34th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090210106 | LOCOMOTIVE AIR/VACUUM CONTROL SYSTEM - The present locomotive brake control system includes a vacuum relay valve responsive to air brake apply and release signals on the air brake pipe to provide vacuum brake apply and release signals on a vacuum brake pipe. A locomotive brake controller is responsive to the brake apply and release signals on the air brake pipe to control the brake cylinder to apply and release the locomotive brakes in an air mode, and is responsive to the brake apply and release signals on the vacuum brake pipe sensed by a transducer to control the brake cylinder to apply and release the locomotive brakes in a vacuum mode. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210107 | METHOD OF MEASURING COUPLING RATIOS - There is provided a method of measuring coupling ratios in a marine vessel. The vessel includes: (a) a source of mechanical power; (b) a coupling system operatively coupled via a first input shaft to the source of power and operatively coupled via a second output shaft to one or more propellers of the vessel; and (c) a controller coupled to a user interface and also to the coupling system such that the user interface is operable via the controller to control a degree of power coupling occurring in operation through the coupling system. The first and second shafts are provided with first and second rotation rate sensors respectively coupled to the controller for generating first and second rotation rate signals indicative in operation of rotation rates of the first and second shafts respectively. The method involves measuring a ratio of the first and second signals when the coupling system is in a fully coupled state. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210108 | Engine Speed Control for an Engine in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain for Improved Noise, Vibration and Harshness - A control strategy is disclosed for regulating speed of an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain that includes an electric motor and gearing. An electrical power flow path and a mechanical power flow path are established. Electrical power is coordinated with mechanical power to effect an arbitrated engine speed for a given power demand that will result in an acceptable noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) characteristic for the powertrain and an acceptable powertrain efficiency. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210109 | Computing Flight Plans for UAVs While Routing Around Obstacles Having Spatial and Temporal Dimensions - This description provides tools and techniques for computing flight plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) while routing around obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. Methods provided by these tools may receive data representing destinations to be visited by the UAVs, and may receive data representing obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. These methods may also calculate trajectories spatial and temporal dimensions, by which the UAV may travel from one destination to another, and may at least attempt to compute flight plans for the UAVs that incorporate these trajectories. The methods may also determine whether these trajectories intersect any obstacles, and at least attempt to reroute the trajectories around the obstacles. These tools may also provide systems and computer-readable media containing software for performing any of the foregoing methods. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210110 | METHOD OF OPERATING A VEHICLE ACCESSORY - A vehicle includes a controller, a touch screen display in communication with the controller, and a plurality of accessories in communication with the controller. The various accessories are each individually controlled by inputting commands into the touch screen display. The controller transmits the inputted command via a communication system to the selected accessory to motivate the accessory between a first setting and a second setting. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210111 | Method for Detecting the State of a Tire - A method for detecting the state of a vehicle tire and/or a roadway, in which at least one sensor, in particular an acceleration sensor, disposed in the tire interior generates a signal that is assigned to physical variables of the vehicle tire and/or the roadway. A tire state and/or characteristics of the roadway are/is determined on the basis of the signal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210112 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR STABILISING A VEHICLE - A method for stabilizing a vehicle including a trailer drawn by the vehicle including the steps of: determining the yaw rate of the vehicle; determining the reference yaw rate in a vehicle model; producing a difference value from the yaw rate and the reference yaw rate; weighting the difference value with a signal describing the steering dynamics; producing a signal to determine the side of intervention and/or the wheel of intervention and/or the steering angle direction of the vehicle from the tendency to change of the weighted difference value, and applying a counteracting moment depending on the amplitude and the tendency to change of the weighted difference value. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210113 | Vehicle Steering System Comprising a Degraded Operating Mode In Case of Breakdown of a Wheel Steering Actuator - Steering control system for a land vehicle with at least four steered wheels ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210114 | Method for a Safety System in a Vehicle - A method for a safety system in a vehicle continuously evaluates data relating to the surroundings from a surroundings sensor system in terms of an imminent collision with an obstacle, and autonomous emergency braking is initiated in the event of an unavoidable collision. The emergency braking is maintained until a predefined event occurs. The predefined event can be the expiration of a time calculated in advance up to the collision or the impact which is actually detected by a sensor. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210115 | Method for the Controlled Paying-Out of a Seatbelt of a Seatbelt System and Corresponding Restraint System - In a method and a restraint system for the controlled paying-out of a seatbelt ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210116 | Collision safety control device - For achieving a collision safety control device having improved a reliability of airbag deployment at an offset collision or the like without providing a contact part with a cab, a ground wire is connected to a plurality of portions of a vehicle body frame, in which two of the plurality of portions may be mutually separated by more than a width of the frame and the ground wire may comprise a first portion connecting from the collision safety control device to the cab and a second portion connecting from the cab to the frame. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210117 | Collision detector - A vehicle collision detector is configured to reliably activate an airbag system at a collision and prevent the airbag system from erroneously operating. The collision detector includes two acceleration sensors disposed at different positions in a vehicle to detect acceleration for collision determination, first and second collision routines in which a determination is made on whether or not a variation in the detected acceleration is caused by a collision, and a final collision routine in which an airbag module is activated when all of results of the first and second collision routines indicate a collision. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210118 | BICYCLE COMPONENT CALIBRATION DEVICE - A bicycle component calibration device and method are provided that assist the user in determining that an adjustment was made. Basically, when a calibration command in inputted to indicate a selected adjustment amount in a selected adjustment direction, the bicycle component (e.g., a derailleur) initially moves farther than the selected adjustment amount in a first direction by an adjustment indicating amount in response to the calibration command, and then subsequently moves the bicycle component in a second direction to the selected adjustment position in which the second direction is opposite to the first direction. The adjustment indicating amount is greater than the selected adjustment amount of the calibration command. Finally, the selected adjustment position is set as an adjusted position of the bicycle component. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210119 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE TREATMENT OF PLANTS IN A ROW | 2009-08-20 |
