35th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080208433 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF AIR/FUEL RATIO IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Method for automatic control of air/fuel ratio λ in an internal combustion engine equipped with catalyst comprises the following steps: measuring the temperature of the exhaust gases, or of the catalyst; keeping the engine at a constant feed and speed whilst the air/fuel ratio λ is varied with increases or decreases; selecting a value of λ for the operation of the engine that: | 2008-08-28 |
20080208434 | Internal Combustion Engine and Working Cycle - The invention is concerned with a method of deriving mechanical work from a combustion gas in internal combustion engines and reciprocating internal combustion engines for carrying out the method. The invention includes methods and apparatuses for managing combustion charge densities, temperatures, pressures and turbulence in order to produce a true mastery within the power cylinder in order to increase fuel economy, power, and torque while minimizing. polluting emissions. In its preferred embodiments, the method includes the steps of (i) producing an air charge, (ii) controlling the temperature, density and pressure of the air charge, (iii) transferring the air charge to a power cylinder of the engine such that an air charge having a weight and density selected from a range of weight and density levels ranging from below atmospheric weight and density to heavier-than-atmospheric weight and density is introduced into the power cylinder, and (iv) then compressing the air charge at a lower-than-normal compression ratio, (v) causing a pre-determined quantity of charge-air and fuel to produce a combustible mixture, (vi) causing the mixture to be ignited within the power cylinder and (vii) allowing the combustion gas to expand against a piston operable in the power cylinders with the expansion ratio of the power cylinders being substantially greater than the compression ratio of the power cylinders of the engine. In addition to other advantages, the invented method is capable of producing mean effective cylinder pressures ranging from lower-than-normal to higher-than-normal. In the preferred embodiments, the mean effective cylinder pressure is selectively variable (and selectively varied) throughout the mentioned range during the operation of the engine. In an alternate embodiment related to constant speed-constant load operation, the mean effective cylinder pressure is selected from the range and the engine is configured, in accordance with the present invention, such that the mean effective cylinder pressure range is limited, being varied only in the amount required for producing the power, torque and speed of the duty cycle for which the engine is designed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208435 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND WORKING CYCLE - The invention is concerned with a method of deriving mechanical work from a combustion gas in internal combustion engines and reciprocating internal combustion engines for carrying out the method. The invention includes methods and apparatuses for managing combustion charge densities, temperatures, pressures and turbulence in order to produce a true mastery within the power cylinder in order to increase fuel economy, power, and torque while minimizing. polluting emissions. In its preferred embodiments, the method includes the steps of (i) producing an air charge, (ii) controlling the temperature, density and pressure of the air charge, (iii) transferring the air charge to a power cylinder of the engine such that an air charge having a weight and density selected from a range of weight and density levels ranging from below atmospheric weight and density to heavier-than-atmospheric weight and density is introduced into the power cylinder, and (iv) then compressing the air charge at a lower-than-normal compression ratio, (v) causing a pre-determined quantity of charge-air and fuel to produce a combustible mixture, (vi) causing the mixture to be ignited within the power cylinder and (vii) allowing the combustion gas to expand against a piston operable in the power cylinders with the expansion ratio of the power cylinders being substantially greater than the compression ratio of the power cylinders of the engine. In addition to other advantages, the invented method is capable of producing mean effective cylinder pressures ranging from lower-than-normal to higher-than-normal. In the preferred embodiments, the mean effective cylinder pressure is selectively variable (and selectively varied) throughout the mentioned range during the operation of the engine. In an alternate embodiment related to constant speed-constant load operation, the mean effective cylinder pressure is selected from the range and the engine is configured, in accordance with the present invention, such that the mean effective cylinder pressure range is limited, being varied only in the amount required for producing the power, torque and speed of the duty cycle for which the engine is designed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208436 | Vehicle Control System - A method for controlling an engine having an intake manifold and an outlet control device coupled to the manifold for controlling flow exiting the manifold and entering at least one cylinder of the engine, the engine further having an inlet control device for controlling flow entering the manifold, the method comprising determining a driver torque command; calculating a desired cylinder charge based on said driver torque command; adjusting the outlet control device to provide said desired cylinder charge; and adjusting the inlet control device based on intake manifold pressure. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208437 | Fuel-Injector For Internal-Combustion Engine, Methods of Controlling Fuel-Injector, Electronic Control Unit for Fuel-Injector, and Fuel Injection System for Direct Fuel-Injection Engine - There was a problem that various fuel spray shapes cannot be obtained according to operating conditions of a direct injection engine. There is provided a giant magnetostrictive element type injector which controls the change rate (rising slope) or peak value of a supply current applied to a solenoid for magnetic field generation which displaces a giant magnetostrictive element according to requests of an engine. The steeper the rising slope of the supply current to the solenoid, the higher becomes a lifting speed of a plunger, the higher becomes the initial speed of a fuel spray, and the longer the penetration can be. The gentler the rising slope thereof, the lower becomes the lifting speed of the plunger, the lower becomes the initial speed of the fuel spray, and the shorter the penetration can be. Further, the larger the peak value of the supply current, the larger the lift amount of the plunger can be and the larger becomes the fuel flow rate, allowing an increase in fuel spray density (resulting in a fuel spray that is not easily crushed). The smaller the peak value of the supply current, the smaller becomes the fuel flow rate, allowing a decrease in fuel spray density (resulting in a fuel spray that is easily crushed). | 2008-08-28 |
20080208438 | Control Method of Direct Injection Engine, Controller for Implementing the Control method, and Control Circuit Device Used for the Controller - An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection control technique which maximizes engine power according to fuel evaporation characteristics. The fuel injection timing in the intake stroke is delayed according as a physical quantity affecting the fuel evaporation time changes such that the fuel evaporation time decreases. Further, the fuel injection timing when a physical quantity affecting the fuel evaporation time is such that the fuel evaporation time decreases is set closer to the end of the intake stroke than the fuel injection timing when the physical quantity is such that the fuel evaporation time increases. The fuel injection timing is controlled so as to maximize engine power according to fuel evaporation times. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208439 | Dual injection type internal combustion engine - A dual injection type internal combustion engine including an injector for in-cylinder injection and an injector for intake manifold injection includes a learning device for learning a background noise level based on an output signal of a knock sensor, and a knocking suppression control device for performing, while learning the background noise level, knocking suppression control by controlling fuel injection of the injector for in-cylinder injection or the injector for intake manifold injection. Alternatively, the engine includes a fixing device for fixing, while learning the background noise level, a start timing or end timing of fuel injection by the injector for in-cylinder injection at a basic timing determined by an operating state of the engine. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208440 | CONTROLLER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A glow plug is provided in a combustion chamber of a diesel engine. An ECU diagnoses existence or nonexistence of a disconnection abnormality of the glow plug through a controller. When there is an abnormality in the glow plug, processing for cutting fuel supply of an abnormal cylinder, processing for increasing fuel injection quantity of a normal cylinder, processing for delaying injection timing of the abnormal cylinder, or processing for delaying valve timing of an intake valve of the abnormal cylinder is performed. Thus, suitable startability of the engine can be ensured even when the abnormality occurs in the glow plug. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208441 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION ADAPTIVE TO A USER'S TRAVEL - A system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing a traffic information service user with traffic information adaptive to the user's travel are described. The user's origin information, such as departure location and departure time, are identified. Upon identifying the user's origin information, the user's expected arrival times at a plurality of distance segment ends are determined. Traffic information adaptive to the user's travel are output. The traffic information may pertain to travel time, traffic flow, traffic events. The user may receive traffic information via a plurality of communication devices, such as a personal computer, a portable navigation system, a phone, or the like. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208442 | Method for Increasing the Driving Stability of a Vehicle - A method for increasing the driving stability of a vehicle, particularly of a commercial vehicle, which counteracts a vehicle instability by a control intervention in a control system operating the drive and/or the brakes of the vehicle, in which the control intervention occurs as a function of the ratio between the height of the center of gravity of the vehicle and a spring constant of the vehicle suspension. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208443 | MAP INTERFACE WITH DIRECTIONS FOR ALTERNATE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION - A map user interlace is described, including at least one view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the said at least one view including at least one map and a first path representing a first mode of transportation from a starting location to an end location displayed on the said at least one map, and a second path representing a second mode of transportation from a starting location to an end location displayed on the said at least one map, the second path being at least partially different from the first path. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208444 | Methods for obtaining a navigation track between a first and a second location based on location information shared between peer devices and related devices and computer program products - A first device is operated to obtain a navigation track between a first location and a second location by establishing a peer-to-peer communication connection with a second device and receiving a message that contains information associated with the first location and/or the second location from the second device. The information is associated with a navigation module on the first device. The information associated with the at least one of the first location and the second location is processed using the navigation module to obtain the navigation track between the first location and the second location. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208445 | ROUTE SHAPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Route shaping systems and methods determine a route from a current location through a shape location to a destination. An area of interest is determined for the shape location, and a highest road class for road segments through the interest area is identified. A route is calculated from a starting location through the interest area to the destination, and the route includes a selected road segment through the interest area with the highest road class. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208446 | Navigation device and method for emergency service access - A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes displaying a selectable icon relating to emergency services on an integrated input and display device of a navigation device; displaying a plurality of selectable icons on the navigation device, at least two of the icons relating to at least one of emergency service information and emergency service access, in response to receipt of an indication of selection the icon relating to emergency services; and displaying, upon receipt of an indication of selection of one of the plurality of selectable icons, at least further information. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes an integrated input and display device to display a selectable icon relating to emergency services; and a processor to receive an indication of selection of the icon relating to emergency services, the integrated input and display device being further useable to display a plurality of selectable icons, at least two of the icons relating to at least one of emergency service information and emergency service access, in response to the processor receiving the indication of selection of the icon relating to emergency services, the processor being further useable to receive an indication of selection of one of the plurality of selectable icons, and the integrated input and display device being further useable to display at least further information, in response to the processor receiving the indication of selection of one of the plurality of selectable icons. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208447 | Navigation device and method for providing points of interest - A method and a navigation device are disclosed for displaying a rich content document. The navigation device includes a display device to display a point of interest browser including multiple point of interest entries and an input device to receive an input from a user for selecting at least one of the multiple point of interest entries. The display device displays map information including a first icon associated with the selected point of interest entry. Rich content associated with the selected at least one of point of interest entry is available to the user via the display device. The method includes displaying a point of interest browser including multiple point of interest entries, receiving an input from a user for selecting at least one of the multiple point of interest entries, and displaying map information including a first icon associated with the selected point of interest entry. Rich content associated with the selected at least one of point of interest entry is available to the user via the display device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208448 | Navigation device and method for dealing with limited access roads - A method and device are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining a route of travel, in a navigation device, based upon at least a received destination location; determining whether or not the determined route of travel includes travel on a limited access road; and prompting a user of the navigation device to either accept the determined route of travel or request an alternate route of travel, upon determining that the determined route of travel includes travel on a limited access road. The navigation device, in at least one embodiment, includes a processor to determine a route of travel based upon at least a received destination location and to determine whether or not the determined route of travel includes travel on a limited access road; and an integrated input and display device to prompt a user of the navigation device to either accept the determined route of travel or request an alternate route of travel, upon the processor determining that the determined route of travel includes travel on a limited access road. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208449 | SCHEDULING METHOD USING PORTABLE TERMINAL AND NAVIGATION TERMINAL - A scheduling method using a portable terminal and a navigation terminal is disclosed, each of which has a short-range wireless communication module. The portable terminal creates schedule information including location data and alarm time data, and registers the schedule information as navigation schedule information. The portable terminal displays the schedule information when the alarm time occurs and transmits the location data to the navigation terminal through the short-range wireless communication module. The navigation terminal displays a route according to the received location data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208450 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GRAPHIC OUTPUT OF NAVIGATON INSTRUCTIONS - A system and method for determining and displaying a navigation route on a navigation device from one vehicle position to a travel destination. The navigation device can include processor with RAM, a mass storage device for holding a database with geographic data, as well as a display. Depending on whether a complex intersection is present on the navigation route, the complex intersection can be shown on the display in the form of a single perspective view. Embodiments of the invention can provide a high level of correlation between the actual situation on the road as seen by the user and the corresponding navigation maneuver displayed on the screen. The graphic output of navigation devices for complex intersections can also be improved regardless of whether the navigation device is a high-performance or very simple device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208451 | Map information updating systems, methods, and programs - Systems, methods, and programs store a plurality of combinations of departure points and destination points that have been set in the past, store pre-update map information, and store post-update map information. The systems, methods, and programs compare, for each of the combinations of departure points and destination points, a route retrieved using the pre-update map information and a route retrieved using the post-update map information, and transmit the comparison results to the navigation apparatus so that a user of the navigation apparatus can appreciate the benefits of updating map information. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208452 | Method and System for Updating Card Data of a Navigation System - A method and system for updating map data of a navigation system in a vehicle is provided. A first version of map data is stored in a memory device of the navigation system, and a first version of map data and a second more recent version of map data are stored in a memory device of a map server. A first route to a driving destination is determined by the map server on the basis of the first version of the map data. A second route to the driving destination is determined by the map server on the basis of the second more recent version of the map data, and the second version of map data and/or route data, which describe the second route, are transmitted at least partially to the navigation system as a function of the degree of agreement between the first route and the second route. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208453 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND ROUTE GUIDANCE METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention provides a navigation apparatus and a route guidance method that allow a user to easily recognize when a time display is changed based on a difference in time zone or day light saving. Information regarding a plurality of intersections or transit points on a guidance route which are located between a current vehicle position and a destination are displayed in order of proximity to the vehicle. A predicted time of arrival is calculated for each point and displayed in combination with the information. The system then judges whether a time changing point exists between two adjacent points located on the guidance route, and if it is present, the system displays the predicted time of arrival for points located between the time changing point and the destination such that a user can recognize that the predicted time of arrival was changed based on the time change. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208454 | Path approximation for planar motion of a ground vehicle - The generation of a planar trajectory for use by a vehicle in guiding its position is described. The trajectory is generated by identifying points representing the trajectory, fairing the identified points to generate a set of faired points, and computing a set of polynomial segments from the faired points. The segments form a curve representing the trajectory, where the curve is C | 2008-08-28 |
20080208455 | CORRELATION POSITION DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatus for navigating with the use of correlation within a select area are provided. One method includes, storing data required to reconstruct ranges and associated angles to objects along with statistical accuracy information while initially traversing throughout the select area. Measuring then current ranges and associated angles to the objects during a subsequent traversal throughout the select area. Correlating the then current ranges and associated angles to the objects to reconstructed ranges and associated angles to the objects from the stored data. Determining at least one of then current location and heading estimates within the select area based at least in part on the correlation and using the least one of the then current location and heading estimates for navigation. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208456 | MAP INTERFACE WITH A MOVABLE MARKER - A map user interface is described, including a view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the view including a map and a location marker at an initial location on the map, the location marker being movable from the initial location to a target location on the map. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208457 | MAP INTERFACE WITH PLACEABLE MARKER - A map user interlace is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a map, and a location marker placed at the selected location on the map upon receiving a placement request indicating selection of a selected location for placement of a location marker. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208458 | Multi-functional map displayer - A multi-functional map displayer is composed of an input interface, a display interface, and a transmission interface, wherein a longitude and latitude of a desired location can be entered on the input interface, and a signal of the entered longitude and latitude can be transmitted to internet through the transmission interface, such that a map of that location can be downloaded from the internet to the display interface, for displaying the map and other map-related data, allowing a user to save a memory space used for storing the complete map, and cost spent in purchasing map software of each place, and achieving purposes of providing the user to check, navigate, and ensuring a safe trip. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208459 | Road-map-data configuration and navigation apparatus - A computer readable medium having stored thereon road-map-data including pieces of link information having different accuracy levels based on the accuracies of sources of the link information, whereby a computer is able to appropriately configure road-network data, on the basis of an accuracy level given in each of the pieces of link information. The road-map-data includes the road-network data representing roads as links and including connection relationships among the links, and the pieces of link information used to configure the road network data. Each piece of link information for a given link includes accuracy level information based on the accuracy of the source of that piece of link information. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208460 | Lane determining device, method, and program - Devices, methods, and programs obtain vehicle position information indicating a current position of a vehicle, and based on the vehicle position information, obtain road information including positions and forms of lane markings around the current position of the vehicle. Based on the road information, the devices, systems, and methods determine whether a branch point exists on the road in a forward direction of the vehicle. If a branch point exists, the devices, methods, and programs obtain image information of an area before the branch point, and determine whether no lane marking is imaged or is partly imaged in the image information of the area before the branch point. If there is no lane marking or only a partial lane marking imaged in the area before the branch point, the devices, methods, and programs obtain image information of the branch point including a captured image of a lane marking, and determine a lane in which the vehicle is traveling after the branch point based on an imaging order of the lane marking, a form of the lane marking, a position of the lane marking in the image information of the branch point, and the road information. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208461 | Machine with automated steering system - A system is provided for regulating a travel course of a machine. The system has a steering system operationally connected to at least one ground engaging device. Additionally, the system has a path generator configured to generate a path along which the machine can travel. The system also has a path tracker configured to automatically regulate the steering system to position the machine within a predetermined vicinity of an initial point on the generated path and guide the machine along the generated path. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208462 | Vehicle navigation system - A navigation system for a vehicle for generating a plurality of routes from a present position of the vehicle to a destination acquires the present position. The system stores map data of a map and storing position detection data. The system displays the map based on the map data. The system forms a factor chart of each of the plurality of routes and the associated one or more factors. The system causes the factor chart of the associated one or more factors of the each of the plurality of routes to be displayed. The system searches for at least one facility located along the each of the plurality of routes based on the position detection data. The system causes the at least one facility to be displayed together with the chart of the associated factor. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208463 | MAP INTERFACE WITH PATH LOCATIONS THAT CAN BE REORDERED - A map user interface is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a first map and the initial path displayed on the first map, the initial path being from a starting location via at least one intermediate location to an end location, a reordering selector, selection of the reordering selector causing transmission of a reordering command being indicative of removal of a selected one of the locations, and a second view generated in response to the transmission of the reordering command, the second view including a second map and at least a first modified path displayed on the second map, the modified path including ail of the locations but following a sequence other than from a starting location via the intermediate location to the end location. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208464 | MAP INTERFACE WITH LOCATION-SPECIFIC EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS - A map user interlace is described, including a first view including a first map, a selection window in proximity to a selected location, a plurality of alternatives displayed in the selection window, a second view including a second map that may be at least partially the same as the first map but modified from the first map depending on the location of the selected location of the first map, and depending on which one of the plurality of location-specific commands may be selected. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208465 | MAP INTERFACE WITH ENHANCED DRIVING DIRECTIONS - A map user interlace is described, including at least one view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the said at least one view including at least one map, successive steps of driving directions for following a path from a starting location to an end location displayed at intersections of the path on the map. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208466 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, ENLARGED INTERSECTION IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD USED IN THE SYSTEM, AND MAP INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD - When a vehicle travels along a guidance path and approaches an intersection, a vehicle navigation system determines crossing points between a circle having its center set to the intersection and a predetermined radius, and an approach link and an exit link for the intersection. The system also sets a direction connecting the crossing point for the approach link and the intersection as an approach direction, and sets a direction connecting the intersection and the crossing point for the exit link as an exit direction. The system determines a traveling direction at the intersection based on an angular difference between the approach direction and the exit direction, and determines a display position of the intersection on a screen. Further, an enlarged intersection image is drawn such that the approach direction is aligned with a 12 o'clock direction on the screen. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208467 | Methods for obtaining a navigation track between a first and a second location at a client device using location information obtained from a server device and related devices and computer program products - A client device is operated to obtain a navigation track between a first location and a second location by establishing a communication connection with a server device and receiving a message that contains information associated with the first location and/or the second location from the server device. The information is associated with a navigation module on the client device. The information associated with the first location and/or the second location is processed using the navigation module to obtain the navigation track between the first location and the second location. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208468 | Forward looking virtual imaging - Inputting information from On-Board Avionics & Instrumentation and may be AHRS which provides vehicle status to a FLVI Engine through a communication interface, the FLVI engine selects imagery from a data base and synchronizes the imagery with the vehicle status, and outputs the synchronized images to a display. The FLVI engine may have a calibration module. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208469 | TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVE NAVIGATION BASED ON USER PREFERENCES - In a navigation device in accordance with the invention, user profiles may be stored and used to navigate a user who may be driving in a vehicle, on foot, or in other mode of transportation. Each user profile corresponds to one of the user's personae. For example, the user business profile corresponding to the user's business persona may be different from the user personal profile corresponding to the user's personal persona. For instance, the user business profile may include fine-dining type restaurants for business meetings while the user personal profile may instead include fast-food type restaurants for personal dining. The inventive navigation device provides the user with a navigated route, together with information concerning the favorite facilities and events surrounding the navigated route, which satisfy the preferences in a selected user profile. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, blockages may also be established using the device to avoid selected areas, e.g., high crime areas, in the navigated route, or to block transmission of selected information concerning, e.g., uninteresting facilities and events, to the inventive navigation device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208470 | Communication method and communication system - A communication method is applied to a first peripheral communication device and a communication device. The communication device has a data exchanging module, a GPS module electrically connected to the data exchanging module, and a Bluetooth communication module electrically connected to the data exchanging module. The communication method includes the following steps. First, the first peripheral communication device outputs a first Bluetooth signal carrying first GPS data. Next, the data exchanging module receives the first GPS data from the Bluetooth communication module and transmits the first GPS data to the GPS module. Then, the GPS module calculates a first GPS position of the communication device through a position algorithmic process according to the first GPS data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208471 | METHOD FOR FINDING A POSITION FOR LANES ON A MULTILANE ROADWAY - The invention relates to a method for finding a position for lanes on a multilane roadway, where first of all the position of a first lane on the multilane roadway is found and then the position of at least one further lane on the multilane roadway is determined on the basis of the position found for the first lane. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208472 | Traffic Safety System - A vehicle safety system comprises a collision avoidance system, comprising range finding apparatus for determining a distance to an adjacent vehicle, the collision avoidance system comprising a transmitter ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208473 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD, PROGRAM FOR CALCULATING ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD, AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING UNITS - A technology is provided in which it is not necessary to modify a system on a production side, and in which man-hours required for registering an environmental load value on a supplier side are not increased, in cases of an item having a mismatch between units, in a process of adding up the environmental load values of a post-production product. The technology includes generating correction information for calculating the environmental load that is registered by the supplier at design time, and calculating the environmental load value at design time by using the correction information. In cases of calculating the environmental load value of a product actually produced from a designed product, the environmental load value is calculated using the correction information generated at design time. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208474 | Generation of four dimensional grid of probabilistic hazards for use by decision support tools - A new method and system for generating probabilities of objective values of hazards as a fine granularity grid in four dimensions (three spatial dimensions plus time) to be used by decision support and visualization tools. Utilizing the proposed system, proxies for hazard data received at different times and in different formats may be used as input data to a grid of intelligent software agents which generate a four dimensional matrix of probabilities of objective values of hazards. The method allows for proxies and/or subjective information on hazards that may arrive asynchronously and with coarse temporal and spatial accuracy to be converted into a standard fine granularity four dimensional hazard probability grid. The grid is created automatically, without the need for expert human interpretation, can provide visualization of the four dimensional hazard volumes and may be used directly by decision support tools without the need for expert human interpretation. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208475 | DRILLING COLLABORATION INFRASTRUCTURE - Methods and systems facilitate collaboration between users at an oil well site and users at a remote location. Multiple types of oil well data are collected at the oil well site to form aggregated data. The aggregated data is stored in a data aggregation server at the oil well site. Users at the oil well site and users at the remote location are allowed to access the aggregated data on the data aggregation server using a standard data format. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WATERFLOOD PERFORMANCE MONITORING - Method, system and computer program product for controlling a production/injection operation for an oilfield, the oilfield having a first wellsite with a producing well advanced into subterranean formations with geological structures and reservoirs therein. Data from a plurality of data sources is collected with respect to a production/injection operation, wherein the collected data includes oil production data and fluid injection data. The collected data is stored in a database. Extracted data relating to a selected performance parameter to be monitored is extracted from the database, the extracted data is processed, and a graphical representation of the processed data is dynamically displayed to enable monitoring of the selected performance parameter. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208477 | Method and System for Predictive Stratigraphy Images - Methods and systems are provided for displaying and forecasting the lithology and wellbore conditions to be encountered while conducting drill string operations are conducted in a wellbore. A method and system is described for predicting and modeling lithology while operating a drill string in a wellbore, comprising: developing a 3-D lithological model of a subsurface area; projecting a well path through said subsurface area; determining an open cylinder lithology display of said projected well path; and recording said determined open cylinder display. The open cylinder lithology display (the Predictive Stratigraphy Image) may be displayed with geological or structural cross-sections to compare the well path and the predicted well path, with the actual subsurface environment. Data acquired during drilling operations can be used in real time to update the model or the Predictive Stratigraphy Image, and the results compared with Predictive Image Logs and other wellbore images and data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208478 | Dynamic Production System Management - Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at least one of the well or the processing and transport system in response to a difference between the received data and a specified operational objective. An adjustment to a model of the reservoir, the well, and the processing and transporting system can be automatically initiated in response to the received data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208479 | Devices and Methods for Calculating and Communicating Differences in Measured Data - The current invention provides a measurement device having a data processing means that collects measurement data points, stores the collected measured data points and calculates differences and changes in said measurement data points. The device communicates these changes in measured data points to the user. The device does not communicate the measured value to a user. Also provided is a method for monitoring changes in measured data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208480 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER - For the purpose of effectively supervising a user of the health indexes that cannot always be measured, such as the weight and blood pressure, warning and information are provided based on a prediction of the health indexes. In an information management system, in which a first parameter that is not always measured is predicted from a second always measurable parameter. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208481 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The automatic analyzer is provided with a function of, based on selection of the output result targeted by a user from among all printed results output by the automatic analyzer, proceeding to a start page of the targeted output result so that the targeted output result is displayed, on a screen for displaying a list including a title of printing, the date of printing, a range of pages, and a user's check indicating whether or not the user has checked the result. The automatic analyzer is also provided with a function of enabling a user to add a check indicating whether or not the verification/confirmation of data has been performed, the check date, a checker, a comment, and the like, to the measurement result targeted by the user, and the like, on a screen displaying the result. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208482 | Display Producing System - A system for producing a display of the DNA identity of an individual comprises means for inputting a plurality of numbers and/or letters obtained through an individual's DNA analysis which are representative of a plurality of DNA loci; means for correlating inputted numbers and/or letters with predetermined colours; and means for producing a display with an array of coloured regions representative of each DNA locus and positioning said coloured regions in the same location of the display for each individual for which a display is produced. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208483 | Sonar-Based Flow Meter Operable To Provide Product Identification - An apparatus and method for identifying one or more fluid products flowing within a pipe are provided having a flow meter mounted on the pipe and a processing unit. The flow meter has a plurality of sensors operable to detect vortical disturbances flowing with the fluid products and acoustic waves propagating through the fluid. The sensors produce signals indicative of the vortical disturbances and acoustic waves. The processing unit is operable to determine the speed of sound and volumetric flow rate of the one or more fluid products using the signals from the flow meter. The processing unit includes a database having speed of sound data for a predetermined group of products. The processing unit is operable to identify the type of each product flowing within the pipe given a temperature and pressure value of the products within the pipe. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AIR-IN-LINE DETECTION - The concentration of air or other agents in a fluid delivery line is determined by monitoring agent signals and processing those agent signals along with information regarding the age of each agent signal. The processor determines a primary agent concentration value based on the received agent signal values, with the primary agent concentration value determined by giving greater weight to more recent agent signal values. Where the primary agent concentration value exceeds a primary threshold value, an alarm signal may be activated. The processor also may determine a secondary agent concentration value, which may be determined from the actual agent signal values instead of the weighted agent signal values. Where the secondary agent concentration value exceeds a secondary threshold value, an alarm signal may be activated. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208485 | System and Method for Tracking and Quantitating Chemical Entities - In complex separations, more than one entity may have the same molecular weight, to within the ability of an instrument to distinguish. Accurate mass measurements are used in light of the previously unknown regularities in retention time to determine a retention time (N pairs of values (t | 2008-08-28 |
20080208486 | Integrated System, Device and Use Thereof - An integrated data-system, a personal device for the system, and methods for operating the system are provided. Means and technology for providing quantitative information about products are supplied. A key function of the system is to provide information about product-based emissions, such as carbon dioxide emissions. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208487 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EQUIPMENT REMAINING LIFE ESTIMATION - A method to reduce uncertainty bounds of predicting a remaining life of a probe using a set of diverse models is disclosed. The method includes generating an estimated remaining life output by each model of the set of diverse models, aggregating each of the respective estimated remaining life outputs via a fusion model, and in response to the aggregating, predicting the remaining life, the predicting having reduced uncertainty bounds based on the aggregating. The method further includes generating a signal corresponding to the predicted remaining life of the probe. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208488 | Device for Detecting Impact and Use Thereof - The present invention relates to a device for detecting an impact and use thereof. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208489 | Electric Power Quality Indicator Device and Method - A system and method of indicating power quality in an electric power system that generates an indication of power quality reflective of the worst observed power quality event over both a short and a long interval of time in which each component of the indicator is weighted by a user programmable factor to control its relative influence. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208490 | FAILURE DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR CELL VOLTAGE MONITOR - A failure determination device for a cell voltage monitor which detects cell voltages of a plurality of single cells comprising a fuel cell stack comprises: a memory for storing cell voltages detected by the cell voltage monitor; a minimum value determination unit for determining whether or not a present cell voltage which the cell voltage monitor detects is equal to or lower than a minimum value cell voltage which is in a detectable range of the cell voltage monitor; a failure determination unit for determining that the cell voltage monitor has a failure when the minimum value determination unit determines that the present cell voltage is equal to or lower than the minimum value cell voltage, and a cell voltage detected by the cell voltage monitor in the past and stored in the memory is greater than a determination cell voltage. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208491 | Integrated Circuit and Method for Classification of Electrical Devices and Short Circuit Protection - An integrated circuit device and method for classifying electrical devices is disclosed. A reference current response of a plurality of electrical devices is determined and stored in a memory. Real-time current response of a specific electrical device is measured and stored in the memory. A processor compared the measured real-time current response of the specific electrical device to the reference current responses of the plurality of electrical devices. A classification of the electrical device is then made based on the comparison. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208492 | System and Method for Early Qualification of Semiconductor Devices - According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for early qualification of semiconductor device includes performing initial testing on a semiconductor device, receiving fail data on the semiconductor device, determining a solution model for the semiconductor device based on the fail data, storing the solution model, performing subsequent testing on the semiconductor device, and comparing a result of the subsequent testing to the solution model. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208493 | ACTIVITY INFORMATION METER - An activity information meter is provided which is capable of stable transmission between a measuring device and an output device and is highly convenient. In a measuring device | 2008-08-28 |
20080208494 | Method and Device for Determining the Charge and/or Aging State of an Energy Store - In a method and a device for determining a charge/aging state of an energy store, the charge/aging state is able to be determined by a control unit on the basis of an open terminal voltage of the energy store, able to be measured with the aid of a voltage-measuring sensor, in a load-free state. It is provided that the control unit initiates a measurement of a first open terminal voltage at a first instant following the occurrence of the load-free state of the energy store and, based on the measured first open terminal voltage, the control unit, with the aid of a prediction model, specifies a future instant for at least one additional measurement of the open terminal voltage, and at least one additional open terminal voltage is measured at the future instant, and the charge/aging state of the energy store is determined with the aid of the at least one additional open terminal voltage. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208495 | ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED FINGERPRINT SENSOR TEST METHOD - Systems and techniques for testing a fingerprint sensor are described. A conductive material is placed on a surface of the fingerprint sensor, and an electrical signal is applied to the conductive material. The electrical signal affects a first electrical property associated with first and second electrodes of the fingerprint sensor. First and second measurements of a second electrical property associated with the first and second electrodes are acquired, the second electrical property being correlated to the first electrical property. The first and second measurements are analyzed to determine whether the fingerprint sensor has one or more defects. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208496 | Device for identifying consumer devices in an electric network and process for operating the device - The invention relates to a device for identifying consumer devices in an electric network ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208497 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE INTEGRITY OF A LOGIC SIGNAL, IN PARTICULAR A CLOCK SIGNAL - A device and a method detect an acceleration of a logic signal expressed by a closure, beyond a closure threshold, of at least two variation edges of the logic signal. A first control bit and a second control bit are provided. At each edge of the logic signal, the value of the first control bit is inverted after a first delay and the value of the second control bit is inverted after a second delay. An acceleration is detected when the two control bits have at the same time their respective initial values or their respective inverted initial values. Application is in particular but not exclusively to the detection of error injections in a secured integrated circuit. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208498 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus processes information generated by an exposure apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a collecting unit and a converting unit. The collecting unit collects first apparatus information obtained by the exposure apparatus via an operation thereof with respect to each of a plurality of first regions which form a first array defined on a substrate. The converting unit converts at least a part of the first apparatus information collected with respect to each of the plurality of first regions by the collecting unit into second apparatus information with respect to each of a plurality of second regions which form a second array. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208499 | Optical characteristics measurement method, exposure method and device manufacturing method, and inspection apparatus and measurement method - For a plurality of divided areas on a wafer that is exposed by generating measurement pattern images, a predetermined statistic that includes the deviation of the luminance value of each pixel included in imaging data obtained by the imaging with respect to a predetermined reference value is computed, for example, the variance is computed, and optical characteristics of a projection optical system are obtained based on a computation result of the computed statistic of each of the divided areas (steps | 2008-08-28 |
20080208500 | MODEL BASED DETECTION AND COMPENSATION OF GLITCHES IN COLOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS - A color sensor monitors the output of a color producing process and produces a signal representative of a color produced by the color producing process. The signal can be used as feedback signal to control the process. Occasionally, the color sensor signal includes a component representing a transient error. A system model of the color producing process is used to predict reasonable sensor signals. A comparison of the sensor signal with the predicted sensor signals is used to determine if the sensor signal is reasonable. If the sensor signal is unreasonable, a substitute signal is used as the feedback signal to the control process. The substitute signal can be a predicted sensor signal or a signal based on historical system performance data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208501 | Method For Determining and Correcting Incorrect Orientations and Offsets of the Sensors of an Inertial Measurement Unit in a Land Vehicle - An inertial measurement unit (IMU) contains three linear acceleration sensors and three rotational speed sensors. For the sensors there are desired installation directions parallel to the co-ordinate axes of a Cartesian co-ordinate system which is fixed to the vehicle. The actual installation directions of the sensors may differ from the desired installation directions owing to incorrect orientations. By comparing accelerations which are measured by the linear acceleration sensors for different attitudes of the vehicle with acceleration values which are known for these different attitudes in the Cartesian co-ordinate system which is fixed to the vehicle, the actual installation directions of the linear acceleration sensors are determined. By using a co-ordinate transformation it is then possible to convert the measured accelerations into the actual accelerations. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208502 | Method For Improving an Indirectly Measuring Tire Pressure Monitoring System - Disclosed is a method of improving the recognition of a tire pressure loss in a tire pressure monitoring system in which at least one reference value (A) is formed on the basis of signals representing the rotational speeds of several vehicle wheels. A pressure loss is concluded by comparing a currently determined reference value with at least one reference value if the currently determined reference value exceeds or falls short of a predefined value. A noise analysis of the reference value(s) ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208503 | Method and device for compensating temperature dependencies - The invention concerns a method for measuring the temperature dependency of a sensor element for a variable, the value of which varies with the temperature, for any liquid, which method comprises the steps of changing the temperature of the liquid over time, simultaneously collecting the data produced by the sensor element, and thereafter using the data produced by the sensor element at the different temperatures to determine coefficients for compensation algorithms of the temperature dependencies of the sensor element, thus producing a correlation between the change in temperature and the other measured variables. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208504 | IMPULSE LINE-CLOGGING DETECTING UNIT AND IMPULSE LINE-CLOGGING DETECTING METHOD - This impulse line-clogging detecting apparatus is provide with: a differential pressure detecting unit that detects a differential pressure of a fluid, and outputs time series data of the differential pressure; a differential pressure fluctuation calculating unit that calculates a differential pressure fluctuation; a fluctuation variance calculating unit that calculates a variance of the differential pressure fluctuation; a variance ratio calculating unit that calculates a variance ratio of the differential pressure fluctuation variance calculated by the fluctuation variance calculating unit to a differential pressure fluctuation variance obtained in advance in a normal state of the high and low pressure side impulse lines; a variance ratio correcting unit that calculates a correction value for suppressing change of the variance ratio; and a clogging determining unit that determines whether the high and low pressure side impulse lines are clogged, based on the variance ratio corrected by the variance ratio correcting unit. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208505 | System and Methods For Non-Destructive Testing of Tubular Systems - Method and systems for non-destructive testing of a gas or liquid filled object at atmospheric pressure or high pressure. The method includes the steps of providing an acoustic pulse reflectometry (APR) system ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208506 | FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE AND FOCUS DETECTION METHOD - A focus detection device comprises a micro-lens array constituted of a plurality of micro-lenses that are two-dimensionally arrayed on a lens arrangement plane of the micro-lenses; a light-receiving element array that includes a plurality of light-receiving elements disposed in correspondence to each micro-lens, and that receives a light flux from an imaging optical system via the micro-lenses; and a focus detection calculation unit that calculates a focal adjustment state of the imaging optical system based-upon light reception signals output from the light-receiving elements at the light-receiving element array, wherein: arrangement of the micro-lenses are different with each other in correspondence to area on the lens arrangement plane of the micro-lens array. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING BROKEN SCAN CHAIN BASED ON LEAKAGE LIGHT EMISSION - A mechanism for diagnosing broken scan chains based on leakage light emission is provided. An image capture mechanism detects light emission from leakage current in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices. The diagnosis mechanism identifies devices with unexpected light emission. An unexpected amount of light emission may indicate that a transistor is turned off when it should be turned on or vice versa. All possible inputs may be tested to determine whether a problem exists with transistors in latches or with transistors in clock buffers. Broken points in the scan chain may then be determined based on the locations of unexpected light emission. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208508 | Test Prepared Rf Integrated Circuit - An integrated circuit ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208509 | System and method for graphically plotting and displaying analyte concentration data on a calendar - A testing device or system is adapted to determine analyte concentrations in a fluid sample and graphically plot the analyte concentrations and display them on a calendar in an easy to read and understand format. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208510 | Parameterized Signal Conditioning - A coupling unit is adapted to be coupled between a first and a second unit to be tested. Said coupling unit comprises a first signal path that is adapted to provide a signal connection between at least one terminal of the first unit to be tested and at least one terminal of the second unit to be tested. The first signal path comprises a signal conditioning facility adapted for receiving a first signal from the first unit to be tested, for conditioning said first signal in accordance with predefined parameters, and for providing the conditioned first signal to the second unit to be tested. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208511 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICLES - An instrument for measuring the size distribution of a particle sample by counting and classifying particles into selected size ranges. The particle concentration is reduced to the level where the probability of measuring scattering from multiple particles at one time is reduced to an acceptable level. A light beam is focused or collimated through a sample cell, through which the particles flow. As each particle passes through the beam, it scatters, absorbs, and transmits different amounts of the light, depending upon the particle size. So both the decrease in the beam intensity, due to light removal by the particle, and increase of light, scattered by the particle, may be used to determine the particle size, to classify the particle and count it in a certain size range. If all of the particles pass through a single beam, then many small particles must be counted for each large one because typical distributions are uniform on a particle volume basis, and the number distribution is related to the volume distribution by the particle diameter cubed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208512 | Maximal Temperature Logging - A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for logging a maximal temperature in an integrated circuit. A digital thermal sensor senses a temperature in the integrated circuit. The sensed temperature of the digital thermal sensor is read and a determination is made as to whether the sensed temperature is higher than a current maximal temperature. The sensed temperature is logged in response to the sensed temperature being higher than the current maximal temperature. The sensed temperature becomes a new maximal temperature for the integrated circuit. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208513 | Protection of an Integrated Circuit and Method Thereof - An integrated circuit comprises a power device located on a die. The power device is operably coupled to a processing function, wherein the signal processing function is operably coupled to two or more temperature sensors. A first temperature sensor is operably coupled to the power device to measure a temperature of the power device and the second temperature sensor is located, such that it measures a substantially ambient temperature related to the die. The signal processing function determines the temperature gradient therebetween. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208514 | Threat Launch Detection System and Method - A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in response to the sensed radiation. A processing circuit is coupled to each temporal threat detector and is operable to analyze the detection signal from each detector as a function of time to detect the occurrence of a short-burn threat within the field of view of any of the temporal threat detectors. Each temporal threat detector may be a prism-coupled compound parabolic concentrator (PCCP). | 2008-08-28 |
