Energy Management Systems - A vehicle includes sidewalls, a tailgate located proximate to rear ends of the sidewalls, and a tailgate energy management system. The tailgate energy management system includes a governor coupled to one of the sidewalls and to the tailgate. The governor selectively applies a governing force to the tailgate to reduce an opening speed of the tailgate. The tailgate energy management system also includes a speed sensor sensing an opening speed of the tailgate and an electronic control unit electronically coupled to the governor and the speed sensor. The electronic control unit includes a processor and memory storing an instruction set. The electronic control unit receives a speed signal indicative of the opening speed of the tailgate and the processor executes the instruction set to cause the electronic control unit to transmit a control signal to the governor to slow the opening speed of the tailgate based on the speed signal. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060404 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BRAKING SYSTEM TESTING - Systems and methods disclosed herein may be useful for testing braking systems for use in, for example, an aircraft. A system is disclosed that allows for built in testing. For example, a method if provided comprising sending, from a brake controller, a test command set to at least one of an electromechanical actuator (EMAC) and a brake servo valve (BSV) in response to a landing gear retraction, receiving, at the brake controller, feedback from the at least one of the EMAC and the BSV in response to the test command set, and comparing, at the brake controller, the feedback with a predetermined signature. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060405 | FLIGHT CONTROL SUPPORT DEVICE - Disclosed is a flight control support device which sets a flight restricted area W along a terrain, thereby achieving improvement in safety of a small aircraft A and sufficiently securing the degree of freedom of flight course selection of a pilot. The flight control support device includes a terrain information acquirer, an aircraft information acquirer, a flight restricted area setter which sets the flight restricted area W along the terrain on the basis of the terrain information acquired by the terrain information acquirer and the aircraft information acquired by the aircraft information acquirer, and a flight control supporter which supports flight control of a flying object on the basis of the flight restricted area set by the flight restricted area setter. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060406 | Flight Control Laws for Vertical Flight Path - A flight control system and method for controlling the vertical flight path of an aircraft, the flight control system includes a stable decoupled model having a decoupled lateral equation of motion and a decoupled longitudinal equation of motion and a feedback command loop operably associated with the stable decoupled model. The feedback command loop includes a vertical flight path angle control law; an altitude control law; and a vertical speed control law. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060407 | CONTROL METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid control system and method includes an offset candidate value determination step wherein an offset candidate value of a resolver is determined based on predetermined data; a zero current control step wherein all currents are controlled at zero; a voltage detection step wherein the voltage generated in the drive motor is detected while the currents are controlled at zero; an average value calculation step wherein the average value of the voltage is calculated using the detected voltage values; and a final offset value calculation step wherein the final offset valve is calculated using the average value and the offset candidate value. As such, a final offset value is quickly and accurately calculated. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060408 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes an electric motor, a homing control section, a distance determination section, and a forbiddance section. The electric motor moves a control object equipped to a vehicle at least between two positions. The homing control section executes a homing control for controlling the electric motor to move the control object so that the control object press-contacts a stopper wall when an initialization condition is satisfied. The distance determination section determines whether a user of the vehicle is apart from the vehicle at a distance greater than a predetermined distance. The forbiddance section forbids the homing control during a period, which starts at a time of the homing control execution and ends at a time when the user of the vehicle is apart from the vehicle farther than the predetermined distance, even when the initialization condition is satisfied during the period. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060409 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - If the temperature (Tig) of a switching element ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060410 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A utility vehicle is disclosed having an electric drive. The drivetrain is comprised of batteries, a motor, a transaxle driven by the motor, a rear differential driven by the transaxle, and a prop shaft which is driven by the transaxle and drives a front differential. The batteries are provided in two groups and are supported on the frame of the vehicle. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060411 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN - A method of operating a drive-train having a drive aggregate comprising an electric machine and internal combustion engine. An automated variable-speed transmission is connected between the engine and a drive output. The electric machine couples, via a friction clutch, a shaft of the transmission. Gearshifts are carried out in the transmission with an interruption of the drive torque provided by the drive aggregate in such manner that first the drive torque, provided at the output, is reduced to zero, then the actual gearshift is carried out, and then the drive torque, at the output, is again built up. To accomplish the gearshift, after disengaging a current gear and before engaging a target gear, the shaft of the transmission, which couples the electric machine via the friction clutch, is synchronized utilizing the inertial mass of the electric machine. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060412 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE IN VEHICLE, ADAPTED TO CONTROL SAFETY MEASURES AGAINST ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY FAILURE - A vehicular power supply failure time safety measures control apparatus for a vehicle equipped with an electric park lock mechanism includes a means to detect a power supply failure in a park lock power supply, and a means to examine an electric storage state of the park lock power supply after the time of the power supply failure. The control apparatus further includes a park lock means to lock rotation of the wheel by operating the park lock mechanism when the electric storage state of the park lock power supply approaches a lower limit of the electric storage state ensuring the operation of the park lock mechanism. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEED ADAPTIVE STEERING OVERRIDE DETECTION DURING AUTOMATED LANE CENTERING - One or more vehicle steering measurements of a vehicle may be measured. One or more expected vehicle steering measurements may be calculated, each calculated expected vehicle steering measurement corresponding to one of the measured vehicle steering measurements. At least one difference between one of the measured vehicle steering measurements and its corresponding calculated expected vehicle steering measurement may be calculated. A speed of the vehicle may be measured. One or more current threshold values may be calculated based on the measured speed, each of the current threshold values corresponding to one of the measured vehicle steering measurements and its corresponding calculated expected vehicle steering measurement. An automatic vehicle control system may be deactivated when one or more of the calculated differences exceeds its corresponding current threshold value. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMOOTH STEERING OVERRIDE TRANSITION DURING AUTOMATED LANE CENTERING - Vehicle steering measurements of a vehicle may be measured. Expected vehicle steering measurements may be calculated, each calculated expected vehicle steering measurement corresponding to one of the measured vehicle steering measurements. At least one difference between one of the measured vehicle steering measurements and its corresponding calculated expected vehicle steering measurement may be calculated. A lower boundary and an upper boundary of at least one override transition zone, each of the override transition zones corresponding to one of the measured vehicle steering measurements and its corresponding calculated expected vehicle steering measurement, may be calculated. Steering control of the vehicle may be gradually transferred from an automatic vehicle control system to a driver of the vehicle over a predetermined period of time when one or more of the calculated differences lie between the calculated lower boundary and the calculated upper boundary of the corresponding override transition zone. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060415 | Method For Operating An Autonomous Industrial Truck - The invention relates to a method for operating an autonomous industrial truck ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060416 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - Disclosed is a vehicle control device capable of reducing calculation time while securing precision of a traveling plan in an arbitrary section. The vehicle control device controls a vehicle along a traveling plan calculated in accordance with a traveling path to a destination of the vehicle. The vehicle control device includes a traveling path setting unit which sets the traveling path from the current position of the vehicle to the destination, a traveling path division unit which divides the traveling path into a first section and a second section, and a traveling plan calculation unit which calculates a first traveling plan according to the first section and a second traveling plan according to the second section. The traveling plan calculation unit coarsens calculation granularity in the second traveling plan compared to calculation granularity in the first traveling plan. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060417 | TURBO-CHARGER BEARING MONITOR - Turbocharger operational condition is monitored using vibration and temperature sensors to project probable bearing failure. Baseline or nominal vibration levels and heat generation are established under conditions when bearing condition can be taken with confidence to be close to nominal. Departure in operating temperature and vibration at a threshold level from baseline operational condition is taken as an indication of probable failure. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060418 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit includes an abnormality detecting section, a storage portion, a simplifying section, and a storing section. The abnormality detecting section detects an occurrence of a vehicle abnormality. The storage portion stores driving information of a vehicle. The simplifying section simplifies time-series data values of the driving information before the occurrence of the vehicle abnormality by reducing an accuracy of the time-series data values of the driving information and does not simplify a data value of the driving information at the occurrence of the vehicle abnormality. The storing section stores the data value of the driving information at the occurrence of the vehicle abnormality, which is not simplified by the simplifying section, and the time-series data values of the driving information before the occurrence of the vehicle abnormality, which are simplified by the simplifying section, in the storage portion. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OBJECT DETECTION BASED ON DRIVER STATUS - Primary and secondary keys are adapted to be associated to primary and secondary drivers. A key ignition device is positioned on each of the primary and secondary keys and is configured to generate a driver status signal indicative of whether the driver the primary driver or the secondary driver. A controller is operably coupled to the key ignition device. The controller is adapted to determine whether the driver is the primary driver or the secondary driver. The controller is adapted to generate a position notification signal indicative of the position of the object with respect to the vehicle. The controller is adapted to notify the primary and secondary drivers of the position of the object. The controller is adapted to selectively control the operation of generating the position notification signals based on whether the driver is the primary driver or the secondary driver. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A VEHICLE BASED ON DRIVER STATUS - In at least one embodiment a system and a method for tracking locations for one of a primary driver and a secondary driver is provided. The apparatus comprises a communication module configured to receive a driver status signal indicative of the driver being the secondary driver. The communication module is further configured to detect the presence of a memory map device that provides map data for one or more locations capable of being visited by the secondary driver and to receive a location signal having coordinate data that corresponds to one or more locations visited by the secondary driver. The communication module is further configured to store the coordinate data when the memory map device is not detected so that the coordinate data is available for transmission with the map data when the memory map device is detected. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060421 | PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A parking assistance apparatus has a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions where a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle, a photographic image of the scenery surrounding the vehicle including the possible parking regions is displayed on a monitor device, the possible parking regions detected by the region detector are superimposed on the photographic image as graphic images showing parking target candidates in all of the corresponding positions, and one of the parking target candidates can be selected as a parking target on the basis of a command input from a driving device of the vehicle. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060422 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension apparatus | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060423 | LAND VEHICLES AND SYSTEMS WITH CONTROLLABLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS - The land vehicle includes a body, a controllable suspension system, the controllable suspension system for controlling suspension movements between the body and 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 output signals. 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 controllable suspension system algorithms for controlling the controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and the suspension movements between the body and the land engagers and inhibit the driver from crossing into an identified impending driver vehicle safety margin. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060424 | STEERING ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE WHICH IS MOVABLE ALONG A PREDEFINED PATH IN USE, BEING AUTOMATICALLY STEERED VIA AT LEAST ONE FIRST AXLE, AS WELL AS A VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A STEERING ARRANGEMENT - A steering arrangement for a vehicle which is movable along a predefined path in use, being automatically steered via at least one first axle. Also disclosed is a vehicle provided with such a steering arrangement. Further disclosed is a method for moving a vehicle that is automatically steered via at least one first axle by a steering device along a predefined path. The steering arrangement is for use in an automatically guided and steered vehicle, i.e. without a driver, wherein the steering arrangement can continue to influence the steerage of the vehicle for a minimum period of time in case of a malfunction, such that the risk of dangerous situations or accidents is minimized. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060425 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING MINING VEHICLE POSITIONING - The present invention relates to a method for positioning a mobile mining vehicle, which method determines scanning data by scanning the environment of the mining vehicle while being driven. Location information is determined for the mining vehicle on the basis of the scanning data and prestored environment model data. Level information is associated with the environment model data, the location level of the mining vehicle ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060426 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROL DEVICE - In an electric power steering control device, a target assist torque calculation unit calculates a target assist torque or a target current, and a current control unit calculates a basic current instruction so that an actual current Im flowing in an electric motor becomes equal to the target current. An output of the unit is adjusted on the basis of an output of a stable current compensation unit. The unit uses a transfer function Gi expressed by using a differential operator s of not more than fourth order terms. The unit generates a compensation instruction on the basis of the actual current Im in order to produce stable operation of the entire system. A motor drive unit receives a current instruction adjusted on the basis of the compensation instruction, and controls the current flowing in the electric motor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060427 | ELECTRIC POWER-STEERING CONTROL DEVICE - A base assist section generates a base assist command so that a steering reaction according to a road surface reaction returns to a steering wheel side. A modifying section generates a torque modifying command for modifying the base assist command so that an unstable movement of a vehicle converges appropriately. A sum of the each command becomes a final assist torque command. The base assist section estimates a road surface force based on the self-generated base assist command and a steering torque actually detected. A target steering torque is generated based on the estimated force, and the base assist command is generated based on a deviation of the target steering torque and the steering torque. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060428 | CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ENERGY ABSORBER - Closed-loop control of an energy absorber acting as a damper between two parts that are movable relative to one another. A damping force of the energy absorber, or damper, can be adjusted by way of the change in the viscosity of a magnetorheological fluid (MRF), which change can be influenced by a magnetic field of a coil. According to the method it is possible to decelerate an impact or a movement with the lowest possible forces in order to minimize possible consequential damage/loading by way of setting as constant a deceleration as possible, as small a deceleration as possible, by way of using the entire available deceleration travel, and low or zero residual speed at the end of the deceleration travel independently of the moving mass or speed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060429 | DANGER SENSING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The damage sensing apparatus includes: a data collecting unit disposed at each of a side rear-view mirror of the vehicle and an inner portion of the vehicle to collect a side region of the vehicle and a situation of a door region of the inner portion of the vehicle as data; a data analyzing unit analyzing the data collected from the data collecting unit to analyze a danger object approaching an outer side of the vehicle and the situation of the door region of the inner portion of the vehicle; and a controlling unit controlling operations of a drive train of the vehicle and the door based on a signal analyzed from the data analyzing unit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060430 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE IN OPERATING A ROOF OF A CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE - A method and a device are provided for the operating assistance of a driver of a convertible vehicle. The method includes, but is not limited to receiving weather data, for a predeterminable surroundings of a current position x | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060431 | OPERATOR CONTROL METHOD AND OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A first operator control function is activated if it is detected by means of a first sensor that a first physical variable is higher than a predetermined first threshold value. In a similar way, a second operator control function is activated if it is detected by means of a second sensor that a second physical variable is higher than a predetermined second threshold value. A third operator control function is activated if it is detected by means of the first sensor that the first physical variable is higher than a predetermined third threshold value and if at the same time it is detected by means of the second sensor that the second physical variable is higher than a predetermined fourth threshold value, the third threshold value being higher than the first threshold value. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060432 | ROTATING PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - The disclosed rotating parking brake control device obviates the need for an operator to operate an emergency-stop switch. A hybrid controller, to which a brake is connected, outputs a drive control signal to a rotating electric motor to control drive of an upper rotating body and also controls the brake by generating a brake release command signal and outputting the brake release command signal to the brake. A pump controller also generates a brake release command signal, and the brake release command signal generated by the pump controller is transmitted to the hybrid controller through an inter-controller signal line. The brake release command signal is outputted to the brake only when the brake release command signal is generated by the hybrid controller and the brake release command signal is transmitted from the pump controller through the inter-controller signal line. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060433 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - When the vehicle decelerates on the ascending slope, a required brake axle torque is calculated in accordance with vehicle deceleration, so that the swinging back is suppressed. At start timing after that, initial and final values of the required brake axle torque and a correction duration are determined. During the correction duration from the start timing, the required brake axle torque is decreased from the initial value to the final value. Then, based on change in a detected vehicular speed at or before a time which is a last moment of a period in which the detected vehicular speed detected based on detection signals of the wheel speed sensors are equal to or larger than a minimum detectable vehicular speed, a stop time at which an actual vehicle speed becomes zero is estimated, a period from the start time to the stop time is identified as the correction duration. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060434 | VEHICLE GEAR-SHIFTING CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed is a vehicle gear-shifting control apparatus ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060435 | Control for Managing Actuator Output Pressure Applied to a Torque Transmitting Mechanism of a Multi-Speed Transmission - A method for managing torque transmitting mechanism actuator output pressure under low supply pressure conditions is provided. The method is executable to control engagement of a torque transmitting mechanism during such conditions. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOADS ON A MANUAL TRANSMISSION BASED ON A SELECTED GEAR OF THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a selected gear module and a shift indicator module. The selected gear module determines a selected gear of a manual transmission. The shift indicator module monitors vehicle speed and the selected gear and generates a shift indicator signal based on the vehicle speed and the selected gear, the shift indicator signal indicating when to shift to one of first gear and reverse gear. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060437 | SAFETY CLUTCH FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE AND USE OF THE SAFETY CLUTCH IN A WHEELED VEHICLE - A safety clutch for an electric drive which includes an electric motor and a shaft which is driven thereby. A transmission of torque between the electric motor and the shaft can be brought about by at least one connecting element. A controllable locking device via which an interruption in the transmission of torque between the electric motor and the shaft can be brought about, is assigned to the connecting element. The use of the safety clutch in an electric drive for a wheeled vehicle is disclosed, a controller evaluating the transmission of torque between the electric motor and the shaft using a vehicle state, and when a fault state is detected the controller transmitting a control signal to the controllable locking device, as a result of which an interruption is brought about in the transmission of torque between the electric motor and the shaft. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060438 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUAL BRAKING SYSTEM - Systems and methods disclosed herein may be useful for manual braking systems for use in, for example, an aircraft. A system is disclosed that allows for manual braking. For example, a system is provided comprising a brake handle, a potentiometer in mechanical communication with the brake handle, a mapping module in electrical communication with the potentiometer, wherein the mapping module receives an output voltage from the potentiometer, wherein the mapping module produces a braking command output. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060439 | METHOD FOR SETTING A PARKING BRAKE IN A VEHICLE - In a method for setting a parking brake that has an electromechanical brake device having an electrical brake motor, the release time duration for displacing the electrical brake motor in the release direction is determined from the closing time duration in which the brake motor was previously displaced in the closing direction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060440 | VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM - A vehicle braking system includes (a) a rotary machine that functions at least as an electricity generator and that is capable of generating braking torque based on regenerative torque, (b) a first braking control apparatus that electrically controls the braking torque of a mechanical brake that is provided for a wheel, and (c) a second braking control apparatus that replaces one of the braking torque provided by the rotary machine and the braking torque provided by the mechanical brake with another one of the braking torque provided by the rotary machine and the braking torque provided by the mechanical brake while maintaining a target braking torque, the second braking control apparatus correcting the braking torque provided by the rotary machine so that the deviation lessens, if the braking torque of a vehicle has deviation from the target braking torque at time of replacement transition. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060441 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AIRCRAFT BRAKING - Systems and methods disclosed herein may be useful for braking systems for use in, for example, an aircraft. A method is disclosed comprising determining, at a brake controller, an aircraft reference speed for an aircraft having a first wheel and a second wheel, identifying, at the brake controller, a state comprising the first wheel having a different rotational velocity than the second wheel, wherein the difference in rotational velocity sums to about zero, calculating, at the brake controller, a compensation factor for at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel, and adjusting, at the brake controller, a locked wheel trigger velocity in accordance with the compensation factor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060442 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION DETECTION AND CORRECTION - Systems and methods for detecting unintended acceleration of a vehicle. One system includes a first sensor that provides information on a brake booster vacuum. The vacuum is provided by the vehicle's engine and the brake booster multiplies a braking force initiated by a driver. A second sensor provides information on the vehicle's speed, and a third sensor provides information on the braking force initiated by the driver. The system also includes a controller configured to receive the information from the first sensor, second sensor, and third sensor and initiate corrective action if the brake booster vacuum is less than a predetermined threshold, the vehicle's speed is greater than a predetermined threshold, and the braking force initiated by the driver is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060443 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, TARGET LEAD-VEHICLE DESIGNATING APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - In a target lead-vehicle designating apparatus, a vehicle tracking ECU compares surrounding vehicle information acquired through an inter-vehicle communication unit and vehicle information on preceding vehicles detected by a radar device to designate a target lead-vehicle. The communicated speed of the other vehicles and the detected speed of the preceding vehicles are compared in terms of velocity component in the travel direction of a host vehicle to identify the target lead-vehicle. Accordingly, the target lead-vehicle may be accurately identified even if the target lead-vehicle is close to other vehicles. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060444 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system and a vehicle control device can switch control of a supporting device for support a drive of a vehicle between an ordinary travel in which the vehicle travels in a state that a power source for causing the vehicle to travel is operated and an inertia travel in which the vehicle travels in a state that an operation of the power source is stopped. Accordingly, since the vehicle control system and the vehicle control device switch the control of the supporting device between the ordinary travel and the inertia travel, the vehicle control system and the vehicle control device achieve an effect that the vehicle can be caused to appropriately travel by inertia. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060445 | USE OF AN ESTIMATED VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY FACTOR FOR ERROR MONITORING IN THE AIR SYSTEM - A device for error monitoring in an internal combustion engine system is provided. The internal combustion engine is supplied with air at a volumetric efficiency indicating the ratio of a real volume flow of air in the internal combustion engine to an ideal, theoretically possible, volume flow of air in the internal combustion engine. The device for error monitoring is configured to determine an error in the engine system when a difference between a measured volumetric efficiency and an estimated volumetric efficiency exceeds a predetermined absolute value. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060446 | METHOD OF PREVENTING DAMAGE TO GPF IN VEHICLE ADOPTED TO CDA - A method of preventing damage to a Gasoline Particulate Filter (GPF) of a vehicle adapted to Cylinder De-activation (CDA) may include monitoring GPF pressure difference that measures a pressure difference of the GPF and determines an accumulation amount of soot in the GPF in accordance with the measured pressure difference of GPF; comparing pressure difference that compares the measured pressure difference of the GPF with a predetermined reproduction pressure difference; calculating GPF temperature that calculates a temperature in the GPF in accordance with each one of CDA modes, based on the accumulation amount of soot and an average oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas for the each one of the CDA modes; and setting CDA mode that determines a number of cylinders available for an CDA operation based on the calculated temperature and a predetermined temperature established for preventing the GPF from a damage. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060447 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND METHOD - A method of diagnosing faults within an engine system, the engine system comprising a plurality of cylinders, the method comprising: monitoring the output signal of one or more in-cylinder pressure sensors within the engine system, each of the one or more in-cylinder pressure sensors being associated with a cylinder within the engine system; determining a pressure related parameter for a given cylinder having an associated in-cylinder pressure sensor; and diagnosing the presence of faults within the engine system on the basis of the pressure related parameter. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060448 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a control device for internal combustion engine comprising: a means for correcting an target value of each object to be controlled; a means for predicting a future state of each of the objects when the objects are controlled according to an initial-target-value or a corrected-target-value of each object; and a means for determining whether or not the future state of each object satisfies a constraint condition for the internal combustion engine, wherein the correction of the target value of each object, the prediction of the future state of each object based on the corrected target value corrected by the correction, and the determination whether or not the predicted future state of each object satisfies the constraint condition are repeated until determined so that the predicted future state satisfies the constraint condition. Furthermore, in the present invention, the state of the object to be predicted is the state in the future after a limited predetermined period. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060449 | IMBALANCE RE-SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Fueling to one cylinder of an engine is selectively adjusted based on a correction associated with the cylinder. An instability module increments a counter value when the correction is equal to one of a first predetermined value and a second predetermined value and was previously equal to the other one of the first and second predetermined values. The instability module selectively generates a first indicator based on the counter value. A variance of imbalance values can be determined based on samples of an exhaust gas oxygen signal. Two variances are determined: one variance with adjustment based on the correction, one without adjustment based on the correction. A variance checking module selectively generates a second indicator based on the first and second variances. A re-synchronization module re-synchronizes the imbalance values with the cylinders, respectively, in response to generation of the first indicator and/or the second indicator. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060450 | Method and device for performing a control, in particular for use in a motor vehicle - A method for operating a boost pressure control in an engine system having a supercharged internal combustion engine, including the following: performing a boost pressure control based on a setpoint controller variable and an actual controller variable, ascertaining a setpoint controller variable from a provided setpoint boost pressure with a first and a second model, ascertaining an intermediate variable from a provided actual boost pressure with the first model, correcting the intermediate variable with a provided dynamic variable, which represents a dynamic change in the state of the engine system using a higher dynamics than the actual boost pressure, and ascertaining the actual controller variable from the corrected intermediate variable with the second model. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060451 | ABNORMAL COMBUSTION DETECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL UNIT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An abnormal combustion detection apparatus detects an abnormal combustion of an internal combustion based on a vibration waveform from a vibration sensor attached to the internal combustion engine. A gain circuit of the apparatus amplifies or attenuates the vibration waveform from the vibration sensor, an AD conversion circuit converts a waveform provided by the gain circuit to digital data, and a gain switching unit switches a gain of the gain circuit from a small gain value to a large gain value at a gain switch timing. The gain switching unit separates a large abnormal combustion from a small abnormal combustion in an abnormal combustion determination period for maximizing a dynamic range of an AD conversion circuit and for securely detecting a change of waveform amplitude in case of gain switching in an abnormal combustion detection operation. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060452 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve that injects fuel into an intake pipe at the upstream side of intake valves. When a deposition amount VDEPO of the intake valves is estimated, and becomes greater than a second threshold value SL | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060453 | ENGINE SPEED BASED VALVETRAIN CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for a vehicle includes a trigger module, a fuel control module, and a cylinder control module. The trigger module generates a trigger when an engine speed is greater than a first predetermined speed. The first predetermined speed is greater than zero. The fuel control module cuts off fuel to cylinders of the engine in response to the generation of the trigger. The cylinder control module selectively disables opening of intake and exhaust valves of the cylinders in response to the generation of the trigger after the fuel is cut off. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060454 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Embodiments for heating a catalyst are provided. In one example, a method for controlling an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device during a cold-start phase comprises adjusting a temperature of cooling water to a setpoint operating temperature as a function of a degree of aging of the exhaust-gas aftertreatment device of the internal combustion engine, wherein the temperature of the cooling water is increased more quickly as a present degree of aging of the exhaust-gas aftertreatment device increases. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060455 | ENGINE CONTROL UNIT, ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - An engine control method includes: a step of running the engine in a forward direction by driving a motor that applies a torque to a crank of the engine in the forward direction in a case where the crank angle of the engine does not lie in the first section; a step of removing any load from the motor in a case where the crank angle of the engine lies in the first section; a step of braking the motor in a case where it is determined in the sixth step that the crank angle of the engine lies in the second section; and a step of running the engine in the forward direction by driving the motor in the forward direction in a case where it is determined that there is the request for restart of the engine. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060456 | Synchronizing car movements in road to reduce traffic - This invention describes a method (System requirements for Car Movement Control System, 1-10) to improve traffic by coordinating the car movements. This algorithm can be implemented using an embedded software that runs on especial computerized device installed on a car. The car should have already been utilized with an “Adaptive cruise control system” (Computerized system that allows a car to move with a fixed speed and can adjust car speed to avoid collision when required) or “Automatic car navigation system” (Computerized system that allows a car move from source to destination automatically without driver intervention using GPS or road transponders). | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060457 | Distance determination and type of aircraft determination during docking at the gate - A device for detecting an object moving in a space includes a measuring device aimed at the object, the measuring device detecting a distance pattern which contains the distances of at least two different points on the object to the measuring device. The measuring device detects the object in the space if at least one part of the distance pattern remains constant over time. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060458 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINING VEHICLE SAFETY ARRANGMENTS - The present invention relates to a method for a safety system of a mining vehicle. The method comprises scanning the surroundings of the mining vehicle while the mining vehicle is driven and giving a collision warning if an obstacle is detected in a safety zone of the mining vehicle. In the system, there is stored obstacle information comprising at least location information of predetermined obstacles. Location information of the obstacle detected on the basis of the scanning is compared with the location information determined in the obstacle information. Stopping of the mining vehicle, caused by the safety system due to the detected obstacle, is prevented in response to the detected obstacle being determined safe on the basis of checking the obstacle information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060459 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, MEDIUM, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A communication device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including calculating an amount of electricity available in a second device while a first communication unit and a second communication unit with each other, determining a first generation unit to be a generation unit, when the amount of electricity thus calculated is smaller than a predetermined amount, out of the first generation unit that generates navigation information based on information acquired by an information acquisition unit and a second generation unit, and controlling the second device so as to stop supplying power to the second generation unit and to output the navigation information generated by the first generation unit when the first generation unit is determined. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060460 | IDENTIFYING A ROUTE CONFIGURED TO TRAVEL THROUGH MULTIPLE POINTS OF INTEREST - A computer-implemented method for identifying a route that is configured to travel through multiple points of interest includes receiving a query that includes an origin location, a destination location, and at least a first point of interest and a second point of interest. The method also includes identifying a perimeter that surrounds the received origin and destination locations in response to the query. The perimeter is then used to identify a set of locations for each of the first and second points of interest. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING PRE-POSITIONED OBJECTS TO LOCALIZE AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - Methods and apparatuses for using at least one movable, pre-positioned object as a landmark to localize an industrial vehicle are described. The method includes placing at least one movable, pre-positioned object within a physical environment, identifying features from the pre-positioned object, and determining an industrial vehicle pose relative to the movable, pre-positioned object. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060462 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE USING LANDMARKS - A method and system of navigating a vehicle is provided. The method includes activating a navigational system that provides guidance to a destination point of interest (“POI”). The method also includes providing a database that stores at least one familiar POI and a plurality of standard POIs. The standard POIs represent stock locations. The method includes receiving a signal indicating a current geographical position of the vehicle. The method also includes determining if the current geographical position of the vehicle requires a maneuver within a specified distance. The method also includes selecting a plurality of proximate POIs. The proximate POIs are a portion of the standard POIs located within a proximate distance to a location where the maneuver will occur. The method includes comparing the familiar POI with the proximate POIs. The method includes determining if the familiar POI matches one of the proximate POIs. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060463 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SELECTING AND DISPLAYING ROUTE FAVORABLE TO DRIVER - A method and apparatus for selecting and displaying a route preferable to a driver while reducing the frequency of changing the route. A dynamic strategy is computed which depends on time required to reach each intersection to be passed through between a departure place and a destination place. A probability distribution of the required time for each intersection and a driving direction to be selected is computed according to the computed dynamic strategy. A driving direction having the highest probability of the required time is sequentially selected to determine intersections to be passed through to the destination. At each intersection, the probability of the required time for each driving direction can be added and a driving direction that has the highest total probability among the results of the additions can be sequentially selected. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060464 | Method, Computer Program and Apparatus for Determining an Object in Sight - A method of determining an object in sight with an electronic apparatus, where the object being associated with a Point-Of-Interest, POI, item in a database is disclosed. The method comprises estimating ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060465 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DEDUCING ROAD GEOMETRY AND CONNECTIVITY - Methods and systems for generating, deriving, and enhancing drivable road databases are provided. A baseline road in a road network is defined and position and/or trajectory data collected by vehicles traveling the baseline road are compiled and compared to a representation of the baseline road in an existing database. Identity and/or other property information about the road are assigned form the existing database to the new database. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060466 | AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FLIGHT PLAN DEVIATION SYMBOLOGY - An aircraft system includes a deviation module and a visual display. The deviation module is configured to receive a flight plan with a flight segment to a waypoint, the flight plan including a lateral profile, a vertical profile, and a time profile, the time profile including a predetermined time of arrival associated with the waypoint, receive a current lateral position and a current altitude, estimate an estimated time of arrival associated with the waypoint, compare the current lateral position to the lateral profile to generate lateral deviation, compare the current altitude to the vertical profile to generate vertical deviation, and compare the predetermined time of arrival to the estimated time of arrival to generate time deviation. The visual display is coupled to the deviation module and configured to display deviation symbology representing the lateral deviation, the vertical deviation, and the time deviation. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060467 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DEVICE ORIENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving acceleration information, including an acceleration measurement, and location information; calculating a total acceleration magnitude, having a vertical acceleration magnitude and a horizontal acceleration magnitude, from the acceleration measurement; calculating an average velocity estimation from the location information; calculating an average acceleration estimation from the location information; calculating a component angle between the average velocity estimation and the average acceleration estimation; calculating a forward acceleration and a lateral acceleration with the component angle and the horizontal acceleration magnitude; and generating a motion classification for a travel acceleration based on the forward acceleration and the lateral acceleration for displaying on a device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060468 | JOURNEY PLANNING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS - Optimum journeys in public transportation networks are determined. The determination of Pareto optimal journeys from one stop to another stop in a public transportation network uses the criteria travel time and minimum transfers. A technique for bi-criteria journey planning using the aforementioned criteria in public transportation networks operates in rounds (K rounds at most), where after round k (k≦K), arrival times are computed for the stops that can be reached with up to k trips. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060469 | Fuel-Saving Path Planning Navigation System and Fuel-Saving Path Planning Method Thereof - A fuel-saving path planning navigation system and a fuel-saving path planning method thereof. A plurality of sensors monitors a plurality of roads respectively and periodically report traffic information to a server. The server comprises a storing module and a processing module. The storing module stores the traffic information as history information. The processing module estimates how many vehicles on a road based upon the history information, calculates fuel consumption of each possible planned path including current fuel consumption based on real-time traffic and future fuel consumption based on the historical information, and plans a most fuel-efficient path. Also, the processing module recalculates fuel consumption of remaining path and changes the remaining path while fuel cost of a new path better 10% than the remaining path. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060470 | GEOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - In a geomagnetism measurement apparatus, a magnetic sensor detects magnetic data, and a storage unit stores the magnetic data sequentially output from the magnetic sensor. An ellipsoid generation unit calculates each ellipsoidal central point of first, second and third ellipsoids each of which has in the vicinity thereof a plurality of the magnetic data stored in the storage unit. An ellipsoidal central point decision unit decides whether or not a distance between respective ellipsoidal central points is equal to or less than a threshold value. A correction value generation unit calculates an ellipsoidal correction matrix for converting coordinates on an ellipsoid into coordinates on a sphere based on a coefficient matrix representing a shape of one of the first, second and third ellipsoids according to the decision result. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060471 | Estimating energy savings and carbon offsets for buildings in real-time - Real-time monitoring of an energy characteristic of a building such as an energy performance of the building or a carbon offset of the building is performed by first computing a heat transfer coefficient of the building from nighttime steady-state thermal load data of the building and from nighttime steady-state indoor and outdoor temperature data of the building. A thermal inertia of the building is then computed from nighttime transient indoor temperature data of the building and nighttime transient thermal load data of the building. During daytime, a solar radiation gain coefficient is computed from daytime thermal load data, daytime indoor and outdoor temperature data, incident solar radiation data, and the heat transfer coefficient. The energy characteristic of the building is then estimated in real time from the heat transfer coefficient, the thermal inertia, and the solar radiation gain coefficient. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060472 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDEXING AND PREDICTING WIND POWER OUTPUT FROM VIRTUAL WIND FARMS - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for predicting electrical power output from wind farms using statistical methods and measured wind speeds near boundaries of control volumes that encompass the wind turbines of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus can provide electrical power output predictions of up to 6, 12, 24, or 48 hours in advance of actual power reaching the grid. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060473 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, GROWTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In the present invention, a mobile phone judges whether the current environment of a plant is equivalent to a specific season for the plant, based on a detected environment received and acquired from a sensor device including an environment sensor (temperature sensor, moisture sensor, etc.) for detecting a growth environment and the season-specific growth basic information of the plant received and acquired from a server device, and then specifies growth information (growth advice) applicable to the judged season as an output subject. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060474 | ESTIMATION OF PETROPHYSICAL AND FLUID PROPERTIES USING INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE - Apparatus and method of characterizing a subterranean formation including observing a formation using nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, calculating an answer product by computing an integral transform on the indications in measurement-domain, and using answer products to estimate a property of the formation. Apparatus and a method for characterizing a subteranean formation including collecting NMR data of a formation, calculating an answer product comprising the data, wherein the calculating comprises a formula | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060475 | Estimating Reservoir Properties from 4D Seismic Data - Method for deriving a reservoir property change data volume from time shifts used to time-align 4D seismic survey data ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060476 | PROCESSING GEOPHYSICAL DATA - The present invention relates to a method of processing seismic data and other geophysical data such as acoustic or electromagnetic data. In particular the method is applicable to seismic data extrapolation and migration techniques such as, for example, one-way and two-way wave-equation migration. The method comprises determining, in the space-time domain, an integral of the product of a kernel and a function of the geophysical data over an integration domain from the values of the function at a plurality of discrete data points within the integration domain by defining a plurality of cells in the integration domain, each vertex of a cell being at a respective one of the data points; obtaining an interpolant of the function over a selected cell using local interpolation; and integrating, in the space-time domain, the product of the kernel and the interpolant for the selected cell. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOPOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS - The systems and methods described herein provide a scientific and analytical basis for the following: (a) collective interpretation of the entire spectrum of chromatographic data, e.g., GC×GC two-dimensional data, with capability of operating at multi-resolution over bigger or smaller sub-regions of the two-dimensional data, (b) given two or more samples that are from the same source, and some samples from clearly different sources, quantitatively estimate where the fingerprint of the source lies, (c) given a source signature template, an unknown sample can be compared to decide whether it is related to, and if so, to what degree, to this source, and (d) given two source signature templates, the templates can be compared to determine how related is one source to the other. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060478 | VOLTAGE OFFSET CORRECTION IN HIGH-THROUGHPUT ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for controlling command voltages applied to electrodes during an electrophysiology measurement procedure using a high-throughput measurement system is provided. An initial command voltage is applied to the electrodes to obtain baseline currents respectively associated with the electrodes. A common offset voltage is determined based on the baseline currents, and an adjusted command voltage is determined based on the initial command voltage and the common offset voltage. The adjusted command voltage is applied to at least one of the electrodes to obtain an adjusted current measured by the electrode. A local offset voltage for the electrode is determined based on the adjusted current measured by the electrode. A subsequent command voltage applied to the electrode incorporates the common offset voltage and the local offset voltage. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENOTYPING SAMPLES IN A NORMALIZED ALLELIC SPACE - Aspects of the present invention describe an apparatus and method for generating genotype calls for a sample. The genotyping initially models allelic signal response into an allelic model having one or more model parameters for an identified one or more sources of systematic variation. The model and parameters are then used to transform the allelic signals to a normalized normalized allelic space that serves to compensate for the one or more sources of systematic variation. By compensating for the systematic variation in this manner, the genotype for the sample is readily determined based upon its relationship to the representation of the allelic signals in normalized allelic space and in accordance with the allelic model. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE DISPLAY AND FILTERING OF SENSORS AND SENSOR DATA - An approach is provided for adaptive display and filtering of sensors and sensor data. A sensor manager determines one or more signals associated with one or more sensors. The sensor manager then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more signals for comparison against one or more predetermined signals. The sensor manager determines one or more parameters for one or more filters based, at least in part, on the comparison, wherein the one or more filters operate, at least in part, on the one or more sensors, one or more other signals determined form the one or more sensors, or a combination thereof. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060481 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Structurally or Functionally Significant Nucleotide Sequences - Provided are methods, systems, and computer readable media for comparing word statistics between a significant amino acid sequence and a significant nucleotide sequence wherein the comparison instructs further research. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060482 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MAKING BASE CALLS IN NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING - A method for nucleic acid sequencing includes receiving a plurality of observed or measured signals indicative of a parameter observed or measured for a plurality of defined spaces; determining, for at least some of the defined spaces, whether the defined space comprises one or more sample nucleic acids; processing, for at least some of the defined spaces, the observed or measured signal to improve a quality of the observed or measured signal; generating, for at least some of the defined spaces, a set of candidate sequences of bases for the defined space using one or more metrics adapted to associate a score or penalty to the candidate sequences of bases; and selecting the candidate sequence leading to a highest score or a lowest penalty as corresponding to the correct sequence for the one or more sample nucleic acids in the defined space. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060483 | DETERMINATION OF COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS USING BINOMIAL PROBABILITY CALCULATIONS - This invention relates to a binomial calculation of copy number of data obtained from a mixed sample having a first source and a second source. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060484 | Method for Establishing Gas Molecule Database - A method of establishing a database of gas molecules is disclosed. In this method, a metal-organic framework absorbs gas molecules of a guest material. Thereafter, after a predetermined time, the thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) is utilized to make sure that the gas molecules have been adsorbed by the metal-organic framework. Finally, the metal organic framework with the gas molecules adsorbed thereon is analyzed by fluorescence spectrophotometer, and the light-emitting wavelength and waveform are recorded to establish a database of gas molecules. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060485 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPERATING A MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING PARTICLES IN GASES - In the course of a method for automatically operating a measuring device for measuring particles in gases, in particular for measuring carbon black particles in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines, particle-related variables are repeatedly determined from the blackening of a filter paper in temporally limited individual measurements and the differential pressure caused by the flow of measurement gas is monitored via the internal measuring diaphragm, wherein the individual measurement is automatically terminated and an error message is output below a primary threshold value for the differential pressure. In order to now minimize interruptions in measurement operation and to increasingly ensure that correct measured values are output, the passing of a secondary threshold value for the differential pressure, which is above the primary threshold value, is monitored and the individual measurement is automatically terminated if this secondary threshold value is undershot, and the satisfaction of at least one predefined criterion is checked, wherein the individual measurement is terminated with an error message if this criterion is not satisfied, whereas a measured value is output if the criterion is satisfied. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060486 | NOX SENSOR DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEM - An NOx sensor diagnosis apparatus, which diagnoses an NOx sensor provided in an exhaust pipe to detect a concentration of NOx in exhaust gas, includes a calculation value operating unit to acquire a calculation value of the concentration of NOx in the exhaust gas based on an actuation state of an engine, an error determining unit to determine that the sensor is erroneous when a difference between the calculation value and the detection value of the concentration of NOx detected by the sensor is larger than a determination threshold value, and a determination threshold value setting unit to set the determination threshold value based on a temperature of water for cooling the engine, an atmospheric pressure, and an outdoor temperature. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060487 | AUTONOMOUS REMAINING USEFUL LIFE ESTIMATION - The equipment comprises at least one computer and a material features acquisition system operable to detect a plurality of material features. The features are then evaluated according to rules that capture the multidiscipline knowledge of experts and are already inputted into the computer. The computer iterations are processed until an acceptable conclusion is made regarding the condition of the material under evaluation, thus alleviating the need for multidiscipline experts to examine and analyze all the material data manually. | 2013-03-07 |
