| 10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
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| 20130060488 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NDT/NDI TESTING DEVICES - A system and method suitable for producing user designated views of non-destructive inspection target with adjustable color, opacity and/or fill-patterns in coordination of the display of inspection scan images. The geometric definition of the inspection target and the inspection scan area are both prepared by independent processes under which vertices and respective primitives are established. The inspection target primitives are given an alpha texture that includes color, opacity and/or fill-pattern designated by the user. The scan area primitives are mapped by a color and/or opacity texture representing inspection signal information such as amplitude. An efficient commercially available graphics accelerator is used to render both of the images of inspection target's chosen view and that of scanned area. The method allows implementation in real-time and on hand-held devices. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060489 | CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPACT EXPERIENCED AT A HEADPIECE - Impact at a headpiece, for example a protective helmet, is characterized in part using an impact sensor including at least one acceleration switch positioned on the helmet. A microcontroller is configured to identify and store acceleration switch opening duration data based on the binary output values of the at least one acceleration switch. A processor at a portable electronic device receives the acceleration switch opening duration data and determines whether the experienced impact force is associated with an impact force magnitude that is within a predetermined head injury range of magnitude. An impact alert is generated when the impact force magnitude is within the predetermined head injury range of magnitude. In an embodiment, the portable electronic device displays a severity indication and an identifier of a person associated with the sensor that experienced impact. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060490 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TORQUE AND/OR ANGULAR SPEED OF A ROTATING SHAFT AND A DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAME - A method allowing the reliable and accurate calculation of the torque of a shaft using two phonic wheels and a sensor, the method including correlating the signal resulting from a rotation or one sixth of a rotation with the signal resulting from the subsequent rotation or one sixth of a rotation. The length of time between two passages of teeth is calculated by interpolating the cross-correlation function using least squares interpolation. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060491 | Thermal Mass Flow Meter - A thermal mass flow meter is disclosed wherein a sensor board with at least one heating element and at least two temperature sensors locates inside a housing where the gas or fluid is flowing. The heating element is turned on and off and a microprocessor is programmed to calculate a flow rate based on a logarithmic function of temperature differences between a pair of sensor before the heating cycle and after the heating cycle. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060492 | Method of deducing time based metrics using flow rate - A method of deducing time based metrics using flow rate is disclosed. The method uses a thermal mass flow meter wherein the meter comprises a pipe housing and a sensor board with at least one heating element and at least two temperature sensors is located inside the pipe and where a microprocessor is programmed to calculate a flow rate based on a logarithmic function of difference between base line temperature difference between temperature sensors before heating element is turned on and a second temperature difference between the temperature sensors after heating element is turned on. Duration of gas supply is provided by using the measured flow rate and information of the gas supply. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060493 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN MONITORING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A monitoring system for use with a power generation system is provided. The monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors that include at least one sensor that is configured to detect an interruption of an electromagnetic field within the power generation system, wherein the interruption of the electromagnetic field corresponds to at least one fault within the power generation system. The monitoring system also includes a computing device that is coupled to the sensor. The computing device includes an interface configured to receive a signal representative of the interruption of the electromagnetic field. A processor is coupled to the interface and programmed to identify a location of the sensor to enable the identification of a location of the fault. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060494 | METHOD OF CALCULATING CURRENT CORRECTION FORMULA FOR POWER STRIP, CURRENT MEASURING METHOD, AND POWER STRIP - A method of calculating a current correction formula may include first measuring voltage values at each of current measuring parts configured to measure currents in socket parts of a power strip in a state in which no current flows in the socket parts, second measuring the voltage values at each of the current measuring parts in a state in which a current flows in one of the socket parts, and calculating a correction formula formed by a inverse matrix of a matrix having as its elements differences between the voltage values measured by the second measuring and the voltage values measured by the first measuring. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060495 | ENERGY METER APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - An energy meter includes metering circuitry configured to monitor power consumption. The energy meter includes firmware including internal functions configured to control elements of the energy meter. Further, the energy meter includes an input/output port or a communications device configured to receive customized instructions and a processor. The processor controls the metering circuitry, receives customized instructions from the input/output port or the communications device. The customizable instructions provide additional control of the elements of the energy meter beyond the internal functions of the firmware. The processor interprets the customized instructions and executes the customized instructions using the internal functions of the firmware. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060496 | WIRELESSLY-POWERED ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED DEVICE - An operating period for a driving portion is defined. Prior to entering the operating period, it is defined as a forecasting operating period, the total amount of work of the driving portion for the forecasting operating period and a total required DC electric energy A for the device during the forecasting operating period are forecasted. Prior to entering into the forecasting operating period, a stored DC electric energy B, and an estimated DC electric energy C to be extracted from a wireless electric energy supply between the current time and the time of the end of the forecasting operating period are summed as a supplyable DC electric energy D for the period. The total required DC electric energy A for the forecasting operating period and the supplyable DC electric energy D are compared, and if D| 2013-03-07 | |
| 20130060497 | BATTERY STATE MONITORING DEVICE - A battery state monitoring device includes a battery pack including at least one battery cell, and a measuring circuit that measures a state of the battery cell, the measuring circuit including temperature measuring means for measuring a temperature of the battery cell, current measuring means for measuring a current flowing through the battery cell, and voltage measuring means for measuring a voltage of the battery cell, and including a calculation circuit in parallel, wherein the battery state monitoring device calculates a predetermined voltage corresponding to a predetermined state of charge of the battery cell, based on the temperature and the current of the battery cell, using a predetermined operational expression including a temperature quadratic exponential function and a temperature linear function, and compares the voltage of the battery cell with the predetermined voltage calculated using the operational expression to determine the predetermined state of charge of the battery cell. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060498 | CALIBRATION AND COMPENSATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESISTIVE SENSOR MEASUREMENT BRIDGE - A resistive sensor read-out apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the resistive sensor read-out apparatus comprises an active sensor, a reference element, a bias circuit, a current-to-voltage converter, an analog-to-digital converter and a calibration processor. The bias circuit is coupled to the active sensor and the reference element and configured to calibrate one or more mismatches between the active sensor and the reference element. The current-to-voltage converter is coupled to an output of the bias circuit. The analog-to-digital converter is coupled to an output of the current-to-voltage converter. The calibration processor is coupled to an output of the analog-to-digital converter and configured to estimate an error caused by limited resolution mismatch calibration. The calibration processor is also configured to at least partially control calibration performed at the bias circuit based on the error. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060499 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE OF A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A temperature measuring device of a power semiconductor apparatus that accurately detects chip temperature even where a gradient of the measured characteristic line segment is different from a designed gradient, including a chip temperature detecting circuit that includes an A/D converter delivering a measurement value of a digital converted forward voltage across a temperature detecting diode and an operational processing unit for calibration and chip temperature calculation. In calibration processing, different known reference voltages are applied by a reference connected in place of the diode and a gradient of the line segment connecting the measurement values is calculated. The gradient is stored in a memory with an offset correction value that is one of the measurement values. A chip temperature is calculated based on a forward voltage across the diode calculated based on the measurement value and the stored values of the gradient and the offset correction value. