20th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150134230 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine has a compressor for adjusting a charge density in an intake pipe of the internal combustion engine and has an adjusting device, such as a variable valve gear, for adjusting a volumetric efficiency of the internal combustion engine. A dynamic setpoint quantity for the internal combustion engine is determined as a function of a difference between a load demand upon the internal combustion engine and a current load output of the internal combustion engine. The volumetric efficiency and the charge density are adjusted as a function of the dynamic setpoint quantity. An internal combustion engine and a vehicle are also provided. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE START-STOP - A start-stop module for a vehicle can include a capacitor, one or more switches and a controller. The switches can be configured to connect the capacitor in parallel or in series with a battery of the vehicle. The controller can receive an input voltage having a magnitude based on a connection between the capacitor and the battery, and output a desired voltage that is appropriate for operating accessory loads of the vehicle. The controller can control the switches to switch between a standby mode and a cranking mode. The capacitor is in parallel with the battery in standby mode and in series with the battery in cranking mode. The controller can switch to the cranking mode when the engine is about to be restarted and return to standby mode after the engine has been restarted and when the battery voltage reaches the desired voltage for the accessory loads. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING FEATURES OF ADAPTIVE AND/OR AUTONOMOUS TRAFFIC CONTROL - Systems and method are disclosed for adaptive and/or autonomous traffic control. In one illustrative implementation, there is provided a method for processing traffic information. Moreover, the method may include receiving data regarding travel of vehicles associated with an intersection, using neural network technology to recognize types and/or states of traffic, and using the neural network technology to process/determine/memorize optimal traffic flow decisions as a function of experience information. Exemplary implementations may also include using the neural network technology to achieve efficient traffic flow via recognition of the optimal traffic flow decisions. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134233 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Traffic Intersection Restrictions - Embodiments include a computer-implemented method for determining restrictions at an intersection of two roads. The method includes receiving location data from one or more devices used to traverse the intersection via a plurality of paths, identifying the plurality of paths through the intersection from the location data, classifying each of the plurality of paths through the intersection according to a type of path through the intersection, obtaining a count for a type of path through the intersection based on the plurality of classified paths, identifying a potential restriction for the type of path through the intersection based at least in part on the count of the plurality of paths of that type used to traverse the intersection, and storing the potential restriction for that type of path through the intersection in association with map feature data for the intersection. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134234 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MOTION CHARACTERISTICS OF TARGET AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING ROUTE OF VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are an apparatus for determining motion characteristics of a target, which determines whether a target positioned in front of a vehicle is a moving object and a movement direction of the target when the target is the moving object and adjusts a driving route of the vehicle based on a determination result of motion characteristics of the target, and a device for controlling a driving route of a vehicle including the same. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying a geographic location. The method comprises providing a terminal device to a user, wherein the terminal device includes a processor and a screen. Through a processor of the terminal device, the method comprises receiving a positioning instruction from the user; acquiring a first location based on the positioning instruction; acquiring information of at least one point of interest (POI) associated with the first location; displaying the first location on a map displayed in a first display area on the screen; and displaying a first POI list in a second display area on the screen, wherein the first POI list includes at least one entry being displayed in a first order, each entry includes the information of a POI in the at least one POI. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134236 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, SERVER, NON-TRANSITORY PHYSICAL COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image display system includes: a server having a storage device that stores images; and a mobile terminal having a display device that displays the images acquired from the server. The mobile terminal includes: an operation input device that input a refinement condition of images and selects a display image; and a control device that sets a location related to a selected image as a destination. The server includes an extraction device that extracts multiple images according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134237 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DESTINATION SELECTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining candidate locations for the location query; determining a candidate associated location specific to each of the candidate locations; determining a waypoint destination from an instance of the candidate locations based on a selected instance of the candidate associated location specific to the instance of the candidate locations; and calculating a travel route including the waypoint destination and the selected instance of the candidate associated location for displaying on a device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134238 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM PRODUCT - A navigation device includes a travel road specification portion acquiring a current location of a vehicle and specifying a travel road actually traveled by the vehicle, a continuity determination portion determining an existence of a continuity between the travel road and a first road connected to an end point of the travel road, and an extension road designation portion. The end point of the travel road is defined as a reference end point, the travel road is defined as a reference road, and the first road is defined as a determination target road. The extension road designation portion designates the first road as a first extension road when the continuity determination portion determines that the continuity exists between the first road and the travel road. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING VEHICLE - A method for searching a vehicle is provided. The method includes the following steps: determining whether or not there is a searching instruction from the vehicle locking device; acquiring the current position information of the vehicle locking device from the positioning unit when there is the searching instruction from the vehicle locking device; and calculating a route from a current position to an initial position according to the current position information, the initial position information, and the map information. A system for searching the vehicle is also provided. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134240 | IMITATION SOUND GENERATION SYSTEM AND MAP DATABASE - An imitation sound generation system is provided that accurately informs a user of a road environment corresponding to a current location, by an imitation sound. A navigation apparatus, which serves as an imitation sound generation system, includes a map data storage apparatus that stores road network data including data regarding links each representing each road in a road network, a vehicle information acquiring unit that acquires a current location, and a travelling road determining unit that specifies a link to which the current location belongs. The map data storage apparatus stores a plurality of pieces of imitation sound data each being associated with each link. A controller determines a piece of imitation sound data that is associated with the link to which the current location belongs, on the basis of the plurality of pieces of imitation sound data. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134241 | Geographic Identification System - Geographic identification systems and methods of displaying geographic locations on maps and providing related location based services in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a GEOID server configured to communicate with a database containing GEOIDs, where each GEOID comprises a label and geographic information. In addition, the GEOID server is configured to communicate with a mapping server via a network, the GEOID server is configured to communicate with a plurality of user devices via the network, the GEOID server is configured to store GEOIDs in the database in response to information received from user devices via the network, the GEOID server is configured to retrieve geographic information in response to GEOID labels received from user devices via the Internet, and the GEOID server is configured to cause the display of a map provided by a mapping server on a user device, where the map indicates at least one location associated with the geographic information retrieved by the GEOID server in response to the GEOID label received from the user device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134242 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150134243 | LANE CHANGE MONITORING - A method for detecting a lane change by a moving vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, it is detected that a first heading of a moving vehicle has met a parameter defining a stable heading. It is then detected that a second heading of the moving vehicle has subsequently met a parameter defining an unstable heading. It is then detected that a third heading of the moving vehicle has subsequently met a parameter defining a stable heading within a pre-determined time parameter and that the third heading equals the first heading within a pre-defined margin. An indication is then generated that the moving vehicle has performed a lane change. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134244 | Method for Predicting Travel Destinations Based on Historical Data - The embodiments of the invention provide a method in a navigation system, for predicting travel destinations according to a history of destinations. A model used for the prediction incorporates a database of destinations, which can include favorite, i.e., most probable, destinations for a user. The model also uses a context that can include features such as a current time of day, day of week, current location, current direction, past location, weather, and so on. The model infers the destination and destination categories even when the destination is not known precisely. Specifically, a method predicts destinations during travel, based on feature vectors representing current states of the travel, probabilities of destinations and categories of the destinations using a predictive model representing previous states of the travel. A subset of the destinations and categories of the destinations with highest probabilities are output for user selection. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134245 | Method and System for Generating Synthetic Location Information - A method including receiving a first location for a mobile device at a first time; receiving a second location for the mobile device at a second time; determining a most likely route for the mobile device based on the first location, the second location, and a time interval between the first time and the second time; and generating a synthetic location for the mobile device based on the most likely route at a corresponding synthetic time between the first time and the second time. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134246 | MULTI-PATH ROUTING TELEMATICS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multi-path routing telematics system and method are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, a route request from a navigation device and connecting to one or more route-providing servers based on corresponding plug-ins. In addition, the controller is configured to collect routes and transmit them to the navigation device. The route-providing servers are each configured to create a route pursuant to the route request. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134247 | ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, CONTENTS SERVER FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC GUIDE DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM - Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134248 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle is provided in which, when an estimated driving time for a destination set by a user exceeds a predetermined time, a stop at which the user can take a break when the predetermined time elapses after driving starts is searched for, and information on the stop is provided so that the user may be prompted to take a break during long-term driving. The vehicle includes an input unit for receiving information on destination setting from a user, a controller for generating a driving path from a departure position to the set destination and search for a stop candidate that is located on the driving path or a location adjacent to the driving path when an estimated driving time for the driving path is a predetermined first reference time or more, and a display unit configured to display a guide popup related to the searched stop candidate. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134249 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a gravity sensor, a processor and an input/output module. The gravity sensor is used for sensing a moving direction of the wearable electronic device. The gravity sensor and the input/output module are electrically connected to the processor, respectively. The processor generates navigation information according to the moving direction. The input/output module displays the navigation information. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134250 | METHOD OF ANALYSIS OF ELECTRON DENSITY OF IONOSPHERE - A method for an ionosonde to analyze the electron density of the ionosphere includes: receiving oblique sounding data in an oblique direction, rather than vertically above the ionosonde in the sky; converting the oblique sounding data into vertical sounding data; calculating the amplitude array based on the vertical sounding data; and analyzing the electron density of the ionosphere in the sky at an intermediate location based on the oblique sounding data and the converted vertical sounding data. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134251 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING AND MITIGATING POWER FLUCTUATIONS AT A PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT DUE TO CLOUD COVER - A method for forecasting reduction in sunlight intensity due to cloud cover at a photovoltaic power plant is described. The method comprises determining characteristics of one or more clouds from sensors surrounding the photovoltaic power plant. The cloud characteristics are used to create a 3D map of the clouds. The 3D map in combination with information on the angle of the sun is used to create a 3D projection on the surface of the earth, resulting in a 2D surface irradiance map. The 2D surface irradiance map may be taken in successive projections or used in combination with wind speed data to forecast fluctuation in irradiance at the photovoltaic power plant. The forecasted reductions in power may be used to enact measures at the plant such as reducing the power output of inverters to prevent sudden fluctuations in the power output of the photovoltaic plant feeding the utility. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134252 | PREDICTING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for predicting the potential for severe weather. A computing device receives data associated with lightning activity, where the data includes lightning flash data. The computing device identifies cells of lighting activity based upon the lightning flash data and determines a movement speed, a movement direction, and a lightning rate of the cells of lightning activity based on the received data. The computing device compares the determined lightning rate to a threshold lightning rate, where the threshold rate is set based upon atmospheric conditions in a location of the cells of lightning activity. The computing device determines one or more geographical areas at risk based on the location, the movement speed, and the movement direction of the cells of lightning activity, and issues an alert to remote devices when the lightning rate exceeds a value of the threshold lightning rate. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A DOWNHOLE TOOL - A telemetry system and method configured to communicate a wellbore parameter such as fluid composition, temperature, and pressure. In one embodiment, a plurality of tracers is stored downhole, and each of the tracers represents a different value of the wellbore parameter. After measuring the wellbore parameter, the measured value is correlated to one or more of the plurality of tracers that is equivalent to the measured value of the downhole parameter. The one or more tracers representing the measured value are then released from their respective containers to travel upstream. A sensor located upstream may detect the one or more tracers, which are then correlated back to obtain the measured value of the wellbore parameter. In another embodiment, ratiometric amounts of the tracers may be used to represent additional values of the wellbore parameter. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134254 | FOCUSED ARRAY LATEROLOG TOOL - Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to make resistivity measurements in a borehole using tool having an array of electrodes operable to provide focused currents and measure corresponding voltages to determine resistivity. Tools can be configured with a main electrode having a number of spaced apart electrodes within the main electrode such that the spaced apart electrodes are arranged azimuthally with respect to an axis of the tool. Generation of current from the spaced apart electrodes and control of current from additional electrodes on each side of the main electrode can provide for focused measurements. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134255 | STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION OF DEVIATED AND HORIZONTAL WELLBORES - Methods of generating structural models of highly deviated or horizontal wells may be generated from the measurement of true stratigraphic thickness in three dimensions (TST3D). In one aspect, methods may include generating a structural model from one or more deviation surveys of a horizontal well, one or more single channel log measurements, and a three-dimensional reference surface. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134256 | LATE TIME ROTATION PROCESSING OF MULTI-COMPONENT TRANSIENT EM DATA FOR FORMATION DIP AND AZIMUTH - A system and method to determine a dip angle and an azimuth angle of a formation are described. The system includes a transmitter disposed in a borehole to change a transmitted current to induce a current in an earth formation, and a receiver disposed in the borehole, spaced apart from the transmitter, to receive transient electromagnetic signals. The system also includes a processor to extract multi-time focusing (MTF) responses from the transient electromagnetic signals, determine a relative dip angle and a rotation of a tool comprising the transmitter and receiver based on the MTF responses, and estimate the dip angle and the azimuth angle of the formation based on the relative dip angle and the rotation of the tool. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134257 | Automatic Wellbore Condition Indicator and Manager - A method for monitoring condition of a wellbore includes initializing a value of at least one parameter having a relationship to likelihood of a drill string becoming stuck in a wellbore (the HCF). During drilling operations, at least one drilling parameter having a determinable relationship to the HCF is measured. In a computer, the value of the HCF is recalculated based on the at least one measured parameter. The initial value of the HCF and the recalculated values of the HCF are displayed to a user. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134258 | Well Pressure Control Event Detection and Prediction Method - A method for identifying and predicting well pressure control events includes pumping fluid into a wellbore and collecting fluid returning from the wellbore. A first parameter related to a rate of flow of fluid pumped into the wellbore is measured. A second parameter related to a rate of flow of fluid out of the wellbore is measured. The first and second parameters and selected properties of the fluid are used to calculate an equivalent density of the fluid during pumping (ECD) and when pumping is stopped (ESD). An alarm when at least one of the following occurs: ECD is at least equal to a fracture pressure of at least one formation in the wellbore, ESD is at most equal to a fluid pore pressure of at least one formation in the wellbore, and ESD is at most equal to a collapse pressure of the wellbore. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134259 | Constructing A Seismic Signal Using A Predicted Energy Distribution - A technique includes processing seismic data indicative of samples of at least one measured seismic signal in a processor-based machine to determine basis functions that represent a constructed seismic signal based at least in part on a matching pursuit-based technique. The technique further includes basing the determination of the basis functions at least in part on a predicted energy distribution of the constructed seismic signal. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134260 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF RETRIEVING SEISMIC DATA BY A DATA SERVER - Retrieving seismic data by a data server. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: retrieving a seismic data slice from a seismic data volume, the datums logically organized in parallel layers, the retrieving by: sending a request for the seismic data slice from a client computer to a data sever over a network connection, the request spans at least a quarter of the layers in the seismic data volume, and the data server is remote from the client computer; extracting data values associated with the seismic data slice from the seismic data volume by the data server; sending, by the data server, datums residing within the seismic data slice, the sending such that at least some cache lines of a processor of the client computer filled responsive to the request comprise datums that span more than one layer; and then rendering the seismic data slice on a display device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134261 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF PATIENT MOTION DETECTION EQUIPMENT WITH MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - An improved system and method to acquire physiological information about a state of a subject, such as SPECT and PET information. The system generates a predetermine sequence of pulse signals and combines that sequence with a first physiological signal to generate a time-base signal. The time-base signal is than combined with a second physiological signal. The combined signals are analyzed to determine accurate temporal synchronization of the first and second physiological signals. The system can be generalized to handle more than two physiological signals. Examples of physiological signals can be for example EKG signals, tomography signals, gross-body motion signals, respiratory motion signals, voluntary motion signals, involuntary motion signals and other signals. The analyzed data can be displayed and/or recorded, and provides physiological information about a state of the subject. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, PROCESSING AND UTILIZING PROPRIETARY GENETIC INFORMATION - A method of genetic testing utilizing a system of servers, databases, computers, software applications, or any other computing module. The computing modules allow for creation of a genetic test script and the analysis of genetic information based on the genetic test script. The system can also account for the use of proprietary biomarkers. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134263 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an input unit inputting first vibration information observed from a moving body; a generating unit generating second vibration information based on a periodic function including at least one parameter that models periodic motion of the moving body; and an estimating unit estimating the at least one parameter based on a comparison result for the first vibration information inputted by the input unit and the second vibration information generated by the generating unit. The estimating unit repeatedly estimates the at least one parameter based on a comparison result for the first vibration information and the second vibration information that has been regenerated by the generating unit using the estimated at least one parameter. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134264 | Systems and Methods for Detecting Truth Utilizing Biologic Data - Systems and methods for detecting truth utilizing biologic data observed during various time periods occurring prior and subsequent to the presentation of a stimulus to a subject and/or prior and subsequent to a volitional action performed by the subject in response to the stimulus. A method for creating a truth or lie scale involving: presenting a stimulus designed to evoke an action to a subject; monitoring a first change in biologic data between a first epoch and a second epoch, the first epoch occurring during presentation of the stimulus, and the second epoch occurring subsequent to presentation of the stimulus; monitoring a second change in biologic data between a second epoch and a third epoch, the third epoch occurring subsequent to the action performed by the subject; and analyzing the monitored data to create the truth or lie scale. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134265 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INDEX - A distributed network system and method includes a processing unit configured to manage safety data for a plurality of medical devices, a database software component in communication with the processing unit, and a monitoring software component in communication with the processing unit. The monitoring software component is configured to monitor a number of messages between a number of medical devices and the processing unit, to process performance parameters to generate an overall performance index, and to generate an output that is viewable by a user. The output includes relative contributions of each of the performance parameters to the overall performance index, where the overall performance index is generated using a weighting factor associated with each of the performance parameters. The performance parameters include the number of messages waiting to be processed, which has the largest weighting factor, and a disk queue length, which has the smallest weighting factor. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134266 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF THE ACTIVITY OF A DRUG COMPOUND, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND TREATMENT METHODS - The present invention relates to a method of identifying the molecular basis of a drug compound's activity. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a kit for treating psychosis in a subject, and a method for treating psychosis and/or schizophrenia. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134267 | AUTOMATED NUCLEIC ACID REPEAT COUNT CALLING METHODS - The present disclosure relates to processes for determining the number of nucleic acid repeats in a DNA fragment comprising a nucleic acid repeat region. One example method may include receiving DNA size and abundance data generated by resolving DNA amplification products. A set of low-pass data may be generated by applying a low-pass filter to the DNA size and abundance data and a set of band-pass data may be generated by applying a band-pass filter to the DNA size and abundance data. A peak of the DNA size and abundance data representative of a number of nucleic acid repeats in the DNA may be identified based on peaks identified from the low-pass data and the band-pass data. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134268 | PORTABLE MONITORING DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to a portable activity monitoring device comprising a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, a plurality of sensors (for example, motion sensor and altitude sensor) disposed in the housing. The monitoring device may further include processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of sensor, to calculate the activity points corresponding to the physical activity of the user using the sensor data, wherein the activity points correlate to an amount and intensity of the physical activity of the user, and output the data which is representative of the activity points. The monitoring device may also include a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, may output the data which is representative of the activity points to the user. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134269 | TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF A COATED SURFACE USING KEPLER'S PLANETARY MOTION LAWS - A method that includes obtaining, using a processor, reflectance data from a target coating and calculating, using the processor, virtual color response data using one of at least one Kepler's laws of planetary motion equation and at least one derivation of at least one Kepler's laws of planetary motion equation. The method also includes generating, using the processor, a coating formulation that is the same or substantially similar in appearance to the target coating. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134270 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ACCURACY - Systems and methods for determining turbine engine system stability encompass measuring or otherwise determining values of performance parameters, storing a data set of such values in memory, generating a stability indicator, and displaying the stability indicator on an operator interface. The stability indicator is generated by a processor operating in data communication with the computer memory, utilizing customized software algorithms to remove high frequency components, apply an adaptive filter to adjust selected parameters according to a target value of a selected target parameter, and apply a stochastic filters to estimate true values of the selected parameters, based on the remaining variation. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134271 | LIFE EXPIRATION PREDICTING METHOD, LIFE EXPIRATION PREDICTING APPARATUS, LIFE EXPIRATION PREDICTING SYSTEM, LIFE EXPIRATION CALCULATING APPARATUS, AND ROTARY MACHINE - A vibration waveform output by a gyro sensor set in a main pump is received. The vibration waveform is subjected to a frequency analysis and a frequency spectrum is calculated. A feature value is calculated from the frequency spectrum. Life expiration of the main pump is determined using the feature value. When the feature value is represented as R, a sum of squares of amplitudes in the frequency spectrum is represented as D, and a sum of squares of the amplitudes exceeding a first determination value is represented as P, R=√(P/D). | 2015-05-14 |
20150134272 | WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HEALTH STATE OF BLADE THEREOF - A wind turbine including a plurality of blades, a micro inertial measurement unit installed on each blade and configured to sense a plurality of detection parameter signals at corresponding installation positions, and a monitoring system configured to monitor an operating state of the blades. The monitoring system includes a signal processing unit configured to obtain a processing parameter signal through calculation based on the detection parameter signals, a signal analyzing unit configured to analyze each analysis parameter signal, selected from the plurality of detection parameter signals and the processing parameter signal, to obtain a fault estimation signal, used to estimate whether a corresponding blade works in a fault state, and a fault evaluating unit configured to evaluate, based on a plurality of fault estimation signals, whether a corresponding blade fails or a probability that the corresponding blade fails. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134273 | VISUALIZATION OF REFERENCES DURING INDUCTION THERMOGRAPHY - Non-destructive material examination of a test part by scanning induction thermography improves upon the quality of a manual measurement by an inspecting person. Recorded infrared images undergo evaluation and references corresponding to the evaluation are projected onto the test piece for an inspecting person. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134274 | NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION OF AIRPLANES - A method for managing an airplane fleet is described. The method includes: (i) developing a gold body database for an airplane model for each non-destructive inspection system implemented to detect defects; (ii) inspecting, over a period of time, a plurality of candidate airplanes of the airplane model, using different types of non-destructive inspection systems and the gold body database associated with each of the different types of non-destructive inspection systems, to identify defects present on the plurality of candidate airplanes; (iii) repairing or monitoring defects detected on the plurality of candidate airplanes; (iv) conducting a trend analysis by analyzing collective defect data obtained from inspecting of plurality of candidate airplanes; and (v) maintaining the airplane fleet, which includes plurality of candidate airplanes, by performing predictive analysis using results of trend analysis. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134275 | Steam flow rate metering device and metering method therefor - Provided are a steam flow metering device and a metering method therefor. The device mainly comprises a mono-energetic gamma sensor ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150134276 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBSTRUCTIONS IN PIPELINE NETWORKS FOR TRANSPORTING FLUIDS - It is described a method for detecting and identifying obstructions in a pipeline network for transporting fluids, wherein the network is composed of a plurality of pipeline sections (P) and a plurality of junctions (N). The method comprising the following phases: acquiring the geometrical data of a predefined number of pipeline sections (P) for which the presence of obstructions has to be evaluated; measuring the actual flow-rate values (Q | 2015-05-14 |
20150134277 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE GAS TIGHTNESS OF A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method checks the gas tightness of a fuel cell system which has a fuel cell and a container for storing hydrogen gas. The container is connected to the fuel cell via a line along which a pressure sensor is arranged to measure a pressure of hydrogen gas flowing to the fuel cell. A quantity of hydrogen gas flowing to the fuel cell is calculated by a quantity/pressure relationship which describes a relationship between the pressure and the quantity of hydrogen gas. A current which is generated by the fuel cell is measured and a quantity of hydrogen gas which has been converted into electricity by the fuel cell is calculated by a quantity/current relationship which describes a relationship between the current generated by the fuel cell and the quantity of burnt hydrogen gas. The calculated quantities of hydrogen gas are compared with one another. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134278 | Measurement Device for Detecting Material Level and Temperature - A measurement device for detecting a material level and a temperature has a cable, a level sensing module, a thermal sensing module, a processing module, and a power module. The measurement device detects difference of currents between an electrode of the cable and the earth, and calculates a material level of a material stored in a silo according to the RF admittance. The cable comprises a plurality of thermal sensing units for detecting a temperature of the material. The measurement device further calibrates a material capacitance of the material with the temperature for avoiding an error caused by an inaccurate parameter. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134279 | ESTIMATING OPERATION STATE OF INDIVIDUAL LOAD - The disclosure is related to a method for estimating an operation state of each individual load in a target electric power consumer. The method may include obtaining an operation state table of a target electric power consumer upon generation of a predetermined event, collecting predetermined electricity parameter values in response to a request to estimate an operation state of each individual load, and estimating operation states of individual loads in the target electric power consumer based on the obtained operation state table and the collected predetermined electricity parameter values. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134280 | SCALABLE AND WEB-BASED DR PLATFORM FOR COMMUNICATION OF A DR SIGNAL USING A NETWORK SERVER - A scalable and web-based demand response platform for optimization and management of Demand response resources are provided. The optimization and management are achieved by using a server, a program design module, a customer portal module, a forecasting optimization module, an event management module, an application programming interface, an analytics module for performing analysis for performing analysis of the data feeds. The said platform is offered to the users on software-as-a-service model. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134281 | TRANSFORMER CONNECTION PHASE DETERMINATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A transformer connection phase determination device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: computing respective correlation values representing a correlation between current corresponding to power consumed by at least one consumer connected to a transformer connected to one phase corresponding to a combination of two of a plurality of power distribution lines, and line current flowing in each of the plurality of power distribution lines; and determining the phase the transformer is connected to based on the respective correlation values. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134282 | BATTERY RESIDUAL CAPACITANCE CALCULATION DEVICE AND BATTERY RESIDUAL CAPACITANCE CALCULATION METHOD - A residual capacity calculation apparatus for a battery includes: a current detection device to detect a charge/discharge current of the battery; a voltage detection device to detect a terminal voltage of the battery; a first residual capacity calculation unit to calculate a first residual capacity based on an integrated value of the charge/discharge current of the battery; a second residual capacity calculation unit to calculate a second residual capacity based on an open circuit voltage of the battery; a blend rate setting unit to determine a blend rate of the second residual capacity based on a deviation between the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity; and a third residual capacity calculation unit to calculate a post-combination residual capacity by subjecting the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity to weighted combination with use of the blend rate, in which the blend rate setting unit is configured to increase the blend rate as the deviation between the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity increases. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134283 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING POLARIZATION OF SECONDARY BATTERY - A concentration distribution in an active material of a battery unit is calculated by using a diffusion equation, and a first polarization elimination time taken for the concentration distribution in the active material to fall within an allowable range is calculated assuming that charge and discharge of the battery unit is not performed. A concentration distribution in an electrolyte of the battery unit is calculated by using a diffusion equation, and a second polarization elimination time taken for the concentration distribution in the electrolyte to fall within an allowable range is calculated assuming that the charge and the discharge of the battery unit is not performed. It is determined that polarization of the battery unit is eliminated when a time for which the charge and the discharge of the battery unit is not performed is longer than the longer one of the first polarization elimination time and the second polarization elimination time. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134284 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ANGULAR OFFSET BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND THE STATOR OF AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for determining the angular offset between the rotor and the stator of an electrical machine for driving a motor vehicle, the rotor being supplied with a rotor-energizing current and voltage, the stator being supplied over three phases with stator-phase currents and voltages, wherein the method includes the following steps: verifying that the electrical machine is stopped; applying a rotor-energizing signal for an amount of time capable of causing the partial magnetization of the rotor; applying a rotor-de-energizing signal capable of causing an active and rapid demagnetization of the rotor, while measuring, during the magnetization, the stator-phase currents and maintaining zero voltage among the phases of the stator; determining the direct stator currents and quadrature stator currents corresponding to the stator-phase currents measured by applying Park and Clarke transforms and in accordance with a measurement of the electrical position of the rotor; determining the maximum values among the direct and quadrature stator currents; transmitting an angular offset fault signal if the absolute value of the maximum quadrature stator signal is greater than a threshold value; determining a correction of the angular offset in radians by calculating the tangent arc of the maximum quadrature stator current value divided by the maximum value of the direct stator current. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134285 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COLLECTION OF DATA - Devices and methods for remotely collecting data for the assessment of value and/or like, kind, and quality are provided, including a mobile device equipped with an application configured to enable collection of data; the data acquired using the device are received by a service provider; and following the assessment transmitting of the assessment analysis by the service provide to the display of the mobile device of the user. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134286 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PROCESS NON-UNIFORMITY USING MODEL-BASED METROLOGY - Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved method and system for assessing non-uniformity of features in the measurement area (within the beam spot) on a semiconductor structure, (e.g. wafer), such as a non-uniform film thickness. The scattering from non-uniform features is modeled. Post-processing the residual of theoretical and collected spectra is performed to assess a measure of non-uniformity from within an incident spot beam of a spectrum acquisition tool. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DIFFERENTIAL DIRECT CURRENT (DC) MEASUREMENT ACCURACY - A method of error correction in automated test equipment (ATE) is presented. The method comprises calibrating the ATE using a calibration board, wherein the calibration board comprises a reference voltage. The calibrating comprises: (a) measuring the reference voltage using a reference channel and each of a plurality of channels in the ATE; (b) recording a series of differential voltage measurement values obtained from the measuring in a calibration module; and (c) calculating a respective correction factor for each of the plurality of channels utilizing the series of differential voltage measurement values. The method further comprises obtaining a measured voltage value for a DUT connected to a first channel in the ATE, wherein the first channel is one of the plurality of channels. Finally, the method comprises correcting the measured voltage value using a respective correction factor for said first channel. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134288 | DECOMPOSITION OF NEAR-FIELD REFLECTIONS - Systems and methods for decomposition of near-field reflections are presented. In an embodiment, a method may include identifying data associated with a reference signal in a reflection-based imaging device. The method may also include identifying shifted and scaled versions of the reference signal in reflection data gathered by the reflection-based imaging device. Additionally, the method may include solving a time-of-arrival and a scaling factor of the reference signal with a non-linear optimization. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134289 | PROFILES FOR STREAMLINING CALIBRATION TEST - A calibrator has profiles for holding locators for items in a tree-like database of smart device that monitors a process. The calibrator is connected to the smart device and obtains tag and other identity information to find the profile for the smart device. When a profile is located, the calibrator displays a list of calibration setup items and favorite items and loads the items on the list into the calibrator as default inputs or settings. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134290 | Sensor for a Measuring Point and Method for Testing a Sensor for a Measuring Point - A two-part sensor composed of a sensor head and a sensor-head counterpart, testing is performed as to whether a correct sensor head is connected with the sensor-head counterpart. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134291 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TESTING COUPLED HYBRID DYNAMIC SYSTEMS - A test system and method for testing a coupled hybrid dynamic system in simulated motion along a path ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150134292 | HEAT ENERGY SENSING AND ANALYSIS FOR WELDING PROCESSES - A series of time-sequenced heat energy data arrays or data stream sets of a weld process region are processed by a weld data array or data stream processing system to produce a heat energy data set output that is related to weld process region features or weld process region heat energy data. The heat energy data set output can be displayed to a system user and modified by system user input to the weld data array or data stream processing system; alternatively, or in combination, the system user output and input, the heat energy data set output, or data produced from the heat energy data set output by the weld data array or data stream processing system, can be transmitted to a weld process controller to adjust parameters in the weld process responsive to the output of the weld data array or data stream processing system. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134293 | CAPSIZE RISK LEVEL CALCULATION SYSTEM - Provided is a capsize risk level calculation system which can calculate a capsize risk level providing an index of the capsize risk on an oscillation of hull without using hull information. This system includes an acceleration sensor detecting a reciprocating motion in an up-down direction of a vessel as an oscillation in an up-down direction of a virtual oscillation center axis; an angular velocity sensor detecting a simple pendulum motion in a rolling direction around the vessel center axis as a simple pendulum motion of the vessel COG around the oscillation center axis; and an arithmetic part calculating a capsize risk level from an oscillation radius connecting between the oscillation center axis and the vessel COG, and a capsize limit oscillation radius connecting between the oscillation center axis and the vessel metacenter, which are obtained on the results of detection by the acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134294 | ATTITUDE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND ATTITUDE CALCULATION METHOD - An attitude calculation apparatus includes a gyro sensor that detects angular velocity in a first coordinate system for an inertial coordinate system, of a living body or a moving object which moves by using energy of the living body as a power source, an attitude change calculation unit that calculates an attitude change of the moving object on the basis of the angular velocity which is input at a first frequency f1, and an attitude update unit that updates an attitude of the moving object on the basis of the attitude change which is input at a second frequency f2, in which the first frequency and the second frequency satisfy f1>f2≧20 Hz. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134295 | CSM-BASED ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR COLLISION RISK - The present invention relates to a conjunction summary message (CSM)-based analysis system for a collision that includes space debris which moves in space, a user satellite which is operated by a user, a joint space operations center server which receives information collected through a space debris monitoring satellite and radar or an optical camera and calculates orbit information and covariance information about the user satellite and the space debris, and a collision risk analysis server which analyzes a collision risk between the satellite and the space debris based on the orbit information and the covariance information calculated by the joint space operations center server, thereby having effects on improving precise prediction of collision between the satellite and the space debris based on a CSM informing the collision risk between the satellite and the space debris while operating a global space monitoring network, and significantly reducing a total time taken in determining and analyzing a precise orbit of the space debris and making an optimized collision-avoidance maneuver plan, through the effective user interface and system. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134296 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL VOLUMES FOR DETERMINING BIOKINETICS - A method for determining functional volumes for the search for kinetics representing the trend of concentration of a radioactive tracer in an area of biological tissue, being applied to spatial components comprises the following steps applied iteratively according to a Markov chain Monte-Carlo scheme: generation of a set K | 2015-05-14 |
20150134297 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INPUT TO DETERMINE VALIDITY OF DATA - Systems and methods for determining validity of physiological data according to an embodiment of the present invention include a patient sensor configured to acquire patient data from a patient, wherein the patient data is physiological; and an environmental sensor configured to acquire environmental data related to validity of the patient data, wherein a value of the environmental data has a clinical effect on the validity of the patient data but not on performance of the environmental sensor; a control/monitoring system, wherein the control/monitoring system is configured to determine whether the environmental data satisfies one or more conditions indicative of the validity of the patient data and to flag the patient data that is invalid based on the determination. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FOREST FIRE AIRTANKER OPERATIONS DATA - A system and method for generating forest fire operations data and storing the operations data for use in modeling. An exemplary system comprises one or more location tracking module linked to each of a plurality of airtankers, each location tracking module operable to generate location data corresponding to tracking the location of the airtanker in real time or near real time, and a processing module operable to generate the operations data from the collected location data. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134299 | TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF A COATED SURFACE USING ELECTROSTATICS CALCULATIONS - A method that includes obtaining, using a processor, reflectance data from a target coating and calculating, using the processor, electrostatics data from the reflectance data. The method also includes generating, using the processor, a coating formulation that is the same or substantially similar in appearance to the target coating. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134300 | TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF A COATED SURFACE USING PIVOT-NORMALIZATION - A method that includes obtaining, using a processor, reflectance data from a target coating and calculating, using the processor, pivot-normalized reflectance data. The method also includes generating, using the processor, a coating formulation that is the same or substantially similar in appearance to the target coating. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134301 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF GENERATING A COMPUTER MODEL OF A COMPONENT - A computer device for generating a computer model of a non-nominal component includes a memory device and a communication interface device coupled to the memory device and includes a processor. The processor is programmed to generate a nominal outer surface and a nominal inner surface; generate a tool having a first tool position; move the tool to a second tool position within the nominal component, the second tool position based on a simulated local geometric deviation of a parameter; segment the tool into a first portion and a second portion at the nominal inner surface component; return the first portion to the first tool position out of the nominal component; segment the first portion at the nominal outer surface into a hole portion; and simulate a non-nominal cooling hole represented by the hole portion to facilitate computer modeling of the non-nominal component. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134302 | 3-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL GARMENT CREATION FROM PLANAR GARMENT PHOTOGRAPHS - Techniques for generating and presenting a three-dimensional garment model are presented herein. A communication interface can be configured to receive images, where all visible parts of the garment may be captured by the received images. A garment creation module can be configured to generate partial shapes of the garment based on the received images. Additionally, the garment creation module can determine a type of garment by comparing the generated partial shapes to a database of reference garment shapes. Furthermore, the garment creation module can generate a three-dimensional garment model by joining the partial shapes based on the determined type of garment, and can tessellate the generated three-dimensional garment model. A user interface can be configured to present the tessellated three-dimensional garment model on a three-dimensional body model. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134303 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH HOLE-FILLING FUNCTION FOR POINT CLOUD USING CONTACT PROBE - A method for establishing a three-dimensional contour model of an object includes providing a contact probe which has a contact ball and three positioning dots. Then initial positions of the contact ball and positioning dots are established by measuring the contact probe by using a measuring device. A point cloud is created by scanning the object with a three-dimensional non-contact scanner. The contact ball of the contact probe is used to touch the object at a place where a hole of the point cloud is located. Image of the contact probe is caught to calculate out present position of the contact ball. Coordinate of the present position of the contact ball is output as a coordinate for filling the hole of the point cloud. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134304 | HIERARCHICAL STATISTICAL MODEL FOR BEHAVIOR PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION - Technologies are generally provided far a hierarchical, feature teed statistical model that cm be used for personalized classification or predictions within a community of users. Personalization refers to learning about the habits and characteristics of individual users and adapting user experiences based on that learning. The model may be used in a communication application to predict user actions on incoming email messages and to help users triage email by making personalized suggestions based on the model predictions. A community of users associated together with the communication application may be incorporated together into a single model to enable for continuous fine-grain interaction between intelligence learned from the community of users as a whole and that learned from individual users. The single model may allow a seamless progression between predictions for a completely new user based on community observations and highly personalized predictions for a long-term user based on individual observations. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134305 | STATIC MODELLING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A design verification system verifies an electronic device design based on a static model of the electronic device. The static model is an expression of the relationships between modules of the electronic device design and relationships between the behaviors of those modules that can be expressed as set of logical relationships. The static model does not rely on a time variable, but instead reflects a fixed set of relationships between the electronic device modules and between behaviors of the electronic device modules. The static model can be employed by a solver, that identifies whether or how the mathematical relationships of the static model can be reconciled, given a set of constraints. The solver results can be analyzed to identify whether there are errors in the device design, such as resource conflicts, failure of the design to achieve a desired configuration, and the like. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134306 | CREATING UNDERSTANDABLE MODELS FOR NUMEROUS MODELING TASKS - A computer program product for creating models comprises a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon first program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to receive the modeling tasks each having a target variable and at least one covariate, the target variable and the at least one covariate being the same for all of the modeling tasks, a relationship between the target variable and the at least one covariate being different for all of the modeling tasks, and second program instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to generate, for each of the modeling tasks, a model including a transfer function for approximating the relationship between the target value and the at least one covariate of the modeling task in a manner that at least two of the models share an identical transfer function and the models satisfy an accuracy condition. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134307 | CREATING UNDERSTANDABLE MODELS FOR NUMEROUS MODELING TASKS - A method for generating models for a plurality of modeling tasks is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, with a processing device, the modeling tasks each having a target variable and at least one covariate. The target variable and at least one covariate are the same for all of the modeling tasks. A relationship between the target variable and at least one covariate is different for all of the modeling tasks. For each of the modeling tasks, generating a model including a transfer function for approximating the relationship between the target value and at least one covariate of the modeling task in a manner that at least two of the models share at least one identical transfer function and the models satisfy an accuracy condition. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134308 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING OPTIMIZATION COEFFICIENT, AND RELATED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING WAVE FIELD - It is provided a method and a device for acquiring optimization coefficients, and a related method and device for simulating a wave field. Determining whether the values of a discrete variable K | 2015-05-14 |
20150134309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE SHAPE OF AN ACOUSTIC TRAILING ANTENNA - The invention concerns a method and a device for estimating the shape of an acoustic trailing antenna ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150134310 | Method for Simulating a Set of Elements, and Associated Computer Program - Method for simulating a system of elements, according to which the behaviour of said elements is determined on the basis of a Hamiltonian H of the system of elements, such as (formula I) where p is a vector indicating the moments of the elements. q is a vector indicating the positions of the elements, M | 2015-05-14 |
20150134311 | Modeling Effectiveness of Verum - Modeling effectiveness of a verum includes dividing a group of patients into a placebo group and a verum group, defining a plurality of characteristics of the group of patients, and generating a model for the placebo group based on the plurality of characteristics. The method also includes generating a model for the verum group based on the plurality of characteristics, and isolating a placebo effect in the verum group in order to determine a pure verum effect. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134312 | Evaluation of Service Delivery Models - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for evaluation of service delivery models are provided herein. A method includes evaluating a set of multiple service delivery models against one or more metrics; selecting one service delivery model from the set of multiple service delivery models based on said evaluating; activating said selected service delivery model within a system; and re-evaluating said selected service delivery model based on data collected subsequent to said activating. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134313 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION INTERVALS FOR SIMULATING A MACHINE IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - Systems, methods, and software to facilitate simulating machines used in industrial automation are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, an API is utilized to establish at least a communication link between a simulation model created in a simulation application and an industrial controller system outside of the simulation model, wherein the simulation model comprises definitions for a virtual representation of at least a portion of a machine used in an industrial automation environment. Data is then exchanged between the industrial controller system and the simulation model over the communication link. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134314 | PARALLEL NETWORK SIMULATION APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - In some embodiments, systems, methods, and articles may operate to compute, in parallel, to determine values of unknowns in network equations associated with a network of sub-surface wells and at least one surface facility, for intra-well subdivisions of the network, and then for inter-well subdivisions of the network, wherein the computing is based on default values of the unknowns, or prior determined values of the unknowns. Additional activities may include constructing a distributed Jacobian matrix having portions comprising coefficients of the unknowns distributed among a number of processors, wherein each of the portions is distributed to a particular one of the processors previously assigned to corresponding ones of the subdivisions. The Jacobian matrix may be factored to provide factors and eliminate some of the unknowns. Back-solving is used to determine remaining unsolved ones of the unknowns, using the factors. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134315 | STRUCTURE BASED PREDICTIVE MODELING - Disclosed are methods for building a sequence activity model with reference to structural data, which model can be used to guide directed evolution of proteins having beneficial properties. Some embodiments use genetic algorithms and structural data to filter out uninformative data. Some embodiments use a support vector machine to train the sequence activity model. The filtering and training methods can generate a sequence activity model having higher predictive power than conventional modeling methods. Systems and computer program products implementing the methods are also provided. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134316 | TREATMENT VALIDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Treatment validation techniques include generating a modified treatment target from an original treatment target using a modification process, and comparing induced aberrations provided by the original and modified treatment targets, so as to verify the modified treatment target or the modification process. In some cases, a modification process may include a deconvolution process, a low pass filter process, a scaling process, or an adjustment process. The induced aberrations may include high order aberrations, such as spherical aberration. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134317 | INTERFACE FOR DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLERS AND SIMULATION APPLICATIONS FOR SIMULATING A MACHINE - Systems, methods, and software to facilitate simulating machines used in industrial automation are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, an API is utilized to establish at least a communication link between a simulation model created in a simulation application and an industrial controller system outside of the simulation model, wherein the simulation model comprises definitions for a virtual representation of at least a portion of a machine used in an industrial automation environment. Data is then exchanged between the industrial controller system and the simulation model over the communication link. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134318 | PRESENTING TRANSLATIONS OF TEXT DEPICTED IN IMAGES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting additional information for text depicted by an image. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image. Text depicted in the image is identified. The identified text can be in one or more text blocks. A prominence presentation context is selected for the image based on the relative prominence of the one or more text blocks. Each prominence presentation context corresponds to a relative prominence of each text block in which text is presented within images. Each prominence presentation context has a corresponding user interface for presenting additional information related to the identified text depicted in the image. A user interface is identified that corresponds to the selected prominence presentation context. Additional information is presented for at least a portion of the text depicted in the image using the identified user interface. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134319 | TEXT TRANSLATION FOR ECOMMERCE - In an example embodiment, text is received at an ecommerce service from a first user, the text in a first language and pertaining to a first listing on the ecommerce service. Contextual information about the first listing may be retrieved. The text may be translated to a second language. Then, a plurality of text objects, in the second language, similar to the translated text may be located in a database, each of the text objects corresponding to a listing. Then, the plurality of text objects similar to the translated text may be ranked based on a comparison of the contextual information about the first listing and contextual information stored in the database for the listings corresponding to the plurality of text objects similar to the translated text. At least one of the ranked plurality of text objects may then be translated to the first language. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING REAL-TIME SPEECH USING SEGMENTATION BASED ON CONJUNCTION LOCATIONS - A system, method and computer-readable storage device which balance latency and accuracy of machine translations by segmenting the speech upon locating a conjunction. The system, upon receiving speech, will buffer speech until a conjunction is detected. Upon detecting a conjunction, the speech received until that point is segmented. The system then continues performing speech recognition on the segment, searching for the next conjunction, while simultaneously initiating translation of the segment. Upon translating the segment, the system converts the translation to a speech output, allowing a user to hear an audible translation of the speech originally heard. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING TEXT - The present invention discloses a system and method for assisting the translation of texts through forming, displaying and interacting with translation units. According to a preferred embodiment, a system is provided in which a text presentation and input structure is provided which includes a multi-dimensional matrix. In one embodiment, it allows different levels of chunking to be displayed using a drill-down/zoom-type function. The plurality of chunks is separated vertically with sub-chunks divided in the horizontal and with a depth dimension. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134322 | USER INTERFACE FOR REALTIME LANGUAGE TRANSLATION - A language translation application on a user device includes a user interface that provides relevant textual and graphical feedback mechanisms associated with various states of voice input and translated speech. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134323 | PRESENTING TRANSLATIONS OF TEXT DEPICTED IN IMAGES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting additional information for text depicted by an image. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image. Text depicted in the image is identified. A presentation context is selected for the image based on an arrangement of the text depicted by the image. Each presentation context corresponds to a particular arrangement of text within images. Each presentation context has a corresponding user interface for presenting additional information related to the text. The user interface for each presentation context is different from the user interface for other presentation contexts. The user interface that corresponds to the selected presentation context is identified. Additional information is presented for at least a portion of the text depicted in the image using the identified user interface. The user interface can present the additional information in an overlay over the image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134324 | Systems, Computer-Program Products and Methods for Annotating Multiple Controlled Vocabulary-Defined Concepts In Single Noun Phrases - Systems, computer-program products and methods for annotating electronic text documents with multiple entities defined in a controlled vocabulary extracted from a compound noun phrase are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of annotating an electronic text document includes searching, by a computing device, the electronic text document for instances of congruent compound noun phrases including a head and a modifier. If a congruent compound noun phrase is found, the method further includes determining a preceding word that precedes the modifier of the congruent compound noun phrase, and searching a controlled vocabulary for a second full term having the preceding word and the head of the congruent compound noun phrase. If the second full term is found in the controlled vocabulary, the method further includes annotating the electronic text document with the second full term having the preceding word and the head of the congruent compound noun phrase. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134325 | Deep Language Attribute Analysis - Contact centers may benefit from routing messages to agents who have similar, or complementary, attributes as the customer of the message. In a text message, certain message attributes provide artifacts that may be common to one particular customer attribute. Messages containing that particular message attribute provide a derived customer attribute and the message routed accordingly. In addition, agents responding to a customer may be provided with guidance to ensure their response is appropriate for the derived customer attribute of the customer. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134326 | MECHANISM FOR SYNCHRONISING DEVICES, SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is provided a mechanism for synchronising a plurality of dynamic language models residing in a plurality of devices associated with a single user, each device comprising a dynamic language model. The mechanism is configured to: receive text data representing text that has been input by a user into one or more of the plurality of devices; train at least one language model on the text data; and provide the at least one language model for synchronising the devices. There is also provided a system comprising the mechanism and a plurality of devices, and a method for synchronising a plurality of dynamic language models residing in a plurality of devices associated with a single user. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134327 | LINGERING CANCELLATION FOR DATA ENCODED AUDIO SIGNALS - Presented herein are techniques to reduce error probability and eliminate the lingering signal that causes problems during audio signal data transmission. An electroacoustic transducer of a first electronic device receives a data encoded audio signal that includes modulated digital data therein. The data encoded audio signal is demodulated to produce a present input signal that includes a target frequency and a lingering effect of a previously received data encoded audio signal. Lingering cancellation is performed on the present input signal to produce a present output signal from which the lingering effect of the previously received data encoded audio signal has been removed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134328 | UNIFIED SPEECH/AUDIO CODEC (USAC) PROCESSING WINDOWS SEQUENCE BASED MODE SWITCHING - A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency. | 2015-05-14 |
20150134329 | CONTENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - The content of a media program is recognized by analyzing its audio content to extract therefrom prescribed features, which are compared to a database of features associated with identified content. The identity of the content within the database that has features that most closely match the features of the media program being played is supplied as the identity of the program being played. The features are extracted from a frequency domain version of the media program by a) filtering the coefficients to reduce their number, e.g., using triangular filters; b) grouping a number of consecutive outputs of triangular filters into segments; and c) selecting those segments that meet prescribed criteria, such as those segments that have the largest minimum segment energy with prescribed constraints that prevent the segments from being too close to each other. The triangular filters may be log-spaced and their output may be normalized. | 2015-05-14 |