30th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110184654 | Means and Methods for Detecting Bacteria in an Aerosol Sample - This disclosure provides a method for detecting and/or identifying uncultured bacteria. The sample is an aerosol sample selected from a group consisting of cough, sneeze, saliva, mucus, bile, urine, vaginal secretions, middle ear aspirate, pus, pleural effusions, synovial fluid, abscesses, cavity swabs, serum, blood and spinal fluid. The method comprises obtaining absorption spectra (AS) of the sample, extracting and processing the acquired data, thereby detecting and/or identifying the bacteria. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184655 | NUMBER CODING FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SUBTYPES OF CODED TYPES OF SOLID PHASE CARRIERS - Disclosed is number coding of pairs (“doublets”) or small sets (“multiplets”) of solid phase carriers which provides distinguishable subtypes of a given type of such carriers, where each carrier type is distinguishable on the bases of a different code. Such number coding is useful for augmenting a coding system, such as a color code, and thereby effectively multiplying the number of “colors” (distinguishable sub-types). It can be applied, for example, to determine whether a sample is homozygous or heterozygous at a number of different sites for one of two different alleles, where the same color code is applied for each of the two alleles, and the alleles with the same color code are distinguished by knowing how many carriers are associated with molecules which detect each different allele. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184656 | Efficiently Determining Condition Relevant Modifiable Lifestyle Attributes - A bioinformatics method, software, system and database are presented in which attribute profiles containing pangenetic and non-pangenetic information are created and used to identify sets of attributes, including lifestyle attributes that are associated with a condition. The lifestyle attributes which can be modified and which result in a significant change in the probability of having the condition are identified and used as the basis for recommendations for lifestyle modification. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184657 | HYDROGEN SENSOR - A hydrogen sensor includes a substrate, a hydrogen absorbing member, a power source, an ammeter, and a processing unit. The hydrogen absorbing member is positioned on the substrate, and includes a carbon nanotube yarn and a hydrogen absorbing film coated on the carbon nanotube yarn. The ammeter measures an electric current. The hydrogen absorbing member and the ammeter are connected in series to the power source. The processing unit is electrically coupled to the ammeter to obtain a hydrogen concentration according to the electric current. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184658 | Preparative Liquid Chromatograph System - A sample is introduced from an injector unit ( | 2011-07-28 |
20110184659 | METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE MISCIBILITY OF COMPOSITIONS - The invention relates to methods for analyzing the miscibility of compositions. The methods may further quantify the degree of miscibility of the compositions. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184660 | ANALYZER OF PHOSPHORYLATION OF PEPTIDE OR PROTEIN, PHOSPHORYLATION DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE PROGRAM - To provide an analyzer configured to enable to determine whether or not phosphoric acid is bound to a peptide or protein in a short time according to a simple procedure, and to provide a program for use in the analyzer, and a recording medium for storing the program. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184661 | VISUAL INSPECTION-BASED GENERATOR RETENTION ASSEMBLY TIGHTNESS DETECTION - A method and apparatus for visually detecting and measuring retention assembly tightness are disclosed. In an embodiment, an optical device is used to obtain at least an image of a retention assembly, the optical device being insertable into a slot between two stator core laminations and directable toward a side view of the retention assembly. The image is displayed on a display, and a measurer is used to determine a tightness of a retention assembly. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184662 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING MULTI-LAYER RETICLES - A method of and system for inspecting multi-layer reticles. The method includes: selecting a multi-layer reticle having an array of cells arranged in R rows and C columns; defining a full inspection region that includes all cells of the array of cells; and when R is equal to one (or is greater than two) and C is greater than two (or is equal to one) and a cell of the array of cells is a dummy cell in a first or last position of a row (or of a column) of the array of cells, then reducing the full inspection region to generate a shrunken inspection region that does not include the dummy cell, and then inspecting the shrunken inspection region for defects. If the dummy cell is between two non-dummy cells, then the dummy cell is a copy of one of the non-dummy cells, but is not inspected. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184663 | HEAD IMPACT ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON SYSTEM - Systems and methods for head impact injury prediction. A computer implemented method is provided for event based injury predictions. The computer implemented method receives an indication of sensor data related to an impact of a user. The received sensor data is compared to previously stored sensor data in a data store. Each instance of the previously stored sensor data is associated with a medical diagnosis. If the received sensor data matches any of the previously stored sensor data based on the comparison, then an injury risk indicator is generated based on at least one of the medical diagnosis associated with the matching previously stored sensor data or an impact history of the user. The generated indicator is presented. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184664 | DIRECTLY APPLIED READ AND TRANSMIT - DIGITAL STRAIN ENCODER AND DIGITAL LOAD CELL - A digital strain encoder includes a gage-emitter, a sensor-receiver, a transmitter, and an energy source. The gage-emitter is affixable to a surface to be measured and deformable on a one-to-one basis with the surface, and emits a reference strain signal in the absence of strain and an altered strain signal when the surface is subjected to strain and the gage-emitter is deformed. The gage-emitter also emits a unique reference identification signal. The sensor-receiver floats over the gage-emitter so as not to deform with the surface, and detects the reference and altered strain signals and the identification signal emitted by the gage-emitter. The transmitter is coupled to the sensor-receiver for transmitting the detected reference and altered strain signals to a remote receiver. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184665 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE COMPRISING AN EDGE-WISE BENDING INSENSITIVE STRAIN SENSOR SYSTEM - A wind turbine rotor blade having a strain sensor system is described. The strain sensor is insensitive to the effect of twisting motions or edge-wise bending on the measurement of the strain. The sensor comprises one or more strain sensing devices arranged in a circular or regular polygon shaped path enclosing a region of the component. In the sensor system, a plurality of strain sensors are spaced longitudinally along a flap-wise axis of the wind turbine rotor blade, | 2011-07-28 |
20110184666 | METHOD OF MEASURING AXIAL FORCE OF BOLT AND INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING AXIAL FORCE OF BOLT - A bolt-axial-force measuring method and instrument capable of easily and precisely measuring an axial force of a bolt are provided. The bolt is screw-joined and coupled to a piston of a bolt tensioner, and a hydraulic pressure is supplied to its pressure chamber so that the bolt is elongated by applying a tensile force equal to or more than a necessary bolt-fastening force. A nut separating from a fastened member due to the elongation of the bolt is seated again on the fastened member, and the hydraulic pressure in the pressure chamber is discharged to release the tensile force of the bolt. A pressure change of the pressure chamber from which the hydraulic pressure is discharged is detected by a pressure sensor, a point where a change rate of the pressure change detected by a measuring apparatus is suddenly reduced is detected as an inflection point, and a pressure value of the pressure chamber at the inflection point is multiplied by a pressure receiving area of the pressure chamber, whereby the axial force of the bolt is calculated. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184667 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CHARACTERISTIC FOR THE CORRECTION OF MEASUREMENTS OF A CORIOLIS MASS FLOWMETER - A method for determining at least one characteristic for the correction of measurements of a Coriolis mass flowmeter which is characterized by an increased accuracy and a low error rate while determining the characteristic is implemented by detecting values of a measurand during constant flow with the reading sensors, calculating at least one location parameter from the detected values, an calculating at least one dispersion parameter from the detected values and the location parameter. The detection of additional values and the calculation of the location parameter and dispersion parameter from the existing and additional values is carried out until the dispersion parameter reaches a threshold value, and then, the location parameter corresponding to the dispersion parameter is used as the characteristic for the correction of the reading of the Coriolis mass flowmeter. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184668 | Apparatus and method for level measuring in a tank with flexible walls - An apparatus for level measuring in a flexible tank with a level sensor for non-contact detection of the level of the liquid in the tank, which detects the surface of the liquid across a flexible wall of the tank, and means for holding the level sensor in a position above the flexible wall of the tank. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184669 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING INFLATION - The invention relates to a method for aiding inflation for a vehicle, comprising access to vehicle tire pressure ( | 2011-07-28 |
