15th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130090831 | SYSTEM FOR FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for detecting and diagnosing a faultive state of an airplane engine, including: at least one vibration sensor attached to an airplane; a reference model database construction unit; and a fault detection and diagnosis unit which estimates a parameter of a model, obtains a test variable and a numerator coefficient value difference of a transfer function between the models, and the covariance of parameter estimation error, and diagnoses the faultive state and the faultive cause of the airplane engine. Accordingly, the present invention can determine the faultive state and the detective cause of the airplane engine using the vibration data of the airplane engine. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090832 | Supercharger-Based Twin Charging System for an Engine - The present disclosure relates to dual compression engine boosting systems utilizing both a turbocharger and a supercharger and control systems relating to relative activation and deactivation of the boosting devices. Various Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) configurations are also disclosed for the dual compression engine boosting systems. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090833 | ENGINE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - A method for synchronizing an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder including a piston moving between a top and a bottom dead center, the movement driving a crank shaft and a cam shaft, the method including:
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20130090834 | AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR-FUEL RATIO - An air-fuel ratio control apparatus includes an air-fuel ratio detector, an oscillation signal generator, an air-fuel ratio oscillation device, a sum/difference frequency component intensity calculator, a decision parameter calculator, and an imbalance failure determination device. The sum/difference frequency component intensity calculator is configured to calculate, while the air-fuel ratio oscillation device is in operation, at least one of a component intensity of a difference frequency and a component intensity of a sum frequency. The decision parameter calculator is configured to calculate, according to at least one of the component intensity of the difference frequency and the component intensity of the sum frequency, a decision parameter to determine a degree of imbalance of an air-fuel ratio. The imbalance failure determination device is configured to determine an imbalance failure in which the degree of imbalance of the air-fuel ratio exceeds an allowable limit using the decision parameter. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090835 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine storing a first torque diagram representing a region of a torque and a speed of the engine being able to be driven in a maximum torque region with respect to the engine speed and a second torque diagram in the first torque diagram, and controlling to change the engine speed on the second torque diagram by shifting from the first torque diagram to the second torque diagram based on an operation amount of an operation lever and/or a load applied and decrease the engine speed based on a decrease in load on the second torque diagram, the construction machine comprising: a controller stopping the engine control when a specific mode is selected and controlling so that the engine speed becomes a value in accordance with a setting amount of a fuel adjusting unit regardless of a change in the lever operation amount and/or the load applied. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR ELIMINATION - A control system for an engine having at least one manifold, a throttle, and a crank wheel includes a pressure sensor to measure a pressure in the at least one manifold and generate a pressure signal representing the pressure measured, a revolution sensor to measure a rate of rotation of the crank wheel of the engine and generate a rotation signal representing the rate of rotation measured, a processor in communication with each of the pressure sensor and the revolution sensor to receive the pressure signal and the rotation signal, analyze the pressure signal and the rotation signal based upon an instruction set to estimate a position of the throttle, and generate a control signal in response to the analysis of the pressure signal and the rotation signal; and an engine system to receive the control signal to control a function of the engine system. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090837 | FUEL GOVERNOR FOR CONTROLLED AUTOIGNITION ENGINES - Methods and systems for controlling combustion performance of an engine are provided. A desired fuel quantity for a first combustion cycle is determined. One or more engine actuator settings are identified that would be required during a subsequent combustion cycle to cause the engine to approach a target combustion phasing. If the identified actuator settings are within a defined acceptable operating range, the desired fuel quantity is injected during the first combustion cycle. If not, an attenuated fuel quantity is determined and the attenuated fuel quantity is injected during the first combustion cycle. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090838 | FUELING STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLED-AUTOIGNITION ENGINES - Methods and systems for controlling combustion performance of an engine during recompression HCCI combustion are provided. The method includes regulating a valve actuation timing and a fuel injection timing to cause a combustion phasing of at least one cylinder of the engine to approach a target combustion phasing, and estimating current combustion state information based on the combustion phasing. The current combustion state information includes at least one of a temperature, a pressure, and a pre-combustion charge composition associated with the at least one cylinder. The method further includes determining a target fuel injection amount, and determining whether the target fuel injection amount would require actuator settings that violate predetermined constraints in order to cause the combustion phasing to approach the target combustion phasing. A fuel injection amount is adjusted when the target fuel injection amount would require actuator settings that violate the predetermined constraints. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090839 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine where when the engine is decelerating the amount of intake air supplied to a combustion chamber is controlled. A target auxiliary intake air amount SAIRCMD necessary for preventing misfiring of the engine by supplying only an auxiliary intake air amount to a combustion chamber and a target intake air amount GAIRCMD which is a target value of the amount of intake air supplied to the combustion chamber are calculated according to the state NE, AP of the engine. When the engine is decelerating, and misfires, misfire avoidance control is executed controlling an auxiliary intake air amount control valve to be more opened such that the auxiliary intake air amount becomes the target auxiliary intake air amount SAIRCMD and a throttle valve to be more closed such that the amount of intake air supplied to the combustion chamber becomes the target intake air amount GAIRCMD. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090840 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for operating a motor vehicle which includes a control device for automatically and driver independently switching at least one drive unit of the motor vehicle on or off at standstill, as a function of at least one item of position related road information which relates to the actual position of the motor vehicle on a road and the presence of at least one further boundary condition, only the at least one item of position related road information is determined and, when the at least one position related road information satisfies at least one road related criteria, the presence of the at least one further boundary condition is not queried. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090841 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATING RUNWAY STATUS AND LAYOUT - A method for combining static runway information with runway status information for a selected runway is described. The method includes retrieving, with a processing device, static runway information for the selected runway from at least one database, retrieving, with the processing device, runway status information for the selected runway from at least one source of dynamic runway status information, generating, through a program executing on the processing device, a depiction of the selected runway on at least one display device, and generating for display proximate the runway depiction, through the execution of the program, a plurality of contextual symbology associated with the runway, the symbology based on the retrieved static runway information and the retrieved dynamic runway status information. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090842 | Energy Resource Geographical Overlay - A resource usage graphical overlay for a navigation system is disclosed. For each such resource, a resource exhaustion distance is computed, based on the consumption or lapse rate of the resource, and the vehicle speed. This resource exhaustion distance is scaled for the interactive map display and rendered as a service area on the interactive map so a user can determine what destinations are reachable before resources are completely depleted. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090843 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A vehicular display apparatus in a host vehicle is provided with a display output portion including a ring-shaped light-emitting area that represents presence of a different vehicle. A direction specification processor specifies a direction indicating presence of the different vehicle with reference to the host vehicle based on position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle. A distance specification processor specifies a distance between the host vehicle and the different vehicle based on position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle. A display control processor displays part of the light-emitting area so that the displayed part is positioned in a direction specified by the direction specification processor and has a length based on a distance specified by the distance specification processor. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090844 | PRESCRIPTION-BASED TRAVEL ROUTE RECOMMENDATION - In general, embodiments of the present invention relate to prescription-based travel route recommendation. In a typical embodiment, a prescription related to a medical condition of a patient is received (e.g., electronically in a computer memory medium or the like). Among other things, the prescription typically comprises a set of criteria (e.g., route specifics such as topography/incline, mode of travel such as walking, running, cycling, etc.) for a desired travel route for the patient. Then, using global positioning satellite (GPS) technology or the like, the system will access/receive information corresponding to a geographical area associated with the patient. Using this information, a set of possible travel routes between a starting point and a destination within the geographical area will be determined. Then, by comparing the set of criteria to the information, at least one travel route will be identified from the possible travel routes for treating the medical condition. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090845 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE DATA TERMINAL - A navigation apparatus displays map display contents of a mobile phone terminal | 2013-04-11 |
20130090846 | ROUTE MODIFICATIONS - A computer system and media for delivering routing information are provided. The computer system includes a routing engine, a database, and routing network that are employed to respond to routing requests and user modifications of routing information received in response to the routing requests. The routing engine receives the routing requests and generates routing information that illustrates a route and metadata for directions that guides a user when navigating the route. A user that is dissatisfied with the routing information may use route modification tools to alter the route in a manner that is consistent with the user's understanding of alternate routes that may supplement the routing information provided by the routing engine. The computer system receives the user modifications, stores the user modifications, and updates the routing network to learn the alternate route provided in the user modifications. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090847 | VEHICLE GUIDANCE AND SENSOR BIAS DETERMINATION - Systems and methods for guiding a vehicle and vehicle sensor bias determination methods are disclosed. A method for guiding a vehicle includes a primary antenna of a primary survey-grade GNSS-receiver and a secondary antenna of a secondary GNSS-receiver mounted to the vehicle, which are at least temporarily receiving GNSS-signals of a global positioning system. A plurality of physical sensors mounted to the vehicle generate physical data indicative of respective measured physical parameters of at least part of the vehicle. The method includes de-biasing the physical data and applying a recursive statistical estimator, such as a Kalman filter, to the de-biased physical data and an output of the primary and secondary GNSS-receivers to determine a position and velocity of the vehicle. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090848 | NORTH FINDER - An attitude determination system provided with North-finding capability, comprises: a) a stage consisting of a rotating platform provided with a high precision positioning controller; b) an Inertial Navigation System (INS) comprising inertial sensors, wherein said inertial sensors comprise gyroscopes and accelerometers, and wherein at least one gyroscope is of a precision suitable to find the direction of true North; and, c) a control unit for controlling input signals and output signals of the stage and the INS and combining the signals in order to provide attitude data of the system. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090849 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, NAVIGATION SERVER, NAVIGATION APPARATUS, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A navigation device presenting guide information based on a photographed image of a boarding guide display item, such as a station name signboard, a roll sign, or a route map, that can be photographed in a station yard. The device acquires a photographed image of a boarding guide display item by controlling the photographing unit, identifies display content from the photographed image of the boarding guide display item of a transportation device acquired and specifying a route, station name, and traveling direction of a current position based on the identified display content and traffic network data stored in the storage unit, extracts station names present in the traveling direction from the traffic network data based on the route, station name, and traveling direction of the current position, and generates guide information including at least part of the extracted station names, and outputs at least part of the generated guide information. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090850 | Devices, Methods, and Systems for Managing Route-Related Information - A method can include, for a predetermined route, automatically processing a first set of machine instructions to create a visual travel guide for the predetermined route, the visual travel guide comprising a second set of machine instructions adapted to cause an information device to render: an identification of a destination of the predetermined route; a plurality of videos, each video corresponding to a road intersection located approximately on the predetermined route, each video adapted to substantially reproduce a view of a driver of an automobile approaching the road intersection; a plurality of textual descriptions associated with the plurality of videos; at least one of an identification of an origin of the predetermined route and an identification of an approach to the destination; and an advertisement associated with at least a portion of the predetermined route. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090851 | NAVIGATION BASED ON POPULAR USER-DEFINED PATHS - A device receives, from one or more user devices, one or more user-defined paths associated with a starting point and a destination point, and receives, from the one or more user devices, information associated with the one or more user-defined paths. The device also aggregates the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, and determines one or more popular paths based on the aggregation of the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, where the one or more popular paths are capable of being utilized by the one or more user devices for selection of a path for navigation. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090852 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - End lines are ingeniously displayed so as to enhance the function of reaching a target without impairing safety. Visibility is improved and the driver is assisted to select a route, so that reaching a target is ensured. At the same time, the driver's burden is reduced and thereby safety is enhanced. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090853 | High-Frequency Data Capture for Diagnostics - High-frequency data capture for diagnostics is provided. An example system collects device data at a high acquisition rate. The collected data can be diagnostic when a critical event occurs, but need not be stored permanently or transmitted to a remote server unless needed. In an implementation, the data is stored in a dynamic circular buffer and the resolution of the data is tapered in real-time to maintain a lean data size of the entire buffer contents. High-resolution is maintained for recent data, while a decreasing resolution is applied to aging data. A triggering event changes the system from transmitting low bandwidth status information to transmitting the entire leaned-down data record stored in the buffer. After the triggering event, the system can also transmit incoming diagnostic data to the remote server at a high data resolution, and then can taper the resolution of the data transmission over time. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090854 | METHODS FOR EVALUATING BOREHOLE VOLUME CHANGES WHILE DRILLING - A method identifying a wellbore volume change while drilling a subterranean wellbore includes acquiring first and second axially spaced pressure measurements in the wellbore. The wellbore volume change may include, for example, a borehole washout or a borehole pack-off. The pressure measurements may then be processed to obtain an interval density of drilling fluid between the measurement locations. A tool string including a large number of axially spaced pressure sensors (e.g., four or more or even six or more) electronically coupled with a surface processor via wired drill pipe may be used to obtain a plurality of interval densities corresponding to various wellbore intervals. The interval densities may be measured while drilling and may be further evaluated as an indicator of a wellbore volume change. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090855 | METHODS FOR EVALUATING INFLOW AND OUTFLOW IN A SUBTERRAEAN WELLBORE - A method for evaluating inflow or outflow in a subterranean wellbore includes acquiring first and second axially spaced pressure measurements in the wellbore. The pressure measurements may then be processed to obtain an interval density of drilling fluid between the measurement locations. A tool string including a large number of axially spaced pressure sensors (e.g., four or more or even six or more) electronically coupled with a surface processor via wired drill pipe may be used to obtain a plurality of interval densities corresponding to various wellbore intervals. The interval density may be measured during static conditions or while drilling and may be further processed to compute a density of an inflow constituent in the annulus. Changes in the computed interval density with time may be used as an indicator of either an inflow event or an outflow event. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090856 | Tool Service Life Sensor With Wireless Connectivity - Apparatus for calculating service life expectancy of wellbore intervention tools comprising one or more sensors, power means, control means and wireless connectivity means. Also a method of the measuring and calculating the service life expectancy of wellbore intervention tools using this apparatus. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090857 | Tensor-Based Method For Representation, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Seismic Data - Method for representing seismic data as a spatially varying, second-order tensor field ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130090858 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING COSEISMIC MOVEMENTS OR VIBRATIONS OF STRUCTURES BASED ON GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS-GNSS AND/OR PSEUDOLITES - System for measuring coseismic movements or vibrations of structures based on measurements of phase observations performed on at least four sources simultaneously, between GNSS satellites and/or pseudolites, for couples of consecutive timepoints (t,t+1) temporally separated by not more than one second. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090859 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENOME-SCALE KINETIC MODELING - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the construction, analysis, and characterization of dynamical states of biological networks at the cellular level. Methods are provided for analyzing the dynamical states by constructing matrices using high-throughput data types, such as fluxomic, metabolomic, and proteomic data. Some embodiments relate to an individual, while others relate to a plurality of individuals. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090860 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MAKING BASE CALLS IN NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING - A method for nucleic acid sequencing includes: receiving a signal comprising measurements of a parameter measured in response to a plurality of nucleotide flows flowed in a space comprising a sample nucleic acid; normalizing the signal to obtain a normalized signal; adaptively normalizing the normalized signal to obtain an adaptively normalized signal; and predicting a sequence of base calls corresponding to the sample nucleic acid using the adaptively normalized signal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090861 | INTERNAL SIZING/LANE STANDARD SIGNAL VERIFICATION - A method for verifying an ILS signal for DNA processing includes obtaining the ILS signal, determining acquisition times between peaks of the ILS signal, obtaining acquisition times between peaks in reference ILS information for the ILS signal, and verifying the ILS signal based on the ILS acquisition times and the reference ILS acquisitions times. An ILS signal processor ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130090862 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF PEPTIDE SAMPLE STREAMS USING TANDEM MASS SPECTROSCOPY - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for analyzing a peptide sample stream from a chromatography column using tandem mass spectroscopy. Analysis of the sample stream during a first time interval is performed in order to identify peptides, such as tryptic peptides, that are contained in the sample stream. Database searching is then performed to identify one or more protein sequences that contain the identified peptide sequence and to identify associated peptide sequences that are contained in the protein sequence that differ from the peptide sequence. The retention time of associated peptides is estimated based on the hydrophobicity of the predicted peptides and by spiking the sample with standard peptides. Information on associated peptides can then be used to configure the mass spectrometer during a second time interval to detect or ignore ions that correspond to the associated peptides. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090863 | Estimation of delta-Cq values with confidence from qPCR data - The invention describes how to estimate delta-Cq values from measured (raw-)Cq values gained from PCR measurements and how to calculate confidence intervals for them. This is realized by the following processing steps: A noise model, which might be constructed on some training PCR data, calculates the distribution of the true target material concentration of a single well for an observed measurement results. Said distribution is calculated for all types of measurement results including “Numeric” raw-Cq values as well as Cq being “Undetected”, which denotes that no fluorescence signal was detected during all cycles and thus corresponds to no or very few target molecules. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090864 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SIGNALS AND MEDIA, FOR SELECTING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF A GENSET - A method for producing a plurality of cost values associated with operating a genset at respective operating points, the genset including an engine coupled to an electrical power generator, the method including assigning weights to each of a plurality of operating conditions associated with operating the genset having a plurality of operating points each comprising an engine speed value and a generator electrical power output value, said weights representing a desired trade-off between said plurality of operating conditions, receiving operating condition values corresponding to each of said plurality of operating conditions, said operating condition values associated with operating the genset at each of the plurality of operating points, and producing the cost values for each operating point by combining said operating condition values in accordance with said weights for each respective operating point. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090865 | ATOMIC-SCALED ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM INFORMATION PURIFICATION - Disclosed is a method for electronic residual spectroscopy for atomic-scaled surface and sub-surface information purification. The method comprises collecting at least one reference spectrum and a plurality of spectra under various conditions. The background of all the plurality of spectra is then subtracted and the plurality of spectra are normalized. Subtracting the reference spectrum from the normalized plurality of spectra will give atomic-scaled, meaningful information at selected zones. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090866 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR A SOOT SENSOR - A diagnostic method for a soot sensor that lies in an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine. First, a first temperature in the exhaust gas system is detected, and it is determined whether the detected first temperature is below a 100° C. If this is the case, a first measured value is then detected with the soot sensor and compared with a specifiable threshold value. If the first measured value exceeds the specifiable threshold value, the soot sensor is determined to be operating properly. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090867 | Leakage Detection System - A system and method for identifying and measuring the quantity of leakage from a conduit used in the conveyance of a fluid, such as a hydrocarbon fluid, for example oil, or a gas, such as natural gas. The system includes a measurement device configured to measure a distributed temperature along a length of the conduit. The system further includes a processor configured to calculate a change in volume of the fluid in the conduit for each of a plurality of sections of the length of the conduit based on the distributed temperature. The processor is further configured to calculate a correction factor based on the change in volume of the fluid. The processor is also configured to calculate a corrected mass-balance differential using the correction factor, and compare the corrected mass-balance differential to a predetermined leakage threshold to identify whether a leak exists in the conduit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090868 | METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF VIBRATION PROPERTY OF STRUCTURE, AND VIBRATION PROPERTY MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A method for measuring a vibration property of a structure by applying an impulse input to the structure, which comprises: step (A) of pulse-irradiating the surface of the structure or a part adjacent to the surface with a laser beam to apply an impulse input to the structure and measuring a response output from the structure to which the impulse input has been applied; step (B) of determining the relationship between the laser intensity of the laser beam and the impulse input induced by the laser beam by a rigid pendulum method and determining an impulse input F corresponding to the laser intensity of the laser beam, with which the structure has been pulse-irradiated, based on the relationship; and step (C) of measuring the vibrational amplitude value of frequency response of the structure from the response output measured in step (A) and the impulse input F measured in step (B). | 2013-04-11 |