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060500 | RUNNING-RESISTANCE CONTROL DEVICE - At a highland, a composition rate of air resistance is low which is included in a running resistance, because air density is low. This influences a vehicle running. Hence, a high-altitude environmental test for a vehicle by use of chassis dynamometer produces a result different from that of actual-road running. Therefore, an environmental-correction calculating section is provided on an input side of a running-resistance-command generating section configured to generate a running-resistance command. The environmental-correction calculating section receives an air temperature signal and an air pressure signal which are detected inside an environmental test laboratory, calculates an environmental correction value of rolling resistance and an environmental correction value of air resistance, and calculates a target running resistance from the environmental correction values. The running-resistance-command generating section controls the chassis dynamometer by generating the running-resistance command based on the target running resistance and a speed detection signal of the chassis dynamometer. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060501 | Calibration Method for Radio Frequency Scattering Parameter Measurement Applying Three Calibrators and Measurement Structure Thereof - A calibration method for radio frequency scattering parameter measurement applying three calibrators and measurement structure thereof, comprising a transmission line segment calibrator, an offset series device calibrator, an offset shunt device calibrator and a tested object measuring instrument, wherein the length of the transmission lines for the offset series device calibrator and the offset shunt device calibrator is equal to the one of the transmission line for the tested object measuring instrument such that the offset series device calibrator, the offset shunt device calibrator and the tested object measuring instrument have the identical error boxes, and after having acquired the scattering parameter matrix of the error box by means of the calibration method, it is possible to connect the tested electronic device onto the tested object measuring instrument and perform operations on uncorrected measurement data thereof thereby obtaining the radio frequency scattering parameter of the tested object. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060502 | THERMAL SCAN SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a system includes an operating environment comprising a structural test module that is configured to perform a structural test on a device-under-test (DUT); and a functional test module that, when activated, is configured to perform a non-JTAG-based functional *test on the DUT. The operating environment is configured to switch between the structural test module being activated and the functional test module being activated. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060503 | APPARATUS FOR TESTING ELECTRONIC POWER SYSTEMS - A transistorized load system for testing electronic power systems devices includes at least one field effect transistor that is microprocessor-controlled for simulating the current drawn by a specific product on an electronic power source. The transistorized load system is capable of accepting command information either manually or from a personal computer derived source, and determining the exact value of current drawn from the electrical power system under test. The transistorized load may accept values for a desired resistance value in ohms, and/or a desired capacitance value in farads. Once voltage is applied across the positive and negative terminals of the transistorized load, the microprocessor controls the current drawn from the device under test. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060504 | TEST SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES - A test system may be provided for performing wireless communications testing of electronic devices in a building. The test system may include a mobile cart that transports the device under test to test stations in the building. The test system may include a visible guide track having visible test station indicators. The mobile cart may include an optical sensor for detecting the visible guide track and the visible test station indicators. The mobile cart may transport the device under test to the test stations along the visible guide track. The mobile cart may include a rotating stage to which the device under test may be mounted. The rotating stage may be used to rotate the device under test while the device under test transmits test data to wireless communications equipment in the building during wireless communications testing of the device under test. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060505 | TECHNIQUE FOR WAFER TESTING WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL TRANSFORM - Wafer sort data can be converted to binary data, whereby each integrated circuit of the wafer is assigned a value of one or zero, depending on whether test data indicates the integrated circuit complies with a specification. In addition, each integrated circuit is assigned position data to indicate its position on the wafer. A frequency transform, such as a multidimensional discrete Fourier transform (DFT), is applied to the binary wafer sort data and position data to determine a spatial frequency spectrum that indicates error patterns for the wafer. The spatial frequency spectrum can be analyzed to determine the characteristics of the wafer formation process that resulted in the errors, and the wafer formation process can be modified to reduce or eliminate the errors. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060506 | INTACT METHOD OF EVALUATING UNIT CELLS IN A FUEL CELL STACK AND A DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for an intact evaluation of the unit cells in a fuel cell stack. Since the degradation of the unit cells can be detected intactly, i.e. without disassembly of the stack, the time required for the detection and analysis thereof can be greatly reduced. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060507 | APPLICATION TESTING - A process application layer receives a command that define a generic test for an application under test. A test code generator transforms the command into test engine instructions that exercise the generic tests on the application under test. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060508 | TEST CONDITION SETTING METHOD, CURRENT VARIATION TESTING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A master CPU makes an execution interval b, during which CPUs are operated, common to CPUs including the master CPU and makes a stop interval a, during which the CPUs are stopped, different for each of the CPUs including the master CPU. As a result, the lengths of cycle intervals c of the CPUs constituted by the execution interval b and the stop interval a allow the ratio between the lengths of the cycle intervals c of any CPUs to be represented by two integers that are coprime to each other. Setting such lengths of the cycle intervals c of the CPUs achieves the synchronism between the shifts of all of the CPUs from a stopped state to an in-operation state and from the in-operation state to the stopped state. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AEROSOL PARTICLES IN ATMOSPHERE AND COUNTING AEROSOL PARTICLES WITH RESPECT TO EACH PARTICLE SIZE - A particle size distribution measuring system | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060510 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING TEMPERATURE AT A CRITICAL POINT - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to estimate temperature at one or more critical points in a data processing system comprising modeling a steady state temperature portion of a thermal model at the one or more critical points using regression analysis; modeling the transient temperature portion of the thermal model at the one or more critical points using a filtering algorithm; and generating a thermal model at the one or more critical points by combining the steady state temperature portion of the thermal model with the transient temperature portion of the thermal model. The thermal model may then be used to estimate an instantaneous temperature at the one or more critical points or to predict a future temperature at the one or more critical points. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060511 | Porosity Detection - A computer executing a software algorithm may be used to detect a depression in a temperature profile. The temperature profile may be smoothed to eliminate noise. Next, the temperature profile's center may be extracted. A polynomial may be fitted to extracted data. An algorithm used to fit the polynomial may guarantee that the fitted curve's peak may be below the actual temperature data's peak. Next, residuals may be calculated by subtracting the fitted curve from the actual data. If there is a dip at the center, then the residuals in the center may be less than zero. The software algorithm executing on the computer may then make a decision based on a sign of the residuals. For example, residuals less than zero may indicate bar porosity. Residuals above zero may indicate no porosity. The magnitude of the residuals may then be used to classify a size of a detected defect. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060512 | CALCULATION OF MINIMUM GROUND CLEARANCE USING BODY WORN SENSORS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for deriving a relationship between minimum ground clearance (MGC) and inertial sensor data. A regression model may be generated by collecting tri-axial angular velocity and acceleration data from inertial sensors and MGC data from optical motion capture systems during a walking trial. A linear, quadratic, interaction, stepwise interaction, or another regression model may be generated. The regression model may estimate the MGC as a function of one or more parameters measured by or derived from the inertial sensor data. The regression model may be used to calculate an estimate of the MGC based on inertial sensor data collected from one or more individuals. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060513 | Systems and Methods for Utilizing Acceleration Event Signatures - Systems and methods are described for utilizing acceleration event signatures. One method for utilizing acceleration event signatures in an electronic device comprises receiving, by the electronic device, one or more acceleration events. The method further comprises determining whether the received one or more acceleration events correspond to one or more predefined signature definitions and invoking one or more functions based on the one or more acceleration events. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060514 | MEMS ACCELEROMETER AIRLINER TAKEOFF AND LANDING DETECTION - Identifying an airliner motion event at a mobile device may utilize, for example, one or more accelerometers, an acceleration feature extractor, and a motion event identification processor. The one or more accelerometers may be configured to output calibrated triaxial accelerometer data. The acceleration feature extractor may be configured to determine scalar acceleration signals from the calibrated triaxial accelerometer data, to filter the scalar acceleration signals to reduce high frequency noise, and to process the filtered scalar acceleration signals to generate an acceleration spread waveform. The motion event identification processor may be configured to compare the acceleration spread waveform to one or more predetermined patterns characteristic of an airliner motion event, and to identify an airliner motion event based on whether the comparing results in a substantial match. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060515 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND ORIENTATION DETECTION METHOD THEREFOR - An embodiment of the invention provides an orientation detection method for a portable device. The method comprises acquiring an accelerometer data, determining whether the portable device is in a flat status, determining whether the portable device is in a stable status, and when the portable device is determined in both the flat status and the stable status, stopping acquiring the accelerometer data until receiving an enable signal. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060516 | TRACE-GENERATING DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF - A trace-generating device for generating information on trace of motion is disclosed. The device comprises a first module to calculate an initial roll angle (φ) and an initial pitch angle (θ) in response to an output of an accelerometer, a second module to calculate an initial magnetic vector ({right arrow over (m)} | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060517 | Wireless Dongle Angular Position Sensor - An apparatus comprising a connector, a transceiver connected to the connector, and a processor configured to detect the connector's angular position relative to the transceiver based on a Hall voltage (V | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060518 | Variable Reluctance Resolver and Rotation Angle Detecting Device - Two excitation coils (excitation A coil, excitation B coil) and two detection coils (detection A coil, detection B coil) are provided. The excitation A coil and the excitation B coil are excited at frequencies that are different from each other. The number of turns of the detection A coil and the detection B coil are respectively set with two sine waves using the number m | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060519 | ENCODER TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF A PISTON IN A HYDRAULIC OR A PNEUMATIC CYLINDER - A method to determine a position of a piston reciprocating inside a hydraulic cylinder or a pneumatic cylinder between a first end position and a second end position, with the piston parting the cylinder in first and second chambers, and with at least one of the chambers at least partly filled with a fluid. The method includes the steps of driving a wheel structure of a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor by the force of the fluid led to or from the first or second chamber, driving a shaft encoder by the hydraulic motor or the pneumatic motor, measuring at least one parameter corresponding to a rotation or an angular displacement of the wheel structure using the shaft encoder, and calculating the position of the piston. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060520 | Method And System For Position Determination Using RFID Devices - A method of determining a gauge and a tilt of a rail track at a location includes providing a rail trolley including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, an RFID reader, a gauge sensor, and a tilt sensor and positioning the rail trolley on the rail track at the location. The method also includes interrogating one or more RFID tags positioned along the rail track and determining, using the processor, a fixed location associated with each of the one or more RFID tags. The method further includes determining, using the processor, the location of the rail trolley in relation to the fixed locations associated with each of the one or more RFID tags and determining the gauge and tilt of the rail track at the location of the rail trolley. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060521 | DISPLACEMENT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DISPLACEMENT - A displacement sensor outputs displacement without delay caused by the detection period of the displacement sensor, when output of displacement is requested from outside. Displacement is detected using a phase difference between an input signal waveform and an output signal waveform. A detection time is derived by a timer when the sensor detects a displacement, and at least two previous detected displacements are stored together with detection times thereof. When output is requested from outside, the two previous displacements are extrapolated to a current displacement, based on the two previous displacements and detection times and a time at which output was requested, and the current displacement is output. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060522 | METHOD FOR EMULATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND FOR TESTING AN ANTICIPATORY SAFETY SYSTEM, AND AN EMULATION SYSTEM - In a method for emulating an environmental sensor in a motor vehicle in a specified collision situation at a first predetermined speed of the motor vehicle, raw data are recorded in a collision situation at a second speed, which is lower than the first speed, with the environmental sensor to be emulated using the motor vehicle and/or a structurally substantially identical motor vehicle and stored. The stored raw data and/or raw data extrapolated therefrom are used downsampled for emulating the environmental sensor at the first speed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060523 | REGULATOR VALVE FAULT CHECKING METHOD - An operating device pressure Po into a regulator valve and a degree of opening X from the regulator valve are sampled. A speed of change vPo (k) of the Po (k) is calculated from the current Po (k) and the previous Po (k-1). A speed of change vX (k) of the X (k) is calculated from the current X (k) and the previous X (k-1). If both vPo (k) and vX (k) are small, then a weighting value w1 (k) is set to 1 (and set to 0 otherwise), where a fault check indicator Fq (i) for each degree-of-opening category i during a fault check evaluation time interval is calculated from the vPo (k) and vX (k) when w1 (k) is 1 and from a linear approximation formula F1 that indicates the steady-state input/output relationships in the regulator valve when operating properly. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060524 | Machine Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis Incorporating Operational Data - A method for detecting an anomaly in a machine under test includes monitoring operational data from a control unit of the machine under test. An operational state of the machine under test is identified based on the monitored operational data. Sensor data is monitored from one or more sensors installed within or near to the machine under test. A model corresponding to the identified operational state of the machine under test is consulted to identify one or more key parameters and corresponding normal operating ranges for each determined key parameter. It is determined when a key parameter of the one or more key parameters is not within its corresponding normal operating range based on the monitored sensor data. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060525 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MAINTENANCE METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Provided is a technique of compensating time degradation of a CPU and maintaining performance of an electronic device without disturbing a normal operation of the electronic device. A maintenance apparatus includes: a degradation information acquisition unit that acquires degradation information from a sensor circuit integrated in a CPU when the CPU performs a normal operation, the degradation information varying according to degradation of the CPU; a degradation level determination unit that determines a degradation level based on the degradation information, the degradation level indicating a degree of progression of degradation of the CPU; and a power supply control unit that controls a power supply to increase a power supply voltage applied to the CPU with increasing the degradation level. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060526 | Computer System and Method for Comparing Output Signals - A computer system includes at least two COTS processor cores and an evaluating device connected to the at least two COTS processor cores for evaluating output signals output by means of the at least two COTS processor cores. The evaluating device includes a comparator for pair-wise comparison of the respective generated output signals with each other. The comparator also outputs a comparison signal corresponding to the respective comparison of the output signals. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060527 | INTERLEAVED RF TRIGGERING ON A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A time-interleaved RF triggering method and system on a test and measurement instrument includes an acquisition component that samples a waveform, which is converted into an amplitude, phase, frequency, in-phase (I), and quadrature (Q) waveform, any of which can be used for triggering an RF digital trigger, including triggering that uses demodulation and/or decoding of the down-converted complex IQ data samples for a given protocol. Aliasing caused by subsampled data in each of the interleaved acquisition components is cancelled out using a fractional time-shift filter. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A QUANTITY OF BULK MATERIAL - The quantity of bulk material in a pile of bulk material is determined using one or more laser scanners that scan the surface of the pile. The signal generated by the scanner(s) is transmitted to a remote computation system that uses the received signals to calculate the quantity of material in the pile. The calculated quantity can be expressed as a volume, a mass or a financial value. The calculated quantity can be sent to an end user either automatically or upon receipt of a request from the end user. The remote computation system can receive and process scanning signals from scanners that mounted to scan the surfaces of different piles of bulk material. The system can also include a server local to the scanners. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060529 | COOLING CIRCUIT DESIGN - Methods for computer-aided design and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a CAD model including a plurality of intersecting fluid channels, and determining a fluid inlet for the fluid channels. The method includes displaying possible fluid flow directions at an intersection of fluid channels. The method includes automatically adding a cooling fitting to at least one of the fluid channels of the CAD model in response to a user selection of one of the possible fluid flow directions. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060530 | TOLERANT INTERSECTIONS IN GRAPHICAL MODELS - Methods for analysis and classification of tolerant intersections, and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving an object model having a plurality of elements, the elements corresponding to a plurality of points. The method includes receiving a selection of a first element and a second element of the plurality of elements and receiving a tolerance. The method includes analyzing an intersection between the first element and the second element based on the tolerance. The method includes classifying the intersection between the first element and the second element based on the analysis and storing the classification. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060531 | DYNAMIC TAGGING TO CREATE LOGICAL MODELS AND OPTIMIZE CACHING IN ENERGYMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A system, computer-implemented method, and a computer program product are provided for dynamic tagging to create logical models and optimize caching in energy management systems. A set of variables is aggregated for a first facility in response to first selections via the user interface. A set of variables for a second facility is aggregated in response to second selections via the user interface. The number of the set of variables for the first facility differs from the number of the set of variables for the second facility. The aggregation for the first facility is output as part of a first facility model via the user interface. The aggregation for the first facility is identified by a tag. The aggregation for the second facility is output as part of a second facility model via the user interface. The aggregation for the second facility is identified by the tag. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060532 | METHOD OF COMPOSING AND DESIGNING A SET OF TEETH - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of designing a number of dental restorations for a patient, wherein the method includes:—selecting a composed set of teeth including a number of teeth, where the number of teeth are arranged spatially relative to each other forming a high aesthetic composition;—applying the composed set of teeth to a virtual three dimensional representation of the patient's present oral situation to obtain an initial set of teeth;—optionally modifying one or more parameters of one or more of the teeth in the initial set of teeth to obtain a finalized set of teeth. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060533 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus for generating a thermal analysis model including a plurality of component models representing components includes an input unit configured to input component data representing the component models, an extraction unit configured to, based on the component data, extract a contact surface on which the plurality of components fastened with each other with a fastener component are in contact with each other, and an allocation unit configured to, based on the component data, allocate different thermal resistance values to a region pressed with the fastener component and a region other than the pressed region, of the extracted contact surface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060534 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING AND CUSTOMIZING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES SEQUENCES - A system and method is provided to customize and validate an oligonucleotide plate and/or tube design. A graphical user interface enables a user to submit oligo design data in a series of steps. One or more rules are used to validate the oligo plate design data as it is submitted. The graphical user interface also enables the user to modify oligonucleotide design data to correct errors and/or to obtain a valid oligonucleotide plate design. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060535 | DATA MODEL FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF A COMPONENT TO BE MANUFACTURED BY USING A LAYERED CONSTRUCTION METHOD - A data model describes a component to be produced by way of a layer building process. In order to avoid distortion of the component, a partitioning of the component into three-dimensional volume regions is proposed, the regions encompassing more than one build layer and the external surfaces thereof extending by preference obliquely to the build direction, with the result that superimposed adjacent layers of the 3D volume region exhibit different cross-sectional areas. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060536 | ENGINEERED METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF ULTRA-DEEP HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE OIL AND GAS WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT - A process for the verification and validation testing of equipment and components for drilling, completion, production and general well construction (typically such as subsurface safety valves, wellhead trees, blowout preventers and wireline pressure control equipment) to determine the suitability of such equipment for use in oil and gas wells in high pressure high temperature environments. In particular, the process of the present invention comprises, among other steps, the steps of analyzing such components using an elastic-plastic finite element model with respect to certain preset load conditions and establishing stable model convergence, conducting a ratcheting assessment by running analysis on such model on all components that exhibit local plasticity, and examining all components to determine fatigue sensitive locations and subjecting such components to a fatigue analysis. The process may further comprise a process for qualifying the materials to be used in the manufacture of the equipment components with respect to their ability to withstand high pressure and high temperature environmental conditions. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060537 | METHOD OF MODELING FOR DRUG DESIGN, EVALUATION AND PRESCRIPTION IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE - A method implemented on at least one specifically programmed computer to improve the outcome of a drug trial. The method includes (a) generating a parameterized mathematical model of disease and immune response, (b) including in the parameterized mathematical model effects from one or more drugs with time-dependent variables that can change during a therapy, (c) creating a calibrated model using empirical data to aid in determining parameters of the parameterized mathematical model, (d) determining responses of the calibrated model to a series of time-dependent drug therapies, and (e) selecting at least one therapy based on the determined responses of the model. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060538 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE IMPACT ON AN AIRCRAFT OF DEBRIS SHED OFF FROM IT - Computer-aided method to predict the location of an impact on an aircraft of debris shed off from the own aircraft comprising the following steps: a) providing the nominal position on the aircraft of said debris before its detachment; b) represent the debris by a body of a size and density appropriate to its characteristics; c) calculating a predetermined number of trajectories in three dimensions of said body in a predetermined fluid field when it is detached from the aircraft using an analytical model for calculating said trajectories and randomly varying one or more of the following initial conditions: the initial position of the body; the dimensions of the body; the damping coefficients of the angular velocity; the initial angles of roll, pitch and yaw; d) calculating the points of impact of said trajectories in the aircraft. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060539 | Using Projection Onto Convex Sets To Constrain Full-Wavefield Inversion - Method for stabilizing the updated model ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060540 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT GENERATE HEIGHT MAP MODELS FOR EFFICIENT THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM DEPTH INFORMATION - Methods of generating a three dimensional representation of an object in a reference plane from a depth map including distances from a reference point to pixels in an image of the object taken from a reference point. Weights are assigned to respective voxels in a three dimensional grid along rays extending from the reference point through the pixels in the image based on the distances in the depth map from the reference point to the respective pixels, and a height map including an array of height values in the reference plane is formed based on the assigned weights. An n-layer height map may be constructed by generating a probabilistic occupancy grid for the voxels and forming an n-dimensional height map comprising an array of layer height values in the reference plane based on the probabilistic occupancy grid. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FROM AN UNSTRUCTURED CFD SIMULATION ON STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS - A system and method for computing thermal boundary conditions from an unstructured computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for a thermal simulation of a structural component are disclosed. The thermal boundary conditions include convective heat transfer coefficient (HTC) and reference temperature (T | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060542 | TORIC OPTIC FOR OPHTHALMIC USE - An ophthalmic lens for modifying or reducing non-axisymmetric higher order aberrations includes an optic body disposed about an optical axis having a primary meridian and an orthogonal secondary meridian. The optic body includes a higher order toric shape that is imposed on or added to one of the optic body surfaces. The higher order toric shape also includes a first profile disposed along the primary meridian and a second profile disposed along the secondary meridian that is different in shape from the first profile. The higher order toric shape is characterized by a profile along at least one meridian of the lens that changes with increasing radius from the optical axis raised to a power that is greater than two. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVERSE ENGINEERING MODELS OF BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS - The present invention provides methods and accompanying computer-based systems and computer-executable code stored on a computer-readable medium for constructing a model of a biological network. The invention further provides methods for performing sensitivity analysis on a biological network and for identifying major regulators of species in the network and of the network as a whole. In addition, the invention provides methods for identifying targets of a perturbation such as that resulting from exposure to a compound or an environmental change. The invention further provides methods for identifying phenotypic mediators that contribute to differences in phenotypes of biological systems. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060544 | SEISMIC P-WAVE MODELLING IN AN INHOMOGENEOUS TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MEDIUM WITH A TILTED SYMMETRY AXIS - An improved method for P-wave modeling in inhomogeneous transversely isotropic media with tilted symmetry axis (TTI media), suitable for anisotropic reverse-time migration, is based on an acoustic TI approximation. The resulting wave equations (2.20) & (2.21) are derived directly from first principles, Hooke's law and the equations of motion, and therefore make no assumptions on spatial variation of medium parameters. Like in the acoustic VTI case, the wave equations are written as a set of two second-order partial differential equations. However, unlike in the acoustic VTI case, the acoustic TTI wave equations contain mixed second-order derivatives. The discretisation scheme uses centered finite-difference operators for first- and second-order derivative operators to approximate the mixed and non-mixed second-order derivatives in the wave equation. The discretization scheme is stabilized by slightly weighing down the mixed derivatives, with almost negligible effect on the wave field kinematics. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060545 | INCREMENTAL FORMAL VERIFICATION - Method, apparatus, and product for performing incremental formal verification. A computer-implemented method performed by a computerized device. The method comprises: obtaining invariants with respect to a first model; determining a portion of the invariants that are invariants with respect to a second model, and utilizing the portion of the invariants to check that the second model holds a property. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060546 | VISUAL MODELING LANGUAGE FOR REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING - A method for generating a computer model representing constraints and desired functions for generating a product or service includes receiving user-selected items including requirements, features, dangers, goals, processes, stakeholders, or objects that are defined by a predetermined meta-model. A data element for each of the selected items received from the user is added to the computer model. A relationship is defined between the data element of the data elements and the defined relationships between the data elements are added to the computer model. The meta-model defines relationships between requirements and features, requirements and dangers, and requirements and goals. A graphical notation library defines a unique descriptive icon for each class of the selected items received from the user. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060547 | VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACE OF PARTITIONS - A system for user interactive visualization of multidimensional space of geometrical shaped partitions. An engine model with operating points may be implemented. A controller may provide tuning for each operating point. Space of the operating points may define a multidimensional matrix, where a number of dimensions is similar to a number of scheduled variables for the engine. Each dimension may be divided into scheduled variable intervals. Multidimensional rectangular partitions may be created from one or more combinations of the intervals. A user may interactively select one or more of the partitions and specify tuning parameters for them. A display may provide graphical feedback about the tuning state or controller behavior about the partitions. The display may also provide a user-selected two-dimensional subspace. The dimensions, i.e., scheduled variables, of the selected subspace and their order may be specified by the user. Additional dimensions of the selected subspace may be presented. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060548 | RISK CALCULATION APPARATUS - A moving object risk calculation unit calculates the total value at all points of intersection of a mesh M for the risk due to moving objects at each point of intersection on the basis of the risk due to objects at each point of intersection in the plurality of meshes set in the vicinity of a host vehicle. In this manner, it is possible to acquire the risk due to moving objects, such as another vehicle that is traveling or is stationary or a pedestrian who is walking or is stationary. In addition, a moving object risk calculation unit calculates the total value of the risk due to moving objects at all points of intersection of the mesh by subtracting the total value of the risk due to immovable objects, which is fixed at each point of intersection, at all points of intersection of the mesh from the total value of the risk due to objects. Therefore, since it is not necessary to distinguish between movable objects and immovable objects at each point of intersection of the mesh, the moving object risk calculation unit can calculate the total value of the risk due to moving objects with less computational load. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060549 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING DISEASE STATUS USING BIOMARKERS - Methods and apparatus for identifying disease status according to various aspects of the present invention include analyzing the levels of one or more biomarkers. The methods and apparatus may use biomarker data for a condition-positive cohort and a condition-negative cohort and select multiple relevant biomarkers from the plurality of biomarkers. The system may generate a statistical model for determining the disease status according to differences between the biomarker data for the relevant biomarkers of the respective cohorts. The methods and apparatus may also facilitate ascertaining the disease status of an individual by producing a composite score for an individual patient and comparing the patient's composite score to one or more thresholds for identifying potential disease status. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060550 | METHOD OF TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION, METHOD OF TOXICOLOGICAL SCREENING AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method of toxicological evaluation of a candidate substance on at least one tissue or organ, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a bioartificial tissue or organ by simulation or modelling of the metabolic activity of said tissue or organ by at least one bioreactor; (b) exposure of said bioartificial tissue or organ to said substance; (c) observation of the metabolic response of the bioartificial tissue or organ and acquisition without a priori of an associated multidimensional data set; (d) identification by means of a method of multivariate statistical analysis of the components of the multidimensional data set which are quantitatively correlated with predetermined variables; (e) generation of a predictive model on the basis of the components of the data set that are actually retained; (f) testing of the predictive nature of said model by at least one statistical method of estimating reliability; (g) identification of the metabolic response of the bioartificial tissue or organ in the form of biomarkers associated with the components of the data set that are adopted for the model. The present invention also relates to a method of toxicological screening and to a system for this purpose. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060551 | Technology Computer-Aided Design (TCAD)-Based Virtual Fabrication - A single finite element mesh is generated for predicting performance of an integrated circuit design. A plurality of sample points are identified for conducting a variability study on at least one parameter associated with the integrated circuit design. The sample points are selected to predict performance of the integrated circuit design when subject to variations in the at least one parameter due to variations in manufacturing processes to be used to manufacture the integrated circuit design. A parameterized netlist is generated corresponding to each of the sample points. A technology computer aided design (TCAD) simulation is run for each of the parameterized netlists, using the single finite element mesh for each of the parameterized netlists, until convergence is achieved, to obtain, for each of the parameterized netlists, at least one metric indicative of the performance of the integrated circuit design. A predicted design yield is developed for the integrated circuit design. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060552 | Network Element Consolidation for Rapid Discrete Network Simulations - Systems and methods are provided for modeling and simulating a communication network operating under at least one communication protocol, which supports a Smart Grid electricity network. Communication performance data of the communication network are generated by a processor based on operating behavior of the Smart Grid with a plurality of assets under a first condition. Devices in the Smart grid are grouped in bins for rapid modeling. One or more different configurations of the communication network are entered into the processor and related performance data is also generated. Network configurations are compared based on the generated performance data which may include end-to-end delay and reception rate. Processor based systems to perform modeling methods are also provided. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060553 | SMART GRID COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT AND CO-SIMULATION TOOL - Systems and methods are provided for modeling and simulating a communication network operating under at least one communication protocol, which supports a Smart Grid electricity network. Communication performance data of the communication network are generated by a processor based on operating behavior of the Smart Grid with a plurality of assets under a first condition. Devices in the Smart grid are grouped in bins for rapid modeling. One or more different configurations of the communication network are entered into the processor and related performance data is also generated. Network configurations are compared based on the generated performance data which may include end-to-end delay and reception rate. Processor based systems to perform modeling methods are also provided. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060554 | Network Traffic Profile Aggregation for Efficient Discrete Event Smart Grid Network Simulations - Systems and methods are provided for modeling and simulating a communication network operating under at least one communication protocol, which supports a Smart Grid electricity network. Communication performance data of the communication network are generated by a processor based on operating behavior of the Smart Grid with a plurality of assets under a first condition. Devices in the Smart grid are grouped in bins for rapid modeling. One or more different configurations of the communication network are entered into the processor and related performance data is also generated. Network configurations are compared based on the generated performance data which may include end-to-end delay and reception rate. Processor based systems to perform modeling methods are also provided. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060555 | System and Apparatus Modeling Processor Workloads Using Virtual Pulse Chains - Methods and apparatus for controlling at least two processing cores in a multi-processor device or system include accessing an operating system run queue to generate virtual pulse trains for each core and correlating the virtual pulse trains to identify patterns of interdependence. The correlated information may be used to determine dynamic frequency/voltage control settings for the first and second processing cores to provide a performance level that accommodates interdependent processes, threads and processing cores. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060556 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RUNTIME SYSTEM FUNCTION ACCELERATION FOR CMP DESIGN - A chip-level multiprocessing system may be designed for accelerated implementation of a specified user computing application. The application may be converted to a parallel program representation with explicit runtime functions denoted. One or more of the explicit runtime functions may be identified for implementation in the form of a specialized intellectual property core (IP-core). The remaining portions of the application may then be implemented in a further IP-core, and the IP-cores may be interconnected to implement the user computing application. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060557 | DISTRIBUTED HARDWARE DEVICE SIMULATION - Distributed hardware device simulation, including: identifying a plurality of hardware components of the hardware device; providing software components simulating the functionality of each hardware component, wherein the software components are installed on compute nodes of a distributed processing system; receiving, in at least one of the software components, one or more messages representing an input to the hardware component; simulating the operation of the hardware component with the software component, thereby generating an output of the software component representing the output of the hardware component; and sending, from the software component to at least one other software component, one or more messages representing the output of the hardware component. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060558 | UPDATING OF INTERFACES IN NON-EMULATED ENVIRONMENTS BY PROGRAMS IN THE EMULATED ENVIRONMENT - Updates to components of an interface may be carried out from a program executed in an emulated environment. For example, an interface that provides communications for the program in the emulated environment to the host operating system may be updated from the program in the emulated environment. Centralizing updates through the program improves the likelihood that components, such as the interface, have compatible versions with the program executing in the emulated environment. Thus, as the program is updated other components are updated by the program. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060559 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATION USING A TRANSLATION TREE STRUCTURE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for translation using a translation tree structure in a portable terminal includes inputting, by a user speaking in a first language, one or more first language words to a first portable terminal; translating the inputted first language words into one or more second language words using a database of the first portable terminal; displaying the translated second language words according to the translation tree structure; selecting one of words of the second language words displayed in the translation tree structure; and transmitting the selected second language words to a server and a second portable terminal which uses the second language. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060560 | SERVER-BASED SPELL CHECKING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for server-based spell check. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods performed by a server. The methods include the actions of receiving a request to spell check text; dividing the text into multiple segments, each segment including no more than a predetermined number of terms; providing each segment to a spell checker programmed to spell check an input including no more than the predetermined number of terms; receiving, from the spell checker, one or more spelling correction suggestions, each spelling correction suggestion corresponding to a term in a segment, the term being designated as misspelled by the spell checker; and assembling the received one or more spelling correction suggestions into a response to the request to spell check the text. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060561 | Encoding and Decoding of Small Amounts of Text - Text is encoded using a predetermined dictionary not unique to the encoded text to substitute codes for words and phrases thereby obviating transmission of the dictionary along with transmitted encoded text. The codes of the dictionary are made of one or more text characters such that the message, once encoded, continues to be a legitimate text message and can travel through any data transport medium through which a conventional text message can travel. Non-word characters delimit codes and unencoded words in an encoded message. Any phrase that can be confused with a code is flagged to indicate that it is not a code. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060562 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPRATUS, NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus and method for calculating a score of matching a sentence with a query pattern having a dependency structure. The apparatus includes: an input unit acquiring an analysis target sentence, a query pattern and an index value indexing how a linguistic unit in the sentence tends to modify another; and a score calculation unit calculating a matching score indexing the degree of matching of the sentence with the query pattern. The matching score is represented by a function having an index value with which a dependency relation included in the query pattern is associated. The score is calculated by attempting association between a substructure of the query pattern and a range in the sentence and by performing recursive calculation in the substructure and the range while storing partial calculation result of the function in a memory area for reuse. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060563 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REDUCED KEYBOARD AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF PROVIDING IMPROVED DISAMBIGUATION - An improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. In some situations, certain words can be stored, for example, in a temporary dictionary for use in particular situations. For instance, the names of the recipients of an electronic message might be stored in a temporary dictionary for rapid retrieval when entering a salutation in the message. As another example, a number of the words in an existing electronic message may be stored in a temporary dictionary and made available to a user when replying to or forwarding the message since the existing message might include words that the user might reasonably be expected to type in the reply message or the forwarded message. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060564 | PSYCHOACOUSTIC TIME ALIGNMENT - A method of providing a quality measure for an output voice signal generated to reproduce an input voice signal, the method comprising: partitioning the input and output signals into frames; for each frame of the input signal, determining a disturbance relative to each of a plurality of frames of the output signal; determining a subset of the determined disturbances comprising one disturbance for each input frame such that a sum of the disturbances in the subset set is a minimum; and using the set of disturbances to provide the measure of quality. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060565 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060566 | SPEECH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND ROBOT APPARATUS - This invention realizes a speech communication system and method, and a robot apparatus capable of significantly improving entertainment property. A speech communication system with a function to make conversation with a conversation partner is provided with a speech recognition means for recognizing speech of the conversation partner, a conversation control means for controlling conversation with the conversation partner based on the recognition result of the speech recognition means, an image recognition means for recognizing the face of the conversation partner, and a tracking control means for tracing the existence of the conversation partner based on one or both of the recognition result of the image recognition means and the recognition result of the speech recognition means. The conversation control means controls conversation so as to continue depending on tracking of the tracking control means. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060567 | Front-End Noise Reduction for Speech Recognition Engine - VoIP phones according to the present invention include a microphone, which may be internal or external, and allow the user to communicate unobtrusively, check voice mail and conduct other activities in an environment which can be noisy in general and extremely noisy sometimes. Speech recognition functionally may also be used to generate and send touch tone or DTMF tones such as in response to call trees or voice recognition functionality used by airlines, credit card companies, voice mail systems, and other applications. A system and method of audio processing which provides enhanced speech recognition is provided. Audio input is received at the microphone which is processed by adaptive noise cancellation to generate an enhanced audio signal. The operation of the speech recognition engine and the adaptive noise canceller may be advantageously controlled based on Voice Activity Detection (VAD). | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060568 | OBSERVATION PLATFORM FOR PERFORMING STRUCTURED COMMUNICATIONS - Using structured communications within an organization or retail environment, the users establish a fabric of communications that allows external users of devices or applications to integrate in a way that is non-disruptive, measured and structured. An observation platform may be used for performing structured communications. A signal is received from a first communication device at a second communication device associated with a computer system, wherein the computer system is associated with an organization, wherein a first characteristic of the signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of the signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of the first communication device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060569 | VOICE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A REMOVABLE VOICE ID CARD - A voice authentication system using a removable voice ID card comprises: at server side, a voiceprint database for storing the voiceprints of all authorized users; a voiceprint updating means for updating the voiceprints in said voiceprint database; and a voiceprint digest generator for generating a voiceprint digest according to a request from a client; at client side, a voice ID card for storing the voiceprint of an authorized user; a validation means for validating the voiceprint in the voice ID card on the basis of the voiceprint digest from the server; an audio device for performing voice interaction with a user; and a voice authentication means for determining whether the voiceprint from said voice ID card is of the same speaker as the voice from said audio device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVANCED TURN-TAKING FOR INTERACTIVE SPOKEN DIALOG SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for advanced turn-taking in an interactive spoken dialog system. A system configured according to this disclosure can incrementally process speech prior to completion of the speech utterance, and can communicate partial speech recognition results upon finding particular conditions. A first condition which, if found, allows the system to communicate partial speech recognition results, is that the most recent word found in the partial results is statistically likely to be the termination of the utterance, also known as a terminal node. A second condition is the determination that all search paths within a speech lattice converge to a common node, also known as a pinch node, before branching out again. Upon finding either condition, the system can communicate the partial speech recognition results. Stability and correctness probabilities can also determine which partial results are communicated. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060571 | INTEGRATED LOCAL AND CLOUD BASED SPEECH RECOGNITION - A system for integrating local speech recognition with cloud-based speech recognition in order to provide an efficient natural user interface is described. In some embodiments, a computing device determines a direction associated with a particular person within an environment and generates an audio recording associated with the direction. The computing device then performs local speech recognition on the audio recording in order to detect a first utterance spoken by the particular person and to detect one or more keywords within the first utterance. The first utterance may be detected by applying voice activity detection techniques to the audio recording. The first utterance and the one or more keywords are subsequently transferred to a server which may identify speech sounds within the first utterance associated with the one or more keywords and adapt one or more speech recognition techniques based on the identified speech sounds. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060572 | TRANSCRIPT RE-SYNC - In an aspect, in general, method for aligning an audio recording and a transcript includes receiving a transcript including a plurality of terms, each term of the plurality of terms associated with a time location within a different version of the audio recording, forming a plurality of search terms from the terms of the transcript, determining possible time locations of the search terms in the audio recording, determining a correspondence between time locations within the different version of the audio recording associated with the search terms and the possible time locations of the search terms in the audio recording, and aligning the audio recording and the transcript including updating the time location associated with terms of the transcript based on the determined correspondence. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060573 | READING DEVICE WITH HIERARCHAL NAVIGATION - In some embodiments, disclosed is reading device that comprises a camera, at least one processor, and a user interface. The camera scans at least a portion of a document having text to generate a raster file. The processor processes the raster file to identify text blocks. The user interface allows a user to hierarchically navigate the text blocks when they are read to the user. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060574 | PROVISION OF A MOBILE HEALTH PRODUCT - Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for providing a mobile health product. A method of providing a mobile health product includes receiving via a communications network, by a server, a request from a physician to provide the mobile health product to a patient, the request comprising a patient identifier that identifies the patient and a physician identifier that identifies the physician. Patient information based on the patient identifier, physician information based on the physician identifier, and insurance information based on the patient information and the mobile health product is retrieved by the server. In the event that the physician information indicates that the physician is authorized to prescribe the mobile health product, and the patient information and the insurance information permit payment for the mobile health product, the method includes causing the mobile health product to be delivered to the patient. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060575 | INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for facilitating electronic prescriptions and the dispensation of medications subject to prior authorization and/or adherence to a pre-established formulary. A web-based interactive system is established whereby all entities responsible for the prescription event, namely, the prescribing physician, pharmacist/pharmacy and payer/authorizing entity are kept in direct communication with one another via a conventional, secure communications link. All pertinent information regarding the prescription, as well as the patient, is made available to all entities and further, all information associated with a particular formulary is uploaded and made available to the prescribing physician and pharmacist for quick reference as the whether or not a given medication is preapproved. The systems and methods of the present invention are exceptionally effective and efficient, and can be readily utilized with all medications designated as either Part B or Part D per the United States' Medicare healthcare administration system. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060576 | Systems and Methods For Enabling Telemedicine Consultations and Patient Referrals - Systems and methods are provided for locating an on-call doctor, specific to a patient's needs, who is readily available for a live confidential patient consultation using a network enabled communication device with a digital camera and microphone. The system facilitates customized matching of patients with doctors to provide higher quality and faster delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment. The systems and methods transmit results through a secure connection and manage a referral process whereby a referring doctor refers a patient to another provider, laboratory, facility, or store for a particular procedure, order, analysis, or care. The referrals may be based on specialties and availability. The system relates particularly to the fields of medicine, where doctors can perform online consultations and provide a diagnosis, treatment recommendations, recommendations for further analysis, triage and/or provide follow up on-call care. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060577 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL ITEM DISPENSING, BILLING, AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - An inventory management system manages information regarding medical items dispensed in conjunction with medical treatment of a patient at a medical facility. The system includes a first computer, an inventory access control system, inventory sensors, and inventory applications in communication with the first computer. The inventory access control system receives credential information from a user seeking access to a physical inventory space in the medical facility and controls access to the space. The inventory sensors sense the removal of medical items to be dispensed to the patient, and generate item usage information indicating the identity and quantity of the items removed. The inventory applications associate the item usage information with patient information that identifies the patient to which the medical items are dispensed, thereby generating a record indicating that the items removed from the storage structure have been dispensed to the patient identified by the patient information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060578 | Creating and Retaining Medical Instructions for a Patient in a Telemedicine Environment - A technique for efficiently capturing and retaining patient instructions made by a physician or other medical provider. In a computer-based medical service system, a medical provider utilizes a medical provider portal to interact with the system and a patient utilizes a patient portal to interact with the system. During an appointment utilizing the system, the medical provider inputs medical instructions intended for the patient via the portal. If the patient is utilizing the patient portal during the appointment, a window opens in the patient portal and the instructions input by the medical provider are displayed therein. The instructions are retained and are accessible by the patient whenever the patient utilizes the patient portal. The instructions can have documents associated therewith by the medical services provider which can be attached to the instructions during or after the appointment. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060579 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR MANAGING MEDICAL IMAGES AND RECORDS - The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for managing, transferring, modifying, converting and/or tracking medical files and/or medical system messages. In certain embodiments, the foregoing may generally be based on requesting medical files at a first medical facility, identifying the requested medical files at a second medical facility, initiating a secure network connection between the first and second medical facility, modifying a header portion of the medical files based on patient identification information created by the first medical facility, and other processing steps. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060580 | Automated System for Monitoring Mental Status of Individuals Receiving Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - A computerized system useable in methods for monitoring mental health status of individuals receiving outpatient mental health treatment during the time periods between office visits with the doctor. The computerized system is particularly useful to the doctor to see a graph of a parameter on which survey responses have been collected from the patient between office visits and onto which graph the automated system has overlaid a history of medication changes. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060581 | Medication Therapy Review Methods - A method for population and patient-specific medication therapy review using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: collecting patient claims data; reviewing the patient claims data for accuracy and data integrity; identifying particular characteristics sought within the patient claims data; organizing and structuring the patient claims data; establishing a set of clinical rules; transforming the set of clinical rules established into a computer language, and entering the transformed clinical rules into an electronic database; and analyzing the patient claims data by applying the clinical rules using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization, thereby producing an analytical result. In further embodiments, the analytic results are used to evaluate the need for patient-level medication therapy review and, optionally, to actually conduct a patient-level medication therapy review based on the review of the analytic results. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060582 | UNDERWRITING SYSTEM AND METHOD ASSOCIATED WITH A CIVIC IMPROVEMENT PLATFORM - A system for underwriting using civic improvement platform based data is disclosed. In some embodiments, an automated insurance underwriting platform for rating and pricing insurance policies through the accessing and evaluating of civic improvement platform based information is implemented. According to some embodiments, civic improvement platform data associated with a potential entity to be insured may be received. The civic improvement platform data may be, for example, associated with user safety reports received by a civic improvement platform. The civic improvement platform data may be analyzed, and an underwriting decision for the potential entity to be insured may be made based at least in part on said civic improvement platform data. The underwriting decision may be associated with, for example, a premium for an insurance policy, a benefit for an insurance policy, an insurance policy renewal, and/or an insurance policy premium adjustment. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060583 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSURANCE PRODUCT PRICING AND SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture that provide for insurance product pricing and safety program management such as, for example, utilizing vehicle telematics to determine product premiums, surcharges, and/or discounts and providing safety program management advice regarding how product pricing may be changed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060584 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER-DRIVEN RISK ANALYSIS - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture (such as interfaces) may be provided to enable a customer to identify, manage, reduce, and/or otherwise analyze or determine risk exposure. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060585 | Processing Data Using Rules Based Engine - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing actions including receiving booking data for one or more customers, receiving profile data for each of the one or more customers, receiving operational data, processing the booking data, the profile data and the operational data based on one or more unit eligibility rules, each unit eligibility rule of the one or more unit eligibility rules including one or more conditions and one or more actions associated with the one or more conditions, generating an eligible unit group index based in the processing, and providing the eligible unit group index as input to a unit selection engine. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060586 | Dynamic Taxi-Sharing System and Sharing Method Thereof - A dynamic taxi-sharing system and a sharing method thereof. A ride-sharing service provider carries at least one passenger from the first current location to the first travel destination through a route in an area and sends registration information to a service server. A plurality of ride-sharing requests is sent to the service server, and each of the ride-sharing requests comprises the second current location and the second travel destination. The service server divides the area into n by n blocks. A ride-matching module of the service server chooses a destination area in which the first travel destination is a center point and divides the destination area into k by k blocks. According to the registration information and the ride-sharing requests, the ride-matching module matches at least one ride-sharing traveler to the ride-sharing service provider to achieve a goal of fuel-saving and pollution-reducing. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060587 | DETERMINING BEST TIME TO REACH CUSTOMERS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL WORLD ENSURING RIGHT PARTY CONTACT AND INCREASING INTERACTION LIKELIHOOD - Estimating best time to contact a customer may include estimating a statistical model which computes a score for determining a successful contact with the customer for the time period based on a first set of historical customer contact data. A second set of historical customer contact data associated with at least one customer may be received and the score of a successful contact may be provided for the customer based on the second set of historical data and the estimated statistical model. | 2013-03-07 |