20090210120 | HYDROSTATIC REGENERATIVE DRIVE SYSTEM - A variable transmission comprises a first fluid working machine ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210121 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control apparatus for a vehicular automatic transmission which has a plurality of coupling elements selectively released and engaged to perform shifting actions, the control apparatus including a shift control portion configured to control at least one specially controlled coupling element which is included in the coupling elements provided to perform the shifting actions of the automatic transmission and which is placed in a fully released state prior and subsequent to the shifting action performed according to a presently generated shifting command, the shift control portion controlling each specially controlled coupling element so as to enable the specially controlled coupling element to have a torque capacity during the shifting action performed according to the presently generated shifting command. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210122 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL PREDICTIVE SHIFT POINT CONTROL - A transmission control module for a vehicle transmission includes a gear determination module, a predictive shift module, and a validation module. The gear determination module commands a first shift configuration based on an actual pedal position. The predictive shift module calculates a predicted pedal position based on the actual pedal position and commands a second shift configuration based on the predicted pedal position. The validation module validates the predicted pedal position and selectively cancels the second shift configuration based on the validation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210123 | Method and Unit for Shifting Gear in a Power-Assist Transmission - A method and unit for shifting gear in a power-assist transmission; to shift gear, a series of operations are performed in sequence, and each of which must be completed prior to completion of the next operation; for each operation, a predicted time delay is estimated corresponding to the time lapse between the instant the operation is commanded and the instant the operation is actually completed; and the operations are commanded successively as a function of the predicted delay times, so that an operation is commanded before the preceding operation has actually been completed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210124 | Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle comprising an electronically controlled brake system with driving dynamics control - A motor vehicle includes an electrohydraulic brake system with driving dynamics control, a master brake cylinder ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210125 | WATER-COOLED ELECTROMAGNETIC RETARDER, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUCH A RETARDER AND A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A RETARDER - The present invention concerns an electromagnetic retarder intended to be used in the field of motor vehicles, in particular in the field of industrial vehicles such as heavy goods lorries, buses and coaches. However, the use of an electromagnetic retarder is not limited to a particular category of motor vehicle classed according to their use or weight. On the contrary, the electromagnetic retarder according to the invention can be used also for vans and other light motor vehicles, as the description will subsequently show. For this reason, the present invention will be described with reference to motor vehicles in general, without distinction. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210126 | METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING BRAKING BETWEEN THE BRAKES OF AN AIRCRAFT - A method of distribution braking between the brakes of an aircraft. The method includes a first step of estimating a braking force objective and a steering torque objective to be achieved by the brakes of the aircraft. It also includes the steps of defining at least two groups of brakes ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210127 | Closed-Loop Control of Brake Pressure Using a Pressure-Limiting Valve - A device for controlling the brake pressure in a hydraulic brake system with the aid of a pressure-limiting valve that limits the brake pressure to a predefined threshold value, and to that end is driven by an electronic device in accordance with a valve characteristic curve. The setting accuracy can be improved considerably if an estimating unit for estimating the brake pressure, a sensor system for measuring the brake pressure, a unit for determining a pressure difference between the measured brake pressure and the estimated brake pressure, as well as a controller unit which drives the pressure-limiting valve as a function of the pressure difference are provided. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210128 | SLIP RATIO ESTIMATING DEVICE AND SLIP RATIO CONTROL DEVICE - The present invention provides a slip rate estimating device measuring a slip ratio without the need for a body speed and a slip ratio control device using the slip ratio estimating device. A motor torque measured by a torque measuring instrument is input to each of a vehicle model ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210129 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AN EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM IN AN EXHAUST LINE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and device for detecting presence of an exhaust gas treatment system in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine. The method determines the derivative of the temperature upstream of the treatment system, determines the derivative of the temperature downstream of the treatment system, and compares the downstream temperature derivative with a threshold value for detecting absence of the treatment system using a pre-determined upstream temperature derivative level. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210130 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - For operating an internal combustion engine a respective Lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD) assigned to a respective temperature range is adapted as a function of at least one corrective signal proportion of the Lambda controller in relation to a control parameter of the Lambda controller if a respective predetermined condition is fulfilled which requires that a quasi-stationary operating state obtains and the respective temperature range is adopted. The respective Lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD) is assigned a respective reference temperature in the respective temperature range. if a predetermined test condition is fulfilled, a check is made as to which of the Lambda adaptation values (LAM_AD) was adapted as a function of the at least one corrective signal proportion since the test condition was last fulfilled. a respective Lambda adaptation value not adapted as a function of the at least one corrective signal, which in relation to a respective assigned temperature range is adjacent to a respective Lambda adaptation value adapted as a function of the at least one corrective signal proportion, is checked as to whether it lies in a range of valid values, which in relation to the reference temperature of the respective adjacent adapted Lambda adaptation value, diverges in a predetermined manner starting from the respective adapted Lambda adaptation value. If it lies outside the predetermined diverging range of valid values, the non-adapted Lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD) is adapted, so that it lies approximately on the boundary of the closest range of valid values in relation to its value before the adaptation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210131 | Device For Controlling Internal Combustion Engine - An internal combustion engine to which the inventive device for controlling an internal combustion engine is applied includes an intake control valve provided in an air-intake path at a position upstream from an intake valve, the intake control valve being controlled to be either in an operative state operating in relation to the operation of the intake valve or in an non-operative state maintaining the air-intake path always open, and, in the operative state, closed at least prior to the opening of the intake valve and opened after the opening of the intake valve to generate the pressure difference between the upstream and downstream from the intake control valve. The device for controlling an internal engine includes a detector for detecting a value corresponding to an amount of intake air fed to the internal combustion engine, and correction means for correcting the value detected by the detector, in correspondence to the operation characteristics of the intake control valve when the intake control valve is in the operative state. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210132 | Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine - In an internal combustion engine, fuel is directly injected into at least one combustion chamber at least during a compression stroke in such a way that a stratified mixture is present in the combustion chamber. This mixture is then externally ignited. The fuel is introduced during the compression stroke by at least one main injection and an ignition injection, the ignition injection taking place immediately before an ignition and producing at least essentially no torque. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210133 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders, into whose combustion chambers the fuel is introduced individually for each cylinder. It is proposed that, during a time period a setpoint fuel quantity is varied individually for each cylinder in such a way that the average formed over the time period equals, at least approximately, a normal setpoint fuel quantity which would have to be injected without the above-mentioned variation for inducing or maintaining a setpoint operating state of the internal combustion engine. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210134 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROLLER - A controller of an internal combustion engine operable by an alcohol-containing fuel, includes: an alcohol concentration detecting unit, operable to detect an alcohol concentration of the alcohol-containing fuel; a feedback controller, operable to perform feedback control to make an exhaust air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine become equal to a target air-fuel ratio in accordance with an operation region; and an operation region setting unit, operable to set a stoichiometric operation region, in which the target air-fuel ratio is stoichiometric, in an enlarged manner when the alcohol concentration, detected by the alcohol concentration detecting unit, is higher than a concentration. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210135 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROLLER - A controller of an internal combustion engine operable by an alcohol-containing fuel includes: an alcohol concentration detecting unit, operable to detect an alcohol concentration of the alcohol-containing fuel; and a suppressing unit, operable to suppress a degree of change of an intake air amount of the internal combustion engine when the alcohol concentration, detected by the alcohol concentration detecting unit, is higher than a concentration. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210136 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A start quantity adaptation value (ST_AD) is adapted as a function of a variable that is characteristic of a rotational speed profile during the start (ST) of the internal combustion engine. A lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD) is adapted as a function of at least one control parameter (LAM_RP) of the lambda controller if a preset condition (COND) is met, which presupposes the existence of a quasi-stationary operating state. An intermediate correction value (ZW_KOR) is adapted as a function of a change of the start quantity adaptation value (ST_AD) since a last adaptation of the lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD). A fuel mass (MFF) to be metered is determined as a function of at least one operating variable (BG) of the internal combustion engine. The fuel mass (MFF) to be metered is corrected during the start (ST) of the internal combustion engine by means of the start quantity adaptation value (ST_AD). The fuel mass (MFF) to be metered outside of the start (ST) of the internal combustion engine is corrected as a function of the lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD). The fuel mass (MFF) to be metered is corrected as a function of the intermediate correction value (ZW_KOR) until for the first time after the respective start (ST) the lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD) is adapted. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210137 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve timing control apparatus includes a phase varying mechanism arranged to vary a relative rotational phase of a cam shaft with respect to a crank shaft; a driving mechanism arranged to provide a driving force to the phase varying mechanism by energization; a control mechanism configured to control a current applied to the driving mechanism; and a phase angle sensing mechanism arranged to sense the relative rotational phase of the cam shaft with respect to the crank shaft, and to have a detection period longer than a control period of the control mechanism in accordance with an engine operating state. The control mechanism is configured to repeat increasing and decreasing of the current applied to the driving mechanism when the phase varying mechanism continuously varies the relative rotational phase of the cam shaft with respect to the crank shaft by a predetermined angle or more. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210138 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection device that injects a fuel in accordance with a required injection amount that is required for combustion in a combustion chamber that is performed to produce an output of the internal combustion engine, and a fuel property specific determination device that specifically determines a fuel property of the fuel injected. The control device further includes a control device that performs an output correction process of controlling at least a portion of the internal combustion engine so as to correct the produced output based on a difference in the specifically determined fuel property. According to the control device and a control method thereof, driveability is secured even in the case where a blended fuel is used during a high load region of the internal combustion engine. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210139 | Self-Tuning Active Engine Mount for Vehicles with Active Fuel Management Engine - An active engine mount assembly for counteracting resultant forces in active fuel management systems, wherein resultant forces are transmitted to a frame of a motorized vehicle generated by the deactivation of at least one cylinder in an internal combustion engine. The active engine mount assembly is fluidly connected to a hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic circuit is operatively connected to an engine crankshaft and operable to actively generate pressure pulses having frequencies self-synchronized with the rotational speed of the crankshaft. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210140 | DATABASE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING INTEGRATED DISPATCHING - A technique for integrating a pre-existing business system with a fleet management system. The preexisting business system includes, for example, an accounting system, a warehousing system, a dock management system, a yard management system. These fleet management system uses, for example, a combination of a raster map and vector data to provide an easy-to-read display for managing objects or articles, e.g., vehicle, container. The method uses a host gateway to provide a TCP/IP or like interface between the various systems. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210141 | Monitoring a Mobile Device - Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring traffic, such as vehicle traffic on a roadway, using identification information acquired using a Bluetooth protocol. A sensor is configured to scan for discoverable Bluetooth devices within a flow of vehicle traffic and to create a log of identified Bluetooth devices. A system includes multiple sensors at known locations along a route and is operable to identify a Bluetooth device identified at multiple sensors. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210142 | SAFE ROUTE CONFIGURATION - Routes can be produced based on safety characteristics of paths that are included in the route. Safety characteristics can include how susceptible an area surrounding a path is to crime as well as traffic data, such as how many automobile accidents take place on average. Various amounts of safety information can be gathered and a particular path can be assigned a safety score. Analysis can run on different path combinations that would take a user from a starting point to an intended destination. A route can be produced based on the safety score alone, such as a route with a lowest score, based on the safety score with other factors such as anticipated traffic, and the like. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210143 | ROUTE-BASED ACTIVITY PLANNER - Oftentimes individuals have a number of objectives to complete while traveling in a vehicle. The objectives can be arranged automatically and an associated route can be produced such that the objectives can be completed in an effective manner. Data related to the objectives can be collected such as a traffic pattern on paths near a location the objective is to take place. Locations for the objectives to be completed can be determined automatically as well as provided by user. Analysis of the collected data can take place and based on a result of the analysis, an efficient route is produced. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210144 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A DESTINATION - A method for selecting a driving destination from a set of stored localities, a locality name being inputted for comparison of the inputted locality name with stored locality names, and at least one of the stored localities being determined, from the comparison of the inputted locality name, as a possible driving destination, in which a further locality is determined, a vicinity of the further locality is determined, and a locality determined as possible from the comparison is outputted for selection as a driving destination when the locality is in the determined vicinity of the further locality. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210145 | TRAVEL SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD THEREOF, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE PROGRAM - A PC of a travel support system displays running video of a predetermined route, and if a predetermined intersection is set as a warning point by a user, sends warning point setting information to a server. If the server acquires the warning point setting information from the PC, the server updates a user DB. A navigational device sends travel route related information of a travel route set by the user to the server. The server sends detailed guidance information of the warning point included in the traveling route set in the navigational device to the navigational device. Upon arrival at the warning point, the navigational device notifies detailed guidance, and upon arrival at an existing guidance point, the navigational device notifies existing guidance. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210146 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ITINERARY - A method for generating an itinerary to be implemented by a system includes: enabling the system to determine a route that starts at a departure point and that ends at a destination point with reference to an electronic route-providing source; enabling the system to determine at least one candidate place-of-interest located in the vicinity of the route with reference to an electronic place-of-interest providing source; and enabling the system to generate an itinerary that departs from the departure point and that arrives at the destination point via the route. The system includes the candidate place-of-interest as a to-be-visited place-of-interest into the itinerary based on an estimated travel time associated with the route, a duration of stay associated with the to-be-visited place-of-interest already included in the itinerary, and a duration of stay associated with the candidate place-of-interest. A system that performs the method is also disclosed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210147 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Map Generation Using Perpendicular Projection to Merge Data - An apparatus for enabling generation of a map using perpendicular projection to merge data may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication of a first trace defining a first position history and a second trace defining a second position history, perform a perpendicular projection calculation with respect to portions of the first and second traces, and merge the first trace and the second trace on the basis of the perpendicular projection calculation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210148 | Mobile device and server for facilitating GPS based services - Mobile device for communicating arrival information at a waypoint, communicating that information to a server, receiving a set of tasks (statically assigned or dynamically assigned) for the user (for example, from the server or from another user), displaying the set of tasks to the user, receiving a completion response (successful or unsuccessful) from the user, and proceeding to the next waypoint along a route/trip plan. In one embodiment, a coordination server facilitates communication of a list of tasks assigned to a user to be performed at a specified location. The list of tasks is delivered to the user of the first mobile device by the coordination server (if such tasks exist) when the coordination server receives notification from the first mobile device indicating arrival at a specific location. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION - A coordinate transformation system determines the position of a railroad vehicle. The system includes a global positioning system receiver outputting a longitude and a latitude of the vehicle. Each of the longitude and latitude is angular position bounded by a first predetermined longitude and a greater second predetermined longitude or a first predetermined latitude and a greater second predetermined latitude, respectively. A processor includes an input inputting the longitude and the latitude, a routine determining a first distance approximating a distance corresponding to the latitude as a function of the latitude, a third angular position and a first predetermined value, determine a second distance approximating a distance corresponding to the longitude as a function of the longitude, a fourth angular position and a second value, and an output outputting the first and second distances. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210150 | METHOD FOR SMART ANNOUNCING OF BUS STOP - A method for smart announcing of bus stop, includes using a navigation positioning device to receive signal from a satellite, retrieve current vehicle geographic longitude and latitude coordinates from the received signal, compare a databank thereof with the current geographic longitude and latitude coordinates to locate a special position value, such as a tunnel, and compute a distance from the current position to a next target position value, such as, a stop, based on the special position value and the current geographic longitude and latitude coordinates; and using a processing unit to receive data from the navigation positioning device, compute parameters for adjusting a remaining distance and the remaining distance based on the received data, and determine whether to drive an audio-visual device according to the remaining distance and the distance to the next target position value, so as to timely inform passengers of the arrival at the next stop. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210151 | INFORMATION GENERATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - There is provided an information generation system, an information generation method and so on that generate information to correlate a road image to a branch point and that are capable of clearly recognizing heading direction or the like at the branch point while reducing work for correlating the branch point and image of a road at the branch point and cost required for creating the image. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210152 | MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION SYSTEM, NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND SERVER APPARATUS - A mobile-body navigation system comprises;
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20090210153 | DRIVER INFORMATION DEVICE - A driver information device with a map display is designed in such a way as to make the map display clear and easy to read. This is achieved, in cases where multiple special objects are situated at one location on the map, through the use of an indicator symbol representing such special objects, with a selection menu for selecting individual special objects, instead of displaying an individual symbol for each one of them. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210154 | VITAL SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION AND LOCATION UNCERTAINTY OF A RAILROAD VEHICLE WITH RESPECT TO A PREDETERMINED TRACK MAP USING A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM AND OTHER DIVERSE SENSORS - A system includes a global positioning system receiver to determine position of a railroad vehicle, a predetermined track map of possible coordinates of the vehicle, motion sensors providing a positive bias error to determine change in location of the vehicle, an acceleration sensor to determine acceleration of the vehicle, and a processor to vitally determine the location and the location uncertainty of the vehicle on the track map. The processor verifies one motion sensor with another motion sensor, determines a slip or slide condition of the vehicle from one of the motion sensors, determines speed and position of the vehicle from the acceleration sensor during the slip or slide condition, verifies the position of the vehicle from the global positioning system receiver based upon the track map, and corrects the positive bias error of the motion sensors using the position of the vehicle from the global positioning system receiver. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210155 | AUTOMOTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL CENTER - Apparatus for automotive entertainment, navigation, communication and control, including a plurality of radio, TV, video and audio inputs, a video and audio output, a plurality of wireless communication channels, and a plurality of receivers, transceivers and processing units. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210156 | EFFICIENT USE OF EXPECTED USER ALTITUDE DATA TO AID IN DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOBILE STATION - A method and apparatus for using a predetermined portion of terrain elevation maps in a database for aiding in computing a three-dimensional position of a wireless station. Instead of using the entire terrain model of the earth or an entire country, the database consists of an incomplete model, which includes only the most populous areas or specific regions. This reduces the size of the information in the database, which in turn reduces the amount of time to compute the positions of the wireless device. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210157 | Device for Detecting a Moving Object - A device having at least one ultrasonic sensor for detecting a moving object, in particular, an approaching vehicle. To this end, the device is equipped with a control unit for determining the distance and/or the relative speed of the object. To prevent misinterpretations in the acquisition of measured values, relevant environmental conditions are simultaneously detected by an additional ultrasonic sensor and, as a correction value, provide the basis for the signal generation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210158 | Systems and methods to determine elastic properties of materials - The present invention provides systems and methods to use a measured driving-point response of a nonlinear material to determine one or more elastic properties of the material. The present invention takes advantage of the full information represented by the transient component, the steady-state component, the anharmonic components, and the nonlinear response components of a measured driving-point response of a real nonlinear material, without limitation in the use of large-amplitude forces. The elastic properties are determined by forming and solving a time-domain system of linear equations representing a differential equation model of the driving-point motions of the material. Based on a single, short duration, large-amplitude driving point measurement, both linear and nonlinear properties can be determined; both large-amplitude and near-zero amplitude properties can be determined; and elastic-wave speed and elastic moduli and their variation with depth can be determined. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210159 | Echo-Decay-Acceleration Data Acquisition Method for Gas Identification Using a Low-Field Gradient - A first NMR echo train is acquired with a single TE. A second NMR echo train is acquired with a first portion having the same TE and the second portion having a longer TE. When measurements are made with a low magnetic field gradient, processing the two echo trains can be used to determine gas in the formation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210160 | ESTIMATING HORIZONTAL STRESS FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANISOTROPY - A method for determining properties of a subterranean formation. The method includes determining at least one characterization parameter based on wave velocity measurement data, determining a plurality of elastic coefficients based on the at least one characterization parameter using a plurality of equations, determining an anisotropic stress profile of the subterranean formations based on the stiffness matrix of the subterranean formation comprising the plurality of elastic coefficients wherein the elastic coefficients are approximated using the plurality of equations, and displaying the anisotropic stress profile of the subterranean formations. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210161 | Methods of Identifying High Neutron Capture Cross Section Doped Proppant in Induced Subterranean Formation Fractures - Methods are provided for determining the locations and heights of fractures in a subterranean formation using a neutron-emitting logging tool. Utilizing predetermined relationships (1) between logging tool count rates and associated apparent formation hydrogen index values and (2) between logging tool count rate ratios and associated apparent formation hydrogen index values, the methods detect the presence and heights in the formation of proppant containing high thermal neutron capture cross section material in a manner substantially eliminating proppant determination uncertainty resulting from a prior change in formation hydrogen index values. A second, associated, method employing logging tool count rates and count rate ratios to determine the presence of proppant containing high thermal neutron capture cross section absorbers utilizes a crossplot of count rate versus ratio. Logged intervals containing no proppant will fall on a trend/trendline on the crossplot, whereas logged intervals containing proppant will fall off from this trend/trendline. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A PAO2 VALUE FOR A PATIENT SUBJECT TO EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating a P | 2009-08-20 |
20090210163 | System And Method For Evaluating Physiological Parameter Data - Embodiments disclosed herein may include systems and methods for evaluating physiological parameter data. Embodiments of methods may include monitoring a patient to produce a signal comprising a sequence of numerical values for a physiological parameter over a time period, calculating an index from the signal, comparing the index to a reported index, and if the index is greater than the reported index, setting the reported index to the value of the index. Embodiments of methods may include calculating a modulation of the signal, comparing the modulation to a previous value of the modulation to identify a trend in the modulation and if the trend corresponds to an undesirable condition, using a first function to increase the reported index. Embodiments of methods may include providing an indication of a physiological status based on the reported index. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210164 | ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210165 | Identification of encoded beads - The present invention is related to methods for the identification of spatially encoded beaded or granulated matrices comprising a plurality of immobilised particles. The identification is based on a distance matrix determination or based on a set of geometrical figures, such a triangles, on the basis of which individual matrices can be determined. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210166 | Method for predicting precipitation behavior of oxygen in silicon single crystal, method for determining production parameter of silicon single crystal, and storage medium for storing program for predicting precipitation behavior of oxygen in silicon single crystal - By specifying an initial oxygen concentration in a silicon single crystal and a concentration of thermal donors produced according to a thermal history from 400° C. to 550° C. that the silicon single crystal undergoes during crystal growth, a nucleation rate of oxygen precipitates produced in the silicon single crystal while the silicon single crystal is subjected to a heat treatment is determined. Further, by specifying the heat treatment condition of the silicon single crystal, an oxygen precipitate density and an amount of precipitated oxygen under a given heat treatment condition are predicted by calculation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210167 | COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS - A method for analyzing data obtained from at least one sample in a separation system ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210168 | Optical Device for Measuring a Physical Parameter in a Hydrogen Contaminated Sensing Zone - A signal processing apparatus which has an input for receiving a signal conveying a response from first and second optical components to an optical excitation. The first and second optical components are in an optical sensor which is intended to be placed in a sensing zone. The sensing zone contains hydrogen susceptible to migrate into the optical sensor. The signal processing apparatus has a processing entity for processing the response from the first and second optical components to derive information on hydrogen concentration in the optical sensor. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210169 | HAND-HELD SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CONTAMINANTS IN A LIQUID - A method for detecting contaminants in a liquid is provided. The method can include filling at least a portion of a sample container interior chamber with a liquid sample and submerging a sensor probe of a hand-held portable sensing device in a liquid sample. The method can additionally include sensing an electrical conductivity of the liquid sample utilizing at least one conductivity sensor and automatically selecting a particular one of a plurality of contaminant concentration detection (CCD) algorithms based on the sensed conductivity. The method can further include setting a sensitivity of at least one ionic species sensor to a sensitivity level particular to the selected CCD algorithm and sensing non-desired contaminants in the liquid sample utilizing the at least one ionic species sensor. A concentration of the non-desired contaminant in the liquid sample is then determined in accordance with the selected CCD algorithm. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210170 | Method of discriminating particle groups and particle analyzer - A method for discriminating particle groups comprises generating, by a particle analyzer, a particle characteristic distribution histogram in which the abscissa indicates respective channels for representing the characteristics of the particles, and the ordinate indicates the particle count; setting a valid area selection height in the particle characteristics distribution histogram; and generating an equivalent negative histogram based on the set height and the particle characteristic distribution histogram. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210171 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD FOR A SENSOR, AND SENSOR - A monitoring device for a sensor of a motor vehicle, in particular a fuel cell motor vehicle, includes: a first sensor monitoring module for monitoring an operation of the sensor for faults; a second sensor monitoring module for monitoring the operation of the sensor for faults; a third sensor monitoring module for monitoring an operation of the second sensor monitoring module; a first data processing unit, which includes the first sensor monitoring module and is able to be coupled to the sensor; a second data processing unit, which is coupled to the first data processing unit, the second data processing unit being arranged such that a fault response signal is able to be output when a faulty operation of the sensor is detected. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210172 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE COMPONENTS OF THE FORCE TORSOR THAT ARE APPLIED TO A BEARING - A method is provided for estimating the components of the force torsor that are applied to a bearing, which method provides for the measurement of a vector (V | 2009-08-20 |
20090210173 | Independently Calibrated Wireless Structural Load Sensor - A device includes a removable load element. The removable load element includes a pin portion and a housing portion. The pin portion extends from the housing portion. The pin portion includes a sensor. The housing portion includes an electronic circuit connected to the sensor. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210174 | MULTI-COMPONENT MULTI-PHASE FLUID ANALYSIS USING FLASH METHOD - A method of analyzing phase transitions of fluid in an oilfield operation of an oilfield. The method includes determining phase boundaries of a multi-component multi-phase system based on geophysical parameters associated with the oilfield, predicting an amount of at least one fluid component in a liquid fluid phase of the multi-component multi-phase system by solving a set of flash equations based on phase boundaries, and performing the oilfield operation based on the predicted amount. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210175 | Ultrasonic Leak Test System and Method - A leak detection system has a test frame for receiving a vehicle. An ultrasonic transmitter is placed within the vehicle under test. One or more robotic arms are disposed within the test frame and comprise ultrasonic receivers which detect ultrasonic energy emitting from the vehicle under test. The robotic arms connect to the ceiling of the test frame and move the ultrasonic receivers along the areas of the vehicle in which leakage may be expected to occur. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of placing an ultrasonic transmitter into a vehicle, scanning a vehicle identification number of a vehicle under test, placing an ultrasonic transmitter into the vehicle under test, moving the vehicle under test into a test frame, verifying a proper orientation of the vehicle for testing, activating robotically-controlled ultrasonic receivers, collecting leak test data, storing leak test data received from the ultrasonic receivers, and comparing the leak test data received to a normal leak test signature. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210176 | METHODS TO SELECT GOLDEN DEVICES FOR DEVICE MODEL EXTRACTIONS - Methods for selecting one or more golden devices on a golden wafer that exhibit a smooth length and width scaling behavior. Test devices of differing geometry and carried on different chips of the golden wafer are screened with single point measurements of electrical performance. Based upon a statistical analysis of these single point measurements, chips are selected that carry the respective golden device of each given geometry that exhibits optimum electrical performance referenced to a selection criterion. Golden devices identified by the selection process are extensively characterized with a more comprehensive electrical measurement. The parameters derived from these more extensive test measurements on the golden devices are then used for refining a device model for a circuit simulation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210177 | HAND-HELD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IMPAIRED ELECTRIC POWER EQUIPMENT - A hand-held system and method for detecting impaired electric power equipment. An exemplary embodiment may receive electromagnetic radiation and process the resulting signal. For example, signal processing may be used to identify electromagnetic radiation having a particular pattern that is characteristic of electric power equipment. Furthermore, an embodiment may determine the time and/or location during testing. As a result, an exemplary embodiment may be useful for stationary and/or mobile testing of an electrical system. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING POWER CONSUMPTION DATA - Systems and methods for producing power consumption data enabling up-to-the-minute automatic collection and transmission of real-time energy flow information are described. Energy consumption from a source of electricity by an electrical device may be measured. This measured data may then be stored for later transmission on a wireless network. Additionally, energy consumption data from another measurement device may be received and stored or retransmitted until it reaches a gateway where it is harvested. The harvested data may be stored and organized for display to a user. Embodiments may allow for a low-cost high precision integrated power meter IC in combination with a low-cost radio transceiver chip to control part count and cost of power monitoring node implementation to provide for internet-based power monitoring, management and analysis at any level of granularity. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210179 | MODEL-BASED ESTIMATION OF BATTERY HYSTERESIS - A method of battery state of charge estimation considering battery hysteresis includes using a Preisach-model-based algorithm to calculate a battery state of charge. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210180 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER - In order to determine the operational parameters of a high-frequency power amplifier ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210181 | System and method for analyzing power flow in semiconductor plasma generation systems - A system and method for measuring and analyzing power flow parameters in RF-based excitation systems for semi-conductor plasma generators. A measuring probe ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210182 | OPACITY OPTIMISATION FOR PAINT TOPCOAT/UNDERCOAT COMBINATION - An opacity process for paint, including generating paint color data representing a paint color, based on the scatter and absorption data, or reflectance data, for the paint color, generating, based on the paint color data, full hiding color data representing the reflectance of the paint color at full hiding, generating, for a plurality of undercoat paints with different reflectance levels, color combination data representing the color of at least one coat of the paint color and one of the undercoat paints, respectively, and generating color difference data representing opacity, based on a difference between the full hiding color data and the color data combination. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210183 | DETERMINING AND ANALYZING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT YIELD AND QUALITY - Methods, apparatus, and systems for computing, analyzing, and improving integrated circuit yield and quality are disclosed herein. For example, in one exemplary method disclosed herein, information is received from processing test responses of integrated circuits designed for functional use in electronic devices. In this embodiment, the information is indicative of integrated circuit failures observed during testing of the integrated circuits and of possible yield limiting factors causing the integrated circuit failures. Probabilities that one or more of the possible yield limiting factors in the integrated circuits actually caused the integrated circuit failures are determined by statistically analyzing the received information. The probabilities that one or more possible yield limiting factors actually caused the integrated circuit failures are reported. Tangible computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform any of the described methods are also disclosed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210184 | Variation tolerant Network on Chip (NoC) with self-calibrating links - A self correcting device includes a first flip-flop to receive data and coupled to a clock input; one or more delayed flip-flops used to detect delay variations; a multiplexer coupled to the output of the first flip-flop and the delayed flip-flops, a metastability detector and error check controller to control the multiplexer to select one flip-flop output; and an adaptive voltage swing link coupled to the multiplexer output to generate a voltage swing on the link based on a selected clock skew. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210185 | System and method for measuring DC offset in a sensor output by modulating a signal-independent operating parameter of the sensor - A sensor circuit enables detection of DC offset in a sensor output signal. The sensor circuit includes a sensor that generates a sensor output signal corresponding to a physical signal coupled to an input of the sensor, and a modulator that generates a modulation signal, the modulator being coupled to the sensor to modulate a physical parameter of the sensor and to enable a DC offset to be separated from the sensor output signal. To enable the circuit to measure the DC offset even though the sensor output signal is inversely proportional to the output signal, the circuit includes a feedback circuit configured to generate a feedback signal. The feedback signal is coupled to the input of the sensor to enable the physical parameter of the sensor to be modulated without modulating a portion of the sensor output signal attributable to the physical signal being converted to an electrical signal by the sensor. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210186 | Operating Method for a Sensor and a Control Facility Communicating With the Sensor - A sensor has a detection device and an evaluation device to detect an analog signal, to determine a digital signal and to transmit the digital signal to a control device outside the sensor. The analog signal and/or the digital signal is supplied to a monitoring device of the sensor. An enable signal is transmitted to the control device only if the device being monitored is operating correctly. In a normal mode, the control device processes the digital signal further. Otherwise, it deems the transmitted digital signal to be defective and outputs a message using a malfunction of the sensor. On account of the transmission of the test signal, the sensor assumes a test mode in which it manipulates the signals which are supplied to the monitoring device in such that the monitoring device detects that the device being monitored is not operating correctly. In the test mode, the control device outputs a message using a malfunction of the sensor if the enable signal is transmitted to it in addition to each. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210187 | Testing system and its method for recognizing the number sequence - The present invention relates to a testing system, which comprises: an electronic apparatus at least having an embedded controller, a connector and a communication interface; a microcontroller having a connection interface consisted of a second set of input signal lines that are coupled to a first set of output signal lines of the embedded controller, and a second set of output signal lines that are coupled to a first set of input signal lines of the embedded controller; and a testing program installed in the electronic apparatus for respectively sending data to the embedded controller and the microcontroller or receiving data from the embedded controller and the microcontroller. Whereby, when the testing system is being operated, the testing program controls the embedded controller and the microcontroller to recognize the number sequence of the second set of input signal lines and the second set of output signal lines. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a method for recognizing the number sequence of the data signal lines in a testing system. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210188 | 1149.1 TAP LINKING MODULES - IEEE 1149.1 Test Access Ports (TAPs) may be utilized at both IC and intellectual property core design levels. TAPs serve as serial communication ports for accessing a variety of embedded circuitry within ICs and cores including; IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan circuitry, built in test circuitry, internal scan circuitry, IEEE 1149.4 mixed signal test circuitry, IEEE P5001 in-circuit emulation circuitry, and IEEE P1532 in-system programming circuitry. Selectable access to TAPs within ICs is desirable since in many instances being able to access only the desired TAP(s) leads to improvements in the way testing, emulation, and programming may be performed within an IC. A TAP linking module is described that allows TAPs embedded within an IC to be selectively accessed using 1149.1 instruction scan operations. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210189 | Polymer melt extrusion which has potential use in die design - The present invention discloses a system for analyzing and simulating the die swell and the flow profile in polymer melt extrusion through a die, said system typically comprising a mesh generator adapted to generate a computational mesh; a pre-processor adapted to obtain die parameters, boundary conditions, polymer melt parameters including rheological characterization and constitutive equations and to generate an input file; a simulator adapted to receive the input file from the pre-processor and process the input data to simulate die swell; a mesh corrector means adapted to analyze the die swell obtained from said simulator and to correct the motion of the computational mesh and polymer melt to converge the die swell; a post-processor means adapted to visualize the die swell and flow profiles for the polymer melt; and a database means adapted to store the die swell corresponding to the die, mesh and polymer melt parameters. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210190 | HEAT SINK METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - Where an attachment means connects a heat sink to a system component, heat is thereby conducted to the heat sink from the component, a temperature sensor is located on the heat sink and another on the component or the attachment means, a portion of the attachment means is disposed between the sensors. Temperature readings from the sensors are compared to identify a failing one of the heat sink, the attachment means portion, and the component, with respect to heat conduction. Corrective action may be identified, and self-power means may also be provided to supply operative power. A wireless output circuit may be provided. Multiple heat sink sensors may be provided in any element. Rate-of-rise temperature readings may be observed and compared, including to historical values. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210191 | EMISSIVITY INDEPENDENT NON-CONTACT HIGH TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for determining the temperature of an object without physically contacting the object. The method involves reading a spectral radiation of the object over a plurality of wavelengths to obtain a set of radiation data related to a temperature of the object. A known characteristic of a black body is determined at a plurality of predetermined, different test temperatures. The spectral data and the characteristic of the black body at the various test temperatures are used to calculate a temperature of the object. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210192 | Method of Assessing Energy Efficiency of Buildings - A method of identifying, from an aerial thermal image ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090210193 | Person location detection apparatus and air conditioner - A person location detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes a light emitting section for radiating a projection light and a TOF method distance image sensor for receiving a reflected light from a room space of the projection light to output distance information in accordance with a distance to an object in the room space from each of a plurality of light receiving sections, and further includes a distance change detecting section for detecting a distance change to the object in the room space based on the distance information from the TOF method distance image sensor and a person distinguishing section for distinguishing a person by specifying a shape of a detected distance change area to detect a direction and distance to the distance change area that is specified as a shape of a person as a location of a person. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210194 | EFFICIENT SPECTRAL MATCHING, PARTICULARLY FOR MULTICOMPONENT SPECTRA - An unknown spectrum obtained from infrared or other spectroscopy can be compared to spectra in a reference library to find the best matches. The best match spectra can then each in turn be combined with the reference spectra, with the combinations also being screened for best matches versus the unknown spectrum. These resulting best matches can then also undergo the foregoing combination and comparison steps. The process can repeat in this manner until an appropriate stopping point is reached, for example, when a desired number of best matches are identified, when some predetermined number of iterations has been performed, etc. This methodology is able to return best-match spectra (and combinations of spectra) with far fewer computational steps and greater speed than if all possible combinations of reference spectra are considered. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210195 | SIMULATED BUCKET TESTING - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to simulation of bucket testing. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210196 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVENT-BASED SAMPLING TO MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE - A system, method and computer program product for event-based sampling to monitor computer system performance are provided. The system includes a sample buffer to store a sample of instrumentation data, where the instrumentation data enables measurement of computer system performance. The system also includes a sample segment selector to isolate a segment of the sample of instrumentation data as an event. The system further includes an instrumentation counter counting in response to a combination of the event and a sample pulse, and asserting a sample interrupt indicating that the sample of instrumentation data is ready to logout from the sample buffer. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210197 | DATA ACCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for accessing and collecting data from a utility meter comprising a data reading means for reading the data from the utility meter and temporarily storing the data, data collector means for receiving the temporarily stored data from the data reading means and data storage means for permanently storing the data which is transmitted from the data collector means. A first communications network is used to transmit the data from the data reading means to the data collector means and a second communications network is used to transmit the data from the data collector means to the data storage means. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210198 | Remote monitoring system and method controlling the same - The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system and a method controlling the same, which can selectively monitor according to a condition of power and a control of devices including a washer and a dryer installed in a remote place. The remote monitoring system comprises a communication module provided in each device for transmitting monitoring information after identifying an operation condition of each device according to a user's demand; and a remote monitoring unit for selecting a device to be monitored based on a result after identifying a power condition of each device, as well as displaying an operation condition of each device based on the transmitted monitoring information and the control of each device. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210199 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CALCULATING COOLABILITY OF CRYO-COOLER - An MRI apparatus is provided in which a heat quantity penetrating into the helium tank of a superconducting magnet can be grasped to select a cryo-cooler to be incorporated, whereby consumption of liquid helium is suppressed and a static magnetic field is generated stably. The superconducting magnet includes a superconducting coil, containers | 2009-08-20 |
20090210200 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPERATING DATA OF A WIND FARM - A method for providing operating data of a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind farm components. The operating data of the wind farm components are recorded and are stored in the relevant wind farm component. The operating data are sent to a plurality of receivers using a push method. The method simplifies the management of the operating data and requires only minimal transmission capacity in the data line of the wind farm component. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREDICT CHIP IDDQ AND CONTROL LEAKAGE COMPONENTS - A method for predicting and controlling leakage wherein an IDDQ prediction macro is placed in a plurality of design topographies and data is collected using the IDDQ prediction macro. The IDDQ prediction macro is configured to measure subthreshold leakage and gate leakage for at least one device type in a semiconductor test site and in scribe lines using the IDDQ prediction macro and establish a leakage model. The method correlates the semiconductor test site measurements and the scribe line measurements to establish scribe line control limits, predicts product leakage; and sets subthreshold leakage limits and gate leakage limits for each product using the leakage model. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210202 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING QUASI-PERIODIC CIRCUIT OPERATING CONDITIONS USING A MIXED FREQUENCY/TIME ALGORITHM - Described is a process for performing an improved mixed frequency-time algorithm to simulate responses of a circuit that receives a periodic sample signal and at least one information signal. The process selects a set of evenly spaced distinct time points and a set of reference time points. Each of the reference points is associated with a distinct time point, and a reference time point is a signal period away from its respective distinct time point. The process finds a first set of relationships between the values at the distinct time points and the values the reference time points. The process also finds a second set of relationships between the values at the distinct time points and the values at the reference time points. The process then combines the first and second sets of relationships to establish a system of nonlinear equations in terms of the values at the distinct time points only. By solving the system of nonlinear equations, the process finds simulated responses of the circuit in time domain. The process then converts the simulated circuit responses from time domain to frequency domain. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210203 | Cell-planning method for wireless optical communication system - A cell-planning method for a wireless optical communication system includes: implementing a target region for constructing a wireless optical communication system as a virtual space; disposing a virtual light source within the virtual space; checking a sequence number of a virtual light ray generated by the virtual light source; checking the number of intersection points occurring between the virtual light ray, the sequence number of which has been checked, and surfaces of virtual objects, and comparing the number of intersection points of the virtual light ray with an allowable number of intersection points; storing the virtual light ray when the number of intersection points of the virtual light ray is greater than the allowable number of intersection points; and comparing the sequence number of the virtual light ray with a set number of virtual light rays. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210204 | Segmentation And Interpolation Of Current Waveforms - A method for generating a linear piecewise representation of a driver output current signal includes segmenting the driver output current signal such that an integral of each segment matches an actual voltage change in corresponding portion of an associated output voltage signal (within a desired tolerance). The beginning and ending current/time values for each segment can then be compiled into the piecewise linear representation of the driver output current signal. A method for generating a model driver output current signal includes conformally mapping first and second sets of precharacterization output current data based on a weighted average of the indexing parameter (e.g., input slew or output capacitance) values for the model driver output signal and the first and second sets of precharacterization data. | 2009-08-20 |
20090210205 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING SIMULATED TREE TRUNKS AND BRANCHES FOR GROUPS OF TREE CROWN VEGETATION POINTS AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device containing geospatial model data including a plurality of groups of tree crown vegetation points and a display. The system may further include a processor cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device and the display for displaying a simulated tree trunk beneath a group of tree crown vegetation points, and displaying at least one level of simulated tree branches for the simulated tree trunk. Each tree branch may be positioned based upon determining a branch distal reference point beneath a cluster of tree crown vegetation points from among the group of tree crown vegetation points. | 2009-08-20 |