| 23rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
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| 20110137500 | ANTITHEFT APPARATUS FOR EQUIPMENT WITH PRIME MOVER - In an apparatus for preventing theft of equipment such as outboard motor having a prime mover (engine), a prime mover controller and an authenticator ( | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137501 | CONTROL DEVICE OF FUEL CELL VEHICLE WITH MULTI-DRIVE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control apparatus and a control method of a fuel cell vehicle is provided, in which a fatigue value of a plurality of driving portions is determined and respective torques are distributed according to the fatigue value thereof such that the durability thereof is stably improved, thereby improving overall operating performance. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137502 | HYBRID INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A hybrid industrial vehicle including an engine, generator motor, battery, and a travel motor. A first generated power computation unit computes a deceleration rate based required generated power based on the travel power and charge power of the battery. A second generated power computation unit computes an actual power based required generated power based on used power used by the travel motor and the charge power of the battery. A generated power control unit controls the generator motor so that the generated power of the generator motor becomes equal to a total generated power determined from the deceleration rate based required generated power and actual power based required generated power. An engine rotation speed control unit controls rotation speed of the engine to be greater than or equal to a required cargo handling engine rotation speed. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137503 | TRAVEL CONTROLLER FOR INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A travel controller for a hybrid forklift includes an acceleration command reference value generation unit, an acceleration limit value generation unit, an acceleration command value determination unit, and a travel motor control unit. The acceleration command reference value generation unit obtains an acceleration command reference value. The acceleration limit value generation unit obtains an acceleration limit value that limits an acceleration command value to a range that prevents discharge power of the battery from exceeding a battery discharge power limit value. The acceleration command value determination unit determines the acceleration command value for the travel motor from the acceleration command reference value and the acceleration limit value. The travel motor control unit controls the travel motor with the acceleration command value. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137504 | Variable Valve Actuating Apparatus, Valve Phase Varying Apparatus and Control Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engine - An internal combustion engine is provided with a valve lift varying mechanism for intake valves and a valve phase varying mechanism for exhaust valves. A controller performs a control operation in response to a request to pause at least one cylinder while the engine is in operation. The control operation includes: a first operation of setting an intake valve lift to a zero-lift setpoint by the valve lift varying mechanism; and a second operation of setting an exhaust valve phase by the valve phase varying mechanism so as to set an exhaust valve opening timing to a first timing setpoint on an advance side of bottom dead center and set an exhaust valve closing timing to a second timing setpoint on a retard side of bottom dead center. The first and second timing setpoints are closer to top dead center than to bottom dead center. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137505 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM IN VEHICLES - An Electronic Control Unit (ECU), and a method and a computer program product are provided for the control of a drive train for a hybrid vehicle, and a drive train including such a control device is also provided. The hybrid vehicle includes an upstream located Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) which is connected to an Electronic Motor/Generator (EMG) via a Master Clutch (MC). The EMG is connected to the wheels via a Mechanical Transmission (MT) including synchronization. The ECU is programmed to control the MC and the MT when shifting from a generating mode, in which the ICE is powering the EMG at or near standstill, to a driving mode in such a way that at least a part of the inertial energy liberated when retarding the EMG in order to synchronize the rotational speed of the EMG and the MT is transferred to the wheels by using the synchronization in the MT to retard the EMG and transfer of power to the wheels. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137506 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TEAMS OF VEHICLES - A system maintains communication between a plurality of unmanned vehicles within an environment. The system includes a sensor component and an evaluator. The sensor component senses objects within the environment. The sensor component is located on a first unmanned vehicle. The evaluator evaluates data from the sensor component. The evaluator is located on the first unmanned vehicle. The evaluator compares data for the first unmanned vehicle and a second unmanned vehicle and determines whether a trajectory of one of the first and second unmanned vehicles may be modified to maintain communication between the first unmanned vehicle and the second unmanned vehicle. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137507 | SYSTEM HAVING CRASH UNLOCK ALGORITHM - The present invention features a system having a door unlock algorithm, which includes an ACU (Airbag Control Unit) which measures an acceleration of vehicle; an algorithm which determines by comparing a value measured in the ACU with a preset value; and a BCM (Body Control Module) to which a signal which is determined through the algorithm is sent | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137508 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE PROCESS OF DRIVING A VEHICLE - Device for monitoring the process of driving a vehicle consisting of at least the following:
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| 20110137509 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ERROR DIAGNOSIS IN AN ENGINE SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE VALVE CONTROLS - A method is described for diagnosing the functioning of one or more variably triggerable intake valves and/or exhaust valves in an internal combustion engine, including the following steps:—determining a modeled pressure value which provides a pressure value in an air system of the internal combustion engine, the pressure variation model describing a pressure variation of an error-free internal combustion engine as a function of the operating point; providing a value for the actual instantaneous pressure in the air system; ascertaining a deviation variable as a function of the modeled pressure value and a value for the actual pressure in the air system; detecting an error in the functioning of the intake valve and/or the exhaust valve as a function of the deviation variable. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137510 | COMMUNICATION INTERFACE CONVERSION DEVICE - A communication interface conversion device is suitable for electrically connecting a detecting unit and a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) with different communication interfaces. The communication interface conversion device includes a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a conversion module. The conversion module has a first transceiver unit, a second transceiver unit, an oscillation circuit, a resetting circuit, and a chip unit electrically connected with the first transceiver unit, the second transceiver unit, the oscillation circuit, and the resetting circuit. The first and second transceivers and the chip unit are used to perform data conversion, so that a first signal of the ECU and a second signal of the detecting unit which are of different communication interfaces can be transmitted, thereby improving generality thereof. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137511 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - A fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus detects that the vehicle stops based on a vehicle speed indicating a speed of a vehicle, and detects that the vehicle is in an idling state indicating a state in which the vehicle is idled when a number of engine revolutions of the vehicle whose stop is detected is a predetermined threshold or more. The fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus determines whether the vehicle in the idling state is in a parking state based on a selection lever and/or a parking brake of the vehicle in the detected idling state. Then the fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus diagnoses fuel-saving driving based on an idling parking time for which the parking state of the vehicle is maintained. