14th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100088023 | Program Products, Methods, and Systems for Providing Location-Aware Fitness Monitoring Services - Program products, methods, and systems for providing location-aware fitness monitoring services are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device includes the steps of (a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired as the athlete engages in a fitness activity, (b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints, (c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints and based on the location of one or more known paths associated with the map area, and (d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRAVELING CONDITION OF VEHICLE - A support control unit for determining a traveling condition of a host vehicle during an exit from a main road to an access road determines whether or not the condition of the host vehicle at a given point in time corresponds to an exit start scene or an exit completion scene for detecting the start of an exit or completion of the exit on the basis of a host vehicle position, route data, map rendering data, or lane information including at least road surface marking positions, and determines that an exit start timing or an exit completion timing of the host vehicle has arrived when the condition is determined to correspond to the exit start scene or the exit completion scene. Hence, during the exit from the main road to the access road, the traveling condition of the host vehicle can be determined accurately. The support control unit also determines the traveling condition of the host vehicle during convergence with the main road from the access road. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088025 | Route mapping system and method - A route mapping system includes a route module, a wireless coverage module, and a wireless coverage route module. The route module provides a plurality of routes in response to origination and destination information. The wireless coverage module provides wireless coverage information for a plurality of wireless service providers in response to the plurality of routes. The wireless coverage route module provides a plurality of wireless coverage routes in response to the plurality of routes and the wireless coverage information. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088026 | LOCATION-AWARE SELECTION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - A mobile device such as a mobile phone, smart phone, personal music player, handheld game device and the like that is configured to be location-aware through GPS (Global Positioning System), cell tower positioning, or other means of determining location, is provided with a public transportation selector functionality that interfaces with one or more on-line public transportation schedule services. The public transportation selector passes the location of a user of the mobile device, the user's destination, and the targeted arrival time to the schedule services which responsively return information including, for example, station/stop location information, route identifier, departure and arrival times, and fare costs. The public transportation selector aggregates schedule information provided by the services for presentation to the user through a user interface on the mobile device. The user can then select the desired public transportation option and be provided with directions to the appropriate station or stop. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTO-CALIBRATION OF INERTIAL SENSORS - A system comprises at least one inertial sensor operable to provide inertial sensor data during a trip; a processing unit coupled to the at least one inertial sensor, the processing unit operable to calculate navigation data based on the inertial sensor data and to estimate error in the inertial sensor data, wherein the processing unit is further operable to adjust subsequent inertial sensor data received during the trip from the at least one inertial sensor in order to compensate for the estimated error; and a memory coupled to the navigation unit and operable to store data between power cycles; wherein the processing unit is further operable to calculate a current trip error estimate from a plurality of error estimates during the trip and to estimate a repeatability error component based on the current trip error estimate and previous trip error estimates stored in the memory; wherein the repeatability error component is stored in the memory, the processing unit being further operable to update inertial sensor data during a subsequent trip based on the repeatability error component | 2010-04-08 |
20100088028 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR POSITION MEASURING - There is obtained a communication terminal and a position measuring power source control program capable of reducing power consumption associated with position measurement in relation to use of a position measuring system by a user. A CPU | 2010-04-08 |
20100088029 | Systems and methods for connecting and operating portable GPS enabled devices in automobiles - An electronic device that is operable to provide navigation information to a user by utilizing the navigation system of a separate mobile device, such as a GPS-enabled mobile phone. The electronic device includes a communication interface for communicating navigation data between the mobile device and the electronic device. The electronic device also includes a display for displaying the navigation data received from the mobile device. The display of the electronic device may be larger than the display of the mobile device, such that a driver of an automobile may use the electronic device to provide a more desirable viewing experience. Further, the electronic device may include a user interface, such as a touch screen, that allows a user to access and control the navigation functions of the mobile device. The electronic device may also be operable to communicate with other portable electronic devices. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088030 | Dynamic Positioning Architecture - The present invention provides an improved architecture for integrating an inertial navigation system (INS) into a dynamic positioning (DP) system for a vessel. The architecture includes an INS unit and a DP system having a Kalman filter or other algorithm for combining data supplied by a plurality of position measuring equipment (PME) and the INS unit to derive an estimate of the position or speed of the vessel. A switch array and a switch array controller are also provided. These may optionally form a part of the DP system. The switch array is operable under the control of the switch array controller to supply data supplied by one or more of the plurality of position measuring equipment to the INS unit for the purposes of correcting drift. The selection of which of the one or more PME is/are to be combined with the INS unit is made automatically, in real time, to dynamically optimise the DP system. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088031 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC RECORD OF ENVIRONMENTAL LANDMARKS BASED ON MARKING DEVICE ACTUATIONS - Methods and apparatus for generating electronic records of marking operations and/or environmental landmarks for underground facilities/utilities. Marking information and/or landmark information may be logged/stored in local memory of a marking device, formatted in various manners, processed and/or analyzed at the marking device itself, and/or transmitted to another device (e.g., a remote computer/server) for storage, processing and/or analysis. In one example, a marking device may be configured to operate in both a marking mode and a landmark mode, and information relating to one or more environmental landmarks in a vicinity of the marking operation may be collected and logged with actuation of a marking device in the landmark mode. A computer-generated image or other visual representation may be electronically rendered in a display field based on logged marking information and/or landmark information, essentially in real time as the information is collected, and/or recreated thereafter based on one or more stored electronic records. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088032 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF LOCATE AND MARKING OPERATIONS, AND COMBINED LOCATE AND MARKING APPARATUS FOR SAME - Systems, methods and apparatus for generating electronic records of locate operations and marking operations. Exemplary systems and apparatus include marking devices that generate, store and/or transmit electronic records of marking information, locate devices that generate, store and/or transmit electronic records of locate information, locate devices and marking devices that communicate with each other (and optionally with other devices or systems) to share/exchange locate information and marking information, and a combined locate and marking apparatus that constitutes an integrated device capable of various functionality germane to respective locate and marking devices, and configured for generating electronic records of both locate information and marking information. An exemplary method for analyzing and processing locate information and marking information includes a computer-implemented method for visually rendering (e.g., in a display field of a display device) various aspects of locate and marking operations. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088033 | DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING FOR INVASION PROFILE AND GAS ZONE ANALYSIS WITH NMR DUAL OR MULTIPLE INTERECHO SPACING TIME LOGS - A method for obtaining a parameter of interest related to an earth formation, the method including: obtaining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data from an NMR tool investigating the earth formation with a plurality of pulse sequences of radio frequency energy, each pulse sequence having a unique frequency, a first train of pulses having a first interecho time (TE | 2010-04-08 |