20110184670 | PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a pipeline leak detection system and method, a data collection frequency of a pipeline network is set. Pipeline monitoring data of the pipeline network is obtained according to the data collection frequency. Leak locations along the pipeline network are identified according to the pipeline monitoring data. The leak locations along the pipeline network are notified to users. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184671 | TRANSIENT DETECTOR AND FAULT CLASSIFIER FOR A POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Detection of fault occurrences within a power distribution system. A transient detector and fault classification system ( | 2011-07-28 |
20110184672 | INSULATION DIAGNOSTIC UNIT AND ALGORITHM FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE DIAGNOSTIC UNIT - Partial discharge occurring in a continuously operated electric machine is monitored all the time. Even when the electric machine is mounted in mobility equipment, the partial discharge is monitored all the time. An insulation diagnostic unit includes: an instrument that performs spectrum analysis on an output of a sensor disposed near the electric machine; a data table in which an output of a load detection method for the electric machine and an output of the spectrum analysis instrument are recorded; a first routine that obtains a correlation coefficient on the basis of plural data items concerning the magnitudes of a spectrum relevant to a specific frequency, which is obtained by the spectrum analysis instrument, out of data items recorded in the data table, and plural data items of a load obtained at the times of measurement of the plural data items; and a second routine that classifies the noted spectrum relevant to the specific frequency into a spectrum of an environmental electromagnetic wave or a spectrum of an electromagnetic wave due to partial discharge from the electric machine on the basis of the value of the correlation coefficient obtained by the first routine. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184673 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAULT LOCATION - A method for fault location is provided which can accurately perform a fault location process by a simple and direct calculation without requiring no synchronization of terminals. Data relating to the voltage and the current (vector quantity) at opposite ends of a power transmission line section to be located and a transmission line constant set in advance are used. When the distance x from a designated terminal A to a fault point F is an unknown quantity, the distance x can be calculated by solving a quadratic equation obtained by taking as the fault point a point where values of the second power of a fault point voltage in a fault phase when viewed from opposite ends of the section to be located are equal to each other. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184674 | PARAMETRIC MULTI-CYCLE AVERAGING IN AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus measures electrical power usage and quality, while mitigating the effects of noise on measured signals or parameters. Specifically, a digital electrical power and energy meter employs a method in which a processor averages a parameter, such as voltage or current, over a plurality of cycles of a time-varying signal, such as an AC electrical signal. The method employed by the meter samples a parameter over the plurality of cycles and computes the average of the samples corresponding to the same phase angle of the signal to produce an average signal. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184675 | ISOLATED CURRENT SENSOR WITH CODEC - The present disclosure includes a power measurement, circuit breaker or integrated protection system including isolated analog-to-digital modulators for measuring current using current sensors, such as, for example, current shunts, in a single or multiphase power system. In one embodiment, the modulators are divided into a line-side device with an analog-to-digital modulator and a host-side device including a decimation filter and a processor. In one embodiment, an isolation barrier, such as, for example, a pulse transformer, divides the line-side device from the host-side device. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184676 | DATA REDUCTION IN A MULTI-NODE SYSTEM - An advanced metering infrastructure comprises intermediate nodes. The intermediate nodes receive data from child nodes and aggregate the data according to groups of child nodes. The aggregation provides for a reduced version of the data. The reduction is performed based on groups determined by clustering. The reduced version of the data comprises data describing a group of measurements over time, such as a centroid in an n-dimension space, number of customers in the group, radius of the group and the like. The centroid may shift over time based on a consumption profile, such as low consumption at noon, and high consumption at evening. The consumption profiles may be determined in a learning phase, as well as shifting of centroids of each group over time. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184677 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A battery management system and a driving method thereof are disclosed, which may detect a short battery cell capable of causing short among a plurality of battery cells during a parking period of a vehicle. The battery management system includes a sensing unit for measuring a cell voltage and a cell current of each of a plurality of battery cells and an MCU for measuring an SOC of each of the battery cells to control charge and discharge by utilizing the cell voltage and the cell current of each of the battery cells. The MCU measures a first SOC of each of the battery cells in a key-off state and a second SOC of each of the battery cells in a key-on state after the key-off state. The MCU utilizes the first SOC, the second SOC, and a time period between the first and second SOCs to determine a short battery cell among the plurality of battery cells. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184678 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES - Automated systems and methods for characterizing light-emitting devices as a function of the electrical and temperature properties of the device are disclosed. The system includes a thermal stack assembly operatively connected to a temperature control system and that operably supports and controls the temperature of the light-emitting device. A power supply provides varying amounts of electrical power to the light-emitting device. A control computer controls the power supply and the temperature control system based on a user-defined electrical and temperature profiles. A light processor optically analyzes light from the light-emitting device as its electrical and temperature properties are varied. The control computer receives and processes electrical signals from the light processor and outputs one or more optical characterizations as a function of electrical and temperature properties of the light-emitting device. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184679 | Method and apparatus for discrimination of sources in stray voltage detection - A method and apparatus for discriminating between electric field sources. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a mobile detection system comprising a sensor probe for remotely measuring an electric field generated by an electric field source in a patrolled area; and a processor, coupled to the sensor probe, for processing data received from the sensor probe to generate a first field strength and at least a second field strength for determining whether the electric field source is potentially hazardous. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184680 | MEASURING APPARATUS - A measuring apparatus is capable of separately measuring at least one of the purely resistive component and the reactance component of a measured circuit. The measuring apparatus applies an AC voltage to the measured circuit and detects a current flowing in the measured circuit. When doing so, a first detection signal whose amplitude changes in accordance with an amplitude of a real component of the current and a second detection signal whose amplitude changes in accordance with an amplitude of an imaginary component are generated. The at least one of a purely resistive component and a reactance component of the measured circuit is then calculated using the first detection signal and the second detection signal. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184681 | Authentication device for full intact wine bottles - Methods, device and systems for identifying or fingerprinting an intact bottle of wine are provided. Such methods are useful in authenticating a bottle of wine. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184682 | TERMINAL INSERTION DEFECT DETERMINING METHOD - A terminal insertion defect determining method includes a step of determining the defect state by judging whether the preset condition is satisfied or not in an insulation-displacement period where an insulation-displacement part is insulation-displaced to a wire, a step of determining the defect state by judging whether the preset condition is satisfied or not in an intermediate period between the insulation-displacement period and a press-fitting period where a press-fitting part is press-fitted to a press-fitted part, and a step of determining the defect state by judging whether the preset condition is satisfied or not in the press-fitting period. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184683 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT - Methods are disclosed for determining a value associated with an analyte in a sample. The methods include: determining a set of spectra from a model for light attenuation in the sample, where the model includes contributions from at least two different sources of light attenuation in the sample; determining a set of spectral correction factors associated with the analyte in the sample based on the set of spectra; and using the set of spectral correction factors to determine the value associated with the analyte of interest. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184684 | 3-D SELF-CORRECTING FREEHAND ULTRASOUND TRACKING SYSTEM - This application presents a new system and method for image acquisition of internal human tissue, including but not limited to the prostate, as well as a system and method for the guidance and positioning of medical devices relative to the internal tissue. In the presented systems and methods, ultrasound scanned data (e.g., 2-D B-mode images) are acquired freehand absent a mechanical armature that constrains an ultrasound acquisition probe in a known spatial framework. To allow for reconstruction of the scanned data into a 3-D image, multiple tracker sensors that provide position/location information are used with a freehand acquisition probe (e.g., handheld ultrasound probe). The position of such tracker sensors can be calculated when disposed in an electromagnetic field. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184685 | POSITION CALIBRATION INFORMATION COLLECTING APPARATUS, POSITION CALIBRATION INFORMATION COLLECTING METHOD, AND POSITION CALIBRATION INFORMATION COLLECTING PROGRAM - A person is detected by an observer device. A person detection history is recorded in a person detection history database. A position where the person is detected for the first time is estimated by a first-time detection position estimating unit, to be stored in a first-time detection position history database. The position of the door of the room in terms of local coordinates is estimated by a doorway position estimating unit. The calibration information as to the position of the observer device is calculated by a position calibration information calculating unit based on the door position in terms of local coordinates and that in terms of global coordinates. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184686 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING TEMPERATURE READINGS FROM A TEMPERATURE SENSING CRYSTAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Aspects of a method and system for compensating temperature readings from a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit are provided. An electronic device may digitize a temperature indication received from a temperature sensing circuit, digitize one or more calibration voltages received from said temperature sensing circuit, and calculate a compensated temperature indication utilizing the digitized calibration voltage(s), and the digitized temperature indication, and data from a table that characterizes behavior of the temperature sensing circuit as a function of temperature. One or more circuits in the electronic device may be controlled based on the compensated temperature indication. The compensated temperature indication may compensate for a gain error and/or offset error of a digital to analog converter that digitizes the temperature indication and the calibration voltage(s). There may be two calibration voltages. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184687 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - A test apparatus for testing a device under test includes a test module that exchanges signals with the device under test to test the device under test, a test controller that includes a processor and a memory, where the test controller controls the test module, and a network that transfers communication packets between the test module and the test controller. Here, the test controller includes a receiving section that receives an interrupt packet requesting an interrupt to the test controller, from the test module via the network, a memory writing section that writes interrupt information included in the interrupt packet into the memory, and an interrupt notifying section that notifies the processor of the interrupt to cause the processor to reference the interrupt information written into the memory. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184688 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, TEST METHOD THEREOF, AND SYSTEM - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of chips comprising a plurality of I/O terminals connected in common via through electrodes. Each of the chips includes an I/O compression circuit operable to output a compression result obtained by compression of data of a plurality of internal data buses to a first I/O terminal of the plurality of I/O terminals. Each of the chips also includes a test control circuit having a register group that sets the number of the first I/O terminal. Setting information that assigns different first I/O terminals to different chips is set in the register group. Each of the chips inputs or outputs data with use of the number of the I/O terminal that is different from those in other chips. Thus, the I/O compression circuits can concurrently perform an I/O compression test in parallel in the plurality of chips without a bus fight. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184689 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY FORMULATING TEST CASES FOR VERIFYING AT LEAST PART OF A PIECE OF SOFTWARE - A method of automatic formulation by a computer of test cases for verifying at least one function of a piece of software in relation to a specification including requirements relating input values and output values of the software, the method including the steps of:
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20110184690 | POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A position detecting system that detects the position of a body-insertable apparatus inserted into a subject includes: a driving-magnetic-field generating unit that generates a driving magnetic field in a detection space in which the subject into which the body-insertable apparatus, which generates a resonant magnetic field induced by the driving magnetic, is inserted is surrounded; a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic field generated in the detection space; a position detecting unit that detects, based on the magnetic field detected by the sensor, a position and a direction of the body-insertable apparatus; a guiding unit that guides at least one of the position and the direction of the body-insertable apparatus to at least one of a position and a direction set as targets; a predicting unit that predicts, using the position and the direction detected by the position detecting unit, a position and a direction at certain time of the body-insertable apparatus; and a control unit that controls the driving-magnetic-field generating unit and the position detecting unit based on the position and the direction at the certain time predicted by the predicting unit. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184691 | ABSOLUTE HIGH RESOLUTION SEGMENT OR REVOLUTION COUNTER - An absolute high resolution linear segment or revolution counter as a one-chip-solution with self sustained, economical intermediate solutions, preferably as absolute magnetic multi turn, having a Wiegand element for counting the revolutions or segments, respectively and for the energy supply of the counter and memory as well as processing electronics, whereby the additional sensor for the fine resolution and a μ-controller are part of the overall IC is disclosed. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184692 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR SPATIAL ESTIMATION AND VISUALIZATION OF MULTI-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ST DEVIATIONS - A system and a method for spatially ordered estimation and visualization of multi-lead electrocardiographic ST deviations induced by myocardial ischemia, in which system a plurality of ECG signals are recorded from a ECG source, which signals are stored by a processor in a memory, which processor processes the signals to obtain ST deviation, which processor performs measurement of ST deviation from each lead where the processor performs a multi-dimensional estimation of an vector representing of the spatial direction and magnitude of the underlying cardiac injury-current giving rise to the measured ST deviations, which processor hereby estimates the spatial location and severity of myocardial ischemia. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184693 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE PROGRESS OF A MOVING PERSON - Embodiments of the invention provide a method and a device for measuring the progress of a moving person. The method calculating at least one of the following quantities describing the progress of the moving person: speed, step rate, step count, step length, distance and way of progress, based on values of a vertical acceleration of a body of the moving person measured by an acceleration sensor over a measured time. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184694 | DEPTH MEASUREMENTS OF NARROW HOLES - A method for measuring a depth of a narrow hole, the method includes: obtaining from a chromatic confocal sensor a group of height measurements taken along an imaginary line that crosses the narrow hole; ignoring height measurements attributed to optical artifacts and blind measurement points and calculating an inverted parabolic estimate of a sub-group of the height measurements; wherein a top of the parabolic estimate is representative of a height of a bottom of the narrow hole. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184695 | MEASUREMENT METHOD - This invention relates to a method for measuring a feature of an object that comprises obtaining a representation of at least the feature on the object by acquiring multiple data points via surface measurement of at least the feature. A model substantially replicating at least the feature of the object is fitted to the representation. The model comprises parameters defining at least two independently alterable portions that are linked at a common point. The fitting comprises changing the form of the model by altering at least one of the at least two independently alterable portions. The method also comprises obtaining information regarding at least the feature from the fitted model. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184696 | Detection and Analysis Apparatus For Membrane Filtration Process - The present invention discloses a detection and analysis apparatus, comprising a photo sensing device, comprising a plurality of sensing elements linearly arranged to form a first array, for detecting a signal of the thickness change of the cake at a linear position of the filter medium; a driving device, for driving the photo sensing device to move relatively parallel to the filter medium on the top of the cake so that the photo sensing device detects the thickness change of the cake on at least one local plane of the filter medium; and a data processing device, coupling to the photo sensing device, for continuously processing and analyzing the signal detected by the photo sensing device to thereby in-situ estimate the thickness change of the cake on the at least one local plane of the filter medium during the filtration process. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184697 | Coin sensor, effective value calculation method, and coin recognition device - A thickness/material sensor samples an output signal output from a self-oscillating circuit at a specific sampling interval; acquires sampling data sampled in a specific sampling time period; reduces, among the acquired sampling data, a weight on the sampling data sampled near both ends of the specific sampling time period than a weight on other sampling data and outputs weighted sampling data; and calculates effective values of an output signal in the specific sampling time period from the weighted sampling data. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184698 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEFINITE CLOCK AND NODE APPARATUS - A clock determination method executed by a first one of apparatuses included in a system includes receiving a list including first definite clock values of respective apparatuses, the list being circulated among the apparatuses; determining the first clock value of the first apparatus at a point in time based on a smallest of logical clock values regarding corresponding commands on which processing is not completed, the commands being included in commands received by the first apparatus and the logical clock values being obtained at a time of receiving the corresponding commands and being stored, and updating the first clock value, the updated first clock value being included in the list, by using the determined first clock value; specifying, as a second clock value for the system, a smallest of the first clock values included in the updated list; and transmitting the updated list to a second one of the apparatuses. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184699 | Time Delay Estimation - A time differential is estimated between a plurality of signals by determining a filter response of a first electrical signal with a first filter array, determining a filter response of a second electrical signal with a second filter array, and determining, based at least on the filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal, a time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. A first optical signal is converted into the first electrical signal and a second optical signal is converted into the second electrical signal. The filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal are sampled and the time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal is determined based at least on the sampled filter response of the first electrical signal and the sampled filter response of the second electrical signal. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184700 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DYNAMIC MONITORING OF A BROADBAND LAMBDA PROBE - The invention relates to a method for monitoring dynamic characteristics of a broadband lambda probe ( | 2011-07-28 |
20110184701 | Pitot Tube Diagnostic System - A pitot tube diagnostic system and method for determining the health of a pitot tube is disclosed. The pitot tube diagnostic system is configured to be temporarily connectable to or permanently installable in an airplane's pitot-static system, which allows the pitot tube diagnostic system to be utilized during pre-flight inspections and/or in-flight conditions. The pitot tube diagnostic system is in electrical communication with the pitot-static system for acquisition of output signals and analysis thereof. Thus, the pitot-static diagnostic system is able to diagnose anomalies in the pitot-static systems that are representative of the overall health and efficiency of the pitot-static system. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184702 | Identifying the Defective Layer of a Yield Excursion Through the Statistical Analysis of Scan Diagnosis Results - Yield excursions in the manufacturing process today require an expensive, long and tedious physical failure analysis process to identify the root cause. Techniques are disclosed herein for efficiently identifying the root-cause of a manufacturing yield excursion by analyzing fail data collected from the production test environment. In particular, statistical hypothesis testing is used in a novel way to analyze logic diagnosis data along with information on physical features in the design layout and reliably identify the cause of the yield excursion. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184703 | SENSOR SIGNAL ALIGNMENT - Methods and systems, including computer readable mediums, are provided for transforming a measurement made relative to a first reference frame into a corresponding measurement relative to a second reference frame. Sensor signals that are produced by sensors in response to the sensors' motion relative to the first reference frame are transformed using a transformation matrix. The transformation generates corrected sensor signals that are relative to the axes of the second reference frame. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184704 | Fairing of aircraft elevator | 2011-07-28 |
20110184705 | DPLL-BASED SAT SOLVER USING WITH APPLICATION-AWARE BRANCHING - A system and method for determining satisfiability of a bounded model checking instance by restricting the decision variable ordering of the SAT solver to a sequence wherein a set of control state variables is given higher priority over the rest variables appearing in the formula. The order for control state variables is chosen based on an increasing order of the control path distance of corresponding control states from the target control state. The order of the control variables is fixed, while that of the rest is determined by the SAT search. Such a decision variable ordering strategy leads to improved performance of SAT solver by early detection and pruning of the infeasible path segments that are closer to target control state. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184706 | OPTIMIZATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A first model expression having a first order and representing a relationship between evaluation indicators and the design parameters and a second model expression having a second order higher than the first order and representing a relationship between them are generated. Then, according to a quantifier elimination method, values of said design parameters, which realize an optimum solution of the first model expression, are calculated. And, a design parameter whose value is identical to an upper limit value or a lower limit value is identified, and the second model expression is transformed by substituting the upper limit value or the lower limit value, as a value of the identified design parameter, for the second model expression. Finally, according to the quantifier elimination method, values of the design parameters in the transformed second model expression, which realize an optimum solution of the transformed second model expression, is calculated. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184707 | PID ADJUSTMENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD - A PID adjustment support device has: a recognition tolerance interval storing portion for storing, in advance, a recognition tolerance interval understood by a user regarding target quantity data of a model to be controlled; and a display processing portion for graphing and displaying, on a displaying portion, the target quantity data and, as a modeling result, a model-response waveform that is a control-response waveform calculated based on the model to be controlled, and for overlaying with the modeling result and displaying the recognition tolerance interval stored in the recognition tolerance interval storing means. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184708 | SIMULATION METHOD AND SIMULATION APPARATUS - An arithmetic device calculates the surface potential of a silicon layer by performing computation based on a mathematical expression and device parameters stored in a storage device. Likewise, the arithmetic device calculates the surface potential of a bulk layer under a buried oxide film when the silicon layer is in a partially depleted state and when the silicon is in a fully depleted state. The arithmetic device then performs computation based on the calculated surface potential of the silicon layer, the calculated surface potential of the bulk layer, and mathematical expressions stored in the storage device, and obtains the surface potential of the bulk layer by, iterative calculation. The arithmetic device performs computation based on the surface potential of the bulk layer obtained by iterative calculation and mathematical expressions stored in the storage device, and calculates the lower surface potential of the silicon layer. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184709 | Interactive Simulations on a Handheld Calculator - Methods for interactive simulation using a handheld calculator are provided. One method for interactive simulation includes receiving, by the handheld calculator, experiment data from a data source collecting the experiment data as an experiment is conducted, and using a portion of the experiment data to drive behavior of a simulation of the experiment executing on the handheld calculator. Another method for interactive simulation includes executing a simulation of an experiment on the handheld calculator, and sending, by the handheld calculator, experiment control data generated by the simulation to a data source operatively connected to the experiment, wherein the data source uses the experiment control data to control the experiment. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184710 | VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING THEREOF AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION APPARATUS - A virtual endoscopy apparatus according to the present invention comprises a data processor generating volume data expressed by a three dimensional position function by using contiguous cross sectional image data of an inspection subject and based on the volume data, generating virtual endoscopy data of inside of the inspection subject; and a display unit displaying virtual endoscopy images according to the virtual endoscopy data, the data processor taking pictures of inside of the inspection subject while rotating a virtual camera around a movement path inside the inspection subject and generating the virtual endoscopy data at the same angle. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184711 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FORMATION PERMEABILITY USING TIME LAPSE MEASUREMENTS - A method for determining permeability of a subsurface formation includes measuring a parameter related to fluid content of the formation at a first time from within a wellbore penetrating the formation. A rate of entry of fluid from the wellbore into the formation is determined from the measurement of the parameter made at the first time. The permeability is determined from the rate of entry. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184712 | PREDICTIVE MODELS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND ASSESSING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE - Biomarkers useful for diagnosing and assessing the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) are provided, along with kits for measuring their expression. The invention also provides predictive models, based on the biomarkers, as well as computer systems, and software embodiments of the models for scoring and optionally classifying samples. In a preferred embodiment, the biomarkers are organized into clustered groups. The expression level of the biomarkers within a group are highly correlated to each other in normal and disease states. Expression values of genes chosen from each of two, three, four or five of the clustered gene groups, A, B, C, D, E may be used. Alternatively, expression values of genes chosen from the groups are combined into a metagene. Preferred biomarkers include S100A12, S100A8, S100A9, BCL2A1, and F5 (group A); XK, P62, and FECH (group B); TUBB2 (group C); IFNG, PDGFB, VSIG4, and TNF (group D); CSF3R, TLR5, CD46, and NCF1 (group E); S100A12, S100A9, BCL2A1, TXN and CSTA (group I); OLIG1, OLIG2, ADORA3, CLC, and SLC29A1 (group II); and CBS and ARG1 (group IV). | 2011-07-28 |
20110184713 | DYNAMIC-BASED VERIFICATION APPARATUS FOR VERIFICATION FROM ELECTRONIC SYSTEM LEVEL TO GATE LEVEL, AND VERIFICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The simulation consists of a front-end simulation and a back-end simulation. The front-end simulation can use an equivalent model at different abstraction level, or a simulation model for the back-end simulation. The back-end simulation uses the simulation result of front-end simulation so that it can run one or more simulation runs sequentially or in parallel. Alternatively, models at lower level of abstraction are simulated together with a model at higher level of abstraction in parallel using two or more simulators. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184714 | Methods and Systems for Analyzing Electronic Design and Validation Models - A method and system for comparing a first model and a second model of an electronic design, wherein the first model is at a transaction level and the second model is at a register transfer level, comprises the steps of: translating signal values of the second model to a transaction stream; comparing a transaction stream of the first model against the transaction stream of the second model based on data at timing points of transaction phases of the transaction streams; and generating results based on the comparison of the transaction streams. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PREDICTING PROBLEMATIC AREAS FOR LITHOGRAPHY IN A CIRCUIT DESIGN - A system and method is provided which predicts problematic areas for lithography in a circuit design, and more specifically, which uses modeling data from a modeling tool to accurately predict problematic lithographic areas. The method includes identifying surface heights of plurality of tiles of a modeled wafer, and mathematically mimicking a lithographic tool to determine best planes of focus for exposure for the plurality of tiles. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184716 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING AN EXECUTION OF A PREDETERMINED PROGRAM FLOW ON A PHYSICAL COMPUTER SYSTEM - The functionality of simulated, virtual hardware units is varied during the execution of a program flow on the virtual hardware units, for example via an interface device of a simulation device, in such a manner that the execution behavior changes of a program flow can be identified by using at least one faulty, physical hardware unit. A method and a device are used for analyzing an execution of a predetermined program flow on a physical computer system. The method and the device are used to determine execution behavior changes of software products which changes are due to faulty hardware components. The method and device allow execution behavior changes to be identified systematically, using an operating system and eliminates the need for expensive, physical hardware components and for modifications to a physical computer system. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184717 | Method and System for Packet Switch Based Logic Replication - A method and system for compiling a representation of a source circuit including one or more source subchannels associated with portions of source logic driven by a plurality of clock domains are described. Each source subchannel may generate packets carrying signal data from one of the portions of the source logic. A representation of a destination circuit may be compiled to include one or more destination subchannels associated with portions of destination logic replicating the source logic. Each destination subchannel may forward the signal data via the packets to one of the portions of the destination logic. A switching logic may be configured to map the source subchannels to the destination subchannels as virtual channels to forward the packets from the source subchannels to the destination subchannels. A single queue may be configured to couple with the switching logic to record packets from the source subchannels into a packet stream for a delay period to distribute to the destination subchannels. The destination logic may emulate the source logic synchronized with the plurality of clock domains delayed by the delay period. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184718 | Interlingua, Interlingua Engine, and Interlingua Machine Translation System - An embodiment provides (a) a method and system for representing natural languages in a common machine-readable form, including the thorough design of the lexicon and grammar, the resulting representation called interlingua, (b) a method and system for using a computer to convert a text of a natural language into and out of a coded text of said interlingua representation, including a programming framework which is independent of other languages, said system is called interlingua engine, and (c) a method and system of machine translation using said interlingua engine, said system called interlingua machine translation system. Alternative embodiments are described. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184719 | Dynamic Generation of Auto-Suggest Dictionary for Natural Language Translation - The present technology dynamically generates auto-suggest dictionary data from translation data stored in memory at a server. The auto-suggest dictionary data may be transmitted a remote device by the server for use in language translation. The auto-suggest dictionary data may transferred as part of a package which includes content to be translated, translation meta-data, and various other data. The auto-suggest dictionary data may be generated at a first computing device, periodically or in response to an event, from translation data stored in memory. The auto-suggest dictionary may be transferred to a remote device along with content to be translated and other data, as part of a package, for use in translation of the content at the remote device. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184720 | AUTOMATIC CONTEXT SENSITIVE LANGUAGE GENERATION, CORRECTION AND ENHANCEMENT USING AN INTERNET CORPUS - A computer-assisted language generation system including sentence retrieval functionality, operative on the basis of an input text containing words, to retrieve from an internet corpus a plurality of sentences containing words which correspond to the words in the input text and sentence generation functionality operative using a plurality of sentences retrieved by the sentence retrieval functionality from the internet corpus to generate at least one correct sentence giving expression to the input text. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184721 | Communicating Across Voice and Text Channels with Emotion Preservation - A computer program product for communicating across channels with emotion preservation includes a computer usable storage medium having computer useable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code including: computer usable program code to receive a first language communication comprising text marked up with emotion metadata; computer usable program code to translate the emotion metadata into second language emotion metadata; computer usable program code to translate the text to second language text; computer usable program code to analyze the second language emotion metadata for second language emotion information; and computer usable program code to combine the second language emotion information in first language communication with the second language text. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184722 | TRANSLATION QUALITY QUANTIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system for automating the quality evaluation of a translation. The system may include a computer having a processor and memory device operably connected to one another. A source text in a first language may be stored within the memory device. A target text comprising a translation of the source text into a second language may also be stored within the memory device. Additionally, a plurality of executables may be stored on the memory device and be configured to, when executed by the processor, independently identify a test sample comprising one or more blocks, each comprising a matched set having a source portion selected from the source text and a corresponding target portion selected from the target text. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184723 | PHONETIC SUGGESTION ENGINE - A phonetic suggestion engine for providing word or phrase suggestions for an input letter string initially converts an input letter string into one or more query phoneme sequences. The conversion is performed via at least one standardized letter-to-sound (LTS) database. The phonetic suggestion engine further obtains a plurality of candidate phoneme sequences that are phonetically similar to the at query phoneme sequences from a pool of potential phoneme sequences. The phonetic suggestion engine then prunes the plurality of candidate phoneme sequences to generate scored phoneme sequences. The phonetic suggestion engine subsequently generates a plurality of ranked word or phrase suggestions based on the scored phoneme sequences. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184724 | SPEECH RECOGNITION - Presented is a method and system for speech recognition. The method includes determining noise level in an environment, comparing the determined noise level with a predetermined noise level threshold value, using a first set of grammar for speech recognition, if the determined noise level is below the predetermined noise level threshold value, and using a second set of grammar for speech recognition, if the determined noise level is above the predetermined noise level threshold value. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184725 | Multi-stage text morphing - This invention is a multi-stage method for “text morphing,” wherein text morphing involves integrating or blending together substantive content from two or more bodies of text into a single body of text based on locations of linguistic commonality among the two or more bodies of text. This method for multi-stage text morphing entails: substitution of phrase synonyms between two bodies of text; substitution, between two bodies of text, of text segments with synonymous starting phrases and synonymous ending phrases; and substitution, between two bodies of text, of phrases or segments using associations within a larger reference body of text. Text morphing as disclosed herein can be useful for creative ideation, product development, integrative search engines, and entertainment purposes. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184726 | Morphing text by splicing end-compatible segments - This invention is a method for “text morphing,” wherein text morphing involves integrating or blending together substantive content from two or more bodies of text into a single body of text based on locations of linguistic commonality among the two or more bodies of text. This method entails: identifying pairs of “Synonym-Different-Synonym” (SDS) text segments between an import body of text and an export body of text; and, for each selected pair of SDS text segments, substituting some or all of the SDS text segment from the export body of text for some or all of the SDS text segment in the import body of text. In some respects, this method is analogous to splicing and substituting gene segments with compatible starting and ending sequences, but different middle sequences. Text morphing as disclosed herein can be useful for creative ideation, product development, integrative search engines, and entertainment purposes. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184727 | Prose style morphing - This invention is a system and method for incrementally and multi-dimensionally adjusting prose style. It comprises: a prose input interface, through which the user inputs, or otherwise selects, prose; a multi-dimensional style-adjusting interface, through which the user incrementally adjusts multiple dimensions of prose style; and a style-morphing engine which executes the adjustments specified by the user through the multi-dimensional style-adjusting interface. The dimensions of prose style to be adjusted may be selected from the group consisting of: person perspective; tense; voice; length; vocabulary; formality; colloquiality; complexity; emotion; emoticons; color; font; romantic; positivity; strength; precision; certainty; alliteration; humor; nationality; regionality; gender specificity; obscenity filter; academic jargon; business jargon; legal jargon; medical jargon; scientific jargon; and connectivity jargon. In an example, the style-morphing engine may include a database of sets of phrase synonyms and may use this database to make phrase substitutions that incrementally and multi-dimensionally change the style of the prose. In another example, the style-morphing engine may include a semantic algorithm or Natural Language Processor (NLP) that identifies phrases with similar meanings but different values across different style dimensions and may use it to make phrase substitutions that incrementally and multi-dimensionally change the style of the prose. This invention that enables incremental and multi-dimensional adjustment of prose style has a wide variety of useful applications. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184728 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATION OF COMPOUND TEXT INPUT AND FOR PRIORITIZING COMPOUND LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS ACCORDING TO COMPLETENESS OF TEXT COMPONENTS - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. The device is able to prioritize compound language solutions according to various criteria, including the degree of completeness of the text components of a compound language solution. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184729 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND ANALYZING OPINION IN WEB DOCUMENT - The present invention deals with an apparatus and method for extracting and analyzing opinions in web documents, wherein automatic extraction and analysis are performed effectively on user opinion information from web documents that are scattered across many websites on the Internet so that opinion search services may be easily implemented which enable search and statistical results to be checked as affirmative/negative opinions, and opinion search users can easily implement a system that helps in searching and monitoring the opinions of other users with respect to a specific keyword. In addition, according to the present invention, marketing representatives and stock inventors and corporate value assessors of each company can quickly check the opinions of many users about an applicable corporation and goods that exist on the vast Internet, and expenses that used to be spent on questionnaires and consulting companies to find opinions of existing users can be greatly reduced, and opinion extraction and statistics for each user can be effectively performed and utilized. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184730 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DISAMBIGUATION OF VOICE COMMANDS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing voice commands. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an audio signal at a server, performing, by the server, speech recognition on the audio signal to identify one or more candidate terms that match one or more portions of the audio signal, identifying one or more possible intended actions for each candidate term, providing information for display on a client device, the information specifying the candidate terms and the actions for each candidate term, receiving from the client device an indication of an action selected by a user, where the action was selected from among the actions included in the provided information, and invoking the action selected by the user. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184731 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AMPLIFYING SPEECH SIGNALS - A signal processing method is provided. The signal processing method includes extracting a first signal having a first frequency band from a sum signal of a left signal and a right signal, generating a second signal having a second frequency band by using the first signal, generating a third signal by using the first signal and the second signal, and applying a gain, generated by using a rate of a center signal included in the sum signal, to the third signal. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184732 | SIGNAL PRESENCE DETECTION USING BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION DATA - A system and method for using bi-directional conversation data to improve signal presence detection are disclosed. The detector module is adapted to communicate with a signal enhancement module. The detector module collects data from a transmit direction of the connection and a receive direction of a data connection. The collected data from the transmit and the receive direction is used to classify at least one of data in the transmit direction and data in the receive direction. Responsive to the classification, the signal enhancement module enhances data in one of the transmit direction and the receive direction. Hence, data classification accuracy is improved by using data from both the transmit and receive directions. In one embodiment, the detector module applies a voice activity detection module (VAD) process to detect the presence or absence of voice data in the collected data. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184733 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING PULSE INDICES - Methods, and corresponding codec-containing devices are provided that have source coding schemes for encoding a component of an excitation. In some cases, the source coding scheme is an enumerative source coding scheme, while in other cases the source coding scheme is an arithmetic source coding scheme. In some cases, the source coding schemes are applied to encode a fixed codebook component of the excitation for a codec employing codebook excited linear prediction, for example an AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate-Wideband) speech codec. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184734 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION, AND ENCODER - A method and an apparatus for Voice Activity Detection (VAD) and an encoder are provided. The method for VAD includes: acquiring a fluctuant feature value of a background noise when an input signal is the background noise, in which the fluctuant feature value is used to represent fluctuation of the background noise; performing adaptive adjustment on a VAD decision criterion related parameter according to the fluctuant feature value; and performing VAD decision on the input signal by using the decision criterion related parameter on which the adaptive adjustment is performed. The method, the apparatus, and the encoder can be adaptive to fluctuation of the background noise to perform VAD decision, so as to enhance the VAD decision performance, save limited channel bandwidth resources, and use the channel bandwidth efficiently. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184735 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ANALYSIS VIA IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to the use of identity information to help avoid the occurrence of false positive speech recognition events in a speech recognition system. One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving speech recognition data comprising a recognized speech segment, acoustic locational data related to a location of origin of the recognized speech segment as determined via signals from the microphone array, and confidence data comprising a recognition confidence value, and also receiving image data comprising visual locational information related to a location of each person in an image. The acoustic locational data is compared to the visual locational data to determine whether the recognized speech segment originated from a person in the field of view of the image sensor, and the confidence data is adjusted depending on this determination. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184736 | AUTOMATED METHOD OF RECOGNIZING INPUTTED INFORMATION ITEMS AND SELECTING INFORMATION ITEMS - Automated methods are provided for recognizing inputted information items and selecting information items. The recognition and selection processes are performed by selecting category designations that the information items belong to. The category designations improve the accuracy and speed of the inputting and selection processes. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184737 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS, SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, AND SPEECH RECOGNITION ROBOT - A speech recognition apparatus includes a speech input unit that receives input speech, a phoneme recognition unit that recognizes phonemes of the input speech and generates a first phoneme sequence representing corrected speech, a matching unit that matches the first phoneme sequence with a second phoneme sequence representing original speech, and a phoneme correcting unit that corrects phonemes of the second phoneme sequence based on the matching result. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184738 | NAVIGATION AND ORIENTATION TOOLS FOR SPEECH SYNTHESIS - TTS is a well known technology for decades used for various applications from Artificial Call centers attendants to PC software that allows people with visual impairments or reading disabilities to listen to written works on a home computer. However to date TTS is not widely adopted for PC and Mobile users for daily reading tasks such as reading emails, reading pdf and word documents, reading through website content, and for reading books. The present invention offers new user experience for operating TTS for day to day usage. More specifically this invention describes a synchronization technique for following text being read by TTS engines and specific interfaces for touch pads, touch and multi touch screens. Nevertheless this invention also describes usage of other input methods such as touchpad, mouse, and keyboard. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184739 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING AUTOMATIC TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device, and a wireless communications network for sending text messages thereto. More particularly, the at least one mobile wireless communications device may include a wireless transceiver and a controller for cooperating therewith for receiving text messages from the wireless communications network. It may further include a headset output connected to the controller. The controller may be for switching between a normal message mode and an audio message mode based upon a connection between the headset output and a headset. Moreover, when in the audio message mode, the controller may output at least one audio message including speech generated from at least one of the received text messages via the headset output. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184740 | Integration of Embedded and Network Speech Recognizers - A method, computer program product, and system are provided for performing a voice command on a client device. The method can include translating, using a first speech recognizer located on the client device, an audio stream of a voice command to a first machine-readable voice command and generating a first query result using the first machine-readable voice command to query a client database. In addition, the audio stream can be transmitted to a remote server device that translates the audio stream to a second machine-readable voice command using a second speech recognizer. Further, the method can include receiving a second query result from the remote server device, where the second query result is generated by the remote server device using the second machine-readable voice command and displaying the first query result and the second query result on the client device. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184741 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL BUSINESS OPERATION BASED ON POSITIONING TECHNOLOGY - A positioning-based virtual business operation system includes a seller equipment having a positioning device for acquiring positioning information of the seller equipment and a data transmitting/receiving device for transmitting the positioning information; an operation platform having a business information interface for receiving the positioning information of the seller equipment and updating location information of the seller equipment in the business information interface; and an operator equipment for transmitting operation service information to the operation platform via a network and adjusting service information of the seller equipment or operator information in the business information interface, thereby allowing consumers, mobile sellers, operators of virtual business, and operators of portal sites to benefit from the system and thus creating an all-beneficial business running pattern. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184742 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INCENTING BEHAVIOR - The system and method disclosed herein is a social networking platform that enables real-time peer-to-peer positive financial incentives to reward and sustain behavior. The system and method integrates computerized social networking tools, email reminder technologies, workflow and secure financial transaction systems together with compliance metrics to support behavior change through campaigns. The system and method aggregates and pays out money from multiple parties to an individual or multiple individuals for reaching a partial or full behavior-related goal. The campaign may be initiated by one or multiple sponsors or one or multiple leaders. The system and method provides a way for multiple parties to negotiate compliance factors and milestones that determine if the behavior change process is to be considered successful. The system and method displays the earned amount to participants to further solidify the new behavior. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184743 | Determining usage of an entity - A computerized system and methods for determining a schedule and availability of an establishment's products and services for a user that includes a server system with a processor, an input system and an output system. There is also a plurality of system units that access the server system through a communications network and a web server application with an application for collecting information about usage of the establishments, providing the usage information and usage times and a wireless portal and a website on the server system with web pages for entering the schedule and availability of the establishment's products and services related information. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184744 | VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Digital media content-on-demand hosting/delivery system for using an n-tier, multi dimension dynamic data technology to distribute digital content and manage information and comprising separate delivery and end-user systems with separate but compatible software, the hosting/delivery system being sub-divided into distributed hosting clusters serving small groups of users, ensuring local balance and overcoming diversity of connection/streaming speeds of end users. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184745 | BUSINESS ENABLEMENT SYSTEM - A business enablement method and system. The method includes identifying and retrieving business management data associated with the business. The business management data is mapped to a structure comprised by a business management model. The business management data is categorized into a standard informational structure. An intranet viewable interactive model of the business management data is generated. The business management data is mapped to key result areas of the business. The business management data is integrated with business computing systems. The business computing systems receive reports comprising the business management data mapped to the key result areas of business. The reports are reviewed to determine a status of the business management data. The business management data is improved and displayed. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184746 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COUNSELING SERVICE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a collect call method and system thereof, more particularly, in order to charge the called party with a uniform toll for collect call, which is determined by only the type and location of called party terminal. In one embodiment, the collect call method, system and a counsel service providing method use a free VoIP network for part of the voice call link and a charge PSTN network for the rest of the voice call link. In one embodiment, if the first link corresponding to the collect call request is established, the collect call switch calls the called party terminal to establish the second link, and billing on the second link is initiated. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184747 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF A DRUG - A method of providing an anti-VLA-4 antibody to a patient. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184748 | Self-administered patient healthcare management system - A system to help patients manage their healthcare using a comprehensive package of healthcare reminders administered by remote computing and wireless communications devices. Healthy lifestyle, preventive care, chronic condition maintenance care, medication compliance and custom reminders are set according to a schedule and delivered via email, SMS text message, IVR phone message, live voice phone or other communications methods. Participants respond to reminders with their actual progress toward achieving the goal or with data concerning their condition which is recorded and reported. Tools allow users to schedule healthcare provider appointments and receive related reminders and follow-ups, refill prescriptions and generate a variety of reports to track their own progress and condition and which can be shared with a physician. Participating physicians have direct access to patient records to monitor progress and compliance in real time and to communicate with and manage their patients. Integration of personal health records and electronic medical records systems when available permit detailed analysis to identify potential issues and recommend certain reminders to improve the overall quality and integration of care. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184749 | COLLABORATION SYSTEM & METHOD FOR DOING BUSINESS - A medical collaboration method and a system supporting that method. The collaboration is between a diagnosing physician, a radiation physician and a third party provider. In some embodiments the method and system provide peer review, concurrence and coordinated planning and implementation of radiation treatment/therapy. The methodology of the collaboration can include mandatory steps, and sign-off approvals prior to proceeding, and policies and procedures to ensure cooperation. The system may include the creation, transmission of, and sharing of computer-based, digital files, and online collaboration tools. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184750 | HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - A hospital information system including a number of distributed workstations for processing of medical data shall allow a coordinated, predictable and simulatable size-up/size-down of its systems allowing a determination of the technical and monetary consequences. To this end, in at least one embodiment, the hospital information system includes a central server unit, the workstations and the central server unit connected to each other via a data connection, wherein the central server unit includes a plurality of data interfaces, each data interface customized to provide a direct connection to one of the number of workstations, and wherein the central server unit further includes a data transfer module, an image and info nation processing module and a workflow management module. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184751 | PHARMACEUTICAL STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF STORING AND RETRIEVING PHARMACEUTICALS - A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval device and a method of accessing and loading the device. The device include a housing, at least one port with controlled access to inventory stored within the device, a robotic transfer mechanism for moving inventory items to and from the controlled port, software for tracking the inventory and users of the device, and an interface with the pharmacy software system to track and monitor which inventory is authorized for access by each user and which inventory is needed to fill a prescription. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184752 | DIABETES MANAGEMENT UNIT, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A system and method are shown and described for outputting a customized health data report with minimal usage of a user interface. | 2011-07-28 |
20110184753 | Interactive Patient Medication List - Systems, methods and devices for managing patient medication data which include, in one implementation, displaying in a user-interface movable medication containers for medications in a list of medications for a patient, each medication container having a corresponding medication category; displaying a receptacle for organizing the medications, the receptacle having multiple layers having corresponding medication categories in a first dimension, each layer configured to receive one or more medication containers; and receiving a first medication container from the movable medication containers that is dragged into a layer in the first dimension having a corresponding medication category that matches the medication category of the first medication container. | 2011-07-28 |