20130090869 | MONITORING POWER-RELATED PARAMETERS IN A POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT - A power distribution unit (PDU) disposable in an electrical equipment rack. The PDU has a housing, a power input penetrating the housing, outlets in the housing, a processor disposed in the housing, voltage and current sensors, and a voltage calculation procedure communicable with the processor. The processor samples voltage and current waveforms and calculates RMS values and other power parameters. A method of managing electrical loads each drawing electrical power from a PDU includes repeatedly sampling voltage across and current flowing through each of the loads, calculating raw RMS values of voltage and current, and scaling the raw RMS values to obtain corrected RMS voltage and current values and other power parameters. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090870 | BATTERY TESTERS WITH SECONDARY FUNCTIONALITY - An electronic vehicle tester includes a battery tester configured to measure a parameter of a battery of a vehicle. A tire tester is configured to receive a parameter of a tire of the vehicle. A wireless receiver can be configured to receive pressure information from a transmitter associated with a tire of a vehicle. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090871 | CAPACITY ESTIMATING APPARATUS FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - A capacity estimating apparatus for a secondary battery includes a current-detecting section configured to detect a value of current flowing in the secondary battery; a voltage-detecting section configured to detect a voltage value of the secondary battery; a first estimating section configured to calculate a first estimate value of a remaining capacity of the secondary battery on the basis of an accumulated value of the current values detected by the current-detecting section; and a second estimating section configured to calculate a second estimate value of the remaining capacity of the secondary battery on the basis of the voltage value detected by the voltage-detecting section. The first estimating section is configured to calculate a difference between the first estimate value and the second estimate value, and to correct the first estimate value by correcting the accumulated value so as to gradually reduce the difference. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090872 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF REUSING BATTERY, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - Provided is a method of reusing a battery, a battery management system, a battery management apparatus, and an information communication terminal apparatus, wherein, upon retrieving batteries mounted on vehicles, methods of handling the retrieved batteries can be determined at low cost. Measurement data of each of a plurality of stacks constituting a battery pack are transmitted to a data station. The data station stores the received measurement data in a history information storage unit as history information. When history information of a battery pack mounted on a scrapped vehicle is not stored in the history information storage unit of the data station, that battery pack is subjected to recycle processing. When history information thereof is stored in the history information storage unit of the data station, a method of reusing the battery pack is determined on the basis of the history information. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090873 | Measuring Capacitance of a Capacitive Sensor with a Microcontroller Having an Analog Output for Driving a Guard Ring - A microcontroller measures capacitance of capacitive sensors having guard rings associated therewith. A guard ring is provided around each capacitive sensor plate and is charged to substantially the same voltage as a voltage on the associated capacitive sensor plate. The guard ring reduces parasitic capacitances of the capacitive sensor plate caused by differences in voltage potentials between the capacitive sensor plate, and adjacent circuit conductors, ground planes and power planes. An analog output is buffered and coupled to an analog input coupled to the capacitive sensor plate, and is used to drive the guard ring voltage to substantially the same voltage as the voltage on the capacitive sensor plate. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090874 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AERIAL SURVEYING - Disclosed is an aerial surveying system for collecting electromagnetic spectrum data. Spectrally tuned antennas are used on an airplane to prefilter the data in accordance with spectral frequency bands. The data is sequentially sampled using an antenna switching device, band pass filtered and downconverted to an intermediate frequency. High speed vector signal analyzers and digitizers create frequency spectral data and I and Q temporal data. The collected data is recorded and compressed using any desirable compression technique, including video compression. Data analyzers analyze the data and display the data on a GIS map. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090875 | PROTECTIVE RELAYING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a protective relaying device includes a phase difference calculating unit configured to calculate a phase difference between a phase obtained by shifting a phase of first current data by 180°, and a phase of second current data, a setting unit configured to calculate a target value of elimination of a sampling synchronization error caused by a difference between a transmission delay time of up-transmission, and a transmission delay time of down-transmission on the basis of the phase difference, and to set the calculated target value, and a sampling synchronization control unit configured to carry out control of sampling synchronization such that a difference between a time TM and a time TF. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090876 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTY OF ORIENTED SILICON STEEL - A method for detecting electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel, the method comprises: measuring Euler angles of each of crystal grains in a specimen by use of metallographic etch-pit method; calculating orientation deviation angle θ | 2013-04-11 |
20130090877 | LITHOGRAPHY TOOL ALIGNMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - Described herein are methods and systems for aligning a wafer using a wafer leveling map with alignment marks. A set of alignment marks can be selected to create overlay correction parameters to realign the wafer. Alignment marks that are near wafer leveling hotspots, or alignment marks that have poor reproducibility are not selected for realignment purposes. The wafer leveling data is used to determine which alignment marks have poor reproducibility and can create an unstable offset. The wafer leveling data identifies areas on the wafer that are uneven. Only alignment marks which have a stable offset are used to calculate the associated overlay correction parameters. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090878 | METHOD FOR RECALIBRATING COORDINATE POSITIONING APPARATUS - A method and corresponding apparatus are described for recalibrating coordinate positioning apparatus after a disturbance, such as a stylus replacement. The coordinate positioning apparatus includes a platform, a measurement probe and a probe head for reorienting the measurement probe relative to the platform. A calibration data set is taken for the coordinate positioning apparatus that includes datum data for a plurality of orientations of the measurement probe. The datum data includes at least first datum data for a first nominal orientation of the measurement probe. After a disturbance to the coordinate positioning apparatus, the calibration data set is updated by acquiring one or more position measurements and calculating a first correction from the one or more position measurements. The first correction describes any change in the first datum data following the disturbance and is used | 2013-04-11 |
20130090879 | METHOD FOR PREDICTION AND CONTROL OF HARMONIC COMPONENTS OF TIRE UNIFORMITY PARAMETERS - Improved and more easily implemented methods for predicting high speed radial force variation and uneven mass distribution utilize other measurements such as radial nm out and other parameters. The prediction model for high speed radial force variation uses a speed-dependent calibration term for predicting higher harmonic components, while the same or other models can be used for the first harmonic. The uneven mass distribution prediction model accounts for deformation of the tire along multiple tracks, thus employing a more realistic model of crown deformation that accounts for changing tire stiffness levels across different harmonic components of the measured and predicted parameters. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090880 | FORCE SENSOR CORRECTING METHOD - The present invention provides a force sensor correcting method which is simple and capable of performing correction, with the force sensor remaining mounted at the end of an arm without an exchange of an end effector. In the present invention, a force sensor | 2013-04-11 |
20130090881 | ROBUST STEP DETECTION USING LOW COST MEMS ACCELEROMETER IN MOBILE APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS | 2013-04-11 |