20100088034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DERIVING SEISMIC WAVE FIELDS USING BOTH RAY-BASED AND FINITE-ELEMENT PRINCIPLES - A system and method approximate a set of wave equations describing the propagation of seismic waves of one or more frequencies through a seismic volume of interest. In one embodiment, a ray-based initial beam solution is determined that describes the propagation of seismic waves at a first frequency through the seismic volume of interest as a set of one or more beams. Based on the ray-based initial beam solution, a refined finite-element beam solution is determined that describes the propagation of the seismic waves at the first frequency through the seismic volume of interest by approximating the two-way wave equation with a one-way wave equation. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088035 | PSEUDO-ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR THE SOLUTION OF WAVE EQUATIONS - The instant invention is a method for numerically propagating waves or solving wave equations on a digital computer. This invention can be used to compute highly accurate solutions to the wave equation, in fact in some cases it computes the analytical solution, something previously considered impossible. The instant method can also propagate waves that are not described by differential equations, such as anisotropic scalar waves. The invention has the advantages that it is computationally efficient, accurate, and flexible. Of importance is the ability to propagate waves that simulate the P-wave arrivals in both isotropic and anisotropic media with a scalar as opposed to a vector equation. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088036 | Hair Coloring Method and Hair Coloring Selection Method - A method for hair coloring and selecting a hair colorant formulation based on hair type that minimizes variations in resultant hair color among different users having different hair types. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088037 | Method for Identification and Development of Therapeutic Agents - The present invention relates generally to the field of identification and determination of bioactive amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides method(s) for determining the influence of variation in host genes on selection of microorganisms with particular amino acid variants for the purpose of therapeutic drug or vaccine design or individualisation of such treatment. The invention also provides methods for identifying HLA allele-specific microorganism sequence polymorphisms that result from HLA restriction of antigen-specific cellular immune responses. It also provides diagnostic and therapeutic methodologies that may be used to measure or treat infection by a microorganism or to prevent infection by the microorganism. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088038 | FOOD ADDITIVE DETECTOR - Systems and methods for a handheld food additive detector are described. In one aspect, the food additive detector includes a test strip treated with or comprising chemical(s) reactive to at least one target characteristic (e.g., additive(s), compound(s) created as a result of stale/old food, etc.). Responsive to a food sample being placed on the strip, a sensor operatively coupled to the handheld device measures one or more of the strip characteristics (e.g., color, contrast, etc.) resulting from placement of the sample on the strip. The device analyzes the sensor measurement value(s) to determine presence, quantity, concentration, percentage, relative amount, and/or so on, of the target food additive(s), or other characteristics of the food that pertain, for example, to freshness or staleness. Results of the analysis are presented to a user. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088039 | Piezoelectric ceramic sensor and sensor array for detection of molecular makers - A sensor is provided for the detection of a marker in a sample in which the sensor includes a high frequency 500 kHz-1 GHz piezoelectric ceramic resonator, with the system measuring resonant frequency change. In one embodiment, the piezoelectric sensor operates in the thickness extensional (TE) mode, with the high frequency and TE mode permitting fabrication of an exceptionally small size sensor capable of being arrayed in a handheld unit. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088040 | SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES WITH FUNCTIONALLY ADSORBED BIOPOLYMERS FOR USE AS CHEMICAL SENSORS - Chemical field effect sensors comprising nanotube field effect devices having biopolymers such as single stranded DNA or RNA functionally adsorbed to the nanotubes are provided. Also included are arrays comprising the sensors and methods of using the devices to detect volatile compounds. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088041 | TWO SLOPE REFERENCE FOR SYNTHETIC THERMAL TIME OF FLIGHT IMAGING - A method including receiving a first line and a second line to be joined at a junction location to provide a reference curve. A corresponding system and computer program product. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088042 | Apparatus And Method For Testing Defects - An apparatus and method for detecting defects on a specimen includes an illumination optical unit which obliquely projects a laser focused onto a line on a surface of the specimen, a table unit which mounts the specimen and which is movable, a detection optical unit which detects with an image sensor an image of light formed by light reflected from the specimen and passed through a filter which blocks diffraction light resulting from patterns formed on the specimen, a signal processor which processes a signal outputted from the image sensor of the detection optical unit to extract defects of the specimen, and a display unit which displays information of defects extracted by the signal processor. The filter is adjustable. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088043 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SHAFT - A computer-controlled system automatically measures and records various physical characteristics of an elongated shaft or tube, such as a golf club shaft or other structural member. The characteristics measured include the principal planar oscillation plane, oscillation frequency, stiffness asymmetry, relative stiffness, torsional stiffness, shaft length, shaft straightness and tip angle. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088044 | Gas measurement system - A gas measurement system comprising a probe ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100088045 | FLOW METER AND AIRFLOW MEASUREMENT USING AN AIRFOIL - One embodiment provides a flow meter including an airfoil movably secured in the airflow path of a fan in an electronic system. The airfoil is configured to generate a lift component in response to the airflow. A sensor engages the airfoil and generates a signal in relation to the movement of the airfoil. Airflow parameters such as volumetric airflow rate and turbulence may be identified by an analysis of the movement of the airfoil. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088046 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING REFRIGERANT CHARGE - A method for determining the adequacy of the refrigerant charge in an air conditioning system based upon both the instantaneous degree of subcooling present in the liquid refrigerant in the refrigerant line at a location whereat only liquid refrigerant is present and a calculated average subcooling value based upon accumulated instantaneous subcooling values. The adequacy of the refrigerant charge in the system may be indicated by an alert indicating “check charge” or by a series of lights including a first indicator light indicating that the refrigerant charge is low, a second indicator light indicating that the refrigerant charge is high, and a third indicator light indicating that the refrigerant charge is correct. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088047 | POWER CONVERTER DISABLE VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A power electronics device with an improved IGBT protection mechanism is provided. More specifically, systems and methods are provided for shortening the duration of a shutdown test pulse, such that the power output to the load is substantially unaffected. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088048 | Method And Device To Predict A State Of A Power System In The Time Domain - A method to predict a state of a power system and a device to perform the method are presented, where the method includes the step of performing a Fast Fourier Transform on samples of a periodic waveform signal in order to determine a frequency spectrum of the signal, where the signal was derived from at least one measurable electric quantity of the power system and is representative for the state of the power system. Frequencies and related complex amplitudes at selected peaks in the frequency spectrum are determined and stored together with a time stamp. Afterwards, a predicted value of the periodic waveform signal in the time domain is determined at a prediction time by calculating a sum of sinusoidal signals at the prediction time, where each of the sinusoidal signals is characterized by one of the determined frequencies and its related complex amplitude as well as the time stamp. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ACTIVE AND REACTIVE POWERS - A method and device for measuring active power of AC with respect to a fundamental frequency or harmonic frequencies using a DPLL include generating via the DPLL a pair of substantially mutually orthogonal sinusoid signals in response to an input voltage data signal, mixing a first sinusoid signal of the pair with a current data signal of the alternating current via a first low-pass filter, mixing the first sinusoid signal of the pair with a voltage signal of the alternating current via a second low-pass filter, and computing an active power of the alternating current based on a further mixing of an output from the first low-pass filter and an output from the second low-pass filter. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088050 | PORTABLE HEAVY LOAD BATTERY TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A portable measurement device and method for measuring a parameter value of a battery. The measurement device connects a large resistive load to a battery being tested. The load is connected to the battery through a first set of kelvin connected clamps and a switch. A microprocessor measures open and closed circuit voltages via a second set of kelvin connected jaws. The microprocessor determines voltage drop curve data based on the measure open and closed circuit voltages. The microprocessor compares the voltage drop curve data to voltage drop profile data for a particular parameter to determine the parameter value for the battery. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088051 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BATTERY, AND BATTERY REMAINING CAPACITY DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides an electronic device capable of displaying a remaining capacity of a battery | 2010-04-08 |
20100088052 | Contactor Status Detection in Power Inverters - A sensor-less technique is described for detecting the status of an AC contactor of a power inverter. In one embodiment, a method is provided of sensing an unexpected condition of an AC contactor used to couple to a power distribution system a power inverter having at least one power conductor. The method includes determining a voltage value for the conductor; determining a current value for the conductor; determining a phase difference using the voltage value and the current value; and monitoring successive values of the phase difference to produce a monitoring result. Depending on the monitoring result, a determination is made whether or not to issue an alert signal. Control routines embodying such technique may be stored on computer-readable media. A power inverter using such technique is described. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088053 | PHASE DETECTION DEVICE AND POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a phase detection device which can detect a phase by using a simple configuration. The phase detection device | 2010-04-08 |
20100088054 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for data analysis according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to automatically identify a characteristic of a component fabrication process guided by characteristics of the test data for the components. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A COORDINATE SYSTEM IN RELATION TO A WORKPIECE ON A MEASUREMENT MACHINE - A computer-implemented method for positioning a coordinate system in relation to a workpiece receives positioning elements including feature elements selected from the workpiece. A normal vector of a first axis, an origin, a normal vector of a second axis are determined according to the positioning elements. A positioned coordinate system is generated according to the normal vectors of the first axis and the second axis, and the origin, for positioning the coordinate system. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088056 | JIG, METHOD AND DATA GENERATING APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING SPECTACLE FRAME SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS, SPECTACLE FRAME SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND SPECTACLE FRAME SHAPE MEASURING CALIBRATING SYSTEM - To provide a calibration jig which can perform three-dimensional calibration of measurement errors in a spectacle frame shape measuring apparatus. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088057 | Method for detection of a physical variable by way of a circuit breaker - A sensor and a signal preprocessing unit for this sensor are connected in series in a circuit breaker. The series circuit is normally calibrated. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, the sensor is now calibrated individually, and the calibration value obtained during this process is used from then on. The signal preprocessing unit is also calibrated individually, and a calibration value obtained in this process is used individually. The two calibration values, possibly a plurality of calibration values, are used in order to obtain an overall calibration value, possibly a plurality of overall calibration values, and one such overall calibration value is used by a data processing unit which is connected downstream from the signal preprocessing unit. This allows considerably more exact detection of values of the physical variable. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088058 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OFF-LINE CONTROL FOR SIMULATION OF COUPLED HYBRID DYNAMIC SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for controlling the simulation of a coupled hybrid dynamic system, comprising a physical test rig configured to drive the physical structure component of the system and to generate a test rig response as a result of applying a test rig drive signal that is input to the test rig. A processor is configured with a virtual model of the system. The processor receives the test rig response and generates a model response of the system based on the received test rig response and a virtual drive input. In a system response modeling step, the system is driven with a random input. The processor compares the test rig response with the model response, the difference being used to form a system dynamic response model for generating the test drive signal. In a test drive development step, an inverse of the system dynamic response model is used to iteratively reduce the difference between the model response and the test rig response below a defined threshold. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088059 | ABNORMAL SIMULATION SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHODS AND ABNORMAL SIGNAL SIMULATION ANALYSIS MODULE FOR 4.about.20mA INSTRUMENTAL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a negative pulse transient signal analysis methods and negative pulse transient signal analysis module for a PC base simulation equivalent circuit capable of grasping and improving error causes through an abnormal signal analysis after configuring a simulation equivalent circuit for a 4˜20 mA instrument unsatisfied in a temperature environmental impact assessment. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088060 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING THERMAL INSULATION - A mutual capacitance measurement is acquired for two thermally and electrically conductive bodies separated by an intervening dielectric material. At least one of (i) a thermal conductance and (ii) a heat transfer rate between the two thermally and electrically conductive bodies is determined based at least on the mutual capacitance measurement. For example, a thermal conductance between the two thermally and electrically conductive bodies may be determined as the mutual capacitance measurement scaled by a ratio of the thermal conductivity of the intervening dielectric material and the dielectric constant of the intervening dielectric material. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088061 | GENERATING VIRTUAL BUTTONS USING MOTION SENSORS - An implementation of a system and method for using sensors such as one or more gyroscopes and/or accelerometers to sense input is provided. For example, one or more of such sensors may be use to provide virtual buttons at various areas on the housing of a mobile device, detect a force against the housing, or to detect relative movement of the mobile device. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088062 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE - A rotation angle detecting device comprises a first rotation detecting unit ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100088063 | Method and Apparatus for Precision Azimuth Measurement - Method and apparatus for precise measurement of azimuth. An angular rate sensor is rotated so its sensitive axis periodically aligns with the horizontal component of the earth's spin rate (north). A preferably sinusoidal signal is analyzed with respect to the relative angle of the sensor and a desired direction in order to determine the azimuth of that direction. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE OPERATIONAL STATE OF A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A method of determining an operational state of a navigation system of a platform is provided. The method comprises testing at least a portion of hardware in the navigation system. Additionally, a measurement of at least one navigation variable from an inertial sensor is combined with a measurement of another navigation variable. A plurality of residuals for the measurement of at least one navigation variable and the measurement of another navigation variable are determined with a blending filter. An error for the measurement of at least one navigation variable is estimated based on the plurality of residuals. The method also predicts an error for the measurement of at least one navigation variable while the navigation system is in route. A determination is made as to whether the navigation system meets operational standards based on testing at least a portion of hardware, estimating an error for the measurement of at least one navigation variable, and predicting an error for the measurement of at least one navigation variable. Finally, one of a first state and a second state of the navigation system is output, the first state indicating that the navigation system does meet operational standards and the second state indicating that the navigation system does not meet operational standards. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088065 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING PROPERTIES OF FIBRE CEMENT BOARD - The invention is also its method of use for assessing fibre-cement board in order to predict the fibre content of the board, to predict the moisture content of the board, or to predict mechanical properties of the board comprising: a source of near infra red radiation; a near-infrared detector for obtaining a near-infrared spectra, the detector being mounted in association with a size roll; and means for predicting the fibre content of the board, the moisture content of the board, or the mechanical properties of the board by reference to the near-infrared spectra obtained. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088066 | Shape Parameter For Hematology Instruments - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for describing characteristics of a data sample. This description is used to represent the shape of a histogram of the data sample. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088067 | In Situ Health Monitoring of Piezoelectric Sensors - An in situ health monitoring apparatus may include an exciter circuit that applies a pulse to a piezoelectric transducer and a data processing system that determines the piezoelectric transducer's dynamic response to the first pulse. The dynamic response can be used to evaluate the operating range, health, and as-mounted resonance frequency of the transducer, as well as the strength of a coupling between the transducer and a structure and the health of the structure. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088068 | MEDIA CAPTURE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ASSESSING PROCESSING CAPABILITIES UTILIZING CASCADED MEMORIES - A media capture system, method, and computer program product are provided for assessing processing capabilities utilizing cascaded memories. In use, media data is captured from a system in accordance with predetermined criteria. Additionally, the media data is stored in a plurality of cascaded memories separate from the system. Further, the media data is used for assessing media processing capabilities of the system, based on the predetermined criteria. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088069 | Method of Designing a Joint of Adjacent Components to Minimize a Perceived Gap and Algorithm for a Computer-Aided Modeling System - A method of designing adjacent components is provided that results in a minimum “perceived gap” between the components, i.e., a minimum total distance between a change in curvature of the first component at the gap and a change in curvature of the second component at the gap. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088070 | FILE-CONVERTING METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A file-converting method is disclosed. The file-converting method includes the following steps. Obtain an architecture file from Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD) software. Analyze the architecture file to obtain at least an architecture element, which is not compatible with Electrical Computer-aided Design (ECAD) software, according to a converting database. Replace the architecture element in the architecture file with a symbol element, which is compatible with the ECAD software, to generate a layout file. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088071 | PROCESS FOR DESIGNING RUGGED PATTERN ON GOLF BALL SURFACE - A golf ball | 2010-04-08 |
20100088072 | SUPPORTING APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method and system of supporting design includes extracting basic shape data associated with CAD model data, extracting know-how data associated with the basic shape data, and associating the model data and the know-how data with each other and setting a degree of association between the model data and the know-how data. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088073 | FAST ALGORITHM FOR CONVEX OPTIMIZATION WITH APPLICATION TO DENSITY ESTIMATION AND CLUSTERING - A method of maximizing a concave log-likelihood function comprises: selecting a pair of parameters from a plurality of adjustable parameters of a concave log-likelihood function; maximizing a value of the concave log-likelihood function respective to an adjustment value to generate an optimal adjustment value, wherein the value of one member of the selected pair of parameters is increased by the adjustment value and the value of the other member of the selected pair of parameters is decreased by the adjustment value; updating values of the plurality of adjustable parameters by increasing the value of the one member of the selected pair of parameters by the optimized adjustment value and decreasing the value of the other member of the selected pair of parameters by the optimized adjustment value; and repeating the selecting, maximizing, and updating for different pairs of parameters to identify optimized values of the plurality of adjustable parameters. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088074 | MODELING OF THE RADIATION BELT MEGNETOSPHERE IN DECISIONAL TIMEFRAMES - The calculation of L* in the magnetosphere can be calculated with essentially the same accuracy as with a physics based model at many times the speed by developing a surrogate trained to be a surrogate for the physics-based model. The trained model can then beneficially process input data falling within the training range of the surrogate model. The surrogate model can be a feedforward neural network and the physics-based model can be the TSK03 model. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088075 | CHEMICAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method of optimising apparatus utilised within a processing system includes defining a system model indicative of a predetermined range of apparatus options within a processing system, constraints indicative of feasible interconnections between each apparatus, and parameters indicative of performance criteria associated with each apparatus. The system model is analysed with respect to predetermined criteria to determine a preferred arrangement of apparatus within the processing system. A parameter relating to at least one apparatus is indicative of the availability and/or the reliability of the apparatus expressed as a function of time. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088076 | FULLY COUPLED SIMULATION FOR FLUID FLOW AND GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN OILFIELD SIMULATION OPERATIONS - The invention relates to a computer system for modeling an oilfield having a subterranean formation and an underground reservoir therein. The computer system includes a repository storing a geomechanical model for representing at least a portion of the subterranean formation and the reservoir, the geomechanical model comprising a stress equation and a fluid flow equation, a processor and memory storing instructions when executed by the processor comprising functionalities for combining the stress equation and the fluid flow equation into a matrix equation, and modeling the oilfield by solving the stress equation and the fluid flow equation simultaneously. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088077 | ACCURATE METHODS FOR MODELING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR LAND SCAPES - Accurate methods to model the precipitation rate, water delivery spatial distribution, and distribution uniformity for irrigation systems for landscapes are described. A relatively small set of test data is fitted to empirical and physics-based formulas. This permits the extrapolation of test data for an irrigation system with sprinklers being used with any arbitrary specification of operational and environmental variables. The environmental variables are the pressure at the sprinkler head, sprinkler model and nozzle choice, range of arc operation, throw adjustment, head tilt, run time, and spatial position. The environmental variables are the wind profile and three-dimensional terrain topology. The; invention predicts the surface distributions and the three dimension spatial distributions. Projected onto a landscape surface, this predicts the surface distributions for any arbitrary landscape topology, and includes the effect of wind upon the distribution, and thus provides a very general and realistic irrigation design tool. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH - Methods and software tools for determining wellbore-strengthening information for a drilling operation, the method including inputting wellbore parameters into a wellbore simulator, importing wellbore-strengthening options into the wellbore simulator, and performing a plurality of wellbore simulations to obtain fracture information, wherein the performing the plurality of wellbore simulations includes selecting at least one of the wellbore parameters and determining the affect of the selected wellbore parameter on the wellbore. The method further includes selecting a wellbore-strengthening option based on the fracture information and outputting the selected wellbore-strengthening option. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088079 | METHODS FOR ACCURATE USE OF FINITE DYNAMIC RANGE MEASUREMENT DATA IN RADIO PATH LOSS PROPAGATION MODEL CALIBRATION - Methods for accurately predicting radio propagation from signal strength measurements. Dynamic range limitations in the measurement data are explicitly taken into account. The resulting propagation models accurately predict signal strength for calculation of coverage and interference. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088080 | Distributing N-Body Computation Based on Surface Intersections - Techniques are disclosed for creating a load balanced spatial partitioning of a structured, diffusing system of particles. An exemplary method includes steps of determining a subset of a set of nodes within a given portion of the coordinate system intersected by a surface defined by points having a given distance from the surface of the given node; and mirroring the determined subset to at least another portion of the coordinate system. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088081 | Computer Simulation of Physical Processes - Simulating a physical process includes storing, in a computer-accessible memory, state vectors for voxels, where the state vectors correspond to a model and include entries that correspond to particular momentum states of possible momentum states at a voxel. Interaction operations are performed on the state vectors. The interaction operations model interactions between elements of different momentum states according to the model. Move operations performed on the state vectors reflect movement of elements to new voxels according to the model. The model is adapted to simulate a high-Knudsen number flow that has a Knudsen number greater than 0.1. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088082 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA REPOSITORY FOR MODELING OILFIELD OPERATIONS - A method for performing oilfield operations including collecting a model data set from the oilfield for populating a location of a plurality of locations in a multidimensional data repository, the plurality of locations accessible based on a plurality of dimensions of the multidimensional data repository, performing, using a processor of a computer, analysis of at least the model data set retrieved from the location of the plurality of locations to generate a result, adjusting, using the processor, the multidimensional data repository based on the result, and adjusting the oilfield operations based on the multidimensional data repository. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088083 | Method and Apparatus for Circuit Simulation - A method of integrated circuit simulation comprising the steps of providing a voltage lookup table having predetermined drain voltage data for a given transistor type, providing a voltage lookup table having predetermined gate voltage data for a given transistor type. Providing a temperature lookup table having predetermined temperature data. Providing a transistor lookup table having predetermined current and temperature data. Simulating operation of an integrated circuit by, for each transistor in the integrated circuit, determining a current value through the transistor in dependence upon one of the predetermined voltage data values and one of the predetermined temperature data values; and comparing the current value calculated to the current value obtained previously; and updating active transistor list detecting a change in the current value. Then incrementing a simulation time step and repeating simulation steps for all transistors. Simulating operation of an integrated circuit by, for each transistor in the integrated circuit, determining a transistor temperature value for all transistors in the active transistor list. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088084 | METHOD FOR TRANSLATING A NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT - The present disclosure is directed to a method for translating non-verbal communication in a virtual world environment. The method may comprise: receiving a first signal comprising a first non-verbal communication associated with an avatar within the virtual world environment having a first meaning within a first context; determining a second meaning for the first non-verbal communication within a second context; translating the first non-verbal communication to a second non-verbal communication when the first meaning is at least substantially different from the second meaning; providing at least one of the first non-verbal communication and the second non-verbal communication to a user within the second context, wherein the at least one of the first non-verbal communication and the second non-verbal communication are selected for providing the second user with a non-verbal communication at least substantially conveying the first meaning; and alerting the first user of the substantially different meaning. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088085 | STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A statistical machine translation apparatus and method reflecting linguistic information are provided. In the process of generating a translation model based on statistical information on source language sentences and target language sentences during word alignment, the translation model is generated using word alignment results that are amended based on a bilingual dictionary. Further, instead of using the source language sentence and the target language sentence (i.e., their bilingual corpora) as materials to generate the translation model, it is determined whether or not the morphemes are meaningful content words in the source and target language sentences. Based on the determination, pre-processing is performed on the source language sentence and the target language sentence. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088086 | Method for personalizing computerized customer service - An apparatus, method, and computer program product for improving user satisfaction with automated response computer driven systems is provided. In one embodiment the automated computer system utilizes a Web browser accessing at least a Web site. In another embodiment, the automated computer system is a telephonic response system with voice recognition and generation capability. In each embodiment the user is first prompted to provide indications of user language usage preferences which are then analyzed and stored in a user profile. Thereafter, subsequent information from the automated system is modified in accordance with the stored user profile before presentation to the user. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088087 | MULTI-TAPABLE PREDICTIVE TEXT - A multi-tapable predictive text method and device that allows for both multi-tap and predictive text entry to be used in conjunction thereby facilitating entry of text in languages having a large number or characters and/or on devices having a small number of keys. The method includes selecting at least one set of symbols from a plurality of sets of symbols associated with at least one key of an input device, at least one of the sets of symbols corresponding to at least two alphanumeric characters, and each set of symbols selectable by activating the key a prescribed number of times, analyzing the selected sets of symbols using a predictive text engine to generate a list of potential character strings, and displaying at least one of the potential character strings of the list of character strings for selection by a user. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088088 | CUSTOMIZABLE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMOTIONAL RECOGNITION - An automated emotional recognition system is adapted to determine emotional states of a speaker based on the analysis of a speech signal. The emotional recognition system includes at least one server function and at least one client function in communication with the at least one server function for receiving assistance in determining the emotional states of the speaker. The at least one client function includes an emotional features calculator adapted to receive the speech signal and to extract therefrom a set of speech features indicative of the emotional state of the speaker. The emotional state recognition system further includes at least one emotional state decider adapted to determine the emotional state of the speaker exploiting the set of speech features based on a decision model. The server function includes at least a decision model trainer adapted to update the selected decision model according to the speech signal. The decision model to be used by the emotional state decider for determining the emotional state of the speaker is selectable based on a context of use of the recognition system. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088089 | Speech Synthesizer - Synthesizing a set of digital speech samples corresponding to a selected voicing state includes dividing speech model parameters into frames, with a frame of speech model parameters including pitch information, voicing information determining the voicing state in one or more frequency regions, and spectral information. First and second digital filters are computed using, respectively, first and second frames of speech model parameters, with the frequency responses of the digital filters corresponding to the spectral information in frequency regions for which the voicing state equals the selected voicing state. A set of pulse locations are determined, and sets of first and second signal samples are produced using the pulse locations and, respectively, the first and second digital filters. Finally, the sets of first and second signal samples are combined to produce a set of digital speech samples corresponding to the selected voicing state. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088090 | ARITHMETIC ENCODING FOR CELP SPEECH ENCODERS - A communication system ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100088091 | FIXED CODEBOOK SEARCH METHOD THROUGH ITERATION-FREE GLOBAL PULSE REPLACEMENT AND SPEECH CODER USING THE SAME METHOD - Provided are a fixed codebook search method based on iteration-free global pulse replacement in a speech codec, and a Code-Excited Linear-Prediction (CELP)-based speech codec using the method. The fixed codebook search method based on iteration-free global pulse replacement in a speech codec includes the steps of: (a) determining an initial codevector using a pulse-position likelihood vector or a correlation vector; (b) calculating a fixed-codebook search criterion value for the initial codevector; (c) calculating fixed-codebook search criterion values for respective codevectors obtained by replacing a pulse of the initial codevector each time for respective tracks, and determining a pulse position generating the largest fixed-codebook search criterion value as a candidate pulse position for the respective tracks, respectively; (d) calculating fixed-codebook search criterion values for respective codevectors of all combinations obtained by replacing at least one pulse position of the initial codevector with the candidate pulse positions of the respective tracks, and determining the largest value of the fixed-codebook search criterion values; and (e) comparing the fixed-codebook search criterion value for the initial codevector obtained in step (b) with the largest value determined in step (d) to determine an optimum fixed codevector. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088092 | Method and Arrangement for Controlling Smoothing of Stationary Background Noise - In a method of smoothing stationary background noise in a telecommunication speech session, initially receiving and decoding S | 2010-04-08 |
20100088093 | Voice Command Acquisition System and Method - A voice command acquisition method and system for motor vehicles is improved in that noise source information is obtained directly from the vehicle system bus. Upon receiving an input signal with a voice command, the system bus is queried for one or more possible sources of a noise component in the input signal. In addition to vehicle-internal information (e.g., window status, fan blower speed, vehicle speed), the system may acquire external information (e.g., weather status) in order to better classify the noise component in the input signal. If the noise source is found to be a window, for example, the driver may be prompted to close the window. In addition, if the fan blower is at a high speed level, it may be slowed down automatically. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088094 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION - A voice activity detection (VAD) device and method are disclosed, so that the VAD threshold can be adaptive to the background noise variation. The VAD device includes: a background analyzing unit, adapted to: analyze background noise features of a current signal according to an input VAD judgment result, obtain parameters related to the background noise variation, and output these parameters; a VAD threshold adjusting unit, adapted to: obtain a bias of the VAD threshold according to the parameters output by the background analyzing unit, and output the bias of the VAD threshold; and a VAD judging unit, adapted to: modify a VAD threshold to be modified according to the bias of the VAD threshold output by the VAD threshold adjusting unit, judge the background noise by using the modified VAD threshold, and output a VAD judgment result. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088095 | METHODS AND SYSTEM TO GENERATE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDICAL REPORT USING VOICE INPUTS - Methods and system to generate data associated with a medical report using voice inputs are described herein. In one example implementation, a computer-implemented method to automatically generate data associated with a medical report using voice inputs received during a first encounter includes receiving a voice input from a source and determining an identity of the source. Additionally, the method includes performing a speech-to-text conversion on the voice input to generate a text string representing the voice input and associating the text string with the identity of the source. Further, the example method includes identifying and selecting one or more keywords from the text string. The one or more keywords are associated with one or more data fields. Further still, the method includes populating the one or more data fields with the identified keywords according to values associated with the identified keywords and the identity of the source. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088096 | Hand held speech recognition device - A hand held device is used for interactively converting speech into text with at least one speaker. The device includes: a screen for displaying text; at least one voice input source for receiving speech from a single speaker; a sound processor operably connected to the voice input source; a storage device capable of storing an operating system, a speech recognition engine, speech-to-text applications and data files; a power source; a navigation system; and a control system operably connected to the screen, each voice input source, the storage device, the power source and the navigation system. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088097 | USER FRIENDLY SPEAKER ADAPTATION FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - Improved performance and user experience for speech recognition application and system by utilizing for example offline adaptation without tedious effort by a user. Interactions with a user may be in the form of a quiz, game, or other scenario wherein the user may implicitly provide vocal input for adaptation data. Queries with a plurality of candidate answers may be designed in an optimal and efficient way, and presented to the user, wherein detected speech from the user is then matched to one of the candidate answers, and may be used to adapt an acoustic model to the particular speaker for speech recognition. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088098 | SPEECH RECOGNIZER, SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, AND SPEECH RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A speech recognition apparatus includes a speech collating unit that calculates similarities at each time between a feature amount converted by a speech analyzing unit and a word model generated by a word model generating unit. The speech collating unit extracts a word model from word models generated by the word model generating unit, whose minimum similarity among similarities at each time or whose overall similarity obtained from similarities at each time satisfies a second threshold value condition, and whose similarity at each time in a section among vocalization sections of utterance speech and corresponding to either a phoneme or a phoneme string associated with a first threshold value condition satisfies the first threshold value condition, and outputs as a recognition result the recognized word corresponding to the extracted word model. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088099 | Reducing Processing Latency in Optical Character Recognition for Portable Reading Machine - A portable reading device includes a computing device and a computer readable medium storing a computer program product to receive an image and select a section of the image to process. The product processes the section of the image with a first process and when the first process is finished processing the section of the image, process a result of the first process with a second process. While the second process is processing, repeats the first process on another section of the image. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088100 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH VOICE COMMAND AND CONTEXTUAL DATA PROCESSING CAPABILITIES - An electronic device may capture a voice command from a user. The electronic device may store contextual information about the state of the electronic device when the voice command is received. The electronic device may transmit the voice command and the contextual information to computing equipment such as a desktop computer or a remote server. The computing equipment may perform a speech recognition operation on the voice command and may process the contextual information. The computing equipment may respond to the voice command. The computing equipment may also transmit information to the electronic device that allows the electronic device to respond to the voice command. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088101 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CALL ROUTING USING SPEECH RECOGNITION - A computer-implemented method is described for optimizing prompts for a speech-enabled application. The speech-enabled application is operable to receive communications from a number of users and communicate one or more prompts to each user to illicit a response from the user that indicates the purpose of the user's communication. The method includes determining a number of prompt alternatives (each including one or more prompts) to evaluate and determining an evaluation period for each prompt alternative. The method also includes automatically presenting each prompt alternative to users during the associated evaluation period and automatically recording the results of user responses to each prompt alternative. Furthermore, the method includes automatically analyzing the recorded results for each prompt alternative based on one or more performance criteria and automatically implementing one of the prompt alternatives based on the analysis of the recorded results. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088102 | AUDIO CODING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In order to reduce the problem that sound cuts out due to overflow of audio output data caused by a delay in shifting to an audio reproducing process, an audio coding and reproducing apparatus includes: an input data storage unit in which PCM audio signals are stored; an output data storage unit in which data to be outputted is stored; an audio output unit configured to output the audio data; an audio coding unit configured to code the audio data; a coded data storage unit configured to store the audio data coded by the audio coding unit; a bitrate control unit configured to control a bitrate at which the coded data is outputted, based on an amount of free space of the output data storage unit; and a data memory unit configured to retain the coded data. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088103 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD - Noise is prevented when decoding an audio stream not containing syncwords or CRC bits in the elementary stream. When decoding a current frame, the private header of the next frame is analyzed and the current frame is muted if the private header of the next frame is not valid. When there is a data discontinuity caused by editing, decoding resumes from the start address of the next frame determined. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088104 | Systems and methods for providing real-time data notification and related services - Systems and methods are provided for real-time data notification. In accordance with one implementation, a computerized method is provided that includes defining an event related to a resource in accordance with input from a first subscriber, and allowing a second subscriber to subscribe to a message concerning the event defined by the first subscriber. The method also includes receiving data generated by a reporter module, the reporter module being configured to monitor at least one attribute of the resource, and interpreting the data generated by the reporter module to determine the occurrence of the event defined by the first subscriber. In addition, the method includes delivering, when it is determined that the event has occurred, a message to the first subscriber, the message including content concerning the event. Additionally, the message concerning the event may be delivered to the second subscriber. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088105 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING ELECTRONIC BUSINESS CARDS - The present invention provides a method and system that allows individuals to maintain current contact information in another individual's contact software without having to individually notify the receiving individual or manually resend the updated contact information to the individual. The invention does this by utilizing an existing platform for the distribution of static contact information (the v-Card platform), and through the means of storing static contact information for an individual on a central server and then assigning a globally unique ID to the individual and his information. The invention includes in the static contact information created by an individual, a dynamic link containing a creator's globally unique ID that may be utilized by recipients of the contact information to retrieve updated contact information at any future time. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088106 | Methods of Providing Published Content - Methods of providing published content are presented. Content providers, including advertisers, can have their network addresses become black listed through no fault of their own. Content providers can utilize one or more intermediary providers each having their own distinct network address, possibly a registered domain name. An advertiser or other content provider can engage members of a distribution channel to disseminate promotional information to consumers where the promotional information comprises a network address of the intermediary provider. Upon a request directed toward the network address, the intermediary transforms published content obtained from the primary provider to make the content appear as though it originated from the intermediary provider. Should a black listing event occur, only the intermediary provider would be affected. An updated or new intermediary provider having a new, distinct network address can be instantiated to replace the black listed provider. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088107 | PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED MEDICAL INFORMATION - Techniques for providing temporally-based information to a medical practitioner are provided. The techniques include obtaining temporally-based information, wherein the information comprises medical information derived from the medical practitioner and one or more other medical practitioners, customizing the information for the medical practitioner, wherein customizing the information comprises using one or more diagnoses from the medical practitioner and one or more diagnoses from the one or more other medical practitioners made during a selected temporal period, and providing the information to the medical practitioner. Techniques are also provided for providing temporally-based medical information to an individual. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088108 | PHARMACEUTICAL RELATIONAL DATABASE - Apparatus and methods for providing a pharmaceutical relational database are provided. A computer readable medium comprising a database according to the invention may include a first set of data relating to pharmacy eligibility for a medication. The database may also include a second set of data relating to health plan support for the medication, a third set of data relating to patient medication history; and a fourth set of data relating to special offers provided by a pharmaceutical company for the medication. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088109 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INDIVIDUAL USE TERMINAL, HEALTH MANAGEMENT DATA INTEGRATING METHOD - To provide a health management system including health data measuring devices shared by a plurality of persons and health data measuring devices used by an individual together, which unites health data measured by each health data measuring device with the user practicing the measurement to allot user ID etc. to the health data as well as to provide a personalizing terminal and a health management data integrating method. A personalizing terminal | 2010-04-08 |
20100088110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK - A computer-implemented method is described for asynchronous service-based communication. The method includes steps of generating events in an application layer of a computer software system, storing the generated events in a database table and scanning the database table by a process of a healthcare communication framework (HCF) at a time after the generated events are stored. The computer software system can run on a computer implementing the HCF and the generated events targeting service operations exported by another software system. During each scan the process is configured to group the events in the database table into packages based on a respective context of each event. For each package: consistency is checked for each event contained in the package, a consolidation logic is applied to consolidate events contained in the package, services operations associated with each event not being consolidated are found, and the service operations are invoked asynchronously. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088111 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING, PROCESSING AND EVALUATING INDIVIDUAL BLOOD TYPE AND AYURVEDIC CORE CONSTITUTION (PRAKRUTI) TO CONSTRUCT A PERSONALIZED HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT - A computer-based system and method is disclosed which constructs a personalized health risk assessment report by direct interactions between the individual and system that acquires pertinent and relevant personal information covering the blood type and Ayurvedic core constitution of a given individual. The system and method of the present invention enable an accurate personalized assessment to be generated for every individual interacting with the system. Once acquired, the facts of the individual's blood type and Ayurvedic core constitution are analyzed automatically by the database to identify a subset of potential health risks and weaknesses within the primary physical and emotional systems of the individual for each potential risk factor for disease that is uncovered in the database. Further, the automatically analyzed database of potential risk factors is used as the search tool for bringing to bear, on the discovery for each potential risk factor identified in each individual, a wealth of health and wellness knowledge that relates to and can be useful for correct and efficient recommendations for each of every individual's potential risks and weaknesses. This collection of information is analyzed to generate a final health risk assessment report of primary physical and emotional systems the individual may need to be aware of, potential risks and weaknesses within those identified systems, and dietary, nutritional and supplemental recommendations to bring into and maintain balance within those identified systems. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088112 | LIFE INSURANCE FUNDED HEROIC MEDICAL EFFORTS TRUST FEATURE - Provided herein are processes, including a computer implemented process, and an apparatus for making financial resources available for the treatment, medication, and other life extending expenses of life-expectancy reducing situations through life insurance policies. Also provided herein is medical network to provide up to date, accurate, and credible data related to life-expectancy reducing situations when time is of the essence. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088113 | MEDICAL INFORMATION CONTROLLER AND MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A medical information controller and a medical image system which make it possible to refer an image as desired from an electronic medical chart terminal ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100088114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE INSURANCE COVERAGE - A system and method provide supplemental insurance having a relatively high first deductible and relatively low first premiums when coverage begins. On the occurrence of a predetermined future event, such as a plan maturity date or other event, the first deductible decreases while maintaining a relatively low premium for the duration of the insurance plan for the policy owner. The policy owner may be provided with an option to elect, on a guaranteed basis, to reduce the first deductible amount to a lower deductible amount, in exchange for an increased premium amount, prior to the occurrence of the predetermined event. In some embodiments, the supplemental insurance is provided as a rider to a Medicare Supplement Plan F. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088115 | Method and system for provision and acquisition of medical services and products - Transactional costs associated with providing professional services are reduced by allowing prospective patients/clients (bidders) and professional service providers to negotiate competitively for desired fees for proffered services through an interactive on-line communications network such as the Internet. In an exemplary arrangement, a transaction system includes a communications network server that interfaces and communicates online with client computer systems belonging to various prospective bidders and personal medical service providers using, for example, an exchange of HTML documents and/or JAVA script applets. A transaction system server handles online communications and procedures for conducting auctions for delivery of proffered services and maintains a registration database of service providers and bidders. An authentication/qualifier engine automatically researches and verifies service provider credentials and background information upon registration of a service provider with the system. Service provider qualification credentials and medical procedural code information databases as well as one or more search engines for verifying and/or researching the qualifications of a particular service provider are provided and made available to a bidder via, for example, a web-page menu driven interface. A service feedback interface and database are provided for handling online feedback information and comments from patients/clients and providers regarding the complexity and quality of services received or provided. The transaction system may also include remote client system software/hardware facilities for bidders and providers for providing customized database and computational services for communicating and participating in online bidding activities. An integrated life and health insurance product that integrates competitive bidding for health services with usage of death benefit equity for the purpose of life prolongation. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088116 | SPECIMEN TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT VERIFICATION - Techniques are described for using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track patient specimens throughout the collection and analysis of patient specimens. A series of RFID tags may be used to track the specimens starting with the collection of a patient's tissue specimen at a surgery or examination room, through the process of preparing the specimens at a laboratory, to a specialist's office where the specimens are analyzed, and eventually into storage where the left-over specimen materials may be archived. A database may be used to capture unique identifiers for the RFID tags and other information throughout the process. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088117 | Multi-Mode Medical Data Reporting System - A multi-mode system and method for exchanging patient medical record information and data an order for a medical procedure for a patient between different medical information systems for producing medical report data is provided. The system comprises a repository including a first set of clinical data items employing a first set of codes, terms and identifiers associated with a plurality of different patients accessible by a parent medical information system application. A user interface initiates generation of data representing at least one display image. The at least one display image includes a first image element for, in a first mode of operation, initiating execution of the parent medical information system application and enabling access to the plurality of data items in the repository. The display window further includes a second image element for, in a second mode of operation, initiating execution of a child medical information system application for processing a second set of clinical data items employing a second different set of codes, terms and identifiers. A mapping processor adaptively switches from using the first set of codes terms and identifiers in the first mode to using of the second set of codes, terms and identifiers in the second mode and employs a map associating the first set of codes, terms and identifiers with the second set of codes, terms and identifiers in response to configuration data enabling the child medical system application to access data stored in the repository, in response to user selection of the second image element. A data interface is conditioned for using said map in automatically transferring a value of a selected individual data item from said repository to a data field employed by said child medical information system application when operating in said second mode for outputting medical report data. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PATIENT - A patient management method includes; collecting initial information about a patient, monitoring the collected initial information to determine whether the collected initial information corresponds to an event indicating an abnormal condition of the patient, selectively collecting additional information about the patient based on a result of the monitoring, and performing medical processing with regard to the patient based on at least one of the collected initial information and the additional information. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088119 | System and method for managing medical facility procedures and records - The invention facilitates the efficient administration of medical offices and patient records including visual coordination of room, patient, and task status indicators. The invention also enables improved document review and transcription management. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088120 | Service for managing medications - A health management system includes a computerized management site having one or more servers executing software from coupled computer-readable media, and a data repository storing information regarding a plurality of enrolled persons, including at least medications and medication schedules for individual ones of the persons, and storing information regarding a plurality of associate or partner entities comprising at least physicians. In this system persons, in enrollment, enter personal data and medication data, the service stores the data in the repository associated with each enrolling person entering the data, associates the person with one or more physicians and other partner entities whom also enter data in enrollment, and enables enrolled persons to share their individual medication data with associated physicians and other partner entities. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088121 | MEDICAL INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM USING SECURE WIRELESS AND/OR WIRED COMMUNICATION - A system for reporting medical information to healthcare provider users may require users to acknowledge receipt of information. Information may be sent using a secure instant messaging (SIM) protocol, and users may acknowledge receipt, e.g., by sending a message, or clicking on a uniform resource locator (URL) or button included in the information. Unacknowledged information may be re-sent at designated time intervals, and may have different levels of urgency indicated in the message. Acknowledgement may be tracked by the system, e.g., by recording the user and timestamp of acknowledgement. Feeds or syndications (e.g., RSS, RDF, Atom, etc.) may be used to provide medical information, allowing users to subscribe to feeds for one or more patients. Feeds may be continuously aggregated and updated with the most recent information for each of the patients. Users can easily distinguish new information from information already accessed, thereby allowing the healthcare provider to efficiently sort through the medical data. | 2010-04-08 |
20100088122 | LIFE INSURANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for providing life insurance with no out-of-pocket cost including life insurance premiums, a cash component, an increasing death benefit having a fixed portion and a rider portion, the rider portion being at least equal to a cumulative loan balance, an investment configured to provide a rate of return for the cash component, and a stock loan using stock collateral which configured to pay the life insurance premiums. | 2010-04-08 |