20080208515 | System for Determining Inflating Pressures of Tyres Mounted on a Motor Vehicle Front and Rear Wheels - The invention concerns a system for determining inflating pressure of tires mounted on a motor vehicle front and rear wheels. Said system comprises means ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208516 | Cycle and Load Measurement Device - The present application relates to a sensing system for an medical device, the sensing system having at least one sensor for measuring movement of the medical device and a recording device for storing movement data from the at least one sensor. The application also relates to a method for evaluating a patient' s compliance with a healing regimen, the patient provided with a medical device, the method having the steps of a) collecting movement data relating to movement of a sensing system affixed within, to, or near the medical device; b) retrieving the movement data from the sensing system; and c) analyzing the movement data and comparing the movement data to standard movement data to evaluate the patient's compliance with the healing regimen. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208517 | Enhanced Single-Sensor Position Detection - Enhanced single-sensor position detection, in which a position of an object is determined. In some implementations, a first signal is emitted from a first emitter, and a second signal is emitted from a second emitter. A plane is monitored using a sensor, and the first signal and the second signal are received at the sensor after each of the first signal and the second signal reflect off of the object. A response signal is generated based on the first and second signals, and the response signal is processed to determine the position of the object in the plane. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208518 | System Comprising a Generating Device and a Comparing Device | 2008-08-28 |
20080208519 | Device and method for monitoring the position of a cable in a cable operated transportation system and a cable operated transportation system - In order to improve a cable position monitoring device for monitoring the position of a cable guided in the rollers of a roller assembly in at least one first cable roller that is to be monitored of the roller assembly of a cable operated transportation system comprising at least one first and at least one second cable roller defining a reference roller, such that a threatening cable-dislodgement of the cable from at least one cable roller of the transportation system can be recognized in a simple manner, it is proposed that a movement-magnitude detecting device be provided for determining a first movement-magnitude of the at least one first cable roller and a second movement-magnitude of the reference roller, and that an evaluating device be provided for comparing the first and second movement-magnitudes and for determining a mutual movement-magnitude deviation between the first and second movement-magnitudes which corresponds to a safe-to-operate status of the transportation system. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208520 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A HIGHLY ACCURATE POSITION OF ROUTES AND/OR OBJECTS - The invention relates to a method for determining a highly accurate position of routes and/or objects, in which the routes and/or objects to be recorded are first of all surveyed. In this case, the teaching provides for the routes and/or objects to be recorded to be surveyed repeatedly and for the positions to be determined with the aid of statistical methods using measured values obtained by the repeated surveying operation. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY ALIGNING CAPACITIVELY COUPLED MNI-BARS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that electronically aligns mini-bars on different semiconductor chips which are situated face-to-face to facilitate communication between the semiconductor chips through capacitive coupling. During operation, the system selects a group of transmitter mini-bars on the first chip to form a transmitter bit position and selects a group of receiver mini-bars on the second chip to form a receiver bit position. The system then associates transmitter bit positions on the first chip with proximate receiver bit positions on the second chip. In this way, the system allows data signals transmitted by the mini-bars within a transmitter bit position on the first chip to be collectively received by the mini-bars within an associated receiver bit position on the second chip. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208522 | Angle measuring device - The invention relates to a angle measuring device measuring the tightening angle of an operation tool for tightening screwed connections. The angle measuring device is releasabley mounted to the operating tool. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208523 | Method of determining geometric parameters of a wafer - A method of determining geometric parameters of a wafer ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208524 | SURFACE PROFILE MEASURING INSTRUMENT - A surface profile measuring instrument has a means for measuring the profile of a surface and a means for storing measurements produced by the means for measuring the profile of a surface. The instrument may have a tip physically coupled to a sensor. The instrument may also have means for processing the measurements and/or for analysing the measurements. The instrument may be connected to an external device such as a printer and/or to a display unit. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208525 | OPTICAL IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An optical image measurement device comprises: a controller configured to control the scanner to scan the target position along a plurality of radially-arranged scanning lines; and an image forming part configured to form a tomographic image on each of the plurality of scanning lines based on the result detected by the detector, and form a 3-dimensional image of the measurement object based on the plurality of tomographic images having been formed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208526 | Strategies for Identifying Anomalies in Time-Series Data - A strategy is described for identifying anomalies in time-series data. The strategy involves dividing the time-series data into a plurality of collected data segments and then using a modeling technique to fit local models to the collected data segments, Large deviations of the time-series data from the local models are indicative of anomalies In one approach, the modeling technique can use an absolute value (L | 2008-08-28 |
20080208527 | Statistical Processing Methods used in Abnormal Situation Detection - Detection of one or more abnormal situations is performed using various statistical measures, such as a mean, a median, a standard deviation, etc. of one or more process parameters or variable measurements made by statistical process monitoring blocks within a plant. This detection is enhanced in various cases by using specialized data filters and data processing techniques, which are designed to be computationally simple and therefore are able to be applied to data collected at a high sampling rate in a field device having limited processing power. The enhanced data or measurements may be used to provided better or more accurate statistical measures of the data, may be used to trim the data to remove outliers from this data, may be used to fit this data to non-linear functions, or may be use to quickly detect the occurrence of various abnormal situations within specific plant equipment, such as distillation columns and fluid catalytic crackers. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY MEASURING THE BALANCE WITHIN A BALANCED SCORECARD - A computer-readable storage medium to direct a computer to function in a specified manner includes executable instructions to: process a balanced scorecard to generate a hierarchical tree; classify the parent to child relationships in the hierarchical tree; identify the quantitative associations among the parent to child relationships; and assess the balance within the balanced scorecard. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION - A periodic broadband signal can be used to determine the S | 2008-08-28 |
20080208530 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING HEALTH OF MEMORY UTILIZATION OF A PROGRAM - Techniques for assessing the utilization efficiency of a portion of memory are provided. One or more images of a portion of memory are obtained. The one or more memory elements found within each image are categorized into one or more application-neutral categories, wherein the one or more categories distinguish between data and structural overhead. At least one analysis is performed on the one or more categorized memory elements of the one or more images using a measure representative of the efficiency of utilization of the portion of memory. The one or more results of the analysis step are outputted. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208531 | MODULAR NETWORKED SENSOR ASSEMBLY - In a network sensor assembly, network environmental monitor, and associated fabrication methods, a network sensor assembly comprises a panel configured for mounting on a surface, a plurality of addressable sensors coupled to the panel that sense environmental conditions at the surface, a memory device that stores configuration information associated with the plurality of addressable sensors, and a bus. The bus is communicatively coupled to the plurality of addressable sensors and the memory device and is configured for communicatively coupling the network sensor assembly to a network node for communicating data associated with the sensed environmental conditions in a network. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208532 | Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits - An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sensed data into information and a means for communicating information for the purpose of understanding the location, degree and risk of damage and deterioration, and the probable causes thereof. | 2008-08-28 |