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137512 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - A shift lever position determining unit ( | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137513 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle behavior control apparatus is equipped with a slip angle detector that detects a slip angle of a vehicle, a control amount calculation portion that calculates a control amount from the slip angle detected by the slip angle detector, a derivative of the slip angle, and a second order derivative of the slip angle, and a control portion that executes a behavior control for the vehicle based on the calculated control amount. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137514 | DRIVING FORCE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF DRIVING FORCE CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A driving force controlling apparatus includes a sprung vibration-damping control unit that suppresses a vibration, including a component in a pitch direction or a bounce direction, generated on a vehicle due to an input from a road surface to wheels by controlling a driving force of the vehicle. The change in the fuel injection amount by the sprung vibration-damping control unit is performed before the change in the fuel injection amount by a high-frequency vibration-damping control unit (jerk vibration-damping control unit, cylinder-to-cylinder correction control unit). The change in the fuel injection amount by the sprung vibration-damping control unit is performed after the change in the fuel injection amount by a vehicle behavior control unit (slowing-down control unit, assist control unit, brake control device). Accordingly, a vibration of a vehicle can effectively be suppressed. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137515 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC OR PNEUMATIC CONTROL DEVICE OF A SEMI-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A method of operating a hydraulic or a pneumatic control device of a semi-automatic transmission. The control device has actuator devices with actuating cylinders. Pressure chambers of the actuating cylinders can each be connected, via a control valve, with a pressure line that can be selectively connected with a main pressure line, or blocked, via redundant and parallel positioned main switching valves. The control device has at least one sensor and at least one measured signal is captured by the at least one sensor, depending on the actuation of the main switching valves. The at least one measured signal or each captured measured signal is compared to a stored nominal signal for the respective actuation of the main switching valves and, if a deviation is determined between the measured signal and the respective nominal signal, a defect of at least one of the main switching valves is concluded. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137516 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING WASTAGE ON AUTOMOTIVE SUSPENSION - Device for monitoring wastage on automotive suspension (slm). New device, to be applied on automotive suspension in general. Such allows monitoring of components of the suspension, concerning their lifetime, providing the user an exact verification of the state of each component, thus allowing that they may be checked and replaced before it gets damaged. This device provides a preventive maintenance, offering greater safety for the vehicle and its occupants. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137517 | METHOD FOR INDICATING A DISCREPANCY FOR DRIVING DATA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method and system for indicating a discrepancy between driving data captured using a tachograph and at least one prescribed rule by an indicator appliance independent of the tachograph. The indicator appliance is connected to a tachograph data memory that has the driving data. By virtue of detachable electromechanical coupling of the indicator appliance to the tachograph data memory that is automatically followed by at least one driving data volume element being loaded into an appliance data memory of the indicator appliance and automatically compared with at least one rule. The presence of a discrepancy between the loaded driving data volume element and the rule prompts the presence of the discrepancy to be transmitted to a user of the indicator appliance as a violation report. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137518 | EXECUTION DEVICE, EXECUTION METHOD AND EXECUTION SYSTEM WHICH ALLOW VARIOUS ON-BOARD DEVICES TO EXECUTE ACTIONS REQUIRING USER AGREEMENT AND COMMUNICATION CENTER WHICH CONSTITUTES EXECUTION SYSTEM, AND ON-BOARD DEVICE WHICH EXECUTES ACTION REQUIRING USER AGREEMENT - An agreement requiring action execution device, which allows an on-board device to execute an agreement requiring action, has an agreement necessity determination section; an agreement prompt section; an agreement confirmation section; and an execution section. The agreement necessity determination section determines whether or not agreement of the user is required to allow a specific agreement requiring action to be executed as it identifies the laws or the like that apply now based on the location of the vehicle. If it is determined that agreement of the user is required to execute the specific agreement requiring action, the agreement prompt section displays a screen G or outputs sound guidance which prompts the user to decide whether to agree or disagree. When the agreement confirmation section confirms agreement of the user, the execution section allows the on-board device to execute the specific action. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137519 | Systems and Methods for Presenting Information to an Automobile Driver - An apparatus for displaying ambient information in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a dial including a first dial hand, an ambient light source with a variable light intensity and a variable light color, a first data source and a second data source, a mode selector for selecting between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, and a controller coupled to the mode selector, the ambient light source, and the first dial hand. The controller is configured to, in the first mode of operation, control the position of the first dial hand according to the first data source; and, in the second mode of operation, control at least one of the variable light intensity or the variable light color of the ambient light source according to the second data source. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137520 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Controlling Permitted Settings on a Vehicle - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for altering permitted settings of a vehicle according to a driver identified through short range wireless communication. The vehicle captures a unique identifier from a wireless communication device of the driver of the vehicle. This unique identifier is used to reference a database to determine the identity of the driver as well as settings for the driver created by a controlling authority. The controlling authority may be, for instance, a parent or employer of the driver. The settings may limit certain devices within the vehicle and/or the vehicle itself. Speed control settings, radio settings, wireless communication device settings, and various other settings are all possible to limit distractions to the driver. Further, the settings may be influenced by the number or identities of passengers within the vehicle. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137521 | VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM - A vehicular enforcing system comprising a display unit mounted on a vehicle for displaying information regarding to allowed/forbidden operation of said vehicle, said display unit being viewable from outside of said vehicle); at least one sensor, for sensing data related to said information; and a controller configured to obtain said data from said at least one sensor, and display said information on said display unit. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137522 | CONTROL OF A CONDENSER FAN OF AN AUTOMOTIVE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - Described herein is a automotive air-conditioning system configured to implement a sub-critical refrigerating cycle and comprising a condenser and a fan associated thereto, a compressor, an evaporator, an expansion valve of the non-electronically-controlled type, and an electronic control system configured to receive a signal indicative of the ambient temperature outside the vehicle and to generate a control signal for the fan of the condenser on the basis of the ambient temperature outside the vehicle. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137523 | Motor Driven Power Steering Device - A motor driven power steering device may include a motor drive unit equipped with a motor moving a rack so as to change steering angle, and a control unit detecting a moving direction of a steering wheel, operating the motor in accordance with the moving direction, and controlling the motor so as to vary the maximum stroke of the rack. The rack stroke may be increased in a predetermined control range of a wheel stroke and the rack stroke may be decreased out of a predetermined control range of a wheel stroke in such a manner that the gap between the wheel and the vehicle body is actively controlled. Further, a separate varying device for limiting the movement of the rack is not included such that the number of components and the manufacturing cost is reduced. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137524 | ANGLE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC PARKING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a technology related to angle control and automatic parking, and more particularly to an angle control method and apparatus for improving angle control quality so as to make the movement of a steering handle smooth, and an automatic parking system using the same. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137525 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM - Intended is to solve the problem of an increase in the cost of an electric power steering control system, the oscillations of which are suppressed by estimating and feeding back the oscillation frequency components of a motor rotating speed through an observer from a steering torque signal and a current signal for driving a motor, no matter whether a phase compensator might be made of an analog circuit or a software. In order to solve this problem, there is provided the electric power steering control system, in which the phase compensator of the steering torque is made of an analog circuit and in which an anti-phase compensator is made over the software of a microcomputer, thereby to eliminate the changes in the gain and the phase by the phase compensator of the analog circuit near the oscillation frequency, so that the steering torque signal equivalent to that of no phase compensation necessary for the computation at the observer is computed from the phase-compensated steering torque signal. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137526 | STEERING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A steering system includes a sport mode select/release switch, a steering control portion which changes steering mode stored in a steering mode map in response to signal from the sport mode select/release switch and an electro mechanical steering device controlled by the steering mode of the steering control portion. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137527 | Device for classifying at least one object in the surrounding field of a vehicle - A device for classifying at least one object in the surrounding field of a vehicle with the aid of an environmental sensor system, the device classifying the at least one object on the basis of its shape and its dimensions, and the environmental sensor system ascertaining the dimensions. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137528 | Side Impact Safety System with Blind-Spot Detection Radar Data Fusion - A motor vehicle blind-spot detection system has a remote sensor covering a rear-quadrant blind spot sensing zone and a forward-quadrant side impact sensing zone. A control module receives signals from a side impact sensor and the blind-spot detection sensor, calculates an approach vector of an object in the side impact sensing zone and/or the blind spot sensing zone, determines that the object will impact the vehicle, initializes a side impact algorithm controlling activation of an occupant safety device, detects an impact on the side of the vehicle and determines a magnitude of the impact, compares the magnitude of the impact with a threshold value established at least in part based upon the magnitude of the approach vector, and activates the occupant safety device if the magnitude of the impact exceeds the threshold value. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137529 | Active Image Generation and Selective Remote Actuation of Head Restraint - A head restraint actuation system is provided having a receiver configured for receiving an image signal, a transmission status signal, a head restraint request signal and a seat information signal. A mirror controller is configured for communicating with the receiver for analyzing the received signals and selecting a rearview mirror mode. A user interface is configured for communicating with the mirror controller for displaying the image signal based on the selection of a first mode, and for enabling transmission of a head restraint request to the mirror controller based on the selection of a second mode. A transmitter is configured for communicating with the mirror controller for transmitting the head restraint request to a seat controller based on the selection of the second mode. A head restraint actuator receives the head restraint request and actuates a corresponding head restraint. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137530 | ADJUSTABLE GRILL SHUTTER SYSTEM - An adjustable grill shutter system is provided. In one embodiment, adjustment of the grill shutter system can be provided by a method of adjusting a grill shutter system for a vehicle, the method comprising adjusting opening of one or more grill shutters located at a front end opening of the vehicle in response to a non-driven vehicle condition. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137531 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - In apparatus for controlling operation of a four-wheel drive vehicle having a prime mover (engine), drive wheels driven by the prime mover and free wheels, a VC (viscous coupling; torque transferring device) installed between the drive wheels and free wheels to transfer torque generated in response to a difference between inputted and outputted rotation thereof, output of the prime mover is decreased based on a desired rotational speed of the drive wheels driven by the prime mover when calculated difference between inputted and outputted rotation of the VC is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, thereby enabling to control the driving force effectively so as to achieve required vehicle driving performance. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137532 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE WASHING MODE FOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SHIFT-BY-WIRE SHIFTING DEVICE - A method of controlling a vehicle washing mode for a vehicle equipped with shift-by-wire shifting device, may include performing an N-range-off determining step that determines whether a shift lever is in an N-range when an engine stops, performing an ACC determining step that determines whether the vehicle is in an ACC state, and performing a shifting step that shifts a P-range state of a transmission to a N-range state thereof by operating an actuator, when the N-range-off determining step determines that the shift lever is in the N-range when the engine was stopped, and when the ACC determining step determines that the vehicle is in the ACC state. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137533 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TCU FAIL-SAFE USING ELECTRONIC SHIFT LEVER - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a TCU fail-safe using an electronic shift lever. A failure state of TCU is verified through CAN BUS (serial communication, or hardware wire) using an electronic shift lever unit, and a parking sprag is forcibly unlocked from a parking gear by pulling an override cable for parking by the an electronic shift lever unit when TCU being in the failure state, so that the implementation of fail-safe according to a failure of TCU is accomplished with higher control stability than using a transmission and without an addition of a component or a change of design. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137534 | SHIFTING RANGE SENSING APPARATUS - A shifting range sensing system, may include a shift lever pivotally connected to a vehicle body, a shift range sensing apparatus to sense a pivotal movement of the shift lever, an inhibitor switch mounted in a transmission, and a controller taking an emergency measure when a signal of the inhibitor switch and a signal of the shifting range sensing apparatus do not indicate the same shifting range. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137535 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Systems, methods and programs are provided for a vehicle that performs braking by a regeneration brake and a friction brake. The systems, methods, and programs determine that braking by the friction brake has been performed, acquire information indicating a situation in the vicinity of the vehicle, and determine a necessary braking force required for responding to the situation in the vicinity of the vehicle. When it is determined that the braking by the friction brake has been performed in a condition where the necessary braking force is less than or equal to a maximum braking force of the regeneration brake, the systems, methods, and programs, determine energy consumed by the friction brake and communicate notification information indicating the consumed energy to a driver. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137536 | Systems and Methods for Using a Combustion Dynamics Tuning Algorithm with a Multi-Can Combustor - Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling a gas turbine engine with an engine model can be implemented for an engine comprising multiple cans. The method can include obtaining operating frequency information associated with multiple cans of the engine. In addition, the method can include determining variation between operating frequency information of at least two cans. Furthermore, the method can include determining a median value based at least in part on the variation. Moreover, the method can include determining whether the median value exceeds at least one operating threshold. The method can also include implementing at least one engine control action to modify at least one of the operating frequencies if at least one operating threshold is exceeded. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137537 | OPERATING AN ENGINE WITH REFORMATE - The present description relates to operation and control of a fuel reformer. In one embodiment, an engine constituent is adjusted in response to limiting an amount of reformate supplied to the engine during a condition of reformer degradation. The approach can improve engine operation. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137538 | METHOD FOR DETERMINE GAS PRESSURE IN AN EXHAUST AFTER-TREATMENT SYSTEM - A method, a computer readable medium embodying a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided determining a pressure in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine has at least a combustion chamber with an associated exhaust line including, but not limited to a muffler and an after-treatment system. The after-treatment includes, but is not limited to units that are serially connected for at least reducing and preferably substantially eliminating emissions due to combustion products. The method includes, but is not limited to determining the pressure value upstream the muffler, and determining the pressure value upstream each unit of the after-treatment exhaust system by means of the equation P | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137539 | Multi-Component Transient Fuel Compensation - A method adjusts fuel injection to account for fuel puddling in the engine intake. The fuel is adjusted based on the ethanol content of the fuel in the puddle, and the make-up of the various fuel components in the puddle. In this way, it is possible to better account for the effects of these parameters on puddle evaporation. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137540 | Internal Combustion Engine and Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine of Said Type - During the operation of an internal combustion engine which has at least one sensor for measuring a hydrocarbon content and a mass flow rate of a gas flow through a line, the hydrocarbon content and the mass flow rate of the gas flow are determined. The gas flow through the line is controlled as a function of the determined values. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137541 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME, SELF-LEARNING IDENTIFICATION OF FUEL INJECTORS DURING ENGINE OPERATION - A system and method for real-time, self-learning characterization of fuel injector performance during engine operation. The system includes an algorithm for an engine controller which allows the controller to learn the correlation between the fuel mass and pulse width for each injector in the engine in real time while the engine is running. The controller progressively perceives those pulse widths that achieve the desired fuel mass, while it can continuously adapt what it has learned based on various input variations, such as temperature and fuel rail pressure. The controller then uses the learned actual performance of each injector to command the pulse width required to achieve the desired quantity of fuel for each cylinder on each cycle. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137542 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXHAUST GAS MIXING - A method of operating an engine system is described in which a back-pressure valve of a low pressure EGR system can be modulated at a lower frequency during an EGR operation, and at a higher frequency when additional exhaust gas sensing is requested. Back-pressure valve modulation can therefore be used to promote exhaust gas mixing while providing EGR. Exhaust gas constituents in the mixed exhaust gas can then be sensed with higher accuracy by downstream exhaust gas sensors. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137543 | METHOD FOR STARTING AN ENGINE - A method for improving starting of an engine that may be repeatedly stopped and started is presented. In one embodiment, the method controls a transition from split fuel injection timing during an engine start to single event fuel injection during idle speed or engine torque control modes. The method better manages vehicle launch performance when the engine is restarted while coupled to an automatic transmission that is in gear. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137544 | SYSTEM FOR CRANKING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE BY ENGAGEMENT OF PINION WITH RING GEAR - In a system for driving a starter with a pinion so that the starter rotates a ring gear coupled to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine to crank the internal combustion engine during a drop of a rotational speed of the crankshaft by automatic-stop control of the internal combustion engine, a predictor predicts a future trajectory of the drop of the rotational speed of the crankshaft based on information associated with the drop of the rotational speed of the crankshaft. A determiner determines a timing of the driving of the starter based on the future trajectory of the drop of the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137545 | OBTAINING ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITION DATA FROM MOBILE DATA SOURCES - Techniques are described for assessing road traffic conditions in various ways based on obtained traffic-related data, such as data samples from vehicles and other mobile data sources traveling on the roads, as well as in some situations data from one or more other sources (such as physical sensors near to or embedded in the roads). The assessment of road traffic conditions based on obtained data samples may include various filtering and/or conditioning of the data samples, and various inferences and probabilistic determinations of traffic-related characteristics of interest from the data samples. In some situations, at least some of the mobile data sources are configured to frequently acquire and store data samples, and to occasionally make multiple such data samples available together for use in the road traffic condition assessment (e.g., by acquiring a data sample every minute and by transmitting a group of stored data samples every 15 minutes). | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137546 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) FOR NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS THAT MERGES INCREMENTAL UPDATES WITH EXISTING MAP DATABASE - A system and method for efficiently updating the map database in a mobile computing system, such as a vehicle navigation system. The system includes a central server that computes changes between the latest version of a master map database and a previous version of the map database, and wirelessly transmits the changes to participating vehicles' onboard navigation systems. The navigation system stores the changes in a look-aside buffer, and a navigation processor uses the stored changes to update a base map database. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SPATIAL INFORMATION - A system for generating spatial information using an unmanned aerial vehicle may collect area information of an area where the unmanned aerial vehicle is located, obtain image information of the area where the unmanned aerial vehicle is located, and integrate a time code into the image information. Next, the system for generating spatial information may map integrated information in which the time code is integrated into the image information and the area information, and generate three-dimensional (3D) spatial information including a true orthophoto generated by performing a true ortho-correction for a mapping result. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137548 | Multi-Modal Life Organizer - A system for organizing a variety of information related to a user is disclosed. A user may input geo-tagged multi-modal information into a mobile device. This data is automatically transferred to cloud computing resources, and made available for access by the user at a desktop or laptop computing device. After input, an implicit search based on the geolocation of the input may be undertaken and results provided to the user. Input may be flags to designate a personal point of interest (PPOI), for sharing with others, for enabling location or people-based reminders, and so forth. Reminders for upcoming activities are provided to the user such that the user has sufficient time to move from the current geolocation to the geolocation of the activity. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137549 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING INSTRUCTIONS IN AN INDOOR NAVIGATION ENVIRONMENT - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for determining navigation instructions in a navigation environment. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137550 | Apparatus and method for generating sketch map information in portable terminal - Provided is an apparatus and method for generating a sketch map in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a sketch map generating unit. The sketch map generating unit collects information about route points of the portable terminal by using location information, generates a sketch map message including the route information, and shares the generated sketch map message with another user. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES - A system and method for generating routes is provided. Weights may be computed and associated with route segments. A start and end point may be received. At least one base route from a start to an end point may be generated. A number of alternative routes may be generated and related to the base route. Scores may be computed for routes based on weights associated with relevant segments. Routes may be selected for presentation based on their respective scores. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137552 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND ROUTE PLANNING METHOD USING THE SAME - A route planning method for a navigation system of a moving object. The method comprises planning and executing a first navigation route; labeling lane entrances in a road corresponding to a substitute navigation route according to a location of the moving object when traffic information is detected, and planning and executing a second navigation route according to the lane entrance. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137553 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS DATA USING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, AND A NAVIGATION DEVICE IN WHICH THIS METHOD IS EMPLOYED - A traffic condition data providing method using a wireless communication device and a navigation device performing the method are disclosed. The navigation device includes a travelling path displaying unit that searches a travelling path to a destination set by a user and displays the travelling path on map data, a traffic condition data receiving unit that receives traffic condition data from a content managing server through a wireless communication device in response to a request of providing the traffic condition data over the travelling path, and a traffic condition data providing unit that provides the user with the received traffic condition data. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137554 | Navigation device and method for conveying information relationships - A method and device are disclosed for conveying information relationships. In one embodiment, the method includes prompting, in a navigation device, at least one of input and selection of a travel destination and a desired arrival time at the travel destination; calculating an arrival time during travel to the travel destination; and outputting via the navigation device, during travel to the travel destination, an indication of a relationship between the desired arrival time and the calculated arrival time. In another embodiment, the method includes inputting a travel destination on a navigation device; determining a travel route to the input travel destination; calculating a speed in a navigation device during travel to the travel destination along the determined route; and outputting, via the navigation device, an indication of a relationship between a permitted speed and the calculated speed. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137555 | International Address System - The International Address System identifies a location with a combination of 10 alphanumeric digits and does not need the input of the numeral zero or cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) to determine the location with 129 square feet of accuracy or less. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137556 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH AUDIO AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: configuring a preference; selecting an introduction point based on the preference; composing an introduction message about the introduction point; and displaying a non-intrusive notification for the introduction message on a device. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137557 | CELLULAR-BASED LIVE TRAFFIC SERVICE - A cellular-based live traffic service that does not require pre-deployment of infrastructure or GPS-enabled devices uses signals provided by cellular devices to determine course resolution localization and tracking information of the cellular devices. Specialized statistical analysis is performed on the course resolution data to infer the fine resolution positions of the cellular devices. In an example embodiment, the localization and tracking information is provided on a map, or the like, to show relative position and/or trajectory of cellular devices. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137558 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING OBJECTS - A database for a set of orientation-matched road (OMR) sections is searched according to a calculated orientation of an object and orientations of road sections stored in the database. The OMR sections are searched for a position-matched road (PMR) set according to a calculated position of the object and positions of the OMR sections. The PMR set includes one or more PMR sections. The object is located using the PMR set. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137559 | Driver Assistance System Having Reduced Data From a Digital Road Map - The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, comprising a surroundings sensor and an evaluation unit for the surroundings sensor data, wherein the evaluation unit is provided with data from a positioning device and reduced data from a digital road map. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137560 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LATITUDE ADAPTIVE NAVIGATION QUALITY ESTIMATION - A method and system for navigation quality estimation is provided. The method comprises obtaining an alignment observation, comparing the alignment observation to a current heading estimate, and updating the current heading estimate based on the comparison. A heading error estimate is updated based on the updated current heading estimate, and an estimated drift rate is determined based on the heading error estimate and an operational latitude. A determination is then made whether a drift rate requirement is met by the estimated drift rate. If the drift rate requirement is not met, the method is repeated until the drift rate requirement is met. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF A POINT OF INTEREST IN AN IMAGE - An approach is provided for measuring geographic coordinates of a point of interest in an image. A mapping and augmented reality application causes, at least in part, presentation on a screen of an image including a point of interest and a reference point with a known address or known geographic coordinates, and the image is associated with a location, a tilt angle, and a directional heading of a device used to capture the image. The mapping and augmented reality application causes, at least in part, detection on the screen of a length marked by a user from the reference point to the point of interest. The mapping and augmented reality application converts the length into a physical distance between the points. The mapping and augmented reality application calculates geographic coordinates of the point of interest based upon the physical distance. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137562 | RUNNING PLAN CREATING APPARATUS - A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time comprises road information acquiring means for acquiring road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run, action predicting means for predicting positions and speeds of other vehicles running about the vehicle at each time by utilizing the road information, characteristic information acquiring means for acquiring characteristic information in each of the other vehicles, risk degree estimating means for estimating respective degrees of risk of the other vehicles by utilizing the characteristic information, risk degree distribution setting means for setting a risk degree distribution at each time on the running path by utilizing the road information and the positions and degrees of risk of the other vehicles, and running plan creating means for creating the running plan of the vehicle by utilizing the risk degree distribution. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137563 | ELECTRONIC GARDENING TOOL AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING THE SAME - The tools and methods disclosed herein can convert an analog signal from the soil sensor probes into a digital format that can be read by a low cost digital microcontroller which acts on the digital data with formulae and tables so that the displayed information is the same or nearly the same as the readings in the same soil from the analog meters. To provide accurate readings, the described tools can apply either of a fixed or floating calibration method to set a reference of the measured soil pH and moisture measure. The floating calibration method also permits adjustment of the measure reference to correct calibration imprecision induced by fluctuation in the battery voltage. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137564 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WIND CONDITIONS USING MULTIPLE WIND RESOURCE GRIDS - A method for determining wind conditions within a geographic area based on a plurality of input wind resource grids. The input wind resource grids include input points associated with a geographic position and a wind condition. An output wind resource grid having a plurality of output points is defined. Each output point is associated with a geographic position within the geographic area. For each output point in the output wind resource grid, a wind condition is calculated based at least in part on wind conditions associated with at least some of the input points. A wind condition associated with an input point may be weighted based on the proximity of the output point to a meteorological instrument associated with the input point. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LACUNARITY ANALYSIS - A system for and computer implemented method for analysis of data representative of subsurface properties of a subsurface region. The method includes transforming the data representative of subsurface properties of the subsurface region into transformed data in accordance with a selected criterion. A three dimensional window geometry to be applied to the transformed data is selected, based, at least in part, on expected feature sizes present, data sampling density and a size of the subsurface region. A plurality of values for a three dimensional lacunarity statistic are calculated by applying the selected three dimensional window geometry to randomly selected regions of the subsurface region, and correlating the calculated values to the subsurface properties of the subsurface region. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137566 | Method and System of Processing Gamma County Rate Curves Using Neural Networks - Processing gamma count rate decay curves using neural networks. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising obtaining a gamma count rate decay curve one each for a plurality of gamma detectors of a nuclear logging tool (the gamma count rate decay curves recorded at a particular borehole depth), applying the gamma count rate decay curves to input nodes of a neural network, predicting by the neural network a geophysical parameter of the formation surrounding the borehole, repeating the obtaining, applying and predicting for a plurality of borehole depths, and producing a plot of the geophysical parameter of the formation as a function of borehole depth. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137567 | Method and Apparatus to Incorporate Internal Gradient and Restricted Diffusion in NMR Inversion - Pulse sequences are applied to a fluid in an earth formation with an external static magnetic field and NMR spin echo signals are obtained. The received NMR signals are affected by internal field gradients due to a contrast in magnetic susceptibility between the grains of the formation matrix and the fluid in the pore space. Processing of the data gives the relaxation time and diffusivity of the fluid. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS - A method and apparatus is provided for detecting and categorizing subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs. Air samples are collected and analyzed by counting hydrocarbon ions, such as methane ions and counting at least one higher order hydrocarbon ions, such as propane, pentane or hexane. The methane ions and at least one higher order hydrocarbon ions are associated with location co-ordinates to form a first raw data set and second raw data set. The first and second raw data sets are analyzed and processed to produce hydrocarbon footprints. The hydrocarbon footprints are superpositioned with other available geological information and subsurface formations of interest are identified. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137569 | Method For Combining Seismic Data Sets - A method is disclosed for combining seismic data sets. This method has application in merging data sets of different vintages, merging data sets collected using different acquisition technologies, and merging data sets acquired using different types of sensors, for example merging hydrophone and geophone measurements in ocean bottom seismic data. In one embodiment, a desired data trace is to be determined from a set of measured data traces, and the following steps are applied: (a) model filters are constructed which express the deterministic relationship between the desired data trace and each available measured trace that depends on the desired data trace; (b) the noise properties associated with each measured data trace are determined; (c) a sufficient statistic for the desired data trace is formed by application of an appropriate filter to each measured trace and summing the filter outputs; (d) the sufficient statistic is further processed by a single-input single-output estimator to construct an estimate of the desired data trace from the sufficient statistic. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137570 | METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF GLYCANS - The invention relates to methods useful for the structural analysis of glycans. Methods are disclosed for sequencing glycans using stepwise disassembly processes by analysis of the fragments produced therein. Methods are additionally provided for identifying MS | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137571 | METER HAVING MULTI-LEVEL USER INTERFACE - A meter adapted to determine and store an analyte concentration reading, in particular a glucose concentration reading, and including an interface having a plurality of predefined levels of user features. The predefined levels may be selected by a user based on the user's preferences, needs and abilities. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137572 | Methods for Utilizing Paint Formulations Based on Paint Component Risk Scores - Methods for predicting the performance risk of a paint component are disclosed. The methods include providing a proposed paint formulation, wherein the proposed paint formulation comprises at least one paint component, and identifying previous paint formulations comprising the paint component. The methods further include evaluating formulation similarities between the previous paint formulations and the proposed paint formulation, assigning formulation similarity scores based on the formulation similarities, and determining a paint component risk score for the paint component based on the formulation similarity scores. The proposed paint formulation may be utilized in a manufacturing application when the paint component risk score satisfies a manufacturing threshold value. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING EMISSIONS FROM ENGINES - A system is provided for monitoring and testing engine emissions during normal operations. The system monitors and logs engine data to determine when the engine is operating at a steady-state within a defined test mode. The system may measure and log multiple sets of emissions data while the engine is operating in the defined test mode. The multiple sets of emissions data may be aggregated for qualifying the engine and may provide trend information about the engine. The test mode definition may be revised based on the logged engine data. The system may be used to selectively monitor one or more of a set of multiple engines. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137574 | Graphical Technique for Visualizing Effects of Environmental Emission Reductions - An emission management system is implemented via a host server that is accessible to a large number of clients (organizations) using a website. Based on data input by a client relating to actual usage of resources, the client's past CO2e emission over time is calculated by the host server and displayed to the client on the website in the form of a wedge chart, with emissions along the y-axis and time along the x-axis. The server software also extrapolates the past emissions to display baseline predicted future emissions, assuming no reduction strategies are implemented. The client also inputs an emission target level and proposes one or more strategies for reducing the baseline level to achieve the target level. The server converts each strategy to a CO2e emission reduction and layers the different reductions between the baseline level and the target so the client can graphically see the effect of each strategy on achieving the target. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137575 | Method and system for real-time prognosis analysis and usage based residual life assessment of turbine engine components and display - A method and system for performing continuous (real-time) physics based prognostics analysis as a function of actual engine usage and changing operating environment. A rule-based mission profile analysis is conducted to determine the mission variability which yields variability in the type of thermal-mechanical loads that an engine is subjected to during use. This is followed by combustor modeling to predict combustion liner temperatures and combustion nozzle plane temperature distributions as a function of engine usage which is followed by off-design engine modeling to determine the pitch-line temperatures in hot gas path components and thermodynamic modeling to compute the component temperature profiles of the components for different stages of the turbine. This is automatically followed by finite element(FE) based non-linear stress-strain analysis using an real-time FE solver and physics based damage accumulation, life consumption and residual life prediction analyses using microstructural modeling based damage and fracture analysis techniques. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137576 | Process Excursion Detection - A method for analyzing defect information on a substrate, including logically dividing the substrate into zones, and detecting defects on the substrate to produce the defect information. The defect information from the substrate is analyzed on a zone by zone basis to produce defect level classifications for the defects within each zone. The zonal defect level classifications are analyzed according to at least one analysis method. The defect level classifications are preferably selected from a group of defect level classifications that is specified by a recipe. Preferably, the at least one analysis method includes at least one of zonal defect distribution, automatic defect classification, spatial signature analysis, and excursion detection. The defect level classifications preferably include at least one of individual defect, defect cluster, and spatial signature analysis signature. In one embodiment the defect information is logically divided into configurable zones after the defects on the substrate have been detected. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137577 | STRAIN MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF STRAIN MEASUREMENT USING THE SAME - A strain measurement device includes a strain gauge, a holding device, a transverse strain recorder, and a data processing device. The strain gauge includes at least one first and at least one second layers of carbon nanotube films, each layer of carbon nanotube films having a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes in at least one first layer of carbon nanotube film align along a first direction. The carbon nanotubes in at least one second layer of carbon nanotube film align along a second direction. The holding device is used to fasten a specimen and the strain gauge. The transverse strain recorder is used to record a transverse strain of the strain gauge. The data processing device is used to calculate an axial strain of the strain gauge. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137578 | Z-AXIS TEST COUPON STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A Z-axis test coupon structure includes a plurality of circularly-arranged tensile specimens oriented along a Z-axis and at least one web connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of tensile specimens. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137579 | SAFETY SYSTEM IN AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A COMBUSTION DEVICE - A system and a method for safe operations of a mass flow sensor in a combustion device, with a gas supply, an air supply, a fan with an electric motor, a burner, and a communication micro processor, wherein the mass flow sensor includes a microprocessor used for communications, the communication micro processor communicates with the micro processor of the one mass flow sensor, and the communications include safety-relevant interrogations of the mass flow sensor in order to secure the mass flow sensor. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137580 | FLOW MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring volumetric flow rates of preferably liquid, but also gaseous fluids. A movably mounted membrane, one side of which can fluidically communicate with the pressure of the conveyed medium, is the core of the measuring instrument. Changes in pressure, which occur particularly in pulsating conveying mechanisms (e.g. diaphragm pumps), result in cyclic pressure variations in the measuring chamber and on the measuring membrane. If there is no pulsation because a non-pulsating conveying mechanism is used, the pulsation can be generated by means of an additional pulsating mechanism. The cyclically changing deflection of the measuring membrane can be detected by means of a suitable sensor, particularly a piezo active material that generates a tension when being bent, and can be fed to an electronic evaluation unit, for example. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the conveying or pulsating mechanism and the measuring device are composed of nearly the same elements and are integrated into a common housing. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING IN-SITU GAS FLOW MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE - An in-situ gas flow measurement controller measures the temperature and rate of pressure drop upstream from a flow control device (FCD). The controller samples the pressure and temperature data and applies the equivalent of a decimating filter to the data to produce filtered data at a slower sampling rate. The controller derives timestamps by counting ticks from the sampling clock of the A/D converter that is sampling the pressure at regular intervals to ensure the timestamps associated with the pressure samples are accurate and do not contain jitter that is associated with software clocks. The controller additionally normalizes the temperature reading to account for power supply fluctuations, filters out noise from the pressure and temperature readings, and excludes data during periods of instability. It calculates the gas flow rate accounting for possible non-linearities in the pressure measurements, and provides the computed gas flow measurement via one of many possible interfaces. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137582 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING IN-SITU GAS FLOW MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE - An in-situ gas flow measurement controller measures the temperature and rate of pressure drop upstream from a flow control device (FCD). The controller samples the pressure and temperature data and applies the equivalent of a decimating filter to the data to produce filtered data at a slower sampling rate. The controller derives timestamps by counting ticks from the sampling clock of the A/D converter that is sampling the pressure at regular intervals to ensure the timestamps associated with the pressure samples are accurate and do not contain jitter that is associated with software clocks. The controller additionally normalizes the temperature reading to account for power supply fluctuations, filters out noise from the pressure and temperature readings, and excludes data during periods of instability. It calculates the gas flow rate accounting for possible non-linearities in the pressure measurements, and provides the computed gas flow measurement via one of many possible interfaces. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING IN-SITU GAS FLOW MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE - An in-situ gas flow measurement controller measures the temperature and rate of pressure drop upstream from a flow control device (FCD). The controller samples the pressure and temperature data and applies the equivalent of a decimating filter to the data to produce filtered data at a slower sampling rate. The controller derives timestamps by counting ticks from the sampling clock of the A/D converter that is sampling the pressure at regular intervals to ensure the timestamps associated with the pressure samples are accurate and do not contain jitter that is associated with software clocks. The controller additionally normalizes the temperature reading to account for power supply fluctuations, filters out noise from the pressure and temperature readings, and excludes data during periods of instability. It calculates the gas flow rate accounting for possible non-linearities in the pressure measurements, and provides the computed gas flow measurement via one of many possible interfaces. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137584 | METHOD OF DETECTING SLUGS OF ONE PHASE IN A MULTIPHASE FLOW - A method of detecting the presence of a slug of condensate in a conduit carrying a saturated steam comprising using a flow meter to provide an output signal representing mass flow rate of the saturated steam through the conduit; determining the rate of change of the output signal; and generating an alert in response to a predetermined profile of the output signal, when the profile includes a rate of change of the output signal falling outside a predetermined range. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE PHASE CHANGE OF A SOUND WAVE PROPAGATING THROUGH A CONDUIT - A system for measuring the superposition of a plurality of sound waves propagating within a conduit containing a fluid having a plurality of transducers positioned substantially parallel to the flow direction along the external surface of the conduit. The system includes means for modeling the superposition of a plurality of sound waves as they propagate within the conduit. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137586 | WIND TURBINE MONITORING AND ADJUSTING - Systems, devices, and methods are provided for leveling and monitoring a wind turbine tower. An exemplary system may comprise an accelerometer, signal transfer device, signal receiving device and signal display device. In an exemplary embodiment, the system is installed at or near the top of the wind turbine tower. The system maybe permanently installed. The installer may adjust tower mounting nuts to level the tower based on the display device information. In another exemplary embodiment, the system may be used for monitoring tower vibration during wind turbine operation and measuring wind speed during wind turbine operation. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ROLLERS FOR CONVEYORS - The present invention at directed to systems and methods for monitoring a conveyor having a plurality of rollers spaced along the conveyer for supporting a conveyer belt. The system includes a plurality of roller monitors and a remote monitor. The roller monitors are located at the rollers, each of the roller monitors having sensors for measuring physical parameters of the rollers and generating measurement data indicative of the current values of the physical parameters, a roller processor connected to the sensors, the roller processor operable to receive the measurement data from the sensors, a roller data storage device connected to the roller processor operable to store the measurement data, a roller communication device connected to the roller processor operable to transmit the measurement data to a remote monitor. The remote monitor is operable to receive the measurement data to generate maintenance information for each of the rollers based on the measurement data. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137588 | METHODS, APPARATUS, OR SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZING PHYSICAL PROPERTY IN NON-BIOMATERIAL OR BIO-MATERIAL - Techniques (e.g., system, apparatus, method, machine-readable medium) can be configured for characterizing a rheological or other structural physical property of a sample of a substance. In an example, this can include acoustically bidirectionally deforming the portion of the sample over a deformation range about a neutral-deformation locus within the deformation range, measuring a deformation response of at least a portion of the sample to the insonification, and characterizing the physical property of the sample using the measured response of at least a portion of the sample to the insonification, even in the presence of a flowing substance. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELDS - A method for shimming a magnetic field is disclosed. The method uses a single shim current to contribute to suppression of more than one geometrical component of an inhomogeneity in the magnetic field without changing the geometry of the shim path. Apparatuses to implement the method are also disclosed. In embodiments the apparatuses comprise substantially commonly oriented shim paths. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137590 | ARCING EVENT DETECTION - A system for detecting electrical arcing on an electrical power system includes: a) a data acquisition unit that is electrically connected to an electrical power system, wherein the data acquisition unit is configured to monitor signals indicative of a first periodic property of the electrical power system, wherein the signal includes a normal load component; and b) a computing device operably connected to the data acquisition unit. The computing device is programmed to: i) obtain first data from the data acquisition unit indicative of the temporal behavior of the first signal; ii) remove the normal load component from the first data; and iii) determine that an arcing event is present on the electrical power system when the at least one burst within the first data presents a generally sinusoidal shape which includes generally flat regions which are present where the generally sinusoidal shape crosses over a zero-magnitude line. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137591 | ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AMOUNT ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AMOUNT ESTIMATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an electric power generation amount estimation device, including a solar power generation device identification portion that identifies a solar power generation device that generates electric power by receiving irradiation of sunlight, a sunlight amount calculation portion that estimates and calculates an amount of sunlight, and an electric power generation amount calculation portion that calculates an amount of electric power to be generated by the solar power generation device, based on information about the solar power generation device identified by the solar power generation device identification portion and about the amount of sunlight calculated by the sunlight amount calculation portion. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ESTIMATED POWER CONSUMPTION INFORMATION OF CONTENT - A method of providing estimated power consumption information when content is used, the method including receiving a command to select one of a plurality of content; receiving first device information indicating information about a first portable device of a first user who is to use the selected content; and providing power consumption information estimated when the first portable device uses the selected content, based on the first device information and a power consumption database generated by pre-measuring power consumption of the plurality of content in a predetermined reference device. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137593 | Method and Arrangement for Digital Measuring a Capacitive Sensor - An arrangement for digital measuring a capacitive sensor is provided with a charge balance frequency converter having an operational amplifier with an inverting input, a noninverting input and an output. Between the output and the inverting input an integrating capacitor is connected, and the noninverting input is connected with a reference potential. The arrangement provides a simple switched capacitor architecture for measuring the sensor capacitance, which tolerates grounded sensor capacitors, and which is not affected by the shunt resistance. The value of the shunt resistance is determined at the same time. The arrangement makes use of a two frequency measurement of the capacitor resistance combination by using the charge balancing procedure followed by a calculation based on the results of two conversions and the ratio of the clock frequencies of the first and second conversion. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137594 | High Waveform Throughput with a Large Acquisition Memory - A waveform display apparatus and method displays one or more waveforms of a signal under test at high throughput while acquiring digital data of the signal under test in a large acquisition memory. A user sets a time interval of user's interest when viewing a signal under test and sets trigger criteria through a user interface. An ADC converts the signal under test into digital data that is stored in a large acquisition memory. A trigger unit detects and produces trigger events, based on a trigger, as trigger event information during one acquisition process. A trigger event eliminator may discard some of the trigger events based on pre-trigger and post-conditions set through the interface by a user. The trigger events are recorded in a trigger list as the trigger event information. A control unit locates the digital data in the acquisition memory corresponding to the trigger events in the trigger list and displays a waveform associated with the trigger event for the time interval on a display device. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137595 | YIELD LOSS PREDICTION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A yield loss prediction method includes: performing a plurality of types of defect inspections upon a plurality of batches of wafers which begin to be processed during different periods to generate defect inspection data, respectively; for a specific batch of wafers different from the plurality of batches of wafers, calculating defect prediction data of at least one type of defect inspection according to the defect inspection data of at least the type of defect inspections; and predicting a yield loss of the specific batch of wafers according to at least the defect prediction data. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137596 | QUALITY CONTROL METHOD AND MICRO/NANO-CHANNELED DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention comprise a quality control system and method for testing micro- or nano-channeled devices. The system and method can utilize a pressure-driven gas flow for the detection and quantification of structural defects. The test method and system are non-destructive and allow defects to be detected and classified quickly based on measured factors, such as mass flow rate for a given pressure differential. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF CONTINOUS DATA USING BINARY PARSING - A method, apparatus, and a system for generating a binary mapping of wafer regions using measured value. A first measured value relating to processing a first workpiece is acquired. A second measured value relating to a second workpiece is acquired. At least a first region common to the first and second workpieces is defined. A determination is made as to whether the results associated with the first or second measured value is above a predetermined threshold. A first binary value is assigned to the first region based upon a determination that the results associated the first or second measured value data is above the threshold. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137598 | METHOD TO CONFIGURE AT LEAST A PARTIAL RANGE OF A PULSE SEQUENCE OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE - In a method to configure at least one partial range of a pulse sequence for operating a magnetic resonance device, the pulse sequence is composed of at least two different program units, and information and/or at least one parameter is exchanged between the individual program units by a computerized mediator unit. | 2011-06-09 |
| 20110137599 | COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF - An arrangement and method for providing compensation to a cyclical input signal is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a first detection unit ( | 2011-06-09 |