20130090882 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FAULTY MEASUREMENT AXES OF A TRIAXIS SENSOR - A method for identifying faulty measurement axes of a triaxis sensor fixed to a mobile object includes using triaxis sensor C | 2013-04-11 |
20130090883 | LOCATION METHOD FOR LOCATING A PARTIAL DISCHARGE EMISSION ZONE AND A DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID METHOD - A method of locating a partial discharge emission zone and to the associated device. The method is characterized in that it comprises a step of measuring partial discharge signals by means of four identical measurement channels each including a VHF and/or UHF detector, the four VHF and/or UHF detectors being positioned at the four vertices of a square or rectangle in such a manner that the partial discharge emission zone is determined inside the square or rectangle. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090884 | Cooperative Pulses - A method is proposed for the simultaneous optimization of an arbitrary number of electromagnetic pulses, which act in a cooperative way, or mutually compensate each other's errors. The method generally relates to pulses which can have improved properties when cooperating with each other compared to single pulses. In experiments with several scans, undesired signal contributions can be suppressed by COOP pulses, which complements and generalizes the concept of phase cycling. COOP pulses can also be used in individual scans. COOP pulses can be optimized efficiently with the aid of an extended version of the optimal-control-theory-based gradient ascent pulse engineering (GRAPE) algorithm. The advantage of the COOP pulse method is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally for broadband and band-selective excitation and saturation pulses. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090885 | TEST-SOFTWARE-SUPPORTED MEASURING SYSTEM AND MEASURING METHOD - The measuring system comprises a measuring device and a device under test ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130090886 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME TESTING OF A CONTROL UNIT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USING A SIMULATOR - A method for real-time testing of a control unit for an internal combustion engine using a simulator is provided. The control unit and the simulator are connected to one another by a first data channel. The control unit transmits engine control data to the simulator through the first data channel and the simulator calculates engine state variables in real time on its first simulator processor with a first sampling step size and transmits at least some of the engine state variables to the control unit. Thus, selected engine state variables can be made available at a different frequency, and in particular at a higher frequency, than is possible by the first sampling step size of the first simulator processor, in that the simulator calculates at least one specific engine state variable using a partial engine model and with a second sampling step size different from the first sampling step size. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090887 | HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-CORE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DEBUGGING SAME - A heterogeneous multi-core integrated circuit includes first and second sets of processor cores and corresponding first and second test access ports (TAPs). The first and second TAPs are connected to corresponding first and second debug ports by way of corresponding first and second TAP controllers. A debug control circuit is connected between the first and second TAP controllers and the first and second debug ports. Based on external configuration signals, the debug control circuit configures the connections between the first and second TAP controllers and the first and second debug ports according to predetermined configuration modes, which allows flexibility in debugging the heterogeneous multi-core integrated circuit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090888 | System and method for proximity based thermal management of mobile device - Various embodiments of methods and systems for leveraging a user proximity measurement to determine thermal management policies in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. By leveraging the proximity measurement to set temperature thresholds, the quality of service (“QoS”) provided by the PCD can be optimized when touch temperature of the PCD is not a significant factor for user experience. One such method involves monitoring a proximity signal to determine relative physical proximity of the PCD to a user. Based on the user proximity, a temperature threshold associated with a temperature sensor may be set and compared with an actual temperature measurement received from the temperature sensor. Based on the comparison, thermal management policies in the PCD can be evaluated. For instance, if the temperature threshold is higher than the actual measurement, PCD components may be allowed to increase power consumption, even though PCD temperature may rise, thereby optimizing QoS. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090889 | DYNAMIC REGULATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGES USING TELEMETRY DATA ANALYSIS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that analyzes telemetry data from a computer system. During operation, the system obtains the telemetry data as a set of telemetric signals using a set of sensors in the computer system. Next, the system uses a regularization technique to calculate a temperature derivative with respect to time for a component in the computer system from the telemetric signals. Finally, the system controls a subsequent value of the temperature derivative with respect to time by modulating a fan speed in the computer system based on the calculated temperature derivative with respect to time and the telemetric signals. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090890 | ABSOLUTE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - Two similar incremental sensors, one with 2N+1 spatial periods or pitches over a range of 2R, or N+0.5 pitches over a range of R, and the other with 2N−1 pitches over the range of 2R, or N−0.5 pitches over a range of R, measure a common position along an axis x. Both sensors consist of a scale having spatially periodic features that define the above pitches, and a reading head. An exact absolute position over the maximum range of 2R can be computed from outputs of the two sensors with a resolution about twice that of one sensor. For a reduced absolute range of less than R, computing the correct absolute position becomes simpler and more tolerant of sensor linearity. A preferred embodiment is a compact and linear absolute gauge combining two inductive incremental sensors, replacing current analog LVDT or half-bridge inductive gauges. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090891 | POPULATION CALCULATION SYSTEM AND POPULATION CALCULATION METHOD - A population calculation system includes: an acquisition module acquiring the number of counted people who are counted as samples in a count area containing a target area; a first calculation module calculating population in the count area on the basis of the number of counted people acquired and a scaling factor for determining the population in the count area on the basis of the number of counted people; a second calculation module calculating population in the target area on the basis of the population in the count area thus calculated; a quantization module concealing the population in the count area or the population in the target area on the basis of a class interval that is a product of concealment reference that is a reference value of a minimum summation unit and the scaling factor in calculation processing; and an output module outputting concealed population in the target area. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090892 | Method of selecting a plastic - A plastic may be selected for a thin web application by finite element analysis of the part including the properties, including Poission's ratio of potential polymers from which the part may be made and subjecting the computer model of the part to loads to determine the deflection of the part under a specified series of loads or when the part breaks or subjecting the part to a number of use cycles to determine when the part fails. The process is iteratively repeated for each plastic and the results are compared to select a preferred plastic for the part. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090893 | GENERATING CROSS SECTION FOR ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MODELS - A method, system, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer-program product provides the ability to generate a cross section for a roadway infrastructure model. A cutting plane line is drawn on the roadway infrastructure model at an arbitrary location. Portions of the roadway infrastructure model that intersect the cutting plane line are determined. Solids are created at the intersections. A cross section is formed by slicing the one or more solids based on the cutting plane line. The cross section is displayed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-AIDED USER-SPECIFIC DESIGN - A system and a method for designing a unique product based on a computer aided design system and a parametric design tool, automatically preparing a product file, in accordance with the specific design created by the user, and sending a self designed product for manufacturing is provided. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090895 | DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR MANIPULATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - A system and associated methodology for manipulating three-dimensional objects that includes displaying at least one three-dimensional object in a scene on a display screen. One or more icons are then displayed on the display screen based on the location of the at least one three-dimensional object within the scene. Each icon corresponds to a different manipulating feature such that an icon selection is received and a corresponding manipulating feature is activated in response to the icon selection. The three-dimensional object is then manipulated based on the activated manipulating feature and the one or more manipulation icons are not displayed while the at least one three-dimensional object is being manipulated. The system and associated methodology provides a fast and efficient way of manipulating three-dimensional objects. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090896 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL STRUCTURE OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY SHIELD OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY ANTENNA OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE ARRANGEMENT - A method determines an optimal structure of a high-frequency shield of a high-frequency antenna of a magnetic resonance arrangement. The high-frequency shield shields the high-frequency antenna from a gradient-coil arrangement. A three-dimensional initial structure of the high-frequency shield is defined in accordance with structural parameters and jointly with the high-frequency antenna, the gradient-coil arrangement, or both the high-frequency antenna and the gradient-coil arrangement. The structural parameters are optimized via an optimization method with respect to at least one optimization criterion. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090897 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A design support apparatus includes a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor executes a process that includes acquiring first CAD data that indicates a part model that models a part, extracting characteristics of the part model from a plurality of outermost planes of the part model on a plane-by-plane basis, the part model being indicated by the first CAD data, and determining, in the case where the characteristics extracted by the extracting satisfy a certain condition, an outermost plane corresponding to the characteristics as a surface of the part to be mounted on a printed board that is modeled by a printed board model indicated by second CAD data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090898 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LAND PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented land planning system is designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem. The system electronically creates at least one candidate solution to the land development problem. The candidate solution incorporates a number of engineering measurements applicable in development of an undeveloped land site. A fitness function quantitatively evaluates the candidate solution based on its fitness. A heuristic problem-solving strategy manipulates the engineering measurements of the candidate solution to achieve a more quantitatively fit solution to the land development problem. A computer output device outputs to a user documentation illustrating the fit solution to the land development problem. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090899 | METHOD OF MODELING THERMAL PROBLEMS USING A NON-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD - The method of modeling thermal problems using a non-dimensional finite element method is a computerized method for modeling thermal systems that relies on the variational principle. The variational principle specifies the total potential of the system, given by a scalar quantity Π, which is defined by an integral form for a continuum problem. The solution of the continuum problem is a function that makes Π stationary with respect to the state variables. The governing equation of the problem is used to calculate the potential Π. The non-dimensional form of the potential is obtained by insertion of the defined non-dimensionless parameters. The element non-dimensional stiffness matrix and the non-dimensional load vectors are then obtained by invoking the stationarity of the non-dimensional potential | 2013-04-11 |
20130090900 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OBJECT UNDERGOING ONE OR MORE ARBITRARY AGING CONDITIONS - A method, system, and computer-readable medium are described for characterizing performance loss of an object undergoing an arbitrary aging condition. The method comprises collecting baseline aging data from the object for at least one known baseline aging condition over time, determining baseline multiple sigmoid model parameters from the baseline data, and determining performance loss data of the object over time through multiple sigmoid model parameters associated with the object undergoing the arbitrary aging condition using a differential deviation-from-baseline approach from the baseline multiple sigmoid model parameters. The system comprises an object, monitoring hardware configured to sample performance characteristics of the object, and a processor coupled to the monitoring hardware. The processor is configured to determine performance loss data for the arbitrary aging condition from a comparison of the performance characteristics of the object deviating from baseline performance characteristics associated with a baseline aging condition. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090901 | SIMULATING METHOD FOR KNEADED STATE OF FLUID - Computerized analysis method for estimating a kneaded state of a fluid, comprises: a step of generating a finite element model of a kneading space within which the fluid is kneaded; a step of defining a model of the fluid; a step of defining the fluid model in the kneading space model at a filling rate of less than 100% and defining necessary kneading conditions; a particle tracking step in which, a flow calculation of the fluid model is made, and virtual particles disposed in the fluid model are tracked; an estimating step in which the positional data of the virtual particles are compared with those in an ideal kneaded state of the fluid model, and the degree of kneading of the fluid model is calculated. The ideal kneaded state is calculated in the estimating step, based on existence positions of the fluid model calculated in the particle tracking step. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090902 | Method and System for Modeling Fractures in Ductile Rock - Method and systems for modeling fractures in quasi-brittle materials are provided. An exemplary method included generating a model that incorporates a unified creep-plasticity (UCP) representation into a constitutive model for a ductile rock. The model may be used in a finite element analysis to model hydraulic fractures in the ductile rock. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090903 | HIGH-FREQUENCY ENTROPY EXTRACTION FROM TIMING JITTER - A method for creating entropy in a virtualized computing environment includes waking one or more samplers, each sampler having a sampling frequency; sampling a sample source with each of the one or more samplers; placing each of the samplers in an inactive state when not sampling; determining a difference between an expected value and a sampled value at each sampler; and providing a function of the difference from each of the one or more samplers to an aggregator. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090904 | Traffic Sensor Management - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for selecting a subset of at least one traffic sensor. The method includes modeling multiple sensor types to generate at least one sensor model, creating a sample space of at least one sensor combination of multiple sensors, modeling traffic movement of a region, running a traffic simulation based on the at least one sensor model, the sample space of at least one sensor combination and traffic movement of the region, wherein the traffic simulation generates multiple candidate sets of sensors, and selecting a subset of the multiple sensors based on the multiple candidate sets of sensors. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090905 | Traffic Sensor Management - A method for selecting a subset of at least one traffic sensor includes modeling multiple sensor types to generate at least one sensor model, creating a sample space of at least one sensor combination of multiple sensors, modeling traffic movement of a region, running a traffic simulation based on the at least one sensor model, the sample space of at least one sensor combination and traffic movement of the region, wherein the traffic simulation generates multiple candidate sets of sensors, and selecting a subset of the multiple sensors based on the multiple candidate sets of sensors. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090906 | HIGH PERFORMANCE AND GRID COMPUTING WITH QUALITY OF SERVICE CONTROL - High performance computing (HPC) and grid computing processing for seismic and reservoir simulation are performed without impacting or losing processing time in case of failures. A Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard is implemented in High Performance Computing (HPC) and grid computing platforms, to avoid the shortcomings of current Message Passing Interface (MPI) communication between computing modules, and provide quality of service (QoS) for such applications. QoS properties of the processing can be controlled. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090907 | Method and System For Parallel Simulation Models - A method for modeling a hydrocarbon reservoir. A representation of a simulation model is generated in a non-transitory, computer readable medium. The simulation model is used to generate computational tasks. The tasks are allocated among a plurality of computational nodes. Each processing node of the plurality of computational nodes includes core processors and a shared memory accessible by the core processors. The reservoir simulation is executed on the plurality of computational nodes. During the reservoir simulation, if a first processing node in the plurality of computational nodes finishes executing its allocated tasks, a migration request is sent from the first processing node to another processing node in the plurality of computational nodes. The migration request is configured to request migration of a movable task from the other processing node to the first processing node. The movable task is migrated from the other processing node to the first processing node. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090908 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK MODELING TO ENLARGE THE SEARCH SPACE OF CANDIDATE GENES FOR DISEASES - With the advent of low cost, high-throughput whole genome sequencing (“next generation sequencing”), tools are available to assay human genetic variation contributing to inherited disease syndromes. A method is disclosed for prioritization of genetic variants, and identification of disease genes, using network modeling of gene associations. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090909 | Method And System For Functional Evolutionary Assessment Of Genetic Variants - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems that perform comprehensive assessment of genetic variation presenting in a personal genome and provide quantitative diagnosis of the impact of each variant on physiological function and patient health. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090910 | APPLICATION LEVEL INTERFACE TO NETWORK ANALYSIS TOOLS - A user interface to a network simulator facilitates the use of application layer parameters and application layer logic. The user interface is configured to allow the user to define the input in a graphic form, or a text/programming form, or a combination of both. The user interface provides common graphic forms for both inputting the data to the simulator as well as for displaying the resultant data from the simulator. In response, the simulator and user interface may provide updated information to reflect the impact of changes made to application layer parameters and logic. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090911 | Modeling Test Space for System Behavior Using Interchangeable Designations - A method for modeling test space for verifying system behavior is provided. The method comprises defining a coverage model based on one or more variables, wherein respective value combinations for the variables are assigned to define a test space for a system under test, and zero or more constraints define restrictions on value combinations assigned to the variables, wherein the restrictions define whether said value combinations are valid; and designating, as interchangeable, relevant variables values in the coverage model. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE WHICH PRODUCES AND EXECUTES AN APPLICATION - A method for controlling a server is provided. The method includes controlling a server which communicates with a device producing an application using an application production tool, and includes receiving an operation source which corresponds to an application produced by the device, performing emulation regarding the application using the received operation source, and transmitting the result of the emulation execution to an external device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090913 | STREAMLINED EXECUTION OF EMULATED CODE USING BLOCK-BASED TRANSLATION MODE - Methods and systems are disclosed, including a method for executing a non-native code stream on a computing system. The method includes forming one or more blocks of emulated mode code for execution on a computing system. Each of the one or more blocks includes a preamble and a plurality of operators ordered for execution in a predetermined sequence, wherein for a specified block the preamble defines one or more conditions required for uninterrupted execution of the operators included in the specified block. The method also includes assessing the one or more conditions associated with the specified block, and, after assessing the one or more conditions, executing each of the operators included in the specified block without assessing any of the one or more conditions between execution of the operators within the specified block. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090914 | AUTOMATED WORD SUBSTITUTION FOR CONTEXTUAL LANGUAGE LEARNING - A contextual language learning capability is disclosed. The contextual language learning capability is configured to enable an end user to use knowledge of a first language to learn a second language. The contextual language learning capability is configured to modify source content (in which content is provided in the first language) to form modified content (including a combination of content in the first language and content in the second language). The source content is processed to replace at least a portion of the content provided in the first language with corresponding content provided in the second language, thereby producing the modified content. The modified content is presented to the end user for use in learning the second language. The replacement of a subset of the source content in the first language with corresponding content in the second language gives context to the content in the second language, thereby giving the end user an understandable context for the content provided in the second language. This increases the likelihood that the end user will be able to understand and, thus, learn, the second language. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIXED-LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR APPLICATIONS - Provided are systems and methods for providing multilingual support for users in a computing environment. The systems and methods may receive and store communications from a user in a first language. If the first language does not match a standard language of the environment, the communication may be translated to the standard language. If a subsequent access request for the stored communication is received, it may be determined whether a language associated with the request matches the standard or first language. If there is a match, the stored original user communication or the stored standard language version maybe returned. If the access request language does not match either language, the user communication may be translated to a language associated with the request directly from the stored original user communication. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090916 | System and Method for Detecting and Correcting Mismatched Chinese Character - A system and method for detecting and correcting mismatched Chinese characters in a phrase. The system comprises a database for the look-up of characters and Chinese phrases, a module to compare the input phrases with the look-up data retrieved from the database and a module to correct the mismatched characters. The database contains correct phrases as well as attributes associated with each character, such as pronunciation and radical composition. The modules inputs a Chinese phrase that has at least two characters and compares it with the data retrieved from the database to determine if there are incorrect characters. The spell checking method includes two groups of steps: mismatched character detection and mismatched character correction. Whether there is any mismatched character to be corrected is determined by the edit distance, the phrase length and comparisons of the pronunciation and radical composition of the mismatched characters. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090917 | FILTERING PROHIBITED LANGUAGE FORMED INADVERTENTLY VIA A USER-INTERFACE - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to detecting that a text string is subject to an algorithmic function that would modify one of more parts of the text string to be at least one proposed text substring for presentation via a user interface, wherein the at least one proposed text substring is a portion of the text string. Some embodiments are further directed to evaluating the at least one proposed text substring against one or more prohibited text strings prohibited for presentation via the user interface and detecting, in response to the evaluating of the at least one proposed text substring against the one or more prohibited text strings, that the at least one proposed text substring is one of the one or more prohibited text strings. Some embodiments are further directed to modifying the at least one proposed text substring, in response to detecting that the at least one proposed text substring is one of the one or more prohibited text strings. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090918 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING RELATED TOPICS AND COMPETITION TOPICS BASED ON TOPIC TEMPLATES AND ASSOCIATION WORDS - A system for detecting related topics and competition topics for a target topic includes an information extracting apparatus configured to create topic templates and association words from documents created online to generate topic templates and association words. The system also includes a related topic detecting apparatus configured to detect and trace related topics and competition topics for the target topic based on the topic templates and the association words. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090919 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DICTIONARY DATA DISPLAY METHOD - An electronic device includes a display module and a dictionary storage module which stores dictionary data that causes a plurality of entry words including compound words obtained by connecting a plurality of words to correspond to explanatory information on the entry words. When the user retrieves a dictionary, entry words for compound words are retrieved from the entry words in the dictionary storage module and words common to the retrieved compound words are listed and displayed on the display module. Entry words for compound words connecting with a word specified by a user operation in the displayed list are read from the dictionary data and displayed in list form on the display module. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING WEB PAGES USING NATURAL LANGUAGE - Systems and methods for building an interface that receives and responds to varied natural language expressions. In an embodiment, the system receives a natural language expression in text or audio, and translates it by building at least one data structure which reflects the concepts expressed in the natural language expression. The data structure may comprise a symbol representing each concept. In an embodiment, a parser utilizes the data structure to parse language expressions to single concept symbols that represent the meaning of the expressions. Response actions may also be performed in response to the parsed language expressions. In addition, a parser may receive a single concept symbol, and generate one or many natural language expressions of the meaning of the concept symbol. Furthermore, the system may be configured to understand the local meaning of words and phrases. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090921 | PRONUNCIATION LEARNING FROM USER CORRECTION - Systems and methods are described for adding entries to a custom lexicon used by a speech recognition engine of a speech interface in response to user interaction with the speech interface. In one embodiment, a speech signal is obtained when the user speaks a name of a particular item to be selected from among a finite set of items. If a phonetic description of the speech signal is not recognized by the speech recognition engine, then the user is presented with a means for selecting the particular item from among the finite set of items by providing input in a manner that does not include speaking the name of the item. After the user has selected the particular item via the means for selecting, the phonetic description of the speech signal is stored in association with a text description of the particular item in the custom lexicon. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090922 | VOICE QUALITY OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The voice quality optimization system includes a controller that controls voice quality by adjusting parameters that control voice quality characteristics of the communication device; and a measuring unit that measures voice quality of the communication device and transmits the measured voice quality as a feedback to the controller. The controller controls voice quality by calibrating the parameters of the communication device, including a receiving sensitivity/frequency response characteristic curve, receiving loudness rating and idle channel noise-receiving. A method for setting voice optimization in a communication device includes measuring parameters of the communication device, determining whether the parameters of the communication device are within a target range, and calibrating a first parameter to be within the target range if the first parameter is outside the target range. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090923 | Framework For User-Created Device Applications - A method to provide an interface for launching applications is described. The method includes receiving information indicative of a record stored in an electronic device application. The method also includes determining whether the record is associated with a software application command. In response to determining that the record is associated with a software application command, the software application command is activated. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090924 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SPEECH RECOGNITION ON A PORTABLE DATA DEVICE - Devices, systems and methods for converting analog data to digital data or digital data to analog data for enabling speech recognition processing on a portable data device are provided. The system includes at least one portable data device including an input module configured to receive analog audio signals; a processing module configured to convert the analog audio signals to digital audio data; a communication module configured to transmit the digital audio data to a remote processor and to receive digital text data from the remote processor; and a display module for displaying the received digital text data; the remote processor configured for receiving digital audio data, converting the digital audio data to digital text data and transmitting the converted digital text data to the at least one portable data device; and a communications network for coupling the remote processor to the at least one portable data device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SPEECH RECOGNITION BY IDENTIFIED IDLE RESOURCES - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving automatic speech recognition performance. A system practicing the method identifies idle speech recognition resources and establishes a supplemental speech recognizer on the idle resources based on overall speech recognition demand. The supplemental speech recognizer can differ from a main speech recognizer, and, along with the main speech recognizer, can be associated with a particular speaker. The system performs speech recognition on speech received from the particular speaker in parallel with the main speech recognizer and the supplemental speech recognizer and combines results from the main and supplemental speech recognizer. The system recognizes the received speech based on the combined results. The system can use beam adjustment in place of or in combination with a supplemental speech recognizer. A scheduling algorithm can tailor a particular combination of speech recognition resources and release the supplemental speech recognizer based on increased demand. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090926 | MOBILE DEVICE CONTEXT INFORMATION USING SPEECH DETECTION - Systems and methods for speech detection in association with a mobile device are described herein. A method described herein for identifying presence of speech associated with a mobile device includes obtaining a plurality of audio samples from the mobile device while the mobile device operates in a mode distinct from a voice call operating mode, generating spectrogram data from the plurality of audio samples, and determining whether the plurality of audio samples include information indicative of speech by classifying the spectrogram data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090927 | PHONOLOGICALLY-BASED BIOMARKERS FOR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER - A system and a method for assessing a condition in a subject. Phones from speech of the subject are recognized, one or more prosodic or speech-excitation-source features of the phones are extracted, and an assessment of a condition of the subject, is generated based on a correlation between the features of the phones and the condition. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SPEECH RECOGNITION - An automatic speech recognition (ASR) system and method is provided for controlling the recognition of speech utterances generated by an end user operating a communications device. The ASR system and method can be used with a mobile device that is used in a communications network. The ASR system can be used for ASR of speech utterances input into a mobile device, to perform compensating techniques using at least one characteristic and for updating an ASR speech recognizer associated with the ASR system by determined and using a background noise value and a distortion value that is based on the features of the mobile device. The ASR system can be used to augment a limited data input capability of a mobile device, for example, caused by limited input devices physically located on the mobile device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090929 | HYBRID AUDIO ENCODER AND HYBRID AUDIO DECODER - Provided are a new hybrid audio decoder and a new hybrid audio encoder having block switching for speech signals and audio signals. Currently, very low bitrate audio coding methods for speech and audio signal are proposed. These audio coding methods cause very long delay. Generally, in coding an audio signal, algorithm delay tends to be long to achieve higher frequency resolution. In coding a speech signal, the delay needs to be reduced because the speech signal is used for telecommunication. To balance fine coding quality for these two kinds of input signals with very low bitrate, this invention provides a combination of a low delay filter bank like AAC-ELD and a CELP coding method. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090930 | Speech Recognition for Context Switching - Various embodiments provide techniques for implementing speech recognition for context switching In at least some embodiments, the techniques can enable a user to switch between different contexts and/or user interfaces of an application via speech commands. In at least some embodiments, a context menu is provided that lists available contexts for an application that may be navigated to via speech commands. In implementations, the contexts presented in the context menu include a subset of a larger set of contexts that are filtered based on a variety of context filtering criteria. A user can speak one of the contexts presented in the context menu to cause a navigation to a user interface associated with one of the contexts. | 2013-04-11 |